About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1924)
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Monday’s Receipts 66 bales Season’s Receipts 15,805 bales WEATHER—For Georgia: Fair to night and Wednesday. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR.—NO. 256. 20-ODD MILLION VOTERS MARCH TO POLLS Sumter County 9 s Annual Fair Opens Gates Today ATTRACTIVE EXHIBITS 111 EEL DEPJRTEMTS PEEKE HUNDPEOS Present Indications Point To This Being Largest Fair Ever Held Here At one o’clock today the gates of the Sumter couiity fair were thrown wide for the opening of the biggest and best fair ever to be staged in this section. Fair offi cials and those entr.i.xj exhibits and displays have been hard at work since Thursday getting things into shape and earlv this morning the most of them had completed their work. T. P. Littlejohn, under whose supervision the display and amusement tents have been erected and who has disu'.iye-l his midway attractions in every county in this section of the State says that the Sumter county fair will surpass in size and number of exhibits anv fair at which he has shown. Offi cials of the fair state that never be fore have the communities taken such active interest in a fair and that due to the largeness of their exhibits additional tents had to Le procured to house them. Already visitors are arriving in the city for the fair and arrangements have been made to handle the largest •crowd ever to attend the show ing of a Sumter county fair. As a special attraction tonight election returns will be' received over the radio and will be announced to the crowd. The fifth annual session of the Sumter county fair opened at one o’clock to day and repcrts form the grounds state that already great have passed through the gates. The community exhibits from the different districts are attracting un usual attention. The districts repre sented are New Era, Un : on High, Huntington, Thalean, Concord and Andersonville, all,' of them have spent a great deal of time in making their booths attractive. The home demonstration and girls canning and sewing club are well represented and their exhibits are one of the largest at the fair. Many articles that toxjc first prizes at other county fairs ar\on display here. X The school booths which begupy a large section of the exhibit thnl are of beautiful design and show that the students have put out con siderable work in an effort to make their displays the best attraction at the fair. The Americus high school, ( the Agriculture school, the Gram inar schools in the city and all schools in the city ana all schools in the county are represented. Many merchants in the city have booths in the exhibit ter-.t and they are causing much comment in re gards to their beauty >f design and unique method of display. All lovers of poultry, and live I stock will treated to the best ex hibits that have ever been display ed at a county fair anywhere. Sc numerous were the entries for space umhe poultry exhibit tent that the managers of this department were | compelled to turn away entrants. Birds that have won ribbons and s cups in the largest fairs in the | country are on exhibit here. Tne 4 entries in this department were not '* restricted to Sumter county chick ■ens fanciers and owners from all lover the state have entered birds, f Each day, at four o’c.’cck in the lafternoon and ten o’clock at night the Littlejohn shows are going to put on three free acts, “Fussner the Great,” on his slack wire will |entertain the crowds supported by 1 (.The Taylor Brothers in their aerial ® Circus and acrobatic a?t and Capt. jft/Flnsh, who lehps from a ladder G ts feet in the air to a net below. Hi is ' known as the European Fire High diver and in his leap through space bis body is enveloped in flames. I The usual number of riding de gjrices are with the fair and they aie proving very popular with the Mrown folks as well as th? young sters. Ilebrton postoffice j ROBBED; SAFE OPENED .8 (By The Associated Press) ft ELBERTON, Ga., N -v. 4.—El berton post office was cptered last Bight and the 'troftey-vanW r>p«wd. It is believed of great im > Sortance was taken. ' THE TIMESBRECORDER tSofl PUBLISHED IN THE QF DIXIE ’ AS TROOPS CHECK WAR OF 30.000 KLANSMEN AND FOES fer? —IT! F-. A- TB'Jore a I I J? i ** '*’’ ' ~ ■| MSv jBW i S -‘•Wwy »- -1 JLoinflHwß t| Thousands of klansmen lined up picture was taken within the care for a march through Niles, 0., as fully guarded klan en losure and Knights of the Flaming Circle mo- shows the klansmen mobilizing, bilized to prevent the march. This Chas. L. Ansley Retires From Active Business Building Purchased by C. M. Council And Stock To Be Sold at Retail—ls One of Oldest and Largest Retail Firms in South Georgia After the most of his life spent in the same block, be ginning as a boy in his teens, and working up to the proprietor ship of one of this section’s largest and most respected retail firms, Charles L. Ansley announces today that he is retiring from the mercantile business. The three-story building at -the xorner of Jackson and For syth streets, constructed in 1910 by Mr. Ansley for his own use, has been sold to C. M. Council, vice president and cashier °* t “ e J D ' anters Bank. The purchase was made as an invest ment, Mr. Council said today. The purchase price could not be learned, nor was Mr. Council ready to announce what disposition " e . l w . Ouma k e of the building. However, it is understood that it will be for rent after January Ist. The stock in the building will be sold at retail by Mr. Ansley. se, 7 ure f l services of C. G. Anderson, of Minneapolis, a sales expert, who will have charge — 1 of the sale that opens Thursday cf this week. Since boyhood I have devoted my life to this business,” Mr. Ans ley said today to a Times-Recorder I reporter. In fact, I have spent all of my business life right here in this block. As a mere boy I went to work and in 1905 became the sole owner of this business. “My only reason for retiring is ’that I have come to that poif.t in, life to take a well earned rest. All of my life I have worked very hard, for long hours] every day in the week. 1 feel that the time has come for a little rest, a vacation. I shall devote my time to (Continuea on F'a,ge Seven) GEORGIA MAN IS DROWNED IN FLORIDA (By The Associated Press) TAMPA, Nov. 4.—C. T. Lane, of Boston, Ga., wr.s drowned yestterday in the Hillsborough river at Sulphur Springs, seveii mile! north of h?re. YEGGMEN BLOW SAFE AND GET S3OO SAVANNAH, Nov. 4.—Safe crackers entered the office of the Texas Oil company here late Mon day night, rolled the big safe a dis tance of about 300 yards, cracked it and escaped with about S3OO. The burglary was discovered when the office was opened this morn ing. MISSING AVIATORS ARRIVE IN SAFETY Fears for the safety cf two De catur youths, E. R. Brown and R. J. Freeman, Jr., who were lost track of Sunday in an air flight from Americus to Atlanta, were relieved Monday at noon when they landed at Candler field, Hapeville, after having spent Sunday night in Grif fin. The boys were forced to land at Griffin on account of darkness and thus were prevented from coming on to Atlanta as they had planned and as they had informed friends they would do. Grave fears were felt for the boys safety . Sunday night. A scout plane was sent from Americus to search for some trace of the plane and its occupants, mnd. the mystery w,as deepened .when no trace of them was found. <)■ n AMERICUS. GA.. TUESDAY AFTERNOOnTnOVEMBER Z 1524 TWELVE MEET DEATH IN BRITISH TRAIN WRECK LIVERPOOL, Nov, 4.—Twelve I persons were killed and many in jured when the Liverpool Express to Blackpool was wrecked this even ing near Lytham. REVOLUTIION STARS IN BRAZIL’S NAVAL FORCES BUENOS AIRES, Novmeber 4. Associated Press.) —Reports I reaching here from Brazil today are to the effect that revolutionary trouble has broken out in the Bra zilian navy. The battleship Sao Paulo is said to have rebelled and witl) another ship from Rio Janerio harbor, has left for an unknown destination. SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC SWEEPS DUBLIN, GA. DUBLIN, Nov. 4.—Drastic ef forts to-check the smal pox epidemic which has gained cOnsiderabl? head way in Dublin will go into effect Tuesday, beginning with the vac; i nation of all school children in pub lic schoools. County Health Officer Ovid Cheek and City Sanitary Inspector J. Wesley Wood are in charge of precautionary measures and every available weapon to combat the dis ease and to check its spread are being used. The disease made its appearance a few days ago in neg o sections, spreading rapidly and finally reach ing out into white sections of thiS eity. NEGRO REGISTRATION ORDERED BY JUDGE TULSA Okla., Nov. / —Federal Judge F. E. Kennamer t< day issued a writ of mandamus oor lering the registrar of Okfuskee county to reg ister approximately 550 negro vot ers and- ordering electio nofficials to permit them to vote as though they had registered prior to the ex piratio nos the statutory limit. Early in the day Judge had granted a restraining order en- ■ franchising approxima ely 1,100 voters, most of them negroes in' Carter county, RED OR PURPLE Gowns -of rdd’ or 1 ptn Sle Velvet I with no trimming save drapery are extremely smart. BITTLFS M SHIFT »111 M YOUTH; SOLDIERS 01 BOM Battleground of Organization Mcving Now Into Ohio, Penn sylvania and West Virginia i NILES, O. Novembeh 4. (By NEA Service.-—The battle ground of the Ku Klux Klan, centered for some time past in the South, then the North and Northwest, has been shifted to the corners of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West " ■“'sSidiers guard the streets of this town of 20,000 in habitants, and oncy crisis is averted, there is a feeling that hostilities will gain be resumed. The casualty list from the out break portrays but slightly the bit ter feeling that now lies smolder ing, awaiting an opportunity to vent itself. The belligerent factions let it be known they will pursue their own course to accomplish their pur poses. Which means that Niles is in for many more restless nights. Hostilities have been seething for som time, but only recently have they come to a head. Almost any night in this neigh borhood a fiery cross or a flaming circle can be seen, casting its light over the countryside. county, town and even family is divided. Further outbreaks seem inevita ble. With neighbor viewing his neighbor with suspicion, officials feel that it will be many months before any effort can be made to cement the relation of the two fac tions. What effect can troops have on such minds? They will restore or der, they will police the streets and pre mt improper assembles. But they can not remain in Niles forever. Then what? LIT TLE HOPE FOR WOODRUFF’S RECOVERY (By The Associated Press) ATHENS', Nov. 4.- The condi tior of Harry Woodruff, injured brother of Coach George Woodruff, of University of Georgia, and well known business man -of Columbus, was reported this morning as “not so good.” Physicians at the hopsital hold cut practically no hope for the farm er Georgia Athletic Star. _• VALDOSTA VOTES $270,000 BOND ISSUE VALDOSTA, Nov. 4—Valdosta ha. just voted almost unanimously foi an issue of $270,000 municipal boids for the following purposes: For additional equipment for fire department, $15,000; for additional equipment for public schools, $lO,- 000; for extending sewer system, s3t',ooo; for water works, $65,000; for paving, $150,000. A bond election a year ago was def ated, but there was practically no opposition in this election. Leased Wire Election News At Times-Recorder Tonight Everybody it welcome! Direct leased wires will bring latest and fastest election news to Times-Rcorder office, where informa tion will be given out as fast as it is received. Also these election bulletins, which will come in a continuous stream, will be announced to our friends in the Rylander Theatre every few minutes. > Emo v ./ ' -tX s I Running gang fights for blocks town, were dragged from automo hetween klajismen and Knights of biles, beaten and shot. An ambu the Flan ing,Circle marked the klan lance is shown taking away one of meeting at Niles, O. Armed klans- the victims. men, attempting to dash through z ,y. RADIO OPERATORS ASKED TO CLEAR AIR FOR RETURNS HARTFFORD, Conn., Nov. 4 —All amateur radio telegraph operators in the Country have been asked to maintain abso lute silence from 6 p. m. Tues day until 6 a. m. Wednesday to avoid interference with the broadcasting of election re turns. The request was issued by the American Radio Relay League here. MRS. W. G. HARDING'S MDITIOI IS WORSE New Complications Causing Considerable Apprenhension To Her Physicians MARION, Ohio, Nov. 4. New complications yet ur.Cerfintd are Itoday causing considerable appre hension to the physicians attending Mrs. Florence King Harding, wife of th° late President Warren Hard ing. She was taken ill yesterday at the Sawyer Sanitarium., where she makes her home. It ic announced to<‘a-r that the disease is a recurrence of kidney t.-ouble which came near ■'ausing her death while she was mistresa of the White House. M’DONALD CABINET SENDS IN RESIGNATION LONDON, November 4. (fey Associated Press.) —The cabinet of RamsajF MacDonald, Great Britain’s first Labor government, formally resigned today. King George ac cepted the resignation. ONE KILLED. ANOTHER HURT IN ELECTION FIGHT CHICAGO, November 3.—One man was killed and another fatally wounded during a revolver fight near a polling place here early to day. Police reports of the affair indicate the shooting was connect ed with factional trouble within the Teamsters’ union. MISSIONARY SPEAKS AT FIRST METHODIST T. E- Reeve, of Cochran, Ga., a missionary here from the African field, will lecture at First Metho dist church tonight at 7 o'clock un der auspices of the Epworth League, ' , / Mr. Reeve for the past few months has been on a tour of lec tures throughout the South and is now touring South_ Georgia. He comes here from Columbus. He is most interesting and tells of Afri can life, customs, 1 etc- He has written many missionary articles and books, his best known book be ing “In Wembo-Niamba Land.” The public is invited by the Epworth Leaguers to hear Mr. Reeve this evening. No and no collec tion to be taken. 11l 1816 STATEGIVE BOOSEMT 18.116 < - Record Vote Cast 8 Years Ago, 145,899 Ballots Being Polled (By The Associated Press) ATLANTA, Nov. 4. In the pres idential election of 1916, when the three major parties which battled for entrance to the White House were the Democratic, Republican and Progressive, and the Socialist ticket trailing, records of the vote in that year show that the largest cast by her citizenry, being 11 899, with a small Socialist vote. Incident with the general election today will be the comparisons of the vote in 1916, especially the Pro gressive lump, although the js’ues, with the years, are decidedly chang ed. In, 1916 Georgia gave the demo cratic nominee a vote of 117,405. But the Progressive ticket, headed by Theodore Roosevelt came sec ond in this state, pol'mg 19,246 votes, while the Republ’cans receiv ed 10,248. The question is asked by many whether the La Follette ticket will receive a larger vote in the 1924 election than did Roose velt in 1916 in Georgia. That will be known only when the vote.is tabulated, but the comparisons are interesting. Naturally Fulton county register ed the largest vote for the three major parties than anv other coun ty in the state, according to figures, the Democratic vote be ; ng 3,945. Chatham came second in line by casting 3,797 votes In the Demo cratic column, while the smallest Democratic vote was registered by Mclntosh county with the figure being 114. Fulton gave the Republican nomi nee 1,311 votes, while Union coun ty gave 523 as the second largest, and the smallest vote in this column being tied with the counties of Crawford, Quitman, t«nd Schley each of which counties cast two votes for the Republican ticket. The Progressive ticket received n vote of 1,040 in Fulton, the next largest being Spaulding with 783 votes, Haralson with 779, Polk cast ing 713; Whitfield registering 707; Chatham giving 616, and Gilmer 560. The smallest vote received from a single county in the state for the Progressive ticket was from Calhoun, which gave only a paie of votes. Fulton county likewise contribu ted the largest Socialist vote in the state, giving that party 124, while the next largest was Detatur coun ty with 88 votes and Muscogee coun ty with 77, while the counties of Baldwin, Charlton, Chattooga, Crisp, Glynn, Houston and G’'ir. nett, tied with one vote each for the Socialist candidate. GEN. FENG’S CALVARY IN CONTROL AT LIENTSIN LIENTSIN, November 4.(—By Associated Press.) —Cavalry troops of General Feng Yu H'siang, the Christian General,” now in con trol at Peking, entered this city at noon today, after quelling slight re sistance. Feng’s troops first occu pied the central station, and then proceeded to the east station which is within the foreign settlement, to disarm trains containing soldiers of the army of General Wu Pei Fu, deposed commander of the Peking government troops. NEW YORK COTTOfc FUTURES Market closed; election day. ELECTION RETURNS OVER LEASED WIRE TONIGHT The Times-Recorder Will fur nish free leased wire election re turns at this office tonight. PRICE FIVE CENTS WEATHER GENERALLY FmiimiTE MSKBLIIELf Besides President and New House, 34 Senators and Gov ernors To Be Elected Information that The Times- Recorder has been able to ga ther from the polls un until 2 o’clock this afternoon Show the voting to be very heavy in Sum ter county for a general election, in Americus 358 white men, 129 white women and 20 negroes had voted up to the hour indicated. WASHINGTON, November 4.—The largest electorate that ever cast a vote in any nation undertook today the task of un raveling the most puzzling tan gle in modern American politi cal history. With three major candidates in the field for president, with a full house of representatives to be chosen, figures with thirty four senators, and the same number of governors to be elected, and with thousands of lesser offices to be filled, twen ty-odd million qualified voters of the nation began their march to tho. polls at early dawn. Throughout the length and breadth of the land, under gen erally fair weather conditions, they continue all day to record their will. T our months of fervid i ora tory, charges and counter charges, recrimination, claims, predictions and warnings were stor ed in the thoughts of the voters as they marked their decisions on th« millions of ballots. • MANY GEORGIA WOMEN ARE VOTING (By The Aisbciatutl Pre>i) ‘ ATLANTA, Nov. 4.--Reports from many sections of the state to day indicate Georgia citizens are taking more than the usual amount of interest in the naticnal election. More votes are being cast tian four years ago and as a result of the early reports it is now conceded that more ballots will be cast today than four years ago. Fair weather prevails gcnterally throughout the state and this, with urgent appeals from party leadeis for every citizen to cast a vote, ser ved to bring out many more than usual to the polls. A large number of women are voting, taking great interest in the proposed constitutional amendments Ito create Peach county, provided biennial sessions of the legislature, exempt certain industries from tax ation for a specified period, etc. HEAVY VOTE IN™ TENNESSEE. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 4 Ten- nessee voters went to the polls b,- day to make known their choice for president of the United States, to elect a. United State Senator, name a governor, elect railroad com missioners and l 0 decid? congres sional and legislative contests. The voters also are making known their desires on the proposed state con stitutional convention. last survivorTjf LIGHT BRIGADE VOTES CEDAR RAPIDS, lowa, Nov. 4. Ellis Cutting, believed here to be the last survivor of the immortal Light Brigade, cast his last vote today. It was for Coolidge and Dawes. He is dying from paralvsla and physicians said he probably would not be here to learn whether his vote had helped elect the re publican candidates. It was an ab sent voter’s ballot, brought to his bedside. PIjTTLIFjOE~] ITS BAD LUCK t RAISE AN UMBRELLA INDOORS AND BAD LUCK TO PUT IT DOWN ANYWHSSE i 04 ‘ ** J* <S>ur/ieA : I ■ ■>’ ! . h ..1 ' (U > : { ’-1 ,
