About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1925)
•X- X. x- x. */X xZX< »>-x«- X . x. x I Cotton receipts in 1 Sumter warehous - 26. ♦> 5 WEATHER For Georgia Partly cloudy to- ) night and Thursday. ’ FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 259 MORE THAN $250,000 IN REAL ESTATE DEALS HANDLED HERE * • • ♦ < • • * * * ♦ • ♦ ♦ Guiding Minds of World War Forces Placed ‘On Shelf’ * • • • • • Armistice Day-White Way Celebration Here Goes Over Big LOWRY FARM AND LEE COUNTY LAND BRING BIG PRICE Sales Are Made Through Local Office of the Atlanta Trust Company More than a quarter of a mil lion dollars worth of Southwest Georgia lands have been sold during few weeks through the local offices q£ .the Atlanta Trust company, it became known today with the reported sale of the old T. M. Lowry place for around $50,000, another place in Lee county for $75,000, and oth er smaller transfers. More than a quarter of a million dollars worth of Southwest Georgia lands have been sold during the past few weeks through the local offices of the Atlanta Trust company it be came known today with the reported sale of the old T. M. Lowry place for around $50,000, another place in Lee county for $75,000 and other smaller transfers. From a reliable source it is learn ed that Rhyne Bros., of Benton, Ala., yesterday closed a deal with the At lanta Trust whereby they come into possession of the old T. M. Lowry place, comprising 667 acres of land, the price paid being between $45,000 and $50,000. When seen today, F. L. Allison, representing the Atlanta Trust Co., declined to either confirm or deny the sale, however, from oth er sources the details of the trade j were learned. Claude L. Benton and Benton C. Rhyne breeders of Cook’s wilt-resist ant cotton have purchased the Lowry place and one of the brothers will I move to the farm, where cotton ex clusively will be produced. The Lowry place comprises 667 acres, with two good residences on it, five or six of the largest barns in this section and about a dozen negro houses. The Rhyne brothers are expert cotton farmers, having produced last year, it is said, 108 bales of cotton on 129 acres on one of their Ala bama farms, near Benton, Ala. Both of the purchasers spent some time in and around Plains before closing the trade. They made many tests of the land on the old Lowry place and satisfied themselves of its adapabilityt for cotton production. Either Claude Rhyne and his fam ily or Brady C. Rhyne and his family will move to the Lowry place in the near future, taking charge of it and (Continued On Page Four) What the U, S. Government By CONGRESSMAN CHARLES R. CRISP Has Done for the Ex-Soldier The following is a requested statement from Representative Charles R. Crisp, addresed to the local chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, in which Cong. Crisp gives a clear and con cise retcital of what the government has done for the soldiers of the World War: In accordance with your request, I take pleasure in giving you some facts relative to the Government’s generosity to the veterans of the World War. Os course I feel that the heroic sacrifices made by these splendid «men entitled them to loving and gen erous treatment by the Government they served in its hour of need, and, as a congressman, I have always vot ed for remedial legislation and bene fits to these heroes. In private conversation, I have said that no government since the dawn of creation had ever been as generous to its military ex-service men as the United States had been to its veterans of the late war. While there moy have been, doubtless, iso lated occasions in which justice has been done to certain individuals, just as there are also instances where fraud is perpetrated upon the Gov ernment, yet Congress is in no wise responsible for this. All Congress can do is to make approciations, and the expenditure and management of these appropriations rest with the, E RIC US 7 THE TIMES<|RECORDER ■ PUBLISHED IN THE ■ T. or Presides i OH k nr gHH I > < Mrs. Frank Harrold of this city, j president-general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, will preside at the 32nd annual conven tion of the order at Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 16 to 22. She is a sister of Governor Walker of Georgia. Mrs. Harrold will leave Americus Friday for Hot Springs. REALTY BOARD Will MEET TO ELECT OFFICERS Meeting Scheduled for Seven- Thirty Thursday at the Courthouse The Americus Realty Board will formerly organize, elect its officers, and get under way immediately, fol lowing a meeting to be held for this purpose at the courthouse Thursday (tomorrow) evening at 7:30, Chair man Hollis Fort stated today. Up to this time the trustee or agent of the board, Luther Hawkins, has been in charge of the finances of the board. It' is expected to elect permanent officers tomorrow night and says Mr. Fort, it is essential that every stockholder be present prompt ly at 7:30. The board, could not formerly be organized until its charter had been advertised for four weeks. The necessary legal requirements have now been complied with and permanent officials may be selected by the stockholders. President, his cabinet officers and such other officials as the Pres ident may appoint and charge with the administrative duties of the Gov ernment. Corroborating my statement that our Government’s generosity to its soldiery of the late war has been unparalleled in historq, I quote you figures of expenditures made by the Government, these figures prepared by government officials—as follows For family allowances to soldiers and sailors, $298,615,000; for com pensation paid to disabled soldiers and sailors, $885,600,000; for hospit ilization of soldiers and sailors, $350,223,000; for construction of hospitals for ex-service men $50,- 945,000; for vocational training of soldiers and sailors to give them a new occupation and equip them to make a living, $708,701,000; paid jout for insurance under the Govern ment Insurance Act, $918,024,000; I paid to each soldier or sailor upon i discharge a cash bonus of S6O to , ( <> -tinned on Page Four.) AMERICUS, GA.. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 11. 1925 ARMISTICE RAY BRINGS LEADERS BEFORE PUBLIC » of the Former Leaders Are Active in World Affairs Today BY HILTON BRONNER Nea Service Writer David Lloyd George—on the shelf I Georges Clemenceau—on the shelf. Ferdinand Foch—on the shelf. Seven years ago this day these three men, together with the late President Woodrow Wilson, were on the top of the world. They were the masters of national and world destines. Their word was law. Not only did the conquered Germans look to them for sentence, but all the lit tle nations looked to them for life. Today Woodrow Wilson lies bur red in Washington Cathedral Lloyd George, once the most powerful prime minister Great Britan ever had, leads a tiny minority party in the House of Clemenceau completely retired from politics, lives mainly in his humble cottage down in the Vendee, and Foch sees younger men directing the armed forces of France. They used to say republics were ungrateful. Change it to “Democra cies are ungrateful” and you get the story of the fate of Lloyd George. Clemenceau, and Foch. In Great Britan where others fail ed; Lloyd George succeeded. The man, who was once looked upon al most as a revolutionary, formed a cabinet of democrats and aristocrats and gave to Britan some of his own indomitable will to win and to nock the Germans into a cocked hat. He conducted the British empire to vict ory in the greatest war of all time and for some years he led it in the trouble peace that follo’wed. Then one day his leadership and his cab- (Continued on Page Four.) HINKLE AND RUSHIN FACE GRAVE CHARGE Indicted By Bibb County Grand Jury for Performance of An Illegal Operation MACON, Nov. 11.—Dr. A. B. Hinkle and Dr. W. P. R'ushin, wide ly known Macon physicians, yester day wer eindicted by the Bibb coun-j ty grand jury, which returned a true ( bill charging the performance of an illegal operation, following an in vestigation of one of the strangest! cases ever brought to the attention of local authorities. The true bill directly charges that Dr. Rushin illegally performed the' operation upon a 14-year-old girl of Gainesboro, the paternity of whose child was traced through the girl’s statements to J. G. Davis, who is 61 years old. Both Dr. Hinkle and Dr. Rushin declined to comment on their indict ment. Neither would issue a direct denial of the grand jury’s charges, nor would respond to telephone calls. Dr. Hinkle Monday was ordered by a jury in Judge Malcom D. Jones’ division of the Bibb County Superior court to return to Judge James A. Hixon, of Americus, SIO,OOO in Liberty bonds, which the jury found the physican had obtained fraudulent ly in the sale of stock in the Mobile Tractor company, one of his enter prises. GREECE WELCOMES SECURITY PACT GENOA, Nov. 11.—Greece has of ficially informed the League of Na tions that she would welcome a Bal kan security and compulsory arbitra tion along lines of pact for western Europe negotiated at Locarno. fit a > » w- "nf .■.fljfc'. Jf - ■ ihiiiW - J ■ft 4JI £ % HBk : fe. <0 ?<*'A Jakosßste. »■.- ■' KfcfeL& W, -a Wtv feW •. ***"■ •-w JMg JOKWW A PHOIOS (9 H F C * AM Bh * Vvff if ' -JjlF ’ ■MF MiO iF*” fgg.y>..lr>S UP -~~ >nX7 ~ Upper left, George’s Clemenceau; upper right, Lloyd George. Below Wood- row Wilson and Marshal Foch WOULD RESTORE FORT PULASKI Congress to Be Asked to Restore History Landmark At An Early Date SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 11.— Restoration of Fort Pulaski near Sa vannah, Ga.f on the Savannah river and its turning over to the city of Savannah for perpetuation as a na tional shrine were urged today by Ignatius K. Werwinski, United States commissioner of deeds for In diana. Werwiski announced the drafting of a bill for presentation at the next session of congress providing for the step as a recognition of services of Count Casmir Pulaski, Hungarian nobleman, who aided the United States and became a brigadier gen eral in the revolutionary war, giving his life in one of the battles for the liberation of the colonies. Under the plan, the fort would be availoble for military uses in a na tional emergency. It is one of the oldest, landmarks of the “Empire State" and much sentiment is attach ed to it.t MRS. FRANK HARROLD VISITS MONTEZUMA MONTEZUMA, Nov. 11.—In ob servance of Armistice Day today all business houses closed at noon for a half-holiday and a joint program commemorating the day will be pre sented at the Woman’s club house by the Phil Cook chapter, U. D. C. and the Archibald Bullock chapter, D. A. R. Mrs. Frank Harrold, of Americus, president-general of the U. D. C. and Mrs. Oscar McKenzie, president of the Georgia division, U. D.C.', will be guests of honor. Coolidge Lays Wreath On lotnb of Unknown Soldier Armistice Day in Washington Will Include Eulogizing War President WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—The custom of’previous years was large ly followed in the progress of offi cial observance today of the seventh anniversary of the World War Arm istice. Leading the nation in tribute to those who fell in the struggle. President Coolidge has arranged to make a pilgrimage to Arlington cemetery to lay a wreath on Un known Soldiers tomb following a cus tom inaugurated by President Hard ing. On his trip to Arlington, the Pres ident will be accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge and by Secretary Davis, of the War Department and Secretary Wilbur, who will lay wreaths on the tomb as the representatives of the two branches of military service. During the day, various Washing ton posts of the American Legion will visit the tomb to place floral tributes upon it, and as usual on Armistice Day, it is expected to be the mecca of thousands of visitors. At 3 p. m. services will be held there, conducted by Rabbi Morris B. Lax aren, of Baltimore, one of the four army chaplains who conducted the burial services for the unknown sol dier. In tribute to the memorv of Wood row Wilson, a twilight service will be conducted in Washington cathedral his burial place. The War President will be eulogized by the Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Episcopal bishop ' of Washington and the Rev. James H. Taylor, who was Mr. Wilson’s pastor at conclusion of the service la wreath will be placed on the late I President’s tomb. I FRANCE OBSERVES ARMISTICE DAY PARIS', Nov. 11.—All Paris stood silent for one minute at eleven o’clock today in commemoration of Armistice and in remembrance of those who fell in World War. LONDON PROGRAM GREATER THAN EVER LONDON, Nov. 11.—Great Brit ain observed Armistice Day today with greater solemnity and on a more extensive scale than at any time since the cessation of hositilities seven years ago. LEGION COMMANDER GIVES MESSAGE DENVER, Col., Nov. 11, —Ameri- ca should keep faith with its war dead and bend its efforts to perpe tuation of World peace was the Armistice Day message of John R. McQuigg, National Commander of the American Legion. FIVE LOSE LIVES IN JERSEY FIRE East Orange, N. J., Nov. 11.— Joseph Distesano and his four chil dren lost their lives in a fire which destroyed a six family dwelling ear ly today. The mother escaped by jumping from a third story window. Her youngest child in her arms was kill ed. The origin of the fire was not known. GOULI) MISMANAGED HIS FATHER’S ESTATE NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—James 0. 'A. German, referee in the Gould ac counting case today handed down an i • pinion holding that late George Jay ■ Gould had mismanaged the $82,000,- 000 estate of his father,. Jay Gould, railroad builder and financier. ! Pc. Open 11 am Close J Dee. 19.95 20.00 I, Jan. 19.52 19.60T9.86|20.30 / Middling, 19c, | PRICE FIVE CENTS BAND PLAYS. PARADE MOVES, SMITH SPEAKS Big Crowd here to Witnss Day’s Celebration. Program For Tonight With all flags flying between the white way posts, the lights on the white way ready to flash on after several tests during the day, the arrival of Hon. Hoke Srriith, of Atlanta, the speaker of the day, the band playing, the Legion naires in active charge, Americus’ Armistice day got under way well before noon Wednesday. The ex-senator and ex-secretary of the interior was met just out of the city and escorted to the hotel, where he was met by a reception committee composed of L. G. Council, Neal Ray, J.E. Poole, I’.B. Willoford and others. Senator .Smith and a dozej} of his more intimate friends |vere guests of the Americus Rotary club at luncheon. Early in the afternoon the parade was pulled off, immediately follow ed by the address of Senator Smith ( from a stand in front of the Wind sor hotel, the senator being intro duced by W. T. Lane. Following . the Armistice da y speech by Senator Smith, another band concert was enjoyed by the large crowd which had been gather ing in the city since noon. At 7:30 tonight the lights in the white way lamps will be flashed on (Continued On Page Eight) BRANCH WILL ADDRESS B.Y.P. U. CORDELE MEET Subject Will Be “You and Your Sweetheart.” Thirty Delegates From Americus “You and Your Sweetheart” will be the subject of the address of Rev. Joe M. Branch, pastor of the First Baptist Church here when he speaks tefore the Regional Convention of the Baptist Young Peoples Union at Cordele next week. Rev. Branch said that the local delegation to the convention would be about thirty with possibly a few more than that number. He also 'stated that they expected one of he | best conventions in years. I Among the prominent speakers to |be heard are. Dr. W. D. Furry, pres ident of Shorter College; Dr. Claude I W. Duke, pastor of the First Bap |tist Church, at Tampa, Fla.; Harry | Metcalf, president of the South Western region; Mrs. W. H. Parker of Irwinton, Ga. and Dr. Pope A Duncan, pastor of the Cordele Church. The State convention of the B. Y. U., will be invited to Americus in 1927 according to Rev. Branch. MITCHEELL WINS ANOTHER POINT Thirty-Six Persons Are Issued Subpoenas to Appear in Court-Martial WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—After a long wrangl e between counsel, the courtmartial trying Colonel William Mitchell today authorized defense to proceed with its plan bringing into evidence virtually all phases of air controversy. New subpoenas were issued for thirty-six persons residing outside of V'ashington, all summoned by Mitch ell in an effort to prove accusations against conduct of Government Air Services which led to his trial.
