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Season’s receipts 17,214 bales
Mondays’ receipts 30 bales
Strict Middling 23 l-2c
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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