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AMERICUS COTTO'! RECEIPTS Cotton received by County Warehouses 27,113 ( WEATHER Increasing cloudiness and ' warmer tonight. Warmer and ' probably rain tomorrow. 4 FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 270 GRAND JURY INDICTS FULLBRIGHT ON MURDER CHARGE * • • • • * « * * ♦ • * * * Chapman, In Death Cell, Refuses Pardon from President KILLED NEURO SOLDIER HERE INSEPTEMBER Was Exonervated Two Hoars Aft er Shooting By Justice of Peace J. M. Shy The Superior Court Grand Jury yesterday returned a true bill of murder against E. J. Full bright, who September 1, killed a negro uukUer on the streets of Americus, Fullbright was arrested last night by Sheriff McArthur and placed in a cell at the county jail to await trial next week. He has secured Wallis and Fort as his attorneys. On the night of September 1, Full bright with his wife and daughter were walking on West Church street when they came to a group of ne groes who were blocking the street. When Fullbright attempted to push the negro soldier out of the way so that he and his wife and daughter could pass the negro i cach ed into his inside coat pocket. Full bright thinking he was reaching for a weapon pulled his revolver and shot the negro, Phillip Smith in the head, killing him instantly. He immediately turned himself over to Officer Glawson of the city police force, who in turn surrender ed him to Sheriff McArthur. Two hours after the murder his commit ment trial was held before Justice of Peace J. M. Shy. After hearing statements from the daughter of Fullbright and other wit nesses a verdict of justifiable homi cide was returned and Fullbright freed. Immediately following the shoot ing officers from Fort Benning in vestigated the killing but would not disclose to newspapers their findings. Mr. Fullbright was employed by the John W. Shiver Lumber Com pany and the shooting took place near the ‘lumber yard. He is well known and highly re spected by the people of Americus and Sumter County. It is expected that this case will be called for trial early next week. JEFFERSON VOTES PAVING BONDS WADLEY, Ga., Nov. 25.—Jeffer son County voters have authorized the issuance of $250,000 in road bonds, thus assuring 40 miles of paved highway through the heart of the county connecting Wadley, Louis ville and Wrens with a paved stretch to Augusta. The official count had not been completed late Tuesday night, bgf enough votes were polled for the project to assure its passage, poll managers stated. The 83rd district which includes Wadley, polled 362 for and two against. Y outh Smiles as Physician ASKS NURSE TO KEEP NEWS FROM MOTHER. THEN FAINTS Amputates Mangled Arm NEW YORK, Nov. 25. One more thought than any other was precious to 15-year-old Joseph Mac aluso. It made things easier for him in the crowded sweat of the steerage a short time ago when they told him he was coming to a land of oppor tunity. It choked back the tears when the enforced end of his school days began to shove the land of op portunity into the land of disillu sionments. Always it kept the smile on his lips in the printing shop in which he worker as a “feeder” for the presses. And it did not fail him Monday night. His right arm caught in the press **3dlL——— E RIC U S THETIMESORECORDER • IN THE < HEART OF D!XIE SOUTH GEORGIA METHODISTS IN CONFERENCE S. R. Heys of Americus, to Be Nominated As Member of Board of Missions MACON, Nov. 25—-The South . Georgia Methodist conference in session here, today voted down unification bv a vote of ninety four for and two hundred and seventeen against. MACON, Nov. 25—More than 500 ministers and hundreds of visi tors were present in Mullberry street church Tuesday night whe.’i prelim inary exercises of the annual ses sion of the South Gecrgia confer ence were held. The services were short. The conference will open formally today with Bishop W. N. Ainsworth presiding. There were addresses of welcome by O. A. Parks, Mayor Wallace Mil ler and Dr. Charles Lane, the re sponse being by Dr. J. A. Thomas pastor of Wesley Monumental church ' Savannah. I Meetings of boards and commit j tees were held during the dayand j continued Tuesday night. ( The following young ministers were examined for admission to the | conference; William S. Sawyer, Savannah; James E. Buchanan, Tifton; C. R McKibben, Sasser; Aubra F. Han cock, Albany; Forest J. Gilbert. Kite; Roy McTier; Scott; William F. McTier, Tifton; Walker W. Whaley, Dudley; Joseph S. Mansfield, Tifton, . and R. L. Harris, Juniper. I Dr. Bascom Anthony presided over I the session of the board of missions, i The names of S. R. Hey, Americus, and J. L. Baxter, Moultrie, were re ferred to the committee on nomina tions for membership on the board I to fill vacancies caused by the death jof U.S'. Pryor and Judge James Humphries. | Rev. Anthony Hearn was placed , on the board of missions to fill the 'vacancy caused by the resignation of Rev. O. F. Cook. A few missions were discontinued But a number of new ones were cre ated, the new ones being Marion, Warthen, Graham, Faceville, Berlin, Lake Park, North Moultrie, Omega, ( Alama and Nahunta. The committee on evangelism rec ommended the appointment of the following evangelists: , C. B. McDonald, N. M. Lovein, I Herbert Ethridge, G. M. Spivey, as conference evangelists; Harry Allen as general evangelist; H. C. Horton, Waycross district evangelist, and H. B. Stubbs, Thomasville district evan gelist. at which he was working. The ma chinery held it there, crushed and mangled. The fire department res cue squad, police and fellow em ployees labored unsuccessfully to ex tricate him. Joe kept on smiling even until aft er a physician had amputated the injured arm without an anaesthetic. “Don’t tell my mother,” he finally said, “always from her I must keep hurt. She is so good to me.” In the hospital where they took him, the 15-year-old boy insisted that the nurse keep the covers over his arm so that his mother would not know the extent of the injury. They assured him they would—■ and he fainted. AMERICUS, GA . WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 25. 1925 lour Uncle Sam is Good al This pgagggs— * r 'rastieaw—- <vl A \K H x > * XA - Vu < “ E.L. MURRAY IS APPOINTED TO COMMITTEE Is Named By President of Phar macy Association As Commit tee On Certificates COLUMBUS, 0., Nov. 25.—M. N. Ford, secretary of the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy and president of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, today announced the appointment of H. C. Christensen, Chicago; E. L. Murray, Americus, Ga., and W. C. Bender, St. Joseph, Mo., as members of the association’s committee on national certificates. During the coming year the asso ciation will seek to bring about the standardization of courses of study in colleges of pharmacy and uniform qualifications, requirements and ex aminations for those who would practice pharmacy. Pharmacy has recently been de clared a profession not a trade by a committee of authorities which has made an extended investigation of the service the pharmacists render the public. E. L. Murray is well known in Americus and Sumter county, hav ing been in the drug business for a number of years. His appointment to this committee is a signal honor to both he and Americus. LONDON A fashion parade, which the queen of Greece was to have attended, was delayed when the models did not appear. It was found they were stopped at Victoria station by custom officials who held them up on account of the new silk tax sponsored by Winston Churchill. THE COUNCIL COMPANY WINS DAMAGE SUIT Superior Court Jury Gives Verdict to Council Plantation Company ip Suit The Jury of the Sumter county Superior Court in session now, late yesterday awarded the Council plan tation company $5,000 damages in their suit against the South Georgia Public Service Company. The suit was brought by the Council Plantation Company for damages alleged to have been done by the service company when they ' ran a power line through the land owned by the plantation company. Today was practically taken up with the ejectment suit against E. J. Tyson. Land boundaries on land owned by Tyson and Anderson are in dispute, Anderson claiming that Tyson was occupying a certain parcel of land that is his property. The remainder of the week will be I taken up with the settlement of civil cases, the criminal docket coming up Monday. No Paper for 7 hursday Tom orrow, Thanksgiving Day, there will be no Times- Recorder issued. Thanksgiving Day being one of the three days observed as a holiday by the oaper. We wish all our readers an enjoyable day.—Editor. ANNUAL FIELD TRIAL TODAY ANDTOMORROW Thanksgiving Barbecue at Pryor Farm Tomorow at Noon. Mem bers Urged to Attend The members of the Southwest Georgia Field Trial Association are having their annual field trial near here today and tomorrow. Present for this annual field trial are 50 dogs and 100 men from all over Southwest Georgia. The judge for thia year are, John E. Lucas, of Three Notch, Ala., and W. L. McElmurray of Waynes boro, Georgia. Tomorrow at noon the members of the association and their wives are to meet at the farm of Charles S. Pryor, Whitset, Georgia, twelve miles from Americus on the Lee street road where they will be guests at a Thanksgiving Barbecue. The president of the association urges all the members and their wives to be on hand at the Pryor farm at noon. “THE STRANGLER” IS AT WORK AGAIN PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 25. Two negroes were under arrest here today charged with attacking women after the reappearance of “the strangler," a crafty individual or in , dividuals whose swift and sudden at tacks on lone unescorted women dur ’ing last few weeks baa caused the i death of three women and created terror. UNION SERVICES FOR THURSDAY AT FIRST METHODIST Rev. Shirley to Be Speaker. Miss Norman Will Render Special Music for Occasion Thanksgiving will be observed in Americus with a Union Thanksgiving service at the First Methodist Church at eleven o’clock. The speaker for the occasion will be Rev. Hoke H. Shirley, pastor of the Central Baptist Church, with the invocation delivered by the Rev. Richard F. Simpson, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Special music for the occasion will be furnished by Miss Elizabeth Norman, of Griffin, a neice of Mrs. Lucius McCleskey. Miss Norman is a very talented violinist, she having for sometime filled the position of concert violinist for the Metropoli tan Theater of Atlanta. As an added feature the combined choirs of Americus will render spe cial Thanskgiving Day numbers. Rev. Shirley urges all the Churches to join in the Union Service by their mem berships attending. COOLIDGE BUSY I WITH MESSAGE •■ ■ ■ Keeping Busy Preparing His Mes sage tp Congress On Its Opening Dec. 7th WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—With less than two weeks remaining be fore congress convenes, President Coolidge today began the actual prep aration of his annual message to the exclusion of all but pressing official business, A wide range of subjects will be discussed in the message, among them being development of inland waterways, which the president has emphasized on several occasions. | ’ The message also will include comprehensive recommendations on I the merchant marine problem, al though no indication has been given as to how far he will go in his sug gestions. For his guidance he has the recommendations- of H. G. Dal ton of Cleveland, who surveyed the ituation at his request and recom mended, among other things, divorce s the shipping board and emergency leet corporation. Yom Men, Stand by \our Home By LOVELACE EVE Boys, Cheer Them To Victory Remember when you were a boy, how you craved the plaudits, the admiration of the men who knew? Can’t you recall with wna * pride you exhibited that string of fish or how your heart swelled with pride when you hit a ball over the fence while a bunch of men stood near, watching and applauding the town baseball team? The boy of today has the same feelings, the *ame longing for , praise of the boys of yesteryear. Tomorrow afternoon at 2:30, the Americus High >cbool foot ball team, one of the best Americus has ever bad, will meet a strong j team from Blakely. The admission is 50c for adults. Ihe boys want to sell 500 tickets. The team is S4O or SSO “in a hole, they , tell me, and they need additional funds for track equipment when ( Americus lads expect to run away with everything in this section > of the state. This home team of ours deserves the support of every man in the city. During this sea.o.. ■’hey havy scored 86 points, with only 13 points scored against them. They have not been defeated during the year, except the one game which they forfeited because they belived the referee was unfair. it’s a team any town should be proud of and a team that most ' towns would back to the limit. After you have enjoyed a goodly portion of turkey tomorrow, '■ gather in the boys around the neighborhood and go out and see your home lads battle for the glory of the school and their home tow*. With you men standing near, the boys wul piay as iney Have never played before. • Pc. Open I lam Close 9Z’O?j9Z‘OZIZZ’OZ|£F:’OZ ‘uuf orozlzzozlczozteroz q’-”?w ! Middling 19 3-Bc. PRICE FIVE CENTS COOLIDGE FREES BANDIT OF HIS FEDERAL TERM Twenty-Five-Year Sentence I* Commuted in Order That Con necticut May Hang Him HARTFORD, Conn , Nov. 25. Gerald Chapman has informed J his counsel that he will not accept the presidential commutation of his robbery sentence. HARTFORD, Conn,, Nov, 25,-. The federal sentence of Gerald Chap man has been commuted by Presi dent Coolidge. The executive ->rder i terminating the sentence of ?.> years j imposed in Federal Courts at New I York for robbery of a mail truck was signed by the President Monday and was made public today, when document was delivered to Warden Scott for service on Chapman. The warden immediately served the document, the action making an other step in the efforts of the State of Connecticut to execute Chapman for the murder of Policeman Jafhes Skelly of New Britain last year. THREE KILLED IN TRAIN CRASH Two Men and One Woman Kill ed, Second Woman May Die As Result of Crash TOLEDO, Ohio., Nov. 25—Two men and a woman were killed and a second woman probably fatally injur ed when their automobile was struck by a Michigan Central passenger train near here today. The men were identified as Fran cis W. Willis and Richard Ward, of Toledo. Neither of the woman have been identified. $600,000 VOTED FOR BURKE ROADS WAYNESBORO, Ga., Nov. 25. Burke county went over the top hand somely in the road bond issue, it ap peared from returns up to 5 o’clock Tuesday. There was a large vote polled in favor of issuance of $600,- 000 for paving. The Waynesboro school district also voted overwhelm ingly a $75,000 issue for a new school building. Mrs. John R. Palmer was elected school trustees for Waynesboro dis trict. She is the first woman to be elected to office in Burke county.