About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia—Rain tonight Satur day generally fair; not much caiige in temperature; fresh strong east and northeast winds, shjtfing to Westerly winds. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 81 SENATOR PACE ANNOUNCES FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL'S PLACE L.' .. . . ’ i • 5 ! A A f±'L. AMERICANS GET EQUALITY UNDER MANDATES COMMITTEE sWILL LEAVE! CAPITAL! IN'SEARCH OF EVIDENCE ■lll CIRCUIT RACE OPEHED MTN FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT Americus Attorney Tells Tirines- Recorder Man. He Will Make Race Against Felton ELECTION DATE SEPT. 10 Senator, Governor, Congress men, Judge and State Offi cers Chosen On Same Date The first definite announcement for the September pri ayrmwas for the Steptember primary; was made today when Senator Stepher.j Pace authorized the statement that he would be a candidate for the of fice of Solicitor General of the Southwestern judicial circuit, this office being now held by Jul'e Fel ton, of Montezuma. While it was understood that Sen ator Pace has had CRe" matter under consideration for some time, and has had numerous requests made upon hint to offer for this office, it was not until today that,in re sponse to an from a Times- Recorder representative, he stated that he would be a candidate and would issue a formal announce ment at an early date. Senator Pace is an able ar.d ex perienced lawyer, bei g a member of the local bar, where ihs success in the trial of both civil and crim inal cases had demonstrated; un usual ability; and, ir z addition, his rapid rise to leadership in the State Senate is cited a further evidence of his legal and executive ability. Mr. Felton has made no an nounce ment of his plans; in the eve't he offers for re-eleqtion it is quite probable the circuit will experier -e a heated and interesting campaign. The southwestern judicial circuit is composed of the six counties of: Macon, Schley, Lee Stewart, Web ster and Sumter, and the election for Solicitor General is held at the same ft me as that for U. S’. Sena tor, Governor, Congressman and State House Officers; the (fate of the Primary being fixed by the law on the second Wednesday in Sep tember, which this year will be Sep tember 10th. SINGING SUNDAY AT AGGIE SCHOOL HERE The regular first Sunday sing ing at the agricultural and median ical college here, will be held Sun day afternoon beginning at 2 o’clock, it is announced /today. There will be a number of visiting * singers present, including the Joi nings Quartette, of DawSon. Otheis who are expected to be here fci' the gathering are J. Matthews, oi Fort Valley, J. J. Barry, of Vien na, C. 0. Nobles, of Cordele, and Dr J S SieWart, of Ellaville LOWNDES JURY LIST SOON TO BE REVISED VALDOSTA, April 4.—The jury list of Lowndes county will be re vised during the early summer by the jury commission, a tasic which will require seveYal days patier.’t work. Under a new law the jury) list in any county, having a city of more than ten thousand population may be revised each year if so or dered by the judge of the circuit. T,his law was operative last year but Judge Thomas did not order tho revision. This year it becomes necessary automatically and after toe tax digest for the present year is made Up,- the list Will be gone through aildamde up BIG TOBACCO CURING HOUSE BEING ERECTED VALDOSTA, April L—Down in the area hedged about Crane aven ue, Ashley street, Lee street ai’.d the Georgia & Florida, railway tracks, is rising a little forest of brick pilars which will form the partial support t for the monster tobacco warehouse to be erectel there. An idea of the magnitude of this huge building can be gain ed from the fact that there will be approximately eleven hundred of these brick pillars underneath tTie structure. Half of our lives are spent tai ji jr to people about other people ... 4 ■ .k * - . ‘>r. ~ - S tt. A ' ' *** THE TKOI|<®RDER in THE HEART .2- -. —.—. .. , , i.. j. _ I . i .jt Daily Visitor L..- -Wa "W Tai . & j ■ ... A Mrs. Alice Longworth, wife of Representative Nicholas' Long worth of Ohio, Republican floor leader in the house, frequently attended Attorney General Daugherty’s hearing. REPUBLICANS AND COOLIDGE CONFER WASHINGTON, April 4—Th e senate legislative program was the subject at another White House breakfast conference to day, and attended by eight re publican senators. STIPB WARNINGS I.BE DISPLAYEU M CHS Unsettled Weather Conditions Expected in Atlantic and East Gulf States WASHINGTON, April 4.—A dis turbance of moderate intensity is central today mediately south of Pensacola and moving northeast v.i-d the v-eathe • bureau announc ed today. Indications poure to unsettled weather in the Atlartic and East Gulf states, wirh storm warnings displayed from Savannah so Caue Hatteras. NURSES IN ATLANTA NOW BOBBING HAIR ATLANTA, April 4.—Science, austere,- exacting, unflinching, err during, unbending, medical science, fitm ir> its stands through all the years of its history, has at last gath ered its robes about it and fallen vidtim to the bobbed-haired germ, I succumbed lock, stocK ana barrel and thermometer, as it were, to the most contagious and far-reach ing habit that has ever claimed ‘womankind sos its oWr>. And 48 pretty young women at ; Grady hospital, whose chief duly it is /to furnish pleasant scenery for patients waking from an illness aro • bobbing their locks of brown and gold and black with a new spirit of freedom and an altogether brist ling manner of victory. The ban has been lifted on bobb ed hair by the board of medical di rectors of the hospital and "victory is ours” shout the forty and- 6ight. All that science can do now is retire from the field and admit its defeat—-at d like it. SERIOUS GHARGES MADE WASHINGTON, April 4.—Sena tor Lodge, of Massachusetts, Re publican leader was directly charg ed from* the floor of the senate to •day of the pigeon-holding of Hard ing’s world court proposal’ in the 5 foreign relations committee. The •charges were made by Senator Rob inson, of Arkansas, democratic leader. He also charged Senator ;Pepper with "trying to hide him self and his associates behind the dead president.” AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON? APRIL 4, 1924 EQUAL RiGHTS SIGHED TODAY AT PARIS Establishes Acknowledgement That America Aided in De feat of Turkey ENDS PACIFIC - QUESTION Americans Also Get Equal Privileges in Mandated Pa cific Island of Japan WASHINGTIN, April 4.—Form al signing today of the Paris Treaty assuring Americans full and equal rights under the terms of the French mandate from the League of Nations by Syria and Lebanon establishes at the same time an ac knowledgement by France that the United States, though never ac-> tually at war with Turkey, coqtrib uted to the defeat of that nation along w’tn the other allies against Germany. The new treaty is similar to con ventions already negotiated with France and Belgium affecting the mandate territories in Africa and with Japan affectii g certain man dated islands in the Northern Pa cific, and provides that the United States and its natioi als shall en joy the same “privileges as are as sured states that are members of the League of Nations.” The effect of the new treaty, it is declared, is to effectually end the Pacific question and to establish the equality of the United Stated ai d its nationals with those of oth er nations in the mandated terri tories of Syria, Lebanon and the Near East. BORAH WILL CONDUCT OWN INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, April 4.—Thor ough investigation of charges that the United States government, act ing through the American relief ad ministration, materially aided the Kolchak-Denekin-Ypdenitch revolt against the soviet government late in 1919, will be instituted private ly by Seator Borah, of Idaho, chair man of tiie senate Russian commit tee. the c said Thursday. Following statements given by Captain' H. L. Scaife, former de partment of justice agent; James V. Martin, commander of the U. S. S. Lake Fray, a shipping board vessel, ydien it delivered A, R. A. supplies to Reval, Russia, in Au-, gust, 1919 and Cyril J. Oujinn, former manager of the A. R. A. Borah declared his intention thor oughly.|to sift the mass of contra- i dictory charges. PROMOTERS WANT NEW STRIB-M’TIGUE BOUT NEW YORAK, April 4.—Newark promoters who staged the Stribling MqTigue light heavyweight tiirle battle last Monday night announc ed today they are seeking to mate): the pair for a third time in an aut door bout this summer, possibly on June 2. “Pa” Stribling, on behalf of his son, has agreed to fight under the Newark club’s auspices on that date against any opponent, accord ing to Babe Culman, one of the promoters, who also sdid Pddy Mul lins’ McTigue’s manager, was eag er for another match as soon as the champion's injured left arm had re covered. SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS CONTROL TAX CUT WASHINGTON,, April 4.—An nouncement Thursday by Chairman Smaot, of the senate finance coni mil'tsee, that some special tion bills pending, before congress would have to be considered in coh nection with tax reduction dealt a severe blow to the chances of re tention of some of the tax cuts made by the house in the revenue bill. Bills calling for aggregate appro priations of almost $600,000,000 are pending, and some have been passed by either the house or sen ate. These appropriations would be in addition to the expenditures estimated by the budget bureau on which the surplus of $395,000,000 available for tax reductions in the next fiscal year was estimated by the treasury, _ , New Minster Goes to Greece Mj|l| ' : uh Mi Mb 19 x < rai ’ " W |M hi Baß ILK % ? ■ * • - rWmfi W f V r;: ' KF*** Irwin Laughlin, shown here with his wife and two children, Gertrude and Alexander, has beer, appointed minister to Greece. He leaves soon. Photographed in Washington, D. C. ML PRELIMS BF H.S.ET EDO HERE Names cf Winners in Music, Declamation and Recitation Are Announced Announcement is authorized to day of the winners of prelimii *- ary contests to determine Ameri cus High school repreesntatives in the Inter-High School Meet to be held week after next, these hat ing been determined after an in teresting series of contests held at . the High School here. Judges in the Recitation con tests ryere Misses Mary Dudley and Myrtle Poole and Mrs H. W. Moon, ai d winners, with the com position used by each are: Eliza beth Joyner, “Th? Lost Word; Elizabeth Smith, second, “Liittle Lord Fauntleroy,” Edith Bahsen, j third “The Second Trial.” In music the judges were Misses Zeigler a:td Beman Chautaqua art ists, and the winners, and their compositions are Lillian Cannon; first, “Rigoletto Fantasie” (Franz Liszt) ; Alice Harrold , second, “Caprice Vienr(ois” (Kriesler); Lu cile Williams, third, “Etudercn Forme de Valse,” (saint saens). In the declamation contests the judges were John Sheffield', W. A. (Joyi.’er and L. A. Harrell, and the winners with their subjects, are Laney McMath, first, “A Message to Garcia,”; Albert Outler, second, "Affairs in Cuba,” and 6’eiijamin Davis, third, ‘‘Woodrow Wilsorj.” These preliminary trials are held each year *to determine the higF* school’s ‘representative at the dis trict meet, and they will take pre cendence in the order of their ap poir.temnt as each won places in the preliminary cotests. The winner Fof first place in edch department ■will, of course, represent the school unless providentially hindered. ELLAVILLE LAD HAS ARM BADLY INJURED ELLAVILLE, April 4.—Charles McNeal, Jr., the little son of M-|' .anti Mrs. C. D. McNeal, had the mis -fortune of having his arm caught jin some machinery at father’s au tomobile repair shop Monday which resulted in painful, though )*m; necessarily serious .injuries. Two of the little fellows fingers had 'to be amputated and his arm sp’:t open up to the el’oow, which nec essitated taking several stitches. At' the time of the accident ft he little boy’s mother was at the bedside of her father-in-law, Jack McNeal who fpr some time has been se riously ill. What will they do in Washington when they run out of officials to be investigated? WKBIIW BMIL IM WIIHM KM IS ATLSNTA Officer Attacked By Vicious Ne gro and Fatally Shot From Behind CITIZENS ~LYNCH BOY Crazed Youth Who Killed Offi cer Speedily Pays Penalty for His Crime ATLANTA, April 4.—Town Mar shal Albert Weils of Woodbury, Ga., died at a local hospital here this : morning, from pistol wounds said to have been inflicted by Beach Thrash, 15 years of age, a negro living in Woodbury, who paid the penalty of his crime yesterday at the har.ds of an enraged nipb. Officer Wells, it is said by wit nesses, was in the act of arresting the negro f-or theft, when, in turn ing to answer the telephone, the boy seized a pistol firii g a bullet into the officers’ head. A mob later stormed the jail, se cured the negro and departed ,in the direction of Flint river, where the bod/ was later found. Officer Wells was rushed to At lanta for special medical attention. The kegro boy is said to havd been caught stealing cqsh from the bank in which he was employed. The boy shot the marshal while both were in the Peoples Bank at Woodbury. Officials of the insti tution had suspected Beach of steal ing small change, ar.d had posted Wells in a concealed position to de tect, the shies and arrest him. Early this afternoon the negro entered ai id Wells caught him in the' act of taking money..- lie seized him and* started out of the bank, when .the telephone rang. The officer placed, his pistol on a table, and holding jthe intruder with one hand, took up the telephone vjitii the other. Tho person calling was the wife of Cash ier Dodds, asking if her husband was coming to dinner. Before the officer could set the telephone down the boy grabbed the gur< and shot him. The negro was seized soon after ward by the mob, riding in three automobiles, and was taken out on the road' and- shot to death. Sheriff J. B. Jarrel arrived on the scene soon after the killing, but GW. mob had dispersed. It is his belief that most of the residents of Woodbury condoned the lynching. LYNCHING STAGED n£AR WOODBURY JAIL Woodbury, April 4. Beach Thresh a regro youth who attacked and fatally wounded Town Mar shal Albert Wells here late Thurs day afternoon, wan lynched herb -shelly afterwards by a party of in dignant citizens. It was during the Sheriff’s ab sence that the citizens; about W in number, 'forced ar entrance Jand (Continued on Page Two,). SAW-DUST PLACED IN CHAUTAUKUA TENT Supt. Colley, of the R’edpath Chautauqua and a corps of workers were busy this morn ing placing a heavy coating of saw-dust upon the floor of the Chautauqu i tent, in order to make the interior entirely dry. This insures comfort througho it the afternon and evening per- 1 formances, the management announces. LANGLEY ENTER? PLEA OF NOT GIIILft TO MFffll LKW Accused Congressman Secures Twenty Days in Which tp prepare and Enter Demurrer CHARGED Defendant Asks Court to Allow Early Inal Following Piling of Plea WASHINGTON, April 4.-- Representsftive Jolir W. Langley, Republican of Kentucky, enferede the plea of not guilty when he was arraigned in the District of Colum bia Supreme court today or. con spiracy charges in connection with the alleged liquor withdrawal per-’ mils, and asked th court for aft early trial. On tTio reque’’ of Mr. Langley coiufsel, the court allowed 20 days in jWhich the defense mig st enter a demurrer but his attorneys st*id they did not expect to take advan tage of their privilege. SOUTHERNERS ATTEND CHEMICAL SOCIETY MEET ATLANTA, April 4.—The spring meeting of the American Chemical Society, which will be held in Wash irgton, D. C., April 21-26, will be attended by delegates from Georgia and- many other states, it was an nounced here today. Helium as an instrument of Uni ted States supremacy in aviation progress of chemistry in this coun try since colonial days, development of the rubber industry, nation-wide educational reform, and agriculture and the food supply, are included ir. the topics for discussion at the meeting, it was stated. Moro than 2,000 delegates, in cluding well-known scientists, rep resenting practically every college, technical school and university in the country, are expected ]to be in attendance. ENGINEERS EXPEC lED AT ATLANTA MEET ATLANTA, April 4.—C. B. Grur.- sky, president of the American Society of Engineers, will attend the annual meeting of thajt organi zation to b held here Apri 1 9-13 it was announced here today. More than 400 pther delegates from all sections of the United States are erpected to attemj. Among the nationally known engineers expected to attend are: Daniel W. Mead, Madisori, Wis,, professor of hydraulic and sanitary engineerings at the University of Wisconsin; Harry A- Hagerpiai?, Boston, hydraulic engineer for the Stone and Webster company; W. S, Lee, Charlotte N. C.,chief engi neer, ' Southern POwdf Company; C.H. Hawley, 'Washington, D.‘c. and W. 11. Cole, Nashville, Tenn. WEEKS SENT IN PARK COMMISSIONER’S REPORT WASHINGTON, April 4.—Secre tary Weeks' sent to congress late yesterday the Report of the national military park cOmission recomend mg the establishment of a national park at Yorktown, Va., and re- Qnesting art initial Appropriation of £loo*ooo for the project. [W pirrt, if not all, of the 1,10(1 The park would include the larg acres comprising the battleground and* part of Yorktown, itself.. Con- Wreswofial approval wiU be sought togh- e the commission power to de velop the project. The commission is headed by Se ward W. Jones, of Boston; J. Kerr Branch, of ifichmortd, Vit„ and Mrs. fame’s' T. Morris. of Minneapolis, and was appointed by the war secre tory at the direction of congress . , .. NeW forte Future* 1 M it PC. Open High Low Close Jan. ..24J2|24.33^4.7 , 8|24.3G{2a.70’ May ..39,55|29.40130.5212b.40 30.35 July ..28.45|28.44!29.3a|28.44 29.23 Oct. ~24.82|24.-97125.66124.97£5.47 Dec. . Americus strict -1 middlinjT 29 PRICE FIVE CENTS DAUGHERTY PMBERS TO MT OHIO AND UK HOOF EVIOENCE Will Go to Washington C. H. to Gain Access to Books of Daugherty Bank WEEKS SENDS 11/ RECORDS Documents Examined in Ex ecutive Session By Members of Senate Committee WASHINGTON, April 4?—Ths senate committee, mvestigatiijg the official acts of Harry M. Dauglm erty, reached but today in several neiy directions. Having failed to induce Mai S. Daugherty, a brother of the former attorney geSfefal to come here with the records 6f his bank, the committee decided to taka a trip to the Washington court house in Ohio in order to haVe the bank’s books thrown opeij to it. The date of the trip was undecided. From Secretary Weeks the com mittee reggiyfed a bittch of army air , service records con'cerriing the fail ure to prosecute war time frauds. .The documents were examined iri executive session, and the Secre tary’s personal appearance was ’ postponed. Senator Wheeler then summoned J. E. Byche, Oklahoma City prohi bition agent and former warden ol the Atlanta penitentiary, who testi fied regardi;tg narcotic prosecu tions. This marked a departure into a new field. MORE WITNESSES TO BE SUMMONED WASHINGTON, April 4.—Three additional witness to be questioned about rep6rts of the oil deals in the ■Chicago Republican Natinnale-.upn ventibn in 1920, were Summoned today by the committee. They are H. W. Ballinger, of Log Angeles; John Smith, of Faris, Texas, and J. F. Bau.ghan, of Harlinge, Texas, who were friends of Jajce H’armon, FEDERAL CURB WANTED ON GASOLINE PRICE ATLANTA, April 4.—Both Uroted States Senators from Georgia' itfid nearly all the representatives in congress from this state have writ ten Attorney General George M*. Napier that they will back iffiet fight for federal regulation 6f 'tha sale of gasoline, which is being led by the National Association of At* torneys General, of which organi zation Colonel Napier ik secretary. Color el Napier recently wrote, in. behalf of the association, to all tho members of the two “ branches of! congress and he has no( yet re ceived' "an unfavorable reply ’to nis request. JANFrORS BETTER PAID THAN GA. TEACHERS ATLANTA, April 4,- Janitor.-, employed by the state of Georgia; are paid twice' the average sa*lary< of white school teachers, and they are paid weekly; while 'the SCllo*)! teachers must wait m'ar.'y rhbrrtks for their salaries, according to Dr, N. H. Ballard, state superintendent of schools. Dr. Ballard will an effort to have the next-session! of the legislature remedy some -of tho evil's of school ffnaneii.®. Dr. Ballard declitred that i-hd state now owes the schools mor 4 than s7oo',oo<), which Ithvy probably ndve'r Will get, beca'asO fl?o md'ffSy has been appropriated to 6f’*'e purposes. He also charged that a constitutional funil Os $3,200 in tended 1 for the schools, ft? roghWiy diverted to other departments'a)E the capitol. ESCHEATMENT PROCEEDINGS SAVANNAH, April 4.—A search for heirs having proved unsuccess ful after months of efforts, are rtmgemerrts are being to escheat tho estate of Mrs. Adelaide B. Chaplin, who died several years ago. Undhr the law the estate, which consists of $9,129.17 cash,will go to tho School fund of Chatham county. Judge Alex R.* McDonnell, who was apointed as administrator by the ordinar yin 1919, this morning presented an order to Judge Mel drim in the Superior court for sig nature as the fir?t step necessary for the esefieafrftent proce'edtrtg%. It -is the first case of the kind ini Chathapi county for many years, ,
