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SEASON’S RECEIPTS I Total bales received through I Tuesday . 8,245 WEATHER | For Georgia—Fair tonight and I Thursday. FORTY-SEVE?'!! H YEAR—NO. 206 Negro Soldier Shot To Death By E. J. Fullbright WATCHMAN FOR SHIVER CO, IS EXONER ATED Black Made Insclent Remark When Asked to Move Off Sidewalk, Said Fullbright BENNING OFFICIALS INVESTIGATING AFFAIR Dead Man Was Member of Company Which Is Remov ing Plumbing From South er Field Two officers sent from Camp Benning this morning to further investigate the shoot ing declared they had “noth ing at all for the newspapers," when an effort was made by a Times-Recorder reporter to in terview them. In less than two hours after E. J. Fullbright, night watchman for the John W. Shiver Lumber company, shot and instantly killed Phillip Smith, negro soldier, Tuesday night about 11 o'clock near the Shiver Lumber company’s yard, he was ac quitted at a committal trial held before Justice of the peace Judge , J. M. Shy, a verdict of justifiable homicide being rendered. Smith was killed by Mr. Full bright after he had made an insol ent remark and reached in the in side of his coat as if to drdty hr weapon, upon being asked by Yw Fullbright to move to one side ’ im, the walk, so that he and his wiTV and daughter might pass, according to the statements of Mr. Fullbright and his daughter at the hearing.. A few minutes after the fatal shot was fired, Austin Law, owner of a wood yard near the Shiver Lumber company, called the police. Officer Glawson, who was on duty, upon being informed that the negro was dead, called Sheriff McArthur, who arrested Mr. Fullbright. Mr. Fpllbright made no effort to resist arrest and readily admitted killing the black, according to the Sheriff. Mr. Fullbright fired his pistol only one time, the bullet entering the negro’s forehead and killing him instantly. Mr. Fullbright was escorting his wife and daughter home from the lumber yard, they having come to the yard to bring him supper, when they approached a groupe of three or foursoldiers on the sidewalk near the intersection of Church and Cok er streets. The negroes, according to Mr. Fullbright and his daughter, were blocking the walk, and Mr. Full bright asked them to step aside. Instead of moving to one side of the walk, the negroes remained where they were and Smith said “you better move me yourself” or something to that effect, at the same time approaching Mr. Full bright and placing his hand on the inside of his coat, according to Mr. Fullbright. Fearing that the negro was go ing to bring a weapon into play, Mr. Fullbright fired his revolver, the bullet taking effect in the black’s head. > Smith was a member of the negro company which was sent from Camp Benning, Columbus, several weeks ago to remove pipe lines and plumb ing from Souther field, and had been in the service for nearly six years. His body was taken to camp Benning early this morning. governor walker TO TAKE VACATION ATLANTA, Sept. 2.—Governor Clifford Walker wlil leave today on a week’s vacation to rest up out of sight of ken of state duties. Asked his vacation plans, Governor Wal ker smiled and said that he would merely disappear from the realms of statecraft for a week, would go somewhere for a thorough rest and relaxation. 150 MINERALS FOUND HERE, SAYS M’CALLIE Atlanta, sept. 2.—Of iso valuable minerals found in Georgia, more than 25 are being r.incd at a good profit, said Dr. S. V,. Met ol lie, state geologist, in a series of interviews on “Scientific Geoigia, being distributed by the Associated Press. Dr. McCallie said that from a mineral standpoint, Georgia i- o. e of the most richly endowed state: in the Union. One of the most im portant minerals fount in thi stati is asbestos, he said. THE TIMESgWcORDER jfrtijfjgUßLlSHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE Fails in Attempt to Reach Hawaiian Islands > : ; '• 'i ■ ■ * diwWwWW Basel Hero is the U. S. naval air flag-Ition-stop flight from San Franciscol report necessity to take the first po ship PN-9 No. 1, which had aln.ostlto Pearl Harbor when exhaustion I portunity to land, reached the Hawaiian coast in its Jof its gasoline supply forced it toj COAL SHORTAGE UNLIKELY WASHINGTON, Sept. 2—The anthracite coal strike will not have a serious nation-wide effect in the opinion of government economic and mining experts who have been investigating the situation. They point out £hat next winter’s coal supply has been mined and even if the strike should be a long drawn out affair there is little chance of a coal shortage. Winter, coal prices probably will advance, but no more than in other years, unless a few dealers use ■ the strike’ as an unjustifiable ex cuse for profiteering, the govern ment officials believe. C. Recording to James E. Black coni of the Bureau of Mines, the rtotal production of anthracite coal up to Aug, 8 this year was 55,992,- O-QO tons—about 1 per cent more 'thslV during the same period last <JPur. ' The total output of bituminous up to Aug. 8 was 285,507,000 tons, an increase, of. 4 per cent over last year. According to W. F. McKenney, E. E. Finn and F. G. Tyron of geologi cal survey, the total supply of bit uminous coal now in storage is 38,- 000,000 tons. The present supply" of anthracite is hard to determine accurately, but indications are it is sufficient to tide over a long stretch o f non-production. The geological survey experts say retail dealers have a 52-day supply ofi band. This statement is based on reports fr0m,497 dealers who have a total of 1,188,000 tons. In addition to this, about 1.000,000 tons are stored on upper Great Lakes docks, while anthracite producers have stocks of undetermined size stored at the mines. Those in touch with the situa tion declare it can in no way be compared with the great general coal strike of 1922 which involved 003,031 men for average of 122 days. To date the government has re fused to,take a hand in the rtjatter. The president has stated he will be guided wholly' by the advice of Sec retary of Commerce Hoover, who is carefully studying the situation. MAN HURLED TO DEATH AS PASSING TRUCK FRIGHTENS HIS MULE QUITMAN, Sept. 2. —■ Kur'cd from the back of a mule he was rid inging Dan Johnson, 42, well-known Brooks county farmer, was killed late Monday. The mule became frightened as a covered track pass ed along the highway near the Pis coal creek bridge a few miles south of this city. Mr. Johnson’s skull was crush ed as he was catapulted to the sur face of the highway. Mr. Johnson was operating the farm of his fa ther, W. T. Johnson, and is regard ed as a successful farmer. YOUTH SWIMS HUDSON IN THIRTY-SEVEN MINUTES NEW YORK, Sept. 2. John Devine, Jr., 6-year-old swimmer of Philadelphia, swam the Hudson riv er in 37 minutes. The boy dove off the 125th Street ferry from the New York shore and swam to the New Jersey shore, a distance of about a mile. KENTUCKY CONFERENCE REJECTS UYNIFICATION COVINGTON,, Sept. 2. The Kentucky conference of the Meth odist Episcopal church south, toddy : voted to reject the plan for unifi cation of the southern and north ern branches of the church. The vote was 87 for and 88 against. AMERICUS. GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 2. 1925 Settlement Os French Debt to United States Appears Very Near Belgian Debt Pact Will Spur “Fighting Republic” to Ac tion, Is Belief By CHARLES P. STEWART WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—Every time another country comes to terms with the United States con cerning its war indebtedness to the latter it becomes just that much harder for France to continue stall ing off a settlement. To that extent the recently con cluded Beigian-American agree ment, which otherwise isn’t a very brilliant bargain for this nation, is a good thing. Probably insures some sort of an arrangement when the French debt commission drops in at Wash ington in mid-September. The commission would look pretty fool ish trying to make out that France can’t do at least as well as poor lit* t|e stepped on Belgium. On the other hand the French certainly will ask as good terms as Belgium received. The Belgian compact lops off more than 200 millions in terest, and in the same ratio, France’s debt being much larger than Belgium’s, the former would get a cancellation amounting' to something like a billion and a half—quite an item. The Belgian reduction was grant ed on the strength of promises made by President Wilson when he was in Paris. So far as the records show, he didn’t make similar promises to France, but you can’t tell—the French may make something up yet They have wonderful memories casual promises of a sort calculated, if kept, to save them money. An other thing, during the next ten years the Belgians will make only nominal payments. France is sure to demand a like extension. Os course it remains for Con gress and parliament, in Brussels, to ratify the Belgian-American agreement. Parliament can be de (Continued on Page Three) BULGARIAN OFFICIAL GOT ACTIVE PROOF OF ROBBER BAND S WORK VRASTA, Bulgaria, Sept. 2. Minister'of Justice Boboshevski re cently visited the Vrasta district to assure residents that their com plaints of the activities of bandits were unjustified. Summer visitors had been kept away from the dis tricts, it was alleged, by reports that the district was overrun with band its. Returning to Sofia the minister of justice and his party were attacked by a band headed by Ivan Atanas soff, a former school teacher. The militia went to the aid of the offi cial party, seriously wounded At anassoff and killed the members of his band. WOULD FORCE ROADS TO CONSOLIDATE SWAMPSCOTT, Sept. 2.—Legis lation to force rairoad consolidation after a period of seven years will be sought by the administration in the next session of Congress. An admendment to the Esch- Cummins act to this effect was agreed upon today at a conference between President Coolidge and Senator Watson, Republican of In diana, chairman of the Senate In terstate Commerce Commission, \ PEGGY PERPLEXED OVER WHEREABOUTS OF AGED HUSBAND s Peggy Harris, an aged negro woman, requests the Times-Re ( corder to aid her in locating her ? husband, Ben Harris, who has gone off somewhere, she says, to pick cotton. Peggy says that Ben is too old and feeble to be away from home and she fears that he may be ill and suffering. ' Ben went off Monday, accord- > ing to Peggy in an automobile with some one to and } she has heard nothing from him ? since. She is distressed and ? asks her white friends to help > her in the search for her aged ) spouse. ) The Times-Recorder will com ( municate with her if notified ? by telephone as to Ben’s Where- > abouts. Cashier 7 aken With Soul Mate and Stolen Pund Confesses to Embezzling $60,- 000 and Eloping With Pret ty Lexington Girl SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 2. —A nation-wide hunt for Will Ed Frazer. Middlesboro, Ky., bank cashier, who is alleged to have de sertede his wife and family for a 22-year-old “soul mate” and ab sconded with bonds and cash aggre gating more than SIOO,OOO, ended here Tuesday when a man who ad mitted he was Frazer was taken into custody. The young woman, said to be a society girl of Lexington, is held as an accessory. With the ar rival of H. E. Ball, chief of police of Middlesboro, who has been trail ing the man since his disappearance in July, identification was complet ed and the cashier admitted his guilt. In the meanwhile, his companion was arrested at their hotel room. Under questioning, she broke down. “My love for the girl was my downfall,” he said. Since leaving Middlesboro he said they had traveled throughout the United States. Arriving in San Antonio a few days ago the cashier said he open ed a bank account and rented a saf ety deposit box. Keeping $7,500 worth of bonds in his baggage, he placed between $45,000 and $47,000 in bonds in the box. Their trip, Frazer said, had cost $40,000 in bonds and $20,000 in cash. The smaller amount of bonds were found in a hat box. In an other box S2OO in travelers’ checks and S7O in currency were found. After admitting his guilt, Frazer signed a waiver of extradition. 2 DEAD, 1 INJURED IN MINE EXPLOSION OWENBORO, Ky., Sept. 2—Two miners were killed and one seri ously burned Tuesday at mine Num ber :i of the Black Diamond Coal Mining company in Drakesboro, when a gas explosion occurred fol lowing a slate fall in a tunnel, in which seven men were working. Four escaped uninjured. 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The offer is a most liberal one It certainly provides away in which to earn extra money—from i cash commission of fifteen per cent of vour collections to i i|t which means compensation a tthe rate of more than $25.00 lor hberafoffer g fr ° m "° W ‘° the end ° f ,he Times-Record, r's Between now and Nov. first many subscriptions to The Times-Recorder will fall due. Hundreds will sub scribe for the first time, either for themselves or for their friends. For every year more and more people are finding The Times-Recorder an jdeal paper. Men and women are needed in every part of the city and territory around about to help take care of the tremendous business that is here waiting only to be gone after. Why shouldn’t you earn a share of their generous profits? It makes no difference how little time you have. And you need no experience. Three Way» Are Open You can help yourself and The NINE ARRESTED IN JONES CASE Evidence Will Be Presented Be fore Coroner’s Jury Early Tomorrow Morning GRAS , Ga.. Sept. 2.—Evidence will be presented before the coro ner’s jury tomorrow morning in the case of nine men who are being hel l in connection with the.slaying from ambush last Friday, of Floyd Ma lone and Frank Tucker, county po licemen. Sheriff J. C. Middle brooks, said today. The ninth man, Richard Woffolk, was arrested late yesterday, com pleting the service of nine war rants, sworn out after a conference between sheriff Middlebrooks and coroner A. M. Green. ANTHONY CITIZENS APPRECIATE ACTION OF EDUCATION BOARD The following was received this morning by E. T. Moore, president of the county board of education. It is self explanatory. We, the undersigned patrons and citizens of Anthony school district, wish to express our heart felt ap preciation to the Board of Educa tion for the restoring of our school, district. .1. W. PEEL, MRS. A. W. DANIEL, W. P. DANIEL, C. A. BALLAN, MRS. C. A. BALLAN, H. S. PAGE, MRS. MAUD SIMPSON, MRS. H. S. PAGE, G. E. DANIEL, MRS.G. E. DANIE.L C. A. HURDLE, MRS. C. A. HURDLE, R. P. MALAIER, MRS. R. P. MALAIER, G. W. WALTERS. MRS. G. W. WALTERS. NORTH CAROLINA BEGINS MARKETING BIG TOBACCO CROP CHARLOTTE, N. C., Sept. 2. Tobacco farmers of eastern North Carolina Tuesday beg-an marketing a crop expected to bring approxi mately $97,000,000. The crop this season is estimated at 297 000,000 pounds, according to state agricul tural officials, the fiftn largest ever produced in North Carolina. With a billion bales of hay and a billion pounds of tobacco being grown, the two may become mixed. Times-Recorder in three ways: ill By looking after renewal subscrip tions for The Times-Recorder in Americus and in the towns and tei ritory in this vicinity; (2) by se curing new subscriptions for thi newspaper, established in 1879 and known as “Today's First Newspa per” in thousands of homes; and 13) by securing subscriptions f>r The Times-Recorder as gift to friends and relatives. Do you need more money? The Times-Recorder needs more work era. So if you can spare an hour or so now and then, know about this mammoth free gift distribution in (Continued on Page Seven) Bank er Pears Pacing Pamily After Arrest Nation-Wide Hunt for Man Wh Stele SIOO,OOO and Desert ed Family, At End SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Sept. —“lt wasn’t worth it! “I can face bank officials and penitentiary guards, but I cannot face my wife and two children.” ' Such is the statement of Will Frazer, who confessed to having ab sconded July 11 from Middl-sboro. Ky., with approximately $(50,01)0 in money and negotiable bonds, after which he eloped with a beautiful girl of Lexington. “When detectives knocked on m door I was at first tempted to shoot it out with them. They were ?> nice about it, though, I decided to give up, go back and take my medi cine—but it’s going to be hell.” The 22-year-old girl, Thelma ITo bach, described as a “butterfly ol the perfect doll type,” gave an ad mission to detectives which led to identification of the embezzler. She announced that she would stick to her companion. No chart'’ will be placed against her. The man has waived extradition and w II be taken to Kentucky at once. FEDERAL TAXES DECREASE WHILE OTHERS INCREASE WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—Re sults of a survey conducted by the National Grange made public today show federal taxes were reduced while state, county and local taxes increased, so that the 10l er as er■ ments were approximately 50 per cent greater than the federal tax bill. IGNORANCE IS BLISS FOR TOURIST UNTIL TOLD MEANING OF WORD I THE DALLES, Ore., Sept 2. A I thirsty tourist quaffed vigoroti.-i ■ I from a roadside spring between 1 Mosier and Hood River about tv ■- Ity miles from here. A sign letter -94, “This water is con had been placed beside the spring. Division Engineer Wanzer of 'h" Oregon highway departmi i*. e• \- ing by, saw the drinker snd stop ped to warn him, only to be met by the question. “What kind of miner al water is this? I never heard of it before.” The State replaced the sign with one reading: “This water is rotten. Not fit to I drink.” NEW YORK FUTURES Pc. Open 11am Cioffi Ort. 22.14 22.15 22.11122.13 Dee. 22.45 22.42 22.34|22.61 AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Middling, 21c. PRICE FIVE CENTS . FOR LIVES OFFIVEMENON 1 GPLANE fifteen £ Gms Since Last Word Received From Crew of Navy Plane STEAMSHIP FARRAGUT RACING TO RESCUE ..a Five Mi n On Board PN-9, Which Was Attempting to Fly to Hawaii SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2. Fifteen liou.s after the last word was received from the missing sea plane PN-9, number 1, which failed in its San Francisco-Honolulu non stop t light because of shortage of fuel, Commander Moses of the project, was without word of its fate. IKiyOLl 1,1 , Sept. 2.—Five men in a di.iablcd . apktne, drenchc I with tropical rain and hemmed in l,s 1 L- t »ii .i) night in the mid i’.H iiie Such v.a the picture paint cd I’.. ' ■ today of the unfortunate r ud "I an . tb-nipied navy i eaplano flight from San Fransico I to Honolulu. This gloomy view of the predie amei: . of th Commander John D. I' ’ , I . S. N., and his four co- ■ I'. imor, v. a based on official ro pe: Is received from the ships in the I path of th ebig . iplane PN-9, num her I. Reports nil yielded the same definite fact that the aviators were L- I in the untrhceable darkness. Throughout thi hours of dark n<- plans for the rescue of the : iai'.r;, hould they bt found alive, were brought to completion. The L land of Matti, the nearest of the Hawaiian group to the point where Um plane i ; believed to have di: 'appeared in the Pacific, was des ignated as the rescue base. FARRAGUT TO RESCUE S;.n FRANCISCO, Sept. 2. U, ! wirelessed* the I i'll grit corinande. h?re that it is i,. - ■■!:■. .• a- of tie- flirt,t .- nd v:i :to reach the point white the I’N 9, No. lis down about ~ ; , . •',i i I ir-l time tf.diy. 'i'i .F'nri •!•••»»' i proceeding :t 27 knots. >in hem;-. The AvOostoox he Tai at ei are also steaming lirtv.nl 'll" plwhere.the great - opkoif i- ii. ' I to be buffeting the waves. Imrli.T but unofficial messages ’L. ..I l ■ the ea was rough con ic < raft are los ing im ti.iie .. id re putting 1 on ev ery ounce of steam. A 1 ■ i Li... i.lr message was sent im l i;’.. v.believed to ho in J. sea .‘l3 miles west, of the Aroostook. ( omnwndi r John Rodgers and a i > "..v of four men are on the flag ship. HOPES DASHES FOR NON-STOP FLIGHT SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2. The Li h hopi of the United States imvy offii-ial.i for a successful non top flight from San Francisco to IL iioluki have been shattered so far the two PN-9 type planes are < rned. PN-9, No. 1, flagplane o the two aphines which left he ■ Momkiy -ifir rnoon, wirelessed hit ■ Tu: day that it would have to I!ct i landing' off the island of llaw.oi almost within sight of her Honolulu landing. The reason assigned by Com- I mander John Rodgers for the con elu-ion nf his offort was the ex haustion of the gasoline supply. The l’N-9, No. 3, commanded by L'.ei:'. mint Allan Snody, was forced down i : :Jy today appshrd Ishrdlu down Tuesday approximately 400 miles off the California coast. It i ' now being returned to this city by the mine layer Gannett. The plane’s oil pi. me lines were brok en. MITCHELL AGAIN ( DEFIES SUPERIORS - \ X 1 NTIONIO, Sept. 2.—Colo m-1 i in Mitchell, “stormy pet- I" ■’ i air service, threw a bomb , 1 iII into air service circles today, ”. in- n the war department official I. ’.m .K vicwing bis book “VVlnge.l 1». f n e,’’ which he had published '.■■ aim' the department’s orders. RFMUS TO FIGHT OTHER SENTENCES ATLANTA, Sept. 2. While availing his release from the At -1 a Federal penitentiary today, George Remus, Ohio bootlegg king, declared he was prepared to fight ■ ;gainst th ■ sentence pending again -t i him in Dayton, Ohio and St. Louis*
