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w w w w W M wv> *» X>O<, WEATHER For Georgia—Local thundershow ers tonight and Wednesday. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 159 J. Calvin Carter, Sr. and Eugene Duckworth Killed by Central of Georgia Passenger Train This Morning Locomotive Crashes Into Truck At Rail Crossing Near City Horribly Mangled Bodies of Iwo Men Brought to Americus On Central Pasengcr Train; Truck Completely Demolished; Youth Rid ing On Rear of Truck Leaps to Ground When He Sees Train Approaching and Escapes Injury. J. Calvin Carter, Sr., 71 years of age, and Eugene Duck worth, both of Sumter county, were instantly killed this morning about 10 o clock when the Ford truck >n which they were riding was hit and completely demolished byCentral passenger train No. 22, at a crossing on the road to Arles, about two miles east of Americus. Mr. Carter and Mr. Duckworth and Eugene Duckrth, Jr., I 5-year-old so nos Eugene Duckworth, were driving a Ford truck on their way home from Americus when it was crashed into by the passenger train as it dashed out of the deep cut at the point where the accident oc- curred. Evidently neither of the three heard or saw the on-com ing train. Mr. Carter and Mr Duckworth were on the front seat, while Eugene was sitting in the rear, with his feet hang ing over the end of the truck. Eugene jumped, thus saving his life, but Mr. Carter and Mr. Duckworth were hurled with the truck, to in stant death. The train was in charge of Con ductor Hardey. 'Engineer Aiken was at the throttle. The train came to a stop as quickly as possible, picked up the two bodies and brought them to Americus. Eugene is thought to have gone straight home. Mr. Carter, accompanied by Mr. Puckworth, who is overseer on the Carter farm, accompanied by Eu gene, had been to Americus and are thought to have been on their way home when the accident oc curred. Death was instantaneous. Mr. Carter’s legs and one arme were broken, deep gashes were cut about his head and neck. Mr. Duckworth’s jaws were crushed and he, too, had deep cuts about the head and body. A coroner’s inquest, called just after noon, found that both men came to their death from being run over by a Central train. The coroner’s jury could not reach any member of the train crew and there fore could learn nothing from any eye witnesses. No one seems to have been anywhere near the acci dent who could testify as to how it happened except the man who was on the ..rear of the truck and he could not be located today. The train came to a stop im mediately after striking the truck. The bodies of the two men were picked up and brought to the Cen tral station 'at Ameficur, where they were turned over to the Americus Undertaking company. The accident occurred at the tame place where L. G. Council, president of the Planters Bank, came near meeting with an accident one day last week, when he drove his car into the bank to prevent collision with the same train. Mr. Mr. Council’s car suffered only slight damage. J. Calvin Carter, Sr., 71 years of age, had been one of Sumter county’s most prominent and useful citizens. For many years he was a member of the Sumter county board of education and had, during all of his useful life taken an ac tive interest in civic and religious affairs. Mr. Carter had for many years been a member of the Salem (Continued on Page Six) Do You Want Cross Word Puzzle Daily in 1 irnes- Recorder f We have discontinued the Cross-Word Puzzle as a daily failure, because we believe that most of our 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, Time».Recorder: I want the Cross Word Puzles. Please run them. » Sign Here -- , Address - BgjLPUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE TWO INJURED IN SUNDAYCRASH Misses Martha and Lurline Wall Receive Cuts About the Face and Head Miss Martha Wall and Miss Lur line Wall, both of Americus were badly cut about the face and head Sunday about 2 o’clock when the Ford coupe in which they were rid ing, collided with a car driven by B. W. Warren, colored, on Forsyth street. Miss Monetta Cook, driver of the Ford car was unhurt. Miss Martha Wall received a deep gash across her forehad, and it was thought for a while that she was seriously injured. Miss Lurline Wall received several minor bruises cuts about the face and head. Detail of the accident could not be learned, but witnesses have ' been subpoenaed to appear in po lice court Friday morning, when an effort will be made to ascertain who was responsible for the accident Officer Bass made the case. NEGRO’S BACK BROKEN WHEN HIT BY AUTO , Shump Dugan, aged negro, was . seriously injured Saturday aftcr , noon whe nhe was run ovre by a , car driven by Mrs. Tucker, onF'or- I syth street, a short distance below the Sumter county stockade. The . negro failed to look in either direc tion in crossing the street, accord- . ing t othe police. Little hope is held out for the re covery of the negro, hs itis feared . his back was broken. PARALYTIC CONFESSES WHOLESALE MURDER BERLIN, July 7—Another whole- 1 sale murderer was placed on trial . Monday in the small town of Lim burg. He is Director Angerstein, ' of a cement factory, in whose home eight members of the household s were found dead last December. ■ The court room was packed as An- I gerstein related in a calm manner i how he murdered his wife and his other victims. He went into the : most horrible details without be • traying the slightest emotion. He : admitted that only his wife was ' killed outright. The other victims i groaned for some time after he struck them. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 7, 1925 ONE KILLED IN CALIFORNIA HI JACKER BATTLE Posse Member Victim of Hijack er’s Rifle; Two Officers Are Wounded CALVARYMEN AID IN SEARCH FOR KILLERS Cna«t Guard to Patrol Coast to Prevent Hijackers From Escaping SALINAS, Calif., July 7. —Two companies of calvarymen from Monterey, Presido, today are pa trolling the countryside in earch of hijackers reported moving inland from ahore after a clash with civil authorities, in which one posse member was killed and two officers wounded. A call is out for coast guard cut ters to patrol the coast in order to prevent the hijackers escaping in small boats. The posse was searching for the men who fired on the officer when they were stopped on the road and after their identity had been made known were greeted with the order “shoot them,” and the hijackers fired on them from all sides of the road. 38 BILLS REACH HOUSE HOPPER Monday Is Busy Day for Solons; Sumter Delegates Ask Ap propriation for A. & M. ATLANTA, July 7. Thirty eight bills were introduced in the house Monday, while an even doz en measures were dropped in the senate hopper. This brings the to tal in the house up to 313, whilo in the senate a total of 68 measures have been introduced. The Sumter delegation introduc ed a bill asking for an appropria tion of $15,429 to pay for the Academic building at the local A. & M. school. Among the more important bills introduced in the huose are: Smith, of Grady—To prevent haz ing in schools and colleges. Smith, of Grady—To repeal the Workmen’s Compensation Act of 1920. Peterson, of Tift—To appropri ate $70,000 to the South Georgia A. & M. school. Daniel and Martin, of Troup, and others—To organize a state highway commission of three mem bers and define their duties and ob ligations. Bower, of Decatur —To provide for the disqualification of judges in cirminal cases upon the giving of affidavits of prejudice. Hall delegation—To provide for an election to exempt new industries from taxation in Hall county. Westbrook, of Dougherty To provide how mortgages on stocks of goods shall be taken. Hopkins, of Thomas, and others —To appropriate $109,000 to build a fence between Georgia and Flor ida to prevent the spread of the cattle tick. Barrett, of Stephens—To aid in establishing consolidated schools. Wimberly, of Toomßbs —To abol ish the Bowden State Normal and Industrial Collgee. Wilhott, of Warren—To abolish the third, fourth fifth, sixth, sev enth, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth district A.&M. scools. Dorsey, of White—To auhtorize the mayor and council of Helen to call a special election to exempt cer tain property from taxation. Boswell, of Greene—- To provide that judges render a decision within 60 days when defendant is in jail. SOUTH GEORGIA COLLEGE ASKS STATE FOR $251,000 TIFTON, July 7.—The present. legislature will be asked for an ap propriation of $251,000 for running expenses of the South Georgia A. and M. College for the next two and a half years. Plains to this es-l feet were approved and adopted at, a special meeting of the board >f I trustees recently. SIO,OOO of the I fund will be asked for immediatelyl to meet the inceased cost of operat-| ing the school, 7he American Venus Suggests Water Wagon, Beauty Seekers —■ ; >♦-<* ; >r 'I ' G" .-v- < I ywf GZ* «1 fligw Z; - a * •'X'M $ i r "" A mT . 4 1 v s■■$■■ ... . g ' - # ■ ■ P JSHw ■ ■■ 1 ■■■ ———- ■ --- By Dorothy Knapp of the Ziegfled Follies Cold water is my favorite beau tifier. I start the day with a cold shower, though if the weath er is around zero 1 begin with a tepid one and delay the icy spray for a few seconds. In the evening 1 always take a warm bath, but I finish with a quick cold spray. This, I believe, i hardens the flesh and keeps it firmly molded. I also finish every massage that I lax Payers League Wants By LOVELACE EVE Referendum On White Way “Voter* of America*, Matter* of More Than Passing Importance to Every Tax Payer in Americu* About to Happen. ’ The above, in big black type, is the heading over a circular mailed to the Times-Recorder and signed “Tax Payers of Americus.” There are no signatures on the circular to denote who constitutes the league <sr its officers. The first few paragraphs of the circular follow: At the present session of the Legislature your Representatives, Messrs. Hinge, and Riley, will eith er favor or oppose a proposed amendment to the Charter of Am ericus that if passed will tax all property owners to maintain a special and very expensive light ing system for a few property owners. If this contemplated amend ment is passed, the expense of maintaining such expensive light ing system will be continuous, whether you like it or not. There is also contemplated a plan by which the City of Am ericus is to discontinue the Demo cratic plan of paying one-third of the expense of paving the city’s streets —after certain well known streets here have been paved under the one-third plan. The present officials of the City of Americus should have given the people the right to ex press themselves on these all-im (Continued on Page Five) JOHNSON TO HEAD SOUTHERN NEWSPAPERS ASHVILLE, July 7.—Walter C. Johnson, .of the Chattanooga News, was nominated president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers As sociation to serve during the ensu ing year by a nominating commit tee today. He has been secretary pf the association for many years. I give my neck, shoulders and arms with a cold water rinse. If I feel very tired and listless, 1 drink two glasses of cold water, then make a cold compress and hold it over my eyes for 10 or 15 minutes while I lie on the bed perfectly relaxed. This always brings back a sparkle, and I feel as revived as flowers must afte summer rain. To all beauty seekers, I advise the water wagon. REDUCTION IN INCOME TAXES Is Feeling of Coolidge; Should Be Cut All Along the Line, He Says SWAMPSCOTT, July 7.—Presi dent Coolidge feels that the next reduction in taxes should be made in incomes all along the line. While leaving the actual preparation of the tax reduction bill in the hands of the house ways and means com mittee and treasury officials, the president hopes that it will provide for general relief and at the same time make possible the greatest amount of returns in revenue. REVIEWS HISTORY OF STATE TAXATION Reviewing the history of taxation in Georgia and the history of ef forts at tax reform, the governor enumerated what he conceived to have been facts, demonstrated by a careful study of the state by vari ous commissions and proposed legis lation that would combine classifi cation and incomes taxes as the only method of tax relief and the only way the state could acquire the additonal $3,000,000 revenue which he said was required by the state. BILL FOR $70,000,000 ROAD BOND ISSUE 000 road bond issue was proposed in a bill introduced in the house to day by Represtative Wood, of Spaulding. The measure would provide for an amendment to the constitution to permit the bond is sue, EDUCATION AND i TAX DISCUSSED BY GOVERNOR Urges Combination of Classifi cation and Income Tax Be fore Joint Session Proposes $10,000,000 to $15,- 000,000 Educational Bond Issue ATLANTA, July 7. A cun.bi nation of classification income tax as a solution of tax revision in Geor gia and a bond issue of $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 for educational pur poses were proposed by Governor Walker today in his address before a joint session of the general as sembly. DAYTON READY FOR APE TRIAL Throngs Pour Into Tennessee Town Where Scopes Is to Be Tried DAYTON, July 7. —In Dayton everything date sfro mnext Frida... Tourists are arriving and newspa per correspondents are streaming into the town on every incoming train. Merchants, hotel keepers, garage men, venders and plain citi zens point forward to Friday as the beginning of things. With the removal last night of every trace of fear that the Scopes evolution trial might be removed throug hthe intervention of the. fed eral courts, the town settled down in earnest wor kcomplcting prep arations. HOLIDAY DEATHS REACH 250 MARK Automobile Accidents and Drownings Head List of of Fatalities CHICAGO, July 7.—The toll of holiday fatalities throughout th ■ country mounted to the 250 inarx, with automobile accidents an i drownings at the head of the list, without the Boston cabaret tragedy in which 43 persons perished. Although the Fourth of July pas with remarkably few deaths from fire works and explosions, the ab normal traffic in suburban areas led to an unusually long list of dead and injured. • More than 400 were injured in the states which reported the heav iest death tolls. Illinois reported 57 dead and more than 100 injured. Other state tolls follow: Massachusetts, 49; New York, 26; Indiana, 13; Ohio, 29; Missouri, 2; ( Connecticut, 8; Rhode Island, 6; New Jersey, 3; Pennsylvania, 6; Vermont, 2; Minnesota, 8; lowa, 4; California, 10 Colorado, 3; North Dakota, 2. COLLAPSE PROBE NOW UNDER WAY BOSTON, July. 7.—The Suffolk county grand jury went into session Monday in its investigation to de termine the cause of the collapse of the Pickwick building that the last pile of debris has been removed with out disclosing more victims leaving the final list of dead at 43. Daniel Cupid Continues to Increase Ordinary’s Receipts Little Match-Maker Has Busy; Month During June; 207 Li- i censes Issued This Year Daniel Cupid, the distributor <<i love darts, continues to increase the revenue of the ordinary’s office, ac cording to the big book in (.apt. Cobb’s office, which shows that 31 love-struck couples were granted marriage licenses, and started on i the road to matrimony during the month of June. Os these 24 were! procured by colored swains and. 7 by white. During the month of June, 1924 ' 23 marriage licenses were issued, i PRICE FIVE CENTS COMMISSIONERS GET BIG REFUND FROM RAILROAD 11. P. Everett, Rate Expert Pre sents Body With 744.78, Freight Overcharge CLAIMS AMOUNTING TO $2,283.62 BE RECOVERED Overcharge On Road Material; Body for Consolidation of Tax Offices Claims amounting to $2,283.62 for freight overcharges will be paid the County Commissioners in the next 30 days. Monday, 11. P. Ev erett, rate expert for the county, handed the county a check for $744.78 of this sum and slated that the balance would be secured for them during the month. These claims are for freight over charges on stone, slag and other materials purchased by the commissioners. While secretary of the chamber of commerce, Mr. Everett secured new ami lower freight classifica tions for road materials and has since collected several thousands of dollars for the county from the railroads in the form of over- ( charges. 1. B. Small and Jack Britain, tax receiver and tax collector of the county appeared before the comma • sinners Monday with the request that no change be made in those two offices until the terms of Mr. Small and Mr. Brittain expire, something like four years hence. It was stated that a bill will !>•> introduced in this session of the Leg islature to consolidate the two of fices. Mr. Small said that he could not see how there could be any saving to the county, that ho need (Continued on Page Six) THREE PREPARE TO PAY DEBTS Czeclic-Slovakia Latest to An nounce Readiness to Enter Negotiations WASHINGTON, July 7. With the dates tentatively set for receiv ing the French and Belgian missions, and with negotiations already un derway with Italy, the state depart ment was notified today that Czecho-lllovakia will formarlly an nounc.e within a few days its readi ng;.. to enter immediate conferences for settlement of it. reconstruction debt to the United States. RICHLAND’S THEATRE CHANGES HANDS RICHLAND, July 7. —(Special) The Grand Theatre which has been operated for several years by Ernest Elrod has been purchased by E. A, Mayo, local proprietor of the Chcro Cola Bottling company. The Richland Orchestra will fur nish special music, which will add much pleasure to the motion picture lovers. REGULAR LEGION MEETING TONIGHT The regular meeting of the John D. Mathis Post of the American Le gion, will be held tonight at 7:30 in the American Legion hall. AU members are urged to be present to take part in the election of officers for the coming year. Final arrange ments will be made for the state 1 convention at Rome in August. J 23 to negroes and 10 to whites. I June seems to lead the other months I :n marriage license receipts and ac cording to Capt. Cobb, is really the marrying month. During the first six months of this year 207 marriage licenses have been issued against 164 through this period last year. Forty five were issued to white couples i this year, against 35 last. If the increase in the sale of mar ! riage licenses is a fore runner of ■ prosperity, as many people see’4 j to think, then Sumter county is i»i I for a good year, beginning this fa'l, {according to the ordinary’s record*,,
