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►AY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 24, 1921
AUlison Elected New Head of Chamber of Commerce
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EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
9 HERE FRIDAY!
WAR ON PESTS
To : Tell Growers At
Meeting How To Fight
Battle
How to ccmbat theipcach pests in
tnic, section, how to care tor the tioes
and hear to market the fruit are to
1)0 toill to the fruit growers of Sum
ter county and the surrounding ter
ritory by state and government ex
perts at a meeting to be held at the
court house at 10:30 o'clock Friday
morning, February 25.
The meeting is the last one of a
series through the peach belt of the
state, which began last week, the par
ty ol experts going from place to
Place and taking the vitally impor
tant information to the fruit growers
direct. '1 hr rtirltf am •> f
. . , , 'he party arc at Richland
today, holding u meeting there at 2 •
p. m. '1 hey arc expected to come
io Amcricus and spend the night.
According to the advance intc-rma*
tion, the party will comprise the fol
lowing men, who will talk oh the top
ics indicated:
<>. f, Snapp, U. S. Bureau of Ento
mology. curculio control.
A. C. Lewis, state entomologist,
brown rot. fertilizers, etc.
•T. M. Malloy, field agent of state
board of entomology, orchard condi
tions from observation.,
W. D. Whitcomb, U. S. Bureau of
Entomology, presence uncertain
general orchard conditions.
R. C. Berckmansj horticulturist
and member state board of entomol
ogy, general remarks on fruit-grow
ing.
Ira W. Williams, general Held
agent of state board of entomology,
presence uncertain, services offered
_ Vr MB'the state board of entomology.
J. Brown, state commssioner of
agriculture, presence uncertain,
farm eruditions ia general.
It is urged that all peach growers
who possibly can. attend this meet
ing, as much valuable information
may be secured on the latent.meih-
ods advocated for the control of cur-
culio and brown rot of peaches,
•FREEZE FAILS
TO HURT FRUIT
Wind Keeps • Blossoms
Dry, Preventing Dam
age, Say Growers
Although the temperature last
night reached an official minimum of
Alexander,‘Man Who Knows/
Physic Marvel, Is to Answer
Questions for Readers’of T.-R.
A LEXANDER. “Tfie Man Who Knows,'* of whom there have been col-
umns written ar.cnt his remarkable demonstrations of psychic
forces, thought projection, transference, or what
ever one may care to label his added and unex
plained faculty, is to make his initial appearance in
Americus next Monday night, when ho will open a
three days’ engagement at the Rylander theater with
a special rouvenir matinee for ladies only onl Wed
nesday. During his stay Alexander has consented to
respond to twenty-five questions daily through the
columns of The Tlmes-ftecorder.
Are you in love?
Has your husband left you?
Arc you worried about missing relatives, lost money or any other
of the hundred vexing things which bob up to make life's road un
pleasant?
Are you chock ftill of questions which seemingly no one can answer^
Then ask Alexander.
The rules are simple. Write your question as legibly and concisely
as possible, seal it in an envelope and send to “Alexander, care of The
Times-Recordcr. Your full, correct name and address must be signed
to the question, but in the published answer only your initial will be
used. However, it is essential that you sign your full, correct name
and address, otherwise the question will be ignored. The answers will be
frank—-you may rest assured of that—but not embarraMng.
• During Alexander’s engagement he positively will not grant any
private mtexviewB, or audiences, his contract with Manager Rylander. of
the Rylander Theater, precluding his answering questions except during
his regular performances at the theater and through the columns of
ihe Times-Rccorder.
The first.set of questions and answers will appear in The Tlmes-
Rccordcr on Tuesday, following Alexander! opening performance.
HOOVER Pi
AVAILABILITY
0PWMMHNG
Tells Him To, Decide Af-
, . UUJ .
ter Giving Views On
Department
NEW YORK, Feb. 24 —Herbert
Hoover declared today he had left
it to President-elect Harding to de
termine whether he could be of more
service as secretary of commerce or
director of Europea if relief.
In a statement dictated to the As.
soeiated Press, Hoover said:
“I left it to Mr. Harding to deter-
mine wthether ho considered I could
be of more service as secretary of
commerce or in carrying out the pub
lic trust already entrusted to me a:
"GET GOOD ’HUNCH* AND STICK TO IT!
NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL’S ADVICE
a private citizen.
The statement was issued after Mr.
Hoover had put to 1 Mr. Harding a
proposal for general reorganization
of the department of commerce, and
after Mr. Hoover had been asked if
his proposal meant that he would en
ter the cabinet if his views were met.
LIONS CLUB IS
PUTUNDERWAY
Citizens Gather At Lun
cheon And Plan For
. Charter
A Lions Club for Americus was
formally launched at a luncheon held
ycjterday at the tea room.' At this
meeting a number of leading citizens
who have been invited to become
ROGERS CHAINTO
ENTER AMERICUS
Cash-And-Carry Grocer
Leases Jackson Street
Store
Announcement was authorized to
day that a Rogers cash-and-carry
grocery store, one of the chain of
stores owned by t>. a.. W. Rogers
Company, of Atlanta, would be estab-
r T ber ?rii we i^i pr f s ? nt> although the-In Americus at onee, the ex-
n«ivy ram or the forenoon kept away pectation being that it would be
many who had planned to attend. At —•
the meeting the club activities were
gotten under way and the foundation
laid for obtaining a charter.
Dan Chappell, local organizer for
the club, wnich is a civic organiza
tion, presided, relating the purposes
of the club and the aims for which
it stands. He set forth in a graphic
manner the earnest principles upon
which the" club is based, and stated
that these embraced benevolence,
charity of thought and deed, promul
gation of a closer relationship be-
’•ing L - „ —
a thin coating of ice in many places,
peach men today expressed them
selves as not worried about damage
to the fruit crop. They were ap
prehensive of tonight, as the indica
tions up to this afternoon were that
a severe frost might be expected.
However, the official weatie* fore
cast of 4 T.o/fewiiht wanner tonight’
relieved their anxiety a bit.
They explained that the wind of
last night dried the |—a.*n in*
so that *h *'o was no water in the
blooms to fiivie an 1 cause daunic.
They fcar.d that with n lew temp**-
ature and a calm night, the dew
would fall into the blossoms and
later freeze about the emoryo fruit,
damaging it. /
Somo peach growers declare their
hope that enough cold will be expe
rienced to cut the yield. It will
mean better fruit, better prices and
less cost of marketing it, they say
Mr. nnd Mrs. \Vade Morris have
taken one of the new Thornton apart
ments on Hampton street.
ness mission, and the
' good fellowship
SETH TANNER
furtherance __
throughout the field to be covered.
Mr. Chappell announced that at
tho next meeting to be held Wednes-
day of next week, when the club will
have as Its official guests J. R.
Smith, president of the Lions Club in
Atlanta, nnd Reuben Arnold, also a
member of the Atlanta organization,
further' details will be gone
into concerning the purposes of tne
organization. The charter will be
presented in the very near future,
and work was commenced on tic per
fection of plans for a later demon
stration.
Telegrams were rend at the meet
ing before the assembled guests from
Mr. Smith and Mr. Arnold, assuring
tho Americus chapter that they would
be present at the next meeting with
a lurge delegation from Atlanta.
Before adjournment a committee
is named to complete the member
ship roster, thirty names constituting
the minimum for a charter. Thu.
commitCbe is composed of H. E. Al
len, chairman; George Turpin, E. L.
Carswell, Nat I.eMaster and Dan
Chappell.
Those present Wednesday were H.
E. Allen, Wade Morris, D. F. Daven
port, E. L. Carswell, George Turpin,
T. C. Poole, Sam McDaniel, C. A.
Ames. Nat LeMaster, W. C. Lord,
Dan Chappell, C. M. Hall, Dr. B. C.
Keister, and Cobb Milner. Because
< f the conditions of the roads, the
representatives from Plains, Leslie,
DcSoto and Cobb were prevented
from attending.
lor opening by March 10.
Scout Hutchinson, of Macon, who
represents the Rogers company in
making extensions, .was in Americas
Wednesday find closed a lease for six
years on the Jackson street store
room between the Chamber of Com
merce offices and the Kress store,
next door to the Howell Pharmacy,
subleasing from S. F. Howell. This
place was recently occupied by the
Crystal Cafe, which has been closed,
Mr. Hutchinson stated that he
would return to Americus next Mon-
day with a fixture expert, and that
work would begin at once converting
tho room intq a standard Rogers store
red front and all.
This location is one of the best in
Americus for a retail business, and
it is understood tho Rogers interests
had been negotiating for it for sev
eral days,
Tho Rogers chain stores already
embrace 134 stores, more than 10U
of them in the city of Atlanta, where
they have been a tremendous success.
The chain lias been extended gradu
ally -until it reaches into many Geor
gia cities and towns. It is under
stood a store .is to be established at
Cordcle nt the same time as the one
in Americus.
This will make'the second cash-
and-carry grocery store to open here
in a few days, the Piggly Wiggly
system having leased the new store
room adjoining the Rylander theater
and planning to open shortly after
Msrcf
SWEEPING CHANCES
PLANNED BY HOOVER.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Feb. 21
(By Associated Press) As Presi
dent-elect Harding completes the for
mation of his csbinet, he is giving
increasing attention to the first big
administrative tasks he must under
take as president—the reorganisa
tion of the executive machinery of
the government. It is known, that
Mr. Harding has in mind some
sweeping changes In many of the
government departments and various
bureaus.
Veterinarian It Back
After 2 1-2 Years Stay
Dr. Jshn Casey,' a veterinarian
connected with State Vcterinatian
Peter Behnsen’a office, is In Americus
for a few days to make hog cholera
inoculations for the farmers of this
vicinity.
Dr. Casey wsb connected with this
denartment in 1916rJ>ut left Georgia
to engage in private practice at Itis
old home in Nebraska, where he re-,
mained until, the outbreak of the
wn- whe nhe was, one of the first
men to enter the service. He spent
pearly two and a half years in Eu
rope as first lieutenant, returning to
America only last December 8. He
almost immediately got in touch
with Dr. Bahnsen and accepted an
immediate offer to return to Georgia.
During his previous Georgia con
nection he spent some time in this
city serving the farmers.
HIM SUPPORT!
YEAR OF WORK
HARRY
COLUMBUS, 0.
STILL NO RALLY
FOR DR. FORT
Dr. Allen Fort, noted Baptist min
ister of Na-hvillc. who was reared
here, continues dcsptraleyl ill of
oneumonia in that city, a Mrs. Hollis
Fort, whose husband is at his
brother's bedside, received a tele
gram this morning saying that Dr.
Fort’s londition continued unchanged.
Yesterday was expected to see the
crisis, and a rally was hoped for by
this morning, but none was percepti
ble. he stated.
Harry M. Daugherty had been twins,
one of them would have been, n poli
tician and the other of him a lawyer.
At least, that’s the way lifelong
acquaintances of Daugherty size up
the man slated to bp the next at
torney general of the'United States.
The country within a year has be
come well acquainted with Harry M.
Daugherty, the politician—the guid
ing ,tar of President-elect Harding'
political life.
How Daugherty, almost single
handed, built up the campaign that
landed tho presidential nomination
for Harding is now established politi-
cal history.
Climbed in Polities.
Daugherty started in polities back
in his home town, Washington, C. H.
as a young lawyer, graduating Into
atate politics and later into the na
tional .game, until now he has landed
on “top o’ the heap” as the “presi
dent-maker.”
But Daugherty, the lawyer, the
every-day fellow, is a mnn with
whom people generally are not so
well acquainted.
Be doesn’t mix law with politics.-
He’s almost like two separate men,
his friends say.
The other day, Daugherty, the
lawyer, had an important legal mat
ter to attend to in connection with a
caso involving several millions.
So Daugherty, the politician, put
up the bars to tho ever-present line
of politicians and jobseekers while
he dug Into legal matters until 2
in the morning.
Tho-next day he attended to the
matter in court, went back to his of
fice, and Daugherty, the politician.
was or) the joT>.
Young Man al 63.
Daugherty is 63, but he looks
nearer 40, and displays energy and
“pep” that would amaze' many a
youngster.
He doesn’t play golf and doesn't
own a yacht, hut he spends n pow
erful lot of time hiking about the
country.
While laying the foundation on
which tho Harding nomination was
won he almost lived In Pullman cars
and hotels, but managed to make a
number of flying trips to his home
here to spend some time with “the
sweetest woman in the world.”
Tho "sweetest woman” is Mrs.
Daugherty. She hasn’t walked for 15
years as a result of rheumatism.
Daugherty’s greatest ambition —
above cabinet jobs and political ac
complishments—is to see the “sweet-
ost woman” restored to perfect
health.
“Daddy” to Young Mon.
Ho is the father of two children
-a son and daughter, both married.
But ho has been the “daddy” to
many more, in all, there being 75
young men scattered over the coun
try whom he baa put on their feet fi
nancially and otherwise.
Daugherty believes in keeping ev
erlastingly at it when you have
“good hunch,” never allowing your
self to be turned back or browbeat
Retiring President Given
Vote of Thanks For
Service
R. E. Allirnn, the only new. mem
ber of the board ef directors of tho
Chamber of Commerce, waa elected
president for the ensuing year at tin-
annual reorganization meeting of tho
boiwd of directors Thursday forenoon
suefceding Carr S. Glovor, who re
fused to stand for re-election, al
though urged to do so by- his felliAv
members of the board, Tho other
officers elected were:
First vice president. Waiter Ry-
Iandcr.
(Second vice president, John T.
Mcthvin-.
Treasurer, T. C. Tillman (re
elected),
Joseph Pcrkfna was retained as
sccretaiy under tho existing tempo
rary arrangements, which, it was
underetood, are to continue indef
initely. H. P. Kvotettc also was re
tained uu traffic bureau manager un
der the existing arrangement.
Tho meeting developed tho best of
g ood feeling, a renewal of faith in
le future of Amcricus and its citi
zenship, nnd a determination to
make the coming year a year of real
adilfevement. A resolution waa
unanimously adopted, following the
election, pledging every ’director to
the support of tho new president in
any undertaking, and placing at his
disposal every man whonevcr'needed.
Tho refusal of President Glover to
stand for rc-clection, ho explained,
was due to tho presa of privatb busi
ness nnd tho fact that He had al
ready served three years at various
times. A resolution tvas adopted ex
pressing the appreciation of tho
board foi / his services and 'interest
in the put. .
Tho mooting of the,directors wa.
attended by nil but ttvo member..
Among Itioso present was R. S. Oli
ver, of rinins, who was recently re-
elected to tho board. Mr. Oliver
Look a leading part in the discussion
ef tho necessity of n live chsmbebr of
commerce In Sumter county and he
pledged hlnisclfito take an active in
terest in Its affairs from this time
forward, which ho confc:cos ho had
not done during tho past year.
The matter of a program of work
for the new year will bo undertaken
at tho next meeting of the hoard ol
, it is un ‘
directors,
. understood.
U.S. DEMANDS
MRS. CLARA CHRISTIE.
PLAINS. Fdb. 24.—Mrs. Clara
Wise Christie died at her home Tues
day night after an illness of only o
few day?.
Mrs. Christie was born in Edge*
field. S. C.p and was sixty-one yean
old. She moved to this community
when she was about eight years old
and has lived here ever since. She
was a devout Christian woman, hav-
a ing united with the Lutheran church
&L °/.frr.y: 1 wW vfcy young. She was « woman
Coal Bill O. K. After
It Is Cut To Pieces
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.—AfUr
striking out practically nil the pro
visions for federal regulation of the
coal industry in emergencies and for
r.pecial taxation on excess profits, the
senate's manufactures committee to
day agreed unanimously to report fa
vorably the Caldcr bill.
His “hunch'* about making Hard
ing president is his best exhmple—
oven better than when he had a sim
ilar “hunch" about Hording becom-
ing a senator and almost had to drag
tho p/ idont-elect into the race in
0lt * e * k Ge P bis “hunch” working.
$2,500 BROUGHT
BY PLAINS SALE
Two Cars Of Hogs Are
Bought For Cincin
nati Packer
CONEY FINALLY
AT JACKSONVILLE
hogs
casion Wednesday was the delightful So haS .iintlher life in tho USE
program of music and songs furnish- ' • p ^L h fL , J , S * n *i*?. r ‘«
d by Mira 'Z Z 1°™
ha, frequently . pleased Americus j “^Zde ‘."I
clubs by her soIoh. Lien songs were I r t j * re Blwa y*
rung, with one or two of her own f J* dct . IVl! V the ™ °N ma , n y arc
compositions interwoven, alt of which Tf?* will miss the fragrant
rroved a rare pleasure to the guests. I v b I 0U ?, perfection by
The songs were joined in by those j “ er ffciffle ftands. Her kind. smil'm*
present, and a good fellowship season j iaCe , *1 “ c greatly rai*sed-by hep
followed the busincKr. session. { r t!W friends..
The-program concluded with , c tBrv ' ve< ^ by three brothers
terrific ro»r by ffie L { ons assembled,’ •tjd, on* sister, L. D. Wise and J. F.
this constituting the club ye’l, Wize, of Plaina; P. J. Wise, of Haley-
vlll*, Ala., and Mri. Geo. Hiller, of
BANK CALL ISSUED.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—‘The
Comptroller of Jhe Currency toda:
issued a‘c«ll tor conditions state
ments bv all national banks at the
close of business. Monday. Feb. 21
Two cars of fine market,
wore disposed of at the farmers co
operative snlo at the Plains pens
Wednesday. Tops brought $7.5u at
the pens, against quotations of $7.7/1
MARKETS
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling 12 l-2c.
NEW YORK FUTURES
Pc Open 11am lpc Close
Mch 12.84 12.80 12.61 12.40 12.27
Slny 1S.46 13.83 13.18 12.95 12.77
July 13.90 1 3.79 1 3,02 13.40 13.24
Oct. 14:49' 14.38 14.15 13.93 13.82
Rotarians To Dine
Their Ladies Tonight
If we only talked about tho
thing* we knew (cm^pta* about,
why, we'd have more time for
thlnkin’. Aunt Lula Lovejoy, head
uv lh' woman's First Voters' Clubf
**Y' that women always did Uavu
*o dean up after men.
Th^ Relarians of Amcricus will
comnliment • the ln«ie i belonging to
the Rotary family this cvcvnlng at »
dinner wh:d* will ha served at tie
'fen Room.
Plan* hay*' .VtA perfected for
moat interesting urogram for "
•ntnrtai.went of the guests.
Itdiei of Rotary I
dial InVitntioh.
> arc axtcadec a cor-
Plafns. Her body waa buried
Plaina cemetery.
Mrs. G. T. Baker, of Atlanta, la
.tendijw r.vml dhya u-ith her par-
■ “tf. Mr. and Mrs, J. J. Booth. a(
heir h'jjoe t-u Feldj.- street. Later
: be will jo'll Ur. Baker in Naslvilia,
Tear..., wlierc .they will make their
MONTGOMERY LIVE STOCK.
MONTGOMERY, Ala , Feb. 24.—
Hog market, tops 8.00; lights, 7.25;
pigs, 7.0p; light pigs, 6.25; roughs,
Cdltlc market steady at last wstk’s
quotations. *.
for the dav deliveied at the packing
Moultrie and Jacksonville.
houses at Moultrie and Jacksonville
The total amounted to about $2,500.
The buyer wos Tom Hollis, of Due-
na Vista acting as agent for a Cin-
cmnati packing concern.
The hotfs were in good condition
®*jd made a fine showing. Of the
head, 93 graded No. 1 and most
of the remainder classed as No. 2
animals, there being few No. 3s. The
grading wtts done by C. G. Gnrner,
marcting jjxport fre.n the state col-
Flies From Texas
Dark In Nine
Hours
In
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 24—
Lieutenant W. B. Coney, Georgia
aviator, started from Love Field, at
Dallas, Texas, nt 10:14 p. m. centm.
time, last night on the last lap of hib
transcontinental trip ana arrived at
Camp Johnston, near here, at 7:2*
o’clock this morning.
Itasty compilation showed his fly
ing time from San Diego to be 2£
hours and 32 minutes for 2,07i>
Equal Interest In Ger
Colonies Is
Claimed
■ PARIS, .Feb. 24 (By Associated
Press).—The United States govern
ment, in a note to the council of the
League of Nations, on the question
of mandates, claims equal concern
and ,interest with the ol'Aer principal
allied and associated powers in tho
overseas possessions, of Germany,
and In their disposition.
BOTH TURK FACTIONS
READY TO ACCEDE.
LONDON, Feb. 24 (By Associated
i.had Pasha, tho delegate
of the Constantinople government to
the Near East conference, speaking
in the name of both his group and
I hat of the nationalists, told me al
lied conferers at today's session that
both factions of Turks would accept
the decisions of the allies.
Wilson Puts Q.K.
To Inaugural Plans
REFUSES TO JOIN
? UN
Ask* Early Hearing In
‘Par CL
TENANTS’ UNION
" AND IS BEATEN
Clearance’ Case
WASIHNGTON. Fc(>. 24— Solid-
tor General h Herron today joined tbl
counsel for the Federal Reserve Banl:
of Atlanta, In urging the Supreme
Court to advance for early hearing
th» “par collection" *— •
SCOTTSBORO, Ala., Feb. 24.
Silas Blevins,tenant on tie farm
of Henry Capcrton, near Steven-
eon, wan token from his home
and given a severe whipping last
night by night riders* according
to his statement today to the
county authorities. He attribut
ed the beating to His refusal to
Join the “tenants union."
heme.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—P.„,
dont Wilson will fallow a long-estsb
'■shed custom of riding to the ~ ™
tol with the Jncomlnp president
if tho cong
March 4, under plans of ...„
sionM inaugural committee, approv
by the president today, it was i
aounccd at tiio White House.
Whether Mr. Wilson will attc
the inaugural ceremonies is not
made known, but he will not accom-
pany Mr. Harding to the White
House, going dlwct from the Capitol
to his own new homo on S street.
Bill Steel Mill Cuts
All Laborers 20 Pet.
. .\ 1A ten. 24.—Redu
tions,approximatin': 20 per cent ...
the pay of all laborers of th. Jones
Laughlin Steel company become ef
fective March 1, It was learned to
day. The new rate will bo 37 cent,
per hour.
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