About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1925)
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON 5 -Middling vottop, 23c.' < * .’t.» > WEATHER j For Georgia—Fair tonight and j Sunday; sor.ewhat cooler along tb<- i coast tonight; moderate west and S northwest winds. ( FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 180 Torrential Rains Cause $2,000,000 Damage in Detroit PRECIPITATION 4 INCHES IN LESS THAN NINEHOURS Industrial Plants, Sewers and Residential Districts Suffer Severely $105,000 DAMAGE IN HIGHLAND PARK Basement of City Hall Flooded Two Feet Deep and Valuable Records Ruined DE I ROI T. August 1. Police »nd fire official* today fixed $2,- 000,000 as an approximate damage caused by yextcrday’x rain storm in an about Detroit. A rainfall o! over four inches in nine hours was registered, beginning nt 6 o’clock Friday night. Industrial plants, sewers, and resi dential districts suffered severely from floods and pavements in a number of streets were washed out. Transportation service was serious ly crippled. In Highland Park, suburb, M. P. H-eink, superintendent of the public service, estimated the damage to pavements in the streets at $105,- 000 while Highland Par kmerchants reported merchandise stored in, cel lars damaged to the extent of about $60,000. Two feet of water flooded the basement of the city hall and ruin ed valuable records. Production was halted and sev eral thousands o fdollars damage was done to two large buildings of the Ford river rouge plant when water filled the basements and rose to the main floors. More than 3,000 men on the night shift were put on pumps. A number of electric mo tors in the two buildings were sub merged and floor coverings were ruined. Four and one-tenth inches of water had fallen between 8 a. m. and 7:40 p. m. with a light rain fall continuing after mid-night. The city’s biggest rainfall for a 24 hour period occurred July 28 and 29, 1909, when 4.57 inches was record < cd. MAYOR’S SPEECH DISPERSES MOB Seventy-Five Men Gather Around Illinois Jail tc Take Alleged ‘'layers CARLINVILLE, 11., Augu .1 t. A mob of seventy-five men and boys gathered near hero last night and agitated plans for storming the Macoupin county jail and seizing Paul Blackburn and Charles Lewis Osborne charged with Ihe slaying of Deputy Sheriff William Barne of Nilwood, 13 miles north of here. After talks had been made by May or Victor Hemphill and Chief of Police Clarence Razor the n.ob ap parently dispersed. It was said that leaders of the mob lost heart when officials recognized them in the crowd. Although the feeling apparently had died down, a heavy guard still -was maintained round the jail. Barnes was slain last week when he attempted to arrest the pair, charged with holding up a motorist near Nilwood. Blackburn and Lewis were cap tured after a thirty-six hour search through the fields of Macoupin county. Sheriff Russell, fearing trouble, took the suspects to the Madison county jail at Edwardsville. They were brought back to Carlin ville early yesterday morning. •MRS.BRYANWELL AND CHEERFUL In All Probability She and Son Will Move tp Florida Tonight WASHINGTON, Aug. I.—Mr . William Jennings Bryan appeared well and cheerful today after a night’s restful sleep and it is con sidered probable that she will leave for Florida with her household to night. William Jennings Bryan, her son, will accompany Walter E. Thompson, Bryan’s secretary, said that Mrs. Bryan continues a marvel of resolution, faith and trust. ' — the times-'recorder ESLLpublished in the J?MnwT. "heart of oixiE~ffso? ; - -iK'-rc- wiirti i rniwiT’M— iw—iji A.E.J. Mail lo Dead Office (I J T4* oil Kgto £ *' l xa mI 1I ~x i IMmWw JRmt MJ M v "' K9A." . . .. • - Dwx :? Asi ■s® More Than three sacks cf mail addressed to members of the Ameri can Expeditionary Force in France t.i'j are at their final destination. I'hoto shows Charles E.' Gianholn. left), assistant superintendent of Dead Letter Office, and F. L. Bushby, property clerk at the postoffice, Washington, I.'. C., opening the letters and parcels. Most of the articles contained the bundle:; were knives, safety razors, wrist watches and pipes. Voting farmer Wants lo Locate In Sumter Tj lo bac co Pro due er A young farmer, with some ex perience in the production of to bacco has written that he wants to locate in Sumter county. In his letter he says: “We have raised 20 acres of tobacco on this farm this year and have been very successful with it. We have had- an ex perienced man to raise it on shares but 1 have been a very close observer. I want to raise a crop for myself and as I have wanted to live close to Ameri cus for several years I thought I would try and get there while I was making a change. “I would like to rent or buy a small farm not to far from town or I would consider just raising a tobacco crop on a large farm whertf I could get plenty labor.” The letter is addressed to John M. Prance, of the A. and M. school Wife Pays S4OO Have Mate Slain Chicago Thug in Turn Gives a “Buddy” S3OO to Commit the Ctime CHICAGO, August 1. — A strange talc of murder, in which a wife paid S4OO to have her husband slain, the hired assassin in turn empoying an other to do the shooting for S2OO and the subseouent Dishing of the money from the slayer was unfold ed to the police last night. 7he widow of Louis Noble, slain last December, said she had paid S4OO to have her husband slain, claiming he had abused her daugh ter by former marriage. The daugh ter corroborated her story. James Salino said he collected the money, but claimed he was only the middle man, keeping S2OO for his share and having “the job done for the $209 that was left.’’ HOUSE ADOPTS PENSION !TE« Provided An Appropriation cf $ 1,300,000 in 1926-27 for Money Due Veterans ATLANTA, Aug. 1.-—Appropri ating $1,300,000 for 1920 and the same amount for 1927 for payment of pensions becoming due in the two years was adopted by the House. The bill provides all un claimed pensions reverting to the treasury shall bi prorated among the pensioners to be applied on past due payments. Also a provision in the item states that revenues from cigar and cigarette tax should go to ward payment of the pensions. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.'AUGUST I. 19® 1 who sends it to us with this com ilnent: "Dear Mr. Eve; We are send- I ing you, herewith, letter from Mr. H. If you can place him in our neighborhood I am sure that he will prove an asset to our community. “He is well known to us. He graduated here and went back j to the farm immediately. He ; has been on the farm since grad nation, and is one of the best ■ young farmers in this section. He is one of the twelve best boys ever turned out by this institution, and I trust that our Chamber of Commerce can place him in our community.” , We are witholding the name of | the young man, but will be glad to 1 give it to any one in the county ■ who is interested in his proposition. lor better still, communicate with I Mr. Prance. I LARGE PEANUT CROP FORECAST ' Local Farmers to “Cash In” On Bvmper Yield If Prices Arc Right, Is Report Providing a fair price prevails, indications are that the farmers of Sumter county will “cash in" on the peanut crop when it is harvest ed this fall. Practical)’ every far mer in the county has devoted acre age to the cultivation of peanuts and the belief is that this year Sum ter will harvest the largest crop in its history. The soil in this section is espe cially adapted to th'- glowing of peanuts and weal her conditions have been in favor of the crop throughout the season wirh the ex ception of the first two weeks. Plants that died because of lack of moistur. when set out have been replaced and the present stand is almost perfect. Other peanut-growing sections cut their acreage this season to plant watermelons, cantaloups and to s. t out pecan trees, thus short ening Georgia’s output by several thousand tons this year which, in the opinion of representative farm er., w*ll tend to elevate the price. ELLSWORTH SAYS HE’LL TRY FOR POLE AGAIN NEW YORK, Aug. I.—-Lincoln Ellsworth, explorer with Roald Am-, undsen in the latters recent polar flight .returning today on the steam ship Fredrick the third, said that an other flight to the north pole would be attempted. “I certainly hope to attempt as merely preliminary. We have not however made definite plans for the start," said the explor- MURDERER GETS MORE EXAMINING BEFORE HEARING Further Tests of Russell Scott Regarding Sanity to Be Made By Defense PRC BE INTO SANITY STARTS ON MONDAY Money From Vaudeville Show to Be Used in Effort to Save Condemned Man CHICAGO, Aug. I.—While De troit. was arranging for a vaudevil! ■ how to raise mone\ to save Russell Scott Horn the gallows, brain spe cialist.; in Chicago were examining him with the same end in view. Scott, sentenced to die for mur dering a drug clerk in a hold up, has twice escaped the gallows by less than six hours in the hist two weeks by action of the governor or the courts. Alienists for the de fense submitted him to further tests in preparation for a hearing into his sanity which starts next Monday. Meanwhile, the state continued to question jail guards and newspaper men who have seen the condemned man since his incarceration in the Cook county jail, 15 months ago. The defense contends fjeott has become insane and suffers from delusions as a result of his confine ment in jail, and the strain while MINISTER JUMPS FROM 8 STORY Carl Schrebnick Plunges to His Death From West Palm Beach Bank Building WEST PALM BEACH, Aug. I. The Plunge to death from the eighth story of the Citizens Bank ffuilding shortly before ndon here Friday of Carl Schrebnick, 55, min ister and pioneer citizen, late Fri day was attributed by his family to an attack of vertigo. Authorities, who at first had deemed an inquest unnecessary later decided to hold such an inquest. Schrebnick, with his wife, had gone to the Carmichael law offices to consult with his attorney and while waiting in the outer office,; walked calmly to a window and leaped, or fell to the street below. According to Miss McGill, one of the two witnesses, said Schrebnick paused on the window sill for an in stant before diving toward the pave inent. Miss Mitehell, the other wit ness, was positive, however, that Schrebnick had become dizrsy and fallen inadvertently. Schrebnick’s attorney said he had had no business worries nor other known causes for destroying him self. For the last month, however, he hlid appeared in impaired health, the attorney said, and a similar statement was made by members of the family. CUPID IS LAZY DURING JULY Only 16 Marriage Licenses Js sued By Ordinary Cobb; Hot Weather Blamed Dan Cupid laid down during the I month of July and as a result only j 1C marriage licenses were issued by I Ordinary Cobb as against 18 last July and 31 in June. The hot weath -1 er and the fact that many people have gone on vacations are given by j Ordinary Cobb as the reasons for ; the slump in July. The past month 5 white couple’s j and 11 negro couples took the final and most important step in the di- I rection of matrimony, while in June, [ the pet mating month, 7 white ■ couples were started on the road ■ to nuptial bliss against 24 negroes. The big book in the Ordinary’s I office shows that more negroes than ■ whites obtain marriage license in j every month of the year and the I superior court records tell to the ! world that the Ethiopians lead by i a large margin in divorces. BOY CONFESSES TO KILLING WOMAN BASLE, Switzerland, Aug. I. 'Johannes Hammerschlegel, the 16- | year-old farm boy, who on Wednes day shot and killed Mrs, Mary Lev . itt Bowen, of Berkley, Calif., made la complete avowal of the crime at 1 a preliminary court hearing here. Deaths Baffle New Haven Cons / T" "! ML ——V I’: ] L Ax'. Sx . v-- r a* '''■v'? ’ b JIL. vl ’wHHb h<l ’ / QMO 0 — ■*-_!■■■£/ New Han (Conn.) i.olice o.ficials ■ „ I,- • ■ Michmd Scnek.pi orPn.vid.m,..!;. .f,. ' , / . ■ u.d lad.lcus,, whose dead bodies were found in the rooms of H.i.eu hotel. 'Tec believe i.luu ~, zuk, .1. . ; j j : rtdhi &h ' en Pear of Higher Prices Cau.es Al!Cotron Goods Marufacturers to Buv y~-....... j NEW YO , Aug I.—Sales if J coal si- cotto goons have more ; breadth andirger volume in the ' past ten da and some prices ad- . vances are hg paid for sheeting ', i drills .coloraottons and some oth- 1 er goods, dues are still below the parity current co'lrt cotton ' but they ajar to be more stable ’ end as dend broadens it is be- ' lieved thatrey will hold in the ' face of annnoderate cotton re- ’ vision. Bag rnaiacturers, jobbers of dry goods,anufacturers of rub berizing mrials. some of the auto supply hou, and converters gen erally haveught in moderate lots i more geney. The business done | has been lely for deliveries in i August anSepteniber, but some business h»een accepted for de livery in last quarter of the year, and the case of hose and SUMTR STH I MOW MELONS IndicalinArc That I.ant Cars W’ll Fg Big Price When Marketed Althoulhe wat'-rmelon season is practic at an end in Georgia many fat's in Sumter county still havmumber of cars of ex cellent nas in their folds ready for shipp Each day secs several cars mo'from this county and accordin' the growers the price has beeneptionally good for this time of season. Seven* the farmers have been %hippingfir melons to Luba where t are readily sold ami bring at price. The New York and Ch) markets are reported flooded few cars are routed in the dir.n of these cities. The cool wer experienced by Chieu-j go durihe past few days has! practical opped the sale of mel ons, it lid. Farnof Georgia have realiz ed a tifidous profit from the sale ofbns this year, which will I amoTt»i approximately $2,906,-I 000, ajin to market reports. I This i direct contract to 30 years: When Sumter grew a bumpeip and a two-tearn wag on |oa<'Xcept,ori:illy fine melon sold tide. Th.- growers tool, a heaoss on the crop. PLAAIR CRUISER IN SMSONIAN INSTITUTE WAjIGTON, Aug. 1 The air cruiseicago, flagship of the army Ind the world flight squa dron,’! be placed permanently amom exhibits of Smithsonian Instits a memorial to the men who the world circuit. I ' I belting duck and one or two other j lines some orders have been boo!:- I ! to (‘arrv into the new year. I Hie cloth traders apprehend that i higher cotton prices than they an ticipated will be the rules and som . ale anticipating it hv purchasin'? any of the low priced lines now ol>- , tamable. Print cloths and fine coh- I vertibles have sold moderatedv. Per . rules, bleached cottons, wide sheet. ; :ngs, denims, some of the workin'r j suit materials and some lines of colored drills have been bough quite well. While the business dmi • has not been sufficient to warrii:' | further expansion in operation.; it | appears to have checked curtailment in the heavy goods and of the in dustry. ’Tarns are firm but spinners ir ■ I unable to secure within 2 or 3 cent..; a bound of asking nriccs. Reward Os $7,000 For Hotel Thief ’■llium Escaper! With S4OOO After Shooting Assistant Cashier CHICAGO, August I.——A price of $7,000 today was placed on the head of the only jobber still at large out of the drunken quintet that Wednesday as ernoon invaded the fashionable Drake hotel on the “rjold coast” and escaped with $4,000 aft er xhopting m assistant cashier. Two of the robbers were killed, two others were captured ard one, William Mullenbach, escaped with most of the loot. Track Drake, of the Drake hotel, today offered $5,- 000 for hsi capture and SI,OOO each was offered oy Robert E. Crowe, state’s attorney, and Chief of Po lice Morgan A Collins. j Holmes and Wilson, the two who ! are in custody, will get a prclimi- I nary hearin gtoday v/ith indications that the wheels of the law will move swiftly. PREACHER KILLS WIFE AN!) SEL? Rev. George W. Holder, Rich mond, Believed to Have B-codcd Over Health RICHMOND, Aug. L—Rev. Geo. W. Holder shot and killed his wife and then killed himself at their home this morning. The shooting took place in the dining room and both are believed to have died instantly. I No motive is assigned, but there is a possibility that the preachers ill I health was responsible for the crime. I Holder retired from the active min istry several years ago, and was well known. * t NEW YORK FUTURES « ? Pc. Open 11am Close < '’<l. 21,::-; ; 2L35,24 20[?4.10 < .24.14,24.12 24.30124,21 < PRICE FIVE CENTS •< SUITER .MAY I HAVE GERMAN FARMERSSOON Dr. Stcvble, Rcptescnig’jve of the Rhine Republic, ; i Ccjnpkted Survry I SOIL IS ADAPTco TC GEiT',IAM Ci'OP.S | Colony cf Dutch F.rn?--. in Ne . I bra-.kn Have Chiitiv/i.-H f-\. ccpticnofiy i Tic C'r- p., i Sumi i oni): ■ |,,., 7 > i;l ,, 01 G '■ farm i wit n • years if :|... ; I -f th- sod fr.-n : 1;;,,,,,. ■puhlie (•■intiniie.:, .!(•<•■■liiuf. ,> St' üble, r-pi " enfati'. ;• , • i.;,.. , i man I '.iriu Immp r i< i-u l» ," i. L,'u.' >, I »ent . •i a ~, section of th." rs de, niakh'g .< cm of the land ami condjlion ~, I a m whel ii-r I he : oil wa : ad ' 1 Io ' >'op *p ■> di? d m by G rman agri-uil urisf >. I Dr. SI i’ubl- li fi A :,i<■ > i.• >i■ 1 ■ I week, hut befori' going declared i" ' la Time -'a'cordcr i-portor t.haf the ’ i lands in Sumter county ar- peculiar l ’| ly adapted Io cultivation by the ■ farmer ■. of his country and i i'liiaied . ; that he v.as going to mid; ■ a favoi ■ i ab’c H'U.u'i, t, () the Ceini-in imrrrgr.i --' I ion department. i Dr. Ste'.ibh came Lo this countr I .' • in th- fall of 1921 am| up until l June 1 was t-a-her of German at I M-rcer University. A non t; Hf • eollog ■ 1 I ! ■ 1 for the ygnr h I was instructed by his government I to go lo Nidiri’/kn. where flier- ar? I .everal i'Junie of G -rman fa'ui ( - | -rto malic a reporl of fai'mim'' i l umlit inn: :e',l I i:. i; igrr bri-i-- I I mad- bv i b Rhine farm' >■■■■.. 11 “While ip Nebraska I heard o' | much abi ut Sot* > G?< ■' i and 11« I excellent opport'initi-i afford-d oru ' j who will work that I left N-brast and came here,” -aid Dr. Steubh . • “I am well pleased with this section | especially Sumter county, and I ;tm , going lo recomnc'nil it to my gov ernment.” Wli n ti e Atlanta Trust company ilearned tha Dr. Steiddc was in thi". ! ■—lion, the officials of th- farm de I vclopment department look, him or, i a tour of inspection of their farm.' | in Sumter and adjoining counties j and ruithoriz" dhim to procure G'-r --i man farmers for come of th-ir idl ■ ■lands, providing they met with hi.’ I approval. Aft-r making a tour of Louise.na and Alabama Dr. St-übl- will leav for Gerniauv in the c-r' - fall, to submit his full report lo the immi gration d' Partm. t of hi '■ourtry. He will return G> I! ■ Unit 'd Sl it "' in ft'- fall of 1926 to 'rather add; tional in formation for hi ; govcni i)ienl and t<> i ■ I Hie farmer wh | have a Jri .'idv "I tled h< re. Dr. Sleubb -aiJ that hi govern | inent wa net ad' i inc i.r urgin','; th j farmer., to l-a.i' Germany, but a" i manv of th- i a.i'e d< iron of -orn- rnanv of them .-'.re dcsirmis of com- I ing Io America where th<" .-an .< I ‘ ii’'e lory.' ' L.i'i,' . Iheimmivr'dion department. supplying th"m with data and inslnicLion to the be;;' section it. which t<> locale. I Germany i becoming 'Tnwdcd, ' | especially th.' agricultural sections, 5 and the farmers must stick other ' lands when- they can make a living, ' said Dr. St. able'. * Although a former captain in the ■ German army. Dr. Ste'ilde holds no animosity tov aid the United State-'. > government, however, ho declared > th'- average Gorman felt as thougll 1 ;he had been “cheat'’!” when Wil 'g-.on’s II points were not put. ini execution. Mv countrymen held i the wa coresident in high esteem ,: and I .Lire say if he bad been able -'to carry out his po l-w.tr ;>L->... ; th • ■ world would be qn a firiher M' ’ r',.f peace and prek’neriiy than 'it/ i t -! now,” said Dr. Steuble. s i iWOOfMOUT JMBMY UNIT Tc Expect Ail Intruders From Property of W. & A. Rail road At Chattanooga AILAb IA, Aug. I.—The Gov. • nor of Georgia would be instruct ed to call out a portion of the na tional guard and send it under th , command of the Adjutant General ; to Chattaonoga to expel from the ' properties of the Western and At- I lantic railroad all intruders on thq ‘ property ,< special! ypersons reprjM : senting the 'city of Chattanooga, i under a resolution drawn un for ins troduction in the House by Rgprc4 ■ tentative Stark, of Whitefield counw 1 ty, it became known today. .
