About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia—Fair and warmer tonight and Saturday. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 1 16 CRIMINAL ASSAULT STIRS FLORIDA RESORT BALKAN QUESTION BEFORE CONVENTION Roumanian Baptists Declared Persecuted F urman University President Puts Serious Charges Into Resolution Presented Before ' Convention in Session At Atlanta ATLANTA, May 16.—Charges that Baptists of Rumania are being forced to undergo “great hardships in the form of personal indignities and violence, being publicly ridiculed, fined, arrested, imprisoned, whip ped, severely beaten, sometimes into unconsciousness’’ were made today in a resolution presented to the Southern Baptist convention by Dr. W. J- McGloglin, president of Furman- University, Greenville, S. C. The resolution has been referred to the committee on resolutions. Remus 1 ells Inside Story Os Liquor Withdrawals More Than $250,000 Paid Jess Smith, Friend of Daugherty Under Agreement WASHINGTON, May 16.—A de tailed story of payment's of “pro tection money” aggregating more than a quarter of a million dollars to Jess Smith, the friend and con stant companion of Former- Attor ney General Daugherty, was told the senate Daugherty committee today by George Remus, of Ohio, who said that he made a large for tune out of illicit liquor sale's be- Trial Os Woman Is Postponed To May 29 RICHMOND, May 16.—The pre liminary arraigment of Mrs. Julia Dorff Stull charged with shooting to death her husband, R. S. Stull, here May 3, has been postponed un til May 29. The woman, who has been in jail here since her husband’s death, told the police that Stull was shot CUMBERLAND CHURCH EACIN6 BOTH ISSUES Darwinism and Modernism Both Squarely Before Presbyterians Gathered At Austin AUSTIN, Texas, May 16.—The questions of the Darwinism and modernism were placed squarely before the national general assem bly of. the umberland Presbyter ian church in the first business session of the 94th convention here today. CITY MANAGER IS CHECKING SCOUTS CORDELE, May 16.—City Man ager C. D. Terrell and the city stret forces are this week checking be hind the- Boy Scouts who last week undertook a census of the commun ity with respect to health and all areas which are not in proper con dition are being cleared of the ob jectionable elements. A fight against mosquitoes and flies will be carried on with great care and vig ilance during the early summer. The entire community has been checked by the Boy Scouts. DAWSON METHODISTS HAVING BIG REVIVAL DAPSON, May 16.—Devival er vices are in progress at Dawson Methodist church and large crowds are attending every service. The church is fortunate in securing as evangelist Rev. L. J. Miller, of Nashville, Tenn. D. Ward Milam, soloist and choir leader, ( of Lincolnton, N1 C., had charge of the music. The revival will continue two weeks, and a large number of con verts is expected from the interest already manifested In the meeting. MRS. TOWNSEND TO BE BURIED SUNDAY MARSHALLVILLE, May 16. Mrs. W. W. Townsend, 88, died here Thursday. Funeral services will be held Sunday. Survivors include her husband and six children; Mrs. S. M. Tim berlake, of Marshallville; Mrs. Lu cian Tackwod, of California; Thos. King, of Sanfodr, Fla.; W. H. Townsend, of Cuba; J. C. Town send, of Oklahoma. > t ,iu. IN THE IJSV? I fore being convicted and sent to the Atlanta penitentiary. Remus was brought before the committee under guard, where the witness related how he bought a string of distilleries in Ohio, In diana and Kentucky, after the Vol stead act was passed, and how it was arranged by him through a “gentlman agreement” with Smith to get withdrawal permits and was “protected from prosecution” for a year and a half while he accomplis ed the distribution of some 600,- 000 or 800,0000 gallons of liquor under a pretense of selling it foi medical purposes. during a scuffle in the room thq couple occupied about a week be fore the tragedy. Mrs. Stull, police say, told them she found her husband before the shooting writing a letter to another woman. While only 45 years of age, Mrs. Stull has been divorced four times, according to police. records. 2 KILLED; SIX HURT IN ROCKET EXPLOSION ' VIENNA, May 16.—A giant skyrocket which exploded pre maturely at a fireworks display here last night, killed a woman, id child, and seriously injured six persons. A number of oth ers were hurt in the ensuing mic. CHUPCH RECEPTION HERE BN WEDNESDAY Rev. John M. Outler, pastor of First Methodist church, announced today that the church leception planned to be held at that edifice probably tonight, had been post poned until next Wednesday eve ning. On that date a refreshing and pleasing program of music will be rendered, and a number of ladies of the congregation, organized into comittees are now working on the detail of this. It is also announced by the pas tor that on Wednesday, afternoon the children of the Junior and Pri mary departments of the congrega tion will be entertained by the tadies, with a suitable program, which all are expected to attend. At the Wednesday evening gath ering, in addition to the members of the congregation all friends of the church ase invited to attend and participate in the program in cident to the occasion. FRUIT GROWERS WILL MOVE HEADQUARTERS MACON, May 16—The Fruit Growers’ Express will move its headquarters to Macon from Flor ida Monday, to get ready for hand ling the Georgia peach crop, it was learned last night. The Federated Fruit and Vege table Growers, Inc., will open head quarters here on the second floor of the Central Hotel Tuesday and the Gentile Brothers company, al so marketing agents of the Georgia Peach Growers’ Exchange, will open headquarters in the Bibb building Tuesday or Wednesday. At the headquarters of hte ex change yesterday a private branch telephone exchange wa s being in tailed. There will be private wires to diverting and reconsign ing points in th Potomac Yards, Cincinnati, Nashville and Atlanta. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 16, 1024 NEW EARTH SHOCKS PELT IN TURKEY: 120 PERSONS ARE KILLED Erzeruam, Hassankale and Kars Center of Section Damaged by Quakes , VILLAGES DE S TROYED Several Villages in Same Com munity Destroyed Wednesday With 50 Lives Lost CONSTANTINOPLE, May 16. Dispatches received today report further earthquake shocks felt at Erzeruam, Hassankale and Kars. Entire villages in the neighborhood of Hassankale are said to have been destroyed, and the number of addi tional victims given as 120. FIFTY KILLED IN PREVIOUS QUAKES A Constantinople dispatch Wed nesday reported the destruction of several villages and the loss of about 50 lives in a violent earth quake in the region of Erzeruam. KIWANIS LADIES , NIGHT MAY23RD Joe Bryan Is Chairman of Gen eral Program Committee For Gathering At Hotel Americus Kiwanians will cele brate ladies night at the Windsor hotel Friday, May 23, with a din ner to its members, friends and the wives and sweethearts of Kiwanis Joe Bryan, chairman of the gener al program committee is in charge of the program. J. W. Payne, county health offi cer, was given the Kiwanis pin to day at lunchepn by President Math is. His classification is health offi cer and hi§ Kiwanis name “Skeet er.” Among visitors present Friday were J. A. Pinkston Sr. T W Town send, of New Yoik; J. W. Alexa, of Macon; Rev. C. A. Jackson, of Columbus; Miss Dekle, of Bruns wick, who sang for the club; Miss Elizabeth Haddock, accompanping Miss Susan Stallings, who read, and Miss Rustin. Under the leadership of Nathan Murray, the Kiwanis troop Boy Scouts left the city Friday after noon for a camp over night at Mc- Math’s mill, the club furnishing transportation, fishing lackle and other things for the pleasure of thq boys. DAUGHERTY TAXPAYERS WARNED TO PAY TAXES ALBANY, May 16—Many Dougherty county property owners have not yet paid their 1923 taxes, but the days of grace arc rapidly drawing to a close, according t 4 Sheriff O. F. Tarver, who believea (.hat he has been patient enough with the delinquent ones. Several notices have been issued by the sheriff since thq fi. fas. for the un collected taxes were turned over to him by Tax Collector Paul H. Jones, but the amount of taxes un collected is still in excess of $25,- 000. “I, Sheriff Tarver, propose to levy on all property for which the £axep are not paid on or before June 1. I think I have waited long enough, the county commissioners are insisting that I collect the money, and, regardless of who may own the property, I am going to begin advertising it for sale June 1 if the taxes are not paid. How and When to Poison the Weevil Here’s the plan advocated by Dr. R. J. H. DeLoach, J. C. Maness and George O. Mar shall. Follow this plan, they say, and you'll make a normal crop: 1 Poison immediately before the first squares form, or as a few tiny forms appear. 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 cultivation, and pick up squares a second time immediately before first blooms appear, ahead of cultivation. s—ln the early fall destroy cotton stalks. Any method for destroying is satis factory except burning. J. A. HIXON, Chairman Weevil Committee. ' c GEORGE O. MARSHALL, County Agent. Island Delegate Judge C. A. Johns has come a long way to attend the Republi can national convention in Uleve- I land. He is one of the justices of the Supreme court of the Phil ippines. He has just arrived in Seattle on the liner President Jackson. HIE BBSHbF EM® TOW WIT SCHOOL Names of Students to Receive Diplomas Announced Today By Principal Prance CLASS HONORS AWARDED inal Exercises of Year to Be Held In ,Main Auditorium With Public Invited Graduation exercises will be held at the Third, District Agricul tural and Mechanical College here Tuesday night. The exercises will begin promptly at 8 o'clock in the main auditorium at the school, yyith the public invited to attend Principal John M. Prance, in an aquncing the order of graduation exercises today also made public the order of class honors as. these have been decided upon by the school authorities. TJiese are as follows: ' < Salutatory—Robt. Linwood John son, Phoenix, Ala. Class History—Robt. Foster Per kins, Florence, Ga. Class Census—Annie Mae Akins, Leesburg, Ga. Class Poem—Nellie Elizabeth Prance, Americus. Class Jokes Jesse Clyde Daniel Dawson, Ga. Last Will .and Testament Katherine Kirbo Collins, Camilla, Ga. Class auction Thelma Leone Rowland, Americus, Ga. Class Tokens —Emily Grace Red dick, Dawson, Ga. Class Prophecy Verle Vora Wilson, Brunswick, Ga. Valedictory—Katherine Louise Swain, Americus, Ga. “A fuseral ceremony will be held at some appropriate place during the graduation exercises.” said Principal Prance today, “in which the last sad rites will be performed over the remains of a few texts books that have been rather diffi cult for some of the class. demon? Scarborough, of Vienna and Harry Clinton Crews, of Leesburg will be the chief mourners and next of kin, while Gilbert Lodge Douglas will appear in the role of clergyman ,pnd will deliver the funeral ora tion.” Students who have completed the course at the school and been awarded diplomas are announced by Principal Prance as l follows: Annie Mae Akins. Catherine Kirbo Collins, Jessie Clyde Daniel, Gilbert Lodge Douglas, Robert Continued on Page Three. OPEN TAX RETURNS BY HURT SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS Secretary Hoover Opposes Mak ing Returns Available For Public Inspection BIG BUSINESS TO PROFIT Larger Concerns Would There by Get Vital Information On Status of Smaller Onds WASHINGTON, May 16.—Her bert Hoover, in an informal state ment today declared that the provi sion of the new tax bill opening tax returns for inspection will jeo pardie small busisess and place it at the mercy of larger competitors. To open up the tax returns of small concerns to inspection by agents of larger competitors would give to such competitors informa tion that might permit their being entirely crushed out of business, it is stated. STH.LWDRTW JIDWSES NEGROES IB POISON Effective Argument Used By Him to Convince Hearers of Profit Involved Box Brought By Unkown Mes senger As Gift to Chinese Statesman Explodes ‘lf the landlord’ and suppip mer chant give you meat and meal and seed and fertilizer, ain’t it reason able to think he’s going to give you good advice, too ” This is one of the statements being used by Elbert Stallworth negro county agent to drive home to negro farmers of Sumter county the necessity of poisoning early and thoroughly to control the boll weevil. Stallworth has just completed a series of meetings in the county during which he was accbmpanied by Dr. R. H. J. DeLoach, eminent boll weevil control specialist. These meetings, attended largely by ne groes, were arranged for the pur pose of impressing negro farmers with the necessity for poisoning and the surety of the DeLoach method of weevil control. To those of his race who believ ed that “the Lord put the weevil here for a purpose,” and who hesti tated to interfere with that pur pose Sailworth advanced this argu ment: “The Lord put the weevil here; that’s true, but the Lord put fleas and mice and microbes and many other insects here and you don’t hesitate about killing these Then why hesitate about the wee vil?” The thought sought to be con veyed by Stallworth is that the wee vil constitutes one of the problems put before man to control, and that the sooner man including the negro handles the weevil effectively for the good of c the whole community the better for the negro, who con stitutes a part of the community. He is telling negro farmers that the DeLoach method is a sure one, and they are believing him, too, with the present prospect that more negro farmers will poison their fields this year than ever be fore and that the work will be done more thoroughly in every instance, with consequent increased cotton yields assured this fall. PRAYER AT CALVARY CHURCH Evening prayer will be said ip Calvary church tonight at 7:30 o’clock. Orlando Girl Victim Os Alleged Attack is in Serious Condition Jesse Cole, 28, Is Held—Suspeet Closely Guard ed At Sanford to Prevent Possible At tempt At Lynching SANFORD, Fla.. May 16.—A former well known Orlando girl is in a hospital suffering from injuries said to have been inflicted by Jessee Oole, 28, in an attempted attack last night. Cole is being closely guarded following an attempt last' night to lynch him. EFFORT TO ASSASSINATE DR. KOO INJURES THREE PEKING, China, May 16.—A box which an unknown messenger brought today as a gift to Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese foreign minister, exploded, critically in juring three of his servants who opened the box. Dr. Koo was un hurt. Cotton A.B.C. Books Ready Cotton A. B. C. Books con taining the approved DeLoach poisoning method are now ready. Thes are being distributed through banks and business houses here and are FREE to all. Every farmer in the county is psked to put one of these into the hands of every tenant on his farms. The plan is believed to embrace directions that will put $3,000,000 into the pockets of Sumter county farmers this fall. They are furnished with the compliments of the Times-Re corder and the number available is unlimited. Come in and get enough to supply your needs. POULTRY CAR GETS , 2000 POUNDS HERE Average Price of 30 Cents a Pound Secured By Farmers Nets Sellers S6OO The Seaboard Air Line pick-up poultry car which was at Ameri cus Thursday afternoon secured a total of 2000 pounds of poultry of all classes, according to an an nouncement authorized today by John Bowen. Seaboard agent, who is encouraging farmers to brrg in their chickens and assisting in building up a poultry industry here. This total compares favorably with the tonnage secured by previous pickup cars and indicates that the total from the county this trip will approximate two tons of poul try. Many farmers who participated in the sale received a total of ap proximately S6OO for their birdh, the average price paid being 30 cents a pound. This average, ‘Mr. Bowen said today, thought many farmers received as high as 40 cents, this being the top price of fered for fryers weighing less than 2 poands each. For hens, roosters and other classes of fowls varying prices were paid. The car left Americus this morn ing attached to the Seaboard local freight and stopped during the day at Huntington, Leslie, DeSoto, Cobb and Flintside, for taking on addi tional shipments of fowls. After leaving these stations the car wjL continue on to Savannah, with pick-ups being taken on at every station until that terminal is reached. LONE BANDIT GETS $16,000 IN HOLD-UP GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 16. A lone bandit Thursday entered the office of the American Railway Express Company at High Spring, near here and escaped with the pay roll intended for the Atlantic Coast Line shopmen, estimated at be tween $16,000 and $20,000. J. T. Pendleton, company agent said the bandit drove away in a small tout ing car. About 1:40 o’clock the young man about 30 years old, unmask ed, quietly entered the offic threw an automatic pistol into the agent’s face and snatching the bag containing the payroll money, back ed out of the building. Passersby said the touring car vanished in the direction of New berry Sheriff P. G. Ramsey and a force of deputies gave chase. New York Future* PC. Open High Low Close Jan. -24.55|24.42|24.45124.14!24.14 May ~31.68|31.78131.78|31.13j31.18 July ..29.35|29.25{29.25|28.86j28.8« Oct. .25.56'25.50125.50^25.15j25.15 Dec. .24.90124.78j24.78i24.50|24.50 Americus strict middling 28 3-4e PRICE FIVE CENTS DR. SUN, REPORTED DEAD, STILL OE SECRETARY STATES Assurance Given That South China Leader Is Alive, But Interview Denied CURRENT RUMORS UNTRUE Emphatic Denial Is Given Re ports Previously , Circulated and Cabled Abroad HONGKONG, May 1 16.—Dr. Sun Yat Sen, president of South. China, whose death was reported Tuesday is alive and perfectly well, his con j fidential secretary declared today ’to an Associated Press representa tive sent from Hong Kong to Dr. Sun’s Canton headquarters. Rumors, which had been current reporting Dr. Sun’s death, are un true. Upon being assured that Dr. Sun was alive, the correspondent requested an interview, but this was denied, the correspondent cables Hongkong. t SITffIIELDIPES TH ESCAPE GALLOWS - Condemned Man Says He’s At Last Beginning to Realize Law Must Be Upheld ATLANTA, May 16,—Gross legged and smiling on the meager cot which almost fills his unlighted • dirty cell, J. B. Satterfield hugged his knees closer and swayed mpre gently baejt and forth when mes sengers into his ' barricaded prison with news that Governor Walker had reached a decision in his appeal for clemency and that the death sentence would not be interfered with. The messengers faltered and turned pale, speaking in despqfa tion of “bad news.” But the tall, gaunt man, unshav en and roughly dressed, gave ao sign at first. Then in a tone soft and gentle he began. “Yes? Then—he denied it?” The messagers nodded grimly too shaken to speak, but the con demned went on talking. “There’s been a killing. And it is against the law to kill,” he re peated softly. “You know I’ve at last got that through njy head.” He grinned at his uncomfortable intar viewers. “The Governor did his duty as he saw it. He had to. I can’t lay it on to him or on to the jury 1, still hope, but hoping'a no good) un less there’s some foundation. Per haps I can still get a new trial. I hope so.” He changed the subject then, but after a while asked, casually, if tha Governoj- had made a stateman', and asked to see it whAi it was published. SPARTA MAY GET NEW SOURCE OF CURRENT SPARTA, May 16.—A movement is on foot which may give Sparta access to hydro-electric current in the next year or two. Editor Pat Griffin, of Bainbridge, representirg the Public Utilities information committee of Georgia, was in Sparta Tuesday in the interest of the project. He stated that thia city had been slated for a cxtinec tion with the power lines wlgch, would be brought in here just a* early as practically possible. Thia would be an incentive to induatajpl settlers if accomplished.
