About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1924)
WEATHER Ftr Georgia—Generally fair and continued warm tonight and Satur day. '. . . ■ I FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 139 BANDITS GET HUGE LOOT NEAR CHICAGO OO O OO OO O O O o O 0 .0 0 o 0000000000 Republicans Planning Jo Elect Jicket Headed By Coolidge And Dawes 000000000 0000000000 o oo o o o o 48 ARE KILLED IN EXPLOSION ON BATTLESHIP MISSISSIPPI Most Daring Robbery In History Nets Two Millions Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul train Looted of Mail and Express By Bandits ONE OF ROBBERS SHOT Mistaken For Member of Train * Crew Bandit is Wounded By One of Own Pals CHICAGO, June 13. —-In one of the biggest and most daring rob beries in railroad history, four au tomobile loads of bandits last night held up a Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul mai land express train, and escaped with loot valued at close to $2,000,000. The train en route from Chicago to St. Paul stopped at Roundout, Ills., 32 miles nort hos Chicago'. It left Chicago at 9 o’clock, and 50 minutes later th e bandits took pos session of the train, and 55 minutes later gathered between 42 and 45 pouches of registered mail, and sped away in th e darkness. Only one man was shot ,a member of the ribber bang, mistaken by one of his fellows for a member of the train crew. AUTHORITIES WATCH ROADS FOR BANDITS CHICAGO, June 13.—Authori ties of several counties are watch ing all roads today for trace of four automobile loads of train robbers who rbbbed a Chicago, Milwaukee i& t. Paul express an dmail tarin last night, carryng away a fortune Bin registered mail. o rm postal and bank offcials, how ever, said the loot will be much less than the early estimates, which ranged from $1,000,000 to $2,000,- 000. HDNDREDSJTTEND PLArGROUND OPENING The swimming pool was opened Thursday, between 500 and 600 people going in during the day, it is announced by tthe officials. Besides those going into the wa ter, there were several hundred visitors on the grounds and around the pool during the afternoon and evening. „ Fifty-seven bonds were exchang ed for season tickets and $350 worth of season tickets were sold for pash. Single admissions and refreshments netted around an ad ditional SIOO, Treasurer Frank Harrold estimated last night. President J. T. Warren was on the grounds during the afternoon and evening, assisting Pref. McKee, who is in charge. John Shiver had charge of the bond sale and Treas urer Harrold also was aiding in get ting off to a good start. “The officials are gratified with the opening yesterday, Mr. Har rold stated today. “The cash in come exceeded what I expected for the first day.” President Warren stated last night that he had appointed a eonv mittee of local doctors, their names to announced in a day or two, who will give their personal attention to the pool and surroundings. “We are not going to leave anything undone ito make the water in the pool pure and free from contamination. This special committee willkeep in daily touch with the pool and itts sur roundings,” said Mr. Warren. Friday Mr. Warren was in Cor »dele to look into the running and arrangements of the pool there, to see if they have anything that will suggest an added feature, for the Americus pool. GA. STATE GEOLOGICAL BOARD HOLDS MEETING ATLANTA, June 13.—A meeting of the State Geological Jtoard was hid at the capital WeMesday fir the purpose of hearing reports from the State Geologist and ap proving the work to be done by the Geological department in the future It is understood that epecial at tention was given tq tfee marblp, clay industries of the stae. feft-K-PyBUSHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE FIELDS TRIM S SITE. FORMERLY SELECTED Tract Containing 3500 Acre* in Lee County Inspected By Committee Thursday A committee representing the Southwest Georgia Fields Trial As sociation visited Lee County Thurs day afternoon and went over a tract contaning 3500 acres, which may be purchased by the associa tion for the holding of annual meets hereafter. This committee, headed by Dr. V. B. Oliver, presi dent of the association, included A. S'. Tillman, Lucas Thiers and Waltetr Page. Every member of the commtteo retturned to Americus enthusiastic over the prospect of securing such an unusually available tract, it hav ing been found suitted in every way to the purpose of the association. The entire 3500 acres, which em brace practically eery type of soil suitable to purposes of the trials jn unfenced, and there are no na tural obstacles such as would inter fere materially with the dogs in hunting. The' tract is located about 12 miles from Americus upon a good road, and if secured will en able visitors here for the trials to use Amercus hotel facilites during ther stay with so inconvenience whatever. The location of the tract was not made public today, the com mittee desiring first to secure an option upon the property before an nouneng ths. , Secretary Thiers, who is in aettive 1 ly corresponding with a number of sportsmen residing in other cities wthin the territory of the assocation statted today that much interest in its expansion is being manif -st throughout this section and that members have already been enrolled from a number ‘of cities. SALES ffl BILL NOT TO BE PUSHED (01 Representative Groventein Says State ‘Does Not Need Any More Bills o (Consequence’ ATLANTA, June 13.—Represen tative A. N. Grdvenstein, of Effing ham county, who at the last of the General Assembly took an active part in trying to put over a gross sales tax whlh was to be in lieu of sfall occupation taxes de clares that he does not expect to push this bill at the coming session, because he thinks that the State is n good financial condition and “does not need any more bills of consequence.” Mr. Grovenstein stated that al though tthe people of Georgia seem ed to be opposed to such a tax, he believes that it will be adopted some time in the future, because “it dis tributes the weight of taxation, is fair and just, and easly paid. Mr. Grovenstein also expressed the belief that the coming session, of the Assembly will not pass an in come tax nor repeal the equalza tion law. When asked what he thought would come up for consid eration, he answered that some amendments may have to be passed to help in collecting the tobacco sales tax. Ha declared that he would be a candidate for re-election. • EATON IS NEW HEAD OF MASONIC CLUBS NEW YORK, June I?.—Arthur B. Eaton, of Philadelphia, was elect ed president of the, National League Masonic Clubs in today’s session of organization’s 19th annual con venton. Eaton, who has been vice president of the organization, is head of the civil service commssjon in JtyHadelphia. His electoin unanimous. AMERICUS, GEPRGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 13, 1924 CAMPAIGN STARTS' TO ELECT COOLIDGE ANDRAWESTICKET I Republican National Committee Begins Plans to Unify Their Strength in Contest ' STIRRING SCENES AT END Convention That Started With Interest Lacking Ended In Stormy Session CLEVELAND, June 13.—The campaign to elect Calvin Coolidge to succeed himself and Charles G- Dawes, of Illinois, vice president, got formally under way today with '.the organization of a new republi can committee. The republican national conven |tion, which started with almost de pressing calm, worked up steadily i through the three days of its ses- roaring, precedent set- I ting climax last night, end ended 'amid scenes that soothed the hearts jof old-timers. LA FOLLETTE SAYS PARTY TURNED BACK ON FARMERS MADISON, Wis. June 13.—The present national administration has ■ “litterally turned its back upon the I farmer,” Senator Robert M. La- I Follette, republcan of Wisconsin, declared in a statement made pub lic today. j;. ‘ He further declared that respon* I sibility for the “failure of the 68th congress to meet the rightteous de mand from farmers for necessary and effective legislation will rest upon President Coolidge.” ROBED KLAHSMEM IS ACCUSED 81FELANER EBENSBURG, Pa., June 13 The man w'ho held the nozzle of the fire hose that was turned on parad ing klansmen at Lilly, April 5, was struck down by a robed klansman ajid then shot by the same man, twa state witnesses testified at the trial ' of 44 alleged klansmen and Lily res *idents upon riot and unlawful as- I semiblage charges growing out of •the riot. Neither Richard Felker nor Appalucci, the witnesses, the latter a 14-year-old boy, were able to identify the klansmen, they tes tified, but Applaulucci declared the man who held the nozzle was Frank Miasci, one of the victims of the riot. They said that when the fire hose was turned on the march ers, a man they described as “a big robed klansman” left the ranks, struck down the man whq held the nozzle hnd then shot him. Imme diately afterward, they said, there was a volley of shots from the side of the klansmen directed toward the Lilly crowd. Appalucci testified he ran when the shooting started, but said he was struck twice by bullets, in the right side and left leg. David George testified he saw Gerajd Carney, one of the Lilly de- 1 fenddnts, fire a shot after the gen- shooting had subsided. SCRIPT DANCE AT RYLANDER TONIGHT A script dance will be held in the Rylander hall tonight from 9 until 2 a. m., those interested announced Friday. The hall will be cool, an excellent orchestra has been secur ed, lights are being strung through out the hall and a most pleasant eve'ning is in store for those who at tend, it was stated. Those interested are very anx ious, they state, to have the mar ried couples of the city atttend and a special invitation is given them. LIFE TERM CONVICT CAUGHT AT WAYCROSS TIFTON, June 12.—Sam West brooks negro sentenced ao a life term for murder and who escaped recently from the Tift county gang, has been captured and brought back to Ttftpn to complete his ternj. W«stbreaks, was captored in Way cross. . *O. , J t . . WOMAN CONVENTION OFFICIAL A BMBWOF JR.. Bl k* W K ;; . * * A SalllO ■ ‘ H |JF • ' tit ■■ * jg? '■a-. - hl ik X I f n Ml- I nfe-. Answered questions and smile. That was the jot) of Mary B. Leach of West Virginia, assist- South Marketing Huge Quantities Vegetables Car lot 'Movment For Week One-lhjr(i Heavier Ifian Same Week a Year Ago 609„000~CARS TO, DATE Melon Season Starting Rather Late, With Only Few Cars Shipped From Florida ATLANTA, June 13. Great quantities of fruit and vegetables are being sent to the market from the Southern states, according to a weekly report made today by T. C. Curry, of the Market News Service, pf the Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics. The weeks carlot move ment of 16,776 was .one third heavier than a year ago, the report states, and over 609,000 carloads of fruits and vegetables have been r< - ported to date with the season little more than half over. New potatoes, strawberries, and cantaloupes were the most active perishables, according to Mr. Curry making up nearly half of the weeks total. The weekly report shows that the melon season is rather late, in fact even later than in 1923. Florida has shipped only a few cars compar Jed to 1200 shipped at this date last seasos and 6500 cars 1922. Other states have scarcely begun. Al though late, the melon erop is re ported to (be in goo<? condition, with a large production expected un less unfavorable conditions should cut the crop short as happened last season. About five sixth <jf the melon acreage is m the early ship ping states, ncluding Georgia, Flor '<la, Alabama, Texas and the Car olinas. Plantings has exceeded last year by about ten thousand acres. The gain is chiefly in Texas, which has passed Florida and is now crowd in Georgia fairly close for leader ship. -Georgia and Texas promise heavy crops. .Florida, accordng to the report, should be in full swing by the end of the month, about the ttime when the shipments . from Georgia begin. “The melons will be here,” Mr- Curry promises,” and only a spell of* ant secretary of th e Republican convention in Cleveland. hot weather is needed to enliven the markets. Cool, moist weather which has held back the crop, has not favored an active demand dur ing the week or two preceding July 4. July is watermelon month, and shipments are expected to reach 3,- 000. to 4,000 cars throughout the whole month.” The peach outlook is very favor able, Mr. Curry states, adding that the commercial estimate of this fruit of 52,000,000 bushels repre sents a production not ftr from half the quantity of the commer cial apple crop. This estimate, he declares, is 7,000,000 bushels more than the estimate crop of last sea son, although somewhat less than tthe 1922 crop. Georgia, with 7,- 000,000 bushels, is the heavy east ern produce, but California leads with about one fourth of the total. North and South Carolina are close competitors of Georgia for peach butput, while New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvana and Connecti cut are another group with the sama combined production as Georgia. Still another state group of similar capacity this season is Texas, Okla homa and Arkansas. Peach shipmests so far this sea son are only 151 cars, of which 125 came during the past week, the re port shows. CHRISTIANTOGO TO ELBERTON PAPER CORDELE, June 13. -r- G. T. Christian who has spent the past 8 years in Cordele associated in the Dispatch and the old Seninel as a newspaper man, has purchased ha'-f interest in the Star at Elbertqn, the paper on which he got his early training. He plans to leave Cordele about July Ist. BRONX JEWELER AND SALESMAN ROBBED NEW YORK, June 13.—Three bandits tojay bound a Bronx jewel er and salesman, then ransacked the store, escaping wTth merchandise md eash valued at $43,500. Navy's Greatest Peacetime Disaster Costs Lives Os 48 Three Officers and Forty-Eight Enlisted Men Have Life Snuffed (Out At ( Practice BOARD WILL INVESTIGATE Turret On Battleship Mississip pi Destroyed By Force of Terrific Explosion SAN PEDRO, Calif., June 13. Friday, th el3th, and the navy mourns its dead. Forty-eight of them, three officers and 45 enlist ed men, their lives snuffed out aboard the dreadnaught Mississip pi yesterday in the fleet’s greatest peace-time disaster which brought to a tragic climax a week of sham battles and target practice. Aboard th e hospital ship Relief, lay the dead, killed by a prema ture explosion in the Mississippi’s No. 2 turret, while the injured are aboard the U. S. S. New Mexico, the flagship of division 4 of the battle fleet. Members of the naval board of inquiry are prepared to open an investigation of the disaster. AMERICUS GOLFERS ■ MN OVER ALBAHY Match Play Under Nassau Rules On Links Here Demon strates Superiority of Team In a game played under Nassau rules at the Americus Golf Club Thursday afternoon between teams representing Americus and Albany respectively, Americus emerged the winner by a score of 14 to 4. Al bany golfers participating in the match were enthusiastic in their praise of the Americus links, de claring them among the most per fect as well as most difficult of negotiation they had ever played upon. Sheffield, McDonald and Mc- Closkey were leading players for Americus, each scoring 3 points dur ing the 18-holes played. The line-np and pointts made by each player during the afternoon was as follows: ; Albany points: H. Lanier 0 Tift 0 Burt ~ 0 Lilliston , 1 Mock 0 Whitehead 2 Jones 1 Gortotosky 0 4 Americus pointts: Caye 1 Chas. Lanier 2 McCleskey 3 .Glover 1 McDonald 3 Lumpkin 0 Elam 1 Sheffield 3 14 The Americus team will go to Albany next Thursiday fefteTnoon for a return game to be played there. NEW HIGH SCHOOL MAY BE LOCATED AT DAWSON DAWSON, June 13.—The ques tion of consolidation of the six high schools of the county into a central 'high school, to be located at Daw son, which was proposed several months ago, was brought up for discussion again at the last meeting of the Dawson Kiwanis club, and . the club strongly favors the pro ject. A committee has been appointed to take steps toward pushing the movement, and it is generally thought that the proposed project will be favored throughout the county. EVENING PRAYER AT CALVARY CHURCH Evening prayer will be said in Calvary church tonight at 7:30 p. m. < New York Futures Pc. Open High Low Close Jan. . 25.20 254)1 25.15 24.88 25.15 Mar . 25.28 26.16 25.45 25.00 25.32 July . 28.80 28.75 29.08 28.59 29.07 Oct. 1 26.15j25.94i2?6X19|25.86|26.83 Dec. .25.38125.20|25.45|25.10|25.38 Americus middling spots 28 3-4 c. L— PRICE FIVE CENTS SPECIAL STATE TAX »TE»TM DODGERS IN COUNTY Eighteen or Twenty Already Found Driving Cars in Vio lation of Provisions of Law CANNOT ‘SWITCH’ TAG.' Agent Has List With Motor Numbers and Will Check County Closely A special agent of the state tax department, which was created at the special session of the legislature called last summer by Governo: Cliff Walker is in Americus check ing automobile tag taxqs here. Al ready eighteen or twenty drivers of cars without proper tags have been required to buy new tags and pay a penalty of twenty per cent in ad dition. This penalty is required under the state tax law advocated by Governor Walker before the legislature at its special session. This special agent slipped into Americus a few days ago, and noth ing was known of his being here until Thursday afternoon when he began making accusations against car owners. A number of car own ers who have exchanged cars since January 1, keeping their old tags and placing this upon the new car have been handled already, it being ruled that new tag must be bought* in all such cases, even though .the car be of the same make or require the same price tag. There are a number of other violations said to be generally practiced, that also be ing checked by this inspector, and drivers of such cars will be required to secure proper tags, paying tlkj 20 per cent penalty n addtion be fore he departs. According to infprmation given The Times-Recorder this inspector has wth hm a transcript of the licenses issued^automobile owners in Sumter and adjoining counties, and that he is checking the motor num ber on all cars examined or sus pected of being operated under un lawful tags. No statement has been obtained as to the time during which this special tax agent plans to re main in Sumter county, but it is as- 1 serted he will check practically ev ery automobile tag n the county be fore leaving. imWiw MEMORIAL SERVICES Tribute to Be Paid W. A. Dod son and G. R. Ellis Saturday Morning There will be a special session of the Superior court of Sumter coun ty and the Sumter Bar Association Saturday morning at 10 o’clock de voted entirely to memorializing W. A Dodson and George R. Ellis, members of the bar here who died since the last memorial session was* held. W*. T. Lane has been designated by the executive committee of the Bar association to speak before the meeting upon the life of W. A. Dod son, while this duty has been as signed W. T. Wallis in the case of Col. Ellis. The families and friends of these departed lawyers and prom inent Americus citizens have been invited and are asked by the Bar asosciation to attend and heas these eulogies delivered In addition to these members of the bar designat ed to speak upon the lives of their departed associates it is customary at these memorial sessions for oth er members to make observations upon the character of those being eulogized, and in accordance with this custom it is expected there will b a number of talks made in addi tion to those by Messrs. Lane and >Wallis.“’ l,!; '” ■« «.» I
