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AMERICUS SPOT COTON
Seasons’ Receipts 17,044 Bales
Thursday’s Receipts .... 52 Bales
Strict Middling 23 l-4c
WEAHER Partly cloudy to
night; Saturday fair; colder in
north and west Georgia.
FORTY SIXTH YEAR—NO. 271
MRS. FLORENCE KLING HARDING IS
1924 COTTON CROP ESTIMATED; 12,992,000 BALES
GEDRGfSCROPIS
ESTHAATED TODAY
IT 88MB BILES
Ginnings of 1924 Staple To No
vember 14 Total 11,147,524
Bales
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21
(By Associated Press. The
1924 cotton crop is estimated
today at 12,992,000 bales,
counting round as half bales, ac
cording to the crop report is
sued today by the Department
of Agriculture. Last years cot
ton crop amounted to 10,139,-
671 bales.
A preliminary estimate of
Georgia’s cotton crop is 999,-
000 bales, and Tennessee 350,-
01)0 bales. i
Ginnings to November 14th
for the cotton producing states
totaled 11,147,624. running
bales. Georgia’s ginnings up
to this date were 919,295 bales,
while Tennessee has ginned
255,188 bales.
SHELDFOHNjjffIJER
Os PASTOR'S WE
Quintet Held To Grand Jury On
Charge of Killing Mrs. Robt.
Stewart Night of Nov. 13
Eight men faced Judge F. E.
Irwin in the preliminary trial to de
termine those to be bovjd ovir to
the Haralso ncounty grand jurv for
their alleged participation in the
shooting Thursday night one week
ago of Mrs. Robert Stewart i;at
Draketown. Last night five of tiie
eight men are still behind the bars
held for the grand jury on charges
of murder.
Those held for the grand jury
were Jeff, Otis and Herbert Hen
derson, Calvin Bishop and Thomas
Gober, Jr.
The Rev. Mr. Stewart appeared
in a crowded courtroom and in a
steady voice detailed the circum
stances and events leading up to
the fatal shooting of his wife. From
the stand he stated that he was
positive in his identification of
six of the eight men who have been
under arrest i nconnection with the
attempted abduction ar.d shooting.
Os the six men the minister identi
fied, five were held and one re
leased because, according to Solici
tor General E. S. Grilfith, of the
Tallapoosa circuit, he had offered
an “irrefutable alibi.” The man
whom the ministe ridentified and
said was “one of the first recogniz
ed” was Sid Hesperlee. The other
two released because of ’heir exam
ination of their whereabouts and
for lack of evidence were Emmett
Hesperlee and Tom Bishop.
Mrs. Stewart died last Friday
night in an Atlanta hospital as the
result of bullet wounds received
when she went to the aid of her
husband, Rev. Robert Stewart,
Methodist minister, when a band of
men attempted to kidnap him.
GREEK REVOLUTION
ATTEMPT IS CHECKED
LONDON, Nov. 21. —An attempt
to start a revolution at Athens was
made last night, according to a
dispatch to the Daily Mail from
that city. The prompt arrest of
Chief General Loufas and other of
ficers, prevented the movement
from spreading. The situation is
reported to be calm.
If you miss your Times-Recorder,
call Western Union, and one will
be sent you immediately.
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1325C0NFERESCE
GOES TO MACON
Assignments of South Georgia
Methodist Preachers To Be
Read Monday
(By The Associated Press)
BAINBRIDGE, Nov. 21
Bishop Ainsworth, who is presiding
over the South Georgia Methodist
conference here, is holding daily
conferences with his cabinet pre
paratory to the making of assign
ments of pastors for the ensuing
year which are expected to be an
nounced Monday.
J. M. Roger, of Savannah, was
elected conference lay leader to
succeed R. M. Arnau, who has mov
ed to Florida.
Ttte invitation of the Mulberry
St. Church of Macon t !l at the ses
sion of the conference b; held there
in 1925 was unanimously adopted.
Reports of pastors and presiding
elders today -were particularly grati
flying to the conference, though not
a few charge shave faile dto pay in
full the assessments for benevol
ences.
The names of the presiding eld
ers were called and their characters
passed: W. C. Lovett. Americus
district; W. Langston, Columbus
district; P. Tyson, Cordele dis
trict; J. M. Glenn, Dublin district;
W. F. Smith, Macon district; H C.
Jones, Mcßae district; C. B. Chest
er, Thomasville distri t; Bascom
Anthony, Savannah district; C. W.
Curry, Veldqfta district; and H. 11.
Williams, Waycross district. Dr.
W. C. Lovett, is the on'y one of the
elders who is closing a quadrcn
nium on the district, and, by the
law of the church, will be assigned
to a new field for the coming year.
It is more than probable that he
will be given a pastorate.
The following pastors, having
served four years consecutively in
their present charges, will be mov
ed this year: C, M. Infinger, of
Parrott; B. L. Jordan, of Ellaville;
W. B. Cheshire, of Omaha; H. T.
Freeman, o fCherokee Heights, Ma
con; T. B. Sanford, of First street,
Macon; W. E. Kinchen. of Cedar
Grove; E. E. Gardner, of Lumber
City; F. M: Gaines, of Blooming
dale; T. I. Nease, of Springfield;
J. H. Stanford, of Adel; L. E.
Pierce, of Alaphaha; T. H. Thom
son, of Brunswick; J. R. Webb, of
Trinity, Waycross; and I. W. Walk
er, of St. Marys.
NEWSPAPER MAN DEAD
PHILADELPHIA. Fa. Nov. 21.
—Harry V. Baldwin, for nearly a
quarter of a century news editor of
the Philadelphia Recora, died today
of pneumonia after a two week’s
illness.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 21. 1924
KING TUT STOMB
BE OPENED AGAIN
LONDON, Nov. 21—(By As
sociated Press.) —The Paiy
Mail states that Howard Carter
is expected to arrive in Cairo
in a few days to resume work
on the tomb of Tutankhamen.
neio senmtT
TO WASHINGTON
In Protest Against Treatment
Received Ly Mexican Labor
On Louisiana Plantation
(By The Associated Press)
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 21.—1 t was
i eported today that the Department
of Foreign Relations here has sent
a note to Washington protesting
against the treatment received by
Mexican workers from the industial
ists and plantation owners in Louis
ana.
The note says that previous repre
sentations of the Mexican consul at
New Orleans were unheeded.
AMBASSADOR RIDDLE
CONFINED TO BERTH
(By The Associated Press)
HAVANA, Cuba. Nov. 21.—John
W. Riddle, United States Ambassa
dor to the Argentine was a passen
ger on the steamer Ebro which put
in here for a fe whours cn route to
New York.
The ambassador was unable to
come ashore being confined to' his
berth on account of a severe at
tack of rheumatism he is suffering.
LITTLE CRIPPLE BOYS
FORM SCOUT TROOP
.... ATLANTA, Nov, 21.—A story
that has touched the heart-strings
of all who have heard it has come
to light here with the receipt by
local Boy Scout headquarters of
an application for a charter for ten
of the little crippled boys at the
Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled
Children in Decatur, a suburb of
Atlanta.
Every one of them is crippled—
some of them bed-ridden—but were
they granted a charter? They were
and now they are known as Boy
Scout troop No. 44, with Joseph
Oglesby as scoutmaster and W. L.
McKoy as assistant. Thomas K.
Glenn, Henry C. Heinz and Forrest
Adair, prominent Atlanta business
men, compose the troup committee.
The boys have been busy for a
week learning to tie their “tender
foot” knots. Scouts in spirit and
in name, although thsir 'crippled
bodies will not allow them to do
all the things that Scouts like to do.
BRITISH GENERAL
DIES BE HOIK
EM ASSASSINS
London Aroused, Cessation Os
Anti-British Propaganda May
Be Demanded
(By The Associated Press)
CAIRO, Nov. 21.—Major Gen
eral Sir Lee Oliver Stuck, governor
general of Sudan and of the
Egyptian army since 1919,1i|fel sue
cumbed to the bullets of assassins.
He died late last night in a
hospital.
The Sirdar was stacked 'Wednes
day by a group of men, who failing
•to achieve their purpose with a
bomb opened fire on him with re
volvers. General Stack was wound
ed in the abdomen, the hand and
the foot, one o’ the bu! ets passing
under the lung. From the first his
condition was serious and there
was very slight hope that he would
recover. After an operation, he
passed a fairly good night but the
loss of blood was so greet that two
transfusions were necessary.
He remained conscious - until the
afternoon; theft a change for the
worse occurred, and he gradually
slipped away dying about midnight
Lady Stack, who had been in
duced overnight to take a much,
needed rest remained by her hus
band’s bedside almost! jfhe entire
day.
The whole country is profound
ly shocked" at the outrage, and the
gravity of the situation everywhere
is realized. The press denounces
tthe crimes in the strongest terms.
The Zagloulist papers unanimously
declare that Egypt’s honor demands
the discovery of the culprits and
their exemplary punishment. Noth
ing, they assert, should be neglected
“to wash the bloody stain on
the country’s honor.”
Thus far the assassins have not
been traced, although several ar
rests have been made on suspicion
TENSE FEELING IS
AROUSED IN LONDON.
LONDON. Nov. 21 —Announce
ment from Cairo of the death of
Major General Sir Lee Stack has
aroused tense feeling in London.
The British cabinet held a specially
summoned council probably to dis
cuss the outrage and the policy to
be followed.
Although the king of Egypt and]
the Sudan authorities hue taken a
correct attitude, it is expected that
the British government w 11 dispatch
a strong note insisting on prompt
satisfaction for the assassination
and the guarantees for the cessa
tion of anti-British propaganda.
REV. J. M. WALKER
AT CALVARY CHURCH
Evening Prayer will be said in
Calvary church at 7:15 . The Rev.
Mr. Walker, of Albany, r -presenting
the Department of Social Service in
the Diocese of Georgia, will make
an address. A cordial invitation is
extended to all, especially those in
terested in Social Service.
On Sunday at the eleven o’c'ock
service, Rev. Lawrence will preach
on “The Millenium.”
VERY SLACK DAY IN
RECORDER’S COURT
Only one new defendent faced
Recorder Fort this morning in po
lice court. He was James Tti’ker,
colored, charged with violating traf -
sic law. James cut a corner and
was picked up by Officer Curtss.
He was fined $2 taking the short
way around.
E. C. Johnson, white, a traveling
man failed to appear to answer to
the charge of speeding and the court
took in five dollars which he had
left as bond.
The case against Eva Htyes
charged with running a disorderly
house was tried this morning after
it had been transferred from time
to time since Oct. 23 when the
charges against her weie made.
Recorder Fort after nearing the
witnesses testimonies and the argu
ments of Eva’s attorney and those
of Col. Lane the city attorney stat
ed that he would render l.is decision
next Friday.
The hearing of this ease occupied
almost two hours of the courts »es
»ion. -4.— sKj..
Airplane Dusts 200
Acres In 10 Minutes
Dr. Soule and Many Distinguished Agriculturists
Witness Demonstration Today At
Souther Field
Flying fifteen feet above cotton stalks on the plantation of
Albert J. Evans, Dr. S. F. Howell and George O. Marshall, ad
joining ield here this morning, Dan E. Tobin dustejl
approximately a hundred acres with calcium arsenate-lime mix
ture in a demonstration staged to exemplify the airplane method
of boll weevil control with approved arsenical poison.
The initial demonstration was made over Souther Field,
where approximately two hundred acres were dusted in about
ten minutes, the clouds of dust from the flying car completely
covering the ground within the area selected for the test. The ra
pidity with which the work was
done appealed especially to the
farmers present, with a number
of these expressing the opinion
that the method is well adapted
for use upon large plantations
and where community control ol
the weevil can be definitely ar
ranged. Epllowing the initial
dusting, the spectators moved
upon invitation to the adjoining
plantation, where actual cotton
plants were dusted with equal
facility.
Incidentally Mr. Tobin dusted
about a hundred and fifty spec
(Continued on Page 6.)
KILLS HIS FATHER
TO Sffi MOTHER
Bftdridden With Tuberculosis
Youth Stabs Father Who
Mistreated Mother
CAVALIER, N. D., Nov. 21.
Lying on his bed where he has been
held for two years by the ravages
of tuberculosis, Theodore Shahane,
Jr., aged 23, who staboed his fath
er fatally because “he was always
mistreating mother,” today declar
ed he felt his act was justified.
The youth admitted that he killed
his father, saying- it was the only
way he could aid his mother, who
was engaged in a bitter argument
with her husband when the son in
tervened. Owing to the youth’s ill
ness, he will not be removed to the
county jail, Sheriff P J. Larson
said, pending developments of the
coroner’s inquest.
“Father has been mistieating my
mother for 25 years,” the youth tcld
Sheriff Larson, “and I could not
stand it any longer.”
EffIJEHCE
1* DEATH NYSTERI
Theory Gains Strength That
Wife of Ohio Minister
Poisoned Self
(By The Associated Press)
CANTON, Ohio, Nov. 21.—Im
portant information tooward a so
lution of how Mrs. Addie Sheats.-
ley, 50, wife of C. V. Sheatsley, pas
tor of Christ’s Church in Bexley,
an exclusive residential suburb of
Columbus, Ohio, met her death,
was obtained here last night by
Prosecutor John R. King of Frank
lin county (Columbus), the prosecu
tor announced following two hours
questioning of Charles and Harry'
Sponseller of Canton, brothers of
the dead woman, Mre Sheatsley s
charre dremains were found in the
furnace at their Columbus home
Monday by her husband
Prosecutor King has not disclos
ed what new angles he had discov
ered but announced he would re
main here today in an effort to de
termine whether Mrs Sheatsley was
a murder or a suicide victim.
The possibility of Mrs. Sheatsley
having taken poison from a bottle
which authorities said is missing
from its customary place in the
Sheatsley home at Columbus, and
that the woman’s body was placed
in the furnace by some or.e who did
not want it to appear as though she
had committed suicide seemed
strengthened,.authorities said,
53 DAY DROUGHT ENDS
MOBILE, Nov. 21.—Rain fell
here for the first time in 53 days
relieving the city and vicinity of
one of ths longest dry spells on r»*c-
M ' ft <4411
MN SLAYER OF
STHDEHT REFUSES
TO HUKE Sim
‘I Am Not On Witness Stands,’
Mrs. Baskin Tells
Reporters
(By The Associated Press)
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 21.
Absolute composure was maintained
here today by Mrs. Pearl Ba«kin
charged with the slaying ,of Paul
Patterson a Cumberland University
law student.
When questioned by newspaper
men regarding, the afl air Mr=.
.Baskin- aepKetM’J Mn- not rm - the
witness stand.”
Patterson’s body was taken to
Springfield Missouri where funeral
services will be held.
LEABNON, Tenn., Nov. 21. Mrs.
Pearl Baskin, charged with murder
in connection with the death of
Paul Patterson, 21, of SpringfieW,
Mo., a law student at Cumberland
University, who died here Thursday
as the result of a bullet wound in
flicted at Mrs. Baskin’s home, was
taken to Nashville for the purpose,
Sheriff Reeves said, of avoiding nos
sible trouble with students of the
university.
Although no disorder had occur
red among the students. Sheriff
Reeves said he thought it best to
remove Mrs. Baskin, inasmuch as
Patterson’s fellow students were
obviously aroused over the killing.
Mrs. Baskin will be held in Nash
ville, the sheriff said, to await furtb
er action after the arrival there of
Judge Roscoe Patterson, father of
the slain youth, who is expected to
arrive in Nashville tonight.
R. H. Swann, of Knoxville, who
said that he found Patteison wound
ed, lying on a sawdust pile about
500 yards from the Baskin home
and who was held in jail as a ma
terial witness, was released this aft
ernoon under $250 bond
According to officers, young Pat
terson was struck by one bullet
from a srtiall calibre postol. The
bullet is said to have struck him in
the back, pierced his right lung
and lodged in the right breast.
U. D. C ENDEAVORING
TO RAISE ENDOWMENT
(By The Associated Press)
SAVANNAH, Nov. 21. —The Uni
ted Daughters of Confederacy meet
ing here renewed their efforts to
raise an endowment fund of s’o,-
000 fro mwhich to offer prizes to
Northern universities for research
work in behalf of Southern history,
upon adopting a committee report
by Mrs. Arthur Jennings of V:r
ffinia.
The convention pledged SBOO to
fund bringing total already sub
scribed to around S4OOO.
VENUE CHANGE DENIED
PREACHER - SLAYED
MOUNT VERNON. 111., Nov. 21.
—Declaring that he did not think a
county could be found in Illinois
where people were not familiar
with the case, Judge J, C. Kern in
circuit court here Thursday denied
the petitio nos Lawrence M. Hight,
former Ina, 111., pastor, is jointly
indicted with Mrs. Sweeten in the
poisonings wrifch resulted ita the
deaths of Mrs. Hight and Wilfred
Sweeten.
Mrs. Sweeten did imt join in the
petition for change of venue her at
torney stating that she is willing
to sta»d trial in the county in
which the alleged crimes v-cre com
mitted.
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WIFE OF DECEASED
PRESIDENT SUCCOR
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Life Story of Florence King
Harding A Struggle Against
Great Odds
MARION, Ohio, Novembei
21. (By Associated Press.)
Mrs. Warren G. Harding, widow
of the twenty-ninth chief execu
tive of the United States, died al
8:55 this morning.
The end came at White Oaks
Sanitarium of Dr. Carl Sawyer,
where Mrs. Harding had been ill
for several weeks.
Death vyas due directly to an
ailment of the kidneys from
which the deceased had suffered
for many years.
The lite story of Florence K'ing
Harding, like an epic or sturdy Am
erican womanhood, was a chronicle
of continual struggle against great
odds, and of co'ntinual accomplish
ments. y
From the day she first faced the
world in a pioneer home in the
middle west; until, broken in
health, she undertook the heavy re
sponsibilities of the White House.
Despite these trials she not only
kept her courage and her vigorous
individuality, but she retained as
well a depth of human understand
ing and a confidence in herself and
those about her that endeared her
to many thousands. After she be
came First Lady of the Land, as al
ways in the years, preceding, tne
helpless and the unfortunate re
ceived the first and fullest measur •
of her devotion. Children of every
class had her unfailing attention.
Wounded veterans of the World
War ''-owed -her many - a debt
for hours gladdended by her visits
to their hospitals or by flowers sent
by her personal order from the
White House conservatories. Her
unusual outgiving of sympathy ex
tended to animals, many of whom
she befriended and protected.
On the night of election day in
1920 she announced her determina
tion to send away the policemen
statione dat the White House gates
since the United States entered the
war—a purpose which was fulfilled
on the very day Mr. Harding tuck
office. Before ho even had looked
(Continued on Page Six)
SLNKSmf
UMS UmTIGniOH
To Determine Whether Legal
To Publish Specific Income
Tax Returns 1
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.
Whether or not it is legal to pub
lish specific income tax returns was
the main question to come pu be
fore today’s session of the special
senatorial committee investigating
internal revenue bureau. The fu
ture course of the investigating com
mittee will depend on the decision
rendered today it is stati d.
FIRSTS EFFORT TO SINK I
DREADNAUGHT FAILS
NORFOLK, Nov. 21,—Twice
withstanding bombardments b> 14
inch shells and bombs fired from
the battleship Texas, the uncomplet
ed dreadnaught Washington sill was
afloat last night about thirty miles
off the Virginia Capes. Today she
may be subjected to an aerial at
tack in which nine bombing planes
will take part.
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