About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia—Partly cloudy to night and Friday, probably showers tonight in extreme south portion moderate temperature. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 115 BONUS BILL IS VETOED Poultry Industry Here Growing Fast RYLANDER WILL PUT HATCHERY IN OPERATION I , I New Community Enterprise Will Be Ready to Begin Activities During First of Fall Months ’ —Will Have Huge Capacity Americus is to have a 10,000-egg capacity community incubator, lo cated somewhere near thp center of the city and ready for operation in time for fall hatching. This important announcement was authorized today by Walter Ry lander, who will purchase, erect and operate the incubator at his per sonal expense as an inducement to farmers of Sumter county to raise thoroughbred poultry, Mr. Rylander became interested in eggs and chicks som e time ago, he says, through information coming to him while studying the sub ject as a director of the local Chamber of Commerce. During the spring he gave to more than 400 different people in the county, one or more settings of pure bred eggs, advertising the fact that he would do this and receiving vastly more demands for eggs than he coud fill. With each setting of eggs, the farmer signed an agreement to pay Mr. Rylander in the fall by giving to him one pull' l ' from the setting, or if the farmer preferred, $1.50 in cash. Many farmers will prefer to keep their pullets. Mi, Rylander is now and has been for son'e time buying poultry from the farmers of the county, taking anything that is offered, wheth er old or young, hens or roosters, common or thoroughbred chickens. For these he is paying the poultry car price in easS He has arranged to clear these poultry purchases through Bob Ed wards, feed merchant on Cotton avenue any farmer may carry to Mr. Edward’s place any week day his chicks, one or a thousand, and receive cash for them. These chicks are sent out to the poultry farm operated by Mr. Ry lander, on the River road, where they are milk-fed, fattened and la ter shipped to the cities. This effort of Mr. Rylander’s has givjtn the Sumter merchant a cash market, at highest market prices for his poultry any day of the week, and, a large number of farmers are taking advantage of the offer. “I am interested solely in ths promoting of high grade poultry in Sumter county,” Mr. Rylander said to a reporter of th Times-Re der. “While I do not expect to lose tiny money in this, I do not expect to make any, but if I can do my part in placing pure-bred stock of poultry on every farm in our coun ty, I believe I will have accomplish ed something worthwhile. “There is a decided need for a community hatchery and I have purchased one of these with a 10,- 000 egg capacity which will be rn operation by fall. This is being placed here for the use of the com munity. I will furnish pure-bred pggs to any Sumter farmer and take my pay in pullets later. In addition, I will hatch these eggs for the farmers in the hatchery I have just mentioned. This is not a com mercial proposition and will not be conducted as such. . “I will also hatch .eggs for the farmers who have their owt breed ing stock, their own eggs—arid these will be hatched in exchange for chickens. In other words, lam trying to form plans to serve the Sumter farmers without their being compelled to pay out any cash.” Out at his poultry farm, Mr. Ry lander has several pens' of the finest poultry stock. His white Leghorns are from the Ferris 300-egg strain (Continued On Page Five) How and When to Poison the Weevil Here’s the plan advocated by Dr. R. J. H. DeLoach, J. C. Maness and George O. Marshall. Follow plan, they say, and you’ll make a normal crop: 1— Poison immediately before the first squares form, or as a few tiny forme annear. 2 Poison again five.days after the first poisoning. 3 Poison again five days after the second poisoning. 4 Pick up squares after second poisoning ahead of cultiva tion, and pick up squares a second time itnmedialely be* fore first blooms appear, ahead of cultivation. 5 -In the early fall destroy cotton stalks. Any method for destroying is satisfactory except burning. J. A. HIXON, K Chairman Weevil Campaign Committee. GEORGE O MARSHALL, County Agent. NOTE —The above rules have been printed on postal card stock by the Times-Recorder. We want every farmer, white and black, to have one. Any merchant, banker or individual will be given these cards for distribution, FREE. Call or send to the office of Times- Recorder, Americus. THE tWWRECORDER PRESIDENT’S RIGHT TO PARDON DENIED CHICAGO, May 15. The right of the president of the United States*t,o pardon in civil contempt.case was denied today, in an opinion signed by Federal District Judges Carpenter and Wilkerson in the Rhilip Gross man case which was considered before the Daugherty investigat ing committee. JQE Plii SHOT Bi ROY H ALBANY Affair Alleged Result of Salva tion Army Girl Having Horsewhipped Latter • ALBANY, May 15.—As the re sult of a fight growing out of the horsewhipping by a Salvation Army gill of S. D. Rigsby, -65 years of age, the latter is in jail charged with shooting Joe Pate, 20, late yesterday. Pate is in the hospital in a critical condition, with a bullet through his lung. The girl used the whip, Rigsby declares, because of derogatory remarks about her. HOME ECONOMICS CLUB ORGANIZED AT LESLIE LESLIE, May 15. —Miss Bonnie Parkman and her mother, of Antcri cus, were visitors in Leslie Monday afternoon. Miss Parkman organized a Home Economics Club, with Mrs. J. J. Wilson as President, Mrs. X. H. Hines Vice President, Mrs. Floyd Jones Secretary and Mrs. C. R. Malone Treasurer. The members will have their first meeting Friday afternoon May 23, at the school building to get ev.ery thing arranged for the meeting June 2 at 2: o’clock when Miss Parkham will next meet with them. ML® PETURNS MfOPF TO ML® WITHOUT SPPROVAL Action Indicated in News Sent Both Housdk From White House Wednesday ACTION NOT SURPRISING President Had Expressed Him •self Consistently As Opposed to Measure V/ASHINGTON, May 15. The soldiers bonuts bill was ve toed today by President Cool idge. His veto of the soldier bonus bill was forecast by word from the White House Wednes day that President Coolfdge was preparing a message to congress on the measure. The only oc casion for a message regarding the bill, it was said, then would be to inform congress of the veto and the reasons for it. There would be no such com munication were the president contemplating signing the bill. The president has obtained reports on the bill from the treasury department snd the veterans’ bureau and the analy sis made in these reports will furnish the material for the veto message. • • Never since the first message to congress declared his opposi tion to a bonus has Coolidge shown any indication that he would recede from his position. 1 he house has enough votes to pass the measure over a veto, but it is doubtful if the senate will do so. ADMINISTRATIVE TASK HUGE ONE WASHINGTON, May 15.—(8y Associated Press) —Enactment of the war veteran bonus bill into law would have laid upon the shc-ul ders of the government depart ments and administrative task so huge that the figures involved stagger the imagination. They would have had to explore veritable mountain of war records. From that mass of musty docu ments they must pick out the indi vidual war histories of more than 6,893,000 men to provide the data upon which alone bonus payments of any kind can be made. The Army’s share in the task of record searching is tremendous. In the files are the records of 5,250,000’ men who may make claims. Each must be examined as t o "the soldier’s record before it can be assed upon. In the Navy files are the records of 551,763 enlisted men and of 11,880 women who served in the rank of “yeoman-F”. In the Marine Corps there are some-80,- 000 records to be combed out. The War Department, and in co operation wit hit, the other two mili tary services, began freparatory work more than two years ago to make ready for the day when bonus legislation might be enacted. At that time Colonel Robet C. Davis, then commanding a regiment of In fantry at Plattsburg, N. Y. bar racks, was summoned t 0 Washing ton to begin a study that has result ed in the completion of plans for the gigantic clerical machinery. Some idea of the complications (Continued on Page Five.) SEABOARD OFFICIALS HERE TO VIEW CROPS A party of Seaboard Air Line of ficials visiting Americus today in cludes E. C. Bagwell, division sup erintendent; Peter M. Browning commercial agent; S. M. Dutton, trainmaster of Alabama division; Murray Calhoun, commercial agent, and . Bill Conner , development agent, with headquarters at Sav annah. These officials, who spent some time here are visiting this sec tion looking after the development of the peach’ crop along the Sea board line, and to acquaint them selves more thoroughly with the newly organized poultry industry here. The Seaboard, is a pioneer railroad in the development of the poultry indutry in this territory, and oficials In the party here today expressed themselves as well pleas ed with the progress made already Plans are being made for the expe ditious movement of peaches pro duced on this division of the Sea board with officials of the line ex pecting heavy fruit rpovements to begin as soon as the shipping sea son is reached, . AMERICUS, GEORGIA, IWRSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 15, 1924 Convicted ■, ■ ■ This is Congressman John W. Langley, of Kentucky, on his way to Federal court in Covington, Ky., during his trie! on a charge of conspiracy to violate the pro hibition act. H e was convicted and Sentenced to serve two years in the Atlanta penitentiary. SATTERFIELD TO HANG ON MAY 23 ATLANTA, May 15.—Gover nor Walker today refused to in tervene in the case of J. B. Sat terfield, who is sentenced to hang on May 23 for the murder of his brother-in-liiw, R. H. Hart. IMMKTM TO CUM Os BAN PUT OK !■!» Claim Advanced That Mexicans , Are Being Unjustifiably De tained At Border SAY LAW MISINTERPRETED Ako Alleged . That Mexicans ' Are Being Illegally Refused Admittance MEXICO CITY, May 15.—The I department of foreign relations has: ordered the Mexican charge deaf-■ faires in Washington to make rep-i rcsentation's to the Ameican gov ernment because of the alleged refusal of admittance into t:ic United States. The unjustifiable detention of Mexicans along the border by American immigration officials through misinterpretation of the immigration law is claimed. honoWSese ILL HONOR DR. SOU HONOLULU, May 15—The Chi nese residents of Honolulu, the birth place of Sun Yat Sen, are preparing to observe the death of the South China leader in contrast ing fashion. One element favoring him is planning half mart flags, to hold memorial meetings and go into regular Chinese mourning. The anti-Sun faction is reported to be buying up all the fireworks in town and planning a number of banquets to celebrate the passing of “their enemy.” ZIBLMAN ACQUITTED ON BRIBERY CHARGE WASHINGTON, May 15.—The houes committee investigating charges made before a Chicago grand jury that Representative Zibl man, of Maryland, accepted a bribe reported today that the evidence does not establish the truth of the charge. WHEELER CASE NOT ENDED, DEPT. SAYS WASHINGTON, May 15.—The Department of Justice will contin >e proceedings against Senator Wheel dr, under indictment in Montana, despite exoneration yes r erday by the senate committee, SOUTHERN BAPTISTS WONT ME SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACE Effort to Set Forth Church’s At titude Toward War Fails Be fore Convention WOULD REPORT IN 1925 Northern Church Votes to Op pose War As An Organiza tion With Members Free ATLANTA, May 15 T’te Southern Baptist convention today declined to authorize the appoint ment of a special peace committee t 0 prepare for presentation to the convention next year setting forth : Christian teaching in regard to the war. • northern conference OPPOSED TO ALL WARS SPRINGFIELD, Map 15.—Re fusal of the Methodist church to take part in war will be recomend ed to the Methodist Episcopal gen eral conference by the standing com mittee on the state of the church that committee voted late Wednes day, 75 to 37. An amendment to except wars fought for self-defense or the defense of humanity was tabled by a vote of 59 to 41. The resolution condemned war i urged the United States to cun- I duct a peace campaign of education ' and to enter the world court and t“an association of nations.” It con cluded: “While recognizing the freedom of the individual member to fol- I low his own conscience, but remem j bering that the church is the visible i expression of Christ in the world, ! we as an organization separate our- I selves from war and take no part i in its promotion.” I TENURE OF BISHOPS ■LIMITED TO 8 YEARS SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 15— i The limitation to eight years of a bishop’s tenure in any one area res idence in this country,formerly in definite , was approved by the Methodist Episcopal general con ference held here today. The i change is regarded as radical, and opponents said tthe movement would decrease the effectiveness of Episcopal supervision. MNY DfFEMES ARE FOUND MW? PUPILS Dr. J. W. Payne Reports More Than a Thousand Defective Children Found Dr. J. W. Payne, county health commissioner, today made public figures collected by him in the ex amination of school children at tending Sumter county schools, in cluding those of Americus, during the past period. These figures show an alarming condition of defect among students attending the coun ty and city schools, and present, he says, a problem that should have the immediate attention of parents throughout the county. ' Discussing his findings today, Dr. Payne said to a newspaper man: “As the period for closing the schools of the cities and county draws near, and havinft examined all the white and the majority of the colored school children in this county would like to familiarize you with the conditions as found by your Health Department. “Since Jan. Ist this year there have been two thousand one hun dred thirty eight children examin ed. Os this number there were one thousand two hundred forty two of these children defective. Some of these children having more than one defect, gave a total of one thou sand four hundred thirty nine de fects. “1 call you attention to the above facts because during vacation is the | time to get these, defects corrected, ! then at the beginning of school I next fall your child will be normal and healthy and not laboring under the handicap of defect and disease, will be expected and can d 0 good school work. “The majority of these defects were of minor importance from a Continued oh Page Three, 100 MACHINES ORDERED TODAY TO APPLY POISON Committee Arranges for These to Be Distribut ed Through Howell, Chairman Hixon An nounces—72 Already Sold One hundred Perfection two-row dusting machines were or dered by telegraph to3ay for the use of Sumter county farmers in dusting their cotton plants with calcium arsenate. This announce ment was authorized at noon by Judge James A. Hixon, who stat ed the machines are to be distributed at cost through Howell's store. The price placed on the machines by the committee is $57.24, delivered in Americus. Seventy-two of the machines have already been sold, Judge Hixon stated, in announcing the purchase. “Sumter county negroes are inquiring intelligently into approv ed boll weevil poisoning and they are going to - poison their crops thor oughly and early,” said George O. Marshall, county farm demonstra tion agent after attending several meetings of negro farmers address ed by Dr. R. J. H. DeLoach Wednesday. Continuing, Marshall said: “Elbert Stallworth and Victoria Gaines, negro agents, hav e taken • the lead in this work among their race, and with the assistance of white landlords and the bankers and business men of Americus, have ‘sold’ the negro on the poisoning project. Negroes here now realize that their economic salvation lies in the control of the weevil. Jhose who have gone North, numbers of them, have failed to prosper there as they were led to believe possible. They now believe—and they are right in this belief—that if they will work half as hard in the cotton fields of Georgia as they have to in the mines and factories and fields of the North they can make more money and still be among their own people, • here where they were reared and where they want to live. I am con vinced as a result of my recent contact with numerous negro farmers that hot one per cent of the negroes who have emigrated North pre fer that section to the South. Now with control of the weevil assur ed and prosperous times again promised the negro farmer, I anticipate practically all of those who left Sumter county farms to take industrial places will be returning home again within a short time,” Marshall concluded. <- “There’s n 0 greater myth,” de clared Dr. R. J. H DeLoach Wed nesday in an address to the Rotary club, “than the statement or tile belief that the negro farmers of Sumter county do not want to pois on or that they are prejudiced against the use of calcium arsen ate” Dr. DeLoach had just returned to the city after addressing two separate mass meetings of negro farmers in the county. “My work in the boll weevil ex termination campaign in the county has been most interesting to me. I have never been more greatly in spired than at the meetings today that have been held for the negroes under the leadership of pour co a . ty demonstration agent, George O. Marshall. At one meeting there were be tween 300 and 350 negro farmers; at the other more than 100. Also there were a number of white far mers in attendance. We were afee; the negroes. “It was to them that we carried the weevil message today. They are going to poison. They are go ing to work. There’s no supersti tion among them They asked ques (Continued on Page Two.) FDITfiWaLD LOSES FRENCH SUIT American Wife of Financier Debarred From Participat in Husband’s Estate PARIS, May 15.—Edith Kelly Gould today lost her suit brought in the French courts to obtain one half of the property in France owned by Frank J. Gould, her for mer husband. The court ruled that she had not the right to share in this property because her marriage oc curred in Ameica, where the rule of separate property of husband and wife prevails. SAVANNAH POLICE SEARCH FOR BURGLAR SAVANNAH, May 15.—Detec tives today are seeking a clue which they hope will lead to the arrest of the burglars who forcibly enter ed the Sanders Furniture Com pany of 409 West Congress-, and departed with rugs, furniture and ice cream freezers valued at S4OO. It is the boldest burglary report ed to the detectives in several weeks. The officers, considering the quantity of loot obtained , be lieve it was carried, away in an au tomobile or truck. New York Future* FC. Open Low High Close Jan. ..23.98)24.00|23.95|2£.55[24.55 May ..31.36)31.40|31.20’31.68131.68 July ..28.87)28.86128,78(29.35129.35 Oct. . 24.94|24.96|24.95|25.56|25.56 Dec. . 24.35|24.40j24.30)24.90)24.90 Ameriqus strict middling 29 l-4c. PRICE FIVE CENTS FOLEY DECIDES TO ACCEPT LEADERSHIP OF TfflW HALL Late Charles F. Murphy Is Suc ceeded By Relative Who At First Declined LEADER NOW SUROGATE New Blood to Be Infused Into New York Political Or ganization By Change NEW PORK, May 15—A new chief holds the reins in Tammany Hall today. Jame# A. Foley, sur rogafe and step-son-in law to the late Charles F. Murphy, has been chosen to carry on the politics in augurated by the man primarily re sponsible for the rise of Foley him self and the infusion of new blood in the tiger of the organization. When offered the leadership Monday by the committee of seven named to chose a new Tammany chief, Foley declined to accept the responsibility. He is at presept surrogate on New York City, which office, it is expected, he will re-, sign in order to accept tie Tant many leadership. RAILWA? IVELOPERS ASSN. DELAYS ACTIOS Jesse F. Jackson, of Central of Georgia, Likely to Be Named *Head of Organization SAVANNAH, May 15.—The election of officers of the Amort ican Railway Development Associa tion, set for today, has been post poned unt’l tomorrow. At that time Jess F. Jackson, general agricultural agent for the Central of Georgia Railway will probably be named as president. CONFERENCE REPORT SURE TO BE ADOPTED WASHINGTON. May !&. A new conference report on the im migration bill providing for Jap anese exclusion after July 1, was brought up in the house today and its quick approval is regarded as certain ’
