About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1924)
t-.-™ LudliH rm TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 11. 1924 BITTLE Mi Fans to Be Treated to Whirl wind Fight Card at Ryl order Theatre •Tomorrow night at rhe Rylni’derl tMatre the fight fans of Americtt ;! will have an opportunitv cf seeingi one of the scrappiest f'ght cards’ ever staged here. The bouts are! being put on by the American 1 Legion under the management of R. P. Ewing and he has arranged to 1 put on some battles that will be reg-; ular knock down and drag out af-’ fairs. The main bout will be between Dick White and Ben Spivey. These two boys are hot after each ether and when they step in the ring it means that the fans will get an eye full of fast, hard scrapping. In the last White-Spivey b out staged here a month ago, Spivey jarred White into sluniherland in the second round but the blow was more or less of a luck punch and the fans have been eager to get the two boys together again. 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UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY 205 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois Reg. U. S. Pal. Off. * SHEETROCK THE Fireproof WALLBOARD 22 Rescued When She Went Dmvn I I ' . I ■ • • • * fcfek J... This is a remarkable picture of a ship going down at sea. It was the motorship James Timpson, caught in a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico between New Oi leans and Geiba, Honduras. Tweaiy-two of ficers and men of its crew were rescued by the liner Atlantida. bout White entered the ring a two to one favorite over Spivey and it was a big dissapointmeTc to the fans when White took :he count. White’s supporters still think ho can take Spivey into camp. Both White and Spivey have oeen train ing hard in Columbus and they will arrive here tomorrow mor.mg ready for the gong. In the semi-finals will be seen Billie Barnhart, local boy ami at one time catcher for the Americus base hall team. Baxter Roper a 130 pound flash from Columbus. Both boys are clever with the glovds and this bout should prove as in teresting as the main a.’/air. Two Columbus feather weights will furnish the fun in the first pre liminary and there will be a colored battle royal that is al.vay enjoyed. William Harris Crawford, Geor gian, was American Ambassador to France in the last days of the Napoleonic empire; was a United States Senator, and served as Secre tary cf War under the administra tion of President Madison. He was a bitter fighter against the jazoo land frauds. Goes Loco r L’G ‘ A , ilte' <' HmL ’ .Av i •>’ £ .& < ■ *K. /gw* - - '.<■?. fl'v ■<aF Ex__±.wl»™ I._n— -- - inwewf ——— Leaning- drunkenly aginst a house, | this 210-ton railread “giant” has no| alibi to a charge of trespassing. It! jumped its track at Troop, Pa.,! near Scranton, and invaded a pri vate back yard. No one was injured. meeting of a. t. a. MONDAY AFTERNOON The regular monthly meeting of the Americus Teachers Association i was held Monday afternoon at the high school. A discourse on “Study in ' the High School” w«s given by Prof. J. I L. Bishop and a paper on the | “Fundamentals of Study” was read! by Miss Allene Mayfield, President, of the organization. Prof. J. E. Mathis made an inter esting talk to the teachers and commerced them for the splendid work they have accomplished this tyear and encouraging them to keep up the work that has brought Am ericus schools to the front aniong the schools of the state. COMMISSIONERS ACT IS “A JOKE AND A JUNKET” ATLANTA, Nov. 11.—Charac terizing the commission’s action as “a junket and a joke, with a use less expense to which every citizen of Georgia is forced to contribute,” Commissioner James A. Perry of the Georgia public service commis sion Monday filed a dissenting opin ion with the commission, giving his reasons for objecting to the action of other members in sending the secretary of the commission as a representative to the convention of National Association of Railway and Utilities Commisisoners, at Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 11 to 14. Mr. Ferry's notion to send the rate expert and the chairman of the 'ommission as representatives from Georgia was defeated. WOMEN POULTRY EXPERTS IN AMERICUS Miss Nora Pugh, Mre. Hedrick and Mrs, Hartson will be in Ameri cus for some time making a survey of the poultry raised in this vicinity. CA3ARRH Curbed in 24 Hours Every disagreeable symptom of Catarrh Is checked in 24 hours — through a Cleveland physician’s new combination treatment known as the Rinex-Tarkon treatment. Com plete relief guaranteed, or it costs you nothing. See detailed reason why in booklet in package. 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Oh Henry! is > ■ just a new way to sell a fine candy!— j ma It in the form of a bar for conve- H ffl MIK I M RM M History cf GeC'.T'm Trncn* in VZv-r of 1861 Found By Professor Mathis A very rare boo’’ d -scribing Lie ,-;livT-.s of t’lo : Rcgimente] te.-in. tie War Between the Stat -fl \ found recently b I'rofc« or, Mathis, Supt. of the public schools while going through sane of I.is old books and papers. The book when found wa' \ .th cut a cover and the anchors name 1 pnd title of the boo': was not shown. Desiring to g--t th... uiior mation. Professor Mat’..'- wrote the Carnegie Library : n At'; nta and asked them for the name of the author and t’t.le cf the bcoK In their reply the C.'in irie L> brary stated that the li:ll title of the book is. “Heroes and Marty* . of Georgia, Georgia’s Record -in the Revolution of 1861,” written bv James M, Folson. Th- library a'- >, stated that the book was a rave' publication and as far they were able to ascertain only one more c opy, existed and that was to bn found; in the Wymberly Jones Deßennc! library, a private collection in Sa vannah, Ga. Upon receivcirg this -’'formation Prof. Mathis took the I ook to 1 ie! H’ghtbwer book store to have it, covered and rebound so that it I might be preserved. On going through the publication with Charlo-'. Lingo, manager - f the l>o >k store they came across a paragraph describing an engagem* nt in which] Mr. Lingo’s father received i mention for gallant conduct while ! serving under Capt. Cutis. Further I investigation of the book brought to light many men.-; na-w who hud lived in and around Americus and who had taken active part in the War Between the States. The, book contains 162 pages and I gives some very graphic desevip- I tions of battles and , encounters | and of deeds of valor performed by | the men of Georgia. 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