About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (June 4, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia—Partly cloudy to night and Thursday. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. I 31 CHICAGO BOYS MAY ESCAPE NOOSE PENALTY o o O O‘O O O 0000000000 0000.00000 Famous Preacher 1 o Conduct Great Tent Meeting Here 0000000000 o O O O O O 00000000 OO SUMTER TO SAVE UNDER NEW BUYING PLAN New Federal lax Bill to Save Georgians Over 1 hreeMillions Approximately $1,250,000 Cut From Levy on Incomes Alone in This State ROSE GIVES OUT FIGURES Collector Tells of Benefits to Be Derived By Taxpayers Through New Measure ATLANTA, June 4.—Approxi mately $1,250,000 will be saved by Georgians on their 1924 income tax payments as a result of the signing of the tax reduction bill by Presi dent Coolidge, it was announced Tuesday by J. T. Rose, collector of internal revenue for Georgia. Sav ings on other taxes affected by the bill will run the total up to $3,500,- 000, it is estimated by the collec tor. “All individual taxpayers,” Col lector Rose said, “will be given the benefit of the 25 per cent reduction of income taxes- payable during 1924 in determining the amount to be paid as the June 15 installment “If one-fourth of the total tax re ported was paid at the time the re turn was filed, the June 15 install ment will be only one-half of the amount paid when the return was filed. As an example, if the total tax liability was SIOO, and $25 be ing paid at the time the return was filed, the amount of the June in stallment will be $12.50. The cor rect tax liability being reduced from SIOOO to $75, and $25 having been paid, it is only necessary that the amount of the June installment be sufficient to cover one-half of the total amount due for the year. “If three-fourths of the total (amount of tax reported to be due was paid at- the time of filing the} return, no further payments will be due. “If one-half of the total tax re ported- to be due was paid when the return was filed, no payment will be due until September 15. “In the event the entire amount of tax reported to be due was pa ! d at the time the return was filed, the overpayment of 25 per cent will be refunded as soon as it is physically possible to do so. In the mean time it will not be necessary that any claim for refund be filed or any other action taken by the taxpayer.” underwoTdtrying FORCE von ON ML WASHINGTON, June 4.—Con gress, with adjournment set for next Saturday, suffered today from acute legislative congestion. The senate side was the most affected of the two, the group headed by Senator Underwood, of Alabama, being de termined to got the vote on Muscle Shoals and another led by La Fol lette, republican insurgent, being on record as opposing any action not desiged for the relief of agri culture. legion party off FOR MEET TONIGHT Robert C. Lane, commander of John D. Mathis post and other delegates to the Savannah American Legion conventio nwill leave tonight for that city. Members of the Le gion Auxiliary are entitled to the same reduced railroad ates as Le gionnaies, Commander Lane stated this afternoon, the rate being $10.74 for round trip. It is expected that many others besides the official delegation wijl make the trip to Sa vannah to attend the convention there. 1 HERBERT BURNHAM WINS SCHOLARSHIP IN FRANCE SAVANNAH, June 4.—Herbert M. Burnham, former resident of Savannah, in a contest conducted by the Tennessee chapte? of the Amer ican Institute of Architects, won a scholarship to the school of Archi tecture at Fontainebleau, France. He sails early this month to take .up his course. Mr. Burnham's resi dence is now >n Memphis, Tenn, THE fiMORECORDER PUBLISHED in THE heart of dixie Baby Creeps Through Mesh Holding Others Outside U. S, iI , L I f ■ >:■ I ■ s S j~q~ -S' % ' ' ■ ' oWjf / Ir - i 1 < y J - Jr f y -wl / Jxff / far / • V- / . ■ - / Lzi ; tl , „ s* MRS. AGNES CULLUMBINE AND BABY NEW YORK, June 4.—Trough the narrowing meshes of the close knit immigration net has crept a four-months-old baby about to be de ported as “excess quota.” He came from Yorkshire, England, with his mother, Mrs. Agnes Cullumbine. K e was going to Youngstown, Ohio, to join his father who had never seen him. But the Ellis Island immi gration officials held him up. For he was, in the eyes of the law, a British alien. And the British quota has been filled.' His mother, meanwhile, had been admitted as a ‘first paper’ Ameri can, who had gon e abroad on a visit. So there was nothing to do, ac cording to the law, but admit the woman—and deport the baby. Hur led appeal to Washington, however, struck a responsive chord. Act ing Secretary of Labor White read a note of humanity into the strict letter of the law and ordered the child’s release. His parents then took him for a joy ride up Broadway, over to the railroad station, and caught the first train out to Youngstown. There Cullumbine, who has a good job as machinist, expects to remain until his citizenship, as well as the baby s will be fully established. “This call,” he says, “has been too close to wrecking our happiness.” M’TIGUE TO FIGHT STRIBLING SEPT. 6 SARATOGA SPRINGS, June 4. Mike McTigue, light heavyweight champion of the world who is in training here, announced today that he had accepted SIOO,OOO offer from Promoter McCormick, of Tulsa, Okla., for a return match with Young Stribling in Tulsa September 6. EWleo 18 I PPfIL, 81 PIES RULES ATLANTA, June 4.—Attorney General Napier today ruled that Walter B. Hill, state supervisor of negro schools, whose resignation was requested recently by Superin dent of Education Ballard is entitl ed to appeal to the state board education before his removal from office can be made effective. MORE JAPS SUICIDE AS EXCLUSION PROTEST TjOKIO, June 4.—Provincial cor respondents of vernacular - newspa pers here repot four cases of sui cide in emulation of an unknown Japanese who killed himself near the huins of the old American ere bftsgy last Saturday in protest against the American exlusion of Japanese immigration. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 4, 1924 DAUGHERTY REFUSES TESTIFY (ND DIRECTS MUNCIE WITHDRAW Had Been Asked to Be Last Witness to Appear in Probe Now Drawing to Close SUMMONED FOR FRIDAY Announces Position As to Rep resentation By Council in Re fusing to Testify WASHINGTON, June 4.—For-* mer Attorney General Daugherty to day notified the senate Daugherty committee that he would neither ■testify as a witness nor be present ed further by counsel in its proceed ing. The committee asked Daugh erty to take the stand Friday as the last witness before the preliminary report was submitted to the senate. MOBERG KILLED AUTOMOBILE CRASH BILOXI, June 4.—Alfred J. Moberg, Jr., 22, died in the Biloxi hospital here .today from injuries' sustained when he struck a match while drawing gasoline from the tank of an automobile. Moberg's clothing became ignited and sever al pernon attracted succeeded in c'YttmgUlisiMng the blaze but not u i til he hud received fatal burns. 1H Sil® fill SIGNED 10 HUSSION OF THEIR GUILT TFT State Must Rely Upon Witnesses to Substantiate Verbal State ments of Chicago Boys BOTH CLOSELY GUARDED Double Guards Placed About lheir Celis Are Maintatned Day and Night CHICAGO, June 4. —Nathan Leo pold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, sons of Chicago millionaires, admitted kid napers and slayers of Robert •Franks, 14-year-old school boy, have signed no confessions, it be came known today, and the state must rely on the testimony of wit nesses who heard the statements. Double guards have .been placed about the boys’ cell day and night. HIGH SCHOOL CLDSIHG EXERCISES mm WLMDER T H LI TER Community Orchestra Will As sist in Furnishing Music for Commencement Occasion HOOPER TO BE SPEAKER Diplomas to ,Be Presented Grad uates By Chairman Dykes of Board of Education Closing exercises of Americus High school will be held Thursday night at Rylander Theater, with an interesting program prepared for the occasion. Frank A. Hooper, of Atlanta, a former resident of Americus, will deliver the literary address, and he will be introduced by Supt. J. E. Mathis of the city school system. Admittance to the theater for the commencement exercises will be by ticket only, and these are being 1 dis tributed through the members of the graduating class. The entire seat ing capacity of the theater has been apportioned equally among the graduates, and only those who re ceive tickets will be admitted. This as necessary in the opinion of school officials, to asure eating of all friends of the graduates who wish to be present on Thursday night’ occasion, and is in accordance with the practice followed in previous years. Members of the senior class are privileged to distribute tickets among their friends without con sulting the faculty, it was stated to day, that privilege having been ex clusively delegated to them. MILLERAHD SUMMONS PAINLEVEII ELISEE - ■ *> PARIS, June 4.---President Mil lerand summoned Paul Painleve, for mer premier and newly elected president of the chamber of deputies to the Elysee palace today for con sultation with regard to the forma tion of a new cabinet to succeed the going one headed by Poincare. PAINLEVE elected CHAMBER PRESIDENT PARIS', June 4.—Painleve, for mer premier, was today elected president of the chamber of dep uties. PRICES ANNOUNCED FOR POULTRY TRAIN Prices to be paid at the Seaboard poultry train which will be at Amer icus Thursday aftenoon and at Huntington, Leslie and DeSoto Fri day morning were announced h»re -toddy. George O. Marshall, coun ty agent, announced the prices as follows: Broilers, and fryers, 1 to 2 lbs., 30c; stags, young fowls over 21-4 lbs., 18c; hens,. 18c; roosters, 8; ducks, 10c; geese, 7c; turkeys,-15c; guineas, 25c head. Jumps & s > ffl * ' H fl " //■*&< A 4 * ssi HF a, v A w I If R I ■ UgKS Sergeant Olin Brown, U. S. air service, and his “jumping bal loon.” in which h c tried to imi tate the moon-jumping cow of the nursery rhymes at the Lake hurst (N. J.) air circus. THOUSANDS OF OLD SOLDIERS GATHERED ATMEMPHIS REUNION Thirty-fourth Annual Occasion Opens With 4,000 Confed erates Attending ADDRESSES DELIVERED Governor of Tennesse and May or of Memphis Join in Wel coming Visiting Hosts MEMPHIS, June 4.—Soldiers of the old south formally opened their 34th annual reunion here today with upwards of 4,000 wearers of the gray on hand to live over thu days of the ’6O'g. Addresses of welcome by the gov ernor of Tennessee and the mayor of Memphis the annual address of the commander-in-chief, and other officers of the organization and auxiliaries featured the opening day’s session. GEN. HALDEMAN TELLS OF VALOROUS RECORD MEMPHIS, June 4.—Although “today we love and honor another flag—the flag of our country—the bonnie blue flag is, and will ever remain near our hearts,” declared General W. B. Haldeman, of Louis ville Commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, in an address prepared for delivery here foday at the annual reunion of the Confederate Veterans. General Haldeman asserted that “the contribution made by the Con federate soldier in the war between the States is a record of valor, en durance and adherence to principle that can but add to the glory of the republic and we have no apology to make that we loved the flag under w’hich we served, and still cherish it with tenderest love.” “The bonnie blue flag is, and will ever remain near our hearts,” he said. “Today, we honor and love an other flag—the flag of our common country—the flag bespangled with the stars of forty-eight states in this American union. To the glory of this flag, the sons and grandsons of the Confederate Veterans have attested their devotion by the giving of their lives. To the honor of this ( Continued on Page Four.) BARNS,WILL SPEAK AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. O. F. Barns, of Columbus, will speak at the prayer meeting in First Baptist church tonight at 8 o’clock. Dr. Barns is a member of the Piekern Evangelistic organiza tion, which will open a campaign in Americus Sunday, preaching in a tint at Dudley Field. Pickren Party Will Open Catnpain Sunday “Get Right With God” to Be Slogan During Tent Meeting to Be Conducted Here —Two F isted Preacher-Evangelist Said to ‘Denounce Sin in As Terrific Terms As Sam Jones Ever Did’ “Get Right With God” is the slogan of the evangelistic campaign 'hich is to begin Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock under the mammoth tent which has been erected this week on Dudley field baseball lot on Hampton street, at the site of the new Commercial warehouse. An organipation has been perfected with Dr. Carl W. Minor of the First Baptist church as chairman, and this organization will have charge of the meetings which are to continue for four weeks, according to announcement made by Dr. Minor. Evangelist Ashley V. Pickern of Columbus will lead the campaign, assisted by the members of his party which consists of Rev. 0. F. Barnes, director of organization and personal work, Mrs. 0. F. Banes, specialist in ladies work; J. Bennett Pirkern Music Director and W. H. Jones business manager. All the members of the party ex dept the evangelist are already in the city, and arrangements are prac tically completed so the opening service Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. , Evangelist Pickern w'ho has achieved marked success as a pas tor and evangelist was introduced to an Americus audience by Dr. Minor last year as “One of his fourteen sons, ’ with the added explanation (that Rev. Pickern was one of fourteen men who were baptized by Dr. Minor in his earlier ministry who have since entered the ministry themselves. The Pickern Evangelistic party have recently conducted successful campaigns in Phenix City, Ala. ani LaGrange, Ga., where hundreds of persons were converted according to press reports from these cities. When een by a epreentative of The Times-Recorder Rev O. F. Barn es, director of organization for the evangelistic said: “We are delighted with Ameri cus and with the outlook for some real service here. You may say that this is not merely an effort to have a revival, but it is an Evan gelistic campaign. We trust the churches have already had a reviv al in their several meetings and now, because of that fact they want Jo go out after the lost. We aru simply here to lead them in that work in which we are specialists. Evangelist Pickern is a plain, up standing, two-fisted, God-loving, sin hating preacher. He denounces sin in as terrific terms as Sam Jones ever did and pleads with lost souls as tenderly as George Truett. He believes that every man is a “stew ard of God” and as such a public servant, and from the boot-black to the mayor he will do the City good wherever he gets a hearing.” The services on Sunday will ba held at three o’clock and at 730 The first thirty minutes will be de voted to a song sevice led by Music Director J. Bennett Pickern, whois a son of the Evangelist. During the week there will be no services in the tent except at night when the serv ices will begin at 7:30 o'clock. Services will be held in the va rious churches co-operating Sun day at 11 a. m„. but the evening l services will be called off and the congregations will worship together jn the big tent, it is announced by the evangelistic management. LUCIAN KNIGHT QUITS AS GEORGIA HISTORIAN ATLANTA, June 4.—Lucian La mar Knight, state historian and di rector of the department of archives and history today tendered his res ignation to the state historical com mission ’to become ‘effective at the expiration of his present term which 'expires January 1. He gave no reason for .relinquishing the office , TOMATO PLANTS BEING SHIPPED TIFTON, June 4,—The ship ments of tomato plants from Tifton continue to be heavy. With contin ued fair weather, it is said the ship ments will continue to go over th? million mark as long as the plants last. New York Futures PC. Open High Low Close Jan. ..25.80|25.65|25.65124.85|24.85. Meh. 25.83|25.65|25.65|24.99j24.99 July ..29.80|29.70|29.70|28.82|28.82 Oct. .-26.80j26.58126.58|25.81|25.81 Dec. . 26.05j25.83i25.83|25.10j25.10 Americus spots 28 3-4 c. PRICE FIVE CENTS M’ADOO leading RACE IN FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE, June 4. With returns from about one tenth of the state precincits al ready tabulated, McAdoo early today was leading Underwood by two to one vote in Florida’s Democratic primary held yes terday. StWbms IN CARLOTS 111 Sffi PfflNG W TO STATE Scarborough Presents Proposi tion Before Commissioners, But Contract Declined BIG SAVING IS INVOLVED Huge Quantity of Gas and Oil Used During Paving Opera tions, It Is Declared Sumter county officials are .con sidering the purchase of gasoline in carlots outside of Georgia as an, economy measue, it became known today. One economy certain to re sult, it is declared, is a saving ot three cents a gallon on every gallon used. This saving is represented in the state gasoline tax now paidinto the treaury at Atlanta through deal ers. Other savings, it was indicated today by a member of the boad, will be effected though the purchase of gasoline and oil in quantity lots, thus eliminating all profit now pa ; d local dealers. The proposition of buying gaso line and oil outside the state was first brought to the attention of the commissioners, it is said, by F. F. Scarborough, a Macon man, who is seeking to negotiate a contract with the commisioners to buy all of their gasoline and oil through him as a broker. The contract proffered ths commissioners by Scarborough was declined, it was learned today, upon recommendation of Commissioner Poole, who objected to a clause (Continued on Page Six) SANSOVINO WINNER BE BURIED IN CUTHBERT The remains of Douglas Graham, Jr., the twd-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Graham, who died at his home in Memphis, Tenn., Monday afternoon at '5:30 o’clocl, after a short illness, will pass through Americus tonight on the Seminole train, and will be taken to Cuthbert where funeral and inte ment will take place Thursday. Mrs. H. C. Davis and Benjamin Davis, of Americus, were on their way to visit Mrs. Graham, reaching Memphis a shot while after the dsatfi of the baby. Mrs. Graham formerly resided hee and has many friends who ar* deeply grieved at the sorrow which, came so suddenly. A number of Americus relatives and friends will probably go to Cuthbert Thursday to attend the funeral exercises. BOND ISSUE VOTED COLUMBUS, June 4.—A bond issue of $900,000 for the construc tion of a new hight school, sewers, fire stations and a stadium to In clude municipal playgrounds, was successfully carried in a special local election held today.
