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SPOT COTTON MARKET Thursday’s Receipts 276 Bales Season’s Receipts ~ 12,116 Bales Strict Middling 22 l-2c WEATHER — Generally fair to night and Sunday; little change in temperature. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR.—NO. 237 GIANT ZEPPELIN SAILS SUNDAY MORNING Mrs. Humber Sentenced tolTen Years in Pen — -i ■*—— DHf NWHT, DEEPLY IFFECTED,GIVES NOTICE OF mi Verdict Reached Friday Found Guilty cf Second ' Degree Murder SEALE, Ala., October 11.—Mrs. Leila C. Humber, tried the third time for slaying her husband, Luc-' ius F. Humber, was found guilty of second degree murder in Russell court Friday afternoon and sentenc ed to serve 10 years in the peniten tiary. The verdict was returned at 5:30 o’clock, twenty-two hours after the case was placed in the hands of the Jury Thursday v night at 7:30 o’clock. It was the second time that Mrs. Humber had been convicted of second degree murder. In Oc tober of 1922 she was found guilty of the offense and sentenced to serve eleven years in the peniten tiary. The judgment of the trial court was reversed by the supreme court of Alabama and Mrs. Hum ber was again placed on trial last April. A mistrial declared at that time after the jury had failed to make a verdict after deliberating 25 hours. The ten years sentence imposed on Mrs. Humber .is the minimum | in Alabama. A lifetaoi etaoishrni in Alabama. A life term is the maximum. There could have been no capital punishment, due to the I faet that a jury previously ac quitted the defendant of first de gree murder by finding her guilty of second degree murder. After- Judge J/S. Williams, pre siding, had passed sentence on the defendant, notice of appeal was given by Frank M. deGraffenreid, leading counsel for Mrs. Himber and an appeal bond of S3,O.QQ a.-sesse3T Sheriff Pal M. Daniel, who was in Girard at the time the verdict was returned, was notified over long distance telephone and he or dered Chief Deputy Sheriff Monroe Bush to keep the defendant in his custody until the bond was signed. When the verdict of tiie jury was read, Mrs. Humber was deeply af fected. She was surrounded by relatives and friends at the time. Her married daughter, Mrs. Marie Patterson, and her husband have been with Mrs. Humber throughout the trial. Mrs. Humbers aged fa ther has also been with her, as has her young' children, Robert and Mary Humber. The trial started Wednesday af ternoon at 3 :05 o’clock. The fatal shooting of Lucius F. Humber oc curred at- the Humber home, near Girard, on the night of May 18, 1922. The state relied, for the most part on alleged dying declaraaions, quoted by several witnesses. The testimony was to the effect that Mr. Humber shortly after the shooting and only a few hours before his death, stated that he was shot by his wife. He was quoted as saying that she shot him after accusing him of stealing everything she had. Five Bullet Wounds He said,, according to the testi mony, that she shot him in t back. Six wounds were found on his body, according tp a physician. Five of them were pistol bullet wounds, it was declared. It was the contention of the de fense that the bullets which killed Mr. Humber were fired in a scuffle over a pistol between the wife and the husband after the latter had threatened to kill Mrs. Ilumber and himself. It was claimed that Mrs. Humber had acted in self-defense as much as if she had had the pistol in her own hands and pulled the trigger herself. The defendant who took the stand in her own defense, stated that she engaged Mr. Humber in a tussle af ter he had advanced on her with a pistol and threatened to kill her and then slay himself. She said that both, had hold o£ the pistol when it vVas fired. She said she made an effort to empty the re volver by discharging it in the scuf fle. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT NOT SERIOUSLY ILL WASHINGTON, October 11 Chief Justice Williapi H. Taft, of the United States Supreme court, is ill at his home here. It is stated, however, that his condition is not serious, and unless complications set in he will soon recover. THE [Soil PUBLISHED IN THE Z HEART Ok DIXIE OFFER JOHNSON FLORIDA TRIP ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 11.—By winning Fridays game and the world’s championship in baseball for Washington, Walter Johnson, the Senator’s twirling ace, hurled himself into a free trip to this city with all ex penses paid. While all the inhabitants of the city were listening to the re turns of the game yesterday the proposal was made to raise a fund to bring Johnson and his family here for the winter. HEMDMIGEBY RUNS IN FLORIDA Train Service Interrupted, Busi ness At a Standstill. Bridges Downs, Streets Flooded DAYTONA, Fla., October 11. —With flood waters in Daytona and vicinity still at the highest level reached, rains continued this afternoon. Low'er tides af fording better drainage gave cre dence early today to the hope that the worst has passed and that the flood waters will soon recede. It is imprdcable that there will’ be any resumption of train service in this section during sev eral days. ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 11. (By The Associated Press.) —Train ser vice has been curtailed throughout upper Florida by the recent heavy i ains. Business is virtually at a stand still at Daytona, many of the busi ness streets being from six inches to two feet under water, while in the been forced to leave their homes in search of higher ground. Mer chandise damage alone will mount into the thousands, it is said. Bridges on al lhighw« v s leading cut of this city are washed out and Daytona is practically isolated. Scores of autoists are reported ma rooned on the Deland-Daytona high way, efforts being made to reach them through use of small boats. The concrete bridge crossing a canal on the Dixie Highway, three miles south of Daytona, which was undermined last night damming the water® of the canal, causing a dan gerous situaution was dynamited this afternoon. At New Smyrna, twelve miles south of here, business is practically suspended. Canal street being flood ed. A man by the name of Garrett was reported drowned there when he is said to have fallen from his bed into water that covered the floor. Inhabitants of the western section of New Smyrna were forced, it is reported, to abandon the'r homes early today, some swimming away while others used boats. The Florida East Coast Ral'way tracks are several inches under wa ter here with washouts being report ed north and south of here. BINBITS KILL R. R. CM IND GUARDS Escape With $35,000 Pay Roll —Two of Bandits Are Americans SAMALAYL’CA, Mexico, Oct 11. (By The Associated Press.) —B. F. Parker, of El Paso, and the train crew of eight, were killed by five bandits. The Mexican guard on the train was also said to have been killed. The train was carrying a $35,000 pay roll, which the bandits secured and escaped into the hills. The hold up occurred one mile north of Candelario early yesterday, word having just reached here. It is thought two of the bandits are Americans, the other three Mex icans. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DECIDE ON AMENDMENT WASHINGTON, October 11— Attorney General Stone will be asked to review the situation rela tive to application of the eigh teenth amendment to the Philippine Islands, it became known here to day. He niust render a final de cision as to the status of the is lands under the constitution. Christopher Columbus HI | *1 I .J- '' ’ f I U I LW. Wo M 1 I S J K - /I iy I THL ‘ '•KN < ■’Wk ; C*' ThelDiscoverer Os America j L, AMERICA MEANS T&ME T (Extract From the U Monur.ent Addresi of D. Webster.) < “We do not eve). yi the discovery of this continent without S ; feeling something of a sonal intere; ■ in the event, without being < ? reminded how much it has affected oi. own : fortunes and our. own < S existence. ) < “It would be still more unnatural f r us, therefore, than for oth- < > ers to contemplate with unaffected mi. ds that interesting, I may say ? I that most -touching and pathetic scene, whop the great discoverer of S ( America stood on the deck of his shatter ed bark, theshades of night ( > falling on the sea, yet no map sleeping; tossed on the billows of ? S an unknown ocean, yet the stronger the billows of alternate hope and 5 i despair tossing his own thoughts; extending forward his harrassed < > frame, straining westward his anxious and eager eyes, till Heaven at ? s last granted him a n oment of raptui and ecstacy, i» blessing his 5 1 vision mith the sight of an unknown v. rid.” < Miss Raoul Speaks Here Wed Morning Meeting of Men and Women at Court House—Congressman Crisp To Introduce Visitors Miss Ellinor Raoul, of Atlanta, [ prominent woman speaker . and; philanthropist, will speak to men and women of Americus and Sumter county in the court house Wednes day morning, October 15, at 10:30 o’clock. Miss Raoul, chairman of the or ganization work of the State League of Women Voters, is heading “thp flying squadron from state head quarters now touring the state. A number of prominent women are accompanying Miss Raoul. The local charter of the league is sponsoring the morning meeting and have requested Congress! lan Charles R. Crisp to introduce Miss Raoul. W. W. Dykes, member of the state Democratic executive committee, will also speak. Miss Raoul and her party will go to Albany from K. K. K. SUED FOR ATTEMPTED ARSON INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 11,—Suit for $125,000 was filed in federal court today by D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Ru Klux Klan in Indiana, against Dr. Hiram W. Evans, of Atlanta, Ga., imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, and Walter Bossert, grand dragon of the order in Indiana. Tlie suit charges a conspiracy “to burn” the Stephenson yacht Heomar II in the lagoon at the Toledo Yacht club last June. Bossert was registered at a local hotel, but could not be located after the suit was filed. AMERICUS, GA., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 11, 1924, An ficus. ‘ In the past, presidential elec tions have been treated with a great dei of apathy, much indifference being displayed by those who should vote,” one of the local league said to the Times-Recorder today. “Th'. 1 i ri cipal object of our meeting on Wednesday and the reason Miss Raoul comes to Americus, is to arc use more interest in the men and women of the community. To get wb it they want, they must vote. iss Raoul’s address will be a pic to get out the voters in No ve ber. The league is non-partisan. We are nut endeavoring to aid ant party or candidate. We know if ou ■ men and women vote, the nation is ife. Every man and woman is rot only invited to attend this .'.ass meeting, but we urge them. It is a c.vic and moral duty in carrying this message to our people.” TROOPS GUARD JUDGE FROM BOMB PLOT PRINCETON, Ky„ Oct. 11.—Ten national guardsmen arrived here last night at the request of County Judge Smith to guard the home of S. B. Hodge, county attorney from threatened violence. An anonymous letter received by Mrs. Hodge last Saturday declared that her husband had been warned to resign as county attorney. Pen alt for failure to do so, the Letter stated, would be death. Mrs. Hodge an< their children were directed to Lea.e the home to escape being blown up. SHENANDOAH W CROSS PACIFIC II) Mil NISLINDS Arrived Safely At San Diego And Will Proceed Up <•' '"tßscific Coast SAjN DIEGO, Cal’.* Oct. 11 (By The Associated Press.) —The big smashed her rear cabin, tearing a hole six feet long, as she was being moored to her mast. Because o fthe accident the ship will not leave here today. 1 The damage to the cabin is pro-' mounced as of a “minor nature,” Tut that work on the ship’s motors is expected to keep her here today. The Shenandoah arrived here early this morning, and except for the overhauling of her motors, was in splendid shape until her cabin was crushed In. As soon as repairs are completed she will again put her nose to the north for her flight up the pacific coast to Camp Lewis, Washington. It is understood here today that the big aircraft may undertake 1 a trip across the Pacific to Hawaii, following her winter maneuvers on the Pacific coast. Admiral Moffett, commander, expresses the belief that the trip to the Iliwaiian Islands would be easier than the trans-con tinental jaunt now completed, c;' ;i:g the difficulties which the Shenan doah encountered and conquered as ■she crossed the Rocky mountains. A heavy gale was blowing across San Diego from the sea Friday apd workmen anticipated some trouble -in making the Shenandoah safe to her mooring mast. The dirigible crossed the state line info California at 1:05 p. m., Pa cific; tim4, and later was sighted over GlJhis a* 2:27 o’clock. The strong winds seem to be holSlpg down the ship’s speed, reports from Yuma and Glamis stated. Her pres ence over Glamis, 20 miles north of the Mexican border, indicated the big dirigible was following the rail way line to the Salton sea. BIG craft lost OVER ARIZONA. TUSCON, Ariz., Oct. 11.—A hur ry call was sent to the radio station of the University of Arizona Fri day morning at 5:20 by the U. S. Shenandoah, to assist its crew in locating themselves. They had just passed Beason and had failed to re cognize the place, believing they were lost and off their scheduled path. Oliver Wright, radio operator at the university station, got in touch with the Western Union and South ern Pacific, and the information was relayed to them at once. Direct radio-telephone connec tions were established with the Shen andoah when it reached the Ari zona-New Mexico line. PUNS COMPLETE FOR EEDBN LOAN Will Be Put On Financial Market of Nine Countries Within Few Days —A. LONDON, Oct. 11—(By The As sociated .Press.) —The negotiations for a loan of 800,000,000 gold marks to the German government, provided for by the Dawes reoara tions plan, were successfully con cluded Friday afternoon and the loan will be put on the financial markets of nine countries, includ ing Germany, within a few days. More than half of the entire loan— sllo,ooo,ooo is to be released in the United States. The bonds will be dated October 15,, mature in 25 years and bear seven per cent interest. They will be offered to investors at 92, thus yielding approximately 7 3-4 per cent to maturity. The terms of the various markets are virtually iden tical. Signature to the agreement to loan money to the German govern ment were fixed this afterne on in the old bank of England building Hjalmar Schacht, president of tbd reichsbank, and Dr. Hans Luther, the German finance minister, signed for Germany; J. P. Morgan signed for the American banking syndicate headed by his own company; Mon tague Norman for the Bank of Eng land; Jean V. Parmentier for France and the other financiers for their continent. SNOW ENDS “GAME’’ OF WORLD SERIES RENO, Nev., Oct. 11—Snow broke up the world's series base ball game in the eighth inning as far as Truckee, Cal,, was con cerned yesterday. The storm, reaching at times the proportion of a blizzard, ended radio ac counts of the game which the town had been receiving. iHYTSwr dm snmii 11l For Five Weeks—Burial From Residence Sunday Henry Rogers Johnson, 47 years old, died Saturday at noon at his home, 309 College street, after an illness of five weeks, caused from a complication of diseases. Mr. Johnson was the son of the late Henry R. and Josephine Black Johnson, pi-pminept citizens of Americus during their lives. Mr. Johnson was born and rear ed in Americus where since man hood he has avocation as a planter, having large farming in terests in this section. He was a graduate of Mercer and a member of A. T. O. fraternity. He was also a member of Woodmen of the World and other orders. For many years he has been a member of the First Baptist church. Surviving Mr. Johnson are his widow, Mrs. Eugenia Brahan John son, and four daughters, Miss Mar tha Johnson, Eugenia Johnson, Anne Johnson and Catherine John son; two sisters, Mrs. D. W. Bag ley and Mrs. Norman C. Miller, of Atlanta; one brother, Jac E. John •sbhF-df LalterataJ, Funeral services will be held Sun day afternoon from the residence on College street at three oclock. Rev. James B. Lawience will offic iate, and interment will be in Oak Honorary pallbearers will be Jno. T. Taylor, George Turpin, M- N. Edwards, Thomas Harrold, Frank Harrold, W. D. Moreland, J. W. Shiver, W. J. Thornton, James A. Davenport and John W. Sheffield. Active pallbearers will be Harvey Mathis, John Wagnon, James A. Fort, Hollis Fort, I. B .Small, J. E. Hightower, T. M. Furlow and W. G. Turpin: POSSES MB BILLS FOB NEGRO BUPISI College Girl* Assaulted As They Hike Through Woods RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 11. >— Posses are scouring the hills sur rounding Richmond for an unknown negro, who assaulted two West Hampton college girls on a wooded road near the college 'ate Friday. The girls, one a junior and the other a sophomore, are said to have been walking along the road when they were followed by a negro who forced them into a thin strip of woods near the college, There he is said to have cut one of the girls severely with an knife and then as saulted the other. The clothes of both girls were torn almost to shreds in the strug gle. Hearing their cries, a guard at the University of Richmond nearby, rushed to the rescue. The negro fled. Both girls are now in a Richmond! hospital where they are said to be in a state of nervous collapse. Posses composed of police, county officers, university students, ard persons in the neighbohood are comb ing the countryside. Blood hounds have been placed on the scent. WOMAN WHO KILLED HUBBY IS FREED NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 11.—Mary Bruno, 22, was acquitted Friday of murdering her bigamous husband. Judge Caffrey told the jury that the verdict was a miscarriage cf justic and an incentive to criminals. Testimony revealed that Carmine Bruno eloped with the defendant, leaving a wife and three children. The prosecution alleged that Bruno had decided to leave Mary, whom •he married several months age, to return to his legal wife, Bruno was shot from behind in his home. ■ ..j NEW YORK FUTURES Pc Open 11am Close Jan !23.7ij23.50123.51123.35 March 24.00j23.85|33.82523.68 May 24.22 (241.10’24.05|23.90 Oct 124.54’24.40124.37124.20 Dec 23.68|23.52|23.46j23.28 PRICE FIVE CENTS LOW LIFTING POWER > OF 1 PREVENTS WOW RISE Vessel and Crew Were Ready When Commander Called Off Flight FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Oct. 11. — (By The Associated Press.) —The Giant American-awn ♦’d, German-built ZR-3 will not start her trans-Atlantic trip today. Be cause of the “low lofting power of the air,” says- Dr. Hugo Eclincr, commander,’' a satisfactory assvne could not be made this morning and caused the postponement until Sun day” The vessel and her crew were ready for the air voyage at 7 ;00 o’clock this morning when Dr. Buh ner called off the flight for ths day. In connection with the proposed flight to America of the ZR-3, Sun day it Is rccAWed that the late Count Zeppelin, inventor of the dirigible, made his first balloon ascension in the United States. This was during the Civil War when Count Zeppelin was an officer in the Union army. The count never became an American citizen and re turned to his native land in 1886. It was during the Franco-Prussian v-r that he conceived the idea of th-s d»r igible, inspired by the progress nadg by the French in aeronautics. JAp OFFICERS HAVE WATCHED CONSTRUCTION. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Oct. 11— (By The Associated Press.) Among the interested spectators of all flights of the ZR-3 in the region of Friedrichshafen has been a commis sion of Japanese naval officers who have been overseeing the construc tion by a German concern of 3sv eral airplanes for the Japanese gov ernment. The ajrplane factory is on the edge of Lake Constance, about a mile from the dirigible hangars. The commission arrved Imre five months ago, soon after tile Germans began work on the Jap anese contract. IBTFBOBBIB CMS CRASHJS HURT Motormen Pinned in Wreckage When Cars Meet In Head- On Collision YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Oct. 11 -- (By The Associated Press.)- —Two interurban cars were wrecked to day in a head-on crash near Struth ers, Ohio. A dense fog was the di rect cause of the collision whic.i re sulted in the injury of 35 persons, of whom 10 are seriously hurt. The collision wrecked the front vestibules of both cars, pinning the motorme nin the pleintered frame work. Both motormen are in a crit ical condition. DR. PEACOCK FREED BY HABEAS CORPUS WRIT SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 11 Dr. J. W. Peacock, for whom ex tradition was sought by North Caro lina insane asylum, was freed on a writ of habeas corpus in superior court Friday. He returned at onoe to his ranch near here. Judge Marsh held the insane asylum from which Mr. Peacock es caped in North Carolina is not a part of the state prison, that there fore, he did not escape from “a prison or the superintendent of a prison, as the North Carolina code has it and that he was “not guilt;,’ of conspiring to escape.” Dr. Peacoak’s five children were i ncourt when the decision was an nounced, and the oldes, a girl of about 17 years, at once rushed to Judge Marsh and with tears in her eyes thanked hipi profusely. \ LITTLE JOE ' A LITTLE ARSENIC THE,COFFEE CUP AND A MAN AND HIS WIFE ARE SOON PARTED.' Al
