About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1925)
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Middling 22 l-4c. WEATHER For Georgia—Fair tonight and \ Sunday. ; S FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 197 Twenty-Five Members of Senate Will Quit at Midnight OPPOSED TO WORKING ON THE SABBATH Trouble Foreseen As Adverse vote By Seven Would Kill Any Action VETERAN EJECTED FROM FLOOR OF THE HOUSE Barrett Objects to H-s Presence When Fight On Confederate Script Is On I he SIO,OOO it to be used by ter county delegation at this ses sion of the legislature asking a SIO,OOO appropriation for the Third District A. & M. Schoo!, was passed by the house and sen ate this morning and placed in hte governor’s hands at 2 o’clock toda, accorqing ot a (telegram received by the Times-Recorder from Representative A. E. Hines. 1 me SIO,OOO is ao he used by the school to pay off part of its indebtedness, which amounts to approximately $15,000, and is not included in the school’s regular appropriation which comes under ]the yfeneral appropriation bill. Last year Senator Steve Pace, who isthe originator of the bill, received the senate andi house o.k. on the measure, but it was vetoed by the governor. ATLANTA, August 22.—A poll of the state senate early today in dicated at least 25 senators will call it a session at midnight and leave the senate chamber, unless all business of the assembly is com pleted prior to that time. This will leave only 32 members in the sen ate, with 26 required by the consti tution for action of any kind. With a bare working majority, trouble was foreseen in any late action as adverse votes by seven senators would kill any action be fore the senatorial body. Most of the senators who declar ed they would leave at midnight said they are prompted tn doing so for the reason that they are appos ed to working on Sunday. In a hotly contested light, thte house over rode the rules committee by amending the calendar so as to place the senate’s Confederate sol dier script bill on the calendar, as the second bill for consideration.l The vote was 142 to 37. During the li.ght to place the script bill on the calendar, an eld erly man, said to be a Confederate veteran, was ordered sos hte house floor. Representative Barrett, of Steph ens, who opposed ths motion to amend the calendar, addressed the speaker, demanding that those not entitled to the privilege of the floor be requested to leave. The man ejected from the house floor was George L. Carson, Com merce, Ga., who said that he was a delegate at-large from Georgia to the Democratic national convention last summer, and was the only Con federate veteran attending the convention. It waij charged by the veteran that Representative Barrett told him to net out, and Doorkeeper Hocks said Representative Miss Bes sie Kempton, Fulton county, came to him to eject the man. Miss Kempton, however, denied this.. The veteran expelled from the house gave his name as George L. Carson, Commerce, Ga. News Reporters Complimented Only One Complaint That Newspapermen Did Not Accurately Reflect the Proceedings of the Legislature Was Made This Year By Members of the Legislature ATLANTA, Aug. 22—Points of personal privilege raised by dis gruntled members of the Georgia legisalture .over accounts of their doings in the papers of this state have been few and far between during the session of the assembly just drawing to a close. This is regarded as a compliment to the men engaged in reporting the legislature by veteran legisla tures, who say that heretofore, ses sions have been punctuated fre quently by members anxious to “take a crack" at their favorite nemeses. There have been only two such instances in the senate and only one worthy of recordation in the house. The latter body uproariously and vehemently voted down a resolu tion by a new member declaring the press of the state did not accurate ly reflect the proceedings of the legislature. The man who "rot' THETIMtsBRtCORDER teaILeuBLISHED IN THE 7 yphoid F ever Spreading Rapidly Among Negroes inCounty,Says Cham bliss Health Official Urges Vaccina tion As Means of Preventing Additional Cases While tnere is not a known case of typhoid lever among (he white people of Sumter county, there are a number a; eases among the ne groes and unless the negro farm hands of the county arc vaccinated there is likely to be y large addi tional number of cases, Dr. .1, W. ('hambliss said today and asked the farmers be warned to have their ne groes vaccinated. “Last month we vaccinated more than 350 white people, completely immunizing them from typhoid fe ver,” Dr. Chambliss said. “How ever, it is exceedingly difficult to* persuade the negroes to consent to vaccination. “The farmers or their foreman should persuade their negro hands co allow the health board to vacci nate every one on the farm. We will gladly go to any place in the county and vaccinate the negroes free, provided the farmers will get as many as 25 persons together at one place and let us know when and where they will be gathered. We can not run around over the county vaccinating one or two or half a dozen, but every farmer may bring his employes to the health office for vaccination. “In one negro home we have visited this week we found five of the six members of the family down (Continued On Page Five.) Increase In Gas TaxWouldMean Much To Roads Estimated That Additional Half a Cent Tax Will Give High ways $75G,000 Annually ATLANT/; August 22.—1 f the house substitute measure, provid ing for an increase of a half cent in the tax on gasoline, becomes a law, it will give the State High way Department approximately $750,000 a year to spend on Geor gia roads, it is estimated. This would represent an increase of 50 per cent over the amount now being received by the department from the gasoline tax, for only one cent of the .gasoline tax money now goes to the road department, it has been pointed out. Os the three and half cents now paid on gasfi one-half cent is for oil inspection fees. One cent goe to the state highway department, one cent to the counties for roads, and the remaining one cent for the re tirement of the Western and At lantic railroad rentals. The measure providing for the abolition of the officers of the local oil inspectors would take off the half cent for inspection, but would put the shortage back in the form of an additional gasoline tax. So that, if both these bills become law, the tax would be four cents per gal lon, instead of the present tax of three cents .and the half cent in sptetion fee. Proponents of the increased fax assert that it will not raise the price of gasoline. They say that, since the combined tax and fee is now three and a half cents, the addi tion half cent is now being added to the price of gasoline. This is denied by others. the resolution was about the only one who voted in its favor. The points of personal privilege in the senate were directed against the same newspaper. Only in one instance, so far as is generally known, have reporters been excluded from executive ses sions <n committees. This one in stance, however, did not “take” for the reporter went into the next room and listened through a crack in the door and printed the proceed ings the next day, much to the dis comfiture of a member who was taking an entirely different posi j tion from the platform on which the ! member was elected. On the whole there has been ex j hibited an exceptional spirit of cam- I raderie, according to veteran legi ' slators and reporters, between the ■ members of the assembly and the j “pressmen” reporting the Ipgisla ture. AMERICUS. GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 22, 1925 A.L CONVENTION HONORS LOCAL LEGIONNAIRES Bell Named Chief de Train of 40 and 8, Brownell Re-elect ed to Committee Post Americus’ delegation played quite an important part in the American Legion state convention at Rome, which convened Friday night, ac cording t;- the delegates, Walter Bell, John Wooten ami G. W. Thomas, who r-turned to Americus early Saturday morning. Mr. Bell was ejected grand chief de train of the 40 and 8 < !ub and Chas. L. Brownell, Aim . icus, vas elected to succeed himself as executive com mitteeman, 3rd district, the office formerly held by Robot T. Lane. One of the most important mat ters coming before the convention, said Mr. Bell, was the Legion en dowment drive. The convention vote.;! to continue the drive and all posts were urged to extend every es fort in completing their quotas. Mr. Bell advised the convention that he would reopen the drive in Sumter county, and said be felt assured the people would cooperate with him in putting the drive across. A number of placards, directing tourists to Americus’ tourists camp, were placed at advantageous spots along the road to Rome and one large placard was erected on a post in the center of the tourist camp at Rome by the delegates. While in Rome Mr. Bell visited the Rome tourist camp, said to be ■one of the most, adequately equip ped in Georgia, to obtain informa tion and make a complete survey for a group of citizens and the local post of the Legion vim have already started construction on a tourist camp here. ‘“rhe Legionaires of Rome, who sponsored the tourist camp there, and the camp officials and caretak er have promised to cooperate with the local camp.” said Mr. Bell in discussing his visit to the Rome camp, and said they would direct southbound tourists through Ameri cus. Mr. Bel Igathered several valua ble pointers from the Rome camp, which will be put into execution ihere when the camp is completed, he said. C.G. RAWLINGS FOUND GUILTY Wealthy Banker. Charged With the Killing of Tarbuttcn, Given Life Sentence WRIGHTSVILLE, Gn„ August 22.-rs-Charles G. Rawlings, of San dersville, charged with the murder o’s G. A. Tarbutton, wealthy plant er of Johnson county, February 17, late Friday was found guilty by a jury with a recommendation for mrecy. This automatically carries a life sentence. The verdict was returned at 7 o’clock last night after the jury had considered the ease for nearly six hours. A. R. Brooks, foreman, man, delivered the verdict which rt*ad: “We find the defendant guilty of first-degree murder, and recommend mercy.” After the so licitor ,general polled the jury, Judge Camp imposed sentence. Attorneys for Rawlings immedi ately filed appeal for a new trial and October 17 was set as the date when Judge Camp will hear tne .motion. Fallowing the verdict Rawlings was returned to the Wrightville jail where he has been cofined since his indictment several months ago. ONE DEAD, 1 INJURED IN EASTMAN DUEL EASTMAN, Ga., August 22. Ed Coogler, farmer, is dead, L. D. Montford, deputy sheriff, is in a critical condition, ami Jack Sykes is in the Dodge county jail as the result of a shooting affray at Chauncey, near here, early Friday night. The trouble had its origin last Saturday when Deputy Mont ford is said to have hit Coogler’s brother over the head with his pistol during a tight. When Belgian War Debt Pact Was Prepared (■J I 1 Hr v\ < ■ ci MfrwKjtaife'j -'a WS9HKI ~— u • 7 emperature Figures Sent From Americus Found to Be Incorrect Local Prognosticator, Upon In vestigating, Finds His Ther mometers Inaccurate There isn’t any doubt about it having been hotter than blue blazes the pdst few days, but it is a cer tainty the mercury in the govern ment thermometers at the home ol J. Parrot Poole, local weather prog nosticator, was not registering prop erly when it climbed to the astound ing height of 110 degrees, as record ed Thursday. This is the attitude taken by the president of the Chamber of Com merce, who, after seeing the ther mometer at Mr. Poole’s home reg ister 108 on Friday, wired C. F. von Hermann, Meteorologist in At lanta, that the local thermometer was cutting capers and was not reg istering correctly. The Chamber of Commerce head tn the same wire, requested a new. set of thermome ters for Americus and asked that no temperature data from Americus be published until a change of ther mometers was effected. In a wire received from Mr. von Herrmann Friday afternoon, it was stated that no temperature data would be published and that a new set of thermometers were being is sued to Americus. Mr. Poole had not received the new temperature takers this morning, but is of the opinion they will have been receiv ed and installed by Monday. Americus people were virtually (Continued (>n Pas-e Five. FORMER MACON TEACHER ASKED TO QUIT CHURCH Fox, Dropped From Mercer Faculty, Charged With Un orthodoxy By Baptists RIVERTON, N. JJ., Aug. 22. Dr. Henry Fox, who was dropped from the faculty of Mercer Universi ty, MScon, for teaching evolution, has been asked to quit the Tattnall Square Baptist church for alleged unorthodoxy. Fox, now government biologist here, has written Dr. Fugate, pas tor, that he,will withdraw if the Tat tnall Square deacons will officially deny the right of individual Baptist to determine his own doctrinal views. Fox claims that the Tattnall Square church refused him a form letter, transferring his membership to the New Jersey congregation on the grounds that his public utter ances are not consistant with the Bantist belief. The former Mercer teacher has been asked by H. D. Chapman, Ma con church clerk, in a letter, to eith er affirm or deny his faith in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. LIGHTNING KILLS 3 NEAR SALE CITY CAMILA, Aug. 22. — Three per sons were killed near Sale City late Friday afternoon when a house in which th eywete seeking refuge from the storm was struck by light ning. The dead are: Julian Greg ory, 11: Mrs. Albert Pitts. 20, and Tony Webb, 10. They were all children of Charles W. Webb, prominent citizen of Sale City. A negro house on the S. S. Jones place was badly damaged. There was considerable rain and wind, doing serious damage to the crops. PROSPECT PARK NAMED AS SITE FOR AUTO CAMP Citizens Committee Submits Report; Three Locations Were Considered A committee consisting of W. L. Walker, chairman, T. F. Gatewood, Jas. W. Lott and H. P. Everett, rep representing a group of Americus citizens, appointed to select a loca tion for a tourlsc camp r,ere decid ed upon Prospect Park as the most desirable location. The committee’s report follows: The citizens committee, appoint ed, with authoirty to act, with ref erence to the selection of a suitable location for a Tourist camp, tenders the following report: There were three available loca tions, one being Prospect Park, one the City’s Playground and the other the Dudley Pine grove, located on Spring street, which is under lease to a merchant on that street. We find that there will be. several objections to the playground, the main one being that it is off the highway and is not easy of access by tourists, and will be difficult for them to locate. The location on Spring street would make a desirable camp, but due to the fact that it is privately owned, it would be impossible to get free lights, free water and free plumbing work, and woul dnot per haps be a permanent camp. After taking everything into con sideration it was decided that Pros pect Park would make an ideal tour ist camp, and work will be started at once, getting it cleaned up, roads made, shower baths installed, toil ets installed and other improvements made. Also we will arrange to make small road signs to bo put up at the proper locations. We recommend that, if it can be arranged, and arch sign, similar to the county line signs, be placed over the entrance to the tourist camp, as this will be in keening with the county lino signs and will be verv attractive. We recommend that for the pres ent at least, that this be operated as a free camp, although later on it may be wise to make a small charge per night. SNOW AND RECORD HEAT BOTH HIT | OKLAHOMA IN DAY! OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 22—j Oklahoma Friday whs experiencing j moderate temperature after a fit of artistic-temperature indulged in yes terday by the weather man. The en tire gamut of weather for all sea sons was displayed in various parts of the state during the day. At Mus kogee snow, driven before a high wind, fell for nine minutes. The weather scene was enacted after a violent wind and hailstorm. The tom perature dropped 36 degrees from 101 to 65. CEYLON PE ARL OYSTER’S LIFE IS EIGHT YEARS ROME. Italy, Aug. 22.—Apart from its world-wide reputation ns one of the most scenically beautiful places on the map, Ceylon ranks as the second largest producer of pearls. The Ceylon pearl oyster’s life is about eight years, and it is most productive of its covted prize after three years, both as regards num ber and size of pearl. Assist.] by Secretary Andrew Mellon (right) and Sen. Reed Smoot (left) I’resident Coolidge is here . hown working at Plymouth, Va., on linul draft of Belgian war Inan agreement which has been signed hy thi« War Debt (’omission. Convert Dance Pavilion Into House Worship Players Will Be Heard On Ty hee Pavilion On Sunday In stead of Music SAVA NA 11, Aug. 22.—“ Come to prayer meeting next Sunday is the invitation given by W. I). Durdan, of the Durden and Powers Dancing pavilion, when the pavilon was clos ed and the large crowd of visitors were turned away. Mr. Durden stood with 1 ears in his eyes as a. large crowd of eager would be dan cers after casting many wishful glances at the shining floor had to seek pleasure elsewhere. But the worst was yet to come for Mr. Dur den, he was arrested while looking tor the sheriff. As he strolled down the street to find the sheriff to serve » temporary injunction on him to prevent the officers from closing the dancin gpavilion he was nabbed by the same sheriff he was seeking. The sheriff charged him with violat ing the anti-dancing law. The Sher iff was a tenderharted man and did not hang Durden for the offence and he was afterward released on bail. The crowd came as usual to the pavilion and it seemed for a while that the statue by the late General Assembly would be cast aside for the first. Sunday after the passage of the law the dancing went on and the officers made no effort to pre vent it. A week later, however, the dancers came, in numbers equally as large as in the days of Pre-Pro hibition of Sunday dancing but found the hall closed. The law had at las triumphed. The days when the fair couples glided over the smooth polished floor has gone and<no move would the whine of the trombone be heard amongst the laughter of the gay dan cers that spent their Sunday even ings before the throne of grace and beauty. It is not known whether the invi tation to attend prayer meeting will be accepted by the dancers or not. PASS BILL TO BLOCK NEGROES IN POLITICS ATLANTA, Aug. 22.—0n1y reg istered and qualified voters would be allowed to participate in political muss meetings under a house bill which passed the senate unanimous- 1 ly Friday afternoon. It is under- , stood that the intent of the bill is to ] keep negroes out of control of | Georiga republican politics. 1 Greatest Roll-Call Legislature Mania Among Senators for Putting Opponents On Record for the Votes They Cast Has Resulted :n Loss of Much Time In History is About to Adjourn ATLANTA, Aug. 22.—The legi slature just drawing to a close is , the greatest roll-call legislature, es- I pecially the senate portion of it. in j the recollection of the secretary of the senate, Devereaux F. McClatch i ey, veteran of 28 sessions of the I General Assembly. | There has been a mania among ‘ the senators, he said, for putting , their opponents on record for the ■ votes they cast, and this practice : has resulted in the killing of large i amounts of time for the state of : Georgia. I When a bill is put to a vote, the ■ usual way is for the chair to call for ! a standing vote. In nine eases out I of ten, this is taken before the de-, I mand for the ayes and nays is made, I ami in most instances the majority I one way or another has been over- I whelming. NEW YORK FUTURES Pc. Open 11am Close Oct. 23.35i28.41i23.40|28,38 Dec. . 23.62 23.68'23.65|23.53 PRICE FIVE CENTS CORDELE MAN CHARGED WITH SERIOUS CRIME » Grand Jury to Investigate Statu tory Offense Against Brume Napier SAID TO HAVE LURED GIRL FROM STATION Alleged Victim Was Wailing for Train At Cordele When Ac costed By Man The grand jury for the July term “C Crisp Superic- Court has been recalled by Judge D. A. R. Crum to investigate the statutory offens. charged against Bruns.- Napier white twent- -six years of age, in '•'•niu-etmn with a twelve year old while gn-i. who was .-.aiu to have b- i ii lured from the union passenger station in Cordele last Saturdaj when :lu- missed her train and had to wan i,v. r for another to go to her destination. I he young girl had been visiting m a South Georgia county and was returning to her home beyond Cor dele. Having missed her train, and with several hours to wait until the next, it is alleged that a young man told her that be and bis sisters wer, going to her home and would gladly carry her in their automobile. The young girl consented and, with her grips, got into the car. It is said that the man told her he would pick up bis sisters “over in town.” The next heard or seen of her was on Sunday morning when she was found near a strip of woods. Investiga tions immediately led to the arrest of Napier. Relatives of the young woman have strongly indicated to Sheriff Noble that they wish the case to take its course in the court and Sheriff Noble has been given every assurance by those vitally interest ed in the case that the accused young man will get a fair trial. The /atrocious nature of the case has giv en Sheriff Noble a great amount of concern, but since the arrest and in carceration of the acouesd young man those who will have to take the role of prosecutors have been cool and calm and always maintained that they wished the law to tnke its course. The grand jury wil handle the case Monday. If Nnpier is indicted in all probability his trial will bzgin Tuesday and will then proceed to the end and justice will be meted out al: speedily as possible. FROM FLORIDA COMES THIS YARN MIAMI, Aug, 22. —Florida state development board is authority for the statement that 19 acres of land, six feet under water, a few miles south of Miami Beach, has been sold for $19,000. Suction dredge sare to be employ ed in filing the land up above the on. A low, marshy island of five acres half a mile from the coast of Flori da, recently sold for SIOO,OOO, ac cording to reports. • EDITOR CITED TO APPEAR BEFORE JUDGE SOPERTON, Aug. 22.—JBecausc he published editorials protecting the release of the man who shot, IL M. Flanders, editor of the Soperton News, W. E. Boatwright, editor of the Swainsboro Forest-Blade, week ly newspaper, has been cited to ap pear before Judge Esehol Graham Monday to show cause why ho. should not be held in contempt of court. I Mr. McClatchey points out that the institution of the roll call vote is to decide exactly the vote on closely contested questions, but this year the roll has been called when only three or four were voting to gether on one side, the remainder being on the other side. Only one fifth of those voting is necessary to sustain the call for the ayes and nays. I'here also have been several in stance sos deliberate dilatory tac tics, as. for instance, the filibuster of Senator Harrell, 12th, on the juvenile court bill and numerous motions to adjourn at various times with demands for roll-call votes on the adjournment question. It is estimated by senate leaders had all the time of the senate been put on acting on bills, the calendar would have been cleared. _ _ ,
