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AfflERICUS. GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 12;'19 21. cum HEART OF Diy,E resident’s Children , Of Sidney E. Sctir- borough Lay Claim To Equal Share With Others SUE FOR TWO-THIRDS OF HOLDINGS, WORTH. $19,900 Attorney W. A, Dodson, Accept' ing Opponents’ Construction Of Law, Springs Surprise A new angle in the contest over the estate of the late W. H. -Scarborough, recluse merchant wlio tvas \'itderetl some, months ago in his store' where t he made his home on Muckglee'Hill, has developed in a suit just filed in Superior court by W. A. Dodson, at torney for Sidney Scarborough, uncle Ilf the slain man, and his five chil dren, all of Anniston, Ala. The new feature develops in the entrance of five children of Sidney Scarborough as claimants for a share of the estate a.; -co-lateral heirs with all-the Oth er claimants, and Jointly with their father laying claim to two-thirds of -he whole estate. The suit is a petition to the court for an injunction to prevent Mrs. R. B. Stevens, of Americus, the adminis tratrix and an heir, from disposing of the property of the deceased for tho purpose of dividing it according to ac cording to her wishes, and the ap pointment of commissioners to divide tlie holdings, much of which consists of real estate, according to the con- I ration id up. ' The suit declares that the estate is \ worth at,least $19,000, listing a num- y her,of pieces of real estate in posses- ** sion of the administratrix, which is given a value of $8,190 but Is al leged to be worth at least $12,000 j catli' in bank of $0,000,-arid notes and accounts of more than $1,000, with debts against the estate only of the funeral expenses of:the deceas ed and the costs of probating the estate. . ' In setting up the claim for the six heirs he represents, Col. Dodson lias changed his contention made dt the hearing on the appointing of an ad ministrator At that time he con tended that under the law the uncle, Sidney E. Scarborough, representing one branch of the family as'a broth er of the father of the slain mail - ■ , ... f , •’TrTrr-'&Wttj HERE IS RAILROAD u.s. STOLEN IN TWO OEM ROBBERIES BY U.D.C. OF U.S. . HARROLD IS ' HARDING’S CALL HIGHLY HONORED !S"S | WARREN G. ■Jewelry Stores In St. Louis And Philadelphia Held Up And Looted ST. touis, Nov, 10.—-Two armed men today entered the jewelry storo of Edward J. Gallant 'in the down town section, forced three employes into a rear room and escaped with jewelry value/l at $35,090 to $50,000, BY BOB DORMAN Intelligence pf employes is appreciated on Henry Foi l's railroad, wj)!ch is ope reason for its success, The above picture shows Hvo examples of this appreciation. On most locomotives-'the sidelights set on brockets. In ordse to, change the signal lights it is neeessary.to lift the lamps off the brackets. 'As the lamps and brackets are exposed to.the weather, this often is difficult and takestime. But a Ford employe suggested a new device; now all that’s necessaty is to grasp the knot at the top of the lamp arid swing it; springs hold it in place. What iiSed to taker minutes now takes seconds. Improvements, also suggested by employes, have hecn 'made In the construction of the headlights, making for speed and efficiency. FQRD ROAD EARNS MORE BUT SPENDS LESS Thu U tho concluding article of t town, in Southern Ohio that was a series by JohiTRapcr and Bob Dorman o n Henry Ford's railroad, vjhich makes money, satisfies the public, and keeps its employes con- tented. Ipokgd after by 12 men under the old management. The work is now being done by four men. And resi dents of the town declared the work never had been done so well by the 12 as by the 4. * A Lima manufacturer pointed to a switch. _ _ /‘‘That track was hidden for years nieal and trade ionvnnU -nreaantlW, 1 SE?*?W l"-’ ■*** BY JOHN W. RAPER. TOURING ON HENRY FORD’S RAILROAD, Noy. 10.—Railroad of- 3 YOUNG BANDITS MAKE BIG HAUL PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10.—Dia mond" rings:and unset precious stones valued at $50,000 to $60,000 were stolen from a jewelry store in San- som street today by tln-eo youthful bandits, who escaped; TOURISTS HALTED AFTER KILLING FINE STOCK IN LOWNDES Chosen First Vice President Gen eral At St. Louis—New York Woman President Frank P, Hm-robl received a tele gram this aft-rnmpt from St. Louis, where the national convention of the; I 1 - U. C. i- in session, announcing, that Mrs. Harrold was today elected |i first vice-president general of the or- j ganizntion. Mrs. . Harrold was re- ] cently elected stuto president of thd!| u. Ib of Georgia for the .second term. . - i Harding, pres ident of the Unit ed States of A m o rt l- a, d o here rail upon all devout and patriotic citizens of the United States to pauso from their ac customed occu pations and: la bors on Friday, . m the 11th day of , HARDING November, next, < froip 12 o’clock noon to two min utes past that hotir for a period Silent prayer and thanks to the Giver of all Good. —WARREN G. HARDING. ENDLESS LINE PASSES 0 LYING IN Flowers Heaped Mountain High As Day Before Burial Wears On TRUCKS BRING I; LORAL OFFERINGS OF ENGLAND | Scores Of Autos Required To - Carry British Embassy Pil- i- i grimage To Honor Soldier : - 1 ST. LOUIS, Nov. id.—Mrs. Living-! ston Rowe Schuyler, of New York, I today was elected, president general of tlie United Daughters of the’ Con federacy in convention here. Tho election was by acclamation. She is the first woman living north of the Mason and Dixon line ever elected to that office. , v ! almost, oe tost in it. look at it now, meal and trade journals representifijt, 4s Mean and neat ns anwaicce of Mm to , t ^.^ il f® a<, '>M^-Wff 1 4at«J5if*4trai:k.you.ever'STiy.- .ThaKoPU-Ork.’’ $?-««! :: it '>«** - nrr r making the Detroit, -Toiedgo & Iron- ccive JO- a day and they work top, a road, feet wasn’t able to phy Analysis of Result,, interest on its bonds, show a profit - An analysis of the: general results m operation. on the road was made recently by They ridicule and laugh at the rad- E . D. Dudley, general auditor, for road and its owner. It is somewhat; Henry Ford and it shows tho com significant, however that while tho pany’s revenues from March ti railway men in the United States, August, Inclusive, 1920, were $2,- scoff, the Canadian railivays havo 628,703,•-while it had a deficit of was entitled*"one-third of' the D ‘ T ’ & 1 t0 9tud Y, $904,038. This in the last six months K ^te-u that Mrs. G. E. Weinman, of p . I of the old management. Macon, daughter of a sister of Scare! D * r ', rarch t0 Au8u,t hjllusive, | T - ®- *■ " how 0 P rofit lf he c “ uld 1921, under the Ford management, VALDOSTA, Nov. 10.—Yester day while coming to Valdosta from Hahira, along the highway, ''oun- ty Policemen Crowley and Hus bands saw a car driven by a tOUr 1st strike a cow, breaking all of its legs and otherwise maiming the animal eo timt its death was insur ed. The officers caught up with the driver, who did not stop when he struck the cow. The man was made to return-to Jtahtya and pay the owner in full for the value of the animal which Was a fine milk cow. A few days previous to this the same officers saw a tourist plow through a drove of-hogs and kill several on tlie highway. They caught this ofeifdcr and compelled hiip to settle witii the owner of animnlv...— TIFT LEGION POST TO OBSERVE ARMISTICE DAY TIFTON, Nov. 10.—Tift County Post American Legion will observe Armistice Day wit hmemorial exer cises on the town east of the Bank of Tifton. There will In- music by the Tifton band and a short program FILLS HIS OLD PULPIT FOR STRICKEN PASTOR - Rev. Guyton Fisher and Mrs. ff’jsh- or, together with .Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Marshall, have just returned front Quitman, where last Sunday Dr. l-'ishe,- filled the pulpit in tho First Methodist church both morning and evening. While there the Fishers were the guosts of Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Bowman, hnd other friends made during tlie pastorale of Dr. Fisher m that city, and were entertained splendidly. Dr. Scruggs the beloved and von I ruble pastor of the Quitman congre gation, sutsained a severe stroke of paralysis recently, which has incapaci tated him for his work. The church is thus loft without a pastor until the convention of the conference in December, and the pulpit is being ■iilletPtfWith- -former pastors--of that ■ barge. Dr. Fisher wad the first pastor invited to preach, and others will follow. lena Clarke held for FIRST DEGREE MURDER POWERS TO LET U. S. TAKE LEAD IN ARMS MEET American Only- Advance Form u!a Worked Out For Naval Reduction WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.— (By Associated Press.)—Tho proposals to lx* made by the American delegation to the armament cofiforepce appar ently constitute the only suggestions prepared in advance as to ways and of curtailing naval expendi tures without the sacrifice of national iccurity. Great Britain is not. known to have worked out any formula; Japan is awaiting American suggestion; Franco and Italy are more concerned with land-forces than navies. Two days before the conference American proposals remain agpiGsely Kdjfdcd secret, it is knoygji they mTa definiteTormuiu for agree ment on limitation of naval forces. finds'cannonballon ’NOOGA BATTLE FIELD WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. — (By : Associated Press.)—Great and small folk moved in an endless procession today through the rotunda of the capitol to pay tribute to the unknown dead lying in such state there as on ly martyred presidents have known. The day was set aside for it. All who could speak for groups in the land or for the powers of th® 'orld, were free to place floral of*- ferings at his bier. Hour by hour the heaping flowers grew mountain high and spread about the vast cham ber. They included flowers front; France and England and evc~ *— - ‘ South America. Among the most formal of pilgrim? ages to the shrine was that of British embassy, headed by Arth J- Balfour, occupying nearly a see; automobiles cir flowers. By 10 oclocl people—soldier diildren, white trucks steady stream of uen, women and d black—had be* ending march through gun th e rotunda. Floral designs from every state with state shield displayed, com pletely circled tho rotunda. WATER TANK DYNAMITED at Moultrie hothouse MOULTRIE, Nov. 10.—Officers •fere are hunting eigen to the identity of the per.non who is alleged to have Joe Day Stewart, brigadier gen- wrecked Hie big water tank of ^ la- ’ N °J' L A "n in ’ nas returned fro dlctmcnt charging murder In the first a t Chattanooga and a sort degree was returned today by toe trip!1 which took him on e... number of relatives. He reports borough’s mother, was entitled to a third, and Mrs. R. E. Stevens ntld Mrs. 'J. II. Stevens, of Ellaville, daughters- of another aunt of Scar borough, wpre-jointly entitled to one- third. He hns now accepted tho in- tepretatiori placed on the law at the time by representatives of the Mes- dames Stevens that cousins, uncles and aunts inherit equally or co-lat- orally. However, since that time he has discovered that Sidney E. Scar borough, his client, has five children, all of whom are first cousins of tho dead man, bearing the same relation ship ns the two Stevens women and Mrs. Weinman, and therefore are each entitled to the same share as they, according to his contention. Therefore, admitting that the uncles, aunts and cousins' inherit alike, he sets out that there’ are a total of nine heirs, of which he represents six, or two-thirds. The names of the chil dren of Sidney E. Scarborough as shown in the suit are: S. E. Scar borough, Jr., Mrs. Fannie Canova Scarborough, Win. Martin Scarbor- . ough, Henry Turner Scarbbrough, and Miss Trixsey Scarborough.’ The real estate and its listed values shown in the petition follows: 170 acres of land at $25 per acre, , , , V. ” 1 _ , , - - 1 » unuei me r ortl management have had the output of the 1-ord the company’s revenues Were $4,- plant, critics say. “He simply runs 102,314, an increase of $1,574,021, th< L r .°, ai1 ® f h j3 auto plant.”, and its net earnings were $1,574,- Both of which statements are true. ’ 021. n . P°" bio | In other words, in the last six But that doesn't, explain why the months of the old company manage- D„ T. & I, is now able to do twice ment It took all the revenues and $4,2$0. ~ , , . 4 . , , Dink Frazier's house and lot, $400. Simon Black vacant house and lot, $10 Triangular storo, Dunn - pnoper.ty, ' Spring and Church streets, $80 as much businesses it did before Ford took it, to ’do this business with fewer men and with lower operating expenses. Ford bought the road in August, 1920. At that time there were 2723 employes and in July, ld21, there wore 1822. The greatest reduction wss. in maintenance of way, where the force had been reduced from 1221 to 646 men. . - The si-ci-c-t of the maintenance of way work being done with fewer men can bq found herei * There is a section near a small the amount of the deficit to operate the road, a total of $3,432,741. In tho Corresponding six months of Ford management it took only $2,966,788 to operate the road. Un der Ford management it took $405,- 953 less to operate the road and at the same time it ilid $1,574,021 more business. V?.-. '/ bo “ st a groat deal “ ! ,ltlr fuel record. In August, 1920, the fuel consumption per 1000 gross tons mile was 109.03 pounds. In August, 1921, it was only 126.87 poundfe. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ON ; ARMISTICE DAY HERE Following is the schodplu of oyeijta for Armistice Day in Ameri cus: - - - - 9:00. A. M. Patriotic .Services at Calvary church; • 1 10:30 A, M.-*-Business Houses .clmip till 2 p. m. . Dedication of monument to Sumter county sol- House and lot; Jim Phillips place, Spring street,$400. One house and lot, West Church treet, $1,000. Two houses and lots, South Ii'an.p- t ii street, $700. . One vacant, Elm- nvenue, - $o0. L. "One vacant lot, Hudson and 2ef- F ferson stree:, $7-). ‘ One house and lot, Prince street, $1250, ■> ■ - One house arid lot, Winn street, $250. One house am! lot,’ Aca.dcm.-' street, $150. One house and lot, Railroad sired, $25. One house and lot, Jordan alley, *2 -. americus temperatures (Furnished by Rexall Pharmacy) 4 pm 76 4 am 62 6 pm ...70 8 Pi" 10 pm 69 Midnight 67 "am 63 fi am 8 am 10 am Noon . 2 pm : f.7 mar and Lec^tr^ota, Children of city and county schools, white ami cqior.od, to. participate. Pi-c^enla- - tion of monument by Major James Fort, acceptance ’ by Mayor J, K. Sheppard; address, by Judge A. \v. • ozait. of Columbus. 11:09 A: M. —Two mllmtc3. of mtotire Day. -ys'wvwvS, $il«M prayer in iqjflst , of cere- ,. ?*£"***>, slmultaneqosly (with halt - of-ceremonies for unknown dead at Arlington. J NOON TO 10:00 P, M.—Chrys anthemum show,-Turpin building. 1> ’ 11 —(Indefinite)—Bas ketball at Playground, Union High Omega will also observe Armistico 3, tod “Y 7 lhe Dav with exercises nt th? TS 151rflnd Jury «gni»st Lena Clarke, for- buitding Col C W Fulfnrd f T’f 1 " M ‘ r I’ostmistress of West Palm ten, making an* address. Tin- Li 1 ^Fred"MniT'" 0 " AUB ‘' Sl “ent D a S pag t oa A nt & “m. h S?rik!n -Tf'I A " in:iicl, "' nt gainst Baxter H. America’s Hour,'” at the Aggie school bl^'th’i'ftllt’S him n!1 “S™* 0 *? auditorium on the evening of Arm,,- -' 1 drove Sliss Clarke from West Palm Beach to Orlando prior to the kill oral commanding the Western Brig ade, Georgia Conferedato veterans, has^just returned from the reunion of side LOWNDES CUTS RATE , ON MEALS FOR JAIL VALDOSTA, Nov.. 10.—Following the slow downward trend of prices the county commisisone.rs of Lown des county have cut the price for feeding prisoners at toe county jail. For two years or more the price has been sixty cents for each prisoner- per day. The price was reduced the lir-t of the month to fifty cents. This is ten cents per head less than tin- federal government pays for feed ing it prisoners kept in lhe Lowndes jail. 1 wonderful time. The pl___ besides Chattanooga, Atlanta, I con, Haddock, Gray, Wayside : Fort Valley. He brought back w him a 6-pouud cannon ball and th.. mlnnje balls picked up by him on th battlefields about Chattunooga. FIRE DRILLS ORDERED IN THOMASVILLE SCHOOLS EX-GEORGIAN’S FIRMS USES 40 PAGES OF ADS VALDOSTA, Nov. 10.-.W. (’. Thomas, a former Valdostan and a THOMASVILLE, Nov/10. — The board of education of Thomasvillc has passed an order requiring" that fire drills he given at least once every two weeks in each of the buiid- mgs in the city school system. The alarms are always given at an un expected time and when most con fusion would be expected to'result. The trials have shown that each of the buildings can be completely clear ed within two minutes. 4000 POUNDS OF MEAT FOR THOMASVILLE BARBECUE ,, . . w. , I.VCWM., m nuyBrounu. U “W ip WOft/MUf a$ corner La- p school vs. Anderionville '! mar and Lee,streets. Children of 2:00 P. M i._ii 2:00 P. M.—Football, Aggies vs. Norman Park, at Aggie campus. 3:00 p, M.—Planting of merorial trees by Christian Un.leav or boys °n City hospital gropni^. ?:30 Pi M\-—Kiwnnfs dub dinner and program in celebration of Ar- niixti.'ii NEW OFFICERS FOR N OFFICERS FOR ’•rtaj^ouna directors, JIrs. C.-0, PLAYGROUND EL5QrEp'Nile*, regent of thri local D. A. B.. •and Mrs. W. II. C. Dudley, head of Announcement is made by Cl,ah -he MuMe SMhsUi, were k-">, J ’ *'**'"• of C»» d • «*■*•**«► Wfered into by prounu association, of n rn.tmra in whirh ih,. .• ... ...:u ground association, of a change in personnel of officers of the associa tion, acceptances of w.Jch haye,jurt ., becq obtained. Mrs. B. 'll. McKee „ d — has been elected vice-president,.suc-lFLORIDA ORDERS 500,000 cApdinff Horilon Iinux*>U K'vr.r.Jh. !•' . m A hiren ... . rx<M*i which these organizations will stag* shortly a series of stunts for the benefit qf the Playground. made a new record in Tampa. Last Sunday one of tho Tampa papers contained forty pages Of advertising natter for tho firm of which Mr. Thomas is the head. The claim Is confidently made that this is the largest single advertisement ever printed in this country, .the matter having Ih-'-ii submitted to several ad- "•rising authorities I'm- decision. biether’of Judge W.’k!*Thomo“,"has „ T,, °MASVILLE. Nov. 10—Four made a new record in Tamna. Last thou5and F ounds fresh DEMOCRATS OF HOUSE DEMAND SUR-TAX VOTE WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. — Th DotnocratH of tho house sprung n sui price on the Republican leaders to day by presenting a resolution pro viding for an immediate and straight out vote on the senate’s fifty per eent income surtax rate amendment to the tax revision bill. The Republican leaders opposed the amendment and a hot debate resulted. Moultrie Floral and Greenhouse C presumably with dynamite late Tu dn ynight. So far not a lead been picked up. Truck dogs we carried to the scene as soon as I tanw which had a capacity of 1 000 gallons was found piled in Ha-1 HJ ass ruins, but were unable tnd ! U P u trail, as a heavy rain 1 rfth j ^ ur * n K l be night. Tho four big pi that supported the tank v/ero fou in as many different directions. Officers express the opinion a charge,of dynamite had been under each of the piers, living in the vicinity, however listed that they heard no noisce ing the night. It was pointed however, that the explosives coali have been so muffled that the tice would not have carried very LESLIE FIVE TO PLAY ANDERSONVILLE HERE LESLIE, Nov. 10.—The Union High school basketball team will meet the Andersonvillc quintet for a game Armistice Day, Friday, after noon. The game will probably be played ;at the Americus playground court. '; , ; .. Tin- game will begin early to al low thoM* who wish to do ro to attend the Norman Institute-Aggie football game* BALFOUR IN WASHINGTON TO ARMS CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Arthur PLA *TS FROM VALDOSTA I succeeding W. M. Humber, and S. R. Heys has been ‘ elected erairnmt; growing7irm in Val.l lufta , n—. . - - . of the tin*mc committee in place| received an order for half million p i„. at the armament conference ar- M r * Howell. i cabbage plants to be skipped to W r e*t| rived in Washington today with oth- .73 At the business meeting of the' Balm Beach, Fla. ‘ er members of the party. •i*-!‘OSTA, Nov. 10.—One plant*I J. Balfour, acting head of the dele- ung -iirin in, Vaidoi ta has already j gation representing the British meat isi stored in one plant in Thornasviilc to day,' It is the gift of tho peoplo who want everybody who attends the dedication of the Memorial Bridge on Armistice Day to, have plenty, of good things to eat at the big bnrbe- < Uf. which i' to follow th«* memorial exercises at the Methodist church and the speech by Hooper, Alexander dedicated. MUSCLE SHOALS TO KEEP CLOSED MILLS RUNNING WASHINGTON, Nov. 10—Te orary lease of power plant No. 2 of the Muscle Shoals project has been made to the Alabama power company, Secretary Weeks announced today. The lease has been in&de in order that the Alabama company may sup ply power 'principally to mills in Georgia, Alabama and tin* Carolina i which have been forced to shut down 12:00 because of drought. 42 VOTES IN PRIMARY. Only 42 votes had been cast at 2:30 o’clock' this afternoon in the city primary for the nomination for three members of the city council. There was almost no interest in the election, there being no contests. markets’ AMERICUS SPOT COTTON. Good Middling 16 ::-4i-. All Aim-rii-an Armistice Day. char.*- closed LIVERPOOL COTTON LIVERPOOL, Nov. 10.— Market opened steady 36-45 down. Sales, 5,rinij Dill. -. lt.-L-1-ijits, 28,041 bales, of which 28,921 are Ajiioriean. Future's Dec. Jan. Feb. Mch. Prcv. Mlosa 11.05 U.03 11.02 11.00 Open .i T ..U0.80 10.70 | ,Clare ..,..,..10.91 10.88 10.87 10.87 ENGLAND PREPARES TO PAY INTEREST ON DFB LONDON, November 10.—An rangoment iias been made to paying interest on the debt owed Great Britain (u the United Stati at the rate of 60.000,000 poun- sterling- yearly, it was announced the house of commons yesterday „ Sir Robert Horne, the chancellor o the exchecqucr. - Robert made this announce ment in the course of a statement o budeet prospects. He added wit npbu-ds: NEGRESS KILLS ANOTHER. TIFTON. Nov. 10.—[.cola 1‘olli?, colored, was cut to.death by another nesro woman, Minnie Stanley,- yes terday afternoon at the J. D. Cook plantation near Chula, over her hus band, Lennio Stanley. The slain woman was the mother of seven chil dren. NEW YORK FUTURES Dec. Jan. Mch. May I’:'' 1 - Close 17.50 17.24 1 7.13 1(1.!I4 40 3 7.10 17.05 16.90 52 17.20 37.15 16.99 17-62 17.25 17.17 10.95 17.49 17.15 17.05 16.90 17,30 17.03 10.90 16.75 17.11 16.85 16.76 16.57 .17.12 16.83 16.80 16.62 pm .17.1.1 16.86 16.80 16 02 17.07 16.81 10.73 10.55 10.81 16.58 16.58 16.46 17,00 16.70 10.<)8 10.55 16.96 16.67 16.68 16.53 16.90 16.73 16.68 16.57 Open 10:15 ant 10:30 .... 11175- fij 11:30 .... 11:4! 12:45 1:00 1U5 l :30 2:00 2:1.' I fifth potato HOUSE TIFTON, Nov. 10. to curing house has at Omega, It 000 bushefe, i 17.00 16.70 16.65 16.54 OmeKJt Potato 17 02 10.74 16.71 16.62 (tivea G 10.96 16.72 16.70 18.60. es and .04 16.78 16.75 16.82 located ai 16.99 16.65 16.61 16:52 "I hope this remark about the del ,vo owe America will not be m*d :he occasion for any discussion of th liter-allied indebtedness. It does nr onducc to friendliness of tho feelin between Amerka and ourselves t, that matter at all at pres. 5-YEAR-OLD-BOY KILLED BY HIS FATHER’S TRUOl MOULTRIl-:, Nov. 10. — Clavj ] five-year-old son of L. D. Robinso a leading merchant of Berlin, net : here, received injuries from which I died when he was run over by a I driven by his father early night. A moment before th. _ accident, the boy was proudly/ ing by the side of Mr. Robit ~ machine rounded a curve, toppled out. One of wheels passed over his body.