|~AMERICUS COTTON RECEIPTS
HrTotal cotton receipts
‘ I Sumter county 26,124
s WEATHER
J For Georgia —• Colder Thursday
Friday, cloudy, probably rain.
WoRTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 250 “
•ARKANSAS EXECUTIVES IN ROW OVER GRANTING OF PARDONS
FREES FORMER
CHAIRMAN OF
CONTROL BOARD
Governor Terral, of Arkansas,
Scores McCall As He Issues
„ More Pardons
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Oct. 29-|
Lieutenant Governor S. -B Mc-
Call, of Arkansas, whose action
yesterday as acting governor dur
ing the absence froni the state of
Governor Tom J. Terrell, in
granting a pardon to W. W. Hall,
former chairman of the State
Board of Control, and who was
vigorously scored in a statement
issued last night by Governor Ter
rell at Birmingham, today grant-'
ed two more pardons.
One of those issued today
freed Lee Node, under three-year
sentence for burglary and the oth
er, a negro woman who is under
a five-year sentence for second
degree murder.
PARENTSAND
TEACHERS MAY
ORGANIZE HERE
Mrs. Goode Price, Vice-President
of the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion, Speaks Here Monday
Americus will have a Parent-
Asosciation is the announce-
HBnt of J. E. Mathis, superintendent
t^le Americus public schools.
■Mr. Mathis invites all the parents
I the children to meet Mrs. Price
I vnday afternoon at 5 o’clock at the
■ggh School auditorium.
lain his statement issued today Mr.
Bathis says: “In the recent past the
I iterest of the parents has not been
Hry close of vital, but today co-oper-
Bion between parents and teachers
111 an important factor in education-
II endeavor. In the United States
Hone there are over half million wo-
Hen and a good many men who are
■forking through this association to
Hake a better citizenship and a bet-
Hr America.”
|l He also stated that teachers and
Birents are now organized in Alaska,
[awaii, the Philippines, Cuba, Mex
o, Canada, Bahama Islands, China,
idia and the South American coun
ICS.
“The parent-teacher association
puts a new value upon child life and
will bring new life into the homes,
♦ie school and the community. All
the parents are urged to meet Mrs.
Price Monday afternoon,” were ad
ded remarks by the school superin
tendent.
PAINLEVE FORMS
NEW CABINET
New Cabinet is Presented to Pres
ident Doumergue at Elysee
Palace This Afternoon
PARIS, Oct. 29.—After a labor
ous task lasting throughout the night
Paul Painleve early today succeeded
in completing his cabinet combina
tion and this afternoon the Premier
and his cabinet went to the Elysee
palace to be formally received by
President Doumergue..
Painleve will be Finance Minister
in place of Joseph Caillaux and will
also continue as Premier. New com
bination tends slightly more to left
Ban the former cabinet.
RALSTON’S ESTATE
VALUED AT $90,000
INNDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 29.
—Samuel M. Ralston, late senator,
from Indiana, left an estate of $90,-
000. His will .filed for probate here
listed real estate at $75,000 and per
sonal property worth $15,000
Emmett G. Ralston, son, was nam
ed executor, and Julian C., another
son, was named attorney for the
estate.
“Hoosier Home,” suburban resi
dence of the senator, and 180-acre
farm in Decatur county and his stock
>n the First National Bank of Le
banon were willed to his wife. The
three children received the remain
der of the property.
the ttObrecorder
ra PUBLISHED IN THE AR T~OF~DTxi^'ff ; j
Mitchell Fails to Sustain His Piea for Immunity
Unknown Soldier
• ■
iThWhi n.nniiii
American’s “Unknown Soldier”
was Seth S. Shaw of Bangs, Tex., in
the belief of Hugh T. Ramsey, Texas
war veteran. The spot in France
from which the bodies of the “Un
known” was taken tallies exactly,
says Ramsay, with Shaw’s brick
place shows a picture of Shaw, vic
tim of the Meuse-Aronne offensive,
is shown above.
BOSSIE KICKS,
VICTIM VISITS
. CITY HOSPITAL
William Bullington Learns How
Well a Harmless Milk Cow
Can Use Her Hoofs
By R. H. RINER
A mule can kick.
So can a cow.
And it remained for William Bul
lington of Tuscumbia, Ala., to' learn
just how efficiently a cow can kick.
Mr. Bullington an employee of the
Fair Chance Dairy, owned and oper
ated by Dr. Bahnsen, is resting nice
ly at City hospital after having his
right leg broken by the swift kick of
Bossie.
From all that can be learned of
the unfortunate accident, Mr. Bul
lington was at the dairy beginning to
milk. Bossie did not the idea. She,
took aim at the right limb of Mr.
Bullington, and then, well ask Mr.
Bullington. Reports from the hos
pital were to the effect that the vic
tim of the kick was resting nicelv.
His leg being broken between ankle
and knee, proves quite painful but
he expects to be out soon.
Whether he will seek revenge is
not known, but it is certain that Mr.
Bullington will not take any more
chances on Bossie.
WASP KILLS
ENGLISH WOMAN
LEICESTER, Eng. Stung un-
der the tongue by a wasp, supposed
to have been on a piece of bread,
a woman here died almost immedi
ately. A verdict of accidental death
was given at the inquest. This is a
similar verdict as given when two
persons, one stung on the face and
the other stung on leg, died recent
ly.
AMERICUS, GA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 29, 1925
AMERICUS TO I
BE PLACED ON
HIGHWAY SIGNS
Frank Hill of the State Highway
Department, Will See That
uq paoejj] si snouotuy
All Signs
“I will see that Americus is
placed on all highway signs in this
section of the country as well as all
highways leading into Americus,”
was the setatement issued here by
Frank Hill, of the State Highway
Department at Atlanta.
Mr. Hill, whose duty is to take care
of the highway signs over the state,
says that he will immediately place
Americus on the highway signs at
Barnesville and other places where it
has been omitted. Several had com
plained that Americus was not list
ed there and at other points where
the roads lead to Americus.
He stated also that the distance to
Americus was given on all highway
signs on route three,, but that he
would investigate and see that each
sign bore the direction and distance
to Americus.
That Americus should advertise
route three, was agreed to by this
member of the highway department.
He voiced approval of the idea of
placing signs along the highway, in- I
forming the tourists that route three,
through Ameripus was the best route
to Florida.
ONE KILLED IN
BANK ROBBERY
Loot in the Amount of $93,000
Taken By Bandits in Buffa
lo Robbery
BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 29.—Rob
bers today shot and killed one em
ployee of Bank of Buffalo, and
wounded two others in making get
away with money contained in a
bank automobile. The loot amount
ed to $93,000. Charles W. Clifford,
tic driver was ki’.'e.l. The money
was being transferred to the Marine
Trust Company. Both banks are in
the heart of the business section.
BARAGA CLASS
MEETS TONIGHT
Central Baptist Class Will Meet
at 7 O’clock at New Class
Rooms. To Have Supper
at Fair
The Baraca Class of the Central
Baptist Church will meet at the new
class room tonight at 7o’clock when
after a brief business session they
will have supper with the ladies of
the Central Baptist Church at their
booth.
Rev. Shirley, pastor of the church
stated today that all members of the
plass, with their wives or weet
hearts are requested to be on hand
promptly at 7 o’clock. The supper
will be served at 7:30.
SWIFTEST ELEVATORS
AT SAVOY HOTEL
LONDON.—The swiftest lifts or
elevators in the world are said to
be at the Savoy Hotel. There are
three in the check room which speed
at the rat£ of nearly 70 miles an
hour. When a button is pressed,
the lifts with their cargo of hats
and coats are shot like a rocket to
a room 100 feet above in a little
more than one and one-half seconds.
A. & M. SCHOOL MEETS
M’RAE TEAM FRIDAY
South Georgia College of Mcßae
will be represented in Americus to
morrow when the football eleven of
the colege will meet the fast A. &
M. aggregation at Aggie Field.
The boys from Mcßae have shown
good stuff during the past few weeks
and are coming to Americus strong.
The game will begin at 3:30. Au
thorities at the school ask that the
public attend this game and support
the local team.
I HERRICKS SEEKS
PROTECTION OF
AMERICAN LIVES
Makes Representations to French
Government for Protection of
American Life and Property
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.—Am
bassador Herrick in Paris has made
representations to the French gov
ernment for the protection of Amer
ican life and property in Damascus.
ORDER RESTORED
IN DAMASCUS
PARIS, Oct. 29.—Order has been
restored in Damascus according to re
port received here today from Gen
eral Sarrail, French High Commis
sioner in Syria.
Denying reports that women and
children were evacuated from city,
he declares that the only trouble was
(caused by bands of brigands outside
of Damascus and that measures had
been taken against these.
GREEK TROOPS
HAVE EVACUATED
BULGAR LINES
Late Dispatch Says That All
Greek Trops Have Left Bul
garian Frontier
ATHENS', Oct. 29.—1 t is official
ly announced here that all Greek
troops have evacuated th e Bulgarian
territory.
OFFICIAL DISPATCH
RELIEVES FEELING
PARIS, Oct. 29.—The apprehen
sion in the league of nations quar
ters here over reported renewal of
fighting along Greco-Bulgarian fron
tier was relieved today by receipt of
®n official dispatch from Athens stat
ing that despite “Bulgarian attack”
the Greek government had issued
definite orders hastening evacuation
of Bulgarian soil by the Greek
troops.
GOVERNORS SEEK
FEDERAL AID
Health Education and Reclama
tion Were Paramount Ques
tions Discussed By Chiefs
BIRMINGHAM,, Ala., Oct. 29.
Pledging united action on all ques
tions in which common interest ex
ists, southern Governors and other
leading citizens of the South, who
are in attendance at the Governor’s
south-wide conference, sought to de
vise means today by which they
could secure additional federal aid.
Health, education and reclamation
were paramount questions discussed
with the view of obtaining further
recognition on the part of the na
tional government.
FEWER TIPS IN
TOKYO SAY WAITERS
TOKYO.—Bellhops, waiters and ;
waitresses complain that the ‘hard'
times” have cut deeply in their daily I
income. Generous tips are few, and I
even the conventional small change |
tip is becoming scarce. The bellhops
and waiters are always the first to
-iahob [BQjauiiuoa ui dSusqo b aoyou
ties.
GREAT BRITAIN
owns u. s. land:
Honolulu Arrangements for
building a park in Hawaii brought
to light the fact that a small area of
land in this country is owned by
Great Britain. It was deeded to the
British government in 1877 by the
late A. S. Cleghorn and his wife and
has remained British territory ever
since. It stands a peculiar instance
of British-owned land in American
territory.
The Georgia Dream Girl
life
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J, _ •
Miss Charles Hoffman, of Gas
tonia, Ga., a freshman at the North
Carolina College for Women, Greens-
REALESTATE
ISON BOOM NOW
Hancock County Real Estate
Shows Signs of Renewed Ac
tivities, Dealers Announce
SPARTA, Ga., Oct. 29.—Real Es
tate in this and adjoining counties
is beginning to change hands and
show signs of renewed activity as in
other sections of the State, according
to dealers in this city.
Announcement has been made of
an auction sale of the big Denham
Cason farm located just acros l the
line in Warren County, a few miles
from Sparta. This plantation, con
taining about two thousand .icres
will be cut up into small farms and
sold to the highest bidder. It is
thought that the farms will be sold
readily at a good price.
Other large tracts in this country
and section will be cut up and sold
in this manner it is reported here to
day. A movement is on foot to en
courage the small farmer and urge
him to come to this county and 10-r
cate.
SOUTH CAROLINA
REJECTS UNIFICATION
ABBEILLE, S. C., Oct. 29.—The
upper South Carolina Methodist con
ference in session here today reject
ed the proposed unification plan with
northern branch of the church.
The vote stood against, 107 for
23.
BOY SCOUTS’ HOME
SOLD IN ENGLAND
LEICESTER, Eng.—Poole Har
bour, the “birthplace” of the Boy
Scout movement, was sold recently
at the cost of 150,000 pounds. On
this island 18 years ago, Sir Robert
Baden-Powell, with 24 boys from all
social classes, organized a group
which later became knwon as the Boy
Scouts.
SCIENTISTS RETURN
FROM EXPEDITION
DARTMOUTH, Eng.—The St
George yacht of the Scientific Explo
ration Research association landed
here. The yacht has been journey
ing more then a year. More than
100 specimens picked up on the 30,-
000-mile tour hav e been sent to the
British Museum and other institu
tions.
boro, N. C., was designated as the
most beautiful girl in the college by
the vote of her fellow students.
TAX COLLECTOR
SHORT $70,000
Indictments Charge Laurens Co.
Official With Embezzlement.
Will Be Tried Soon
DUBLIN, Ga., Oci. 29—M. C.
Dominey, tax collector of Laurens
County was Wednesday put under
bond of $5,000 to answer four indict
ments at the present term of Laur
ens Superior Court. Two of these
indictments charge him with embez
zlement on three counts of sums
amounting to over $70,000, and two
of them chorge him with a misde
meanor in failing to keep a cash book
in his ofice, as required by the State
law. A date for his trial has not
been set yet, but it is expected to
come up at the present term of the
court..
These indictments grew out of an
investigation of the tax collector’s
office which followed recommenda
tion by the grand jury at the July
term of court.
The tax collector was suspended,
and his office thoroughly audited. A
total shortage of $85,000 was shown
by the audit. Against this sum, the
tax collector claimed he was due a
credit of about $70,000 from the
sheriff for fi fas turned over to that
officer for collection.
COTTON GINNING
GAINS IN OGLETHORPE
Oglethorpe, Ga., Oct. 29.—The
census bureau gave out for publica
tion today the number of bales of
cotton ginned in Macon County prior
to Oct. 16 as 12,258 bales as com
pared with 9,922 bales for the same
date last year. The cotton crop is
earlier this year than last and has
been gathered faster, though it is
estimated that the county will gin
a little more this year than last.
—
ORPHANAGE HEAD |
ACCUSED BY GIRLS
NEW YORK. Oct. 28.—Bail for
Wilson Johnson superintendent of
the Long Island Baptist orphanage,
who Is under arrest on charges of
criminal assault for an alleged attack
upon one of the girls inmates of the
institution, was increased from $lO,-
000 to $25,000 today after testimony
had been introduced that 25 wards
of the home had been assault victims.
The trial is set for Friday.
EK FUTURES
. Open 11am Cose |
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■POT COTTON
, 18c. |
PRICE FIVE CENTS
OPINION OF
COURT PERMITS
TRIAL TO BEGIN
Jurisdiction of Court Sustained by
Greek Troops Have Left Bul-
Consultation
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.
Colonel William Mitchell’s plea
for immunity from military trial
on charges pending against him
was overruled today in the gen
eral courtmartial proceedings
against him.
rhis opinion, the effect of
which was merely to sustain the
jurisdiction of court and make it
possible to proceed with the trial
was approved by the court itself
after a short consultation held in
secret.
WALT JOHNSON
GETS HIS BE» R
Star Pitcher of American League
Strikes Out Florida Bear in
Hunt Yesterday
ST AUGUSTINE. Fla., Oct. 29.
Walter Johnson, slur pitcher for the
Washington Americans, struck out,”
a Florida black bear Wednesday in
the swamp country south of Hast
ings. The bear, which weighed two
hundred pounds was trailed by a
pack of bear dogs. Johnson ’ was
chief rifleman in the party which in
cluded a number of sportsmen front
Daytona and Hastings,
Members of the party said John
son—usually the coolest man on a
ball field—was somewhat excited
when the hear was surrounded. He
was wild with his first two shots but
settled down to his regular control
and dispatched the animal. It was
his first bear hunt in the swamp
lands.
WILBUR PRAISES
SPIRITOFNAVY
Navy Secretary Praises Navy in
Address Before Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 29. Sec-
retary Wilbur and Rear Admiral
Hillary P. Jones, president of the
navy’s general board extolled the
spirit handed down by Paul Jones
in Navy Day addresses here today
before the Chamber of Commerce
The secretary aevoted a great pait
of his address to the readiness for
sacrifice and service of those men
who wear the navy uniform, while
Admiral Jones went into .he ques
tion of aviation, reiteratin'’ his argu
ment that “the fleet is now and will
continuue to be the ulimate force
employed in the exercise of sea pow
er.”
Praising the navy’s personnel, Sec
retary Wilbur declared that when
Paul Jones spoke the great words “I
have not yet begun to fight,” he said
down through the years a message
which has been heard “by every mid
shipman, by every sailorman and ev
ery officer who has ever sailed under
the Stars and Stripes.
As manifesting the spirit of the
navy, Mr. Wilbur pointed to its work
in earthquake stricken Tokyo, and
to subscriptions by men of the fleet
to various charitable organizations.
GERMANS DISCOVER MORE
POTASH DEPOSITS
FREIDBURG, Germany, Oct. 28.
Denosits of potash salts of an excep
tional quality are reported to have
been struck at a depth of 800 yards
at Buddingen potash works after
three years of continued borings.
The concern, subisdized by the gov
ernment of Baden, was established
three years ago.
