Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-23
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had enough and plenty of Sa-
vannah," J. C. Sullivan, labor or
ganizer, of Macon. in Savannah to
unionize the fire department, and
arrested Saturday on a charge of
having whisky in his possession,
is said to have emphatically de-
clared after he was fined S25 in
City court Monday, his case hav-
ing been sent 20 the City court by
the recorder. The fine was paid
and Sullivan eft for Macon to be
in the midst of the municipal con-
test there in which the labor ques-
ton has been raised.
Roland Rohlfs, altitude Demon y
shattered another record at Nine
ola, N. Y, the other day, his sec
ond in twenty-four hours when ne
climbed 1880 feet in 9 minutes,
AZ 2-5 seconds. Rohlfs used the
Curtiss wasp plane, with which he
broke the worlds altitude record
the day before at a height of 34,-
61O feet. He climbed more than
1000 feet per minute in altitude
performance. q.
As a result of the last feat,
Rohlfs now holds three records, al
titude climb, climbing and speed.
The negro population of Ogle-
thorpe county, at least the better
class of colored people in that coun-
ty. have sanctioned the action of
the posse of 1 900 citizens who re-
Gently burned at stake ODE Cox,
the negro who assaulted and muir
dered white woman in that coun-
ty recently, says dispatch from
Athens.
Several days ago meeting of
the colored people was held and a
committee composed of six of the
leading colOred men of the COM
munity was appointed to draw up
and make public resolutions con-
demning in the strongest terms the
crime committed by Cox
The same committee commended
the white citizens for taking tie
law into their own hands.
The stage temperament, appar-
emily, has pursued Mrs. Irene Cas-
tle-Treman into private life. Mrs.
fireman, long accustomed to first
place in the whirly world Of dane
ing and the movies wouldn't ac-
cept a third place medal which was
the best the judges would award in
the horse show of the Tompkins
County Fair, at Ithaca, N. Y.
Riding her handsome chestnut
saddle horse valued at $4,000 Mrs.
Castle-Treman lost to Miss Louise
Houghtaling, a girl of eighteen,
and Miss Mary Wilcox, daughter of
Prof. Walter F. Wilcox, who took
first and second honors, respec-
lively.
When the judges wanted to pre-
sent the third honor medal, the
former dancer refused it.
Luck was with another celeb
rity-not of the stage-however,
when Mrs. Vincent Astor's famous
trotting mule. Black Joe. became
the undisputed champion of the
Hudson valley the other day by
defeating Bonnie Annie, a raw
boned white mule owned by Mrs.
j. Griswold Webb, wife of AS
semblyman Webb, and daughter of
Col. Archibald Rogers, of Hyde
Park.
1t was a gala event for New
York millionaire society. Black
Joe carried off the laurels in half
mile race, the time being four min
utes. He was driven by Mrs. Rol-
and Delano Redmond, of larry
town, while Mrs. Webb handled her
own entry.
For a time it looked as though
Bonnie Annie was going to lead the
way under the wire, but Mrs. Red
mond piled the whip and drew
closer to the white mule. AS the
mules entered the stretch, Mrs
Astor's entry urloOsed burst of
speed and nosed out Bonnie Annie
by a head. The mules were driv-
broke into a run at the start and
never trotted.
The Department of Labor has
notified Ha~~r Weinberger, coun-
sci for Emma Goldman and Alex
ander BcrEman. serving prison
sentences FOR conspiracy to OBJ
struct tn draft, that upon their
relea~7 hey will be re-arrested i'm
medla-et9 and held for dcnortatiou
hearings, The term of Miss Gold
man, who IS being held il. lever
son City BIO, expires Sept. 2,
and that of Berkman, who is con-
fined in thc federal peGi.. .ntiary
n Atlanta, October 5.
The United States can spare a
few residents IF the Goldman type
without sacrificing anythi lg worth
wm!e.