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< , J AMERICUS COTTON <*r C" Cotton receipts, as shew: by i < Sumter County warehouses 26,829 ? . ) J For Georgia—Fair tonight and ’ ] Tuesday; warmer Tuesday in south ’ portion. i I FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 263 CHINESE IN MUTINY KILL THOUSANDS OF RUSSIAN BRIGADE *••■#♦ * * * * M M 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 Caught 9 Em ’’’ I . It NcX" 11 TO ® ’’E: 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. the timesßrecorder ■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 • ! 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 /Hr * M -S' isl Mr Mffl I® Irak - WJ ../■ 1 i $ K \ i . •> 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 (Continued On Page Four) 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 I U 1 20.36^20.65i20.63)20.88 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.
