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WEATHER For Georgia Fair tonight and probably Friday. FORTY-SIXTH MANGLED BODY OF MISSING AVIATOR FOUND KM LEMS PftRTY lOIIIIIILITID CBEWIIM 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? IXSS&ssk -I , I fl 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 ] LITTLE JOE J NEVER CRITICISE PATCHED PANTS* THE GENT VJHO owns 'EM MAY BE SUPPORTING A COUPLE OF AUTOS (■ -x 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. MANY PRESENT AT OPENING ATLANTA, July 17 some confusion as to th convening today wlien Ji was rapped at 10 liou-i ’ .' i t, ■ unanimously ap|B I ■ I "-I 1/ I , - i .X 'l' ' ‘ I fl - iraileß VISALIA, ralU.,Wg| I paci. Ir' .m .. x.a his automobile. close to the rectly lights, oAli through trß_ fl -u* 818 A-VH-ROM g'-' wide campaign tB fl H x r,■ i B fl rat population I probably half. He isfl fl j morning gatfl New} York Future* P«. Open High Low Close Jan. .24.85124.99'25.57|24.90|25.69 Mar. . 25.04i25.20|25.76j25.10';25.89 July ..30.40j30,50|31.f0|30.50|31.28 Oct. ..25.78'25.95!26.49)24.85126.56 Tec. . 24.90|25.72|26.<56|26.02|25.77 Americus strict middling' 29 l-4c. PRICE FIVE CENTS Party SENftTOBBURTGN K. 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
