Georgia Historic Newspapers

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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
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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
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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
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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. _ _ ,