About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1924)
PAGE FOUR AMERICANS SIP HIGHBALLS AS WAR RAGES ABOUT THEM Tragedy of Rebellion Found in Widows and Orphans Made By War in Tiny Country 12,000 MEN ARE ENGAGED Church Altar Dyed With Blood of Fighters Making Last Stand There BY 808 DORMAN TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras. May 19.—War in Honduras —a joke if it were not a tragedy to those wid ows and orphans left behind. Government troops or revolu tionists—it matters not Their guns—single-shot rifles of ancient vintage, the favorite calibre 7 or 11 mm. Even old muzzle-loaders are to be seen. Mixed in with these are those proud warriors swaggering along with Thompson machine guns— those ultra-modern weapons of 45-calibre designed especially for hand-to-hand fighting. And your true Honduranian loves his hand-to-hand fight. He feels there is some satisfac tion in life if he can wipe out bis enemy in close combat. "He enters into battle with his rifle in his hand, but swinging from his wrist is his machete. In two days' sighing he took the town. The last stand of the gov ernment troops was in the church. The altar is dyed red with the blood of the 19 who fell there un der the machetes of Ferrera’s In dians. The roof is scarlet with the blood of those who died under the knives of the Indians, even though they swept the onrushing ranks with two machine guns. Engaged in the civil war in Hon duras are about 12,000 men. As there is usually one general to every 50 men in a Honduranian force, it can readily be figured out that there were some 240 gen erals engaged. The best statistics available show that some 3000 men nave been killed in the fighting. And General Cardona and Cid are the only two generals to win fame in the present mix-up by be ing killed in battle. Which would seem t 0 indicate ti a it is 30 times safer to be a genera] in Honduras than to be a private soldier. To the stranger in Honduras, the most startling thing about a Hon duranian battle is the howling of the Indians taking part in it. My first experience of battle in this country was the futile attack of Your Kind of Face Powder If there is anything in face pow ders you want, it will pay you to ask us first; when we say “any thing” you get an idea of the enor mous line of face powders we car ry. Your Powder is here. Prices ranging from 25c to $2.00; all tints. AMERICUS DRUG CO. Phone 75 GRADUATION BOUQUETS I Composed of one dozen roses or carnations, including green tied with 6-in. tulle, $3.00. Composed of two dozen roses or carnations, including green 6-in tulle, $5.00. Bouquets made up of one dozen Gladiolus,- with green and and a bow of 6-in. tulle for $3.00 each. All Flower orders are cash on delivery. Agents for Idle Hour Nurseries. MURRAY’S PHARMACY The Rexall Store Americus, Ga. | - - - -.- Office Hours—9-12 A. M., Other Hours and Sundays 2-5 P. M. by Appointment DR. C. D. FAMBROUGH Chiropractor Lady Attendant Phone 653 Kylander Bldg., Americus, Ga. GRADUATION GIFTS We have a complete line of Gifts suitable for Graduation. Come in and let us help you select your Gifts. THOS. L. BELL See Our Window Display TOILET SETS .’n D’jer Kiss, Mary Garden and Many Other Lines k * *• NATHAN MURRAY Druggist 120 W. Forsyth St. Phone 79 r Wi /4JI \ * ■' L _J C { I ' A % XX A W*" lb -4 w ' * ; SB- A- «I ‘W X r : * S® WW’Ww* First and exclusive pictures from 1 egucigalpa, capital of Honduras, where federal and rebel troops are engaged in com bat. Below are American sailors from the Milwaukee as they ar- General Tosta on Cepile, one of the principal defenses of Teguci galpa. The attack began at 4 a. m. I was asleep, but awakened as the roar of the rifles and machine gur.s rose on the air. The flashes of the guns stabbed tirough the darkness of the night. The spitting of the rifles was continuous. The sharp, staccato, re ports of the machine guns sound ed like some immense riveting ma chine in action. But high above everything—at times almost drowning out the otl> er sounds, were the shrill howls of the fighting Indians. It seemed as if all the coyotes in the world had gathered in front of Cepile—as if hell, itself had opened wide its gates to spew forth a horde of demons. It is not every day that one can swing in his hammock on a front porch, drink highballs, and watch a battle, or an airplane making a bombing attack. Yet such was the experience of the Americans in Tegucigalpa. Most of them live on La Leona, on the lower slopes of Mt. Picacho, High above the city. From there they could watch the assaults of the rebels on Cepile and Juan Alines, two of the principal defenses of the city. So accustomed did they become rived in the Honduranean capital to protect American interests. Above (at left) two ex-aviators of the U. S. Navy who are fly ing for the revolutionary forces, to the almost continual firing that their afternoon tennis games took all their attention. Even the rush of shell over their heads from Picacho, high above them would not distract their thoughts from 15-love. Nor did they exhibit any excite ment over the whining song of the bullets from the rebel lines, as they passed overhead to Picacho, i there to work their destruction. ARTILLERY FAILS TO BRING UP BOY’S BODY SAVANNAH, May 19.—N0 sign? has been found of the body of John Quincp Barnes, eight years I old boy drowned at Thunderbolt, although an intensive search has) been carried on. Besides divers searching the bottom, artillery was used in attempts to raise the body. Fort Scriven soldiers fired a fiel 1 artillery piece over the river six times from two locations but failed t 0 raise the body. Heavy charges of dynamite and jugs of lime explol ed were likewise bare of results. Little hope is held out for the re covery of the body. ' CROW NOT AS BLACK AS HE IS PAINTED ATLANTA, Map 19.—The crow undoubtedly has a most conspicious place in the rogues, gallery of the farmer. But Georgia farm experts, bas ing their statement on government reports, declare that he is not at till bad. An investigation of the stomach contents of some 2,200 crows from 39 states and some Canadian prov inces, agriculturists at the state capital assert, proved the maraud ing propensites of the bird beyond Sweet Dreams Six Just the Family Name of the ! Greatest Group of Pest-Kill ers Ever Made. Flies and Bugs Killed While You Look; Rais go out of Doors to do their Dying. If it's mosquitoes, flies, ants, bugs or rats that trouble you just read this; SWEET DREAMS—Just sprinkle on bed linen to keep mosquitoes off all night long—Price 35c. SWEET DREAMS SPRAY kills insects while you look: flies, mosquitoes, mites, fleas, moths and ants. Easy to use—Price 40c. SWEET' DRE M S ANT PASTE—Simply squeeze portions j of ant paste from tube where ants I are troublesome. Each ant carries i sufficient paste to nest to kill ■ many other ants, and thus entire ! colonies are quickly wiped out —' Price 35c. ' SWEET DREAMS RAT PASTE | —creates thirst after being eaten. | Rats afid mice die while out of doors seeking water, and their ; bodies dry up, emitting little, if ? any, odor—Price 35c. SWEET DREAMS ROACH POWDER—poisonous only to roach es and water bug, hence may be sprinkled freely and without cau tion on pantry shelves and other places where food-stuff are stored , —Price 35c. SWEET DREAMS INSECT POWDER—this powder is absolute ly pure and is packed in a much larger package than usually retails Tor 15c. Money refunded if not ab solutely satisfactory. Sold by every dealer, everywhere.— (adv.) THE AMERICUS TIMES-RF.CORDER Lawrence (Buster) Brown, pilot, and C. E. Krueger, with bomb. Together they have bombed Te gucigalpa many times. General Gregorio Ferrea, chief leader of the rebels, at right. "X' yv X -g- -Mr ' S 4SJT.' < i IMukS. h - ■' - ■ 1 - > x W ' I v ft .'y x ’' ■ r- ''>'•*?■•••. _ a t' ■‘J* . . . . - ' ... > 1 • Rebels making an attack on Tegucigalpa. They had just ad vanveed to this position to open fire on government troops who at- a doubt but revealed some virtues, it was shown, that few appreciated. Wild birds and eggs make up on ly about one-third of one per cent of the crow’s yearly diet and this during three months of the year. Grasshoppers, on the other hand, furnish as high as 42 per cent of his annual menu, and it is comi puted that a family of six crows will consume in the nesting period of about three weeks, 38,000 of these insects. What we folks in Georgia and other southern states would like to; know is, does he eat boll weevils as well as grasshoppers?, asked a leading Georgia farmer in discuss ing the matter in the lobby of the state capitol. “As between grass hoppers and crows there .isn’t much choice in this section but if ,the winged robber can be shown io be a weevil destroyer of the sic-t magnitude, possibly we may be in duced to remove some of our scar ■- crows.” Our idea of a man who doesn’t know where to go is one who sits through a movie twice. Saits Fine for Aching Kidneys When Back Hurts Flush Your Kidneys as You Clean Your Bowels Most folks forget that the kidneys, like the bowels, sometimes get sluggish and clogged and need a flushing occa sionally. else we have backache and dull misery in the kidney region, severe headaches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver, acid stomach, sleeplessness and all sorts of bladder disorders. You simply must keep your kidneys active and clean and the moment you feel an ache or pain in the kidney region begin drinking lots of water. Also get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any good drug store here, take a tablespoonful in a glass of water be fore breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act line. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and is intended to flush clogged kid neys and help stimulate them to activ ity. It also helps neutralize the acids in the urine so they no,longer irritate, thus helping to relieve bladder dis orders. Jad Salts is inexpensive; makes a delightful effervescent lithia water drink which everybody should take now and then to help keep their kidneys clean. A well-known local druggist says he sells lots of Jad Salts to folks who be lieve in trying to correct kfrlnpy trouble while it is only trouble. By all means have your physician examine your kid neys at least twice a year, w <• -Xs iX, ! W»* : i W)£w.’- •;•;>X v' • <■ A>X7 'vc/ -XX-v .<-<Xw?aKyXs?ft»?K3r Gun covering advance of the rebels on the capital. It had just been fired and displaced in re- ~~ "Jt V- x ■ ' < f / z ’ : ‘ ' _ H»s last rebellion—graphic pho to story of a warrior’s end in the tempted to counter-attack. Inci- dentally, Rob Dorman, NEA ser vice staff photographer, had to JOOvT r /fWM. Looking Years Ahead AMT To Be Ready to Serve MHSI - ' a enormous additions to be made to the VvWI al telephone system this year must be made J to fit the plans of the future. T° do this economically and make the additions °f the greatest service value, the engineers have already planned the work for a period of five years in the future. Gross additions to the telephone plant of this / Company, costing not less than $37,700,000 will re< l u i re d during the next five years. \ During this period it is estimated that there will be a net gain 0G127,000 new telephones. The money for this undertaking must be secured from investors who are willing to put their money in the telephone business in the «?t<u South. They will not supply it unless they are ?oo win be’ ex- assured of an annual net return which they con- Xded for the aider reasonable. * construction of new plant and Your state’s share and your city’s share in this for additions and rapid expansion of the telephone system is of the* bViT Tei£ great importance. A proper understanding of our phono System in problems and friendly co-operation on your part Georgia during are necessary to the successful accomplishment of ». 1924. . such a gigantic task. C. G. BECK, Georgia Manage? ) . _ .. ;■ Bell System” v; i. ■ SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Policy, Ont Syttem. Univ«n«i Stroict 7 MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 19, 192? coil as this picture was taken. The rebels had captured the g un from federals at Amapala. Honduranian revolt. rush to cover under a rain of bullets just after snapping this picture. REL EASE DATES OH COTTON REPORTS Semi-Monthly Condition and Progress Reports to Be Made By Dept. During Season ATLANTA. May 19.—Semi- monthly reorts as to condition, pro gress and probable production of cotton are to be issued by the Crop Reporting Board of the United States Department of Agriculture as provided by Senate Bill 2112 signed by President Coolidge May 3 according to reports received here. The reports are to be issued sim ultaneously with the cotton ginninp® reports of the Bureau of Release dates of the cotton re ports this year are as follows: July 2; July 21; August 8, Au gust 23; September 8. September 23; October 8; October 25; Novem ber 8: November 21, and December 8. The reports will relate to acre age and condition as of the first and fifteenth of the month, except that on July 2 which will be as of June 25. Heretofore, cotton re ports related to the twenty-fifth of the preceding month. The legislation provides no funds xor the five additional reports it is stated. The question of additional funds is now under- consideration by the director of the budget. If additional money cannot be obta n ed, the department feels that it will be necessary to drop several other lines of crop reporting work so that funds and personnel may be transferred to the cotton states, it is pointed out. 200 CARS TO CARRY ELKS TO STATE MEET ATLANTA, May 19.—Approxi mately 200 motor cars are expected to be required to carry Atlanta's delegation to Augusta to attend the sessions of the Georgia State Elk’s association May 21-22, it is an nounced by officials of the Atlan ta lodge. ! In addition to unattached mem bers, the delegation from Atlanta will include the Royal Purple band, the Purple Devils patrol, the degree team, troubadours and the drum corps, it is stated. PERMISSION GIVEN TO ABANDON LINE WASHINGTON, May 19.—The receiver of the Pelham, and Havana Railroad Company was given per mission by the Interstate Commerce Commission today t 0 abandon the company’s line from Cairo, Ga.. to Havana, Fla., a distance of 25.3C|j| miles. ™ Chicago man got arrested foi claiming a pistol beat four aces.
