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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS OF THE WORLD the Tit_ L feftP PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE wo EDITION FORTY-SECOND YEAR.—NO. * ' \ AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 28,1920. STRIKE [acSwiney Funeral Draws Huge Throng WHERE LORDMAYORM*SWINEY^BODY~wiLLBEBURiEDl ~j \yj£)0WKEPT 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 ““