About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia—Generally fair to night and Thursday FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 194 BOLD $150,000 DAYLIGHT ROBBERY IS STAGED 00000 0000 o 0000 0000000000 Carolinians Plead For Appalachian Purchase mm citizens HEAR IW PLEAD [OP NATIONAL PARK Mass Meeting Held in South Carolina to Boost Appa lachian Mountain Reserve MANY ATTEND GATHERING Louis B. Magin, Tallulah Park Man, Principal Speaker Ad vocating Action AVALAIIALIIA, S. C., August 20.—A mass meeting of the citi zens in this section who are inter ested in the national park to be erected in the southern Appla chian mountains was held here to day. Louis B. Magin, of Tallulah, park, president of tii e Southern Ap palachian National Park Associa tion, is the principal speaker. fiFTnHffl GREET FITZPATRICK About fifty members of John D. Mathis Post, No. 2, American Le gion,- enjoyed a social and busi ness meeting held in the permanent home °f the legion last night. State Commander J. R'. Fitzpatrick and State Adjutant McMullen were present, and delivered splendid talks. Commander Fitzpatrick was in troduced by Executive Committee man Robert C. Lane and h e pro ceeded to explain in a general way what the legion had accomplished, and what it intended to accomp lish as a national organization.. He then discussed the activities of the Department of Georgia and set the goal so r!925 membership at fif teen thousand. He emphasized the fact that the paramount duty of the legion is to help care for dis abled buddies, and impressed all present with his earnestness of pur pose and the bigness of the Ameri can Legion. State Adjutant McMullen was also introduced by Lane, and he delivered a short addtess explain ing the inside of the ad justed compensation bill, and dealt with the manner of conducting the ■ late offices of the legion. A resoution was passed endors ing the national defense act, and Major James A. Fort was appoint ed as a committee to determine just what steps the legion would take on September 12, National Defense day. J. G. Holst was appointed by Commander Fitzpatrick as chair man of the legion illiteracy com mission, to co-operate in every way with th c State of Georgia illiteracy commission. Thc meeting was presided over by Cecil W. Walters, CONVICTED FLOGGER IS SEEKING RELEASE MACON, August 20.—Six of the jurors, who returned a verdict of guilty in Macon City court against J- F. Alexander, Cotton avenue grocer, who was sentenced by Judge Holmes Johnson of Gray City court to serve six months on the '- uiingang, five months of which eoi| ld be avoided by paying a fine of SSOO, for assault and battery growing out of the alleged flogging of Ollie M. Perry, Tindallville store -1 ‘ per, have signed the petition v-hich requests executive elemney for the convicted man. LITTLEPOE ( Blessed are. the peacemakers, for 'IHEY ARE SELDOM OUT OF A .JOEL ■ 1 - ■■ . ’ _ THEfIMKSRECORDER PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE KLANSMAN ACCUSED OF LOOTING CHURCH BILE BILIK CRUISER RICHMOND; FLUBS STILLIT PETOIK Warship Carries Necessary Ex tra Parts for Repairing Planes Before Hop-Off ALL PREPARATIONS MADE Unfavorable Weather Causes Aviators to Again Abandon Effort to Leave Iceland REYKJAVIK, Iceland, August 20. —American world fliers and Lieutenant Locatelli, Italian trans-Atlantic flier, will tak e off on their lap to Fredericksdal, East Greenland, tomorrow morn ing at 3 o’clock, it was decided today. The decision was made aboard the Cruiser Richmond this morning. REYKJAVIK, Iceland. August 20- —American world fliers nad made all preparations to start this morning on the hop to Fredericks dal. east Greenland, but unfavor able weather conditions forced abandonment of their intention A gal e delayed the arrival here of thc United States Cruiser Rich mond, which is bringing spare parts to' repair the planes. The Cruiser Richmond arrived at 9 o’clock this morning, when spare parts for th e damaged planes were immediately brought ashore. The fliers will not leave today * be cause °f stnrog gale. It is un certain when the Richmond will de part. stfwith® BOUTTODPAWCPUWO MACON, August 20.—Fight fans from all parts of th e South, indeed, from many parts of the United States, are expected to be at the ringside in this city on September Ist, Labor Day, when Georgia’s own W. L. “Young” Stribling, meets Bob Fitzsimmons, Jr., son of the great Robert Fitzsimmons in a ten round bout at Central City park. Anticipating th e enormous crowd that will seek admission to the. scramble, officials of the local American Legion who are promoting! the card, are having erected a large I arena' to accommodate the more than 5,000 expected when the gong sounds for the opening stanza. There will be 1,000 ringside seats available, this not to include the thousands that will be seated in the grandstand and in the new seats’ that are being construced. Tickets | for the big fight will be placed on sale August 25, afld large numbers of sporting fans are to come from Atlanta, Savannah, Columbus, Al bany, Augusta, Americus, and oth er nearby towns, as well as hun dreds from other parts of the South. In addition to thc Stribling-Fitzsim mons clash, which is the main event on a well rounded card, “Fighting” Boots Antley, te Columbus wonder, will do his stuff with a partner not yet matched. A great deal of interest is mam- 1 fested in the coming bout. Many! of the fans who know absolutely 1 nothing of young Fitz’s ability are wondering a great deal. They are well acquainted with what Strib ling can put across. But Fitzsim mons is a natural born fighter, and icomes from an athletic family. His father had the reputation of being the only man in the ring history! who held three world champion crowns. WAYNESBORO STREET PAVING PROGRESSES WAYNESBORO, August 20. The paving of the Waynesboro streets is making rapid progress. Beginning at the lower end of Lib-! erty the base is laid as far as the Episcopal church. Thc indications are now that within a few weeks the Waynesboroites will be riding their principal business street over a brand new asphalt paving. It is going to add much to the appear ance of the city. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 20. 1924 So 1 his Is Bunker Hill! T-urmi IT -- Ir , rr . --irrui-.uiiiiu,. ' « I oris? X qL f li Ma,. Pa and all the little Bur ton Wheeicrs gather at the his toric Bunker Hill Monument, Boston and pay their respects to General Prescott’s memory. It was Prescott who said “Don’t fire until you sea the whites of their eyes.” Wheeler’s slogan in his race with La.Follette is to the ef fect that a broadr.ide may ba fired at any distance. IIBOMMi mjpMt Urges Putting Check on Klan’s Activities in Taking Laws into Its Own Hands CUMMING, Ga., August 20. Former Senator Thomas W. Hard wick addressed the citizens of Cum ming and Forsyth county at thc courthouse here. His speech was along the line of speeches /nade at other points in thc state emphasiz ing local self-government, religious freedom and urged a check on the klan’s present activities, that of .taking the law in its own hands, KBfflßD TO PDISIDE Il BANKERS' TPIIIS Atlanta Jourist Will Hear Cases Against Officers of Defunct Fairburn Institution FAIRBURN, August 20.—Judge Gus H. Howard, of Atanta, will prside at the adjourned term of Campbell county will be tried 1 . The nesday morning, when cases against officers of the defunct Bank of Campbell ciunty will b e tried. The bank was forced to close its doors by state bank examiners several months ago. Judge John B. Hutch eson and Major Claude C. Smith, judg e an< l solicitor of the Stone Mountain circuit, have been dis qualified. John R. Hutcheson of Douglas ville, former solicitor general of the Tallapoosa circuit, assisted by Judge E..J. Eagan, of McDonough, and Judge J. Wilson Parker, of Fairburn, will be prosecuting coun sel, while former Governor Hugh Dorsey, of Atlanta and J. F. Go lightly, of Fairburn, will conduct the defense. Indictments against the officials ranged from embezzlement to re ceiving funds after the bank be came insolvent, C. R. Harvey, form er president of the bank, will face the embezzlement charge A total of 17 indictments was returned by the Campbell grand jury, MAEWLISBITTER IH DEHUO.M DE YOUTHFUL SLAYERS Murder and Kidnaping Capital Crimes Committed by Leo pold and Loeb ' DEATH PENALTY IS ASKED Defendants Apparently Unmov ed by Plea of State’s Attor ney for Death by Noose CHICAGO, August 20.—Two of t|j e three crimes for which Illinois provides the death penalty, murder. I ravishment and kidnapping, were 'committed by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, in a manner justify ing nothing less than death on the gallows, Thomas Marshall, assis tant state’s attorney, told Judge John R. Caverly today. Thc defendants gave no visible sign of unusual interest. The argu ments of the attorneys are full un derway. meeHes SSOO DAMAGE TODAY Feagle’s Pressing Club Scene of Blaze That Threatened to Spread to Building A gasolin e fire in the establish ment of J. A. Feagle in Rylar.cler building on Lamar street did dam age estimated at SSOO early today. The damage was confined principal ly to plant machinery, but several articles of clothing near thc fire were damaged by smoke. The fire originated in some un known manner in.a machine used to purify gasoline, and was kept under control through the use of chemical fire extinguishers loaned by the Americus Automobile- Com pany. These enabled the workers to practically extinguish, the fire before the fire department arrived. An effort to apply water to the fire wag stopped by Fire Chief MfArhur immediately following his arrival. QUARTERLY MEETING TONIGHT POSTPONED The quarterly meeting, scheduled for tonight at First Methodist church has heen postponed, and it is stated that reasons actuating the postponement will be given by the pastor at prayer services tonight. LJ. FOLLETTE AND WHEELER NOMINATED IN NEBRASKA TOT Independent Candidates’ Names Presented For Presidency and Vice-President’s Place ELECTORS ARE PLEDGED Mass Meeting Held at Grand Is land Where ‘lndependent Party’ is Launched GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. Aug 20 —Robert M La Follette and Bur ton K Wheeler were placed in nomination in Nebraska for the presidency, and electors pledged to support thm in the electoral col lege should they carry Nebraska in November. A mass meeting here formed the “independent party.” CENTMJM M»A® Americus Terminals Busy During Month of July Figures Just Announced Show A total of 293 cars of peaches were handled by the Central of Georgia railroad at Americus dur ing the shipping season just ended, according to figures made public to day by H. C. White, thc company’s Americus agent. These figures in clude peaches received from the Seaboard Air Line, and shipments originating at Americus only. Ship ments coming in qver the Columbus and Albany lines of the Central and switched but not billed here, are not included in thc figures. Os thc peaches handled by the Central 229 cars originated at Americus, and thes e represent the forwardings of shippers who load ed peaches at Americus, while 64 cars were received from connec tions. These latter represent load ings of shippers either on Seaboard sidings or station on that railroad delivered to the Central here, and include, perhaps, a number of cars (Continued on Page Five) NITIIEIKBICHI STOCK INCREASING Next Census to Show Gratifying Increase in Native - Bom Population of United States BALTIMORE, August 20.—Na tive American stock in the United States is on the increase and indi cations are that the maximum popuation of this country in the future, which he estimates at 197,- 274,000 in 2100 wil even more distinctly of American stock than the United States of today, acconi ing to th e studies in human biol ogy which are to be published short ly by Dr. Raymond Pearl, profes sor of biometry in the School of Hygiene and Public Health, and of biology in the Medical Schools of Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Pearl’s satistics dealing with the vitality of native and foreign born Americans are based on studies of the birth and death fig ures from registration states dur ing the period from 1915 to 1921 inclusive. They show that the native born Americans, whose birth rate was practically equal to death rate in 1915 rose to 142 births to 100 deaths in 1921. In 1915 for eign born mothers were giving birth to 267 children to every 100' deaths among the foreign born. In 1921 their proportion of births had fallen to 237. This shows that the foreign born birth rate, though still the larger, is on the decline, while the native birth rate is increasing. LUCY PAGE. CIGARETTE FOE, DEAD AT CHICAGO CHICAGO. August 20. Miss 'Lucy Page Gastona, founder of the (National Anti-Cigarette League, died at a ’ coital here today, ' r • ALLEGED CATHEDRAL POBBIBWEM 188 PUT UNDER BUND William Moyers, Said to Be Ku Klux Organizer in Vermont, Accused of Robbery LOCATED AT NEW MARKET i I Bail is Fixed at $5,000 After Arrest by Tennessee Authori ties Early Today BURLINGTON, Vt„ August 20 —William Moyers, klan organizer, and alleged instigator of the rob bery at St. Mary’s cathedral re cently, has been located at New Market, Tenn. BOND FIXED AT $5,000 IS FURNISHED NEW MARKET, Tenn., August 20.—William Moyers is out under $5,000 bond, after being arrested here on request of Vermont au thorities on a charge of robbery. Ilium BANDITS HOLD UP BIG BM Corn Exchange Bank, at Kansas City Looted of $15,000 Who Escaped WJ.h Booty KANSAS CITY, August 20 Three unmasked bandits today held up the Corn Exchange Bank and escaped with approximately $15,000. INSANITY TO BE M’COY’S DEFENSE LOS ANGELES, August 20. Kid McCoy’s attorneys are laying the groundwork for insanity de fense. M’MATH’S CONDITION REPORTED CRITICAL ■ ■ W T. McMath left Tuesday after noon for Perry. Fla. where he was called by the critical illness of his brother. W H McMath, whose con dition was repotedl as very grave. Mr McMath was accompanied to Perry by his sister. Miss Nora Mc- Math going through the country in an automobile. The message bringing information as to is brother’s condition gave no details concerning any previous illness GRAND JURY INDICTS M COY FOR MURDER LOS ANGELES, August 20. The grand jury late Tuesday indict ed Kid McCoy, ex-pugilist, for the murder of Mrs. Theresa W. Mors here August 12, last. H’e also was indicted for assault with intent to commit murder and for robbery. There were four counts on thc robbery indictment. A third in dictment against the ex-pugilist charged him on three counts of as sault with intent to commit mur der. JUDGE ROSE LEADING IN SENATORIAL RACE CHEYENNE, Wis., August 20. Judge Rose is leading in the Demo cratic senatorial race. KLANSMEN HANDED JAIL SENTENCES HAVEDHILL, Mass., August 20. Eight members of the Ku Klux Klan and five anti-klansrnen were found guilty of disturbing thc peaoe and each was sentenced to 30 days by Judge Daniel J. Cavan in the cen tral district court here Monday af ternoon All appealed. The cases grow out of a riot after a kian meeting in Groverland July 31. The judge scored the defendants for not having assisted the court in the investigation and stated that, more serious charges will be prefer red, since it was apparent that the anti-klansmen had fired shots from a truck after they had been fired upou. —— i—— New York Futures Pc. Oncn High Low Close I Mar. 25.6. r >;25.65|26.10|25.46|26.0l May ..25.72:25.12|26.20|25.65|26.14 Oct. ..25.95125.95126.22125-.80126.15 I-'C. .25.45125.45125.80125.2' 7 |25.75 Americus middling spots 25 cents. Americus receipts 121 bales. PRICE FIVE CENTS DIAMONDS AND JEWELS ‘STOLEN BY-BOSTON iBMDIB IEI HOLD-UP I Clerks in Store of Carl H. Skin ner Faced By Gunmen While Pal Ransacked Cases ESCAPED IN AUTOMOBILE Raid Carefully Planned and Ex- I ecuted Just After Jewel Cas es Taken From Safe BOSTON. August 20.—Dia mond and jewelry valued at $150,- 000 were stolen by two men who held up the clerks in the store of Carl 11. Skinner, diamond merchant today. One man remained in an automobile, two covered the three clerks with revolvers, while the fourth picked up th ( > jewelry cases which had just been removed from the safe. SfflßlHS IHI IB Passenger Trains During July Over System Moved 96.1 Per Cent on Operating Time w John Bowen, Americus agent for the Seaboard today gave out figures showing th e excellent record for the operation of trains during July was made by the Seaboard Air Ljno Railway, when all passenger trains maintained an avereage per centage of 96.1 per cent for operating on time Considering thc number of traim on thc system this is considered a rather high per centage and is “ result of the efforts made by Sea board officials and all employees to constantly improve its passengor srvice. Some of the Divisions maintained an average as high as 99.8 per cent. Efforts are being ntl'de to better the percentage of last month; the aim being to have all trains operate on time. COOLIDGE ST MMUIMtt President Gives Formal Approv al to Speech of Dawes Ac cepting Nomination PLYMOUTH, Vt.,'August 20. President Coolidge wired Charles G. Dawes congratulations on iris acceptance cf last night. DAWES DECLARES FIGHT IS UPON RADICALISM EVANSTON, 111., August 20. Tb e national campaign of 1924 was declared by Charles G. Dawes, in accepting the Republican vice.j presidential ‘nomination last nigllt to b e a contest between “progres sive conservatism” and untried and dangerous radicalism.” The nomine c speaking to several thousand gathered on the lawn of his home here, asserted the form er position to be that represented by Pre ident Coolidge, the latter to be exemplified by the La Follette independent candidacy and “inter posed the Democratic Party, with bne consrvative and one radical candidate on its ticket, hoping to get votes by avoiding the issue.” Contending that “a formidable attack has been launched on tha fundamental principles of the con stitution,” Mr. Dawes characterized the La Follette movement as the “chief opponent” of the Republi can national ticket and said he con sidered' adherence to the principal fundamentals of the constitution the foremost issue in the November election. He announced his stand on the Republican platform declaration against any entrance into the League and assailed the Democratic position as “an invitation to again enter that fog of debate in a pub lic referenduln.” He commended the proposal of the present admin istration for adhrence to the Per* manent Court of International Jus tice,, declaring: “It is to our na tional interests and the interests o£ the world.” Mr. Dav. es also broke his silenco on aceei>tane< by the Allies and Germany of the reparations plan bearing his name, declaring tha credit belonged to Resident Coch idge and Secretary Hughes,
