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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 28,1920.
STRIKE
[acSwiney Funeral Draws Huge Throng
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FROMSERVICE
BY WLLAPSE
‘Murdered.’ Says Breast
Plate On Coffin,
Draped In Green
LONDdk Oct. 28.—Silent vigil
i was kept at St George’s cathedral
i during last night over the couin of
Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney, and
with dawn today the first prepara
tions were begun for a solemn re
quiem mass. The guard, composed
wholly of the London and Cork bri
gades of the Irish Volunteer army,
was changed frequently during the
night The coffin was draped in the
green, white and orange colors of
the Sinn Fein flag.
Flans for taking the body iq Eas
ton Station this afternoon on the first
stage of the journey to Ireland had
not been altered by the dead man's
relatives early today.
The pontifical high mass was cele
brated this morning with church
dinitaries, the Lord Mayor of Dublin,
the Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork,
deputations representing the British
parlimentary Labor Party and va
rious Irish political and civic organl-
S tions attending. Thousands
ranged every available space in the
cathedral
The casket was surmounted by
wreaths and the hat which the Lord
Mayor formerly wore as commandant
of Cork brigade of the volunteer ar
my. The breastplato of the coffin
bore the inscription, “murdered by
foreigners in Brixton prison, Lon
don, October 25, the fourth year of
the Republic, aged forty years. God
have mercy on his soul.
The widow was unable to be pres
ent at the ceremony, having col
lapsed this morning from strain and
anxiety.
GEDDES SEES NEED OF
TRUTH ABOUT IRELAND.
NEW YORK. Oct 28. — In an
This photograph which has just reached America shows when the late Terence MacSwiney (inset), lor d mayor of Cork, whose dnth re-
suited from his long hangar strike against imprisonment by the British on a charge of sedition, will be bnrie d. It Is a -rSf tariad
cemstcry at Cork, Ireland, sat aside for "Soldiers of the Irish Republic." Lord Mayor MecCnrtala, a vie time of the war In Inland, is buried
there. — *™\
▲ GREAT POWERSiRotary Club Asks County To jCOXINREPLYTO
TO JOIN LEAGUE Reconsider Stopping Paving; EDITORLORIMER
nil rAVin p I VP Frank Lanier, at tho regular week The club passed a resolution, * /1/IIinnn rt/tm
K A I Ml II K lAlM ly luncheon of the Rotary club to- which in substance, requested the
m3 A LI vwll hr A 1 Lr | day in the Tea Room, by motion of |, oard 0 f county commissioners to
I “t of stoDOing the
Council Refers Danzig! force the city or.
Dispute To League The sidewalks of
Assembly
i ^“VdX’^^rto'X! open up the subject of stopping the
' ordinances regarding | road paving in the county. The club
streets of the city., resolution requested the commission-
f the uptown section I ers to call into conference the state
are a "disgrace and a menace to I district engineer and the county e;i-
health, Mr. Lanier said. J. A. Da-; gineer and to go more thoroughly
I vcnDort a member of the police com-! into the matter of tho continuance
BRUSSELS, Oct. 28—(By Asso-j who was pre sent, promised' of the pavinjf.
ciated Press.)—The council of the; , takq the matter up at once with Rev. P. T. Holloway, of Arling-
Lwgu. of Nations this morning clos- he chief of police and have the mil- ton, a method,stmmisterwas pres-
cd S semiona in Brussels, after re-1 sance stopped. I ent as a guest of the club.
ferring the question of Danzig, the
regulations of which are in dispute,
to the assembly of the League whicn
is to meet in Geneva next montn. )
The council took other important ac-:
Mon In deciding upon a plebiscite as
to tho disposition of the territory n
.WuXludlnriheiinr'.ixedby ,
i t ^ 8 TTBaKo U u n ? i me n king D the X-| So SaV s Farmer’s Repre-; Dixie Flyer and South-
ing address, declared that four grea sen tative At Wash- land To Start Next
. ' w in Ireland, the Committee ox on»
Saw it Was Convicted fSaKSSSffi
Of Violating es, British ambassador. In which he
HTwaaMii I n war oxDressod doubt ss to whether the
TrUStLa W “troth can be established until there
DAYTON. Oct. 28-Anothcr stete-l j , “ d Y,X%ttor°aaid ° " .
ment charsrinff tho Saturday Evening* «i venture to say no one who
Post and Its editor, George Horace realizes what the "
-wjssM-e. at-dtrAra’al*
‘SAME OLD BUNK’ SCHEDULES FOR
BY BANK BOARD NEW TRAINS OUT
powera not now members
League would cnctcr shortly.
“Without these great powers, it «
impossible to predict what tne
League may accomplish, h>. sa ,d
Com As Fuel Cheaper
ington Meeting
WASHINGTON. Oct. 28.—Repre-
! sentatives of the forming interests
who met here today to consider ac-
Sunday
’om As Fuel '-j*j e . aper , , to'obtain additional credits for ulea of the Dixie Flyer and the
Than Coal In Nebraska “^‘^Xpe.Kdd they might de- Southland, tho fast Jacksonville
- . . _t. iL. .IJ annimll vllATl
OMAHA. Oct 28 —Hund«ds of
bushels of com maybe b “™ d k ° y t ‘y,
priced corn crop *• **”"..*, 1 br | nK ,
eon. Now com unshelled onnxs
three-quartera of a cent s non R
^Sglggg^ded.
(Minor Leagues Balk
% At R organization rian
NEW YORK Oct
sn.5S~SBa.UBs;
the scheme, it was ■ e . ! ^ n , hat h tkc sys-
day. The minors clai “ ernme nt
tom proposed „ j the rcs-
without representation anl^ tho
toration of the <•**--: f or years,
minors have been fighting™*
Pr “6’^X U S,udenU
OXFORD.^- of‘the U nhrersity
ifViLuiiPOlwJthe
restigate the Governor
Lam->us last night wnen Th ,
Russell was burned jn ‘ffurv^ of
lemonstration ,oll “* ed regulating
;ho board of trustees «
lances at the university. * " «
srnor is chairman of the boa
DISTANT OUAKE RECORDED^
WASHINGTON. Oct 28^
mrthquake of at
yeorded by the >* morn i n g.
^eWt^banc^wasem
Imated at <800 ralIes d ta t
cidc to ask the aid of congress when
it met next month. Tho conference
received a report from the commit
tee which remained in Washington
from the last conference and re
ceived tho statement of the Federal
Reserve Board’* policy with respect
to farm financing. Charles Holman,
representing the National Board of
Farm Management, characterized the
board’s statement *s the “same old
bunk, useless and detrimental.
COOPER NOT TO CALL
S. C. LEGISLATURE.
COLUMBIA, S. C„ Oct. 28.—Gov
ernor Cooper today stated he would
not call a special session of the South
Carolina legislature as requested in s
resolution sdopted by the Cotton as
sociation hero yesterday. He indi
cated also ha would not issue a proc
lamation callipc upon the gimiers to
close down for a period of thirty
days.
UNWISE TO CLOSE,
SAYS TEXAS GOVERNOR
AUSTIN. Tex., Oct 28.—GoVernor
Hobby today declined to Join Gover
nor Parker, of Louisiana, in request-
ing the ginners to close down for
thl, ^f cotton is made, it would not be
wise to allow it to deteriorate by not
ginning it,” the governor said.
Slyvia Pankhurst Is .
GivenSix Months AMERiaJ3 TEMPERATURES
IONDON, Oct. 28.—Sylvia Panic-, (Furnished by Murray's Rexall
hurst who was arrested Octover 19 j Pharmacy.) a
nhnrffed with attempting to cause se- 4 pm
the navy by editing and pub- 6 pm 70 6 am
8 ° m — 67 8am
Announcement was made today by
George Anderson, local agent for
the Central of Georgia, of the sched-
trains, which will be routed through
Americus over the Central, instead of
over the G. S. & F. from Macon, be
ginning next Sunday, October 31.
The change will give Americua four
new fast trains daily, and a total of
six each day, including tho Seminole
limited which now operates between
Chicago and Jacksonville. The Dixie
Flyer is a Chicago-Jacksonvillo train,
running via Atlanta, and the South
land is a Cincinnati-Jacksonvilie
train, too, runs via Atlanta. The
Seminole is routed via Birmingham.
The new Dixie Flyer will arrive
from the north at 12:36 a. m. and
from the south at 2:58 a. m. The
Southland will arrive from the north
at 4:21 a. m. and from the south at
2:13 a. m. The Seminole will con
tinue on its old schedule, arriving
from the north at 11:69 p. m. and
from the south at 3:40 a. m.
The Dixie Flyer and the Southland
will stop only at Americus on the run
between Macon and Albany, except
for the crossing at OglethorjM?, where
no passengers will b? handled. A
very fast schedule Is maintained
these trains on their entire runs.
'Weather
Forecast for Georgia.—Fair and
cooler tonight; probably light frost
NEW YORK. Oct 28. — in an- included a memorandum to tho effect
a /1/IVTnm nAPT nouncing that the American commls- that two individuals pledged.$25,000
A fill N k N PI IS I sion on Ireland would meet in Wash- eac h to oa” tho expenses of advcrtis-
tlvuUuLlJ rUul ington tomorrow and Saturday to | n(r books relating to tho League of
plan its public inquiry into conditions Nations,
in Ireland, the Committee of C
Ltuniiici, mw uiubu hohuoui
waa issued today by Governor Cox.
“The insidious purpose of the Post,
cloaked under non-partisan methods
for the past decade and more, finally
has been brought to light.” Governor
Cox declared, stating that the Post
had made its mis-statements only
four days before tho election when
it waa Impossible to correct them.
That the Curtis Publishing company
had been found guilty by tte Fed-
end Trade commission of violating
the anti-trast law, by mean* of on-
fair practice. In distributing their
periodicals, was also asserted by Gov
ernor Cox. who eald “big burinesa
is opposed to him because he will give
it a square deal and nothing more.
Swedish Crown Prince
At ’ ’Funeral Of King
ATHENS. Oct 28.—The funeral
service far ihe late King Alexander,
which will be held Friday, will be at
tended by the crown prince of Swe
den. He ie in the city at the protent
time. Other nations probably will be
represented by diplomatic officials.
The entire press of Greece today de
plores the loss of the young sover
eign.
Celebrates His 77thi _
Birthday With Drink
SAVANNAH, Oct. 2?.—“Judge,
yesterday wa, my 77th birthdaynnd
1 took one drink, the first in fifteen
ye Thus replied John T. Herron in po
lice court to the charge of being
drunk on the streets.
The judge took everything into
consideration and fined Mr. Herron
$40. The fine was promptly paid.
by Alabama Labor hi
Strike-Aid Meeting
BIRMINGHAM. Oct 28—The
Alabama State Federation of Labor
Worker* Dreadnought, waT scntenc
S today to six months’ imprisonment
on conviction of the offense.
2 am
to consider a pie«
the United Mine Workeroof A™*"**;
who are now conducting* strike In
this district for recognition of the
anion.
U. S. Destroyer la
Distress Off N. C.
WASHINGTON. Oet 28 —The de-
stroyer Isherwood is In distress ofT
the North Carolina coast and another
destroyer and a coast guard cutter
have been »ent to her assistance.
MANY CHILDREN
TO TASTE SWEETS
FOR FIRST TIME
MEW YORK. Oct. 28.—Many
lv European children born dur
ing the lean yean of tho war will
enjoy the taste of sweets next
Christmaa.for the first time in their
live, as the result of price declines
in this country. Because of lower
costa, the American Relief Admin
istration announced today it wonld
add two and one-fifth pounds of
sugar and one pound of cocoa to
all $10 packages bought with the
Hoover food drafts, beginning No
vember 1. Food drafts are pur
chasable at 5,000 banka in Amer
ica and can be drawn to individ
uals in Europe or the Relief ad
ministration.
tOJPTKPTOB
PASS 3 MILLIONS;
4 TIMES RIVALS’
Statements By Both Par
ties Up To Oct 25
Are Filed
NEW YORK, Oct. Oet 28.—Total
receipts of the Democratic National
committee to October 25 for the
presidential campaign amount to
$878,831, according to an announce
ment made today by National Treas
urer Wilbur Marsh. This figure,
Mergh said, wbb today submitted, ac
cording to the requirements of the
corrupt practice* law, to tho Kenyon
committee, which is investigating
campaign expenditure, In Chica-o.
The sum include* $150,000 which h*s
been borrowed.
The Democratic statement of dis
bursement* by tho entire organiza
tion up to tho same dato a* shown by
the statement roveal tho amount to
be $823,345, with New York bearing
by far the heavier burden. Chicago’s
sum was slightly lea than receipts
and San Francisco’s expense approx
imately eight times tho amount of
funds received. In addition to funds
already received. Marsh’s statement
included a memorandum -to the effect
I involves i"
fering of men, women and children
can fail to be anxious that a way
should be found b fc rin £i23? n ”lv y .
to that country. The British goV-
nmmenfc has more to gain than any
one In insuring that the troth is made
known to the whole world.
Aggies To Play In
T Columbus Friday
The Americus Aggie football elev
en leaves tomorrow for Columffus
where they will play the Columbus
High school. They have been two
weeks without a game, a town team
from Columbus which was scheduled
to play here last Friday failing to
show up, and the player, are eager
to get back into the fray. Dan Chap
pell. coach, has had the men at hard
practice in preparation for this game
and i, confident of victory. The
game with Ashburn showed that he
hod some good fast men and with i
stiff practice they are now having
should oe in good form.
Columbus, under the coaching of
Strapper, Oxford-Tech star, ha* a
very strong team, defeating the Am*
oricua High school here after a hard
battle. They expect to give the
Aggica a dose of the same medicine,
tomorrow bqt the Aggies say they
are in for n surprise.
The line-up for Americua will bo.
Walker, c; J. Simmons. 1*;“. Sim
mons, rg; Nicholson, It;. Wall, rt,
Kasterlin. lejHines.re; Dari*, qb;
stone, lhb; Phlnixy, rhb; McLendon,
fb.
Haircuts Go To $1;
Shaves 35c, In Chicago
CHICAGO, Oct. 28.—The central
executive council of the Maater
Barbers association, representing 2,-
700 barbers in thia city, today de
cided upon a raise to one dollar for
haircuts, and 35 cent* for shaves,
effective Janoaryl.
methere today to roecUl convention Times-Recorder To
to consider.* pi« Give Election Returns
The Times-Recorder again
will entertain it* friends on sn
election night. Tne*d*y, Nov.
2. ia Election Day, and special
arrangements already have
been mad* to have the return*
wired into us from ail over th*
nation. Come ont and be onr
guests. A special invitation Is
given the women of Americas
and Sumter county.
Nation,.
C. O. P. EXPENDITURES
NEAR 3 1-2 MILLIONS.
CHICAGO, Oct. 28.—The Repub
lican National committee’s campaign
to elect Scnntor Harding president
will cost $3,442,802. National Treas
urer Fred Unhnm notified the senate,
campaign investigating committee In
a report filed hero today. Of this sum
$3,042,000 had been spent to the
close of Sunday. Oct. 24. The total
estimated cost of tho campaign is
considerably In excess of the Repub
lican budget. $3,079,000. as presented
to the senate commlttco last August,
but Upham explained that the dis
bursement* covered the period from
June 14. while the budget included
only expenditure, from July 1. ^
Cost Of Wives Goes
Up In Far-Off Burma
NEW YORK, Oct. 27^-The cost
of wives has increased in the far-off
Chin Hills of Burma where they are
obtained on the dollw down
plan. Men matrimonially incgOSd
are demanding lower «>d- «£“>
terms from their prospective^*"!-
ers-tn-law, who are compenaatcd for
declare*, raArt by“
H “This year a lively . discussion
grew out of the resolution fiwt iieU-
fng of daughters cess*,’’ the report
continued. "The custom £•»
into an abuse. Men are demanding
more and more untii a young chap
who merries go** -frightfully tato
debt which he is year* liquidsting.
And. if while paying slowly for his
wife, the hnsbsnd incurs the anger
of her father, the daughter is
promptly called home and to some
cases sold to another man. Wshav*
been trying^to get them to reduce
th Effort* e to Induce the natives to
follow the custom* of white men are
being made to educational institu-
tions opened to these district* ss a
result of the New World Movement
of Northern Baptiste, Dr. Cope eald.
MARKETS
americus cotton seed
Unchanged. $30 ton.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
OoodjMiddUng 22 l-2c.
NEW YORK FUTURES
Pc Open 11am 1pm Clem
Dec. 21.15 20.92 20.G8 21.05 21.60
Jan. 20.73 20.30 20.20 20.00 21.10
Mch. 20.53 20.15 19.98 20.40 20.85
Mar. 20.30 19.90 19.55 20.75
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
Dsc. 20183 .19.95..20.00 20.06. 20.78
Jan. 2ai5..19£5..19.13..I9.67..20l3O
Mch. 19A8..19AS..19A2..19.S0..20.10
May 10.67..19.30..19.28..19.40..20.08
MEN TO BALLOT
ONACCEPTANCE;
LEADERS AGREE
Executives Recommend
Acquiescence Pending
Wage Board
LONDON, Oct. 28.-4(By Associat
ed Press.))—Tho 8trike of coal min
ers through out England and Wales
was settled this afternoon but the
settlement is contingent upon a bal
lot of the minors.
Frank Hodges, a member o£ the
miners’ cxccutivo body, announced,
“wc have gotten terms from the gov
ernment whicii tho executive com
mittee is- submitting to a ballot of
tho men for their judgment Their
executives arc recommending their
adoption as a temporary measure un
til a national wiigo board is estab-,
lished. I
The terms which the executive 1
body of miners are recommending '
to the mofi provide an advance of,
two shillings per shift for person;
18 years of age, with a correspond
ing advance for younger miners. The
miners piedgo themselves to co-op
erate to obtain increased output.
Masons Re-Elect
Former Officers
MACON, Oct. 28 At the closing
sessions of tho Georgia Grand Lodge
of Masons yesterday all of tho offi
cers were re-elected for another year
and reports of committees, including
tho report of tho trustees of the Ma
sonic Home, were approved.
An event of tho closin'* -—-i—
was tho presentation of a
Past Grand Master Robert *.
of Savannah, by Past Grand Master
M. II. Ballard, of Brunswick.
Masonic medals were nuthori:
for James W. Taylor, past gri
maHtcr, the oldest Mason in to
country, and to Robert Cox, Get
Steele and J. C. Greenfield.
The officers re-elected are: C
L. Bass, Atlanta, grand ma?ti r;
P. Bowdoin, Adairsvillc, tie,
grand master; J. D. "— 1 '
rollton, senior grand
Sheppard, Americus, jumur
Warden; James M. Itushin, x>ui
grand treasurer; Rev. A. V. Kc.
Atlanta, grand chaplain; S. Rich
son, Atlanta, senior grand d
A. McQueen, Vidalla, junior
deacon; L. Patterson, Lawrencevm
grand marshal; F. Walker, Presto;
first grand steward; A. Johnson, .
Rome, second, grand steward; ‘
Miller, Waycross, third grand »;
nrd, and Lee Wages, Mucon, gi
tyler.
The officcre were installed in
afternoon.
A lecturer to work among
lodges of the rural districts of tne
state was authorized by the Grand
Lodge and ho will be designated by
Grand Master Charles L. Base.
Tho report of T. J. Carling, gra
treasurer, showed that th* Grand
I.odpe had $86,464.78, the beat
uncial showing ever made by
Grand Lodge. The finance co
too also reported that $1,00
been, contributed to the he
been, contributed to the home
crippled children in Atlanta. H
The next, session of the Grand
Lodge will bo held here, one year
hence, Macon being the permanent
home of Georgia Masons. At the
next meeting n home for aged Ma
son, nnd widows of Masons probab
ly will bo authorized. The project
was deferred at-this convention.
Ex-Americus Man Is
Stricken At Leesburg
Mre. Ike Wilson and Mrs. Lee
Bradley have just returned from
Leesburg, wk-- they were called bv
the serious illness of their father. J.
T. Blackburn, who sustained a stroke
of paralysis Sunday and again Mon
day. ,Ho has been suffering for some
time with acute Bright’s disease, and
has been steadily growing worse dur
ing the last few weeks. Mr. Black
burn formerly resided near Ameri
cus, and has msny friends who will
learn of his illness with sincere re
gret. Ho is 70 years of nge, and has
been active In the civic affairs of the
communities in which he has lived.
PERSONALS
Mre. Margaret Van Note, Mias
Martha Roby, of Lima, O., pawed
through Americus yesterday en routs
for Florida, where they will spend ths
winter. “
C. C. Fletcher, of Columbus, was a
business visitor .lore yesterday.
B. L. Wood was a business visitor
here yesterday from Lumpkin.
I ' ———2. * ; .s
P. T. Holloway, of Arlington,
in Amorims| yesterday.
Char^U. Rogers, manager of
Windsor, is in Thomasville tons
where ho went because of the Ulna
of his mother.
B. L. Tsnte, of Fort Gaines;
business visitor here ye '
The first policewo;
Is now a deputy ““
