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Cotton receipts Sumter coun- j
ty to date 24,725 >
WEATHER.
GEORGIA AND ALABAMA:
Showers Wednesday and possibly >
Thursday, following by clearing and <
cooler Thursday afternoon or night. •
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 2 38
NAVY OPERATED BY ‘UNEDUCATED’ MEN
DEVELOPPMENT
AIR BY NAVY IS
HIT BY SIMS
World War Moral Head Hotly
Attacks United States
Navy Air Policy
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.
Rear Admiral William S- Sims,
who commanded the American
naval forces during the World
war, charges that the navy is
being run by uneducated men.
In emphatic terms, Admiral
Sims today paid his compliments
to those who are running the
navy, while on the stand before
the president’s aircraft board
hearing.
The admiral started off his
testimony by saying that the
navy air development was be
ing hampered by a policy “al
most unbelievably conserva
t*Ye - He immediately followed
this statement by changing that
the navy is being operated by
uneducated men
INDUSTRIESARE
NEEDED HERE
Rome. Ga., Banker Says An.er
icus Should Secure Cotton
Mill Or Other Pay Rolls
“Your greatest need here is a few
industries—a cotton mill or some
thing like that, said George F.
Nixon, president of tha First Na
tional Bank of Rome, Ga., to a
Times-Recorder man. Mr. Nixon is
in the city on business for his bank.
“You have a great section down
here and evidence is that you are
prosperous, but every city should
have some kind of industry. We
have a new million dollar cotton
mill at Rome aad there is another
which soon will likely come in.
“You can get one if you go after
It. You location is ideal. By go
ing after a milll I do not mean send
ing out a lot of circulars or print
ed matter. Take one of your busi
ness men—the best one in your com
munity—and send him to interview
the men who are thinking of locat
ing mills in the South. They are
coming South and you hav e a good
an opportunity to laud one here as
others have I believe.”
The men- who are looking for lo
cations in the South are big busi
ness men, and you must send a big
man to talk to them—one of your
men who can inspire confidence; a
man whose statements will be tak
en at face value.
“Some of these mills will want j
ocal capital placed in with their’s
but I do not recall any request for
more than say 10 per cent. Other
mill men looking for Southern loca
tions do not care for local capital.”
When tld of Souther Field and
the possibility of securing the field
from the government, Mr. Nixon
thought it was a splendid induce
ment.
Mr. Nixon says his portion of the
state is in good shape financially,
particularly near Rome. “Some of
our nearby counties will make more
cotton this year than last,” he says,
WEARERS OF GRAY
MEET AT ALBANY
ALBANY, Ga., Oct. 14—Albany
was gaily decked in Bars and t
Stripes as the city received the ad- ,
vance guard of the 400 Confederate
Veterans expected here for the an-1
nual State reunion which opened
tonight and lasts through Thursday.;
The Sons of Confederate Veter->
ans will hold their annual meeting
here simultaneously with the gath-,
ering of the old fellows. ,
An open air concert by the 29th
(J. S. Infantry band and a recep
tion by the Dougherty County,
chapter U. D. C. on the lawn of j
the municipal auditorium opened
the reunion last night. The first
business sesison will be called at 10 I
o’clock this morning when!
addresses of welcome and greeting
will be delivered by Mayor E. H. I
Kalmon of Albany; Mrs. Frank]
Harrold, Americus, president gen- <
eral of the U. D. C., and Mrs. Wal
ter Grace, Macon, Georgia Division.
The response will be made by Gen
eral J. A. Thomas, honorary com
mander-inchief.
From Americus besides Mrs.
Harrold, are General Joe Day Stew
art, in comamnd of the western bri
gade of Georgia, H. D. Watts, Mrs.
C. T. Davidson, matron of this di
vision, and Miss Ira Gatewood, maid
of honor. 1
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’cfrMl PUBLISHED IN THE HEART- OF D!XIE
RAINSTORM COMPELLS LANDIS TO POSTPONE GAME
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This is Judge Louis Henry
Burns, new federal judge at New
Orleans, who has granted an or
der requiring the house of bish
ops of the Episcopal church to
appear in his court and show
cause why they should not be re
strained from removing Bishop
William Montgomery Brown from
office on heresy charges.
COTTONRECEIPK
ON INCREASE
During Last Four Days 888
Bales Have Been Received,
Halting Total of 24,725
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During the last four days there
has been a continual flow of cot
.ton into warehouses of Sumter
(County. According to a census made
this morning by the Times-Recorder
there has been 888 bales received
into Sumter warehouses, bringing
the total for the season up to 24,-
725 bales. These reports were tak
en from the three local warehouses,
two warehouses at Leslie and two at
Plains.
Cotton futures were advancing
slightly, the local market standing
at 20 cents for strict middling.
FEDERAL CENSUS BUREAU
REPORTS ON COTTON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—Cot
ton as consumed during September,
totaled 83,266 bales of lint and
70,008 linters as compared wittr
448,665 of lint and 63,583 of lint
ers in August this year.-
September of last year reports
were, 438,373 of lint and 50,-781
of linters. These reports were giv
en out today by Census Bureau,
department of agriculture.
PROMINENT JURIST
PASSES AWAY
LEXINGTON, Ga., Oct. 14.
Judge Phil W. Davis, leading law
yer and farmer and one of the lead
ing members of the Georgia legisla
ture for several years, died late
Tuesday at his home here. His death
|wps unexpected and came as a dis
tinct shock to hundreds of friends
:and associates throughout the state.
I Judge Davis formerly was a Bap
tist minister, but turned his atten
tion to la wand there achieved a dis
tinction such a few men have enjoy
'ed. He took a prominent part in af
fairs of the -state from the time he
was elected representative from
[Oglethorpe county until his death.
He was regarded as an outstanding
Georgia jurist.
SALIBA TO LEAD
METHODIST MEETING
j The regular Wednesday evening
'prayer meeting of the First Meth
lodist Church will be led by H. T.
Saliba.
It is announced that Mr. Saliba
has an interesting program for the
evening, he being a man who has
traveled much and one who speaks
very interestingly.
It is also announced that after to-,
night the weekly prayer services |
will begin at seven o’clock. The |
public is invited to attend al Itheii ,
servies. '
AMERICUS, GA., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 14. 1925
CITY PRIMARY
NOVEMBER!?
FOR ALDERMEN
Hightower, Murray and Shipp
Terms Expire Registration
Books Open
Three members c e the Amerieus
board of aldermen terms expire this
year and will be filled on November
17th, when the white primary for
the election of city officials will be
held.
The date for the primary was
fixed Tuesday afternoon by the
city democratic executive commit
tee.
The terms of the aidermen is for
two years and those whose tenure
expires are Aidermen Nathan Mur
ray, Edgar Shipp, Jr., and Joel
W. Hightower.
About the city hall it has been
rumored for several days that an
other aiderman may resign. If this
is done there will be four vacancies.
According to rules of the execu
tive committee “the three nominees
receiving the highest majority of
votes” in the primary “shall be
declared nomiated as candidates.
The polls will be located at the
city hall as usual and will remain
open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The registration books of the
city were opened today for the reg
istration of all white citizens who
have resided in the city for at least
six months previous to November
17 and have paid their 1924 taxes.
The registration books are to re
main open until November 11th.
The entrance fee for candidates
running for aidermen is fixed at
S2O, same to be 'paid to Hilliard
Williams, secretary of the execu
tive committee not later than Oct.
31st.
JEWELRY SALESMAN
IS HELD FOR THEFT
ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 14.—A. S.
Wagner, jewelry salesman tor I.
Press adn Sons, of Philadelphia,
was arrested and placed in the
Orange county jail here late Tues
day afternoon, upon a warrant
sworn out by Abraham Press, pres
ident of the jewelry firm, charging
embezzlzement of $382. The sales
man tonight has not made bond
which was fixed at $1,250.
NICKLE PLATE MERGER
HEARING POSTPONED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.
Agreement was reached today to
postpone until Monday further
hearing on Nickle Plate merger be
fore Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Commissioner Myers, presiding
allowed delay when it appeared that
witnesses desired could not attend
before that time.
CORN PAYS TAXES
IN WORTH COUNTY
SYLVESTER, Ga., Oct. 14—The
Worth County commissioners, at
their last meeting, passed a resolu
tion agreeing to allow $1 per bushel
for corn to oe applied on state,
county and taxes, and will
probably buy about three thousand
bushels.
The county has sold some of the
mules and is using tractors and free
labor, which are proving more eco
nomical than mules and convicts.
HEFLIN TO REQUEST
PROBE ON COTTON
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Oct. 13.
An invesigation of the government
cotton crop reporting board and the
census bureau will be asked of the
forthcoming congress, Senator J.
Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, mem
ber of the senate committee on ag
riculture declared in a statement is
sued here today.
URGES MORE CHARITY
AND LESS LIPSTICK;
NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—Dr. S.j
Parks Cadman, president of the
Federal Council of Churches, believ
,that American women spend too
[much money for “fripperies,” and
Ihe has issued a call for “less lip
[ Stick at home, and more charity to
:the orphans of the Near East.” I
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mixing his fast balls with some
beautiful slow curves. , The photo
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Decision of Judge Littlejohn
Upholds Action of Board
DAVIS TAKES
OFHCEOATH
Newly Appointed Secretary of
War Sworn in Today By
Justice Taft
WASHINGTTON. Oct. 14—
Dwight F. Davis of Missouri, was to
day sworn in as secretary of war.
Chief Justice William Howard
Taft, former secretary of war, ad
ministered the oath, while John W.
Weeks the retiring secretary stood
by. Major General Hines, Chief of
Staff, and others of war depart
ment bureaus witnessed the cere
mony.
AMERICUS A. & M.
MEETS COCHRAN FRIDAY
The Americus A & M. school is
scheduled to meet the Cochran A.
and M. school football tteam on
Friday afternoon at 3:30 at Aggie
field. The Cochran team is report
ed to have a strong team and this
game will probably be one of the
strongest of the season for the A.
and M. boys. Admission fees to the
grounds willbe 25 and 50 cents.
FELLOWSHIP BANOUET
ON THURSDAY N.GHT
More than 200 men and boys are
expected to hear Hollis Fort, of
Americus, and W. L. Roebuck, of
Cordele, Thursday night at a fel
] lowship banquet arranged by the
I First Baptist church, Rev. Joe M.
] Branch announced today.
“All of the men and boys, mem
bers of the church or friends of the
I church, are invited." Rev. Branch
| stated. “We look for at least 200
* and the banquet will be served In
I the lecture room of the church.”
above shows that his first pitch in
the fourth game of the series was
a slow curve, for no camera is fast
enough to catch one of Walter’s
Legal Fight Between Anthony
and Huntington Ends With
Decision Handed Down
Today
The legal fight between the
1 trpstess of the Huntington and
Anthony school districts came
to an end with the filing of a de
cision by Ju4ge Z. A. Littlejohn
in wheih the Superior court jur
ist holds that the County Board
of Education ha dthe legal right
to dissolve the consolidation of
the two districts. The decision
in favor of the board, was hand
ed down Wednesday morning-
The Text of the decision as hand
ed down by Judge Littlejohn fol
lows:
“Mandamus in Superior Court
of Sumter County, J. L. Johnson,
et al, trustees vs. E. T. Moore,
superintendent, et al. Th e above
stated ease came on for hearing
and was heard; and after consid
eration of the pleadings and tes
timony, I am of the opinion that
the County Board of Education
of Sumter Cunty had the right
to divide the Huntington consol
idated school district into two
school districts; and since so do
ing there is no Huntington Con
solidated District; and the man
damus absolute prayed for is
hereby denied.
“Let this order be entered on
the minutes of Sumter Superior
.Court. This IGth day of Octo-
I ber, 1925.”
On September 22 of this year,
J. L. Johnson, C. C. Shepherd, and
C. C. Bowen, trustees for th e Htnr*
. ington school district filed their ap
plication for mandamus, against E.
T. Moore* county school superinten
dent and I. B. Small, tax collector
of Sumter county. In their petition
I he plaintiffs stated that he Hunt
ing on and Anthony school were con
solidated at a meeting of the board
of education in June 1925.
i In September of the same year,
the board met and adopted a raso
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real speed balls. Moore of the Pi
rates is up, just ready to strike at
the ball, with “Muddy” Ruel and
Umpire Moriarty behind the plate.
EUGENE SANDOW
DIES SUDDENLY
World’s Strongest Man Passes In
London, Where He Was
Health Specialist
LONDON, Oc.t 14. Eugene
Sandow, once hailed as “The
World’s strongest man,” died sud-j
denly today in London.”
Sandow had built up, what is said
to be a profitable practice in Lon
don as a health specialist.
Death is said to be due, to the
.effects of an automobile accident 1
in which he was severly injured sev
eral years ago.
BENEFIT FESTIVAL AT
THALEAN SCHOOL
Paul Murray, principal of the
Thalean school announces that
there wil be held, at Thalean school
building, under the auspices of the
Community Club, a festival for the
benefit of the school, Friday even
ing, October 16. Everybody invit
ed and urged to be present.
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BROTHERS ARE INDICTED
FOR MURDER OF WIFE
FITZGERALD. Ga., Oct. 14.—In
dictments charging murder were
[returned by the Ben Hill grand jurv
| here against Oscar Mars, the al
leged murderer of his wife, and
Ball Mars, brother of accused held
as an accessory before the fact, it
being alleged that Ball had nlanned
[and assisted in the slaying by furn
ishing his car for his brother to
make his escape.
I The cases are set for trial Octo
ber 19. Solicitor General J. B.
Wall will represent the state. All
parties to the tragedy were em
ployees of the Fitzgerald Cotton
mills.
NEW YORK FUTURES
j Pc. Open 11am Close
Oct. 21.60|21.77 21.75121.41
S Dec. 21.55 21.72121 62(2131
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
< Strict middling, 20c.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RAIN HALTS
SEVENTH GAME
WORLD SERIES
Opposing Moundsmen for To
morrow May Be Johnson
and Aldridge
PITTSBURG, Oct. 14—Jupi
ter Pluvius won today s game
ol the world s series.
Judge Kennesaw Mountain
Landis, commissioner of base
ball. after a wait of several min
utes, postponed the seventh tilt
tor the 1925 baseball struggle.
Weather permitting it will be
played tomorrow afternoon in
Pittsburg.
Smoke Ball Johnson was
ready to hurl for the Senators,
with Manager McKechnie of the
Pirates undecided as to who
would hurl the game for him.
It is generally believed now
that Johnson will oppose ’’Vic’’
Aldridge for the final game.
Aldridge beat the Senators on
his last appearance on the
mound and Pirate fans are al
ready counting the victory as
won Stanley Harris says that
Johnson can again stand the
stand the Buccaneers on their
heads, and that he is sure of
winning the 1925 honors-
RUM ROW HAS
MOVEDSOUTH
Eastern Operators Now Doing
Business Off Southern
Coast
ATLANTA, Oct. 14.—Rum row,
that moveable mart, for illicit trade
in forbidden beverages, is now more
or less firmly established in south
ern waters.
Present activities of the bootleg
gers in the South are so extensive,
it is believed the trade includes
among its personnel most of those
former operators who manage to
escape the sharp shooting coast
guardsmen, in the federal campaign
to break up bootlegging business
which was then flourishing off the
shores of New York, Boston, and
Atlantic City.
MURDERER GIVES
UP TO POLICE
JESUP, Ga., Oct. 14.—»“1t would
have always been hanging over me
wherever I went—l thought it best
to give up.”
Thus explained A. M. Rowell, 32
charged with the murder of Fred
Lightsey, former Savannah and
Doctortown man, who was slain on
(the night of Aug. 31, for having
surrendered to local authorities late
yesterday. “I was in Jacksonville
| before daylight the next morning
after Lightsey was killed, said Row
ell to a newspaperman this morn
ing. “I’ve been in Florida ever
since the killing happened.
“Why did I kill him?” well, we
were both drinking you know. Yes
We were best of friends. I remem
ber saying “Can you play checkers?
—and he didn’t move fast enough.
It will al Icome out at the trial, how
ever, and I don’t care to have any
| thing more to say about it just
now.”
It is not unlikely that Rowell will
be given a preliminary hearing be
fore Judge Thomas of the City
Court Monday.
GREATER WESLEYAN
CONSTRUCTION JUNE 1
MACON, Oct. 14. —Wesleyan
College trustees voted tonight to be
gin construction of a new greater
Wesleyan college on June 1 of next
year.
NORTHERN CONFERENCE
VOTES FOR UNIFICATION
ELGIN, Hl., Oct. 14—The Rock
River conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church voted 217 to 12
in favor of unification of the Meth
odist Episcopal church and Meth
odist Episcopal church south. On
admission to laymen into the an
nual conference, the vote was 209
for and 20 against.
