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at ~—« -NOT INCLUDING CUSS WORDS. The dictlomrv, has ■ lot “ itHati W ,°« rda t /® t Bet y»ur coat. But golfing friends have coined a heap More words than Webster wrote. THEfi AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 19, 1921. PRICE FIV AT SCENE OF MURDE BRIDE’S SLAYER TRIES TO DIE IN Alabaman Calmly Says She Was Hard To Kill . DECATUR. Ala., May 18. After complaining bitterly against the poorest service” he ever saw, F. W. Seay, held in connection with the killinK of his bride, ate n hearty breakfast this morning, lie nppar- ^y was normal, the jail physician announced! Last night he set fire to the bedding.In his cell and later to the bedding in his cell by butting his head against the wall, the pris- on authorities stated. - v HOW DAIRYING HAS KEPT SELMA, ALA., PROSPEROUS LEARNED BY MOULTRIANS Because or the fiicf that a well- defined sentiment for the devclop- me ?t ,°^ dairying on u large scale and; ithe establishment of a cream* cry here has sprung up, and a con- Terence of men interested will lie oil V tbe Chamber of Commerce Thursday morning at which a com mittce will be named to go to Bel- ma. Ala., next Monday to inspect conditions there, the results of flic trip to Selma last week of a Col quitt county parly will be of inter- cat. The following tells of the re port on this trip as follows; hard to kill, he TELLS OFFICERS. FLORENCE, Ala. May 18—Judge Almon today ordered a special term of the Lauderdale county cir- cult court convened May 23 for tho purpose of calling the case of F. W. Seay, charged with killing his bride here last Sunday. Seay, according to authorities, confessed to the murder after his - — —- — capture early Tuesday morning, and 5”. hln ? that thc promotion of the calmly told how he had beaten his I dairy industry upon a sound basis wife to death after a bitter quar- W8S 8 ,8fe 're; 1 '! risk-'Vhn a far- MOULTRJE, May 18. — The members of the party who made the trip to Selma nict Monday livfter- ", 8 . ,0 compare notes, consolidate their ideas and submit thc following report: Those present were M. L. Lee, L. II. Webb, Sam Waxelbaivn, County Agent Stratford, and Secre tary Caldwell, along with Howdrd Ashburn, C. L. West, John Mar- chant ami others who were invited to hear thc report. M.' L. Lee, speaking from the blinker’s viewpoint, staled he inter viewed the head of thc largest bank ing institution In Sclmn, who assdr- rcl. I TjKc fugitive, 'who (had been gjgpught by posses with bloodhounds ■Wncc the finding of his wife's'body, ^ was Uhen while ringing thc doorbell \of his mother’s apartment at Flor- cnce. He confessed on thc way to the police sUtion, it Is charged, and - today he again told thc details of the crime. Seay said that he tried to choke his wife, but that she almost over came him, according to authorities. Then, he said, he seized a rock nnd beat her head td'a pulp and after wards mutilated her body in the hope she could not bo identified if found. Seay declared that his mother and, his wife wanted to send him to an insane asylum. Authorities believe that he intended to kill both of them. When arrested, he had a piece of iron, wrapped with a handkerchief with which it is believed he intend ed to attack his mother. Seay, in his alleged confession, is declared to have told how he and his wife went for a walk and sat down on a rock. They had an, alterca tion, he said, during ^hich he charg ed hor with indiscreet conduct. Then, he said, he placed his arms around here and suddenly started to choke her. “She was hard to kill," he is al leged to have declared. Mrs. Seay, thc daughter of A. A. Williams, prominent Florence rosi- dent, had been cautioned by her mother to beware of her husband, it is said, but laughed a! the warning. They had previously had trouble. Fire At Filling Station Gives Town a Thrill A spark from n short circuit in the motar of tho gasoline filling station in front of the Hooks garage on West Lamar street about 10 o’clock this forenoon set fire to gasoline which had overflowed the top of the pump and caused a blaze that created a great scare among thc inhabitants of /that part of town. The fire spread to two motor filling tanks nearby and made quite a spec tacle, but was quickly subdued by the fire department witfi limited damage. Several hundred*gallon* of in the underground Capt. R ; N. Westbrook Quits As Marshal ALBANY, May 18.—Announce ment is made of n change in the of fice of deputy IT. S. marshal here through the resignation of Capt. R. N. Westbrook nnd the appointment of W. Duncan Davis to succeed him. Mr. Westbrook, who was for years chief of police in Albany, is one of thc best known officers of this sec tion, with relatives and many friend* in Americus. On account of his ^n.lvanced age and his other inter- 1 csts, he decided to retire from thc deputy marshal’s office. Mr. Davis is a son of U. S. MarsVI J. 3. Da vis. me* made up his mind that he want ed to go into thc dairy business on a proper basis, he had no trouble get ting credit. However, thc point was stressed that thc farmer had to show ho meant business and.an education al campaign in 1914 was inaugurated among the farmers, previous to the establishment of the creamery indus try. The market grew out of a dc- niand by the farmers themselves The- first creamery was built on lo cal capital. Thc largest creamery now has a plant investment of ap proximately $.150,000, and covers an area equal to all of ’ the buildings of the Moultrio Oil and Fertiliser company. What Merchants Say. k* E. Webb of the Matthews Trading company,stated that thc merchants he talked to wlthrut ex ception said thc dairy industry had saved them from thc disastrous con sequences of thc boll weevil. He stated they were all enthusiastic about tho influence of the dairy in dustry upon thc general prosperity of their' section during the present depression, Whilo the farmers had their cotton just the same ms in many other secti-ms. semi-monthly . pay roll from the dairy industry had In sured a continuation of business certainly^ not enjoyed by other com munities which had reverted back to tho one cron system of cotton agri culture, under the false lure of a 40 conk market. Mr. Stratford, speaking from the fnrmcr’n viewpoint, laid special em phasis upon the fundamental neces sity of any class of live stock. de velopment, whether it be in beef cat tle, the dairy business or thc hog Industry, namely, permanent * pas tures, Horn in Alabama and being a graduate of the Auburn State Col-' lege of Agriculture, the success of thc dairy industry wan probably less of a revelation to him than liny oth er member of the Selma party be cause he was already familiar with the conditions and fully aware of Ihe essential requirements of a sure enough animal husbandry in any country. Mr. Stratford recited the simple common aense rules of suc cess which had been practiced in Dallas county under the able leader ship of John Blake, who has been •the county agent for ten years — thc building of permanent pastures, the matter of ample feed production, including plenty of roughage nnd the succulent feeds that come from the ! money-making dairy cows and "boarders” and the absolute neces sity of a Cow Testing Association no that thc truth about production flight • be determined. k A Georgia Example. Mr. Stratford offered a pertinent illustration of all of these essentials, by citing the case of a herd of dairy cows in a county in Georgia, which under one class of management had simply paid their feed bills and broke even, whereas the same herd ot cows, with ‘the boarders culled out, with a change of ration and a few other practical points of hand ling had been placed on a net earn ing basis. I none month this same herd under a more intelligent man agement showed a gross earning of $700.00 and a net profit of at Jcast half that amount. Sam Waxclbaum, proprietor of the local creamery, interviewed the man ager of the largest creamery in Sel ma and offered some valuable in formation on thc development of the P0LEST0LDU.S. WILLNOTENTER SILESIAN ROW Lloyd Georcre Disclaims Distorted Reports In French Press RAIL SHARES ON STOCKEXCHANGE RISE ON RULING business in that section. ’The farm ers who live close to Selma bring in their own products. There are n couple of private truck lines which transport the products of thc farm- „ T . _ , . ... fers from ail over the territory, aside j. , ,?S t . Upper Silesia must be from those that ship by rail. At va- , u tbc Supreme council and WASHINGTON, May 18.—Pol and’s request for American support in settlement of the disposition of »'*,"*>" 'n me early pel -Upper Silesia has evoked -i formal ■* ys at ? cli ™ 8rltet ’ answer from Secretary of Shite Hughes that the American represent atives abroad would take no part in the discussion concerning the Miles- ian question. LLOYD GEORGE RESTATES BRITISH POSITION LONDON, May 18—Premier Lloyd George issued a statement this morn ing reiterating the British attitude to wards the Upper Silesian Question ex pressed by him in a recent speech in commons and disclaiming rcsponaibil- ity fhr distorted reports in French papers. have established what is known — cooling stations, in charge of a man employed by the creameries. Here thc product is weighed und tested and thc farmers receive their pay checks through the man in charge at the cooling stations. Mr. Waxclbaum particularly phasized the point gleaned from the managers of both of the creameries in Selma that the business side of industry bad been impressed upon the minds of any and all farmers who decided to engage in tho occu- patlon of dairying. Thc farmer who followed thc rules of the grfmo suc ceeded, thefarmer who did not failed. Tho creamery market had been de veloped’ one step after another in cluding butter making, -ice cream manufacture, condensed milk, and finally they arc now making cheese products. In accordanco with the growth of the industry on thc pro duction end, the scope of the mar ket at the creamery had been widen- w, until the two creameries wort abIc>to take care of thc farmer, whether he wanted to sell sweet cream, whole milk, sour cream, or what not, every day of thc year. Doing Wide Business. Today the two creameries of Sel ma arc shipping their products to fvery state in thc Southeast antf even ibeyond this f territory. Mer- Unskilled Labor To Be Reduced, Wage Board Announced NEW YORK, May 18.—Railroad share* made p demonstration of strength in the early period In day’s stock market, rising one three points in consequence of decision of thc fcailroad Labor Board to adjust wages downward after July l. The advance comprehended ev- ery class of rails, notably grangers, trans-continentals qnd coalers, but Southern division or cotton carriers also derived substantial benefits. Room Built on Rear of Store for Use B; Americus Gamblers Place Also Frequented By Questionable Wome Revelations May Help Solve Mystery- Local Taxi Man Plays Part In Vice Traffic rious railroad points the creameries I Drfgnty,” the premier said. business men. farmers and banket*. other place. Here are some of the high lights enjhe situation at Selma: District ParSOnaRe t’arh month, .... . ------ v This *motmt 0 f money would sup- soi > ■“•"P'ne of accurate records, in port elgltty business dioques Unit order to distinguish between real! did a business of *25,000 yearly.. UNSKILLED WORKERS TO HAVE PAY CUT , CHICAGO, May 18. —(By Asao- elated Press.)—The United State, Railroad Labor Board late Tuesday announced its intent'on nf revising the wages of moie than 1.000,000 unskilled rid workers ef fective July 1. The amount of the decrease will be made public June J. At the same time thc board nn- nounced that it would .hold hearings June 0 regarding proposals by thc roads to decrease the wages of other classes of employes and would also make its decision in these casks cf- fcctive the same date. A similar dc- els ion in the case of skilled workmen would mean a cut In the pay of prac tically every railroad worker in tlio coun . tr -Y •»“!? l. »n<l would niTeri nn. S&SSf Sf rnllwny tmnioyes 'a,? “The children of the trea't?cnnnot P® n " owcd ,‘° break the crockery in Europe with impunity. Somebody {hem P J.\ C0 “, rC ‘ [ aininc h8ml “Ho" them, Otherwise there would bo con- tinunl trouble. Great Britain can- trenl'vlH | l ° ? Und , by wb »« ‘he treaty la being, trampled upon." IS TRANSFERRED $“0O l .O0 y 0 2 a y P c C a r r. CCnl '‘° r ' b ° ut That W. H. ("Bill”) Scarborough, whose body with crushed skull, ^ound in hil atulfy, cluttcred-up storo just west of the city limits I evening, had erected a private and Well concealed room on tie p ar t storo recently for renting out ns a gambling den, nnd that well k. . young men of Americus were frequenters of the plaec regularly, was a re lation in the murder mystery that came under thc eyes of two Times 1 cordcr men who visited thc scene Tuesday afternoon and made a more I ough inspection of the interior nnd tho entire premises than they had iousiy made. It was also revealed that lewd women from other i itici been seen about his place at various times on their frequent trips h One of these was hero last week-end and left only Tuesday. Thcsd developments nrc expected by some familiar with tlm surwu Ings eventually to throw some light on tho facts it, tlio killing altl Sheriff Harvey today insisted that he was not any nearer a solution lie had been and had not ns yet obtained nny "lead" whatsoever that w Colic on ! ,n \ lcarncd sinco tho killing that gambling !,oing on at tho place, but ho has not indicated how much if nnv imnnn. he attaches to that fact. r miamm According to information, some months ago, Scarborough had nn ar rangement with a local white taxicab driver through which tho taxi driver had charge of a small tenant house on tlio Scarborough farm, Mantling near tho road and not far from tlio 8 tore. This place, it was said, was 1020 the Ironivl —I, &9jj°U»» n gambling game and „ i icV il Vr | flPPraTnnw. women- visitbrs to tho i City. On ono nrrniilnn n lirnurl fnnlr ( RICHSLACKER’S LAWYER CI1 BEFORE HOI Goes To Washineton 1 emporanlv—Major Barry .Coming Major Lswrenco S. Churchill, under of P--* 1 — . . known toda; f aaW \ l0da >’ lh “i ho would shortly rerrod to Washington, D. C„ for temporary duty. Ho and Mrs Churchill expect to leave in n week be' Ador a"w B Hi * wifi ?o C n M F a | J eTd A Te«. Barry ' "° W B V Churchi " ha » becn here ITno „ik“ n 0 year ! md lone" than "’JVjOther commander of Souther Kaiser’s Son Fined For Snipping Out Capital i . I,b ; RUN !’ May 18.—Eltol Frcdcr. ich. second son of tho former Gcr- man emperor, today was found guff- IT,?/* 1 »y exporting capital to ” 0 '' 8 " d through tho firm of ftilllipp. *oh" Greaser Company. In consld- £t U thmufi. th n l* ct th i t hc d,<l "°t 'Itohonorablo motives, he was lined only five thousand marks. chants, bankers, farmers and every- Field. Since coming here ho was body attribute tho immediato flow 2 ,rri * < l to a Georgia girl, and ho and of cash through tho everyday chan- Mra. Churchill have becn prominent n«ls uf prosperity to thc dairy Indus- end popular members of local eo- tnt. despite the fact that this clasa clety. He haa often expressed hb£ of agricultural income represents self as being delighted with Amori. only one-fifth of the total yearly cu 5 and haring been treated better farm production of Dallas county, here than anyhere he hnd ever lived This has been accomplished through Mrs. Churchill, also has said that the co-operation of tho Chamber of next to Rome. Ga., where she was Comeierce, the county agent, the reared and lived until she married management of the creameries, thc she loves Americus better than anv' othnr nlnpA ' Being Remodeled Tho milk cows have practically all been paid for by the farmers from their creamery checks, without any loss I " the bankers,. DA WSON, May !B._The work of The Isrger creamery gels an aver- remodeHhg the district parsonage ago of T,500 gallons of milk products which has for some time been un- per day, thc smaller about 2,500 gal- der consideration by the trustees, is Ions. a-M.ll a-J m ■ - - ■ D.® c ? rs Laid Oft Foi Lack of Funds 1 WASHINGTON. May 18—AbW mil!? bundrcd Prohibition enforce ment agents In various parts of tho Sff U ,a l ? r i ha i 0 5*S n t 1 cl "P®™rlly laid •alario * Ck ° f f “ nd " to P * y laid lo*. it was announccd^today.*'**’ WASHINGTON, May 18—B Weinberger, of New York, eou r Cleveland Bergdoll court martial proceedings, was dcred to the bar of the house representatives today for contal after refusing to testify bofort house investigating committee gardmg fees paid him by Ber ' mother, Weinberger challenged the croupe TC^ort^ that he hail never been induft Ms 9,BALLOONS IN RACE NEW YORK, May 18—Nina bah t?™i ^*1? been e " ,er<! ' 1 i" the na- lianal balloon rare to ba started at Birmingham Saturday, the Aero Club of America announced today. Approximately two million dollars having been W given ritho^mntracf C for a year goes baek in the pockets of the work. Seven hundred and fifty the dairy farmers of that section and dollars will hc expended on improve- they get this on the basis of a pay- ments and repairs requiring immedi- roll on the first and fifteenth of fate attention. New windows are be ing put in throughout the first and EX-SECRETARY LANE IS DEAD Heart Disease Develops After Operation At Rochester Courtney Ivey Wins Annapolis Appointment Courtney Ivey received it conrorj- nientjon Wednesday morning from Congressman Charles R. Crisp con taining the appointment t)’the naval academy at Annapolis, he having successfully onssed his examinations at Marion Military Institute last Anril for entrance into Annapolis. Mr, Ivay will also receive hie di ploma from the Americus High school, June 2 whan the term closes. Kis,record firoughout his school course his been remarkable and brillianL He will leave early in June for his duties at Annapolla, ROCHESTER, Minn.. May 18— Franklin K. Lane, former secretary f the inter’or, died nt a hn.-pilni CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE DYING Aged Jurist Fails To Ral ly From Sinkinsr Spell here this morning fol’cvin,; an at tack of angina pectoris. \ Ho was operated on here May 0 for gallstones and apRondicitiu, ami it was said hc was recovering when heart disease developed. Hc left no estate.. Practice Ball Game At Souther Fridav A practice game of baseball will be played at Souther Field Thursday afternoon at ,3 o’clock between Souther Field knd a town team. No admission fee will be charged and thc public is invited. . W inns attending Chief Justice White announced at noon that there had heen no change in the patient’s con dition and that hc had not rallied from thc sinking spell of late yes terday. They stated he might lest through today and tonight, but re covery waa not expected. Tile chief justice submitted to an iperntl.nn for a bladder trouble last Friday and had improved rtoadily un til late Friday when he suffered a re lapse- Ho Is 76 years old. to 'be 1 encased’id a barrel, their heads sticking jbut. The breath of the Mongolian cam el is said to be poisonous. Only second stories and a new roof will be put on, and the tower will be torn away and a gable added. Substantial improvements will al- so be made In the rear of thc build ing. .A kitchen will be built out and out On 1 thc southwest corner, with a large butler pantry and a wide porch runnig the full length nn thc nort. These changes will add very niuchf to the appearance and convenience of this church property, in which all Methodists of the Amer* icus district are interested. Dr. Little iohn Is Made Hospital House Surgeon Dr. Wilmot Littlejohn has been appointed house physician and sur geon for the Wesley Memorial hos pital in Atlanta and hc has already entered upon his duties. Dr. Little john served for tho past year ns in terne at the Wesley Memorial hospi tal, making n splendid record throughout his course, ’ Dr. Littlejohn is the son of Judge and Mrs. Z. A-Littlejohn, of Amcrl- „ „ IHO u „ MARKETS AMERICUS SPOT COtTON Good Middling ...Ji i_j c NEW YORK FUTURES Pr 1pm Close 13.03 12.86 12.78 July 13.01 n Cl ' US 13 '® b *MS 13.50 13.45 Dec, 13J>9 H.QQ lgjQ 13.90 I3|80 Miss Geraldine Payne returned to tier home here Tuesday after a de lightful visit of six weeks to her sis ter. Mrs. Claude Davis, at her home in Jacksonville. m EidWNGTON Ported much better. to 1 ? hephe !L? ha * returned £m h e’\i!r?» h ^rra^ r “ V ‘*‘ t * Mbs Maude Check waa thc guest of Miss Lucile Kinard Sunday. Moore, of Preston, was the dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Johnson Sunday. from here attend the on- eretta in the Union High school au- d % l “ m 8t JW*y night. . miSH Ethel Kinard spent Saturday n "u t r. V Ti lh t M n ? culah H8rrl ‘- y nn. k. j. Check spent the week, tive, and" 1 /riends. ^ * U “ t ° l Mrs. Henry Niasle, of Jacksonville, th."i...™ ,pen # I® * ome t,m< b « r ® "t M^T m M. 0 Ethridge P,r<!nU ' Mn #,ld Misses Ethel Kinard. Beulah liar- fiL|?" d J’ , A - B ,™y were visiters to Leriie.Sonday. afternoon. Wiilmm Citierry, of Smithvlllc, •pent the week-end here at the home of Mr. nnd Mrs_J. E, Kinard. r J ! r ’ n ni1 ..M* Bradley and Mr. Lester Bradley attended services at Pleasant Grove Sunday. Miss lajttjc Ethridge, of Columbus, spending some time at her home -o, having heen caSSj t„ the bed- side of her mother. On one occasion n brawl took j plnco which attracted tho attention . of a well known 'citizen passing by, who. thinking it wan a negro fight, stopped nnd ran In on the party. Recognizing men from Amoricu.vhc is said to have warned them to stop their law violations, anilthcn com plained to Mr. Scarborough. This, it is understood, ended tho operation of tho ’’houso by tho side of thc road.’’ / Erected Gambling Room But tho demand for such n place continued. About six or eight weeks 1 ago Mr. Scarborough bought some MOTHER MAY PAY cheap lumber and had erected under Ar J,*?„ A Y 0, R FfMSOjg a largo shed immediately in thc rear ' of his store thc walls of n room about 10x25 feet. It wns equipped with two doors on tho sido next to the ntoro nnd one the roar, with two awing- mg wooden door windows through which no light could penetrate when closed. These windows open on the north on n corn Held, with only n lone negro houso In sight. This room remains locked with nnd- locks, but Tuesday evening It waa opened for tho Inspection of the newspaper men. It contained several K enairs, a 'simple table and a few other small articles, two or three kerosene tamps, a soft cloth covering for Ihe table to deaden the aound of the poker chins, and a pack of cards. 1 The store itself sUnda high on *n embankment at the side of the road, with bushes and trees nn each side, so that nowhere from the road is iu rear, or thc newly built gambling room, visible to the passing public; Until the tragedy attracted curious scores of people to the scone, com paratively w, it is said, exrent the gambling fraternity, knew or its ex istence. Strangers With Woman Tlie women who have been coming here for some time had been seen fre quently about his store, it la said, although not making it particularly a resort. They stopped to buy cigar ettes, or a meeting place on appoint- tnenis. * One of these who was here last week, had becn seen at thc store. She was of alight build, and on tills trip to An\cricus la said to have hern accompanied by two strange mgn ' rtfU pnr- ’HILADELPHIA, Emma C. Bergdoll was yesteh sentenced In the Federal Dii' court to one year and one day I Atlanta Federal penitentiary conspiracy to aid her sons, Grover i Bergdoll nnd Erwin it. Bergdoll, deoert tho -United State's army, wan fined n total of *7,000. Jjlilge Dickinson, in imposing t tcnce. announced the prison sc would be remitted if the'line within tlie present.term of court i ing tiio second Monday in June. The same conditional sentenrea imposed on Charles A. Braun, Mrs. Bergdoli’s eldest son, * who chap Ids name because of the notori caused by Grover’s escapades i ' Jnmoa E. Homing, n friend i family. _ Albert S. Mitchell, an Idle salesman, and Harry H indicted for aiding Edwin I doll to desert the , sentenced to a'tx nu line in the Mercer Trenton, N. J. Thu. will be remitted if the bfore the second Mond Ah she walked out room Mra. Bergdoll turned paper men And said: ’’Never will I pay a line. I shall go to jail. Maybe Ih •nr off «»».** ler of f ho. 'I'li" fi''" 'I' fi’hflants . In $10,000 bail each po: peal. SETH TANNER a ho, after the killing, are report: i have been observed taking n pa. ticulnr interest about town in listen ing bitpntly whenever in loitering aboqt they would chance to hear tlie it is liseussed. They left Tuesday, aid. for Columbus. ■ Th"t such a place Was conducted by. Mr. Scarborough was no surprise to persons who knew hjm well. He Is said t> have had no conventions scruples on thc source of his gaits. Although u student of thc Bible, he professed no religion, and is said to have boasted that hc feared neither Cod nor man. nnd to have held the opinion thnt no such thing ns n vir tuous woman oxisted. Hc rend the Bible studiously for the sake of.ar- ;ument, it is said, but professed to be an atheist. No further discoveries of vnhintdc* or money, supposed to have been „.*?**• George Ethridge is in Buena I hidden bv Scarborough, huvo been •JKt: {■"'•■"8 been called there to made, it is said. The store is now in m ot her brolher *•"> is ■ charge of Morgan Steven,. j r . t ubi>. in. of the U>ir.norarv adminirtraitix who and .Wilson _Ry*l«; wa** Scarborough’s firm cou»in. Mr. Stevona ?rofer*«* th* gravest (Continued On Page Two.) Aunt Mournful yours old yesterdayi si nor glasses without tb’, soent Sunday pleasantly with Edwin! Samson. . . ‘ I