•SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 26, 1924
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Dusting of Small Plants Declar
ed Most Profitable to Lowndes
Farmers
VALDOSTA, April 26.—The Na
tional 801 l Weevil Control Asso
ciation, which is headed by Hon.
Clarcce Ousley, a native of
Lowndes county, is strongly urging
cotton growers to plan for an early
fight with the boll weevil. The As
sociation makes it plain that every
farmer growing cotton should
be alert ar'd not let the weevil get
a start. The Association declares
that early dusting of the plants,
when they are small, will very
largely assist in keeping down the
spread of the weevil. When as
many as twenty weevils are found
to the acre, the Association says
the battle should start with vigor.
Every time one Weevil is killed it
means the prevention of thousands
of others of future generations com
ing into the world to ravage the
crop, is an idea the Association is
tryirjg to drive home with force.
cordeleTions will
STAGE LADIES’ NIGHT
CORDELE, April 26.—At the reg
ular weekly luncheon the Lions
made plans for a ladies night on
May 2nd and a committee on ar
rangements was named as follows:
T. J. Fenn, C. A. Wilson, W. B.
Shipp. This will be made a mosz
enjoyable affair.
Jack Comer made an impressive
talk about the needs of the young
people of the day. Mrs. Max E.
Land presented the Crawford W.
Long Memorial Statue in the hall
of fame in Washington. Supt.
Standard of the public schools told
how Cordele captured the prizes in
the Third District Meet in Monte
zuma. Dr. J. W. Mai n followed
with an impressive appeal about
what Cordele must do next year to j
make the meet a success here. The
nominating committee will meet with j
the board of directors at eight
o’clock Wednesday night, April 30th, <
NATION-WIDE SEARCH
FOR WOMAN STARTED,
ATLANTA, April 26.—The as- 1
surance of the American Red
Cross lias beer; solicited in the
search for Mrs. Edna Mingo Bush, I
wife'ojf Arthur J. of Spartan-!
burg, S. C. who mysteriously dis-'
appeared from Ker home several,
weeks ago and has not been hoard I
from since.
After arranging pillows in her
bed to make it appear someone
was sleeping there, Mrs. Bush
quietly left her home in the mid
dle of the night, all efforts to lo
cate her proving futile.
• A note in her handwriting was!
found in the house the next day in
which she said she could not live
under the constant dread of an
operation for cancer she had been
advised to undergo, and that she
was going to drown herself. Care
ful investigation by Spartanburg'
officials has led to the conclusion
that Mrs. Bush -s still alive, and
a diligent search is being made to
locate her.
Splendid Report Received
on North Carolina Mutual
The North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance company of Durham, N.
C., which passed its 25th annivers
ary on April 1, 1924, has just been
examined by the insurance depart
ments of three states, North Caro
lina, South Carolina and Virginia,
'n order that an official report can
be made to the committee on exam.--
nations of the national convention
of insurance commissioners.
To begin with, the report of the
examiners states that “the com
pany is the only mutual life or
ganization in North Carolina of any
size, which is owned and managed
exclusively for its policyholders.”
After a careful examination of
the books of the company the ex
aminers state that the North Caro
lina Mutual had or? December 31,
1923, over $41,000,(100 Worth of
insurance in force, to be exact,
$41,148,747. For the protection
of the policyholders, on whose lives
this insurance is placed, it main
tains a reserve fund of over sl,
835,119.54. Its premium income
during 1923 was nearly $2,000,000.
It paid to policyholders during
1923 $500,000 in death and sick
claims, $565,380.97. Its total ad
mitted assets are $1,945,521.95,
lacking $2,000,000 by only $54,-
478.97.
In addition the examiners state
that they found the “books and rec
ords very accurately kept.” This is
indeed an unusual recommenda
tion for the conduct of a million
dollars business in these day;: of
Teapot Pome scandals.
How did the examiners find the
North Carolina Mutual was invest
ing its assets amounting to nearly
two million dollars?
Here is what the examiners have
to say on that subject: “These
items,” referring to the bonds and
stocks, “were verified by actual in
spection of the bonds and stocks in
. Surrenders!
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Lem Motlow, multi-millionaire
distiller and grain dealer of
Lynchburg, Tenn., under indict
ment in Missouri an.d Illinois for
the murder of Clarence T. Pullis,
Pullman conductor, has surrend
ered to police in St. Louis and
East St. Louis.
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Road From Valdosta to Hahira
Has Recently Been Hard
Surfaced With Rock
VALDOSTA, April 26.—Gravel
is already spread on the National
Highway project north of Valdosta.
That portion of the road which runs
through Hahira has been covered
I with the hard surface and those
I who have passed over it this week
: declare the work to be good.
In the meantime the grading- is
being pushed toward Valdosta and
a gang is also grading above Ha
hira toward the Cook county line.
, The contracting firm is showing
“speed” on this project and is also
making a favorable impression by
the thorough work which is being
done. The concern has an excellent
equipment, a part of which consists
of fifty-two mules used in the gra
ding work. The greater portion of
this drove of mules is said to con
sist of the finest animals ever seen
in this section.
This project calls for the expen
diture of more than one hundred
thousand dollars and this money is
being generally welcomed in busi
ness channels, a sit represent capi
tal which has been inactive for a
long time.
BILL CHERRY, 6
KILLED IN FALL
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MACON, April 26.—8i11y Cherry,
6-year-old son of Mrs. Lillie Ram
mage, was killed late Thursday
when he fell from a truck en route
from Popes Ferry, Ga., to Macon.
The truck was driven by C. M.
Johnston. The child was the adopt
ed son of Mrs. T. E Cherry, of
Popes Ferry. The body will be
buried here tomorrow.
the possession of the company and
by certificates from the stages of
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia departments, and found to
consist of government, state and
municipal bonds and bank and
utilities stocks. There are no
bonds in default and interest is col
lected promptly.” In reference to
line mortgage loans on real estate
amounting to $665,894,90, the ex
aminers state: “This item was veri
fied by actual inspection of the
loan notes and found to be as re
ported. All papers in connection
with these loans were inspected and
it was found that this item repre
sents first mortgage loans on real
estate.”
The North Carolina Mutual did
not attain this position like Topsy.
It did not just aimlessly grow. It
has taken exactly 25 years of un
selfish labor to make this institu
tion. April 1, 1924, marked its
first milestone. The examiners did
not overlook the man who has been
behind the helm for every year and
day of these 25 years and his faith
ful colleague, who shouldered the
burden with him for 21 years. We
refer to C. Q. Spaulding, president
of the North Carolina Mutual, and
J. M. Avery, vice-president and sec
retary. Os these two men the ex
aminers say in their written re
port: “These men, especially the
president, who was with the com
pany from the beginning, are the
active officials, who should be given
ci edit tor its efficient manage
ment.”
This is a summary of their esti
mate of the company: “A compa
ny efficiently managed whose books
and records are very accurately
kept, which is the only mutual life
organization in North Carolina of
any size that is owned and man
aged for its policyholders.”
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PROF. SNYDER SAYS
WEAIH ER AHEAD FISE
Famous Griffin Prognosticator
Says Farmers Needn’t Worry
During Next Month
GRIFFIN, April 26.—Professor
Albert L. Snider, demon “long
rainge” weather prophet of Griffin,
as he ,styles himself, now comes for
ward with the encouraging predic
tion that May will be a beautiful
month and the farmers will have
naught to worry them. His pre
diction in full follows:
‘‘The farmers can noiV rejoice and
pack up their troubles in their own
kit bag and smile, smile, smile for
May will be a grand and glorious
month for farming. It will be a
warm dry month, although there
will be some showers and thunder
storms, but the outlook most in
general is much warm weather for
May.
“These weather predictions are
not guess work,” “but are based on
the moon and the planets after
forty years of observations. Now
watch how close I will hit the bull's
eye on these predictions.
“Many persons will remember
that I predicted last winter would
be a very cold one and the spring
would be late and cold, but after
Easter the spring would open up in
all of its glory, so you see I have
delivered the goods.
“The plane Mars will be 1 earer
to the earth this summer in August
than it has been for fifty years and
then it will be a bright and con
spicous object in the Eastern skies
and will attract much attention.”
DAIRYING FIELD IS
FAST BEING EXPANDED
SELMA, Ala., April 26.—As
proof that the dairy possibilities of
this section are capa'ble of indefi
nite development, the Selma Cream
ery two Weeks ago installed 50-can
truck to ply between its plant and
Hayneville, the county seat of
Lowndes County. A. T. Horsley,
manager of the creamery says, the
truck comes in every morning loaded
to its full capacity with milk sup
plied by the farmers of that sec
tion. On the first trip the truck
made only six cans of milk were
secured, but now the 50-cans are
not only filled, but the establish
ment of a second truck is being con
sidered.
Dozens of Lowndes county farm
ers are finding it profitable to
sell their milk. The industry has
just begun to grow.
THOMASVILLE ‘ROTES’
REVIEW CLUB’S WORK
THOMASVILLE, April 26.—This
week’s meeting of the Thomasville
Rotary club was devoted to a re
view of the work of the club for
the past three years, this being the
date on which it was formally or
ganized. The organization meeting
occurred April 23, 1921, „ A short
sketch of the formalities attendant
on that occasion were read by form
er Secretary Jerger together with a
brief talk on the development of
the club. This was followed by a
short address by Judge W. E.
Thomas of the Superior Court, a
guest at the meeting. He spoke for
only a few min utes but in the words
he uttered gave a fine vision and a
splendid hope of the civic advance
ment and uplift that is coming in
the wake of these civic clubs and die
realization of the responsibilities by
the ir'dividual members. It was a
most beautiful tribute to the man
hood developed in Rotary.
The formal election of the Board
of Directors was called and complet
ed. The board was nominated at
a meeting two months ago as fol
lows : F. C. Loveless, M. M. Cooper,
R. C. Balfour, Jr., B. B. Broughton,
H. Watt, D. R. Pringle, F. B. Harris
and E. R. Jerger. Visitors at the
meeting were Judge Thomas, gueSv
of Robert Thomas; W. G. West, of
Tampa, guest of Homer Williams;
Uncle Johr Dekle, guest of Homer
Williams; D. 11. McFarlan, of Chi
cago, guest of W. M. Parker.
TAX NOTICE
State and County Books are
open. Close May Ist. Return
early and avoid rush.
Respectfully,
GEO. D. JONES.
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WASHINGTON
BY HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writer
WASHINGTON, April 26.—Fem
inine curiosity went unrewarded
Easter morning when many hun
dreds of women gathered about the
entrance to the First Congregational
Church, all bent on a chance to
view Mrs. Coolidge’s Easter gown.
Before the hour for the services,
17 traffic cops, plus one captain and
two lieutenants, were required to
keep back the crowd. Then, amid a
fluttering of expectant sighs and a
crowding in on the police lines, the
glittering White House car drew
near, pulled up to the curb, stopped.
A slender top-hatted man got out.
It was the president, but nobody
noticed him.
Then came Mrs. Coolidge. She
alighted, turned about and stood
waiting for a second. Everybody
got a good look at her, but not at
what they came to see.
“Well, did you ever!,, breathed
one large lady, voicing the disap
pointment of the crowd. “She’s got
on her winter coat!”
Ai d so she had.
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NewY Yorkers needn’t put on
metropolitan airs any more when
they come to Washington to testify
in graft investigations and such.
For Gotham is no longer th>
whole show as a big city that does
big things ir.‘ a big way.
New York swelled up with pride a
week ago when a 90-foot steel truss,
weighing 32 tons, was installed in a
new picture theater being built at
Broadway and 53d street.
“The biggest piece of steel ever
put into a building in th‘e United
States,” the big city boasted.
Washington, however, elbows this
record iito second place with the
installation of a 100-foot igirder,
weighing 42 tons, in the new Cos
mopolitan Theater being built across
from Kosciusko Square. And, for
the present, at least, New York will
please take a back seat when it
comes to the capital.
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One of the neatest ways of get
ting around civil service require
mer.ts in legislating for employes in
government departments and bu
reaus is to provide for the hiring;
of “experts.” |
“Experts,” of course, might rea
sonably be expected to be able to
pass civil service examinations in
the branches in which they are ex
pert. But Congress usually speci
fies that “experts” may be appoint
ed outside the civil service lists.
Now comes William Dudley
Foulke, president of the National
Civil Service Reform League, charg
ing that this exemption is provided
for political rather than practical or
scientific purposes.
The positions ostensibly provided
for “experts,” Foulke charges are
used to accommodate political ap
pointees.
“In the Veterans’ Bureau alone,”
he says, “hundreds of political ap
pointments were made under the
title of ‘special expert’.”
Records will show, Foulke con
tends, that the extent of graft ar d
maladministration in government
bureaus, as disclosed by investiga
tions, follows closely the extent to
which these “political experts” are
included in the personnel.
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Having passed the rever.ue, bonus,
and immigration bills over to the
Senate, the House, through its
Judiciary Committee, has finally
taken up consideration of the 100
bills proposing modification of the
Volstead act.
There’s no chance of modifica
tion legislation at this session, but
much medicine will be made for
use in the coming campaign.
COMMISSION GRANTS
PETITION FOR BONDS
ATLANTA, April 26. The
Georgia public service commission
Thursday granted permission to the
Valdosta Lighting comany to is
sue $225,000 in refunding and
mortgage bonds, and $75,000 in cap
ital stock. The proceeds, it is un
derstood, are to be used to replace
money already expended on addi
tions and inwovements.
HUGUEN DIS PHU BIC
CELEBRATION SUNDAY
Descendants of Oppressed Pro
testants to Observe Ter-Cen
tenary Occasion
NEW YORK, April 26.—Hugue
not-Walloon Sunday will be observ
ed tomorrow in thousands of church
es throughout the United States
There will also be observances in
Protestant churches in France and
Belgium.
As a result of an appeal issued
by the Huguenot-Walloon-New
Netherland Tercentenary Commis
sion they will have special exercises
to commemorate the three-hun
dredth anniversary of the coming
of the Huguenot and Walloons to
America. In other churches the his
toric event will have honorable men
tion.
The churches of New York, New
Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and
many Southern states ire special
ly interested because of the great
part the Huguenots and Walloons
played in their settlement. There
is hardly a state i nthe Union that
not large communities of descend
ants of Huguenots, who were
French Protestants fleeing from
prosecution, and Walloons, who
came from what is now a part of
Belgium.
DELEGATES NAMED TO
ATTEND ASHBURN MEET
CORDELE, April 26.—Cordele
Methodist church has named the fol
lowing delegates to represent the
Cordele church at the District con
ference to be held at Ashburn Maj'
12, 13 and 14.
C. L. Lifsey, J. A. Stowe, John
Greer, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Bulloch,
R. D. Mims, Dr. M. R. Smith, Mrs.
jE. O Heath, C. L. Harris, F. B.
Kiker, W. B. Shipp.
It is the hope of the pastor to
have a 100 per cent representation
from the Cordele church at the con
ference and the above delegates are
urged to make the necessary plans
to be present.
NORTHERN AND WESTERN
FARMERS MAY COME IN
ATLANTA, April 26.—The sug
gestion recently made by agricul
turists here that the civic clubs of
Southern cities generally can do a
fine work by taking up the prob
lem of finding Southern rural homes
for northern and wetsern farmers,
who are eager to locate where the
climate is more genial, has been re
ceived with great interest and re
ports show that steps will soon be
taken in that direction.
As pointed out by leading agricul
turists, there are many thousands
of acres of fine farming lands in
the South capable of the highet de
gree of cultivation now lying idle.
There is room in the'South for many
good farmers from other parts of
the country, it is stated, but an
influx of immigrants are not want
ed, it is asserted. »
Both business men and agricul
turists here and in other sections of
the state, in discussing the subject
of immigration, are inclned to en
dorse the position taken by U. S.
Senator W. J. Harris of Georgia to
place rigid restrictions on the im
portation of the foreign element.
RAPID PROGRESS MADE
ON REPAIRING HIGHWAY
BRUNSWICK, April 26.—Ac
cording to information received in
the city, rapid progress is now be
ing made on the highway between
Grangerville and Mt. Pleasant,
which is a stretch of the Bruns
wick-Jesup highway and which, for
many years, has been the roughest
spot along the entire highway be
tween Brunswick and Macon.
Contracts for the stretch of road
were awarded in Atlanta three or
four weeks ago and the contractor
lost no time in securing material
and beginning active work. The
road is to be widened, straightened
in many places and made an excel
lent highway in every way. While
the contractors have until Septem
ber to complete the contract it is
believed that the road will be en
tirely finished long before that
time.
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Letters Prom
Ihe People
DONORS ARE
THANKS
If wish to extend to the people
of Americus my deep appreciation
of their kind co-operation in the
Near East Relief. My special
thai.-ks are extended to all the
members of the organization who
did their work most efficientlj’
The results showing gratifying suc
cess, and the generosity of the
people of Americus cannot be too
highly commended;. Clothing to
vhe extent of 870 pounds was give:,
and the cost of shipping, amount
ing to $15.66, was also donated.
Again with many thanks, I am,
gratefully yours,
JAMES B.LAWRENCE,
Chairman Near Eastßelief
COUNTYWIDE-ESSAY
TO BE HEIHIY STH
Value of Co-Operating Market
ing Associations To Be Dis
cussed By Students
E. W. Dupree, county school sup
erintendent, today announced that
a county-wide essay conrest will be
held at the courthouse here on Mon
day, May sth. The subject of the
essay is to be “The Value of Co
operative Marketing Associations
For All Farm Products to the State
of Georgia Organized on the Five-
Year Plan.” Students representing
every school in the county are ex
pected to participate in the contest,
and Americus school students are
likewise eligible.
Students who will participate in
the contest are to be divided into
two groups as follows: A. all high
school students in the state; B. All
student in the elementary grades in
schools in incorporated towns of the
state; C.. All students in the ele
mentary grades in the rural schools
of the state. Under the rules cov
ering the contest all essays must be
written before May 18 and prizes
totalling S3OO will be paid to the
winners, these prizes being divided
so as to give SIOO to each groups
above designated. The prizes to be
awarded have been donated by a
number of blinks in various parts of
Georgia, and the essay is being con
ducted under auspices of the Geor
gia Cotton Growers’ Co-operativi>
Association.
The United States liner Leviathan
boasts having the finest radio equip
ment afloat. ,
Americus For Christ
Simultaneous
Evangelistic
Meeting s
April 20 to May 2
In Six Churches
Services 10 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Daily
Except Saturday
FIRST METHODIST
Rev. John M. Outler 11
FIRST BAPTIST
Rev. Carl W. Minor, assisted by Rev. .W. H.
Sledge, Macon
LEE STREET METHODIST
Rev. Luther Harrell, assisted by Rev. H. T«
. Freeman, Macon.
CENTRAL BAPTIST
Rev. Milo H. Massey, assisted by Rev. C.
W. Daniel, Atlanta.
CHRISTIAN
Rev. W. A. Joyner, assisted by Rev. Bruce
Nay, Fitzgerald.
PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. Richard F. Simpson, assisted by Rev.
Leßoy G. Henderson, Albany.
The value of every service will be greatly in
creased by your p resence. Attend every ser
vice. AH
PAGE THREE
METHODISTS IMF
SPLENDID PROGRESS
Substantial Increases In Endow
ments and Paying Off Old
Debts Reported
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 26.
Substantial increases in the endowr
ment of many Methodist schools
and colleges, the paying off of old
debts, and the erection of much
needed new buildings, comprise
some of the work accomplished by
the Christian education movement
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, for the benefit of Method’St '
institutions of learning throughout
the southern territory, reported Dr.
H. H. Sherman, associate secretarj’
of the board of education at the
annual meeting of the board whiek
has just closed here.
Dr. Sherman stated that at the
meeting of the secretary-treasurers
held in Memphis, in January, it was
voted to change the period that had
been set aside for the special ef
fort for the Christian education
movement inasmuch as this period
conflicted with the meetings of the
annual conference. The period for
the movement was set for Novem
ber 21, 1924 to April 1, 1925. He
reported the collection to date of
about $4,500,000 on regular sub
scriptions.
Expressed in terms of endown
ments, Dr. - Sherman reported that
the Christian education movement
had already brought substantial iri
of many colleges.
creases to the endownment funds
NEW VESTRYMEN ARE
CHOSEN AT WAYCROSS
WAYCROSS, April 26.—The fol
lowing officers and Vestrymen were
elected at the meeting held Monday
afternoon at Grace Episcopal church
Senior Warden, H. H. Burnet,
Junior Warden, J. E. Wadley, Ves
trymen, Basil Cole, J. G. Stein
heimer, H. S. Redding, R. E.
Troxler, W. P. Little, J. E. T. Bow
den, A. M. Knight, J. A. Wall.
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