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r r. PAGE SIX THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER, T SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1921,. 3 The Americus Times-Recorder. ESTABLISHED 1879. Published by THE TIMES-RECORDER CO., (Inc.) Arthur Lucas, President; Lovelace Eve, Secretary; W. S. Kirkpatrick. Treasurer. WM. S. KIRKPATRICK. Editor; LOVELACE EVE, Business Manager. Published every afternoon, Thursday.) except Sunday, and as weekly (every OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:—City of Americas, Sumter County. Rail road Commission of Georgia for Third Congressional District, U. S. Court. Southern District of Georgia. SUBSCRIPTION RATES:—Daily and Sunday by mail. $6 per year in advance; by carrier, 15c per week, f»5c per month, $7.80 per year. Weekly Edition, $1.50 per year in advance. Entered as second-class matter at the postsfTice at Americua, Geor gia, according to the Act of Congress. National Advertising Representatives: FROST. LANDIS & KOHN Brunswick Bldg., New York Peoples Gas Bldg., Chicago. ! junior senator in Washington, but it is certain that others have < jsidcrr.d it and blushed for their action. i or the junior Georgia senator is making as sorry a spectacle of himself in the upper house of congress as his most bitter opponents said he would make. Sent to congress to represent the state of Georgia, he is coming about as near misrepresenting it as it would he possible for him to do. Seemingly, the only thing that remains i for him to do to complete, the absurdity of his conduct there is to appear on the floor of the senate in his night shirt and hurl a book j at somebody. BETTER MAILING CRUSADE BEGUN MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclu sively entitled to the use for publication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news pub lished herein. All rights of republication of speial dipatches herein con tained are reserved. - The red headed firebrand from Georgia has long been noted for going off half-cocked; for making wild charges and insinuations for carrying half truths and untuths to the end despite their disproof; stirring up hatred and malice in the breasts of his fellow citizens by creating classes where none existed; for wilful distortion of facta and persistence in them and for skillfully maneuvering on every occas ion when he creates an issue of his own invention so as to make him self appear the under dog. the champion fighting for the rights of the common people, the only defender of "Uncle Reuben," and the only man whose statements are to be trusted. Articles Not Properly Packed No Longer Be Accepted Here MEIGS MAN TURNS DAUGHTER STOPS BIG CAR IN DITCH JAIL DELIVERY Druggist And Young Son Luckily Escape In Crash On Scar* . borough Hill THE GOLDEN RULE SALE’S SUCCESS. JHE first Golden Rule sale day in Americus has come and gone. And the merchants who participated in it, with the very fewest exceptions, are highly pleased with the start and already looking forward eagerly and confidenly to the second sule, which will be held on the first Monday in December. The beginning was not a tremendous thing. Some had expect ed a larger crowd than attended. Others, however, had anticipated a moderate success and were rewarded with a fulfillment of their hopes and expectations. Nearly every merchant had a good day, and some had an exceptional day. In staging their first Golden Rule sale the merchants learned great deal, and most of them declare their intention of profiting by what they learned next time. The chief mistake seems to have been made in the choice of special bargains for the day, although this was not general. Some of them, however good and genuine the bargains, involved too much money to be attractive to the masses. Others, although priced absurdly low, were articles not exactly in demand just now and were not attractive. Some merchants found their spec - .als more or less ip the luxury class and learned that people are buy idg needfuls just now ahead of luxuries. Aftd in the experiences of each of these merchants a new vision ■ new conception of the heart of the Golden Rule sale idea was re vealed to them. They had wanted to make attractive offers; they were playing the game according to the rules the best they knew kow; they were giving good values and were making a genuine appli cation of the Golden Rule; but the public didn't always respond einctly as they had intended and wished. And so, next month they are going to be sure that their specials are something that is needed light then, something seasonable in every case, something up-to-thc- ninute in style, and something that everybody needs nnd wants as far as it possible with their respective lines of business. They ' know.the principle of the Golden Rule sale is right; they have seen it succeed on the first day, with the whole more or less experimental end With no adviser who had been through the experience elsewhere to guide them in detail. They had to learn and they did learn. And while they were learning new trade and new money was brought to Americua and new friends made. Altogether, it was a very profitable day for every citizen—profitable in new cash brought into the city in a very considerable amount when taken collectively, and profitable from the standpoint of good will mude. ’ -Two factors worked adversely to the first sale. The first was threatening weather throughout the forenoon, which tended to keep traders away; the second was a more or less absence of faith on the part of the public. The public has become wary from long gouging and misrepresentation on the part of unscrupulous merchants—it it so in every community. The Golden Rule in business it an innova tion so novel thai the public it unable to comprehend it at first; it looks upon it as a new bait put out to cacth the dollars. But those few thousands who attended Americus' first sale Monday found out differently; they found out it was exactly as represented; they found it was an honest effort to establish good will between the country man and the town man or business man through the offer of unusual values and fair treatment in every one of the business houses participating in the sale. And they are going to tell their neighbors ancf their friends A splendid feature of the day waa the farmers' auction sale, it was the biggest single' success connected with the event. It attracted a large'crowd from start to finish, and every item offered for sale was knocked off, most of them at good prices. Some articles brought amazingly good prices. Others caused amusement. But the im pression upon the farmers was most excellent. Many of them re marked after witnessing the sale that they hadn't quite understood it, but would be present at the next sale with some property to dis pose of. They admitted to themselves surprise and appreciation that this opportunity had been set up by the town people whereby the countryman could turn into cash at the slightest cost articles for which he had no use. It was a big builder of good will, and promises to develop into a tremendous institution as these sales go on. Measured from a broad standpoint, the first Golden Rule sale in Americus was a huge success. It started impressively in the direc tion it ia absolutely necessary lor the business men of Americus to gO;if they are to progress and prosper. It began a new era of good will among local merchants and sowed the seeds of confidence in * fljjjwicui dealers as a whole among the people of the surrounding country upon whom these merchants must depend for their patron age. It launched a new spirit of trade and industry in Americus that will grow and expand from month to month, until in five or sis months it should be a mighty institution, and should have transformed conditions here absolutely. . An impressive feature in connection with the sale was the fact that, so far as has been reported, every merchant played the game fair lo himself and his competitor with one exception. This violator, oi course, will have to face the organization and show why he should not be expelled and.denied further the benefits, good will and.confi dence that go with an organization in which a gentleman's agreement is to be regarded and maintained, a contract more sacred than a signed agreement. 'TitfCxv'-'- v ,, ... .. This is the same Tom Watson who a few years ago, by his deliberate and cruel distortion of the evidence so inflamed the minds of the mass of the people of Georgia that Leo Frank was lynch ed for a crime he no more was proved to have committed than the senator himself. Then it was the Jew against which Watson railed; then it was the cry. "Don’t let the Jew get awayt" and "Don’t let Jew money save him I" that Watson raised. Not once did he raise his voice or lift his pen to insist. "Let’s calmly find out the truth about this thing; maybe the Jew didn't do it.” He convicted Leo Frank before his trial, and created an intensified demand upon the part of the public for hia hanging on the assumption that he had been proved guilty before his trial. When Governor Slaton commuted the death sentence of Frank, passed by a judge who expressed his doubt of guilt, but who had no other choice under the verdict, he deliber atcly effaced himself from a promising political career, probably from the seat Watson now occupies, and committed the most cour ageous act in the histoy of Georgia public officials. When Frank was lynched the blood of an innocent man was upon the head of this Tom Watson. This is the same Tom Watson who. at a later date, after he had settled the Jew issue he railed, insisted that there were a score or more of missing girls in "Keily's establishment at Savannah," a Cath olic institution, and insisted upon his accusation after two Chatham county grand juries, composed of Jews and Gentiles, churchqien and non-churchmen, repcsentative groups of citizens, inspected the home nnd reported back that they found it an exemplary institution, and gave the lie to his statements that u white girl slave pen was being maintained ip this Georgia city. These are but two examples of the mental monstrosities con stantly emanating from the present Georgia junior senator. When he went to the senate we were ready to give him a chance to make thoroughly good. We wanted to help him make a good senator if possible. But he has done little, except make a sorry spectacle of himself in the senate, and through him a laughing stock for the na tion of the state that sent him there. His latest outbreak consists of the charges made by him in the open senate and there challenged, that American soldiers, some score in number, were hanged in Frante without trial of any kind. The senator undoubtedly knows these charges are untrue; he is a man of brilliant intellect, and it doesn' require a great mind to know that there can be nothing of truth in them. The charges have been heard before on various occasions. of- of and they have never gotten any farther than mere word of mouth reports, always statements heard by someone else. The war' department records say the charges are untrue. Gen eral Pershing says they are absolutely and completely ] untrue. THE SAME OLD TOM WATSON We wonder what those 75,000 or 100,000 Georgians outside of hi* usual following who voted to send Tom Watson to the United State* senate laav fall think of their judgment now. Possibly many COMMON SENSE SAYS THEY ARE UNTRUE. AND SHAME BE UPON ANY MAN. THE DEEPER BE HE SENATOR AND SPEAKING IN THE HEARING OF THE WHOLE WORLD. WHO RISES AND MAKES THESE CHARGES FOR TRUTHS UNTIL HE HAS ABSOLUTELY ESTABLISHED THEM. Common sense says these statements are untrue because human beings, not even savages, do not do such things. The cannibals kill their kind in religious frenzies and eat them; they do not kill then for the fun of it, nor to leave them afte they are dead. And Ameri cans do not do it, regardless of what Senator Wason may aay. A single maniac might do it. but two or more men would never do it- \ND IT WASN’T DONE. The United States senate as a whole knows it, and has set about to wipe up the nasty a;-''! the evil-stirring senator has daubed upon the name of the greatest body of men in the world in all time—the American army, made up of the men of pure democracy fighting for liberty of themselves and the world Behind it all the senator is playing his same old trick —creating classes and stirring up hatred between them whuv. created, It ia a thrust at the officers of the late American army and a bid for favor with the doughboy, because there were more of them. He knows there was discipline in the army, and that only a comparative few of the 4,000,000 of men called could be officers. He forgets that the officers, the bulk of them came from the ranks, and that every man had equal, or approximately equal, chances of being an officer, de pending upon ability and efficiency. Of all the outrages perpetrated for years upon a public, this seams to us to be the most cruel, most offensive, most far reaching in evil intent and possible consequences, most inexcusable of all. And it appears that for the first time the senator will be shown up as completely as he deserves and as quickly, for the senate has accepted the challenge and has determined to make the senator submit his sorry proofs and let the world judge. But when the verdict is rendered, and the country learnt that heresay is not evidence, it is safe to assume that the senator will con tinue with his charges. He doesn't accept defeat; he doesn't accept proof. He is always right despite the facts. And his dyed-in-the-- PoEtmaster Davenport has is.-lied the following statement, to the pat rons of'the Americus i ■ ■ --t office: "A postal Ltusadc i ■ on through out the country whereby better pre pared parcels are being required be fore mailing, and it is -ell for the public to stop and think and take due notice of what is required, and be governed accordingly. "I can only speak for this post fice. “The natrons or this post office hereafter, will take it too much for granted if they 1). pg o |iaekag lie mailed that is packed improperly, for the package not conforming requirements will certainly be turn ed down, if not here it will bo some ether office along the'route dispatch. “Then if not properly wrapped, the same treatment will surely follow. The receiving clerks nl the general delivery window here havp been suf ficiently instructed on this subject. "An article of ordinary merchan dise to be mailed must ho placed se curely in ii wooden or double faecd corrugated pasteboard box, with suf ficient packing of a soft nature to secure it against rattling about in the box, or striking against the sides of the name. “It should be neatly and securely wrapped, and above ail lied secure ly with strong twine. "The government does not have paper nor twine to give the public, so have this all done before bring ing the parcel to tile post office. "Then toil the mailing clerk what the artcile to ho mailed is, and if of a fragile nature he will mark it and treat it accordingly. If in sured tell him its value, for the gov ernment requires a sworn statement witli a bill of the items insured, ije you can get a settlement for No fictitious values can be entertained. "‘I hen write in ink, in the uppper left hand corner the name of the sender iri a legible manner, and write the address plainly also in ink, giv- f possible the street number, or to whom it is sent in rare of. The loss of many packages at this office alone, could he avoided if these sim ple instructions wore followed. "These requirements of’the post- office department look simple enough, hut every day wc have to turn down packages which do not begin to con form to them; and these suggestions are given at this time in the interest of better service.” fore THOMASVILLE FISHERMEN TALK LIKE AMERICUSERS THOMASV1LLE, Nov. »! — Some Krcat fish talcs are told by local ftoh ormcn returning from the gulf. They state that two twenty-pound fish were caught on a small hand line at the same timfc; that one fish swallow ed another as it was being pulled In and both were captured and that one big grouper tore off a Wilson spoon and was later caught with the spoon lodged in his mouth. These tales are sworn to by the fishermen and they brought back one thousand pounds of fish they caught in about four hours on the Snapiicr Banks off St. Marks. J. H. Whitscti, a druggist of Meigs, speeding in a new Studebakcr car | down Scarborough Hill toward Amcr- ' icus at an early hour this morning* drove off the high embankment re cently filled in for the pavement and overturned the car, damaging it bad ly. He was accompanied by his 7- yenr-old son and both luckily escap ed with minor leg cuts, which were attended by Dr. .1. W. Chambliss. To day Mr. Whitsctt occupied his time attempting to rescue the wreck of the car from the ditch. Mrs. Whit sett arrived here by auto a few hours after the wreck. Mr. Whitsctt was on his way to Macon. AND ATTACK ON SHERIFF FATHER MU, Beauford Harvey, With PUtol Through Window,ij Quell, Jail Insurrection OFFERS REWARD FOR PUP, DEAD OR ALIVE A Uttle white poodle dog, the prop erty of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Fort, has strayed or been stol en. Mr. Fort says that prior to ita disappearance the poodle snapped at and slightly bit several children, caused at the time, he thought by being teased and chared by boys and passers. However, abuut last Tues day the dog disappeared and Mr. Fort it offering a reward for it or for In formation, whether dead or alive. Mr. Fort docs pot know that tho dog had any symptoms or rabies, but ita disappearnec and exhibit of bnd temper a few days before disap* pering has caused him some uneasi ness. He will appreciate any infor mation regarding the puppy. CRISP SHERIFF AND WIFE HERE AT SINGING Many Americus people, as well as those from the nearby towns, attend ed the afternoon singing at the court house Sunday afternoon, with proba- _ bly 300 engnged in tho singing of j new and old gospel songs. Sheriff 1 Noble and Mrs. Noble, of Cordele, sang a number of pleasing duets, with Mrs. Noble at the piano, and quar- PRESTON PRESTON, Nov. 8.—Rev. C. M Infinger, of Parrott, filled his reg ular appointment Sunday at the Meth odist church, preaching very able ser mons «t both morning and evening services, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mor.tgomciy spent Sunday in Parrott the guests of relatives. Misses Ldnn Shannon and Mary King were in town several days last week visiting Miss Rosa Bell. Lester Souter came from Albany to spend the week-end with Mr. and Mrr.. J. F. Souter. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sherman, of Seminole, were the guests Tuesday of her parents, Mr. and Mr*. Ike Gunnels. Mrs. Emma King, of Plains, spent Wednesday very pleasantly with Mrs. John A. King. Mirs Lila Jones, Mr. IntW.son and several high school hoys und girls ac companied the basket ball team to Plains Friday afternoon. The Pres ton team was again badly defeated. R‘. I*. Nicholson is At home after a stay of two weeks in a Macon hos pital. Mrs. T. B. Mnngum and Mrs. Hen ry Hawkins spent Thursday after noon in Plains. Mf .and Mrs*( Frank Cobb and children, of Conterpoint, were the Sunday guests of Mrs. J. P. Gun nels. Miss Lois Huulmnn spent the week end pleasantly with her parents in Yeomans. Drew Arnold, of Parrott, mingling with friends here Sunday. Miss Ruby Kidd has gone to Al bany, where she will be the guest of Mrs. Sam Garner for several days. Miss Florence Sims visited her sis ter, Miss Eucfora, and other rela tives in Parrptt last week. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Stevens who recently were married in Dawson, were in town Sunday afternoon to see his mother, Mrs. J. Stevens. Miss Eva Lott spent Saturday and Sunday very pleasantly witii her parents,. Mr,' mid Mrs. John Lott, ‘ Richland. Cane mills or attracting young and old this week. Miss Verna Little, who was criti- >llX M * ast week, was carried to Plains hospital Saturday for treat ment, Last reports from her are en couraging. Miss Gussie Walker entertained htr Sunday school class Saturday af ternoon with a candy pulling. Col. J. F. Souter is attending City court in Ellavillc tills week. John Freeman went to I*vrjie last Wednesday to attend the Friendship association. Mr. nnd Mrs. W. E* Jenkins and children came from Columbus to spend the week-end with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. T.- J. Welch. GIRL DIES OF WOUND, SHOT BY HUNTSMAN WAYCROSS, Nov. 8.—Miss Ersio I.ee died at a local hospital yesterday morning from an accidental gunshot wound received late Saturday after noon while hunting near Colgan’a Still. Min Lee was seventeen year* old and with her mother had made her home with her prandparents, Rev. Richard Lcp in the country. She went to the field where her cousins were hunting to Invite them to. a cane grinding to be given Saturday night when she stepped in front of her cousin as he raised hi* gun and fired, the charge entering her back. Some of the shot, it was found had penetrated her heart. BOND BUYERS OFFER PAR FOR LOWNDES PAPER lets and other numbers added great .... . . ,. . , , , . ly to the pleasure of the program. The wool followers, most of whom accept his word as gospel and his writ- „| nr ing conventions will be held Iri ings as sdripiure. will continue to believe what he said because he Americus every first Sunday in the :j .month, the purpose of which is to ‘ train the young people in the singing It is the same old Tom Watson, and apparently will be until of community song*. The meetings the end of Tom. But the nation at large will soon, if it has not ol- 1 * l ' s at *" 3t> otlocl< - ready, learn the proper weight to give to hi, word,. We must have more marriages than divorces, but one Chicagoan has two more. Shirt rhyme, with skirt but they don't mean the same—yet. Foch verifies the report that we had soldiere in France and Congress may investigate.' 1 of them haven't given a great deal of thought.to the record of the nn( j |, e ca |j, j, Harding is always coining words. Some one gave him a possum aa opossum. J*. jf JUDGE GOWER’S AGED FATHER FRACTURES HIP CORDELE, Nov. S—Judge O. T. .Cower, of the Cordele judfefs! cir cuit, has been called to the bedside of his father, Elder D. 8. Gower, In Decetur, Ca„ where he had fallen and was reported to have sustained n fractured hip. The inujred man has reached his eightieth yeae and a mes sage from Judge Gower fo his family here indicated that he was In critical condition. JL--r.... ; . ■I u la fits* -v VALDOSTA, Nov, 8.—Bond buy ers are again active and mshy offers are hiring made to the Lowndes coun ty commissioners for the $350,000 worth of good roads bonds which this county has not yet disposed of. An offer was made a few days ago which came up to par but as the commis sioners-have no paving plana mapped out Just yet, they are waiting be lieving that the time will toon come when they can get the usual premium for the Lowndes county bonds. A thrilling near jail delivery at Sumter county jail last Satui night, in which Sheriff Harvey wait, overpowered by negro prisoners and' his gun seized, and in which his daughter figured as the heroine by suddenly thrusting a revolver through a window into the jail compartment nnd halting the insurrection, and in which a negro under- the. charge of J murder assisted the sheriff before the arrival of his daughter in trying lo fight off his assailants, has juBt come to light. The incident occur red last Saturday night. So little - importance did the sheriff attach' to it that he said little about it, and it was not until last night and this morning that the story became gen erally known about the court house. It was about 8:30 o'clock Satur day night that Sheriff Harvey went iS into the main jail compartment, con taining the ‘ hull pen” and a few tells, lo lock the prisoners in for tho night. A stove is on the outside of the jail "bull pen,” and it is his cus* tom to keep ono or two prisoners in the corridor to tend the fire and do other service. In- tho corridor that day were Armstrong Patrick and Gil bert James, two well known old ne groes in jail for moonshining. In side the "bull pen" were about 24 other negroes, under various charges ranging from minor offense, to mur der. Among them wore Joe Hurley alias Charley Bussey, under charge of stealing a bicycle from George D. Wheatley a few weeks ago, and Web ster Allen, under charge of murder. A number of the .negroes wori) grouped about the ddor of the -'bull pen” and when ho unlocked and opened the door to it Hurley, who was standing nearest, lungod at him nnd grabbed him around tha *rm u In an instant two more n< whose identity is underlain to sheriff, wsre upon him. Ono of grubbed his pistol from his pocket and unother grabbed for his , keys to the various jail lock*. In' the scuffle the ring on which the Jail keys were held broke and they were scattered all over tho floor. The two prisoners on the outside took no part in the fight. The sher iff, however, had locked tho outsido door to the jail after ho entered, M | and they were unable to get away ™" had they wanted to, and tho others would have been unable to escapo without finding the proper keys from on the floor and unlocking tho outer door. After the first attack the sheriff began to shqut to the negroes to get back into the cell. As no at tempt was made to injure him, it is believed tho prisoners were merely trying to overpower him and lock him in B cell, leaving them feed to escape from the jail in safety in the dark, with no ono to follow them. How ever, -hey did not succeed in getting him down, he being a powerful man, and Allen, the negro accused of mur der, coming to hit rescue. The com motion was heard across thp hall Just outside the cell room in tho kitchen of the sheriff’s homo by Mrs. Harvey and their daughter. Miss Beauford. While Mrs. Harvey rushed to the. opening thrpugh which the food is handed into jail, the daughter grab bed a pistol lying near and rushding out on the rear porch, therw up a win dow opening from the pell room and, thrusting the pistol through the bafij '& commanded every prisoner to throw up his bands. ' Her unexpected and dramatic ap pearance “In the nick of time" spoil ed the prisoner’s plot. Hurley hoist ed his hands and ran to the cover; All the others quickly fled from the sheriff back into the “bull pen,” leaving him free to pick up his keys and again take charge of the situa tion. Later his pistol was found ly ing behind a cell in the corridor whero it had been thrown by the negro who seized it. A search of the pocket < of Hurley also revealed a heavy iron bludgeon which had been taken from one of the bunks, evidently for use as a weapon in case of emergency. All was qniet about thp Jail a few minutes after the outbreak, with Hur ley occupying exclusive quarters in the dungeon for his behavior. Misa Harvey was asked today wh was the first thought that necurred her when aha looked into the jall.ai saw the predicament her father in. "I didn’t think at all," "But after it was over I excited. Can I shoot? HIGH SCitCOL COOKS DINE BRUNSWICK ROTES BRUNSWICK, Nov. 8. — Tho Brunswick Rotary club was entertain ed Monday at luncheon at the Glynn High school, the students of the class in domestic science being the hostess es. The Rotes enjoyed immensely the good things to. eat which were pre pared for them by the fair cooks of the high aebtjol. ■ MJiUQi I can, and I would have, were ro completely around I would have been afraid him, too.” It turned out Jhc pistol wasn’t loaded. She didn’t and the prisoners didn't did the work. It was an negro some time ago stc white man, and from whicl had been removed when I on a shelf in the sheriff's when his daughter discc father in danger she didi ree whether it was load There wasn’t time for there wasn’t any need, tno next lime, however, loaded, 1