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The Coconino sun., 1921-05-13
WHAT MADE FLAGSTAFF FAMOUS

Flagstaff's biggest and best project at the present time is the proposed Switzer dam for the empounding of more water. Laboring men need the work, the city needs the extra supply of water and since water is most valuable as- set for the city, the additional supply will help pay the taxes for the individuals for improve ments he would otherwise have to go without; 1; the water will pay for itself ten times over and at the same time save the home owners thou sands of dollars annually in insurance. There is no time to quibbe. It is time for action As Mayor Quay very pertinently points out "why have the city or county feed the men and their families who are without work when work can be provided which will make them in- dependent of charity and at the same time save the people thousands of dollars? When com- pleted it will be worth ten times the cost of the project.
 The present city water system has been the best paying proposition the people ever invest ed dollar in and as time goes on 1t increases in value. Locations and the lands necessary are comparatively cheap now and can be secur- ed on a reasonable basis. In few years things will change and make the present proposed plan cost double.
 The old timers who were back of the old wa ter system look back and when they do, stl grit their teeth because of the unnecessary fight they had to put up to put it through as against the few mossbacks who put every pound of trouble and expense possible in the way of the improvement-the one thing which made Flagstaff famous.
The Coconino sun., 1921-05-13
THE CAMERON CASE

The general public will take very little in- terest in the reported investigation of the cam paign expenses of Senator Cameron, for they consider it only political play by the U. s. Attorney Flynn as one of his last opportunities in office to make a play at the expense of the government. MT. Flynn was advised by At torney Daugherty to wait until decision had been made in the Newberry case pending in the supreme court of the United States, but MT. Flynn must have felt his time for action was short and he would lose the opportunity to get back at his ancient political enemy at govern ment expense. A new phase of the game will be the investigation of the expenses of Mark Smith and finally result in full investigation of the entire state campaign All necessary IS for the investigation to cover enough ground and the people will be satisfied, but venom di- rected in just one spot because of ill-advised talk will not satisfy the people. Those versed at all in past political history can not help but smile at the avidity with which U. s. Attorney Flynn makes virtue of this opportunity to take whack at Senator Cameron. Flynn knows his days as an official are numbered and consequently he can we'll afford to set aside all
 instructions from his superiors. The final re- suit will be the same, except few republicans who are using the "boring from within tactics will find they have merely bored in the wrong place. While the average individual may pass the whole matter up with the remark that tits all politics. we are willing to agree with him and add that he is one of the suckers-if we may use the expression, who is helping to pay for the stunt of "just politics and probably one of the men who is kicking hardest because of his taxes This is only one of the very few places where his surtax and other taxes are being dumped just to appease the venom of the individual who happens to hold an office he IS able to use to "do up" the enemy. This isn't just an individual case, but just typical one of thousands of others where the people, re- gardless of party, pay the freight.
The Coconino sun., 1921-05-13
WE ARE A WORKING PEOPLE

Mr. Gompers is displaying too much concern over the activities of people he describes as en- emies of labor. Labor is in danger only from the conduct of it's misguided friends The Am erican people are working people and they will never stand for an injustice to workers. Neither on the other hand, will they counte- nance any permanent favoritism to any partic- ular class of workers, either organized or unor- ganized. Whenever MT. Gompers urges for labor only what he is willing to concede to oth- CTS. he will succeed But the 12-hour farmer with no time and half for overtime, and no compensation for services not rendered, will not stand for the class privileges imposed upon the people through socialistic management of the railroads while under government con trol. Equal rights for all and special privileg- es for none is a principle that will eventually prevail in America, and MT. Gompers cannot prevent.
The Coconino sun., 1921-05-13

Mildewed Mildred says she notices promi- nent people advising other people to buy more cotton, thus help that industry and believes that it would be good idea to suggest that each person buy more newspapers, buy two or three where they are now buying one, even though they may be just the same; in that way it would help the newspaper business.
The Coconino sun., 1921-05-13

It will take about year, possibly more. be- fore there will be general feeling that business affairs of the country have settled down to sol i'd working basis It will be see-saw proposi- tion with one side "seeing" for while and the other side "sawing" and reversal of the game, but old man General Public is going to wait until he actually sees saving and a delivering of the goods. The ones who get down to brass tacks first are the ones who are going to be in on the ground floor when things start off as they should It looks like big waste of time to wait year is going to be first to let go-they will all have to let go in the end or quit. Prolonging the agony is not going to help anyone.
The Coconino sun., 1921-05-13

A scientist says that by boring hole twelve miles deep into the earth, enough energy would be discovered to furnish all the motive power needed by the world. Some one will probably dig into it some day hunting for "hootch." !.
The Coconino sun., 1921-05-13

Down in Monticello, Georgia, man was in- dicted charged with killing II negroes. Prob ably the grand jury did not have much before it when these cases came up.
The Coconino sun., 1921-05-13

Cheer up There are no hard times coming Lit is only soft times going. Paste this in
 your wrist watch.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
CITY WILL QUIZ
COUNTY ON IT'S
PAVING PROGRAM
Council To Ascertain
Plans For Paving To
Court House

The question of whether county
commissioners win pave the high
ways embraced in the rural paving
projects to the court house in the
center of the city Of Americus, or
to points connecting with the city
pavements already laid, as promised
voters during the bond issue cam
paign, or will refuse to carry out
this understanding, as has been hint
ed might be done, although the mat
ter has never come to a showdown,
will probably be settled definitely
shortly as the result of action taken
Thursday night by the city council.
In official form, the action of the
council consisted in the passage of
an ordinance requiring property own
ers on Spring and Lamar streets west
of the present pavement to replace
with permanent lead pipes the pres
ent iron service pipes running from
the city's water mains to the curb
ing. The unofficial action took the
form of inquiry by Mayor Sheppard
from Alderman J. E. Poole, who is
also a member of the county board,
as to the intention of the county re-
garding the bringing shortly of the
present paving on the Smithville
road to a point of connection with
the city's pavement on West Lamar
street. Mr.. Poole stated that he was
unable to say, and suggested that
Representatives of the city go be-
fore the commission at its next reg
ular meeting and ascertain what was
the county's plan, and # the paving
were to be brought in to inform
city when the city's streets would be
reached so that the city's necessary
preliminary work might be finished
in time not to delay the paving
forces. The members of the street
and finance committees with City
Attorney Lane and City Engineer
Tiedeman were instructed to call on
the board.
The work necessary to be done
by the city before paving is laid,
to insure against the necessity of tear
ing up the paving once it is down,
will require some time, it is said.
and the citv. by its program, will
be in a position to afford the coun-
tv no physical excuse for not COM
pleting its understood program on
this project while it is on the job.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
GAMBLERS FIGURE INMURDER SPEC Ill alton
AGED UNCLE TO GET ONLY
PART OF MYSTERY ESTATE,

Sidney f. Scarborough, of Annis-
ton, Ala, aged uncle of w. II. Scar
borough, who was murdered in his
little store west of Americus last
Saturday night or Sunday, has re-
tanned w. A. Dodson, local attorney,
to represent him in his claim for
the estate left by the dead man or
share of it. What this estate is
worth is still problematieal, little of
value among the supposed hoard of
riches having been discovered. He
has also instructed Mr.. Dodson to
make application in his name for
permanent letters of administration
which will probably be done. Mrs.
Morgan Stevens, first cousin of the
slain man, who with her sister, Mrs.
Hampton Stevens, of Ellaville, were
for several days believed to be the
only direct heirs, was named tempo
rary administrative, and her son,
Morgan Stevens, Jr., placed in charge
of the Scarborough store and others
property as her representative. No
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20

will-has been found, it is understood
1t develops by reference to the
Georgia code that the uncle, will not
after all, as was stated yesterday, in
herit the whole estate until a will
turns up, the uncle and the two wo-
men cousins sharing equally under
the law. The Georgia code, section
1881, rules of inheritance No. s,
read as follows:
First cousins stand next in de-
gree (to fathers, mothers, brothers,
sisters, children) uncles and aunts
inherit equally with cousins" The
Supreme court has ruled that cousins
are on equal foot before the law,
whether on the paternal or maternal
side.
The aged uncle has shown much
interest in the case, which he first
learned of Tuesday, and expressed
a readiness to come here whenever
he could be of service. 1t is said to
be probable that he will come later,
but not now.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
STREET LIGHTS
WILL STAY ON;
CITY SETTLES
Agreement Reached Day
Before Expiration Of
Ultimatum

The ultimatum of the Americus
Lighting company to the city threat
ening to cut off the street lights in
Americus unless the city paid it's
street lighting bill for this year by
May 20, expired today, but the
threatened drastic penalty will not
be applied by the company.
Announcement of this fact was
made today by w. A. Dodson, repre-
senting the company, following a
satisfactory adjustment of the mat
ter" yesterday by representatives Of
the company and the city. The fact
that a settlement had been effected
was first announced to the city
council last night by Mayor Shep-
pard, he stating the general terms of
the settlement. The agreement was
reached at a conference between
Mayor Sheppard and City Clerk and
Treasurer Eldridge for the citSand
j. B. Whitworth, assistant general
manager for the lighting company.
The demand of the company was
for the payment by the city of it's
dCCuIlluldteu StIeeL hgHIlHS OIL since
January l 1921, of approximately
$4,000. The settlement consisted of
payment by the city of approximate
ly 81 100 in cash, the receipting of
approximately 5000 in water bills
owed the city by the company, and a
promise by the city to pay the re-
mainder of about $1,000 on or be-
fore June 5.
There was no dispute about the
debt, the city acknowledging that it
owed the money, it being only mat
ter of ability to obtain the ready
cash because Of shortage of tax pay
ments, to meet the obligation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
Harding To Spend
Busy Day In Gotham

WASHINGTON, May 2O.-Presi.
dent Harding will go to New York
on the Presidential yacht Mayfower,
leaving here late tomorrow and
reaching New York Monday morn
ing, to spend one day there. He
will speak at the banquet to be Civ
en- by the management of the New
York Commercial review the 106th
infantry regiment in Brooklyn and
deliver an address before the Acad-
emy of Sciences.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
Held With Bomb For
Wall St. Explosion

JERSEY CITY, May 2O.-Guisep-
pi de Filippo, charged with conspir-
acy to restroy the Federal assay of
flee in connection with lthe Wall
Street explosion last September, was
held without bail for hearing May
26 by United States Commissioner
Hendrickson today.
Filippo was identified yesterday
by five persons as the driver of Q
wagon of explosions believed to have
caused the disaster.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
Bow Goes Under Knife
To Restore His Speech

Hugh Parker, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
operation performed Saturday by DR..
L. F. Grubbs. The little fellows
throat has been affected for the past
several years, rendering him unable
to talk, and some time ago IL was
thought advisable to remove the OBJ
strnction from his throat in order
to permit free air passage through
Saturday the second operation was
lcessary, and though his condition
regarded as serious, it is thought
that his youth and vitality will win
the battle for him.
He is at the home of his parents
on McGarrah street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
Offers Senate Bill To
Hold Up Stacker Lists

WASHINGTON, May 2O.-A bill
under which the War Department
would be directed to suspend pub
lication of its so-called Stacker lists,
pending further investigation as to
correctness, was introduced today
by Senator Stanley, of Kentucky
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
4 Irish Ambushers
Slain; Kill One Officer

GALWAY, ireland, May 20. -
(By Associated Press.) = Sixty arm
ed men ambushed the district inspec-
for of constabulary and twenty .po-
licemen at Westport this morning
One constable was killed and one
wounded.
Four of the ambushing party were
killed and six wounded. The police
attacked the ambushers' entrenched
position and carried it. The ambush
ers fled across the country.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
TRAIN WRECKERS
COST MANS LIFE

AUGUSTA, May 2O.-Engineer
Joseph Temple, of Florence, S. c.,
was killed and the mail clerk and
several passengers injured when an
Atlantic Coast Line train bound for
Washington was derailed early today
on the South Carolina side of the
Savannah river near here.
Train wreckers are reported to
have loosened a rail and lifted it
from the cross ties, causing the de-
railment.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
COTTON CUT 1-:3
SAY CRUSHERS

CHICAGO, May 2O.-The regional
directors of the Interstate Cotton
Seed Crushers' association, in con-
vention here today, reported the
growing crop of cotton in the United
States to be about thirty per cent
less than last years crop.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
NON-UNION MINERS
CALLED TO STRIKE, TOO.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, May 70.
In a proclamation signed by c..
F. Kenney and other officers of Dis
trict II, United Mine Workers, all
non-union miners in Mingo County,
w. Va, and Pike County, KY, are
called upon to strike with the
promise of union benefits while they
are idle.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
DIFFICULTIES OF A. & NJ.
SCHOOL Barred BY REPORT

torium. This has been great help
to the school. Seven rooms of this
new building are as vet unfinished.
The interior of the boys dormi
tory has been done over at cost of
$2,000.00. This includes re-wiring
much -plastering, repairing all
wood work, repainting interior and
new hardware throughout. The old
bath tubs and other fixtures have all
been taken out, and these rooms made
into living rooms. A bath room has
been prepared down stairs in the east
end of the building, where sanitary
sewerage has been put in, together
with new and modern equipment
This room has a concrete floor, walls
of cement, Wilkes heater, hot and
cold shower baths.
The elementary school building has
been made into a teachers home
having two apartments of four rooms
each, and a common reception room.
This change has been made at a cost
of about 100000 for material, the
work has been done by the school
boys.
Literary Work
In addition to our heavy course in
science and vocational agriculture,
together with eight hours of indus
trial work for each pupil per week,
the school offers as much literary
work and as good as any in the state.
in these grades This school is now
classed No. / in the state list, and
with little more laboratory equip
ment and a small library, will be put
in Class l of the All-Southern list
This has been made possible by the
faithful and efficient work of our
teachers this year They are as good
corps of teachers as has ever been
associated with the school.
Our Needs
These are many. The school owes
approximately $35,00000, being
bonded for $20,00O.00 of this
amount. The interest on this debt,
together with the 100000 bond,
which must be paid each year, re-
duces our maintenance to about
$11, 100000
The seven teachers are paid &c.,
O500O; this leaves about $4,000 for
coal, lights, water, upkeep and i'm
provements. We have already re
duced our payroll to a minimum, con-
sistent with the best work. 1t looks
like we are going to have to saeri-
flee efficiency for money with which
to pay our debts and continue to re-
duce our payroll Our most urgent
need is freedom from debt. We
could then go ahead and make many
improvements from year to year as
the people expect US to do. We need a
dairy barn, and herd large enough
to meet our own needs at the dining
hall and enough surplus to go on the
market and take care of our payroll
on the farm, at least. 1t is impera-
tive that we prepare this farm for
live stock and dairying as rapidly as
our means will allow. Practically all
that can be accomplished by labor
alone has been done. Little has been
invested in material for improvement
because there has been no funds with
which to do this.
Below is given a statement of re-
ceipts and expenditures for the
school since MAY 1st, 1920:
STATE ACCOUNT
June, July and August, 1920-Miss
Carriers Book
Receipts
Maintenance .---.-------.-----.-S5,OO ,OOo.ON
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
Agriculture Survey
Bill Passes Committee

WASHINGTON, May 20.-The
senate committee on agriculture or
dered a favorable report today on the
Lenroot-Strong resolution authoriz-
ing a general survey of agriculture
and related matter by a joint
commission of the senate and house.
composed of five members of each
body, three Republicans and two
Democrats.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
Georgia Peaches Held
90 Offset Fruit Shortage

WASHINGTON, May 20-Damage
to fruit crops from freezes in some
sections of the country has not re-
suited in a general shortage, the De
partment of Agriculture said today.
Georgia peaches already are flow
ing to the market. while the straw
berry crop is said to be abundant
in several places. Tennessee is look
ing forward to the largest blackber-
rv crop on record.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
DR.. Wiley Hits Blow
At Beer AS Remedy

WASHINGTON, May 20. - Beer
has no medical properties and has
not been recognized as a medicine by
the medical profession in three or
four decades, Dr. Harvey w. Wiley,
pure food expert, told the house
judiciary committee today at the
hearing on the Volstead bill TO pre-
vent the sale of beer to the sick.
A German engineer has devised an
instrument which can detect water
and metal in the ground.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
ARTIALLAWH IN
COAL FIELD WAR

CHARLESTON, W. Va, May 20.
Governor Morgan today issued a
proclamation declaring martial law
in Mingo county.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
WEATHER r

Forecast for Georgla-UIoudy To-
night and Saturday; no change in
temperature.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
MARKETS

AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling ,---1l lie
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
NEW YORK FUTURES

Pc Open liam 1pm Close
Jaly 1858 1858 1850 1851 1870
Oct. 1894 1885 1885 1894 1912
Dec. 1859 e-13.68 1870 1876
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
THIS OUGHT TO START SOMETHING

Tobacco is the least harmful of the four social
poisons-tea, coffee, alcohol and tobacco = Sir
James Cant1e, eminent British surgeon
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20

Buildings and Grounds
The new Academic building is not
yet completed. However, sufficient
amount of it has been finished to ad-
nit of class room work, laboratory
work, reading room, literary societies
and other public gatherings. This
has enabled us to transfer our liter
ary society work, chapel exercises,
Young Peoples Christian Association
and other like meetings from the
school dining room to the new audi
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-20
LET'S TRY THIS ON EDISON.

The sum of two numbers IS 4s Their difference
is two-ffths of the smaller number. What the
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-03-02
American Legion To
Ke'p Out OF Politics
Standing Committees Named Last
Night by Commander Howell

The local American Legion post
will in future be careful to do nothing
that could be even remotely construed
as participating in politics it was de-
c1ded at its meeting last night after
informal discussion OF the Civic
League campaign to elect reform
ticket and the question of officially en-
dorsing the present Democratic post
master at Fitzgerald.
The executive committee was au-
thorized to take any action in favor
of w. A. Adams, postmaster, that il
could provided it did no. in any way
lay the post open to the charge OF
mixing in politics.
The standing committees for the
year were appointed by Commander
Cleon Howell as follows: Executive
Committee-B. E. Wilcox, C. Roy
Adams, DIR. ]. L. Frazer DR.. R. M
Ware, J. J. Pryor; Membership Com.
mittee-J. c. Mcdonald, Milton Hop.
kins, Arthur Daniel, R. S. Ragsdale
Ralph Swanson; Finance Committee
L. E. Rohrer, Hubert Young
Stewart F. Gelders.
The post decided to defer any &C,
ton toward fostering the organization
here of a Woman's Auxiliary to the
legion.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1921-03-02

About two hundred employees of the
A. B. and A. Railway are in mass
meeting at the Odd Fellows Hail -
the Leader-Enterprise goes to press
this afternoon, The purpose of the
meeting is understood to be to pass
resolutions urging immediate steps be
taken by the union chiefs in opposing
the wage reduction order.
The order of Judge Sib;ey authori-
zlng wage reductions of fifty per cent
OF all advances since December 1917
tor skilled labor and allowing the re-
ceVer to use his own judgement in
liking wages for common labor, was
followed Immediately Monday by
Receiver B. L. Bugg's order putting
the reductions into effect.
At a conference in Atlanta vester-
day between Mr.. Bugg and the joint
committee representing the thirteen
crafts affected, the reduction was "ac-
cepted under protest, which does not
mean that the employees have accept
ell the reductions, as some newspapers
have tried to make it appear, accord
ing to the men. 1t means that they
will continue to work nominally for
the wages but that they will continue
to oppose the wage relaction order. If
they succeed in having the order re-
scinded, they will draw pay from
March lst at the scale in effect Feb
ruary 18th.