Georgia Historic Newspapers

    WEATHER
For Georgia—Showers and prob
ably thunderstorms tonight and
Wednesday; except fair on the coast
tonight, somewhat warmer in north
west and central portion.
FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 101
NEGRO FARMERS PLAN TO USE MUCH CALCIUM ARSENATE
REBEL STANDARD IS RAISED IN CUBA
YOUNG WOMAN FOUND DEAD UNDER AU FO
COBH ■ GUMO
REVfILTS: MS PBST
. Iff US MS Tfflff
Troops March Out Shouting
“Down With Zayas; Down
With Re-Election”
OUTBREAK MAY SPREAD
Unusual Activity in Palace At
Havana Following Receipt of
News There
HAVANA, April 29.—Dissatisfac
tion, which has long been smould
ering in the Santa Clara province
came to a head today when a de
' taehmer. t of the rural guard revolted
and fled from the post at Las Villas
Dispatches published in Heraldo
DeCuba said they marched out,
shouting “down with Zayas, down
with re-election.”
The dispatches were later con
firmed by the Secretary of the In
terior, where he said similar move
ments might break out in other
parts of the province.
Receipt of the news was followed
by intense activity in the alace ar.d
office of the Secretary of the In
terior and Secretaries of the War
and Navy.
Dispatches published in the Her
aldo DeCuba said that 120 men arc
in The movement in Santa Clara, but
Secretary of the Interior De la
Towe declared that only 120 men
are involved at that point. There is
no disposition to niinize the the pos
sbilities, an dadded orders are be
ing issued to take care of the sit
uation .
Opposition to plans for the re
election of President Zayas has
been shown frequently of late in
the eastern provinces of Cuba, and
although President Zayas has nevrr
declared definitely that he would
seek re-election in the fall, charges
are made that he is worki:sj to this
end.
Members of the veterans and
. patriots association, which organ
ized in Havana last August aul
whose leaders have long talked of
a revolution if they considered
there was no other way to Spree
certain reforms, are unusually\ac
tive in Santa Clara and Camgtfpy
provinces. It is reported that
leaders of the veterans and patriots'
association are being arrested in
Havana.
M»»T9
ATTEND CONVENTION
WASHINGTON, April 29.—Wil
liam G. McAdoo is planning to ap
pear .in person at the national demo
cratic convention in New York, to
take command of his forces there
which will undertake to nominate
him for the presidency.
The Georgian has decided to fol
low the precedent set by Theodore
Roosevelt in the fight for the repub
lican nomination in Chicago in
1912, when the color’d made a whirl
ing dash from Oyster Bay to put his
nomination across, his friends here
say.
McAdoo believes that his chances,
which were given a setback by the
disclosure that he had been in the
employ of E. L. Doheny, will be
greatly helped by his presence in the
midst of the conflict which is going
to rage at New York, it is said.
THOMASVILLE CLUBS
PUT OFF BOYS’ WEEK
THOMASVILLE, April 29
“Boy’s Week” in Thomasville is to
be celebrated with a program out
lined by civic clubs of the city. The
revival ir. progress at the Methodist
church has caused the program ori
ginally planned fop today to be,
postponed until next Su day.
Features of the program are as
follows: «
Monday, Address at the schools;
Tuesday,- big brother picture at the
Grand theater; Wednesday, opening
day; Thursday, parade with floats.
Friday, baseball, Thomasville and
Bainbridge Father and Son ban
quet at the Y. M. C. A. and Sat
urday, ahtletic ebonts at Achbold
plantation. x x A
THE TIMESf'RECORDER
PUBLISHED IN QU
Apprehended!
A man positively identified,
according to police, as Lieutenant
Ervine R. Brown, navy pay
master, who fled from his ship
at Mobile, Ala., $120,000 short
in his accounts, is under arrest in
San Francisco. A few days he
forfc he was. found lying in a road
way in Golden Gate Park, his
wife succeeded in taking from
him a satchel containing $75,-
0000. She turned the money
over to the authorities.
K. TilOf SOS SULL
a ettfp: tarn
Yci’ng Atlanta Woman Re
ported At Noon Today As
“Quite Comfortable’’
Reports from the bedside of Mrs.
Hortense Thompson at the Americus
and Sumter County hopsital at noon
today are to the effect that she is
“quite comfortable,” considering the
seriousness of her injuries. Her
condition is said to be somewhat
improved, and the attending phy
sicians are now satisfied she will
recover. It remains uncertain,
however, whether or not she will
ever regain use of her limbs which
continue completely paralyzed.
Hundreds of inquiries concern
ing her 'condition have been made
\it the hospital, and in the room
where she lays completely helpless
of beautiful buds, con
tributed by Americus matrons have
beer* UmSyfully arranged by those
attending These flow
ers attest the wWwHHMaad interest
manifested in the condition of this”
young woman, who came nearly be/
ing killed outright Saturday night.
It will be recalled that Mrs,
Thompson in company with Miss
■Ethel Tanner and Howard Bussey,
all of Atlanta were en route here.
SW OFFEK fun
JUSTICE Os PEACE
New Life Injected Into Cam
paign By Announcement
Authorised Today
New life was injected into the
race for justic e of the peace here
this afternoon with the anonunce
ment of J. M. Shy as a candidate
for that position. The announce
ment, it is stated, was authorized
oi/'y after a careful canvass of
thfe field and upon the invitation
of certain business interests who
ar e interested in securing a man
suited for the position in this most
important office. Mr. Shy, as is
well known, is thoroughly familiar
with the handling of small accounts,
and in addition he has had years
of experience as a justice, having
held that office during eight years
at Shady Dell, Ga., where he re
sided before coming to Americus
to reside. He has many friends
here and it certain that many of,
these will take an active part in
his candidacy during the campaign,
with numbers of ladies among
those who have already assured
Mr. Shy of their support at the
polls.
*i- i
NICKELS ffl FOUND’
GUILTY IS SENTENCED
TO HI ftl DELIND
South Carolina Youth Given Ex
treme Penalty After Second
Trial For Assault
MERCY PLEA IS REFUSED
Defendant Received Sentence
Without Show of .Emotion,
Following Plea
DELAND, April 29. —Aubrey Lee
Nickels, of Greenwood, South Caro
lina, was sentenced to death for
the second time in the circuit court
here last night, when the jury found
him guilty of a charge of criminal
assault. He was previously convict
ed on the same charge, bus the case
was reversed by the Supreme court.
Judge Dickinson- pronounced the
sentence a little more than two
hours after the jury returned their
verdict, following a trial of less
than a week. Nickels pleaded for
mercy, but received the sentence
without show of emotion.
He is accused by the prosecuting
witness of entering her home as an
employ of the water company and
attacked her.
RILEYS READY NOW
FOR THIRU SPRAY
Peach Growers Advised By Ex
perts to Begin Operation On
That Variety Immediately
Hiley peaches in Middle Georgia
are now ready for the third applica
tion of spray, and growers are ad
vised to start spraying that variety
immediately. This application is ap
plied about two weeks before the
fruit enters the stone hardening
stage, and is primarily sor 1 scab ano
brown rot. Elbertas, Georgia
Belles and Uneedas will be ready
for the third spray by the latter
part of this week, and Carme«,
Early Rose, and the other early
varieties should receive the third
treatmentjiext week.
Self-boiled lime-sulphur, 32-32-
200, should be used alone for this
spraying, unless the first applica
tion for the curculio was omitted,
in which case four pounds of pow
dered arsenate of lead should be
used with the self-boiled lime-sul
•phwu If the first two sprays have
been applied at the recommer.ded
time no arsenate of lead is neces
sary in the third application. If
dust is used instead of the liquid
the 80-5-15 formula is recommended
A special effort should be made
to do a thorough job in putting on
the third spray as no more treat
ments arc to be given the late va
rieties until four weeks before the
fruit ripens, according to govern
ment and state laboratory specialists
at Fort Valley.
BROWN BUYS MORE
UM f R RIVER
Pays $50.50 An Acre For 202
1-2 Acres Adjoining Farm
Owned By Mrs. McNeill
A real estate deal of interest an
nounced today involves the trans
fer of a lot of land embracing 202
1-2 acres in the 28th district, and
located in what is known as the
River section of the county. The
price paid was reported as $53.50
an aere, which reflects the high
level of values sustained by Sum
ter county lands even in prevailing
depressions.
Th e lapd was purchased bv J. C.
Brown from Mrs. Annie McNeil,
and it is stated th" consideration
was a cash one. The land was
bought as an investment bv Mr.
Brown, who acomred it solelv be
cause of its adjoining other lands
owned by him. The purchase gives
Mr. Brown a total of 1.7.00 acres,
lying in a single body, miles out
of Americus on the River road,
and in one of the most fertile sec
tions of Sumter county.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 29, 1924
PHILLIPS TO GO ON
TRIAL WEDNESDAY
WASHINGTON, April 29.
The trial of John L. Phillips,
republican national committee
man from Georgia, and six oth
ers who are to answer an indict
ment of conspiracy in connection
with the sale of surplus lumber
from army cantonments, has
not been begun in the district
Supreme court du e primarily to
a shift in the presiding judge.
The trial of Phillips will open
tomorrow. Justice Hoehling
find himself unable to enter up
on a protracted trial because
of illness in his family, and will
change courts tomorrow with
Justice Jennings Bailey.
GRAND COUNCIL IN
SESSION UT MACON
Grand Chapter, R. A. M. Will
Convene There Tomorrow,
With FrominAit Visitors
>
MACON, April 29—The eighty
first annual assembly of the Grand
Council of Royal and Select Mast
ers opened in the masonic lodge
room here today, the Grand Chapter
of Royal Arch Masons will con
vene at the City Hall Aduitorium
tomorrow and Thursday. Masons
from all parts of Georgia were
arriving last night? and a larger
contingent is expected to arrive
this morning.
JPleasant T. McCytchen of Frank
lin, Ga., Grand Master of the Grand
Concil, arrived in the city yester
day and opened the meeting this
morning at 10 o’clock. The visi
tors made an automobile tour of
the city during the afternoon and
will also visit the Masonic home.
The Royal and Select Masters de
gree will be conferred in the Ma
con Lodge room at 8 o’clock tonight
F. A*. Johnson, of East Point, Ga.
deputy grand master of the Grand
Council, will be advanced to the
position of grand master at the
meeting today, it was announced.
Other officers are: C. H. Andrew,
of Macon, grand principal con
ductor of work; Edgar H. Mcllan,
of Macon, grand treasurer-recorder;
John Swain, of Lilly, Ga., grand
chaplain; W. M. Richardson, of
Atlanta, grand captain of the guard
Nat H. Ballard, grand conductor of
council; James T. Waldrop, of
Griffin, Ga., grand marshal; Frank
O. Miller, of Fort Valley, grand
stetward, and Lee Wages of Macon,
grand sentinel. It is expected that
each of these officers will be ad
vanced.
ATLANTA ASSESSORS
AFTER TAX EVADERS
ATLANTA, April 29.—War on
tax evaders has been declared by
the city board of tax assessors and
special investigators were given
complete list of all registered voters
to be checked against tax lists.
Assessors J. C. Little, W. A. Han
cock ar.d Harry Perkerson, said they
expected to have a complete list
eif all persons liable to taxation by
May 1, when the first installment
of city taxes falls due.
Taxes may be paid in three install
ments, one between May 1 and May
15, one between July 1 and July 15
and one between September 1 a>«d
October 15, with a discount of 1 1-2
per cent and a saving of 7 per cent
interest which is charged against
all delinquent taxpayers.
THOUSANDS OF ACRES
PLANTED IN TRUCK
ATLANTA, April 29.—Prac
tically every South Georgia coun
ty, as well as the counties in North
Florida, are devoting large acreage
to vegetables, it was stated here
today by agricultural agents. One
county it South Georgia claims over
2,000 acres in tomatoes.
Among the vegetables being
grown are cantaloupes, squash, tur
nips, cucumbers, peppers, okra,
string b cans, egg plants lima beans
and various other plants.
Packing houses in various South
Georgia counties will have consider
able business grading, packing and
shipping the crops, .in carloads
where possible, it was stated.
Thq trucking industry is rapidly
growing in South Georgia, reports
state, and with tobacco, is likely to
prove a most successful way to kill
the cotton boll weevil, it .was said,
‘Math’ Shark
I ; w
• a
a
Urbane L. Barrett, Mason City
(la.) lawyer, is called the “cube
root king of the world.” At a
recent gathering of college
juniors, somebody called out the
number 699,517,622,133. With*
out a moment’s hesitation, Bar
rett wrote down the correct ans
wer—Bß 77. “Always been a
hobby with me,” he explained.
BODIES OF n MINERS
M EROM BENWOOD
MINE BY RESCUERS
Parties Working At Two Entries
in Effort to Reach 89 Others
Entombed There
ONLY THREE IDENTIFIED
Most of Corpses Taken Out of
Wrecked Mine Burned Be
yond All Recognition
WHEELING, W. Va., April 29
With the bodies of 30 miners recov
ered from the Benwood mine, res
cue workers today are working at
two entries in an effort to reach
81 others believed to be entombed
by the explosion yesterday. They
have little hope of finding the
trapped men alive. Bodies of or-Jy
thrfee of the 30 recovered have
been identified, most of them hav
ing been burned beyond recognition.
IM ROTARIANS
MIL ONE TONIGHT
Tdnth Annual Affair to Be
Staged in Main Ballroom of
New Biltmore Hotel
ATLANTA, pri 1 29.—Atlanta
Rotariarjs will hold their tenth an
nual dinner at 6:30 o’clock tonight;
i’« the main ballroom of the Bilt
more hotel. W. H. Glenn, retiring
president, will preside and newly
elected officers will be installed.
An elaborate musical program has
been arranged, featuring the Geor
gia Tech Mandolin club and the male
quartet of the Georgia Railway and
Power company.
J. P. Allen, president of J. P.
Allen & Co., will be installed as
president. New officers to be install
ed include, Robert S. Parker, first
vice president; Frank M. Spratiin,
second vice president; Herbert Oli
ver, secretary; Milton W. Bell treas
urer and Fred G. Tedger, sergeant
at-arms.
STONE TO AID SENATE
PROBERS TO PROSECUTE
WASHINGTON, April 29—At
torney General Stone has agreed to
hav e the Department of Justice aid
the Daugherty committee in litiga
tion arising from an attempt to
punish M. S. Daugherty, brother of
the former attorney general, for’
his refusal to testify. .
UNIDENTIFIED WE
WOMAN'S BODY FOUND
NEAP JACKSONVILLE
Slashes Across Abdomen, Arms
and Chest Probably Caused
Death
PINNED UNDER WRECK
Russell White, State Road Em
ploye, Held As Material
Witness In Affair
JACKSONVILLE, April 29.—The
unidentified body of a white wo
man, approximately 30 years of age.
was found at 5:30 o’clock this
morning lying in a heap , under a;;
automobile roadster ir. a ditch, 30
feet off the Fernandina road, about
a block from the prison farm. The
woman was slashed across the ab
domen with either a piece of glass
or a knife, and the arms, chest' and
legs were black and blue from
bruises, with a slight scratch rang
in across the face. When found
her head was lying back and a
bunch of leaves was clutched in
her hand.
Russell White, an employee of the
state road department, of Lake City,
is in the Duval county jail, where
he is beeing held as a witness and
until further developments tthrow
some light on the incident.
An engineer on a passing Sea
board train first saw the woman
ana ratified the superintendent
here from Yulee, where the first
stop was made.
K SUMI IL
II EM MES ffiEK
Cleveland Woman Nominated
to Succeed Mrs. Park As
President of National League
BUFFALO, N. Y., April 29.—Miss
Belle Sherwin, of Cleveland, today
was nominated for president of tha
National League of Women Voters
by the nominating committee. Miss
Sherwin would succeed Mrs. Maude
Wood Parks, of Washington, who
declined t 0 accept re-election.
A war department poster attack
ing certain women’s organizations
for dislayalty has been recalled it
was disclosed today by Mrs. Maude
Wood Park before the National
Leag of Women Voters’ convention.
The poster bore the name of the
National League of Women Voters
and the name of the league’s presi
dent, Mrs. Park.
Correspondence anent the inci
dent was read by Mrs. Park.
When Secretary Weeks’ letter
assuring withdrawal of the poster,
was read there was an outburst of
applause lasting for several min
utes.
iHiffiil
HUGE BIG THEATFB
Americus friends will learn
with pleasure that Mike Kincey is
now manager of two big theaters
and a large poster plant at Selma,
Ala., where he went after leaving
Americus several days ago. He is
associated with R. B. Wilby, who
was his partner in the operation of
the Rylander theater nere. The
Academy of Music, one of the thea
ters which Mr. Kincey will manage, 1
is among the finest play houses in
Alabama, being admirably equipped
and handling many stage attractions
as well as motion pictures, while
The Walton, the other house under
Mr. Kincey’s management is a
smaller theater devoted entirely to
the production of pictures. Mr. K!n
cey succeeds Joe Gill as manager of
the Selma theaters, taking over
complete direction.of the amusement
field in that populous community,
where he was reared.
COOLIDGE FAVORS
SUSPENDING SECTION
WASHINGTON, April 29.
Suspension of section 28 of the Ma
rine act effective next year is pro
vided in legislation now pending
before congress, president Coolidge,
it is asserted, favors passage of
this legislation. __
New York Futures
PC. Open High Low Close
Jan. . 23.30123.35123.51 23.33 29.40
May . 29.45|29.60129.78 29.40 29.44
July . 27.75127.70128.25 27.70 27.85
Oct. 24.15124.18124.54 24.18 24.25
Dec. ,23.53|23.C4|23.95 23.64i23.71
Americus strict middling 29 I-4c
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WHITE BUSINESS MEN
OFFER NEGRO PRIZES
IN COTTON CONTEST
sllO Offered Sumter Negro
Farmers Who Produce Most
Cotton Per Plow This Year
RULES ARE ANNOUNCED
Tenants and Croppers May Par
ticipate Through Landlords
By Registering
White business men of Ameri
cus are backing a cotton production -
contest being conducted among ne
gro cotton farmers by Elbert Stall
worth negro cotton agent, and have
offered substantial rewards for the
winners. These prizes as announc
ed today by Stallworth, are as fol
lows: t
First Prize, SSO, second prize,
$30.00 third prize, $20.00; fourth
prize, SIO.OO in merchandise.
According to Stallworth, subscrip
tions for these prizes were solicited
from the Americus and Sumter
County Chamber of Commerce, the
banks of Americus and various
business enterprises of the city. The
response by the business men of
Americus was far beyond the ex
pectation. Os the 21 business men
approached only ore did not seet
the wisdom of contributing to the
movement. Letters were first mail
ed to business men of Americus tell
ing of the contemplated -Negro
Farmers 801 l Weevil Contest.
“Ift replyf some very encouraging
letters were received by the negro
farm demor stration agent. The
letters from Mr. L. G. Council and
Americus Auto Company especially
reflected the faith prominent busi
ness men of Americus have in
calsium arsente as the solution to
the problem of making cotton un
der boll weevil conditions atthe
spirit exhibited toward' aiding negro
( Continued on Page Four.)
TWBEMDE
IN TAUPA HOLD UP
Joe Jackson and Aaron Philman
Accused of Robbing Banker
Clewis of $24,000
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April
29—Joe Jackson and Aaron Phil--
man,, suspected of feeing the two
men who robbed A. C. Clewis of
$24,000 in currency in a daring
daylight hold-up at Tampa Wednes
day, were arrested here this morn
ing by Hillsborough county depu
ty sheriffs working ir. conjunction
with'Charles Sims, local constable.
The men denied any connection
with the robbery and claim that
they will be able to prove an alibi.
Before they had been told on what
charge they were arrested they an
nounced that they were ins this city
all day Wednesday. The Hills
borough officers said that the meh
answer the description given by
Clewis of the men who held up. No
money was found on the men.
Jackson formerly lived in Tampa an
only recently moved here. Phil
man has lived here for several
years. The men were taken to
Tampa. ■
DRY CRUSADER’S HOME
IN CHICAGO BOMBED
CHICAGO, April 29.—The home
of Rev. Elmer L. Williams, dry
crusader, vice foe and official of
the Better Government Association
was bombed early today. The pas
tor and his family, who were sleep
ing, were not injured, but the e’ ••
tire front of the frame residence
was blowm out.
Mr. Williams regarded the bomb
ing as a direct result of his recent
activities against bootleggers.
AGED ODD FELLOW
PASSES AT MACON
MACON, April 28.—W. H.
Freeman, 73 years of age formerly
a contractor and the oldest member
of Franklin Lodge of Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, died Sunday
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
W. C. Bennett, 129 Lawton avenue.
Mr. Freeman had been a resident
of Macon for forty-six years, com
ing here from Randolph County,
where he was born. He was fo> .
merly a railroad carman and later
a contractor.
Survivi: ;g are two daughters, Mrs.
W. C. Bennett, of Macon, and Mrs.
W. F. Stephens, of Griffin; two as
ters,, Mrs. C. T. Bradley, of Cor
dele and two brothers, E, P. and J«
K. Freeman, of Macon. ,