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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER For Georgia—Cloudy tonight and Thursday probably light local rain; little change in temperature. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 90 SATTERFIELD LOSES FIGHT FOR LIFE; ATLANTAN MUST HANG 000000000 000000000 0000000000 NEW ALLEGED CORRUPTION CHARGES AIRED 000000000 000000000 0000000000 SITUATION ! AT LEESBURG IMPROVED; NO NEW DEATHS TODAY PM COMMISSIQN DECLINES TO H CLMENCY IN BSE • Atlanta Man Who Recently Sawed Way Out of Jail Prob ably Will Be Hanged NOW UP TO WALKER Only Action By Governor Can Prevent Execution of Death Sentence Imposed ATLANTA, April 16.—The Geor gia Prison Commission today declin ed to recommend clemency in the case of J. B. Satterfield, sentenced to hang April 23, for the murder of his brother-in-law, R. H. Hart, here January 1921. Unless the governor intervenes sentence will be executed on the date above named. comStyinterest ASKED FOR REVIVAL Merchants Asked By Pastors to Close Daily During Service Hour Americus ministers, members of £he pastors association here, are convinced that the Simultaneous Revival campaign t 0 be staged here next week is a matter of vital im portance to every resident of this community. This sentiment is em bided in an appeal issued today by these pastors, asking the co-opera- of every resident in the big effort. The revival, which is to be conducted in the Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian and Christian churches here, will begin Sunday April 20, and will continue in all the churches named until May 4. In presenting their appeal for co operation the pastors declare that “no event is of greater importance to our people” than the coming series of services, their appeal, sign ed by Rev. John M. Outler, pastor of First Methodist congregation; Rev. Carl W. Minor, pastor of First Baptist congregation; Rev: Richard F. Simpson, pastor of Pres byterian congregation; Rev. Milo H. Massey, pastor of Central Bap tist congregation; Rev. W. A. Joyn er, pastor of Christian congrega tion, and Rev. Luther Harrell, nas 4or of Lee Street Methodist con (Continued on Page Five.) PRESBYTERIOOMEN ATTEND DUNLIN MEET Americus To Be Well Repre sented At Presbyterial Gathering Americus will be well represent ed at the meeting of the Macon Presbyterial, which assembled today at Dublin in annual session. The sessions, which are being held in Dublin Presbyterian church, will continue throughout tomorrow and Friday. , Attending the gathering from the Presbyterian congregation here are I Mrs. James Ferguson, president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary and Mrs. C. P. Davis, who are present as dele ! gates from the congregation; Mis. Albert Harris and Mrs. R. E. Glenn who are presbyterial oficers and I who are attending by virtue of their . offices. ; ■ft* The ladies composing the dele "Rtion left Americus early today, I and they plan to return home Fri- I day, it is announced. JACOB ALEXANDER IS BACK AFTER CRUISE DAWSON, April 16.—Mr. and | Mrs. W. L. Alexander have re ceived a letter from their s n Jacob, who is in the navy, stating that he is back in the United States after a cruise of 28,000 miles in foreign waters. Young Alexander is now at Philadelphia, where his ship returned after taking pai% in the recent maneuvers in the Pana ma canal zone. ~ ■y ■ * THETIMESgRECORDER EgBLRUBUSHED IN THE HEART OF DlXlrtfoi Senator Lodge Defends Message of Coolidge Republican Senate Leader As serts Prehident Acted Clearly Within His Rights WASHINGTON April 16—Reply ing to the critics of President Cool idge for his letter of protest against the trend of the senate investiga tions, Senator Lodge declared to day that the chief executive acted entirely within his own rights. “This message,” said Senator Lodge “related directly to the conduct of public business with which Presi dent Coolidge is charged as chief executive.” ( GLASS RESENTS EFFORT TO STOP INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, April 16.—The cross fire of Senate controversy that has raged for three days about Presidential intervention in the Pinchot-Henry-Mellon wrangle, con tinued unabated late Monday with Senator Glass, of Virginia, deliver ing what his Democratic colleagues hailed as the formal declaration of their resentment at President’s lan guage. The Virginia senator spoke aft er careful preparation. He had not been assigned to the task, his col leagues said; but when he concluded they crowded about him to clasp hands in congratulation while Sen ator Reed, Republican, Pennsyl vania, was kept waiting for order that he might make a brief reply. Senator Glass disclaimed any par tisan purpose. He voiced resnect and admiration for the President an Mr. Mellon; declared himself op posed to the action of the investi gating committee in proposing to employ of Francis J. Henry at the personal expense of Senator Cou zens,' Reublican. Michigan, but ad ded that he could not remain silent in the face of the message that contained the President’s “amazing arraignment of the Senate of the United States as a menace to or derly government.” “I’ve had no immediate part in any investigation and have contrib uted no word of consequence to the discussions of them,” Senator Glass said “but I refuse to remain silent when a Preidential message is put upon the desk which asperses the patriotism and even the honesty of the Senate.” Senator Glass delivered his ad dress with great earnestness and no senator on either side sought to interrupt him. Republicans and Democrats alike gave him the clos est attention throughout. STATE REVENUE STAMP THEFT WAS ONLY SBSOO ATLANTA, April 16. 16.—The theft of state revenue stamps from the printing house of Foote and Davies Co., Saturday did not amount to $20,000 as was first re ported, but only $8,500. The ques tion arose whether or not that loss will be sustained by the state should the stamps be sold, and it appears there is no bond furnished the state to cover such a loss, and the loss, if any, will fall upon the state. Information is that only about one third of the lot of stamps taken were perforated, and it is believed -f eforts is made to get the balance: perforated the thieves will be cap tured. Detectives already are work ing on the case, and officials be lieve there will be arrests. CRISP SUPERIOR COURT TERM TO BE ADJOURNED CORDELE, April 16.—Judge D. A. Crum, of Crisp Superior court, has announced that because of farming conditions in that section the regular April term of that court will be adjourned from the fourth Monday in April to the first Monday in May and jurors will give attendance as follows: The grand jury will report for sewices on Monday May sth. The petit jury drawn for service on April 28th will report for service on Monday May sth, and will be discharged for the term at the close of business on Tuesday May 6th. The petit jury drawn for service on Monday May sth, will report for servicl Wednesday, KJay 7th. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 16, 1924 DNOLEY rail Din SET FOP B SIITH IN COURT IT_COYIN(ITON Congressman Accused of Con spiracy to Defraud Govern ment to Face Jury Next Month 5 OTHERS ARE INDICTED Casd Involves Alleged Illegal Liquor Withdrawals at Lawrenceburg, Ky. COVINGTON, April 16.—Judge Cochran, in the United States Dis trict court here today, set May 6 as the date of trial of Congressman John .W. Langley. Representative Langley was re cently indicted with five others in connection with alleged liquor with drawals in a distillery in Lawrence burg, Ky., on charges of conspiracy io defraud the government. SEmmis for MG PUNE IN MN WILDERNESS Major Frederick Martin, Squad ron Commander, Missing At Cordova When Ships Arrive 3 OTHER PLANES ARE SAFE Dispatches Do Not State Why Missing Ship “Seattle’ Was Forced to Descend CORDOVA, Alaska, April 16. The airplane ‘Seattle’ in which Ma jor Frederick Martin, commander of an American air squadron flying around the world left Seward yes terday morning, is an object of search today in, the vicinity of Kia lagvik Bay, northwest of Chignik, by the United States destroyers, “Corry” and “Hull” and the steam ship “Starr. The “Seattle is believed io have been forced to light in the waters of the bay. The three other planes arrived safe at Chignik late yesterday, ac cording to a wireless message: re ceived here. The dispatches did not say why the “Seattle” was forc ed- down. DAWSON MERCHANTS TO ORGANIZE ASSOCIAIION DAWSON, April 16—It is more than probable that Dawson will have a Retail Merchant’s Associa tion, modeled after those in larger cities. The purpose of organizing an association of this kind would be to protect the merchants from bad accounts, and thus enable them to sell their goods cheaper. Should a person desire credit at a store it would only be necessary to consult the records of the asocia (tion to learn how promptly his bills were paid and the extent to which it w’ould be safe to permit him to run an account. All merchants who have had the proposition put before them have heartily endorsed it. I FULTON REPUBLICANS ENDORSE COOLIDGE ATLANTA, April 16—Republi can voters of Fulton county, at a mass meeting held here recently, unanimously endorsed the candidacy of President Calvin Coolidge and adopted resolutions lauding his ad ministration. Delegates to the state Republican convention io be held here April 30 were elected the meeting. KEEP COLLEGE AT WAYCROSS WAYCROSS, April 16—An in tensive campaign to keep Pitedmont institution in this center and make it a junior college is being made by citizens of Waycross. Oil in considerable quantities re cently hag been discovered near Mandali, Mesopotamia, AGED SWTED MINSTER, FORMERLY OF AMEROS, DIES Rev. A. J. Hutchinson, c 5, End ed Long, Useful Life At Dal ton Home Last Ni ;ht TO BE BURIED AT D&LTON Mrs. E. T. Jones and J Vlrs. F. Ricker, of Americus, Among Family Survivors Rev. A. J. Hutchinson, 85 yeMrs of age, and long a resident of Amer icus, died at the home of his son, J. W. Hutchinson, in Dalton, Ga., last night, death being due to an illness of long duration. Although funeral arrangements have not been completed ft is prob • able the funeral will take place in Dalton Thursday morning, with interment in the Dalton cemetery. Surviving are two sons, J. W. Hutchinson, of Dalton; J. H. Hut chinson, of Atlanta; one brother, Parker Hutchinson, of Candler, N- C., two granddaughters, Mrs. E. T. Jones and Mrs. F.“ H. Ricker, of Americus, and a grandson, H. W. Hutchinson, of Macon, and several great-grand children. Rev. Hutchinson, for many years a member of the North Georgia Conference, was well known, hav ing been one of the, oldest Method ist ministers in the state, although he had not been actively engaged in ministerial work for a number of years. i For 18 years he made his home in Americus with his son, R. S. Hutch, inson, who died a year ago. He was a member of the First Methodist church here, and was actively asso ciated with all departments of the church, often conducting the pray er and other . services at weekly gatherings. His life was filled with sweet Christian principles, and hundreds here remember him for his gentle ness of disposition and kindliness of manner. He was a member of Camp Sum ter No. 642 U. C. V. and, attended the reunions as long as health per mitted. Greatly beloved here and through -out the county, he made friends dur ing his years’ residence in Dalton, and his death will be mourned here with deepest regret. HMY S, EDWARDS IS (IM IN MOS Harry Stillwell Edwards, of At lanta, representing the Stone Mountain Memorial association, is in Americus for the purpose of in teresting the community in estab lishing there a tablet to the mem ory of the Americus Light Infan try and the Cutts 'Artillery Bri gade in the great work now being done on the Confederate memorial at “Stone Mountain. “The memorial foundation,” said Mr. Edwards, “will consist of 2,400 memberships, at a cost of SI,OOO each, which will entitle con trol of one bronze tablet commem orating th e memory of a single per son or a group. “ The government has authorized the making of five million 50-cent pieces, which will bear the faces of Lee, Jackson and Davis on one side, Stone Mountain with an eagle above it on the reverse. These sil ver pieces will be sold to secure the perpetuation of the momemory of Confederate heroes.” Mr. Edwards will be in Ameri cus two days, and those interested they call upon him to learn further about hte enterprise. While here he will be a guest in the hom e of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Council on Lee street. GEORGIA OSTEOPATHS a TO MEET IN ATLANTA Al LANTA, April 16.—The annu al meeting of the Georgia State Osteopathic Association will be held here April 18-20, it is an nounced. A feature of the meeting will be an address by Dr. Arthur G. Hild reth, of Macon, said to be one oi’ the pioneer practitioners of oste pathy. The subject of Dr . Hild reth’s address will be “Fifty Years of Osteopathy,”- t Reply of Germans is Received at Paris British Premier Tells House of Commons Britains Will Ac cept Experts’ Report PARIS, April 16. —The office of the German war burdens commis sion here received today Germany’s reply to the reparations commission accepting th e experts report as a basis for discussion and settlement of the reparations question. BRITAIN READY TO SUPPORT FINDINGS LONDON, April 16.—Simultan eously with the announcmqpnt from Berlin that the German govern ment had accepted the reparation expert’s report as a basis for ne gotiations,. Premier MaDonald in formed the House of Commons that the British government was pre pared to support the scheme in its entirety provided that all other parties concerned were willing to take the same course. Great Britain has thus taken the initia tive and is recorded as the first of the Allied powers to declare her position in the matter of accept ance of th e plan. Following Premier MacDonald’s announcement, former Premier Stanley Baldwin, the opposition leader, assured Mr. MacDonald of the country’s whole-hearted sup port in the attitude he had pro claimed. Observers commenting on the government’s decision declare that Mr. MacDonald’s quick action leads to a much greater hope that experts report will result in a satis factory solution of the reperations problem, as it has been feared in some quarters that the value of the plan would be more or less nullified by protracted inter-allied consulta tions regarding its practicability. It also is pointed out that Great Britains attitude wil exercise a powerful influence on the other Allies. SEND UNINSTBKTED DELEGATES TO BEET Unit Rule to Bind Delegation, With Majority Controlling All Voting REPORT IS ADOPTED Substitute Amendment Adopted Following Fight On Klan At Springfield > SPRINGFIELD, April 16.—Th e Missouri delegation will go to the democratic national convention un instructed but bound by the unit rule with the majority governing the voting delegation, the state convention here having adopted the report of the resolution commitec early today before it adjourned. The fight over an amendment of the resolution committee, denounc ing the Ku Klux Klan,, ended when the convention adopted a substitute amendment. The substitute did not mention the klan, but urged prompt andi impartial justice, civil and religious liberty and the freedom of the press. > HEAVY EXPENDTIURES MADE ON WARE’S ROADS April 16.—A total of $57,630.45 was expended on the construction of better highways and bridges in Ware county alone, dur ing the month of March, according to a report just made by the office Os the Waycross Division. The mere statement of this fact in cold figures is suficient to give the residents of Ware county and the surrounding section just what this county is doing in the way of high way and bridge construction in their continual efforts to give the motorists of this section and the tourists who flock through Ware county over the Dixie Highway and the Woodpecker route, annually, a greater and better kept system of highways. This amount, expended during the month of March, constitutes more than 84 per cent of the total spent in the entire Waycross division, which is composed of fifteen coun ties. A total of $68,565. 95 was spent in the entire division during the month, which is next to the largest sum spent during any one jnonth in the past year, FORBES INDICTED IN ALLEGED FRAUDULENT SALE OP ARMY GOODS Supplies Worth Three Millions Said to Have Sold For Paltry $600,000 OTHERS NAMED IN BILL Nathan Thomson, Buyer, and Chas. O’Leary. Inspector, Al so Accused of Fraud BALTIMORE, April 16—Col. Charles R. Forbes, former director of the United States veterans bu reau, was indicted by the. federal grand jury here today following the close of an investigation into the sale of certain army supplies al leged to have been worth three mil lion dollars to the Thompson-Kelly Company at a rice of $600,000. Charges made against Forbes in the indictment alleged conspiracy to defraud the government. Nathan Thompson, buyer of the supplies, and Charles O'Leary, United States navy chief in rhe supplies division of the veterans bu reau at the time when the goods were sold, were also indicted upon the. same charges as the grand jury preferred against Forbes. MARSIUJRGES COLLEGE COURSES L County Agent Tells Pleasant Grove Students Not to Neg lect Higher Education Miss Bonnie Parkman met with the canning club girls Wednesday April 9, in the morning, and the ladies of the community in the af ternoon. The girls have elected officers for their club. Holding of fice are: President, Annie Ruth Barton; vice president, Estelle Methvin; secretary and treasury, Edna Braswell. They have 22 club members and are doing splendid work. The kitchen has been com pleted and their next lesson will be on “making bread.” George O. Marshall visited the school April 10, and gave the boys and girls a good talk. He urged the students to join the “Go to College Club” and be “selfmade men and women. Do not depend on some body else t 0 hand your education to you.” They are considering the question and we hope to have a large club at Pleasant Grove. The community club will hold their regular meeting in the school auditorium Friday night, a prog ram will be rendered by members of the club. It especially urged that all the people of the community be present. The March honor roll for the Senior class is as follows: Edna Braswell, Estelle Methvin, Thelma Morris, Annie Ruth Barton. Pleasant Grove will have a nine months school, at the close which will be May 30 we are expecting a great success with our commence menfcjand graduating exercises. enjoyed the talk given by Mr. Zach Childers Friday morn ing about the “Constitution.” His subject was on “Moderatio .” TOMATOES GRAFTED ON POTATOES NOW PARIS, April 16.—The grafting of tomatoes on different species of potatoes, as noted in experiments conducted by the botanist Stanislas, had the effect of noticeable increas ing the acidity of the former vege table, according to a papei- which the scientist read to the Academy of Sciences. On the other hand, grafting a to mato on the lycium plant, another member of the genus solanaceas, considerably increased the sugar con tent of the tomato. Earthquakes in general are of much greater frequency than most people realize, ■W New York Future* PC. Open High Low Close Jan. .24.08124.20124.38|24.20 24.38 May ..30.13i30.20|30.62129.90 30.47 July ..28.80128.80j29.11|28.54 28.8? Oct. . 25.12 25.10!25.38|24.96 24.24 Dec. . 24.53124.50j24.75|24.42 24.59 Americus strict middling 30 cents PRICE FIVE CENTS NN IH DEATHS IN WHOLESALE PDISOMING IT LEESBURG TW Mrs. Spillers. W. H. Bulloch and Bulloch Children Remain in Critical Condition MANNING FAMILY BETTER Dealer Who Sold Suspected Souse To Make Statement On Return to Leesburg News from Leesburg, where more than thirty persons were poisoned during Sunday and Monday by eat ing alleged tainted souse at noon today is to the effect that of the whites stricken, Mrs. Susie Spillers and H. W. Bulloch and his t|hrce» young children remain in serious condition, as are a number of ne groes who partook of the deadly foodstuff. The Bulloch children, aged 3, 6 and 8 years, respectively, are all critically ill according to a tele phone message received here, and may not receover. Mrs. Spillers, who is among the most desperately ill among those stricken, it is believed will recover, while her two children were repott ed as improved. W. R. Manning, who was stricken Monday after partaking of the sus pected. souse, were reported today as greatly improved, with every in- • dication that all will recover. A number of negroes, it is said, were seized with illness early to day and during last night, but ill has been impossible to establish whether or not these were poisoned from etiting souse. The dealer who disposed of the alleged tainted meat was not in Leesburg today, it is learned, but it was said he would return there dur ing the afternoon, when a formal statement regarding the source of the souse would be issued. Physicians called from Smithville to attend the numerous cases of poisoning have since returned tj their home, there, leaving the situa tion to be handled by Leesburg phy sicians. Lt was stated erroneously tha: physicians and nursese had been summoned from Albany which error is corrected today. MANY STILLS LOST BY GA. MOONSHINERS ATLANTA, April 16.—During the four-year period from 1920- 1923 inclusive, federal prohibition agents operating in Georgia destroy ed a total of 9,320 illicit stills ana 80,364 gallons of whiskey, accord ing to report of F. D. Dismuke, fed*- eral prohibition director. It was pointed out that during this period, Georgia led the entire United States in the number of stills seized and destroyed. Property seized and destroyed by the agents uring that time'was val ued at $1,846,434.18, while amount of taxes recommended for assess ment against violators of the prohi bition law totaled $4,778,275.52, the report showed. In addition, 616 automobiles were seized for be ing used in violation of the dry'law. It was reported that 4,376 persons were arrested for violation of the prohibition law during the four-year period, and 7,957 alleged violators were recommended for prosecution. Nearly 7,000,000 gallons of beer or “mash, ready for distillation, and 2,575 still “worms” were seized and destroyed, according to the report. PRICE TO ATTEND MEET IN CHICAGO ATLANTA, April 16.—-James D. Price, rate expert of the Georgia Public Service Commission, will leave here April 29 for Chicago to attend a meeting of the special com mittee of the National Association of Railway and Utilities Cosnmis sioners on grade crossings and tres j passing on railroads, of which hs lis a member. The meeting will be held April 30 and May 1. • WOMEN SEEK MEMBERS ATLANTA, April 16.—League of Women Voters organization here lias had a mendidlShip drive on dur ing the past week. \ '

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