About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1925)
SEASON’S RECEIPTS Bales received Monday 237 ! Total bales received .13,316 i WEATHER For Georgia—Probably showers in north portion tonight and Wed- ] nesday. i FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 216 Wholesale Roundup of Chinese Tongmen in New York HUNDRED AND FIVE ORDERED FROM COUNTRY Raid Is Result of Tong Wars, in | Which a Dozen Men Have Been Killed FEDERAL AGENTS AND POLICE SPREAD NET Yellow Men Are Suspected of Violating the Exclusion Act —245 Being Held NEW YORK, Sept. 15 Despite the signing of a peace pact by the leaders of the On Leongs and Hip Sing Tons to end the Chinese gun and hatchet war, which recently has .killed off a dozen Tongmen, federal agents and police early today round ed up more than 500 Chinese who are suspected of violating the ex clusion act. The yellow men were rused pell mell to the Federal building. Fol lowing a hearing 105 were ordered deported, 150 were released and the remainder were held for furth er investigation. CHICAGO LAUNDRYMAN IS SHOT TWICE CHICAGO, Sept. 15.—Two would be assassians shot Mark J4tn Fond. Chinese laundryman, twice today and escaped. The victim disclaimed. membership in either of the war ring tongs and said he believea his assailants were friends of 'a.Chinese with whom he had recently quarrel ed. WEEDCROWERS VISIT WEBSTER Lawson Stapleton to Bring Dem onstrators and Growers to This Section of State A number of tobacco demonstra tors and growers from Colquitt County will make a survey of lands in Webster county within the next few days to ascertain whether or not they are adaptable to the culti vation of tobacco. 'The experts and growers are coming to this section at the invitation of Lawson Staple ton. W. T. Pulliam, tobacco of Kin, North Carolina and Colquitt county, who accompanied Mr. Stapleton on a survey of his farm lands in Webster county, declared that the soil was excellent for the production of tobacco, being far superior, he said to the lands in many of the tobacco growing south <Jeorgia counties. Providing the demonstrators make a favorable report, many Webster county farmers will plant small acreages in tobacco next sea son, said Mr. Stapleton, who has al ready been assured of the backing of a large number of Webster coun tians. In the instance that 1,000 acres are planted to tobacco' in Webster and adjoining counties during the next few years, a warehouse will in all probability be located at Amer icus, said Mr. Pulliam. Statistics Give U. S. First Place Among the Careless Countries CLEVELAND, Sept. 15.—The opening gun in a world wide war against accidents on the streets, at home and in workshops wil be fired on Monday Morning, Sept. 28, when representatives of more than 30 nations will attend the fourteenth annual Safety Congress in this city, where 450 speakers will address 90 separate gatherings which will be in session until Friday, Oct. 2. America will be branded as the most careless nation in the world by speakers who will point out that the accident death rate for the United States States is 76.3 fatali ties for each 100,000 population, almost two one-third times as high as the record of England and Wales, which is only 33.6 for each 100.000 population. The safest country ap pears to be Denmark whose rate is 20 for each 100,000. The League of Nations wilt bd represented by Dr. Frederick Ritiz man. of the International Labor Of fice of Geneva, Switzerland, who THE TIMESBRECORDER PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF Coming to Settle trance's Debt i RIKiIRB z L x ■ tri • MKI. sBaAl Hi A Jsl Here are the “big three” of Chapsal, Maurice Bokanowski and France’s debt finding commission Jo C aillaux, minister of fi who will sail for America shortly., Left to right they are, Ferdinand nance. Beautiful Music At First Church Enjoyed By Large Audience Auditorium of New Methodist Church Packed Long Before First Notes Were Struck By Charles Sheldon, Famous Or ganist. Mrs. O D. Culpepper’s Solos were Well Re ceived. C. M. Council, Donor of Organ, Responsi ble for Night’s Entertainment By LOVELACE EVE .... From every town and village for many miles, men, women and chil dren Came Monday night to hear the magnificient new Austin pifie organ in the First Methodist church in a recital given by the justly fa mous Charles Sheldon, Jr., of At lanta, cne of the most accomplished musicians in the South, aided by Mrs. O. D. Culpepper, of Albany, the soloist. Long before the hour the first notes were to be sounded, the great auditorium was crowded to the doors and many late-comers turned away or forced to remain standipg outside the newly completed house of worship. Last night was probably the greatest night in the history of the new church. It marked the culmin ation of one of the most heroic fights in the history of South Geor gia Methodism, for the congregation of this church had completed a three-year battle and celebrated its enjding in a service of sweet tones that filled every nook and crevice of the great structure and were wafted out into the night’s breezes. There are many to whom great credit is due and to whom all Amer icus are indebted for having given their>,city a church building second to none in South Georgia. In a sense last night’s audience were the guests of C. M. Council, who gave to the church the mighty new musical instrument that will gladen the hearts of young and old for many years to come. Tn the memory of his mother, this organ was purchased and deeded by Mr. (Continued on Page Eight) LIGHT BALLOTING IN WISCONSIN PRIMARY MILWAUKEE'. Wis., Threatening weather cut down early balloting in the Wisconsin special senatorial primary today, in which Robert M. LaFollette, Jr„ tests his strength against a field of three candidates. | will come here especially to tell about plans for accident prevention campaigns in other countries and to obtain data regarding efforts that are*, being made here to conserve lives and limbs and properties. What is needed in the United States to reduce the number of lives lost through accidents will be dwelt upon by Judge John Barton Payne, of the American Red Cross, whose topic will be “The Nationalization of Ideas and Ideals.” How America should mobilize her peace time forces will be pointed out by Rear Admiral William S. Sims, U. S. N., who wil speak on “Safety in the Nation.” Participating in the Safety Con gress will be the National Safety Council, National Civilization Re habilitation Conference, National Organization for Public Health Nursing, American Society of Saf ety Engineers, and. trade groups representing every industry in the country. AMERICUS, GA., TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMEBER 15, 1925 AMERICUS HOST TO MACON GOOD- WILL TOURISTS Motorcade Entertained at Luncheon; Speeches By Steve Pace and Lovelace Eve One hundred prominent Macon business men, headed by R. L. Mc- Kinney, editor and publisher of the Macon News, spent two hours in Americus today and were guests of Americus citizens at a luncheon at the Windsor hotel in one of the most delightful and informal get acquainted gatherings in recent months. The Macon motorcade was met on the Dixie highway by ten or 12 local automobiles containing about 40 citizens. Headed by a local au tomobile bearing Steve Pace, chair man of the local entertainment committee, the motorcade wended their way through the business sec tion of Americus, ending at the Windsor hotel, where Chief Bragg had closed the street for a block. Immediately on disembarking from their cars the Macon band gave a short concert, followed by speeches from the steps of the Windsor by P. T. Anderson, Macon Telegraph, and R. L. McKinney, of the Ma con News. Both speakers em phasized the necessity of co-ordi nated effort on part of Georgians toward advertising to Georgia and the outside world the phenomenal advantages awaiting development in the state. After the short addresses the 100 Maconites together with 25 or 30 local business men enjoyed an in formal luncheon in the main dining room of the Widnsor hotel. Lovelace Eve, president of the Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the visitors to Sumter county and Americus, stating in his short talk th'at the Macon business men were now in the “Heart of Dixie.” Steve Pace, speaking for Ameri cus and Sumter county, told the visitors that .they were in a county which since the days of the Indians had never known a complete crop failure; spoke of Sumter’s splendid system of roads and stated that the South today was pointing to Sum ter county as a guide for rural school development and in disease control. Mr. Pace stated that during the present year, while other sections had suffered from the unpreced ented drouth, Sumter county had received a splendid financial profit from her peach crops, a great cotton crop, hogs, which will be shipped in car load lots and a pecan crop which promises to be financially profit able. W. T. Anderson, Allen McDonald, R. L. McKinney, Lincoln, McCon nell, Jr., and other Macon speakers followed Mr. Pace, each of whom emphasized the fact that the good will tour was organized and is be ing conducted purely as a get-ac quainted affair and not with any idea of attempting to induce trade MAN MUTILATED Four Men Are Being Sougth By Sheriff and Posse of Monroe, North Carolina, for Serious | Operation on Turner Blanch ard on the Charlotte Highway Sunday Morning. PARTY WAS HOODED - > Blanchard Say* That Party of Four Men Removed Him jrom Hi* ' Home and Performed Operation for Hi* Failure to Pay Hi* Gro cery Bill*—Wife Corroborate* Statement*. MONROE, N. C., Slit. 15—Sher iff Clifford Fowler and his deputies were searching last raght for four men accused of performing a mu tilating operation Upon Turner Blanchard, 32, who lives on the Charlotte highway near here. Blanchard is in a serjpus condition at local hospital. Haloid the sher iff his assailants wore hoods. Accarding to his story he was called to his door about 4 o’clock Sunday morning and as he emerged from his house he was blindfolded and thrown into an automobile by a hooded party that he thought numbered four men and hauled some distance away, then the op eration was performed and he was hauled back to his house and put out of the car with the remark: “Now, you’ll pay your grocery bills.” ' ' . Mrs. Blanchard corroborated her husband’s version of ’the affair as to being called out and then brought back. The .matter was ■ not reported until about noon Sun day, when Blanchard fainted from loss of blood. Then a physician was called and he in |urn notified the sheriff and had thp victim tak en to a hospital. ( Blanchard has five children in addition to three that were born to his wife by a former marriage. .97 INCHES RAIN FELL LAST NIGHT Little or No Damage Done to Open Cotton On Farms Near the City Jupiter Pluvius smiled on Amer cus Monday night and a result near ly an inch of rain fell between the hours of 8 and 9 o’clock. The ac tual rainfall was given out this morning by J. Parrott Poole as .97. This makes 2.97 inches that has fal len in Americus within a five-day period. The rain of last night was con fined to a small area, Americus be ing the recipient of the greaest poriton. Little or no damage was done to the open cotton on the few that received the blessing heaven. ( The two recent rains have swelled the underground streams and as a result the water in the resrvoirs at the city waterworks has reached the highest mark since the beginning of the drouth. “It will have remain dry a long long time before Americus’ water supply is diminished,” said City Engineer Walker. - / FRENCH DESIROUS OF ECOMNOMIC PEACE GENEVA, Sept. 15.—A resolu tion favoring a convocation of the International Economic Conference was introduced in the assembly of the League of Nations, today by Louis Loucheur, speaking for France. The French resolution states that the League assembly having resolv ed to try every method to promote peace and convinced that economic peace will contribute largely to the general security, invites the league council tq appoint a committee to prepare for the conference. CAILLAUX OUTLINES DEBT FUNDING MISSION PARIS, Sept. 15. The French Cabinet today heard Finance Mini ster Caillaux outline his intentions concerning his debt funding mis sion to Washington, and then unani mously, gave Mm full powers to negotiate. from the towns they are visiting to Macon. Immediately after luncheon the motorcade left for Dawson, Albany and Tifton, where they will spend the night. In Romance J. ■’TOWR.-. . — k x Jr BE I 11 t ' -x-** isafob*.'' *- •.* .a>r •»., J ' A. > A v Mrs. Thelma Morgan Converse of New York (above), now in Paris awaiting- a final decree of divorce from her husband, will become the wife of Lord Furness, (below,) one of Britain’s wealthiest peers, acord ing to reports from the French cap ital. The statement by Richard Bennett, actor, that Mrs. Converse is engaged to him is denied by Mrs. Converse’s mother. COOK MURDER JURY FAILS TO AGREE VINTON, la., Sept. 15.—The ses sion of the coroner’s jury called to establish the identity of the mur derer of Mrs. C. B, Cook, W. C. T. U. leader, was indefinitely post poned Monday. Coroner C. L. Mod lin said it probably would be two or three days before the jury was recalled. “We have accused or exonerated no one," George W| Atkins, state agent said, "we simply want to con tinue the investigation and present eviednee to the jury for considera tion at latter time.* George Buchanan, well known Waterloo, la., traveling salesman, was called to (he stand and consid erable interest surrounded his testi mony. He testified he saw Mr. Cook’s car parked near his at Gundy Cent er, before he went to be<Labout 11 o’clock the night Mrs. Cook was slain. While he did not know at the time it was Cook’s car, the latter pointed it out to him the next morn ing. Buchanan said Cook had asked for writing paper and retired to the writing room of the hotel. He did not see him during the latter part of the evening, but said he would noticed of Cook's car had been moved during the night. AIRCRAFT PRORE ROA RD AIRCRAFT PROBE BOARD WASHINGTON, Sne.t 5. President Coolidge will give his aircsaft investigation board free hand as to the witnesses to be sum moned and the course of procedure to be followed. Acceptances have not been received from all nine jnen asked to serve but the execu tive is confident all will accept. FARMERS URGED HOLD COTTON FOR 30 CENTS MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 15. Commissioners of agriculture of the southern states, meeting here Mon day perfected organizzation of the Association of Cotton State Com missioners of Agriculture “to pro mote and safeguuard the interests of agriculture' in the cotton-grow-, Ing states," estimated the 1925 crop at 12,937,000 bales and recommend ed that the crop should sell for not less than 30 cents a pound. * AGAINST DRYLAW ; Bill to Repeal Eighteenth I Amendment Will Be Offered By Representative John Philip Hill, of the Third Maryland District, at the Opening of Congress. DISSATISFIED WITH LAW Announcement I* Made By Mary land Representative After Read ing the Report of the Federal t Council of Churche* On the Pro hibition Situation in the United State*. BALTIMORE. Md., Sept. 15. Representative John Phillip Hill, of the third Maryland district, Monday announced that at the opening of congress in December he will intro duce an amendment to the consti tution providing for repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Mr. Hill said his devision was made several weeks ago, and an nouncement at this time is prompt ed by reading excerpts from the re port on prohibition of the Federal Council of Churches. Investigators, this .report said, saw an “unfavorable and disquiet ing” trend since 1920 in the social conseqnences of prohibition. Representative Hill has taken part in many debates in the house in opposition to prohibitiofi, and has introduced several bills seeking modification of the Volstead act. TWOSLAININ PISTOL BATTLE . Bandit and Patrolman Kill in Three-Sided Shooting Melee in Albany, N. Y. ALBANY, N. Y., Sept 15. Two men wore killed early today in a pistol battle between four band its, the man they were attempting to rpb and a Schenectady police of ficer. The fight took place at Colonie Inn, just outside of Albany, and was witnessed by a number of peo ple. The dead, are F. A. Quirflivan, patrolman, a!M| Ralph Alversano, alleged bandit. At least fifty shots arc said to have been fired. The bandit and his comrades are alleged to have shot up the Mar will House a few hours before the battle in which Alversano was slain. * ■ ■ ■■ . ■ , , P. O. DEPARTMENT OPENS AIR MAIL BIDS WASHINGTON, Sepjt. 15.—. The era of commercial aviation in the United States advanced a stride to day. , The air mail service of the post office department, pioneer in dem onstrating the feasibility of the air plan as a means of transporting con tinuous day''hnd night flying during winter and summer, will open bids for contracts for carrying mail on eight new air routes. COOLIDGE TO HEAR M’CRAY CLEMENCY PLEA WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Pres ident Coolidge is willing to listen to argument for executive clemency for former Governor McCrary, of Indiance, now serving a sentence in the Atlanta federal penitentiary, but will aet favorably on the ap-i plication made by friends of Me- • Crary only in event a strong case ' is made in his behalf. Big Money Prize Awaits First Non-Stop Atlantic Plane Pilot WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 . While there are several trophies in America offered for outstanding events in aircraft performance, of ficials of the National Aeronautic Association here know of only one cash prize now open to competition. This is the $25,000 prize offered by Raymond Orteig of New York, and open to aviators crossing the At lantic between Paris or the shores of France and New York on a non-/ stop flight, in either direction. The money is now on deposit in an' American bank and has been} available since 1919. Recently tw<q groups o f aviators, one in France and one in the United States, have started plans to capture it. Mr. Orteig formally extended the time; for the prize award until June 1, 1930. A. • Should a non-stop trans-Atlantic NEW YORK FUTURES ' Pc. Open 11am Close Oct 24.46|24.30|24.45|24.03 Dec. 24.85|24.6524. , 78|24.43 AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Middling, 23c. PRICE FIVE CENTS NEW YORK COPS ARE MOBILIZED FOR ELECTION Biggest Police Shake-up in Hi** tory Ordered to Guard Against Ballot Frauds ABSOLUTELY IMPARTIAL ELECTION IS ASSURED Three Thousand Members of Reserves Report for Regular Police Duty Today NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—The big gest police shakeup in the history of the city was ordered Monday by Commissioner Enright as part of his program for keeping an extra ordinary watch on the primary elections today. The commissioner ordered the transfer for forty-eight hours of all police captains, except these in. command of traffic and bridges or assgined to special duty; the mobili zation in station houses for reserve duty of virtually all detectives, and. pupils in the polic academy and the transfer of virtually all the patrol men in the city except part of the. traffic division. In every case, the commissioner announced the officers affected by the order are to be transferred to another borough. He also issued a call for 3,000 members of the po lice reserves to report for regulate police duty. In statements explaining the pur pose of htis shift, the commission er said: Any one who is contemplating any crime against the franchise of this primary election had better reconsider. The polls are well guard ed that an absolutely impartial election is assured. Any one who attempts any ballot frauds will probably eat his supper away from, his family. I can say frankly to prospective Repeaters, gangsters of fraudulent voters ‘beware.’ ” FRANCE TO MAKE ANOTHER DRIVE Premier Well Pleased With Progress Made Against Rif fians So Far PARIS, Sent. 15.— Prance U preparing for fresh operations on a large scale againts the Riffian re bels in Morocco, Premier Painleva told newspaper reporters today aft er today’s cabinet meeting. The Premier is very well satisfied with the progress made and is of the op inion that all objectives will be gained during' October. DRS. ANDERSON, SMITH PRUDENTIAL EXAMINERS Dr. Emmett B. Anderson and Dr, Herschel A. Smith, of Americus, have been appointed as additional medical examiners for the Pruden tial Insurance Company, according to an announcement made by Dr. J. Allen, Patton of New York medical director of.the Prudential Company. Dr. Anderson and Dr. Smith, by this appointment become members of the corps of 8.000 medical ex aminers maintained by ( the Pruden tial throughout the country. ■ flight begin in New York, officials of the National Aeronautic Asso ciation would have charge of the official inspection. The AeroeClub of France would handle the inspec tion at Paris. 1 Carl F. Schory. official timer of the National Aeronautic Associa tion, explains that in non-stop flights, such as the Orteig prize contemplates, the gasoline tanks of the aircraft are sealed to prevent refilling. Officials are also able to keep tab on the movements of non stop aircraft through use of a seal ed barograph. This instrument which looks like a small box, con tains a recording pen w|)ich works in harmony with the pressure of the barometer and registers on a revolv ing cylinder the height at which a plane flies and the time remains in . the air.
