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{AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Middling 23 3-4 c ! WEATHER < For Georgia——Kafir tonigKO; < J Tuesday, fair in south, showers in > north portion; slightly warmer in > | extreme north portion tonight; i mod era t.e ea st all d southeast winds. J FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 169 DARROW CITED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT Chicago Attorney To Answer To Judge Raulston For Remarks Made When Scientists Excluded Leading Attorney for the De fense Directed to Make a $5,000 Bond for His Appear ance to Answer to Citation Tuesday. Court Room Thrown Into Excitement When Judge Ralston Calls Famous Criminal Lawyer No Degree of Conflict Be tween Evolution and the Bible, Says Expert. DAYTON, July 20. Judge John T. Raulston today cited Clar ence Darrow, defense attorney in the Scopes evolution trial, for con tempt of his court and directed the Chicago attorney before him Tues day morning to show why contempt proceedings should not be instituted. The judge named as the grounds for the citation the remarks made by Darrow to the court on Friday, when the court excluded the testi mony of scientific experts from the jury. The Chicago lawyer was di rected to make a $5,000 bond for his appearance to answer to the ci tation tomorrow- The large crowd that thronged the court room this morning, expect ing to be present at the closing of the evolution trial which has placed Dayton on the map, experienced the greatest thrill and shock of the trial, when Judge Raulston cited the famous criminal lawyer for. con tempt of court. The court received the guarantee of Darrows security and the trial proceeded by an effort of the de fense to introduce documentary evidence in the. absence of the jury. The defense contended that it should be permitted to read the statements to the court in the hope that the court might be convinced of the error in having held the law constitutional. Raulston finally ruled that one hour be given to the defense to read portions of the statements. SCIENTIFIC REPORT OF MAYNARD METCALF DAYTON, Tenn., July 20—There is no degree of conflict between evolution and the Bible, Maynard M. Metcalf, zoologist, former head of the zoological department at Oberlin College, declared in a state ment admitted to the record in the Scopes evolution case here today. “There is no conflict, no least degree of conflict, between the Bible and the fact of evolution,” the state ment said, “but the literalist inter pretation of the words of the Bible is not only purile, it is insulting both to God and to human intelli-' gence. “But the fundamentalist would do much worse than God. He is in reality, although he doesn’t realize this, trying to shut man’s mind to God’s ever growing revelation of himself to the human soul. “He teaches in effect that God’s revelation of himself was completed long ago, that he long ago ceased to unfold his mind to men in new rev elation. This is evil influence, criminal damnable. Truth is sacred and to hinder men’s approach to truth is as evil a thing, as unchris tian a thing, as one can do. PHILLIPS NAMED TO SUCCEED ANDERSON ATLANTA, July 20. Governor Walker this morning nominated John R. Phillips, of Jefferson coun ty, to be am ember of the State Highway commission for a term be ginning today and ending January 1, 1926, to succeed W. T. Ander son, resigned. KILLED BY LIGHTNING MOBILE, Ala., July 20.—David Ellis, 32, was struck by lightning and killed while in h® home here Sunday during an electrical storm that visited this city. The house was badly wrecked byjthe crash. His wife was badly shocked. Blackshear Preparing To Sell 10,000,000 lb,Crop of Tobacco Each Tobacco Buying Company to Have Two Buyers on Hand Durinf Sales Season BLACKSHEAR, lly 20.—That the local tobacco market will open under the most favoihble conditions that have yet atter|led a tobacco sales year here on the official open ing day, July 28, aid that Black shear will be well prepared to care for the bumper croi predicted for this section of the (Jeorgia tobacco belt, is indicated bjl statements of • THETIMESORECORDER EftII,PUBLISHED IN THE OF~sixiE~gsft? Darrow, Leading Figure in Ape War,'Explains Self to'Reporter JIB \ Wwf \ ; t ./ H i 7 FvJrL /■ CLARENCE DARROW BY GENE COHN DAYTON, Tenn., July 20. “lt’s n.y darn emotionalism. When ever thing get calm and quiet, 1 begin to feel uneasy—as though some thing was wrong. “Then along comes another fight—and, there I go again! I’m 68 and still at it, in spite of myself, so I guess it’s incurable.” With a clumsy, boyish awkwardness that approached self-conscious ness, Clarence Darrow was trying to explain his paradoxical self. He has said he believes in nothing—yet, here he was, in a humid arena of sweating humans, one sleeve torn at the elbow from the vio lence of arm motion, his awkward shoulders humped, tiny rivulets of per spiration coursing down the deep wrinkles of his furrowed face; here he was battling for the ancient cause of “free religious thought against bigotry and ignorance.” In spite of all his sardonic commentaries on th efutility of “saving things,” in spite of his oft-reiterated despair at the fumbling of men and the hopelessness of doing anything about it—here he was throwing the remaining energy of a late lifetime that this may be a more 'tolerant, better world.” And this without a cent of financial reward, ofr his was a gratuitous offer of service. Why? How explain the paradox? (Continued on Page Five) AUTHOR OF BILL PROHIBITING DANCING ON SUNDAY SAYS OPEN DESECRATION OF THE SABBATH HAS A BAD EFFECT ON YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS IN GEORGIA ATLANTA, July 20.—That open desecration of the Sabbath has a bad effect on “our young boys and girls, who are the men and women of tomorrow,” was declared by Rep resentative Peacock, of Laurens, in commenting on his house bill, as well as a measure now pending in the senate, prohibiting the opera tion of public dance halls on Sun day, an dalso public dancing. Both measures have been reported favor ably by their respective committees. Tlie bills cannot be construed as seeking to legislate’ morals into anybody, Mr. Peacock explained, but simply for the observance of the Lord’s Day, commonly known as BONDHOLDERS OF V.C. CO. TO RECEIVE LARGE SUMS NEW YORK, July 20—The bond holders of the Virginia Carolina Chemical company were officially notified by the Central Union Trust company, of New York, trustees in the receivership proceedings, that a cash distribution at the rate of S4OO per each SI,OOO bond would be made July 21. The distribution 4s to be made out of the proceeds of the sale of the stock of the Southern Cotton Oil company, pledged as security for the Virginia Carolina company’s bond. warehousemen and other experts stationed here at this time. Four large warehouses, contain ing an aggregate floor space of 175,000 square feet, will be in readi ness to care for the ten million pound crop of golden leaf experts predict will be sold on the floors of the warehouses on the opening day. Crop conditions are extremely favorable. It is said that this sec tion has one of the best crops of tobacco to be found anywhere in the tobacco belt, and that the quali ty of the cured leaf will easily equal that of last year. AMERICUS. GEORGIA. MONDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 20. 1925 Sunday. “We have laws prohibiting hunt ing and fishing or playing basebail on Sunday, and I am sure that these three indulgences are just as clean sports as dancing. “I have been informed that three places in Georgia had public danc ing last Sunday. Two of these were said to “be in hotels and the other was at Tybce Island. “I have no objection to dancing in the proper time and place, but there is a time for all things, and it is my belief that the Sabbath should be observed in a sacred man ner.” 12 MISSING IN OPEN BOAT ON MOBILE BAY MOBILE, Ala., July 20. Elliott G. Rickarby, prominent Mobile attorney and a party of 12 are mining in an open boat in Mobile Bay. They left their summer home at Montrpse on eastern shore Sunday and were due back at noon, but at 7:30 this morning had not been heard from. Several heavy squalls were reported on the bay Sun day. COLLIER TO FORM INSURGENT BLOC In Effort to Force Extra Session to Oppose Walker’s Tax Reform Program ATLANTA, July 20. The for mation of an insurgent bloc in the senate, led by Senator J. C. Col lier, chairman of the senate finance committee, to force an extra ses sion of the general assembly in November to oppose Gov. Walk er’s tax reform program and to substitute therefor a general sales tax, was forecast this morning by Senator Collier. ADMITS FAKING | STORY TO SAVE RUSSELL SCOTT Detroit Telegrapher, Who Wired He Saw Killing, Ad mits He Was Romancing SAYS HE FAKED STORY FOR SAKE OF HUMANITY Scott’s Predicament Preyed On Mind and He Wanted to Help Him. ball Reason’s DETROIT, Mich., July 20. James M. Ball, a telegrapher, who on Friday said that he had witnessed the shooting of Joseph Mauer, a Chi cago drug clerk and claimed that Russell Scott did not commit the murder of Mauer for which Scott now faces the gallows in Chicago, last night said he faked the storv “for the sake of humanity.” Scott's predicament preyed on his mind Ball said. “I wanted to do something for him so I first decided to concoct a telegram purporting to be fro mhis brother but I thought it ought to go a little further—my •mind doesn’t go very far as a rule r —and lastly struck the idea of re porting myself as a witntess. “It was not until after I had told the papers' about it that I found I was not accomplishing any thing and so I ani now admitting the whole story a fake. There was nothing dishonorable in it, anyway. I. told a lie to save one whom I be lieve innocent. I wanted to do something for him and his children.” Ball said he and Leslie Small, son of Governor Small, had been good friends since boyhood days, in the governor’s home town of Kan kabee. Hl. “They are probably laughing right now and calling me a fool. I didn’t have sense enough to analyze it all until it was too late •and mp wife and mother pointed out the fallacies in my statements." LEGION TO HAVE MELON CUTTING Important Matters to Come Up at A. L. Meeting Tuesday Night An old fashioned watermelon cut ting will be staged by John D. Math is Post, at Post Headquarters in the Armory Building at 7:30 Tues day night. “I wish to extend an invitation to all of the Legionaires and ex service men of the county to attend. There are to be a number of import ant matters taken up at this meet ing, one of which will be the re-or ganization of the old Americus Light Infantry. x\>t only ex-serv ice men and Legionaires are urged to be on hand but all who are In terested in re-organizing this unit are invited,” said Commander Bell. A large attendance is expected from Schley county, and it is the de sire of the commander to make the meeting a regular get together af fair. VET MEMORIAL IN NORTH CAROLINA Borglum Plans to Use Stone Mountain Idea: Asured of Financial Backing CHARLOTTE, N. C., July 20. Gutzon Borglum, deposed sculptor of the Confederate. Memorial at Stone Mountain near Atlanta, de clared here today that his original conception of the massive memorial one the face of Rock mountain, ex pressive of the true spirit of the Confederacy, would be carried out in North Carolina. The sculpotor stated that the ex act location of the proposed me i morial had not yet been selected, but that he was assured of ample financial backing to carry the new project to a successful conclusion. LEAPS TO HIS DEATH FROM 15 STORY WINDOW CHICAGO, July 20. —J E. W. Wagner, formerly one of the big gest figures in the Chicago grain trade whose firm failed for several million dollars a few years ago, plunged to his death today from the fifteenth story of the West minister building in the central business district. Harvest Moon Will Find Terrel, Sumter and Lee Gathering One Os The Largest Crops In Years Script Reveals Philip Knapp As Jekyll-Hyde Character ♦ *'*~*' x —v ' KNtCH«u»ocj<e» Ainx>MQfM.e Wautkoumlnc. 7K* 1052 1 r f L ~ , F»U3«FI<j'BAWKi * P mi Mw CL/ AB-lbiS ItewVbnM.) \ if - —— czfeac- —j . A facsimile of the check ma'de out to Louis Panella and the signature believed to be forged by Philip Knox Knapp, which is the basis of this handwriting analysis. While the hue and cry is on for Philip Knox Knapp, hunted as a "thrill murderer” and army deserter, persons all over the country are asking curiously what sort of person is this suddenly notorious young man. The answer can be found only ire the self-revelatory, unconscious clues left behind. J. A. Fowler, noted New York expert, having scrutinized what is believed to be Knapp’s signature, here gives NEA Service and the Times-Recorder an intimate picture of the man’s pecu liar psychology. NEW YORK, July 20. The specimen of writing submitted to me shows three things) FlßST—Through the L and P one sees that, the penman lias a large share of the vital temperament—hence is a lover of life, change of environment, pleasure and things pertaining to social life. SECOND—Sercrettveness is clearly manifest in the cramped co i dition of the wrining. He evidently is not a man to commit himself, but is secretive and rarely is open, frank", candid or above board. THIRD—He evidently is a person of big ideas and able to plan extensive things. The line under his signature indicates this. It is long, yet curved and firmly written, which shows determination and will power. Further analysis indicates that the penman has two natures— a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. For there is an indication of refinesment, light ness and abandon, as wel las just the opposite hardness, severity, strength and positiveness. One soldo mean be sure which nature will be uppermost in his disposition—the free and easy one or the serious and cruel. He is one of those unfortunate creatures who either has lost his poise or has never been able to study himself sufficently to know his strength and his weakness. This often is the ease with a per- (Continued on Page Five) MEASURES AWAITING ACTION IN THE HOUSE WOULD PREVENT THE INTERMARRIAGE OF PERSONS OF DIF FERENT COLOR; WOULD DEFINE SUCH PERSONS, TOO ATLANTA, July 20.—A measure awaiting action in the house would prevent the intermarriage of per sons of different color, would de fine who are persons of color and who are white persons, and provide a system of registration of mar riage licenses as a means of ac complishing this purpose. Under terms of the bill, all ne groes, mulattoes, mestizos, and their descendants, having any ascertain able trace, no matter how slight, of either negro or African, West In dian or Asiatic Indian blood in their veins, and all of their descendents, however remote would be known in this state as persons of color. ( CHINESE TROOPS FIRE 1 I ON BRITISH MAN-O’-WAR ) SHANGHAI, July 20—A wire- < lets dispatch from Luchow, in J the province of Szechuan, re- J ported that Chinese troops had J fired on two vessels which were < ; escorted by the British bettie- < ( ship teal that had arrived to ! ’ bring down foreigners from { ! Chengtufu and other ports of ' the Szechuan province. The ) Teal replied with two six-pound ers. The British suffered no ) casualties. : WOULD CHANCE ROAD SYSTEM Chatham Delegates Desire Re- Organization of System Into 13 Trunk Zones ATLANTA, July 20. The re organization of the State Highway system into 13 trunk line zones was proposed in three measures intro duced in the huose today by the Chatham county delegation. The zones would be empowered to issue bonds subject to the vote of the people of each zone. The bond isstfe proposed by the bill would total over $27,000,000. To accomplish this purpose the meas ures seek an amendment .o <♦*' constitute' '*■ > I _*• -r / ' — Another section of the measure provided that the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, under the super vision of the State Board of Health, shall prepare a form for the regis tration of individuals whereon shall be given the racial composition of such individuals, as Caucasian, ne gro, Mongolian, West Indian, Asi atic Indian, Malay, or any mixture thereof, or any other non-Caucastic strains, and if there were any mix ture .then the racial composition of the parents and otiier ancestors in sofar as ascertainable, so as to show in what generation such mix ture occured. U. S. TO INVESTIGATE SHOOTING OF CONSUL MEXICO CITY, July 20.—The Department of Interior has ordered an investigation of the shooting of Harry G. Bretherton, United States Vice Consul at Aguas Calientes. Stole Boss 9 Car, Sold Samples Now Faces Chain Gang Sentence Willie Swint Went On Joy Ride When His Employer Was Out of City for Week-End Willie Swint, negro, got himself into a peek of trouble when he took his boss’ Ford truck Saturday night and visited Dawson and other near by towns, returning early this morning. The man who pays Willie off ev ery Saturday, left Saturday after noon to visit a nearby town until Monday morning. Before leaving he stored his car in Hudson’s ga rage and left the'check and key with Willie. Willie, desirous of dulling on one of his dusky belles in Dawson, took advantage of his boss’ absences and calling for the car at the garage saJVed forth on ing. He had b— gone •.. . Z Z. Z.z.^.z-.z- z z—/.ZZ’./'ZZW NEW YORK FUTURES J > Pc.'Open Hain Close J ( July 23.75|23.89|23.65|23.70 > '( Oct. ... -23.92)24.07)23.87|23.90 S 7 Dec. 21.06)24. U? ! 24.00)24.05 C PRICE. FIVE CENTS This Section Cn the Threshold cf Prosperity As Cctton Pick ing Season Nears. Lee Ex pecting to Gather One of the Heaviest Crops of Cotton and Corn in History cf County. Fair Prices for the Cron Pro duced Will Put Sumter and Adjoining Counties Back on Financial Feet, According to Experts. By LOVELACE EVE Throughout Sumter, Loe, Terrell and other nearby counties there should be rejoicing. When the harvest moon kisses these broad acres there will rest in the barns, sheds and warehouses of this section one of the greatest crops tha t we have produced >n many years. Lee county is particularly bless ed. Her farmers have had better seasons as a whole than the farm ers of Sumter and her* crops evi dence this, even to the eyes of the uninitiated. Sumter county has suffered for moisture almost from the beginning of the planting season, and yet Sumter’s crop this year will equal and, in the opinion of men who are capable of making a reliable esti mate, will exceed the crop of 1924. Corn throughout Sumter io not so good as last year, as a whole, but the reverse is true in Lee county. A fanner and banker who i thoroughly familiar with Lee coun ty tolls me Hint this year Lee coun ty will garner one of the heaviest crops of cotton and corn that that county has produced in many years. I am told that not ho many acres ol peanuts were planted in Lee, but the crop is exceptionally fine, judg ing from the vine. A lew days ago I rode through that most beautiful plantation of thousands of acres belonging to Mrs. Clay. With Overseer Cart er I searched here and there but not once during the afternoon couid either of us find one bool weevil. In every section of this farm, whet it was light nan<fy land or the dark red lands, the cotton plants were literally bending down with their weight of fruit. Mr. Carter explained the absence of the weevil by saying that he had mopped, dusted consistently from the first. He docs not think it wise to wait for infestation before' start ing to poison. Hill’s mixture was used first, followed by dusting and the entire crop had been covered three or four times this season. While no definite statement | would be made by Mr. Carter, it ' was stated on the farm that Mrs. Clay probably would have a bale of cotton picked by August first. Some thing like 800 acres are planted to cotton on this plantation. Corn and velvet beans on this farm were in wonderful shape, show (Continued on Page Six) AWARDED SIO,OOO IN SLANDER SUIT CHICAGO, July io.—Albert IL Leland was damage of $lO, 000 Friday by a jury in his $50,000 slander suit against E. L. Hartig, wealthy official of the Oak Park church of which Lelar.d formerly was a parishoner. There are nearly 800 species of roses. boss, who returned to the city Sun day afternon to find Willie and the car still missing. Early this moaning WilNe re turned to the city attired in Daw son’s latest thing in men’s clothing. The polic chad been notified of his faithfulness to his boss and as soon as the truck rolled into the city, Willie was nabbed. Upon investigation it was found That the negro had •pilfered a num ber of his boss’ silk samples, had sold them, and with the' proceeds bought his new clothing. Willie’s boss is off him for life, and indications are that Willie will be a changed man, if not a chained man, after the local authorities pluck a few feathers from him and turn him over to the sheriff on fwff ■ warrants, yaking his automobile* bis consent.
