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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
