About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1924)
Season’s Receipts .... —**. Strict midling 20 1-2 cents’ WEATHER Generally fair to night and Tuesday; cooler. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NoTTFI PREACHER POISONED WIFE ANDIANOTHER Many Local Burglaries Causing Indignation OOOOOCICin /•> rx rx TWISTER ACROSS TWO STATES inran m urn am Il mm Reports Estimate Dead As High As 30 Persons, 11 Knokn Dead at Felt, Wise. MANY ARE INJURED Two Small Children Killed When Home Is Carried 400 feet By Twister < ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 22. (By A. P.) —Sweeping across Wisconsin and Minnesota Sunday several ter rific tornadoes have taken a toll of 19 known dead, with unconfirm ed reports late Sunday placing the total dead at 30. The brunt of the storm was felt at Felt, Wis., where eleven are dead while' late reports say the total dead will reach 22 or more. TWO SMALL CHILDREN DEAD; OTHERS DYING COUDERAY, Wis., Sept. 22. (By A. P.) —Two small children are dead, their mother is dying and six other persons are injured as a result of the cyclone which passed over this section, between Coude ray and Lexington, Sunday after noon. The two small children of Mrs. Joe Patrica were killed when the home was carried 400 feet by the twister, • TORNADO takes TOLL OF SIX ASHLAND, Wis., Sept. 22. (By A. P.) —The bodies of six persons killed in the tornado which struck Birch Lake county and Marengo Valley Sunday, have been brought here. hcmßT BEffl MEED Robert C. Lane, has been select ed and appointed by Mercer Uni versity officials to organize a Mer cer Alumni Association in Sumter county. Mr- Lane’s work will be under the supervision of John B. Guerry, of Montezuma, Ga., who has been appointed district chairman. “The object of the association is to aid in the advancement of Mer cer University, and the secondary objects are to hallow the memories of college days spent at Mercer University by the members of the Association, and to send new’ stu dents to Mercer, Mr. Lane said to day. Any pefson who ,has ever attend ed Mercer University is eligible for membership in the Alumni Associa tion, and it is not necessary for one to have graduated from Mercer. Mr. Lane requests that every man and boy who has attended Mercer University at any time, to send to him his name and address. A partial list is already available, but a permanent list will be made which will include everyone who has attended Mercer. It is reques ted that these' names be sent to Mr. Lane at once and also the. name of any friend who might have attended Mercer University, and died since leaving this institution. It is stated that a banquet will be held at the Windsor Hotel in the near future, at ’which time perman ent organization will be perfected. 400 STUDENTS FROM 28 STATES AT BRENAU GAINSVILLE, Sept. 22.—Bru nau College has one of the largeset and most representative student bodies in the history’of the institu tion enrolled for this the forty-eight consecutive term. <Jirls from twenty-eight States, one is from the District of Columbia and another is enrolled froth Mexico. Georgia leads with nearly 100 student;. The term opened this week the beginning of class-work and the first of the fall festivities. Dr. Pearce, president, anticipates on* lh of the best sessions enjoyed by the lid with the increase in the A.-lent body, the improvements on .. W US a,KI 1116 f3 ‘ THE TIMESBRECORDER IN THE HEART OF DIXIE DARING ROBBERS HELD IN WAYCROSS JAIL WAYCROSS, Sept. 22.—William Cason, of Rolen and Clem Lindsey, said to be from Florida are being held in the Waycross city _,ail charg ed witn highway robbery in connec tion with several daring holdups on /the city’s streets recently. Valu able loot taken from citizens is said to have been recovered. mS ■ik BFINR H FlO FOR DUTY IN C Hlll Report Says Regiment May Be Taken Across Pacific on Transport Argonne CHINESE FLEET MOVES Chang, Military Dictator of Man- Churia, Warns Foreigners of His Intention to Use Bombs SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sejt. 22. (By the Associated Press.—Four regiments of Marines, whose base is located here, are today being held in readiness for duty in China, it is announced today. Although no definite word has been received, it is -believed that the regiment may be taken across the Pacific on the transport Argonne. KIANGSU’S ARTILLERY BATTERS CHEKIANG LINES SHANGHAI, Sept. 22.—(8y the Associated Press.) —After battering at the Chekiang defensive lines since daybreak, Kiangsu’s artillery was unable to push the Shanghai troops back in continuous fighting which was in progress today be tween Hwantuu and Kiating, 15 miles west of the city of Shanghai. CHINESE FLEET LEAVES MOUTH OF YANGTZE SHANGHAI, Sept. 22. — (By the Associated Press.) —Heavy gun fire starting at midnight in the direction of Kianting, Hwangtu and Lungwha, sectors to the north and west of Shanghai, announced that the Ki angsu army had resumed the of fensive against the city and its anti- Peking defenders, the provincial forces of Chekiang. Meanwhile, a seemingly reliable report said the local Chinese fleet (Chekiang) had left the mouth of the Yangtze river yesterday and gone to Tangking, joining en route, at Liuho, Admiral Tu of the Peking government’s navy. The fleet in cludes the cruiser Haichow, the gun boat Yung Chi, and three torpedo boats. Chegiang headquarters at Lung wha did not confirm the report but depreciated the significance in the event there had been such a defec tion. CHANG SAYS HE WILL BOMB TOWNS MUKDEN, Manchuria, Sept. 22. Chang Tsao-Lin, the military dic tator of Manchuria, today requested the American and British consuls to warn their countrymen at Chin wangtao, a gulf port on the Man churian Chihli border, and Stanhaik wan, an adjoining town of his in tention to bomb these places. The consuls were asked to advise the foreigners to leave. General Chang also suggested that foreign ships stand clear of gunboats of the Peking govern ment laying- off Chinwangtao, siftce his planes intended to bom bard them. He invited the consuls and lead ing foreign residents to his head quarters- and expressed appreciation of t*he good relations existing. He assured them of his efforts to af ford protection, but asserted he was engaged in a life and death strug gle and could not stop at half measures. AMERICUS, GA., MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 22, 1924 It Was Harding ’s Homecoming < S •>. | , f,l y ■ w P’ dKII ► .4; '’ ■ w-.JSIk The ’round-the-world flyers were home when they first touch ed American soil. But the real homecoming for Lieut. Jack Harding didn’t come until the planes stopped at McCook Field, Dayton, 0., on the.r way west ward on the final leg of their globe-girdling trip. His mother (right) and his sweetheart, Idele Reussenzehn, were in the front lines to welcome him back. 5 ENTOMBED MINERS MfO Explosion is Followed By Fire —Five Men Are Imprison ed With Little Chance SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 22 (By A. P.)—The L. F- Rams coal mines, near Spring’ Canyon, Utah, in which five men were en tombed by an explosion last night, is now on fire and it is believed impossible to rescue the imprisoned men now alive in the mine. This is the w'ord brought here this morn ing. THO»LL[WffI DIED LATE SUNDAY President National Bank of Thomasville Succumbs Aft er Short Illness THOMASVILLE, Sept. 22. (By A. P.)—William Harrison Rock well, president of the National Ban.c of Thomasville, died in a local hos pital at 10 o’clock Sunday night, after a brief illness. An operation yesterday for appendicitis revealed his condition to be critical. MAJOR M’GREGOR STILL ALIVE EARLY MONDAY WARRENTON, Sept. 22.—Major C. E. McGregor was not doing so well early this morning, it was an nounced by doctors who had just loft his bedside. It was expected that he would survive the night, however, and possibly live for sev eral days, but his condition was con sidered critical. This afternoon his physician stated the major was growing weaker. WORLD FLYERS LEAVE TUSCON FOR SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO, Sept. 22. The World flyers have just arrived over San Diego. TUSCON, Ariz., Sept. 22. (By A. P.) —With Lieuten nt Lowe’l Smith in the lead, the i.hree arniv world flyers hopped off this morn ing at 7:28 o’clock for San Diego The skies are clear and there is! only a slight breeze. Uncle Sam’s round the world flyers completed another lap in their long journey Sunday, landing at the Tucson aviation field at 1:18 o’clock, mountain time, after an uneventful flight from El Paso. Thousands of persons were mass ed around the field when the big planes flying in close triangular formation appeared over the rug ged Rincon mountains, circled to the field twice and then landed. Gaston Mean’s So Called Repudiation Ridiculous Wheeler Says Means Ready With Even More Dam aging Evidence ABOARD WHEELER SPECIAL TO 3LOOMINGTON, Sept. 22. By Ihe Associated Press.) —Senator Whi -der announced today that Gas ton B. Means called him last night on Jong distance telephone and ask ed that a special senate hreeMriat ing committee be called together aga’-i so that he might present evi den. e to prove efen grosser cor ruption in public office than was exp> sed last spring. “ Ie told me he had dealings with Blair Coan, an employee of Repub lican National Committee,” said Sen-itor Wheeler, “and with Daugh ert at Columbus, prior to the so call d repudlition.” a etHismi OPENS HERE TBHIBBT The Standard Training School, which is to be held at the First Methodist Church for the Americus and Cordele Districts begins this evening at six o’clock and continues throughout the week. All of the instructors arrived Monday afternoon, and indications are that a splendid enrollment of students from the two districts, Am ericus and Cordele, will be present announces Rev. John Gutter. The followng schedule for the classes has been arranged: First class, from 6 tq 7 o’clock; lunch 7 to 8; with the second class from 8 to 9 o’clock. A preliminary meeting was held Sunday afternoon, and was well at tended by teachers of the First Me>hodist and Lee Street churches. About seventy-five local student; have registered to take this course. The Sunday School workers of all the Churches are invited to attend thi School, and the Officers and Te; chers of Lee street and First Ch rch are expected, for it is held for their special benefit. GEORGIA GUERNSEY COW MAKES GREAT RECORD SANDERSVILLE, Sept. 22.—1 t will be of interest to dairymen in Georgia to know that Halloween Girl No. 108413, a registered Guern sey cow bred and owned by Dr. Win, Rawlings at Fern Crest Guern sey Farm at .this place, is making a record that few other cows have eve:’ equalled. During the month of August, according to official figures made known today by W. 11. Howell, in charge of the herd, thi; cow produced one hundred and one-half pounds of butter from 1,- 49 pounds of milk. Halloween Girl is only four years old and since she will reach her highest production at th< age of about eight years she gives promise of much higher pro duction as she matures. This is one of many fine cows making records at Fern Crest and is proof conclu sive that Georgia farmers can in crease their income by raising bet ter cows. E.D.Bffl»O THREE TIMES.OIN Former Resident of Americus and Leslie Goes on Trial for the Fifth Time PROTESTS INNOCENCE Said to Have Murdered His Whole Family to Gain Pos session of Property CONWAY, S. C„ Sept. 22 (By the Associated Press.) —Ed- mund D. Bigham, of Florence county, the alleged slayer of five members of his own family, will be brought here today from Flor ence and is scheduled to again come to trial when the case is call ed in Circuit court next Thurs day morning. FLORENCE, S. C., Sept. 22 Edmund D. Bigham, former resi dent of Americus, slayer of five and three times convicted of mur der will again this week face trial for his life, at Conway, in the coun ty of Horry. The now famous South Caro lina prisoner is awaiting trial, stolid ly, but only the shadow of his form er self. The one-armed slayer came to Americus from iy.‘slie, opened. U place on Cotton avenue, where he remained fbr several months. Hi! left Americus for South Carolina and nothing was heard of him until the murder charge came to light. Although three times doomed to death, (jnd having escaped the elec tric chair tnrough mere legal tech nicalities and equal number of times the prisoner .stoutly ma ntains his innocence of the crime. His present lease on life was giv en to him in June after h.s last trial —the fourth—which was held in the court of this county. At the last moment he was given a new hope when counsel for both defense and prosecution agreed to continue the case until September. The rmnv'cted man was granted a change of venue at the same time on grounds that public sentipient around here was unfavorable. Florence being only a short dis tance from the scene oft! o g ue some siauglter. Bigham’s persistent fight to save himself from the electric chair al ready has smashed all records for longevity in the annals of South Carolina’s court history. The ques tion asked on every side is whetner or not the next trial will offer the concluding chapter in his historic battle for life. Most of the court officials and at torneys are of the opinion that it will. “Bigham either will go to the (Continued on Page Five) mini® buses BOBBED SIUPM: 1 THIRD ATTEMPTED Negro Burglar Strikes Mrs. E. S. Duke As She Enters Her Bedroom LANIER HOME ENTERED Third Attempt Frustrated When Inmate Screams Would- Be Thief Escapes Two house robberies occurred Saturday night; one at the home of Frank Lanier, on Taylor street, the other in the home of Mrs. M. E. Josey at the corner of Lamar and Hamilton, the third at the home of Mrs. P. 11. Summerford on West Church street was attempted but the would-be thief fled. Some one entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lanier about 7:30 Saturday night. It is thought to be one familiar with the habits of the family, for about this time each day Mr. and Mrs. Lanier are out. Mr. Lanier said he closed all the doors of the home, pulled down '.he windows when he started to the pic ture show. A few minutes later he returned to the house for some thing and as he neared the home, heard a door slam, then saw the rays from a flashlight. He went into the house, secured his pistol and began searching. Evi dently the burglar heard him anti ran out the back door. Mr. Lanier §aid neighbors saw some one met ing about and lighting the different rooms, but thought nothing of it. Examination of the rooms show ed that drawers had been ransacked in only one or two robms; clothing was scattered about, but nothing of any great value was missing co far as has yet been determined. One coral necklace and one black onyx necklace, some clothing and other garments are missing. The thief had not gotten into other rooms where articles of great er value might have been found and stolen. Another burglary was reported to the Times Recorder by E. S. Duke, who lives in the home of Mrs. M. E. Josey at the corner of La mar and Hampton streets. At about 7:30 Saturday night Mrs. Duke went upstairs with her baby in jper arms. She entered her bedroom, placed the baby on a bed an/ turn ed and attempted to close the bed room door. As she took hold of the door a negro man rushed out, struck Mrs. Duke a severe blow, knocking her unconscious and made .his escape. Mrs. Duke said she would know the negro if confronted with him. The thief had two suits of men’s clothing in his arms, which in his rush to get out of the house, he dropped and did not recover. Monday Mrs. Duke was ve’y nervous but is said not to be suf fering from any other ill effects of the blow received from the negro. Mr. Duke said to a reporter that several negroes had been carried down for Mrs. Duke to see, but she could not identify any of these as the burglar. However, he believes they are on the track of the right negro and* will have him during the day. Along about 7 o’clock Saturday night a negro attempted to enter the home of Mrs. P. H. Summer ford on West Church street. The negro cut the screen ovej the win dow of a bed room, in an attempt to enter the house. The negro ran his hand in the opening cut in the screen and touched Mrs. Sumnier ford who was asleep. This awak< n ed her, she screamed and the negro fled. Neighbors hearing the scream (Continued on Page Two.) HISTORIC CHURCH TORN DOWN ATLANTA, Sept. 22.—St. John’s Lutheran church, which has stood at the corner of Forsyth and Garnett ' streets here since the days precefd-- ing the civil war is at last to give way to the progress of the city. The old building which survived the fir? and shell of Sherman’s army of de vastation ,was the only church in Atlanta in which a sermon was preached in the German tongue. Originally a methodist church, the structure was purchased by a con gregation of German Lutherans shortly after the civil war and used; by them since that time, one sermon a month being preached there. NEW YORK FUTURES Pc. Open High Low Close Jan. ..22.05i21.57i22.01|21.67;21.59 Mar. . 22.28122.16!22.28i21.95j21.89 May ..22.48 22.35 Oct. ..22.50122.45122.52 22.16 22.16 Dec. ..21.95'21.85i21.95i21.57i22.57 PRICE FIVE CENTS liCLERGYBN CONFERS HE MED WIFE After All-Night Grilling Hight Makes Complete Confession of Double Poisoning SAYS WAS INSANE Admits Poisoning Williford Sweeting in July Bue De nies Intimacy With Woman MOUNT VERNON, ill., Sept. 22. (By A. P.) —Rev. Lawrence M. Hight, the Ina clergyman has con i fesst d that he poisoned nis wife In a statement given the police at 4:10 this morning Hight says h» poisoned Mis. Hight and Wilford i Sweetin. He declares that he mur . derod his wife “to relieve her suf ferings.” According to his statement to the - officers, ho placed poison in her I eoffee on the morning of September ’ 10, Hight has-been grilled from nine o’clock last night until four this morning by local officers. A few minutes after four he made his con -1 session. ■ He claims that he was temporari ly insane at the time he committed the crime. He has admitted that he poisoned Wilford Sweetin July 27th, but de nies undue familiarity with* Mrs. Sweetin. igeowst Dairy Classic At Milwaukee Sep tember 29th—Boys Guests 4 of Atlanta Trust Co. ATLANTA, Sept. 22.—County farm demonstration agents and en terprising agricultural development interests generally throughout the state are actively at work in as sembling exhibits and otherwise preparing to have their respective counties and communities credit ably represented at the National Dairy Show, to be held in Mil waukee, Wis., September 29-Oeto ber 4, inclusive, at which exhibit space has been reserved by the Georgia Association. In addition to a comprehensive display of Georgia dairy products, the state will be represented at the big Show by a stock judging team comprising four Georgia boys se lected by competitive tests from the various high school vocational classes of the state, who, with their instructors, will attend the show at the expense of the Atlanta Trust Company, to compete there for first honors in dairy cattle judging. By a similar process of elimina tion three Georgia calf club boys also have been chosen to represent their state -at the show, their ex penses to be paid by the Kiwar.is clubs of the state. The stock judging team is com posed of four boys of the Hartwell vocational school, and the calf club boys who have won the honor of representing their state are from Kingston, Mansfield and Cordele. Guy W. Firor, county agent of Macon county, is active chairman of committee on exhibits, of whici\ committee Dr. Milton P. Jarnagin, head of the department of animal industry, State College of Agricul- * ture, is general chairman. Both have for weeks been assidously at work in preparation for the big event, and the response they have received from the railroads, cham bers of commerce, Kiwanis clubs’, etc., and from the creamery and dairying interests and bankers and urban business men of the statq has been such as to guarantee the fullest possible measure of success. Full information as to the de tails of the show, railroad transpor tation rates, etc., available at the Atlanta office of the Georgia Asso. ciation, 502 Chamber Commerce Building. JOHNSON’S CONDITION SLIGHTLY IMPROVED The condition of Henry R. John son was said to be no worse this morning. He has been ill at his home on College street for several * days. When seen this morning, his brother, Joe Johnson, of Lakeland, said that Mr. Johnson was holding! his own and there possibly was a slight improvement. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson are in the city an dwill be here several days.
