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sasss^isftr ■sm WEATHER FORECAST: n I* or Georgia—Cloudy, showers to* night and in south portion Saturday; ; cooler Saturday and in north- and central portions tonight. ; '* !ilp|| THETI _ feafl PUBLISHED IN THE FORTY TI l!RD YEAR.—NO. 39. HEART OF Diy<E~1fe? WEEKLY .EDITION AMERICUS. GEORGIA. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER I. 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS. German P eace Solely Up to Senate As Berlin Ratifies GOVERNMENT IS ABLE TO ERASE KU KLUX KLAN Congress and Federal Courts Are Empowered to Break Up “Invisible Empire” ALLEGIANCE TO U. S. IMPERILLED BY OATH Organization Broken Up in 1871 By Enforcement of Act of Congress SINGS POPULAR SONG AS HE STANDS ON GALLOWS - > Cook county jail soon after 7 o’clock Carl Wanderer, Triple Murderer, • this morning. Goes To Death With Firm Step CHICAGO, Sept. 30.—Singing popular song, Carl Wanderer, con victi il of the murder of his wife am her unborn baby, and a “ragged stranger,” wi.yin he hired to stage a fake hold-up, was hanged at the YOU AND i Wanderer walked to the gallows with a firm step and as he took his place repeated a short prayer after the atti-uding minister. When asked if he had anything to ^ say »s the shroud was adjusted on of his wife and his Wanderer started the song, and a “ragged; 1**1* Why Don’t You Answer Me?” KANSAS MINER CHIEFS START TERMS IN JAIL Best World Series Sizeup In The Times-Recorder ARE NOT IN DANGER OF DISEASE, IF WE GUARD GENERAL HEALTH; OUR DEFENSE AGAINST GERMS ’pUnKUCULOSIS death rate h,! high. HuL you wonder why it! doesn’t swiftly exterminate its hu-j mans, when you learn that nearly every one at some time or other be- conics infected with the tuberculosis! germ. That information comes from I the medinel research organization off the Knights of Columbus. The reason most oftus shake off the tuberculosis germ is because the average body normally has the powei to kill invading diseases. The great danger to health is not disease germs, but in allowing the body, the general health, to grow weak and lose its defensive powers WASHINGTON. Sent. 30.—Con- gross and the. Federal courts can break up the Ku Klux Klan, num bering, it i B said, 700,000 members ihiS'is the conviction of government olficials, following newspaper expo surcs of the Ku Klux Klan and pre liminary investigations by the De partment of Justice and the Postof- tice Department. Federal action against the King-'.! of the Ku Klux Klan probably will be based on tljc.se specific charge? made by the Klan’s opponents: : That the “Invisible Empire” of the K. K. K. is setting up a govern ment within the government. That it is inciting religious, racial and class hatred. That it’s program is an attack on individual freedom ami the personal rights as guaranteed by the Con stitution of the United States. Of the charges against the Ku Klux Klan, which prompt government in vestigation, this is the chief one: While the Klan claims that its purpose is “maintenance of white supremacy,” the Klan’s ritual asks questions, of applicants, which- indi cate that the organization is against the Jews, Catholics, Masons, the negroes and the foreign-born. The Oath. Members of the Klan, it is charged are bound by oath to obey without question all orders of the head, known as the “Imperial Wizard.” Such an oath imperils undivided allegiance to the United States gov ernment.. Seizure, trial and punishment of any resident of the United States, by any except legally constituted author ities, such ns the police and court officers, is a violation of Articles IV, V and VI of the national constitu tion of the United States. Any movement for exile or sup pression of individuals hecause of their racial origin or religious belief is a violation of Articles I, XIII and XV of the constitution. frmre, Fed cm! nuthorfU*** my they program, can take legal action against the Ku Rathenau, German business giant Klux Man and its officers and mem-j wants to avert the crash by stopping TWO NEGROES DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR. ! RICHMOND. Va., Sept. 30—Two | negroes, Raleigh Hawkins and Judge I Griffith, paid the death penalty in I the electric chair the state peni- I tentiary here today for the murder j of Stephen G. White, merchant and j postmaster at Harper’s Home, Din- I widdie county, on July 14. JAPAN ASSURED U.S. SEEKS NOT TO RULE PARLEY To Be Conference By Common Consent 0( Free Nations, Says Ncv/ Ambassador ’ food ? germs, TOKIO, Sepl. 30 (IJy Associated Press).—The coming Washington % conference on disarmament, said Are you keeping your body healthy | American Ambassador Charles War- y rcsli air, exercise and proper rcn , speaking at a dinner in his hon IT so, dont worry about or by thc American-Japan .Society If not, select your doctor. last night, would be a conference by f’HAPI IN common consent among sovereign tm a LUAt LIN • states—a conference upon which the Tim, most foolish occupation m UnHcd stat cs is not socking to im- the world is writing letters to celeb- | . )OSC j ts w jjj ritios. An absolute waste of time, it: '.‘p^iHont Harding rather is seek- ing a frank discussion,” ho said, ‘with the view of bringing about as a concrete result a declaration of principles by thc nations participate does, however, give laughs to movie stars, ball players, pugilists and scan dal figures. Occasionally one of these letters is a gem. An English lad lost his hat mob that stormed Charlie Chaplin when he arrived in. London. His mother wrote Chaplin: “I enclose the bill for the new hat.” Chaplin wrote back: “As result of the demonstration, I am suffering from nervous collapse. I enclose a bill for $1,000 for medical attend ance.” INDEMNITY France fears that Germany may have a financial crash next spring, i That would wreck the indemnity! . I ing which in theiiv practical appliea- • •f f' ,,n prevent a class of conflicting interests and remove thc causes for armament.” — - • POPULAR PASTOR FOUND, SUICIDE Howntt and Dorphy, Union Pres ident an Vice President, Be gin Jail Sentences COAL MINEsTIDLE ALL OVER KANSAS DISTRICT Leaders Paying Penalty for Calling Strike Last February PITTSBURG, Kans., Sept. 30.—I All the coal mines of the Kansas dis trict were idle today, coincident with! the appearance at Columbus of Alex-j ander Ho wait uiul August Dorchy, president and vice president of the Kansas union miners, to begin serv ing their sentences of six months in jail for calling a strike last February, according Jo reports to headquarters of the operators’ association here. SCARBOROUGH PROPERTY | BRINGS $513 AT SALE The property of the laic W. II. Scarborough, consisting of al» the ! contents of his store at the top of Muckulec Hill, wncre ho was found mysteriously murdered a few months ago, and which jva.s sold at adminis tratrix’s sale this week, brought $513. Most of ii was bought in by Morgan Stevens and his son, husband and son of the administratrix. Thc property consisted of a wide variety of„ mate rials, articles and goods. Only thc perishables on hand at the time of the death of Scarborough had been disposed of previously. gILLY EVANS will write it. For 16 years Evans has bbeen an American League umpire. He knows all thc ins and outs of baseball. Evans will give Times-Re corder readers an expert size- up of the Giants and of the Yankees (or Indians), will tell who will win and why, and will wire an analytical story of each game from the press box. Evans has umpired five world scries himself. You*!! get the "inside" of thc big fray in his stories. MARKETS AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Good middling, 20 cunts. LIVERPOOL COTTON. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 30.—Market opened steady, 9-10 down. Quotations fullys 15.22. Sales 10,000 bales. Re ceipts 1,340 bales, of which 1,230 are American. Futures: Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Prev. Close 14.41 14.24 14.01 13.70 _ , # # « ... . , Open 14.22 14.04 13.00 Body of Oxford, TV C., Minister Close 14.20 14.00 13.88 13.C7 Discovered Wilh Pistol at Side NEW YORK FUTURES Hilly Evans, umpire ami sport writer, and world’s greatest baseball authority. * > * £ JB Wntch for thc first one in the Timcs-Recordcr Saturday. Octo- her I. —- . . * NO PAY BENEFITS IF RAILWAY MEN STRIKE At Least, That It Likelihood, Based On Warning Printed On Ballot if charges that have been made j payment of reparations in gold and “delivering, instead actual goods. Germany cannot manufacture gold but she can manufacture enough machinery and goods to meet her payments. Rut such a flood of com modities would hurt manufacturing in Allied countries. A war is a loss no matter who wins. are confirmed by investigation The K. K. K. has four degrees of membership, initiation fee being $10 a degree. About 700,000 are believed to have joined the Klan since its re organization, October 26, 1915 Initiation fees are estimated all tlie way from seven to thirty million dollars. The K. K. K. also makes a profit on the uniforms and regalia which it sells to members. Klan’* History. William Joseph Simmons, of At Ir.nta, Go., is the present head of the Klan. His title is “Imperial Wiz ard,” and ho operates from the “Im perial Palace of the Invisible Em pire,” Atlanta. Simmons and 33 nthprs resurrect- «*.| the K. K. K. in 1915 and incor porated il under tho laws of Georgia. Klan officials disclaim most of the i barges made against them. They claim that their real purpose is “pure Americanism” and that they reallj seek enforcement of existing laws. The organization has gotten so big that it is pnssing beyond control «»f its heads, it is claimed. The Klan has a woman’s auxiliary. The original Kn Klux Klan is be lieved to have started in Pulaski, Tcnn., in' 1865. Its early activities vere directed against negroes in Southern politics and the “carpet baggers” from the North who flooded the South after the Civil War. It was broken up April 20, 1871. by the Enforcement Act. passed bv CongrcFs, popularly'known as tlu* Ku Klux Klan Act or Force Bill. This r ,c\ gave the Federal courts jursidic- tjon over nil K. K. K. cases. It em- pt wei«*d the President to employ the military fotoes and to suspend the writ of habeas corpus during K. K K. disorder*. It also barred from the fliries, in Ku Klux cases, all klar.i- t/ion. This act speedily checked .he growth of Klan and gradually caused it to flic out. DISCOVERY A New Orleans professor an nounces that be has discovered bow to make camphor out of turpentine, (Continued on Page Three) GIRLS BOOSTING MEMORIAL FUND Groups Selling Tickets to Theater ; Next Week—To Share In Receipts Every Day Accepting an offer by Manager j Emory Aylander to r.onatc a liberal j portion of the gross receipts from j tickets : old outside of the box office j ic picture shows at thc Rylander ] OXFORD. N. C., Sept. 30.—The body of the Rev. R. C. Craven, pas tor of the First'Methodist church of thi* city and one of the most promi nent Methodist ministers in thc state, was found by a searching par ty early today about a mile from Oxford, with a bullet through tis temple and a pistol lying at his side The authorities believe he Commit ted suicide. GETS WORKERS’ PAY. ROCHDALE. Eng., Sept. 30. — Losses by numerous working men land women rf -their weekly pay in I betting on races, resulted in the nr- j rest of Bert Gailen, a mechanic | Books taken at the police raid show ' Gailen had taken in $1500 in six i wcekt. CHICAGO, Sept. 30.—If thc pres ent railway controversy should lead strike, the railway employees of the country would probably not be paid any strike benefits out of their Jan. Mch. May.I union treasuries. Prev. Close 20.87 20.56 20.22 10.001 This is forecast by a paragraph in Open 20.90 20.63 20.93 19.60] tht printed document, with strike 10:15 am . 20.70 20.43 20.05 10.531 referendum ballot attached, which 10:30 am . 20.70 20.41 20.08 19.45. was sent out August 20, 1921, to rail- 10:45 am . 20.69 20.45 20.07 19.42 road union members. 11:00 am . 20.72 20.48 20.08 19.481 This document was issued jointly 11:15 am .20.80 20.57 20.12 19.50] by thc Brotherhood of Locomotive 11:30 am 20.80 20.55 20.13 19.55 ? Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomo- 20.84 20.58 20.18 19.56 tivo Firemen and Enginemen, Order 12:00 am 12:15 |im 12:50 ..... 20.83*20.58 20.21 19.64 America. 12:45 20 92 20.69 20.30 19.701 The paragraph reads: “If as re 1:00 20.92 30.69 20.30 19.68 suit of the votes of our members, 1:15 20.88 20.63 20.26 19.66'and later failure to effect settlement 1:30 .A... 20.83 20:61 20.22 19.65 1 it should be necessary to authorize 1:45 20.94 20.69 20.35 19.73 la strike, the attention of our mem 2:0(1 .... 20.93 20.69 20 34 19.78 hers is called to thc fact that under 2:15 20.83 20.58 20.25 19.65 the rntent of the laws of theFo 2:30 pm 20.73 20.53 20.15 19.6(1 ganizations strike benefits are 2:45 pm 20.75 20.51 20.16 19.60 j paid in connection with a general Close .... .20.88 20.64 20.30 19.75 J wage movement.” Ii fcb r the erection of a Sumter soldier memorial, several ef Americas girls began a ticket-selling campaign today under, the direction of Mrs. Lawson Simple ton, who has been active in the mon ument campaign. They will sell tickets today, Satur day and Monday, and each day n**xt week one group will be at the lobby of the theater to sell tickets. This week they are canvassing the resi dence section of the city, the various schools and other place*. Mrs. Fred B. Arthur is acting ns treasurer, all reports of ticket sales being made to her. Following is the list of t ! lad'es giving their services i ns ngmed: Dorothy Cargill. Vera He elyn Bell. Alice McNeill, Marguerite Maude Sherlock, Chamber Railroad union leaders. wWle de clining to be quoted, are understood t> be opposed t. a ra>lr*.4d strike, Eut railroad ''wployiji have \cted for u strike by thy four brother hoods, it appears, ns their UI loti: are counted in Chicago. The Rniiroau Lab.r Board, in a 04T»T»n bonded rfow; Line ?, 122!. artV»lz*;d an average ci‘ of about 1” pH cent in railroad wages. “‘hr. board, in its dechrijn, pointed out that, during government control, the wages of railroad workers rose from an average of $78 a month to an average of $141 a month when thc wage increase of July, 1920, went into effect. - ----- - . The 12 per cent, according to the 20.82 20.60 20.20 19.58 j of Railway Conductors, and the i hoard, meant “an average monthly 20.58/20.85 20 58 20.18 j Switchmen’s Union of North salary of about $125 for all cm r ployes, but such an uverage means, of course, that while some workers would earn a sum considerably In excess of this, many thousands of workers would fall short of that figure.” Other questions then arose. The railroad brotherhoods, after a can vass of railroad executives, reported: “Operating officers of railroads in the east, west, southeast and south west, appear to have declined to agree that the wage reductions shall be withdrawn; that the abrogation of time and one-half for overtime will not be pressed; that further re ductions will not be requested; and, that radical schedule revision will not be requested by the railroads.” Those who have kept close tab believe that the railway employes might Im willing to take the wage reduction if it were not for other things involved—especially matter* relating to working conditions and tie fear that further wage cuts im pend in the minds of rail toad execu tive?, of the country. separate issue, but one about which railroad strife way soon re volve, is the Pennsylvania raijroad’s COME BACK, CHARLEY WE NEED CHEERING UP! i»f Co SINN FEIN REPLY TO GO FORWARD TONIGHT DUBLIN, Sept. 30 (By Associated! K Press).--Sinn Fein Ireland’s reply to! the British government's invitation to a conference in London, October 11. was expected to be ready for thej Dai I Eireann cabinet when it assem bled here today. The meeting was set for 3 o'clock this afternoon, hut it was not expected the reply wculd! Anne Ellis, Eugene Parker, be dispatched until C o’clock tonight.j Mary Glover, Mrs. Henry Lump- Ruth Council. Mary Sheffield. Mary Littlejohn, Lavcrne Thomas. Lois McMath, Agnes Gatewood. Gertrude Davenport. Mabel Ellis, STRANGE EGGS FOUND. LONDON. Sept. 30.—The Oxford university scientific expedition to Snitzbergen, has brought back eggs of the famous barnacle goose, never hefrre peen here. The barnacle goose was originally believed to have hatch- appears in an advertisement on page cd from barnacles. i 5 in this edition. kin. Mary Parker. Emma Love Fisher. Catherine Broadfield, Orlean Ans- ley. Mary Walker. ,Mari« Frances Lane, Marie Per kin*. Mary Merritt. The picture program for the week TREATY WITH I U S. RATIFIED BY REICHSTAG Only Communists Vote Again,! ,' Peace Pact in German Congrcs REPUBLICAN SENATORS WITH ACTION OF BERLIN Watson Rails Against Pact, W B,n ing Of Drift Toward League BFUI.IN, Sept. HO (By Associate Tress).—The Rcichfitag today passer the hill ratifying the peace treat) wilh the United States. Only Communists voted againsi the measure. SENATE LEADERS GRATIFIED AT NEWS. WASHINGTON, Sept. ,’!0—Repub-1 lican leaders of thc Senate expressed I grnl ification today at the prompt I ratification by the Gorman Reichstag I of the peace treaty with Germany, y I “I am glad the German govern- R ment has acted so promptly,” smuL Senator Lodge, the Republican flooi H leader. The only addresa’ in the Senate on thc treaties yesterday was by Sona' tor Watson, Democrat, -Georgia, wh| opposed ratification because, bo said he believed they would drug the United States into the league of na- tiond and European entnnglcmcnta Ever since President Harding’s inau. miration, Senator Watson declared^ the nation has been "drifting irre sistibly" into thc longue. He also contended that the treat ics failed to provide for release o American, citizens who had violatoi the espionage laws. Referring, ap parently, to Eugene V. Debs, he said a man was serving a ten-year sen tenco in tho Atlanta penitentiary foi repeating liix (Watson’s) words. "Because he repeated a part of speech I made,” said Senator Wat. son, “that conscription was lincon- stitutional, shouldn’t ho he in the Senate, and I in the penitentiary? He did not say a thing more than 1 hav raid here in the-Senate, nnd I thlj I’m in better company than ho. That is my opinion.” V Ratification of tha treaty by” Reichstag now puts thc closing of pact up to the United .Slates Sonatl DRYS BLOCK PLANS iFOR TREATY VOTE. WASHINGTON. Bept. 30.—f’lmm-r pions of the anti-hecr bill today] threw an unexpected obstacle Jtithil the patch of tho senate Icndcrs’^nc-W gotiations for a vote on tho pcaceS treaties on October 14 when th*| "dry" insisted that provision for voh| ing on their measure also he mode. '/ recent defiance or the Rail Labor|! Board. ■ Tho Pennsylvania has put into’W-l feet a system of dealing with Ri« employees through representatives] elected by tho employees. Such rcn<8 .rsentatives, however, have to ho "ad^jj tual employees'* of the company, !;. The Rail Labor Board July 26 X!I2I, ordered the Pennsylvania rail road to confer with officers of th' “"ions, and bring about a new ole. tion of representativea of . employees. This the railroad-has refused to- In defying tho Rail Labor BoaM claims that OB per cent of its « ployces “have by vote or othcrw as a result of said conferences, pressed *a desire to negotiate ri and working conditions through ployee re|Troscntativcs. * * • M of 8sid employee representatives union men, and in tho enso of sovt. crafts the entire delegation of elr< cd representatives consists of 1 mon.” . The railroad then goes on to the right of the Rail Labor Board “to invade the domain of manage ment and to aaaert jurisdiction oven jrrievanecs oft whatsoever kind character in connection with the. (Continued on Page Two.) HELP WRITE MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION. WHAT shall lie thc inscription to he placed on the tablet for the Sumter 3 county Memorial to our soldiers in the great war?. The monument f| committee wants suggestions to select from. If you have a good one, ' fill in thc following blank and bring or send it to thc Times-Recorder I '“'" r than Saturday night, as the committee will meet Monday J morning to pass on the matter and order the tablet. Inscriptions should be limited to twenty words, snd should he as much shorter as possible.-: i’hey may b«: quotations or original. ^ I sugetttjthe following inscription: