About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia—Fair and mild to? night and Sunday. , FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. I I 7 HOUSE REJECTS VETO OF BONUS BILL 0 o o o o o oo o o o o o ooooooooocro Albany Business Men Organize To Whip 801 l Weevil 000000000 O O O O O O O 0000 O O O O OJ3 YOUNG SOCIETY COUPLE SHOT TO DEATH ONILONELY ROAD ■ I zFv s < How and When to Poison the Weevil ) Here’s *th e plan advocated by Dr. R. J. H. DeLo>ch J. C. Maness $ < and George O. Marshall. Follow this plan, they say, and you’ll ) £ make a normal crop. / I—Poison immediately before the first squares form, or as < s a few tiny forms appear. J> > 2—Poison again five days after the first poisoning. j $ 3—Poison again five days after the second poisoning. < > 4—Pick up squares after second poisoning ahead of cul- ? > tivation, and pick up squares a second time immediately < > blooms appear, ahead of cultivation. < < s—ln the early fall destroy cotton stalks. Any method for ; < destroying is satisfactory except burning. '■ < J. A. HIXON, Chairman Weevil Committee. GEORGE O. MARSHALL, County Agent. Baptists Decisively Reject New Motion Second Attempt to Inject Modernism and Fun damentalism Into Convention Deliberations At Atlanta Fails ATLANTA, May 17.—The Southern Baptist convention today de cisively rejected an attempt by C. P. fe'tealey, of Oklahoma City, to again inject the modernist and fundamentalist fight into the organiza tion of deliberations. Stealey introduced a new resolution and sought to keep it out of the hands of the resolutions committee, which yesterday acted adversely’ on similar motions to suspend the rules under wheih it would be acted upon directly by the convention. LEGION POST HERE TO SEHI) DELEGATES TO SAVANNAH BEET Americus Will 'Be Well Repre sented At Annual Gathering There June 5-6 40 AND 8 MEETS MONDAY Delegates and Alternates Will Be Chosen At Gathering in Court House Monday Night The second regular meeting of John D. Mathis Post, American le gion will be held in the Superior Court Room Monday night at 7:30 o’clock. This will be a most im portant meetin, Commander R. C. Lane states, as delegates to the State Convention which will be held in Savannah on June sth'and 6th will be elected at this meeting. This post is entitled to four dele gates, and they will be given their credentials Monday night. Blanks have also been received upon which any resolution, or motions that is desired to be offered by this Post must be written, and any instruc tions to be given to delegates will also be contained in these blanks. Four alternates will also be elected and it is expected that some fifteen or twenty members will g 0 from this post. La Societe 40 Hommes et 8 Che vaux will also hold their State Con vention at the same time and place. The Locale Voiture established here Thursday one week ago will be en ,titled to three delegates, and they will also be elected at a shprt meet ing to be held immediately after the adjournment of the regular Post meeting. Certain application blanks will be ready to be filled out by all those members who were in itiated last Thursday week, and it is hoped that all will be present. Another matter of importance to come before the meeting Monday night has to do with the raising of funds for the old Confederate Veterans wh 0 wish to attend their Reunion. Plan will also be discuss ed relative to the election of new officers for the local post, which election will be held in June. IRA BRYANT GETS 30-DAY RESPITE ATLANTA, May 17.—A thirty jay respite has been granted by Governoi Walker to Ira Bryant, farmer, convicted of the murder of James lewis, a neighbor, tMTpUBLISHED IN THE ~HE AR T "OF DIXIE '(fcal PIBIES CONSTITUTE REAL HENCE HERE Rabies in Americus and Sumter county,” said Dr. J. W. Payne, county health commissioner, this morning. The statement was made in con nection with a conservation • rela tive to the number of persons now receiving Pastuer treatemnt through his office. One of these patients, of there a total of cix at present, Dr. Payne states there is one young baby only eigh teen months old, although most of his patients are grown persons. A number of cases of exposure that have come under the observa tion of Dr. Payne, he states, arc due to persons having attempted the treatment of ‘‘dumb rabies,” a dise<*se which closely resembles “black tongue,” the first named dis ease not being suspected until af ter exposure. Dumb rabies, Dr. Payne states, is a very dangerous and almost universally fatal dis ease, and all persons who hive been exposed to this disease are urged by him to immediately pro tect themselves by taking the Pas tuer treatment. EXPERIMENT SHOWS LOSS IN COTTON A series of experiments to de termine the extent to which, under various conditions, baled cotton is destroyed by weather was recently conducted by the Bureau of Mar kets, United States Department of Agriculture, at Jefferson, Ga. The results are striking. In one in stance, a bale of cotton placed out in the open, flat on the ground with no covering, was damaged to the extent of 370 pounds at the end of eight months. Another bale placed ( on edge with no further attention lost 167 pounds. A bale placed on the end and not turned lost 78 pounds. A bale placed on timbers off the ground and turned once a week lost 49 pounds, and a bale placed on timbers and covered with tarpaulin lost but 14 pounds. A warehouse bale of cotton during the same period lost only one pound. Other tests have been con ducted from time to time that eoi roborate these Results and prove that the ideal conditions under which cotton may be held by grow ers before marketing ar.? afforded by,properly constructed, efficiently operated, bonded warehouses. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 17, 1924 VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN TO DESTROY WEEVIL B ORGANIZED TODAY Traveling Men and Wholesalers Meet With Chamber of Com merce to Aid WILL EDUCATE PEOPLE Adequate Plans Mapped Out to Spread Information On Wee vil Control ALBANY, May 17—Another step in the vigorous campaign against the boll weevil in South Georgia was taken today when trav eling men from all wholesale houses in Albany met at the chamber of commerce and mapped out plans to assist in spreading information as to methods of fighting the boll weevil. AMERICAN ELVERS [EMII! ’Round World Flyers By Feat Add New Distinction to Na tion’s Attainments PARAMASHIRU, Island Kuriles, May 17.—Blazing a trail through the skies never befofe invadW by airplane, the three United States Army world fliers reached this icily frigid and remote bay border ing the Arctic this morning. There by they gained for their country and themselves the distinction of being the first to have crossed the Pacific by air. OFFICOLSII SAYS SUN I ALIVE South Chinese Leader On Road to Recovery American Lega gation Is Advised PEKING, May 17.—Sun Yat Sen, South China leader, whose death was reported and apparently confirmed, is alive and’on the road to recovery, according to an official telegram received today by the American legation. A similar message was also received by the Japanese legation. JOHN P. CASON IS FOUND DEAD IN BED WAYCROSS, May 16.—John P. Cason, well known Waycross citi zen was found dead in his bed, by members of the family. He had been in bad health for some time but his condition had never reach ed the point where it was consid ered serious and his sudden death came as a shock to his family and his friends. KNIGHT’S WAREHOUSE BURNS WITH 50 BALES DUBLIN, May 17.—Fire of un determined origin destroyed the cotton warehouse of B. T. Knight, at Manning. The fire started two o’clock in the morning and burned fifty bales of cotton stored in the warehouse. The net loss above SIO,OOO insurance was esti mated to be from SB,OOO to $lO,- 000. MILLER TO BE WITH VISITING PARTY HERE Herman A. Miller, of Easton, Pa, secretary of the National Camp, P. O. S. of A., will be among the party of visitors t 0 be guests ot the lodge here Monday evening. In announcing these visitors The Times-Recorder failed to give the name of Mr. Miller in the issue of Friday through an error. Indica tions today are that a number of members of the camp will go with the visitors t 0 Albany Tuesday af ternoon To be guests of the Albany lodge at a gathering there Tuesday night. Martin’s Bill iH Like the old Spartan mothers, Mrs. Nancy J. Martin, mother of Major Frederick L. Martin, wants her son to carry on. She is glad he will be permitted to rejoin the American ’round-the-world flight eventually. Mrs. Martin, now a resident of Mobridge, S. D., was visiting her old home in Connersville, Ind., when news of her son’s safety reached her. PUB H EHY CHARGED TO HAWK OF BROADWAY' ID BILL LIIST FOUND Lesser, Suspected of ‘Buterfly Murders Has Served Seven Prison Terms WIFE IS ALSfO ARRESTED Both Held Without Bail For Examination Monday in New York Court NEW YORK, May 17—Harry Lasser, “hawk of Broadway” hnd his wife and alleged “lure in his profession of beating and robbing bejjeweled women, were indicted Friday by the grand jury for slug ging and robbing Mrs . Howard Johnson, wife of the noted musical composer- of $5,500 worth of jewels. The charge was first degree rob bery. Lasser, a “graduate” of seven penal institutions, is already un der another indictment as one of three men who entered the apart ment of Mrs. Mildred F. Manroe, an actress, a month ago, and rob bing her of $250 while in search of $25,000 worth of jewels. While the grand jury was still considering the charges against the pair, Lasser and his wife were ar raigned on the charge of robbing Mrs. Johnson and held without bail for examination Monday. Before being arraigned, Mrs. Lasser made a statement to Assis tant District Attorney Garrison declaring the efforts to connect her husband with the K : ng and Lawson murders or the robbery of other so-called Broadway “butter flies” were ridiculous. FAST TRACK READY FOR KENTUCKY DERBY LOUISVILLE, May 17.—A very fast track, if it does not rain, is in prospect for the running of the Kentucky derby at Chruchill Downs this afternoon; officials of the Kentucky jockey club announced today. * MANY CANDIDATES ARE OUT AT JACKSONVILLE JACKSONVILLE, May 17.—A total of 120 candidates for public office subject to the Democratic primary on June 3 had qualified to enter the various races when the qualifying period closed yesterday afternoon, according to Frank Brown, clerk of the circuit court, with whom all candidates file their entry fees. Seventy-one candidates have qualified for the pay offices, while there are forty-nine candi dates or places on the county Dem ocratic executive committee and one for memership on the state Demo cratic executive committee from Duval county. CONFOIMLE MARGIN OVER no THIRDS VOTE-CAST FOR BILL Party Lines Vanished As Ballot ing On Resolution Progress ed in House MEASURE SENT TO SENATE Final Enactment of Defeat of Bonus Now Up to Senators Where Vote Will Be Close WASHINGTON, May 17.—The.[ house passed the soldier bonus bid | over President Coolidg’s veto. Party lines vanished" as support- [ ers of the measure piled up a com-; sortable margin of over the two- J thirds majority required on such a vote. The enactment into law or the final defeat of the bill is now up ito the senate, where a closer re sult is expected. CD DLIBGE HAS COLD- DATES CANCELLED President Decides to Spend Day In His Room On Advice of ’ Physician WASHINGTON, May 17—Be cause of a slight cold, President Coolidge cancelled his engagements for today and remained away from the office. It was said at the White House that he was not confined to his bed, but had decided to suend the day in his room on the advice of ihis physicians. LESLIE P.-T. A. PLAY 7 DRAWS GOOD CROWD LESLIE, May 17.—The play “A Poor Married Man,” given at Union High school auditorium Friday eve ning under the auspices of the P- T.iA. was well attended. The play, very much enjoyed by a large aud ience, netted the association a neat sum which is to be Fused in paying for the school piano. HANCOCK FARMERS TO TRY TO BEAT WEEVIL SPARTA, May 17.—Farmers in this county are attempting to get ahead of the boll weevil this year and the crop of cotton is being rushed as much as possible. Fertil izer is being applied heavily and preparations for poisoning the land are going forward rapidly. It is es timated that fifty per cent more c ton is planted in this county this year than in the past two. REVIVAL SEASON AT DUBLIN NEARS END DUBLIN, May 17.—The revival season in Dublin has practically closed with only one church now holding services. Since about the first or second Sunday in Apr 1 there has been a revival in some one of the Dublin churches, mak ing five or six weeks of continuous meetings. The only revival now in progress is at the Centenary Meth odist church. PIERCE COUNTY TAX GATHERER IS KILLED BLACKSHEAR, May 16.—U. Lester Dykes, young Tax Collector of Pierce county, was killed Wed nesday afternoon in the pasture back of his father’s home, where he lived. He was dead when his father found him late Wednesday and it is supposed he had been killed shortly after leaving his home early after the dinner hour. He had gone to the pasture for thej purpose of digging fish bait for a fishing trip Wednesday night, tak ing along his gun and hoe, and it is supposed the gun was accidently discharged, the full load taking ef fect in his stomach. Senior Class Head *And Girl Found Dead Harry Ganster and Vera Ellengerger, 18, Shot to Death in Automobile Near Hogestown, Pa., Early Today HARRISBURG, Pa., May 17.—Harry Ganster, 21, president of the senior class of the Marysville High school near here, and Vera Ellens berger, 18, of Hollidaysburg, were found shot to death in an automobile near Hogestown early today. Whether th e killing was double murder or murder and suicide has not been determined, although reports here are that no gun was found. The couple started out early last night to look for flowers. HARRISON WILL BE TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN NEW YORK, May 17.—Sena tor Pat K'arrison, of Mississippi, was today unanimously chosen temporary chairman of the democratic national convention in New York next month. COMMITTEE SfEKING CANCELLED CHECKS OF OHIO BOOTLEGGER Information Sought As to Who Rdmus Paid Money Before His Conviction MAY VERIFY Court to Be Appealed to In Ef for to Get Possession of Miss ing Vouchers WASHINGTON, May 17.—The courts will be asked by the senate Daugherty committee to help it ob tain the cancelled checks of George Remus, Ohio liquor operator, Re mus previously testified these will tend to verify the story of' large money payments to Jess Smith, thq companion of former Attorney Gen eral Daughterly, for protection. L. I BROWN NLMED CUE CLUB PFFSIDEUT Re-Organization Meeting Held At Club Rendezvous With Many Members The Americus Barbecue club, which has been in operation here for a number of years past, with a substantial membership, was reor ganized at the first meeting of the new club here last Thursday at the ‘cuei grounds on Glessner street. During the preliminary session preceding the spread, officers were elected to serve this year these be ing Lawrence W. Brown, president, H. O. Jones, vice-president, and Cloyd Buchanan, treasurer. Re ports submitted were that the club is in a most flourishing condition, with 1924 as one of the brightest prospects since the organization. A representative number of the members was present Thursday, enjoying most delicious barbecue and accessories. The club will meet every two weeks during the sum mer, the next meeting to be Thurs day, May 29. SURPRISE MARRIAGE STAGED BY COUPLE BRUNSWICK, May 17.—News : has been received here of the mar riage of Miss Anne Wright Burnett, ; daughter of a prominent local wholesale merchant to Mr. Herzey Clark Morris, who is employed at the Hercules Powder Company’s plant in this city. Mr. Morris is alsc first baseman on the Hercules base ball team. It seems that the couple had planned to be married secretly and as the local team played in Savan nah, yesterday, it was decided that they be married immediately after the game. The ceremony was pre formed by Mr. J. W. Jonnard, of St. Johns Episcopal church. They i will return to the city, after a short honeymoon. New York Futures t High Low dos® .Jan, ..24.20,23.93|23.99j23.93123 98 May —31.13131.05‘31.05 j30.79i30.80 July -28.86128.65j28.65128.57128.56 Oct. -25.15124.98124.99 24.87124.99 Dec. -24.50124.26 24.35 24.22|24.35 Americus strict middling 28 l-4c. PRICE FIVE CENTS OREGON DELEGATION APPARENTLY FAVORS ILIDGE NOMINATION With Many Precincts, Missing Early Returns Indicate Land slide For Him JOHNSON BADLY BEATEN McAdoo Unopposed For Demo cratic Nomination In State Primary Held Friday PORTLAND, Oregon, May 17. President Calvin Coolidge was ap parently endorsed for the republi can presidential nomination in yes terday's Oregon state primary. With about one-third of the state’s precincts reporting a three to one vote for him against the delegates pledged to Hiram John son was recorded. McAdoo is unopposed for the choice of the state’s democratic nominee. KENTUCKY DELEGATES ALL GO TO M’ADOO LEXINGTON, May 16.—The Kentucky delegation of twenty-dx to the Democratic national conven tion, was instructed for William Gibbs McAdoo for the Presidential nomination after his supporters forced the adoption of the unit rule by the state convention which ad jouned here Thursday afternoon as ter a session marked by geat com? motion and disorder. The unit rule was adopted after three roll calls and over the strenu ous objection of supporters of Oscar Underwood. United States senator from Alabama, who assert ed their intention to take an ap peal from the decision before the national convention at New York, since two delegates from the ninth Kentucky district had been instruct ed for Underwood. VEGETABLE MOVEMENT IS WELL UNDER WAY FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 17.—The Florida East Coast rail way docks along New river in the city of Fort Lauderdale are the scene of increasing activity as car go after cargo of tomatoes, beans and Irish potatoes from the upper Everglades and the Lake country are daily transferred to refrigerat ed cars and started rolling to ern markets. Last week four toW five carloads of tomatoes rolled daily but this week the movement is almost double in tomatoes alone. The principal crop moving at this time is tomatoes although for a long period of time the potato and bean crops have registered heavily. The lake section is har vesting one of the best crops in its history. It has been conservatively estimated that the total shipped by June 1, from the upper ‘Glades, through Fort Lauderdale, will ex ceed 2,500 and according to offi cers of the local freight agent, judging by carload movements to crate map exceed thjs mark by a good margin. More than 3,000 acre.s of toma toes, are ready for marketing. The price remains strong bringing from $4 to $5 per crate i. o. b. docks! at Fort Lauderdale.
