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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 258
Armistice Day-White Way Celebration Plans Completed
DAY’S PROGRAM
ALL PLANNED
BY COMMITTEE
Those Taking Part in Parade to
Meet Promptly at 2:30
Wednesday Afternoon
Final plans for the Armistice Day-
W hite Way cerebration have been
completed by the comittee in charge
of the preparations.
The full program as announced
by this committee this aftternoon
is as follows:
10 A. M.—Band Concert, on La
r mar street.
12-—Reception of Senator Hoke
Smith.
1 P. M.—Luncheon at the Wind
sor Hotel with Mr. Smith as honor
guest.
2 P. M.—Band Concert.
3 P. M.—Parade moves, th: for
mation of which will begin promptly
at 2:30 at Courthouse.
3:30 P. M.—Address by Hoke
Smith, introduced by W. T. Lane,
prominent Americus attorney.
4:30. P. M. —Band concert.
7:30 P. M.—Official ceremonies of
the turning on of the White Way
system, the City Engineer, Mr. Wal
ker, throws the switch.
7*45 P. M.—American Legion
banquet with Mr. Smith being the
honor guest and principal speaker.
8 P. M.—Band concert followed
during the evening by street enter
tainment.
The committee calls attention to
the fact that the parade will form
promptly at 2:30, all those taking
part in the parade are requested to
on hand at that time in order that
column might move on time.
The Whitte Way System has been
ttested and found to be all ready for
turning on at 7*30 o’clock. Mr. Wal
ker, City Engineer, has been chosen
to throw the switch that will flood
the downtown section with lights.
Those o be in the parade are, Con
federate Veterans, Spanish-Ameri 1
can Veterans, World War Veterans,
Boy Scouts,, Palladium Club, Kiwan
is Club, Rotary Cluub, and students
from the Third District A. & M.
School and the Americus High school.
A twenty five piece band will head
the column.
The official reception committee
for former Senator, Hoke Smith will
be composed of the following citizens
L. G. Council, chairman, N. A. Ray;
Lovelace Eve; J. E. Poole, ond P. B.
Williford.
CORDELE CHURCH
HAS BIC ROW
Pastor Resigns, Sunday School
Superintendent Follows Suit,
Janitor Fired
CORDELE, Ga., Nov. 10.—As a
I result of a factional fight on the
inside of the First Baptist church,
here, one of the largest in Georgia,
g the pastor, superintendent of Sun
,?■ day school and teacher of the Men’s
y, Bible class have resigned and the
janitor has been “fired.”
Several weeks ago. W. L. Robuck,
: ’' resigned as teacher of the men’s
! class, the result, it is said, of friction
• with the pastor, Dr. Pope A. Dun
w can. At a conference Sunday for
the purpose it was stated, of calling
another pastor, Dr. Duncan resigned
j which was quickly followed by the
| resignation of Cecil Williams, super
intendent of the Sunday school. The
■S& same conference also “fired” the
T the church janitor, members say.
Proclamation .
Whereas, Wednesday, November 11th, is the seventh anniversary
of Armistice Day, in connection with the recent World War,
resulting in the preservation of Liberty and Democracy throughout the
world, and the cessation of hositlities between the nation of the world;
and.
Whereas, the celebration of Armistice Day will be fittingly and
appropriately observed in the City of Americus, at which time the
Honorable Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, Georgia, will deliver the address of
the occasion, at the hour of 3 P. M.
Now, therefore, I, J. E. Poole, Mayor of Americus, do issue this
my proclamation and respectfully request that business of all kinds and
character, including the public schools of the city, be suspended from
the hour of 1 P. M. to the hour of 4 P. M., in order that all citizens may
participate in the observance and celebration of this great day.
Done in the City of Americus, this the tenth day of November,
1925.
J. E’. POOLE, Mayor.
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“Bud” Fisher, famous American
cartoonist, was married to the Count
ess de Beaumont on board the S. S.
Leviathan. This shows the bride
and grom with Captain H. C. Hartley,
commander of the vessels, who per
formed the wedding ceremony.
‘GOLDEN RULE
TEA’ LATEST
FOR SOCIETY
Used As Means of Getting Mon
ey for Near East Relief
Work
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—Th e “Gol
den iflße tea” is the latest in social
activities. The National Women’s
Committee of the Near East Relief,
including 45,725 women’s clubs and
similar organizations throughout the
United States, is arranging for 50,-
000 slich teas throughout the coun
try, as 8 part of the annual Golden
Rule campaign which culminates in
the observance of Golden Rule Sun
day on Dec. 6th.
Two thousand prominent women
will start the movement. Each will
give an afternoon tea to which they
will invite other women leaders not
on the original list. These in turn
will be asked to do the same thing,
thus starting and endless chain.
Although 50,000 teas is the goal
that has been set, the promoters of
the movement, headed by Mrs. Percy
V. Pennybacker of Austin, Tex., ex
pect that nearly a million women will
join in the movement, and that it
will result in raising more than sl,-
000,000 toward the annual expense
of the Near East Relief.
CONFEDERATE VETS
PARADE TOMORROW
All Confederate Veterans are re
quested to be on hand at the court
house Wednesday afternoon at 2
o’clock for the purpose of taking
part in the Armistice Day parade.
Commander H. D. Watts states
that the veterans are urged to be on
hand in full uniform.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 10, 1925
LEGION MAKES
; FINAL PLANS
I FOR ARMISTICE
i
Commander Bell Issues Call for
Special Meeting of John
D. Mathis Post Tonight
Walter L. Bell, Commander of
John D. Mathis Post, of the Amercan
Legion stated this morning that fin-
ial arrngements for the Armistice
i Day program would be made tonight
at a call meeting of the post. All
members and those interested are
urged to be on hand at 2:3 0.
| The program as it now stands will
i include a speech by Honorable Hoke
1 Smith, former Senator of Georgia
music furnished by an orchestra com
posed of Messrs. John Ed Chapman,
S'. L. Hammond, Linton Lester and
Gordon Brooks. After the program
the members of the local post will
act as hosts at a banquet given for
oil ex-service men and Legionnaires
■from Sumter and adjoining counties.
It is requested that all Legion
naires and ex-service men be on hand
promptly at 3 o’clock P. M. to
morrow to take part in the parade
which will be staged at 3 o’clock.
The Legion Hall will be open
throughout tomorrow for all visi
tors.
PAINLEVE MAJORITY
REPORTED DISRUPTED
PARIS, Nov. 10.—Efforts to ef
fect a compromise between con
fiictihg elements in the Painleve
majority failed today and the bloc
uif left is now thought to be disrupt
ed beyond repair. -
A cabinet meeting for late today
l as been called to consider the sit
uation.
I
COUNSEL SAYS CLIENT
HAS “COLORED BLOOD’
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y., Nov. 10.
I -The counsel for Mrs. Alice Jones
Rhinelander now being sued for an
nulment of her marriage to Leon
ard Kip Rhinelander on grounds of
jfradulent representation of her race
• today admitted in open court that
their client had “some colored blood.’
NAVAL AIR EXPERT •
RUNS DOWN MAN
MOUNT HOLLY, N. J. Nov. 10.—
Captain Anton Heinen, of Lakehurst
naval station, was released in $2,-
000 bail on a charge of manslaugh
ter today after his car struck and
■ killed Thomas Chamberlain, 55, a
i trolley motorman. He waived exam
\ ination until December 22.
Chamberlain stepped from his car
!to turn a switchlight and ran, into
| the path of Heinen’s sedan in which
the officer and Mrs. Heinen were
I proceeding toward Camden. Hein
en surrendered at once and waited
the action of the coroner.
JUDGE HIXON
RECOVERS PART
OF HIS BONDS
Bibb County Superior Court
Judge Awards a Decision to
Americus Man
Judge J. A. Hixon prominent local
attorney was given the decision in
bis suit against Dr. A. B. Hinkle of
Macon for the recovery of $15,000
in Laoerty conus obtained by Hinkle
through fraudulent sale of stock m
a tractor company.
Hie jury returned a verdict order
ing tlie return'of sltl,UoO of this
amount in bonds back to Judge Hix
on, with interest which amounted to
almost $3,000.
In a statement to a representative
of the Times-Recorder today, Judge
Hixon made the following state
ment. :
lhe President and btock Salesmen
of the Mobile Tractor company from
the first of June to about the first of
September, 1920 made repeated ef
forts to sell me stock in the company
1 begged and asked them tb discon
tinue their efforts about i Septem
ber Ist.
After this they begged for anoth
er conference in which tnqy solicit
ed an individual loan of j $15,000
from me secured by $30,000.00
worth of their individual stock as
collateral, with an option to purchase
it after twelve months for [the $15,-
000.00 obligation, and with the
further right to audit the company to
to see if promoting charges had been
reasonable; and further to check the
cost of production to see if they
could sell the tractors at"Mw price
ciaimeu they could, and make the
profit they claimed they could; after
which 1 was to exercise my option to
buy* the stock.
Unknown to me, during the whole
time, they were trying to sell me
stock that Dr. A. B. Hinkle of Ma
con, Ga., had purchased under a
fraudulent contract. He had con
spired with Frank J. Ryan,
President, and Arthur L. Herbert,
Secretary of the firm whereby he un
dertook in writing to purchase of the
company all the remaining unsub
scribed stock at SIOO.OO per share,
when the selling price was $150.00
The trade was to be kept a secret
between them; Hinkle paying part
cash and the balance to be paid on
credit; they agreeing in writing for
their services and Hinkle then get
ting a profit of $25.00 over and
above the selling price at the time.
This was a monumental fraud on all
the stockholders of the comany.
This was unknown to me until aft
er the loan transaction. I made the
loan in good faith and they delivered
me stock, representing that it was
their stock. It afterwards develop
ed that it was this fraudulent stock
of Hinkle’s that was delivered to me,
and as soon as I discovered this, I
repudiated the sale ond brought suit
against Hinkle for the bonds.
It developed that the.fruits of the
fraudulent scheme had been divided
and the Mobile Tractor company had
kept $5,000,00 of the bonds; 1 claim
ed Hinkle responsible for the fraud
ulent acts and representations of
. I agents, which the Court held
Were true, by reason of which title
to none of the bonds passed out of
m. name.
I was unable to show that Ryan
and Herbert under Hinkle’s direc
tions had exceeded their authority as
agents under the fraudulent stock
purchase contract, but claimed I
had a right to recover on the bonds
rom Hinkle, because Hinkle actual
ly received SIO,OOO of them and
could not repudiate the tradulent
contract in part and ratify in part;
if he ratified at all by accepting any
of the proceeds he was bound for the
whole $15,000.00. This the Court
refused to agree with me on and I
only recovered the $10,000.00 with
interest, amounting to.about $13,-
000.00
This case has been in the courts
for four years and the many friends
of thd popular Sumter man are con
gratulating him on his victory.
WOULD LIMIT
RADIO STATIONS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Rec
ommendation that no more licenses
be given broadcasting statitons un
til there had been a reduction in
number now in operation was made
in resolution adopted here today by
1 a subcommittee of the fourth annual
1 Radio conference.
D.A.R. SPONSOR
COOKING CLASS
i ANDFOODSHOW
; Will Open Monday Morning,
November 16th, in the Har
ris Building
Mrs. W. W. Norman of Griffin
Ga„ is in Americus in the interest
of the Pure Food Show scheduled for
next week, and to be staged by the
Council of Safety chapter of the I).
A. It.
In addition to the food show there
will also be a cooking school with
Mrrs. Elizabeth Sanfield, demonstra
tor for Frank E. Block Company and
the Ballord and Ballard Flour Com
pany as teacher in the cooking class.
This show will open Monday morn
ing, November 16 and last through
the entire week. The admission to
the pure food show will be free and
the cost of the cooking class for
the entire week, with a class each af
ternoon from 2 to 4 o’clock will be
SI.OO.
All money derived from the booths
and advertising will be turned over
to the local chapter of the D. A. R.
Each afternoon there will be a
drawing at which time Stone Cakes
and other gifts will be given free to
the ladies attending.
AUTO TAXES
ARE REDUCED
BY COMMITTEE
Tax On Cigars Also Reduced,
As Is the Tax On
Alcohol
WASHHINGTON. Nov. 10.—Re
duction of automobile taxes and the
special repeal of many of the special
excise levies was voted today by the
House Ways and Means committee.
Under a provision approved by
committete which is writing a new
tax bill automobile pleasure cars
would be taxed three percent instead
of five per cent and levy on auto
mobile trucks, wagons, tires and ac
cessories would be wiped out.
Tax on all grade of cigars was re
duced and the levy on alcohol was
cut in half.
ATTEMPT LIFE OF
RUMANIAN KING
1 Communist Are Halted in At
tempt to Assass : "ate King j
of Rumania
I
VIENNA, Austria, Nov. 10.—A
Communist >ttempt to assassinate
the King of i.unania has been
t hwarted.
l ying in wait at a country Inn for
ti e •King to return, from hunting, a.
band of communists was captured by
troops after repulsing Gendarmes
with revolvers and hand gernades
yesterday.
Advices today from Galatz, Ru
monia describe the affair. One sol
dier and one gendarme were wound
ed.
MEXICAN POLICE
INVESTIGATE DEATH
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Mex
ican police have agreed to make a
thorough investigation of the death
of T. M. N. George, of Atlanta, at
Tia Juana, Mexico.
Frank Bohr. American consul at
Calexico, Cal., has advised the state
department that George may have
been murdered, although the police
at Tia Juana believe the death was
accidental. At Bohr’s request, the
police have agreed to investigate
further. George’s death occurred
j lost Tuesday.
NORTHERN CHURCH
FAVOVRS UNIFICATION
J CHICAGO, Nov. 10.—The North
> ern Methodist Church has voted for
unification with the Southern Meth-
■ I odists.
The vote hos been under way for
rmonths and the passage by a consti
tutional majority necessary was an
nounced today as for and 881
against.
I The Southern Methodists are still
voting with results still in doubt.
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Do you recognize this young lady
as the champion woman tennis play
er of the world? This studio photo
graph of Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen is
one of the few ever taken of the
famous French star without her rac
quet and familiar tennis costume.
CHURCH FAVORS
DEATH FOR MAN
WITH DISEASE
Votes in Favor of War Blooded
Execution for Man With In
curable Disease
DENVER, Clo., Nov. 10. The
board of directors of a Denver
Church have officially voted in favor
of a “warm blooded execution” for
Barney Haughey, prominent attor
ney and politician who is suffering
from a malignant disease providing
Haughey was found to be incurable
and desirous of dying and away can
be found to take such action legally.
FIRST METHODIST
PRAYER SERVICVE OFF
The First Methodist Church will
not have their regular Wednesday
evening prayer services this week
due to the Armistice and White Way
exercises that night.
On Thursday night at 7 o’clock a
short prayer service will he held fol
lowed by a meeting of the board of
Stewards. Mr. John Shiver today
asked that all members of the board
of stewards be present as matters of
much importance would come before
the meeting.
A Balking Horse Makes
Little Progress
By LOVELACE EVE
Because they wanted to do something really worth while for
the town they call HOME, tho.e young fellow, who compose ™
Americus camp of the American Legion purchased f |a 8«
placed along the .treet. between the new white way lights.
P It i. a system of UNIT DECORATION, one of the m t
effective and in the long run the cheape.t form, of mun.cipal dec
“"‘‘The legion officer, sometime ago intereviewed most of the
Americus merchants, suggesting that each mere an ,
more of these flags, to be used whenever it was necessary to -
orate the street, as we will do for tomorrow , Armistice Day cele
1, 3 "The flags, sockets, etc., were bought and are here. Because
IT IS A UNIT decoration, the flags are equally spaced between the
posts. In some instance. the flag doe. not rest directly in front of
» merchant’s door. Because of this fact, lam told, some merchants
have declined to pay for their flag. Other, have refused. Hating
that the legion is making a profit on the .ale of the flags. Walter
Bell, commander, tells me the legion will he lucky >f they .pl.t even;
that the flags are .old at just enough over their co.t to pay freight,
damage and some extra expense, in the installation.
If some out-of-town decorating concern had come here they
would have charged more to decorate the city for one day than
the fags cost, and we’ll have the flag, for years, thus .aving many
hundreds of dollar, that otherwi.e would have been spent.
The legion ha. done a .plendid piece of work for Americu..
Their faith in the city should not be greater than their elders. Is
it possbile that there’s a business man in the city who would refuse
to pay a few dollars toward perfecting this plan of unit decoration?
The legion officials tell me that only where the flag is paid
for will they install a flag.
Come on, felows! Let’s not have a single vacant place in the
line of flags tomorrow. We owe to the legion, to our city and to
the day ** propose to
"" Until we all pull together we*!!'never build a real town. A balk
ing horse makes little progress.
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TRICE FIVE CENT!
CAPTAIN LODYS
TESTIFIES LN
MITCHELL CASE
Gives Important Testimony in the
Trial of Former Air Chief
Now in Progress
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—The
Governments air policy, both at
home and in for off Amei lean pos
sessions were assaded today m de
fense testimony before the Ml!: hell
courtmartial.
Captain Robert Lodys, of the Air
Service called to support Mitchell’s
charge of near treasonable disregard
of national interests in aviation
quoted at length from aviation re
port presented in 1923 by Hie Lassi
ter board of Army officers contain
ing recommendations for air de
fense of Philippines and Hawaii
which the witness said had been ap
proved by the Secretary of War but
never carried into effect.
This report, he said, describes the
situation in air service as “unfortun
ate and critical.”
SOUTHGEORGIA
REALESTATEON
GREAT BOOM
Property Around Quitman and
Entire South Georgia
Is Booming
QUITMAN, Ga„ Nov. 10.—The
unprecedented activity in farm real
estate all through south Georgia and
this entire southern section is over
whelming confirmation of the gen
eral feeling that this part of the
country is in for a marvelouus re
vival of prosperity and development.
W. Fields Roberts, local agent for
one of the big realty companies, says
j that in his 12 years of experience in
farm real estate here he has never
known anything like the flood of in
vestments in farm land. He, incom
mon with other real estate dealers,
has been unable to get adequate of
fice help to handle the volume of
business and it is interesting to note
that in offices of this character the
farm loan business which has been a
large part of their activities, has
been neglected due to the activity in
trading in land.
i In this place, as well as others in
| South Georgia in the past few
weeks there has been a subtle, but
definite change—a stirring of excite
ment, of anticipation. It is the
' turning of the tide. While there is
no boom, money is flowing into
trade channels, business is good.
Rich food doesn’t agree with one.
Same is true of rich people.
The proper time to buy coal seems
to have been ten years ago.