About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1924)
WEATHER Tor Georgia— Fair flight; cool er ih south portion Thursday; propably showers in south and warmer in north portion. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 205 BODY OF WOMAN IS FISHED FROM OGECHEE Heavy Americus August Warehouse Receipts 1132 ffllUS COTTON PFCFIVED MREADV IT WAPTHOIKES HERE Fleecy Staple Now Rolling in Rapidly With Americus Re ceipts Increasing Daily 229 BALES ON MONDAY General Opinion is That Much of Top Crop Has Been Lost Through Long Drougth Cotton receipts in Americus at the three warehouses here up to and including Monday afternoon totalled 4132 bales, according to figures au thorized for publication today by Messrs. C. H. Burke, L. G. Council knd Harrold Brothers, warehouse men here. The receipts indicate that the crop is being gathered rapid ly and that little or no staple is be ing held on the farms about Ameri cus . Receipts at several .warehouses here during Monday were 229 bales, these same figures indicate. Splendid weather has facilitated gathering the crop since the first bale was brought in and prevailing high temperatures have resulted in cotton opening rapidly in fields in all parts of the county. Sustained drouth, which was broken only a few days, and too late in most in stances to benefit the cotton crop, has resulted in some loss of staple, jt is generally conceded. Some ex perienced farmers assert this Ipss. will not be less than 17 to 20 per cent, and that the entire “top crop’’ has been destroyed, and if these estimates are sustained by later de velopments the loss has been a seri ous Mie. Estimates previously made of a 25,000-bale crop in Sumter county are now being reduced by conserva tive cotton men to between 20,000 find 22,000 ales. This loss in pro duction, probably, will be made, up for in a measure by the splendid quality of staple being brought in. It is stated in certain circles that recent open weather has added greatly to the cleanliness of the staple, and that practically no wet dirty and stained cotton has been brought in up to this time. Generally speaking, farmers are reported selling their staple at pre vailing prices, with very little ten dency exhibited to hold cotton for higher prices. This is in line, it is stated, with the policy of merchants and bankers throughout the courftry who are inclined to liquidate all old debts, and begin the new commercial year with clean slates wher ever possible. As a result of this Policy cotton money is finding its way into trade channels here quite rapidly and merchants in every line of trade report increased activities among their customers with mer chandise moving in normal Septem ber volume, as well as th e liquida tion of many accounts that have been carried for months upon their books. SCREVEN FAIR BOOKS ISSUED S\ LV ANIA, Sept. 3.—Premium oooks have been printed for Screven county fair to be held here October 14-18. No efforts will be spared to make this the best fair the coun ty has ever had. A new building has been erected on the fair grounds or display of negro planters, and is expected that exhibits will be will'?' ,7"’° ° ther new Matures Co I/ 0 a e B ° y ’ S club work I'hder ounty Agent D. F. Bruce and Girls’ -h work under Miss Frances Hines, nome demonstration agent. LITTLE JOE | OHLY-THING THAT makes some husbands Worth Kluahg \s Their *■> q insurance!! -“-I- Jf. „ ... . ERICU■ THE TIMESf’RECORDER feKjPyBLISHED IN THE OF KLUXERS’ DEFEAT AT AUSTIN IS COMPLETE TRAVEL HOMEWARD j BOUND WITH UNCLE SAM’S FLYERS i Watch this man as it marks the homeward journey of our ’round-the-world flyers. Mr' Ms-, pictou harborTnovTscctla FLYERSHOPOFF FROM HfflES MY FOR PICTOR, M. S, Left Hangars at 10:12 This Morning En Route to Nova Scotian Landing Fields WEATHER UNFAVORABLE Dull Clouds Hanging Low When American Air Service Globe Girdlers Left Hawkes Bay -PICTOU, N-. 5., Sept. 3—(By As sociated Press.) —Amei'ican army air service world flyers hopped off from Hawkes Bay, New Foundland at 10:12 o’clock eastern standard time this morning. The destination of the flyers is this port. Weather conditions at Hawkes Bay when the flyfers hopped off were reported as unfavorable, with dull clouds hanging low about the pntire community. At 12 o’clock eastern standard time the airmen passed over the cruiser Milwaukee stationed approxi mately 100 miles from Hawkes Bay. SHERIFF ■ DEPUTY NX® I MINISTERS Galligan and Thomas Assert Williamson County Disord ers Due to Klan Preachers HERRIN, Ills., Sept. 3.—Sher iff George Galligan and his dep uty, Ora Thomas, were charged with having fired the first shots in Saturday’s encounter between his force and klansmen during a hearing at the inquest here today. Dave Sisk, a garage employee, asserted that the sheriff and his deputy fired the shots that kill- Chester Reid, an innocent by stander, and one of the first men to be killed dicing the resulting melee. MARION, Ills., Sept. 3—Reply ing to a demand by the Protestant Minister’s Association of Williamson county that he resign from office, Sheriff Galligan late Tuesday that four Protestant ministers, whom he named, could restore law and order in Williamson county if they would cease preaching “murder and law enforcement by the Ku K.ux Klan. Members of the Ku Klux Klan in Williamson county, opposed to law enforcement by duly constituted au thorities, killed Deputy Sheriff “Bud” Allison Saturday at Herrin before a shot was fired by Sheriff Galligan or any of his deputies or .anyone else, said Sheriff Galligan and Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas, in a statement today. FIRE LOSS PLACED $l5O BY CHIEF Damage sustained in the fire at the Oliver Mattress factory was esti mated today by Fire Chief McArthur at $l5O. The causfc of the fire was not stated. The factory is located in a small frame building on Felder street some distance from the busi ness section of Americus. AMERICUS, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 3, 1924 The Van Swerihgens’ Latest Deal \ .■ncVS ’* r **i} J MmW'.eOWW stlA<s tAIOMP CTW»»o V? - ** //'TI I j MW Jr 7 -- : wra sou a: in. X-X C .7 I v The greatest railroad merger in years was completed with the unification of the Nickel Plate, Chesapeake & Ohio, Hocking Valley, Erie and Pere Marquette lines and their subsidiaries. All are controlled by O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen of Cleveland. Here is official map showing the extent of the consolidation. FORM Efl UWES SEW. H.S.TREMI 111 fIEPAPHIGNS IHtlff Seymour Parker Gilbert, Jr., Succeeds Young As Repre sentative of Allies RECEIVES ALL PAYMENTS Administration of Dawes Plan Already Uncter Way to Be Continued by Gilbert PARIS, Sept. 3.—(By Associated Press.) —Seymour Parker Gilbert, Jr., formerly under secretar yof the United States treasury, today accept ed appointment as agen general for reperations under the Dawes p'an as agreed upon bv the Allied na tions and Germany at the London conference. The post is now being filled temporarily by Owen D. Young, of New York, who aided in drawing up the plan under direc tion of Gen. Charles G. Dawes, its originator. Administration o fthe Dawes plan under which Germany is to pay an unnamed su mduring an undecided number of years until damage wTought during the war is liqui dated had already been inaugurated. This was done by Young who opened offices in Berlin several days ago. The first payment of 20,000,000 gold marks, or approximately _ss.- 000,000,000, due under the Dawes plan was paid at Berlin Tuesday, being deposited in the Reich bank there by the German government to the credit of the agent general of the reparations commission. DARIO RESTA, FAMOUS AUTO RACER, KILLED BROOKLANDS, England, Sept. 3.—Dario Resta, world famous au tomobile racer, was killed here to day while attempting to establish a new world’s record. HUGHES PAID MODEST TRIBUTE TO UNKNOWN PARIS, Sept. Secretary Hughes earned the good will of the photographers while in Paris by the gracious way in which he allowed himself to Ke photographed. Movies as well as “still” operators took him on his arrival, at his departure and on all the occasions when he appear ed in public, excepting one, and that one exception, of which they learned only when the Secretary of State was leaving, they hold against him ns an indirect blow- at their busi ness. Mr. Hughes made the usual pil grimage to the. tomb of the Un known Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe without letting them know anything about it, and was the first visiting statesman to pay this tribute without previous announcement and Without more or less form and show. MIHMS I CHINASTAPTfI WITH CLASH NEAfI SHMGHM Forces pf Gen. Lu Yang Hsiand in Battle With Those of Gen. Chi Shieh-Yuan SITUATION IS SERIOUS .Sections of Railway Tonr-Up and Extensive Fighting is Believed Inevitable SHANGHAI, Sept. 3—(By As sociated Press.) With fighting at Hwangtu, near here, in prog ress at 4 o’clock this afternoon between contesting armies of two rival provincial governors, reports received here indicate that the battle lines are extending toward the coast and in the direction of Woo Sung. _ STATE DEPARTMENT HEARS OF HOSTILITIES. WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.—Hos tilities between the forces of Mili tary Governor Chiang and Defense Commissioner Ho at Hwangtu, near Shanghai, began at 10 o’clock this morning, the state department was advised today by Consul General Cunningham. Consul Cunningham reported that American naval forces in Shanghai harbor are prepared to land forces along with Japanese, French, Italian and British contin gents, if this should become neces sary. The French Consul has al ready served notice upon the Chi nese authorities that naval forces will be landed from French War ships in the harbor at 5 o’clock this afternoon. PANIC REIGNS IN SHANGHAI SHANGHAI, Sept. 3. (By As sociated Press.) —General Ho Feng Lin, who is General Lu Yang Hsiand’s administrative officer, an nounced here this . morniiyg that fighting between the forces of Gen eral Lu, tuchung of Che-Kiang pro vince, and those of General Lu, rival tuchung, has actually begun. No information was given as to casualties sustained by either army engaged in the fighting. Traveling through the country (Continued on Page Five) TOMATO GROWERS TO MEET ON FRIDAY There will be a meeting of the Sumter County Tomato Grower’s As sOciation Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. At this meeting there will be presented a full statement of sales made and returns, thereon and net earings of the association’s mem bers will be there disclosed. An important feature of the meet ing will be a discussion of the ex perience gained through producing tomatoes in Sumter county the past season. It s declared by those in position to know- hat this experience may prove invaluable in the future, development of this.crop, and that with certain disappointing features before the farmers in Sumter coun ty will hereafter be able to produce tomatoes profitable and upon a' broad -commercial scale. OFFICER SUCCUMBS TO NEGRO’S BULLET JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 3. Policeman W. J. Kely died here today from th c effects of a bullet wound sustained Mon day when he was shot by a ne gro gunman. eTblmwiim HELD IN CSWLIHA FOR HDim GIRL Mrs. Nora Bellew Arrested at Greenwood on Complaint of Georgia Authorities CLAIM CHARGE BASELESS Says Girls Accompanied Her From Elberton of Own Free Will, Without Persuasion GREENWOOD, S. C., Sept. 3. Mrs. Nora Ballew, of Elberton, Ga., was arrested here today on a charge of kidnaping Louise Moore, a 15- year-old school girl of Elberton. The woman was arrested on instructions from Chief of Police Irvin, of the Georgia town. Mrs. Ballew, following her arrest here, stated to authorities who took her in charge that the Moore girl accompanied her on her own free will and that no basis exists for the kidnaping charge preferred against her. MASONS OCW MITCHELL TEMPH Americus Masons, members of Wells Chapter, No. 42, R. A. M., have already occupied handsome new quarters in th e building at the intersection of Forsyth street and Cotto navenue. The last regular meeting of Wells Chapter was held there, and other Masonic bodies of Americus will begin holding their meetings there immediately. The former quarters in Planters Bank building occupied jointly by the several Masonic bodies were vacat ed on August 31, at which time the lease was terminated. The new Masonic Temple, donat ed to the uses of the fraternity in Americus by W. E. Mitchell, has been named in honor of the donor and will be known hereafter as “W. E. Mitchell Masonic Temple.” Fol lowing the deeding-of the property to the fraternity Masonic bodies here thoroughly renovated the in*- terior and installed handsome new lighting effects in addition to re arranging the entire area for lodge uses. These repairs, made at a cost of $5,000, have recently been com pleted, and it at an early date to have a formal house-waarm ing there, with Masons invited to attend from all lodges surround ing Amnrictin, TffISBEMCSm ADDPTFERCUSOR EtMMSTIII Document As Drawn By For mer Governor Unanimously Accepted By Convention KLAN GIVEN NO QUARTER Lower Taxes Demanded and Economy in Governmental Expenditures Suggested AUSTIN, Texas. Sept. 3. —The platform as drawn by former Gov ernor “Jim” Ferguson was adopted by the platform committee of the Democratic state convention in ses sion here today. The platform as submitted denoupces the klan and demands lower taxation. Mora ‘economy in governmental expendi tures is an outstanding suggestion contained in the provisions of the platform. \ Proclaiming no quarter for the Ku Klux Klan, framing a platform which denounced the Klan and de clared for strict economy in govern ment and according complete recog nition of Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson as the Democratic nominee for gov ernor, the state Democratic conven tion went through vociferous ses sion here Tuesday with the Fergu son element in absolute and audible control. As night fell on the capi tal, the meeting was still continuing With the permanent organization ef fected only a short time before by electiou..uf Joseph Weldqn Bailey, former United States senator,. as chairman, and Senator Joe Burkett, of East Land, as secretary. The day was croweded with bitter denunciation of the Klan and its methods with heated oratory, cli maxed by a masterful appeal of Sen ator Bailey for peace and marked by warm acclamation for Mrs. Fer guson and her husband, James E. Ferguson, who, with their daughters, sat on • the speakers’ platform throughout, the day. To be certain that the convention would be 100 per cent anti-Klan, all Klan delegations were ousted and every attempt of the Klan delegates to place their friends on important committees was decisively defeat .d by election of substitute committee men favorable to the convention ma jority. In this manner committee members favorable to the anti-Klan element from the Fourth District, composed of Orange, Jefferson, Lib erty and Hardin counties, and from the Thirteenth District were seated A bitter fight over the Dallas Coun ty committee selections brought former Gov. C. B. Colquitt and Lieutenant Governor Davidson into the fray, attempting vainly to stop the procedure. In every instance Klan delegates and committeemen were ejected. DETECTIVES TRAIL MOBILE PHYSICIAN DrJ'hompson, Believed Drown ed in New York, Reported As Being Alive in Calif. BINGHAMPTON, N. Y., Sept. 3. —Detectives here are investigating reports that Dr. Marshall J. Thomp son, 30, reported as having been drowned in Silver Lake, near hcrc ; had recently been seen in California. Dr. Thompson’s cap and canoe were found adrift in Silver Lake during July, but the body was never recovered. His home is in Mobile, Ala., where he engaged for some time in the practice of his profes sion. EFFORT TO INCREASE WATER RATE IS LOST ATLANTA, Sept. 3.—An effort to obtain an immediate increase in the water minimum through city council failed when the body voted, 13 to 11, to refer the question to the finance committee. Councilman Harry York, leader of the “irreconcilables” t gainSt the present water rate, introduced an amendment to the present ordi nance, backed by Councilman John A. White and others, providing that 700 cubic feet of water, instead of 500 cubic feet as at nresent, be charged at the minimum rate of $1 New .York ”?* ur-'f ’ J<c. open Hl&h Ltpv Mar. !’W3'5|24.26|24.48tM:23?i4.»te May . 24.46|24.40|24.62j24.40)24.57 Oct. .24.40|24.30124.60|24..‘J0|24.53 Dec. . 24.05)24.00124.32j24.00)24.2? Strict middling spots 23 5-16 c. Receipts Tuesday 229 bales. PRICE FIVE CENTS DECWaSFD fflfflffi FOUND FLAMING IN GFOPGIf BIM W Farmers Find Corpse With Two Weights Tied to it and Report Gruesome Discovery WOMAN NEATLY DRESSED Bobbed Hair and W'earing Ap parel Only Clues As to Identi ty of Dead Woman MITCHELL, Ga., Sept. 3.—Th? badly decomposed body o fa young woman was found floating in Ogechee river, near here, early to day. The body had two weights tied to it, and little doubt is expressed that the dead woman was murdered and thrown into the river The corpse as found by two farm ers who chanced to observe the corpse at a turn in the stream. The woman’s hair had been bobbed and the body was neatly dressed. Ex amination of the corpse indicates she was about 23 years of age. ' The only clue to the identity of the dead woman is her bobbed hair and wearing apparel, and the au thorities here hope from this evi dence to finally determine who she MCUS SCHOOLS BESUI SEPT. ] STH Vacation Season to End With Third Monday in This Month, It Is Announced The schools of Americus, includ ing those at Prospect Heights and East Americus, will resume their sessions on Monday, September 15. according to an announcement au thorized this morning by Superiten dent J. E. Mathis. This is the usual date upon which the schools begin their fall term, and school authori ties are expecting the young pupils to return greatly refreshed after a long vacation to their accustomed studies. An increased attendance is ex pected at the several schools, w'th Furlow Grammar school already over-crowded with pupils during last ‘year. At this school, as usual, the greatest increase in atttcndance is expected to report, and school au thorities are busy now working out plans for accommodating the ex panded attendance without avaial able housing facilities. At the high school a normal increase in attend ance is anticipated, and at Prospect Heights and East Americus schools a larger number of pupils must ba cared for, as compared with last year. At Furlow Grammar school, where perhaps seventy per cent of the city’s school children attend, there will be no change in the facul ty during this year, and this same condition is reported at Prospect Heights and East Americus schools. At Rees Park High school, Mrs. Stall, ings, who had been promoted to bj assistant in the department of En glish, has been given a vacation at her own request, and Miss Geraldine Goodroe, of Eufaula, Ala., has been secured to fill" this position. Miss Goodroe, it is stated, is a graduate of Agnes Scott Institute, at Decatur, having been a classmate of Miss Quenelle Harrold, of Americus, ard she comes here with the highest re commendations, both as a teacher and as a young woman possessed of many charming manners certain to stamp her at once as an acquisition of value to social circles in Ameri cus. Mrs. Olin Williams will suc ceed Miss A|artha Cobb, resigned, as head of the department of domestic science at the High school, and Mrs. Ethel W. Robihson will be in charge of the first year High school classes (here. These constitute the total changes made in the several faculties, here, and with the old teachers all in thei •' accustomed places, it is expected thilt Americus schools will make un usual progress during he school year to begin with the third Monday in this month. BANK CLEARINGS SHOW INCREASE COLUMBUS, Sept 3.—The Co lumbus bank clearings for the month of August were $3,894,430.47. The ■increase over $3,192,911 63 for the same month in 1923 was S7QI,- 518.84, according to W. R. Luttrell, secretary of the Columbus Clearing House Association. Clearings of the local banking in stitutions for July of this year wer<j $3,596,774.69 as compared with $3,212,244.85 for the same month q year ago.
