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WEATHER For Georgia—Showers tonight Thursday partly cloudy; probably showers on the coast; moderate temperature. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 114 BOLL WEEVIL FIGHT RESTORES CONFIDENCE SOUTHERN ARTISTS OPEN ' with 6000 PRESENT Eighteen States Represented By Delegates Gathered for At lanta Meeting MULLINS WILL REPORT Election of Officers to Follow Reading of Address By Con vention President ATLANTA, May 14.—Dr. Geo. W. McDaniel, of Richmond, Va., was elected president of the Southern Baptist convention at the opening session here today over Dr. Z. T. Cody, of Green ville, S. C., hnd Dr. J. D. Mell, of Athens. ATLANTA, Fay 14.—The sixty ninth annual session of the South ern Baptist convention opened here today with upwards of 6,000 dele gates representing 18 states, in at tendance. Fraternal delegations from the Northern Baptist convention are also here. The chief business of todays program is the election of officers which will follow the annual re port and address of Dr. E. Y. Mullin, of Louisville, president of the convention. bpmThsuip MLBH Os BEES South Carolina Honey Makers Will Be Sent to Winnipeg, Canada Apiarist CLEMSON COLLEGE, May 14. ■—What is believed to be the first solid carload of bees that has ever been shipped out of the South for market purposes will leave Conway this week. This car will be loaded and shipped by J. E. Marchant, a successful bee raiser of Horry coun ty, and the shipment will be con signed to Marchant and Smith, commission merchants of Winni peg, Canada, according to an an nouncement made here today by E. S. Prevost. The carload will be made up of 2000 packages of bees, each pack age weighing 2 pounds and on a good market the bees should sell for $lO to sl2 per package, or a total of around $20,000. These packages are made of narrow wood slates and screen wire, and are pro vided with small cans in which the bees will be fed sugar syrup to provide food for the bees during the trip. ’ Because o fa recent law govern ing the shipment of bees into Can ada, this shipment will be made in combless package as the Canadian government will not allow combs to be placed in the package with bees • that are shipped into Canada.. It will require about ten days for the car to reach its destinati'.r. A ventilated express car will be used for shipping the bees, and it will be equipped with doors at eajch end and on the sides and will have other means for providing proper ventilation. The express on the car will amount to $1320, which in cludes a ticket for J| A| Marchant, who will be in charge of the car io feed and care for the bees during the entir e trip. REDUCED RATES ARE GRANTED LEGION MEET GAINESVILLE, May 14.—Mem bers of the American Legion, the American Legion Auxiliary. Vet erans of the 31st and 82nd Divi sions and members of the Reserve Officers Association will be in-er ested to know that reduced rates have been granted by the railroads in the States of Alabama, Florida Georgia and South Carolina to members of these organizations wishing to attend the Sixth Annual Convention of the American L)- gion and the Reunion of the 31st and 82nd Divisions to be held in Savannah, Georgia on June 5, 6 and 7th. A round trip rate of one one half fare has been authorized and the certificate plan. These certificates may be procured from local posts of the American Legion in Georgia and from Department headquarters in the States of Ala L bama, Florida and South Carolina E RIC TH p TImESQRICuR DER PUBLISHED IN HEART OFIdIXIE KLAN ATTACKED BY UNDERWOOD IN STATEMENT WASHINGTON, May 14. (By the Associated Press.) —The Ku Klux klan issue in connection with the democratic presidential nomination was brought further into the open Tuesday night by the national or ganization in charge of the candidacy of Senator Underwood. In a statement issued from its headquarters, captioned “An Issue That Cannot Be Evaded,” the Underwood organization declared “the klan is packing delegations to protect its interests” at the New York con vention; that in Indiana the klan mobilized in the republican primaries and ha§ a complete state ticket in the field; that in the’recent Illinois primaries the klan issued instructions to klansmen as to how to vote, and in Georgia which ousted Clark Howell as national committeeman and elected in his place John S'. Cohen. In connection with the Georgia situation, the Underwood commit tee’s statement quotes what purports to be the text of a klan order, sign ed by Nathan Bedford Forrest, grand dagon, realm of Georgia,;say in,.?, “It is the earnest desir e of Mr. McAdoo that his friends elect Major John S. Cohen as national committeeman,” and “in every sense he is ac ceptable to us and we are assured that if he goes to New York th e klan’s interests will be ably protected.” Irish Envoy? 1 ; fail Jgß V w IF Professor Timothy A Smiddy, former head of the economics de partment at Cofk University, Ireland, is said to be slated as first minister of the Irish Free State to America. The British government will not object to the Free State having representation and whether Smiddy will get the post is up to the United States and the Free State. FIFTY LIVES LOST IN TURKISH QUAKE CONSTANTINOPLE, May 14. (By the Associated Press.) —A violent earthquake is reported in the region of Erzeruln, dur ing which several villages were destroyed and about 50 lives lost. SSmT LOOTED BI THIEVES Burglary Causes Report That Chicago & Northwestern Train Had Been Held Up FREEPORT, 111., May 14. Thieves early today broke int 0 six cars of a westbound merchandise train on the Chicago & Great Wes tern, supposedly in search of val uable silk cargo. The burglary gave rise to the re port that a Chicago & Northwestern passenger train had been held up. MRS. WOOD WINS FIRST CONTEST OVER WILL ALBANY, May 14.—Mrs. E. W Wood won the first round of her petition to break the will of her father, the late H. S. Johnson, when Judge William E. Smith, Ordinary of Dougherty county refused the petition of Mrs. D. D. Davis, anoth er daughter of the testator, te ad mit the will to probate in solemn form. Mrs. Davis was named exe cutrix of the will by one of the provisions. Judge Smith, in denying the pe tition for probate, held that the will had not been executed in pro per form as to the manner in which ■such instruments should be witness- 1 . ed. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 14, 1924 The text of the statement issued by the Underwod committee fol lows : “As evidence that the voice of the klan will be heard in the New York convention is the fact that wherever possible the klan is ‘pack ing’ delegations to protect its inter ests there. Th e Georgia delegation will be a militant klan organization. The following order issued to klan members of the Georgia state con vention, controlled by the klan, makes this clear; “‘You are hereby instrusted to scan the list of delegates named to the state democratic convention from your county and ascertain the names of klansmen appearing thereon and issue to them the fol lowing instructions: “ ‘No district caucus will be held prior to the convention. Such caucuses will take place at the convention as provided in the pro gram. “ ‘lt is the earnest desir e of Mr. McAdoo that his friends elect Major John S. Cohen as national commit teeman. Major Cohen is a high class Christian gentleman, a mem ber of the North Avenue Presbyte rian church Atlanta, and in every sense, is acceptable to us and we are assured that if he goes to New York the klan’s interests will be ably protected. “ -‘Therefore, befor e electing a man for district delegate the klans man voting should assure himself as to the stand such delegate will take with reference to Major Co hen and consequently the interest of the klan. “ "Those who for nancial rea sons will be unable to attend should hav e their expenses paid by the lo cal klan. This is a time when ev ery one must do his bit and the klan expects that every man will do his I duty. “ ‘Nathan Bedford E. Forrest. “ ‘Grand Dragon, Realm of G.” I ‘Why should the klan’s interests 1 \ at New Yoik require protection > 1 any more than the interests of the Masonic order, the Odd Fellows, th e Elks, the Knights of Columbus, 1 the Young Men’s Hebrew associa tion or any other order or fra ternity? “The klan itself is making the is - sue. It must be met at New York : determinedly and without evasion • or equivocation. . . . Senator Un derwood claims no more right than any other candidate to demand his nomination from the democratic convention. But Senator Under wood has jx right to expect the democratic convention to tell the klan in no uncertain terms that it does not delegate to the klan the i right of veto over his candidacy. ' “Senator- Underwood has pledged himself, and his friends in the con . vention will lead the fight against the machinations of the klan. It is hoped the other aspirants for the nomination will join hands with him in this movement. “The klan itself places the issue squarely before the democratic con vention. If it be not met; if a plank similar to the one of 1856, when ‘know-onthingism' was ram pant, be not enacted into the demo cratic platform, it will be—and rightly be-—heralded as a klan vic tory. It will mean surrender of the most precious principles of de mocracy to the ‘dragons,’ the • ‘gleagles’ and the ‘cyclops’ of’ the ‘invisible empire.’ ” BOOTLEGGEfI IN PEN ORDERED TAKEN TO TESTIFY IN PROBE George Remus Will Be Taken From Atlanta to Washington On Committee’s Order SERVING 2-YR. SENTENCE Claims He’s Being Given Special Comforts At Federal Prison WASHINGTON, May 14.—The senate Daugherty coniimttee' today ordered the warden of the Atlanta penitentiary by wire .to produce George Remus, Ohio bootlegger, imprisoned there to testify before it. Several witnesses told the committee that Remus had im mense whiskey operations in Ohio for some time, involving a number of prominent people. He is now serving a two-year sentence, and it has been testified he has been given special comforts at the penitentary iffi dSld! ar to CALL DEBT MEETING Issues Raised By Experts Com mittee Must First Be Settled, He Tells Commons LONDON, May 14.—Prime Minitcr MacDonald told a question er in, the House of Commons today \hat he would not consider calling a confeience to include the United States on interallied war debts until conclusions have been reached regarding issues raised by re ports of the experts committee. NfflHM METHODISTS THROWN INTO Bfflßffi H. F. Ward, Editor of Church Publication Voted Beyond Conference Jurisdiction SPRINGFIELD, May 14. —The claim that the Methodist church had been brought into ill-repute as a supporter of communism and the third internationale, threw the Methodist Episcopal general confer ence into an uproar today. It was finally voted that H. F. Ward, chairmna of civil liberties and editor of Methodist federation for social service, was beyond the’ jurisdiction of the conference. ADJOURNMENT DATE AGREEMENT REACHED WASHINGTON, May 14. An agreement was reached by repub lican and democratic house leaders at a conference today with Presi dent Coolidge to work for adjourn ment of congress June 7. SENATE OIL PROBERS CLOSE LEASE HEARINGS WASHINGTON, May 14.—The enate oil committee today tentative ly closed hearings on the naval oil leases which have contributed many colorful chapter to American leg ilative history since the beginning last October. Adjournment was taken subject to a call from thef chair by Senator JValsh, of Montana, committee pro secutor, who said he had no more witnesses to call. QUILLIAN TO SPEAK AT LEE STREET CHURCH Rev. A. W. Qullian will speak at tonight’s services at Lee Street Methodist church, and it is expect ed there will be a large congrega tion present to hear him These serv ices begin at 8 o’clock and are tha usual mid-week services at this church. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FOR G.M.A. PLANNED ATLANTA, May 14.—A perm anent Alumni association of the Georgia Military Academy was or ganized at a recent meeting of the aulmni at the Capital City Club, according to announcement. The meeting was well attended and plans were made for an alumni din ner to be given Thursday evening May 22. George West was elected presi dent of the association and J. B. Shuttles, secretary and treasurer, HIXON’S EFFORTS INSPIRE COUNTY Financial Difficulties Swept Away and Materials Made Available to Every Worthy ' Farmer in County “Sumter county is going to poison the weevil beginning NOW. There must be no delay in the first application of calcium arsenate to ex terminate the pest that cost farmers her e three million dollars last fall. Financial difficulties are not to be allowed to interfere with the on ward progress of his campaign. You can say to the whole people that calcium arsenate and the machines with which to properly apply the poi son will be here in plentiful quantities, available to every farmer just as soon as the railroads can deliver these here from Atlanta.” The foregoing statement is authorized by Judge James A. Hixon, chairman of the steering committee in charge of the weevil poisoning campaign. The money necessary to back up the program outlined in the beginning by the steering commiittee is now subject to Judge Hixon’s check, and the next forty-five days, he states, should be given over wholly to the production of cotton. “This is the crucial period in the production of a crop,” said Judge Hixon to a reporter today, “and I wish you would impress this upon the farmers. The time for the farm er to go a-fishing now is past. And the closed season for farmers ex tends until the farmer sees a boll weevil going down the road with a fishing pole over his shoulder and a can of bait in his hand.” The mass meeting last night in. the court house was a general meet ing of the citizens of Americus call ed at the quest of the stsering com mittee of the anti-weevil campaign. There were present members of ths three civic clubs as well as a large number of other citizen. Walter Ry lander presided as temporary chair man of the gathering. No action was taken regarding the raising of a fund, this being de layed for the time being. During the evening and preceding ths meeting several conferences h«d been held with local bankers, those; in charge of the campaign., the press idents of the cvc clubs, and oth ers. These conferences resulted in the decision not to make an appeal for funds last night. The citizens generally and the members of the civic clubs are hold ing themselves in readiness to a : d the steerjng committee lb the best of their ability when called on later. Meetings today have been ar ranged in many parts of the coun ty. It s estmated that Dr. DeLoach alone wll speak to more than a thousand farmers and workers to day and tomorrow. / The militia district sub-commit tees are today making surveys of conditions in their respective com munities and it is the opinion of those in charge that no farmer in >.he county will be unable to get the necessary poison and machinery to carry on his crop activities this year. After calling the meeting to gether, Chairman Rylander intro duced J. C. 'Maness, a member of the State Board of Entomology, who spoke briefly to those present, in beginning his address. Dr. Man ess stated that a number of impor tant conferences were then in pro gress and that during the after noon the plans of campaign has been so changed to remove the nec essity for making an appeal f r funds at the meeting, but that in stead those directing the campaign contemplated sending flying squads of speakers into the various mililia (Continued On Page Fourl MACON AUDITORIUM NOW BEING RAZED MACON, May 14.—The old city auditorium is now on its way to the campus of Mercer University, where the material will be stocked until after commencement in June, when it will be reelected into one of the largest gymnasiums in the South. Workmen began razing the building early yesterday morning and by the last of the month the ground will be completely cleared to make way for the new aud-i torium which will be erected. There are about eight tons of steel in the structure and about 200,000 feet of lumber, and it is probable that the rest Os the month will be taken up in moving the ma terial. The building was given to Mercer University at the request of Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, president, who outlined plans showing where it could be made into the largest gymnasium in the Southern college. At the close of school, June 1, students will assist in recontructing the building on the Mercer campus, and money for the tearing down and transporting of materials is now being raised among the stud ents and faculty, ' DEATH OF DR. SEN IS DEFINITELY CONFIRMED HONG KONG, May 14.—(8y the Associated Press.) Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of the South China government, is dead. Daring Escape »/r. ■ A gun-toting wife made it pos sible for Howard Keavin to be come “hero” of one of the most daring jail breaks since the ca reer of Roy Gardner ended. Held in the Canandaigue, N. Y., jail for the murder of a policeman, Keavin was visited by his wife and her sister, who drew revolv ers upon the jail guard and made their escape with the prisoner. COOLIDGE STILL FIGHTS FOG DELAY Administration Takes Further Steps to Delay Japanese Exclusion Date WASHINGTON, May 14.—Fur ther steps will be taken by the ad ministration today to obtain post ponement of the Japanese exclusion With the immigration bill em bodying the exclusion provision pending for final action in the house, President Coolidge today called into conference at the White House Secretary Hughes and rank ing house leaders of both parties. SAVANNAH ELKS TO GO TO AUGUSTA SAVANNAH, May 14.—Savan nah is expecting to send the largest delegation of any city in the state to the state convention of Elks at Augusta. May 21 to 23. Many will make the trip by automobile.- PAPPADEAS WANTS $25,000 DAMAGES SAVANNAH, May 14.—A. P. Pappadeas, a Greek, resident here for nearly 40 years, has filed suit for $25,000 alleged damages against John G. Elipolus, another member of the Savannah Greek col ony. The plaintiff declares that libel ous and slanderous reports were made by the defendants in connec tion with the relations aid dealings of the plaintiff with the Mseaian Brothers of Nestor, a Greek so ciety, PC. Open High Low* Close Jan. .23.95|24.06|24.19|24.00 24.00 May ..31.15j31.40|31.52|31.10 31.36 July .28.77|28.92|29.03|28.83 28.87 Oct. _,24.92!25.10|25.17|24.93 1 24.94 Dec. ~24.30124.45124.56J24.32 24.35 Americus strict middling 28 3-4 c. PRICE FIVE CENTS GEORGH 801 SUM | INDICTED Bl FLMIDA i W fOBI MURDERSI Frank McDowell Named In True t Bills Returned Today in , £ Clearwater Court .1* 'jjj, KILLED BOTH PARENTS 4 Arraignment May Be Had Late T Today When Date of Trial • { Will Be Decided y CLEARWATER, Fla., May 14. f- The grand jury today returned two ' indictments against Frank McDow- / ell, confessed boy slayer of his two sisters and his parents. One charges him with the murder of his mother, and one with the murder of his father. Circuit Judge McMullen said McDowell might be arraigned this afternoon and the date set for trial. The boy has confessed to having burned his two sisters in their home in Decatur, Ga., and a year later killed his father and mother by shooting them as they slept in their home in St. Petersburg. SUMTER AND SCHLEY PEACH MEN TO MEET The peach growers of Sumter and Schley county have been called to meet in Americus Thursday af ternoon at 3 o’clock, to hear ad dresses of interest to peach grow ers from two authorities. The first address will be by E. Conklin, Jr., connected with the United States department of agri culture. ■ The president of the Georgia Peach Growers exchange, J. L. ’ Benton, is to be a guest of local peach men and he will speak at thq meeting, at the court house. Local peach men are urging ev e“ry grower in Sumter and Schley to attend this meeting, which is an important one for them. VICIOUS RATS ATTACK AND ROUT BIG MOUSER SAVANNAH, May 14.—The rec ord of the cat of Savannah wjiizh leaped from a fifth story window and was not injured has reached the rodent ears—and the rats are now bidding for fame here. In a local cigar store here last night two large gray rats flushed by a robust! cat showed fight so much of it that the cat fled and the rats pursued her, one of the vicious animals ac tually, according to sober eyewit nesses, jumping upon the back of the cat they chased and attacked her, riding for 50 yards' while she was in flight. A second cat joined irr the chase and the rats put her, too, to flight. NEW TEACHERS ARE ELECTED AT ALBANY ALBANY, May 14.—At the an nal meeting of the City Board of Education just held, practically nil pf the teachers of the city schools were re-elected for another year. One place in the Boy’s High scohol was left unfilled, and two changes were made in the grammar schools. Miss Dorothea Sterne and Miss Pauline Zeigler, two of the pres ent teachers in the grammar schools, did not apply for re-elee tion, and their places were filled >v the election of Miss Toy Spence, a former teacher, and Mrs. L. S. Davis, of Quitman. Not all of the teachers will teach exactly tha same work they handled this year, but the personnel will be the same, with the exception of the two changes mentioned. LEE STREET KIDS DEFEAT EAST CHURCH By John Wagnon, Jr. In a fast and snappy game, Lea street defeated East Church street Tuesday. The features were a homer by James Young, 3 base hit by George House, 2 two base hits by John Wagnon, Jr., and 2' base hit by Sam Everett. There were so many base hits that the score keeper couldn’t keen up with them, the score being 30 to 28. The line-up for Lee Street was Everett, c; Wagfion, p; Fort, lb; Walker, 2b Tyson, 3b; Turpin, ss; House If Harris, cf; Curtis rs. The line-up for the defeated team was Liggin, c; G. Walker, p; Hart, lb; Speer, 2b; Young, 3b English, ss; G. Liggin, If; Bynum? cf; Henderson, rs. Xj I * ’*.•
