AMERICUS COTTON RECEIPTS <
Cotton receipts, as shown by
Sumter County warehouses 26.829 '
For Georgia—Fair toUght; light ;
to heavy frostj Sunday, increasing ;
cloudiness and warmer. (
FORTY-SEVENTt. YEAR—NO
•BOY !S
PAUL LANDERS
IS KILLED by
HIS OWN AUTO
Youth Was En Route to Florida
When Struck and Killed By
Own Car
Paul Landers aged 13, of Ma
rion, 111., en route with his moth
er and father and two sisters, was
instantly killed this afternoon in
an automobile accident near An
dersonville.
Reports were very meagre at
the time of going to press but
statements from Andersonville
were to the effect that the youth
met his death when struck by the
Reo car that he and his family
were traveling in.
It seems that the boy had got
ten out on top of a hill to see
about a brokgn universal joint, the
brakes slipped and the car came
down the hill, striking the young
ster and killing him instantly.
The Landers family were en
route to Florida from their home
in Marion, ill.
LOCALREALTY
FIRM- MAKES
ANNOUNCEMENT
Advertisement Appearing in To
day’s Paper State* Represen-
tative Will Be Sent to Fla.
Announcement is made in this is
sue by the Americus Realty Com
pany. local real estate corporation
which was recently chartered by the
superior Court that during the
month of November they are hav
ing a representative tour the State
of Florida in the interest of the
Company, interesting prospects in
Sumter county farms lands an per
fecting arrangements with Florida
real estate agenciees to send their
clients who might be interested in
farm lands to Sumter County.
It is further stated that tljeir rep
resentative will report in Americus
on December Ist, and will begin im
mediately in the active showing and
•sale of Sumter county farm lands.
The ergs" biers of the Americu9
Realty Company are S. R. Heys,
Edgar Shipp. Lee Hudson, and
Stephen Pace, all active business
men of Americus, and indications are
that they will play a material part in
promoting the interest of Americus
and Sumter County.
PIAINS BEATS
UNION HIGH
Game Was Very Close; First De
feat for Union High Lads at
Hands of Plains Squad
The Plains High school administer
ed defeat to the Union High team
from Leslie last night, at the Aggie
court in the first basketball game of
the season.
At the end of the tilt the score
stood, Plains 19 and Union High 14.
The fans were surprised at the game
put up by the boys from shrdluucmf
put up by the Plains team, they hav
ing been easy marks for the boys
from Leslie in games of the past.
The officials of the game were:
Referee, Drew and Umpire, Howell.
A large number of local fans turned
out for the game. The next game
ij*’or Plains will be with Roberta at
™ Roberta on Friday, November 27.
DEBT COMMISSION
REFUSES PROPOSAL
WASHINGTOON, Nov. 21.—The
American debt commission has de
clined to accept first formal offer
for funding of Rumanians debt to
the United States and today submit
ted to Rumanian Commission a coun
ter proposaL
NEGRO FIREMAN
INSTANTLY KILLED
RICHLAND, Ga., Nov. 21. —The
sawmill boiler owned and operated
by C. V. Stephens of Renfros, Ga.,
near hare, exploded yesterday, kill
ing the negro fireman and injuring
one or two other darkies. Mr.
Stephens escaped injury.
THE TIM^PRECbRDER
(ftafj PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIX
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT NEAR ANDERSONVILLE
Ihe White House 1 hat’s 300 Feet High
This private residence atop Hotel j
Snerman, Chicago, Will be President ]
Coolidge’s home when • he visits '■
Chicago, Dec. 7, to address the Am
erican Farm Bureau Federation’s con
vention. It contains four huge bed
rooms, a large living room with an
open fireplace, a dining room and
.kitchen, and has a yard with green
grass and shrubs. It is 300 feet a
bove the pavement and was built by
the hotel for the‘accommodation of
distinguished guests.
GEORGIASTILL
HAS BUILDING
PROGRAMGOING
Contracts for October Amounted
to $3,366,500; An Increase
Over September
Georgia’s building and engineering
contracts in October amounted to
$3,366,500. according to F. W.
Dodge Corporation. This was an in
crease o£ 1 per cent over September
and a decrease of 77 per cent from
October of last year (which had an
unusually large contract total.) The
record for the month included sl,-
061,700, or 31 per cent of all con
struction, for public works and util
ities; $768,200, or 23 per cent, for
residential buildings; and $663,000,
or 20 per cent, for educational build
ings.
Atlanta’s October total $1,453,300,
was a 37 per cent increase over
September and a 53 per cent de
crease from October of last year.
Georgiy has had $60,881,400
worth of new construction started in
the past ten months, of which $31,-
284,300, was for work to be done in
Atlanta. The state had a decrease
lof 21 per cent, and the city a de
crease of 5 per cent from the corres
ponding period as last year.
U. D. C.'S FAVOR ,
STONE MUONTAIN
Stewart-Webster Memorial Asso
ciation Pass Resolutions Favor
ing Present Administration
RICHLAND, Ga., Nov. 21. —The
Stewart-Webster County Chapter of
U. D. C., at their regular monthly
meeting in Richland yesterday, en
dorsed the administration of the
Stone Mountain Memorial administra
tion.
Mrs. Edgar Kimbrough, of Weston,
is president of the chapter. Reso
lutions were submitted by Mrs. Bob
West dissenting the action taken by
the Georgia division of the U. D. C.
and endorsing the Stone Mountain
Memorial association, requesting that
the balance of the quota of coins
be sold at once and that the nev
state president endeavor to supress
the circulation outside of Georgia at
tacks made on the association;
pledging support to our governor in
his efforts and expressing apprecia
tion to Prseident Coolidge, Secre
tary Mellon and congress for the
tribute bestowed upon the Confed
erate veterans by the Confederate
memorial act. The resolutions were
passed by a vote of five to one.
The membership of the chapter is
more than fifty.
It is easier to collect a crowd than
to collect from a crowd.
The bottom rungs of the social
ladder have been kicked out.
AMERICUS, GA.. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 21, 1925
SCHOOL AND
FOOD SHOW
A SUCCESS
Local Chapter Is Elated Over the
Success of the School Just
Closed Here
The Council of Safety Chapter of
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution, under the direction of the
finance committee, last night closed
a very successtull cooking school and
Pure Food Show.
Reports from the committee are
to the effect that an average of 300
women daily attended the cooking
classes and food exhibits.
Cooking class was held daily with
Mrs. Elizabeth Stanfield of Atlanta
as instructor. In the class were the
ladies of Americus and Sumter coun
ty and a few colored cooks of Amer
icus.
Mrs. Wassner of Macon and a pro
fessional demonstrator for Block
Cracker Company had charge of a
large booth for the Rogers store and
served free of charge crackers and
hot chocolate to the visitors.
Mrs. “Joyful” Rawls of Abbeville,
S. C., had charge of a booth for
Moreland-Jones Company. She is a
professional demonstrator for the
Morning Joy coffee which she served
free each day of the show.
Others that had booths were White
Way Market, with pretty girls of
Americus serving free to all, hot
dogs A. & P. Tea Co., who served
tea . Model Bread Co., who served
rolls and cakes daily; Chero Cola Co
who served free each day Chero Cola
and soda waters; Henard Mayonaise
who served daily relish and may
onaise; Americus Hatchery Feed
store, with an exhibit of chicken
feed.
FIRST MPTIST
GETS BANNER
Regional Banner for B. Y. P. U.
Is Awarded the Junior Union
of First Baptist
;The delegates to the B. Y. P. U.
convention just closed at Cordele
have returned and with them they
brought the regional banner for the
best union in the Southwestern re
gion.
This banner was awarded to the
Junior B. Y, P. U. of the First Bap
tist church and is awarded at each
convention to the Union that has
made the best showing during the ,
half year between conventions.
Those of the FirstJgaptist church
that attended the cfirUention were
Rev. and Mrs. Joe M. Branch, Miss
Kathryn Sanborn, Mr. and Mrs. T.
F Gatewood. Miss Gladys Tye, Miss
Gladys Gatewood, Miss Josey Ivey
and Tom Gatewood
SUMTER VETERANS
MAY GET PENSIONS NOW
Confederate Veterans may get
$40.00 of their pension on Tuesday
of next week according to an an
nouncement made today by W. M.
Harper, acting ordinary for Sumter
county. Checks on payment of this
part of the pension due the veterans
may be had by the veterans calling at
the Ordinary’s office any time after
Tuesday.
No announcement was made as to
the time that other payments due
the Confederate Veteran would be
P«id.
COTTON FIGURES
ARE ANNOUNCED,
SHOW DECREASE
I
1 Cotton Production Shows a De
crease Over the Last Report of
Department of Agriculture
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21—Cotton
production this year will probably to
tal 15,298,000 bales, the Department
of Agriculture announced today.
For a year ago, 15,000,386 were
forecast.
Indicated yield per acre and total
productions by states follow:
Georgia, 168 and $1,150,000;
South Carolina, 155 and 865,000, and
Tennessee production of 480,000
bales.
THE COTTON
GINNING REPORT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Cot
ton of this year’s crop, ginned prior
to November 14, totalled 12,249,935
hales as compared with 11,162,236
bales to that date last year, the Cen
sus Bureau announced today.
BOOSTERCLUB
OFRICHLAND
HOLDS MEETING
Number of Out-of-Town People
Address the Richland Boost
ers Friday
The Richland Booster Club held a
good will meeting making the reg
ular November meeting a Thanks
giving affair.
Among the out of town guests
who gave inspiring talks were Mr.
Hunter Bell, City editor of the At
lanta Journal, who spoke on the pos
sibilities of South West Georgia, Mr.
jT. F. Carter, Ex-Mayor of Rich
] land made the welcome address.
I Mr. W. T. Halliday, of Lumpkin,
■ supt., of Stewart County Public
schools and Mr. Cleveland Reese of
Preston who holds the same position
with Webster county related the pro
gress made in rural schools because
of consolidations
Prof D. M. Howard, teacher of vo
cational agriculture in the Richland
High xr'yru], ..puke on the possibilities
of ii\c stock and the value of cover
crops, xiux. Howard formerly liv
ed in the state of Kansas and Illi
nois where he engaged in this kind
of work,
I Other speakers were GW. Pugh,
ex-mayor and now president of the
Lumpkin Board of Trade, Prof A.
B. Phillips, Supt., of the Richland
i public school. Dr Guy Lunsford of
Weston and F. K. Friedel director
of the Columbus Electric Band.
TICK QUARANTINES
ARE NOW LIFTED
I WASHINGTON. Nov. 21—The
Department of Agriculture today is
sued an order effective December
tenth, lifting cattle tick quarantine
in several southern counties.
The infested area in Northern Car
olina was released from quarantine
leaving that state entirely free from
restrictions which now makes six
state’s free from disease including
Georgia. Missouri, Kentucky, Ten
nessee and Calfornia.
Only way to aave our fur-bearing
animals is sell them rasors.
NEW HONORARY I
OFFICERS ARE i
NAMED FRIDAY
U. D. C.’s in Convention at Hot j
Springs Name Their Honor
ary Officers for 1926
HOT SPRINGS. Ark., Nov. 21. —
Mrs. A. C. Fordney Smith, of Little
Rock; Mrs. W. I). Mason of Phila
delphia, Pa., and Mrs. Peter Youree,
of Shrieveport, La, are the new hon
orary presidents general of the Unit
ed Daughters* of the Confederacy.
Announcement of the election was
made at Friday’s session of the an
nual convention here. Th e ballots
were cast Thursday. Four honor
ary presidents* general were to have*
been elected, but a fourth candidate
did not receive the required major
ity. A vote was ordered to determ
ine which of the five other candi
dates should be chosen.
Mrs. R. H. Chesley, of Cambridge,
Mass., corresponding secretary gen
eral, announced that the Memphis
Tenn.; Seattle, Wash., and Macon.
| Ga.; delegations must have with
draw!: invitations for the 1926 con
vention to be held in their cities
in favor of Richmond, Va„ Mrs.
Chesley said the selection of Rich
mond would be announced Saturday
(Continued On Page Five
ADVOCATETHE
RETURN OF WHIP
FOR CONVICTS
Would Repeal Statue Forbidding
the Whipping of Convicts
Who Disobey Rules
ATLANTA, Nov, 21. —Strong ad
vocacy among many prison camp
wardens in Georgia for the return of
the lash in the punishing of convicts
for the infraction of chaingang rules
and is prompting them to devise
methods of punishment to appear as
brutal as possible before legislative
committees, E L. Rainey, member
of the Georgia Prison Commission
believed.
Flogging was abolished by rdfcent
legislature and in recent months
there has been some agitation among,
wardens for a repeal of the statue
BEAUTY CONTEST
WAS FRAMED
SAYS GRAPHIC
Fay Lanphier Wa* Decided Win
ner Before Ihe Contest Was
Ever Held
New* York. Nov. 21, —That Fay
Lamphier was chosen winner of the
1925 Beauty Contest before the con
test was held are the charges that
have been made by the New York
Evening Graphic.
As a result of these charges sev
eral of the officials of Atlantic City
where the contest is held each year
have tendered their resignations. .
The sensational revelation is hack
ed up with affidavits confessing
their guilt made by some of the par
ticipants.
Newspapers over the country that
sent their contestants to Atlantic
City are demanding a full investiga
tion of the charges.
Thh New York Evening Graphic
announces that it is going to send
several of the oficials of the contest
to the penitentiary. As a result of
the exposure of this gigantic fraud
the Graphic is working night and
day to supply the increased circul
ation brought about by the disclos
ure of the facts of the fraudulent
contest.
After a football game most expert
dopesters are ex-experts.
So live that you can go to the door
without wondering if it Is » bill
otlector.
JSlew Rulers
ifeiw
"Y
£;M
These two men will take office as
Brazil’s president and vioe president,
respectively, in November of next
year, having been nominated at a
convention in Rio de Janero. Nomi
nation is equivalent to election.
They are, above , Dr. Washington
Luiz, president-elect, and, below, Dr.
Mello Vianria, vice president-elect.
LUDENDORFFIS
ATTACKING HIS
WARTIME CHIEF
Does Not Approve the Locarno
Treaty and Attacks Von
Hindenburg
BERLIN, Nov. 21.—General Erich
Ludendorff is attacking his war-time:
chief, President Von Hindenburg, I
for supporting the Locarno treaties.
But since the Socialists in reichxtag
have decided definitely to vote with
the government to accept the treaties
it seems certain that a representative
will be in London when documents
are signed formally to give the coun
try’sadherence to them.
MRS. WOOD GETS
HER DIVORCE
Only 20 Minutes Required in Get
tingn Decree Through the
Divorce Mill
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 21—
Only 20 minutes were required for
Mrs. Katherine Thompson Wood,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B.
Thompson, of Wilmington, to secure
a divorcee decree on statutory
grounds from her husbanl former
Lieutenant Osborne C. Wood, son of
Governor General Wood, of the Phil
ippine Islands.
Mrs. Wood testified that she was
married on April 2, 1822, lived two
years with her husband in the Phil
ippines, and traveled to Europe
through Asia with him. She said she
left her husband in Paris In Juno,
1924, and returned to her parents*’
home here. Her father testified that
since that time he has supported his
daughter and the children.
Although Wood did not eoutest the
case, he was represented in court by
counsel.
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j Pc. Open 11am Close i
j Dec. 20.23120.35, J 21.00
! Jan. 19.50,19.40 20.10 ;!
i Middling, 19 l-2c.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
JUDGE CRISP
SPEAKS ABOUT
TAX QUESTION
Says Reduction of $308,000,000
for 1926 Taxes Has Been
Recommended
Hon. C. R. Crisp, Member of Con
gress from tne third Georgia Con
gressional district and a resident of
Americus returned Thursday from
Washington where he has been in
committee session with the Ways and
Means Committee and the Debt Fund
ing Commission of which he is a
member.
In an interview with a representa
tive of the Times-Recorder yesterday.
Judge Crisp issued a statement in
which he said that the reduction in
income and other taxes for the next
year would he $308,000,000. This
is $18,000,000 more of th e $290,-
000,000. recommended to the House
Ways and Means Committee by the
Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew'
(Continued On Page Five
ENGLAND MOURNS
DEATH OF HER
DOWAGER QUEEN
Big Bell of St. Paul Tolls Out
Sonorously the Passing of
Queen Alexandra
SANDRIGHAM,' Eng., Nov. 21.
Private family services for Dowager
Queen Alexandra were conducted to
day by her Chaplin Reverend Dr.
Grant in bed room of Sandringham
Palace where the body is lying. The
Kin g and Queen and other relatives
attended.
LONDON, Nov. 21. The Brit
ish empire is morn ing over the pass
ing of their beloved Dowager Queen
Alexndra. Flags flew at half mast
today and many buildings were
draped in black.
Here in London the big bell in St.
Paul’s tolled out sonorously the tale
of the passing of a member of Great
Britain’s royal family.
It is only when a member of royal
ty dies that the clang of the bell in
St. Paul’s awakens sleeping belfry.
Death came to the Danish princess
late yesterday in Sandringham pal
i ace.
THE THRILLS
OF YOUR LIFE
Heart <Songs Furnish You With a
Thrill That You Cannot Get
Any Other Way
The thrills of life are not many,
therefore the real ones are moment
ous. There is not today a boy or
girl of marriageable age, or man or
woman of years, whose anticipation
or recollection does not center on a
certain imperative event in their
lives more importune in the light of
things to come, or in the glow of past
happenings, than at the time it was
possible to believe.
Leaving it to those of experience,
one great thrill can e at the sound
of the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
whiqh was played or sung at the cul
mination of their life’s action up to
that point. This Bridal Chorus or
Wedding March, as it is often called,
as a symbol has had more influence
on future events than many of us
(■are to acknowledge. Because it has
been played during moments of in-'
tense importance personally, it there
fore has a specific value to us, and
on hearing it—whether our lives have
run in even channels or not—there is
always a strong pull on the nerves.
Other parts of the Wagner Opera
are as important musically, and had
tb'-re been some personal association
they would bring perhaps as great
a thrill. We are compelled through
lack of chances to hear great music
to feel a certain indifference. There
is no excuse for this in these days
when it ia so easy to acquire knowl
edge outside of the theater.
The Times-Recorder is contributing
a book of more than four hundred
song* which will enlighten and enter
tain every reader of this nape*. How
to own one of these books can ha
hsrned in another part of today’a
issue. : |U
