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WEATHER
For Georgia Fair tonight and
probably Friday.
FORTY-SIXTH
MANGLED BODY OF MISSING AVIATOR FOUND
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Army Officer With Searching
Party Confirms Recovery of
Major’s Remains
MURDERER CONFESSES
Second Man Wanted in Connec
tion With Killing Located
Near Lockhart, S. C.
RALEIGH, N. C., July 17.—The
body of Major Samuel H. McLeary
was found 11 miles north of Cher
aw, S. C., at 11:30 o’clock this morn
ing by a searching party, according
to an army officer, who notified the
Associated Press here.
The body was badly mangled, hav
ing been molested by animals, with
virtually nothing left but the skele
ton. None of the officer’s clothes
were found.
ROBBERY MOTIVE
OF MURDERESS
RALEIGH, N. C., July 17.
Mortimer H. King, who has signed
confessions that he and another
man killed Major Samuel H. Mc-
Leary of the coast artillery corp-,
was taken today to the vicinity of
Cheraw, S'. C., to end with the re
covery of the body the mystery that
has absorbed federal, military and
civilian authorities for more than a
week in both North and South Car
olina.
The confession, which was made
public late last night at Canton, N.
C., said King and his companion
whose name was divulged, pending
search for him, had killed the offi
cer, July 2, and his body near
Cheraw, where the officers had giv
en them a lift in his automobile.
The motive, it was stated, was rob
bery.
HARROLD ACCUSED
BY MORTIMER KiNG
UNION, S'. C., July 17.—0 n a
double mission—to find the body of
Major Samuel H. McLeary, who was
slain a fortnight ago, and to arrest
the accomplice in his murder—-the
searching party, led by Major W. S.
Williams, of the department of jus
tice, early today arrived here ai d
soon afterwards left for Ixickhart,
14 miles away, on information that
the second man wanted had gone to
that place.
With the party was Mortimer IL
King, alleged to have confessed that
he and another man killed the arr >_•’
officer July 2, after they had been
given a lift in the major's automo
bile, and who was to direct them to
the place where the two are said to
have buried him’ on a lonely road
side near Camden. The party came
here in the hope of arresting Frank
Harrold, 22, said by Williams io
have been implicated in King’s con
fession.
ROME LOITERERS
FINED HEAVILY
ROME, July J.7.—“-Loiterers on
the streets of Rome must be pro
hibited, according to Judge Ham:l
ton who imposed fines of $25 and
cost of court on three men brought
before him charged with that of
fense recently. The men fined
were: F. G. Shahan, Russell Grave
ley, and Allen Edwards.
alleged kluxers
FREED AT ALBANY
ALBANY, July 17.—A jury in
the city court of Albany Tuesday
brought in a verdict for acquittal in
the first of the so-ca'led Ku Klux
Klan cases in Dougherty county,
defendant was C. V. Jones,
Central of Ga., employee, who was
arrested with T. A. West, A. J.
Pitts, A. M.Raffield and C. E.
Landrum, and charged with carry
ing pistols without a license and
covering up the license tag on the
automobile they were driving. They
are alleged to have admitted to'
Deputy Sheriff Denson, when ar
rested, that they were on their way
to ‘warn a woman who was not liv
ing right” Ku Klux regalia was
| found in the car.
1 Judge Clayton Jones ruled that
fche prosecution could not ask ven
ad remen, being examined for jury
l U*ty, if they were members of the
I 'an, He held that the matter was
Immaterial.
I The other cases are scheduled to
jkj tried during the present session
■ the court. They are attracting
•ood deaAof local interest.
THE TIMES;’RECORDER
qK?}(JPUBLI S HEP IN THE HEART OF DIXIE
Montana Senator Bolts Democratic
Britain’s Envoy?
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A physician may be Great
Britain’s first ambassador to so
viet Russia. He is Dr. Leslie Ha
den Guest, now a member of
parliament. Although official
confirmation is lacking; it is un
derstood he already has been
agreed upon for the post.
HHF
PW FOB IM
Street Cars Stop and Business
Suspended When Hydro-Elec
tric Power Ceases
ATLANTA, July 17.—Shoppers
and employees, business men and
pleasure seekers were kept waiting
almost an hour during the rush hour
here Tuesday when all traffic was
stopped by stalled street cars. The
power was off for one of the long
est periods in the history of the city
in recent years. A heavy downpour
of rain fell drenching pedestrians
who ventured out of doors while
blinding flashes of lightning with
loud thunder claps occurred every
few minutes. Damage done by the
aCorm was estimated at $20,u00.
mereWspFaks
BEFORE M CLUBS
Tells ‘How Advertising Has
Market’ at Des Moines
Market At Des Moines
LONDON, July 17.—(8y As
sociated Press.) —An address by E.
T. Meredith, of Des Moines, lowa,
on “How Advertising has Welded
the United States Market,” was this
afternoon read before the conven
tion of the Associated Advertis
ing Clubs of the World, now in
session in London.
Mr. Meredith, in the beginning,
reviewed the ’••jrriers that exist l.i
America to uniform' buying cus
toms throughout the 48 states. He
referred to the geographical bar-*
riers found in mountain chains; the
different climatic conditions in win
ter, for instance, between Florida
( Continued on Page Four.)
WEARY GIRL SENT
TO REST IN JAIL
NEW YORK, July 17.—Refusing
to identify herself beyond saying
she was Kathryn Lane, 17, no ad
dress, a girl who was found on a
bench in Morningside Park Satur
day night was sent to jail until Wed
nesday pending police inquiry when
arraigned as a vagrant before Mag
istrate McAndrews in West Side
Court yesterday.
“My mother is dead. My father
—1 don’t know where he is: 1
have trouble enough of my own,”
the girl told the Court.
She said she hadn’t slept in a bed
for three weeks eaten since
Friday been 'living most of
the time lately in hallways. She
declined to give her last perman
ent address.
The girl is lame as the result of
an injury to her right foot suffer
ed in an athletic competit'cn six
months ago, according to her story.
She said she was born in Harlem,
cf German parent; and had been
< mployed until recently as a moi ie
theater cashier. She gave up
work, she said, because her mind
was “distracted by troubles,” She
has brown, bobbed “hair and is de
cently, dressed.
SOVIET AUTHORITIES
GIW ‘VACATIONS’
TO MINOR PRISONERS
Malefactors Serving Brief Sen
tences to Aid in Gathering
Russian Soviet Harvests
‘RED’ SOLDIERS INCLUDED
Peasants Especialy to Benefit by
Terms of Amnesty Order at
Moscow
MOSCOW, July 17.—A1l prison
ers serving in soviet jails for minor
offenses will be given vacations in
order to participate in gathering the
harvests. This applies especially to
peasants and former red army sol
diers serving terms for offenses
committed owing to their reduced
circumstances of living.
WOimELDFOR'
UNUSUAL MURDER
Mrs. Wilkinson Found Sleeping
With Arms Entwined About
Body of Alleged Victim
HAGERSTOWN, Md., July 17.
—Mrs. Cora Wilkinson, 32 -years
oid, is held at the Hagerstown jail
today on the charge of shooting
and killing John H. Sigafoose and
also qw the charge of shooting and
wounding Frank Burger.
According to Sheriff Richard
Duffy, Mrs. Wilkinson admits both
shootings, but says the killing of
Sigafobse was accidental. Sherift
Duffy says she told him that she
attempted to kill herself after
shooting the men, but found af-er
she had placed the revolver she
used to her own head that there
were no more bullets in it.
The Sheriff says he found Mrs.
Wilkinson lying in the road near
the home of Henry Orcutt, at Bah
Station, three miles from Hagers
town. She was asleep beside the
body of S'igafoose, whose head she
had placed on a pillow, ihe Sheriff
says. Her arms were twined
flbouUthe body, according to the
Sheriff.
‘BLUE DEVIL’ PATROL
IS GIVEN WELCOME
ATLANTA, July 17.—The “Blue
Devil” Patrol, crack drill outfit of
the Atlanta Lodge of Elks, was
given a rousing reception on their
return from Boston where they took
second in the drills at the national
convention in competition with Elk
Patrols from over the entire coun
try. Several hundred people were
to welcome the “Blue
Lwvils” headed by Mayor Sims and
leaders of various civic organiza
tions of the city.
’ROUND WORLD FLYERS
REACH CROYDON TODAY
Brough, * England, July 17.
(By Associated Press.) —American
army round the world fliers arrived
here from Croydon this afternoon.
Senator George is Guest
of Rotarians at Luncheon
Intro/’ ced to Civic Club Mem
b< «4y Dykes as ‘Outstanding
Figure in Congress’
COOLIDGE IS NO LEADER
Democratic Nominee is Highly
Praised, by Speaker as ‘Man
Who Has Made Good’
Walter F. George, junior senator
from Georgia, Wednesday addressed
the members of the Rotary club
and a number of guests present.
Senator George* was introduced
by W. W. Dykes, v# said that
Senator George and Congressman
Crisp, both from Southwest Geo
gia, were today two of the outstand
ing figures in Congress, and pre
dicted that the Junior senator would
be as great in the upper house as
the Congressman now is in the low
er House.
Senator George said that the best
interests of the peopl( and the na
tiofi, in his opinion lay in party.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFFTERNOON. JULY 17, 1924
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NEVER CRITICISE
PATCHED PANTS* THE
GENT VJHO owns 'EM
MAY BE SUPPORTING
A COUPLE OF AUTOS
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PACKING HOUSE
PROJECT TO BE
THE! OF CLUB
‘Sickening Waste and Loss’ to Be
Discussed By Civic Club
Members At Luncheon
CANNING PLANT NEEDED
Now is Time to Begin Saving
Next Year’s Peach Crop Ki
wanians Here Believe
When Americus Kiwanians meet
for their regular weekly luncheon
Friday at the Windsor the estab
lishment of a canning plant at
Americus will be one of the main
topics discussed. Members of the
club are aroused because of the
“sickening waste and loss” now be
ing sustained by peach growers in
(Continued on Pag'e Five)
ONEDEADJB HURT '
ftT l®S CITY
Explosion Wrecks Two-Story
Building At 18th and Tracy
Streets Early Today
KANSAS CITY, July 17.—One
person is known to be dead, 18
others believed to have been killed,
with seven seriously injured today
as the result of an explosion and
fire that wrecked* a two-story
building at the corner of 18th
street and Tracy avenue.
I
STEWART CRUSHED
BENEATH TRACTOR
FOLKSTON, Ga., July 17.—The
Okefenokee Swamp has added an
other to h«r long list of victims and
missing. Albert Stewart, 20, of
Charlton county was killed recently
skidding logs when his tractor struck
a log half hidden by the muck and
turned over crushing him under
neath, The body was found by the
brother of Stewart when he went
to see why his brother had not re
turned.
government. He denounced as weak
and impractical, government by
blocs or coalition , citing Great
Britain as an example. “That form
of government makes for weakness
and instability,” said the senator;
‘‘blocs should have no place in a
free government.”
Analyzing the three candidates
which have been nominated —Cool-
idge, Davis and LaFollette —Senator
George said that while LaFollcte
“will play a considerable part” in;
the November elections, he will not
succeed Calvin Coolidge. The Sen
ator predicted that the people would
see the weakness of LaFollette,
would refuse to follow his radical
lead and would remember the ques
tion mark placed behind his name
when America was in the throes of
war.
“Coolidge or Davis will win in
November,” declared the senator, as
(Continued on Page Five.) w
U FOLLETTE
10 MIBNAJE KE
mow FHIDII
Plans for Conducting Campaign
to Be Made On Same Day
in National Capital
WITHOUT ORGANIZATION
Republicans, Well Organized in
West, to Fight Defensive
Fight for Coolidge
WASHINGTON, July 17.—There
will be held Friday in Washington
the meeting at which the La Ifollettc
party will choose its candidate for
vice president, and will otherwise
make plans for the campaign. The
outstanding fact about this La Fol
lette movement is that while it is
convenient to speak of it as a
“third party” at all, but can be
more correctly designated as a
“third tickket.” It will have nom
inees for president and vice presi
dent; but except in a very few
states, nothing more. From this
fact a good many others flow.
If the La Follette movement
could be called correctly a third
party it would have a party organ
ization, and that is what, in the ordi
nary sense, it has not. It does not
have except in a few scattered
places, candidates for governor,
(Continued on Page Six)
MIRHXPffiT
TO SPEHK HEBE-
W. T. Magruder to Be At Amer
icus Wednesday and Leslie
Ihursday, July 3-24 I
A dairy expert of many years of
experience has been secured and
will deliver two lectures in Sumter
county next week.
W. T. Magruder, of Memphis,
Tenn., is a graduate of the Missouri
State college, in dairying. For sev
eral years he was dairy commission
er for the state of Tennessee, and
will speak here under the auspices
of the Chamber of Commerce and
County Agent George 0. Marshall.
Mr. Magruder will speak at the
courthouse in Americus on Wednes
day, July 23, at 7:45, p. m., and
again at Leslie on Thursday night
July 24th, at the same hour. At Les
lie, Mr. Magruder will speak in the
hall over the Leslie Drug store un
der the auspices of the Leslie Busi
ness Men’s club.
“With the opening next week of
the Americus creamery it becomes
necessary for more or our people to
know more of dairying,*” said Sec
retary Everett, of the Chamber of
Commerce. “Mr. Magruder is com
ing for that purpose.
“Adding a few dairy cows on our
farms will give us an added income
for the farmer. Creameries have
been a great boon to other commun
ities, it we believe ouur will help us
both commercially in the cities and
with our farmers. We must have
more cows for the creamery and for
that reason we want every farmer
to hear Mr. Magruder. The farmer
should know whether cows will paj!
and Mr. Magruder is qualified to
give them this information.”
ROTARIANS ENTERTAIN
A. & M. TEACHERS TODAY
Rotarians will furnish IG-or 20
automobiles this afternoon to carry
members of the faculty and others
at the A. & M. school on a tour of
the county. J. E. Hightower and
Herbert Hawkins are in charge of
the tour.
The cars will leave the school at
3:00 o’clock, going first to the
;orchards*of Walter Rylander, where
they will be shown through the
packing plant, the orchards and
given all the peaches they will eat
and carry away.
From there the party will go to
Andersonville where the Federal
cemetery will be seen, and from
there back over a different route.
The committee desires that theh
guests see as much of Sumter coun
i ty as possible, it £oads, orchards,
fields and homes.
Acting Envoy
'Mi
amo- ' I
I
Isaburo Yoshida, newly appoint
ed counselor and charge d’ af
fairs of the Japanese embassy
in Washington is acting ambas
sador in the U. S. now. Ambassa
dor Masano Hanihara has return
ed to Tokyo on leave of absence.
But in many quarters it is said
he will not return, for his gov
ernment, it is reported, is dis
pleased with his work in view
of the passage of the exclusion
act. .
EDUCM BILL
SENATE
Senator Spence Would Have
Federal Measure Formally Ap
proved By Legislature
ATLANTA, July 17.—The edu
cational congress which would cre
ate a department of education to au
thorize appropriations to encourage
states in the promotion and support
of education, was introduced in the
senate today by Senator Spence, of
the eighth district, for approval.
The resolution was to the
senate education committee. Aft
er hearing reports of various com
mittees for about 10 minutes, the
senate went into executive session,
excluding spectators and newspaper
men, and the matter taken up in
executive session.
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AT OPENING
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WHEELERWILLBOLT
DEMOCRATIC THE!
Montana Senator Announces Ho
Will Vote and Support La-
Follette’s Ticket
CAN’T SUPPORT DAVIS
Democratic Nominee Resigns
Many Law Partner
ships
WASHINGTON, July 17.—Sena
tor Burton K. Wheeler , famed
Daugherty prosecutor, will bolt tho
Democratic ticket in November be
cause the standard bearer is Johr
W. Davis, it was annonced here
Wednesday afternoon. He will sup
port the candidacy of Senator Rob
ert M. LaFollette.
In explaining his action, Wheel
er declared he “could not con
scientiously support a candidate
who represents the house of J. I’.
Morgan & Co.” He referred to
Davis’ recent legal connection with
the Morgan firm.
‘My own views upon the politics'
and economic conditions of tn
country clash with those of Mr.
Davis,” Wheeler told- International
News Service. “I believe in a dif
ferent economic theory of govern
ment than that supported by Davis.
I can not support in the coming
campaign any candidate represent
ing the House of Morgan.
Wheeler said he ixnected to
‘take the stump” for Senator La-
Follette.
DAVIS RESIGNS HIS
LAW PARTNERSHIP
NEW YORK, July 17.—John W.
Devis. Democratic presidential nom
inee has announced the resignation
of his partnership in the law firm
of Sexton, Jennings, Russell &
Davis as generjjj counsel to the As
sociated of tho