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I AMERICUS SPOT COTTON ’ Total bales Sumter County 1 cotton - 24,919 WEATHER For Georgia Partly cloudy, {probably local thundershowers this afternoon ... Sunday generally fair. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 24! Allied and German Representative Sign Peace Pact A NEW EUROPE RISING FROM OLD ONE OF DISCORD Locarno in Blate of Glory As Pact Signing is Completed by Delegates LOCARNO, Switz. Oct. 16.—a new Eruope, a happier Europe, a safer Europe is today rising out from the old slough of discord, sus picion and intollerance, is the belief of the statesmen representing Ger many and the five Allied powers who have been in session here for days. rhe European Security Confer ence ended early today in a literal u.aze of glory and rejoicing. Throughout last night there was music and dancing, with fireworks ngnting tne heavens, in commem oration of the five pact signature to the peace treat formulated by , . the German and Allie statesmen. At exactly 7:20 tne European inen who maue this victory le, threw open a window on cond floor of the palace of and rejecting decorum, an- sa to the waiting mul.tude le Rhine pact and other treat -1 been formally approved. dflfeYr number held aloft the irotocol bearing the signa of all the delegations as that the conference had suc- antly the crowd gave vent to iasm, rockets were sent into the air, their balls of fire, narrow ly escaping entering the windows ’.nd falling on the shoulders of the elegates. The appearance at the Inflow of M. Briano, the French reign minister, was greeted with longed cheering. When the Bri iorelgn secretary, Austin aberlam, came and waved his the "crowd clamored for a ~ . Chanecllor Luther and the n lorergn minister, Stresse- acclaimed with no less f j»’S SPEECH PRAISED iand’s speecn, at the clos on of the speech conference ’djourned with the under that th e treaties would be London December 1, was his colleagues afterward st hrilliant effort of his ca- ressemann had spoken first zing the work of the con nd emphasizing that its felled a new era in Euro . tionships. he declared sol | it Germany would loyally | the peace pact. He made , allusion to foreign occu • the Rnineland. ponse, M. Briand said that was not the end, but the ig of a new epoch—an ' cooperation and friendship “ unstinted praise to the leals and generosity of the statesmen who had origin e idea of fashioning pacts maintenance of peace, and 1 the world would duly rend ige to the happy initiative He took up Dr. Stressmann’s -.1 to the occupation and made pr that this occupation would .0 reduced as to give Germany '■ause for complaint of uneasi- Ui-nrng toward cnanceuor Lu »nd Dr. Stressemann, he said: e people of France will soon ize your loyal statement bp ression of good will toward man people.” 1 Chamberlain appeared to ntinued on Page Five) turns From Fhe Dead » Reognized by Widow YORK, Oct. 17—William ler is on his way back to ky to face a charge of first murder and to help_authori d out who is buried in she i which for nine months his •s supposed to have rested. >r, whose apparent death in explosion resulted in one of .ngest crimes outside of fic >"t New York without the for of extradition papers to ac •7 a sheriff to Pike county, cy to attempt to clear him implication in that the police to have been a murderous collect $85,000 in life insur- in spite of the ease with Pike county authorities iden l Turner upon his arrival sday from Germany, Turner’s who received $25,000 of in ce through the legal death of tusband, has refused to admit ;he man who was buried in Virginia following the mine ion was not her husband. husband lies in his grave in Virginia,” she said Friday at ■>me in Trenton, N. J. “Why ‘ PUBLISHED IN THE HEAREQr D!XiE~'jfcy 7T? ” Figures in European Security Conference , _ LT" . V |k liL Ji bHflj&Cp < > znK 1 I ■ ■ ■■ " - Representatives of the European eign secretary, are shown above, powers meeting at the Security Con- Aristide Briand, French foreign ference at Locarno, Switzerland, to minister, is shown at the right. He establish a Rhineland Compact and heads the French delegation in neg discuss the admittance of Germany otiating with the old enemy and to tne League of Nations. Dr. Lu- with the assembled powers in try ther, .left, the German chancellor, mg to avoid another war over the and Dr. Stressmann. German for- Franco-German frontier. STEWART WAS AGAIN ELECTED Reports to the Contrary Were Given Out in Wired Reports to Stating that wired reports from Albany to the effect that he had been replaced as commander of the western brigade by D. D. reeman a mistake, General Joe Day Stew art today reported the true result of the election held in Albany. “D. D. Freeman, who was report ed to have succeeded me, was elected as commander of the north ern brigade. All other brigade ( commanders were re-elected.” The Times-Recorder is glad to make this correction and we congratulate General Stewart on being again named as brigade commander of the western brigade. PTOMAINE POISON PROCLAIMED MYTH ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 17.—Pto maine poison is now declared only! a myth. There is no such thing, j Numerous authorities were quoted to prove this contention by Dr. Mil- j ton J. Rosenau, Harvard, yesterday , before the Interstate Post Graduate Assembly of America, which closes 'its annual session here today. Pto- , |maine was thought to be a degen erate product of protein foods, but I five years of experimentation has proved proteine cannot yield any thing which gives the ptomaine symptoms, Dr. Rosenaus stated. These are due, he said, to infect ed, not decayed food. The sickness is seldom fatal. i Bill’s body in Trenton, N. J.. “Why the explosion that they wouldn’t let me see it.” The mystery is further complicat ed by the fact that there is no clue to the identity of the man who was supposed to have been Turner. I Two men were killed in the ac cident at the Auburn coal mine at McCarr on January 17, last. One was easily identified as Henry Wil hamson, of Louisa, Ky., Neither -1 authorities nor Turner, however, I seem to have any information as to - whom the second man was. “Say, Bill,” Turner was asked jFridap, “who do you suppose it is ithatss buried up there for you?” “Damned if I know,” the man who returned from th e “dead” re ■ plied. In his confession Turner blamed ? the plot upon his brother-in-law, Joe Jacks, Jr., and his father-in-law". Joe Jack’s Sr., who ha«eaid, forced him to disappear the night of the accident in the coal mine. In addition to the Insurance mon ey received by Mrs. Turuner, $60,- 1000 on an accident policy was paid !to Turner’s sister, Mrs. F. F. Far ley, of Coral Gables, Fla. AMERICUS. GEORGIA. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 17, 1925 JAP NAVY SENDS OUT DESTROYERS ’ 10KY0, Oct. 17. Japanese ; Navy Department today dispatched | two destroyers from Port Arthur to Taingtao, in view of the situa p tion there which has threatened I Japanese residents. ECHOESW ' WORLD SERIES Loss Blamed to Peckingpaugh; Moore Hero of Pittsburg Pirates By R. H. RINER Pittsburg fans were reported to I have expressed to Walter Johnson I their regret at his having to lose 'tne imal game to them. “We’re sorry it had to be you was the spoken word of many. i We join in blaming the loss of the series to Roger Peckingpaugh, | veteran shortstop of the Senators, who broke the world’s record for numbe of errors made in a World’s . series. During the series, Peck imade only eight and these at criti cal points "of the game. We give more credit to Eddie Moore for win- I lung ior nctsotirg, lor nis nome run in the sixth game necessitated ; a seventh game. Batting honors of the series go to ' Joe Harrison, Sam Rice Ruer and ' Goslin for the Senators, with Carey, Traynor, and Smith for the Pirates, i I'hese above named all hitting over the 300 mark. The_leading hitter I was Carey with a perTentage of 458, i just eighteen points better than 'Joe Harris. ■ Stamey Harris jumped on Ken Johnson, president of the American League who wired Harris that the series was lost through sentiment.' Bucky denied this and said that the’ president of the league could mind hie own business. There is no doubt but that Buclfy will be called before Mr. Johnson and made to apologize or pay a nice fine for the outbrust. We are also in receipt of reports to the effect that his honor, Mr. ' Landis, wTB demand an apology of ' Bucky. Peckingpaugh, sayig that Peck in a . newspaper article criticized she um piring of Mr. Moriarty. We wish tnat Commission Landi would have Peck apologize to the “Big Train” for his errors during the past se- < ties and especially the last game. < There is strong chances of Wai- 1 ter Johnson having his life long t ambition fullfiled. There is a move-' meat on foot to have a million ' Johnson fans donate one dollar each ' 1 towards' Buying a club tor Johnjt •on. In another column will bell found a news story concerning this h possibility. A number of the local! boys nave already signified a de- 1 •ire to be among the first to join in 11 the move. We intend to investigate and if we find that there is a pos sibility of putting the thing over we will be glad to head the list on an ■ Americus Walter Johnson Club. It would be a great tribute to the I .cleanest man baseball has ever had . and we sincerely hope the move will! grow and ultimately succeed. man SUMTER BIRDS i WIN PRIZES Mrs. Turpin’s Imperial Ringlet 4 Barred Rocks Win Ten Prizes at Southeastern Again Mrs. Stella Turpin’s Im perial Ringlet Barred rocks return to Americus bedecked with exhibi tion prizes from the Southeastern Fair poultry show at Atlanta. This year Mrs. Turpin entered 18 birds and garnered ten prizes; six firsts, a couple of seconds,, a third and a fourth prize. In the cock class a first, second and third ribbon was pinned to the Sttfiifer birds. One pullet two first; hens, a first' and second; cockrel, a ! first and, a'fourth. i In the class of pens, Mrs. Tur pin’s pen of dark birds took first and her exhibition pen was award ed first ribbon. j Mrs. Turpin’s rocks have been ribbonwinners for several years in I the largest shows of the cohhffy. POLICE ARREST SEVEN LEADERS OF BAND NEW YORK, Oct. 17—Metro politian police today arrested a woman and seven men said to be leaders of a band of criminals re sponsible for many crimes, includ ing murders and robberies over a period of silP years. Leaders are said to have made a specialty of providing their subordinates with pistol silencers. WALKER NAMES WILSON PRIVATE SECRETARY ATLANTA, Oct| 17. Governor Clifford Walker today announced the appointment of John B. Wilson of Monroe as his private secretary to succeed Matthew C. Hennett, who has asutr.ed duties as chief examiner of the Georgia Securities comimssion. TWO SLAYERS PAY DEATH PENALTY CHICAGO, Oct. 17. —Two men, one nere and the other in Michigan City, Ind., today paid the supreme penalty for murder. A woman was the victim in both cases. John Koval, who slashed the throat of Martha Egelski, his land lady, in Gary, a year ago, died in the electrip chair at the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City,' 'shortly after midnight. I In the Cook county jail, Frank , Lanciano, slayer of Mrs. Rosa Attila i | his common law wife, was hanged at I 7 o’clock. Lanicano left his wife and fam ily in Philadelphia several years ago and came to Chicago with Mrs. Attaila, who also deserted her hus i band. He shot her in a fit of i jealously. Yesterday he asked his I I wife in Philadelphia to claim his i body. COTTON BODY IS OPPOSED TO EARLY REPORTS I Association Wants Government Estimates Discontinued. “Disturbing to Growers” BOSTON, Oct. 17.—0 n the ground that early season estimates of .the yze of the cotton crop are “distrubing to the cotton manufac turing industry and to the cotton growers” the National association of Cotton Manufacturers in annuual meeting here Friday voted to urge Congress to have such estimates by an;» government agency discontin ued. William B. ZacColl, of Pawtuck et, R. 1., was elected president of the association, succeeding Morgan Butler, of Boston, son of United States Senator Wijliam Butler. Other officers elected were Rus sell H. Leanord, of Boston, senior vice president; John A. Sweetzer, of Boston, junior vice president. In the matter of cotton crop reports, the association voted to request the National Council of American Cot ton Manufacturers “to formulate a resolution on this most important subject, urging Congress to so amend the present law so as to pro vide that no estimate of the size of the cotton crop be made by a gov ernment agency before some date when the crop is sufficiently ad vanced to make possible a reason able accurate estimate.” HUSBANDHELD FOR MURDER Ala., Oct. 17.—J. T. Cherry, a road overseer, was arrest ed this morning in connection with the death of his wife who was shot to death in her kitchen last night. Cherry*’s arrested followed in tensive search for seveial hours by a posse that at times number five hundred persons. Discovery of a watch, bracelt and revolver under a barn flood led to the arrest of the husband. Officers were told by Cherry that he had found his wife’s body in the kitchen when he returned from his work. BUYS ENTIRE BLOCK IN SAVANNAH SAVANNAH. Oct. 17.—J. Fer ris Cann has purchased an entire bock of city real estate. It is on the South Side of Liberty Street and extends from Price Street to East Broad and from Liberty street to Street Lane. The consideration was around SIOO,OOO. The property was bought from the Central Bank & Trust Cor poration of Atlanta, executioners. It has a frontage of 580 feet on Liberty Street. This is *ne of the biggest sales of property so far as frontage is concerned that has been made dur ing the recent activity in real es tate. Mr. Cann states the property will be held as an investment. TWELVE KILLED. TWENTY INJURED BRESSANA, Italy, Oct. 17—12 persons were killed and 20 injured today when a freight train crashed int oa passenger train bound from Milton to Genoa. The victims were mostly peasants. Three cars of the passenger train were demolished. MINE EXPPLOISON IN WEST VIRGINIA GRAFTON, West Va„ Oct. 17— An explosion in the powder house of the Star Ford Stripper company mine at Dryden, near here this afternoon was followed by fire working, according to reports from the scene. All wires to Dryden are down and it was impossible to learn whether the fourteen miners employed in the mine had escaped or not. WILES ACQUITTED OF MURDER OF WIFE DURHAM, N. C., Oct. 17. Robert H. Wiles, of Columbia, S. ‘ C., was today acquitted of charge ; of murder of his wife and Ralph | B. Gordon, also of Columbia, by j jury in Durham county court. The jury rendered its verdict of “not guilty” son after reassemb ling today, following their deadlock last night. Gordon and Mrs. Wiles wer shot by Wiles on the eighth of ‘ August when the latter alleged he ; found them living together in Dur ham. Under Fire $ y> A sensational document being se cretly circulated m Italy accuses Premier Mussolini with being the head of the terrorist branch of the Facisti. At the trial of the mur derers of Deputy Matteotti, Mus solini’s political rival, the dictator’s enemies will try to prove that it was Mussolini who ordered his as sassination. This latest photograph was made during recent army ma noguvers. ELLAVILLE ROAD NOW COMPLETED Road Connecting Americus and Ellaville Completed in Rec ord Time; All Paved Now ELLAVILE, Ga., Oct. 17—The board of county Commissioners an nounced today the completion of the paving project _ connecting Schley and Sumter county. This project was begun last October and con sists of six miles of paved road. It was completed earlier than was an ticipated, owing to the splendid weather of the summer and fall, not a day having been lost since July. This road is part of State route Number 3 from Atlanta to Tallah ssee, Fla. It is traveled daily by scores of tourists from the North east and west. It greatly aids Ellaville and Schley county people, as it bfftigs Americus almost to our doors. The Schley cunty. Commissioners, as well as the State highway officials are receivig compliments on the ef ficiency of she work done. It is proposed now by the Ella ville Board of trad.e that election be held to float bonds for the pur pose of paving the highway for 3 miles in the direction of Butler, Bu ena Vista and Oglethorpe, the coun ty sites of the other three adjoin ing counties. AGy.St etaoin etaoi etaoin etaoina CHIEF BRAGG RETURNS FROM TRIP TO MACON Chief John T. Bragg, of the lo cal police "department returned last night from Macon, where he had been called as a witness in Federal court there. • The cases on which Chief Bragg was called was the one in which Clarence Fisher and Vassde Turner were tried, convicted and sentenced to three years in Federad penien tiary at Atlanta. i The two youths were charged with robbery of the post office at Marshallville sometime ago and were arrested in Americus by the local police department. Up Early Every Morning Hustling, Pays Moore A good cotton crop, plenty of corn to last throughout the year 200 gallons of syrup and SIOO wortK<>f sweet potatoes, among other things is the result of the 1925 farming operations of G. A. Moore, who re sides In the 17th district. “There’s just me and a negro I man on my place, but we have made a good crop this year,” Mr. Moore states. “No, we didn’t have any more rain than other folks in the country, but we just k otpek ing, “I have 200 gallons of syrup and the negro has 100 gallons which we , have refused SI.OO a gallon for. Al- i \ NEW YORK FUTURES . Pc. Open 11am Close ’ Oct. .21 40'21.40121.58(21 58 ' Dec. 21.49121.50|21.59121.53 AMERICUS SPOT COTTON i 5 Middling, 20c. S PRICE FIVE CENTS JOHN BARTLETT KILLS HIMSELF I WITH SHOTGUN Young Farmer in Seventeenth District Commits Suicide in Home Saturday Morning Saying that he was broke and despondent, John Bartlett, young man living in the Seven teenth district, near Plains, early this morning committed suicide- Returning to his home at a late hour last night, Bartlett went to his mother”s room, where she and his father were sleeping, telling them that he was going to get his shot gun. His mother thought that he mere ly wanted to take it to a smell house nearby, where he slept, ana was surprised when he returned to their room, took the gun, placed it to his right temple, stooped and pulled the trigger. ”1 am broke” and am going to end it all right now the young far mer is said to have exclaimed to hia parents. Then he stooped over, placed barrel of gun to his right temple and fired before his par ents could stop him. Ross Dean, of Plains, state that the entire top of his head from his eyes and ears up was completely blown off by the charge from the gun. Mr. Bartlett was a son of Mr. and - Mrs. Henry Bartlett, well known 3 farmers of Sumter county Young Bartlett was about twenty-one ■ years of age. ’ Last night he attended a social gathering at Thalean school, re turning .sometiiige after midnight. The body was turn\i over to Ross Dean, an undertaker of Plains, this-max-rung, At 3:30 this after noon funeral arrangements had not Ibeen made, the family awaiting ar rival of two brothers from Flordia. Mr. Bartlett’s friends state that I he was a quiet, gentlemanly young I man, working the farm along with | his father. He had the respect of his nieghbors and his death haa caused much sorrow in that section of the county. > The dieceased, with his father - and mother lived on the Andy Jones > place where they operated a two s horse farm. t Surviving are Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bartlett, father and mother; two brothers, Joseph and Thomas Bart lett, who live in Florida; three sis- ( ters, Mrs. Pau! Stevens and Mrs. C. Turner of Sumter county, and one , sister residing in Atlanta. Mr. Bartlett with his mother and r father attended the Rehoboth Bap tist church, KEYMENWILL WALK OUT WILMINGTON, N. C. Oct. 17— . A general strike of 1,184 telegraph era employed on the Atlantic Coast ' Line Railroad has been called for ’’4 o’clock Monday afternoon repre ’ t ßentatives of the Order of Railway i Telegraphers said tonight. 1 President Albright, general man ager of the railroad, was without official note of the impending walk- • out, he said. ■ I Three members of the Railway t Labor Board, who came to Wilming d ton Monday to investigate the dis pute between the telegraphers and the railroad, left for Florida after ? one day’s negotiations, which fail h ed to break the existing deadlock, r Two representatives of the Unit d ed States Department of Labor ar i-1 rived here tonight. I The eperators are demanding a d I wage increase of seven cents an : hour and an annual two week’s va -1 cation with full pay. Train dispatch ; ers will not be included in the strike. ready I have sold SIOO worth of sweet potatoes; my corn is not the best, but we have plenty to carry us through the year and m” cot ton crop was satisfactory—it was a good crop. “How did Ido it? Well, we just 'get up about 4 o’clock every morn ing and hustle. That’s all it takes to I make a good crop down here—just Mr. Moore has lived in the coun burtling.” ty for several years, but is a na itive of Coweta county. He looks 150, but ia 67 years old “and my j health has not been the best this lyear, either,” Mr. Moore said.
