WEATHER
For Georgia Partly cloudy to
night and Sunday; probably scat
tered thundershowers.
FORTY-SIX YEAR—NO. 140
22 DEAD IN TENNESSEE CLOUDBURST
Solicitor Jule Felton Asks for Re-Election
WIT BBS MCE
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Stephen Pace, of Americus, and
Jule Felten, of Montezuma,
Formally Enters Race
ACTIVE CANVASS ASSURED
Believed Here Today That
These Will Be Only Contest
ants for Circuit Job
Renewed interest was injected
into the race for solicitor-general
of the Southwestern circuit here
Friday and today by the announce
ments of Stephen Pace, of Ameri
cus, and Jule Felton, of Montezu
■ ma, as candidates for the place. It
is believed here this afternoon that
these will be the only entries.
Z. S’. Childers, who stated some
time ago that he would enter the
contest, has so far failed to defi
nitely announce, and it is current
ly reported he has withdrawn. Mr.
Childers when called upon the
telephone relative to this report,
stated he would “tell you about it
tomorrow,” and since that time he
has not been seen by a reporter.
Mr. Felton, who is being oppos-j
re dby Senator Pace, is at present
' solicitor general, having served in
that position approximately five
years. He succeeded John Allen j
/ Fort as solicitor, and during his
incumbency has made a record
which his friends assert is most
creditable, the Superior court of
Sumter county under his adminis
tration, being upon a self-sustaih
gKz basis by reason of collection
in the form of fines, for
feitures, etc. Previously, i while
practicing law at Montezuma with
Judge R. L. Greer, Mr Felton serv
ed during one term, of Superior
court as solicitor pro tem during
the illness of the late James K.
Williams.
Mr. Pace, whose announcement
appeared in Friday’s Times-Re
corder, as is well known, is at
present state senator from this dis
trict, representing Sumter, Schley
and Macon counties in the upper
house of the general assembly.
Previously he served Sumter coun
ty as its representative in the leg
islature, and has been the author
of a number of constructive legis
lative measures. He is an experi
enced attorney, having practiced at
the bar is Americus durisg a num
ber of years past,
KlWilf CLUB UiES
PEOPLE EAT PEACHES
Organization Institutes Cam
paign to Stimulate Industry
Throughout This Section
Tht Kiwanis club members have
instituted a campaign to aid the |
peach growers of this section by
seeking to stimulate the erfting of
mort peachts. This action was
taken Friday at the club luncheon
in the First Methodist church.
“We have arranged’ with the,
Southern Printers, on Windsor av
enue, to make and sell to Ameri
cus fer chants a rubber stafp,”
said T. 0. Marshall, secretary.
“These rubber stamps will be sold
at 15 cents each and on them are
these words:
‘Eat Delicious Georgia Peaches.
Now on The Market.’
“We request every merchant to
•urchase one of these stamps and
lamp its imprint upon every let
ter, bill or other stationery going
out frof his office or store. Un
doubtedly this will help our peach
growers if generally used.
Vice President Heys presided in
the absence of Evan Mathis, who
is en route as a delegate to the In
ternational Kiwanis convention ar.
Denver.
FIRE DOES LITTLE RAMAGE
A fire alarm called the depart
ment to the home of C. T. Law on
Forsyth street this morning. The
damage, however* was smalll, be
ing confined to a flu burning it
self out. A falst alarm during Fri
day night called the department to
the Seaboard shops, but there was
no-blaze there,
thetimesßrecorder
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE frfrfr?
HARRIS THROWS HIS HAT IN RING
SENIOR SENATOR
TODAY ANNOUNCES
ENTRY IN PRIMARY
; Directs Attention *o Accomp
lishment, Even With Re- I
publican Administration
ON MANY 7- COMMITTEES
Position On Appropriations
Body Has Been of Vast Bene
fit, He Asserts
Senator William J. Harris, in a
signed statement, today announces
his candidacy for the United States
sepate to succeed himself, in the
following statement:
Six years ago you did me the
honor of electing me to the Unit
ed States senate. In announcing
as a candidate for re-election to
this high office .it seerr.s appro
priate th'at I shouldi call atten
tion briefly to some of the things
I have been able to do in spite
of the fact that the Republicans
have had substantial majorities in
both the senate and house.
My candidacy is based solely on
my record of accomplishments.
Realizing that our farmers, la
borers, manufacturers and mer
chants wer e in need of substantial
assistance I have spent my time
laboring for them in a construc
tive way, rather than making par-
pojitiqal speeches.
It is well known that nearly all
legislation is framed in commit
tees, and I am fortunate in be
ing next to the ranking Democrat
on the committee on appropria
tions, th c most important of all
committees. •
I have supported woman 4uf
fra,ge and prohibition and have at
all times been on the moral side
of every public question.
No senator- has taken deeper
interest in the matter of immigra
tion. During my first year in the
senate I introduced a bill prohibit
ing all immigration for at least
five years, and consistently urged
th e passage of such a measure.
After the war came reconstruc
tion with the terrible financial crisis
to the farmers, f am a member
of the farm bloc and am confi
dent the Record wjfll show that
no senator has worked harder or
accomplished more for the farmer
than I have during the last five
years.
Among the measures for the
benefiit of the farmer that I orig
inated or actively supported, and
(Continued On Page Fourl
ATLANTA COUNCIL GETS
AUTHORITY OVER COPS
ATLANTA, June 14. —Atlanta
City council was invested with sole
authority to elect thc chief of po
lice when Mayor Walter Sims signed
the ordinance adopted by council
last Monday to shear the police com
mittee of that authority, which it
had held since January, 1923, when
it became the legal successor to the
old police commission.
The mayor’s approval of the ordi
nance, which had been introduced
by avowed supportters of A. La
mar Poole for chief, “supset the
dope” at city hall on the police situ
ation. Opponents of the former
police administration in council had
mustered enough votes through a
compromse with friends of Acting
Chief E. L. Jett, to sustain the may
or in the event he had vetoed the
ordinance, as was expected.
MAC LEAN DENIES
CHARGES OF WIFE
torneys for Kenseth Ross MacLarer.
have entered a general denial of the
sensational divorce complaint filed
by Mrs. Mac Lean on June 7, in
which she accused the young hus
band of smothering their year-old
daughter to death in a Brunswick,
Me., hotel last February. The an
swer is on file here in the superior
courtt of Pierce county.
Mac Lean states that the infant
met leath accilentally wrile in the
custody of her mother, and aft r
Mac Lean had left the hotel for the
night. He ask-. ’iat the case be dis
missed.
50 Alienists 7o Aid
Leopold And Loeb
In Fight For Lives
Murderers of Franks to Be
Placed On Trial in Chi
cago August 4
CHICAGO, June 14—Every pos
sible mental disorder which might
be urged in their defense, is to
be sought by probably fifty alien
ists who will examine Nathan Leo
pold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, mil
lionaire youths and confessed kid
napers anl slayers cf Robert
Franks, 13-year-oid scohol boy, at
torneys for the defense rave indi
cated.
Dr. Karl M. Bowman, of the
Boston Psychopathic hospital, and
Dr. H. S’. Hurlburt, of Oak Park,
Ills., already have visited the
youths now in jail.
The examinations of these two
alienists are to be the basis of de
fense at the trial which is set for
August 4th, counsel for the two
deftndants announce.
CHICAGO, June 13.—Before an
impetuous crowd that broke a court
room door from its hinges in an ef
fort to see the confessed kidnapers
and slayers of 13-year-old Robert
Franks, Nathan Leopold, Jr., and
iJi h ird Loeb pleaded not guilty io
charges"’ of 'kidnaping for” 'ransom
and murder and heard August 4
fixed as the date of their trial
The youths apparently were un
abashed by the curious hundreds,
mostly women, who pushed and
scrambled to catch a glimpse of the
neatly pressed university students
who have declared they kidnaped
and killed the son of a neighbor to
provide excitement.
Chief Justice John R. Caverly,
of the criminal court, who will
preside at the trial, set July 21 as
the time for arguing preliminary
motions. (State’s Attorney Crowe,
had asked that the date of trial be
set for July 15, the earliest pos
sible date under the law.
HENDERSON FINDS
SELF IN HOOPESTON
HOOPESTON, 111. June 14.
Eamuel E. Henderson, claiming to
be wealthy and the owner of a large
department store at Greenville, S.
C., was picked up near here in a
dazed condition. Henderson declar
ed he was thrown from an automo
bile by a party of bandits who
robbed his store at Greenville about
June 1, and kidnaped him.
He says he was kept plied with
drugs to prevent him from escap
ing or giving an alarm and has no
knowledge of his travels with the
band, but believed they visited
points in Florida, New Orleans
and St. Louis, commiting robberies
en route. Henderson has a wife
and nine children in Greenville and
has wired for assistance.
♦
MERIWETHER COUNTY
POLICE CHIEF BURIED
GREENVILLE, June 14.—Fun
eral services for W. E. Hooks, chief
of the Meriwether county police
force, who died Wednesday after
noon as he stepped from his auto
mobile after chasing a suspected
rum-running machine were held
Thursday with Rev. H. O. Fowler,
officiating. Interment was in thc
city cemetery.
Chief Hooks who was 53 years
old, had contained of illness as
he was pursuing the alleged liquor
ear, but it was not thought that his
illness was serious.
He is survived by his widow; a
daughter, Miss Blanche Hooks, and
his mother, Mrl Martha Hooks of
‘ Columbus.
COTTON PROSPECTCS
IN EARLY REDUCED
BLAKELY, June 14. Cotton
prospects in Early County have
been materialy reduced in the last
thre 0 weeks, due to daily rainfall
in this section that has prevented
cultivation and has allowed the
grass to gain a considerable foot
| hold, according to farmers" of this
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 14, 1924
M BOARD ISSUES
W RULE GOVERNING
TEACHERS’ LICENSES
County Superintendents to Re
ceive Questionnaires Previous
to August 1
PAPERS TO BE REVIEWED
Class A Certificates to Be Sent
to Atlanta for Examination
By State Board
The State Board of Education
has jusj issued revised instructions
to county school superintendents
covering the issuance of element
ary teachers’ licenses. A copy of
these instructions has been receiv
ed by Supt. E. W. Dupree, of
Americus, and for the information
of teachers he has authorized pub
lications of same. The instructions
provide that—
Instead of First, Second • arid
Third Grade Elementary certifi
cates, theyy will be termed Class
A, B and C in which Class A is the
new form, Class B is the old first
grade certificate and Class C is the
'old primary.
Relative to Class A certificates
and the payment of a SI.OO fee re
cently charged in connection with
inauguration of the new Ballard
certification system, Supt. Depree
is instructed as follows.
“The examination questions will
be sent, as usual to the county sup
erintendents previous to August
first. Full and complete instruc
tions will accopany the questions
as to the holding of the examina
tions. Only papers of applicants
who are applying for lass A cer
tificates need be sent to Atlanta.
Classes B and C may be retained
and certificates, as heretofore, is
sued by the County School Super
intendent. However, if a teacher
requests her B or C papers to be
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sent to this department, you may
comply with her request and only
in that case must the SI.OO fee
accompany the application. For all
B and C papers, graded by the
county superintendent, no fee need
be sent to the state department.
“The only advantage of a teach
er’s transmitting her papers here
would be that, when graded by the
Board of Examiners, and having
satisfactorily passed, thc teacher
would receive full credit for this
<md at no future time would be
called upon to stand examination
upon the elementary subjects, but
would simply have to prepare her
self to show that she has the equiv
alent of a high school education—
either by certifications or examina
tion. Then her Class B certificate
would automatically be converted
into Class A certificate.
“The examination for Class B
certificate will be identical with
that heretofore given for the gen
eral elementary—the same sub
jects, with the Manual for Georgia
Teachers. You will observe, there
fore, that this is so identical with
that which has heretofore been
given that you could tell all appli
cants there is practically no change
and the safe conditions under which
certificates have heretofore been
issued will continue, except as to
(those teachers who wish a Georgia
(state certificate, either general ele-
I inentary, high school or college.
“No state certificate can be pre
dicated upon Class B or C. Only
Class A certificates may be pro
fessionalized and life certificate
i granted after ten years of service.’’
MERCURY REACHES
PEAK AT SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, June 14.—A tem
iperature record for June was
i established- June 9 when the offi
• cial government automatic record
showed 104 degrees at 2 o’clock.
Other thermometers showed from
108 to 110 degrees. , ..
REX RAY ESCAPES
FROM BANDIT BAND
PEKING, June 14.—Rex Ray,
American, captured by river pi
rates in Kwangs! province late
last month, has escaped from
the mountain stronghold where
he was taken, according to ad
vices received today from the
commander of the American
gunboat ‘Pampanga,’ sent to
Wuchow in connection with the
capture of Ray and others.
THREE ARRESTS BI
(IF SUSPECTS IN BIG
BBBBFBI ST CHICAGO
Man With Five Bullet Wounds
in Body Identified As J. H.
Wayne, Is In Hospital
SAYS WOMAN SHOT HIM
SISOO in Bills and Blood-Stain
ed Cushion Found Near Point
Where Wayne Was Found
CHICAGO, June 14.—A man
with five bullet wounds in his body
was taken to thc county hospital
today, and the police soon made
three arrests and held their pris
oners for questioning in connection
with thc mail train robbedy Thurs
day night.
At thc hospital the man gave his
name as J. H. Wayne, who said
he had been shot by a woman near
Hammond, Ind. He said her name
was Margarett Ray.
Tre finding of $1,500 in new
bills and a blood-stained autofobile
cushion in the neighborhood where
the man was found, added to
police suspicion theory.
Four other arrests, including the
woman, [were made at a west side
house in front of the one in 'which
Wayne was found.
DERAILMENT IN YARDS
OF CENTRAL RY. HERE
A derailment which occurred in
the Central yards here Friday
blocked the tracks there' during 3
hours, but there was no delay in
the movement of traffic. The de
railment was caused by two cars
in train No. 53, a manifest freight
from Macon to Albany leaving the
tracks when they were sideswiped
b ya night shifting engine.
CHILDS TO SUCCEED
STATISTICIAN PEI lEI
ATLANTA, June 14.—Announce
me nt has been made, by the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics of the
promotion of Mr. V. C. Childs to
the position of Agricultural Statis
tician for Georgia, succeeding Mr.
Z. R. Pettct, now Regional Statis
tician for the cotton states. Mr.
Pettet’s headquarters will remain
in Atlanta. ,
Mr. Childs was born in Jones
county, Georgia. He is* an honor
graduate of the State College of
Agriculture, University of Geor
gia, and a member of the Alpha
Zeta honorary agricultural fra
ternity. For the past two years he
has been an assistant in the At
lanta office.
Announcement has also been
made that the new semi-monthly
cotton rtports put in operation
throughout thc United States by I
the Harris bill, will follow closely
tthe system used for the past two
years by the Georgia Cooperative
Crop Reporting Service, and that
the former statistician will ass'st
in establishing similar reports in
the other cotton states. The co
operation with the State Depart
ment and the State College, it is
declared, will be continued in force
as formerly.
HAIRBREADTH HARRY’
JOINS HOLE-IN-ONE
ATLANTA, June 14.—Another
Atlantan added his name to the
long list of those who have scored
an ace with some form of golf club
when “J;lairbreath H|rry” Cohen,
playing on the links of the West
, End golf club dropped a 125 yard
imashie shot on the sixth green and
|holed out in one.
/wo towns Wiped Out
Near Johnson City 1 enn.
Roads Washed Out—Telephone and Telegraph
Wires Down—Relief Workers En Route
to Scene of Disaster '
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., Jund 14.—At least
22 persons are dead, probably many more, in a
terrific cloudburst that early today wiped out
the towns of Carters Bluff and Hunter near
here. Incomplete telephone reports from nearby
points said the two towns had been devastated.
Roads have been washed out, and it is impossible
to approach the vicinity.
First calls were for aid, and within an hour
efforts were being made to reach the scene by
relief workers. Several bodies have been recov
ered.
The known dead, according to telephone re
ports here, state that I 2 are dead at Carters Bluff
and at least 10 at Hunter. The country struck
by the cloudburst and floods is very rough and
is difficult to penetrate even in good weather.
Every newspaperma nin Johnson City has
been sent to the affected territory, trying to as
certain the extent of the disaster.
HERRIOT INVITED
TO FORM MINISTRY
PARIS June 14—Edourd Her
riot, leader of the radical party
and head of the left bloc, which
was victorious in the recent par
liamentary elections, today ac
cepted an invitation of President
Doumerge to form the new min
istry.
MFI VOTERS HEAR
HOLLIS FORT IN TM
Americus Attorney Tells Wom
en of League About Their
Political Privileges ,
Americus women voters members
of the Georgia League of Wo
men voters, and their friends, as
sembled in the parlor of the Wind
sor Hotel Friday when they were
addressed by Hollis Fort. In his
address, Mr. Fort told the ladies
of many of their political privi
leges and responsibilities and held
thc attention of those present.
There were a representative
number of ladies attending the
meeting and following Mr. Fort's
address, it was decided to defer
the election of officers to a later
date, when formal and permanent
organization of a chapter of the
League of Women Voters will be
effected in Americus.
SOLD WATER FOR
LIQUIOR; JAILED
ATLANTA, June 14.—Thirst for
intoxicating liquor, intensified by
the natural indignation of purchas
ers who were inveigled into buy
ing colortd water under pretext
that it was ‘red liquor,” played a
leading role in tre trial of Charles
Williams, negro hotel employee,
who was fined $l5O, or twelve
months.
Williams, it was brought out, had
approached three Buckhead youths
with an offer to sell them three
bottles of whiskey. The boys pool
ed treir funds, totaling $7 and the
the negro accepted tht amount.
Upon delivery it was found that
[the daintily labeled bottles contain
ed only water, colored by using a
small quuantity of ttea. The youths
prosecuted tre negro on chorges of
cheating and swindling.
JUDGE CLEMENTS TO
RUN FOR SENATOR
FITZGERALD, June IL—Judge
J. B. Clcmmcnts, of Irwinville, ha>
officially entered the race for the I
senate from the forty-fifth district,
composed of Irwin, Ben Hill and |
Telfair counties. The district corn-1
mittee, at g meeting held in Mcßru-1
Monday adopted the rule that can-I
didates for the senate must submit;
their candidacy to the voters of the |
three counties at the primary to be |
held September 10. Judge Clfem- 1
entts represented this district in the
senate in 1919 and 1920, and has
a large following in all three coun
ties of the district.
New York Future*
Pc. Open High Low Close !
Jan. . 25.15|25.18|25.29 24.85|24.88 I
Mar. ’25.32|25.18|25.20 24.96|25.04 '
July „29.07i28.85|29.01 28.75|28.87
Oct. ..26.13|26.00|26.08 25.90,25.85
Dec. ..25.38|25.30|25.36 25.13|25.00
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WOTMHITH
M BTH ,'SSFPH
mrai. is, suicide
Wife in Love With Another He
Takes Poison So She Might
Collect Insurance
FINDS WIFEIN TEARS
Novicki Takes Poison in Adjoin
ing Room Then Calmly
Surrenders Life
DETROIT, June 14—Joseph Np
vicki, 36, is dead of poison nvrich
was self-administered, he said be
fore he died, so his wife might col
lect the insurance money and mar
ry a boarder in their hoom.
Mrs. Novicki, who is 27, admit
ted, according to authorities, that
she was in love with Tony Lausicki,
the boarder, and intimated she in
tends to marry him.
Novicki came home yestterday
and found his wife weeping. On
inquiring the cause for her tears,
she told him, police quoted her, that
she was in love with Lausicki, but
that he would not perfit her to
leave Novicki because he was out
of work.
Novicki went into another room,
returning in a few moments, an
nouncing to his wife that he had
taken poison.
OFFICERS SEARCHING
FOR BODY OF FOLDS
MILLEDGE VILE, June 14. —Mil-
ledgeville officials dragged the Oco
nee river Thursday for the body cf
a man seen early this morning by
Ed Folds, night operator of the hy
dro-electric power house, as it float
ed over the dam near the power
plant. Because of a high power
light at that point Folds was able
to see the body some distance above
the dam, and watched it float past
the dam. He was unable to tel*
whether the body was that of a
white man or negro.
No report has been received here
of anyone having been drowned at
any point above Milledgeville, and
it is thought tliat, the body may have
been in the water for several
months.
TOMATO MOVEMENT IN
GEORGIA BEGINS
MOULTRIE, June 14.—The to
mato movement from the Pavo sec
tion will begin this week, accord
ling to local railroad officials, who
said they expected several cars
would leave this week. It is ex
pected that excess of 500 cars will
be shipped from Pavo this season,
WELCHEI? LEAVESFOR
BOSTON TO MAKE HOME
ATLANTA, June 14.—Homer
WelcheJ, retiring Georgia Tech
track team captain, and winner of
the javelin throw in the recent
Olympic trials in the southeast has
departed for Bostonwwhe e h e will
enter the national final trials. Mr.
Welchel is from Ashburn, Ga.
