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BN’S RECEIPTS j I Friday 331 ( received ....14,591 ? FEATHER j dy tonight and Tues- $ j showers in central s tion. ! FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 22b No Arrests Follow Burning of Negro in Mississippi SHERIFF FAILED RECOGNIZEANY MOB MEMBERS Black Confesses Guilt After Be ing Identified By Young Girl Victim FARMERS BARRICADE ROAD AND TAKE NEGRO 4,000 Witness Burning—Not a Shot Fired—Kerosene Ap plied to Clothing NEW ALBANY, Sept. 21. - No arrests had been made early ioday in connection with the lynch ing of J. P. Ivey, negro, who was burned at the stake in a farming community 18 miles from here. Sheriff J. W. Roberts from whom the black was taken by mob of 1000 persons, declared that he did not recognize any of those in the crowd which rushed upon him, when the automobile, in which he was at tempting to take the negro to Holly Springs, was stopped on the high way near here. ©etails of lynching NEW ALBANY, Miss., Sept. 21. - J. P. Ivey, negro timber cutter, was burned at the stake by a mob which had taken him from officers near here this afternoon. Ivy ac eoridng to Sheriff John W. Rob erts, confessed that he attacked the daughter of a farmer in the Etah community, 18 miles from here Fri day. He was returned to the scene f the attack and burned to death. The negro was brought from Aberdeen this afternoon so that the girl could identify him as the attack er. On arriving at a local hospital where the girl is in a serious con dition, the negro confessed the crime after the victim had identi fied him, Sheriff Roberts declared. Members of the mob blocked every road leading out of New Albany. The two sheriffs started at a high speed in the direction of Holly Springs, followed by hundreds of automobiles. ’About eight miles from New Al bany the sheriff’s car ran into a barricade of automobiles stretched across the road. The mob closed in from every direction. Not a shot was fired by the offi cers, Sheriff Roberts declaring la ter that resistance was useless. Leaders of the mob learned of the intention of officers to bring the' negro back today, and every road I was watched. They blockaded the , roads into the town after the two; oficers had entered New Albany with their prisoner. After they had seized the negro 1 the mob started the march back toi Etah with cries of “burn him." Pile of brush were heaped around the stake to which the negro was tied and he screamed as they were ignited. In a few moments bis body was enveloped in flames and his outcries stilled. Witnesses to the burning of Ivy declared the negro was dead in a few minutes after the fire had been started under him. After his first few screams he seemed to become! calm, they declared. The negro’s body had been cover-, ed with kerosene, and it is believed | ( r--tinued on Page Four.) ‘ Follow These Rules If You Want Harry Fulmer, “Chicago’s Perfect Policeman,” Has the Air of a Banker and the Grace of a Bailerino——Obey Orders, He Says To be the Finest Cop in the City CHICAGO, Sept. 21. Chicago has looked over all it* army of po licemen and his pinned a medal on the chest of Harry Fulmer, which states he is the finest cop in the city. And all any policeman in Ameri cus has to do to be a fine cop is to follow eight rules, says Fulmer. Here are Fulmer's eight rules of success: Look for romance and don’t get stale. Rule by the Golden Rule. • Neighbors should be treated as you would treat yourself. Be honest. __ __ ER I IN THE ‘AWT IT HOT AU Heat Records for Septem ber Shattered Sunday, When the Little Red Line in the Government Thermometer at the Home of J. Parrott Poole Touched 105 at 3 O’clock NIGHT RECORD BROKEN Old Oaks Are Dying, and Unless Rain Falls and Cooler Weather Comes Within Few Weeks; Many of Them Will Die; Inhabitants Readily Admit This to Be the Hottest Summer in History. By KIRK SUTLIVE Ho, hum, another heat record went into the discard Sunday after noon at 3 o’clock when the govern ment thermometer at the home of J. Parrott Poole registered 105, the hottest it has been at this time of | the year in Americus since daily temperature readings have been kept. Sunday night the little, red line in the thermometer failed to drop bbelow 72, and as ilt Americus 'people were ccomnelled to fan. cuss ad perspire through one of the hot test nights experienc this sum mer and by far the hottest night felt here in September in many, many moons, according to old resi dents. People who are fortunate enough to be blessed with sleeping porches declare that last night was the most uncomfortable of the summer, and I that the light breeze that sprung Up about night only caused them ad ditional irritation, it feeling as though it had originated in the vic inity of a blacksmith’s forge. Electric fans in the city were do ing all night duty last night, and suffering residents who are not so lucky as to possess one of the “breeze manufacturers” wore them selves out fanning, and gradually dozed off into a restless sleep, com pletely exhausted. Mattresses were dragged from beds and placed on the floors near windows and on front and back porches, but little relief from the heat was afforded by these changes. Every resident of Americus, re gardless of age, denomination, sex or color, readily admits that this summer has been the most depres sive in the history of the municipal ity as far as they know. This is borne out by the fact that several heat prostrations have been report ed, the first, it is believed within the memory of the city’s old physi cians. Several weeks ago a negro , fireman on the Central of Georgia .railroad passed out while his engine | was watering here, and a few days I later a rural mail carrier while re | pairing a tire fell a victim to the sun’s torrid rays. | The people of Americus are not 'the only sufferers from the heat, idd-study oaks, many of them mam- I moth trees when Grant was starving 'the defenders of Richmond into sur rendering, are gradually losing their greenish hue and are destined to die unless rain and cooler weather comes within a few weeks. Sever al large trees in Reese park are ac tually burning up under the sun’s hot rays. Patience, that wonderful virtue, is gradually departing the individ ual. The peopel are “fed up” on the hot-weather, and unless their, il should say our, brows are not 'cooled within a short while, Amer jicus will be inhabitated by 10,000 [grouches. The story is told, how ‘ (Continued On Page Five.) Watch your grammar. Obey orders. Keep fit. Watch your step. Fulmer has been a cop for 12 years. Off duty you would never take him for a cop. He has the air of a banker and the grace of bailerino. In his seamless lisle he stands almost six feet. He is as straight as an arrow and tips the scales close to 165 pounds. And, girls, if it’s of any use, he’s unmarried and a letter address to “The Perfect Cop, Chicago," will reach him. AMERICUS. GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 21. 1925 Coolidge's Aircraft Board Which Begins Investigations loday\ Wiim 4 .‘Wjfeywr.W'ioll JbMI t -M W A .Owt- Here is the committee of nine' with President Coolidge today. Left G. Harbord, Dwight W. Morrow, chosen to sift alleged weakness in Ito right, they are: Rear Admiral James F. Parker, President Cool- America’s air forces, which meets}Frank F. Fletcher, Maj. Gen. James idge, Senator Hiram Bingham, W. WHY KEMAL DIVORCED LATIFE Wanted Son To Aid His Climb By MILTON BRONNER | LONDON, Sept. 22 —No baby I in the house, no little voice croon ing the Turkish equivalent of “Daddy,”-—and the greattest mance of the modern Orient, the romance of Mustapha Kemal and good-looking Latife Hanoum, went smash after what seemed two years of unalloyed happiness, close com radeship and joint work for Turk ish glory. 1 This is the solution of the secret that has intrigued every foreign of fice in Europe. It’s the answer to the riddle furnished by Latife Han oum herself. “I loved my husband," she said, 1 “but our union stood in the path of further advancement and, as in the case of Josephine it is the woman who must be sacrificed. We were as happy as Adam and Eve in the Gar den until the tempting serpent came | What was the serpent? That’s a 1 secret that will go to the grave with me. My husband had to choose be tween me and his career and he I chose.” | The suks and bazars of all the swarming East buzzed with the secret. Latife Hanoum had pre sented her husband with no children. ’ It’s the story repeated in the Old .Testament from Abraham onward, jit is told in a myriad of Oriental . books. The husband desiring offspring puts away the childless wife. Only Latife, being a modern Turkish educated woman, speaking German, French and English as fluently as her native tongue,, didn’t choose to compare herself to Oriental wives. Hence the reference to Josephine. And Kemal is her Napoleon. COOUDCEHAS NARROWESCAPE President Saved From Being Run Down By Secret Serv ice Man WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Pres ident Coolidge narrowly escaped being struck by an automobile while walking in the downtown section last night, and the driver of the car was arrestede on a charge of vio lating traffic regulations. The president had just stepped fro mthe curb into a street at a corner when the automobile, cutting th* corner, was said to have borne down upon him. He was only sav ed by being struck by the agility of a secret service man who grabbed his arm and drew him back to the curb. Another of the four secretservice men with the president jumped on to the running board of the car and caused the arrest of the driver when he came to a traffic policeman a block away. The driver of the car gave the name of Nathan D. Smith, of Balti more. He was charged with cutting corners, and failing to give right of way to pedestrians. Smith was re leased oft 13,000 bond for his ap pearance in traffice court today. Savior Was Red-Blooded Iwo-Fisted Man, Says Bishop W. IS. Ainsworth Methodist Head Delivers F.xcel cellent Sermon to Large Con gation at First Church Bishop W. N. Ainsworth, in one of the most powerful and eloquent sermons preached in Americus, Sun day declared that Christianity is revolutionary as taught by Jesus Christ; that the Holy Nazarine was a red-blooded, two-fisted 4» a * who came challenging the intrench ments of darkness; that an invita tion to “Take up your cross and follow Me” was not an invitation to an afternoon tea. Preceding his sermon, Bishop Ains worth rapidly reviewed the history of the erection of the new church which has jusL been comcleted by the First Methodist congregation, SHORT SESSION OF CITY COURT Jurymen Sworn in By 9:30 This Morning; Civil Business to Be Completed Wednesday At 9:30 o’clock this morning 18 jurymen, the number necessary to the convening of City Court, had been sworn in, and Judge W. M. Harper had called the first civil case of the September term of City court. This is the earliest hour that a City court session has been able to get down to business in several years. Os the 24 original jurors summoned, 12 were excused. Fifty-five civil cases were assign ed for the first week of court and 49 criminal cases have been assign ed for the second week. Civil busi ness will in all probability be fin ished by Wednesday, when the court will recess until Monday, the day designated for hearing criminal cases, according to Solicitor Mar shall. The majority of the offenders who will face Judge Harper during criminal week are negroes, and they are charged with a variety of offenses. Included among them are cruelty to animals; disturbing divine worship; buying seed cotton after sunset and before sunrise; carrying concealed weapons; stab bing, simple larceny, cheating and swindling, having liquor and gam ing. BULLETIN MILLEDGEVILLE, Sept. 21 3:30 pm.—Willie Dixon, the negro inmate of the State Saa itariuum for Insane persons, waa carried from the colony farm near here to a place near Baldwin and Wilkinson county lines and was lynched late last night. Dixon is the inane negro who killed Miss Amy Oxford, nurse, last (reek at the asylum. declaring that when fire destroyed the old edifice, the Americus Meth-j odists “took up their cross” and fol lowed the Holy Nazarine. “It is only about a couple of years ago,” said the bishop, “when I came here to counsel with you, after fire had destroyed your church. I recall the first meeting, one Monday morning in the Pres byterian church, when we gathered to lay plans for rebuilding. As I now recall we had in mind raising about $60,000. However, at that meeting we decided to wait 30 days the men of this church gathered in for other plans to be perfected. "When those 30 days rolled by, the dining room of the Windsor ho tel, and I distinctly recall that ban fContinued on Page Eight) SUMTER CITY HASBIGFIRE $25,000 Loss Caused By Early Morning Blaze—Five Build ings Destroyed SUMTER, Sept. 21.—(Special.) —Rodgers and Sniders ginnery, the C. B. Bailey mercantile business, the Methodist church and two other buildings, one used as a warehouse and the other vacant were destroy-' ed here early this morning by fire which for a time threatened to wipe out the entire business and resident section of the town. The total loss is estimated at approximately $25 - 000. Residents are of the opinion that the fire was started by negroes, who frequently gather in the rear of the ginnery to gamble on Sunday nights. The blaze was discovered at 1:80 this morning, and raged for several hours. Efforts were made to reach the Americus fire department by phone, but no connection eould be obtained. A bucket brigade was formed, but the fire was not check ed until it had consumed everything in Its path. FRENCH PLEASE U. S. OFFICIALS Their Attitude Regarding Pay ment of War Debt Received With Satisfaction WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Des patches representing the French commission as prepared to propose a funding reduction of the French debt without delay of principal, have been received with obvious sat isfaction by officials of the Ameri can debt commission. What was probably revived with more satisfaction by twfdeft fund ing commission here was word* that the French proposal will not be tied up either with reparation payments or the tentative Franco-British debt , agreement. The amount of the installments the French are prepared to pay will i be the most closely guarded secrets. of the misssion. F. Durand, Arthur D. Denison, How ard Coffin and Congressman Carl Vinson. ENTIRE FAMILY IS WIPED OUT Six Killed When Intenarban Strikes Auto Near Lebanon, Ohio, Sunday Night DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 21.—Six persons, all members of one family were killed near New Lebanon, six miles west of Dayton last night late, when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by an inter ruban car. The dead: Noah Routough 36! Lizzie Rou ; tough, 34, his wife; Virginia 12, | Robert 10, Paul 8 and Clinton 6 i An infant son escaped injury. j Following the terrific crash which was heard for over half a ! mile, the crumpled touring car was carried for 1,000 feet before the i traction car was derailed and came, i to a stop. All of the dead persons were thrown from the car at the first im-» pact, landing several feet to one side of the track. Motorman C. E. Moore, and Con ductor R. P. Fosdick, said the acci- J dent occurred when Routough at tempted to cross the track after suddenly shooting out of a cross I road. A heavy down pour of rain is believed to have obstructed his vis ion. The family was returning I from a visit with friends in New i Lebanon and was less than two from home. SCHOOLS OPEN THIS MORNING Dust laden and cob-webb cover ed books and pencil boxes were re moved from closets and other places this morning, and many children, for the first time in three months, donned shoes and stockings and hiked out for scholo, the first day of the 1925-26 term. i A healthy increase over the en rollment figures of last year is an ticipated for this term by school of ficials, Registrations nr.ay be below last year’s figure this morning when a check-up of all pupils have been made but others, in twos, threes, and larger groups are expected to drift in all this week. No exercises marked the opening of the High and Grammar schools this nsorning, the pubils receiving books and other materials, and the initial assignments were given for the first day of the nine months’ term. South Carolina Planter Knows Col. Leroy Spring, Lancaster, S. C., Has Distinction of Numbef*- nig More Mules Among Personal Acquaintances Than Any Man More Than Four Hundred Mules LANCASTER, S. C. Sept. 21. In additional to being a multi-mil lionaire and one of the biggest cot ton men in the country. Col Leroy •Springs has the distinction of num Bering more mules among his per sonal acquaintance than any other man in the world. I This, of course, refers to the four legged mules only. I Every man has his hobby. With 'Col. Springs it is mules When the colonel was a boy he Igot to know the mule real well, by dint of traipsing along behind, dav in and day out, in his father’s eot .ton fields. I' Now some one has remarked that NEW YORK FUTURES Pc Open llanr. Clo* > Oct 24.2Q24.23J24.2E124.18 Des 24.58|24.58|24.62|2457 AMERICUS SPOT COTTON ' Middling, 23 l-4c. ~ 1 PRICE FIVE. CENTS AIR EQUIPMENT IS INADEQUATE ASSERTS DAVIS Methodist Head Delivers Power ful Sermon to Large Congre gation at First Church ONLY ONE MEMBER OF BOARD IS FLYER Investigators Will Have to Rush to Complete Work Be fore Congress Meets WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—Tto amount of equipment of the Amer ican army air service is inadequate, but is controlled by funds which are available. Acting Secretary es War Davis testified today be for* the president’s air board. He saisl he welcomed the inquiry and would °ffer the fullest co-operation. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.— From aviation’s super-enthusiasts comas the complaint that only one mem ber of President Coolidge’s board of air inquiry—Senator Bingham of Connecticut—is a man of actual World War flying experience. Bingham had it, as commander < f America s biggest aviation field t» Europe during the world con flict. This isn’t supposed to be a board hand-picked to declare for all the super-enthusiasts’ conten tions. Impartial consideration is what’s desired from it. I The further complaint is made that Bingham is on recordd as con sidering Col. Mitchell’s aviation claims exaggerated. So be it. Aren’t the conservaties entitled to repre sentation on the board, as well as the radicals? The latter are represented, too. Representative Vinson of Georgia fought hard at the last session of Congress for all they demanded. ■Tames G. Harbord and Rear Ad miral Fletcher, the army and navy members of the board, are retired, it’s worth noting. Nobody will have any strings on them, to influence them in reaching their conclusions. President W. F. Durand of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers is the strictly scientific and Presi dent H. E. Coffin of National Air Transport, Inc., is the pre-eminent ly practical member of the commis sion. Dwight W. Morrow of J. P. Mor gan & Co., is the business man.. Congressman Parker of New York is the civilian aviation specialist and Federal Judge Denison of Grand Rapids gives the calm, judicial touch to the investigation. On paper, at least, it looks like a well-rounded body, competent and fairly representative of al! the dif ferent interests. But it will have to hurry to finish its work, just started, before Congress meets. It’s safe to predict that the in quiry will reveal many deficiencies in American aviation. Due to what the investigators may be expected to ask. To the lack of a separate government department to develop the service, such authorities as Col. Mitchell will be sure to answer. NO MATERIAL CHANGE t IN WORLD COTTON CROP WASHINGTON, Sept. 21—The Department of Agriculture an nounced today there is no indication of a material change ir. the current world cotton crop . a mule’s only virtue is that it never . has any children. Apparently Cot Springs does not agree. For he has some 400 mules on his various plan tations, and his employes insist that he knows everyone by name and, in his visits to his farms, always takes time to ask about their health, fam ily affairs and what not. ’ Plantations are not the colonel’s only business interest, however. His holdings include practically every sort of industry that involves the product of the cotton field, from textile mills to oleomargarine plants. I But he never forgets his mules. I And woe to any of the colonel’s : from hands that mistreats one.
