About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1925)
Cotton receipts in ' Sumter warehouses - 26,487 WEATHER i Georgia—Fair tonight; Wednes- ’ day party cloudy and slightly warm- . r er. < 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. THE hep in the heart or pixlETfe : i Creator of Mutt and Jeff r I ) S?' bßwW : ' 4 J"..,.... - NT-- - ■•"•■* ‘ ■■ . . “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. Strange Clothes i-. I HP s wMI WHS i f ,i t J Ax ~ \. x Ijr ■ 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. Pc. Open Ham Close j . Dec. 19.43 19.G4!19.59|19.95 •lan. 19.U0’19.05,19.22 19.52 ' M iddlin#, 1 8 3-Bc. 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.
