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WEATHER For Georgia—Generally fair to night and Saturday; except local thundershowers Saturday in ex rpme south portion; slightly cooler tonight in Northeast portion. r ORTY^ TH YEAR—NO. [BO WORLD COTTON STOCKS 250,000 BALES SHORT Democratic Nominee Will Swing ’Round Circle LIGHT RING BAIT [ KOSKI PS. HEM) 01 BSCffl MIT President Kalenin Had Narrow Escape During Violent Thun derstorm in Russian Village carriage driver killed Photographer Who Accompa nied Him Injured When Bolt Strikes House By Associated Press MOSCOW, August I.—President Kalenin, of the soviet government had a narrow escape from death by lightning today when the house ina village in which he had taken refuge during a thunderstorm was demol ish id by a bolt. The driver of his carriage was instantly killed, while thfe accompanying photographer was injured. SHIPP IMS WSllll MIK IT KF Chairman of County School Board Says 2400 New Teach ers Needed in Georgia Col. J. E. D. Shipp, chairman of the Board of Education of Sumter county, is a leader in the movement to install a normal teacher-training course at the Third District Agri cultural. and -.Mechanical college here. Col. SKfpp, in advocat.ng this, would also raise the standard of education there so as to consti tute the school a junior college, the need of which, in his opinion is most apparent. Because of his deep interest in this matter ,Col. Shipp today pre pared an interesting communica tion upon this subject, which The Times-Recorder takes pleasure in presenting its readers, the text of the communication is as follows: “A few days since I asked Hon. N. H. Ballard if all the Normal colleges in South were having an overflow attendance like the ones in Georgia. His reply was that so far as he knew they were all well attended because the had conn when there was a general almost un usual demand for teachers who pos sessed qualifications that are ac quired at our normal colleges. “Georgia is deficient in prepar ing students for the profession cf teaching. Every year 2400 new teachers are needed in this state to fill the depleted ranks caused by death and other causes in the ar my of teachers. Our Georgia col leges, however only turn out 800 graduates yearly available for new teachers’ supply. This is why the state school superintendent can only raise the standard of qualifi cation by stricter examinations and not by college diplomas. There ar e not enough college graduates to sup I’ly the constant demand for train ed teachers within the state. “When the Third District Agri cultural College was established it supplied a great need. There w re scarcely any high schools within the Third congressional district and a good school that would teach ag riculture and carry eleven grades (Continued on Page 3.) DOG DAYS’ STARTED ON MONDAY, JULY 28 THOMASVILLE, August 1. — There are all sorts of ideas as to when the Dog Days begin and some of the papers have had ft starting on Ju|y 21st. According to Greer’s Almanac, which is much relied on here and also according to the be »ef handed down for a long time, the first Dog Day comes on July 28th which was Monday. There are many superstitions or ideas connected with the Dog Day.-', one is that if it rains on the first ra ’ n ft* l- days, one mocking birds never sing during the Dog Days, one is that dogs are liable to go mad during that period and if some °ld colored resident is questioned there will be a number of other things that wi'l happen while the dog star is runn ing things, sp watch your step. The l*og Days, so-called, embrace the hot, sultry season during July and August when Sirius, the dog star, rises with the sun, and probably assists that luminary in its work of warming up things, at least that is the way it feels. the timesßrecorder PUBLISHED. IN THE HEART DARROW WINS HEATED TWO-DAY BA' FILE What's Going EUROPE- DAWES PLAN POLITICIANS On in Hor Id By CHARLES P. STEWART The experts who are trying tc settle Europe’s troubles haven’t ac complished much yet. On the one hand, an agreement seems im possible. On the other hand, the consequences will be so terrible if no agreement is reached that it seems as if there must be ore. America offers the only hope of salvation. Yet it's doubtful if Eu rope—that is to say France —can accept salvation on America’s terms. UP TO AMERICA The difficulty certters around the Dawes plan. The Dawes plan isn’t the only one that might be de vised, but if that one can’t be made to work, it isn’t likely any other one can. Boiled to the bones the Dawes plan is that America shall advance $200,000,000 to Germany, to set her on her financial feet and enable her to begin paying off— principally to France. BANKERS’ ULTIMATUM Put the American bankers won’t make the loart unless assured that Germany shall be immune from at tack until they get their money back. “Yes,” says the French, but suppose Germany, getting oi} her feet, refuses to pay us.” ‘lf you at tack her, no matter what the cir cumstances,” reply the bankers, “we shall lose our $200,000,000. We shan’t risk it unless you prom ise to keep hands off until Ger many returns it to us in full. FRANCE’S HANDS TIED Its easy to see the bankers’ viewpoint. As bankers , they're quite right. It’s easy to see France’s viewpoint, too. The French argue that Germany, as (likely as not, will use the $200.- 000,000 to build up a new fighting machine for use against France, and in the meatime France’s hands will be tied. THE ALTERNATIVE Yet if the Dawes plan has to be abandoned German credit and German money will sink to zero im mediately. If German credit col lapses, French credit will collapse, too. This has been prevented thus far only by the popular belief that the Dawes plan would succeed If German and French credit go to pieces completely, the reaction will be worldwide. RESTING UP Politicians have been resting mostly since the Cleveland and New York Republican and Demo cratic conventions an the Progres sive conference at Cleveland. How ever, the parties have completed their campaign committees and the opening oratorical shot’s will be fired in a few days. SUMTER GIRLS ARE AT SHORT COURSE MlSSkJ'lora DeLoach, Miss Nettie Mae McLendon, Miss Eva Webb and Miss Elizabeth Wise, ate Sumter county canning club girl;-, .attending the short course at the State College of Agriculture at Athens. These girls recently won free scholarships, at the Athens college as awards for their can ning club work, each having having attained splendid Averages in their year’s work uder direction of Miss Bonnie Parkman here. Is addition to attending the short course at the State College these youg girls will be present at ti.e christening of ‘Camp Wilkins ’ on the campus of that Institution this week. This camp has been es tablished through co-operation of canning club girls and women of home demonstration councils throughout Georgia. It will afford a place for recreation of all sorts ,to those attending the state college and is now nearing completion. The Sumter delegation at the course will return home Saturday night, it is stated. AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST I, 1924 TWO IM ARGUMENT ffl BY DEFENSE IN LEOPOLD-LOEB pl Judge Caverly Decided Dr. White, Alienist, May Testify Concerning Boys’ Minds DECISION MOMENTOUS ONE Defense Given Right to Show ‘Mental Disease’ in Mitigation * of Punishment By Associated Press CHICAGO, August I.—Judge John Caverly today overruled ob jections of the state to alienist testi mony offered in mitigation of the punishment by attorneys for Na ,than Leopold, Jr., aqu Richard Loeb. Theresult came aftej- more than two court days of argument as a decided victory for thq defense, as it establishes the right ito give testi mony “on mental diseases short of legal insanity not as a defense but in mitigation of punishment.” The decision is momentous in the legal annals of the stfite, where no exactly similar situation is found by attorneys. Immediately follow ing, Dr. William White, cf Wash ington, superintendent of the gov ernment insane hospital, took the stand for the defend. The kidnaping and murder of Franks was planned as an “intellec tual feat” on the part of Richard Loeb, Dr. William White, a noted alienist, testified for the defense. Dr. White characterized Leopold as a child beset wih fantantistic dreams of becoming the world's greatest ‘master mind,” dominating either the world’h I greatest detec tive, or through thp same “master mind” dominating l the organized enemies of society.; IMHO FEE EH PIGS NEEDED 11GE0BGI1 —i— MOULTRIE, August l.—County agents from 14 southwest Georgia counties attending a meeting here for the purpose of discussing the hog situation- and laying plans for encouraging greater . production just at the beginning of a new cy cle of high prices, declared that at least 15,000 feeder pigs could be placed on farms in this section within a week if that number could be secured. The meeting was called by J. Phil Campbelel director of epten sion work for tJie State College of Agriculture. Mr. Campbell said that there was e,very reason to be lieve that the jrice of live hogs would be high -for a number of months and voiced the opinion that the surplus of -present bountiful feed crops should be marketed through hogs apd cattle. He told countjy agents to encour age an even greater production of feed crops next year in order that Georgia farmers may take further advantage of th situation created by the short coin crop in the West and the big redaction in hogs. Stock yard representatives attending the meeting declared that they doubt ed the possibility of filling the orders for the {thousands of feeder hogs wanted. { The purchase of gilts from thq West was looked upon as the nekt best bet for meet ing the situation and several cars of gilts from t he West will be ship ped into Soulh Georgia immedi ately. CULPEPPEIi INVITED TO FIGHT BY ENNIS ATLANTA j August I.—The Thursday afti rnoon session of die House of Rej resentatives was en livened by a i hallenge of Represen tative’ Ennis, o f Baldwin county, to represent itive Culpepper, cf Fayette coun y, to go outside the House if he c esires to state that an assertion o: the representative from Baldw n w as untrue. The challenge wai not accepted. The HousJat the time .bad under consideration a bill to appropriate $29,905 for Ithi- erection of an ce plant at thej state sanitarium at Milledgevilla ; Paris anH Deauville Captivated By American Songstress ' ft Mat : • fl#- iif ilwilß®-1 tMil r W- Mr HWBk x »■ - . /Ob***- F-OL t*- -S’ 1 “ . 1 '^^S*'* 8 Ll Miss Cady Hamilton, an Ameri can singer, has met with great Franks Murder Sourse 7 raced to Slayers Glands Eminent Alienist Says Sub-Con scious Forces Centering in Glands Control Within Men Passions BY M. W. KAPP, M. D. Nationally Known Gland Authority The real source of Jacob Loeb's and Nathan Leopold Jr.’s troubk began many centuries age, but they were fanned into expression of the recessive traits by environment and the incorrect development of their glandular system. Men are ruled by their passions, (he driving impulses of the subcon scious forces within man. Such subconscious forces have their cen ters in the glands of tha body ami these glands are the building or the destructive centers of man’s emo tions. Very few men are so far ad vanced in intajlcct and poise tiiat they rule their lives by reasoning and thinking. Many men kid themselves into be lieving that they rule their lives by reasoning or intellectual processes, when the fact remains that they love, hate, work, pay and do ail that they do through the promptings of emotions, which have their cen ters in the ductless glands of the body. The size, length, breadth and thickness of the body, is determined by th e state of the pituitary, thy roid, adrenal and sexual glands. The actions or expressions of the (Continued On Page Five) LITTLER JOE A WISE MAH HEVEV<, LAUGHS V/UEH W\S . XNIFE'S CORHS WJRT! success at Deauville and has been engaged for a season in Paris. ARMY FLIERS FAILED TO HOP-OFF TODAY KIRKWALL, Scotland, August 1. r — American ’round-the-world fliers were unable to hop off to Iceland today because of a heavy fog off Iceland. SHORT, VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN BY DiS IS PRESENT PLAN Campaign Manager Shaver Dis closes First Definite Plans for Party Nominee RESTS AT LOCUST VALLEY Will Remain at Home There Following Notification Before Taking Stump in Person NEW YORK, August I—A com paratively short, but vigorous cam paign is planned by John W. Da vis, democratic presidential candi date, is disclosed today by Cam paign Manager Shaver. ! Mr. Davis will remain at his Lo cust Valley residence for some i fime after the formal notification before taking the stump. CHANCE, CONVICTED, GETS 15-20-YR. TERM STATESBORO, August I.—-R. H. Chance, on trial for the fourth time under charges of murder in connection with the killing of Wat son Allen in Jenkins Gouty on Christmas d/.y, 1921, was Thursday found guilty of voluntary man slaughter and sentenced to serve from fifteen to twenty years in the penitentiary. He is at liberty un der bond of $5,000. His attorneys will file motion f?r a new trial, which would be his fifth, they announced after tbp verdict wap published tonight. \ The case was tried in Bulloch County on a change of venue from Jenkins. WE IN 40-WTE SESSION mw UNCONTESTED BILLS Chatham Jailors and Turnkey Get Increased Salaries as Re sult of Day’s Session BOOST JUDGES’ SALARIES Appropriation Measures in Ex cess cf 10 Millions Before As sembly at Early Session By Atsociated Press ATLANTA, August I.—By a vote of 102 to 60 the Georgia house of r< present,atives today voted down a motion by Repre sentative Milner, of Dodge, to hold sessions on Saturday. On a later vote, how'ever, it was de cided to hold a session on Au gust 9th, the following Saturday. Representative Milner made both motions on behalf of the rules committee, of which he ia vice chairman. Representative Bowden, of» McDuffie; McClure, of Walker and others charged in opposition to the resolutions that both had been designed by opponents jf the biennial sessions bill who would hope to defeat this bill by small attendance at Saturday ses --*** * Representative Ennis, of Bald win charged headline Writers on the Atlanta newspapers with un fairness on constructing his re cent invitation to Representative Culpepper to> go out of the house for a discussion of a certain measure, and today suggested that the house appoint a commit tee to censor all stories going out from the legislative halls He admitted that stories printer in the newspapers he criticized had quoted him both fairly and accurately. ATLANTA, August I.—The sen ate, in a forty minute session to day, passed a large number of uu contested bills. Two general bills of local application was passed, one increasing the saaries cf jailors and turnkeys of Chatham county, another increasing the salaries of the superior court judges of Fulton. The Senate then adjourned until Monday morning. APPROPRIATION BILLS BEFORE ASSEMBLY ATLANTA, August I.—Facing the task of disposing of appropria tion measures in excess of $10,000,- 000, and with its eye on the esti mated revenue of a substantially les ser sum, th e lower house of the Georgia general assembly today re-1 sumed consideration of proposed al-! lotmcnts for sundry items. Already called on for nearly half a million dollars more than the estimate yied of revenue, the leg islators assembled with the deprecia-l tion of Representative Culpepper of Fayette against additional appro priations fresh in their minds. The representative from Fayette had told the assembly that although there already appealed to be a cer tain deficiency, he believed the state would be able to take care of appropriations already approved, but urged that no additional items be given approbation. It was considered doubtful In the lower chamber whether the bi ennial sessions measure would be reached today, it having been re verted to the bottom of the calendar yesterday. Fifty four members of the house and twenty senators, members of the house and senate Western and Atlantic Railway committee , re spectively, were in Chattanooga, Tenn., today on an inspection tour of the railroad’s terminal there, which is Georgia state property. The senate's calendar showed no especial business for consideration today. Sam Coney has returned from a business trip of several days to Helen, Ga., He was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Everett, who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. U. Rogers. New York Futures Pc. Open High Low Close Jan. ..27.97(28.21|28.38;27.75|27.15 Mar. . 28.30 28.50;28.60’27.40|27.40 May . 28.40 28.5212A.72 27.45|27.51 Oct. ..28.87i29,08i29.20|27.92|27.92 Pec. 28.18(28.38(28.52(27.30(27.30 ■ New York middling spots 28 cents. I PRICE FIVE CENTS anas bpsy over SIMM LESS THUHIRM Annual Report of Secretary of New Orleans Cotton Exchange Made Public Today HESTER IS AUTHORITY New Cotton Season Begins To day With Diminished Stocks, Reliable Figures Show By Associated Press NEW ORLEANS, August I. The carry-over of American cotton into the new season beginning to day is 254,000 bales less than last year, Secretary Hester, of thd New Orleans Cotton Exchange, an nounces in his annual report. Secretary Hester has been recog nized as a foremost authority among Southern cotton factor dur ing many years p.?sL, and his fig ures are regarded as most authori tative. The new cotton year begins on the New Orleans Cotton Ex change on August 1. 10 CROP II HU ORINGS (H Pelham Farmer Sells Fifty Acres for $9,500, Netting Him Profit of $3,000 PELHAM, Aug. I.—A tranac tion that has caused much inter* st in this section was the sale by Owen Davis of his tobacco crop, consist ing of fifty acres* tp a Valdosta firm for the consideration of s!>,- 500. It is understood one-half of this was paid down with the bal ance payable in cash within fifteen days. Mr. Davis is a well known plant er of this country, and while he had a good crop of tobacco it is no; considered better than the average tobacco crop in this section. It is understood Mr. Davis says, this price nets him a profit of about $3,000 on the fifty acres after al lowing for all expenses, including the costs of building his barns. The tobacco crop in Mitchell county is very fine this year, and it is said by tobacco men from North Carolina who have come down to attend to market to be some of the best tobacco they have ever seen. If the price paid Mr. Davis is ah indication of those that will obtain when the markets open in Camilla Wednesday of next week, there wilt be a great deal of money circulat ing in the section within the next thirty days. ftOPGIK MELON Bill HIGH PPlffi Price Peak Attained With $250 Paid for Car Load 30-Pound Melons in Macon Market MACON, Ga., August 1. —The middle Georgia melon market reach ed the peak of the movement today with prices ranging as high as $250 a ear for 30-pound melons. There were also many salts for cash f. o. b. at prices above S2OO a car. The market news service operat ed by the state and federal govern ment today showed that New York’s market was the highest ever known at this season of the year ,on Mon day, Auction sales of melons of 35- pound average brought $685 to $705 per car; 30-32-pound average $590 to $620; 28-30-pound melons, $445 to $450, and 24-26-pound melons, $275 to $325. It was noted that the first Thur mond Grays from this section ever sold on the New York market brought S6OO to $675 per car for 35-pound average, while two cars labeled 26-pound average brought $250 and $450. The Thurmond Grays were pro pagated in the Macon section and there were many buyers who fear ed they would not go on the New York market. Chicago, the largest melon mar ket today had 104 cars on track, with no receipt from Georgia, but Georgia melon? that arrived pre viously were selling at $390 a car for 35-pound average , t
