About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1924)
— 1 V . •■■■ AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Season’s receipts 17,214 bales Mondays’ receipts 30 bales Strict Middling 23 l-2c ■ 1 » WEATHER Fab- tonight and S'ednesday; heavy frost in interior eotgia tonight FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. £74 TROOPS STILL PARADE CAIRO STREETS MURDER THEORY GAINS STRENGTH IN TRAGEDY IRS. SHEATSLETS BOW EXHUMED FOR [MMIIOI Skull Broken But May Have Been Crushed By Furnace Heat The murder theory was ad vanced further today in the Sheatsley furnace case when Prosecutor King, who is con ducting the investigation for the state into the death of Mrs C. V’ Sheatsley, wife of the pastor of Christ Lutheran church of Bexley, who was burned to death in a furnace here recent ly was informed by Mrs. Gladys Redelphs, wife of a minister liv ing in Lithopolis, a small village south of here, that she had seen Mrs. Sheatsley last Monday at noon and that she appeared to be in a normal frame of mind. The prosecutor also learned that~Mrs. Redelphs visited the Sheatsley home on Monday and was one of the last persons to see Mrs. Sheatsley alive. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 25. ——(By Associated Press.) —The body of Mrs. C. V. Sheatsley, who was burned to death in the furnace of her home here recent ly, was exhumed for an examin ation. This step was taken after a conference was held late last night between county authorities and Edwin Abbott, undertaker, who removed Mrs. Sheatsley’s remains from the furnace. ■At the investigation held here between county authorities and Edwin Abbott, undertaker, over the remains of Mrs. Sheats ley it was stated by Abbott in answer to a question by Prose cutor King, that a portion of Mrs. Sheatsley’s skull was brok en, but that the break might have been caused by the intense heat of the furnace, rather than by a blow on the head while the deceased was living. HOUSE CAREFULLY SEARCHED COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 25 Evidence tending to show that Mrs. Addie Sheatsley, who was found practically cremated in the fur nace of the Christ Evangelistic Lu theran church parsonage in Bex ley, a W33k ago, was murdered. was unearthed yesterday in a minute search of t' e house by invest igat ing offociah. according to a state ment by C runty Prosecutor John R. King. Dark stains which may be spots of human blood, found on a table covering stuffed away in an up stairs closet, on a pair of blue troup ers, on a floor rug, on the asbestos covering of the heat conduit directs ly-above the furnace door and in other places, Prosecutor King said, proves to him, with other evidence he has, that Mrs. Sheatsley was a victim of murder and that her body was cast into the furnace in an effort to hide all trace of the crime. The only other possible theory which Prosecutor King has in mind is that she might have committed suicide and her body been placed in the furnace by some person who did not want it to become known that she had taken her life, he said last night. [ LITTLE JOE i ’KEEP the home FIRES BURNING" ISREAL MUSIC TO TO THE COAL MAN! 4 4 „ I . -W fi ' 1 MM ' ' theTiMesßrecorder PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXI AN AMERICUS FAMILY NEEDS HELP Attention has been called to The Associated Charities of Americus and Sumter County to a family in this county that is very much in need of cloth ing and ocher necessities of life. There are six children in the family who are badly in need of clothing, and a coat is want ed for the sixteen year old girl, clothes for a ten year old boy, and clothes for four girls be tween the ages of ten and six teen. Anything that is given will be greatly appreciated by this family, and those who have clotehs that they, wish to give, please notijfy the Associated Charities, or phone Mrs. C. J. Sherlock. T« GUILTY 111 JMWO MIL TEM ROBBERY Fahy and Murray Guilty on Five Counts In Roundout r Holdup (By The Associated Press) CHICAGO, Nov. 25.--A federal grand jury sitting here today found William J. Fahy, former “pet” Uni ted States postal inspector, and James Murray, a local politic.in, guilty on five charges oT'roGoiiig the mails ond on one charge of con spiracy to rob the mail.? in connec tion with the $2,000,000 Roundout mail robbery last June. Government attorneys made their most vigorous attack on Fah>'. “Fahy has gone a step further than the ordinary gra"ting public official,” John Elliott Byrne, gov ernment prosecutor, told the jury. “The evidence shows that he plotted and planned with other men to com mit the very crime he had sworn to prevent, the very crime he was drawing salary from the United States government to prevent.” Defense attorneys just as vigor ously attacked the government’s principal witness, Brent Glasscock alleged leader of the robbers, Herb ert Holliday and the four Newton brothers, who pleaded guilty and testified for the prosecution. The confessed robbers were termed ‘thieves and murderers’ and the jury was asked to take into consideration that fact in judging them evidence. Colonel John V. Clinin, Mc- Comb’s attorney, maintained the government had not connected him with the robbery at all It was in McComb’s apartment that sev eral of the confessed robbers were arrested and his attorney said that McComb’s greatest offense was in harboring one of the Newton br >th ers who McComb believed to have been shot in a hi-jacking expedi tion which failed. Fahy’s attorney referred repeated ly to “Burglar Jesse N-wton and Gunman Brent Glascock” and char acterzed his client as a man who is “bad medicine for mail robbers.” . “Are you going to tanc the word of Glasscock against that of Fahy?” he asked the jury. Murray’s lawyer closed the de fense plea .with a fierv attack on the gaps he maintained existed in the government’s case. “Why, if Fahy and Murray were furnishing them with information, did it take the robbers from February to June to execute their plans?” he der. and ed. A suggestion that jealousy against Fahy may have been re-pon sible for hft prosecution was ri.-lr-J out by Judge. Adam C. Cliffe when it was brought out that no such evi dence had been introduced. HOTEL MEN MEET AT BRUNSWICK, DEC. 18 ATLANTA, Ga?,~Nov. 25.—Sev eral state officials and practically all of the hotel men of this city, are planning to attend the eigh teenth annual convention of the Georgia Hotel Men’s Association to be held at Brunswick December 18 and 19, according to offocials of the assoociation here. Governor Walker will deliver the annual ban quet address, and Chairman John N. Holder, of the Georgia Highway Department, will discuss highway conditions, AMERICUS,’GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER R 25, 1924 THEY FIGURE IN SPANISH STRIFE ,>ar w HIHh B_ i, ftyjjgL MB - v -w w J mML- a' QUEEN VICTORIA EUGENIE PRINCE OF ASTUftIAS VICENTE BLASCO IBANEZ GENERAL PRIMO DE REVIERA ROTARY DISTRICT GOY LANIER HEBE Arrives Tonight To Pay First Official Visit to Local Club Bill Lanier, of West Point, dis trict governor of Rotary, will ar rive in Americus Tuesday night where he will be the gue-t of Frank Lanier. Wednesday morning at 10 in the hotel Governor Lanier wilt ■meet with the officials of the Am 1 ericus Rotary club, inducing Presi dent Rylander, the members of the board of directors and all commit tee chairmen. At 1 o’clock in the hotel he will pay his first official visit to the local club. The entire luncheon hour will be turned over to him and President Rylander is urgently requesting every Rotarian to be present. Mr. Lanier will be joined here Wednesday by Mrs. Lanier and their daughter. Miss Belle Lanier, and Mrs. Belle Baker who wi’l ar rive by motor, and will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank La nier at their home on Taylor street during their stay in Americus. REGOTMME AGNI_DE LITED Delegates Refuse To Discuss Iron and Steel With Experts Absent (By The Associa'-d Press) PARIS, Nov. 25.- At the con ference being held hers between French and German manufacturers, German negotiations were again de layed today by an unavoidable ab sence from the con .rente of the chief German expert, or. iron and steel. The German delegation re fused to discuss the iron and steel subject until their e n.-rt was able to be present. GENERAL CONDITIONS IMPROVED SAYS HOOVER (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—Sec retary Hoover stat 1 ere today that the general commercial condi tions in the United States had im proved to such a decree that the Government official, will be able to concentrate thei ■ attention on constructive development 4. for the future rather than continuously at tempting to ease an economic ill suf fered by certain particular geo graphic sections or industries. RAIDING PARSON SENT TO ANOTHER CHARGE ATLANTA, Nov. 25.—Rev. Rob ert Stewart whose w fe was, shoe to death at Draketown Ga., a few nights ago, by an alleged gang of moonshiners and * bootleggers, who were attempting to kidnap her hus band, has been transferred tj the Green circuit in the Athens 'district of the north Georgia conference, it was made knowp y sterday when the appointments for the ensuring year of the north Georgia confer- 4 e.nce preachers were given out. Thanksgiving Dinner to Cost Less This Year Americus Grocers Assert That Only The Lowly But Depend able Hen Is Higher Housewives in Americus wil. be glad to learn that their Thanksgiv ing dinner this year will be a little cheaper than it was last. Proprie tors of grocery stores and markets in the city state that thfcre is a re duction in this year’s prices over last, in turkeys, celery. Cranberries, cit- us fruits, apples. Even orange* are cheaper, which usually are slcy high at this time of the year due to the big demand in the Northern markets for the Florida fruit. Hens seem to be the only thing that might be found on the Thanksgiving table that has advanced in pri <e. Turkey, without wHch a Thanks giving dinner is merely an everyday dinner, will retail here for about 35 cents a pound, whi’e last year the “National bird” soared in tl:e m-ighborhood of 45 cents . Several of the stores will offer real “Indian River" oranges to their Thanksgiving trade for a price much lower than thev were at ary time last yfcar and this should be a treat to all lovers f citrus fruit, for it is the first time in many years that the southern market has been able to get any of these delicious oranges before Christmas. All fruit cake ingred ents arc a Title cheaper than thio time last year and new crop California rais ins are cheaper and of a better va riety and grade. . It is the 'grocers opinion that the Imer cus family’s Thanksgiving dinner* will be bought this year from 10 to 15 per cent less than last year. NEW REBELLION IS BREWING IN MEXICO JUAREZ, Mexico Nov. 25. Enrique Salcedo, personal reprosen t.itive of President-Elect Calles, in' the convention of the Mexican con federation of labor, issued a pub lic' statement after final adjourn ment of the convention Sunday in which he said “another rebellion” was being “organized for the at tempted overthrow of the consti tutional and democratic government of Mexico. Tn addressing the closing session of the convention he said “neither 1 nor Mexican labor delegates ir.di cati any fear as to the outcome of the new rebel plpt. PREVENTIVES GIVEN FDR GRIP AND ‘FLU’ ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 25 At the season for grip, influen za and pneumonia is already here, the Georgia State Board of Health gives the following as a preventive against these diseases: “The best preventive is proper living, the maintenance of body resistance by plenty of fret* -ir, sleep, rest and proper foou. Open the windows at night; sleep warm, but not too hot; eat plenty of food, espec ially fruits and vegetables, with cereals and some fat in the shape of butter or meat. Reg ular habits are worth a great deal in prolonging life and k< -ping fit. Less medicine and more fbod of the right kind should be the monitor.” !l 0.000 DAMAGE SUIT BEEBE COURT Mrs. Marie Strang Suing C. of Ga. and Pullman—Judge Harper is Presiding Judge W. M. Harner of the city court is presiding over superior court during the absence of Judge Littlejohn who is confined to his bed with a severe cold. One of the most important and most interesting cases on the No vember calender is that of Mrs. Marie Strang who is smog the Cen tral of Georgia Railway Co. and the Pullman Company for SIO,OOO damages, was opened this morning and according to the lawyers on both sides will require today and the better part of tomorrow before all testimonies are hec'd. The defendents are represented by H. A. Wilkinson, of Dawson, at torney for the C. of Ga Railroad and affiliated with him are Judge Maynard for the Central of Georgia; Mark Bolding, representing the Pull man Co., and Judge Hixon and Stephen Pace. Those representing the Plainti’f are, James A. and John A. Fort of Americus, and Terre'l and Terrell, of LaGrange Ga. The case, in so much as the pe tition states, is that the plaintiff, Mrs. Marie Strang, who was a pas senger on the Seminole Limited, r. Central of Georgia passenger train coming from Gainesville. Fla. to Americus was put off the train about a mile from the Americus station and was obliged to walk that distance back to the st.-.tior. carrying baggage weighing about 150 pounds. The petition states -hat Mrs. Strang, before retiring on the even ing of Nov. 26, 1923 asked the porter on the train that he notify her when the train was approach ing Americus so that she c>uld alight at this station. The petition states that this was done, but that the porter failed to notify the plain tiff when the train had arrived at the station and that after the train had gone beyond the ‘ration for about a mile the porter advised her that “she had better be getting off.” This, it is stated, took place at 3 o’clock in the morning and Mrs. Strang had to walk the distance from where the train stopped to the station in the dark - that due to fright and the heavy baggage that the plaintiff was carrying, she suf fered a week andnervous spell, being compelled to rotiain in bed here for six days and for a period of month after she had renched Eu faula, Ala., her destination. At the time, the petU states, the plaintiff was in a delicate physical condition. _ ' SANTA CLAUS COMING. ATLANTA, Nov. 25.—According to data from Washington, D. C., there are approximately five mil lion Christmas trees cut in the United States yearly. Elder Sj H. Whatley and daugh t»r, Mary.iof Greenvtilv, Ga., Spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Lowe . j JLKKAItfM. 'GET TOGETHER'JT ■ LIE STREET CHURCH Several Prominent Speakers On Program Tonight—Ladies To Serve Refreshments The pastor and board of stewards of the Lee Street Methodist Church, have arranged a “get-together” meeting at the church tonight at 7:30 o’clock_and invitations have been extended to the members of the church and many ftiends. Through the efforts of a con mit tee headed by T. M. Furlow, an at tractive program has been arranged, calling for several speeches and tee rendering of musical numbers. It was stated by Mr. Furlow this morning that the church had been very fortunate in procuring as speak ers for the evening; Rev. A. W. Quillian, first pastor of Lee Street Methodist Church and now pastor of the Oglethorpe Methodist Church and Rev. W. M. Heyward who has been named as Rev. Harrell’s suc cessor. Rev. E. M. Overby, new presid ing elder of the church, end Dr. W. C. Lovett retiring presiding eider, are expected and will give short talks. After the meeting of the Ino es of the church will serve refresh ments. M READY FOR HER WINGTON FLIGHT Big Zep To Be Christened ‘Los Angeles’ By Wife Os President (By The Associated Press') WASHINGTON, Nov. 25—The ZR-3, flying from Lakehurst to Washington arrived over the Capi tol at 12:30 p. m. and alter circling the dome for several minutes, the big ship flow over the city before turning to Bolling Field where it is scheduled to land. LAKEHURST, N. J., Nov. 25 Favorable weathe rthis morning greeted the Zepplin ZR-3 as she was taken from her hangar at the Naval Air Station here in preyeration for iher flight to Washington, where she will be christened the “Los Angeles” by Mirs. Coolidge. Arrangements are beiag made by the commander of the giant ship to leave here for Washington shortly after 9 o’clock. The ZR-3 will leave here with a crew numbering 42 men of which 11 are Germans, who came to this country from Germany on the ship’s flight across the Atl mtic. ZR-3 DESIGNER HERE TO BUILD DIRIGIBLES NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—Dr.- Karl Amstein, designer of the ZR-3, ar rived on the George Washington Monday with a staff of 12 engi neers. They will go at once to Akron, Oh|o, to begin constructing in the nanie of the Goodyear-Zep pelin Corparation huge commercial dirigibles /or passenger and mail service, domestic and trans-At lantic. f Mr. h. P. Stevens has returned from Atlanta where bo spent sev eral dfeya, A j NEW YORK FUTURES Pc Open llam CClosc Ten124.23j24.28124.40j23.91 Mar|24.6o 24.65j24.72j24.21 May _.|24.92j24.98,25.04124.53 Juiy ’24.89'24.'.19’25.07)24.55 Dec|23.»8123.95|24A9i23.74 PRICE FIVE CENTS E6YPTIBH CRISIS SRLUTIM SB, ■ CABINET TIMED Improved Atmosphere Prevails Following Excitement Os Monday CAIRO. Egypt, Nov. 25 —(By Associated Press) —An improv ed atmosphere prevailed here today following yesterday’s ex citement aroused over the sensa tional political developments which resulted from the course taken by Great Britain in conse quence of the assassination last week of Sirdar Major General Sir Lee Stack- British troops are still parad ing the streets this morning, but otherwise, there are few outward Signs of any unusual activities. NEW HEAD TAKES CONTROL CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. 25.—(8y Associated Press.) —A new govern- , ment headed by Ziwar Pasha, pres ident of the senate, has taken Con trol in Egypt, Zagloul Pasha hav ing complied with the British de mands as far as he deemed expedi ent—an apology, the payment of an indemnity, and the promise to pun [ ish the assassins of Sir Lee Stack, sirdar of the Egyptian army—- withdrew from the premiership, nnd his resignation was immediately ac cepted by King Find. Ziwar Pasha also takes the office of foreign affairs, until it is known whether Ahmed Zulficar Pasha, minister at Rome, to whom the portfolio has been offered, will ac cept. Other members of the new cabi net as officially announced, are: Communications, Nekhl Aguiri Mo teii; Education and Justice, Kbas» haba Pasha; war, General Sadek Ye hia Pasha; public works, Osman Mu barren Bey; agriculture, Mohammed Said Abu Ali Pasha; pius founda tions, Mohammed Sidky Pasha. hfldWling OF AGED MOTHER Mississippi Man Charged With The Death of His Wealthy Mother, Slain In Kitchen. GULFPORT, Miss., Nov. 25 Herbert B. Montgomery was order ed held to await the action of the Harrison county grand jury by a coroner’s jury late yesterday, fol lowing a hearing into the killing of his mother, Mrs. E. D. Mont gomery, 70, who was found dead in her Long Beach home near here, early yesterday. Montgomery told the police ha instituted a search for his mother following her failure to, call him for breakfast and found her body lying in a pool of blood in tho kitchen. Four gashes were found in the head and a hole in the skull. She had previously gone to tho barnyard, he said, to feed the chickends and he became suspicious when she did not return for the morning meal. Bloods spots were found on Montgomery’s clothing, police said, but Montgomery maintains the blotches were made while killing a chicken yesterday. Blood was also found on the kitchen wall and stove, according to authorities. The woman was said to hava been wealthy and formerly lived in New Orleans. GEORGIA AND FLORIDA RWY. TO ISSUE BONDS WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 25. (By Associated Press.)—lt was learned here today that the Inter state Commerce commission author ized the Georgia and Florida rail way, now in receivership, to issue $400,000 worth of bonds 141 certifi cates of indebtedness to be sold in order to meet the expenses incus red in the operation of the prop erty. —z. ./I/r SHQPEARLY on®®* . 1
