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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON I (Middling, 23 3-4 c. J WEATHER j For Georgia—Fair in north; !o-> cal thundershowers in south portion > tonight and Saturday. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 161 First Shot Fired Today in Tennessee’s ‘Monkey War’ BODY OF WOMAN AND MAN FOUND IN AUTOMOBILE Sergeant-Detective Walling and Miss Mary A. Linzmayer Shot Through Heart NOT KNOWN WHETHER SUICIDE OR MURDER Pistol Found in Limousine Be side Dead Pair Believed to Have Been Officer’s RUMSON, N. J., July 10. The bodies of Sergeant-Detective Henry Walling of Long Branch, and Miss Mary A. Linzmayer, of Atlantic Highlands, were found in a limouis ine in Ward avenue early today. Both had been shot through the heart. The police said that wheth er it was a case of murder or sui cide depended largely upon wheth er the revolver found in the ear was tlie kind used by the Long Branch officers. A passerby noticing the lights burning on the limouisine early this morning walked over to investigate and found the bodies lying in the bottom of the car. He declared to poliae that he did not see anyone leave or approach the car. The jewelry worn by Miss Linzmayer was not molested, neither was the money which Walling carried. It is said that the opinion of of ficials is that the pair met death at the hands of someone who stopped the car and fired the fatal shots or that Miss Linzmayer and Walling committed suicide, as indications pointed to the car being halted properly. It is a certainty that they were not killed while the car was in motion. Walling was a popular member of the Long Branch detective force and the entire department is to ex j ert every effort in apprehending the person or persons responsible for the crime, provided it is determined that he or Miss Linzmayer did not commit suicide. BILL TO AMEND constitution Measure Would Prohibit Levy ing of An Advalorem Tax for Many Purposes ATLANTA, July 10.—The con stitution of Georgia would be amend cd to prohibit levying of an ad valorem tax for the purposes un der the provisions in a bill intro duced in the house today by Rep resentative Bussey, of Crisp and ten or 12 others. The measure provides that for state purposes an income tax may be levied by the legisla ture. | Another measure introduced to | day would make it unlawful after | January 1, next, the sale of pistol ? hnd revolvers not designed for use I by the militia. It was introduced I by Representative Dorris, of Doug las. BOYS EN ROUTE TO FLA. ROB GASOLINE TANK& RICHLAND, July 10.— (Special) ■ —Six white boys traveling out of Birmingham for Florida in an au tomobile stopped at Brooklyn, a little town seven miles from Rich land, Tuesday night and robbed the tank of Hollonton and Son of lubri cating oil. The proprietor, was sleeping in the store and was awakened by the noise outside. When he arose to investigate, the intruders drove away, but he fol ly,;ed them into Richland, whore he bad them detained but allowed them to pK. 'ed after they had paid the to his oil tank. ' The next morning it was discover ed that the same boys had into the gas tank at Patterson and Davis, at Renfroe. They were traced and three of them were ar rested at Moultrie, the other three so far have escaped. FURNITURE MAKERS PAY LARGE FINES CHICAGO, July 10. —Eighty-one case goods furniture manufacturers, indicted for violation of the Sher man anti-trust law’, today entered pleas of guilty and were given fines aggregating $182,000. The indictments were returned several months ago, i T RDER PUBLISHED IN THE heart of DIXIE WHO PLACED THESE TWO IN CHAINS? - , r ■ / ' >■■ "r*—. ■■"“<a * > * • rr jfr If / V. LAWRENCE BOWMAN (above) AND DR. W. D. MASON. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 10.—A mountain kidnaping that nearly cost the lives of two men is proving one of the toughest puz zles to Tennessee mountaineers that ever popped up here. Dr. W. D. Mason, veterinarian and Lawrence Bowman, assistant prohibition ag mt, were found elvined to a tree on Signal Moun t:r,:, near here, After the,’ had be-, a missing fu, ! days. They said feudists had bound them there. But the mountaineers say: “It’s maughty .strange. Never heered of a feudist that didn’t kill. Never heered of one that tied his man. Those fellahs either kill or nothin.’ It’s maughty strange.” City Fathers Meet Tonight Council Will Confine Its Activi ties to Routine Business, Is Report Unless something unexpected turns up between now and 7:30 to night, city council will confine its efforts to threshing out routine business at its regular meeting to night, according to several council men. City Engineer Walker said that he was desirous of submitting his paving report tonight but will be unable to do so until the following meeting, due to the paving project being delayed on account of a short age of asphalt. In his report M”. Walker will give an itemized ac count of every dollar expended by the city in paving the streets. Jack Flies in Berlin 11 ..->*• ■f*- * .... ..... ’ Our Mr. Dempsey, who has beer. ■ pping about Europe on his honey ipon, is shown leaving a German spsenger plane in which he made AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JULY IQ. 1925 BRYAN’S FARRIVAUHNj CHAMBER IS MARKED IBYitLOUD CHEERING I Trial Held Up As the Case of Jchn T. Scopes, Charged With Violation of the Tennesee Law Against Teaching Evolu tion, Played in the Hands ot Grand Jury for Second Time; Doubt As to the Legality of cf the Indictment Against Teacher- DAYTON, Tenn., July 10. - A new indictment, based upon the evidence responsible for the old document, was returned against Scores by the grand jury. Son after the second indictment was returned to replace the tech nically imperfect first document, Darrow, attorney for the defense, stated to the court that he and his associates regarded the scientific testimony, that the theory of evo lution does not contract the divine story of the creation, as competent. Darrow’s statement was met by a statement from the state that the prosecution would contest the intro duction of extraneous evidence and would insist that such scientific evidence in this case would be in competent. Judge John Raulston indicated that he favored the selection of a jury first, before the matter was argued and adjourned the court with instructions to have 100 extra jurymen present at 1:30. DAYTON, Tenn., July 10. The case of John T. Scopes, charged with violating the Tennessee law against teaching evolution in the public sclic.:!s ; v/as placed in the hands of th a Rhea county grand jury for the second time here to day, when tlie court convened for the trial of the 24-year-old school teacher. Attorney General A. T. 7 ennessee has Most Unique School in US. Baxter Caters to Aged and Poor; 57-(Year-Old f/.an Works for H. S. Diploma BAXTER, Tenn., July I-).--Bax ter Seminary, located in Putnam county on the Cumberland plateau in the mountains of Tennessee, is unique in the age and poverty of Its students. Os the 14 students who were graduated this year, three were between 35 and 40 years of age. The average age of the 110 students in attendance throughout the year was between 25 and 30. “Our students are poor ami needy, live in little log cabins, have ooor land, and are older than the aver age,” said Rev. Harry L. Upper man, president. “Three students be tween 30 and 35 years of age are in the first, second and third years of high school respectively and some who are between 20 and 30 are in the first and second years of high school. One man is now 57 and has been trying all hi? life to finish so that he could have the honor of graduating from high school work before he died." Practically all the student?; work their way through the seminary, do ing sweeping, farming, waiting on tables, etc., and most of them pay their tuition in cornmc.il, flour, meat and beans. “We have never turned :. student away because of poverty.” sa'd Pres ident Upperman. . a flight. Quite a crowd of curi ous ones indicated that Jack is not entirely unknown to the German boys. I Stewart asked that the grand jury i be summoned. As <oon as the grand jurymen j entered the court room they were • informed by Judge Raulston that some question had arisen as to the legality of the indictment returned against Scope* and declared that j the case would have to be given I grand jury consideration again. The point at issue was the con ! tention that 30 days had not elapsed ! after the call for a special session of grand jury and the meeting of that body. During the first two hours of to ; day's court session only one great I outburst of cheering came from the ' hundreds of spectator who crowded - into the small court room. it ‘j marked the arrival of William Jen :, nings Bryan, to begin his work in 1 connection with the prosecution. (By The Associated Press) 1 NEW YORK, July 10.—The age ’ old effort to define truth will be revived when Professor John T. Scopes, Tennessee evolutionist, has ,his .day in court. His indictment for teaching tne Darwinian theory in public schools contrary to the statute has pre ind ents which reach back for centuries. In America they date virtually from Plymouth Rock; in the world at large, from the dawn of the Chris , tian era. I The now nationally know “Scopes case” is recognizably akin to pre vailing differences between Mod ernists and F uuadmentalists which have increased with the rise of Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, The last actual trial occurred in Cleveland, 0., in May, 1924, when William Montgomery Brown, form er Protestant Epi.".opal Bishop of Arkansas, was prone meed guilty by WOULD ABOLISH A. & M. SCHOOLS Measure Asks That Property Be Turned Over to County Beards of Education ATLANTA, July .19— A bill which seeks to abolish the 12 Agri cultural and Mechanical Art schools, located in tne respective Congres sional districts of the state, as branches of the University of Geor gia, has been introduced in the house. The measure, which bears the names of Representaties Wimberly, of Toombs, Wilhoit, of Warren, and others, would turn the property of these schools over the County Boards of Education in the various counties in which the schools are located. These schools, created as branches of the University of Georgia, were brought into being in compliance .with an act of the legislature ap proved August 18, 1906. The object of the measure, Rep rcsentaive, Wilhoit, one of its spon sors. says, is to concentrate state ap propriations for agricultural educa tion at the Uniersity of Georgia it self, rather than have such appropria tions split between 13 schools. His view, he says, is that in this way Georgia would have one strong in stitution, amply provided for, for the whole state. RICHLAND FARM CHANGES HANDS RICHLAND, July 10.—(Special) —Fred T. Bridges, assistant com missioner of agriculture under J. J. Brown, bought the farm of Rep. R. L. Gillen, about three miles east of Richland. This i sa valuable farm as Mr. Gil len has considerable acreage already set to pecans that will begin bearing in the next three to four years. Mr. Bridges believes there is a great fu ture to the pecan industry and it is understood that he will plant v eral additional acres to pecans this fall. CHICKEN THIEF PROVES TO BE TWO-FOOT OWL SiVANNAH, July 10.--Young Gel ,<■ T. White, 15, who lives near th/ ’fiity set five steal traps recent \yl capture the chicken thief that han been killing his chickens. The next morning he found a large two foot owl sitting in one of the traps staling vacantly about. The four othe rtraps had been snapped before the marauder was caught The owl had been swooping down upon the young chickens and snapping off their heads, and leaving their bodies. The young trapper s*ate 1 the owl would suffer the same fate as a > sheep-killing dog. a church court of holding beliefs at odds with the accepted doctrine of his denomination. He publicly avowed communism and so-called atheism. In the ’9os, Professor Charles A Briggs, a Presbyterian seminarian of New York City, was charged with having expressed himself at vari ance with the Westminister Confes sion. The New York Presbytery cleared him, but the General As sembly of the church reversed the decision and pronounced a verdict of suspension. Dr. Richard Herbert Newton, a Wew York Episcopalian, of the same period, cut short charges against his “broad churchmanship" by demand ing a formal trial. His demand was met but the plaintiffs failed to ap pear. David Swing of Chicago left the Presbyterian faith to preach inde pendently in the ’7os when those citing him for alleged heresy refus ed to abide by his acquittal at the hands of the Chicago Presbytery and threatened to appeal to the Synod. Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, Sunday school worker, was haled before the Presbyterian authoritie sin San Francisco about 1870. Theologians to survive heresy pro | ceedings and gain what was re ported as a firmer position were Horace Bushnell Congregationalist of Hartford, Conn., in 1849; Prof. Philip Schaaf, whose acquittal in the German Reformed Church in 1845 was echoed for thiry-five years in the “Mercersburg controversy;” Lyman Beecher, father of Henry Ward Beecher, and Presbyterian pastor in Cincinnati, in 1835; and I Rev. Albert Barnes, Presbyterian j (Continued on Page Eight) Asphalt Due to Arrive by Express 7 oday Five and a Half Tons of Mate rial Necessary to Complete Paving One of the largest and most ex pensive express shipments, as far as charges are concerned, ever to be consigned to Americus will arrive in the city about noon today from Charleston, S. C. The shipment consists of 11,000 pounds of as phalt, necessary to complete Th<- street paving project. With less than 100 yards of pav ing to be laid, that will require about 4 hours working time, Citv Engineer Walker discovered that he was out of asphalt. There had been a slip up somewhere, and the contractor was to blame for the shortage. Mr. Bowe, contractor, admitted that, the error in calculating the necessary amount of asphalt to b ■ used, rested on his shoulders and suggested to Mr. Walker that they order out by freight the necessary asphalt to complete the project. The city engnieer, being anxious to complete the paving by Saturday afternoon, suggested that the as phalt be shipped by express. Mr. Bowe, desirous of coorporating with the city, readily consented. By shipping the asphalt by ex press the city will be able to com plete the paving Saturday, where it would be the first part or the middle of next week before the project would be completed if the material was freighted. Observing Judie’s Dogs •/ Ci Ip - j P ■'' Pl i/M # W 7 The Angell Memorial Hospital in I the doctors shown here are tryi'M? Boston gives animals the same effi- to diagnose it by X-ray. Miss Ba n; cient X-ray service which a human i Gardner, a visitor from Peru, Ind., being can get. The young elephant /id as volunteer nurse. Jqdie developed toot trouble, and 1 NEARLY BURNED TOWN j OVER THIS LITTLE GIRI I id E i i W Z® f ’ - y l< I SB I < i i ® I i -W' • f pr 0 J®! They pretty nearly burned a town over this girl. She a Chinese “sing-song girl," living in the Chi nese town of Shayang, in Hupeh province. Ker admirers got in a fight, upset a lamp and burned 100 houses. Now Peking and Shang hai want her to come and dance for them. The little girl has been popular in Shayang and other Chi nese towns for several years, and it is said she has more admirers than any other woman in the Shay ang section. She was singing one of China’s popular airs at the tin.e of fight between her admirers. She managed to live very comfortable from the money given her by her audience, but she now faces a life of luxury if she accepts the Pek ing or Shanghai offer. All White Way Cable Arrives Will Be Held By City Until All Lighted Area Plans ate Com plete White Way enthusiast sregistered additional enthusiasm this morning when it was announced by City En gineer Walker that the cable to be used in the lighted area had arrived Thursday night, and would be stored in the city’s warehouse until all white way plans had been complet ed. The cable, approximately 1,000 feet in length, was purchased by the city several weeks ago, following a call meeting of city council, at which Steve Pace, leading exponent of the white way, had assured the body that the cable would be paid for by the Kiwanis club and prop erty owners if the project did not materialize. NEW YORK FUTURES "* ! j Mar. -23.70;23.80J23.75123.87 J July 23.55j23.63|23.83|23,55 i <>l 23.83J23.90:23.85[23.78 ; PRICE FIVE CENTS MAN WHO KNOWS GEORGIA TELLS OF PROSPERITY Dennis Barrett, Friend of the Farmer, Paints Rosy Pen Picture of State’s Future REPRESENTS WORLD’S LARGEST CHEMICAL CO. Declares Cotton Crop to Be Better This Year Than at Any Time in Last Ten How the sale of calcium arsenate this, season compares with last sea son’s sales; what is the crop condi tion in the countie scomprising the cotton belt and what are the pros pects for the farmers for the com ing year are tcld in an interesting interview with Dennis Barrett,, rep resentative of one of the largest chemical companies in the United States, who has traveled, and soli arsenate in the cotto nbelt, sinuc the coming of the first weevils. “The farmers, I am thoroughly convinced, have determined to whip the boll weevils,” said Mr. Barrett. “In my trips tiiis year through the counties comprising thecotton belt, 1 find 95 per cent of the fanners using calcium arsenate and other poisons in their fight against the pest, and although there has been sold only 75 per cent as much cal cium arsenate this year as last, this does not indicate that the poison is not being used as much. A number of the farmers purchased great (inanities of poison last year, and due to the exceptionally dry and favorable season it was not neces sary to use much poison and the bulk of it was carried over until this year." Speaking of the crop condition throughout the cotton belt, Mr. Den nis said, “I have never seen at any time during the past 10 years, con ditions so encouraging as they are at present. Every cotton growing county in the state has been blessed with ideal weather conditions and the inhabitants have resorted to hard work in an effort to bring pros parity to this section of the coun try. Everywhere Igo people are nt work, and the singing in the fields shows that the fanners are happy and expecting better times.” “Why shouldn’t the people of Georgia enjoy an unprecented era of prosperity this year,” said Mr. Barrett, preparatory to discussing this phase of the situation. “South Georgia is about to terminate its watermelon season, wit hthousands of dollars in profits tucked away in the “jeans” of the melon grow ers; the orchardists in the peach belt have been doubly fortunate in selling their peaches at a big profit, and finding a ready market for all the good fruit they can ship. The bulk of the peaches in this section arc yet to be shipped, and indica tions are that the market/ will strengthen rather than decline be fore the season ends.” “The people in the tobacco sec tion, the counties of south Georgia, are, I beliee, going to feel the first effects of prosperity and will prob ably realize a greater pecuniary gain than the other sections of the state. Their fields of tobacco, which has all been placed in curing barns, were the best that I have ever seen. Thousands of acres were planted in this section and practically every leaf has found its way to the curing barn.” “Although tobacco is the major crop in several of the South Geor gia counties, the farmers have not devoted their entire time and acre age to the weed, but have diversified to perfection. Along with every crop o ftobacco you will find a number of acres planted in cotton, soy beans and other crops. The farmers have realized that they must grow their feed crops to come out ahead of the banker when the final crop is harvested in the early winter.” Regardless of rainy weather, Mr. Barrett believes that if the farmers of Sumter county and the other cot ton growing counties will fight the boll weevil with all of their energy, they v il 1 produce more cotton this year than they have any year in the past ten. Farmers are continuing to pur chase calcium arsenate in this sec tion, Mr .Barrett said, but the end of this week will find the market very inactive, when he will go to North Georgia where the farmerg are in the midst of their battle with the bell weevil. _., . w
