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SPOT cotton market Wednesday’s receipts 347 bales Season’s receipts 6934 bales Strict middling 21 l-2c WEATHER—F air and warmer today and Friday. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO." 212 CITIZENS TO MEET TONIGHT AT CITY HALL Light, Close Vote Polled In Race For Solicitor HARRIS, BROWN, AND LAND SEEM WINNERS HIPPIE OfflWS Nd INTERFERENCE IN HUPPWICK IT POLLS-tHINESE AFFAIRS IS IN ffIPGU PPINIARYJO BEJAPS' POLICY Unofficial Report Give Him 340 Unit Votes to 18 for Former Governor Hardwick LAND SEEMS A WINNER J. J. Brown Has 184 Unit Votes Against 104 for Hunnicutt in Commissioner’s Race THE VOTE IN SUMTER The county executive commit tee, of which James A. Daven port is chairman ana John Allen Fort, secretary, met at noon to day and consolidated Wednes day’s vote in sumter county, this being- formally declared as fol lows: For United States Senator— Thomas W. Hardwick, 593; Wil liam J. Harris, 1394. For Governor—Clifford Walk er, 1961. For Secretary of State S. G. McLendon,l999. For Attorney General—George M. Napier, 1997. For State' Treasurer—W. J. Speer, 2000. For Comptroller General —William A. Wright, 1993. For Commisisoner of Agricul ture—J. J* fewm H-1 (»;■■ .F. Hunnicutt, 977. For State School Superintend ent—N. H. Ballard, 786; Fort E. Land, 1214. For Commisioner or Commerce and Labor—H. M. Stanley, 2000. For Commisisoner of Pensions —John W. Clark, 930; C. E. Mc- Greggor, 1057. For Prison Commission—T. E. Patterson, 1985. For Railroad Commissioner— O. R. Bennett, 1077; John T. Boifeuillet, 915. For Railroad Commissioner J. D. Price, 1058; Albert J. Woodruff, 917. For Associate Justice Supreme Court—Sair.’l. C. Atkinson, 2000. For Associate Justice Supreme Court S. Price Gilbert, 1989. For Judge Court of Appeals Nash R. Broyles, 2002. For Judge Court of Appeals W. Frank Jenkins, 1993. For Representative in Con gress-Charles R. Crisp, 1995. For Judge Superior Court Z. A. Littlejohn, 1992. For General Jule Felton,' 492; Stephen Pace, 1509. For Representatives A. E. Hines, 1980; Geo. W. Riley, 1975. James A. Davenport, John Al len Fort, F. B. Arthur and W. M. Humber were named members of the county executive commit tee. The three first named suc ceed themselves, while Humber succeeds J. C. Carter, who was not a candidates for re-election. ATLANTA, Sept. .11,.—Over whelming his opponent, former Sen •‘ tor and Governor Thomas W. Hardwick, United States Senator William J. Harris Wednesday swept through the Democratic primary. Today, with one county tied, ac cording to unofficial returns from a hundred and twenty-two counties, Harris was assured the nomina tion. Later this morning, it was as serted that Harris had to his credit 129 counties, with 340 county unit votes, while Hardwick had only eight counties, with 18 county unit votes. Sumter county is being counted as in the Harris column. In the various contests for state house offices incomplete, but ap proximately correct, returns give J. J. Brown 184 county unit votes against 104 for his opponent, Geo. F. Hunnicutt, in the race for com missioner of agriculture. Fort E. Land on the face of these returns 189 county unit votes against 64 for N. IL Ballard, for state school superintendent. C. E. McGregor has 102 county unit votes against 142 for John W. Clark for pension commissioner. In the race for public service commissioners the returns are far from complete. These, however, indicate that O. R. Bennett is lead ing John T. Boifeuillet, with 162 to 98 county unit votes, while J. D (Continued on Page Five) I THE TIMESBkECORDER SHED~ iN THE HEART OF DIXIE Foreign Minister Baron Spide hai a States Position to Asso ciated Press at Tokio NO FURTHER COMMENT , Statement Authorized Following inquiry Concerning Policy Policy Toward Civil War TOKIO, Sept. 11.—Japan has no intention of interfering in the do jnestic difficulties of China, Baren Kijuio Spidehara, foreign minister here, told the Associated Press to day. The statement was authorized when Baron Spidehara was asked cone- ruing the Japanese govern ment’s policy toward the civil war now going in China. The baron re fused further comment upon the issue. FIERCEST FIGHTING NEAR IHING TODAY. SHANGHAI, Sept. 11.—The forces of rival governors fighting for possession of Shanghai di rected their fiercest battling in the vicinity of Ihing, 90 miles west of Shanghai, where the defending forces of the Chekf.ign governor capture<L-duree-towne—rwar Tai&w- Lake today. A communication from the Cheki ang Lungwha headquartes. said that the captured towns included Wu chiakwan and Kaochienli Kiang-u. Troops are reported to be bringing reinforcements to Ihing from Quinsan, 35 miles west of Shanghai. PLENFY BE MILS IB! LEFTIH FIELDS George O. Marshall Says Light Infestation This Season May Arouse False Hopes Plenty of weevils remain in Sum ter county r fields and will shortly go into hibernation to present a serious problem next season. This is the statement of George O Mar shall, county farm demonstration agent. According to Marshall, the light infestation of boll weevils this summer has started rumors among the farmers that the boll weevil is “passing,” that is that v/0 have experienced the worst from the boll weevil and that in the fu ture they will not be as numerous as in the past. Unfortunately, there appears to be no basis for this optimism. Like other false hopes it may cause disaster by en couraging farmers to plant more cotton and to neglect proper meth ods of boll weevil control. In support of his position that the weevils is here to stay, and that Sumter county farmers may as well continue the fight against the weevil along the same line as dur ing this summer, Marshall draws attention to an experiment made at the Georgia Experiment Station. (Continued On Page Five.) LAURENS WINS FIGHT FOR TAX REDUCTION DUBLIN, Sept. 11.—Laurens county won the fight for a reduc tion of tax values before the board of arbitrators which heard the com plaint of Ihe state tax commissioner that the valuation of farm land in this county had been put. too low this year. After hearing the con tention on both sides the arbitra tors, who met in Dublin Monday afternoon decided tha. Laurens county’s returns were ju. t, and no: too low, and made them the findings of the board. The board was made un of S. M. Kellam, of Dublin ;W. G. Lank ford, of Lyons, and N. L Gillis, Jr., of Soperton. Laurens county’s land values were cut by the county tax assessors approximately 11 per cent this year and the digest was re fused on this account bv the state tax commissioner Fulbright. This brought about the arbitration. i WHEN WORLD FYERS LANDED AT MITCHEL FIELD, W-roXx » •> I I '■ wr I I I ■ ; ' T v ..... ■ M JA hi 4 K -»«•~ ' - - !■ Wil I I ■■!■■■ I II I!■ « KBBIIKDIIIS BRIDE DFB. J. PFffl Marriage of Interest to Many Friends Here Performed To day at Noon in Montezuma Word was received in Americus Thursday at noon of the marriage at Montezuma today of Mrs. Ada Hudson to Mr. R. J. Perry, both residents of this city. The cere mony was performed at Montezuma I this morning by Rev. Overby, pas tor of the Montezuma! Methodist Church. Friends of the contracting parties stated that they left th eitty by automobile about 10 o lock this morning, and were of the opinion that Mr. and Mis. Per. would re turn to the city during he after noon. It is also state ! that Mr. ad Mrs. Perry will make heir home at the home of the briae on East Church street. Both Mr. and Mrs. Perry have been residents of Americus for a number of years. WARE CANNING CLUB SEASON AT HEIGHT 1 WAYCROSS, Sept. 11. —The canning season in VI are county is at its height and indications are khat more yans of food, will be saved for winter use this year than .ever before in the history of the, county. Miss E. P-exford Brinson, homei demonstration agent for the county' is in charge of the work. She visits various points, centers of the can ning activity, daily* AMERICUS, C WURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 11, 1924 IDII.US ATTORNEY IS SHOT TH DEATH W EHFEI® BANK BLDG. Pa> O’Day Victim of William Lester, Who Used Shotgun With Deadly Accuracy FOUR SHOTS ARE FIRED Sir er Gives “He Insulted My I ''other” As Only Reason For Murderous Deed P XLLAS, Sept. 11.— (By Asso ei it -d Press.) —Paul O’Day, a you: : g Dallas attorney, was instant ly died when he was shot four tim with a shotgun upon enter : ing . bank building here today. 1 illiam Lester Crawford, anoth-l er 1 eminent attorney, was taken in cus dy following the shooting, and is being held by the authorities on a c ;rge of murder. “He insulted my mother,” is the onl; statement that has been made by Y'rawford, according to the of- j fici rs, in whose custody he has! : bee since his arrest. PROPOSE GAS PLANT FOR THOMASVILLE THOMASVILLE, Sept. 11.—The! ! local chamber of commerce hasj taken into consideration, as its 1 ; lati t project, a gas planteorpora [tioi for Thomasville, whicn will like ly ba put oter, it is announced. The need of such a plant has been felt for some time, it is said. Above, Mitchell Field, L. 1., near New York, will long remem ber the day the world flyers dropped down for a short stay. The Prince of Wales came miles to see them, lut even he w-as on the side of the picture as the ar row shows Others in the group ate Senator James Wadsworth, of New York; (1) Lieuts. Nelson (2) Smith (3) Wade (4) Arnold - Ad- ■ mirnl Plunkett (8) and Gen. Pat rick (9). Below at left, Lieut. Eric Nelson’s plane, the New Or leans, circling over Mitchel! field. 'DEmrnT iOYTELESCOPE I VO OE EMM Secretary Weeks Issues Final Statement Preparatory to Actual Staging of Test PROCESS IS EXPLAINED Actual Mobilization Would Be Prolonged and Progressive Precess, He States WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 .—The test of American defense plans to Ibe made tomorrow will be only a ‘telescope” view of what actual I war expansion would mean, said I Secretary Weeks today in a final I Statement explaining the origin and I purposes of the Defense Day pro ject. Actual mobilization, he said, would necessarily be a prolonged and progressive process proceeding in regular order, first affecting the regular army, then the Natio nal Guard and then the organized reserves. There exists no practical way, ac cording to Secretary Weeks, of con ducting a test of this nature in one day, and the three arms of the ser vice must he moved simultaneously ins affording the only metho’d by which the soundness of the theory upon which they have been organ ized can be obtained. RESULTS OF FERTILIZER TESTS WILL BE SHOWN LYONS, Sept. 11.—County ag- I ent Garner, L. V. Davis of the State College of Agriculture, and representative of the fertilizer as sociation vzill hold a meeting Satur day, September 27, at the fertili zer experiment plats three milos sout of Lyons on the Jeff Davis (Highway from Lyons to Reidsville, i These testts will be completed for | one year on cotton and corn plant j ed on Norfolk sandy loam. Several different kinds of fc-i’- tilizer were used to determine the I proper kind and amount of fer- I I ilizer that would pay best on that . Pjlnd of land. The cotton tests I have shown some rather remark able results so far and when all is picked- and the corn harvested, as it will be by the time of the meet ing, they arc expected to have some startling results on the corn plats to show the farmers, too, FELTON WINNER DEEB pice fuf sum IN MSI CIPCIJIT Apparently Authentic Returns Give Nomination to Macon County Candidate LIGHT VOTE IS POLLED Svmter Veters Fail to Visit Polls, Notwithstanding Intense In terest Manifest At noon today it appeared prac tically certain that Jule Felton, of Montezuma, had been re-nominated to succeed himself as solicitor-gen eral of the Southwestern judicial circuit. Stephen Pace, his oppon ent, this afternoon declined to con cede the race to Felton, but made no claims to a victory for himself. The official returns had not been consolidated and announced when Mr. Face was seen by a Timcs- Recordor man. No official report could be se» cured from Macon county this aft ernoon, but it was stated, upon ap parent authority that Felton had carried his home county by a ma jority of 1056, while Sumter went for Pace by a majority of 1005. In Stewart, Pace’s majority over Feltbri was 111, in Webster Face polled a majority of 85 over Fel ton; in Schley, Felton’s, majority was 50, and in Lee county Felton won by 142 majority over Pace. On the fac e of these returns, Felton is a winner by 47 votes, and while Slaughter Creek precinct in Web ster county is missing,- and the oth -wr -figm-es is regarded as unlikely that Felton’s majority will be overcome, either by errors that may be corrected upon official consolidation or with the receipt and counting of the Slaughter Creek ballot box. SENATORIAL RACE IN LEE CLOSE ONE LEESBURG, Sept. 11, The final vote in Wednesday’s primary as ascertained here today, was as follows: For United States sena tor, Thomas W. Hardwick 217, Wil liam J. Harris 258; fbr solicitor general Southwestern judicial cir cuit, Jul e Felton 320, Stephen Paco 178; for state senator, J. I?. Clifton J. g. Davis, 165, J. T. Horne 8T; fori representative in General Assembly of Georgia, C. L. Ketch am 288, G. A. Wallace 208. PACE WINNER IN WEIBSTER COUNTY PRESTON, Sept. 11—In the race for solicitor-genera] of th e South western judicial circuit in Wednes day’s primary, the vote in Webster county was as follows: Pace 155, Felton 70. Pace’s majority 85. Slaughter Crek precinct is missing from these returns. BROWN, LAND, BENNETT WINNERS IN STEWART LUMPKIN, Sept. 11—Returns from Wednesday’s primary early today gave successful candidates in Stewart county majorities as fol lows: Commissioner of agricul ture, J. J .Brown 100; state school superintendent, Fort E. I>and 448; railroad commission, Albert J. Woodruff 300; commissioner of pensions, C. E. McGregor 107; solicitor-general Southwestern ju dicial circuit, Stephen Pace 100; railroad commissioner, O. R. Ben nett, 120. SCHLEY COUNTY GIVES FELTON 50 MAJORITY. ELLAVILLE, Sept. 11.— In Wednesday’s primary here in the race for solicitor general of the southwestefti judicial circuit the vote was as follows: Pace 172, Fel ton 222. Jule Felton’s majoiity 50. The final official consolida tion showing the vote here for oth er offices is not yet complete. ROME WOMEN BOOST DAVIS FOR PRESIDENT ROME, Sept. 11.—At a recent meeting of the Woman’s Democratic Club of Rome a motion was passed to make the club a Women’s Demo cratic Davis-Bryan club, and to hold meetings weekly, it is said. FLOYD VETERANS TO ATTEND GA. REUNION ROME, Sept. 11.—Plans have been made for a large number of Floyd county Confederate veterans to attend the forthcomiag annual reunion to be held at Thomasville, October 8 and 9, according to an i nouncement. Railroads will give the usual half rate, it is said. NEW YORK FUTURES Pc. Open High Low Close Jan. 22.30 22.45 22.69 22.43 22.67 Mar. . 22.61 22.82 22.95 22.72122.93 May 22.87 23.00 23.20 : 22.95|23.18 Oct. 22.87^22.80123.09!22.80123.08 Dec. 22.37122.45122.67 22.4ij22.65 PRICE FIVE CENTS m KETHS n 8 O'CLOCK IMfflIT ■mi MMS Vital Street Paving Problem to Be Discussed and Citizens Asked to Act Thereon TAXPAYERS ALL INVITED City Authorities Seek Advice of People Affected by Serious Existing Situation Tonight’s mass meeting at the city hall is to be one of the most important municipal gatherings held in Americus in many years. This is the opinion generally held by those familiar with the subject to be discussed. The problem to be presented to the citizens present is one of, if not the mast -vita! that has con fronted Americus municipal author ities in a long time. It is one that affects as many citizens, perhaps, as any problem that has ever been brought up here. The position of city council in the matter is an open one. There is to be a full and complete showdown of the city’s resources. Practical estimates of expenditures necessary to maintain the present paved busi ness district will be presented. The question of economy will be put squarely up to the citizens present. Every man and woman present will have, full opportunity to present) their views. In short, municipal authorities are appealing to the people of Am hricus to aid in solving a pressing municipal problem. It is generally: agreed that the streets must be re paired, that something must be done. The wood blocks in Ameri- Will soon, be ruined entirely, it is asserted, un less extensive repairs arg mide thereto without delay. The meeting will begin at 8 o’clock, and the business will be gone into immediately. Mayor Poole and every member of city council will be present to hear the advice of Americus citizens an<l property owners in this crisis. It is the duty of every citizen interest ed in the welfare of the communit to be present. The place ie the city hall, and.the hour is 8 o'clock. You are expected to attend. MOIL TO BE NAMED TUTtE Judge Richard Russell Advises Luther Harrell Americus Man Will Be Named An announcement of interest made at the Rotary club luncheon was the statement by Luther Har rell advising members of the club of receipt of a letter from Chief Justic R. B. Russell of the Geor gia Supreme court, stating he would gladly name L. G. Council, of Am ericus, a member of the board of trustees of the new Tifton South Georgia Normal school. The ap pointment of Mr, Council as a member of the board there, had been suggested by Americus Ro tarians, and much satisfaction is ex pressed here because of Judge Rus sell’s decision to name him. Another interesting announce ment made at the meeting was the statement that Elsworth Hall had consented to be a guest of the club at its next meeting. Mr. Hall is a ( speaker of note, and his address here next week is expected to be one of notable interest to Ameri cus Rotarians. SUSPENDED COLQUITT BANK IS RE OPENED COLQUITT, Sept. 11.—The Col quitt Exchange bank, which closed its doors July 17, after shrinkage of deposits, reopened for business today. Judge Charles C. Bush is president and W. B. Johnson, cash ier. WOMAN TO REPRESENT WARE COUNTY LEGION WAYCROSS, Sept. 11.—Miss Gertrude Nettles, a member of tha Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Ware County post of the American Le gion appointed at the state conver tion at Savannah as one of the seven pages to the national con vention from the state of Georgia, will represent Ware County post 1 No. 10 at the St. Paul convention, Sept. 15-20. ; This actipp was taken at the i meeting of the Ware County post i Monday night. Miss Nettles is also | a state delegate from the Woman’s Auxiliary. ..
