About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia Fair tonight and Saturday; little change in tempera ture. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 104 WHITE MAN SHOT IN MACON APARTMENT Zayaisia 7 roops to Crush Revolt in Santa Clara DELINQUENT MOTORISTS IMAY BE {JAILED KILL IM MM TOR WHISTS W WHJMWEB Grand Jury Not to Be Consult ed Regarding Criminal Ac tion to Be Instituted TIME LIMIT EXPIRED No More Applications to Be Ap proved By Sheriff, It Is Announced Today Sheriff Lucius Harvey is going to make cases against all automobilists operating cars in Sumter county with 1923 tags. This became known today when the sheriff au thorized the statement that the time during which he is permitted t 0 approve applications for license tags expired May 1. No more ap plications will be (approved, through his office, and just as soon as other business will permit he will begin having warrants issued for offenders against the state mo tori vehicle law. It is the sheriff’s purpose, he states, to bring all cases againSv such offenders in the City Court of Americus, swearing out warrants, with accusations diawn by solicitor Dan Chappell being based upon such warrants. This insures a speedy trial of all such cases with out waiting for action by the grand jury and independent of any no bill or other action that may be ta“ en by that except in cases where indictments are* returned against accused individuals, and in which instances, such cases take the same course as though warrants had been issued. So, it is stated, all ’persons who have cars without 1924 tags must either lay these aside for the re mainder of the year or pay a stiff penalty for not having already se cured these. mm® md RELIEF IHEMHES STIPE IS WHEW Many Persons Injured During Severe Windstorm Tuesday Not Expected to Recover Final Property Damage Expect ed to Exceed First Estimates of $10,000,000 ATLANTA, May 2.—With the number of known dead—definitely jplaced at 106, reconstruction and • relief measures were put into ef fect in portions of seven southeast ern states which were laid waste Tuesday and Wednesday in severe windstorms of unparalelled inten sity. Not until the outcome of in juries sustained have been establish ed, the final death toll will be known, but it "is believed today all fatalities have been listed. The injured, many of whom will probably not recover, number more than 500, according to the best esti mates available, while those render-' cd homeless are counted by scores. The preliminary estimate of $lO,- 000,000 property damage will pos sibly be exceeded. The known dead are divided as follows; South. Carolina, 73; Georgia, 14; Alabama, 11/ North Carolina, 5; Virginia, 1; Arkansas, 1 and Louisiana, 1. ! RENEW SEARCH FOR MISSING AVIATOR BREMERTON, Wash., May 2. —Search for Major Frederick Martin, comander of the United States around the world flight, and his mechanician, Sergeant Alba Harvey, vns rc.un.cd with fresh vigor today at dawn, by coast guard eutters and al] avail able cannery vessels between Chignik and Dut-'h Harbor. Coast guard cutters searched through the night with search lights. THET WeSK'ROrDER {fSfeyBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXlk~ffS~V? METHODISTS FAVOR JOINING WORLD COURT SPRINGFIELD, Mass,, May 2 - The Methodist Episcopal gen eral conference today voted in favor of the United States join ing the world court for a settle ment of the international rela tions. The resolution was manimously adopted. VISITING MINISTERS TO GP/E CLOSING MESSAGES TONIGHT Dr. Sledge Will Be Only Out of-Town Preacher Still in Americus Sunday EXPECT BIG ATTENDANCE Lasting Good Already Accomp lished By Simultaneous Meet ins, It Is Said Special effort is made being today in behalf of the services in all the churches. With thef evening service, will close the week day meeting, as Saturuay there will be no services in any of the churches. While the re vival does not close until Sunday evening, all of the visiting ministers with the exception of Dr. Sledge at the First Baptist church will return to their pastorates for the Sunday services. The srevices on Sunday in Amer icus will be in charge of the pastors and it is expected that large atten dance will mark the closing day of the simultaneous revival. The pas tors are, working to this end, feel ing they say ,that a victorious cam paign should close with the best (Continued on Page hour.) JUSTICE ELECTIBII HEBE BH ailHffll Unusual Interest Manifested in Selection of Successor to Late F. W. Griffin More than usual interest is being manifested in the election for jus tice of the peace to be held Satur day at the courthouse here, with the polls open all day during the usual hours for a regular election. There are four candidates an nounced for the office, these, being J. M. Shy, W. A. Harden, H. C. Davis and T. M. Laney, and the winner will serve during the uneX pired term of the late F. ’W-. Grif fin, oi- during a term of less than a year. AH these candidates have made an active candidate for the I place with ladies as well as men voters asked to support each. As a result of this, as well as because of the large number oi' candidates in the race, an unusually large number of votes is expected to' be cast. The election is a regular one, and not under authority of the Democratic party and all regularly registered voters are entitler to participate therein.. As the justice to be elected will serve only in the Twenty-Seventh district (Americus) only residents of that district will be allowed to vote. WAYCROSS GUN CLUB FORMALLY ORGANIZED WAYCROSS, May 2.—The Way cross Gun Club is 1 now a reality. The first officers are:, Presidest—O. s.-Haworth. Vice President—Dr. W. C. Haf ford. Secretary-Treasurer—H. M. Paf ford. i The trap has been selected ana instruction given for ordering it. J. T. Watt, Dr. W. C. Hafford and Ed Leary were appointed as a committee to select the site and to have the trap installed. The Club will meet- Thursday af ternoon at four o’clock. There will he no shooting at the traps other than on those meeting- days. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 2, 1924 m TAXES IMS DELMEHT ?.O PCT. PENALTY ASSESSED Professional and Business Taxes Now in Hands of State Reve nue Department NO DISCRETION ALLOWED Even When Paid to County Of ficers Added Penalty Must Now Be Collected All professional and occupation or special taxes levied by the state upon various business and indus trial enterprises which have not al ready been paid are now subject to a delinquent penalty of 20 per cent of the total and wil Inot be accept ed except upon payment thereof. These taxes became delinquent May 1, upon which date they were trans ferred automatically to the jurisdic tion of the state tax department, an agent of which may visit Amer icus at any time now inspect, audit and check all such taxes. As a large number of business and profession enterprises here are liable for these taxes, it is regard ed as probable that state tax agent will be sent here at an early date. With his coming a careful survey of all possible delinquents will be made, and executions issued to force payment of these taxes. Coun ty officials no longer have any au thority over this class of taxes, ex cept that they may receipt for same when the 20 per cent penalty is also offered, or in a word, they are required by law to collec;| this •penalty just as if they were special agents of the newly created tax department. How many individuals or busi ness concerns have failed to pay these special taxes in the county is unknown, it was stated today at the office of Tax Collector Brown Small. Senate Agrees To Insurance Bonus WAHINGTON, May 2.—Without a record vote, the senate late Thursday adopted the soldier bonus insurance bill as agreed by the house and senate conferees. After the house acts, probably today, the measure will go to the president. Before the vote was taken sena tors Underwood, of Alabama, and Reed, of Missouri, criticized the measure. The conferees made the provisions of the measure effective March 1, next, and struck out a senate amendment which would pre vent the charging ofj compound in terest on loans made on bonus in surance policies. A slight flurry arose when the report of the conferees was pre sented. An effort by Senator Curtis of Kansas, republican whip, to have it approved by the few senators who were present aroused objection, and a roll call was ordered. Senator Underwood of Alabama, who voted against the bill declared that he wanted to express his ob jection to the conference report be cause he opposed the legislation. Senator Harison, of Mississippi author of the amendment to prevent compound interest being charged on loans when the soldier was in ar rears on his payments, protested against this concession en the part of senate conferees, but said he would voe for the report. OPERETTA ‘WILLIAM TELL’ TONIGHT AT 8 Students of Americus Institute will presnt the operteet “Willaim Tell” at that institution tonight, beginning at 8 o’clock, with a spe cial invitation extended t</ as many whites as will to attend. Special provision will be made for seating whites who attend the performance, -aid, Prof. M. W. Reddick, principal this morning. The operetta will b" presented in the school chapel and an admission fee of 35 cents will be charged, the proceeds to go to the benefit of the school. It is ex pected that in addition to a number of whites, many negroes will aL i lend the peerfeoremance. t Formulae Fail. Jailed as Wife Poisoner /.MM 1 - O r w ■ lll|y * r. Ami 4 IF Wt Above: Clarence Baring; be low, Mrs. Baring, principals in sensational modern criminal af fair. HELLS REPORTS WT OPPOSING FACTIONS. «.L ACCEPT FOSTA Special Agent of Coolidge Ad vises State Department of Conditions in Republic Five-Power Mediation to Re store Constitutional Govern ment Under Agreement WASHINGTON, May 2.—“ State peace obtained,” in Honduras and all factions have generally accept ed the selection of General Tosta as provisional president, Sumner \Velles, special representative to President Coolidge, reported today to the state department. Tosta took the oath of office April 30. Under the agreement the five-pow er mediation work out; an agremenH restoring the- con stitutional government now assem bling in Amalapa. S. S. CONVINTION IB MEET IT ELLAVILLE Friendship Baptist Sunday school Convention will meet in annual ses sion Thursday May 22 at ’ Ella ville, Ga. About 33 Sunday schools compos } this convention, and it is expected there will be a large delegation present as each church will send delegates to Ellaville on that date. Jane W. Merritt, field wiorker will be-present and deliver two strong addresses, besides other visit ing speakers in attendance. It is hoped by those in charge that each church will have their Sunday sehooi represented at this meet. Delegates will be entwtained by Ellnvitle Baptist church, and have a one day session, other announce ments will follow, it is statedr Strange Story lies Behind Al leged Effort to Poison Wom an By Scientist OFFERS UNUSUAL PLEA Defense Likely to Be Based On Insanity, According to Friends of Accused By ALEXANDER* HERMAN WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., May 2. —For many years formulae had been the very life of Clarence O. Baring, chemist; but now they are leading to his living death—-in a prison cell, or lunatic asylum. For he tried to work out a for mula for' his own happiness, but he brought about only the near-death of his wife, who accuses him of poisoning her for months. As result, Mrs. Baring lies ill, and her husband has to stand trial, indicted on charges of attempted murder, felonious and wiHwul pois oning of food an dattejmpted as sault in the first decree. And the happiness ; which he sought has fled forever. Back of it all is a strange tale of a modern Ceasar, a Jekyll- Hyde, who was one man when alone with his test tubes and his formu lea, and another when with his wife. It is a tale that is even more trag ic than the Dr. Arthur Warren Waite tragedy, which ended with the dentists going to the Sing Sing electric chair in for the poisoning and murder of his fath er-in-law. Fop in the Waite case, lust for the money in his wife’s family was proved to be the motivating force of the crime. But in the Baring case, a long (Continued on Page Two.) JUDGE LANDIS SAYS HE ‘TRIES SOME’ OF ' STUFF’ AT PARTIES Baseball Conunisisoner Gives Committee His Opinion On Prohibition Enforcement RECITES GROSSMAN CASE Former Jurist Says Politics Should Have No Connection With Pardons WASHINGTON, May 2. With picturesque emphasis that made him famous long before baseball took him from the federal bench} to be come its high commissioner, Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis today gave the Daugherty committee his opinion of prohibition enforcement and other administrative questions as dealt with in recent years by* the federal government. Dinner parties, he said, of “pre war stuff” still appeared to hold out well, and confessed not being able to resist the enticing invitata tions of hostesses to ( try somte. He added that the department of Jus tice is doing the very best possible due to fact of not always having the best lawpers on its payroll. Called to testify about the house of correction sentence he imposed on Philip Grossman , he said he couldn’t understand how Grossman got his pardon from President Cool idge. He said that he thought pol itics should have no more to do witn executive clemency than decisions handed down from the bench. DIXIE HIGHWAY FREE OF DETOURS IN WARE WAYCROSS, May 2.—The Hghway Department announced this morn ing that the Dixie Highway leading into Waycross in both directions, is practically free from detours and the Jacksonville road detour, sever al miles from the city, has been done away with and traffic is be ing handled without the aid of the detour. The new Waitertown oridge is also freed from detou and the bridge ig nearly completed. a , HAVANA GOVERNMENT ACTS VIGOROUSLY TO SUPPRESS REBELLION 500 Trops Placed About Cien fuegos Where Rebel Move ment Is Centered WILL USE AIRPLANES Warships Patrolling Entire Coast and Appeal Is Sent To United States HAVANA, May 2.—The govern ment today had 500 troops around Cienfuegos near the center of the anti-Zayas movement. Warships are patrolling the coast and some morning papers declar ed that Zayas has sent an urgent appeal to the United States for 10 airplanes. GAFT. RENNISOH GETS LETTER THREATENING DEATH IF M HANG Desperate Last Minute Effort May Be Staged to Save Lives of Italians BIG BRIBE OFFERED HIM $50,000 Proffered By Unknown In Even Five of Condemned Men Escape NEW ORLEANS, May 2.—Cap tain Archie Itennison, superinten dent of the Orleans parish prison, where six Italians are condemned to die in Amite on May 9 are being held, received today a letter inform ing him “we will get you sure” it' the men hang. Captain Rennison reported Wed nesday the receipt of an offer of $50,000 if he would permit the escape of five pf the prisoners, and last night he received a telephone message asking if he had received the offer. BRITISH COMMONS REJECTS MEASURE LONDON, May 2.—By a vote of 238 to 144, the Housd of Commons today rejected the proportional rep resentation bill sponsored by the liberals. SIMON DANNENBERG RETIRES AT MACON MACON, May I.—lt became known last night that the Dannen berg company has acquired the in terests of Simon Dannenberg*, in that company, the consideration be ing around* $200,000. Simon Dannenberg succeeded his father, Joseph Dannenberg, as pres ident of the Dannenberg Company about ten years ago, holding the po sition until January, 1923, when Walter Dannenberg became presi dent. Since that time Simon Dannen berg has devoted practically all of his time to New York interests. His retirement from the firm will not change the management in any way, it is learned, and the offi cers will remain as before. BUTLER TO MANAGE COOLIDGE CAMPAIGN WASHINGTON, May 2.—Wil liam M. Butler, of Massachusetts, will manage the 1924 Republican national campaign and suceed John T. Adams, of lowa, as chair rman of the, Republican -national committee, if President Coolidge is nominated at the Cleveland con vention as the Republican stand ard-bearer. President Coolidge decided today that if he is nominated, by the Cleveland convention he will rec ommend selection of Mr. Butler, his pre-convention campaign manager to the new Republican national committee for the chairmanship and in accordance with custom his recomendation undoubtedly will be adopted. The skeleton in the average closet * is in the cellar. . __jh New York Futures PC. Open High Low Close Jan. _.23.57|23.70|23.70 23.35 23.35 M•• y 29.96|30<00|30.20 29.70 29.70 July . 28.35 28.40,28.71 28.14 28.13 Oct. . 24.50|24.58|24.73 24.25 24.25 Dec. 23.92124.02124.08 23.68'23.68 Americus strict middling, 29 3-4 c. PRICE FIVE CENTS NOME MISTAKEN FDR BURGLAR, IS SHUT Bl B.H.PWIHnMI Wounded Man Under Influence of Liquor, It Is Alleged, When He Was Shot WENT TO SEE WOMAN Says He Was Seeking Recon ciliation With Wife From Whom He Was Estranged MACON, May 2.—Andrew No well, young white man, is in a se rious condition in the hospital here as the result of- a bullet wound through the stomach inflicted early this morning by B. O. Partin, who fired at Nowell thinking he was a burglar. Partin is out on bond. » Nowell, while under the influ ence of whiskey attempted to gain entarnce into an apartment bp sev eral families at 4 o’clock this morn ing. He claims he went to the apartment to see a woman who was i instrumental in trying to effect a I reconciliation between himself anil his wife from whc»m he has been separated. EOUMHllffl jWBEHUSEDffIF. PHILPS IBIS NIHT Gerogia Teachers Gathered At Savannah Hear Nashville Educator in Address GIVES HEARERS' FACTS Per Capita Tax in Georgia. He Asserts, Is Comparatively Small Even Now SAVANNAH, May 2.—“lf the potential possibilities of Georgia are to be developed by the chil i dren of Georgia, they must be given training through educational advantages comparable to those in any other states,” declared Dr. Shelton Phelps, educator of Nash ville, Tenn., in an addresg prepar ed for delivery here today before the Georgia Educational associa tion. Dr. Phelps, who is professor of educational administration, George Peabody College for Teachers, spoke on “Financing Public Educa tion in Georgia.” “For all state expenditures, edu cation included, Georgia is paying a very small per capita cost when compared to other states,” he stat ed. “Os these expenditures, small as they are, education is getting relatively a large fractional part.ri The speaker pointed out that in (Continued On Page Four! TREASURY PROVISION REJECTED IN SENATE WASHINGTON, May 2.—Treas ury provision of the revenue bill limiting tax reductions in relation to income from tax exept securi-j tics was rejected today by the sen ate 37 to 36. r ANTIOCH CEMETERY WILL BE CLEANED UP CORDELE, May 2.—Those why have loved ones buried in Antioch Cemetery on the National Highway rorth of Arabi will gather on Fri day May 9th at the annual occasion for cleaning and beautifying the cemetery and making the arrange ments for a care taker for the en suing year. Those who come are requested to bring a picnic basket and all the song books fort the singing program which will be held in the afternoon. MESSENGERS GO ON STRIKE AT WAYCROSS WAYCROSS, May 2.—The “Bicy cle Staff” of the local office of the Western Union took it upon, thenjr selves a day or two ago to demand from their company an increase of wages amounting to $26 more oji their yearly income. The manage ment of the local station refused them the increase in salary of centsi a week and the “staff” calle<| a strike. The doughboys of the western union army, Waycross Company A. No. 1, too their sturdy steeds and refused to act in the ca pacity of minute men until thete wages were increased. Finding the local office was not going to suc com to their demand most of them Returned to their post while a few deserted and late Monday after , noon had been A. W. O. L. for two days. .
