About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1924)
PAGE EIGHT SUFFERERS IN THE POISON PLOT! ROMANCE IEW MEN ON LOCAL ’ FOOTBALL IM BY ALBERT OUTLER ; Scrimmaging under a hflt sun tin j til you start praying for rain, and ; then playing in a driving rain un til you get soaked to your finger nails may not be conducive to com fort, but.it ' the making of a foot ball team. And that’s what we are gojng to have out A. H. S’, way this year. This year Americus faced one of! the most perplexing problems it has had in ’several years; that of mak ing a football team out of green men. Last year it built its team al most entirely around one man. “Bobby” Hooks, and now Hooks is gone. But the High school is going to have an eleven, perhaps not as sea soned as heretofore, but with thai same fighting spirit that has always marked her teams. With a backfield fast and crafty, and a line green but steady, Ameri cus is certainlv going J o impress upon the minds of her opponents that she can and does plev fool b ib Great things are hoped for from Thad Bell, fast, brainy, and ex- • ' if r- '■ ’’’ '• ■ 7 '4\ 1* ’ _ . . . ..... A • - Value was the keynote in our search for Each group containing carefully selected ' ~ . , . . these wonderful Coats—not only the best models representative of the smartest in \ J J -4 Fmr r c ~ , , t, .y, y' values of the season, but even better than • Coat fashions for Fall and Winter, 1924. 3K& lhos ® of any P reced,ng - / CHURCHWELLS Xy W || L SELLS IT FOR LESS V jOf ’ ir r - " 15! ■ 1 Lamar Street AMERICUS, GA. &;■ - ■ .“’CO'l The Most Timely Sale of Coats That Churchwell’s Has Ever Offered ! PRESENTING COAT VALUES THAT WILL ASTONISH f>O AMERICUS AND VICINITY ! R * " \ 11lf f ML fmssKS J?! W. , .-iOm ■ • rOj ilk > r-j" • KC'f lit i MW M Xk IL ■ MMBWf Or# Lw te| ; . \ i Ml Mb Hi 1 / ■ i ' H B Iw ; J ■ H WJv \ i F -Bl O *- ' l i MmBI 5© COATS g 0 ■ SPECIALLY PRICED AT WV I Ultra-Exclusive Modes in Very ft> /I 50 priced specially at / / Superior Furs, Fabrics and Linings $ \ OTHER SELECTIONS SPECIALLY PRICED FROM ....This specialized group is representa- Another splendid assortment, models / I • l * v< * °f ‘be finest that has been created that have been copied from the newly Ra * /X in Coats for Fall and Winter, 1924. Fin- arrived imports, expressing subtle ele- i LnJ | I < j I tli II ! n est fabrics, fashionable style theme and gance, rich silky fabrics and gorgeous A Ja.. 7vz tlllll vJ luxurious fur trimmings combined with p rß j aultlessly tailored and finely silk * ; master tailoring. lined. M.- MM** > . MMM. *MM*«M *MMM»M***«*. . M—T" —MW.* IMW I. .1 Illi I———i^B—— OMMWaB WMOMB *. .. MB** «*«MMBM*MM* . **■* *Mw*m « * One Victum ! 1 ! ' ißr Bk mMK- ihmm This is Mrs. T.. M. Hight., who was muvdt r- il by her husband, an Ina, 111., minister, so he could tremcly hard to tackle, he to be a real star. Other backfield candidates wh >; deserve especial mention are: “The Ansley Brother.:,” “Red ’ Barrow, 1 The Minister's Dauhters z>!S* « ,„i M j - //■ ■■ O iH ‘.i. r-M \ / E'Bfril ■ A MTI. W > f These are the daughters of Rev. Lawrence M. Hignt, Ina., 111., clergyman, who has confessed to p oisoning his wife so he might wed Mrs. Elsie Sweetin, a member of h is congregation. At the left is the elder daughter, Mrs. Marie Eaton o f Mt. Vernon, 111. Mildred, 14, the younger one, is shown at the rijfht. .» Statham, M. .1. Hines Albert Thayeri and Harry Barton. ! The line is comparatively green, j however, under the patient tutelage j of coach McKee, promising recruits j have been developed into some I steady players. Those trying for THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER i line positions are: G. A. Tye, Lor I Charles Gammage, E. J. Tyson, Otha Weed, Wilson Fitts, J. E. Sheppard, Claude Mauk, Charles Glover, Anthony Council, He;s Arnold, Robert Rushin and Aubrey Easterlin. Held for Husband's Murder I /z I ' V I 1b,.. This is Mrs. Elsie Sweetin of cording to authorities at Mt. Ver husband, Wilford Sweetin, so she Hight. The minister, charged nished her with the poison, she - • -*—■ ~,.— Americus has one of the hardest Albany and others Have been ar schedules this year that she has ranged. ever had. Games with Cordele, La- They may lose a few games, but nier, Fitzgerald, Moultrie, Dawson, as always, you will find Americus 'lflTOlMiili'liniMmWWTfWTnMillßlßlllMlMlßiWliilllllliillilll W PH i'|Hi i, lllijlliilW I liiHlffiT THURSDAYAFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 25, 1924 Ina., Hl., who has confessed, ac ron, HL, that she poisoned her might marry Rev. Lawrence M. with the murder of his wife, fur says. ■ ■' i ■■> i Sweetin’s Son % H if I H *H i > > MM I I - J Little Byford Sweetin "of Ina, 111., is crying for his mother and daddy. He waits in vain for them to come home. His father is dead, and his mother is in jail charged with her husband’s mur der. teams playing a hard but clean game, fighting for every inch, but fighting squarely. “For when the One Great Scorer comes To write against your name, He writes not whether you won or l° s t. JK But how you played the game,’*
