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AMEKICUS.SPOT COTTON [ Middling; 23 l-2c. WEATHER ' For C eorgia Fair tonight ; Thursday probably thundrcshower.. / EVENTH YEAR—NO. 155 Misses Mattie McNeill and Olive Howard Win 'I MIL LEAVE IN JULY ON TOUR STAT® IN WEST I —1 Yeung Ladies File Up Tremen dous Vote in Golden West Tours Campaign EVERY EXPENSE PAID by Local merchants Miss McNeill Polled 27,736,885 Votes, Leading the FiehJ by Seven Millions Miss Mattie McNeill and Miss Olive Howard were the two high score contestants in the Golden West tours campaign that was put on by a number of Americus mer chants and these two young ladijs will leave some time in July for a with every expense paid, through the West and Middlewest of the United States. hor several hours last night a com mittee composed of S. 1. Saunders, as judge, and Nathan Murray, G. M. Bragg, Alius Rigsby, H. P. Everett, J. T. Jones and 0. J. Wiljiams as tellers counted the millions and mil lions of votes that were cast in tee campaign. Day was breaking be fore the final count was reached and the adding machines showed that Miss McNeill led with 27,736,885 votes; Miss Howard was second with 19,442,265; Miss Ruth Clark third with 12,979,650; Miss Hazel Tim merman fourth with 2,183,140. All of the other contestants were under the million mark. In as much as only two trips were offered, Miss McNeill and Miss Howard were declared the winners The ballots are still in the office \ the Times-Recorder, where they y be recounted by any contest 1. who may desii e to do so, Mr. Mnders, the judge, said this morn t. The ballots will be held for "•ortliTee days only. ** Speaking for the merchants, Na than Murray, who acted as chair man for the merchants during the campaign, said that the campaign had been beneficial to many ol the merchants. “It is my honest opinion that it has done us lots of good,” said Mr. Murray. “Some cf us reap ed greater rewards than others, be cause we went after business, I guess, a little stronger than those whose rewards were less.” Following is a complete list of the contestants, with the number of votes received by each: McNeill 27,736,885 HKe Howard 19.442,265 ■ii Clark 12,979,650 ■zel Timmerman ... 2,183,140 Cass 967,215 Kent 688,215 Wilise Thayer 339,145 Williamson 159,940 Braswell 25,010 Adams ... 114.775 ■rah Bagley 1 , 08 ’?,!,r |Kith Bahnsen 20,235 Francis Lowe .... 35,265 Denham 28,225 Summerford 20,005 Braswell 28,915 Simmons 20,575 Howard 63,260 Mlttie Castellow 35,150 Brtha Walls 29,405 M.r;, Belle Silver 27,845 ■fyel Mae Hart 25,52.> Braswell 55,390 ■jri Walker 30,755 ■ifrvin Everett 20,105 ■omi Wright 20,310 Crow 20,2*)«) ■IOBE ITALY’S ABILITY ■to pay u. s. war debi ■WASHINGTON, June 3An of Italy's capacity to pay ■ debt to the United States ocen ■d 'the entire time of tin repre- of two governnents at IS? resumption of negotiations to |Hy for a funding agreemeit. Pro- was slow and another neeting will be held on Thursday. Eight Bills Introduced K House 7 Uesday Brings 7 otal 91 umber of (Measures Io 191 BIANTA, July I.—With | total W 8 bills being introduced n the Mse Tuesday, it brought thi total ■ber of measures pitched into K hopper to 191. In the inate ■ourteen minutes a total ts 11 ■ were read, bring the totaljnum- ■ introduced since the 1 )2t ssc- U_ began up to 33. HBs introduced in the louse K®dson, of Peach —To Hvok ■Harter of the Fruit belt V ■!<•- BM company of Fort Vallty. THE TIMERS RECORDER IfrftHjPy bushed in the heart or DIXIE Pawned by Her Mother for SSO lb' 3 i'-i rMSHmI I WbSIIIBI I a -iFf MWW I r ji ...... 1....' x vj ■ _ •'KEWPIE,'’ MRS. LEROY HENDERSON S MISSING BABY. Miami Woman Is Heartbroken Because She Can ’tßedeemChild MANY LOITERERS BEING ARRESTED Police Blotter for Month of June Does Not Show ai Labor Shortage in County Although a number of represen tative farmers have stattd that there is a labor shortage in Sum ter county there is not a Shortage of labor, if those negroes who are able, want to go to work, accord ing to the police records of the past few weeks. During the past 30 days the po lice blotter shows that a negro loit erer was arrested nearly every and on some days two and three were thrown into the city lock-up for failure to produce evidence to show that they were employed. Wednesday morning three'; strap ping negro men were locked! up on the charge of loitering. Thej| could not show the arresting officer that they had been engaged in manual labor for the past three wecj;s, In dications are, unless the blacks pay their fine at the Friday morniig ses sion of police court, their serv ices will be utilized by the city in stead of by the farmer, who needs all the help he can get. It is the belief in police rircles that the negro men arrested <in the charge of loiterings arc fed by their I wives, employed as Icon ks and who “tote” off a pan of their employe’: food each day. FRANCK TO DISCUSS- DEBT AT EARLY DATE PARIS July i.—Jt j s understood that the I -erich government is,soon to inform the United States of its desire to c )en negotiations in Wash i ington fol the settlement ot* the French d«t. WASHINGTON WAITINGH’ATIENTLY WASHINGTON, July 1.-fthc Washington Government is patient ly awaitinjisome official word of the plans |y the French Govern ment to initiate its debt funding ne gotiations. I Doyal, of Fryd—To appropriate SIIO,OOO for tha Georgia School for the Deaf. ' Hamilton, ofFhyd— To make ap propriations fo| the back pay due pensioners. Stamford, of Lowndes—To pro vide for two Sijifts of firemen in cities of population of more than 7,500. a Jones and Snith, of Meriued.Br —To provide that county authoß tiesmay assess and levy taxa fm* the purpose of maintaining sot aril (Continued on Page Five* I AMERICUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY I, 1925 Child Left With Woman on Houseboat Which Mysteri ously Disappeared MIAMI, Fla., July 1. —Under the blazing sun, a worn woman wan ders along the banks of the Miami river, peering into the hundreds of houseboats that line its banks. Despondently, yet ever hopeful, she questions the river rats. She is seeking her baby “Kewpie,” whom she left in pawn aboard a houseboat a year ago. She is Mrs. Leßoy Hen derson. Once she was a pretty little girl known as “Midget” to the patrons of a Miami case and was sought by many men. Big, handsome Ffed Henderson won her. They were married and life looked rosy to “Midget,” but her happiness was short lived. Her husband ran away with a nurse leav ing her heartbroken and soon to be come a mother. Unable to work longer as a wait- (Continued on Page Five) GRANT’S SEAYHt TRIES SUICIDE Krauser Tries to Burn Himself to Death On Flaming Mat tress; Guards Isvervcne CHICAGO, July I.—Walter Krauser, charged with the murder in the county jail of Bernard Grant, and an accompliced murder of pa trolman, for which he is awaiting a second trial, attempted!to kill him self here Tuesday afternoon by set ting fire to his clothing. He was seriously burned prisoners and guards succeeded in {smothering the flames. Earlier in the day a picket knife had been found in KrauAr’s cell, it was reported. It was wife a pocket knife, which he said he lad found, that he stabbed Grant White. The two were in the visitorsiroom to meet relatives. Krauser set fire to hk clothes and to his mattress, then lay down on the mattress while tIL flames licked about and guards tiled fran tically to open his cell do<V. Final ly the ceil was flooded will water and the flames extinguishel. Krauser was taken to the jail hospital where his conditioi is con sidered serious. As KrauAr was being taken to the hosplal he moaned repeatedly, “My anemic's did it.” I PAINLEVE MINISTRY UNAFFECTED BY VOTE PARIS, July I.—A measur* pro posed by Finance Minister CAllaux was defeated in the Chambir of Deputies today, but the quistion upon which the vote was taker was not made one of confidence in tpe government, so the vote does not affect the position of the 'ministry. * \ ' ISEN. UNDERWOOD TO QUIT POLITICAL GAME BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 1. Senator Oscar W. Underwood ; will not be a candidate for re- ? election to the United States [senate when his present term expires. Alabama's senator to- J day announced intention io re tire from active political affairs < after March 4, 1926, in a letter J to Victor Hanson, publisher of ? S the Birmingham News. WOULD ABOLISH STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Representative Beck Introduces Bill Calling for Complete Change WHOLE BUSINESS TO BE IN HANDS OF ONE MAN Highway Commissioner to Be Elected By the People at Sal - ary of $4,000 Annually ATLANTA, July I. The State Highway department would "be abolished, one hgihway commission er to be chosen by the people, would be substitute, and highway funds collected by the state would be ap. portioned to the different counties, and expended by the respective counties, under the provisions of a measure introduced in the house by Representative Beck, of Carroli county. The bill provides that the high way department chairman shall as certain from the treasurer, quar terly, the amount of highway funds collected by the state during the preceding quarter, and shall then apportion such funds to the coun ties, the amount received by each county to be in proportion to the number of miles of state highway roads therein, whether such roads have been constructed or not. The funds so received by 1 the various counties would be expended, first, to match any federal aid funds to be used in the county; second, to complete the highway system in the county, and third, if there should be complete, the county au thorities would be authorized to spend the money received from the state on whatever county roads they might deem proper. The word “complete” as applying to completion of highway mllegae in the county, is defined by the measure to mean sand clay or top soil, except in cases where hard surfacing or paving should have been begun at the time of appro priation of this measure. The commissioner would be di rected, immediately upon taking of fice, upder the provisions of the measure, to sell to the highest bid der, under the provisions of the measure, to sell to the highest bid der all property of the State High way Board. Such property might be purchased by counties, provided the counties desired the purchase of it Funds so del,red, would be turned over to the highway funds of the state. The measure also provides that the highway commissioner or chair man would be elected at the time of the regular election, for a pe riod of four years, the first election to be held at the time of the regu lar state election in 1926. The highway commissioner elected at that time would take office Jan uary 1, 1927. He would receive a salary of $4,000 annually, to be made payable quarterly. Under the bill, the chairman of the State Highway Board would be the highway commissioner until such commissioner had been elected and qualified, provided the bill was (Continued on Page Five) MAC MURRAY TO ARRIVE IN CHINA ABOUT JULY 4 WASHINGTON, July I. In structions for Minister Mac-Murray, who will arrive at his post in Pek ing by July 4, are expected to in dicate the desire here that the wholp question of extra territorial rights in China be taken under con sideration at the earliest practica ble date. If the other powers concur in that viewpoint, the international com mission, be authorized during the Washington arms c<>pference to deal with the extra territorial rights, probably will take up its functions together with representatives of all the nations who have a natural n terest in ! > After Fire Swept I heater oKfe-' t’ ' 1 ~ Three people died when fire swept the Gillis theater in Kansas City. This picture shows firemen shower ing water on the blackened walls Life Ebbs Slowly From New York's Famous Gypsy Queen Century Old Wanderer Fighting Grim Reaper in Ragged Tent; Husband Near Death MASI'ETK', Long Island, July 1. She’s dying as she lived—in public —is the queen of the New York gypsies, in her patched tent out in the sun and with the vagrant breezes caressing the fevered brow of their vagrant sister. Under the curtained window of the tent daughters work and listen to the dying queen’s mutterings as her thoughts go wandering afar—to the roads of Spain, of Italy, of Germany, of Rumania. Vying with the whisper of death is the tinkling of the bangles of her children’s children tumbling about in splashes of color and wondering why their mothers sit huddled about a patch- ( Continued on Page Four.) nofTrealarms IN THREE WEEKS Firemen Hope Luck Will Con tinue in Their Favor While They Repair Pumper Tomorrow (Thursday) will be 3 weeks since the fire apparatus has had to respond to an alarm, accord ing to Chief Guerry, who has been keeping his men busy repairing the big pumper and doing jobs about the department. This morning the fire truck used in phmping water is torn down for repairs, and it is the hopes of all men in the department that no fires will occur during the- next few days, while the pumper is dismaft tled. “It will take the men several days to repair the pumper,” said Chief Guerry, “and although we would be able to fight small fires with the smaller apparatus, we would find ourselves at serious disadvantage if we attempted to control a large blaze without the aid of the pump er. It has been three weeks, lack ing one days, since we had to leave the fire house and I hope the god dess of luck will continue to smile on us, at least for a few days long er. It is not unusual for the appa ratus to remain idle lor weeks at a time during the summer months. The busiest time of the year for the firemen is in the spring, when the wind blows and in the fall when people are beginning to fire up their stoves and fire places,” said the chief. ITALY’S WAR DEBT DISCUSSION DELAYED WASHINGTON - , July I. Dis cussions here <lfa plan for fund ing Italy’s warl » bt to the United States will be \ laycd at a month while io Alberti, tech nical expert of rhe Italian mission returns to Rome for a<F ditional date on Italy’s capacity to pay. He will leavesjmmediateiy, it was announced, after two confer ences Feld yewterfcv with the debt coraWksion ax'M which are all that is left of th building. Fortunately few peopl were in the place at the time. SEVERE HAIL INJURES CROPS Watermelons and Corn in La- Crosse District Damaged By Falling Ice Although the hail stones that fell in countless millions in the vicinity of LaCrosse Tuesday afternoon were not as large as hen eggs they were of sufficient size to damage the corn and watermelon crops, ac cording to Henry Bell, local busi ness man, who was caught in the downpour of ice particles V'hile driving from LaCrosse to Ameri cus in hi sautomobile. So large were the hail stones and with such force were they hurled downward that one of unusual size pierced a heavy glass sun prcdector on Mr. Bell’s car. The hole made in the sun protector is about the size of a penny. “If it had not been for the sun protector 1 believe the stones would have cracked my windshield,” Mr. Bell said. “I talked to Sev eral representative farmers in the vicinity of LaCrosse befer I left and they stated that the hail had seriously damaged their watermelon and corn crops.” While the LaCrosse district was being visited by a severe hail storm, the people residing near li'. (). Jones’ farm, several miles from the city on the Kidd’s mill road, were entertaining a 35 to 50 miles an hour wind storm, according to Mr Jones, whose corn crop suffered se rious damage from the high winds. NEW SHIPPING BOARD POLICY TRIED OUI WASHINGTON, June 30. The new policy of the shipping board, under which its delegates to the emergency fleet corporation were given the power to conduct ship sales, received its first application today when the corporation prepar ed to open bids for 100 vessels for scrapping. By the time we get engaged to a girl we haven’t enough money to marry her. Vivid Pen Picture of German Conditions Protrayed by Frank Harrold in Letter to His Father A vivid pen picture of conditions in Germany, vastly different from the average report reaching this country regarding the/ Rhine re public, is portrayed ip a letter re- I ceptly received by Frank P. Har j fold from his son Frank who is mak- 4 a business survey of the larger countries, in company of the ; NEW YORK "x Pc. G Mar. ... 23.66|25|H ' 1 -July . *..._23.72|23 ® J p t PRICE TREMOk BEING itT STRICKEN j Fear Arises in Hearts tants As Slight Con\ Arc Felt TEN BODIES REMOVi FROM BENEATH L; Residents Face Reconstr i With Undaunted Coura’l $25,000,000 Loss SANTA BARBRA, Calif, J, —A bright dawn spread over S Barbara, earthquake stricken citj the Pacific, as her thousands sons and daughters arose to fa< the serious problems of rccon.strui tion in returning their city to wh; formerly was described as the “mil lionaires playground” and “munici pal gem ot the Pacific” coast. len people have lost their lives in an earthquake described as the heaviest to visit the Pacific coast. I' ive major shocks have been re corded since the first tremor Mon day, but through last night there were nearly a score of slight shocks, which threw fear into the heart of the survivors. I lie loss is estimated at about $25,000,000. Some two million dollars in earth quake insurance was carried on the business district wrecked by Monday earthquakes, according to estimates by insurance brokers here. Jewels and bonds valued at. $150,000, property of Mrs. Charles Is. Perkins, of Burlington, lowa, earthquake victim, were found In tact in ruins of the Arlington hotel. A graphic eye-witness story of the earthquake disaster here was re lated by Lieutenant F. W. Stronach, of the Santa Barbara fire depart ment, “1 was awakened by the first tre mendous shock,” he said, “and heard the tower of the central fire station crack above me. We rushed the equipment from the building. Just as we got to the licet, the (jarillo hotel ■started to slide in. “Dust in great, clouds rose from • the ruined hotel building. Back of it were still greater clouds, ascend ing into the air from the center of the business section. “A sustained roaring was kept up during all the first heavy shocks, as one wall after another buckled and slid to the street in avalanches of debris. “We devoted our attention to the Carrillo hotel, which was crowded almost to the capacity of its 200 rooms. It is a five-story Spanish typo building. Women and men were screaming. Their voices sound ed tiny and shrill aginst the thun der. “Evidently the interior stairways had given way. The elevators of course were useless. “We ran ladders to the upper windows of the hotel, and carried out as many as were unable to climb down by themselves. “A funny thing happened when one excited man, stark naked, jump ed out on the top of a ladder, miss ed the rungs, and skidded down to the streets, where he proceeded to run around in circles until one of the hoys kidnaped him and took him into the fire house. “We carried out a number of unconscious women, none of them apparently badly hurt. “About the time we had a num ber of women on the ladders, more shocks came. It was ticklish busi ness hanging on to extension lad ders that were circling crazily through the air. A background of crumbling walls and talking houses didn’t help to steady a man’s nerve either.” » people. The American traveler is no longer treated as an enemy but instead is received as a friend. Mi\ Harrold’s letter follows: Amsterdam, Holland, June 11, 192 >. After several days spent sight-, seeing in Switzerland at Lucerne, Injterlarkcu and other places of in terest thupe, we continued our trip stopping at Dresden, ,Nuremberg and thkp r J where we stopped fg T-J - then to th> c»* j'-ei n ve heenv" W-e’-r* • -i \ , I ; A-..
