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PAGE FOUR u < t TFiJ WWT KjJiNOTE AT AUTO- \jAlx3 IMOjV I ACCIDENT CONFERENCE HOOVER SUMMONS EXPERTS TO GRAPPLE WITH A GROWING MENACE. EPRESENTATIVES of many state and municipal govern ments, of organizations and of agencies directly interested in finding tome way to reduce the ever-mounting number of automobile accidents are at tending the great national ©I it conference which Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover has called to aid in solving the problem. “Stop this now I” is the keynote. Out of the conference it is hoped may come some corrective measures upon which all may agree as worthy of com mendation to the nation for adoption. Startling accident statistics and data have been compiled and laid before the meeting by a Committee on Statistic. 1 ; appointed some time ago by Mr. Hoover. Os this committee W. M. Steuart, Di rector of the United States Census, is chairman, and Dr, Julius 11. Parmelee, Director of the Bureau of Railway Economics, is secretary. Estimates of the number of persons killed in motor car accidents in 1923 vary from 15,700, the figures given by the National Bureau of Casualty and Security Underwriters, to 16,452, given by the Hoover Com mittee. These do not include auto acci dents resulting from collision with trains and street cars. These accounted for 2,268 other deaths in grade crossing accidents and for 2,006 in street car Smashes. The present year now indicates also that there will be more than 2,000 more deaths from the auto peril than oc curred in 1928. The increase in 1923 over 1922 amounted to 2.776. The number of those seriously injured, Jn addition to the fatalities, is estimated in the hundreds of thousands for the Ulagle year 1923. LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS FOR GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF AMERICUS, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 17th, 1924 Abell J G ' 1 Alexander F M Allen Miss Hallie Ames, -C A . . ~ . Anderson Dr E B Anderson R C Andrews Mrs. Bettie Andrews E Y Ansley Miss Annie Ansley J B Ansley G E Ansley Mrs G E Attyah, Mitchell Arnold L Y Argo E N Allison R E Baggett J M Baggett Mrs J M Bailey O M Bailey Mrs Mamie M« Baik , W D Barfield W U Barrow Mrs W C Bass 0 S Beck J C Beck J M Belcher A T Belcher S M Bell Walter Lee Bivins H T Bland E S Boatright G A Bolton F C Bolton J S Bolton T E Boring Mrs M E Bowers W H Boyd B R Bradford G W Brady Mrs Eula Brady C I Bragg J T » Braswell J P Brooks T E Brooks Mrs T E Brown L W Brown Mrs Mary L Brown Mrs Virginia Brown Mrs R E Brown W H Bryan Joe M Buchanan G E' Buchanan Mrs G E Buchanan Neon Bunch T L Carswell E L Cameron J H Cameron 1 W G Campbell E N Cannon G W Cannon H C Cannon j E Cannon J P Cannon P R Carter J N Castelow Mrs M W Cato R E Cavender V H Chalkley J W Chambliss J W Chapman J P Chapman J E Chappell, Allen Clark C W Clark J H i Clark S J Clay Mrs Mary B £lore Mrs B F JClore B F Cloud 'Miss Emma n nbb Mirs Callie M • ■Mw $ * 4/ ilOt-W ' s $ !«,*«. I.Hnnnu lonom LM v - *■ wagwraKasyg-’cr*?'* The money loss from automobile ;:c-; question to which the Washington con- commissioners, automobile associations, 'dents has been estimated as high as ■ ierenee will try to find the best answer, rai road officials, insurance epme-anies. 1,113,750,000, and is still mounting Many suggestions. I’ >pnily, ar being liighw::'. and railroad How to stop it? That is the great [ submitted tg’- *■• • : ■•■ »o.» police and otter intc.vsted persons. Cawood J Max Cobb John A Cobb Mrs MLB Cobb~Miss Sarah P • Cobb Wm H Cochran L W Cochran W T Colbert J W Cole Mrs T A Cole T A Cole T R Comer H F z Compton L L Compton R B Cotney Mrs Mary Cotney James T Council C M Council E B • Council L G Cox T H Crapps W T Crapps W G Crapps Cecil Crawford J C Crisp Chas R Crockett A C Crow B L I Culpepper C A Carey Frank Davidson R S Davidson K Davenport J A Davis C P Deavours Mrs E W Deavours E W Denham J C Deur C S Dixon J C Dodson Mrs W A Drane Mrs W R Drane W R Duckworth J R Dunnaway Mrs Willa A Dunnaway C E Dupree F L Dupree J A 1 " ' Dunn WT A ‘ J Dixon O L Dixon Mrs O L Easom A J Edwards C II Edwards Mrs R L Edwards R L Eidson B S . . Elam H C Eldridge E J Eldridge Mrs M M Ellis Mrs G R English R O English R B Everett E B Everett Mrs Hattie T Everett HP V Fay T J Fetner Mrs R C Fetner R C Foster Q T Fuller Mrs Q W Fuller Miss T A Furlow Mrs Carrie M Furlow Stewatr Gammage E TJ Gammage W A Garner Mrs Lula V Gary Jim ' • Gatewood A P Gatewood A D Jr Gatewood T F _ . *.i Glover R W Glover C S' Glover Dr II H Jr Glover W Thad Godwin Mrs R B Goff John Goodman Mrs L B Goolsby J M Goolsby Mrs J M Graham Mrs Bessie D Graham Mrs Bessie W Graham J D Gray Mrs. W C Griffin Mrs Clara Griffith L P Guerry E C Guerry Mrs E C Guerry C E Guerry B L Gunnells W P Gyles J E Gyles Mrs S H • H’allman Mrs M L Hallman I G ! Halstead B K Halstead Mrs R L Hamil Mrs M E ' Hammond Mrs Laura E Hammond J M Hambrick J R Hansley J J Harrold Frank Harrold Mrs Frank Harrold Thomas Harvey W D Harrold Mrs Thomas’ Harrold Mi ssMariah Hawkins C C Hawkins Herbert Hawkins Mrs Kate F Hawkins Willis Hawkins Luther M Hawins Mrs M M Hay Miss Lula Head J F Hightower J W Hill Mrs J C Hines A E' Hines I T f Hogg Bradley Holliday Mrs M S Holt Mrs Ella R Hollis Mrs F D Holton T B Horne E W .... House G E House Mrs G E House II D Howard C U Howell S F Howell Mrs Annie A Hudson Mrs J I Hudson Lee Hughes W W Hutchinson Mrs R S Jackson Mrs H G Jackson H G Jennings F T Jeter J L Jeter W C Johnson Mrs Eugenia Johnson O -C Johnston W T Jones C W Jones E T Jones Mrs Mary D Jones W M Jones Mrs OB . . Joiner Mrs M E Jossey Mrs M E Joyner W A I , Kelly Hill S _ w 1 • THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ’ Kiker J E Kent S S ■ Lane R C Lane Mrs E R Lane E R Langford H C Langford W A Lanier C F Lanier Frank Law Mrs CL, ’ Law Mrs L D -Law O C Law Mrs Tussie S Law C T Lawrence Rev J B I Lee E E Lee P J Lee L W Lee Mrs Susie H Leamon Mrs M W Learn on H P 1 Lester Mrs Addie Lester L L Lester Mrs E' O Lester J W Lingo Chas h Littlejohn Mrs M H Lipford E H Littlejohn Z A Lott J W Lott LB , Lumpkin J Henry Mabry T F Magna Angelo, Manry W T Marsh Mrs M A Marshall J A Marshall Wible Mask Mrs S' E Matthews G L Matthews Mrs L S Matthews Mrs R L Mathis J E Mathis Mrs J Emory Mayo Mrs J F Mebane J C Medford L C Milton V C Merritt T M Miller R II Miller Mrs R H Minor Dr Carl W Minnick T Mitchell Miss Sallie Mitchell Miss Ella Mitchell W E Mize B I Mize W C Mize H L Morhman J II Moore R P Moore F E Moran R C Moreland W D Morgan Mrs Ella Morgan Mrs E P Morgan W L Morgan C W Morrell Mrs Jennie T Murray Nathan McCarthy T P McClesey L L McMath Mrs R L McMath R L McMath R L Jr McMath Mrs Varina McMath J F McMath Mrs W T McNeil G A McNeil Raymond Niblack Mrs C E Niblack C E . ... I </’ HER.BER.T HOOVE FU Secretary of Commerce Among these suggestions are four comprehensive plans turned over to Secretary Hoover for consideration by the conference—three by Charles 11. Holland, President of the Independence Indemnity Company of Philadelphia, which recently conducted a nation-wide prize contest among insurance ir.en for the best suggestions, and the other by the Traffic Planning and Safety Com mittee of the National Automobile Charobe' of Commerce, of which George M. Grahaea, of Cleveland, is chairman. The three plans for reducing automo bile accidents winch resulted from the prize contest conducted by M■. Hol land’s company, were chosen fro n thousands submitted by insurance men in forty-six states, Canada. P.-naw; and Hawaii. The judges c~ the conte 1 -: w<- e th-ee of the best k.-.’ cvn e rts e° <: c problems, lion. Pi'/ r., b’ r , yj .. Pol'ce Oomrni-sioT’e < f v - ' . Brigadier Grner : ‘ • i. . Direr* 1 ' ” McCorkle W B McDaniel Sam L McDaniel W B McDowell J J McGillis. Mrs Perl D McGillis T H McGowan W H McKee S H McLendon JEB McLendon Miss Rosa McMath Mrs Alice McMath E J McMath Mrs H E McMath H E' McMath Miss Nora Niles C O Niles Mrs C O Oliver Mrs George Oliver John L Oliver Mrs J M Oliver Mrs ME . 1 Owens Mrs G L Outler J M Page C J Park Miss Belle J Parker R L Parker Mrs R L Payne Mrs Angie M Payne Mrs C P Payne Henry C . Payne W J Pelham T G Perry A C Perry R J ( ' Perry Mrs R J Perry W J ’ Peters Mrs Annie L Phillips B F Phillips E Phillips Mrs Mattie Physioc O M Pilsburg Mrs J B Pinkston Mrs Elizabeth J Pinkston J A Pinkston J A Jr Pickett Miss Annie L Poole J I Poole J E Poole R F Pouncey C B Porter Mrs Bessie I Quarterman J H Raiford J P ,i Raiford Mrs M R J Ratliff Mrs W M Redmond J J Redmond Mrs P II Redmond Mrs J J Reese Mrs Jessie F Reese O D Reeves G J Reeves Mrs G J Riley G W Riley Mrs G W Roach Mrs Vela S Roach G G Rodgers Mrs L F Ross J H Ryals E C Ryals Mrs E C Ryals E C Jr Reeves Mrs Inez Rembert W A Ricker F H Ricker Mrs F K Smith Philo II Stanfield E L Saliba E A Saliba Mrs E A Sanborn W H THE ever INCREASING avto fatalities I IN THE UNITED STATES L M-a _■ M. I—w-S. l -r dSfi—K i 5 000 H-oLI L —... .L —— i! S I _ ?£2j II li S' ww I ■/:' M H O IB' Mr~IS M I W...S. St 'sooo' M H H S | DEATHS 1915 T 6 ‘l7 *lB ‘l9 ‘2J 'll 72 73 I nhia, and Mr. W. H. Cawieron, Managing Director of the National Safety Council, Chicago. The plan which won the first prize of SI,OOO provides for three major reme dies, education, regulation and punish ment. Eveiy means of instilling not only drivers but every one, including school boys and girls, with the idea of caution and precaution should be em ployed. Standardization of regulations, uniformity of signals and fixed signal equipment are urged. The author of the plan advocates sterner measures of punishment for violators of laws and regulations. A better regulation of city traffic, ap plication of traffic regulations to pedes trians as well as to drivers, teaching traffic rules in schools, severer tests for auto drivers and the enlistment of en gineers in devising new means of traffic facility were included in the plan which wen the second prize of SSOO. Only two ways to reduce auto acci dents, through emphatic enforcement of present regulations and some outstand ing yet practical appeal to human e no tions were declared to be the answer to the problem by the winner of the Ihird prize. Thia appeal might be through discrimination made in he color or license plates permitted etr. enners. Er r illvstr.ition, *t a we r e s 's i'.’rel''ssness. Im would he requin •/ .'o p, ph ■emiiai 1 lic-n-e r»l 't-s •-. -1 Sanders E G Sanders N E Sapp Mrs J B Saunders S I Schneider II S Schneider C A Schneider E E Schneider H D Sheffield Mrs Frank Sheffield Frank Sheffield John Sherlock C J Shipp Edgar Jr Short J W Short Mrs J W Shonts Mrs George Scriber Chas H Shy J M Shy Mrs J M Silver Mrs M E Silver W T Simmons T L Skipper J H Smith C A Smith C N Smith Dr H A Smith H H Smith Mrs H II Smith H W Smith Phile H Smith Miss Gertrude Smithwick H W Snyder S J Speer Miss Carrie Speer Earl C St John W H Stallings Geo Stallings Mrs J W Stallings J R Stabfield E L Slappey L D Stapleton Mrs Leila D Stapleton Lawson Stevens D J Stevens W N Stevens M J Stevens M J Jr Stevens S R Stewart Mrs E M Stewart J D Stokes H M Suggs H W Suggs R E Suggs Julian Summers W M Summers T L Swain W L Terry J B Tarver H C Taylor J T Taylor Mrs J T Taylor Mrs M J Taylor G II Thacker E W Thacker Mrs E W Thornton Miss Kate Thornton Mrs Ida F Thornton W J Thurman E L Thurman J H Thurman Mrs J II Tillman A S Tillman Miss E E Tillman T C Tillman G E Tooke Mrs Eva Turner B E Turner Mrs B E Tye L Tyson C V Underwood Mrs Julia _ . Van Riper George Van Riper Mrs Geo TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1924 the period of a year. Thus he would be branded, in a sense, with the “scar let letter." From the Traffic Planning and Safety Committee of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce come eleven corrective suggestions. This Committee, like the prize winners, lays emphasis upon the need for wider education in traffic matters and in the importance of caution. The committee first advocates more f.-.-quent presentation of accurate statis tics about auto accidents, in order that the causes of a»- idents m>» So better known. Its program of educatipi includes community education through news papers, posters, radio talks and other media; education of .he child through drills, moving pictures, prize essay con test'- and otherwise: education of the adult pedestrian and education of the driver. 1 Development of standardized signals arc urged by the Chamber’s committee, as in the cuie of one of the plans sub n,: i ed by Mr. Holland. In order to help r diic.' ecifle-it- a', railroad grade crossim-s the coriniittee would have al! motorists stop before er-s.-ng railroad '.recks. B"tter viiv plat’ ’ighway phan f'.i—n i'i< ■’ ■ 1 Drivers’ Clubs ■ -.(I nut ■ i-i I! 1 - :or traffic Van Riper Miss Mary B Van Riper C E Wagnon Johii Waddle N A Walker Miss Mattie Walker Mrs Margaret Wall I P Wallis T J Wallis Mrs N R “ Wallis W P ; Walters Mrs L J Walters C W Warren J T Watson Mrs T W Watts H D Watts Mrs Mary J Webb Mrs Callie B Webb G C Weeks Mrs J M Weekly Mrs W T I Westbrook Mrs Cora G Westbrook T B v Westbrook PE —S? Wheeler Dr M H - Whitley C R \ White H C " Wilder E F ’ Wilder Pelham I 5 Williams C C ” « 1 Williams Mrs C C Williams H G tts" ' Williams Miss Nina ’ ” n ~ ' ? Williams Mrs PH I ’ Williams Mrs Lucy ’ JV’-' ' Williamson Sam " | ’ ■Williamson Mrs Sam ' J Williford P B Williford Mrs S M ' Winchester Mrs C R 'V, 1 ■ Windsor Miss Bessie ; Witt G J " J Wood J L *-<5 ' Woodard AB Wooten Mrs Eunice Wooten PL ! Pjr ' Worthy Miss Alice ’ J’ijl Worthy Miss Lizzie ' Worthy W B Sr ? ' ! Wright W C "i ” " ’l, Young J W J ’ Young Mrs S' K i RAILROaL, schedules Arrival and Departure of Passengei Trains, Americus, Ga. Central of Georgia Ry« Central Standard Time Arrive Depart 12:01 am Cols-Bham-Chgo 3:55 am 12:20 am Chgo.St.L Atl 2:27 am 1:53 am Alb-Jax-Miami 2:08 am 2:08 am Chgo-Cin-Atl 1:53 am 2:27 am Jax-Albany 12:20 am 3:20 am Miami-Jax-Alb. 11:42 pm 3:55 am Miami-Jax-Alb. 1*2:01 am 5:29 am Macon-Atlanta 10:35 pm ' 6:34 am Albany 6:47 pm 1 10:10 am Columbus 3:15 pm 1 Ipm Chgo-St.L-Bham 2:40 pm 1:15 pm Chgo-St.L-Atl 2:13 pm 1:54 pm Atlanta-Macon 1:54 pm 1:54 pm Alb-Montg’y 1:54 pm 2:13 pm Miami-Jax Alb 1:15 pir. £42 Pm Miami-Jax-Alb 1:00 pm P m Atlanta-Macon 6:34 am 10:35 pm Alb-Montg’y 5:29am 11:42 pm Chgo-St.L-Atl 3:20 am SEABOARD AIR LINE (Central Time) A rr * ve Departs 7:55 air. Cordele-Helena 9:35 am 12:26 pm Savh-Montg. 3:23 pm 3:23 pm Savh-Montg 12:26 pm J- A. BOWEN, Local Agent
