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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON I Strict middling, 23c. For Georgia—Generally fair to night and Wednesday. , FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 193 PASSAGE OF INCOME TAX AMENDMENT MEASURE DOUBTFUL Two Killed And Sixty Injured In Vienna Riots Monday CITIZENS WAR ON MEETINC OF WORLD ZIONISTS Police and Members of Swastika Organizations Engage in Fierce Fighting more trouble is EXPECTED TODAY Girls Take Part in Parade; Ban ners Proclaim Vienna Chris tian City VIENNA, Aug. 18.—Two are dead and between 50 and GO persons are suffering injuries, received during a series of anti-semitie'riots, attend ant upon the assembling here of delegates to the 14th Congress of the World Zionist organization. The trouble broke out last night ami fierce fighting ensued in the police and members of the Haken kruzler or Sawstika organization. An anti-semitic meeting, called to protest against the holding of the Zionists Congress here, had been forbidden h.v the police, but the or ganizers placarded the city u rging resistance. Lengthy processions moved through the streets, headed by men carrying crosses and including girls in white, with banners proclaiming Vienna a Christian city. The un ruly line of humanity moved to the meeting place of the Zionist con gress, where a clash occurred be tween the rioters and the police. More trouble is expected today. STIFF FINE FOR NEGRO TAXI MAN Black Pays $35 for Failure to Remit S3O for Taxicab License R. J. Croxton', colored taxi opera tor, will no longer play hide and seek with City Marshall Pouncey. This was determined Monday in po lice court when Recorder Fort found Croxton guilty of running his taxi cab without a city license and fined him five dollars, with the under standing that he pay a S3O license before siv o’clock Monday evening, hut in the event he failed to remit the S3O to the City Marshall his fine would be raised from $5 to $35. Croxton, for some reason or oth er, failed to paly his license Monday but called on Chief Bragg this morn ing and left $35 with him to cover the fine. Now he will be prevented from operating his taxi unless he spends an additional s3l) for a license. The transaction will cost Croxton $65, whereas it would have only involved an expenditure of $35 had he taken advantage of Recorder Fort’s com promise. City Marshall Pouncey had tried for seven months to catch Croxton. but the.elusive black managed to keep out of his way. Croxton was nabbed one day last week when ae appeared in police court in connec tion with an automobile crash. Summer is that brief hot spell during which cold dealers buy. more cash registers and adding machines. ‘Mother’, Famous Dublin Mule, Animal Belonging to lhe Georgia Warehouse and Compress Co. Is Said to Have Hauled Over $8,000,000 Worth of Cotton Is Placed On Ihe Pension List DUBLIN, Aug. 18.—After fifteen ' years of continuous service, “Moth er,” has been placed on the pension list for the rest of her life. “Mother,” is the name applied to ti mule belonging to the Georgia Warehouse and Compress Company, and is said to have hauled over SB,- 000,000.00 worth of cotton during her fifteen years service with trie warehouse: As a companion piece to the bi ography of “Mother, her drivet “Professor” Batts, of strong apd black African decent, who has fed, cared and nursed “Mother” for the past twelve years, should be men tioned. For the past fifteen years “Moth er” had been a familiar scene around the cotton gins and ware houses of this city. It is estimated she has hauled 90.000 bales of cot- THE TIMES'"?RECORDER IN THE .. HEART OF DIXIE ; MANY CALL GN NEW ! FOR SLICE OF DEAD LETER MONEY IN P.O. I WASHINGTON. August 18.— Hundreds of ’etters are bei. g < , received by Postmaster General 5 . New, requesting a slice of the >1 '?ostoffice’s dead letter money, < | j following an announcement that j i •: a smali fortune is found an- < i ( nuaßy in dead letter mail at < . > Washington. / To prevent further waste o( ?• Postage, New wishes it announc ed ed that under the law the money ( ? must be kept a year and then / turned over to the United States < 1 treasury. Because New is from Indiana S it seems that many from that state believed they should have < first chance at -.he money. A 14-yeai-old girl from Mun cie wrote that she was a member ( , of a large family, with a wid s owed mother, and would appre- S •J ciate ‘ just any portion” allowed < her. J LUKEMAN MODEL NOW COMPLETE ATLANTA, Aug. 18.—The model for the central group of the fig- I ures to be carved on gcone Moun tain as a memorial to confederate veterans has been completed by Au gustus Lukeman, the New York sculptor and will be presented to I the board of directors of the Stone Mountain confederate association here August 27. Hollins N. Randolph, president of the association, described the model as “a magnificent piece of work in which Mr. Lukeman has fully sus tained his reputation as one of the foremost sculptors of America and fully measured up to our high ex pectations of him.” Black Baptist Bret hern Pay Preacher Pittance So Successor’s Sought TRIPLE SLAYER PLACED ON TRIAL RICHMOND, a., August 18. Ihe state rested its case Monday against Rudolph E. Disse, charged with the murder of Henry G. Car ter here last July 28, after many hours had been required from eye witnesses and police officers. Cross examination of state’s witnesses by defense attorneys in dicated they would rely entirely upon the plea that the youth is in sane or that he was “doped up” on the morning of the tragedy when he shot and killed three persons and wounded another. Willie Britt, who was wounded by Disse at the same he killed Mrs. Vivian Tomlin Feers, his sweet heart, and Detective Harvey Burke, limped into court and was placed on the stand. Britt, the sole sur vivor of the shooting gave a detail ed account of the tragedy which preceded the shooting of Carter. ton to and from the various gins and warehouses. A jury Bermuda pasture will be “Mother’s” reward for the many years of faithful service. For the past few years the cotton season here has never been consid ered has having begun until “Pro fessor” came up the street perched on a bale of cotton, with “Mother” picking her way through the streets, without any aid, what-so-ever from the “Professor,” “Professor and “Mother” under stand each other thoroughly, as the professor leaves the business of get ting about the town to “Mother” and he chats with passing friends or produces a fusilade of “pops” with his whip: Twas not stated whether "Pro fessor” would be pensioned along with the faithful mule, AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 18, 1925 Exclusive Photos of Maine Hotel lire f, ** ' W - / A ' ' « ■ Ssfei s < ....' l-T fa i sLSkJEZ ...QnWuA y _. w w 1 UK j/ g tW . Kb 4 L. .. iKmmw ga' -t ■. , I V;-'- . ... ..W H jL*— iMfr aMa ’g IKk*- ...y . • Lxciuo.-v pou.ugiapus oi tne nrel .hat destroyed the Mount Desert, Inn. oldest hotel in Bai’ Harbor, | CHAPMAN STUDIES AS BUDDIES WREAK VENGEANCE ON PAIR Rev. Daniel Deciares He Can’t Keep Body and Soul Togeth er On SI.BO a Month COLUMBUS, Aug. 18. A alary ?f $18.50 for t|p months is, insuf ficient to provide himself with the necessities, to say nothing of the luxuries, of life, Rev. A. C. Daniel says, and for that reason he has re signed the pastorate of the Central Baptist negro church of Phenix City. He hopes the flock he has left will be successful in obtaining the serv ices of a successor whose monetary requirements are not as great as his, he frankly declares in a communi cation to- the Eunquirer-Sun. If the next preacher can confine his needs and wants so as to not exceed the S2O margin, then Rev. Daniel be lieves the sailing will be easy for the minister and the congregation. But for himself, he’s through. He’ll seek new fields. He extends beforehand his sympathy to the pas tor who steps in the pulpit he has left. Rev. Daniel, his letter indicates, is fed up to the last stage on the treatment he said has been accorded 'Continued on Page Two) Wrecked Judge's Home Is Dynamited ASHLAND, Ky., Aug. liot Hall,” the big brick home of .Judge W. H. Flanery, at Catletts burg, was partially wrecked early Monday by an explosion, supposed to be of dynamite. The charge tore away the front porch and broke all the windows in it and ad joining homes. Eight persons asleep in the home were tossed from their beds but were not injured. Police said'the explosion was an act of a lawless element, supposedly angered by Judge Flanery’s vigor ous enforcement of the prohibition law. The strangest thing on earth is to go back to the old town and see who has turned out so well. The faster a rumor travels the bigger it grows, Maine, top pnoto snows tne hotel and .adjoining building in flames. Lower photo shows guests of the INDIANAPOLIS, Au s u»t 18. J i —While Muncie police and Dela- ! < ware county authorities pqshcd ) i their search for George Ander- 5 ' son, former pal of Gerald Chap- j > man and accused slayer of Mr. > and Mrs. Ben Hance, on a road ' near Muncie Friday night, word ( came to private detectives here ’ that Anderson probably had ' evaded his pursuers and escap- > > ed to Florida, where he will at- j j tempt to enter Everglades, said , ■ to be a rendezvous for criminals. BY GENE COHN NEA Service V/ iter. HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 18.— Here in Weathcrsfield orison, guard ed as has been no othe ■ prisoner and surrounded by a secrecy to which even his lawyer.-- have been pledged, Gerald Chapman, the “sup er-erpok,” sits absorbing the great philosophies 'of the world as his name once more is flashed across the nation. While the sinister and powerful arm of his former underworld con nections was striking vengcfully in a little Indiana countryside, Chap man was academically carrying on bis study of the romance poets and the entire school of philosophers, his favorites being Schopenhauer, the immortal pessimist, and Anatole France, the ironist and rationalist. Chapman has been imprisoned in what is known as the “hospital sec tion.” The exact location of his (Continued on Page Six) REVIVAL MEETING AT ANTIOCH CHURCH A revival meeting wes held dur-j ing the past, week at Antioch Bap-, tist church, colored. Many new members were taken in, among them was Brazell Dorsey, age 90, i who will be baptized the third Sun day in September. YOUTHFUL HOBOS RELEASED FROM JAIL i The two youthful hoboes who ■ were removed from the top of a i Central of Georgia tourist train I Saturday morning, were released ■ from the county jail Monday after noon with instructions to go back ‘ to their home in Columbus and for i gel Florida, for a while at least. The boys declared that riding the ; rails wasn’t nt al) the ideal life they I thought it to be, and promised Sher i iff McArthur they would purchase I tickets when another travelihg no tion struck them, < - mn on the hotel lawn with some oi their possessions. Prank Sheffield Declares Georgia’s Roads Among Worst In lhe Country President of the Bank of Com merce Recently Returned From Extensive Tour Georgia’s greatest need is paved highways, her roads today being in adequate to care for the heavy tour ist travel now passing through the state, in the opinion of Frank Shef field, president of Bank of Com merce. Mr. Sheffield, accompanied by Mrs. Sheffield, has recently return ed from an automobile trip through the Carolinas, Virginia and to At lantic City. “Our roads are a disgrace,” said. Mr. Sheffield, “I wonder what the opinion of the average tourist is ns he passes through this state after riding over hundreds of splendidly paved highways in the other states through which he has passed. “It is a delight to drive through those states with paved highways. No dust and less heat make such a trip most delightful even at this time of the year, but when you come into Georiga the story is entirely differ ent. “Our people want roads and they (Continued on Page Six) Boy Killed Tank Collapse Fatal to Youth NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—One boy was killed and another was probab ly fatally injured Monday when a 20,000-gallon water tank collapsed in the Chelsea district of Manhat tan. Chehlsea park was flooded, scores of women and children fleeing. Peter Rogers, eight years old, was killed. Another boy, unidentified, was not expected to live. They were playing about the tank when it fell. CONFEDERATE VETS TO BE GUESTS OF ALBANY SAVANNAH, Aug. 18.—General D. B. Morgan, of the Georgia di vision of the United Confederate Veterans, announces he has accept ed an invitation from the city of Al bany for a reunion of his division on October 14 s ni i 15. MAN PREVENTS BIG JAIL BREAK WITH GOLF CLUB ) SALLISAW, Okla., August 11 8.—The patron saints of golf today write in their records a . ’ew usefulness for the inashie, 1 driver or putter. R. H. Bibb, local real estate dealer, prevent d a jail-break Sunday and in- / Plead of a shotgun he carried a potent mashie?niblick. \ Deputy Sheriff F>crt Cotton is ' authority for the story. Yester day he, Bibb and Jesse M. Baker, 2 county treasurer were in the lat ter’s office when .hey observed ! a rope of knotted blankets hang- 5 ing from a window from which ' the Ears had been sawed. Bibb ? with his golf club, walked past beneath the window while the 5 deputy and the treasurer called for reinforcements. This morning twenty-three prisoners ate their breakfast in jail. NO MORE BILLS AFTER TODAY ATLANTA, Aug. 18.—This wi the last day on which mem.bers of the Georgia legislature could intr > rluce bills at. the present session. In fad, nothing but uneontested local bills introduced toriay had a chance of passage, the Speaker of the pre dieted several days ago, and yester day was the last day for general bills. And the number that have -been introduced at this session has been unprecedented in Georgia legisla tive history, legisaltive attaches say. More than 800 bills have been drop ped into the house hopper, while the number in the senate runs around the 300 mark. POSSE SEARCHES FORK [.BLACK ASHEVILLE, N. C., August 18. —Police and sheriff’s deputies were last night combing a nearby moun tainside in an attempt to capture a negro who Monday morning at '■> o’clock criminally assaulted a sa lient at one of the local sanitari ums, The woman, carried to the local hospital following the assault, was reported last night in a serious condition. Over 10 citizens aided the au thorities in their all day search for the negro, who it appeared had suc cessfully made his escape. Os seven negroes taken into custody and car ried before the victim none was identified. The woman, who is 35 years of age, and who had recently arrived at the point in her recovery that >sho wa.'i permitted to take walks along the mountain road was alone at the time. She was met by the negro and first given a blow and then dragged into a nearby wood. Refuses io Vote for Christie Senator Wilkinson Adopts Strange Method 'n Endeavoring to Defeat Salary Jump for Assistant Commissione of Commerce Raise,but Begs Others to do So ATLANTA, Aug. in.—Remem ber how they used to kid the gin. who remonstrated against a stolen kiss? The universal cry was "please don’t! Stop!” But some silly wag revised the punctuation to make it read: “Please don’t stop.” This, in a manner of speaking, or writing, was the way Senator H. B. Wilkinson, 49th, went at defeating, or attempting to defeat, a salary raise for V,. E. Christie, assistant commissioner of commerce and la bor. Senator Wilkinson has con sistently and persistently fought every attempt to raise salaries in this legislature. The matter had been before the senate twice before, but this third time plea was made so masterfully that the senator be spoke himself as follows: "As a matter of general princi- — •-*.A/»^,zSWs ß g(g | NEW YORK FUTURES J \ I'e. Open 11am Close J J <>d. ?‘L35 i 23.40123H0 $ Due. .2 LG i 23.G»> 23,56|23.39 j PRICE. FIVE CENTS Bill ENDORSED BYWALKERFAILS REACHEAIENDAR Senate i eday Deferred Action On Bureau of Markcls Appj opviation UPPER HOUSE VOTES NEEL SALARY CUE Charges That Board of E nio molcgy ’n League With Ar senate Concerns Discussed A ILAN 1 A, Ajig. 18—-Proponent - ol the income tax constitutional amendment are doubtful today the possibility of passing inch a measure at this session of the Legi slature, although the members 1 i ,1. night agreed upon an income t.i■•; measure which wa jKlor '-d by (i’e Go'.en r, who alt r 'tidei| the confer ence.. If became l.uown today that th.- rule.-, commitb ■ a.l its meet ing thi : morning, had not placed the bill back on the calendar. the Senate today ileferrcd action on the appropriation tor I.he sun purl and maint'iianc" of the Bn renu of Mnrltri , until the reinnind er <>i the bill l . i( | i-onsi I red and acted upon, Thr- bill, a it came ft mi Ihe House, approjn i.,1: <1 $50,000 for each year, but t'w .'.m.-rnlnient.. by the Senate, doubica the amouni, making it .SIOO,OOO for 0.-ich year, providing al n, l.hed it n> ■ i ce‘ i<• money from other sourct a. Charges that, the Slate Board of Entomolog’, had he'-n in league with manufacturers of calcium art; enate, to boost the price of that com modity, were air* il on the floor of the Senate today during the consid ( ration of an appropri;.. ion of S7O, 000 for the maintainentiace of thrJ department and trie department;; of .horticulture and pomolopv. The Senate today voted to cut the salary of W. IL Neel, the Chief Engineer of the Highway Ttcp. rt ment. I SLAIN MAN GER HONOR IN DEATH Funeral of W. W. Ormond, Kill ed By Manctfactorer, At tended By Throng ROCKINGHAM, N August 18- Attended by what is :aiu to have been the largest number ,of people ever ■:< ■ at the funeral of a private citizen in Richmond coumy. burial services were held here Monday fee- William W. Or mond, 1, of f.’aleigh, N. C., who was shot and killed on the . treat here Saturday by W. E. Cole, wealthy textile manufacturer, who i- held in jail here without bail for Superior court October fifth. A love affair between Ormond and Cole's daughter, which aroused ob jections, is given as the reason for the tragedy. Business houses were closed for an hour during the obsequies and friends and relatives from many parts of the state were present at the Methodist church, which lacked space for the large crowd-. . pie, I m.i poiic.: to vote against flu.: . inert c c in alary, or-any other raise for ii matter. But lam going to .| , i. I Im 1 <• ■■ r; - nator in this cham - ber <ho ha. ever voted to increase the salary of any man to vote for this increase for if any deserve a raise, this man does,” Senator E. E. Andrews, 31st, who dso opposed the raise, asked, dur ing one of the arguments for the increase, if the state should raise a. man’s salary because his family had increased. The reply came from Senator frit Carlisle. 7th, “If any man is so pa triotic as to raise sons and daugh ters for this state, ho should be re warded on this point, if on no oth er.” , z Tiyere were only about thiv' votes on the bilk
