About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia—Rain tonight and Friday cooler tonight and in South east portion Friday. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. i O') Men Accused With Lansley Change Their Plea To Guilty nwmiis m um fwd ffi ADMIT fflU Walter B. Carey and M. E. Huth Reverse Pleas of Not Guilty Previously Entered LIQUOR INVOLVED IN CASE Effort to Remove Testimony • From Record In Case Over- Ruled By Court COVINGTON,May 8— Walter B. Carey ,of Canton, Ohio, and M. E. Huth Allance, Ohio, two of the four co-defendants with Congressman John W. Langley, of Kentucky, on trial here in federal court on charges of conspiracy io defraud the government today en tered pleas of guilty to the charge. Previously both had plead not guilty but when court re-assembled today permission was secured to reverse these. The men were charged, together with the others named in the in dictment, with conspired to defraud the government through rregular whskey transactions during 1921. Following entering of the revised pleas of guilty in behalf of Carey and Huth, Attorney Gray, represent ing - Milton Lipschutz, another de fendant, moved that all testimony given by Carey and Huth during the trial up to this time be removed from the record. This plea was overruled by the court. WILK ER HOST TO EHR IT ’CUE Affair Staged in Commercial Warehouse This Afternoon Enjoyed By Guests Present A delightful and enjoyable affair of this afternoon was the old fash ioned barbecue, at which James A. Walker was the genial host, enter taining a number of his old friends, in the rear of the Commercial City Warehousee. The ’cue, delightfully prepared was served upon long tables spec ially built and placed within the warehouse enclosure, where the guests assembled to enjoy the occa sion. These tables, after the re past had been served, were re-ar ranged and during some time those present enjoyad “set-back” that fascinating game so popular among that set. Mr. Walker’s guest list included J. E. Mathis, Willis Hawkins, Jack Britton, Henry Glover, Joel High tower, Sam Coney, W. E. Smith, James Wadsworth, Arthur Ryland er, Charles Burke, Kellctte Heys, Bob Hawkins, Tommy Hooks, T. E. Hooks, Herbert Moon Theo Erwin, John Wagnon, Bill Humber, Verpie Holloway, Luther Hawkins, Henry Hyatt, H. B. Allen, Tom Hudson. SINGING 2:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT SHILOH Sunday a'Jternoon there will be a community singing staged at Shiloh church, near Americus, with a general invitation extended to all to attend. This is the regular county singing convention and will be attended by singers from many communities, including several from Americus. Shiloh singers are preparing to entertain the biggest crowd of th e y ca r Sunday after noon. ‘JIM’ PRICE WANTS TO KEEP OLD JOB ATLANTA, May B.—James- D.‘ Price, member of the Georgia pub lic service commission, announced Wednesday that h e is a candidate for re-election this fall. Mr. Price stated that, although he knew he faced opposition in the race and he would not belittle his op ponents, he felt sure that h e had an advantage in the race in the five years’ experience he has had in the office. “I am very frank to say,” said Mr. Price, “that experience in creases a man’s value on the pub lic service commission. I am much better qualified now than I was for the first two years of my service.” Candidates who have announced for the office now held by Com missioner Price inelude J. B. Moore of Appling county; A. J. Woodruff, of DeKalb county, and Clinton Parker, of Ware county, all members of the general as sembly. Neither Mr. Moore nor Mr. Parker, however, have yet started active campaigning, but Mr. Woodruff is busy touring the state in the interest of his candidacy. THE TIMES 'RECORDER BLISHED IN G. 0. P. SOUGHT TO ‘SMEAR’ WALSH Japanese Exclusion Delay Bitterly Attacked FDlffiß PRINTS SM WTJEMI« IS escaped ufETM ‘Charles Stephenson,’ Received At Missouri Prison Identified As Thomas ESCAPED IN LOUISIANA Was Serving Lire Sentence At Baton Rouge For Murder When Escape Effected JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., May 8. Officers at the Missouri state peni tentiary here have discovered by finger print records that “Charles Stephenson,” received three days ago from Dunklin county under a four-year sentnee, is in reality Rob ert Thomas, who escaped May 22 from the Louisiana state prison at Baton Rogue. He was serving a life sentence in the Louisiana penitentiary following his convic tion on a murder charge, it has also been revealed. mn wi » AGENTS Chamber of Commerce Head Says Where Money Is Want ed Make Inquiry If you are asked by an agent to pay a “small deposit” upon ' any tliing to be delivered later, He Everett, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, says make inquiry before you part with your dollar. This a precaution that should be taken by all, he says and the sug gestion has been advanced that all such solicitors be referred to tne Chamber of Commerce to establish their credentials before any orders are given them. Recent experience and investiga tions furnished sufficient basis for taking precautions against paying out money to persons who may not be authorized representatives of houses they purport to solicit busi ness for, Secretary Everett says, as is well known, it is the policy of the Chamber of Commerce not to recommend any solicitor before cre dentials have been fully investigat ed and their standing confirmed by wire and today’s request to take precautions against “slickers” is given the public in accordance with that policy. GEORGIA PEACH MEN HOLD MEET IN MACON MACON, May B.—A meeting of the executive board of the Georgia Peach Grower’s Exchange was held at the exchange office m the Cer tral City Hotel Wednesday. Those in attendance were J. A. Baird, Fort Valley; B. C. Strother, Fort Valley; J. W. Hodge, Elko; B. B. Mureh, Fort Valley, J. L. Benton, Monticello; J. G. Carlistle, manager J. W. Middlebrooks, Hadocks; C. H. Noisier, Reynolds, and A. D, Wil liams, Yatesville. CALL ISSUED FOR DENTISTS TO MEET MACON, May B.—Dr. H. H. Williamson, of Albany, state secer tary of the Georgia Dental Society has issued a call for a meeting in Macon Tuesday, May 13, of the secretaries of the district dental so cieties of the state The chief topic before the meeting will be organiza tion and better work by the state and district societies. Dr. E. Henry Valentine is secre tary of the Sixth District Dental As sociation which includes Bibb coun ty dentists. He and other mem bers of the association in Macon will attend the meeting. Dr. Paul Gates, president of the Sixth Dis trict Association will also attend. It is the plans of the Macon jnembers to give the visitors a banquet and a special program Tuesday. The program is now be ing arranged. WEATHER MAY KEEP FLYERS FROM HOP-OFF ABOARD U. S. COAST GUARD CUTTER ' HAIDA, Alaska, May B.—Snow and fog, it is feared today will prevent the hcpPoff of the three United States army airplane:; from At ka Island, which is located in the eastern end of the Aleutian Archipelago. ffl of cum ns' ra. HELD IT nu 01 SFPffIiJS CME Is One ftf Three Charged With Conspiracy to Violate U. S. Neutrality Laws KNOWN AS PAY GARCIA Aviation Student Refuse/; to Talk About Identity Before Consulting Counsel TAMPA, Fla., May 8. —Salvador V. M. Ybor today confirmed the report that one of three Cubans held for trial at Ocala on charges of conspiring to violate the nation’s neutrality laws is a son of General Garcia Y. Velez, leader of the Veterans’ and Patriots’ association of Cuba. IDENTITY OF ACCUSED DISCLOSED AT ATLANTA ATLANTA, May B.—Ray Garcia, one of the three Cubans held at Ocala, Fla., in connections with al leged violation of the Omericau neu trality laws, is a son of General Garcia Y. Velez, president of the Cuban Veteran’s and Patriots’ asso ciation, it was learned here today. Several days ago at Ocala, when asked the direct question concern ing his alleged relation to General Velez, Garcia refused to talk, ex cept upon the advise of his attor ney, and since then has maintained absolute silence. He was arrestee! with the others while receiving n struction in the science of aviation at Ocala. The three Cubans are now held under $3,000 bail, with their trial scheduled to be held May 15. DOME OF LOWNDES COURTHOUSE IS PAINTED VALDOSTA, May B.—The big dome of the court house is already receiving its coat of new paint and the painters will soon be at work on other portions of the outside of the building. The present color is slightly different from the glar ing colors placed there when the building was previously repainted. The dome itself is one of the big gest jobs in the painting contract, as it contains a considerable amount of surface which must be thorough ly covered in order to properly pro tect the covering. HUGHES CONCERT TO BE AT FIRST BAPTIST Much interest is being manifest ed today in the concernt to be giv en tonight at First Baptist church, in which David Hughes is to be the artist. This concert will consist of a number of cassieal and sacred selections, and there will be no admission charged. The first an nouncement that Mr. Hughes would appear in an organ recital was due to a misunderstanding a fact that was at once apparent among the Americus’ friends of Mr. Hughes. SHILOH TO HAVE MOTHERS’ PROGRAM Mother’s Day will be observed Sunday morning at Shiloh church, near Americus, with an appropriate program beginning at 10:30. Tnis program will consist of 'singing, readings, dialogues and an address by G. C. Dupree, superitendent of Shiloh Sunday school. Supt. Du pree will speak to those present on the subject of “The Georgia tist Hospital,’’ the address and program being in connection with | the regular Sunday school hour ser vices. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 8, 1924 Study this picture closely. it would seem to be a photo of a carefree young artist in h:s gar ret. But it is actually a man on the eve of his death. Five days after this picture was taken John Nuguma was executed at Belle fontc, Pa. It was taken just be fore he left the Lackawanna county prison for the death cell. In those last days he made sketches of all sorts of subjects and joked with visitors. mw fflicm BY m BEIIHL Whirlwind Campaign At Hazle hurst Has Created Serious Religious Situation HAZLEHURST, May 8.-—Ray mond T. Richey has drawn more people to his improvised tabernacle here the past week than_ever gath ered within the borders of the city and he has brought many promi nent men and Scriptural students to an acceptance of his belief in divine healing but when he left 'last night the storm of his whirl wind campaign in so small a city 'had wrecked and tumbled into ob livion friendships and business con nections and a great many predict a serious crumbling of the estab lished churches. A special train over the Georgia & Florida rail way brought a great many to the last service of the revival and it closed with the same dramatic in cidents which had become daily features. The Richey party left soon aft er the service over the Southern railway for Houston, Tex. W ILL BUILD NEW HOUSE OVER VALDOSTA WELL VALDOSTA, May B.—Material is being secured for constructing the house over the new well at the icity water plant. A number of I parts for the connections have been delayed in arrival, preventing its operation. However, it is expected that with the arrival of some pieces now enroute the new well can be I soon connected with the reservoir, i this insuring a greater supply of ] water for the increased demands , which will come with warmer weath er. ELSIE FERGUSON AGAIN A BRIDE I NEW YORK, May B.—Elsie Fer guson star of the stage and scree i has taken her third husband. He is Frederick Worlock, English actor, who is' the same age of Miss Fer guson, 38. He soured with her in “Then Moon Flower,” taking the part of the “amorous villian.” Miss Ferguson’s first husband was Fred Hoey. Her next was Thomas B. Clarke Jr., vice president of the Harrman National Bank She I divorced him last summer in Paris, nfter they had been married seven years, ~ * Makes Sketches as Noose Yawns V ■ ■ W. 'LI a < 7 a. < 7'“ kA OVIL 77 ( .. LOOK HUMES TO TOT WORLD COURT «T DUTCH CAPITAL ■ Would Have United State's Ad here to New International Tribunal At The Hague WOULD HAVE 16 JUDGES Resolution Requests President To Call Meeting of Nations of World . WASHINGTON, May B.—The es tablishment of a world court at The Hague, to which the United States will adher, was proposed today in a resolution introduced by Senator Lodge, chairman of the foreign re lations committee. For the purpose of creating a new tribunal, President Coolidge would be “respectfully requested to propose the calling of the third Hague conference” in a resolution in cmboding a complete plan pro posed by the court. It would be composed of 16 judg es four of them deputies to be select ed by an electoral commission. The commission would consist of a gen eral committee composed of repre sentative designated by the signa tory powers and a special commit tee composed ok representatives of the United States, the British Em ire, France, Italy and Japan, to gether with those of five other signatory powers, which powers are to be selected by a majority of the signatory from time to time. The tribunal would sit at least once a year, and special sessions be subject to the call of the pres ident. BANKERS ARE HONORED BY SOUTHERN SOCIETY ATLANTA, May B.—Two bank ers well known in the South are included in the list of officers of the Southern Society of New York which were elected recently for the ensuing year at the annual meeting in the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. Martin W. Littleton was re-elect ed president; Robert Adamson, for mer Atlanta newspaper man, was made vice-president; Charles Ca son, prominent citizen of Nash ville, Tenn., a trustee of Vander bilt University and vice-president of the Chemical National Bank, New York, was made secretary; and George N. Hartman, of Columbus, Ga., now secretary of the Metro politan Trust Company, New York, was made treasurer. The Rt. Rev. F. Gailor was made chaplin, and the executive commit tee includes William Gaillard, Whar tor. Green, Herbert Noble, and Mathew Sloan, WE STIRRED 0? COMPROMISE IH JUP EXCLUSION BILL Democrats and Republicans Alike Opposed to Postpone ment of Effective Date SAY PRINCIPLE INVOLVED Suggestion of Coolidge Assailed At Abrogation of Immgira ticn Principle WASHINGTON, May B.—-The senate heatedly debated the immi gration bill today, with both dem ocratic and republican spokesmen bitterly assailing the conference re port postponing the Japanese exclu sion. Provision directing a negotiation of an understanding cancelling the gentlemen's agreement was adopt ed at the suggestion of President Coolidge, was asasiled as an abro gation of the rinciple of immigra ton purely as a domestic question. JAP EXCLUSION NOT EFFECTIVE TILL 1925 WASHINGTON, May B.—Bow ing to the dictates of President Coolidge, House and Senate con ferees on the new immigration bill Wednesday afternoon formally adopted an agreement on the meas ure, the major feature of which was deferment until March 1, 1925, of the date on which Japaneseexolu sion will be effective. Extension of the effective date on Japanese exclusion represents an impressive victory by the Pres ident and Secretary of State Hughes who made an eleventh-hour effort earlier in the day to secure such action so they might have time to negotiate an immigration treaty with Japan and thus mollify the Japanese Government. Late Tuesday, the conferees in formally announced the reaching of an agreement which would, have made the effective date July 1, 1924, as provided in the House bill. SOUTH GEORGIA TOBACCO FIELDS IN FINE SHAPE VALDOSTA, May B.—On the whole tobacco fields between Val dosta and the Florida line look good, considering the seasons and the hard wind storm of last week. There is a considerable difference in the size of many of the plants, but all arc growing and have .a; vigorous appearance. The good weather for a week past has been of wonderful benefit to this crop. In some fields worms have already made their appearance, and treat ment of poison is being applied which will materially reduce the number of these pests at the very beginning. MANY AUTOMOBILES STOLEN IN GEORGIA ATLANTA, May 8. —Figures compiled and announced by the Au tomobile Underwriters’ Detective Bureau show that more automobiles were stolen in Georgia than in any other Southern state, during the six months ending April 1. 1924. This state reported 825 automo biles stolen and, 350 recovered. Fords constituted 35 per cent of the thefts and 41 per cent of the recoveries. Georgia convicted ’ 109 thieves «vith an average sentence of two years plus and 75 still await trial. There were six acquittals. GRiFFIN ROTARIANS TO ENTERTAIN MANY BOYS GRIFFIN, May B.—The Griffin Rotary Club, recently organized and which is destined to play an impor tant part in the civic life and pro gress of Griffin, is makng arrange ments to entertain in a most elab orate manner Friday afternoon'at six o’clock the scores of boys who will participate in the G. I. A. A. trtfck meet here on that day. Thir teen prep schools of the State will fake part in this great athletic con test for which a handsome loving cup will be awarded to the school winning the highest number of points in the various contest, \ New York Futures PC. Open High Low Close Jan. ..23.52(23.65 23.71(23.48(23.71' May ..30.06(30.15 30.18;29.90|30.17 July ..28.13(28.25 28.36(28.08(28.36 Oct. . 24.40(24.47 24.62(24.38(24.62 Dec. .23.81(23.85 24.04(23,78(24.04; Americus strict middling 30 cents PRICE FIVE CENTS ■Tffl IT TOMEI TILLS MHITTEE OF COII’S FHVEfIENTS Says Republican National Com mittee Detective Appealed to Him For Affidavits KNEW WHEELER INNOCENT Plan to Have Indictment ‘Hang ing Over’ Senator Anyway During Continuance of Probs WASHINGTON, May B.—Acti vities of Blair Coan, Republican na tional committee investigator who went to Montana tb inquire into the records of Senator Walsh and Wheeler, were further /described today before the Daugherty investi gating committee. A. A. Grorud, an attorney prac ticing at Helena, Mont., said that Coan came to consult nim during April. “Coan said he wanted some thing with which to smear Walsh” Grird said. “He asked him for af fidavits, saying he had Wheeler where he wanted him, and that he (Continued On Page Four) EOMSTWEL MEO IB COm Schooner R. R. Govin Goes Ashore During Thick Fog Off Rodv’s Island NORFOLK, May B.—The four masted schooner R. R. Govin, of New York went ashore during a thick fog early today at a point 14 miles north of Body Island, N. C. Coast guard headquarters here were notified of the ship’s conditi.-n by wireless from Kill Devil Hill Station, where the rescued crew were taken. MAN HELD FOLLOWING DEATH OF YOUNG GIRL DALTON, May 8. —Virgil Barks dale of Dalton, is in jail at Chats worth, 18 miles east of here in connection with the death of a Miss Owens, also of Dalton, whose burn ed and partially clothed body was taken from the burning home of R. P. Hufstetler, of Chatsworth, late Monday night. Barksdale was burned slightly in the fire the origin of which was not known. Authorities say that neith er Hufstetler, a former representa tive from Murray county in the state legislature, nor his family was at home at the time and that Barkesdale has given no satisfactory explanation of his presence there with the woman, Burksdale has a wife and several children. SWIMMING POOL WILL SCON BE OPENED AGAIN CORDELE, ,May B.—Frank E. Williams is hurrying his plans for the opening of the local swimming pool. The rapid change of weather has made this preparation doubly important for the people ap parently are anxious to use '.h-- pool. Williams says he thinks this is going to be the best seas'op yet, as everybody in towns wants a season ticket. Mr. Williams has all thd argument in the world in favor of the local pool, for it is npt only cleanly and pleasant, but the sur roundings are' moral and whole some for ail those who care to at tend. : , MOSQUITO PONDS AT MACON ARE DRAINED MACON,' May B.—Under the supcrivision of H. B. Hayes, thq ponds, wells and ether places where mosquitoes might breed in the vicin ity of the M. D. and S. shops have been filled and drained. A small pond at the foot of Mul berry street, one the city reserve <oated with a green scum, has been filled and thus eliminated as a placet for the fireeding x>f mosquitoes All weeds have been cut off the tracks in the vicinity of the shops. The pond at the right of the er trance to Central City Park tiasi been drained and a garden planted on the bottom.
