About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1924)
' - ■ . _ ■ WEATHER For Georgia Unsettled; prob ably rain today and Tuesday. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 203 POLICE CHIEF ACCUSES SHERIFF’S ‘GUNMEN’ OUOUOOOOO 00000 0000000000 Attack on Opponents*Launched By Montanan ....... 000000000 O 00 0 0 0-000 0 SUMTER AD VALOREM LEVY TO BE LOWERED County's Finances In Splendid Shape Commissioners Allow Lower . Assessments and Reduce Tax Rate Half a Mill; Obligations All Being Met Promptly; No Floating Debt Now Outstanding Declaring that the financial affairs of the country are in better shape than at any time within a number of years; that all of its bills are being paid as they are presented; that it has been able to meet every obligation so far this year without the necessity of borrowing any money, the Board of County Commissioners in regular session Monday morning reduced the county tax rate one half a mill, fixing the rate for the next year at 12 mills instead of 12 1-2 mills, as fixed in 1923, and 13 mills in 1922. Chair man Neal A. Ray presided. All the members of the board were present and voted. Mr- Brown Small, tax collector, reported that all of the taxes non i r o a U h n ad .H, paid with the exception of between $7,- 000 and SB,OOO, and Chairman Ray remarked: “Brown 1 don’t know how you did it, but you have done remarkably well.’’ Ihe report of tax valuations made the board by Mr Small showed a reduction in taxable values of $518,638.00 as com pared with last year. This reduction will mean a decrease in revenue to the county of approximately $6,250 for 1925 as com pared with this year. However, Sumter county will receive ap proximately SIO,OOO next year from ——— ■J the state ga.s tax, which added to th e tax income from the 12-mill levy, will, in the opinion of the commissioners, take care of all the county’s expenses, including inter est on bonds and sinking fund. “A very large part of our in come is going into road work, ’ said Chairman Ray, “and this gas tav therefore is simply supplementing that sum, appropriating the gas tax mo.ney to the road fund carries om uie provisions and intent ct the gas 11 The board’s records showed that receipts for the three quarterly in stallments from the gas tax this year have been as follows: First Quarter $ 2,1 22 Second Quarter 2 ’ 402 Third Quarter - 2,594. -J During the present year, out oi the 12 andl-2 mill levy, the com missioners not only have met all current indebtedness' of the coun ty, but they have retired §16,000 m road bonds and paid the accrued in terest on bonds outstanding. There is in the hands of the treasurer a sufficient sum to meet August and September expense, the board was informed, and there is the $7,000 or SB,OOO additional un paid tax yet to be turned over to the treasurer. Os this sum Mr Small says practically all is collect able. “When I came on the board,” Mr. Oliver remarked to the commision ers as he moved a reduction of the tax, “we began borrowing money in February to meet our bills. This year we have not borrowed a dollar, we have paid all obligations prompt ly and have sufficient money to meet September bills. This clearly demonstrates to me that we can safely make a reduction of one-half mill in taxes. I believe the reduc tion is necessary at this time. Many of our people are heavily indebted, some of them owe for two and may be three years taxes. This reduc tion will help. “I realize that we may be com pelled to borrow some money to meet our bills the last two or three (Continued on Page Five) I LITTLE JOE [ 'The good samaritaU Couldn't afford to Have all the Gents, 1 \WO FALL* AMONG" THIEVES CARED FORj AT."THE UNNS • H Nowadays? l . MP AyoSs CT CUSWagsag?. - BStt PUBLISHED IN THE OF DIXIE [W? LI FOLLETTE MB MLB BREfiK SILENCE ATTITUDE Former to Broadcast Radio Talk to Labor at 2:30 This Aster s noon from Washington DAVIS AT WHEELING President Will Receive Labor Delegation at White House and Deliver Address WHEELING, W Va., Sept. 1. Those who counsel isolation for America are “Blind leaders of the Blind,” John W. Davis declared in his address before the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assem bly here this afternoon. Security against war, the pres ervation of equality of oppor tunity and the equality of right constitute the three constructive measures now before the Ameri can people, he said. WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—A new phase in the presidential campaign is to be entered today with Pres. Coolidge and Senator LaFollette scheduled to break their silence maintained since the beginning of the campaign. President Coolidge’s principal po litical engagement for today is with a party of organized labor, sched uled to call at the White House to hear a message on labor from the nation’s chief executive. DAWES TO SPEND DAY AT HOME EVANSTON, 111., Sept. I. Charles G. Dawes, Republican vice presidential nominee, will spend a quiet Labor Day today at his home here. DAVIS BACK IN WEST VIRGINIA ABOARD DAVIS SPECIAL TO WHEELING, W. Va., Sept. I. John W. Davis is back in his home state today today to deliver his fourth address since his nomination qs the Democratic candidate for the presidency. Leaving New York Sunday to engage in the first major battle of his campaign for the presidency, (Continued on Page Five) CHINESE AIDED BY AMERICAN FOOD SEATTLE, Wash., September 1 Chinese standards of living are nsing as the result of fast schedules of steamers plying from this port to China, carrying vegetables, fruits and refrigerated meats, according to F. Townsend, manager of a trans ,Pacific steamship company. "Pacific northwest fruits, vege tables and meats, and citrus fruits trom California,” said Mr. Town send, "are on the market in China the year around as the result of a steamship arriving in Chinese ports every ten days.” AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 1, 1924 BOSS OF THE WORLD TODAY gaE3*asß!|4--Ll__4 I I'" L,, I! r* 11 " 1 T STI IS i<l '■ : T~ -S sgfi II I > — B I W- ’’ Se@BS ■IIf V Zilifeh wOu / jjli L JJT Ir , tjgl Oj’'' i If n ■ 1 -. j I v * l| Al —V* z 1 \ $ j T -_- -- _ I / J AII V/IBJ v, m Committees Named for Standard! raining School Gathering Will Be Held Under Auspices of South Georgia Conference and Board was authorized here today of the appointment of comnlittees to prepare for the com ing session of the Standard Train ing school to be held in b :rst Meth 'odist church here September 26. This gathering is being held under auspices of the Sunday School Board of the South Georgia Metno dist conference and the Genaral Sun day School Board of the Southern Methodist church. A number of distinguished visitors will be here for the gathering. The school is being held for the Americus and Cordele districts and uie sessions will be made interesting and instructive throughout. The purpose of the school is to bring to gether all those who attended the recent training school at Wesleyan college, Macon, and to afford the people of both Cordele and Ameri cus districts opportunity to secure proper religious training. The train ing is open to persons of all denomi hations and visitors will be welcome at all sessions. Committees named to prepare for the gathering, the members of which are requested by Rev. John M. Out ler, pastor of First Methodist church here, to meet Wednesday night in the church immediately following prayer meeting, are as follows: Committee To Secure Homes: Mrs. Evan Mathis, Jr., Chairman; Mrs. L. F. Grubbs, Mrs. A. J. Bell, Mrs. Heys McMath, Mrs. J. M. Goolsby. Entertainment Commit" ee: Mrs. H. B. Mashburn, Chairman; Mrs. R. L. McMath, Jr., Mjs. C. S. Glover. This committee will be charged with the duty of assigning students to homes each night during the ses sions of the training school. Supper: Mrs. Barlow Council, Mrs. Willis Hawkins, Mrs. R. L. Parker, Mrs. J. H. Qiarterman, Mrs. Dudley Gatewood. This meal will be served at the church nightly during the sessions of the school, and each member of this committee will have charge one night only. Publicity Committee: Lovelace Eve, W. L. Dupree, Wible Marshall Attendance Conrtnittee: 8. R. Heys, Chairman, H. B. .Mashburn, H. E. Allen, Miss Annie Ansley, Mjrs Annie Walker, Miss Clara Roe buck, Joe M. Bryan. This commit tee is charged with the enrollment of as many students as possible. OAWESPLAN BECOMES OPERATIVE THROUGH Kill ITOY Reparations Commission Acts to Make Provisions of London Agreement Effective GERMANS BEGIN PAYMENT Twenty Million Gold Marks to Be Handed Over to Repara tions Agent on Tuesday PARIS, Sept. I.—The Repara tions Comission today officially de clar d the Dawes plan in operation. The stipulations of the agreemnt sign' d recently in London between Ger tany and the Allies were made effective at non by the terms of the commission’s formal proclama tion. F flowing issuance of the procla ma on, Owen D. Young, of New Yor , agent general for the repara tions payments, informed the Ger man treasury that his office will be prepared on Tuesday to receive the firs; 20,000,000 gold marks as call ed for under the London agreement. Mjr. Young’s office will be opened in Berlin tomorrow, although he himself will not leave Faris until Wednesday. The 20,000,000 gold marks will be the first payment on the 83,000,' ()00 gold marks which will be placed at Mr. Young’s disposal during Sep-, tern 1 er by the German and the al lied governments. The French, Bel giao and Italian governments, be ginr ng tomorrow, will turn over to the gent general the proceeds from their administration of the Ruhr. These sums probably will amount during September to from 35,000,- 000 to 50,000,000 gold marks. Ger many will pay in September another sum of 20,000,0000 gold marks and if at the end of the transitional per." d of five weeks the entire 83,- 000,'P00 mark have not been made up, Germany will supply the bal ance. , In Bulgaria, the king works his own garden plot. Which is much better than working international plots. Lft FOLLETTE ASSAILS OLD PARTIES UNO SO CALLED ‘MONOPOLIES’ Independent Candidate Broad casts Appeal to Voters From Washington Today NO REMEDY FOR EVILS Democrats and Republicans Alike, He Says, Have Failed to Solve Problems WASHINGTON, Sept. ’.—Assail ing both the Republican and Demo cratic parties, both which he declar ed have offered nothing to remedy evil which have arisen under their respective administrations and as a result of their policies, Sen. Rob ert M. LaFollette, independent can didate for president, this afternoon broadcast an appeal to the voters of the nation. In broadcasting his appeal for support at the polls, Senator La- Follette declared that he had en tered the campaign solely to com bat the monoply system, which he declared represents one of the greatest of present-day evils in gov ernment. COOLIDGE DEFENDS LABOR POLICY WASHINGTON, Sept. I—Presi dent Coolidge, addressing a delega tion of labor representatives here today, said the government should continue the policy which he de clared has resulted in “American wage earners living better than at any other time in our history.” Continuing the president declared that “If anything remains to be done by the government for the people who toil, or for the cause of labor, which is the sum of all oth er causes, this should be done through continuing efforts to pro vide healthful surroundings, educa tion and reasonable conditions of employment at fair wages, for fair work, stable business prosperity and the encouragement of religious worships.” DR. GUISPPE MOTTA HEAD OF ASSEMBLY GENEVA, Sept. I.—Dr. Guisppe Motta, former president of Switzer land, was today elected president of the fifth Assembly of the League of Natoins. WHEELER MLfflS miTICIL CLEBE Bf SEO ON ECHIE Assails Adversary Candidates By Name; Summons Massa chusetts to Lead Nation APPEALS FORLABOR VOTE Coolidge and Dawes Criticized Satirically an<F Davis De nounced as Foe of Workers BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 1. —Pro claiming the arrival of a now po litical cleavage based upon econom ic division, assailing his adversary candidates by name and summoning the citizens of Massachusetts to what he declared their hereditary tradition of innovating in national affairs, Senator Wheeler, speaking on historic Boston Common, today opened his campaign for the presi dency. During his address, Senator Wheeler criticized President Cool idge and General Dawes satirically for their dis-interest in the welfare of labor, and referred to John W. Davis, the Democratic nominee as a man “who would out-Coolidge Coolidge as the servant of Wail Street,” if he be elected to the presidency. Th e speech throughout was an ap peal to the labor vote of the na tion and was heard by several thous and persons. HORTHEPNERS BW MW IN FLBffl Huge Tracts of Lands in That State Are Now Owned by Non-Reisdent Investors TALLAHASSEE, Fla., September 1. land in area one-fifth the size of Leon county, sit e of the Florida state capital, is controlled in terri tory adjacent to this city, largeb in this county, by northern capital ists whose combined wealth runs into the hundreds of millions of dollars. They have purchased the land and set it aside for game pre serves and for winter homes, acrfbrd ing to records revealed in connec tion with the state’s centennial cele bration Nov. 9-15, which comes simultaneously with the opening of the hunting season. Among the large holders of prop erty in this section are George F. Baker, president of the board of directors of the National City Bank, New York, with 12,000 acres; Hai ry Payne Whitney, 14,000 acres; Percy Chubb, New York, 12,000; Carl Fleischman, 6,000; Unia Fleischman, 10,000; George A. Foote, Montclair, N. J., 3,000; A. B. Lapsky, Hartford, Conn., 10,000; Louis Thompson, Philadelphia, 10,- 000, and the estate of the late Dr. Tennant Ronalds of Scotland, 12,- 000. Miss Farnces Griscom, of Phila delphia, former amateur woman golf champion of the United States, Is another welPknown holder of lands in this section. She Is one of America’s leading woman field shots. Another woman landowner is Mirs. A. H. Tiers, of Montclair, N. J., whose husband’s scientific experiments affected the sulphur supply of the world. The Griscom (estate includes 10,000 acres of woodland, lake and meadow, lyinj between the Dixie Highway and the Meridian road, and is one of the best known quail preserves in the country. The Tiers place covers 5,000. PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS . TURNED TO PROFIT BOCHOLT, Germany, September I.—A plague of locusts has brought a new industry to this region where the insects have been gathered by the ton and oil extracted from their bodies. The locusts came over tho frontier from Holland, by countless billions, and were caught by woman and boys with great baskets. The oil is said to be partic ularly adaptable for winter flying because it does not congeal in low temperatures. Good, fat locusts retailed at about one-fourth of a cent a potmd. After the insects passed thrqugh the oil extraction process the refuse was used as ferti lizer. New York Cotton Market Closed—Labor Day. Americus receipts today 298 bales. PRICE FIVE CENTS HERRIN QUIET WITH RESIDENTS READY TO OBSERVE LABOR H Semblance of Order Restored Following Clash Between Kian and Anti-Klan Forces AUTHORITIES DUBIOUS Feared in Some Quarters That Serious Developments May Occur During Day There HERRIN, Ills., Sept. I.—Chief of Police Walker in a signed statement today asserted that Sheriff George Gallingan and hi» “gunmen” precipitated the clash Saturday during which six men were killed. MARION, 111-.., Sept. I.—Sher iff Gallinggan, of Williamson county, was arrested here today by Coroner McGowan. He is charged with murder in connec tion with the killing of six men Saturday at Herrin. Following his arrest, the sheriff was releas ed on bond of SIO,OOO furnished by a number of prominent resi dents here. HERRIN, Ills., Sept. Follow ing Saturday’s clash between klan and anti-klan followers in which six were killed, Herrin residents are today preparing for the usual Labor Day celebration. Authorities are dubious as to developments to bo ex pected, and early today it was fear ed in some quarters that further serious elashes may occur. There are dozens of different versions of Saturday’s trouble with no two of these alike. Each side nas a story in which they accuse the other of starting it. But after the smoke of the battle fought on one of Herrin’s principal streets, shortly after noon had clear ed, six men lay dead and a seventh perhaps mortally wounded. Four of the deau are said to beve been klans men, one was a deputy sheriff and an anti-klansman, and the other was a bystander with no known affilia tion, killed by a stray bullet. The klan dead are Dewey New bolt, Green Dunning, Chester Rei I and Charles Willard, Otto Rolland was the bystander and the deputy sheriff was J. H. (Bud) Allison. Herman Phemister, baliff of the Herrin city court, is not evpected to nVe, as part of his skull and right eye were blown away by a shotgun charge. The arrival of a national guard company from Carbondale a few hours after shooting prevented what focal residents think might have been a bitter battle between the two waiting factions of Williamson county, the Ku Klux Klan and the anti-klan. Both sides were armed to the teeth, they said, and were pre pared to have it out once and for all. As in the past, however, as soon as word reached Herrin that the troops were on the way, the fighters dispersed. ATILLA’S GRAVE TO BE EXCAVATED SOON SZENTES, Hungary Sept. I. I lie grave of Attila, leader of the original Huns, soon will be exca vated, according to Dr. Csallany, director of the museum of this city’ He has been supervising scientific excavations near Dongt since 1900. MACHINE NOW LOCATES SOURCE OF COAL AND OIL BOCHUM, Sept. I.—Ability to determine the exact location of coal and oil underground by means of an improved seismograph, regis tering detonations is claimed by Dr. Mintrop, of this city. Accord ing to Dutch newspaper reports, the invention was tried out successfully in Holland. Dr. Minthrop now is traveling in the United States. ALASKA SOON TO HAVE ANO 1 HER RAILROAD JUNEAU, Alaska., September 1. —Alaska soon will have another railroad, according to articles of in corporation filed here by the Termi nal Railway and Dower Company of Hyder, Alaska. The company is to build a standard-gauge line from Hyder up to the Salmon River Val ley to tho Alaska-Canada boundary line, a distance of 12 miles, and a two-mil c brancji from the main art ery leading tj> the Texas Creek mines.
