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| AMERICUS SPOT COTTON I (Middling 23c. WEATHER For Georgia—Partly cloudy ty > night and Thursday. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 183 ABANDON HOPE OF SAVING WIFE. HUSBAND DIES George Batten, 75, Passes Away When Informed That His Mate Cannot Live MRS. BATTEN GORED BY COW WEEK AGO Ccople 'Who Died Within Half Hew Each Other to Be Buried in Common Grave By KIRKLAND SUTLIVE Unable to bear the thought of being left alone in the world, and his heart, which had beat within his body for 75 years shattered, torn and weak, George Batten, resident of the 28th district, lay down by the side of his beloved wife and died Monday night, fifteen minutes after he had been informed by physicians that his mate, who had been gored in the side by a cow last Sunday, would not survive the night. Half hour after the angel of death had descended and touched the brow of her husband, Mrs. Bat ten surrendered after a week’s bat tle with the Grim Reaper, and clos ed her eyes in eternal sleep. The aged couple, who had lived happily together for 40 years, will be buried this afternoon at 4 o’clock in one grave in Pleasant Grove cemetery, Rev. A. G. Brewton of ficiating. Sunday a week ago, Mrs. Batten, while in the yard of her home, was gored in the side by a cow. At first it was thought the wound was rot serious as the horns of the animal did not penetrate very deep, but on Saturday it became evident that she had spent her fast waning strength in combatting pos sible infection and on Sunday the doctors announced that the wound was infected. Mr. Batten, although hardly able to get about, wa’ited on his mate through Sunday, Sundu ynight and Monday, ever hopeful that the doctors would meet with success in their attempt to check the poison that was fast absorbing the re maining live corpuscles in his be loved’s blood. Monday night, intuition told the faithful husband that death was not far distant. Summoning his cour age, he asked the attending phy sician if there was a possible chance of his wife surviving. “I want you to tell me the truth, Doctor, is my wfie going to live?” he asked. “If she isn’t, I want to die with her.” “I regret to say there is no hope,” replied the kindly physician. “There is, however, a possibility of her warding off death for a few hours longer, but she will not survive the night.” When the doctor had finished speaking, the husband, with tear stained eyes, crossed the room to the side of the bed where his wife had lain for a week, removed his toh,t and’ down,', saying, “1 am ready and want to die.” In fifteen minutes the brave heart had ceased to beat. The an gel of death had answered his plea. Doctors pronounced his death due to a broken heart and excitement. Those who have known Mr. Bat ten for a number of years, say that he was alone in the world and s far none of his relatives have been located. He and his wife have re sided in Sumter county for more than 25 years. Mrs. Batten is survived by one sisters, Mrs. J. A. Mills, 17th dis trict; four brothers, Warren Davis, 17th district; Abb and Pete Davis, Terrell county, and Riley Davis, Lee county. GERMANY WILL WIN BACK TRADE IN THIRTY YEARS WILLIAMSTON, Mass., Aug. 5. Through a determined and relent less paying of her war debt in demnity, Germany will recapture her foreign markets and in 30 year, will have gained much more than she lost in the war, Professor Ed ward A. Guy, of Harvard, said to day in an address at the Institute of Politics conference on the foreign policy of the United States. Bear Struck By Automobile Revives and Fights Driver YAKIMA, Wash.. Aug. 5. Big game hunting by automobile is not so good, L. D. Gaines, driver of an oil truck, is convicted, after an en counter he had with a black bear, while on the Rimrock road, in the Cascade Mountains, east of here, re cently. When first seen, the animal was loping along the highway ahead of him, Gaines related. Speeding dp his machine, he forced the creature toward the rocks at one edge of the road. Suddenly turning, the PUBLISHED IN THE" HEART OF DIXIE NONE THE WORSE FOR HIS FLIGHT TO ARCTIC s I • * £ ■ £ 1 ■ I i llili Lincoln Ellsworth, who accompa nied Amundsen on his polar expe dition waves a greeting to New York City on his return from Nor way. sum SHO ULD GROW TOBACCO, SAYS STAPLETON LOCAL MAN SPENT WEEK IN SOUTH GEORGIA VIS ITING IMPORTANT TO BACCO MARKETS After spending a week in the to bacco sections of South Georgia, visiting more than a doozen ware houses, Lawson Stapleton returned Monday “absolutely sold on tobac co” as a profitable crop for Sumter and Webster counties. There seems to be no reason why a farmer, planting a few acres in tobacco, phould not make a success of it, provided he has the advice and supervision of an experienced tobacco man, Mr. Stapleton says. “As an example, take Carl Wil liams, an experienced farmer and a good business man who lives at Quitman,” says Mr. Stapleton. “He told me that his maximum cost in raising tobacco was 7 cents a pound, counting everything from seed to selling time. He believes that 800 pounds to the acre is a fair general average, year in and year out. That is $56 total per acre. All over $56, is (Continued On Page Five.) TENNESSEE TO BATTLE TO END Peay Declares State Will Com bat Every Question On Ap peal of Scopes Case BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Aug. 5, —Governor Austin Peay, Tennessee, in a statement here today announc ed that the State of Tennessee will employ counsel from this forward and will combat every question that can be raised on appeal of the Scopes case. The Governor said that there was no federal question in the Scopes case. Tennessee is a sovereign state, and except as forbidden by the federal constitution, has abso lute authority to regulate its local concerns and employ its polico-pow ers without any federal interfer ence, he said . bear sprang onto the hood of the truck, but skidded off, fell under the wheels, and lay still. To take home proof of his prow ess, Gaines returned and grasped the bear by an car. The truck mas sage however, had not killed, only dazed him, and the anima! sprang up with an angry “Woof.” At this point Gaines decided to allow the bear his life and liberty, and sped back to his machine with out dignity and only a part of his trousers. The bear disappeared up a canyon, AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MURDER LAID TO HENRY SCHWARZ PLANT OFFICIAL Chief Charged With Slaying of Unidentified Man Found in Ruins CHARRED BODY NOT THAT OF LABORER Schwarz’s Life Was Insured for $180,000; Wife Declares Re mains Her Husband’s MARTINEZ, Calif., Aug. 5.—A warrant charging Charles Henry Schwarz, vice president and general manager of the Pacific Celluose company, with the murder of an unidentified man whose charred body was found in the ruins of the Celluose plant at Walnut Creek last Thursday, was sworn out here Tuesday. It was signed by Coun ty Detective Clyde Laird. Schwartz has been missing since the explosion and fire Thursday night and officials are convicted that the charred body is not his. Joe Rodeguez, Portuguese labor er, who disappearance form Wal nut Creek the night of the explo sion led to the belief that he had been slain, reported Tuesday alive and well. He returned to Walunt Creek shortly after one o’clock and re ported to the authorities, who had been attempting to identify the corpse found after an explosion last Thursday night, as Rodeguciz in stea dos Charles Henry Schwarz, Berkeley chemist, first thought to have been the victim. Authohrities had accumulated evidence which they believe mater ially strengthened their theory that a body found in the ruins was not that of Schwartz, whosse life was insured for SIBO,OOO. Their theory was that it was the body of another person who had been slain and placed there to in dicate that the chemist had met death in an explosion. A recluse has been missing from Walunt Creek since the explosion. Although identified by Mrs. Sch wartz as the body of her husband. District Attorney A. B. Tinning re fused to allow the woman custody of it until legal identification had I been established. Schwarz was re cently made defendant in a breach of promise suit for $75,000 by Miss Elizabeth Adams, of Oakland. LEGION HOLDS LIVELY MEET Reorganization of A. L. I. Tak en Up; Full Membership En joys Fish Fry At a meeting of John D. Mathis Post of the American Legion, held last night at post headquarters, Major James A. Fort niadea report on the prospects of re-organizing the Americus Light Infantry here. Ke read a letter from adjutant general’s office in which it was stated that the quota for Georgia units was at present filled. How ever Americus* application is now on file in the adjutant’s office and will be given first consideration when allotment of equipment is again made. The post enjoyed one of the larg est attendancts last sig'ht that it has had since itsorganization. The fish fry given by the post to the members and ex-service men was a very enjoyable affair. Commit teeman Charles L. Brownell urged every member to attend the state convention at Rome August 19 to 21, as the Americus pose expects to be on hand with a large contingent at the convention. FORTUNE IN NARCOTICS LOCATED IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, Aug. 5. —A fortune in narcotics, found in a flat which Jiad all the fixtures of an oriental drug den, were seized by federal agents last night. A man and a woman were arrested and are charg ed with carrying on a wholesale traf sic in drugs. The value of the drugs confiscated are variously es-‘ timated between $140,000 to $200,- 000, with an additional SIO,OOO worth of pipes. AFTERNOON SESSIONS FOR THE UPPER HOUSE ATLANTA, Aug s.—The rules committee of the senate today de cide don afternoon sessions for the upper house for the first time this session. The House today sidetracked the classification tax bill and adopted the rules committee that put the first tax reform measure in the sixth place on the calendar for con sideration, . ‘ ‘AMERICA'S SWEETHEART’ SNAPPED IN NEW POSE r aS H k Here is Mary Pickford as she appeared on the witness stand dur ing the trial of three Los Angeles men who are accused of a plot to kidnap her. The defendants are Adrien Wood, Claude Holcomb and C. Z. -Stevens. PUSH CAR RUNS OVER MINNICK S. A. L. Employe Suffers Com pound Fractures of the Leg In Accident Today J. It. Minnjck, Seaboard Air Line railroad steel worker, suffered a compound fracture of the right thigh about 7:30 o’clock this morn ing when the rear wheel of a push car, heavily loaded with cross ties, passed over his thigh when he slip ped in an attempt to mount to the top of the car while it was in mo tion. The accident occurred on the S. A. L. Tracks between Lee and Jack son streets and the injured man was rushed to Dr. Anderson’s office by City Engineer Walker and his as sistant, Pantone, who were on their way up town in Walker’s automo bile. Dr. Anderson stated at noon to day that Mr. Minnie!? was doing as well as could be expected and un less complications set in he was in no immediate danger. The heavy flange on the wheel of the car cut a deep gash in Mr. Minnick’s thigh and the weight of the cross ties caused the bones to break through the skin. Two negroes who were assisting in the loading of the car, said that Mr. Minnick attempted to leap aboard the car as it was set in mo tion but that he lost his footing on the damp ground and before he could reach the top of the tics with his hands he had fallen beneath the wheels of the car. RED SPIDER IN GEORGIA Cotton Pest Found in Great Quantities in Fields Around Augusta; Doing Damage AUGUSTA, August s.—The red spider has put in its appearance in some of the cotton fields around Augusta, reports say. Several cot ton growers found evidence of the past week, and reported their dis covery to Mr. McConnell, county cotton agent who outlined the fol lowing plan to do away wtih the in sect : “The first insect appears on the upped leaves in small red spots and was thought for a long time by farmers to be a kind of rust. The leaves turn yellow, wither and fall off. With their falling goes the bolls. The spider feeds on the cot ton plants by means of a sharp, slender lance-like mouth parts that are thrust well into the leaves and making it imposßiijJe to poison the pest by poisoning the food. The poisoning must be done by the use of some chemical that will kill by contact, and if the infected plants cannot be 'pulled and burned, the use of potassium sulphide (1 ounce to 4 gallons of water) is recom mended.” Cotton growers are urged to be on the lookout for the spider and to destroy it before ie gains, much headway, as it does great damage to the crops. AUGUST 5. >25 WIVES ARE MUCH CRAZIER THAN MATES, HICKSON Famous Doctor Says Figure- Shew Women to Be 20 Per Cent Demented Than Men HIS OWN EXPERIENCE BEARS OUT FIGURUES Cut of 17,000 Feeble Minded Pcrscns Treated in Chicago, 60 Per Cent Women CHICAGO, Aug. s.—ls mankind is descended from the ape, then wo men are descendants oi the cookoo birdie. Further, it was probably a squir rel, instead of a snake, that chased Eve out of the Garden of Eden. For Dr. William J. Hickson, di rector of the Chicago Psychopathic laboratory, has just made public this conclusion: Women are 20 per cent crazier than men' And as he disappeare ddown the entrance of his bombproof cyclop * cellar. Dr. Hickson added defiant ly: “Figures prove it!” Dr. Hickson explains that this conclusion is the*result of 30 years' work with mental defecties, and is based, not on any personal bias or prejudice, but on cold figures. Figures, he adds, never lie. “If figures proved that I was a tramp,” he said, “my wife would be justified in thinking that she was the wife of a tramp. And if fig ures prove that her sex is 20 per cent crazier than mine, then she should be satisfied to know that she has a bright husband.” Os the 17,000 feeble minded persons who have been treated by Dr. Hickson’s department in the laast 12 years, 60 per cent have been women. “Many girls of medium intelli gence become insane or feeble mind (Continued on Page Five) DR.PRIMROSE MAKES CHANGE X-Ray Expert Announces Con nection With Drs. Smith and Anderson Dr. A. C. Primrose announces a connection with Dr. Herschel Smith and Dr. E. B. Anderson, effective August 4th. Dr. primrose has moved to the second floor of the Rylander thea ter building where Drs. Smith and Anderson maintain a suit of offi ces. Dr. Primrose will continue his general practice, as well as the radium and X-ray work, being gen erally associated with Drs. Smith and Anderson in the general prac tice of their office. Additional X ray equipment already has been or dered, supplementing that already installed. Dr. Primrose moved to Americus in June last year, coming here from Baltimore where he had been ac tively associated with Dr. Howard A. Kelley in the Kelly hospital of Baltimore. Dr. Herschel Smith is now in Ro chester, Minn., attending the clinics in the Mayo hospital where he will remain for a couple of weeks. GEORGIA HIDES PROVE BE BEST Since Eradication of Tick They Are Being Used •for Patent Leather WAYCROSS, August s.—Geor gia hides that were once used for a low grade of leather are now making the finest grade of patent leather shoes, since the eradication of the tick. The enforcement of the Georgia cattle dipping law has done much to improve the hides throughout the states A marked improvement is found in the sales of Georgia hides and there seems to be a demand for them through out the east. M. M. Munroe, of the Georgia Fur and Hide company states that his company has han dled over 10,000 hides that have been used in the manufacture of high grade patent leather shoes for ladies. He further demonstrated the grade of the hide by present ing a lady with a pair of high grade ladies shoes, made of Georgia hide, by a Massachusetts tanner. FAILS SWIM CHANNEL BY SCANT HALF MILE DEAL, England, Aug. s.—Lieu tenant Colonel Bernard C. Frey berg, war veteran and holder of the Victoria Cross, fell short today by a scant half mile in an attempt to swim the English channel. PREPARES TO DON A U. S. ARMY UNIFORM * r ® • Slip > k® jEI y 7 ? John Coolidge, son of the presi dent, arrives at Camp Devens, Mas., where he will spend the rest of the month as a private in the Citizens’ Military Training camp. He was promoted to rank of corp oral on arrival at camp. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION HAS ALL DAY MEET REQUESTS TO REOPEN BUD GET AND RESTORE AN THONY TO FORMER STATUS DENIED Requests made by representatives from Shiloh, Thalcan and Plain schools to reopen the county school budget were denied by the County Board of Education at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday. Another request from citizens ri • siding in the Anthony school district to restore this district to its former status, with an addition from the Huntington district also was de nied. Those appearing mid asking for the reopening of the budget were R. E. Pilcher for Shiloh, 8. A. Rogers and J. T. Leslie for Thalean, W. L. Thomas for Plains. Their plea was to go hack to the original budget adopted about 60 days ago, but later reconsidered for what is known as the Moore budget. C. A. Slappey, of Andersonville, spoke in favor of retaining the Moore midg (Continued on Page Throe) SOUTH FREIGHT RATES REVISED Peanut Shipments Fiom Souht east to North Affected by I. C. C. Decisions WASHINGTON, Aug 5.—A re vision of all rate son classified shipments in territories constituting the southeastern quarter of the United States was ordered today by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. Scale rates to govern classified freight shipments into and out of the South were also created and rates on peanuts moving from south eastern territory to Chicago, Mil waukee, Cleveland and other north ern cities were held to be unreason ably high. Notice Os Salary Increases Received Thirty Years Late EDMONTON, Alta., Aug. 5.-■ Notification that he had been grant ed a substantial advance in salary failed to arouse Sheriff Peter Gunn of Edmonton to any unusual pilch of enthusiasm. Not that ho did not appreciate the liberality of his employer but rather to the, fact that he will never reap the fruit of the* “increase.” The notice of his salary raise rame to the sheriff in a letter from theh north country written nearly 30 years ago. By some trick of fate the letter had gone astray. • It was dated January 6. 1896, and was written by Ewen Mac Do- NEW YORK FUTURES Pc. Open 11am Close I Oct.- _23.86|23.85[23.7523.99 J Dec. -23.93;23.95|23.85|24A3 PRICE FIVE CENTS EFFECT OF COAL STRIKE POINTED OUT BY LEADER Lewis, Union President, Gives Views In Crisis Which Seems Certain to End in Strike UNITED STATES FACES RISING CC'AL PRICES Antliiacitc Walk-Out Wil! Di rectly Affect Every Industry in This Country SWAMPSCOTT, Auru.t 5. Concerned tut not alarmed over the break between anthracite opera tors and their miner- in their wags scale negotiations, President Cool idge kept close tab on the situation today without indicating what ac- • tion, if any, the government would take if suspension of mining op erations on September 1 became a certainty. '1 h c president is still hopeful that an agreement on wages will be reached. A comprehensive report of the Atlantic City negotiations confer ence, which terminated suddenly Monday, was telegraphed Coolidge by department labor observers. BY' 808 DORMAN ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 5. V\ ith tile ever-growing certainty of an anthracite coal strike some <IO,OOO communities in the United' States face the prospect of a dwindi ing heating supply and steadily ris ing coal prices. Industrial plants in many of these same communities must either adapt their power plants to •other means <>! fueling or face the prospect of an inevitable shutdown should the strike be prolonged. “And should there be a coal strike, every industry in the coun try will be affected directly in in directly,” John L. Lewis, president of the Unite ! Mine Workers, told me. “At present there are some 158,- 000 men employed in the anthracit • mines. Conservatively, they and their dependents will number at least 500,000. “With a shutdown, these men will immediately be compelled to re trench in their buying in prepara tion for ;r prolonged struggle. Pur chases will lie cut down to the barest necessities of life. Food purveyors, clothing dealers and manufacturers * —in fact, all who sell to the family will find a falling off in their busi ness. “And those will not !>■• alone in their loss of trade. The norm'll purchases of the mining industry- • for example, rails, explosives t ool', lumber —will be shut. off. All these things must be ivlded to the cost, of a coal strike.” “The min'T- arc not asking the impossible in their wage and other demands. St.-'.ti-tics of the govern ment, sl ow a steadily increasing cost in foodstuffs and ether neces sities. The mine workers must have incre.a cd wages to cover the cost (Continued on Page Five) CHINESE 9 POWER TREATIES EFFECTIVE WASHINGTON, Aug. s.—The two, nine-power treaties relating to the Chinese which were signed at the time of the Washington arms con (< renet , became effective today when formal ratifications were ex changed at the state department. FAVORABLE REPORT ON CHILDREN’S CODE ATLANTA, Aug. 5.—A favorable report on seven bills constituting the children’s code was made this morning by the Senate Judiciary committee number one. The bills, which cover expansion of the juvenile courts, support of children under certain circumstan ces, legal and option, boys training school, compulsory school attend ance and enforced support of chil dren by parents, was given a pub lic hearing two weeks ago. aid. at that time manager of the Peace River district for the Hud son’s Bay company. Gunn, then comparatively young, was employed at the company’s post at Lesser Slave lake. The hardy Scotchman, MacDon ald, long since dead, informs Mr. Gunn in the letter that his “services have been highly satisfactory” and that as a result, he has been award ed a “magnificent” increase in En glish pounds sterling. Just ho’V much the “magnificent” inereas-i amounted to Mr. Gunn declined t-j divulge but it caused the sheriff nd chuekle - .
