About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1925)
I AMERICUS COTTON RECEIPTS < Cotton receipts, as shown by Sumter County warehouses 26,829 ’ For Georgia—Probably -howers to- > night and colder tomorrow. < —r - • -— —l~ li~u' 'j~_ I ! r ~l_r~ ~ FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 266 ’JONES PLACE NEAR LESLIE BRINGS PRICE NEAR SIOO,OOO ♦ S « ♦ ♦ ■ 1 « « ♦ « i • • Mrs. John Lawton Named President-General of U. D. C. OTHER DEALS EXPECTED TO BE CLOSED SOON Mathis, Buyer of Jones Place, Will Use Forty Plows On Farm Next Year ' That land around this section is being much sought after is evi denced by the number of sales made during the past few weeks. The latest sale being that of the D. C. Jones farm, near Leslie, I for a consideration reported near SIOO,OOO. This sale was made to J. R. Mathis, of Dooly county. This farm consists of 1,865 acres. Mr. Mathis has already moved to the place and will farm there next year, where he intends running 40 plows. The Jones place is described as being a very desirable farm, with much of the place under Cul tivation- Reports from Leesburg are to the effect that several land deals are under consideration arid that formal announcement concerning a large one would be forthcoming Friday or Saturday. Land deals in this section of the country in the past few days shave passed the 350,000 mark j*nd continues to increase. (HARRIS WOULD CHANGE CROPS REPORT SYSTEM Senator Urges Daily Reports. Ob ject Is to Remove Speculative Features Found at Present WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Prep aration of legislation to change the crop reporting system of the gov ernment to prevent speculation on the cotton exchanges has been un dertaken by Senator Harris, demo crat, Georgia, a former director of the census bureau. Senator Harris has conferred with both census bureau and department of agriculture officials and they have indosed his plan. He purposes the improvement of methods of crop reporting rather than their abolish ment. Broadly, his plan is to have the census bureau and agriculture de partment publish daily information j from crop reporters, instead of semi monthly . The July and August es timates of the total crop from the year would be abandoned, but on September 1 an estimate would be made from the condition of the crop, while the acreage abandoned Would be announced. Forecasts would be made on the basis of the department’s experience in past yeras and condition as to the probable amount of cotton crop for a year. The reports would be with held until after the close of the ex changes, and the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges would be required to report daily total trans actions for the day and month. These changes, the Georgia sena tor declared, largely would remove the speculative feature of the crop •ports, and by preventing unwar nted bear raids on the market, would add millions each year to the purses of southern farmers. If the : government reports are abolished en- ■ tirely, he asserted, private reporters, i whose estimates mainly are guesses, would have a free field to encour age wild manipulation of the market Without the balancing influence of , the department’s report. PAVING BONDS VOTED AT CORNELIA CORNELIA, Ga., Nov. 19.—A 1 bond issue for $225,000 to be used i in the paving of the State highway ’ through Habersham County was car ried Tuesday by a substantial ma jority. The money will be expend ed on the highway extending from ' Rabun County to the South Carolina line. The highway is one of the main trunk lines. THE TIMEsTrECORDER SgM PUBLISHED IN THE > HEART In Politics * W fl i a i t I I i WflflO Mrs. Jacob Baur, Chicago million aire, is expected to be a candidate for congress next spring against Con gressman Fred A. Britten of Illinois. She has not announced her candi dacy, but friends insist she will make the race. She has been active in Republican politics for years. UNION HIGH PLAYS PLAINS HERE FRIDAY First Basketball Game of the Sea son Scheduled for Friday Night at Aggie Court Basketball will be the main attrac tion here Friday night when Union High of Leslie meets the fast Plains High team on the Aggie court at 7:30 for the first game of the season. The rivalry in Athletic between these two schools is very keen and, a hotly contested game is expected.j Should Plains defeat the Union High team it will be the first time in his- 1 tory that such Has been done. Reports from Plains are to the ef fect that Union High will have to work harder than ever if they cop this game. The probable line-up is' as follows: Plains Union High ! Campbell rs Bradley Walters If Harp, E.! Domineck c Watson Stewart rg Harp, H. A. Johnson lg Bowen The game will be called promptly at 7:30 o’clock and reports indicate that both teams will bring a large crowd of rooters. The management invites the people of Americus and Sumter county to be present at this game. A small admission will be charged. revival at I RICHLAND ENDS .—— Meeting Was in Charge of Dr. Fred Jenkins, Layman Preach er of Columbus RICHLAND, Ga., Nov. 19.—A re vival sponsored by the Business j Men’s Bible class of Richland has ■ just ended after a ten days series of meetings. The Bible class is non-sectarian and its members consist of quite a large territory so it was a great un ion revival in which all four church es of the town participated. The meeting was in charge of Dr. ( Fred Jenkins ,a layman preacher of Columbus. He was assisted by min- ■ isters of different denominations of , both Columbus and Richland. The singing was led by Rev. M. B. Brown, associate editor of the Stewart-Webster Journal, and Mr. Lester Pearson. AMERICUS, GA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 19, 1925 MITCHELL TRIAL ALMOST READY TO FINISH WORK • Reed Chambers, Hero of World War Testifies >n Hearing Today WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. The defense notified Mitchell court .mar tial today that it expected to complete presentations of its evidence tomor row, except for the testimony that Colonel Mitchell will give in his own behalf. Reed Chambers, of Detroit, who won numerous decorations as an avi ator in France testified at today’s session that his plane never had been hit by an enemy ground gun although it had been within their range several hundred hours. He declared that reserve officers should be given at least one hundred hours flying each year. NAVAL INQUIRY CONCLUDES ITS INVESTIGATION Lieut. Commander Rosendahl Testifies Before the Court, Denying Landsdowne Testimony WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—The Shenandoah Court of Inquiry today concluded its investigation of the charges of Mrs.Ma rgeret Lands downe and will announce its opin ion regarding them tomorrow. The Court heard from Captain Foley, accused by the widow of the Shenandoahs’ Captain of trying to sway her testimony and made a com plete disavowal of any intention ex cept that of being helpful to her. The Court then listen to a state ment made by Lieut. Commander F. E. Rosendahl, surviving officer of the wrecked dirigible denouncing as “a slander of dead” any insinuation hat Commander Landsdowne took Shenandoah on her fatal flight when he believed her in jeopardy from weather. OPERATE ON ! SICK TREES i - | Transfusion Operations On Sick Trees Have Reen Found Suc- | cessful By College Professor AUBURN, Cal., Nov. 19.—Trans ’ usion operations <Jn sick trees, with solution of ferrous sulphate as , suming the character of arboreal blood, are being made successfully in California. Diseased trees have I been brought into prolific bearers. Dr. C. B. Lipman, professor of . plant physiology at the University of California, said when here that I he treatment promised to eliminate | uch plant scourages as aphis and the blight. I The tree is treated as gently as a ! uman. A hole is bored about three ' quarters of the way through the runk, and a glass tube inserted and I ealed in with specially prepared wax. A bottle reservoir is placed at the height of the tree top and is connected with the glass tube by a hose. Thus the solution flows gently i nto the tree and is absorbed. MRS. W. S. HOYT | DIES AT THOMASVILLE THOMASVILLE. Ga., Nov. 19. Mrs. W. S. Hoyt, formerly Mias Janet Ralston Chase, daughter of the late Chief Justice Salmen P. Chase, died here today. Interment probably will be in Thomasville. ' PRESIDENT COOLIDGE OFF TO NEW YORK i . I WASHINGTON, Nov, 19.—Presi dent Coolidge left, Washington to day for New York jvhete tonight he will address the New York State Chamber of Coir.roprce. . -." V-' FRIDAY’S GAME WITH COLUMBUS IS CANCELLED Local Boys Will Meet Blakely High Here On Thanks giving Day Coach McKee of the Americus High school, wishes to announce that the game for Friday with the Co lumbus Industrial High school has been cancelled, the Columbus team being disgusted with their feeble ef forts this season have cancelled all their remaining games and disand ed their team. The coach states also that he has secured a change in the game for Thanksgiving Day whereby the local people may see the High school team in action here, the game scheduled with the Blakely High schoo lhaving been transferred here for that day. In this game the following players will be seen in their last game with the popular High school team as this is their senior year:. Tyson, Tye, Ansley, Thayer, Swain, Rushin and Bell. Blakely has a strong team and the coach predicts that the two teams will present an interesting game to the local fans. He is especially anx ious that a large crowd turn out to give the boys who are playing their last game in the High school uniforms a great send-off. JUDGE ROOP WILL NAME DEATH DATE Date Is to Be Announced During Week of November 30th. Sixth Death Date COLUMBUS. Ga.. Nov. 19. Judge Charles E Roop, of Carroll ton, will come to Columbus during the week of November 30. to fix the sixth death date for Willie Jones and Gervis Bloodworth, it was announc ed yesterday by Judge C Frank Mc- Laughlin, who is disqualified in the case. It was not known Wednesday ex actly when Judge Roop will come to the city, but it is believed that he wnl arrive the first part of week af ter next. Judge Roop, who is a judge of the superior courts of the Coweta circuit, presided in Musco gee superior court last May. wnen Jones and Bloodworth were tried for the second time for the murder of Howard F. Underwood. A verdict of guilty was returned and Judge Roop sentenced the boys to die on the gallows in the Muscogee county jail June 26. Judge Roop overruled a motion for new trial and when the case was again taken to the supreme court by Homer Beeland, counsel for the Taylor youths, the execution was stayed. Tuesday the state supreme court affirmed the Muscogee superior court and it is necessary that new execution uate be fixed. It will be the sixtli for the youths. It is ex pected trial the retnitture will be re ceived from the supreme court clerk by Clerk Early H. Johnson, of Mus cogee superior court within the next few days Jones and Bloodworth have five times escaped the noose in the des perate fight their attorneys have made to save their lives. No word has been received here from Mr. Bee land, their chief counsel, but it is oc lieved that he will renew his effort to persuade Governor Walker to ex tend executive clemency. It is, of course, not known what day Judge Roop will choose for the banging of Jones and Bloodworth, but it was believed in some circles yesterday that, the execution would be set for some day in January. LIBERTY BELL RINGS BY RADIO PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 19. ■ Plans to have the historic Liberty ißell rung for the first time over ra dio from Independence Hall at mid night December 31 to usher in the New Year were announced today. Agree on Italian Debt Settlement 1 OR f > * fL ' It'* MSv ~ • iK . Jgjwy ■ —L... J" Final arrangements for settling Italy’s war debt to this country were made at Washington at a conference between American officials and the Italian commission headed by Count | Arkansas Fields Still White With Cotton Cotton Pickers Are Hard to Get; Farmers Offer $3.50 Per Hundred for Pickers By LOVELACE EVE Thousands of acres as white as snow on both sides of the Missouri Pacific Railway with stalks weighted down with fleecy staple stands today unpicked and sprouting because the farmers cf Arkansas can not get labor to pick this crop which earlier would have brought 25 cents and today isn’t worth over 10 cents a pound in its damaged state. A ne-gro farmer tells me he has 1900 acres covered with as good a crop as he ever raised and but lit tle yet out of the fields. His name is Clay Brook and his farm is near Topass, Ark., lam told he offered $3.50 a hundred for pickers with ‘all the liquor and fish throwed in,” and could not get labor to pick his crop. He has lost $50,000 on this year’s crop alone. Claybrook’s’ story is typical, judg ing from what I have seen as I pass ed through the state. From another source, I learn that the Arkansas farmers brought ne roges from Chicago to the state to gather this bumper crop. ‘‘They came, they worked a day or two, drew their pay, bought some clothes and went back to Illinois,” said an old farmer at a small station be tween Memphis and Little Rock. But labor is not their only trouble, the country is extremely flat, and the fall has been a wet one. Only a few days have been dry enough to pick cotton. The staple in the fields is now practically worthless, much is on the ground and what is left on the stalk has sprouted. If the condition along the Mis souri Pacific is a fair sample of the rest of the state, the estimated crop of this state is much higher than the final ginnings will total. Tuesday was fair and warm like an April day in Sumter, and yet only 15 or 16 cotton pickers were seen in the fields. As a city, Memphis does not touch our own capital city, Atlanta. From outward appearances, Memphis like Atlanta, continues to build, even though she has many vacant stores now. The Florida boom has its good and its bad side. It has caused some (Continued On Page Two.) COMMUNIST AND FASCIST IN SCUFFLE ROME, Italy, Nov. 19. —The sit ting of the Chamber of Deputies was suspended ten minutes today after scuffle in which Communist Deputy Maffi was roughly handled and ejected by Fascist. MRS. ARTHUR MULLER _ ' HEADS CATHOLIC WOMEN WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Mrs. Arthur Mullen of Omaha, Nebraska, was elected president of the National Council of Catholic Women which ' •oncluded its sessions here yeester day. nd Guiseppe Volpi di Misurata. Photo shows the signing of the articles, with Count Volpi at the left and Sec retary Mellon at the right. STEWART COUNTY FARMER TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Takes An Overdose of Strych nine With Suicidal Intent Dies Late Wednesday RICHLAND, Ga., Nov. 19—Mr. ohn G. Spann, age 54, a prominent armer living near Richland died esterday afternoon from an over dose of strychnine, believed to have >een taken with suicidal intent. it is said that early yesterday morning he took over a grain of strychnine and only after much suf fering and nearing an unconscious condition would he consent to have a physician called. He then told what was causing his illness. He had been in ill health for a long time and worry over his poor health and finances are believed to be the cause. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna Ball Spann and several chil dren. beside the following sisters and brothers. Mrs. Della Fletcher of Plains, Ga., Mrs. Bettie Richardson ot Preston, Mrs. Dr. Tracey, Sylves ter. Miss Joe Spann of Plains, George and W. H, Spann of Web ster County. He will be buried at Poplar Springs Cemetery this afternoon. FRIED CHICKEN FOR KIWANIANS Real Feed Is Promised Those That Attend Luncheon Friday Noon Fried chicken and everything that goes with it will be placed in front of the local Kiwanis club at their luncheon tomorrow. The county Home Demonstration clubs will prepare this chicken and the other necessities that go to make up a real Southern feed, and the pret-! ty girls of the clubs are going to be on hand and see that every Kiwanian , is well fed. These plans were announced today by Miss Bonnie Parkman who has charge of the preparation of the luncheon. The meal will be served in the basement of the courthouse in the office occupied by the super intendent of county schools. The regular hour, 12:15 to 1:15, , will b<- observed and an interesting entertainment program has been ar ranged. What you start all depends upon what starts you. A boy who doesn’t want to eat t things that make him sick is sick. < Pc. Open 11am Cose j | Dec. 20.62 20,55 20.53 20.50 | | Jan. 19.87 19.78 19.82 29.7# > Middling. 19c. PRICE LIVE CENTS CAROLINA IS HONORED AT U.D.C. MEETING Charleston, South Carolina Wom an Will Head the United Daughters of Confederacy HOTSPRINGS, Ark., Nov. 19 Mrs- John Lawton, of Charles ton, South Carolina, was elected president-general of the United Daughters of C onfederacy at their thirty-second annual convention here today. ten chapters given SANCTION HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Nov. 19. Recommendations of the executive council that ten chapters of the Dis trict of Columbia division suspended in December, 1924, be re-instated on November 25, were approved here late Wednesday by delegates attend ing the thirty-second annual conven tion of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The division was not re-instated. This disposition of the controver sy which arose among members of the Washington divison is not con sidered a complete victory by either side. Prior to action of the recommen dations of the executive council, at its initial business sessions heard re ports of committees and the annual address of the president-general, Mrs. Frank Harrold, of Americus, Ga„ and in the afternoon held memorial serv_ ices in honor of the Confederate dead, veterans, and sons and daughters of the Confederacy. A special memo rial was held in honor of the late Mrs .Cornelia Branch Stone, of Gal veston, Texas, former president- gen eral and Mrs. Helen C. Plane, of At lanta, Ga. The president-general, Mrs. Har rold, Mrs. Charles B. Hyde, of Chat tanooga, Tenn., and Mrs. Chaster Garfield, of Los Angeles, were among those who took part in the ex ercises. The resolutions dealing with the District of Columbia recommended that the chapters suspended with the divison be authorized to act as in dividual bodies until such time as the executive council consider with them the formation of a division and cited a section of the by-laws providing that formation of a division is es sential when there are sufficient number of chapters and members in a district or state. The resolutions approved stated that members of the executive com, mittee were anxious that harmony be restored and work resumed by the suspended chapters. The document provides that three chapters organ ized in Washington since the division was suspended, be considered in the District of Columbia. The Washington chapters re-in stated are the Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, Southern Cross, Beauregard, Dixie, Winnie Davis, Alexander Lawton, Jefferson Davis, Hillary Herbert and Shenandoah. They were the only chapters in the division at the time of the suspension. The resolutions authorizing their return to good standing were adopt ed without argument after being read by Mrs. A. J. Smith of New York, recording secretary general. CHINESE GET t TARIFF RIGHTS PEKING, China, Nov. 19.—The powers represented at Chinese Cus toms Conference today unanimously jand unconditionally acceded to the ■ Chinese demand for the enactment I of a treaty giving China undestricted tariff rights until January 1926. AIR MAIL SERVICE FOR FLORIDA WASHINGTTON, Nov. 19—Air mail service between Florida’s three principal cities, Jacksonville. Tampa and Miami by April 1 next with ex tension to Atlanta not later than June 1 has been decided upon by Postmaster General New. Hollowed out for use as a water main, a section of an oak tree recent ly dug from beneath a London street h estimated to be 300 years old.■, .x'
