About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia : Generally fair to night and Thursday. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 183 PEACH EXPERIMENT STATION BILL IS ADOPTED Mexican Authorities Probing Woman’s Murder 000000000 000000 00000 SENATE HOLDING! UP>ROPOSED| INQUIRY ■BEULf filOUli IS IOBTTE? M 8 FAVCMBLY fWTED Committee Maetins Meagerly Attended When Motion Was Taken Upon Probe Measure JOHNS OFFERS MOTION Loud Applause Greets House Message Announcing Pass age of Biennial Sessions Bill By Associated Press ATLANTA, August 6. —The reso lution of Representative Wimberly, of Toombs county, to investigate the Georgia Public Servcic commis sion was favorably reported on to day by the judiciary committee on the motion of Senator Johns, who stated that the committee meeting ■was not so fully attended as desir ed. Loud applau. greeted the house message that the bi-ennial sessions bill had been passed. BIG COUNTY SALARY BIL IS PASSED ATLANT Argust G.--W, House of Representatives late "tTuesday passed, without a dissenting' vote, the revised? Jiill providing for chang ing county officers in Chatham, Richmond, Bibb Muscogee, DeKalb and Fulton counties from the fee to salary system. •*The measure, as passed, goes to the people of each of these counties in the primary Sept. 10 and is to stand only if ratified by their vote In that event, the measure then be comes effective Jan. 1, 1920, and changes to a salary basis, the ordi nary, the clerk of the superior court whether he is ex-officio clerk of the city court or not the sheriff, tax collector and tax receiver. The first of these salary bills was offered by Major Fowler, of Bibb, and was followed by others from several counties. Objections were raised’ and conferences were, arrang ed between the representative of those counties affected, with the re sult that a bill was prepared affect ing all the counties named, save Ful ton. Today before passage of the measure, the Fulton delegation joined in on this bill, and an amendment was put through mak ing it apply also to the county. However, Messrs, Rowe, of the Rich mond delegation, and Eve of the Chatham delegation did not join as authors of the bill. Mr. Rowe soma time ago introduced a similar bill providing for the change to be made by constitutional amendments, and that bill is still pending. The plan under which the change of system is to be worked. out, as provided in the bill, is that the sal aries of the various officers are to be fixed by„the county commission < rs, or other county authority hav ing jurisdiction of the roads and revenues of the county. ANDERSON MAY GET SILK WEAVING PLANT ANDERSON, S. C. Aug. 6.—A silk weaving plant, now located in another section of the country, is seeking a location in Anderson, ac cording to an announcement) made here by the new industries commit tee of the Anderson Chamber of commerce. The plant would be at erected at an approximate cost of $75,000 and would afford spac. for 200 looms. [ LITTLE JOE | ONLY MENS SHOULD LAV AROUND* ■fgfp .. ~ J THE TIMES© RECORDER IN THE HEART OF N * [CAUSES TINNEYS TO PART j r 1 ■v - ■ ■ i yZ-"”" -- --i.fr. .*•** WiHWiR ? WewKalk I I ■ r : < w w IMOGENE WILSON NEW YORK, August 6.—Frank Tinney, comedian, who figured prominently in the recent Imogene 'Wilson assault case, sailed for Europe Tuesday aboard the North German Liner Columbus, a few’ hours after his wife served papers in a suit for separation, charging desertion. Beautiful blonif, Imogene, whom Tinney was alleged to have beaten, almost sailed with him. The “Follies” dancer was on the ship to see him off. She left the Columbus in tears, just as the gangplank was being removed. “Not a thing to say,” Tinney shouted at reporters. Mrs. Tinney, formerly Edna Davenport, the musical comedy star, didn’t-want to talk much about the case, either. She remarked that “you can use a postage stamp only once,” and she guessed that about described her. She said, however, she always would be Frank’s friend. Imogene was too broken up to talk. “It was the weakest grounds I could choose,” she said, referring to the recent court case in which Imogene Wilson, musical comedy beauty, had Tinney arrested on a charge of caveman tactics in Imo gene’s apartment. A grand jury re-fused to indict him. ‘Do yoq still lave your husband?” Mrs- Tinney was asked. “Live and let live is my motto from now on,” she answered. The recent appearance of Imogene and Frank, reunited in various white light restaurants, is believed to have brought on the suit. FIORIDAIABBS JW IS HELI) IT EDISBII Relatives of Parrish Furnish Se-, curity to Effect His Release I From Georgia Jail EDISON, August 6.—J, L. Par-j rish, of Panama City, Fla., is out j under $2,000 bond today, following I a preliminary hearing on a charge j of recruiting laborers from this j section for Florida. His relatives signed the bonds. QUAKERS UNITE _ ' TO HONOR FOX LONDON, August 6.—The ter centenary of the birth of George Fix, founder of the Society ot Friends, was celebrated at his birth place, the small village of Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire, July o Quakers from America and from all parts of England gathered in the village and took part in the cere- ; monies. The Anglican Bishop of Peter boro sent a message to the meeting which was read by Elbert Russed, of Philadelphia, at the conclusion of his address. A visit was paid during the day to the parish church where there still exists the font in which Fox wa. baptised and which was for many years used a village horse trough, i ROME CHAMBER WILL HAVE SALESMEN GUESTS ROME, Aug. 6. —The .chamber cf commerce here is planning to give a dinner on August Blh to traveling salesman of Rome and those who have headquarters here. The pur pose of the dinner is to acquaint th j men with Rome products. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 6, 1924 TOBACCO TRADERS GATHER AT TIFTON TIFTON, August 6. The lo cal tobacco warehouse was filled to capacity with traders, and early sales averaged 25 cents. Early trading was done on poor grades. PRICES GOOD AT BLACKSHEAR BLACKSHEAR, August 6. Eclipsing all sales in interest and lock available at this season, the tobacco crop today is bringing 23 to 30 cents per pound, and it is estimated that 750,000 were to be sold here today. GLOBE GIffILERS STILL 11ICEUHD REYJAVIK, Iceland, August 6. —Lieutenants smitn and Nelson, army world aviators, expect to re main here several days following a stormy trip form Hoefn Hornaf jord on the coast of Iceland yester day' The fliers said that they could tart today fur Greenland on •.their flight except for the uncer tainty of the situation at Angmags lik, where the worst ice gondii on in years is reported. SUMMERVItLE MILLS RESUME FULL TIME SUMMERVILLE, Aug 6.—The cotton mills here are resuming ful! time schedules after a five day week for several months. The mills will close at noon on Saturday but will make the six days a week by run ning eleven hours five days in the week. OEPW OBJECTION TO OA WES PLMI KOT COMMRK American Experts Believe No Ses ;ous Bar to Succees of Pro gram Has Been Raised LOYALTY PLEDGED Berl n Delegation Express Good Whl and Willingness to Co * Operate With Allies By Associated Press LONDON, August 6. —American experts who read the German mem orandum covering a letter submit ted to the allies today said they did not believe the objections raised would likely prove a serious bar to the access of the program the in terallied body had worked out for making the Dawes plan effective. It is announced that the big 14 of th ; conference will reassemble, this evening. “We Have come to London with a since -e desire to assist in finding a m-ith id of putting the Dawes plan into action without alteration,” said Her’ Speeker, acting as spokesman f<r the delegation. “We wish to eee .he report carried tnrough as soor as possible. “V/e intend to contribute our part to the loyal fulfillment of the report. If this Same spirit exists in London it may be safely assum ed t iat we will Speedily come to an agre :ment” ‘The fate of Germany and Eu rope depends upon the success of this conference,” Chancellor Marx told the plenary session iate Tue. day . “We trust that good v ill and co-operation will mark these delil erations. We confirm the pre vious statement of our. govern ment that we intend to carry oi.t the Dawes plan. Already we have drafted the necessary legislation.” “ he German delegation sees in the Dawes report away which must and will lead the German people to freedom, peace and an opportunity for co-operation in the reconstruc tion of Europe. The German Chancellor said that as soon as free economic unity is restored the German people will de vote their whole spirit to carrying out the plan. He thanked Prem ier MacDonald for his welcome saying that the Germans came to London fully appreciating the diffi cult of the conference’s tasks. BIBIK TH BILL IS GIVEN IPPBOBL He. sa Measure Rectifies Alleg ed Inequitable Features tn Ex isting General Tax Act ATLANTA, August 6.—At Tues day’s night session, the house com mit; .e on ways and means approv ed tn omnibus bill amending the general tax act in a number of fea tures which the comptroller general of the state has declared are ine equitahle. These features include an amendment to include dealers in motor trucks with dealers in au tomobiles, in the occupation tax section, to include “drive-it-your self” concerns in the occupation tax on automobiles for hire, to make the tax on pool tables apply to each table operated instead of the whole establishment, to inclume lumber dealers under the occupation tax cn dealers in coal, coke wood, and to repeal the clause exempting strictly local mutual fire insurance com panies from state taxes. TTe bill also would life the occu pation tax on merchandise brokers in accordance with a recent Su preme ruling. After striking a number of dras tic amendments including several of its principal clauses from the bill, the committee voted favorably a substitute bill by Milner, of Dodge ‘ designed to make more effective I the state tax law on cigars and i cigarettes. The bill would provide that deal ers in tobacco should be licensed, (Continued on Page Five) Not So Easy B 'I • 1 1 c ! 1 WfSIHK > ® 7 / s? * * S JO I J J i ' It’s more difficult than it looks. Benjamin Watkins, Baltimore, like knights of old, jousts a tiny target. In the old days ih’i tar get was a human body. : TlSSfifm j POISOI GftS TO KILL .BOLL WEEVIL 111 STITE Senator Harris Succeeds in Get ting Co-Operation of Army Chemical Warfare Section J $25,000 MADE AVAILABLE , General Fries Has Already Re quested Conference With Ex periment Station Officers > By Associated Press ATLANTA, August 6.—-Senator W. J. Harris, under an appropria tion of $25,000, has secured the co operation of the chemical warfare section of the war department with the Griffin experiment station in tests of poison gas to kill the boll weevil in Georgia, Senator Tarris ■ announced today. General Fries, chief of the poi son gas service, has requested a conference with the experiment sta tion officials to work out test plans. TWO KILLED BY SIMS IN CAROLINA i LANCASTER, S. C-, August 6. . R. F. Sims, a leading planted in this ) county, was shot and instantly kill ’ ed and Richmond P. Jenkins, promi nent resident of the Prims com munity, probably was fatally injur . ed Tuesday when members of a ’ party who went to “protest” against ' his immoral life were fired upon ‘ from the home of Tom Sims, in the eastern section of Lancaster coun ' *y- ‘ Sims fled following the shooting 1 bute later was arested by a sher iff’s posse and placed in jail with out bail. The dead man and Jenkins were ' | said by officers to have been met 1 with shotgun and pistol fire when they attempted to enter the homo. Sims was shot through the breast and died instantly. Jenkins’ spinal cord is believed to have been sever ed by a pistol bullet and physicians at the hospital in Rock 11411 to 1 which he was taken hold little hope j for his recovery. Sims and Jenkins were leaders iq fraternal circles of their respective , communties. The former was 4© years of age and is survived by his wife and several children, ML MESSENGER SENT TO INVEOT.TE BEITH OF IS. EVIHS President Obregon Has Des patched One of His Personal Secretaries to Hacienda WOMAN SLAIN SATURDAY George Camp, Companion of Woman , Who Disappeared Can’t Be Located By Associated Press MEXICO CITY, August G. President Obregon has sent, one of his secretaries to Texmelucan to in vestigate the death of Mrs. Rosalie Evans, slain by unknown persons near her hacienda last Saturday, ac cording to Foreign Minister Saenz. The whereabout of George Camp, a Texan who had been assisting the woman,to locate some property, who disappeared the day of the crime, is still unknown. STWEMWCiffI ItIEETINRH GRIFFIN Governor Walker and Commis sioner J J. Brown Scheduled for Addresses Before Meet GRIFFIN, August 6.—Addresses by Governor Clifford Walker and Hon. J., J. Brown, Commissioner of Agriculture, featured th ■ opening session of the seventy eighth an nual meeting of the Georgia Stutj Agricultural Society and the forty ninth meeting of the Georgia State Horticultural Society, which con vened jointly here at 9:30 o’clock this morning. The convention will last through Thursday. A large number of delegates are in at tendance from all sections of the state. United States Senator Walter F. George, of Vienna, Ga., will male the principal address at the Thurs day morning session which will be .•ailed to order at 9 o’clock, J. H. Mills, president of the Georgia State Agricultural Society, of Jenkins burg, Ga., presiding. A feature of the afternoon session today, which will get under way at 2:30 o’clock, with President IL P. Stuckey, Experiment, Ga, of the Georgia State Horticultural Society presiding, will be the peach confer ence, peach show and peach banquet Several speakers are on the program and aside from inspection of fruit exhibits, an auto trip will be made to the Georgia Experiment Station and commercial orchards, under the direction of the local Chamber of Commerce, of which CC. Thomas, secretary, is to have charge. Others prominent throughout the state and South who are on the pro gram for addresses during the two day joint session of tht societies, will be Judge J. J. Fly nt, of Gr.£- fin; J. B. Wright, Cairo, Ga., Hon. J E Conwell, Atlanta, representing the Georgia Co-operative Cotton Growers Association; O. I. Ennpp, 'U. S. I). A. Fort Valley, Ga., J G Woodroof, Experiment, Ga,, J. A. Russell, Montezuma Ga, J. F. Hatcher. Macon, Ga., Dr. R. J H DeLoach, Chicago, 111., director or Armour Agricultural Research; W. C. McCoy, Athens, Ga. Poultry Di vision, Georgia State College of Agriculture, J. Phil Campbell, Ath ens | The election of officers, reports of various committees, and attend ing to miscellaneous business will be dispensed with on the final day of the sessions. , The officers of the two societies' follow: Georgia Stat e Agricultur al Society: J. H. Mills, president, Jenkinsburg, Ga., J. B. Wight, vice president, Cairo. Ga., A E. Gibson, secretary Edison, Ga., and J . W. Andrews, treasurer, Carnegie, Ga. Georgia State Horticultural So ciety: H. P. Stuckey, president; Experiment, Ga., T. H. McHatton, vice president, Athens, Ga., H. W. Harvey secretary, Athen.;, Ga.; and J. B. Wight treasurer, Cairo WARREN’S RESIGNATION IS FORMALLY ACCEPTED WASHINGTON, August 6.- - President Coolidge today accepted formal resignation of Charles B. Warren, ambassador to Mexico. • - 1 " - New York Futures Pc. Open High Low Closa Jan. _27.50 ! 27.76;27.89’27.28|27.47 Mar. 27.70'27.90128.14j27.36j27.55 May .27.82’28.00128.25|27.61j27.83 Oct. ‘28.25128.38|28.62|28i62|28.20 De. -27.62 27.80 27.97127.40127.56 New York middling spots 28 l-4c. PRICE FIVE CENT? 1 (EFFORT WET STATE (AID FOR PEACH MEN FOSTERED BY SENATE Bill New Goes to House Where Appropriation Must Be Secur ed to Make Measure Effective TO DO RESEARCH WORK Measure Aims to Enable Peach Growers to Save Surplus Crop By Canning and Preserving By Associated Press | ATLANTA, August 6. The senate passed by a vote of 33 to 3 the bill by Senator Stephen Pace, of the Thirteenth district, • to establish an experimental sta. tion at Americus for the develop ment of the most approved method of canning peaches. The measure now goes to the house where an appropriation must be secured to make its pro vision effective. Many members from peach belt counties in the house will make a strong fight for the measure there, it is stated here this afternoon. ELECTRIC CHAIR BILL IS PASSED ATLANTA, Av,gust G. By a vote of 2G to 21 the senate today passed the Phillips bill providing substitution of the electric chair for hanging as the legal method of execution of convicted criminals in Georgia. PORT TERMINAL BILL PASSED BY SENATE ATLANTA, August 6.—-The port teiminal bill providing for submis sion to the people of a constitu tional amendment under which $15,000,0000 in bonds would be is sued, passed the senate today. CERTIFY ELIGI3LES FOR GA. POSTOFFICE WASHINGTON, August o. L. J. Le/y, Jr., and K. G. Parley, were today certified by the post office department as eligible for appointment as Brunswick post master. DEMENTED MAN KILLS MAN, THEN SUICIDES CASSLAKE. Minn., August 6. — I Running amuck on a Great North ern train near here, N. J. Lindberg, of Portland, Oregon, attacked the passengers and trainment, then jumped from the train here where h< killed one man, wounded anoth er, and then killed himself. AMERICAN ACCOUNTANTS ‘ TO MEET SEPT. 15-18 NEW YORK, August 6.—Mem bers of the American Institute of Accountants will hold their annual mei ting this year at St. Louis, Sept. 15-18. The foreign societies invited in clude the Institute of Chartered Ac countants in England and Wales, the Society of Incorporated Ac countants and Auditors in England, the Dominion -Association of Chart ered Accountants and Auditors in Canada, the Society of Accountants in Edinburg, Scotland; the Institute of Accountants and Actuaries in Glasgow, Scotland; the Society of of Accountants in Aberdeen, Scot land; the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland. Th e program will be devoted to a disscussion of. accounting topics and subjects of public interest in which accountants have a part. The In stitute is the body which sets up and maintains professional stand ards. Thirty-four states have adop ted its examinations as the test for applicants for the designation “cer tified public accountant.” SHIPP TO SPEAK TO GEORGIA EDUCATORS Among the prominent speakers at - the observance of Education Week at Washington, G:., during August will be Col. J. E. D. Shipp, of Americus. His subject will be “Sumter County Schools, Consoli dation, Transportation, Taxation’ Under his leadership , as chair man of the county board of educa tion, the rural schools of Sumter have undergone a growth and de velopment that is phenominal. Col. Shipp is particularly anx ious to speak to all school board members of Focal districts in the county. Probably no man in Geor gia is better informed on the sub ject, ‘What We Should Do for Rural Schools in Our County and How To do it.” w ■ .. • -Ksm*- J ■
