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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 263
CHINESE IN MUTINY KILL THOUSANDS OF RUSSIAN BRIGADE
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Sen. George Says “Georgia Has No Educational System”
HITSSYSTEM
LN ADDRESS AT
PLAINS TODAY
Address On “Constitution” a Fea
ture of School Program at
Plains This Morning
"The Georgia educational system
is a misnomer. We have no edHca„
tional system, it is really a crazy
quilt protension from the mountains
to the sea,” was a part of the ad
dress of Senator Walter F. George,
junior United States Senator from
Georgia, to the more than 500 people
hearing him at Plains this morning.
Senator George delivered an ad
dress on “The Constitution” as a
part of the week’s program for
“Educational Week” being held at
the Plains school under the direction
of E. L. Bridges, superintendent of
school, at Plains.
A crowd of more than 500, con
sisting of school children, people of
the community at Plains, visitors
from all over Sumter county and a
large delegation from Preston and
Webster county heard the Senator.
Concerning the constitution, Mr.
George said:
"The one conception of the con
stitution was human liberty, our gov
ernment came from a very devout
and religious concept. Our freedom
is not derivative but is the inherent
right of the individual as given by
his creator.”
Commenting on the efforts of
congress in creating the 20th amend
ment to the constitution the Senator
said:
“The efforts of congess to create
the 20th amendment to the consti
tution was an iniquitous effort.
There must be a limit to lawmaking
(Continued on Page Eight.)
CORDELE HAS
UNIQUE FOSSIL
Skeleton Found in FLnt River
Resembles Prehistoric Whale
of Egypt
CORDELE, Ga., Nov. 16.—" Not
hing like them has ever been found in
North America,” is the description of
the fossils discovered at the
mouth of Cedar creek on Flint river
near here and which have been under
scientific investigation by the U. S.
geological survey in Washington
since the discovery.
Dr. C. Wythe Cooke has sent back
an urgent appeal for all the other
bones which have been recovered and
Dr. Remington Kellogg, of the bu
reau of biological survey, has judg- .
ed them quite diferent -from other
discoveries in adjacent territory in
Alabama.
The scientists refer to the discov
ery as being similar to a prehistoric
whale of known existence in Egypt
but unlike anything that has been de
scribed thus far in North America.
Ten Thousands Wires Guard
ARMY OF GUARDS ON DUTY DAY AND NIGHT
GoldjjHoard In U. S. Treasury
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Ten
thousand wires as fine as silk and
so that cockroach can af
fect them, guard the greatest money
hoard in the world —the treasury of
1 d the United States.
Occasionally a cockroach does
walk across these wires and a scene
’ resembling the defense of Verdun
takes place. Guards rush about with
I sawed off shotguns; every door and
gateway in the treasury swings shut
by electricity; officials shout com
■i mands while a hundred bells sound a
1 tremendous intinnabulation.
And these doors are not opened
$ until the building is thoroughly
for the cause of the inci
wdent. Only high treasury officials
Wean open the doors for the switch is
Worked and there are more than a
IHjalf dozen keys in existence.
f A force of a hundred men guard
...the building and grounds constantly
in 8-hour shifts. There is always
a guard at every entrance and two
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Miss Rita Jarris, 18 - year-old
daughter- of a farmer living near
Memphis, Tenn., won a SIOOO reward
for the capture of three bank rob
bers who had broken jail. She dis
covered them hiding on her father’s
farm, led a posse to the spot and the
men were recaptured.
RUNAWAY GIRLS
ARE LOCATED
Two New York Girls Are Found
By Travelers’ Aid in Nor
folk, Virginia
NORFOLK, Va., Nov.| 16. —Isabel-
la Bennett, 15 years old and second
cousin of the late President Harding
and Sara Cohen, 17, who had been
missing from their homes in New
York City since Friday afternoon,
were found here today by Travelers’
Aid Society worker.
The girls said they left New York
Friday with S2O between them and
made their way to Washington.
There they found themselves without
money and afraid.to appeal for help
they said. They declared they hiked
to Richmond from where they ac
cepted an automobile ride to Nor
folk.
, men patrol the grounds and gate
ways.
The burgular alarm system is said
to be the most sensitive and elabor
ate in existence. Every important
! window and door is netted with wires
Under the desks of a score of high
officials are buttons that will set off
the general alarm and bring a squad
of guards to the spot.
The alarm is connected with the
department of justice, the metropoli
tan police, the fire department and
the Fort Myers garrison. In case
of a general alarm is sounded five
thousand men could be summoned to
the treasury in a few minutes.
A score of guards in plain clothes
roam the treasury particularly
when tourists are being escorted
through. These are either secret
service men or treasury guards and
they ar? heavily armed.
Since the establishment 'of the
treasury by Andrew Jackson no at
tempt has ever been made to rob the
building.
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■gaLPy-BLISHED IN THE 'hEART~6'f DlXm~"ifcn‘?
OUTLER MAKES
STRONG PLEA
FOR MINISTERS
Delivers Stirring Appeal for the
Aged Superannuated
Methodist Preachers
Using the 25th chapter of the
gospel according to St. Matthew,
the 27th to the 32nd verses, as his
scripture, Rev. John M. Outler, pas
tor of the First Methodist Church
yesterday at the morning services
made a stirring appeal for the sup
port of the superannuated Method
ist preachers.
Rev. Outler used as his subject,
"God’s Very Own” stating that the
widow, the children, the pool- and the
orphan were God’s own. He empha
sized the fact that the superanuated
minister too was God’s own.
“A man must be called to preach
the Gospel. God calls a man to
preach the gospel and when the bur
den is laid on him he can not suc
ceed in any other work in life. He
must be called of God to succeed as
a preacher,"
He must disentangle himself from
the things of the world and his duties
are many, burying the dead, marry
ing the young couples, visiting the
sick, administering the ordinance of
baptism and preaching th e gospel of
Christ,” were statements from Rev.
'Outler.
He went into details telling how
the preacher faced the hardships of
life, how he was underpaid, and
what a struggle the average Method
ist preacher had To make a living,
then explained how they were neg
lected in their old days, after they
were worn out in the service of af
flicted.
His sermon was a strong plea for
the aged retired minister who was
on the superanuated list.
At the close of his sermon short
talks were given by John W. Shiver,
chairman of the board of stewards,
Colonel Stephen Pace, L. G. Coun
cil and others.
Mr. Shiver and Mr. Pace explain
ed the need of raising $3,000 to
cover their expenses of “the year
stating that it was necessary to raise
this money before their pastor left
for the South Georgia Conference to
be held in Macon.
GEORGIA LEADS
IN INJURIES
South Carolina Leads in Number
of Automobile Death?; 28 Are
Killed in South
COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 16.
North Carolina led the South during
the past week in the number of au
tomobile traffic deaths, while Geor
gia lead in the number of injuries,
tabulations compiled today from. 11
states revealed. There were 28
deaths and 170 injuries in the terri
tory.
AUTO TOLL
117 LIVES
CHICAGO, Nov. 16.—Automobile
mishaps accounted for 14 of more
than a score of accidental deaths in
the Middle West over the week-end.
Automobile toll for the entire week
in nine central states mounted to
117, the highest figure registered in
several months.
SPECIAL PROGRAM
AT EAST AMERICUS
Members of the board of educa
tion, friends and patrons, are in
vited to the East Americus school,
from 9 to 10 a. m M every day this
week. There will be a speaker each
day with appropriate exercises by
the school.
A most cordial welcome awaits you,
is the invitation extended by the
prinicpal of the school.
The speakers and thg, special pro
gram are some of the features of
“Educational week” being observed
by the East Americus and other
schools.
We have our ups and downs. The
man who goes Hie highes tis the one
bounces when he hits the bottom.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 16. 1925
B. Y. P. U.S STAGE
j BIG PAGEANT AT
! FIRST BAPTIST
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! Branch Delivers Strong Sermon
On ‘Redemption By Blood’’
Sunday Evening
“Send the Light" a pageant, was
| the feature of the evening of the
services at First Baptist Church last
night.
This pageant staged by the Senior
B. Y; P. U., was one of the best We
have ever seen staged. Promptly at
the appointed hour uie entire church
was darkened, with the platform
having a soft light. Miss Janie
Murray as Miss America, entered
to strains of America and explained
the need of the gospel being sent to
foreign fields. Then entered Miss
Minnie Reat Reese as the Spanish
girl and Miss Jeffrey Kersey as the
American school girl.
Then Miss Sarah Hambrick, Miss
Edith Jennings,, Raymond Parsons,
Carrol Purvis and Edwin Purvis en
tered from the rear of the Church
bearing candles. The Japanese girl
the Spanish girl, the American school
girl and the young business men ex
plained to Miss America their need
of the gospel of Christ.
The Misses Hambrick and Jen
nings explained their call to the
work of the Mission fields and hand-
I ed their candles of light to the rep
sentatives of Argentine and Japan,
Raymond Parson explained his call
as a Christian teacher, giving his
light to the school girl. "* •
It was truly a wonderful pageant
and was well received by the vast
audience filling the seats of the
First Church.
The sermon of the evening was
delivered by the pastor, Rev. Joe M.
Branch, who used as his subject,
"Redemption by the Blood.” Rev.
Branch made an eloquent appeal to i
those who had not accepted Christ ‘
In his sermon he stated that the !
first newspaper that the world knew I
was the book of Ephesians or Paul’s |
letter to the Church at Ephesus.
“There is only a thin veil separat
ing this world from hell when wo
men curse and smoke cigarettes” was
one of the points stressed by the
Rev. Branch.
A large crowd was present to
enjoy the pageant and the evening j
sermon of Brother Branch.
NEW YORK CLUB
BE PADLOCKED
Elks Club to Be Under Pad
lock for a Period of
Six Months
NEW YORK, Nov.l 16. The
Elks club of New York today ac_
cepted a “padlock” for six months’
closing situation which grew out of
proceedings instituted by United
EStates Attorney Buckner under pro
hibition laws.
For the next half year the grill
room and bar of the club will be
locked and sealed.
Buckner explained that where
restaurants were incidentally con
nected with living quarters, only the
former were closed.
SPEEDERS AND
FIGHTERS FINED
Speeders and fighting were the
principal cases called this morning
in the regular Monday morning
police court. Judge Hollis Fort,
presiding handed out several stiff
fines for both fighting and speeding,
assessing a total of SBO.OO in fines
ranging from $3.00 to $15.00.
FOREIGN MISSIONS
TAKE LARGE SUMS
DELAWARE, Oho., Nov. 16.
The Board of Foreign Missions of
the Methodist Episcopal Church re
ceived a total of $3,193,403 for its
ducational, evangelistic and medi
cal service in more than forty coun
tries of the world during the year
ended October 31, 1925 the report
nade to an annual meeting of the
Board in session here today disclos
ed.
Klan Chief Gets Life for Murder
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This is D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of th<- Indiana Ku Kiux
Klan, who was convicted of the murder of Miss M - ’ ' r In-
dianapolis. Because of his political connections one of the hardest fought
battles in legal history was waged. The trial was held at Noblesville, Ind.
FATHER SINGS,
SON PREACHES
WEDNESDAY
Two Noted Hebrew Evangelists
Will Be Heard At First Meth
odist Church
Father and son, Daniel and Albert
Rosoff, noted Hebrew evangelists
will be heard in Americus Wednesi
day night at the First Methodist
Church at 7:30 o’clock.
Several of the churchees have an
nounced that they will shorten or
postpone their regular prayer meet
ings in order that their congrega
tion might attend this meeting. Al
bert Rosoff, the father, is a singer
of note having been formerly a mem
ber of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany of New York and has appeared
in concert with some of the world’s
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MACON WOMAN DIES
6 KNEELING IN PRAYER
MACON, Ga., Nov. 16.—Mrs.
Mary Josephine Lunday Hill, 85,
was found dead Sunday while kneel
ing in prayer at her home. It had
been Mrs. Hill’s custom for years to
go to her room for prayer while the
Angelus bell sounded the noon hour.
She was one of the most promin
ent of the older women of Macon.
Three daughters and two sons sur
vive.
LATEST BOBS AND WAVES
FOR CHINESE GIRLS
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16.
For the first time the beauty shop
has invaded Chinatown. Two of
them are doing a floruishing business.
Most of the patrons are Chinese
girls who want the latest anU
waves. However, an occasional Chi
nese girls who want the latest bobs
and Kowever, an occasional
Chinese Sheik, with pindh-back coat
and 22-inch troubser cuffs, can be
seen opposite the manpulator of
orange stick, cuticle knife an dbuffer.
Smoking a pipe doesn’t injure your
health half so much as worrying
| about your troubles does.
GIN REPORT
SHOWS GA’N
FORSUMTFR
1925 Ginnings Exceed Those of
1924 By 3,830 Bales Latest
Report Indicates
Reports from the Census Bureau
give Sumter County a ginning re
>ort of 21,884 bales up to November
1, of this year. The report shows an
ncrease of 3,830 bales over the same
period of time for 1924.
This report gives the State a total
of 1,114,541 bales ginned prior to
November 1 as compared to 813,042
bales for 1924.
Counties of the State having the
lighest number of ginned bales are
as follows: Burke, 38,143; Bullock
29,948; Carroll, 28,459; Emanuel,
27,864; Laurens, 26,853; Terrell,
124,350; Screven, 23864 and Sumter,
121,884.
Sedate Boston Is All Upset
GAL-COLORED GALLUSES ARE 1 QUITE THE THING"
As Flappers Don Suspenders
BOSTON, Nov. 16.—Boston sim
ply can not get over it.
The dangling suspenders, resurrec
ed from modern man’s huge rubbish
pile for the benefit and convenience
| of the open-minded flapper, is the
.dainty little article that is causing
.'the “oughs” and “ahs” among the
,' older folks. '
First introduced in New York by
a motion picture star, or a motion
. picture star’s publicity man, the
[ the things finally reached Boston.
. And just like the inconsequential
i baked bean, they are proving ever so
popular and also causing a lot of
comment.
An unusually obliging sales girl,
wearing a boyish bob and the sus
penders too, confided, that the “gal
luses on the counter,” which are
made of striped ribbon in every ■
popular color, are "selling like the .
devil.” *
Pc. Open Ham Close
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19.74 20.07120.01'20.00
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ALL MEMBERS
ARMORED CAR
PARTY KILLED
Troops Under Chinese Marshal
Become Mutinous and Fire
From Rear on Russians
TSINGTAO, china, Nov. 16.
Marshall Chang Tso-lin's fifth
Shantung division becoming mu
tinous yesterday fired from the
rear on the Russian White brigade
attached to Chang’s forces.
It is reported that a majority of
the Russians were killed.
The Russians were endeavor
ing to stem the advance of Mai
shal Wu Pie Fu’- forces when
fired on. The wounded lay with
out medical aid until foreign doc
tors from Tsiajjfu daringly enter
ed the fighting area and brought
them out of the areas being fired
on.
The Russian brigade fired on
by the mutineers numbered three
thousand and included an armor
ed car party, all members of
which were killed.
FREE ADMISSION
FO RFOOD SHOW
IS ANNOUNCED
Sessions of School to Be Held
Each Afternoon During Week
From 2 to 4 in Afternoon
The Pure Food school, being held
under the auspices of the Council of
Safety chapter of the I). A. R-, open
ed this morning with the old Har
ris hardware building filled with a
group of pure food exhibits.
Exhibits for the show are furnish
ed by the following progressive con
cerns: Model Bakery, Chero Cola
Co., Moreland-Jones Co., with two,
Americus Hatchery, Americus Light
and Gas Co., J. E. Ferguson, R. L.
Rogers with two, Henard Mayyonaise
Co. and the White Way Market.
The ladies in charge of the show
wish to impress upon the public that
there is no admission charge to the
pure food show and that they are
going to give free each day some
articles of value to those D.at attend.
There will be free lunches ‘ 1
those that attend, free drinks <
Chero Cola and hot chocolate, cake
and sandwiches.
The cooking school will be held
each afternoon from 2 to 4 o’clock
at which time the doors will be
closed to these not taking a part in
the classes. Several hundred tickets
have already been sold but there is
room for more and the ladies state
that they are anxious for every lady
in Americus and Sumter county to
buy a ticket and attend the classes.
“See, they are similar to the ones
■ you used to wear, if you’re not still
wearing them,” she explained.
‘The tiny littlte botton holes fasten
to the ducky little metal buttons on
the pretty little skirt And once they
are fastened, the pretty little skirt
! stays right up where the pretty little
j skirt belongs.
; “What, you have no sisters!
“Well, don’t be taking up my time,
for I said, these suspenders are sell
| ing like the devil.”
The excited flappers about the
counter were becoming more hostile
in the tussle to get nearer the article
i itself, so the inquiring reporter
fought his way. to a masculine floor
manager and pleaded with him for
the details.
“An’t they the nifties, and that’s
all I got to say,” was the way he
covered it, out of the corner of his
mouth.
