About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia Partly cloudy to ■lf Thursday, local thunder vers; cooler in north portion. YEAR—NO.J 78 LANCASTER SCENE OF BITTER KU KLUX CLASH lJustice 1 UEEENSE WINS FIRST HIT 111 lEOPOLD mtBMURDFRTRIAL Judge Caverly Rules Against State in Permitting Alienists to Testify in Case STATE CASE IS CLOSED Court Decided Mitigating Cir cumstances May Be Shown; Insanity Can’t Be Introduced By Associated Press CHICAGO, July 30. The state closed its case and the de fense today started testimony in a hearing to determine the pun ishment of Nathan Loepold, Jr., and Richard Loeb for the kid naping and murder of Robert Franks. Justice John R. Caverly, the pre siding judge overruled objection of the state’s attorney to testimony of the defense alienists suggesting if the insanity question is raised, it is the duty of the court to appoint a jury to determine that fact. The judge rules that the defense would not be permitted to go into the evi dence of insanity, but could show mitigating circumstances. CROWE SAYS HE WILL DEMAND JURY TRIAL CHICAGO, July 30.—A new ele ment was introduced into the trial of Nathan Leopold, Richard Loeb here late when Clarence A. Darrow, chief counsel for the k defense, announced that Dr. Wil f'liam A. White, superintendent of St, Elizabeth’s hospital, Washington (Continued on Page Five) effopTtoUsT BftHNSEN FAILS Friends of State Veterinarian Win Skirmish in Senate Over Status of Office ATLANTA, July 30.—Several phases of activity of the State De partment of Agriculture were un der discussion by the Senate'Tues day, a pitch of heated debate be ing reached upon one issue—the bill to limit the term of office of the State Veterinarian, now ap pointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture, and otherwise to re strict the office as virtually to eliminate Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen, present State Veterinarnian. Friends of Dr. Bahnsen, lauding his work in tick eradication and de scribing his administration as ‘fear less,’’won the skirmish, succeeding i na vote to agree with the report of the Senate committee, which re ported adversely on the bill. The vote practically kills the ebill for this session. An effort to disagree with the re port of the committee, launcehed by Senator Moore , precipitated a 'igorous debate, advocates of the bill urging that under the existing system the State Veterinarian holds Practically a life tenure. The Senate heard the report of the special joint committee ap pointed last year to investigate charges against Commissioner Brown and his administration as made by Representative Stewart, of Atkinson. The charges, involving accusations of political play, fav oritism and irregularities in the con ,'luct of the department, were term by the committee as ‘petty and frivolous.” Wide circulation was given to the roptr at the time of >ts preparation months ago, so that >ts reading Tuesday became merely a routine detail. Following this action, the Senate undertook consideration cf the bill Providing for change in the method °f oil inspection in Georgia, which r ow is effected under direction of the Department of Agriculture, ’brough local inspetcors in each county. The bill is designed to pro 'tde 12 inspectors who are to de mote all their time to the work and to cover the entire state. This being another blow at-the existing organisation of the State “Partment of Agriculture, ength” debate was forecast for the meas ure. thetoesHrecorder IN THE /PJnWp HEART OF piXIE Caverly Decides Alienists May Testify OQOOOOOOOOO 00000 GEORGIA CROP OUTLOOK IS ENCOURAGING TRAVEL HOMEWARD BOUND WITH UNCLE SAM’S FLYERS Watch this may as it marks the homeward jvwrwcy of our ’round-thsjkorld flyers. ■7 * nM KWjl / Wil KIRKWALL .ORKNEY ISLAND KIRKWALL, Orkney Islands, Scotland, July 30. —American round the world’ fliers, homeward bound, arrived from Brough, England, at 3:10 o’clock this afternoon, thus completing the first leg of their itrans-Atlanfic journey via Iceland and Greenland to India Harbor Labrador. WEATHER IDEAL FOR ’ COTTON OF DEPARTMENTSTATES Plant’s Growth Very Good, Condition Fine and Fruiting Well Over Entire State WEEVILS HELD IN CHECK Abundant Sunshine Aiding Poi son to Keep Weevil Damage at Minimum in Georgia By Associated Press -• WASHINGTON. July 30. Georgia crop weather conditions as summarized by the Depart ment of Agriculture shows fre quent showers have been slight ly detrimental in the South, with a moderate drouth prevailing in the North and Northwest. The weather is gcncraly ideal for cot ton. Cotton growth shows very good, condition fine, fruiting well. The first bale from Colquitt county was ginned on July 28. Poison and abundant sunshine are holding tH- weevils in check, though there has been some increase and damage where showers fell. Upland corn needs rain, but the crop is practically laid by and fodder pulling has already begun. BOND HEIETTS PLACED AT 5» Reman Man and Wife Accused of Murder of Miss Hoffman Held Following Hearing CHATTANOOGA, July 30.—W. H. Bennett and his wife were order ed bound over for the grand jury late Tuesday afternoon at the close of their preliminary hearing on charges of murder in connection with the disappearance of Miss Au gusta Hoffman from theier home here nine years ago. Their joint bond was fixed at $7,500 The affidavid was presented at the preliminary hearing of Bennett and his wife, both of whom are charged with murder in connection with the mystery. Miss Hoffman, Bennett’s aunt, was living with him when she dropped from sight in 1915. STATE RESTS CASE IN TRIAL OF CHANCE STATESBORO, July 30. The state rested the case against R. H. Chance, on trial here charged with the murder of Watson Allen, near Millen, in 1921. Twenty witncscs were examined. BRIGHTER PROSPECTS FOR PRODUCTION OF COTTON NOW FIT Business Review of Federal Re serve Bank Says ‘Seasonal Lull’ Being Experienced LABOR SHORTAGE EXISTS Increased Use of Poison Has Re duced Number of 801 l Wee vils Now in Fields By Associated Press ATLANTA, July 30. Brighter prospects for the sea son’s production of cotton at this time than was true two or three months ago; material improve ment in condition of all agricul tural crops being noticeable in June and early July, while in most lines of business there is being experienced “a seasonal lull,” said to be usual at this time, is evidenced in the July monthly business review cover ing the agricultural and financial conditions of the Sixth Federal Re serve district, issued here today. The cotton, crop is said to have improved from 65.6 per cent of normal on June 25, in the report made by the department of agriculture, ac cording to the review, while all states in the sixth district, with the Continued on Page Three. MOULTRIE BOY HANGS UP NEW GOLF RECORD MOULTRIE,, July 30.—Leonard Shaw, Moultrie boy, who is attend ing Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Jowa, hung up a new record on the last nine holes of one of the golf courses there according to a newspaper story,, part of which follows: “By shooting six birdie s and three pars for a 33 total, L[, O. Shaw set a new record Sunday af ternoon for the last nine holes of the Credit Island course.” LID TO GO ON AT MOULTRIE SUNDAY MOULTRIE, July 30, The chances are that there will be con siderable shopping around in Moul trie and the other towns of the county late Saturday afternoon and tonight The fact is sucii a step seems to be in order for the lid goes on tighter Sunday than it has ever been clamped on in this city and nearby points before. Sheriff Bedrd has announced that in compliance with the grand jury’s recommendation as included in that body general presentments calling for a“strict enforcement of the Sunday laws,” he is going to see that every body turns aside from his or her daily vacation. This interpreted means that nothing is te be sold or any work performed. WEALTHY VIACON WOMAN DISAPPEARS TAMPA, Fla., July 30.—Local police late Tuesday were following every clew in an effort to solve the mystery surrounding the disappear ance of Mrs. M. L. Dickson, said to be a wealthy young widow of Ma con, Ga. R. L. Dickson, borther-in-law of the missing woman, was arrested Tuesday in connection with her dis appearance. Mrs. Dickson is said to have come to this city from Macon Thursday night with her brother-in-law to in vest in business here. She regist ered at a local hotel and made ar rangements to meet her brother in-law the following morning, ac cording to the story told police. She left the hotel the following morning to look at an apartment, so the story goes, and she has not been seen since. The brother-in-law reported her mysterious disappearance Saturday night. Young Dickson was docket ed at police headquarters on a blanket charge of suspicion. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 30, 1924 j MRS. ROBERT M. La FOLLETTE jagh/IRS _____... m sibb wSbp. ailrok I Fo n I j' dHI/IF. f ■ wr 1 IHlr This is the latest portrait of Muing as, an independent for the rs. Robert M. LaFollette, wife ofPresidencv of the United States, the Wisconsin senator who is run Beckman Denies Georgia Peaches Being ‘Dumped 9 Into Streams of State Agent of Exchange Says Only 12 New York Concerns Able to Handle Peaches >'EW YORK, July 30.—A spe cial news story printed in thee New York Produce News, a fruit and vegetable trade journal published here says: “When W. H. Beckman, local representative of the Georgia Peach Growers’ Exchange, was asked about the reported dumping into the risers of Georgia of 4,000,000 bushels of peaches, which report was widely circulated through the Associated Press, he said that the yarn on the face of it showed its falseness. In the first place it would be impossible to get that many peaches to dump. Again it would be absolutely fool ish on the part of the growers to pick that many peaches at consid erable expense and then dump them. The probable basis of this story, he said, was that a few small-sized peaches which, because of the un satisfactory condition of the market it was not profitable to ship and which could, not be used for by. products, might have been dumped jthis year, as is done every year. “There has been some complaint on the part of old line peach houses that have made a specialty of peaches in season, that ther e have been too many receivers in tins market, and that is one of the reasons why the deal went to the bad so suddenly last week. During the days of heavy receipts, there have been as high as 40 different firms receiving peaches on the same day. ‘Many of these firms have never had any real experience in the handling of peaches, which is a busi ness in itself These people have (Continued on Page Five) ' LITTLE JOE" MAW HOT HEADED Gehts COLO • / v I it oP-' HwwK BIEL TH REDUCE OIL IHSPECTJON FORCE EIEfEMIIiaTE Measure Was Intended to Pro vide New Economical Method for Gas Inspection in Ga. OFFERED BY GRANTHAM One Section of Defeated Meas ure Would Have Limited . Number of Dept. Inspectors ATLANT/Vhdy 30.—8 y 27 to I 3 the vote for the bill pro viding for the inspection of oils and gases and limiting the num ber of inspectors was defeated in the state senate today. Sena tor Grantham, of the 46th dis trict, is the author of the defeat ed bill. VIADUCT BILL MUST WAIT ATLANTA, July 30.—The senate passed the Atlanta viaduct bill af ter adopting amendments providing that the entire matter must be re ferred to the 1925 assembly for fin al approval. STATE PORT BILL IS TABLED ATLANTA, July 30.—The state port bill providing for the issuance of $10,000,000 in bonds was tabled today by the senate on motion of Senator Arnow, of the 4th district, in the midst of an aye and nay vote being recorded on the bill’s passage, will be severly punished. SENATE WRESTLES WITH OIL INSPECTION BILL ATLANTA July 30.—Meeting promptly at 11 o’clock this morn ing, the Georgia state senate took up consideration of two outstanding (Continued On Page Five) PERSIA ‘HORRIFIED’ AT IMBRIE KILLING TEHERAN, July 30.—-The news paper ‘lran’ publishes a letter from the foreign minister to the Ameri- minister saying that the gov ernment is| horrified and Sorrowful over the killing of Vico Consul Ini brie, and that every endeavor is be ing made to find the culprits, who WIN ACCUSED IN LOVE PLOT GOES ON TRIAL AT MARIETTA Mrs. D. D. Bullard Alleged to Have Abetted Attack Made While Husband Slept BEEN TRIED ONCE BEFORE Third Man in Domestic Triangle Has Already Been Convicted of Assault on Bullard By Associated Press MARIETTA, July 30. —The trial of Mrs. D. D. Bullard and Sim Edwards, alleged principals in a love plot to get rid of the former’s husband, is scheduled to start here»today. The wom an is charged with complicity in connection lyith abetting an at tack made by Edwards on Bullard as he slept in a Powder Springs, Ga., residence. A former hearing of the case resulted in a mistrial. Edwards has already been con victed of assault in connection with the shooting, and faces several statutory charges. Bullard was recently granted a divorce from Mrs. Bullard in the Superior court of DeKalb county. KioNmn ißMiffli SiEEm HELMS Oscar Dutton Located, Unharm ed, in Fayette County, While Police Seek Abductors ATLANTA, July 30.—Oscar F. Dutton, who was kidnaped from his .home here Sunday night by two men has been located in Fayette county with relatives and unharm ed. Police are seeking for a motive bf the abduction, it is reported. IIJH Iffl EM « CPPEER Os EMM Savannah Featherweight in Jacksonville Hospital Follow ing Fight With Lew Silver JACKSONVILLE, July 30.—In ternational injuries as a result of a bout here last night with Lew Silver, 'of Atlanta, may end the ring ca reer of Dick Leonard, feather weight, of Savannah, who is now m a local hospital following a techni cal knockiut in the seventh round. LAURENS CANNING GIRLS AT ATHENS DUBLIN, July 30.—Mrs. Edita Ward left Dublin this morning en route to Camp Wilkins near Ath ens Georgia. She was accompan ied by Mrs. Bededingfield, of Renta and twenty-eight young la dies all from this county. Mrs. Ward has arranged for the girls to take the short course in canning club work and general home economics under ideal camp ing conditions. The club will re main in camp for one week, before returning to Dublin. WEEVILS SCARCE IN FIELDS OF LAURENS DUBLIN, July 30.—Weevils arc very scarce in Laurens county this year, or at least one man is ready to testify that such is true. T. R. Wilcox, representative of J. W. Jay & Co., cotton brokers of New York was asked by his firm recently to aid in gathering a large quantity of live weevils to be used in experiments in Lousiana labori tories Mr. Wilcox went out to the cotton fields confident that he could secure them by the hundreds of thousands. To his surprise, was unable after thorough search ta find enough weevils to make even a small shipment to his firm and had to WTite them that weevils were not to be had in Laurens county fields. New York Futures Pc. Open High Low Close Jan. . 28.08(28.06128.09|27.24|27.46 Mar. ..28.34128.30|28.30|27.47|27.70 May ..28.40128.30|28.33|27.45|27.78 Oct. ..29.04(29.15(29.15(28.00(28.27 Dec. ..28.18(28.15(28.16(27.35(27.50 New York middling spots 28 3-4 c. PRICE FIVE CENTS HUNDREDS ENGAGED IN FIGHT STARTING WITH KLAN GATHERING Score Injured During Hideous Night Filled With Clashes Be tween Opposing Forces OUTBREAK AT 7 SPENCER Kiansmen Beleaguered by Huge Crowd, With Bitter Feeling Causing Disorders By Associated Press LANCASTER. Mass., Ju’.y 30.—Afcet a night of disorders and clashe-: in which scores we-c injured, the crowd of men wno had engaged in the night's hos tilities, members and spectators at the Ku Klux Klan meeting field near here, dispersed with the arrival of additional state patrolmen today. Five to eight hundred were en gaged in the fighting during the night. There was a similar outbreak at Spencer, several miles away. When the klan assembled in a rented fir'd, it was beleaguered by a big crowd, and it is expected that the culmination of the disorder will be bitter feeling fop some time. JOE IBM mTOM BE ‘Shoeless Wonder’s’ Team and Macon C. of Ga. Oulf’.L to Meet at Playground Joe Jackson, “shoeless wonder” of big leagues a few years ago, is to be seen in action in Americus next Monday, August 4. He comes this time as the stellar attraction with the Waycross A. C. L. team, which Ki scheduled to play the Ma con Central of Georgia outfit in Americus on that date. The game will be played on the Playground diamond as a benefit for that organization, and fans from miles around are expected to come here for the exhibition. In formation is that the two teams are about evenly matched, and with Jackson’s superior diamond gen eralship displayed, the game will probably be exciting throughout. Joe Jackson resided in Americus during several months last year when he managed the Americus amateur team, bringing that out fit up from the bottom to the com manding position in the South Georgia circuit. WATERMELON MOVEMENT HEAVY IN SO. GEORGIA DUBLIN, July 30.—Watermel ons have been moving steadily from jthis section during the past week, in fact the rush part of the season was on last week. Shipments last w'eek cn the line of the W. & T. railroad amounted to 106 cars. This ia compared with a total of 96 for the entirJ season last year. This road has handled in all, 155 cars from off its lines, the bulk of which came from Laurens county. These do not represent all the cars shipped last week, however, for reports from buyers show that something like 150 cars, in all, moved from the sections of which Laurens county is the center. CHINESE TAKING TO MODERN COLD DRINKS TECHOW, tShantung, July 30. Having imitated the foreigner in many other respects, the Chinese are now taking to the summer eus- I tom of ice cream and iced drinks ! and especially iced tea. A short time ago ice cream was obtainable only in Peking in the Legation Quarter hotels and in foreign cum • munities in the port cities; now the Chinese shops that sell it are. legion and the urchin in the street has thu ice cream cone habit. Bottled soda water, pop and lens,* onade can be bought anywhere Iced tea stands, with dirty glasses and swarming flies, are frequent along the streets even in inland Chinese cities away front the tour ist routes. The widespread imitation of the foreigner’s custom of indulging in cold drinks, without a corresponding . imitation of the sanitary methods employed by the foreigner in their preparation, promises serious con, sequences.
