About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia—Fair tonight and Friday moderate temperature. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 103 LOVE QUARREL MAY END IN GIRL’S DEATH Damaging Evidence Heard By Wheeler Probers REVIVAL RESULTS IN MANY CONVERSIONS ILL CHIMES HERE (MT MESSIONS ■ic mm Pastors Now Hopeful of Large Number of Additions During Next Three Days BIBLE READING URGED Dr. Sledge Will Speak to Wom en Only This Afternoon At First Baptist Reports received from the pastors pf the six churches now engaged in revival services are encouraging. In every church there were accessions to the church as the result of the (services on ""yesterday, and every indication points to a large num ber of additions during the three days yet remaining. Interest is increasing and the con gregations are larger’ than at any time during the past two weeks. The services will come to a close with the evening service on Sunday (Every pastor is working to close out the revival meetings, with not onl ya large number of new mem bers, but with a genuine spiritual uplift in the church, and there are already signs that the meeting; have meant a very great deal in the church life of the city. Special emphasis is being laid on daily Bible reading, and from the reports received over two, thousand Continued on Page Three. Hl OSIiS SfflT fIP SENATE SFffiN Various Investigations Require Presence of Many Senators in Washington WASHINGTON, May I. So many investigations and hearing., are being made in Washington to day that the senate sergeant-at arms was forced to invade some of the chambers to roupd up a suffi cient number of members to carry on the business of the floor where the tax bill is under consideration. Hoping to get an early start, Chairman Smoot of the finance com mittee, obtained consent to .convene an hour earlier. Two roll calls failed to bring a quorum. After two minutes the qourum number appeared. ABE BUZZARD LEAVES PRISON AFTER 22 YEARS PHILADELPHIA, May I.—Abe Buzzard, for years one of the most desperate and notorious despera does of th e Welch mountain region of Pennylvania and who has spent a total of forty-two years behind prison bais, was released from the Eastern state penitentiary on Thursday when his latest sentence of thirteen years expired. Buz zard is 72 years old today. He said he planned to become a prison evangelist and devote the remain der of his life helping convicts. To this end he had studied theology and the Scriptures. LYTLE MUST FAY WIFE ALIMONY FOR 20 YEARS ATLANTA, May I.—By a decree taken in Fulton superior court Tues dap Stanley Lytle, son of Mrs. Louise Ljytle, former managing edi tor of The Jeffersonian and The Columbia Sentinel, papers published by the lata Senator Thomas E. Wat son,-must pay $45 a month alimony to his wife, Mrs. Margaret Lytle, until their 1-year-old child becomes 21 years of age. The decree was granted by Judge E. D. Thomas on Mrs, Lytle’s cross bill to her husband’s petition for di vorce. Mrs. Lytle charged cruel ( treatment. Attorney H. W. McLarty, | representing Mrs. Lytle, produced a j butcher knife, with which Mrs. Lytle j swore Lytle had threatened to kill, her. The lawyer said Lytle had never paid any of the temporary alimony of $lO a week allowed’ a year ago. Lytle was formerly connected with the state highway department 4 the™l§«r®rder Will Examine Her Sanity F I~F~ LmJ |g] CELIE COONEY NEW YORK, May I.—Examination of the mental condition of Celie Cooney, bob-haired bandit, and her husband, Edward, is to be made by two commissions appointed by County Judge Martin in Brook lyn today. Decision to appoint a commission to examine Cooney was reach ed last week following information that Cooney’s father died in an in sane asylum ten years ago and that the prisoner has shown mental de ficiency. * Judge Martin decided to appoint a commission to examine th e young woman also when he learned that a motion probably probably would be made to hav e her plea of guilty set aside to enable her to go on trial on a defense of temporary insanity. WALKER CERTAIN TO , HAVE OPPOSITION ATLANTA, May I.—ls Governor Walker seeks, as he probably will, to press the legislature a-am on his tax reform program—which means only the passage or non-passage of one of the pending income tax bills —he is as bound to have opposition as the sun is to rise on the morning of the next clear day. If he does have that opposition, as he will un der those circumstances, there will be a cleavage as to candidates, no matter who that other candidate may .be, or whom they may be. That opposition was brought in the recent state convention just held in Atlanta and means an alignment probably on the issues laid down there. IHiraiM CHIIPN. TIKES OFF Flcr;dan and Dixie Limited Made Las’ Trips Through Here Wednesday 1 he I* londan and the Dixie Limit ed, de luxe trains operated through Americus via the Central of Georgia railroad, have just been discontin used for the season. The last trip made by these was on Tuesday, when the Floridan vzent, north. Dur ing the season just ended these fast daylight tourist trains Were run reg ularly every day. It is expected they will be restored again next fall. According to officials of the road the specials have proved to be a great success and it is hoped they will be continued during the next season. The Floridan was at one time a. single daily but last year it was run in both directions on the same day and its necessity was shown by the vast amount of people who rode it PLAYGROUND WORK IS MAKING PROGRESS NOW COLUMBUS, May I.—Plans for the playground and recreation work ;n Columbus are progressing satis factorily, according to W. J. Car tier, director of recreation, who has been making a study* of the playgrounds and play fields during the past few days. " Ife has map ped out considerable work which must be done on the grounds and apparatus before the playgrounds open on the first of June. The plans for the training class, which will open next Saturday, are prepared and will be sent out in a day or two. Most of the in- have been chosen and eveyrthing points to a very suc cessful course. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY I, 1924 "I IIDII Nil GMBMB om MN UNIW IN ATLANTA PRISON Undergoes Usual Procedure of Being Photographed and Finger Printed HE TALKED ABOUT STORM Says ‘Heart Goes Out to Those Losing Loved Ones and Homas” By Tornado ATLANTA, May 1. —Warren T. McCray, former governor of In diana, convicted o fusing the mails to defraud, will begin serving a sentence of 10 years in the federal prison here today. According to the usual procedure Ihe will be photographed, ifngers printed and given physical examin ation. A blue denim uniform will i bo issued to him also, and he will I receive a temporary assignment I cell. Her will not lose his hair, as the practice of shaving the heads of prisoners has been discontinued in the prison. He will be required to take a bath, which all prisoners must upon arrival, no matter the rank or rating. EXPRESSES SYMPATHY FOR TORNADO VICTIMS ATLANTA, May I.—Sympathy with the tornado victims of the south was expressed today by War ren McCray, former governor of Indiana, just before he was com mitted to the federal penitentiary here. In a comment made at Rome during a brief stop of the train from Indianapolis, when told of press dispatches regarding hit trial, he said, “first let us comment upon a much more startling an I shocking story,” adding in speak ing cf the tornadoes “my heart goes out in sympathy to those los :ng their loved ones and homes.” Another- prisoner being brought to prison by the same deputies es caped near Shelbyville, Tenn., ilbout daybreak when he jumped from the window of the washroom while the train was moving. CHL.DWELFARECLINIC TO BE STARTED MAY 7 COLUMBUS, May I.—The fifth Child Welfare Clinic will be open ed by the Public Health Nurse as sociation, May 7 ,at the North Highlands Methodist church, Third avenue and Thirty-first street. The work will be conducted bv Dr. C. D, Johnson and Dr. R. F. Johnson, COUNCIL MR BLOWN COINN OUT BES OH INSIDE HL ■BBT High Wind During Wednesday Does Damage Estimated at SI,OOO On Burke Place WIDE AREA~WINDSWEPT Total of Ninety-five Known Dead and 500 Injured, Early Dispatches State Information was received in Americus late Wednesday of dam ages estimated at SIOOO done by high wind earlier in the day on the former John W. Burke plantation in Lee county. This place is now controlled by L. G. Council, cf Americus,, and information receiv ed by Mr. Council was to the effect that the large barn there had been completely destroyed. The barn was blown down while a number of mules kept therein were feeding, but in some manner all of these escaped injury, only a few pigs being injured when the building collapsed. So far as known here, this was the only dam age of consequence done upon the plantation. Reports from other parts of the. county indicate that in the Twenty eighth district a number of fences were blown down /and many trees damaged, but it has been impossible to definitely ascertain the amount of the damage there. 95 DEAD AND 500 HURT OVER WINDSWEPT AREA ATLANTA, May I.—With 95 persons known dead, and more than a score missing, with approximate ly 500 injured, some perhaps fatal ly, and hundreds homeless, the southeast set about today to relieve some of the regions stricken yester day by the worst high tension storm in the history of the state. The tornadoes, descending with devasting violence upon widely separated sections, caused damage estimated at $10,000,000 in tne seven states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana and Arkansas, the latter two being the first to suffer because of the origination of the disturbance in that area. Early today reports which were delayed by crippled wires distrib uted the dead as follows: South Ctarolina, 66; Georgia, 13; Alabama 11; North Carolina, 3; Louisiana, 1; and Arkansas one. Many points in the path; of the storm are still com pletely isolated. Reports of addi tional casualties are expected hourly. BOOK OF MBR B EN WE ROK Funeral Service to Be Held Monday At Former Home in Durham, N. C. CHICAGO, May I.—The body of General Julian S’. Carr, former commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, who died here Tuesday night of pneumonia, started on its homeward trip to Durham N. C., from here at 1 p. m,, today, his daughter, Mrs. H. C. Flowers, announced. The train left over the Balti more & Ohio pailroad for Washing ton, and from there will proceed to Durham over the Seaboard Air Line. No arrangements have been completed, Mrs. Flowers said, for the funeral services at General Carr’s home other than setting the date for next Monday. Numerous messages poured in to th e hotei suite where Mrs. Flow ers, whose home is in Kansas City, I was stopping when her father came io visit her. They <ame from all sections of the Southland and from numerous persons ir the North who had known General JQarr per sonally. Mrs. Flowers said ’these were almost entirely old friends and personal acquaintances of ti.e former Coi’lederate con;n;ander. ELEVEN NEGROES ARE KILLED AT THOMPSON EUFAULA, Ala., May 1. —■ Eleven negroes were killed out right during Tuesdays storm at Thompson, Ala., when practical ly the whole of the negro section <>f tho town was destroyed. Thompson is located on the Cen tral of Georgia railroad, about ten mjles from Eufaula. MAJOR FRED MARTIN, WON LEADER, MISSING AT CHIGNIK Cordova Wireless Station Re ports Nothing' Heard From Intrepid Flyer STARTED TRIP WEDNESDAY Cannery Stations West of Chig nik to Be Asked to Aid in Locating Him CORDOVA, Alaska, May I.—At 2:25 today nothing had been heard though in constant wireless com munication With tho whole of the North Pacific, concernign the fate t>f Major Frederick Martin, com mander of the United States around the world flight. Radio transmitters from the can nery stations on the coast of West Chignik, from whence he flew yes terday are expected to open at 9 o’clock, when it was hoped to hear news of him through them. FARNTWORTBEHIND IN mN DISTRICT RESERVE BAI SAYS Employment Conditions Satis- factory, Execpt That Cotton Mills Curtail Operations MUCH POISON BEING USED Decline in Price of Cotton Les sens Probability of Larger Acreage Being Planted ATLANTA, May I. Adverse weather conditions which served to retard farm operations and con tributed largely to the decline in wholesale and retail trade, was the principle factor affecting agricul tural and business conditions in the Sixth Federal Reserve district dur ing March, according to the month ly business review for April is sued by the Atlanta Federal Re serve bank which was made public today. It was pointed out, how ever, that although preparations for the seasons crops hav e been de layed, the favorable weather since the beginning of April has given the farmers opportunity to accomp lish more and has brought a better ter outlook in commercial business (Continued on Page Two) MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD AT AGNES SCOTT DECATUR, May I.—Memorial Services have just been held at Ag ires Scott College tor Dr. F. H. Gaines and Dr J. D. M. Armistead, who died just about a year ago. The former was the President of Agnes Scott College during the first thirty-four years of its existence The latter was professor of English for a period of seventeen years. Both were greatly beloved and are * sorely missed. The Baccalaurate Sermon will be preached this year to the Senior Class of Agnes Scott by Dr. John Robertson McMahon, Pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Mont gomery, Alabama. The address to the Senior Class will be delivered by President Bruce R. Payne, Ph. I)., President of George Peabody Col lege for Teachers at Nashville. Com menceement Day will be May 27th. The funniest thing on earth is a woman who doesn’t use perfume talking with a man who does. , SENATE COMMITTEE HEAPS WHEELER GOT FEE FOR SERVICES Montana Solon Promised to 'Take Care of’ Land Permits For Campbell RHEA HEARD ASSURANCE I Under Cross-Examination Wit ness Sticks to Story As First Related May I.—The special senate committee investiga ting the indictment of Senator Wheeler in Montana, was told today that the senator had promised when he came to Washington to “take care of” the land permits in which his client, Gordon Campbell, was interested. Rhea, a Colorado oil man, testi ifed that he heard such assurance given Campbell in January, 1923, and that Campbell had told him Wheeler would be paid for it. The Montana indictment charged that the senator took a fee for ap pearing before the Interio Depart ment in the matter. Under severe cross examination the witness stuck to his story, but said that he first made these statements within 10 minutes after he met Blair Coan, who was scat to Montana by Secre tary Lockwood, republican of the national comimttee, although he had not known for what purpo. e Coan wanted the inforamtion. BORAH COMMITTEE TO EXONERATE WHEELER WASHINGTON, May I.—The Borah committee investigating the Montana indictment against Sena tor Burton K. Wheeler, democrat, (Continued on Page Two.) BBMB CHAPTER ELECTS JOHNEBN Royal Arch Masons Chose New Officers During Session Held At Macon MACON, May I.—Early H. John son, of Columbus, was elected grand high priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Georgia in the annual election yesterday at the one hundred and second con vocation of the organization. The meetings are being held at the City Hall Auditorium. Other officers elected were Wil liam A. Sims, of Atlanta, grand king; Alvin E. Sansburn, of Greens boro, grand scribe; Josiah T. Clarke Augusta, grand treasurer; Edgar A. McHan, of Macon, grand secre tary; William A. Simmons, of King ston, grand chaplain ; Hugh W. Taylor, of Cuthbert, grand captain of host; W. Frank Wells, of Hape ville, grand principal sojourner; John Swain, of Lily, grand royai arch captain; William B. Graham pf Fort Gaines, grand master third veil; George W. Mathews, Jr., of Fort Valley, grand matser second veil; Charles L. Bass of Atlanta, grand master first veil; and Lee Wages, of Macon, grand sentinel. Clarence H. Andrew, of Macon, retiring grand high priest, was pre sented with the past grand high priest’s jewel by Most Excellent, Companion William F. Kuhn, o’ Kansas City, who is a guest of the convocation. V. Boor, high priest of Tennessee, was also a guest of the meeting. SUWANEE RIVER SPECIAL WILL SOON BE ANNULLED VALDOSTA, Map I.—ln railroad circles preparations are being made for the changes in trains which take place next week. On the 7th of May the Suwanee River Special makes its last run for the season, being discontinued until next winter. At the same time it is understood that the Ohio Special will be chang ed and the Royal Palm will take its place for the summer. This latter train will continue on virtually the same schedule, arriving in Valdosta at 8 o’clock in the morning from the north and returning at 11:30 in the evening. Little or no changes are expected in other trains. ■I. I I I I— ■■■■!■■■■■■ .1.!... I New York Futures PC. Open High Low Close Jan. . 23.65123.50123.63123.41 23.57 May . 29.47j29.40|29.96129.40 29.96 July . 27.85127.80,28.46127.80 27.35 Oct. 24.30|24.25|24.57|24.25 24.50 Dec. . 23.70123.86124.00(23.72 23.92 PRICE FIVE GENTS .(LOUISE MOBLEY, 1/, TAKES POISON AFTER QUARREL MTH YOUTH Was Engaged to Marry Henry Strickland With Wedding Date May 11 th RECENTLY WON DIVORCE Little Hope Hdd Out For Her Recovery By Attending Phy sicians Today ~ BRUNSWICK, May I.—Follow ing the prediction that the man she was engaged to would be sorry that they quarreled, Miss Louise Mob ley, 17 years old, attempted tq commit suicide yesterday by swal lowing a quantity of poison. Little ’ hope is held for her recovery. The quarrel occurred yesterday with Henry Strickland, whom sh? was to have married May 11. Although only 17 years of age, the young woman has experienced an unhappy matriminial career, having recently divorced Barry Mazoe. MffIWES HIGHSCHOOL BOOKS Number of Valuable Volumes Are Contributed By Former Americus Resident Prof. J. ,E. Mathis, superinten dent of Americus schools, announc ed today the gift of sixteen very valuable volumes contributed by Mrs. Ella G. Hoffman, a former resident here, and whose interest in Americus’ schools has never waned during many years spent‘in resi dence elsewhere. Volumes included within the gift arc: “The Venetian Republic” (2 vol umes) (Wm. C. Hazlitt); “A Journ ey inthe Seaboard States” (2 vol umes) (Olmstead) ; “The Philoso phical Works of Francis Bacon (1 volume) ; “A Son of the Middle West” (Hamlin Garland); "A , Daughter of the Middle West” I (Hamlin Garland); “The Resurrect [ed Nations” (Lenine) ; “The Call of the West” Galloway; ; “The Jap anese Empire” (Dautrenier); Ths Magnificent Ambersons (Tarking ton) ; “Among The Esquimos” (Hut ton) ; “Mortality From Cancer’; (Hoffman); “Race Traits and Ten dencies of the American Negro” (Hoffman); “Scientific Publica tion.-.” (Hoffman); “Endymion” (Kats); “The Confederate States of America” Schwab); “Campaign of Mobile” (Andrews). A number of these volumes, Prof. Mathis states, are especially useful to the students, attending the High school, where the need of a sufficient library is daily becoming • more apparent, and where many more volumes are needed before tho library will be anything like equipp ed sufficiently to meet the needs of the institution. Mrs. Hoffman, donor of Dht books, who is now a resident of Wellesley Hills, Mass, visited Ameri cus sometime ago when she was the guest of her sister, Miss Lula Hay, and was struck at that time with the need for a library at the High school. In forwarding her most ap preciated gift, Mrs. Hoffman states: ‘lt has occurred to me that, perhaps a small gift of books to the library of the High school might add some thing to the school of which I am practically a product. With the aid of my husband, I have selected from our library a few volumes some of which, at least, might be of interest to be boys and girls of the school who might find them to their lik ing.” Prof Mathis in announcing this gift of books expressed deepest ap preciation of the rememberance up on the part of Mrs. Hoffman, saying that one of the present presing neds of the school is a Library, which can most successfully be built up through the contribution of volumes by former students and friends of the institution, and which in years to come will •ertainly become of al most inestimable value to the stu dents themselves. What tiekies a man more than finding a quarter in the pockets of his old last summer’s suit? , The United States is the most neurotic country in the world, with Britain a close second, according to a well-known doctor.
