About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia Fair tonigflt end Thursday. Cooler Thursday; fresh southwest shifting winds. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR-NO. 102 TORNADO SWEEPS ENTIRE SOUTHEAST Money Sent New York as Interest on County Bonds M’CRAY OUITS OFFICE BEFtIRE BEING SEHTEHCEB IN 0. S, DISTRICT COURT In Addition to Prison Term Must Pay Fine of SIO,OOO, Court Decrees TO SERVE AT ATLANTA Is Confined Now in Marion County Jail As Ordinary Felony Convict INDIANAPOLIS, April 30. Warren T. McCrary, who' retired yesterday as governor of Indiana, was sentenced by the federal court (to serve 10 years in the Atlanta federal prison upon the charge of using the mails in the furtherance of a scheme to defraud. In addition a fine of SIO,OOO was placed on him. He was found guilty Monday and presented his resignation to the governor yesterday effective at 10 o’clock today. JURY OUT ONLY TEN MINUTES INDIANAPOLIS, April 30.—Gov ernor Warren T. McCray was found guilty o f using (.he mails in further ance of a scheme to defraud by a jury in federal court here at 6:30 p. m. The case was giver, to the jury at 6:20. Judge Anderson ordered McCray sent to the Marion county jail. He will sentence the governor Wednes day morning at 9 o’clock. The penalty provided by the statute may be a fine of not to ex ceed SI,OOO or imprisonment for rot more than five years, or both within discretion' of the court. Governor McCray’s trial started before Judge Anderson April 21. Attorneys for the governor based their defense on lack of intent to (Continued On Page Six) REPUIWNSTATE CONYEIp W Over Four Hundred Delegates Gathered At Atlanta to Select Delegates • ATLANTA, Ga., April 30.—Selec tion of eighteen delegates and al ternates to the national convention at Cleveland ’in June, was before the republican state convention called by John L. Philips,chairman of the state central when the meeting opened here to day. Over four hundred delegates from counties over the state were in attendance. For national committeeman and committeewoman; the convention lyill be requested to consider the names of John L. Philips, of Thom asville and Mrs. W. J. Tilson, of Atlanta, according to advance in formation. The republican delega tion is expected to be instructed to vote for Calvin Coolidge for the republican nomination for the pres idency. 'The Keynote address at the con vention will be delivered by A. N. Tumlin, banker, of Cave Springs, Ga., and it is thought likely that he will become temporary chairman. Louis H. Crawford, of Dalton, Ga., is mentioned for permanent chair man. ‘ *■ The delegation to the national convention will be composed of four delegates from the state at large and one from each congres sional district with an additional delegate selected from the 7th and 9th districts. Re-organization of the state cen tral committee and re-election of officers will constitute the other business before the convention. Another republican convention met recently in the state of Geor gia, called by W. A. Gillman, at which delegates to the national convention were selected and Henry Lincoln Johnson, negro national committeeman endorsed for re-elec tion. Selection of delegates today will make two delegations chosen to represent Georgia at Cleveland. THETWHIWfiOiRDER &ofTpiIBLISHSD IN -THE HEART pF DlXlE~ffins SENTENCED TO SERVE AT ATLANTA Tammany Chief Borne to Final Resting J*lace High and Low, Rich and Poor Fay Tribute At Dead Tam many Leader’s Bier NEW YORK, April 30. Ore hundred thousand persons, high anH low, rich and poor Monday paid their final tribute of respect to Charles F. Murphy, for two decades chieftain of Tammany Hall. Not in many years "has metropolis wit nessed a funeral of Such magni tude. The impressive silence, of the throng was the dominant note. Early in the morning such a crowd had gathered in front of his modest old fashioned home in East Seventtenth street that a hundred policemen were necessary to keep the crowd moving. For hours there was a steady stream of men, women and children —the majority from the Lower East Side —into the parlor where, the body lay. Laborers, with lunch boxes under their arms, shop girls, silk hatted dignitaries and women in costly gowns. When the body was taken to stately St. Patrick’s cathedral on Fifth avenue, the cortege passed through streets packed with people with heads bared. Here and there the silence was broken by the sob bing of a woman. More than 8,000 persons crowd ed into the.cathedral where Bishop John J. Dunn celebrated the im pressive solemn high mass of re quiem. Outside the edifice were 5,000 others. When the cortege started for Calvary Cemetery in Queens, where-the interment was held, fu 1 - ly 50,6t)0 hushed persons packed' above Fifth avenue. A thousand blue coats lined the route to the cemetery. CBOLIDGETONEM CHURCH OMISSION Feauture cf Japanese Exclusion Act Objected to By Federal Council of Churches WASHINGTON, April 30.—Presi dent Coolidge has granted the Com mission on International Justice and Goodwill of the Federal Council of Churches an appointment to present the views of the churches on the objectionable features of the Japanese exclusion section of thg immigration bill. It will not be held until the bill is in his hands, according to a telegram sent the Commission by Secretary Slemp. The churches are carrying their fight to the President in a determin ed effort to prevent its passage in the present form. They will ask 'him to veto the immigration bill unless it js modifed so as to remove the objections that are “so offen sive to all lovers of fair and friend ly dealings of nations,” according to the Rev. Samuel McCrea Cavert, one of the general socretaries of the Council. The church ' leaders be • live that a reconsideration of the bill brought about by a presidential veto will cause Congress to take a more sober second thought and that a more friendly plan for -exclusion will be adopted. “The churches believe,” said Dr. John H. Finley, chairman of the Commission, “that exclusion of Jap anese immigrants can be brought about in u way that will not hurt Japan’s self-respect and that will be acceptable to both nations.” The I churchmen make- it plain that they do not oppose Japanese exclusion, but that they believe exclusion can be brought about through a friendly conference and by means of a new agreement or treaty, HANCOCK FARMERS SPEEDING UP WORK SPARTA, April 30.—The farmers of Hancock county are using trac tors and improved farm machinery of all kinds to get their lands in condition for planting. The work is done much faster by machinery and land is broken much deeper than by the old method of a “niger and a male,” AMERICUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 30, 1924 L -Bi £ IBw ' * ■ -W'lwt iw wf-' * r MK, 'lira*■'& xlw ''•/ ’X/'W ‘' //■., llir Wv " w ; / J-CB’ 1 * 'c I i W . .. | J • xp > - ‘ tea'll llflßKi - ¥?s .ff r-/ Scenes snapped at fgneral cere monies for for 22 years Tammany’s leader. Above the funeral passing thru the crowded New York streets, headed by Governor Al Smith and Mayor Hylan of Nevz York. Below coffin being carried into 1 cathedra,!. i SOUTH IS STUNNEO: 81OEITH BE GEDEML JDLIII S. CARR Griqf-Strickcn Section Sets About to Pa*' Fitting Tribute to Dead Leader WAS COMMANDING FIGURE : Happiest Moments in Life, He H«d Said, Were Those Spent With Old Comrades ATLANTA, April 30.—The en tire southland mourned today for General Julian 11. Carr, leader of the fast thinning ranks of gray, prominent North Carolina financier and cotton mill operator, who died last night in Chicago. Grief-stricken, it set about to fittingly pay him a final tributte, and. it is expected that arrange ments soon will be made to honor his memory, possibly the day he is laid to rest, but now the territory south of the Mason and Dixon line (Continued on Page 6.) HARTLEY FILES SUIT TO DIVORCE WIFE MACON, April 30. —Jesse B. Hartley yesterday filed suit for di vorce from his wife, Mrs. Edith Cheney Hartley, alleging cruel treat ment. They were married March 3, 1921, and separated January 1, 1924. Hall, Grice and Bloch, at tornays, represent the petitioner. GRIFFIN NEWS AND SUN CHANGES HANDS GRIFFIN, Ga., April 30.—Rob ert Ij. Duke, editor and publisher of the Griffin News and Sun since 1914, announced Monday that that paper had been sold to C. C. Giv ens, of Madisonville, Ky. The sale, however, will not take effect until July 1. Mr. Duke stated that he would probably be connected .vith the new management in some capacity, although he would not make any definite statement as to his plans for the future. The new owner of the Griffin paper has leased new and larger quarters and states that he will greatly enlarge and improve the News. itsft THURSDAY CLOSING TO START TOMORROW Americus merchants will in augurate their usual summer elosingfi schedule hcr e tomorrow at noon, practicalyl all stores closing schedule here tomorrow cial items are being featured by various merchants to induce morning trading; as heretofore, and householders should procure ample supplies befor e the clos ing hour. REVIVAL ITTEBUCE CONTINUES VERY GOOO Dr. Daniel Back For Service Tonight; Dr. Henderson to Speak to Young People The third day of the second week of the simultaneous revival serv ices, proved to be quite helpful in all of the churches. The atten dance continues and and the inter est being shown has reached the point that every service is charg ed with an atmosphere of helpful ness. Many additions to the va rious churches have been announc ed by the pastors at their daily meetings. Special services for the children and young people are being an nounced by the pastors in their re (Continued on Page Six) to lai cornertone OFBIBBttURTHOUSE Formal Ceremonies to Be Teld At Macon, With Masonic Fra ternity in Charge MACON, April 30.—Plans are complete for the laying of the cor nerstone of the new Bibb County courthouse this afternoon at 4 o’clock, aiid’the officers of the Ma sonic Grand Lodge of Georgia, who will have charge of the ceremony, are already in Macon. Grand Master James D. Hamrick, of Carrollton, whom it was announc ed last week would be master of ceremonies, will not be able to at tend. In his absence W. S. Richard son, deputy grand master, will be in charge. N. H. Ballard, of Atlan ta, past grand master, will make the principal address. The county commissioners, under Whose authority the stone is, to be placed, will attend the ceremony, and have extended an invitation to the general public to be present. A crane has been in place since Fri day and the stone itself is ready.- THtBTrvnERANS YET TO GET CHECKS FBON OFFICE BE ORDIBARY Seventy-Seven Old Soldiers and Widows Have Already Been Paid Stipends AVERAGE PENSION SIOO Three Among Total Receive Pensions Varying From That Sum> It Is Learned Thirty Sumter county Confeder- I ate veterans have not yet been paid their pensions for this year, it was learned at the office of Capt. John A. Cobb, ordinary here this morning Checks for these are being held at his office, and will be paid to the veterans upon application. In fact. Capt. Cobb stated today that he would be glad to have these pen sioners call for their checks at their earliest opportunity. There are a total of 107 pen sioners upon the pension list in Sumter county including veterans and widows of veterans, and of these 77 have already received their annual stipends from the State through Capt. Cobb’s office. The pension paid in all but three instances in this county is SIOO per annum, and in these three excep tions, one pensioner receives $l4O and the other two S9O each. The amount of pension payments is fixed by law with pensioners di vided into clases according to pro visions of the statute. BRITAIN MAY SOON RECOGNIZE OBREGON LONDON, April 30.—A British diplomat is being sent to Mexico to investigate the possibilities ot Britain’s recognizing the Obregon government, and recognition is ex pected t 0 follow if his report is fav orable. It is officially announced that Premier MacDonald has ordered T. B. Hohler, British minister at Budapest, to proceed to Mexico City on an official misison to investi gate and report on the situation there. In connection with the mission, Hohler has been made a knight commander of the Order ofl St. Michael and St. George. He is noted as an expert on the Mexican affairs. It is learned that the missior is connected solely with the question of recognition of the Obregon gov ernment. Blessed are the poor in salary for they shall pay no income tax, SUMTER BDNOHOLDER TO GET IIO.DDD Pffl ,K INTEREST W 1 Funds to Cover Account Have Alreatdy Been Remitted to New York for Disbursement INTEREST GROWS LESS I Practically All of County’s Bonds Owned By Big Trust Company Owners of Sumter county bond’s I who present these securities in I New York May 1 or at any time I thereafter will receive the current I interest thereon. The semi-annual I interest of these bonds is due to- I morrow, and funds to cover this dis- I bursement have already been for- I warded to New York by County I Treasurer H. D. Watts. The total I remittance for this purpose as $lO,- I 000, and interest on the bonds will I be paid at the New York bank des- I ignated in the bonds themselves. I It is interesting to note that tho I annual interest on these bonds, is- I sued to build good roads in this I county in co-operation with the fed- I eral government, is steadily de I creasing. During last year a nutp | her of bonds sufficient to reduce I the annual interest payment % by I S4OO were retired, and next year F a similar amount will also be re- I tired. The bonds are owned prae- I tyjally in their entrety by the I United States Mortgage & Trm-t I Company of New York, $0,875 of I the interest payment for this period being payable, to that concern, with the remainder going to other bond- II owners residing in different parts | of the country. GREAT MULTITUDE AT RICHEY REVIVAL Cars From Many States Parked Solidly Over Acres of Ground At Hazlehurst HAZLEHURST, Ga., April 30. i Cars were packed almost solidly lover more than two acres of ground near the large improvised taber nacle, bearing names and license tags of several different states and the cities of Georgia, as a great multitude gathered for the fourth service of Raymond I. Richey, re vivalist-healer who is conducting a )ten-day evangelist meeting here. The young evangelist declared [that “unused and unrecognized [truths of the Bible are as liabilities |of the old-time religious doctrine | perverted by materialism,” and [ that if the ministry would preach [more healing and the mercifulness |of God and less sulphurous brim [ stone and the tortures of the damn | ed that their congregations would be larger and more souls brought to Christ,” B THORON NOT ENGAGED TO MARRY Mrs. J. D. Hardie, mother of Mrs. Hortense Thompson, explain ed to a newspaper reported the de tails of the accident in which her daughter was injured, and the rea son for her visit to Americus, it being stated positively that no an nouncement of Mrs. Thompson’s en gagement to marry had been auth orized either by her daughter or any one else. Mrs. Thompson, said Mrs. Hardie, had been engaged in pvangelistic work for Central Bap tist church at Atlanta during sever al months, but gave up that posi tion recently to acceptt a place with Walter Reed,*evangelist, whose headquarters are in Dallas, Texas. (Continued on Page Six) LETTER CARRIERS TO MEET AT ASHBURN SOON ASHBURN, April 30.—Approxi mately 150 delegates ar« expected to attend the Third congressional district letter carriers’ convention to be held here May 30. Prepara tions for the entertainment bf th? visitors are bein t made by the , Turner county rural letter carriers. New York Futurei PC. Open High Low Close Jan. ~23.36|23.53|23.53!28.26|23.65 May ..29.41j29.75|29.75|29.06i29.47 July ..27.85i28.07|28.07i27.60|27.85 Oct. ..24.25|24,40|24.40|24.15|24.27 Oec. ■,.23.70|23.80|23.84|23.57j23.71 Americus strict middling 29 1-2 c. PRICE FIVE CENTS THREE STATES WIHD SWEPT; PROPERTY LOSS IS ELB Injured Number Thirty, With Many Persons Missing and Fates Unknown THREE DEAD AT MACON Riverside Mill Village At An derson, S. C.< Scene of Great est F evastation ATLANTA, April 30—A doz en towns in four Southeastern states bore th® brunt of a series of tornadoes that today killed more than 20 persons and injur ed more than two score and wrecked property estimated close to a million dollars. The heavi est loss of life was at Anderson, S. C., where n 9 deaths hav e been reported. Physicians and nurse* from Spartanburg were rushed to Walnut Grove, 13 miles away to determine damage and loss of life there following the report of a tornado there at 10 o’clock. Twisters struck Lake Charley La., late yesterday, sweeping through Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. One death was report ed at Lake Charles and one afe Memphis. Louisville and Auburn, Alabama, also reported heavy property damage. A young white woman was kill ed in the storm near Chipley, Ga., while the depot at Frickling, a few miles from Washington, was report ed demolished: SERIES OF TORNADOES ATLANTA, April 30.—A series of tornadoes dipped into at leasit three states of the south today tak ing a toll of 10 lives, besides caus ing upwards of a million dollars property damage. Several persons are reported missing. The reports showed the injured today at 10:30 o'clock numbered 30 and mounting steadily. Macon stated the twistter killed three persons there, while at Ope like, Ala., four negroes were killed, with five missing, the storm de- o molishing 12 dwellings. At Greenville, Ala., the injured * are said to number four, with two& negroes missing, and property dam age estimated at $150,000. The greatest damage is indicat ed at Anderson, S. C., where the tornado descended on Riverside! mill village. Three persons kjid.bw t 0 have been killed and a score in jured. Fifty houses were destroy (Ccntinued on Page 6) I < MED IWK GET ■ME OF CUT Senate Agrees to Provision That Tax On Earned Incomes Be Raised 25 Per Cent WASHINGTON, April 30—Sec retary Mellon’s proposal of 25 per cent reduction tax on earned in comes was agreed upon today by the senate with The maximum income to which the reduction will apply, was cut SIO,OOO from $20,000 allowed by the House. Incomes of less than $5,000 are considered earned for purposes of reduction. TMDOMffi WASHINGTON, April 30—Sen ator William J. Harris, of Georgia, has proposed an amendment to the sending tax bill, which he believes will stop the evils resulting from larg'i; campaign contributions. It provides a tax of 1,000 per cent >n campaign contributions above SSOO, which would be s* prohibi tive as to stop such large gifts as have been made in the past .to th e two great parties, and whfcb have been mentioned frequently in the investigations. Senator Harris says he will push this amendment when it is taleen up in the next few days. Several methods of preventing large cam paign contributions have been of fered to congress, as a result of the disclosures in the investiga tion. A good deal so sentiment has swung toward their limitation. and toward establishing some system which would draw small contribu tions from millions of voters, and which would widen th e sphere of individual interest in political cam ' paigos,
