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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Monday's receipts 102 bales Season’s receipts 16442 bales Strict middling WEATHER— PartIy cloudy to?, nigit 'afid’Wednesday; warmer in I northeast portion tonight. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO- 262 WIFE INSTIGATED FLOGGI NG OF HUBSCH Secretary of Labor Davis to Resign March 4th. B IS FIHST MEMBER TO OFFER HIS RESIGNATION President Expresses Wish That Davis Will Remain in Offi cial Family (By the Associated'Press.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 11 Secretary of Labor Davis today informed President Coolidge that he desired to retire from his cabinet after March 4 th. Davis is the only member of the presi dent’s cabinet who has yet indi cated his wish to retire, it is indi cated from the White House. The president has given. no consideration to other possible changes in his cabinet and, it is said, has expressed a hope that Davis will remain. BFEBMPONSLWH MMDSLDW Dion O’Bannion Is Victim of Unidentified Foes He Greet ed With ‘Hello Boys’ (By The Associated Press) CHICAGO Nov. ill. —Dion O’Bannion, notorious Chicago gang ster and often termed "King of the beer runners,” answered Gang land’s last summons Monday, when, amid the quiet respect ab.lity of his florist shop, he was shot and killed by three unidentified men. The three Miller brothers, Herschie, Max and David, all sworn enemies of O’Bannion are under ar rest. They surrendered voluntartlyrt Herschie is the owner of a clean ing and dyeing plant which was twice bombed sometime ago after an attempt had been made on the lives of Herschie and Max in front of a downtown theater. O’Bannion was accused in both instances, but the assault charge was the only one to reach court and this only reached the status of a police court ar raignment. David Miller is a promi nent boxing referee in the middle west. Orders were dispatched immedi ately after the shooting for the ar rest of Earl Weiss, Johnnie Torrio, “Yankee” Schwartz and Dan” McCarthy, all of whom have been involved in hi-jacking and beer Tunning scandals in the past few {years and all of whim have been arrested in connection with recent beer slayings. O’Bannion was working among his plants and blooms in his north side shop shortly before noon wnen three men entered. In the rear of (Continued On Page Six) NATIOIOBSERVES MOTE DO Banks and Exchanges Closed — Two Minutes Silence Mark Quiet Celebraton (By The Associated Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—A two minutes silence at eleven o’clock ushered in by radiocasting taps and bugle calk with every activity in the city ceasing for the neriod is tae only program arranged here today for the celebration of Armistice Day. DAWES SPEAKS AT CHICAGO. (By The Associated Press) CHICAGO, Nov. 11. —Armistice day was observed here by the clos ing of banks, the stock exchange. Board of trade and all schools. At noon a minute of silence was ob served with all traffic halted and all business suspend'd. Tonight at Evasion vice presi dent-elect Dawes will aUend a din ner given by the American Legion. MAMMOTH PAGEANT AT FORT BENNING. FORT BENNING, Nov 11.—The garrison here tonight will present a mammoth spectacular pageant de picting the entry of tie United States into the world war. The pag-1 ent was written by Ma.ijr Stillwell, j U member of the garrison. THE fIMESBRECORDER IN THE DIXIE THE BOYS WHO ENDED WAR ’ j|k. IHMHHHHB *. jfollar* ' * nPWmKHffiHK -W * a W i w ♦- ,e®vwu. < -.'atri/xjr nrA •’uwr ■ 4 rtnistkpfey ' S- * 4 Six years since gladly we signed it. The peace pact that ended the war. Six years of peace and we find it Brought interest in home ties once more. All of the land is pursuing Liberty, happiness, too. Everyone living and doing The best that they know how to do. Six years of peace and it moves us On to the best things in store. Nothing there is that behooves us Again to take part in a war- ' 1 ' 1 Conflict is just an abrasiop, A scar on the saneness of men. May America ne’er have occasion To sign any peace pact again. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service.) ANOTHER ROOSEVELT FOR NOY JOB Theodore Douglas Robinson Se lected As Assistant Navy Secretary (By the A»»ociated Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—It has been rumored here that Theodore Douglas Robinson, nephew of the late President Roosevelt, has been virtually selected as assistant sec retary of the navy. The late president’s nephew call ed today at the White House for a conference with President Cool idge and then went to the Navy Department for a conference with Secretary Wilbur. If he is selected to fill the post of assistant secretary of the navy he will be the fourth member of the Rbosevelt family to enjoy this distinction. The late President Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., are his predecesesors. AMERICUS. GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 11, 1924 MRS. FERGUSON HAS 81,393 VOTES MAJORITY DALLAS, Texas, Nov, 11, —Mrs, Miriam A. Ferguson, democrat, can didate for governor, had a majority of 81,393 votes over Dr. George C. Butte, republican, when comp .etc “returns from 169 of Texas’ 252 counties in Tuesday’s election had teen tabulated today. The figures: Ferguson, 325,382; Butte, 24?,- 989. BROOKHART’S LEAD IS LESS THAN 900 VOTES DES MOINES, lowa, Nov. 11.— Official returns from 19 out of 99 counties in lowa on the United States Senatorial contest reduced Senator Smith W. Brooxhart’s un official lead of 1,025 votes over Daniel F. Steck, of Ottumwa, his democratic opponent, to 897. WILL VISIT TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIER (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 11—Pres ident Coolidge will observe Armis tice Day today by a visit to the Arlington National cemetery, where he will place a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, buried there. 'Nation Must Be Stong f —Drain BY JAMES A. DRAIN. National Commander, The American Legion Six years ago today the peoples of the world’s nations rejoiced as only those who have suffered long may rejoice. Prayers—prayers full of strength and sincerity—burst from millions of throats tbit such a blight on the world as had just end ed should itever again blacken the pages of history. Six years ago tomorrow those same people started to forget. 11;e lessons that four years of terror, famine and heartlessness had taught began to disappear. The price in lives to evr country, almost 300,000 killed, wounded and diseased, was lost sight cf in the rush to regain pre war levels. There was excess cost in money to billions on billions. The country had paid thus dearly tor its impa tience with anything resembling ■preparedness. That fact is un escapable. We men of the American Legi.ai, who know how terrible war is, count it among our blessings that ours is a peaceful nation. We may be depended upon to help keep it at peace by every means that fits wit hhonor. But we know, as none can better SCHLEY STARTS ] 6 HILE PfflG 108 To Connect With Sumter’s Hard-Surface Road Rail road Crossing Eliminated ELLAVILLE, Nov. 11. Dirt was broken Monday when the pav ing was started on the Schlep coun ty stretch of State Highway No. 3. The first contract calls for the pav ing of the highway from the City of Ellaville to the Sumter county line, where it will connect with the splendid paved road leading out of Xn.ericus towards Atlanta. The entire project embraces six teen and one-half miles, and will extend from the Taylor county line through the most fertile section of Schley county to the Sumter county line. Commissioners have everything in readiness to push the work for ward as rapidly as possible. In one place, near the J. C. King residence, two miles south of Ellaville, th*- roadway will be changed so as to avert two railroad crossings. It is estimated that the first stretch of paving, embracing two miles, will be finished by the first of February, 1925. Detours will necessarily have to be made while the hard surfacing is going on. know, that if this nation is to pro tect its own life and be able to en force its will for good upon re calcitrant nations, it mujt be strong, not only in purpose but in sound military preparation for the inevi table war which- will some day be forced upon us. TWO DIF FROM GftS ENGINE FUMES (By The Astociafed Pre»») AUGUSTA, Nov. ll.—The bodies of George C. Market, 25, and Mar tin Williams, the latter a negro, were found in a launch on the Sa vannah river near here this morn ing. Both bodies were fully dressed and the only cause for their deaths >yet advanced is that they were pos sibly overcome by gas from the en gine fumes while they were asleep. The engine of the launch was still running when the bodies were found. No evidence of violence was found and the facial expressions of toth indicated they nad not been in pain. GROUNDED CABLE ANNOYS RADIO FANS WAYCROSS, Nov. 11. —A grounded cable is thought to have been the cause for the “off davs” experienced by local radio fans lart week. The cable was i epaired and football scores were received clear ly by Saturday night or. many of the stations in the city- HERE’S A QUALIFIER FOR ANANIAS CLUB ANACONDA, Mont., Nov. 11. .Art E. Ecklund, of Anaconda, shot four ducks on Flint creek yesterday. The water was too (ieep to wade out for the ducks. Taking the fishing pole and spin ner, he cast three times to pull the ducks ashore. Each time a large trout took the spinner. Then the wind blew the ducks ashore. EIGHT ELKS KILLED - ’ BY POISON CIDER Inmates of Elks Home Die From Drinking Tree Spraying Mixture (By the Aoociated Pre««.) LYNCHBURG, Va., Nov.— Eight veteran Elks who were residents of the Elks National Home at Bedford, near here, died late yesterday ac cording to advices received at Lynchburg today, from drinking what is thought to be fresh cider, poisoned by a mixture used for tree spraying. The cider was bought from a farmer, in a barrel, and it is be lieved that the barrel was used last spring to hold the liquid poison that is used in connection with tree spraying. Several others at the Elks home are very ill from the result of drinking the cider. mmwif « Mrs. J. W. McKenzie Remains at Bedside of Man Shot By Her Estranged Husband M.ACON, Nov. 11.—Walter An derson of Montezuma, who was shot ■in the face and eyes by his towns man, James W. “Will” HcKenzie in Fort Valley Sundav in a diffi culty involving Mrs. McKenzie, is resting well at the clinic and physi cians were hopeful that he would not lose one of his injured eyes. Mrs. McKenzie, a beautifl young brunette, continued her bedside at tention to the wounded man, and said that she was glad Anderson is improving. Although an operation had been planned, physicians postponed any such action an dannounced that it •would probably be two or three dins before the knife is applied His right eyes will be removed, it is be lieved. Several pellets of shot were removed from hie face. McKenzie hat demanded bail in Perry, where he is b-.injj held pend ir his victim’s condition. Sheriff J. R. Chapman appealed to Charles H. Garrett, solicitor general, who im mediately began an investigation cf the incidents leading up to the shoot ing Sunday afternoon. Until An derson’s condition is determined, the solicitor general said, bond will not be allowed except o'er his pro test. Mrs. McKenzie was ;he only eye witness to the shooting. Anderson has been a mutual friend of both Mr. and Mirs, Mc- Kenzie for some time, and after the (Continued on Page Six) 17 BUSINESS HOUSES CLOSED AT SAVANNAH SAVANNAH, Nov.” 11.—Federal authorities Mlonday closed for one year 17 places of business in Savan nah. They are mostly snftall shops where it is alleged liquor has been unlawfully sold. Proceedings were brought against both owners and tenants, but later owners were held to be blameless. ‘HOBOES’ DRAW HEAVY FINES AT WAYCROSS WAYCROSS, Nov. 11.—An ac tive war is being waged on “ho boes,” attempting to anal ride. 0 on trains, by Atlantic Cois( Line, of ficials together with Ware cou.itv authorities. Heavy fines of J15.Q0 or ninety days being giver, by Judge Lee Crawley are expected to pjove the necessary remedy for the travel ing habit. NEW YORK FUTURES Pc. Ojen 11am Close Jan. ...u’2..j..24;38 24.25'24.55 24.50 Mar. ... ... 24.61:24.G0|24.83 24.76 May 24.18'24.85j25.10 25.06 July L24.68124.6ii124.85i24.40 ‘ Dec. 24.12i24.00 24.35i24.28 PRICE FIVE CENTS MIAMI DRUGGIST FLOGGED BY EK ! BAND, BY NOT LIVE Six Years Ago Husband Lay In Overseas Hospital, Body Riddled With Shrapnel (By the Associated Press.) MIAMI, Fla., Nov. I I—Mrs. Hugo Hubsch, the wife of a Cocoanut Grove druggist and World War veteran, confessed today that she instigated the flogging of her husband by a masked band on the evening of November 6, according to local sheriff. The woman is said to have re ported the names of members of the flogging party. Six years ago today Hubsch lay in an overseas hospital his body riddled by German shrap nel, today again occupies a bed of misery from the beating ad ministered to him, and his re covery is doubtful. Hubsch claims kinship with Victor Hugo, the French novel ist. Hubsch was from his drug store in Cocoanut Grove Friday night by masked men and severely beaten. Two au tomobiles filled with men are said to have been driven to the rear of the drug store and Hubsch spirited away, while his wife was threatened with a re volver. He was later found in the night on the doorstep of his home in a state of collapse. A strap had been used in beating him. NEGPO WINS W MIL Pflffi' Jesse Hall, First; Isaac Prince, Second; Arthur Clark Third, in Negro Contest Jessie Hall, negro tenant, on R. jP. Stackhouse’s place 'ocated 8 miles west of Americus wins the first prize of SSO in the boll-weevil contest conducted by E Stallworth, negro farm demonstratio nagent of Sumter county. Hall produced 17 bales per plow. The second prize of S3O was won by Isaac Prince who lives near Tropic, on Della Glass' place, his mother. He produced 16 bales per plow. Arthur Clark, a tenan- on Brown Hodges’ place win the third prize of S2O, producing 14 bales per plow. The Hodges fam on which this cotton was n ade is lo cated about 9 miles east of Ameri cus. The fourth prize of $lO was won by Thomas Ware, a tenant on Mr. Jas. A. Snelling’s plate near De Soto. Ware made 15 bales put plow. The objject of the contest con ducted this year was to arouse more interest in the negro farmers of the-' county relative to the use of cal cium arsenate and other methods in ccntroling the boll-weevils. The re sults are very gratifying There were 155 negro farmers of the county competing in the contest. Last May each of these farmers en rolled in the campaign, giving also bis record of cotton produced per plow for 1923. These records show that these men made an average of 3 1-2 bales per plow. The reports of these seme men show that during 1924 they produced an average of ■8 1-2 bales per plow or 5 bales more this year than w-.is produced last yea rwhen there was no fight against the boll weevils. These farmers who competed in the contest and many others who have witnessed the results of the fight this year will join in a greater campaign next year in controling the boll weevils. SEARCH FOR TWO LOST hikers abandoned (By The Associated Press) MISSOULA, Mont., Nov. It.— Rewards aggregating $1,700 have been offered for the recovery with in the next year of the bodies of William and Joseph Whitehead, brothers of Chicago who disappeared in the wilds of Glacier park last August. They left on a hiking trip and are believed to have, lost the trail and died of btarvatiop. Search for the bodies has been abandoned temporarily because early snows have covered the park, blotting out all possible clues. . . .... ■
