About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1924)
WEATHER For Georgia Generally fair to night and probably Thursday. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 199 BIG LINER BADLY BATTERED DURING STORM Ratification of Dawes Plan Pacts Finally Assured U.S. AVIATORS STORM-BOUDIN GREENLAND \ <’ • SEVERE STORM MAY PREVENT FLYERS HOPPING OFF TODAY Marine Experts Predict New Foundland Hurricane Will In terfere With Plans ARE STILL IN GREENLAND Argentine Flyer, Stalled at Ha noi, French-Indo China, Not to Abandon Attempt ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Aug. 27, —World fliers may be prevented from hopping from Greenland to Labrador tomorrow if the severe storm which is sweeping over New Foundland .today continues and ex tends north, according To a state ment bj’ marine experts. MAJOR HEANNIE TO CONTINUE FLIGHT. TOKIO, rAugust 27.—Major Heanni, Argentine world flier, now stalled o nhis globe circling trip at Hanoi, French Indo-China, will con tinue his flight across the Pacific, according to Patrick Murphy, ad vance agent. GIANT DIRIGIBLE STARTs UPON TRIAL SPIN FRIEDERICHSHAHEN, August 27.—The giant dirigible SER-3, which was btnlffor the United States, left at 3:30 o’clock this af ternoon for a short flight of sev eral hours over- Lak e Constance. KOWIFOBB moEHW Disagreement As to Attorneys to Conduct Defense Brings Appeal From Accused LOS ANGELES, August 27. Disagreement among his friends as to the choice of attorneys were ad ded to the anxieties of Kid McCoy, former pugilist, charged with slay ing Mrs. Theresa Mors. Awaiting his next appearance in superior court tomorrow to plead to the mur der charge and three of assault with intent to murder, McCoy issued an appeal to his friends to support the one attorney left on record iis lepresenting him. FAMOUS LONDON BRIDGE FALLING DOWN, REPORT LONDON, August 27. The familiar rhyme. “London bridge is falling down,” loses its blythe note on the ears of London officials, who have received warning that the an cient structure is bordering on the conditions described in Mother Goose. River workers report that one of the piers has dropped four inches under the stress of traffic thrown on the structure when the Water loo bridge, another of London’s 8 arteries spanning the Thames, be came incapacitated for heavy ve hicles. Tests are shortly to be made to ascertain the repairs necessary to save London bridge which dates from 1831. LITTLE JOE success of A parvY NOWADAYS IS JUDGED BY THE NUMBER QS CARS PARKED OUT FRONT / ijfk. -Y-R iMiO. .wJWsSsgrSAHERICUS&aeasa ' ~ THETiMEsftRECbRDER PUBLISHED IN THE OF DIXIE LAUSANNE TREATY FORMALLY RATIFIED PARTS, August 27. The French senate ratified today the Lausanne treaty with only 20 negative votes, which gives of ficial France adherence to the treaty re-establishing peac e in the Near East. MW (MIST - MOE WE HMTFB John Peck Introduced Into Mys terious Circle by Party of Denizens Tuesday Night John E. Peck, organist at the Ry lander Theatre is now a full fledged “snipe hunter,” having been initi ated into th e mysteries of that fasci nating pastime on Tuesday night. A party of Americus denizens, as the hunters call themselves intro duced Peek into the game, these being O. C. Johnson, C. J. Williams, Dan R. Schroeder, Wilson Ryals and Alton Palmer. The “hunt” was arranged by Johnson, who is supreme grand mogul of the order here, and he was assisted in staging the initiation by the others named. As his part in the “hunt” Peck was designated to “hold the bag” while the others drove in the birds. Hill” swamp was of the festivi- ties, and members of the party told of weird happenings in chat vicini ty as they went into the wilderness to secure the birds. One recalled that at a particular spot passed along the route a man had been foufcd with his head cut off and an oter pointed out where the largest rattlesnake ever seen in this sec tion had been killed recently. After Peck had been placed and instructed ho wto hold the bag to secure the largest catch of birds, the others in the party ‘went out to drive in the snipe ” Lv M. Ball, with another friend who was told of the affair after the party re turned to Americus early during fche evening went out about mid night and guided Peck out of the swamp into the city again. PAIR BUT KILLED IU KLAN CELEBRATION Attempted to Fire Improvised Cannon With Fatal Result, His Hand Being Blown Off LUMBER CITY, Ga., August 27. —Paul Bryant, of Hazelhurst, was killed here last night during a klan celebration when he attempted to fire an improvised cannon made of iron pipe as a part of tne celebra tion. His head was blown from his body. He came from Wilson, N. C. MOULTRIE GRAIN ELEVATOR TO OPEN Moultrie, August 27.—The plant of the Moultrie Mill and Elevator Company, which has stood idle tor more than two years, will, reopen next Monday. Inability to buy com during the last two seasons caused the elevator to be closed, but the management thinks that plenty of raw material will be available this fall. Colquitt farmers alone are ex pected to have a surplus of close ■<> 300,000 bushels of com. The ele vator will also buy peanuts and velvet beans. WORTH COTTON CROP TO TOTAL 8000 BALES SYLVESTER, August 27.—Syl vester’s cotton warehouse receipts at the close of business last Saturday were 858 bales, of which it is under stood 115 bales went into the Asso ciation. This is probably one-third of the cotton of what has been ginn ed, and this would indicate a crop of probably 8,000 bales. Owing to the dry weather the cotton is grading better this season than for several iyears, and ja being spMps fast as ginned except what goes into' the Association. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 27, 1924 THE FIRST WOMANIGOVERNOR y>:- : tom ■ ‘ ■ «•- fli iW' Wl ’fli as t W ■ «9h ■■■ 1 MSjr • Jk - O: ' W . --.' A ... A't "V It. 'F.A.EbH . S . ■ ■ it; 1 • & -• . .e.A < MPPIAGE LlfflSE MTIMIK SUIT Rome Preacher Gets into Trou ble When Name is Posted As Applicant in Floyd County ROME, August 27. When Rev. T. B. Davenport, Rome preacher, made his application for a marriage license to marry Katie Wilkins Sis sons he did not expect anything to come of it, other than that, after the necessary five days advertising of the application, he and the lady would be married. Now he finds himself the de fendant to a suit for $6,000 heart balm, in a breach of promise case brought by. Mrs. Effie L. Hunter, who claims that she was to have married Davenport on August 17, and when it was postponed from that date, on August 18 or 19, any way. The preacher-defendant is alleg ed to have promised to marry Mrs. Hunter, (who styles herself a wid ow) on July 26. “He wanted the wedding to be performed immedi ately, but I put it off and August 17 was selected,” said the lady. The petition, which is filed in the Superior court, with M. B. Eu banks, as attorney, states that the preacher recently went to the plain tiff and told her that “as he was in the middle of a revival that would run over the date of August 17, he wanted the wedding postpon ed,” and this was agreed on. It sets forth further that the aforesaid revival was finished on August 18 or 19, and that she, Mrs Hunter, heard nothing from the preacher until she taw the publish ed notice of his intended marriage to another woman. She therefore states thjji as she accepted Rev. Davenport in good faith, on his good reputation, as a minister, in the community, because of her regard and respect for him, and her love for him, she feels that his public jilting of her, and his published in fertttiohs'bf marrying another is yiiffieieTfit founds for'her suit and so she asks heart balm for $5,000. MRS. MIRIAM A. FERGUSON HEMIHIS DRAFTED IB SPEAK Georgian Who Electrified New York Convention to Speak for Party in East NEW YORK, August 27. —An- drew Cobb Erwin, of Athens, Ga.. has been invited by the eastern man age ’ >ent of the national democratic con nittee to make a series of cam pai a addresses in this part of the country in behalf of the democratic prudential ticket, and he has con sen -d to do so. ’m r. JErwin’s dates will be an ti or iced later, but it is understood tha he will speak chiefly in New Yoi and New Jersey, though let- 1 ter have been received urging that and otner Massachusetts points, mid other Massavcnusetts points. There has been a great demand for Mr. Erwin since the outspoken utterance of John W. Davis, presi dential nominee, against the K. K. K. .s a dangerous factor in so far as it is being used as a political ma chine. r is recalled that Mr. Erwin as a member of the Georgia delagation iired the national democratic con ver ion with one of the most spon tan ous outbursts of its proceedings wh< .i he took direct issue with ins associate's on the Georgia delega tion and supported the movement for a clean-cut anti-Ku Klux ex jre.-sion in the platform, the move ment being defeated by only one vote—two members of the Georgia d?h ration having changed their vot -s on the personal plea of Mc- Adoo leaders that such a declara tion would “hurt McAdoo.” From the hour of his speech Mr. E'win was lionized by various state dull gations in the convention and piobably left New York as th e most tall ed-of delegate in the conven tion. '1 he fact that Mr. Erwin’s attl tu le is in complete hamo'ny with th it of the presidential nominee, Mr. Davis, makes him a forceful factor in the campaign in the easj, where he will be given an ovation wherever he speaks. CROWE IS VITRIOLIC IN Os HUNCHTION OF IKY FOR YOUTHS State’s Attorney Resumes On slaught cn Plea Made by Dar ’ row for Lives of Boys NAMES MENTAL SICKNESS Lawyer Insits Upon Designation for ‘Strange Mental Sickness’ Invented for Case CHICAGO, August 27.—States Attorney Crowe, vitriolic in speech, resumed his onslaught today on the mercy plea in behalf of Nathar. Leopold and Richard Loeb for the slaying of Bobby Franks, with re newed attack upon the competency of the defense of the alienists’ testi mony in describing the mental de bility of the youths. Mr. Crowe in sisted upon a name for these strange mental sicknesses invented for this case. COBLHTo DIRECT U FOLLETTE FORDES Third Party Headquarters for South Established in Birming ham—Painter to Assist WASHINGTON, August 27.—R. L. Corley, of Atlanta, has been se lected as director of the La Follette- Wheeler campaign for the south ern states, with southern head quarters in Birmingham. Phil Painter, of Birmingham, was named as assistant to Corley. XLANFLARESAS MAJOR ME TOPEKA, August 27. —Ku Klux Klan has flared up as one of the major issues in the November elec tion in the Kansas democratic state convention, having put the anti-klan plank into the platform. SHEFFIELD TO FOLLOW POLICIES OF WARREN NEW YORK, August 27.—Janies R. Sheffield, newly appointed am bassador to Mexico, said today he would follow the policies of his pre decessor, Charles B. Warren. IDAHO RANCHER SEES WHITE DEER BONNER’S FERRY, Idaho, Aug. 27.—(A. P.) —White deer, a buck an doe, have been seen near here recently, according to reports from several sources. George LaFoun tain, a rancher, said the buck iiad two brown spots, each about six inches in diameter, on his back. BIG RATTLESNAKE KILLED AT VALDOSTA VALDOSTA, August 27.—G. C. Polhill, of Bellville, tells of a big rattlesnake that was near the bridge across the ereek, at Bellville last Thursday. The rattler measured five feet in length and had eighteen rattles. The snake was found by Mr. J. H. Johns’ dog and Mr. Johns killed the reptile with his shot-gun. PLENTY OF QUAIL NOW IN LOWNDES Valdosta, August 27.—Lovers of quail shouting are looking forward to the opening of the season this prospect from the frequent Bob White calls one hears from tile fields at this season, and the num ber of birds seen along the high ways. As far as can be ascertained the quail crop is likely to be a fairly good one, as the most of the spring hatch “got by without suf fering a great deal of loss from the rains. Some especial localities suffered ,in this way, but it was not general. ‘ HERRIOT EWPOWERED TO-SIGN LONDON PftCT BY SENATE OF FRftNCF Last Obstacle to Ratification of Allied-German Agreement Removed By Action BERLIN SURE TO SIGN German Government Will Dis solve Reichstag if That Body Rejects Dawes Plan PARIS, August 27.—8 y virtue of the senate’s approval last night. Premier Herriot is now fully em powered to sign the Londong agree ment and do everything necessary to put th e Dawes reparation plan into effect. BERLIN GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TI SIGN. BERLIN, August 27.—The Ger man government will sign the Lon don agreement whether the reich stag approves or rejects, it is an nounced today. The legislative body is to be dissolved if it rejects the Dawes plan. ATHENS PMSIS ■ H. 1. HARRIS Senator Discusses Plans of Gov ernment to Fight 801 l Weevil in Cotton Belt * —“ ATHENS, August 27.—Senator William J. Harris, address at the Rotary Club hereroday, gave an outline of the extensive plans the government is pursuing in their fight on the boll weevil. Senator Harris was here to attend the air plane exhibition of dusting with cal cium aresnnate. Several phases of the work is being accomplished un der appropriations secured by the Georgia senator at the last session of Congress. “When the government fights the cotton boll weevil,” declared Senator Harris, “it is assisting every form of business, for when th e farmer is prosperous, it is re flected by good times on all sides and in all kinds of business. “The-activity of the senators in in the farm bloc has not been i<»r ,the purpose of getting preferential legislation for the farmers but it has been necessary to assure equal consideration and treatment for die farmers in legislation that is con sidered by Congress.” In hi s address to the Rotarians the Georgia senator referred in length to the years of research by the government experts in their fight on the boll weevil insect, and gave a description of the task they confronted in their work. He told of the appropriation of $90,000 for special work that he secured, a part of which was being used here for the airplane exhibitions. Other items secured by Senator Hanis were funds for the develop ing of a cheaper process for the manufacture of calcium arsenate and other poisons; $15,000 for in vestigations by the United States Geological Survey to determine the various sources of arsenic ores for the manufacturing of calcium arsen ate, and of the $25,000 for experi-! nients now being made at Griffin 1 Ga., by the Chemical Warfare Ser vice in poison gases to kill the boll weevil. JOHN D. WINS FIGHT AGAINST INDIGESTION DAYTONA, FGla., August 27. John D. Rockefeller, Sr., has won what perhaps has been the hardest .light of his life—that against in digestion, according to information revealed by one of his closest friends, during his winter visits to this section of the Flordia east coast. The story is told that after com ing to Florida Mr. Rockefeller’s ■appetite is keen and his digestion is normal. George N. Rigby, mayor of Ormond, states that Mr. Rock efeller is able to sit down to the table and eat anything any ordinary man eats, although he uses judg ment in his diet and docs not over eat. Mr. Rigby says he has eaten with the oil magnate frequently apd that he is surprised at the varieties of food he enjoys. New York Future! Pc, Open High Low Close Mar. -24.73'i24.89124.95!24|30|24|30 May 24.90 25.03 25.11'24.361200 Oct. „24.90|25.00 Dec. ..24.45|24.68 24.68|23.95;23.95 Americus middling spots 24 cents. Receipts today 212 bales. PRICE FIVE CENTS WHITE STAR LINER ARABIC IN HIM IS BADLYJJAMAGED Radiogram Requests Eight Am bulances Meet Vessel When She Docks at New York PASSENGERSARE INJURED Eight of Crew of Battered ‘Moor ish Princess’ Injured; Four of these Seriously NEW YORK, August 27.—Sev eral passengers aboard the White Star liner Arabic, bound from Ham burg to New York, were injured last night when the ship ran into a hurricane, says a radiogram, which requested eight ambulances to meet the vessel this afternoon when she docks. The ship was damaged by l the gale, it is reported. MOORISH PRINCE BADLY BATTERED SAVANNAH, August )27'. —The ■steamer ‘Moorish Princess,’ cf the Furness line, boun dfrom New York to Jacksonville, was badly battered by the Atlantic coast storms of Mon day, and according to wireless mes sages, eight members of the crew are injured, four of them seriously. “LADY KINDERSLEP” SENDS OUT S. O. S. WASHINGTON, August 27.—A radio message received by the army signal corps from Winnipeg, Mani toba, requested assistance of gov ernment stations for the steamer Lady Kindersley, which is declared to be in danger of sinking with 15 passengers aboard. VOITUBE ANKOUNCTS CANDIDATES' NAMES Candidates for Legion Auxiliary Membership to Come From Dawson and Columbus Officers of Americus Voiture No. 725, Societe des 40 Hommes e t 8 Chevoux, announced today the names of Americus Legionnaires who have been approved for mem bership in the auxiliifry organiza tion. These are Stewart D. Furlow, Jesse E. Milner, Charles L. Brown ell, Charley White and Lorin B. Smith. In addition to these there will be three other candidates from Dawson and a like number from Columbus as well. The work will be put on here Thursday evening, it is announced, by the “wrecking crew” from Co lumbus, a select number of experi enced men coming over to direct: the local team in the exemplifica tion of the degree. Several hours will be consumed in the demonstra tion of the work, which will stare at 4:30 o’clock. The work will be put on in Legion headquarters on Forsytn stree, and all P. G.’s are required to be present themselves there nov later than 4:30 o’clock. In order to prepare the high-power explosives to be used in the demonstration and to assist in erecting barricades than will be used to protect themselves ; all Voiture Militaire are requested to be at headquartes one hour earl ier. The locale voiture now has about 18 members and with the candidates to be taken in Thursday night the membership will be increased to a goodly number. GALLANT HUSBAND REFUSES ALIMONY CHICAGO August 27.—William C. Meckling, a local bank official, blushingly refused a proposition to accept alimony from his wealthy wife, made to him by Judge Joseph B. David, after the judge had in dicated he would grant the husband a divorce. Meckling had testified in his suit for divorce that his wife, Nellie had deserted him in 1921, after seven teen years of happy married life, to enjoy the advantages of wealth .with her rich father, S. E. Allison of New York City. “In this day and age, when wo men demand men’s rights the'" should be made to shoulder men’s responsibilities,” Judge David said heatedly. "How much alimony do you want?” Meiekliijg blushingly declared hq didn't want any.
