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PAGE TWO CROSSES MARK CAR FATALITIES Spots in Ohio Where Automo bi ists Have Been Killed Designated COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 29. Dotting the sides of Ohio's high ways throughout the length of the state at frequent and infrequent intervals stand white crosses, Thev mark t dot’s where automobilists have ’ heen killed. Automobile drivers rounding a sharp curve, in many sections, come squarely upon a white cross, or possibly two or three, mute remind- ’ crs that one or more persons have, been killed at that spot. Governor Viv Donahey was re sponsible for the placing of the crosses. It was his ideal that they would help to cut down automo bile fatalities by making drivers more cautious. They have not been installed long enough, however, to draw any conclusions. Many automobile drivers declare they experience a sinking sensation when they suddenly come upon (Im ■white crosses. The governor Im been condemned for the move on the ground It gives rise to morbid thoughts; others have praised it a being a good “sedative” for reck less drivers. POWER COMPANY STOCK ADVANCES ATLANTA, August 29. Tre mendous activity in shares of 11n- Georgia Railway and Power e->m- ,: ■ I , MONDAY THE COOLEST | t TUESDAY PLACE IN TOWN L RY LANDER - SIP I r Straight from the studios comes Inez. She’s the famous K 1 “movie vamp” who breaks a hundred hearts—anil then 1 deliberately breaks her own by the greatest sacrifice aw;.- ■ i man ever made. Come behind the screen for ‘ k e most to . touching and fascinating drama of the year. Anna Q. Nilescn, Lewis Stone, Mary Astor and a hundred 9 , Hollywood natives help make it great. Wallis Beery, An- g 1 tonia Moreno, Lloyd Hughes, Frank Mayo, Ford Sterling | are in just long enough to give you a long laugh. K i ■ ' I ( '■ -I < ' & ■’ •“ 1>" ~ * ... - "— —\ V /,v " 1 $ ■- ::W\ ,*•< ■ ■>. • ■ ■'■ • ■-' • , •«•■ • ~ . -.- V* *'W . ~ '/ .4/’ 7 X \ (A ; ■ ■.. '; /' '■■ •'.■ ‘..: '"■ * -•.s<&«|t : \\ ' \ ■ ,7- ■ ■ <-'■ - 'A /fe A'- .•■ * , . 7,\ -•'7'^ ; a . ,n .’ ' ; ■' . - /‘zi" ; r'"' a .■ -■' ■• f-. , : r / %■ './jy \x ■ ■ : v zV ;■ •' .- - -•’ Sjp >. ' X. ■ -. I here’s No Bread Like - DOMESTIC BREAD Baked Fresh Every Day I Model Bread Co. ' fc—iiiffTiiiiHiMmMWiriiii i - ‘ pany| during which common stock lof the company has advanced $45 to SSO a share, was explained Fri day when it. became known that ap- ■ proximately 10,000 shares of the I stock had been thrown on the mar ket for competitive bidding of New York and Boston brokers. At the close of the market Friday, 111 was bid for these shares in both New York and Boston, and 116 asked. HANDS MUTILATED MINER GETS FOOD WITH HIS MOUTH i COI.BAT, Ont., 4" .list 29. —j When both his hands were badly i mut-lated recently by the pre ma-1 tin e explosion of a dynamite cap, i Jim G:-Higher, a northern pro;-]: pector, alone in his cabin some miles; I from Larder Lake, was compelled i < |to subsist for two days on what I; scraps <>f food he could pick up I iioia tec table with his mouth. Th- Exp!.n ion left him helpless until i 1 hi* p's. ht was discovered, and he wrs taken to Kirkland Lake lor t treatment. i h WIFE MURDERER i ■ TAKES OWN LIFE ' TO FOIL POLICE', MEXIA, Texas. August 29. -■ I Henry McKenzie, 72, shot and kill- . cd his wife at their homo Friday 1 and when office i s came- to arrest him, killed himself. Mr-. McKen zie was a daughte r of Mr--. Lucy . Gamble, owner of the famou Gum- * hie lease in the- Mexia oil field. The f-.mily i< wealthy ami promi nent. « Tie coroner’s verdict made no P mention of the cause leading up toP the double- tragedy. “CHUBBY” KNEW WHERE HE BELONGED. EVEN IF NOBODY ELSE IN COURT DID NEW YORK, August 29.—Their own mother sometimes can’t tell them apart, but Chummy knows. Perhaps his nose knows. But anyhow, he never fails to tell Billie McCarthy from Johnnie, and he likes Billie a little bi the best. Ail this is a mc.ttei of court rec ord by now. The twins, .---ven years old, lost th Jr French poodle pet. He was located in pos ;e si->n of a janitor 1 y the name- of I’ickney down the tri et. So e , bright morning they all an; - ar-d before Magistrate Le vine, v. ,th a tangle of conflicting Hains which might have turned gray th locks of Solomon. Beii ;> a wi ■ judge, Magistrate Levine didn’t even try to solve it. He simply‘asked Chummy. I’ickney and the twins had been tugging at the dog’s collar in eager rivalry while Mrs. McCarthy, the boy'; mother, explain'd that Chum my was partial to Billy. Magistrate I.' vine ordered the claimants to - (and silently at opposite ends of a table his clerk held the dog in the center. The next moment, Chummy was in Billy’s arms, liikin'.’. his nose. “Chummy’s judgment is affirm-l id,” announced Magistrate Levine. I FRENCH DEBT MISSION TO VISIT UNITED STATES PARIS, Aug. 29. —An official an nouncement was made today that Finance Minister Caillaux will sail on the Liner Paris, September 16: to initiate debt funding negotiations in the United States, Caillaux will be accompanied by only one expert, the remainder of the mission follow ing either September 19 or 29. Mangled Pack of Huskies Kill Woman TK'E PAS, Manitoba, August 29. —Mrs. F. G. Clay, wife of a mount ed police sergeant St Chesterfield : Inlet, was torn to pieces by huskies : more than a month ago, according to word brought to The Pas in • northern Manitoba by a canoe j party. Terribly torn. Mrs. Clay was res- I cued from a pack of 15 dogs. Ff . forts were made in the sub-Arctic surgical aid but the woman died ; Wounds 5 Man Turns Gun On Dancers OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Aug ust 29. M. M. Boykin, 26, wound up a night’s lark shortly after mid night Thursday by opening tire with a .shotrun through window into a crowded dance hall at the edge of the city. He fired al! but three of a box of cartridges, wounding live danc ers, all men. Two are expected to die. Boykin was arrested soon after ward when police- overtook him in a cornfield, where had fallen asleep, embracing the smoking shotgun. As the shooting began, the men and women dancers fled. THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ' ■ 1 - ' : C: |JF ,- ■ ' ii lit—winuL i ii 1 1 mm mmbsmmmmbmbf ANNOUNCEMENT i « Frank Easterlin Co. Has Secured the Exclusive Contract for the Distribution of OLDSMOBILES casnMwmfTfiW’MrrrtTiiiiwiri'iiftiMiiiiiiiiii iiwirnrii » Eor Americus and Vicinity Effective August 25th _ x Ms, ■ U-’-. I Olds Touring Car s’.'i Now ons Display in Show Room on I ’ * e? OLDS MOTOR WORKS IM. C. WILLIS, Jr., Special Representative ■-■iFwwwiMßmHr'iwr-itwr' limn FTTimßnniiniMWßW_HMiiMyi.il i ' SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST ?9, 1925“ KI'MS MB “ GREETS OllTffl Rev. John (Sutler’s return to the city was the occasion Friday of a hearty welcoming on the part of his fellow Kiwanianj, when Rev. Joe Branch, Rev. Shirley and Rev. Hey- DUDLEY’S OPERA HOUSE 1 Monday and Tuesday * “A Kiss In The Dark” With r / T Adolph Menjou, Lillian Rich, Aileen Princle. One of the Biggest Laugh Pictures in Years. MATINEES, 10c and 15c; NIGHTS, 10c, 15c, 20c Big Pictures At Little Prices A ~ ward, rgpre^nting^hg,'.ulsters of th<- citj and speHaTgnffiftfFfef the Kiwanis cluo, each’ .spoke of the joy of the men of Americus at the re turn of Mr. Gutter,who had been ill but now has returned to the city again to take up his labors as. pas tor of the First Methodist church. A number of members of the club also took part in the program which for the day was confined to this fea ture. Music was furnished by the Americus Mandolin club.
