Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-02
HIGH SPOTS IN
GEORGIA NEWS


Rev. Allen C. Shuler, OF Jackson
vile, Fla, has been called by the
Byne Memorial Baptist church of AL
bany. He will give his answer at
services today.
Members of the Albany Herald
force gave a banquet for John P.
h3ins to bid him farewell as he
leaves to engage in business for HIM
self in Knoxville, Tenn. He was
presened with silver service by the
officers and employees Of the Herald.
lie was assistant business manager
and had been connected with the
Herald for IS years.
Three new chapters of the Phi
Delta Theta, located at tht~ vnrsi-
ty of Montana, Missoula, Mont. tr.aI
Kansas State Agricultural college,
Manhattan Kansas, and the Colora-
da State college at Fort Collins,
Colo, were authorized at the fra
ternity'S meeting in Atlanta during
week.
The Bank Of Gambler County, with
p2lu III capital of $40, 900, VIII open
lA Meter January 3, having receiv-
ca permission from The staUe bank
nag department.
ICE DonnGr, negro, of Jones coun-
ty, has been arrested charged with
Inc murder of A. S. Jones, of Gray
thursday week ago. Bonner has
confessed. lie has been moved to
the Bibb county Jail to prevent a
possible lynchlng.
Alleging that the Southland Steam
ship company signed a contract with
him to furnish him work as boiler
maker for five years at $44 a week
in an effort to break the closed shop
arrangement affecting shipyards, the
company now refuses TO give HIM
WORK as the plant Is cl0seu, N. NJ.
bates Is SUNG the company Ill the
Savannah courts for $lU,18U.
john CottIngham, OF Savannah,
Capt j. A. r4nes, Oh Miami, Fla,
ana E. L. Sheppard We're hned IN
Federal court AT savannah FrlGay or
I. cnarge OF handing nquor The
inree men were captured at sea ana
whi.ky and the ZIP were conls-
Gated.
.. Earl Bowen, son OF Charles J.
Eowen, Atlanta building inspector,
was shoG and probably mortally
wounded by Role Fam Jndson, Al.
lana journal police reporter FRIDAY |
Bowen, with c0mpau4On, came INTO
the Journals office under the influ-
ence of liquor, 1t is sad, ana wa:
VIoi"ntly profana in the presence
Of women employees. Edmondson, at
tackled by Bowen, tried to use his re
VoWer rs a club when it accidental.
ly fired. kdmondson is held without
Ina.
w. C. Bradley, of Columbus, has
been selected to succeed Samuel G.
Dobbs of Atlanta as voting trustee
OF the Coca Cola company Of Della
ware.
George and Felix Crawley and
Rosa Cravs.ey and their cousin,
Blaine Stewart, have filed an appeal
for a new trial. The two Crawley
boys are under death sentence and
the sister and Stewart under life |
sentence for the murder of a y. S. |
marshall who tried to arrest the /!
Crawleys of revasion of the draft |
law during the war.
The licenses of three insurance |
companies in Georgia have been re
voked by Comptroller General Viii
liam A. Wright for violation of the |
SttLe INSURANCE laws anu the p1UJ,-
600 deposit of each in this state foa
the protection of policy holders will |
be tied up. The companies are the |
Jefferson Insurance company of |
Philadelphia, the Liberty Marine In
surance company of New York and
the North Atlantic company of New
York.
Revenue officers captured three
stills near Pooler Friday, making
fourteen stills in fourteen days in |
the radius of a few miles. On the /!
door of one of the buildings in
which a still was captured was this |
warming: keep Your D. Hands |
OFF, The warning was accompa-
MED with pictures of guns, bones |
and daggers.
Wade and Mary Frances Quinn.
of Atlanta, aged 16 and 6, were run |
over and killed Friday by an auto