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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
