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AMERICUS COTTON RECEIPTS Cotton Receipts Sumter County 25,793 WEATHER For Georgia— Rain tonight and Tuesday; cloder Tuesday. ORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 247 TWENTY TWO DEATHS IN STORMS SUNDAY ■ * * ♦ • ft ft ¥ * ft ft ¥ [LATEST REPORTS ESTIMATE COTTON CROP 15,226,000 BALES 117 ARE KILLED I IN ALABAMA I STORM SUNDAY ■ Five More Killed in Storm Sweep ’ll Atlantic Coast During I Sunday, Bringing Death ¥ Total to 21 I TROY, Ala., Oct. 26. Re imports summarized here by means ft&of communication ovei crippled W wires indicate that yesterday’s tor ft nado took a toll of seventeen ft; lives and brought the list of injur- ■ ed to at least thirty. Property ft loss is estimated at $250,000. Bar ft hour, Pike and Crenshaw counties ft were hardest hit. TROY, Ala., Oct. 25. —Sixteen I persons were reported killed and I more than a score injured by a tor- I nado, which struck Pike county, B Alabama, Sunday. Many homes were H* laid waste, causing thousands of dol- H lars damage. H A partial list of the dead and in st jured follows: The dead: Ralph Knight, 18; T Ruby Knight, 16; Frances Knight, 6; I Mary Ellen Knight, 3; Mr.s Eliza l‘ Davis, 65; Tom Long, 70; Mrs. Pea- II cock, 75; Beatrice Tillis and babay 11 (negroes); Ella Lee Blue( negress). '.IL The injured: Walter Knight and n°t expected to live; Kerman Ray Knight, Frank Davis, Bob ordan, J. P. Davis, Mrs. Frank Davis, Pat Swanson and wife( ne (Continued on Page Eight) FRENCH CABINET : CRISIS TUESDAY . Premier Painleve and His Col leagues Adjourn Until Tues day; No Decision Today I PARIS, Oct. 26. The French Cabinet crisis has been put off an other day. Premier Painleve and his colleagues adjourned today without taking final decision on the financial situation. The convocation of a Cabinet coucnil was postponed until tomorrow. CAILLAUX DEFIES CABINET COLLEAGUES CHATEAU DU LOIR, France, Oct. 26. —Joseph Caillaux has defied his cabinet colleagues in a dramatic speech which is regarded as a fight ing farewell to his present position of power as minister of finance. Parading the desperate position of French finance before his consti tuents of the Sarthe, Caillaux de nounced the expedient of a capital (< levy to prevent national bankruptcy, inferentially committed himself to further inflation, and declared his confidence that “it will not.be many months” before agreement on the French debt to the United States is reached. Caillaux’s address was chiefly a general defense of his financial poli cies and of his recent failure to set tle the debt in Washington, but throughout ran a strain of reconcilia tion to imminent removal from the cabinet. Three important points were made 11 in relation to the politico-financial I situation: 1. An intimation that Caillaux’s K P r °i eet contain some form " w/f/hflation, to which the remainder '' vs the cabinet is reported to be op . posed. 2. Two unmincing statements that he opposes the socialist financial pro gram. 3. Unequivocal opposition to a capital levy, despite the insistence of eight radical members of the cabinet for such a measure. LONE BANDIT STAGES HOLDUP BURNS, Tenn., Oct. 26. The Peoples Bank at White Bluff, Tenn., was robbed today by a lone bandit who was masked with a red hand kerchief. The bandit entered the bank, covered the cashier with a pis tol and took all the money in sight. Early reports gave the amount of loot at $4,000. THE TIMEsOECORDER •’EjgfI.PUBLISHED IN THE > ART. OF~D!XiE~ffgY>? British “Mystery Plane 99 Crashes g X ■ h T >-‘ W MF JF 1 ag''' ‘ •I - *?> i W - ‘ Jr J X;' ........... ... . , y . ty *1 Great Britain’s “Mystery Plane,” entered in the Schneider Cup sea plane race at Baltimore, Md., crash ed into the water during a trial ’ test. These exclusive photosh show, ! top, wreckage of the fallen plane be ‘ ng towed by the U. S. Napier just after the plane dropped. Captain Henry C. Baird, the pilot, was saved without serious injury. Left > shows Baird, (center) being helped > to an automobile after his rescue. i BRITAIN HAS ONLY ONE ENTRY Pilot Hinkle and His Plane Out of International Races At Baltimore BAY SHORE PARK BALTI ’ MORE, Md., Oct. 26.—Great Bri tain’s Schneider cup challengers were definitely reduced to one today when Pilot Bert Hinkkler in Britain’s re serve plane, Gloster Napier 3 went through his pontoons in landing on the Chespeake at the start of his third attempt to qualify his plane for the International race this afternoon. Gloster was towed to her hanger with her pontoons smashed and un der-rigging torn loose. The pilot was not hurt, SHERIFF FIRES: SPEEDER SLAIN Bullet Follows Disregarded Or der to Stop Auto; Liquor Found in Car SENATOBIA, Miss., Oct. 26. Lew Houston, 35, of Charleston, Miss., was shot and killed by W. G. Cocke, sheriff, of Tate County, as he was speeding through Senatobbia in automobile Sunday. Houston, with three other men, left Charleston for Memphis at noon. On their arrivial at Sardis, . they collided with another automo bile and it is said, sped on without stopping. Sardis officers warned oficers of towns ahead to stop the party. Houston and his companions sped through Como, however, and on arriving at Senatobia, where Sheriff Cooke and his deputies were waiting on the nignway, refused to stop when ordered to do so. Sheriff Cooke declared that he fired three bullets aiming at the tires of the automobile. One shot struck the radiator, another the fender and the third struck Houston in the head killing him instantly. Officers de clare they found whiskev in the au tomobile. Houston is survived by a wife and three children. LONDON WEATHER VERY CHANGEABLE i I LONDON, Oct. 26, —Within ten , minutes in one day recently the Lon ; don hotel and shopping district ex • perienced hail, sleet, rain, lightning ; and thunder—but no fog. Many American visitors here have . | been disappointed iwhen informed ’ that the real fogs occur onlp in win i ter. AMERICUS. GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 26. 1924 s wm 'lift W jK , 7 PLAINS HOST TO SINGERS Large Crowd Gathers for Sing at Plains’ New School Audi torium Sunday Plains was host to the singers of Sumter County yesterday afternoon when a large crowd gathered at the new School Auditorium, spending the afternoon in song service. Owing to the weather conditions there was not as large a crowd as was expected but by 2:30 o’clock the auditorium was about half filled with more coming during the afternoon. Several were there from Ameri cus, and some from adjacent coun ties. Those in attendance report a good singing and were hearty in their thanks to the people of Plains for being such good hosts. “ Memories 99 By MRS. E. W. HORNE Os Americus, Ga. Spirit of Memories, weave one fair web for me And let the present years of toils and tears Give their full measure to me. But in the years to come, when youth has flown Till life’s river is nearing the sea I would turn again—in lonely hours, To the web of sweet memories. When like sparks from a hidden forge in the hills, Where the moon is being shaped to rise, The stars drift up o’er the dark tree tops GLORIA SWANSON’S ARREST IS ORDERED NEW YORK, Oct. 26/ —An order to the sheriff directing the arrest of Gloria Swanson, moving picture ac tress for contempt of court has been signed by Robert M. Marshall, a su preme court referee. He directed that she be held in the Ludlow street jail until she pays a fine of $250 for contempt. The order was issued because the actress failed to appear as a witness, but sailed for Europe instead. REV. HOWARD PERFORMS 2,016 MARRIAGES COLUMBUS, Oct. 26.—The mar riage last night of Miss Mary Kelly and Boyd Cook, of the Girard sec tion, marked the 2,016th couple Rev, J. W. Howard, retired Baptist min ister has united in matrimony. The ceremony was performed at the home of the minister, 640 Twenty first street in the presence of friends and relatives. As life’s sunset hues fade in the skies; From the silvery mist of their glim mering rays I would never shrink back in fear; Lest it brings to light dark strains and regrets. In the ghosts of dead, wasted years. But let memories steal in like the sweet perfume Os a new white rose in the bowers; Refreshing as the odor of adler-buds Bursting in a warm spring shower, And as I wait on the bridge—the age-old bridge— Twixt time and eternity I would know the peace—the won derful peace— lOf beautiful Memories. Is Polygamy the Next Step for Moderns WATSONFFARS SINGLE MATE Psychologist Says “The Social Mechanism Has Slipped Its Trolley By HORTENSE SAUNDERS NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—Monog amy and modernity form an oil and water combination that won’t mix— one of the other must rise to the surface of our civilization. This is the opinion of Dr. John B. Watson, leading exponent of the be havorist school of psychology, for many years head of hte experiment al psychology department of John Hopkins University. “Monogamy is passing, I believe,” he told me. “The social mechanism has slipped its trolley. We are un fettered and unshackled and are romping and frolicking in our free dom. We are indulging in the ex cesses and the extravagances of a people drunk with a sense of their own personal importance. “Unless some new form of control (Continued on Page Five BALKAN WAR HALTED, SAY LATE REPORTS League Council Members Hurry 4 to Paris to Session Called for Today LONDON, Oct. 26. The Ex change Telegraph's Athens cor respondent reports that the Bul garians and Greeks acting at the instance of Rumania, will with draw their troops behind their re spective frontiers. PARIS, Oct. 26. —Fighting con tinued on the Bulgarian front at the very moment members of the League of ations council were hastening to Paris for an extraditinary meet ing calcualted to extinguish the new Balkan flame. From Sofia came word that two Bulgar towns, hitherto untouched— Piperinitza and Petrove—during the day had been subjected to a bomb ardment by Greek troops. On the other hand, the aggression was not confined to the Greeks, if all reports are to be believed. An official Greek statement issued at Athens, declared that the Bulgars had occupied Greek territory in the neighborhood of Demfrkawour, (De mirkapu), refusing to retire. Admiral Hadjikirakos, acting for eign minister, in a telegram to the secretarisat of the league, prom ised that the Greek forces would re tire ‘wljen the last Bulgarian soldier is withdrawn from Greek soil.” While contradictory statements are coming out of Sofia and Athens with consistent rapidity, the neigh boring states, display considerable alarm and also a determination in no case to be drawn into the row. Rumania and Czecho Slovakia both have announced their neutrality and Belgrade has given the strictest or ders to prevent invasion of its terri tory by the belligerants where the three states meet, A new element was injected into the situation by the report that the Stamboulisky leaders, Athanasoff and Stojanoff, had arrived at the Bulgarian frontier at Zaribrod with the intention of again collecting their bands to harrass the govern ment while its hands are full deal ing with the Greeks. From Belgrade, it was reported that 15 trainloads of troops left Sofia yesterday for the front, and with them numerous bands of irreg ulars. Sofia, however, denies that . there are any numer of irregulars available and circumstances to open fire unless absolutely necessary. Bl I DR. JOHN B. WATSON GEORGIA GRAND LODGE MEETS IN MACON I More Than 1,000 Expected to Be Present at 139th Annual Meet of Grand Lodge of Georgia MACON, Ga., Oct. 26.—More than 1,000 Master Masons from lodges throughout the State are expected in Macon tomorrow and the Georgia Grand Lodge, which will convene at 10 a .m. tomorrow morning in the city Hall Auditorium. The meeting will be the one hun dred and thirty-ninth annual com munication of the Grand Lodge, which holds its headquarters in Ma con. The gathering [y.’ll be the occasion of special degras and ritualistic work in Macon lodges, which will b e wit . nessed by members of the Grand Lodge when not occupied by other duties incident to the meeting. Frank F. Baker, Grand Secretary, said. Today, prior to the opening of the , Grand Lodge, there will be an an nual session of the Board of Trus tees for the Masonic Orphans Home of which Frank A. Miller, of Fort Valley, is president. During the two nights the grand lodge is in Macon special initiation ceremonies will be held. Macon Lodge No. 5, will confer the Etered Apprentice degree, while a special team from an Atlanta Lodge is ex pected here Tuesday night to give the Master's degree to a class of can didates. James D. Hamrick, of Carrollton Grand Master, will preside over the meetings which will come to a close with the Wednesday morning ses i sion. CHINESE PROVINCE GETS MOTOR ROAD KINGCHOW, Province of Kansu, ’ Oct. 26. —This central China prov l ince is getting its first motor car • road. For communications in the past, ■ Kansu probably has been the worst off of any of the 18 provinces. It J has not railways, and practically no ! navigable rivers. But in spite of f these disadvantages, travel has been; e lively because the main route to Ti ll bet and Turkestan lead through the ? province. Lu Yungt'ao, military and civil - governor of the province last year I ordered his principal general to start i the road work with the soldiers un t der his command. The general com -1 manded each regiment to build seven - miles of rod. The soldiers promptly, t impressed resident farmers into ser-] i Vice. A road capable of handling i motor traffic of more than 100 miles: ha: been completed. ' NEW YORK FUTURES Pc. Open 11am Close 5 Dec. 21.24121.10121.16)20.20 5 Jan. ... 20.49 20.40120.36119.48 AMERICUS SPOT COTTON j Spot cotton, 185 Bc. PRICE FIVE CENTS LAST ESTIMATE COTTON CROP SHOWS INCREASE As a Result Futures Tumbled a Hundred Points; Local Spot Spot Market Down to 18 7-8 for Good Middling WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. A probable cotton production of ' 9. ()()() bales is indicated by reports as ol October I 8, on con liton of abandonment probable yields and ginnings, the Depart ment of Agriculture announced today. A probable crop of I 4,- 759,000 bales was indicated two weeks ago. Last year’s crop to taled I 3,627,936 bales LATESA COTTON GIN REPORT WASHINGTON. Oct. 2 . Cotton of this year's growth, gin ned prior to October I 8 totalled 9,5 19,784 running bales, the cen sus bureau announced here today. Last year 7,615,981 bales had been ginned to that date. The percentage of abandonment of acreage since June, 1925, and the indicated production by states follow: Georgia, abandonment 2.0 and 1,- 120,000 bales production; for Ten nessee, abandonment 1.05 and 475,- 000 bales production; for South Car olina, abandonment 2.5 and 850,000 I bales production. Ginnings prior to October 18, by states are as follows: Georgia, 1,- 051,785 bales; for Tennessee, 234,- 672 bales; for South Carolina, 731,- 690 bales. AMERICUS MARKET MIDDLING 18 5-8 CENTS As a result of Washington report on cotton production, the local cot ton market today quotes strict mid dling at 18 5-8 cents. The New York markets opened at 21.10 for December and 20.40 for January, reopening wwith 20.35 for December and 19.40 for January. The low of the day was for Decem ber 20.01 and 19.40 for January. The closings for the day was, 20.20 for December and 19.48 for January. A drop from yesterday closings of 104 points for December and 101 points for January. The estimate of 15,226,000 bales was received with much surprise by local cotton dealers. IONE WOLF’ DIES SUNDAY Police and Prohibition Official] Are of the Belief That He Was Poisoned by Enemies CHICAGO, 111., Oct. 26.—James Asher, known as the “lone wolf” of | the prohibition enforcement service i here, died suddenly Sunday under i circumstances which led police and ! enforcement officials to suspect that he may mav have been poisoned by bootleggers whom he had continu ally harassed during his three years as a federal agent. Edward C. Yellowley, prohibition ) administrator, who is aiding the cor oner in an investigation of the ’ death, said Asher sveral times had been threatened. A necropsy will | be made and the vital organs exam ined for possible poison traces. ’ About 8 o’clock Sunday morning Asher complained to his wife that his head ached. A little later, after . a hot bath, he went to bed, saying he thought he was dying. A physi cian at his hotel managed to keep him alive for an hour a half. He pronounced death was due imme diately to cerebral hemorrage. WIFE AWARDED VERDICT IN SUIT MINEOLA, N. Y., Oct. 26.—Mrs. Katherine Frey, of Louisville, Ky., •' was today awarded a jury’s verdict of ■ I $37,500 against Wilda Bennett, musi- ■ cale comedy actress for alienation of II affections of the plaintiff’s husband, I Charles Frey, a sportsman.
