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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. shopeSly the T®fh<coßDEß gSV PUBLISHED IN OF DIXIE Mrs. Warren G. Harding is .9 * ■ V Uy Will Mr .'MW' wf - ' ‘ 9 H* jy > 4' - T II ’ liSKk? This is said to be one of the best photographs ever taken of the late Florence King Harding, who died today at the sanitarium of Dr. Sawyer. <- ** iSft 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. NEW YORK FUTURES Pc Open 11am Close I Jan. [24.20|24.11124.28|23.86 ! Mar [24.52124.52124.60)24.18 ! May |24.78124.81 ;24.90|24.50 July |24.75[24.76|24.90 24.58 Dec 123.96 23.95124.05)23.66 PRICE FIVE CENTS DEAD 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. rLITTLFjQE"] THE FELLOW WHO IS WILLING TO STAY PUT SELDOM GF 15 ANYWHERE I iI ’Jo I ’ /r X- »|