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} Cotton receipts, as shown by
Sumter County warehouses 26,829
For Georgia—Fair tonight; slight- ’
ly colder in south portion, light to
heavy frost in central and north por- '
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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 266
*Queen Alexandra of England, 81 Years Old Dies Today
QUEEN MOTHER
OF KING GEORGE
DIES SUDDENLY
Heart Trouble Was Cause of Her
Death. Was 11l Only Short
Time
SANDRINGHAM, England, Nov.
20. —Queen Mother Alexandra, wid
ow of King Edward, the seventh,
and mother of King George Fifth
died late today at Sandringham
house. She suffered severe heart
attack yesterday and never recover
ed consciousness.
Alexandra, widow of the late
King Edward VII of England, upon
the death of her husband in 1910,
became the Queen Mother, a title
which had been in disuse since the
days of Henrietta Maria the consort 1
of Charles I.
The eldest daughter of King Chris
tion IX of Denmark, Alexandra was
married to Albert Edward, then
Prince of Walesetao etao etao etaet
and for 38 years, during the reign
of Queen Victoria, although some
what in the background was greatly
beloved by her adopted people.
Born in Copenhagen, December 1,
1844, she went to England as the
bride of the future King, the same
year her father was crowned the
ruler of Denmark. She was then
19, a girl of rare charm find Uteauty
and, by reason of the frugality of
her own family, of simple and unex
travagant tastes. Upon the death of
Victoria, in 1901, when her
*ftusband, throne, Alex
andra became QueeS- an
with him for nine year?? -
Alexandra adopter the title of the
Queen Mother in 1910 when George
V., her son, and the Princess Mary
were crowned upon the passing of
Edward VII. For years, as Princes
of Wales, her nam e had been asso
ciated with most of the great public
benevolences and charities of Eng
land. On June 25, “Alexandra Day”
each year thousands of pounds were
contributed by Britons the world
over for hospirtais and other similar
institutions in honor of their royal
patroness.
Although more than 81 years old
at the time of her death, the Queen
Mother never lost interest in her
many philanthropies. During the
world war she served as head of the
British Red Cross, the Queen Alex
andra Imperial Military Nursing Ser
vice, the Royal Naval Nursing serv
ice. The Alexandra Field Force
Fund, of which she was the head,
kept British soldiers supplied with
comforts and delicacies throughout
the four years’ struggle. From 1914
to 1918 she had visited every hospi
tal in London including the famous
home for blinded soldiers at St.
Dunstan’s. She also was interested
in infant welfare work. When a
new nurses’ home was named in her
honor in London she requested that
it be not called the “Alexandra”
home but the “Edith Cavell” home in
memory of the marytred British
nurse.
Punishment Os Convicts
CRUEL METHODS USED HIT IN REPORT
Flayed by Probe Chairman
ATLANTA, Nov. 20.— Represen
tative Emmet Williams, Walton
county, chairman of the house of
representatives penitentiary com
mittee Thursday vigorously con
. demned methods of punishing untru-
I [ v” iy convicts now in force at some of
the convict camps in Georgia.
Representative Williams said that
he had received reports from seven
subcommittees which have inspected
various camps and that each referred
adversely to cruel methods in vogue
for punishing convicts and several
urged that serious consideration be
given to a return to whipping as
punishment for unruly prisoners.
On the other hand Commissioner
E. I. Rainey, of the Georgia prison
commission, while admitting that
there probably were camps where the
methods of punishment devised by
wardens since abolition of the laan,
\ I “were not the best,” pointed out that
some of the wardens were strong ad
j vocates of the restoration of the flog-
| ging and would therefore, be in-'
| dined to make present methods of
| punishment appear as brutal as pos
sible before inspection committees.
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Captain James Foley, U. S. N.,
former judge advocate of the in_ ;
■ quiry into the Shenandoah disaster,
| resigned the position when Mrs. '
; Zachary Landowne, widow of the
I airship's dead commander, testified (
’ that he sought got her to give false ‘
I testimony at the Shenandoah inquiry. f
i K'e was exonerated of the charges
; lodged against him today. ’
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FEDERAL AID
MONEY SHORT,
BOOKS SHOW
Texas Accounts Show Shortage
of At Least $250,000, Says
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i AUSTIN. Texas, Nov. 26. —A dis
crepancy of at least $250,000 in
Federal aid money turned over to the
Texas Highway Commission for pay
ments on Federal projects, was dis
closed Thursday by C. A. Schutze,
superintendent of Federal aid pro
jects in the Texas Highway Depart
ment.
| The disclosure was made by Schu-
: tze while he was testifying in the
I state’s suit for cancellation of the
American Road Company’s permit
| to do business in Texas and also col-
I lect funds claimed by the Texas
attorney general to be excessive pro
' fits for work done by the company
on state highways.
Schutze testified the Federal gov
ernment had paid to the Texas state
treasury about $500,000 which was
due on Federal aid projects in va
rious Texas counties. He said the
state highway commission had ad
vanced less- than SIOO,OOO to pay
for Federal aid and that in the treas
ury now to the credit of the depart
ment there was $149,500.
Then adding, say SIOO,OOO, the
commission has advanced for Fed
eral aid to the $149,500 in the treas
ury and subtracting the total from
$500,000, there is a shortage of at
least $250,000. “Attorney General
Dan Moody said.
“So it seems,” Schutze replied.
More than 7,500,000 persons play
golf in the United States.
I "The commission has called a con
ference to devise uniform methods
jot punishment for all camps for
sometime in December,” said Com
missioner Rainey. “The exact date
has not yet been fixed. At that con
ference we will have three or four
doctors, members of the state board
of health, and others,to pass upon
the humaneness of proposed discip
linary methods and also will have a
group of the best and most efficient
[ wardens in the state to make sug
gestions.”
The commission has several times
pointed out that some of the instru
ments of punishment devised by the
wardens, are in actual fact, never
used, but are merely built for the
moral effect the sight will have up
on the more ignorant of the unruly
convicts.
1 Representative Williams stated
that his subcommittees had reported
camps where prisoners were backed
up to a post and their arms chained
behind. The arms were then raised
as high as possible and the chains
hooked to nails, and the prisoners
was left to suffer the torture of this
suspended position for several hours.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 20, 1925
WOULD EXEMPT '
INDUSTRIES OF
ALL CITY TAXES
Ordinance Was Adopted at Last
Meeting of City Council Pro
posing a Vote Soon
At the last regular meeting of the i
Mayor and City Council of Americus |
an ordinance was adopted proposing i
to the voters in the general City elec- !
tion, to be held on December 16th, I
the ratification of the recent amend- 1
ment to the Constitution of the State ;
of Georgia exempting certain Indus- i
tries from city taxes for a period of j
five years, and legal notice of said
proposal is carried in this issue.
The amendment proposed to be
ratified is as follows:
“Any person, natural artificial, a
resident of this state, who may build
equip, establish or enlarge a plant
for the manufacture or processing
of cotton, wool, linen, silk, rubber,
clay, wood, metal, metallic or non
same, creamery or cheese plant, or
metallic mineral, or combination of
for the production of or development
of electricity, may as to such build
ing, enlargement or equipment, be
exempt from all, county, incorporated
town or city ad valorem taxes for
a period of time not exceeding five
years from the date of the begin
ning of the building, enlargement or
equipment of such plant; provided
such exemptions shall be approved
by a majority of the electors voting
n such county, incorporated town or
city proposing said exemption.”
A large number of cities and coun
ties in the State have already rati
fied this amendment and it is serv-
austries coming into the state;
and, of course, these new industries
are locating in the communities
which offer this exemption. For thia
reason the city authorities feel that
this amendment should be ratified as
soon as posisble, in order that Amer
icus might be able to match any oth
er city in the State in offering na
tural advantages to new enterprises.
The amendment does not give any
exemption from tax on the land, but
merely as to the new buildings and
equipment, and the new industry
must engage in manufacturing the
particular materials named. It is be
levied that this evemption will serve
as a controlling inducement in the
...caolishment of new enterprises in.
Americus, and that by relieving them
of this burden during the period of
time in which they are building and
getting established, the city will gain
by the increase in tax values after
the expiration of the five year ex
emption period, and that there can
be no loss in tax values as the land
will continue to pay taxes during
the exemption period.
CENTRAL AGENT
ASSUMES DUTIES
W. E. Andrews Will Bring His
Wife and Children Here and
Make This His Home
Americus gains eight citizens with
the arrival of W. E. Andrews and
family, who are to make this city
their home.
Mr. Andrews has just arrived as
successor to S. B. White as Agent
for the Central of Georgia Railroad
and states that he has already been
made to feel at home in Americus.
The new Agent was formerly route
agent for the Southwestern division
of the Central with headquarters in
Macon and his coming here as agent
is considered a promotion for him.
He will have complete charge of
all business passenger and freight
for the Central Railway here. Mr,
White, whom he succeeded was
transferred to Jacksonville and has
already assnmed his duties there.
T. P. Wade, Division Freight
Agent for the Central with
headquarters in Columbus was in
tmericus ye«+»-day, taking Mr. An
drews around to meet the business
men of the city.
GERMAN GOVERNMENT
WTH. BE MADE OVER
BERLIN, Nov. 20. Chancellor
Luther told partv leaders today that
the Government will resign after the
Locarno pact signing ceremony in
London on December Ist-and that a
new cabinet will be formed in symp
athy with Locarno policies and ob
ligations.
Four Wars
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The United States has engaged in
four wars during the life of Mrs.
Elizabeth Reese of Newton, Kas., who
has just celebrated her 97th birthday,
and who was closely concerned with
three of them. Her first husband
was killed in the war with Mexico
her second husband fought all thru
the Civil War, and five grandsons
were in the World War.
CAPTAIN FOLEY
IS EXONERATED
BYNAVALCOURT
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Former Judge Advocate Is Ex
onerated By Naval Court
of Inquiry
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.—Cap
tain Paul Foley was exonerated to
day by the Shenandoah Naval Court
of Inqury of Mrs. Bargeret Lands
downe’s charge that he sought to
sway her testimony.
The court martial held that Cap
tain Foley, it former Judge Advo
cate was not guilty either of seeking
to cause false testimony to be offer
ed before the court or of seeking by
“improper means to influence” the
»vidow of the Shenandoah’s Captain.
FRIED CHICKEN
’N EVERYTHING
FOR KIWANIANS
Hon Oliver W. Stewart is Heard
By the Local Kiwanis Club
Today
Americus Kiwanians held an en
thusiastic meeting today, with a
! feed that was fit for kings, spread
by the Home Demonstration Club
[Councils under the direction of Miss
Bonnie Parkmen.
Prominent guests of the day’s i
luncheon were Judge C. R ; Crisp,
member of Congress from tfe third
Georgia district, Hon. Oliver W.
Stewart, a member of the Flying
Squadron Foundation of Indiana,
who speaks tonight at the First
Baptist Church; Mr. Jones, an ad
vance mrent for the United States
Navy Band and others.
Resolutions asking that Rev. John 1
M. Outler, pastor of the First Meth
odist Church, be returned to Amer
icus by the South Georgia Con
ference were passed by a stading un
animous vote as was the resolution
inviting the next session of the
South Georgia Methodist Churches
here for their 1926 session.
Judge Crisp made a few remarks
and was followed by an able address
delivered by the Hon. Oliver W.
Stewart, who spoke on the “Constitu- I
tion.” Announcement was made at I
the conclusion of his address, re- i
questing that all the Kiwanians be '
present at th e lecture at First Bap
tist Church tonight.
Report from the committee on the
sale of tickets was received and an
nouncement made that the Kiwanians
had sold 140 tickets up to the hour
of the luncheon.
The only one of the girl contest
ants who did not have bobbed hair
won the milkmaid championship at
the Kansas fair in Topeka by milk
ing ten pounds of mQk in 11 minutes
and one second. 1
AIR CHIEF’S
TRIAL WILL BE
SPEEDED UP
Testimony of Witnesses In Hono
lulu Are to Be Taken By Depo
sition at OncJ
WASHINGTON. Nov. 20.—Chanc
es that the Mitchell courtmartial
trial will proceed to its end without
any prolonged delay brightened con
siderably today.
The defense and the prosecution
counsel agreed that testimony of
several witnesses who are in Hono
lulu he taken by deposition at once.
Representative Frank Reid, coun
sedl for Mitchell told the court that
he would put the defendant on the
stand Monday to testify in defense
of his public accusations against Air
Service administration which result
ed in charge of misconduct now pend
ing against him.
DYKES WOULD
HAVE CHILDREN
HEAR NAVY BAND
Chairman of the Board of Edu
cation Urges That Children
Attend Band Concert
Mr. W. W. Dykes, Chairman of
the Board of Education to the City
of Americus, today issued the follow
ing statement with reference to the
United States Naval Mand, which
gives two performances in Americus
'next Monday.
“1 believe I would fall short in my
duty should I fail to call to the spe
cial attention of every school chil
in the county the matinee perform
ance of the United States Naval
Band in Americus next Monday Mon
day afternoon at 2:45,
“I believe the performance of this
band will serve in a material way in
the education of the children; it is
one of the finest bands in the United
States, comes to us by special per
mission of the President of the Unit
ed States, and affords an opportun
ity of hearing good music, properly
rendered, that few of us will ever
[have again. I hope that every
school child in Americus will be ablei
to attend the matinee Monday aft
ernoon.
“I also wishh to make a special
appeal to the several consolidated
schools in the County to turn out
the pupils in time for them to at
tend the matinee at 2:45, and that,
wherever possible, the children be
brought in, in a body on the school
trucks. The admission for children
attending the matinee will be only
fifty cents, and I am now endeavor
ing to arrange a special price for the
teachers where they accompany the
hildren.”
Those in charge of the sale of
tickets report the sale of a large
of the matinee tickets at this
time, and as the Rylander theatre
has a seating capacity of only about
800, all those desiring tickets for the
afternoon performance should se
cure the same immediately.
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RANSDELLSEES
BRIGHT FUTURE
Addresses Gathering of Teachers
at Baton Rouge Thursday
Afternoon
BATON ROUGE, La„ Nov. 20
'People and capital are headed to
.Dixie and the term “solid south” has
a fuller meaning today than ever,
'Joseph E. Ransdell, United States
[senator from Louisiana, told the an
;nual convention of the Louisiana
Teachers’ association which opened
a three-day meeting here Thursday.
The south today is the home of
solid industry, economic foundations,
business and citizenship, Senator
Ransdell declared. The potentiali
ties of our section of the nation have
been recognized and the tide of pop
ulation is moving our way.”
Senator Ransdell was the principal
sneaker at the opening meeting of ■
three-day convention this morning.
More than 2.000 teachers were reg- i
iistered at noon today.
Heroine
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.Josephine Strickler, 13-year-old
school girl of San Antonio, Tex., has
just relieved a bronze Carnegie medal
for heroism. She saved the life of
a girl companion while both were
bathing at Yoakum, Texas., last
summer.
MACON COUNTY
PASSES BOND
PAVING ISSUE
Will Pave Thirty-One Miles of ;
State Highway System From
Peach to Sumter County
Macon County turned out yester- (
day and put over their SIOO,OOO
bond issue for the paving of the
Dixie Highway through that county.
This paving will be from the Peach
County line to the Sumter county
line, a distance of Similes and a part
of the State Highway system.
Reports received as to the vote are
as follows:
Marshallville district, 265 for 1
against; Montezuma district, 527 for
'and 1 against; Englishville district
15 for and 11 against; Ideal, 46 for
127 against. Oglethorpe and one
other district had not been heard
’ from, but the issue carries regard
less of how the vote went in those
two districts.
Ideal is the only district that poll
ed a majority of votes against the
J issue and many expressed surprise
that they would have so many
against the measure.
EVENING PRAYER
AT CALVARY CHURCH
Evening prayer will be said this
evening at the Calvary Episcopal
Church at 7:30 o’clock.
[ Rev. James B. Lawrence, rector of
the Church urges the attendance of
the public at this and all services.
Woman Invades Hospital
WIFE OF MAN SEEKS TO PREVENT RIVAL S SUICIDE
toSlay Lover, Shoots Self
RICHMOND, Va„ Nov . 20.—The
ing of a revolver shot through the
quiet halls of a local hospital broke
lup the late visiting hour of the in
stitution and threw patients, visitors
[and attaches into a state of confus
ion.
i Simultaneously with the shot A.
R. McKenzie, of Cleveland, 0., ran
into a hallway from one of of the
sick rooms and, clad only in his night ,
clothes, stood and held the door sntg j
fast behind him. Inside the room his ,
wife scuffled with another woman,
Mrs. Irene Bohley, pretty 27-year- j
old Cleveland divorce#, for posses
sion of the weapon with which Mrs.
Bohley had shot and seriously .
wounded herself.
| When hospital attendants entered
the room, the scqffle had subsided. i
The wounded woman sat crumpled
in a chair the bullet from her re
. volver lodged beneath one of her
fewer ribs.
| The two women had been visitors
.throughout the evening in the room
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COOLIDGE SAYS
BUSINESS NOT
WORRIED WITH
Addresses 157th Annual Banquet
of New York State Chamber
of Commerce
NEW YORK. Nov. 20.—President
Coolidge last night held out a prom
ise to business that it need fear no
interference from his administra
tion so tong as it confines itself to
legitimate activities.
Addressing one thousand New
York business executives at the
157th annual banquet of the State
Chamber of Commerce. He emphas
ized the desirability of the “largest
possible independence between gov
ernment and business,” declarde that
business .ould be unhampered and
free, admitted that “proper regula
tion and control” of business are
"disagreeable and expensive,” and
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FINAL NIGHT
OF THE D. A. R.
COOK SCHOOL
Finance Committee Issues Expres
sion of Thanks to Those Mak
ing Possible Success of Show
The ladies of the finance commit
tee of the Council of Safety chap
. ter of the Daughters of the Amer
|ican Revolution wish to again call
I attention to the fact that tonight
will be cake night at which time 6
' nic«. cakes are to be given away.
! These cakes are given to those that
i attend the Pure Food Show and
| Cooking School being sponsored by
the ladies of the D. A. R.
The ladies also wish to state that
: tonight being their last night, they
are anxious for the public to be pres
ent at the show between 6 and 7:30
o’clock tonight at which time the
cakes are to be given.
The following members of the
finance committee of the local chap
ter: Mrs. Charles Council Chair
man; Mrs. Dudley Gatewood, Mrs.
Cliff Williams; Mrs. Barlow Council
Mrs. Hollis Fort; Mrs. Edgar Shipp;
Mrs. Eugene Bailey; and Mrs. W. D.
Moreland wish to express their ap
preciation to all those who have con
tributed to the' success of the Pure
Food Show dnd the Cooking School.
The committe wishes especially to
extend to Mrs. Charles Council their
heartiest appreciation for the untir
ing and splendid work that she has
done during the school and show
week.
FARMERS’ HOG SALE
HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY
H. A. Cliett, county agent, wishes
to announce to the farmers that an
other hog sale will be held next Wed
nesday. All those that have hogs
for sale are requested to notify Mr.
Cliett at the earliest possible mo
ment in order that the necessary
plans for the sale can be carried out.
of McKenzie, who entered the hospi
tal for treatment several days ago.
A letter, found in the possession of
Mrs. Bohley, was addressed to her
mother in Cleveland and contained
insurance policies and a declaration,
hospital authorities said, of her in
tention to kill McKenzie and then
end her own life. ,
Police officers were summoned
and took charge of the case. They
[revealed that McKenzie had come to
! Richmond several weeks »»'' ’n the
'company of Mrs. Bohley, and that
[the couple later were followed here
by McKenzie’s wife. Last week they
[were arrested and, following a hear
ing before United States Commis
sioner Flegenheimer, acquitted of
; charges involving the Mann act.
It was immediately after the hear
[ ing that McKenzie was taken to the
[hospital for treatment for a severe
attack of rheumatism. Both women
were at the hospital at the time he
was admitted and both had visited
him frequently during the several
day she had been there.
Mr.edlans d
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