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I AMERICUS COTTON RECEIPTS ; Cotton 'received by Sumter County Warehouses .27,113 j For Georgia—Cloudy tonight; prob- I ably rain on coast; Tuesday, partly ' cloudy with rising temperature. i FORTY -SEVENTH YEAR—NO. 273 - PRICE FIVE CENTS JJutler Returned to First Church, Hearn to Lee Street AMERICUS GETS ANTHONYHEARN AT LEE STREET Rev. E. M. Overby Is Returned As Presiding Elder of the Americus District MACON, Nov. 30.—Appoint ments of pastors in ten districts of the South Georgia Methodist con ference were read todav by Bish op W. N. Ainsworth, presiding over the fifty-ninth general ses sion of that body. John M. Outler was returned to the First Methodist church and Rev. An thony Hearn was assigned to the Lee Street church by the South Georgia Methodis conference today. Dispatches received this afternoon gave the following assignments to the Americus district: Presiding Elder, E. M. Overby; First church, John M. Outler; Lee Street church, Anthony Hearn; Americus circuit, D. B. Merritt; Plains, O. L. Evans; Leslie and Me Zion, J. H. Wilson; Ellaville. H. H'. Heisler; Dawson, W. L. Wright; Smithville, C. R. McKibben; Arling ton, O. L. Kelley; Blakely, J. H. House; Blakely circuit, R. L. Har ris. To Bronwood and Graves, W. E. Hightower; Cuthbert, L. C. Gray; Damascus, O. B. Talley; Edison, L. E. Brady; Fort Gaines, B. A. Pafford; Leary, Moody Booth; Parrott, H. L. Pearsons; Shellman, E. E. Rose; Shellman circuit, E. J. Garbutt, Springvale, J. A. Godfrey. Mission ary to Czecho-Slovakia, D. P. Melson. Conference Sunday School Superin tendent, G. E. Clary. Rev. Williir. M. Haywood, the for mer pastor of the Lee Street church, 1 been assigned to Marshallville, to a report furnished the Times-Recorder by Mrs. Haywood. Rev. Anthony Hearn who has been assigned to the Lee Street church, was formerly supply pastor for the i Marshallville church and has a sister, in Americus, Mrs. Rees H. Horton, I who lives on Harrold avenue. He is a great nephew of Bascom' Anthony, one of the best known; Methodist ministers in the South Ga. conference, and a nephew of Walter Anthony, pastor of the Mulberry St. j Methodist church in Macon. He is a young man and spent his last year’s wtrk with the church at Newington Screven county. T. M. Furlow in a statement to a reporter for the Times-Recorder, i said “Rev. Hearn is a great preacher and comes from a family of preach-1 I ers. He has a number of friends in ! Americus who will be glad to learn of his new assignment.’’ I CONFEDERATE ! VETERAN DIES ' AT LESLIE HOME Thomas R. Murphy Was for Long Time a Resident of Sumter County Influenza claimed a victim Sun day night in the death of Thomas R. Murphy, aged 78, a resident of Leslie. Mr. Murphy was for a number of years a resident of Simter county moving to Leslie about 15 jcais ago. He was a Confederate Veteran and a member of Sumter Camp, United Confederate Veterans. I He is survived by his widow and | one stepdaughter, Mrs. Thomas Dot son, of Cordele; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Pace of Leslie, Mrs Sallie Griffin of Tampa, Fla., Mrs. Anna of Sumter county; three J. D. of Cordele, G. W. of Meigs and N. F. of Leslie. The funeral will be conducted from the home at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon with Rev. J. S. Winn officiating interment in Oak Grove Cemetery at Americus. FIRE DESTROYS TURPENTINE STILL A fire of undetermined origin de stroyed the turpentine still owned by Mr Cree and Cleveland at Plains st sometime near midnight Satur day. | The owners reside at Camilla and the extent of damages eoutd not be dijfinitelv determined but the loan was reported at 1600. THE TIMESB RECORDER t aoD PUBLISHED IN THE ■ A-FIST BE AB TV, —Ln ulr iTu Frisco Ponzi ' Id Charles G. Jacobs had a wife and two children to support on $l5O a month. So he copied Ponziss stunt of paying faiilous interest to in vestors—and now he awaits trail no a charge of defrauding 250 cf them out of $260,000. LEE COUNTY MAN KILLED BY OWN AUTO T. F. Ford Dies in Albany Hos pital As Result of Injuries Received in Auto Wreck As the result of an automboile ac cident yesterday afternoon, T. F. Ford, age 43, of Leesburg died last night at the Phoebe Putney Memor ial hospital in Albany. From reports received by the Times-Recorder today, Mr. Ford had been to Camilla and was returning to his home in Leesburg. In some unaccountable manner he was un able to negotiate a sharp turn in the highway and his car overturned. A passing motorist picked the in jured man up and rushed him to the Albany hospital where an examina tion disclosed a broken wrist sever al broken ribs and internal injuries. It is not known just what injury was the cause of his death, but it is reported that the broken ribs caus ed the internal injuries that pro duced death. The deceased was well known in Lee county where he had resided all his life. He held several county of fices and for a number of years was | deputy sheriff of the county. He was a member of the Methodist ! Church of Leesburg, I Surviving are one sister, Mrs. R. W. Davis of Leesburg; one brother, Joe Ford of Dickey, Georgia; one aunt, Mrs. Jennie Ford of Lees burg; and his stepmother, Mrs. Mag gie Ford. The funeral and interment will be in Leesburg, but at the time of go ng to press definite announcement' ould not be obtained. A Prodigy » *'• K ll* fl Miss Margaret Twonig is the youngest co-ed in the University of! Wisconsin. She’s only 14, but she’s enrolled in the school of music, hav ing completed her grade school edu cation in five years jsnd her high school work in three. I AMERICUS. GA., MONDAY .AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 30. 1925 SHIRLEY SERMON SUNDAY HEARD BY GOOD CROWD I “The Religion of a Continuous j Battle” Was Subject of Cen tral Baptist Pastor “The Religion of Continuous Bat -1 tie was the subject of the morning I sermon at the Central Baptist Church • uelivered by Rev. Hoke H. Shirley, pastor - 1 His scripture reading for the morning was the 19th chapter of St. Matthew, the 36th through the 46th verses. As a feature for the morning ser vice, an anthem was rendered by Miss Louise Thayer, Miss Mattie Mc- Neil, Mrs. Cliff Carswell and George Marshall. Opening his subject Rev. Shirley said, “a religion not used daily will ' rust, just the same as anything else.” I He stressed the necessity of a relig i ion being used every day and said [that if we did not struggle or work for a thing we did not appreciate it. I He then discussed the struggles that Christ had when He was on earth, how that from the time He was twelve years old until the time ‘ that He was erusified by his enemies, His life was one struggle after an other. He also mentioned the strug gle that Christ had in the wilderness, how the devil used his every power in an effort to make Christ sin, speaking of the devil as bringing out his shock troops to tempt Christ. During his sermon he also men tioned the fact that a person who did not work soon became soft and flabby and very weak. Also that those who did not work and have struggles in life were soon forgotten while the man who had to work hard and who had confronted many strug gles during his life was long remem bered by his people. A number of visitors from the Methodist Churches were present and in the opening of his sermon the pastor spoke a special word of wel come to them. Rev Shirley announced that next Sunday December 6 was “Golden Rule Sunday” and that the different hurches would be asked to observe it with special messages and by mak ing it a day of fasting or reducing the amount of food used, the cost of he difference to be given to a spe- I ial collection that would be made or the Near East Relief work.. LOCAL DOG WINS INFIELD TRIAL ‘Dixie Girl’, Owned By D. T. Jen nings, Gets Place in Puppy Stake The winners of the Southwest Georgia Field Trial association trials held here last Thursday, as handed ] to the Times-Recorder Monday, are as follows: “Dixie Girl,” setter, owned and handled by D. T. Jennings, Americus, Georgia, won, first place in the puppy stake. Dixie Girl was sired by Eu gene “Dixie Flyer,” a winner in the derby stakes at the Southwest Geor gia trial last fall, also owned by P. T. Jennings. Winner of second place was award ed to “Calamity Jane,” owned by Walter Jones, Athena, Ga, and han dled by R. H. Hogg. Third place was won by “Lena Rivers,” and owned and handLd by L. H. McNeill, Arlington, Ga. Winner in the derby was “Wonder lust, first place, owned and handled by R. H. Pearsons, Monticello, Ga. Second place, Person’s Primrose, owned and handled by R. H. Persons. Third place in the derby was won by Ole Dan’s Bessie, owned and han dled by Trammel Scott, of Atlanta. The winners of all age dogs were as follows: First place, Carolina Don, owner and handler, H. K. Moorer, Montgomery, Ala. Second place, Hogg’s Sport, owned and handled by R. H. Hogg, Atlanta. Hogg’s Sport was winner of first place in all age her last fall. Third place was won by Jasper Jack, owned and handled by R. H. Persons, of Monticello, Ga. I The trials this year were judged by Mr. Lucas, of Three Notch, Ala., and Mr, McElMurray, of Waynes boro, Ga. -4 In Dayton 0., a mar turned ban dit to get money to pay his tax fine. How’s that lor honesty? RIOT AVERTED SUNDAY NIGHT IN LOCAL CAFE j Negro Soldiers From Souther Field Flash Guns; One Soldier Bound Over, One Fined _____ A riot among the negroes in the | city was probably averted Sunday ! night when Policeman Silver arrest ed two negro soldiers from Souther | Field who, started a row in a negro case on Cotton avenue around eight o’clock. James Green, who claims JO home is at Augusta, Ga., and Janies Perry who claims Albany as his home, were arraigned before the Mayor’s court Monday morning, both being fined $25 or 25 days on the gang for dis orderly conduct, and Green being 1 bound over to the Superior Court on 1 a charge of pointing a pistol at an other, assault and with inciting a riot. Perry was not bound over. Both negroes were locked up, pend ing the payment of fines. Both are enlisted in Company K, 24th Infan try. Something like a dozen white wit esses and 25 or more negroes were summoned before the mayor as wit- ! nesses, their testimony, along with the statements of the two soldiers developed the followin: Green, a small yellow negro, walked into the case about eight o’clock Sunday night accompanied by Perry. Both were drinking. Green picked out a small negro girl and slapped her face. Negroes in the case demanded a reason for the assault and Green turned lose on the bunch. Witnesses testified that Green reached into his coat and brought fourth an army 45 Colts, which had all chambers loaded. With this he knocked over two or more negroes and a general fight ensued. One negro testified that he was struck over the head as he attempted to get out of the case. Another said he merely asked what it was all about and Green slammed the gun into his tomach and “he told me to get out, and I did.” Sticks and bricks and knives soon were in evidence and free-for-all followed. A number of negroes sus tained minor injuries. Two Americus negroes jumped Green and Peppy Green ran into a nearby alley. The testimony of wit nesses and the statement of Green vary as to what happened in the al ley. One negro declared that he fol lowed Green up the alley; that Green fired at him and that he then (Continued On Page Four) CHAPMAN ASKS POSTPONEMENT Wants His Hearing for Reprieve Postponed. Request Granted By Judge Thomas WETHERSFIELD, Conn., Nov. 30. After the State of Connecticut thru its State’s Attorney Hugh Alcorn, had offered its answer to a petition of Gerald Chapman, twice reprieved murdered for a writ of habeas corpus at a hearing before Federal Judge E. S. Thomas today, defense aisked for an adjournment because of its “unpreparedness” and the request was granted. The next session of the court was set for Wednesday. 35 DEAD, 50 WONUDED IN CHINESE STREET FIGHT CHEFOO, China, Nov, 30.—1 tis estimated that 35 men have been illed and 50 wounded in fighting on he streets of Chefoo between a*med factions. A battle began yesterday when Marines coming from Tsingtao en eaved to occupy barracks over the opposition of Chefoo troops. WANTS GOVERNMENT TO OPERATE COAL MINES WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—Unless . the anthracite situation is settled ii i> mediately, Representative Berger So cialist of Wisconsin told President Coolidge today that he will intro duce a bill on first day of Congres sional session authoring the Gov. urnment to seise. and operate the mines. '"’’g Students Celebrate Victory ■p J 11 nt 1111 r ‘ |M HOS I®!’-Mi'. & I Xi*- mbME "F***ml 'fIHHE IffiM B IrJw S HaggE BlGb ißwMw' >aE’ MWMB j . Northwestern college men went on a rampage to celebrate th ■ record of their football team. They slug ged the mayor, defied police and fire men, and burned down the house above, an abandoned dwelling for merly the quarters of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. When firemen tried to put out the blaze, the stu dents stormed them and turned their hose on them. SLAYER OF SEVEN IS ARRESTED IN NORTH CAROLINA I Being Returned to Pierce County, Georgia, for Murder of Sheriff j of That County WILMINGTON, N. C„ Nov. 30. I A self declared slayer of seven men, 1 S. I. Sharpe was today en route to Pierce county, Georgia, to answer a j charge of murdering I. C. Brooks, I sheriff of that county in March | 1922. When arrested here yesterday of- | ficers say that the man told them | that he had killed seven men and ad ded “I would gladly kill you too but ; you caught me without a gun.” EVOLUTIONIN MUSIC ALSO Heart Songs Are On Hand at Office for Those Desiring Them There was a time not so long ago when a certain type of music was called modern rag time. Modernity in this time of the world’s rapid ac tion has come to have almost a sup erficial meaning akin to the "on ce moment” of the French. Thirty years at the outside would cover the period wherein ragtime has been so known. During this time nearly all principles have under gone changes, and radical reforms came about. Muisc has not escaped ; but whether or not the form of pop- I ular music is evidence of the world’s ' evolution will be left for posterity to 'decide. All that we know is that our ' so-called popular music has gone | through the rag and the jazz stage and at present the tendency of writ ers is to go back for their motives to old familiar airs. Taking a well loved refrain and overlying >t with all the colorful mosaic of their fertile imagination, and thus the songs of long ago appear in the brilliant cur rent successes of Irving Berlin and his confreres. In more than four hundred songs which comprise “Heart Songs” will be found cornerstones of much up to date music building. Thia and more musical informa tion is contained in the volume now being offered to The Times-Rei or der readers as explained in another column of this issue. CP™*' » REMARKS EXPUNGED FROM RECORD WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 —The Mitchell courtmartial expunged from its record today all mention of the , enjande of Friday When remarked by Rrlvad'e** General King, a member of the court brought vigorous obpec tlon ffntn Colonel M’tchell. TROPIC RAINS CRIPPLF.MIAMI POWER PLANTS No Newspapers Are Published Today As the Result of Heavy Tropic Rains MIAMI, Fla., Nov. 30.—Torren tial tropic rain beginning last night and continuing through this morn ing in a steady downpour crippled utilities and prevented the issuance 4’ newspapers. One morning paper failed to pub lish and the afternoon papers face prospects of going all day without being able to turn a wheel. The power company has force of men in readiness begin to drying out generator coils as soon as the rain stops hut this will necessitate sever al hours. i AUTO WRECKS TAKE 33 LIVES Light Decrease is Shown in Num ber of Deaths Dver the Southern Stales ATLANTA, Nov. 30. A slight de crease in the number of deaths and a small increase in the number of injuries from traffic accidents in leven Southern States from week previous are shown in a survey made I row the past week. I There were 33 deaths in past week s compared with 36 the week before a nd 212 injuries as compared with 70 prior week. SAN ANTONIO, ITALIAN CUTTER SINKS TODAY MESSINA, Sicilay, Nov. 30.—The Italian Cutter Sant Antonio has gone down in a storm with her entire rew. Details are lacking. For 82 Year# I ■ jflfe’’ LMf* - I L. fl J-..' X iwl 1 "Aunt Hannah” Bradbury of Greene’s Fork, Ind., has just celebrat ed her 97th birhday and has been a Sunday school teacher for 82 years. She wears her hair shortfi but won’t admit it’s bobbbed. “Just cut short for convenience," she says. Pe Open 11am Close Jan. 1».80|19.64|19.56|19.57 / March 19.80|19.50|19.57|19.53 > Middling, 18 1-4 C. J FEU EPIDEMIC IS FEARED BY LOCAL HEALTH OffTEH Dr. Chambliss States That We Now Have More Than 100 Cases in Sumter County "There are at least 100 cases of influenza and more than ten cases of pneumonia and Sumter county and Americus today,” was the statement of Dr. J. W. Chambliss, commissioner health of Sumter county. Wc have tried to caution our people and have them to take the flu serum but the majority of them. re fuse to take any precautions. Since the last warning was issued we have given the serum to 185 where we should have given it to 5,000,” Dr. Chambliss added. He states that the health depart ment makes no charge for administer ing the serum, and that the drug stores have a stock on hand. The cost is said to be $1.25 for the serum, and with no charge for the admin istering of it, many are expected to take advantage of the opportunity of becoming immune from the dreaded flu. When questioned concerning the effectiveness of the serum, Dr Chambliss replied that in 90 per cent of the cases it was effective and that it was effective for a period of about six months. “I advise every resident of Sumter county and of Americus to take this serum at once, fam anx ious that they do this in order that we might get rid of flu here or at least avoid an epidemic of the dread disease,” was his final statement. This large number of flu cases is not alarming as there seems to be a state-wide epidemic at this time, as reports from over the state show a large number of flu cases. BRANCH SAYS TREPARE TO MEET THY GOD’ Delivers Strong Apoeal to the Congregation at First Baptist Last Night By R. H. RINER In one of the strongest appeals we have ever heard, Rev. Joe M. Branch, pastor of the First Baptist church, last night pleaded with his congrega tion to “Prepare to meet their God.” Using as his subject, “Prepare to Meet Thy God” with his text taken from the last clause of the 12th verse of the fourth chapter of Amos, Rev. Branch urged upon the people hear ingl him, to prepare to meet their God by accepting Jesus Christ. i He said in his sermon that if a per I son should ask what they should do, ’l Christ would answer to them “pre-_ pare to meet thy God.” “The Bible gives several . why we should prepare to meet God, . how we should prepare and when we - should prepare. From Genesis to Rev- - elations we are given these reasons,” • were added remarks of the First Bap- -« tist pastor. Then he gave some of 7 the reasons why a person should pre--* pare, saying that “a person’s lost con- • 1 dition demanded that they prepare, , that a man without Jesus Christ is 4 lost, and that when they prepare to meet their God they must accept _ Christ as their savior.” Preceding his sermon, the pastor presented the Banner, recently award-, ed to the Junior B. Y. P. U., the Junior Union of that church having had the best one during the past year. This Banner was awarded during the recent Southwest Region I B. Y. P- U. convention held at Cor dele In addition to the sermon and I the presentation exercises, the choir of the church rendered special music for the day. M TWO MILLION BID FOR FLORIDA TRACT WASHINGTON, Nov. 30—A sin gle bid of $2,836,560 for eight hundred acres of tract of the Chap man Field, military reservation, near Miami, Fla., was received by the War Department today from Na than Friedman of New York. The optimist enjoys the holiday; the pessimist think* about tomorrow when he will hava haah. »