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FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO 27.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 3, 1919.
PRICE FIVE <
HUNS PLAN TO RATIFY TREATY NEXT WE)
$50,000 FIXED
AS VALUATION
OF MINE GIVEN
IN AT$6,800.00
Arbitrators Report ii
Hatton Bauxite Prop-
1 erty Controversy
‘DID OUR DUTY/
EQUALIZERS’VIEW
Board’s Figures Slashed
In Half by Finding
of Trio.
4?.
ITed
A valuation of $50,000 for taxa
tion was fixed by the board of arbi
tration, in their report made today
to the county board of equalizer*, on
the 240 acres of bauxite mining
property near Andersoriville,. owned
by Richard D. Hatton, of St. Louis,
and operated Under lease by the Re
public Mining and Manufacturing
company, of Philadelphia. ' The ar
bitrators were C. C. Hawkins, repre
senting the Sumter county board;
Macon Dudley, representing the min
ing interests and J. L. Sparks,
third man. The hearing was held
Wednesday of last week.
The property was returned by the
company at $6,800 and was raised by
the board of equalizers to $100,000.
The finding of the arbitrators, while
considered too low by the equal^j
is taken by them to be a victory.'
the county on account of the radical
increase assessed against the compa
ny, which had refused a compromise
submitted by the equalizers.
Has Paid $60,000.
Members of tho board of equaliz
ers stated today that they based the
$100,000 valuation which they fixed
upon the facts, developed from con
ference with Mr. Hatton and other
representatives of the property here
last week, that Mr. Hatton had re
ceived as rental from the property
more than $60,000 in five years, up
to last October under a contract'that
called for a minimum payment to him
for five years of $10,000, and $1 per
ton for all bauxite ore taken out in
excess of 10,000 tons. A new con
tract, dating from October, 1918, to
October, 1914, under which his mini
mum is made $12,000 per year, with
$1 per ton royalty on the excess, was
discovered. at the conference. In
addition, the mining company pays
all taxes under the terms of both
agreements.
“It was contended that this prop
erty was expected to become worth
less in a short time," said Dr. E. T.
Mathis, chairman of the board of
equalization, today in discussing the
case, “and therefore $100,000 was
excessive, but we contended that the
amount of profit it was paying this
year should determine its valuation,
and that next year a new valuation
would have to be made at which,
should it prove that the ore had be
come exhausted, a proper reduction
would probably be made by the new
board. We also contended that the
fact, as developed by the hoard, that
the new contract entered into last
year between Mr. Hatton and the
mining company, which gave Mr.
Hatton an increased return antil
1924, was evidence that it was not
expected that the ore would be ex
hausted-at an early date.
Compromise Refused.
“The representatives of the com
pany proposed to the boar-1 that tne.v
would pay last year's assessment,
based on a valuation of $100,000, on
condition that the board accept a
valuation this year of $10,000. This
the board refused, in the first rlace
because last year’s assessment .was
out of their hands, and in the second
Place, because $10,000 was an ab-
Jjurd figure, as we saw it—end the
Woard of arbitration 'ias borne us out,
to a degree at least
“In this connection it might be
*aid that the company will have to
Pay last year's assessment as made,
any way. The return last year was
fade at $6,800, the same figure as
‘his year, and raiafcd by the equalizers
t° $100,000. The company, instead
of letting this valuation go by default,
as has been reported, gave notice of
arbitration and appointed their erbi-
■ trator, a man whom they expected
would be favorable to their interests,
“•fore a hearing was had the com
pany discovered that their own arbi-
NATION-WIDE
TELEGRAPHERS’
UNION STRIKE
DECLARED OFF
Failure of Walkout
Admitted by
Action
NEW YORK, July 1? (By Associat
ed Press)—The strike of the Com
mercial Telegraphers’ Union against
the Western Union.and the Postal
Telegraph Companies, was declared
off this afternoon, it was announced
by Percy Thomas, deputy internation
al president of the organisation.
RED LIQUOR DOOMED IN
GEORGIA) MOINSHINE STAY
HOG PRICES ATii
$22 IN CHICAGO,
HIGHEST KNOWN
CHICAGO, July 2.—(By Associat
ed Press)—Hog-prices today Jumped
Mr above yesterday’s high record,
reaching $22 per hundred weight.
Increased export demand was gen
erally accepted as the reason for the
continued unprecendented advance.
SUFFRAGE TO BE ACTED
ON BY GA. ASSEMBLY
ATLANTA, July 2.—All doubt of
whether the present legislature will
act on the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment for women’s suffrage was dis
pelled yesterday morning by the in
troduction yesterday of a resolution
by Senator Parker, of Monltrie pro
posing to ratify the amendment tc
the constitution of the United States
It is expected that the resolution will
be reported out of the committee in
few days and that it will get quick
action in the senate.
AMERICAN CENSORSHIP
AT FRONT IS ENDED
COBLENZ, July 2.—(By Aasociat-
ed Press.)—All censorship over dis
patches of correspondents with the
American army and soldiers mail and
telegrams will cease tonight.
trator had expressed himself as con
sidering the $100,000 valuation prop
er, whereupon they dropped the ar
bitration and later proceeded to at
tack the valuation in court. The
equalizers feel that they have done
their duty to the taxpayers of the
county in making this valuation what
they did, although the arbitrators
have reduced it."
Goes Out of State.
“The • board feels more 1 or lesa
gratified,” said George Wheatley, a
member of the board of equalizers,
although we are a bit disappointed
that we were not sustained entirely.
We feel that we did exactly the right
thing. We believe that the earnings
of this property, all of which exept
for the wages paid to a few laborers,
goes out of Sumter County and out
of Georgia, Justified the valuation
placed upon it by tho board. Mr.
Hatton In five years has taken out
more cash as his rental than the total
valuation put on the property by the
arbitrators.”
STAGE ALL SET FOR
DEMPSEY-WILLARD GO
TOLEDO, OHIO, July 2 (By As
sociated Press)—The last of the pre
liminary details of the boxers, promo
ters and arena constructors will be
completed today and the stage is set
for tho Wiliard-Dcmpscy fight. The
principals will do only light training
work today and Thursday.
The amphitheater, in many respects
tho greatest ever erected and cer
tainly the greatest ever constructed
for temporary use only, is ready.
BRimiP
590 MILES OUT
ON TRIP TO U. S.
LONDON, July 2 (By Associated
Press)—The position of the dirigible
R-34 at 8 o'clock this morning,
Greenwich mean time, was about 325
miles off the coast of Ireland and
was making 40 miles per hour, oc-
cording to a wireless dispatch re
ceived by the Air Ministry.
The airship started on its trans-
Atlantic trip from East Fortune,
Scotland, early this morning.
The position of the R-34 at 2
o'clock, Greenwich time, waa approxi
mately 311 miles due west of Clifden
an the coast of Connaught, Ireland.
This was approximately 590 miles
from East Fortune, her starting
point.
MASS MEETING
HERE SATURDAY
TO BOOST FAIR
A mass meeting of all citizens in
terested in the proposed one-day
Sumter county fair this fall will be
held at the court house Saturday af
ternoon, July 5, it was announced
today by Secretary Perkins, of the
chamber of commerce, and George O
Marshall, county farm domonstratior
agent
It is planned to have a "cracker-
jack” one-day fair this fall at (fee old
fair grounds at the Third district ag
ricultural school, and it it planned to
secure the co-operation of the repre
sentative men of alt sections of the
county at this mass meeting.
- Saturday July 5, at 11 a. m., at
the court house.
EX-SLAVE, 102, VISITS
OLD SUMTER FRIENDS
BRAGG BROTHERS HAVE
RIVAL AS YAM GROWERS
The Bragg brothers sre not the
only early sweet potato growers ir
Sumter county.
That is the statement of J. L.
Wynn, of Route C, and he haa th
evidence to prove his assertion. Yes
terday he brought into the office of
the Times-Recorder two Porto Rico
ysms, of good sixe, which, he said,
were dug a week ago. Had they been
left in the ground until this time
they would have been three times ar
Urge, he said. They were hot quit>
as Urge as those shown by either
George or John Bragg bat were of
usable sixe.
George Wyatt, an ex-aUve, who
claims he is 102 years of age, was
calling on old acquaintance* in Sum
ter county recently, among them M.
B. Council for whom ho* worked di
rectly after the Civil War.
George, who lives in Worth county
had been gone from here for 25
yean or more, but he was instantly
recognised by Hr. Council. He U ac
tive physically and mentally and re
counted many interesting stories of
his days in Sumter county, where he
became rather widely known. He ap
peared to have prospered in Worth
county and announced his intention
of moving to Ashburn shortly to start'
life anew.
RESERVE BOARD WARNS
OF UNDUE SPECULATION
ACGIE BILL FOR $20,000 IN
ATLANTA, July 2—Represen
tative Pace, of Sumter, yesterday in-
traduced a bill appropriating $20,000
for the completion of the academic
building of the Third district agricul'
tural and mechanical school at Am
ericus. «,
WASHINGTON, July 2.—(By
Associated Press)—Optimism over
the business outlook reported today
in the Federal Reserve Board's
monthly statement, was temp*red
with renewed warning against nndne
specuUtion..
Prices continued to rise through
June, the board’s statement showed,
and enormously heavy demand for
goods for export had rendered prod
ucts in many lines scarce.
“The labor situation has now reach
ed • distinctly advanced stage of'full
employment," the statement said.
ATLANTA, July 2—"Red Licker"
is doomed In Georgia, says Fedora!
officials of tho southeast.
The gentlemen whoso duties are
to.run down illicit distilleries, how
ever, mako no such prediction fWtho
democratic corn variety* in fact, they
believe that there will be more of
that variety than ever with tho ad
vent yesterday of war timo prohibi
tion.
The Federal law will naturally cut
off the supply of bottled-in-bond rye
whiskey from tho former wet cen
ters of tho north and west; but they
fear a corresponding increase in the
number of plants making wildcat li
quor and they are also Just at little
bit afraid that there will bo a lot
of private moonshlning even in the
cities of the state.
They claim that nearly every coun
ty in the state is honcy-combed wit];
moonshiners and that the mountains
of North Georgia is no longer any
worso or hotter, according to the
view-point than the down-state coun
ties.
Driving out whiskey making in
Georgia is as hard as exterminating
the Russian army, revenue agents de
clare. .
LEGISLATORS TO HONOR
MEMORY OF WAR HEROES
ATLANTA, July 2—Tho Georgia
Memorial commission, appointed by
the governor upon tho recommenda
tion of tho Georgia Council of De
fense has sent an invitation to tho
Georgia legislature to meet in Joint
session for appropriate memorial
services for the men of Georgia who
died in tho European war. Judge An
drew Cobb, of Athens is state chair
man of the commission and Mn. Sam
uel 51. Inman is chairman for Atlan
to.
Upon a resolution introduced by
J. S. Shingier of the Tenth, a com
mittee of three from the senate and
five from the house will be appointed
to prepare a program.
The date of the memorial exercis
es will be announced later.
M’NAUGHTON’S FRIENDS
AGITATE PARDON AGAIN
ATLANTA, July 2—The friends
of Dr. W. J. McNaughton, of Swalns-
boro, who is serving a life sentence
at Millcdgeville for the murder of i
man named Flanders, are agitating
the matter again hoping to secure
the pardon with full citizenship right!
for the doctor. Mrs. Flanders, Joint
ly indicted, has never been tried it
the courts.
The McNaughton case attracted
most nation-wide interest several
years ago, being in the courts for i
long time. A pardon was recommend
ed by the prison commjssion, but no
further action waa taken by the gov
ernor.
HARRIS "COMING HOME
WHILE SENATE LOAFS
ATLANTA, July 2.—United Stater
Senator Wiliam J. Harris left Wash
ington yesterday for a visit to At
lanta and his home people at Cedar-
town. He plana to stay in Georgia
about a week, during which time he
will divide his time between Atlanta
and Cedartown.
The United States senate is plan
ning to take an adjournment for a
few days, and this enables Senator
Harris to come home without ncgiict-
ing his duties in Washington. It will
be his first visit to Georgia since he
returned from France. *
MEDICAL CORPS
NEAR MUTINY AT
FT. M’PHERSON
ATLANTA. Jaty 2.—Fort
A Phonon members of the :
Me.
JR- med
ical corpe were perilouily
mutiny Tueiday morning accord,
ing to office re of the regular urmy
eiteblUhment in Atlanta, when
they refuted to go to their work
and attembied on the parade
grounds of the retervatlon in pro
test against a etatement printed
in the Atlanta papere attributed to
Colonel T. S. Bratton, command
ant of the fort which charactarlx-
ed their efforte to eecure die-
charges at this time at those of
‘slacken’.
Colonel Bratton appeared be
fore tho men end explained that
he had bean misquoted by the pa-
pen. Upon the assurance of the
^commanding officer that he didn’t
.mean to hurt tholr feelings, the
men—soldiers—agreed to go back
.to work and obey orders.
The incident arouied a furore
Of interest in the city when the
rumor spread through the city
that there had been a mutiny.
However, official explanations
were soon forthcoming which
attempted to smooth it ovar.
$94,000 IS PAID
FORHOOKSFARM
OF 1,493 ACRES
ALLIES TO
BLOCKADE
GERMAN NATH
ACCEPTS PA(
French Prepare to
sume Commercial
Relations.
LEAGUE FOES FAIL
IN SENATE FI<
Give Up Plan for
To Go on
Advance.
Recorc
One of the biggest farm deals ever
consummated in Sumter, county has
Just been completed, whereby W W.
Hooks disposes of his plantation of
1,493 .acres near Cobh to XtS. L.V
Humber, of Columbus; The purchase
price was $94,000. The deal was han-
died by F. L. Allison company.
This plantation, which a few year!
ago sold for less than $40,00, is non
considered a bargain at tho price paid
by Mrs. Humber, illustrating tho rap
id increase in value of Sumter coun
ty lands. It has been developed con
siderably by Mr. Hooks, however,
since his possession.
It was announced today that Mrs
Humber's son will occupy the place
and havo charge of it* operation.
She is an aunt of W. M. Humber, of
Amcrlcus.
CABINET WILL GREET
WILSON DOWN HARBOR
WASHINGTON, July 2.—(By As
socintcd rrcss.)—Vice. President
Marshall and all members of the cab
inet are expected to greet Pros!-
dent Wilson at Now York when he
arrives Monday. The party will board
the battleship Pennsylvania, which
will meet the presidential ship out
side the harbor and escort her to
port
WILSON WORKING ON
MESSAGE ON TREATY
ON BOARD THE TRANSPORT
GEORGE WASHINGTON, July 1—
(Tuesday)—(By Wlreieja to the As
sociated Press.)—The presidential
voyage continues under the most fa
vorable circumstances. President Wil
son has dons some work on his mes
sage to congress, with which he will
submit the treaties, protocols and
general results achieved by the peace
conference, but he is giving consid
enble time to rest
PARIS, July 2.—(By Ai
Press.)—The Germans expect
ify the peace treaty by the fl
next week, according to a nol
sent to the Allies. The note
acknowledgement of the Alii
ulation that the blockade would
raised when the treaty was
The Germans also expri
hope that the German wac
would be released at the as
French authorities today
sidcring tho question of the rei
tion of commercial relations
many, Excelsior says.
QUAINT CEREMONIAL
TELLS LONDON OF PEACE
LONDON, July 2.—(By
ed Press)—With quaint cei
suggestice of medieval times, 1
King's proclamation that peaeo
been signed was read today at -
Points in London, beginning,
James palace, thence at Tn
square, Temple Bara, Cheapside
Royal Exchange.
WIDE INTEREST IN PLAN TO
ORGANIZE HOG BREEDERS
Widespread interest is being shown
by Sumter county lovers of pure bred
stock over the plan, announced this
week for the organization of o Sum
ter County Swine Breeders’ Associa
tion, at 11 o’clock Thursday at the
Arles Plantation, prior to the big sale
of fancy Du rocs, which will take place
beginning at 1 o’clock, on the plan
tation.
A targe number of “gentlemen
farmers," as well as those who live
on their farms, have signified their in
tention of attending this organisation
meeting, a* well as the sale which
follows, realising that such an organ
ization would mean much to the de-
elopment of the pure bred hog indus
try in this county one a great in
crease in profits to the farmers and
breeders.
Stock breeders from many parts of
the Bouth are expected at the sale, at
which 50 or 60 head of fancy Duror
sows, many of them bred to the fa
mous Arles boar, Orion Cherry King
will be offered for sale. Lunch will
be served at the plantation at noon.
LEAGUE FOES ABANDON
FIGHT FOR SENATE ACTION
WASHINGTON. July 2.—(By A*,
socintcd Press.)—With the beginning
today of a week's recess of congreaa
it seemed assured that the opponents
of the League of Nations would aban
don any plan for a formal senate i
inrntion on the subject hefore the
fight for actual ratification of tha
treaty begins.
It is now expected that the treaty
will be presented as soon as the re
cess is over and from now on it wiH
be a straight-out fight over unquali
fied ratification.
SWINE EXPERT HERETO
BOOST FARMERS WEEK
Carl Wallace, swine expert of the
state college of agriculture, is ia
Amcricus today in the interest of the
annual Farmers’ Week of the state
college this year from August 5 ta„
12. lie is sales manager of the de
partment which will conduct salee
of pure bred boars on consignment
from farmers throughout the state
and has already secured several fvoai
Sumter county to be offered there.
Mr. Wallace will attend the Duroe
sow sale at the Arles ptantatioa
Thursday and also the Swine Breed
ers organization meeting which is t#
precede the sale at 11 o’clock.
LANCASHIRE MILLS
THREATEN LOCKOUT
MANCHESTER, England, July 1.
—(Tuesday)—(By Associated Proa*)
—The cotton employers of North
Lancashire have decided upon a gen
eral lockout commencing tomorrow
unless the striking mill operatives
return to work. *
MONTENEGRO REBELS
AT SERB OCCUPATION
BERNE, July 1—(Tuesday)—(By
Associated Press.)—Virtually *n of
Montenegro is in rebellion against
Serbian military occupation, accord
ing to private advices here.
| COTTON MARKET.
LOCAL SPOTS
Good middling, 31 1-2 cents.
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