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WEATHER For Georgia—Mostly fair tonight and Saturday. "—— . .J FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 158 VICTIMS SCREAM AS RESCUERS RISK LIVES IN WREACKAGE * * * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ * ¥ Disastrous Price Fluctuations In Grains Must Ceace SECY JARDINE READS LAW TO CRAIN DEALERS Price Fluctutaions Must Cease Or He Will Go Full Limit of the Law MANDAN, N. D., July 4. The grain exchanges were notified to day by Secretary Jardine of the Agriculture Department that unless they voluntarily take action to pre vent a repetition of the recent price fluctuations, he will go the full limit of the law in compelling them to do so. “During the investigation carried on by the Department of Agricul ture to determine the causes of these disastrous price changes,” he said in a Fourth of July address here, "I made certain suggestions to representatives of the Chicago Board of Trade and called upon them to consider constructive meas ures to prevent a similar situation in the future. As I see it, the grain exchanges of this country perform a useful function—at least, we have perfected no better system of marketing. But when the price of wheat fluctuates 12 or 1.3 cents in a day it indicates to me that there is something wrong. “There is no agency that can bring about more effectively a cor rection of this situation than the grain exchanges themselves. They must realize that they have to a large extent lost the confidence of the people and can regain this only by thoroughly putting their house in order. If they fail voluntarily to take appropriate action it is my purpose to exercise to the fullest extent such power as the existing law gives me to require them to do so.” The secretary’s warning was de livered in the course of an ex haustive discussion of the agricul tural problems of the country, for whose solution he suggested these policies: Better farm business including so far as possible the ad justment of producton to the pros pective neens of the consumer. Greater reliance by indivinual farmers and farm organizations upon the information service and advice of the Department of Agri culture. The maintenance of a liquid cash and staple reserve by farmers to tide them over bad crop years, as against reinvestment of all avail able profits in more land. Crop diversification, both as a protection against losses from the failure of a single crop, and for its effect on the fertility of the land. Greater attention to the produc tion of vegetables, eggs, butWr and similar products at home to reduce “out of pocket” costs of the larlfi. More diligence in securing the best possible results from the land already under cultivation, to off set any tendency toward over-ex pansion in the opening up of new agricultural areas. Further standardization and grad ing of farm products to insure the best market price and simplify marketing. A more adequate application of the co-operative marketing policy, tending toward increased efficiency in the associations already in ex istence rather than the formation of new associations. No recommendations for legisla tion were contained in the secre tary’s speech, 7 L Do You Want Cross Word Puzzle Daily in 7 imes- Recorder ? We have discontinued the Cross-Word Puzzle as a daily feature, because we believe that most of cur readers have lost interest in the puzzles. If there is an appreciable number wanting the Cross Word Puzzle, we will reinstate. If you WANT them, sign this blank, clip out and drop in the mails addressed to the Times-Recorder. Editor, Timet.Recorder: I want the Cross Word Puzles. Please run them. Sign Here - Address , CgfeuBLISUED IN THE JrJIWiG HEART OF DIXIE~~ffoo7 In Savannah Slaying ■n* r > - t < Me I Mrs. Julia Someillan of Savan nah, Ga., shot her 'htisbaiid because he insisted that she tend his moon shine stills. She claims self-defense in that while struggling for pos session of the. shotgun with which Three Part Army Assembles As If Called To Colors EARTHQUAKES STRIKE KOBE AND YANAGO Tremors On Japanese Island Described As Rather Severe No Casualties Reported TOKYO, July 4. Another earthquake struck the island to day. Numerous houses tumbled when the quake, described as * somewhat severe/’ struck Yon ago, 100 miles west of Kobe. Kobe also was shaken but no casualties so far have been re ported. RICHLAND SWIMMING POOL NOW OPEN RICHLAND, July 4.—J. M. Snell ing has opened his swimming pool. This pool wit ha large capacity, is one that any town would boast of. It is located in the Richland Park, next to Tourist Camping ground. AMERICUS. GEORGIA. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 4. 1925 her husband attempted to force her to do his will, the gun was discharg ed, fatally wounding him. This picture of Mrs. Someillan and her two baby children was taken in the courtyard of the Savannah city jail. July Fourth Observed As Regu lars, Reserves and National Guard Muster As for War WASHINGTON,~JuIy 4. The three parts of the United States army, was undergoing today test plans made for mustering this arm of defense in the event of war. The test is being made along with 4th of July celebrations all over the country and is the second of this kind. Unit Commanders in ths regular army, the national guard and the organized reserves were putting in to effect their own plans for as sembling their respective units just as they would if actually called to the colors in the case of war. As far as the patriotic demonstra tions are concerned, it is possible that the aggregate number of Am ericans gathered will exceed the sixteen or more millions who shared in a similar way in the test last Sep tember, since the test is coincident with celebrations of Independence Day. SCOPES’ CHIEF COUNSEL REFUSES TO TALK CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 4. —Dr. John R. Neal, chief counsel for Professor John Scopes, who is scheduled to go on trial at Daton, Tenn., July 10, for violating the Tennessee anti-evolution law, today refused absolutely to make a state ment in regard to the pqssible trans fer of the trial to the Federal Court through the filing of an application for an injunction t 6 prevent the en-. forcement of the Tennessee statute. LITTLE NECRO BOY HURT BY TRUCK DIES James Hill, the 13-year-old negro boy who was run over by a lumber truck Friday, died Friday evening at 6:.30 from internal injuries sus tained. The boy was riding a bicycle, holding onto the side of the truck when he fell under one of the truck wheels, which passed pver his. body. The truck was driven by Will Evans, a negro employe of J. C. Burgin. . . . MARINESAND GUNBOATUSED AGAINST MOB 800 Chinese Soldiers Riot—De stroy British Property—Bay onets Employed CHUNKING, China, July 4. The Asiatic Petroleum Co. prop erty here was entered today by 800 hoodlum Chinese soldiers. They destroyed the offices and ransacked the living quarters of the company’s staff. The mob scattered only after the British gunboat leal arrived. So-called Chinese boy scouts stoned the workmen on the wharf today of a British company. These atackers were scattered by British ma rines who charged with fixed bayonets. REVrWJ.SMITH PREACHES HERE Prominent Methodist Divine at First Church Tomorrow Morn ing and Evening Rev. W- F. Smith, presiding elder of the Macon district. South Geor gia conference, will preach tomor row at the First Methodist church, tilling the pulpit* made vacant by the illness of Pastor John Outler. Rev. Smith is one of the leading figures in Georgia Methodist cir cles. For many years he has held the post of secretary of the South Georgia conference. He has a large number of close friends in Americus who will greet him at the evening and morning services ap the First church. An official, of the church requests that the general public be given an urgent invitation to attend services at the First church tomorrow and hear Dr. Smith. DAILY VACATION. BIBLE SCHOOL AT FIRST BAPTIST The Daily Vacation Bible school of the First Baptist church will open Monday mornin gat 9 o’clock. All pupils requested to bring Bible, composition book, pencil, cray on and blunt pointed scissors. Boys and girls .of all denominations cor dially invited. Lots of Events Picked July 4 To Happen 'f Consiyedln.g the fact that the £ > declaration of independence was < > signed on July 4, it’s highly < S proper to regard that day as an 2 < important one in the nation’s 2 ? life. $ > But for some reason or oth- < > er, a good many other fairly ' J noteworthy events in American 2 < history have fallen on July 4. £ < Here are a few: 2 1676-—Exactly one hundred S i years before the signing, im- < I portant reform legislation look- < ing toward the complete liberty , that was eventually gained by ,> Washington was completed by s the Virginia assembly. 1754—C01. George Washing- J ton, an officer in the French ? '' and Indian war, met defeat at , > the hands of a superior force j ’of French at Fort Necessity. j . 1781—Cornwallis evacuated ’ Williamsburg, Va.—the begin s ning of the colonists’ final vic- - > tory. F S 1826 John Adams and 5 $ Thomas Jefferson, second and $ F third presidents died within a < 2 few hours of each other. < 2 18J1 —James Monroe, author ? J> of the famous doctrine that > < bears his name, passed away. > < 1845—Texas voted for an- j nexation to the United States. < 2 1846Californiu’s independ- ( ’ > ence of Mexico declared by Fre- i $ mont and followers. S < 1863 —Thu turning point in j ? Civil War. Vicksburg fell to < ' 2 Grant, while Lee, crushed the ( . > day before at Gettysburg, fell ; ) back into Virginia. From then J | Oh the was a lost u (catwo. 1 * ‘ 4 » ■*# w Martha Washington's Script p. .........mx-, , m.me.unn.Twi.a.mw.i..- i■■ gu * l 'J ' < ' h ' ' > ' z* / Z, rv/m- .. ■ .. •• ’m iii»i>!«ii»n»ffr«—- ! I Illi* I*ll* Illi U u 1 1»■ ■■ I This interesting note in the 1 h andwriting of Martha Washington has just been brought to light by E dward S. Leadbeater of Alexandria, Va., who found it in an obscure c Kiwanis Condems Effort To Block Local White Way Hines and Riley Urged to Secure Passage of City Charter Amendment—Committee Re ceives Unqualified Endorse ment. The committee from the Kiwanis club, of which Steve Pace is chair man, received the thanks and un qualified endorsement of the hi wanis club during the luncheon Fri day. The dub went on record as con demning any action on the part of any one who is or who may attempt to block the erection of the white way in Americus ’t was stated that the white way was a step for ward, that most oth< c cities of tiic size of Americus and smaller were installing white ways or huu already installed them and cha- if Americus is to go forward along with other South Georgia cities this improve- I ment was necessary. The Kiwanis club, ny resolution, ■ urged the two representaties from i this county, Hon. A. E. Hines and ’ George Riley, to use their best and ' continuous efforts in securing tlm passage of an amendment to the city charter which would give the city officials the power to in-l'll the white way when a certain per centage of the property owners on > the streets where the white way is ; to be placed had signed a petition ' for the improvement. ’ A resolution was presented by > John Shiver, requesting the County > Board of Education to reconsider J its action in closing certain negro ' schools in the county and cutting > the salaries of some of the negro > teachers. The resolution was refer- I red to the club’s board of directors J which meets Monday morning. DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOLS SOUGHT Bill Would Create New Cabinet Member to Be in Charge of Education of U. S. INDIANAPOLIS, July 4.—Crea tion of a Department of Education in charge of a secretary of cabinet rank, was recommended to the Na tional Education Association today by its legislative commission. [ The report urged the association • to throw its influence in support of I the enactment of a bill by the next ' Congress, to carry out this proposal. J An appropriation of $1,500,000 an ; nually would be made available for i the work of the proposed depart- > ment, which amount would be in ! addition to the funds now available II to the bureau of education and oth [ hr divisions of the government, 1 which might be transferred to the i new department. “The commission is convinced,” ; the report said, “that in the bill co : be presented to the next congress, ’ emphasis,should bo placed upon the ) function of the Department of Edu i cation as an agency f'-'r the con >, ducting of investigations and the * (ftesetntoatton s>f information.” orner of his drug store. His store was originally owned by one Stab ler, to whom Mrs. Washington wrote this note in 1802, just a month be fore her death. WHITTLE AND ' DUTTON GET : LIFE TERMS ■ f Confession Made Unexpectedly : Lifta Mystery of Mail Car rier’s Murder FAYETTEVILLE, Ga., July 4. Subdued and smoldering three years ’ under a blanket of mystery, the stark drama in the death of James Langston, the rural mail carrier who was killed with an ax on a lonely road, suddenly reached startling heights here Friday in a series of denouments —ami the doom of life in prison for Ora Whit- . tie and Oscar Dutton, two of three men involved in the case, was pro nounced as the result. While the jury deciding the fate of Whittle, the first of the three to be tried, was apparently hopelessly deadlocked after nearly 40 hours, Dutton thrust aside the careful plans of his defense to prove an alibi, arose in court without preliminary and blurted out a confession that he watched Whittle and an unnam ed other man slug Langston to death. Hardly was this development crowned with a sentence of life im prisonment for Dutton before the jury in the Whittle case returned a verdict of guilty, with recommenda- 1 tion of mercy. This being the in struction for a sentence of life im prisonment, Whittle was sentenced immediately. It had appeared until Friday morning that the Whittle jury would be unable to agree. In fact, its i members told Judge W. E. H. Searcy Thursday night they despaired of reaching a (verdict, but he sent them back to continue their deliberation. With sentence imposed upon Whit tie and Dutton, the court continued its program toward clearing the mystery. Preparations were under taken to select a jury for the trial of John Waller, the third member of the alleged death conspiracy. Wai ler, accused in Dutton’s confession as having sought the death of I Langston, is charged with being ac cessory before the murder. The confession in court Friday was unexpected. Dutton’s lawyers had announced that witnesses would be presented to prove an alibi. i Tony Molea Tells Queer Story of Miscarried Justice ; MONTGOMERY. Ala... July 4 Tony Molea, for five years a con- 1 vict, Newnan, Ga., passing through , here last night, told an interesting story of miscarried justice that won for him an interesting audience. Molea declares that while employ ed in Louisina in 1920, Georgia of ficers of the law arrested him on the charge of murdering a man near { No Paper Monday PRICE FIVE CENTS MANY KILLED AS CLUB HOUSE WALLSTOPPLE Surgeon Enters Wreckage, Am ptates F : ngers cf Imprisoned Man—Woman Cries for Help From Basement. BOSTON, Mass., July 4. At least eight persons were kill ed today when the walls of the Pickwick club, collapsed early this morning. This estimate was made by the police about noon. One unidentified girl has been taken from the ruins and rescue w orkers reported seeing seven other bodies. It is believed that other bodies will be found as the work of clear ing, away the brick proceeds. Work of the rescuers is proceed ing slowly. While only one wall of the five story building fell, others are expected to totter any moment. The building is a five story struc ture, formerly known as the Dreyfus Hotel. It is located in Boston's Chinatown section. Heavy beams and rafters of the roof are dangling over the heads of the workmen as they dig through the debris in search of the victims. Screams of those caught beneath the brick and wood wreckage, could be heard by the rescue workers as they pried their way through the debris. From a deep hole in the basement of the building could be heard the cries of a woman. One man has been taken out alive, only after phy sicians had entered the wreckage and amputated two of his fingers to free him from his trap. The man smoked cigarettes while the doctors operated. More than 100 guests were in the club for the night before July 4th celebration. SEVEN DIE IN NEW YORK FIRE . ...A Three Story Apartment House Burns Early Today Many Others Injured SAJIANAN LAKE, N. Y., July 4, —Seven persons are dead and one is believed dying as a result of fn juries suffered in a fire here early today, when a three story apartment house was destroyed. Others aie thought to bave been injured as they attempted to leave the burning building. GAVELS FROM MASS. ELM PRESENTED STATE ATLANTA, July 4. Gavels ,vut from the historic Washington Elm in Cambride, Mass., have been presented to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Georgia ’ legislature by the city of Cam bridge. Resolutions of appreciation were adopted in both houses, copies of which were ordered forwarded ‘o the Cit yof Cambridge. The gavels were sent from Cani- I ridge to Secretary of State G. T. McLendon, who, i nturn, sent one to the house and one to the senate, with explanatory letter. SNAP BEAN FARMER MAKES BIG PROFIT ATLANTA. July 4.—The possi- I bilities in farming and truck grow ing in Georgia are illustrated by a report from Fayetteville that one farmer in Fayette county has al ready realized $2,000 from his snap beans and expects to get SI,OOO more from the same twenty acres. Newnan. Molea says he was carried to the Georgia town for trial and was con victed on a charge of man slaught- er. He claims he was sentenced to q term of from ten to twenty years and that he had been serving this» time until released recently when a man in New Orleans-Confessed tq the murder, ’
