About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia Mostly -'cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and Sunday; little oha’nge in tem perature. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 81 REPARATIONS COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND HUGE NEW LOAN O O Q O COOOO*O 000000000 o o o o o o ED BIGHAM WINS POINT IN FIGHT FOR LIFE 0 r o o o o o o o o o co o oo o 00000000 VOTAW STOPPED PROSECUTIONOF PRISON DOPE SMI IGGIF.RS BFPIM 5 K JSK ED TO FINISH 0 WIB ’MHO Huge to Frairce to,Bi By Reparations Committee REPORTS £UL COMPLETE Proposed iWteHiaKonat Loan to Be Guaranteed Bv German State 7 Railways By M’ILTON'BRONNER —Poison—insdfar as* Americans are concerned that is what the report of the reparations eommitte should be labeled. This opinion is based on a careful inspection of the recommendations of the commisison. If its recommendations are follow ed and if Wall Street bankers can put it over, Americans will be asked to throw good money after bad. In other words, Americans, hav ing loaned France billions of dol lars through our government dur ing the, war, no penny of which has. ibeeji. .repaid, international bankers now are preparing to ask Americans 'to subscribe* a loan of from §250,000,000 to §750,000, ; 000 to hand to Germany which in turn is to hand it over to France. Here’s how it works: The committees on (Germany’ r ability to pay and on Germany’s capital abi'oad have practically completed their reports which are now being drafted. Both reports are unanimous lyid, unless a hitch occurs, will be presented to the re parations oommigsion April 5. They are very lengthy and go into great details. France has won the Greater Marne. Instead of the presence of, Afnericans on the commission put ting a block to French claims, it has encouraged them. France continues in the Ruhr and Rllneland. France wins the contention that durin/ a five-year moratorium on mondy payments, Germany never theless shall pay in money fol’ the upkeep of armies of occupation' and cost of co’mmiissibns. In addition to that Germany shaft pay ip material yast amounts’ of coal,’ coke and dyes. I am reliably informed that no. English-speaking economist believ es Germany can pay what is de manded of her, especially as her best industrial regions are inter ferred with by the French. But American members of the committees insisted that Germany could and should pay all France asked. To enable her to do so while the moratorium is in force, the commission will recommend an international loan to Germany, fi nanced principally in the Unite.d States and England. . But money thus advanced will not bd used to put Germany on her feet, nor to reconstruct her indus trially. It will be employed Scj make payments to France. The result when the moratorium ceases will be that Germany will be once more up against it. In deed, economists here believe that even with a big loan Germany will •be in difficulties before the en-.|j of the second year of the AioraJ torium. The loan will not be guaranteed on Germany’s railway system be cause that s earmarked for other purposes. The loan will Inot take precede epee of money reparation pay ments to the allies because Franc.? will not stand for that. In spite of all camouflaged wording the loan simply would' be handing over another huge sum to France with Germany acting sim ply as borrower and intermediary. America is still looked upon by all continental nations a rich uncle who is also a big! bood. L American members of the com mission expect to leave for home ■bring the middle of April. STONE APPROVED April 4.—The. nomination of Harlan F. Stone, of New York, to be atorney general was approved today by the senate judciary committee. AMERICUS THE TIMES RECORDER Real Princess + z=s=spua -g-_-Ta.. 2 v., ~W,. 8-f b'■ %. o I' M gB w 7 | r ■■ Jl- n I 7 I *■ ,54 ’Ll:.' •-.**. ... -? rv'l* ■ < Y’think this a princess out of a musical comedy, do you? Well, it’s Crown Princess Helene of Rumania, appearing as honorary colonel of the 9th Hussars. ioWWi PM SELF HERO; BODY PLUGS BIKE Flow of Rushing Waters Thus Stepped Till Assistance is Secured Floods Caused By Melting of Heavy Snows Threaten Vil lage of Modrog-St.-Marie PRAGUE, April ,s.—Flcods To day caused by the melting of heavy snows submerged the village of Modrog-St. Marie, in eastern Slova kia, leaving only the steeple iof the church above waters. The inha >1 tants, assisted by troops ha.vo fought the rising waters for a week, plugging the gaps in the 1 dykes. A peasant, finding nothing would stop the rushing of the stream, filled the gap with hi! body for several minutes until the arrival of help, sismiluiitt MW BH Ml Georgia Boy to Fight April 29 for Olympic Fund Benefit in New York NEW YORK, April 5.—-Young Stribling, through Manager Pa Stribling, today agreed to box Mike McTigue, of New York, in a six round bout for benefit of the Olympic fund here April 29, pro* vided the Atlanta promoters will release the Georgia boxer from a contract to box there the same date. BUESSE SEEKS HIS RELEAE FROM PEN ATLANTA, April 5.—J. H. Beus see, former cashier of the Bank ,of Gray, in lones county, now serv ing a term in the penitentiary fob lowing conviction on a charge of embezzlement, has appealed to the Georgia, prison' commission for pa role. His case will be heard at a pecial meeting of the Commission on April 9. A former application by Bues see f,or .parole, abcfcit one year ago, was denied. He was sentenced to one term of four years and three of one year each when he plead guilty on all indictments. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY aVtERNOON, APR~IL 1924 HEALTH BOARD Tfi «CAMPAJOH AGASHST fi®E Mcsqkitoes and Flies Must Both Be Destroyed, Says County Authorities SUGGESTIONS OFFERED Health Officer and Nurse Al ways At Service of Public, Statement Says The'■ county health board, com posed of N. A. Ray, Prof. E. Wi Dupree and Dr. J. W. Chambliss, will inaugurate a campaign to ele vate the standard of health in Sum ter county immediately, and as the first step in this campaign the fol lowing statement has just been issued to the public by the board. “We .want the people of this’ County to realize that they have at their command an all-time Health Commissioner and an all-time* pub lic health nurse, whose duties arc none other than the protection of the health of the community an.a the prevention of diseases by waging an earnest fight against germs, insects, and other thiiigsl pertaining to disease. “The season is here and it be-' hooves each of us individually and collectively to begin a real figkU against all things causing disease among us. With the spring weath er and the waters yf ponds and* .streams beginning to warm, up they become inhabited with the mosquito and yet the mosquito is not such a .terrible thing, end they are. crea tures that ahve’ instinct sufficient to know when you are after them and when this is known they fie-j querit places much less often than they do the hidden places, or places where they are not troubled. “Then next comes the fly in the spread of diseases. They too can Be gotten rid of with no effort and ilo more expense in proportion than it takes to accomplish any other worthy, and worth while undertak ing, With the many known tried and true remedies we can, without any experiment, protect ourselves and families from these harmful pests and enjoy the greatest thing on earth, namely good health. ‘‘There is not a family so humble in - Sumter County but that within their means and with the aid <J| your Health Commissioner that can not have a reasonable protection against disease and the mosquito and fly, which not only carry dis ease, but just pester your life out of you besides. So if yeu arc. ' poor and have" but little money available, or if you have near your cannot drain, or if you cannot screen your house, either for finan cial reasons, or from its construc tion, there is no use of giving up or being pestered on top of your other troubles, as we have a rem edy, one within your means, one to suit your individual case, and it’s yours for asking. Keep in touch with your Health Commit. ' sioner, Dr.' J. W. Payne, whose offices are in the Court House, telephone, write, come to see him, or just send him word, and gel ' your remedy. He’s got it. “So we want to make d few suggestions, as we afe unable to go into detail as he will when a given case is specified before him. “Empty all Standing waters on your presses, regardless of what they are in, once every seven days, if you have a ditch or branch running near your houses and a log or the fence crossing the stream is" damming it up, open the wap up under the fence oy around the log so the water can flow on swift ly, as mosquitoes will not breed in cdy place s. Don’t forget your horse troughs, hog wallows, wash tubs, syrup kettles, or anything that holds wate r for seven days and notice what a difference. Throw a few shovels full of lime on the manure pile once a week and keep the flies from breeding. It’s in expensive and helps the fertilizer rather than hurting it. Dig a pit privy two feet wide, four feet long, five feet deep. Set your little (louse over it and make it fly- (Continued on Page Five.) Strike Threatens to Delay England's Exhibition * .-IMMMHIII-- ■ rr n - - - . ... ■ , ’ 1 itS ■* 1. W M « B Jllp aEMk w r Sir ‘ WOO” MfCTw | Xr. ( -fx< <D G“ vT'J Workmen have completed sinking coal mine under Wembly Park, London. Not that a fuel shortage threatens! The mine is to b e onc °f many exhib its in British Empire Exhibition which will run from April to Oc tober. The Prince of Wales (est) is the “press agent’’ of the fair, in preparation for the fair the Savoy Hotel has added 100 ; suites to its “.millionaire’s wing.” ; Recently workmen struck for an i advance of four cents an hour pay and for the time being work on the exhibition building has halted. instantly while TO !S INJURED Mr. and Mrs. Story and Mr. and Mrs. Wade Escape From Wreck Unhurt TWO CARS IN CRASH Accident Occurred on National Highway Near Valdosta Late Friday Night VALDOSTA, April 5—L. A. Prevatt, a local contractor, had his neck broken, dying instantlv, and Thomas Watts, who was his com panion, was injured, when their automobile collided with a larger car on the national highway, five miles south of here last night. ’Mr. and Mrs. Jack Story and Mr. and Mrs. Wfcde, occupants of the car, were not injured. RADIO SETS EXEMPTED FROM SPECIAL TAXES WASHINGTON, April S.—ATI radio sets selling for less than SSO wholesale were exempted from the proposed 10 per cent tax by th.! senate finance eomm:it»‘ee today, in winding up consideration of revenue bill. The committee also agreed to ex empt only articles selling for $25 or less from the jewelry tax of 5 per cent. Watches selling for less than S6O are exempt from tax as proposed by the House. ’ROUND WORLD HOP- OFF AGAIN POSTPONED SEATTLE, April 5.—-The hop off of the United States army air squadron, on its flight around the world, was again postponed today, when the metal tip was broken off the flag plane, Seattle, flown by Major Frederick L. Martin, com mander of the expedition. Thr; commander said he did not know when the start could be made. LAND FRAUD COMMITTEE TO MEET AGAIN MONDAY WASHINGTON, April 5.—-TJhe senate committee, investigating tend fraud-s in Texas, cancelled the meeting which was planned to have been held today. It will probably meet again Monday, PIRATES OPERATING IN CHINESE WATERS HONGKONG, April 5. Pi rates today attacked and seized the. Portugese steamer ‘Saixal’ near Hongkong, in the West Riv er, killing three guards and wounding Captain Issi, master of the vessel, , FREDERICK WELLS, NEGRO STMT, IS STILLSTORMCEHTER Threatening Letters Received From Alleged Klansmen Fail to Dislodge Him GUARDED BY BOMB SQUAD Hall Committee Asks Dean Hawkes to Remove Objec tionable From Dormitory NEW YORK, April s.—Furn ald Hall, the residential dormitory at Columbia University, a room of which is occupied by Frederick Wells, the negro law student from Iron City, Tenn., continues to be a storm center.. Wells has received two fetters threatening his death, purporting to' have been sent by Ku Klux! 1 Klansmen. The negro, has reiter ated his determination to continue his residence at Furnald Hall. Three members of the police bomb squad kept guard in the dor mitory, . last night. J. B. Rucker, chairman of the hall committee, presented to Dean Hawkes a resolution of a commit tee asking for the negro’s removal from the building. Dr. C. M. Han tell, a member of the committee, resigned, and was the second mem ber to resign during the week. MANY SUMTER RESIDENTS ARE NOW HAULING ROCKS A flying trip to Plains, is a de lightful jaunt at this time, Col. Ship. “The honeysuckle and dogwood,’’ Col. Shipp states “are in full bloom and vegetation is get ting on -the attire of spring'. All along the route the rock haulers are | piling stone for Sumter county road I commisisoners. At this time the county is paying $1.75 per square yard for rock delivered on the road-side where the new pavement I will Son be erected. “There is no end it seems to i the quantity of rock in this sec- j tion.’ Col. Shipp continued, “and , it is hoped tha never again will the county be compelled to order slag fiom Chattanooga or North Georgia. There are today scores of women and children picking up rock and loading up wagons at fair wages that make them happy and Contented.” All this water in flooded rivers comes from the spring. If* M GHSHIEH ffl cmicro in ffIOLM OF MURDER Former Leslie Resident Under Death Sentence, Granted New Hearing Before Jury IS WELL KNOWN HERE formerly Operated Filling Sta tion Oh Cotton Avenue in Americus FLORENCE, S. C., April 5.-- Edniund D. Bigham, for three yeari under sentence of death for slaying of five members of family to day was granted a new trial by Judge John S. Wilson in circuit court he'i'e. The case was carried on appeal four times to the Su preme court of South Carolina, fin ally resulting in an order for a new trial. Bigham, indicted for the murder of his mother, Mrs. Amelia Big ham widow of a former state sena tor, his sister, Mrs. Mariorie Black, and two small adopted chil dren of the latter was convicted for the murder of his brother L. Smiley Bigham 'which automatic ally carried the sentence of elec trocution. He was taken to the penitentiary in Columbia in 1921, when hi's at torneys began the fight for a sec ond trial. Bigham, who formerly resided in Leslie, near here, is well known in Americus, where for a time he con ducted an oil filling station on Cotton avenue, and developments. in his case are being watcher with interest among many who knew him! while a resident in this commun ity. FARMERS MAY SOON OUTWIT THE GAMBLERS ATLANTA, April s.—The nr.-, tional house of representatives is expected to consider soon the bill of U. S. Senator VV. J. Harris, of Georgia, stopping the reports, on intentions to plant cotton issued in the past by the department of agriculture in March of each year according to rooorts received here today. The bill has passed the Senate and has been favorably re ported by the House Agriculture Committee. Other parts of the bill provide for the crop condition re- I ports to be issued at the same time las tKe cotton ginning figures* by I the Census Bureau. Senator Harris says the bill, i with a companion measure regu lasing ginning figures, will furn ish more accurate statistics and help the cotton farmer. The leg islation, he said, is designed to make it harder for the cotton gambler to depress the price on announcement of government fig ures. The bill is approved by the American Cotton Association, the Georgia Cotton Growers Co-oper ative Association - ■ -1 111- 11 ii-ii—lunm. -1 n - -■-- . . ' New York Futures . PC. 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In the meanwhile, the committee has available for study documents relating to some of the cases, which were jplaced yesterday at the disposal <rf the executive session for consideration. DOPE SOLD IN ATLANTA PRISON COMMITTEE HEARS WASHINGTON, April s.—Drug peddling among prisoners at the Atlanta federal penitentiary on a wholesale scale, which he said was ■‘still gying on,” was bared to the committee late Friday by J. E. Dyche, former warden at the Atlan ta penitentiary. Dyche said that Heber H. Votaw, superintendent, of had stopped an investigation of the dope traffic at the penitentiary by agents of William J. Burns, head of the bureau of investigation of the de partment of justice, who he sa d would have stamped it out. Votaw stopped the investigation because he feared the publicity that might come out of it would injure prison discipline, Dyche said. The former warden said he took a census while he was warden thst showed that 600 men were engaged' in the dope traffic and that ajbout 100 became drug addicts after they were confined in the prison. He said there were four men indicted as a result of the Burns gation and there should have been eight or ten. Describing the reason he left thef position at Atlanta, Dyche said that the inspector of prisons called on him at Atlanta when he was warden and asked him to “step cut" as At torney Generfal Daugherty was “in a jam." He was relieved as warden,, he said, and then obtained an ap pointment as a prohibition agent. Dyche testified that h e learned die drug traffic was going on at the penitentiary soon after he took, office. The dope was smuggled into the prison in various ways, he said. “There were trusties who came ■and went,” he said, describing the methods “Then some dope may | have come in through the mails. I Some came in in fopd and things sent from prisoners homes." Asked what he did when he found, that narcotics were £>e:ng qold in the prison, Dyche said that he “began urging Mr. Votaw, sup erintendent of prisons, to make an investigation of the narcotic sit uation with a view of prosecuting somebody.” m He said that Burns sent thfee mien down, and a net was thrown about the prison, and all mail care fully watched to prevent drugs coming in. He stated that it was a> year after he had asked for help from Votaw, however, before these special agents were sent down. Four guards, he said, were in dicted on dope charges and two oth er men who he had heard were en gaged in the dope traffic resigned after he had talked with them about the rumors that were going about the prison. Two of the guards in dicted were acquitted, and.two were dismissed Dyche said. • He was asked if the traffic in dope stopped with indictments cf the guards. “It did not,” Dyche answered, “and it is going on there today.” Arizona is called the .cactus state, ! but shouldn’t get stuck up over I that.
