About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; no change in temperature. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR— no. 118 BONUS BILL ENACTED 000000000 o O O 0 0 o o 0000000000 80-YEAR-OLD GEORGIA WOMAN ATTACKED Hawaiian Mountain Throwing Out Lava MM DUW 71 SUIWIGBSW Total of 1316 Days Lost From Labor Because of Disease, Dr. Payne States 271 FAMILIES SURVEYED Renerts Received From These Indicate Heavy Loss Thru out County Malaria cost Sumter county $2,- 464 during 1923, these figures be ing obtained from a partial survey of th e schools of the county by Dr. J. W. Payne, count health commis sioner. The total monetary loss because of the disease, undoubted ly, was much greater than this, ac cording to Dr. Payne, as embraced within his survey were only 271 families, having 1639 members, of whom 74 were actually attacked and forced t 0 secure medical atten tion. Discussing this survey, Dr. Payne said that in his opinion “thousands of dollars and thousands of days la bor had been lost ‘to farmers and business men which cannot be shown in the partial survey just completed. This survey, of neces sity, was conducted through the medium of the schools, and did not include hundreds of families in districts where malaria is most prevalent, but/which are not rep resented by children attending school. ‘Malaria being more prevalent in some sections of Sumter county than others,” said Dr. Payne today, “it was decided to make a malaria survey of the county through the schools to determine in which sec tions it was giving most trouble. “Cards requesting the desired in formation were printed and carried to the schools and sent to each pa tron of each school in th. iunty with the following results as a to tal. “Total number in families—l 639. “Total number families having malaria in 1923—74 “Total number persons in fam ilies having malaria in 1923—235 ‘Total number days lost from malaria in 1923—1316 “Total expense due to malaria in 1923—52464.00 “This only applies to the time lost and expense among school chil dren and has no reference to thv time lost by farmers and farm la bor. A fair estimate of that would no doubt run in to the thousands of days and dollars lost from ma laria, in just one year? “Malaria is a preventable dis ease, and it is in/ our power to pre vent it with very little trouble, or to cure it after we have it jin our system. “To prevent it first prevent the breeding of mosquitoes and prevent them biting you. Second: A cap sule of quinine will prevent i<k if taken only two or three times weekly. “To cure it, ten grains of quin ine at bed time each night for eight weeks will absolutely cure it in 90 per cent of cases. ‘Taking quinine as a preventative or< a cure will prevent the mos quito from transmitting It from one person to another. “Let’s every body get after this malaria situation and put Sumter county on the map from a health standpoint.” JUDSON COBB DIES AT WASHINGTON HOME * GRIFFIN, May 19. —The news of the death of Judson D. Cobb, which occurred at his „home in Washington, will be received wi'.h sorrow by his many friends in this section. Mr. C?bb, who married Miss Bes sie Sims, of Griffin, had often been here and was popular with all who knew him. He was manager of the New Willard Hotel in Wash ington for fourteen years but had recently retired from active work on account of ill health. —-■* —t THE TIMESWRECORDER ( ESLEUBJ-ISHED IN THE /Q"wL hEART OF SENATE ACTION MAKES BILL LAW DESPITE VETO U Final Vote On Measure, 59 to 26, Sufficient to Make Measure Law Without Executive Approval WASHINGTON, May 19.—The Senate to day overrode President Coolidge’s veto of the bonus bill. The measure now automatically be comes a law, the House having taken similar ac tion. The vote was 59 to 26. Opponents of the bonus bill rallied and fought for a time today as the measure approached the final test in the Senate. Seven Republican senators who had been 'numbered as friends of the bill, were called to the White House and exhorted by President Coolidge to sustain his veto. Afterwards Senator Reed, of Pennsylvania, in charge of the anti-bonus forces, declared previous to the vote that the situation certainly is looking brighter” and made overtures for a delay of a week for the final vote. Evelyn Nesbit Quits Fight Against Thaw PHILADELPHIA, May 19.—Mo tion for a new trial to determine the sanity of Harry K. was formally withdrawn today by coun sel representing Evelyn Nesbit, his former wife, that was recently de clared sane by a jury. APOPLEXYIMT TO JUSTICE W North Carolina Jurist Succumbs to Attack Sustained Sunday Afternoon RALEIGH, May 19.—Chief Jus tice Walter Clark of the North Carolina Supreme court, died her>y today of apoplexy, with which ke was stricken yesterday. MILLER AND OTHERS HERE FOR MEETING A party of prominent P. O. S., of A. national officers who arc making a tour through this section in the interest of their order are in Americus today. This party, which is headed by Herman A. Mil ler, national secretary of the or ganization, arrived at 2:14 this af ternoon and were met at the depot by a delegation from the local camp. The visitors will be guests of the Americus camp tonight, and tomorrow will g 0 to Albany to ad dress the camp there It is planned to have a number of Americus P. O. S. of A., member’s accompany them on the trip to Albany. How and When to Poison the Weevil Here’s th e plan advocated by Dr. R. J. H. DeLoach J. C. Maness and George O. Marshall. Follow this plan, they say, and you’ll make a normal crop. 1— Poison immediately before the first squares form, or as s 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 cul tivation, and pick up squares a second time immediately blooms appear, ahead of cultivation. sln 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. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 19, 1924 COOLIDGE MASTERS COLD; BACK AT DESK WASHINGTON, May 19. President Coolidge today return ed to his office after having mastered a bronchial cold from which he has suffered since the middle of last week. PINEAPPLE MOVEMENT IS ALMOST AT PEAK VALDOSTA, May 19.—Pine apple movements into Valdosta rail road yards are now reaching un usual proportions. Up uptil tb'e end of the past week they were averaging about two solid trains each day, but Saturday night there were five solid trains of the pines. The movement, commencing about tomorrow night ,is expected to go above any of the other figures, and it is much in excess of previous years’ records. LANIER ‘HOBOES’ sGiT TO GANG IN LOWNDES VALDOSTA, May 19.—Two white men from Lanier county were brought to Valdosta last night and gent out to the Lowndes county chaingang this morning. The men were classed among hoboes, and one supposed to be a deserter from .the army. They were fined $250 or to serve a sentence of twelve months and hot being able to make •the cash payment were put to work. •Lowndes county leases the Lanier misdemeanor convicts, as the latter county has no chaingang. CLUBS MAYPUPOVER PLAYGROUND POOL DURING THIS SUMMER - Rotary Directors and Presidents cf Kiwanis and Lions Confer On Project CARGILL HERE FOR DAY F- Prcject Wholly a Community Enterprise, He Says, In Which AH Are Interested The three civic clubs of Ameri cus will consider plans for getting behind the Americus, Playground swimming pool at their next meet ing, and putting this community enj ,terprise “over the top” in a man ner befitting Americus. This was the statement authorized this morn ing by J. Ralston Cargill, president of the Playground association. The directors of the Rotary club met this morning with Mr. Cargill Evan Mathis, president of the Ki wanis club, and R. P. Ewing, presi dent of the Lions club at which tim the needs of the playground were gone over and it was agreed that jthe matter would be brought before the several clubs at their next meet ring, the proposition ‘ being that all |hree join in this effort to put over the Playground swimming pool. To this end, it is planned, as soon as the project has been formally ap proved by the different clubs in their meetings, to hold a joint meet ing of the three clubs at which the plans for financing the project will be laid before the civic club mem bers for final approval. It is hoped this joint meeting of ,the three clubs can be arranged to be held Tuesday, May 27, when Mr. Cargill will again be here to pre sent the cause of the Playground before the clubs. “This is a pro ject that is vary near and dear to my heart,” Mr. Cargill said today, “and one I am sure the three clubs, as well as every element of com munity citizenship in-Americus can unite. The playground is an insti tution upon which much energy has already been expended, and I feel sure that it will be maintained al ways for the benefit of the kiddies as well as the grown-ups.” MBffIOOR TO BEU WISH POST Resignation Submitted Three Weeks Ago Based On Personal Reasons WASHINGTON, May 19.—The desire of Ambassador Woods at Tokio to relinquish his post is be lieved by officials here to be based wholly upon personal considera tions and to have no connection with the pending immigration legis lation. TOKIO DISPATCH CONFIRMS RESIGNATION TOKIO, May 19. Ambassador Woods, in confirming a dispatch from Washington reporting his resignation, said it had been tender ed weeks ago, and is due en tirely to family reasons. DEMPSEY ADOPTS FIFTY CHILDREN LOS ANGELES', May 19. —Jack Dempsey has “adopted 50 children from a Los Angeles orphanage and has started a bank account for each. Dempsey announced that ev ery year h e will add a fixed sum to what the children have saved. SPRING COLD WAVE COMING CHICAGO, May 19.—A spring cold wave is predicted for tonight in the western lake region, with heavy to killing frosts is the fore cast in Minnesota. Light snow is falling in lower Michigan, with "a possible sleet to night in Northern Illinois. TH RHJUCTIOIt AND EMW FEATURES IN EIDERS' PUTFOBU Wants ‘Real Inheritance and Luxury Tax’ to Replace State Ad Valorem Levy OPPOSED TO ROAD BONDS Radical Change in Administra tion of School Funds Also Favored By Candidate REIDSVILLE, Ga., May 19. Repeal of the tax equalization law, limitation of city and county tax rates to fifteen mills by constitu tional amendment, opposition to “any bond issue for roads or any other purpose, and radical changes in the various courts of justice of the state, are embodied in the plat form of H. H. Elders of Reids ville, candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for governor, which was made public today. Mr. Elders, representative in the state legislautre from Tattnall county, declared that the chief “plank” in his platform on which he will make the race for the of fice of chief executive of the state, will be “economy and tax reduc tion.” He adbocates the levying of a “real inheritance tax and luxury tax” to take the place of the ad (Continued on Page Two.) METHODIST BF NORTH CHURCHPECONSIDERS Will Elect Only Three Bishops Instead of Five As At First Decided SPRINGFIELD, May 19.—Re considering its previous action the northern Methodist Episcopal church conference voted today to elect three new bishops instead of five. WEATHERFORECAST FOR THIS WEEK WASHINGTON, May 19.—The weather outlook for the period of May 19 to May 24, inclusive for the South Atlantic and East Gulf States is as follows: Generally fair weather is indicated, exceept that showers are probable in Florida. Mild temperatures. ALLEN ACQUITTED ON MAN ACT CHARGES PITTSBURG, May 19.—Helen B. Allen has been acquitted by a fed eral court jury* here on a Mann act indictment which grew out of a trip he made from Washington, D. C, t 0 Pittsburg with Gladit’.i Allen, aged 16 years, one of his fifty-seven adopted children. The Government’s witnesses in cluded A. L. Moore, a Pullman por ter. who told of “peeping" into the drawing room occupied by Allen and Gladith. The defense contended that the girl had threatened to “get even” with Allen after he punished her for running away from a school con ducted by Allen at Sabot, Va. HATCHERY ENDS SEASON’S RUN VALDOSTA, May 19.—The Con tinental Hatchery is closing dow’n this week for the season after a. most successful period of business. iGrdinarly the hatching season for day old chicks is supposed to end about the first of May, but there were several thousand eggs that had to be carried through and the last two thousand are being taken off now. Manager A. J. Bartlett, who has been in charge of the plant, finds that the business has been fully satisfactory and it is'expected that next season the plant will be taxed to capacity, Johnson and Benford Accused of Heinous Crime; Held at Macon Two Young White Men Arrest ed for Attack On 80-Year- Woman Living Near Gray MACON, May 19.—Charged with attacking an 80 year-old woman at her home three miles from Gray last night, Wade Johnson and Gar rett Benford, two young white men of Milledgeville, are lodged in jail here for safe keeping today. The victim of the attack is said by doctors to be in a serious con-< dition. Feeling is running high in Jones county. WOMAN ATTACKED WAS PROMINENTLY CONNECTED Information received in Ameri cus this afternoon from Anderson- Lausanne Treaty To Be Effective Soon Jajan Has Finally Ratified Convention, With French Diplomatic Opposition Thereto Removed ® TOKIO, May 19.—The foreign office informed the Associated Press today that the Lausanne treaty would become effective within a week through its ratification by Japan. It is denied officially that France had exerted any pressure to prevent its ratification. Kilauea Volcano In Violent Explosion HONOLULU, May 19.—Three persons are unaccounted for fol lowing a violent explosion in the crater of Kilauea volcano on the island of Hawaii, said advices reaching here from Hilo. They are Miss Molly SAVANNAH STIRRED Bl ATTACK UN GIRL MTU POSSE SEEKING NEGRO Citizens Aroused and Scouring Entire Section In Search For Accused Culprit SUSPECTS ARE ARRESTED White Girl, Victim of Assault, Atacked in Home West of Savannah SAVANNAH, May 19.—County and city police are today combing the city and county for the negro who yesterday attacked an eleven year-old girl in the western sec tion of this city. Several suspects were arrested last night and early today, but were released when two small boys who witnessed the crime, declared none of those arrested was respon sible. The little girl and her two brothers were picking flowers near a cemetery when the negro attack ed the child. QUARTERLY MEETING AT LEE ST. TONIGHT The second quartery meeting of the conference year will be held to night at Lee Street Methodist church. The conference will begin promptly at 8 o’clock and Dr. W. C. Lovett, presiding elder, will pre side. Reports will be submitted by all departments of the church, and a number of matters requiring con gregational attention will be brought up and acted upon. HONEY SHIPPING SEASON STARTING MILLEN, May 19.—Barney Lightfoot, one of Jenkins county’s most progressive farmers, began shipping honey this week and will ship around 2,000 pounds each week for the next several weeks. Lightfoot is planning to enlarge the apiary next season and this will make him the largest producer of quality hohey in this section. Good prices are being secured and the quality is excellent. New York Futures PC. Open High Low Close Jan, ..23.98123.92124.35123.92:24.35' May ..30.80130.70131.30130.70|31.30 July ..28.56|28.38|28.98|28.38|28.98 Oct. . 24.99124.85|25.36124.85125.36 Dec. ..24.35[24.28|24.67 , 24.28[24.67 PRICE FIVE CENTS ville is to the effect that the lady mentioned in the foregoing' news dispatch is prominently connected in that community. A brother who lives just across the Sumter county line in Macon county left this morning, it was said, to investi gate the attack upon her, imme diately following receipt of the news, and other relatives there are excited because of the occurrence. The lady attacked, it is said, was a highly respected member of the com munity in which she lived, beinga. active in church and community af fairs, and because of her age, it is believed that robbery was the ob ject of the men who perpatrated the crime. iJimum UH) Tfl BOOTLEGGERS ROME, May 19.—The confession of one man, Will Swent, wh 0 is- im plicated in the dynamite attack on the home of Deputy Sheriff John Bobo on the night of April 4, impl cated three other men at a pre . ■minary hearing granted Wai tec Heegetach, also one of the four. Swent took the witness stand and turned State’s evidence. His con fession directly implicated Frank Williams and Carl Lemaster, who pre both serving sentences on the Floyd county chain gang. The witness testified that he and the other three men stole 50 sticks, of dynamite on the Friday nigh' preceding the attack, Monday night, and that all four went to the offi cer’s home, set two sticks of the dynamite under the house concealin’ the rest in the loft of the Antioch Baptist church. The events of the last 24 hours tend to make the officials at Rome believe that the attack on Bobo was made by the notorious Floyd county bootleg ring. A special session of the grand jury will probably be called to handle the case Monday or Tuesday. JOY-RIDERS END RIDE IN JAIL CELL CHATTANOOGA, May 19.—Mil dred Dean and Mildred Cantrell, young Rising. Fawn, Ga., girls, de nied all knowledge of how Leo Mayo, 36-year-old local married man. came to his death while on a, joy-ride with them and two men. The girls were returned here for questioning and are being held as witnesses. Jhey say Mayo was found unconscious on the auto seat. Roy Garwood and Robert Earl, of Rising Fawn, who brought Mayo to a local hospital Friday morning, ares being held in the county jail here. Earl said he knew of no trouble on the joyride, but that one of the girfs had discovered Muyo on the auto seat unconscious. Examina tion revealed his brains had been pierced five times by some sharp instrument.
