What’s Going
CHIEF EVENTS OF
THE WORLD BRIEFLY
TOLD
Candidates Hughes—
Philippines—Europe
On in World
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Nine presidential candidates
are in the field this Campaign;
Calvin Coolidge, Republican.
John W. Davis, Democratic.
Robert M. LaFillette, Progres
sive.
Robert R. Pointer, People’s Pro
gressive.
G. O. Nations, American.
Frank Johns, Socialist-Labor.
Herman P. Faris, National Pro
hibition.
William J. Wallace, Common-
wealth.
William Z. 'Foster, Workers'
Party of America.
FUNNY NAMES
The Socialists usually have nom
inated Eugene V. Debes. Through
his prison term he lost his citizen
ship and is ineligible. The Social
ists indorsed La Follette. The
Farmer-Laborites nominated Dun
can McDonald, but he withdrew
and the group indorsed Foster.
Some people may think the party
designations don’t all fit, but
“what’s in a name?”
EUROPE
Secretary of State Hughes has
gone to Europe. He went on
American Bar Association business
but it’s believed he’ll be drawn* in
to the reparations tangle there. The
Dawes plan is having hard sledding.
England and France disagree con
cerning it. Germany accuses both
of crookedness. It’s suggested
American arbitration might help.
Premier Herriot of France says
the Dawes plan would reduce Ger
many’s war damage payments. If
so, he wants the French debt
(due largely to America) reduced,
too. The old story! Anyway, be
fore America can be pulled into
the argument the Senate will have
to consent.
TECHNICALITIES N
Harry Sinclair and the two Do
henys, senior and junior, indicted
with Albert B. Fall in connection
with their old deals, are attacking
the indictments, as expected, on
technical grounds. They claim un
authorized persons were allowed in
grand jury room.
MORE PAY
Trouble with the native troops
in the Phillipines is more of a
strike than a mutiny or rebellion.
The Filipino soldiers want the
same pay American soldiers get.
ON THE WARPATH
Natives of Spanish Morocco are
on the warpath worse than ever
and winning fights. This war has
been raging for 15 years. For a
poor country, like Spain,, it’s a ter
rible burden. It has cost thousands
of lives. Except the army offi
cers, all Spaniards hate it. Every
time it flares up it threatens revo
lution. It does now.
revolution
Brazil has a revolution on, ap
parently a bad one, though the
censorship’s hushing it up. It cen
ters in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s second
city after Rio de Janeiro, the cap
ital; population about 500,000. Sao
Paulo state, also involved, is Bra
zil’s richest, and its populatiin is
best—predominantly white, largely
Italian, somewhat German mixed
with quite a little Anglo-Saxon, too.
Natually these elements detest the
government of the negriod north.
It’s hinted the revolt may spread
throughout the republic, but this
is unlikely. Northern and South
ern Brazil sympathize as little as
Hati and New York state. How
ever, a new southern Brazilian re
public is possible.
A NEW STATE?
The Bolivian province of Santa
Cruz de la Sierra likewise is in
rebellion, desirous of joining south
ern Brazil, which it geographical’y
adjoins. This may happen if 'the
southern Brazilian unrising .iuc
ceeds, marketing the establishment
of a new and quite formidable
■South American state.
THOMASVILLE BANK
MERGER COMPLETED
THOMASVILLE, July 16.—The
merging of the Citizens Banking &
Trust Company with the Bank of
Thomasville, which has been practi
cally concluded with the exception
of a few minor details, is a matter
of much interest and importance in
business and banking circles here
and in this section, where both
banks are known to be strong in
stitutions and do a fine business.
This merger has been contemplated
for some time, but only took final
shape within the past day or two.
The new instution will retain
the l name of the Bank of Thomas
ville and all of the officers of that
bank will be retained. Dr. J. T.
Culpepper, president of the Citizens
Banking & Trust Company, will be
made a vice president of the Bank
of Thomasville and Messrs. Cope
land and Park will also go with the
Bank of Thomasville. Jjhe list of
officers of the Bank p£ fhomasv.lle
jkvill be: B. H. Wrtfht, chairman of
the beard; RoscoeaFleetwood, presi
dent; J. T. Culpfrper, vice presi
dent; Robert Thjfias,, vice presi
dent}} Paul Sear A, Cashier; John
keg’-cy, Jr., asdtant cashier; Wil-
Copeland, gfsis’ant cashier.
THE TIMES”tRECORDER
frft|| PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE
FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 166
FATE OF REPARATIONS MEET RESTS WITH AMERICA
Weevil Survey Shows
Damage Sustained 1 o
Date Has Been Small
Counties Reporting Show Light Infestation, With
Poisoning General in State—Weather Favors
Weevil—Second Generation of Weevils
Threatens Greater Destruction
Than That Yet Wrought
ATHENS, July 16.—A survey of boll weevil conditions in
Georgia has just been completed by county agents and Director
J. Phil Campbell has released the information. It shows that the
rainy, cloudy weather of July has been favorable for weevil de
velopment and the second generation of weevils threatens to be
destructive where poisons have not been used. Farmers are urged
by the college of agriculture to watch the cotton carefully and ap
ply poison wherever there are any signs of weevils. Calcium
arsenate applied in dust form is recognized as the most efficient
for cotton at the present stage of its growth.
Farmers are reminded that if the dust poison is on the plants
twenty-four hours before, rains wash it off, it is effective and
need not be repeated until four or five days elapse. Three or
tour applications should be made and the farmer may then wait
to see d weevils are threatening the bolls, if so, one or two
more applications may be made. -
The report from counties having
agents is as follows:
Atkins—Five to ten per cent of
squares damaged. From 25 to 30
per cent of crop has had early poi
son and about 5 per cent will be
dusted lated. Almost daily show
ers.
Bacon—Damage very light.
Forty per cent of crop will receive
poison. Too much rain in July.
Banks—Three per cent damage;
98 per cent to be poisoned; weath
er wet and cloudy and favorable
for weevil.
Ben Hill-—Damage very slight;
35 to 40 per cent of crop will re
ceive poison; weather unfavorable.
Bleckley—ls per cent damage;
( Continued on Page Four.)
’ROUWORLDACE
6 NAURS OVERDUE
McLaren, British Globe Girdler,
Fails to Reach Paramashiru
Island on Schedule
July 16.—Stuart Mac-
Laren, British aviator flying
around the world is six hours over
due at Paramashiru Island, Kuriles,
where he was to have landed today,
and the Japanese destroyer set odt
on search for his airplane, accord
ing to a report received here from
Paramashiru late today.
GOULD HEIMS
HN 111 BfiUCNE
Trustees of Big Estate May With
hold Heir’s Portion Follow
ing His Marriage
NEW YORK, July 16.—Whether
Frank J. Gould is to keep his third
love at the cost of the millions ho
inherited as his share of the great
Gould fortune rests now with the
cold legal mind of a court referee.
Each of the three times Gould
rolled Cupid’s dice he staked half
of his fortune, for his father’s will
provided each heir must first obtain
the consent of a majority of the
trustees before marrying. Violation
of the edict carried a penalty of a
loss of half the inheritance.
Twice Frank obeyed the dictates,
of his heart without consulting the
trustees and they took no action.
Maybe it was because the first two
wives were show girls, yet American
show girls. But the third and pres
ent wife is not only a show girl,
but French at that—Florence Al
cace.
Action in the courts here discloses
that for two months Frank’s inconvi
from his millions has been held up
under the will proviso demanding
consent of a trustee majority before
marriage. Justice Platzek has re
stored the income pending a hear
ing of the entire case by a referee,
James O’Gorman.
Florence- was divorced as a “but
terfly” by Henry C. Heynemann, of
Los Angeles/ gome years before she
cought her second American.
Gould’s Previous wife was Edith
Kelly, whjrn he divorced in Paris
in 1919. -The first wife was Helen
Margaret shelly, now the Princess
of Albania,
Believe it or Not
UNIONTOWN, Ala., July 16.
Louis Richardson, a farmer living
near here declares the crawfish on
his farjn “pick strawberries and
dig irish potatoes and dig my pea
nuts when they are young and ten
der.”
The peculiar versatility of the
crawfish is displayed further by
the attention given to cotton and
and corn, and then, continues
Richardson, “they pick my peas.”
CONWELL TfIADDRESS
FHEPS »f SUMTER
President of American Cotton
Association to Speak at Court
house Here Thursday
Americus business men and bank
ers, as well as Sumter county
business men, are invited to hear
J. E. Conwell, who will speak
Thursday morning at 10 o’clock in
the courthouse here. Mr. Conwell,
who is president of the Georgia
Cotton Growers’ Assn., is describ
ed as a speaker of magnetism and
strength, and his message will be
along lines of policy being ad
vocated by the association of which
he is head. John Council, district
director of,the association, will in
troduce Mr. Conwell to his hear
ers..
Arrangements have been per
fected for Mr. Conwell to speak
in the superior court room at 10
o’clock, and in his address he will
explain the co-operative plans and
purposes of Georgia cotton pro
ducers banded together in the asso
ciation. These plans touch upon
marketing the cotton crop of Geor
gia, as well as upon other plans of
wide interest to cotton producers.
It is expected there will be a large
crowd present to hear Mr. Con
well’s address.
HEAVY REGISTRATION
AT SUMMER SCHOOL
ATHENS, July 16.—Registration
at the University of Georgia Sum
mer School has passed the mark
reached by this time last year as
shown by official figures given by
the registrar. Eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven have registered to
date, and it is believed that the two
thousand mark will be well passed
before the nine week’s term closes.
The personnel of the student
body is different in more than one
respect from that of former years
on account of changes which have
been made in the curriculum.
Eight sections of primary and ele
mental review work were con
ducted in 1923 caring for over
four hundred students. Only two
sections of this class of work were
provided this year and even these
lire not filled. It is clear, there
fore, that the present student body
is made up almost entirely of
students above the high school
grade, including a greater number
of college students than were
present at any former session;
and in spite of the reduction in
elementary courses, the total reg
istration for 1924 is higher than
that of the preceding year Up
through the third week. »
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 16, 1924
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MIDDLE-AGED'STRANGER’MAY BE
MURDERER OF NEW YORK CHILD
Missing
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BE , t - 1
Fear that Harold Bradley, 38,
Chicago real estatd operator,
missing since June 25, may have
committeed suicide has been ex
pressed by relatives. He told
members of his family when he
left home that he was going to a
sanitarium in Michigan for a rest.
But authorities are inclined to be
lieve inability to raise money to
meet an obligation-in an apart
ment house deal was responsible
for his depature. An examina
tion of his affairs Is being made.
TOBTO GM® TH
NFT MO Ml FIRST
WS CROP HERE
‘Sumtermatoes’ Already Ship
ped in Carlots to Boston and
Chattanooga
Sumter county tomato growers
have to date jsflipped two cars of
their product, one going to Boston,
Mass., and the other to ’ Chatta
nooga, Tenn., and each being ship
ped under the co-operative brand
‘Sumtermatoes.” The tomatoes, it
is said, made a favorabl/
in the markets where they have
been placed on sale, and prospects
are bright now for building up a
profitable business in tomatoes in
this section. George O. Marshall,
county farm demonstration agent,
estimates now that farmers engaged
in growing tomatoes here will net
approximately $3,000 from their
yield this summer.
The growing of tomatoes was un
dertaken here as an experiment, at
the suggestion of George O Mar
shall and under auspices of the Ki
wanis club. Altogether a total of
64 acres were planted by farmers
near Americus, who agreed to culti
vate tomatoes as a con.mercial crop.
From this acreage two solid* cars
have already been shipped as
above stated, with at least two other
carlot shipments to go forward this
week, A number of express ship
ments are also being sent forward
each dSy.
In carlots, the farmers received
$1.50 for the best grade tomatoes
f.o.b. Americus, and with corre
sponding reductions in other grades.
The express shipments have
brought varying returns to the
growers, and a considerable revenue
has been realized by the tomato
men through the sale of tomatoes
in Americus in small lots at fancy
prices.
MANY ATTEND FUNERAL
OF E. HOWELL HERE
Many friends attended the fun
eral of Mr. Emmett Howard from
the family residence on Mayo
street at 10 o’clock this morning.
Rev. John M. Outler, pastor of the
First Methodist church in which
the Howard family worships, con
ducted the obsequies, and inter
ment was in Oak Grove cemetery.
The floral offerings many and beau
tiful attested to the high esteem in
which the family is held here.
Mr. Howard, who had been a
resident of this community for
many years, was well known
throughout this section, possessing
hundreds of friends who regret bis
passing. He left two sons and two
daughters in this community, who
are receiving the sincere sympathy
of friends in the death of their
father - ..
Peach Grower Offers
Finest Fruit, Worth
Real Gold, Free to All
‘Bring Your Own Containers’ and Take Away
As Many Luscius Georgia Belle Peaches As
You Can Carry or Cart Away Without
Cost, is Offer Made Public of Communi
ty By Walter Rylander
The finest peaches you can eat, can or cook—and they
are absolutely free. Usually, there’s a string tied to every
free offer, but to this one there is none.
Today Walter Rylander said to us: "Please tell the
people of Americus that they may come to my packing plant
and help themselves; taking away just as many peaches as
they desire.” . ,
Mr. Rylander is packing and shipping only a very small
percentage of the peaches picked. The balance is for any
body—everybody—who will come for them.
Apply at the packing shed. No one will be allowed
to go into the orchards. AND YOU MUST BRING YOUR
OWN CONI AINERS as baskets will not be furnished.
Fhese FREE I EACHES are Georgia Belles, said by
many to be the very best for canning, pickling, etc. Mr. Ry
lander wants it understood that you may have as many as you
desire for eating or canning, provided you call or send and
have your own baskets, tubs or other containers.
In the Rylander orchard are 25,000 trees, each as
heavily laden with fruit as the limbs can support. The fruit
some of the finest and most perfect seen in the county.
Georgia Belles are being shipped this week and early next
week, to be followed in a few days with Elbertas.
COURT OF APPEALS
AFFIRMS BIG VERDICT
COLUMBUS, July 16.—United
States circuit court appeals today
affirmed the southern district court
of Michigan in granting John Han
sel and wife, of Grand Rapids, a
verdict for $20,000 against Benja
min Purnell, “king of the House of
David.”
MOHAMMEDANS fND
HINDUS IN RIOT
Six Killed and a Hundred In
jured in Clash Between Re
ligious Sects in India
DELHI, British Indian, July 16.
(By Associated Press.) —Six
persons were killed and more than
100 wounded in rioting yesterday
between Mohammedans and Hin
dus.
The disturbance was caused by
what is described as the aggres
sive attitude of Mohammedans who
persisted in carrying cows for sac
rifice through prohibited area
where the Hindus live.
VETERANS THANK
FRIENDS FOR TRIP
Americus Confederate Veterans,
members if Camp Sumter, No. 642,
U. C. V., are duly grateful to their
friends here and throughout the
county for courtesies extended in
anticipation of the annual general
reunion held this year at Memphis.
This gratitude has just been for
mally expressed to the public gen
erally in resolutions adopted by the
camp at its meetings, as follaws:
“Resolved: That we hereby tend
er our heartfelt thanks to all those
who so kindly rendered assistance
to enable us to attend our 34th an
nual Reunion at Memphis, Tennes
see. We especially extend thanks
to the ladies and citizens generally
of our city and county, to the
daughters of confederacy. Sons of
veterans and the Boy Scouts who
accompanied us, t,o our City paper
Times-Recorder and the Railroads
We feel that the Citizens of Mem
phis for the kind treatment and
hospitality shown us while in t'.us
city, deserve our hearty praise and
we will long remember the treat
ment accorded us while in this
city.
“Resolved further that a copy of
these resolutions be furnished our
paper for publication, and same be
spread upon our minutes
for future reference and record.’’
The resolutions were compile'*
and are signed by the following
veterans, members of Camp Sumter:
G. H. Walker, J. B. Nicholson, W
T. A. Dunn.
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AMERICUS PARTY
AT ALBffl MEET
Western Dixie Highway Asso
ciation to Be Organized to
Advertise this Section
J. E. Poole, James Lott, Charles
Wheatley, J. W. Hightower and H.
P. Everett have returned from Al
bany where they went to attend a
meeting called by R. E. L. Neil,
secretary of the Albany Chamber
of Commerce, at which plans were
discussed for advancing the inter
ests of this section in a national
way, with the purpose of attract
ing more tourist visitors here.
H. P. Everett, secretary of the
Americus and Sumter County
Chamber of Commerce, discussed
the Albany meeting with a newspa
per man today. “The object of
the meeting,” he said, 'was to
find away to advertise and secure
tourists for the western branch of
the Dixie Highway through the
Peach Section, Andersonville,
Americus, Albany and Thomas
ville.
“We were told by the Albany
Chamber of Commerce that they
have planned to send a scout car
to certain points in Florida, and a
number of other points including
Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville,
Louisville, Indianapolis, Chicago
and Detroit.
“The scout car will distribute
maps that will feature this route
and personally advertise it with the
automobile clubs, etc., and en
route will place arrow signs bear
ing, Albany, Ga. The worlds Pe
can Center.”
It was shown that other points
will be benefitted, such as Fort
Valley, Marshallville, Montezuma,
Americus and points south of Al
bany and Albany Chamber of Com
merce desires to have the co-oper
ation of such points, if they desire
to enter into the proposition.
The cost of the project will be
about SIOOO it is estimated land
the Albany Chamber of Commerce
will go on with the project even
though other points do not contrib
ute to the expense, J>ut state that
they want to. give other points the
opportunity to co-operate with
them on any basis they may sec
fit, and that no attempt will be
made to fix an amount for each
point to pay, but they desire our
co-operation.
An organization will be formed
to be known as the Western Dixie
Highway Association the object of
the association being to encourage
good roads, to advertise this route
and otherwise encourage its use by
tourists; a committee has been ap
pointed consisting of one person
from each town, to work out plans
for the organization; this commit
tee will meet at an early date, the
time and'place to be selected with
in the next few days.
New York Futures
Pc. Open High Low Closd
Jan. ..24.11)24.15)24.86)24 02)24.85
Mar. ..24.50|24.36|25.04j24.31|25.04
July ..30.b4)29.95|30.50)29.95)30.40
Oct. ..25.05)25.00|25.80)25.00)25.78
Dec. ..24.24)24.32)25.05)24.21124.90
PRICE FIVE CENTS
POLICE COHTINUE
SEARCH FOR SLAYER
OF HI
Mutilated Body of Francis Mc-
Donald, 8, Found Buried in
Shallow Grave
COVERED WITH LEAVES
Boy’s Suspenders, Knotted
About Neck, Used to Ex
tinguish Young Life
NEW YORK, July 16.—Police
on Staten Island today continued
the search for the slayer of 8 year
old Francis McDonald, son of a
policeman, whose mutilated body,
was found late last night in a
hastily constructed grave and
leaves near the child’s home.
The boy’s suspenders knotted
tightly about his throat had been
used to strangle him Nearly
all the clothings had been torr,
from his body and was scattered
about. A neighbor saw the boy
Monday afternoon walking toward
some woods. Just ahead of tho
boy was a man about 50 years of
age.
ALLIES EMPHASIZE
NFFII (IF AM ERICAN
COOPERATIDN NOW
First Meeting of London Confer
ence Indicates Position to Be
Assumed
AMERICA IS REPRESENTED
Ambassador Kellogg and Col.
Logan Sat At Table With
Premiers as ‘Observers’
LONDON, July IG.--American
co-operation for putting the Dawes,
plan into effect to set Germany on
her feet and stabilize the Euro
pean economic situation, was cm
phasized at the opening here today
of the inter-allied reparations con
ference with England’s prime min-,
ister, Ramsay MacDonald, and Ed
ouard Heriot, the French premier,
as the leading figures.
At the conference table with the
delegates sat two American rep
resentatives, Frank B. Kellogg,
American ambassador to Great Bri
tain, and Col. James A. Logan, Jr.
American observer with the repara
tions commission. After MacDon
ald had been chosen chairman o£
the conference and committees ap
pointed to work out the agenda,
the conference adjourned until to
morrow.
Premier MacDonald, in his open
ing remarks made especial refer
ence to the presence of the two
Americans, who although not full
delegates, indicated by their pres
ence, he said, the good will of tho
United States and its co-operation
in an effort to give effectiveness
to the Dawes plan.
Kcllog, in his reply, declared
that the Americans were present in
the same spirit of co-operation and
helpfulness asallied delegates,
the American people and govern
ment believing that to make the
Dawes plan effective would be the
first notable step toward Euro
pean stabilization.
AMERICUS LODGE TO
HAVE CALLED MEETING
Americus Lodge, No. 13, F. and
A. M., will meet Thursday night at
6 o’clock for the purpose of con
ferring the Master’s Degree upon
a number of candidates. The in
itiation will be in charge of the de
gree team of both lodges, and re
freshments will be served between
the first and seeond sections of the
degree. This is probably the last
occasion which the MastjSr’s De
gree will be conferred in the pres
ent Masonic
nounced.
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