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'Charles p. stfjvart
D ’ It may be signifi-
cant that Antonio
Sntenza, just ap
pointed La Follette
campaign mana
| ager in California,
is a long-time
frien of Senator
Hiram Johnson.
If Johnson is
human, he must
be sore at the turn
I down the Repub
licans gave ■ him
when he asked
tlietfrlo nominate
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STEWART
. nl for president. And he has been
I ■ ,e iumself in
As a La E oilette-its if that’s what
he Entenza development implies,
e might count considerably on the
‘,t At any rate, his vote would
: oU nt in the senate, where he has
till five vears to serve.
rH EY know now
John W Davis knows now tnat
he Democrats nominated him for
resident. He was told so official,
v Monday. Calvin Coolidge will!
iear similar news from the Repub-1
leans Thursday. Then the cam
)aign will start. The La Follette
ampaign opens this week, too, in j
Illinois, Missouri and Oregon.
PRE.PROHIBITION STUFF
Prohibition officials resent the
suggestion, from wet sources, that
influence had anything to do with
the sequel to the raid on the New
fork home of Hugo Gilbert de
Fritsch. The dry agent is found
irinkables, all right—scores of
•ases. But it was pre-prohibition
stuff.
That, pprohibition officials say,
sas why the wet goods were return
>d with abject apologies and why
Agent K. J. Owens, who led the
said, was fired; not because they
found de Fritsch to be a very rich
man, his wife a niece by marriage
of Chief Justice Taft
STILL FIGHTING
The Brazilian rebels are out of
the city of Sao Paulo. They say
tey abandoned it because their
eadtrs have property there and
they were afraid, in the fighting it
mould be smashed up. They’re
(till campaigning in the open coun
try. One dispatch mentions hos
tilities on a 300 mile front, which
doesn’t sound as if they were beat
en yet, as; the government claims.
MORE TROUBLE
The United States thought
Honduras’ rebellion patched up.
he warring leaders even signed a
reaty on the cruiser Milwaukee.
But now they have resumed fght
ing Moreover, t threatens to slop
into Nicarauguan territory. -Nicara
uguan troops are concentrating to
resist this. American marinos are
ashore.
COMING TO TERMS
German representatives continue |
to squabble with the Allies’ repre
sentatives over the details of put
ting the Dawes plan into effect. But
they were expected to do this, by
way of convincing the home folk
they were doing their best. In
reality, it looks as if an agreement
would be reached soon
•<ING IGNORED
English and Russian representa
‘l'’ - have arranged a commercial
ri, aty between their countries. It
1S rather vague; probably won’t
Prove to amount to much. But the
nteresting point is, it’s minus King
’eorge s signature. True, the king’s
on such documents has
Z? T e form for years - Never,
no, 1 s a form that never war
Ze in all England ’ s histol ?
MISS BURCH TO TEACH
Ar PLAINS HIGH SCHOOL
„•*. ,' s ’\. Ilah Burch who was prin-
1 "I fhalean academy last year
math/™ n r- e ’ Ceted to the chair of
Z !natlcs at Plains accredited
r' 001 ’ Miss Burck took her
stvci 'i r ° nl Columbia University
al years since and nas been
WEATHER
For Georgia __ Partly cloudy to .
anr Thursday ;,possibly show
s the coast.
LITTLE JOE . j
IF knickers have
to be worn it sb
: for. -The
ladies to \a/ear.
THAN The meM
THE TIMESSgtCORDER
EBsll PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE
FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 189
ALLIED - GERM AN PARLEYS CONTINUE
Legislators Grind Out Money Measures
FIRST APPROPRIATION
BILL PKES SfflTE;
MILS GET MET
Shepherd-Towner Infant Hy
giene Measure Appropriation
Made Available This Year
GA. TECH GETS $43,000
Valdosta Woman’s College and
Forsyth Aggie Share in First
Money Measures
ATLANTA, August 13. The
first appropriation bill reaching the
senate today providing $5,000 to
meet the provisions of the Shep
herd Towner act for infant hygiene
passed a vote of 36 to 6. This bill
was amended in the senate, making
the money available this year in
stead of next.
The bill appropriating $43,000
for deficiency for Georgia Tech
was amended in the senate tit pro
vide $15,000 for the Woman’s
College at Valdosta and SIO,OOO
for the State Agricultural and
Mechanical art school at Forsyth.
The Georgia Tech appropriation
jo spunojS oqq uo poqonjjß se.w qiq
amendment, the vote being 25 to
20, one short of the necessary num
ber for passage. Friends of the
measure spoke in favor of the bill
as amended when it moved to re
consider it.
Tn the house a motion to recon
sider the passage of a uniform ne
gotiable instrument law was lost by
a vote of 123 to 59.
The plan of thg. Chatham dele
gation to get. the state port bond
bill on the calendar as a special or
der lost out in the rules commit
tee.
Bills passed by the house include
one requiring automatic fire doors
on weighing more
than 125 tons; another repealing
the anti-tipping law, and still an
other authorizing the City of
Brunswick to issue bonds up to 7
per cent of the taxable property
for port development.
BL- GEN. PISES TS
Succeed pershing
Secretary Weeks Announces He
• Will Appoint Deputy Chief
of Staff to Position
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Sec
retary Weeks announced late Tues 1
day that on retirement of Gen.
Pershing Sept. 13, next Maj. Gen.
John L. Hines, new deputy chief-of
staff woud be appointed chief-of
staff by the President.
Gen. Hines will be succeeded as
deputy chief by Brig. Gen. Dtqmis
E Nolan new assistant chef-of
staff in charge of the supply section
of the general staff.
Gen. Pershing, who will reach th-3
army age limit, 64, on Sept. 13, is
the third man in the history of the
United States to retire from the
army with the rank of full general
(the others being Grant and Sher
man.
The appointment of Gen. Hines
will make no change in his
rank and Gen. Nolan will take up
his duties as deputy chief as a brig
adier general. The rank of general
of the armies was conferred upon
Gen. Pershing by Congress as a
special mark of appreciation for ms
services in the war.
Gen. lines has had a brilliont ca
reer in the army and whs decorated
during the war both with the dis
tinguished service cross for valor
and the distinguished service medal
awarded for efficency. He was
Gen. Pershing’s adjutant general
during the punitive expedition in
to Mexico in 1916-17 and accorn*
panted him to France. Later he
was transferred to command a regi
ment and successfully promoted to
brigade division and cqrps comman
der ‘on account of efficiency on the
feld of battle.”
The first command of Gen. Hines
in France was the 16th Infantry
of the First Division and at the
ime of the fighting in the Cantigny
sector, he was in' command of the
First Brigade, First Dvision which
he also led in the late offensive
stroke in the rgeoin of Soisons.
He was decorated for valor for
hs action during the So'ssor.s en
gagement.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 13, 1924
SCENE WHEN CLARKSBURG WELCOMED DAVIS
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When John W. Davis, Demo
cratic presidential nominee, went
back to Clarksburg, W. V., first
to greet him was Colonel John W.
Johnson, political patriarch who
taught Davis the political ropes.
Davis is shown riding through
the street of his old home town
with his arm about the shoulders
of his mentor.
STATE ALIENISTS
SWEAR LEOPOLD ANO
LOEB ARE BOTH SANE
Slayers of Franks Boy Declared
Mental Pathologists Responsi
ble For Acts
MISS DOCTOR IS SOUGHT
Woman Wanted As Witness By
State and Attachment Issued
to Compel Appearance
CHICAGO, August 13. The
prosecution placed Dr. Hugh T.
Patrick and Dr. Archibald Church,
of Chicago, mental pathogists, on
the stand today in the Franks hear
ing both of them testifying tha;
Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold
were not insane w'hen they kid
naped and killed Franks.
Writ of attachment was asked by
te state for Miss Marion Doctor,
to make her appear as a state Wit
ness
Beating backward over the trail
of ‘mental disease’ and “emotional
queerness,’ that the defense alien
ists have been blazing for a week
in the murder trial of Nathan F.
Leopold, Jr, aiid Richard A. Loeb,
the state Tuesday afternoon pro
duced its first psychiatrist to testi
fy that the two debonair young
slayers were “sane and sounu’
when they killed little Bobby
Franks.
Dr Hugh T. Patrick, president of
.the Chicago Medical Society and pos
sessors of a long string of degrees
and honors, testified late Tuesday
afternoon that he made an examin
ation and extended observation of
both “Babe’ and 'Dicky” on the
afternoon of Junel, just after they
had confessed to the murder of the
Franks boy, and that in his opinion
they were not suffereing from any
mental disease. Dr. Patrick said he
had first seen Leopold and Loeb in
the State Attorney’s office when
they told their story.
Afterward he had a lengthy con
ference with Leopold concerning
several matters, the relations of in
stinct to reason and kindred sub
jects. He observed them all that
afternoon with Dr. . V/illiam O.
Krohn and examined both defen
dants.
“Did y?u see any evidences of
mental disease at taht t' ne? asked
Assistant State Attorney S'barbara.
“I didn’t see any,” replied Dr.
Patrick. “They acted pei fectly nor
mal, except ppossibly they seem
ed to lack appreciation of the enor
mity of their act.”
Dr. Patrick had barely got into
his testimony when court adjourn
eed until Wednesday morning.
Entries lo Close August 28th
Fur County Primary Sept. 1 Oth
County Democratic Committee
Acljs to Hold Election in Sum
ter on September 10
The Democratic Executive com
mittee of Sumter county met here
Tuesday afternoon and perfected
arrangements for holding the coun
ty primary on September 10, as or
dered by the state organization.
The only offices to be decided at
this time are those of representa
tive in congress, members of the
general assembly, judge of judicial
circuit and solicitor-general.
The committee formally ordered
that entries for these offices be
closed on August 28th, a,nd that en
trance fees as fixed by the commit
tee be paid to Secretary John Allen,
Fort before that date. It is indi
cate 1 that the election will be a
quiet one, with only the offices of
solicitor general and members of
the general assembly contested. It
is g- nerally conceded that Judge Z.
A. Littlejohn and Judge Charles R.
Crisp will be unopposed for re
election to their respective offices.
KLUXERS LOSE IN
2 STATE PRIMARIES
Candidate of Hooded Organi
zation Running Bad Third in
Ohio G. O. P. Race
COLUNTBUS, Ohio, August 13.
,(By Associated Press.) —Harry L.
Davis of leveland, former gover
nor, had a two to one lead over his
closest opponent in the race for the
Republican nomination so r gover
nor it today’s primaries, on returns
from 612 out of a tota of 8,300
pre< nets.
U.Homer Durand of Coshocton,
an announced liberal candidate fav
oring beer and light wines, was run
ning second and Joseph B. Seiber,
Ku Klux Klan candidate was run
ning third. James A. White, form
er superintendent of the Ohio Anti-
Saloon League was running fourth.
Goernor A. V. Donahey had es
tablished a better than three to one
lead over his only opponent, Jameg
C. Beatty, for the Demoeratis gub
ernatorial nomination.
COT ART, KLANSMAN,
SEI OND IN ARKANSAS
I ITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 13.
(B\ Associated Press —A. midnight
con 'illation of returns from 356
of the state’s 1,969 voting precincts
sho ed three of the six candidates
for the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination in Tuesday’s pprimary
bunched closely for first place.
Tom Terrell of Little Rock, with
5,2-11 votes, clung to a precarious
lead of 121 votes over Lee Cazort
of Clarksville, who had the en
dorsement of the Ku Klux Kl«n
vyitl 5,120 votes. Judge John E.
Ma,tineau of Little Rock was third
with 4,768.
DISQUIETING REPORT
CAUSES FLYERS TO
REHN IN ICELAND
Harbor at Angmagsulik Small
and Filled With Floating Ice>
Cruiser. Raleigh Finds
TO FIND NEW LANDING
First Reports From Supply Ves
sel Gertrude Rask Had Been
More Encouraging
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, August
13.—After plans had been complet
ted for American world fliers to hop
off from Iceland to Greenland to
morrow, a disquieting report from
Cruiser Raleigh, off the coast ot
Greenland, causes a sudden change
in the schedule. The report from the
Raleigh says that the harbor is too
small and is nearly filled with float
ing ice to make a safe landing. It is
probable that a new landing place
will be selected.
FIRST REPORTS
MORE ENCOURAGING
REYJAVIK Iceland, August 13.
—Lieut. Lowell Smith and Lieut,
pric Nelson, American world fly
ers were preparing today for their
Iceland to Greenland hop
they had expected to attempt
Thursday The attempt will be
made following a report from the
supply ship Gertrude Rask to the
effect that weather conditions are
now favorable to the attempt at
Angmagsulik.
SffINDBILM
COTTfm RECEIVED
Americus’ seepnd bale of new
cotton came.ih Tuesday afternoon
with Clyde C. Griffin and Morgan
Brothers sharing the honors. The
Griffin bale was delivered at the
warehouse of L. G. Council and
came in a short time after Morgan
brothers’ second bale had been
weighed at the Commercial Ware
house. The Morgan bale was not
sold. Griffin brought in the first
bate last year from his fine farm
in the 28th district on August 11.
The Griffin bale, which was the
first of the season recieved at the
Council warehouse, weighed 454
pounds, classing middling hnd was
sold by Mr. Council to B. B. Ford
& Co., of Macon, for 35 cents a
pound. Mr. Council stated follow
ing the sale this morning that he
expected to receive five or six oth
er bales today, having been advis
ed by several of his customers to
thia effect.
DB IS PREPARING
INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN
BEGINNING HI ONCE
Democratic Nominee to Start
Drive Before Country in
Speech at Columbus, Ohio
MESSAGE TO COUNTRY
Radio to Be Used to Transmit
Utterances of Candidates to
People of Nation
ABOARD METROPOLITAN
SPECIAL, New York, August 13.
John D. Davis, Democratic presi
dential candidate, back in the East,
is preparing to carry on an inten
sive campaign.
The Democratic nominee, it is an
nounced today, will inaugurate his
drive for th e presidency in an ef
fort to carry a message to the
whole country in his Columbus, 0.,
speech on Tuesday, August 26.
Radio will also be employed in
transmitting Davis’ speeches ot the
vo.ters of the nation, Democratic
campaign managers stated today.
Before leaving Clarksburg for
New York, Mr. Davis issued the
following statement to the people of
Clarksburg:
“Nothing I can say will adequate
ly express my gratitude for the
encouragement I have gained from
my friends during this stay in my
home. It has meant everything
that affectionate memory taught
me I should always find here.
“For th e tanglible evidence of
your regard shown by the complete
ness of the arrangements, the un
tiring effort of the committees and
the unfailing courtesy and gen
erosity of my townsmen to our
guests, I can and do thank you
from the bottom of my heart. I
shall always remember it.’’
BIGCROPIHEANSLQW
Pfflf. ® COUNCIL
Banker Just Back From New
York, Estimates Sumter Crop
at 23,000 to 25,000 Bales
A big cotton crop means low
prices, andd drouth conditions in
Texas held the key to the price
situation, in the opinion of L. G
Council, Americus banker, who has
just returned from a business trip
to New York A crop above 13,-
000,000 bales, Mr. Council said to
day means a price around 22 cents
a pound for the farmers’ cotton,
white a 12,000,000 bate crop will
probably bring around 25 cents,
and production under that figure
will make the staple worth about
30 cents he continued. This est
mate and prophecy as regards pries
was made by Mr. Council after con
versations with numerous bankers
and cotton factors in New York,
and probably are based upon the
ihiguhest authority obtainable.
Speaking of te cotton crop in
Sumter county, Mr Council was
most optimistic ‘I believe that
Americus warehouses and those in
other parts of the county w.ll
weigh around 23,000 to 25,00 bales
this season,’ said Mr. Council. ‘The
farmers about Americus and in fact
all through this territory, have
worked their crops well, they have
been aided by favorable weather
conditions, and generally speaking
they have poisoned their fields ac
cording to approved methods. This
combination of activities has re
sulted in a prospet that exceeds
anything in sight at this time dur
ing the past three years.”’
Referring so the probable total
crop of the entire South Mr. Coun
cil said that Texas holds the key to
the situation. Upon the outcome of
she prevailing drouth n that state
depends the ultimate yield he be
lieves. Viewing the situation as a
whole, and the crop prospect herj
jn particular, Mr. Council is of the
opinion that prosperity lies ahead
for this entire section, and that tha
industrious farmer will certainly
get his share of this.
New York Futures
F'c, Open, Hjgh Low Close
Mar. ..27.72'27.42‘27G2126.60'26.60
Jan. ..27.98.27.52|27.60|26.83|26J3
May ..28.08127.71127.71,26.93|26.93
Oct. .28.35127.81 27.92!27.17|27.17
Dec. -27.81127.46'27.46126.70|26.70
Americus middling spots 27c.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ROHR EVACUATION '
CONFERENCE PUT
OFFTILLTOMOW
Meeting Called for This After
noon Not to Be Held, Says
Terse. Announcement
MORNING MEET FRUITLESS
Belgian, French and German
Representatives Unable to
Agree Upon Details
LONDON, August 13.—The eva
cuation conference has been post
poned until tomorrow.
MORNING CONFERENCE
WITHOUT RESULTS
LONDON, August 13.—The con
ference of Belgian French and Ger
man representatives ended at 1:30
this afternoon without reaching a
solution of the question of Ruhr
evacuation, it was stated imme
diately following ajournment.
Delegates attending the confer
ence said that another , meeting
would be held later in the afternoon
at which further attempts would
be made to reach a settlement of
details involved in the issue.
M ® FLffll
mis TOPHUS
Lieut. Locatelli Forced to Turn
Back After Encounternig
Heavy Fog On Coast
STROMNESS, Orkney Islands,
August 13.—Lieut. Locatelli, Ital
ian aviator, who left here at 11
o’clock this morning to attempt a
continuous trans-Atlantic flight re
turned a short time later.
turn was caused by a heavy fog en
countered off the Orkneys coast.
COUNTY BOARD TG
USE SAME UK
The County Board of Education
at its August meeting decided that
it would make no changes in books
used in the county schools, unless
it be found that some one or more
of the books now used, are obtain
able. In such event, Col. J. E. D
Shipp, president of the board, said
today, the state adopted books will
be substituted.
The board is anxious to continue
the use of the same books wherever
possible to promote the greatest
efficiency and economy No changes
will ever be made, the present mem
bers state, except when absolutely
necessary ,or for some good reason.
THIRTY-ONE SUMTER
TEACHER£AT STUDY
Thirty-one teachers in Sumter’s
rural schools matriculated at vari
ous summer schools for additional
study during the vacation period, it
became known here today . Among
the institutions at which these stu
dents studied were the University
of Georgia, Athens; Milledgevilla
Normal, Mercer College, and a
number of others.
YOUNG STRIB HANDS
LEONARD KNOCKOUT
CHARLESTON, S. C., August
13.—W. L. (Young 1 ) Stribling,
Georgia boxer, knocked out Leo
Leonard, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., in
the.third round of a scheduled 12?
round bout last night, the feature
of a card arranged for the enter
tainment of the veterans of the Old
K'ickery division, in convention
here, before a crowd of 10,000 peo
ple.
In the semi-final Lew Mayrs, of
Baltimore, won a newspaper de
cision over Boots Antley, of Co
lumbus, Ga., who claims the myth
ical featherweight, championship of
the South. Experts gave eleven
of the twelve round, the other be
ing declared a draw.
Stribling completely outclassed
the veteran, Leonard, who landed
scarcely a blow during the three
rounds. Leonard took considerable
punishment during the first two
I stanzas and it_was evident early in
: the opening rounds that the Georgia
I boy was master of the situation.
Leonard was floored twice in the
j third before Stribling landed the
knoekout punch. . < ~
