About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia—Showers this after noon and tonight ; cooler tonight Thursday partly cloudy; cooler in Southeast portion. -TY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 120 M’MICHAEL DIES SUDDENLY AT ATLANTA o o o o o o o'ooooooooo 000000000 o School Trustees Consider Junior College] Prospect Here »SIIIE CO WITTEE MS® PROPOSAL ENTER WDPLD CBT Cali Issued Today By Senator Swanson Following House Conference COOLIDGE’FAVORS MOVE President Tells Members His Stand Regarding American Participation WASHINGTON, May 21.—The senate foreign relations committee called today to consider for the first time in the present session of con gress action on proposals for Amer can membership in the world court. The meeting, which was called at the request of Senator Swanson, of Virginia, was preeded by a lengthy White House conference last night, at which President Coolidge reiter ated tothe republican members his stand in favor of conditional membership in a permanent court of international justice set up by th e League of Nations. ■H tfiST FOPD SHOALS LEASE Motion to Report Bill to Lease Flivver Maker Plant Loses 10 to 6 WASHINGTON, May 21.—Mo tion to report the Ford bill provid ing for the leasing of Muscle Shoals was lost by a vote of 10 to 6 in the senate agriculture committee to f) day - HEARING WILL END NEXT MONDAY WASHINGTON, May 21.—Mus cle Shoals hearings will end next Monday, the senate agriculture com mittee agreed today after execu tive session. The committee will consider all proposals at executive sessions beginning Tuesday and a report is expected by the end cf the week. URGED Bl EXPERTS Cotton Farmers Are Told That Cold Weather Did Not Less ' en Numbers ATLANTA, May 21.—Prepare to fight the boll weevil with all the 3peed one may command. This, in effect, is the advice cf the insect investigators of the fed eral department of agriculture, made public here today by argricul tural agents of the railroads, who with other agencies, are helping to rally the forces that will do battle with the billion-dollar bug. The opinion is expressed by agents of the department of agri cuture that many cotton farmers are placing too much confidence in the cold weather of last January and are expecting a lighter invasion of boll weevils than they will actual ly experience this year. The farmers are all wrong, it ap pears, for the latest information available shows that while the em ergence from hibernation will be generally light, there will be suf ficient weevlis to do very serious damage in almost all sec tions. Laboratory Test Gives Prospects. Each fall, according t 0 entomolo gists of the federal department of approximately thirty, ■thousand boll weevils are placed in hibernation cages at Tallulah, Louisana, Percentage of weevils emerging this year in spite of cold weather, the official report states, is greater than was the case in either 1918 or 1919 and approaches close ly that of 1917 and 1920. As near ly as can be predicted, the survival will probably be higher than in 1917, 1918 or 1919, and will fairly closely approach that of 1920. “The farmer who does not pre pare to fight the weevil now is mere ly gambling on the weather during July and August,” says an official ptatement. THE TIMES ’RECORDER PUBLISHED IN THE ART/ OF DIXIE Conferees Put lop - Sur-lax At Forty Per Cent on Income 50 Per Cent Reduction in Normal Taxes on In comes Under SB,OOO Agreed Upon, With Sen ate Amendments Rejected Unanimously WASHINGTON, May 21.—Unanimous agreement was reached to day by conferees on the tax reduction bill. The Simmons democratic income rate schedule providing for 40 percent maximum surtax rate and 50 per cent reduction in normal taxes on incomes under SB,OOO, was accepted. Senate amendment providing for full publicity tax returns and tax on undistributed corporation profits was rejected. Bomb Tossed Into lemple At Chicago Meeting Place of Ku Klux Wrecked Following Mysterious Anonymous Warning—One Man Injured When Explosive is Hurled CHICAGO, May 21.—A bomb thrown from an automobile early today wrecked the entrance and damaged several floors of Grand Crossing Masonic Temple, and injured a man in an adjoining building. Police believe the bombing had connection with a meeting in the building last night of the Ku Klux Klan, held in defiance of anonymous ous letters of warning. WDRKNEN BUSY B PUTTING MACHINERY IN CREAMERY MT Big Cork Insulation Walls Being Built and More Machinery Is A d d ed BOILER ALREADY PLACED Big Churn Ready to Begin Turn ing Out Butter As Soon As Preparations Completed Workmen are busy now putting the finishing touches on the plant of the Americus Creamery Company on Cotton avenue in, the new C. M. Council building. Already a quanti ty of this machinery is in place, and the in sulating walls of the cool-, ing and freezing rooms are being placed in position now. R. C. Wilson, of Savannah, who is president of the new enterprise, was in Americus Tuesday and while here made a thor ough inspection of the plant being erected by his company. It is ex pected that the first cream will bq run through the churn at the new plant not later than July 1, when Mr. Wilson and his associates will invite the public to visit and inspect the entire building. I. E. Wilson, of Americus, who is secretary and treasurer of the company, and who has been in active charge of the plant of the Amefius Ice Cream Company, which will consolidate with the creamery concern, will be general manager of both concerns following the consolidation. Discussing the prospective con sumption of cream and output of butter at the new creamery, R. C. Wilson today stated to a Times-Re corder representative: “With our present equipment the Americus creamery can easily handle 200 gal lons of cream daily, which should produce approximately 500 pounds (Continued on Page 7.) BOTTLED SOFT DRINKS MUST ALL BE LABELLED ATLANTA, May 21.—Bottled soft drinks sold in Georgia must bear a label, or crown cap, telling the nature of the contents and whether or not artificial coloring and flavoring is used in the drink’s manufacture, according to ruling made recently by Attorney General George M. Napier and J. J. Brown, commissioner of agriculture. The attorney general and the commisioner of agriculture acted as a joint court at a hearing regarding the product of a local bottler, whih bore no label, nor other wording, indiating the nature of the bottle’s contents. The drinks in question were imi tation fruit flavors, but were sold under the trade-names which did not tell the flavor, of the drink. Com plaint was made by an inspector of foods and drugs. i AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 21, 1924 . —A- r - - - - - ■ - -. COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE FINISHING IIP YEAR All Except Concord Held Nine- Months Session Many Teachers Re-Elected Every school in Sumter county this year are completing a nine months terms except Concord Aca demy, which only went eight months. The county board of education are now asking that all the schools take state examination in seventh grade. The compeltion of this exa mination by a pupil gives to him the state grammar school certificate. These examinations are furnished by state school superintendent and are productive of much good in deed in properly co-ordinating the grades. A few schools in the state d 0 not take these examinations as they are not rompuisory. Almostt all of the consolidated schools have elected teachers foi another year. ThaTcar. and Con- >' i academies are on the lookout for two male teachers for principals. Plains will retain practically their same corps of teachers for another year. iubmiki BASEBALL DISMISSED BUTLER, May 21.—Consider able interest was manifested in the injunction case argued before Judge Munro, in Butler in which Mr. W. T. Mullis, k prominent citizen of Reynolds, sought t 0 prohibit base ball games being played on the Reynolds diamond as now« locatea near his home. The injunction brought by Mr. Mullis was issued by Mr. E. J. Mims, owner of the land on which ,the diamond is located, and Prof. E. H. Joiner, superintendent of the Reynolds High school, and manager of the High school team. Mr. Join er was represented by his attorney Hon. C. W. Foy, while Hon. Jul® Felton appeared for the defendants. After hearing considerable evi dence on both sides and strong ar guments by the attorney}!, Judge Munro passed an order dismissing the injunction. REES PARK KIDS DEFEAT BLACK SOX (-Contributed.) A close, snappy game played on Rees Park diamond Monday was that between Rees Park vs. Black Sox. The score was 13 to 9 in favor of Rees Park. The batteries for Res Park were Gardner, Buchanan and Gaines; for Black Sox, Costleberry, Feagin, Gatewood (Torr.) and Gatewood (Ainsworth). Home run scored by Gaines. . . Hall of Fame i I Jim » I- > J ii v ; - Thomas Edison, himself a can didate for the- Hall of Fame, un veils a statute of Joseph Henry, who invented the electric-magnet —one one of busts to ibe unveiled in New York University’s Hall of Fame. METHOD TO DETERMINE BONUS TOTAL STATED WASHINGTON, May 21. A veteran may determine the amount of his bonus this way: Figure up the number of days of service. For each day of home service above the Irst sixty days $1 will be allowed in adjusted service credit and for each day of overseas service above sixty day $1.25 will be given. If this adjusted service credit does not amount to more than SSO it will be paid in cash. Oth erwise an insurance policy will be given. The approximate value of this policy may be determin ed by. adding 25 per cent to the amount of credit due and multi plying the total by about 2 1-2. Thus if a veteran served 400 days at heme after the first six ty days he would be entitled to a policy valued at S4OO plus SIOO (25 per cent of the amount) multiplied by 2 1-2 or $1,250. COUNTY OFFICIALS MEETIT SAVANNAH Annual Conention Will Meet There Thursday for Two- Day Session SAVANNAH, May 21.—County officials from every section of the state are expected t 0 attend the thirty-eighth annual convention or the County Officers Association of Georgia which convenes here Thurs day May 29. The meeting will con tinue through Friday, May 30. Judge Roscoe Luke, of the Geor gia court of appeals, is scheduled to address the convention Friday morn ing on a subject of interest to the officers, it is announced. The first day’s business session will be held aboard the steamer “Merchant” during an ocean trip from Sayannah to the City of Beau for, S. C. and return, according to the program. The sessions aboard the steamer include meetings of county clerks, sheriffs, ordinaries, tax receivers and tax collectors, it was stated. The main business sessions ■will be held Friday morning in the city auditorium. The morning session will be featured by the address of Judge Luke and election of officers to serve for the ensuing year. Re ports of various committees will al so be made Friday. Friday afternoon, the delegates will be taken on an automobile trip to Tybee Island where various en tertainments have been arranged for the visitors. REPfIESENTftTIVE FROM MARION CO. IN GEORGIA HOUSE • Was Visiting in Home of Niece ’At Atlanta When Stricken With Fatal Attack DEATH CAME QUICKLY Stricken Man Expired Before Physicians Hurriedly Sum moned Arrived ATLANTA, May 21.—Edward H. McMichael, of Buena Vista, repre sentative of Marion county in the Georgia house of representatives, died suddenly at the home of his niece, Mrs. Annie C. Barbee, here today. He was sitting in the hall when he keeled over, and died be fore a physician could reach him. Representative McMichael, who was an uncompromising foe of the present Highway Department, had been sued recently foi libel in Bibb Superior court, and a hearing upon this suit was set for Monday next. This suit, he sa'd only a short time before his death would re-open much of the old highway department trouble in that it would serve to bring into court the records and correspondence touching the control and sale of the Elberton quarry to the State, and his charge that Engineer Crossland made a commission on the deal. Mr. McMichael said he would not entertain any proposition that the case be withdrawn, but would in sist that it go to trial. “I was satisfied,” he said, “that I had done my duty as a Legisla tor. I came to the conclusion that, under a new administration, the Highway Department would prac tice economy, develop efficiency and better condition, and was con tent to let matters take their course and see it work out that way, but this case was brought against mo and now I am in position to bring in much direct evidence which 1 could not heretofore get at, and I feel I am in position to lay bare everything connecd with the quarry deal and those who were concerned in it.” 260 GRADUATE IT GEORGIA TECH Majority of Those to Receive Diplomas June 9th Are Na tive Georgians ATLANTA, May 21.—More than two hundred and sixty seniors, the largest class on record, will receive diplomas from the various degree granting departments of the school Monday, June 9, and will be grad uated from the Georgia School of Technology. The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by Dr. Carter Helm Jones, of Atlanta, at the Second Baptist church on Sunday, June 8, at eleven o’clock. The candidates for degrees will attend the sermon in a body, wearing the caps and gowns in which they will be grad uated the following day. Members of the faculty of the several de partments will also attend the ser mon dressed in cap and gown. Dr. M. L. Brittain, president of Georgia Tech, will be in charge of the graduating ceremonies on Mon day. Dr. A. B. ”Winshlp, of Bos ton, Mass., who is editor of the New England Journal of Education and one of the foremost leaders in the educational field of the country will be Orator of the day. Th e class that was graduated in 1923 was the largest -to finisfii in the history of the school up to that time, however, this year’s class ex ceed that of last by a margin of about fifty. Os the total number that will be graduated, 178 are from Georgia more than all other states of ‘he Union combined. Most of the re maining ones are from adjoining southern states, according to offi cials, while three are from Cuba and one from Greece. The Electrical Engineering de partment will furnish the greatest number of men from one depart ment, which totals 60. Trouble Starts Albania Again BELGRADE, May 21.—Trouble has broken out in northern Albania, according to the newspaper Politika. Insurgents are reported to have cap tured Scutari and several other towns, thjohWsTo.ooo BUL FOB ASSAULT Warrants Served As Millionaire Steps From Trained Accom panied By Lawyers NEW YORK, May 21.—Harry K. Thaw is held in bail again today after a few hours of absolute free dom. He pleaded not guilty yester day to two indictments charging him with kidnaping Frederick Gump Jr., in 1916, and with second de gree assault, and is being held on - SIO,OOO bail. Ater he had gone to the office of his attorney, he was recalled to court for arraignment on a third indictment, which had been recov ered from the court’s files. Ta.s indictment charged Thaw with a con spiracy to get Gump, then 16 years old, out of the jurisdiction of the court after the alleged attack. Returning to the criminal courts building, Thaw also pleaded not guilty to this charge. He was re leased in the custody of his counsel until today, when his bail is to be adjusted t 0 include the conspiracy indictment. Thaw had planned to return to Pittsburg last night, but after being paroled he arranged to remain here (overnight. When he stepped from his train, accompanied by one of his attorneys and a hired companion, who was With him constantly, he was served with two bench warrants by a de tective from the district attorney’s office. He had successfully evaded (these warrants for 7 and one half years. Although detectives lost no time in getting Thaw from, the station, before he could reach the street, a 1 crowd of perhaps 200 or 300 per sons was surging about him. The court room was crowded long before Thaw arrived. He did not speak a word during his arraign ment. His special attorney, George Z. Medalie, entered the pleas of not guilty. After his arraignment, Thaw posed for newspaper camermen for 15 minutes. When reporters ques tioned him, he refused to answer butt took from his pocket several copies of a typewritten statement, in which he criticised alienists who testified against him at the recent trial in Philadelphia, in which a jury found he was sane. There were indications today that Gump, who since has married and moved to California, would not come here to testify against Thaw. Without him as a complainant, it would be impossible to place rhe defendant on trial. Thaw, according to one of his at tornays, will return to Pittsburg for the funeral on Friday of his brother Edward Thaw. CAPT. LANG KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT MELBOURNE, Australia, May 21.—Captain Andrew Lang, hold er of the world’s airplane altitude record, was killed today when an automobile he was driving crashed into a fence during a dense fog. 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 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. New York Future* PC. Open High Low Close | Jan. ..24.38(24.60 25.12124.60 24.97 I May , 31.45131.70 32.20131.70]32.13 I July . 29.00129.15 29.49(29.15 29.37 I Oct. ,25.45125.65 26.02(25.65 25.98 Lee. 24.63124.86 25.28124.86 25.66 I Americus strict middling 29 l-4c. | PRICE FIVE CENT AGGIE TRUSTEES W CBRSBUDATE SCHOOL INTO JOB COLLEGE Resolution Adopted By County School Board Received and Debated Favorably . PRANCE HEAD COMMITTEE Four Board Members Will As sist Principal in Investigating Proposal The trustees of 3rd District A. fc M. school today were presented with resolutions of the county Board of Education proposing that the col lege be turned into a normal agr. cultural and vocational school an<t that they teach only the 10th and 11th, , 12ih and 13th grades making It a junior college. The trustees debated the resolu tion in all its aspects and unani mously appointed a committee «»£ foui with Prof. Prance ar chair man to make further investigation and draw up plans for its complete adoption as prepared by the pub lished resolutions of the county board, if these are finally approved ■'iKvery normal and technologi cal school in the South so far af* known is well attended, said Col. J. E. D. Shipp, chairman of the school board today. “There seems to be an unprecedented demand for vocational training in all its branch es,” said Col. Shipp. “This change will mean much for the third congressional district and this liberal minded board of trustees have done that which will in probability so far as all signs point make thia school great and useful.” NOMfflNfflSE ACCUSEDATNEWARK Indicted With Tex Rickard and Others For Conspiracy to Transport Fight Films NEWARK, May 21.—Jasper Numa, who figured prominently in the recent senate investigations at Washington, Is among those indi cated here by federal grand jury with Tex Rickard for conspiracy to transport, fight films in interstate commerce, it is learned today from official sources. OEPIWTIJGHT TO TRANE’ WHEELER WASHINGTON, May 21.—The senate Daugherty cojnmitee wat told today that representatives ol the department of justice not only had sought to “frame Senator Wheeler,’’ its prosecutor, but had spied on its members and witnesses and spirited away famous diaries of Gaston B. Means, working with tha; committee as investigator. One of these witnesses was W. O. Duckstein, who said he knew about the whole proceeding because his wife is a secret agent of the de partment. It was she he said who identified in his presence the rec ords of Means after they had been secured by a ruse.
