About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1924)
WEATHER . I For Georgia—Fair t^iglft:•Snt*i urday cloudy probably ‘ shower? in west and north portion; slightly cooler portion. - J FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 98 GEORGIA FARMERS GOOD MANAGERS BIG FINANCIER ASSmS PETEWMIB GIVEN WIG IfflCE ADDRESSING BUMS P Says Limit Should Be Placed On County and Municipal Taxing Authority COTTON STILL IS KING Staple Not To Be Displaced By New Crops Now Being Intro- in Georgia AUGUSTA, April 25.—The aver age Georgia ‘fanner knows by far better how to conduct his' farm -than any farmer-bartker, Record ing to James Peters, president of the Georgia Bankers Asociation, who told the bankers in convention here yesterday afternoon that they should give the farmer encour agement but not advice. “He declared too much harmful advice has been given the farmer already.” . Lifciit by constitutional amend ment the taxing power of su’b-divi sions of the state’s taxing bodies is urged by Mr. Peters. He sail * that cotton would continue to bo the major money chop of the state, at today’s session. A number of talks will be made mTSSe DECLARED SUCCESS Pastors Pleased With Impres sions Made During First Stage of Revival Encouraging reports were, given this morning by the pastors of the services held on yesterday in the six churches now engaged in re vival services. Attesdance has steadily increased during the week both at the morning and evening services, until there is an extra large congregation in attendance at ev ■ ery church for all the meetings. . Not only is the interest being manifested in the matter of atten dance but the congregational sing ing is inspiring and the general spirit of thee people is encouraging. The pastors feel that the first week the meetings have been a suc cess and the impressions made thus far wilf yield large dividends in tk£ faithful lives of their congregations All of the visiting ministers have arrived and are delighting the va rious congregations with their help ful messages at .each service. It is Isaid that the type of Simons be ing preached during the meetings is (Continued on Page Two.) BUSINESSASUSUAL SATURDAY ILL DAY Stores Here to Be Open All day, With Revival Services Suspended For Day Buiness as usual, will be the slogan in Americus Saturday. Busi ness houses which have been closing daily during the morning service hour since the revival began wdi be open all day, it was announced this afternoon, with shopping unin terrupted throughout the day. This change in hours is made in order to accommodate out-of-town shoppers who are expected to be here in unusual number's- on Satur day, and also because of the fact that revival services are to be en tirely suspended for the day. The day being Memorial Day and a legal holiday, the banks of Amer icus will be closed all day, but it is impressed upon the trading public that all stores here will be open all day, only the banks being closed. ATLANTA DELEGATES . TO MEETING NAMED ATLANTA, pril 25.—Atlanta delegates to the twelfth annual meeting of the chamber of com merce of the United States will leave for Cleveland May 4, to at tend sessions on May 6,7 and 8. Alfred C. Newell, national councilor, Mayor Walter A. Sims, B. L. Bugg, William Dunlop, Robert W. Woodruff, Armand May, F. A. Wilson-Lawrenson, Paul H. Nor cross and B. S. Barker will com prise the local chamber’s delegation. Mrs. Wilson-Lawrenson and Mrs. Newett will accompany the party, via the Louisville' & Nashville rail road, «_sb.u TH E TIMES’W®RDEF PUBLISHED IN THE~ HEART OT'pixlClfejl » CHARLES F. MURPHY DIES SUDDENLY SEEK INDICTMEN F OF ACCUSED MAGNATES BESTS BELIEVED NEAR II HOLD UP Os A, C. CLEW TAMPA Men Who Relieved Banker of $24,000 Cash Believd Lo cated in Florida Towns DEPUTY SENT FOR MEN Two Suspects in West Tampa and Three Others Said to Be In St, Petersburg TAMPA, April 25, —The arrest of five men, believed by city, and county authorities to have been in volved in the robbery of A. C. Clewis, local banker, last Wednes day, of $24,000 which sum was se cured by two unmasked bandits, ir promised today. Two men are expected to be ar rested in West Tampa, and the sheriff has sent his deputy to St. Petersburg to locate three others believed to be implicated. The Jap problem looks real trou blesome now, but many cool off after we blow over it a while; Change Announced In Order Os Services At Theater Visiting Evangelist Wil! Sup plant Dr. William Russsell Owen Who Is Unable to Come Mrs. J. W. Harris, Jr., president of.Ameircus chapter United Daugh ters of The Confederacy, announced today receipt of a telegram from Dr. William Russell Owen, an nouncing he would be unable to de liver the memorial address in Amer icus Saturday morning. Dr. Owen, who is now in Kentucky, has been unavoidable detained there, and ii: his telegram to Mrs. Harris ex pressed deep regret at his inability to reach Americus in time for the memorial exercises. Following receipt of the telegram Mrs. Harris, in co-operation with Mrs. E. L. Carswell and other mem bers of the U. D. C. chapter here,; succeeded in persuading Dr. C. W.. Daniel, one of the visiting evange listis now in Americus, to substi tute for Dr. Owen as chief speaker at the exercises tomorrow morning and with this change the program will be carried out as first announc ed. Dr. Daniel, w'ho will deliver she address, is a speaker of force ful eloquence, who has alreaedy made a deep impression upon Amer icus people through his sermons here, and announcement of his ac ceptance at Memorial Day orator will be learned with general satis faction it the community He is pastor of an important con gregation in Atlanta, and ranks among the foremost pulpit speak ers in Georgia. DAIRY EXPERT VIEWS PROGRESS IN LOWNDES VALDOSTA, April 25.—H. C. Bates, the dairy expert of the Southern Railway is now, in Val dosta to look over the dairy. Mr. Bates has visited this county many times and rendered much assistance in getting the’ people interested in the development of farm dairying. He is much gratified at the fact that the Valdosta creamery will soon be ready for business and be lieves that this will be one of the means of adding largely to the eash income to farmers who take ad vantage of this opportunity. NEW MUNICIPAL JAIL BEING CONSTRUCTED WAYCROSS, April 25 The swimming pool, in the basement of the munipical building, is now be ing filled with sand and later ace-i rnent floor will be placed over the sand, as a foundation for the con struction of the new city jail.* The old jail, in the read of fire head quarters will be done away with when the one in the municipal build ing is completed. Cells will be placed in the basement of the building, which was previously used as a swimming pool, and a clean up-to date lock-up constructed there. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 25, 1924 k Girl Slayer St- '.'B Jlk .. |O Alta Wallace, 16, is held by Terre Haute (Ind.) authorities for murder of Harry Peters, 32, a married man. The girl, ad nfitting she shot him, says Pet ers deceived her. But on his death bed he contend-1 he was the “victim of a morbid imagina tion of a flighty girl.” YOUNG GIRLS TO SELL FLAGS HERE SATURDAY Young girls of Americus will sell Confederate flags here Sat urday, it was announced today by Mrs- J. W. Harris of the U. D. C. chapter. These flags are to be sold for the benefit of needy Confederate veterans and their widows and in the educa tion of descendants of Confed erate parents. Th e slogan is to be “Wear a Confederate Flag in Your Heart Every Day, and Wear a Confeaerate’ Flag On Your Heart One Day in Every Year,” and it is hoped that ev ery man and woman here will display the Confederate emblem on Memorial Day. HMERTY NAMED GAS ASSOCIATION OFFICER Former Americus Man Named a Director At Meeting Just Ended At Augusta AUGUSTA, April 25.—W. H. Taylor, of Atlanta, was elected pres ident of the Southern Gas associa tion for the ensuing year at its six teenth annual convention in a three day session at the Bon Air Vander bile hotel and either Wilmington or Wrightsvill Beach, N. C., will be the next meeting place of the asso ciation. The date and place will be definitely decided by the exe cutive committee later. The first vice president of the association aft elected at the close of the meet Thursday was Sam uel E, Linton, Nashville, Tenn.; second vice president, Oscar 11. Fogg, BaMfeiore, and secretary and treasurer, J. F. Conolly Charleston, S. C. Directors Edward L. Heiha, Edward B. Brewer, John H. Hag erty and F. L. Marshall. STATE OFFICIALS INSPECTING DAIRIES SELMA, Ala., April 25.—Cooper ation with local dairymen and others supplying the retail trade of Selma is being given this week by L. C. Frank U. S. Sanitary Engi neer and G. A. Able of the State Board of Health, who have just reached the city to inspect the dairies and make recommendations to their owners as to the best meth ods of Complying with the new Grade A Milk Ordinance. Every dairy supplying milk to the city will be visited and unoffi cial tests will be made of the milk now being sold, in order to deter mine what steps must be taken to bring the milk up to the require ments laid down in the Grade A Ordinance,which goes into effect in June, _ STATE DEPARTMENT ,j ffiWWsf HOIDURAN SITUATIOI ‘ No News of Reported Casualties | Sustained By Maries at i Tegucigalpa ’officials are hopeful United States Invited to Attend Central American Peace Con ference WASHINGTON, Apjril 25.—Over night advices t 0 the state and navy department contained no word of casualties among the American ; naval forces at Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, as reported yesterday in unofficial messages from San Salvador. Officials are inclined to accept the lack of any official report as a hopeful sign. Jt ig pointed out that in view of the disturbed condi tions it would not be unusual if exaggerated versions trickled across the. border. . The United States has been in vited by Costa Rica, San Salvador, Nicarauga and Guatemala to parti cipate in the peace conference to be l held at Amapala, Honduras. ’ Preliminary .to the meeting, acon , ference to attempt to arrange an armistice between the warring fac tions in Honduras will continue throughout the conference, SEVERAL MARINES REPORTED KILLED ! SAN SALVADOR, April 25. Several American jparines have i been killed in Honduras; accord . ing to advices received here. ‘ An attache of the American lega tion in Tegucigalpa is said to have proceeded to La Libertad, Salvador a cable station, in order to com municate with the government in Washington. I A dispatch from Amapala says ad ditional reinforcements for the pro- I visional government force,s who j are besieged in Tegucigalpa, have i managed to slip through the revolu i tionary lines and enter the capi- I Other dispatches are to the ef | feet that none of the political par ties in Honduras cares to shoulder the responsibility of intervening with Sumner Welles, repesenting ' j 'the American government, in an ' endeavor to bring about peace be i tween the discordant factions. INTEREST GROWS IN REVIVAL AT BUTLER BUTLER, April .25. —Interest in - the revival services at the Butler Methodist church has been growing > for several days and the attendance | at each service has been large. Rev. 0. L. Kelley, the pastor, has been preaching sermons of unusual strength, and the music led by Miss Katinel Adams and Mrs. H. J. Port er has been inspiring. These song services have made a lasting impres sion on all who attended them. The hours of service are 3:30 and 7:45 p. m. METHODIST DISTRICT MEETING AT VALDOSTA VALDOSTA, April 25.—The Dis- > trict Missionary conference of the Methodist ghurch will convene in this city Wednesday and Thursday April 30th and May Ist. A splendid program has been ar - ranged for this meeting, and about one hundred out of town delegates are expected to attend. They will* arrive Wednesday afternoon. ALBANY MAN IN PEN GETS PARDON ALBANY, April 25.—Charles R. Johnson, of Albany one of the most prominent defendants in the cele brated express company corispir aey trial, who was convicted by a jury in the Unitejl States district court at Macon in April 1921, has been granted a pardon by Presi dent Coolidge on the grounds of in nocence. Johnson was fined $1,500 as a result of his conviction. Johnson was a railroad conduc tor on the southwestern division of lhe Central of Georgia railway for 25 yews.prion to his'conviction* DAYLIGHT BANDITS GET $46,000 CASH ' ST. LOUIS', April 25.—Band ’its today robbed the Granite City National Bank, of Granite City, iflis.,' of currency variously esti fflated from $46,000 to $75,000, the police here are notified. GRAND JURY CHOSEN IB HEAR EMCE IN LEASING SCANDAL Pomerene and Roberts Will As sist Prosecution in Presenting ss* Criminal Phases JURY MUST HAVE FACTS ‘Political Indictments’ and Those Based On Scandal Or Rumor Barred By Court WASHINGTON, April 25.—The iselection of a grand jury before which will be presented the crimin al cases growing out of the senate oil investigation was completed to day by the District of Columbia Supreme court. The jury immed iately retired, and the presentation, of preliminary evidence was begun. Atlee Pomerene and Owen Rob erts are assisting the district at torneys in the presentation of the case. Judge Hitz, in changing the jury, said he did not want “any political indictments” in court nor any based on scandal or rumor. At least 12 out of 23 jurors must agree upon an indictment before it can be returned. After a brief session the body recessed until Monday. BELLWhL IS REJECTED Bl SENATE WASHINGTON, April The proposal of Secretary Mellon de signed to check capital loss deduc tion was rejected by the senate to day without a record vote. Less than a score of senators were on the floor when, this and several: other amendments were acted upon without discussion. Consideration of the income tax schedule, which represents the heart of the measure, was delayed by agreement on both sides by the leaders. Contributions to fratern al organizations to be used exclu sively in religious charities, scien tific literary, and educational pur poses, were voted as exemptions in the taxation program. The committee on provision ex empting from the 10 per cent tax theater tickets for less than 50 cents was agreed to. MRS CLEMENTS DIES SUDDENLY. IN YARD POULAN, Ga., April 24.—Mrs. W, A. Clements, 69, died suddenly here Wednesday while sweeping the yard at her home. She had ap parently been in good health. Heart disease was given as the cause of death. Mrs. Cleriients is survived by her husband, seven children and 1« grand children. ALLEGED LOAN SHARKS WIN OUT IN SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, Ga., April. 25. Judge P. W. Meldrim refused to grant a temporary injunction after hearing the evidence of applicants and the restraining order issued was vacated yesterday in Superior Court !in the case of John Jackson and others against M. M. Parish, trading as The Empire Company. The case proved interesting to a small attendance in the court room. The charges brought by the plaintiff were the assigpment of their wages to the defendant and the alleged practice of usury. Ex-' cessive rates of interest, on small sums were forth in the petition. SIMPSON NAMED NEW MODERATOR CUTHBERT, April 25.—Rev. R. F. Simpson, of Americus, was elected the moderator of the Macon Presbytery held here. He succeeds Rev. C. B. Tomb, of Columbus, the retiring moderator. GUARDSMEN AID POSSE IN DESPERADO HUNT OVER MIA HILLS Scott Brothers Sought For Mur der of ProhibitiomAgent Dur ing Street Duel SHERIFF GUNN WOUNDED Members of Searching' Party Have Orders to ‘Shoot On Sight and Shoot to Kill’ COVINGTONTva?, April 25. National Guardsmen and a possee led by civil authorities of two states are today combing the West Virgi nia hills near Neola in; a search for the two Scott brothers, celebrated mountaineer outlaws, and their com panion, who on yesterday shot and killed State Prohibition Agent Me- Manaway and wounded Sheriff Gunn, of Bath county, in a gun battle on the treets of Flynn. Every searcher carries orders to “shoot on sight and shoot to kill.” The Scotts are sought for alleg ed whiskey manufacturing, and from justice. Following their escape from jail at Lewisburg, W. Va., last fall, met the officers in the center of the town and opened fire. They were accompanied by n named Palmer. THREE STUNNED BY BOLT BE LIGHTNING Wilmer Williams Has Clothing Torn Into Shreds During Electric Display VALPOSTA, April 25. With his clothing torn almost to shreds Wilmer Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. George R. Williams, was knocked from the upper window of a tobacco barn, by a bolt of lightn ing and three others were also shocked, bruised and burned by the same bolt, according to informa tion just received in Valdosta. Wilmer Williams, aged fourteen, and a -companion, were in the up per part of the tobacco barn on the Williams’ place a few miles south of Valdosta on the Loch Laurel road, when the bolt struck, while Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Shaffer and thqir son, were on the ground floor where they had taken refuge from the electrical storm which was sweep ing this section late in the after noon. J Thq injured boy’s companion was merely stunned by the bolt . Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer and their son, who were on the ground floor were bad ly bruised and ''burned, but it did not appear that their inquries were quite so severe as those of Wilmer Williams. TERRE HENDRICKS GETS COMMISSION AS MAJOR VALDOSTA, April 25.—Terre Hendricks has received notice from the war department of his promo tion to the position of major in the reserve. The promotion is a recog nition of his splendid services dur ing the World War and it means that in case of another war he would enter the service with the rank of major. WILL HOLD TRAIN FOR OPERA LOVERS Channing White, Americus agent for the Central of Georgia, an nounced today that Train No. 8 wili be held Saturday night at Atlanta until 11:30 for the accomodation of opera patrons who may wish to return to their homes immediately following the conclusion of the ope ; - season. This train arrives in Amer . icus at 5:14 Sunday morning, and it is expected the 30 minutes it is held in Atlanta will be made up be fore the train reaches here. The opera season will end at 11 o’clock Saturday night, it is stated, and patrons will therefore have 30 min utes in which to reach their train, after leaving the auditorium* New York Future* Jan. igLIJ May Wi 2?WT0.6W9.68|t0.65 July . 28.10 28.30 28.90 28.09|28.90 Oct. 24.62 24.75 24.90 24.43124.90 Dec. ..24.07 24.12i24.30 23.83|24.30 Americus strict middling 29 cents.. PRICE FIVE CENTS TAMMANY HALL HB SUCCUMBS Til ACUTE no™ mitt Was Native New Yorker and Succeeded Late Richard Croker As Political Leader WAS STREETCAR DRIVER ■ Rose From Obscure Position tC Head of Most Powerful Political Organizations NEW YORK, Apdil 25.—Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany hall, died here today at 9:30 o’clock Murphy succeeded the late Rich ard Croker as chifetian of the country’s most famous political or ganization. He was a native New Yorker, and acute indigestion caused his death. A street car driver, who becanw leader of the most powerful poli tical organization of the world and played a prominent part in naming mayors, governors ad presidential nominees, such was the life of story of Charles Murphy. THREE INDICTEDYdR NUM OF MARSHALL Sallete Brothers and Hedges Probably Will Be Brought _ to Trial During May LUDOWICI, Ga., April 25.—An indictment of first degree murder has just been returned in the Tatt nall county grand jury against C. A. Sallette, D. P. Salletta and Ross Hodges of this county charged with the killing of J. A. McDaniel, mar- . shal of the town of Ludowici Jan uary 26. ... The Sallette brothers, and Hodge.’- have been held at Jesup awaiting the action of tho Tattnall county grand jury. Because of the oven ruling of the indictment returned by the Long county grand 'jury in March and the inability to secqra a qualified jury in this county, case was brought before the Ta.lt nall county grand jury at Reids ville today. Long county superior court was recessed until May 12, when this case will be brought to trial, if a qualified jury can b© ; obtained from the recestly revised list. I! DAYS RESPITE Condemned Man, Grateful, Still Hopes He’ll Yet Win His Fight For Life ATLANTA, April 25.—James B. Satterfield, sentenced to hang in Fulton county tower today was granted 28 days more of life late Thursday afternoon, when Gover nor Clifford Walker, signed an executive order respiting him until 10 o’clock Friday morning, May 23. Governor Walker has been study* ing the record in the Satterfjeli case whenever he has been able to take any time from his other gub ernational duties ever since the state prison commission refused to rec ommend clemency early last week. He had been unable Thursday night however, to complete as exhaustive a study of the case as he desired and therefore granted the 28-day re spite in order that he might thor oughly familiarize himself with ev ery angle of the case before finally deciding the question of whether Satterfield pay for his crime on the end of a rope, or spend his life in the state penitentiary. J. B. Satterfield could not be seen by a reported Thursday night, as the Fulton county tower, where he is confined, is under quarantine for, smallpox. • However, he expressed his grati* tude in the following note: “I am grateful to Governor Walk* er, not alone for myself, but for my daughter, who is now in a se rious condition in New Mexico. “J. B. SATTERFIELD.” Satterfield is said to have ex pressed great joy upon being no tified of the governor’s action, and is confident that he will yat win, his fight for life. * A \ '* *
