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■ AMERICUS COTTON RECEIPTS v Hfcotton Receipts Sumter ’ I County 25,793 ? I For Georgia—Fair tonight; slgiht- ’ My warmer in northwest portion; i increasing cloudiness, < followed by showers in west ( BoRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 248 50 DEAD; 30 HURT; WRECK NEAR MEMPHIS ■ . s •- 1 * « « • ♦ « * • JArmy and Navy Lose 39 of Year’s 63 Aviation Victims ICOACHES PLUNGE I DOWN 40 FOOT I EMBANKMENT Two Georgians Among The Num ber Killed; Death List Not Yet Completed MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 27. Twenty are dead and over thirty were injured when the Sunny land.” fast St. Louis and San Francisco passenger train left the rails today near Victoria, Miss., and tumbled into a tangled mass down a forty-foot-embankment. The train, traveling at about sixty miles and hour, apparently spread track about three hundred yards from the station and about two hundred feet from a 40-foot trestle The engine and first bag gage coach cleared the trestle. Three baggage coaches and nine day coaches and Pullmans made up the train. All the coaches except the last Pullman went down the embank ment. Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Jordan, of Carrolton, Ga., were among 1 those listed in the incomplete death list. , LABOR AND Frank officials FORFEDFRALAID Both Bodies, Each With Income Taxpayers in Membership, Urge Completion of Inter state Roads WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. The highway building program of the United States as laid down in the Federal aid act, has received within ; the last few days, the unqualified support of both the banking and or ganized labor interests throughout the country. The American Bankers association, in recent annual session, at Atlan tic City, went on record against any: cessation of the government’s co-op-1 erative policy with the states in the ’ construction of interstate roads, un-: til the system as now laid out is com-1 plete. Following the action taken by bank ers, the American Federation of La bor, also in annual sessions at At lantic City, adopted a resolution i urging the completion of the high way sesystem undertaken by the | states, with the support of the fed : eral government. “It is interesting to note,” accord ing to a statement issued by the American Association of State High way officials, “that support for the government’s present policy in road development is backed by two classes of income taxpayers, since there are also large numbers in the ranks of organized labor, as well as among bankers, who are contributors to the government’s internal revenue from' which funds for road building are' ■ appropriated.” NEGRO MUST PAY DEATH PENALTY ATLANTA, Oct. 27. Charles Walton, negro, convicted slayer of Tfed James, foreman for a local mo . company, was resentenced here EVKnday to die in the electric chair Milledgeville. The date for the ■execution was set at November 14. I TRIES TO DISLODGE f CRUMB WITH PISTOL i M’CRORY, Ark., October 27. to dislodge a piece of bread which was causing Terrance Kealing, 115, to choke, resulted yesterday in ithe fatal wounding of the youth. Not ing that Kealing, his guest at lunch, >was choking, Virgil Storey, a com- Bbanion, seized a pistol which he thought was not loaded and began pounding the boy on the back. The blows caused the accidental discharge of a cartridge, the bullet entering Keating’s spin. He was killed in stantly. Costly Title . pg Sb JU—-X i bß'c K ■ j * IMBUf.’ “Queen of the taxicab drivers,” they call Mrs. Mae Jones, above, in Peoria, 111., but on a state utilities commission complaint she was fined SIOOO and given a year in jail for insisting on running a taxicab line of her own. i BULGAR AND . GREEK TROOPS HALT FIGHTING , Through Friendly Meditation of Rumania Agreement Has Been 1 Reached, Greek Troops Withdraw PARIS, Oct. 27.—Greece’s repre sentative, M. Carapanos, announced ’ at today’s meeting of the league of .! nation’s council that through the I friendly meditation of Rumania, a ,! direct agreement had been reached between Bulgaria and Greece for the | evacuation of their respective ter | ritories. The conditions of the 1 agreement he said, were that Greek and Bußlgarian oficers should pro ceed this afternoon to the frontier, to arrange for the return of Greek ’ border, guards to their original posts. Greek troops will begin their with drawal immediately and the Bulgar ians will not hinder them until they have crossed frontier. ARMY FLIER WINS SCHNEIDER RACE BALTIMORE,, Md., October 27 Lieutenant James Doolittle of the army, set a new world speed rec— -1 ord for seaplanes and won for the United States a second leg on the •Jacques Schneider seaplane trophy in 1 the international seaplane races at I Bayshore Monday afternoon. Leading the field on each lap, Doolittle rounded the seven laps of ’ the 50-kilometer course at an aver ag speed of 232.573 miles an hour which was 43.753 miles hour faster ■ than a previous unofficial world rec . ord for seaplanes set by Lieutenant Ralph Ofstie at Bayshore a year ago. OKLAHOMA SENATOR WINS ONE POINT WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. Sena , tor Harreld, republican, Oklahoma, has won the first skirmish in his con- • troversy with the treasury depart -1 ment as to whehter senators are to , have a voice in the appointment or i removal of prohibition officials in ■ their states. The Oklahoma senator recently • protested to Assistant Secretary An s diews against the dismissal of the i Rev. C. I. Thoroughman, as a pro i hibition worker at Lawton. The sena ; tor said today that he had a very ’ satisfactory talk with Secretary An- ■ drews and that Mr. Thoroughman had been reinstated. SHED IN THE • HEART OF JONES COUNTY SHERIFF GETS 18 MONTHS Rape Sentenced to One Year; Both Found Guilty of Con spiracy to Violate Prohibi tion Laws MACON, Ga., Oct. 27.—Clarke Middlebrooks, Jones county sheriff, was today sentenced to eighteen months in the Federal penitentiary and G. E. Rape, a former county policeman, drew a sentence of one year when the jury returned its ver dict of guilty against th e pair here today. They had been on trial on a charge of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. A motion for a new trial will be heard Decem ber 7th. HARRIS AND CARRAWAY SAY REPORT UNTRUF Arkansas Senator to introduce Bill at Coming Session of Congress Against Gambling in Farm Products WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. The department of agriculture estimate, indicating a cotton yield this year of 15,226,000 bales, drew fire from two senators from cotton producing states.. Senator Caraway, democrat, Ark ansas, declared that anyone who is acquainted with conditions in the belt this season realizes that there are not 15,226,000 bales, anything approaching that figure of spinnable cotton in the southern states this year.” Senator Harris, democrat, Geor gia, expressed doubt that the final (Continued on page Eight) FARMERKILLED IN FAMILY ROW Long Standing Family Row Cul minates in Fatal Shooting of Dave Goodman CORDELE, Ga., Oct. 27.—Dave Goodman, a leading farmer of Wil cox county, died early Monday as the result of wounds sustained when he is alleged to have been shot twice by his brother-in-law, over a dispute of long standing. The differences between the two men cultminated in a fight in which Hood claims to have used his pistol in selfdefense. He surrendered to the sheriff of Dooly county shortly after the encounter. The shooting took place Sunday afternoon about sundown at Hood’s .home near Tippettville and Goodman ; died at his home obout 10 miles west of Cordele. Goodman leaves a widow and six children. Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at Smyrna church in Dooly county. NEGRO IS HELD FOR ASSAULT GRAY, Ga., Oct. 27.—Guss Bar ron, 17, half-witted negro, was lodg ed in the Jones County jail tonight on a charge of assault with intent to murder, after he had shot at Jim Morton, Jones County farmer, this afternoon. The bullets from Bar ron’s gun failed to take effect. According to the story told offi cers, a younger brother of Barron was seen to have entered the chick en house of Morton, by the white man’s children. The immediately re ported it to their father. Morton then went to Barron’s house and as he approached he said that he was fired upon by Barron. He immediately reported the in cident to Sheriff Middlebrooks, who arrested Barron. AMERICUS. GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 27. 1925 GEORGIA CROP | LARGEST SINCE i 1920, REPORT! I 1,120,000 Bales Estimated As' 1925 Yield for Empire State ATLANTA, Oct. 27.—Georgia’s greatest cotton crop since 1920 has been forecast in an estimate by the Georgia co-operative crop reporting service which predicted final yield of i 1,120,000 bales and an increase of | five per cent over the last estimate, made on October 9th. 9,519.784 BALES ALREADY GINNED WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Cotton of this year’s growth ginned; prior to Oct. 18, totaled 9,519,784 run ning bales counting round as half bales and excluding linters, the cen sus bureau today announced. Last year 7,615,981 bales or 55.8 per cent of the crop had been ginned to that date. The probable yield, from Oct 1 indications is placed at 164.7 pounds ; of lint cotton per harvested acre, compared with 152 pounds on Oct. 1 (Continued On Page Fiv«> VISITS WIFE, . LANDS IN JAIL Charles Cherry Visits Sick Wife Macon Hospital, Refuses to Leave Her MACON, Ga., Oct. 27.—Charles Cherry, 1613 Broadway started out last night to visit his sick wife at Macon Hospital, and ended by spend ing the night in City Barracks. Admitted to see the wife, Mrs. Liz zie Cherry, who had undergone an operation, nurses said he objected to leaving the room. Asked politely, he expostulated, Orderlies, nurses, doctors were sum moned in force. Numbers prevail ed. In the receiving room he asked to use the telephone. Cherry poured his complaint into the ears of Mayor Williams. While he was using one telephone calling the Mayor, hospital attaches used another summoning the patrol wagon. The wagon arrived. Cherry rode. ( The blotter at police headquarters ( bore the inscription: “Charles Cher- . ry, white male, drunk and disorder- . ly. 1 SCUFFLE IN CANOE IS FATAL TO TWO CLARKSVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 27. } A ««<«•»• .““VZ EZ I Cumberland river and Ralls land ing, near Dover. Frazier Brewer 22, with whom the men were scuffling, also was thrown into the water when the canoe overturned but held to the boate was rescued. The river was being dredged today to recover the bodies of the two men. | ATLANTA WOMAN BREAKS JAW YAWNING ATLANTTA, Ga., Oct. 27.—A | yawn so broad that it dislocated her jaw, made it necessary for Mrs. L. G. Smith, of 25 Rhodessa Avenue, to be rushed to the Grady hospital Monday for treatment She was in considerable pain and 1 discomfort as the hospital physicians took an X-ray photograph, but sud denly, as they were about to adopt measures for her relief, the refrac tory jawbone slipped back into place and Mrs. Smith arose from the op erating table ready to return to her home. She suffered no serious ef feet from her experience. Be quiet. Then you will know what others think of you. And they won’t know what you think of them. Faces Court Martial . •w*- - '•*”••• ■T" " I ■“-< Lx' A&X. » - ■ ".. iW a I ..:.; : AV v \ r, • 1 ' -a****** ■ 7 ■■ A# 4 ‘!- j i -aM Iw iaWW '' \ » ! a 'MI 'i ■■ ■ j• ■ x W 7 / >.' V- - / J/ ' 'a • I . x..: ' / ? 'a W.-' •• I* '■ » • • '3 /• ' / /■ / J* > Colonel William Mitchell, who faces court-martial for his charges that the army and navy air service are run by bungling in competents and that military fliers are forced to risk their lives daily in faulty planes. Painleve Demands Majority In French House of Deputies CLAIM LACK OF SUPPORT IN PARLIAMENT: Entire Painleve Cabinet Tenders Resignation to President Doumergue Today PARIS, Oct. 27. —Premier Plain leve’s cabinet resigned today. Pain leve called on President Doumergue here this afternoon and presented the collective resignation of the min isters. The Premier informed the president that the cabinet could not continuue its work on restorings French finances, without being as sured of favorable majority in Par liament. The decision of the ministers to resign was unanimous. It was caus ed by the attitude taken by radical and socialist parties at their recent congress, when principle of a tax levy on capital was adopted. Don’t tell all you know. It is dis couraging to learn how little it really is. I: TAXPAYERS SEEK MORE RELIEF House Ways and Means Commit tee Is Flooded With Appeals for Relief WASHHINGTON, C :t. 27—Bids for portions of Treasury’s three hun dred million tax reduction melon continued to pile up here before the House Ways and Means committee today. Taxpayers representing various interests sought relief from more special levies, a majority of them pressing for outright repeal of taxes in the new revenue measure vAich the committee will draft next week. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ISSUES PROCLAMATION WASHINGTON, Oct Oct. 27 | President Coolidge today proclaimed: Thursday, November 26 as Than>s-; giving Day, when gratitude should be expressed for the “many and great | blessings” which have come to the i people during the past year. ; NEW YORK FUTURES ! COTTON ..... _A j ! Dec. 20.20;20.22j20.04|20.00 J < Jun 19.48 19.47 19.35119.38 J \ AMERICUS SPOT COTION i Spot cotton 18 l-2c. 5 PRICE MM FLIERS COVER 7500 MILES PER DAY , With But One Fatality—Military Branches Fay Heaviest Price For Progress In Air I WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Sixty | three lives have been lost in the de velopment of America’s military and commercial aviation during the year 1925. A check-up of all accidents since the first day of January reveals this as the price the nation has been paying for its ventures in the clouds, i Fourteen of the 63 lost their lives in the crash of the navy airship Shen andoah. The other 49 were killed in airplane disasters. Os these 49, 25 were army or navy men. Supporters of Colonel | William Mitchell point to this heavy i toll as evidence of the truth of Mitch el’s argument that our military avia tors are forced to risk their lives in dangerous equipment. The airmail, with thousands of miles of daily flight to its credit, in 1925 has lost but one man—Pilot Charles Ames, who died in a crash ’ Oct. 2, near Bellefonte, Pa. Twenty-three of the year’s avia tion victims to date were civilians. "Stunt” flying cost many of these lives, with other fatalities laid to flights by men who had not suffi ciently mastered the science of avia tion, or who set out in faulty planes. One of the latest civilian victims was an air performer at county fairs. His parachute failed to open. Among the military fatalities, all sorts of causes are listed. Some seem undoubtedly due to structural defects in planes, as in the cas e of the three men who lost their lives (Continued On Page Eight) TOURISTSNOW USING ROUTE 3 Between 75 and 100 Passing Through Daily Say That State Route 3 Is In Excellent Shape That state route 3 is becoming popular with the steady stream of Florida tourists is evidenced by the increasing number of tourists pass ing through Americus. Jimmie Lott in a statement today to a representative of the Times- Recorder said that “there are be tween 75 and 100 tourists passing through Americus daily, enroute to Florida. They all come by route 3 and are high in their praise of this route.” Mr. Lott stated that when the tour ists knew mor e of the route and the fact that it was the shortest route to Florida this number would in crease. Prospect Park is being used as a tourist camp, and many of th e tour- I ists are availing themselves of the use of the park for over night camp ing. . ! MAN DRINKS BOOTLEG RUM FOR BEAR BITE ATLANTA, Oct. 27.—Bear bite is the newest malady bootleg rum has 1 been called upon to remedy. Ed Joiner, of Lithia Springs, here for the week-end was sobering up at po lice headquarters here today as a re sult of a heroic attempt to avert any serious consequences of a mishap. A local moving picture theater had a bear in a cage on the sidewalk. Joiner reached through the bars to pet the animal when Bruin bit him. IRENE CASTLE”S BABE LIVES THREE HOURS CHICAGO, Oct. 27.—After three ’ hours of life, the second child of Mrs. Frederick McLaughlin, formerly | Irene Castle, died yesterday. Mrs. ! McLaughlin was taken to the hospital ; Wednesday, after a fall from her I horse. She was reported today as ! being as wel las possible. THer first < child, named Irene, was born last January.
