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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
Rector Lawrence
Returns From Athens

Rev. James B. Lawrence, rector
of Calvary Episcopal church, has just
returned from attendance upon a Sc
ries of lectures by the bishop of
Colorado, who delivered them before
the student body at the University
at Athens. The lectures covered a
period of four days, beginning Mon
day and concluding with Thursday.
The theme of the lectures through
out was the religion Of St. Paul, be-
ing characterized by the brilliance
of oratorical delivery and forceful-
ness of presentation. Many minis
ters and educators from all parts of
Georgia gathered in Athens to hear
the bishop speak. A number of. stu.
dents from Sumter county were in
the lecture room, receiving the bene-
fit from the information which was
conveyed in the lectures.
From Athens, Mr. Lawrence went
to Savannah to attend meeting of
the standing committee of this di-
ocese which convened in a one day
session in that city: The meeting
was held in Christ church, and many
representatives from the various
churches were present.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
Fine Beef Herefords
Shipped By Easterlirl

George o. Marshall, county farm
agent. shipped from Ameri.us yester-
day for W. o. Easterlin a solid car
load of Hereford beef steers, the
shipment weighing 22,640 pounds,
and comprising 27 head. The ship
ment, purchased by the Albany Stock
Yards, was the finest ever shipped
from Americus, comprising as it did
only Sumter county raised cattle. In
one or two previous instances feed
ers" which had been shipped in here
for fattening, equalled this shipment
when sent to market, but never has
q car of native cattle weighed as
much on been in finer shipping condi-
ton. Although several Of the steem
in the shipment weighed a little over
LOCO pounds the ave rage weight
was $40 pounds, None of thu .tcer4
were over 3 years old.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
ship WORKERS TO
ACT ON WAGE CUT
IN REFERENDUM
Believed Majority Or
Men Will Accept 10
Pct. Reduction

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Offic-
ials of labor unions representing the
skilled employees of American ship
yards today ordered a general refer
endum on the proposal of the At
lantic Coast Shipbuilders' association
and the Bethlehem Shipbmlding cor
poration that wages be reduced 10
per cent as an initial move in a
program designed to bring down pro
ducti3n costs.
A j. Berris, secretary of the
Metal Trades department of the
American Federation of Labor,
which has been supervising the nego-
tiations, said today that the ques
ton Of whether the wage cut would
be accepted depended entirely on thp
outcome ofthe vote. Between CO.
600 and $4,000 omr loyes are at
fected, he estimated
The proposal of the shipbuildcrS
was that the 10 per cent bonus added
to workera wages in 1917 by an ar
bitration board, headed by Charles
Piez, was given as a temporary in
crease and mado an integral part of
the wage scale in 1879. be elm nat
ed, This bonus brought the base pay
of skilled mechanics to 80 cents an
hour.
Union officials were unable to
forecast the resul: Of the vote. Pre-
liminary reports from important dis
tricts, they said, indicated that a
majority Of the men might be w:l-
ing to accept 4 cut, while other dis
tiicts were seemingly as heavily ia
opposition.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
Allies Ministers Face
Embarrassing Situation

ATHENS, Jan. 50. Allied min
is ers IN this city were placed in au
akward situation yesterday whilo Il.
tending tho funeral Of Jonm7cer
Stutdlef, the Dutch. iniifister to
Greece, who died Tuegday, when
they found themsclvet alnoat face
to face with King Constantine. The
incident occurred during church
service with only the coffin separat
ing the king and the ministers. who
glanced furtively at one another.
After the ceremony Che ministers
made u palrablt effort To avoid The
king.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30

buildings at certain hour The
three boys returned before the
other one had bade his sweetheart
goodbye and while waiting for
their comrade the three boys were
walking along the street looking
for suitable place to hang out
and keep warm until their com
rade returned to the car.
"As they reached the bank
building they saw a glimmer of a
light from within and thinking it
a good place to get warm they
peeped through the glass front to
see who was in. In the meantime
the night marshall was peeping out
from his cozy nook and hearing
the noise of the approaching boys
he was sure band of highway
men had reached Plains
'The boys looked in just in
time to sec the marshal fall over
behind the desk to safety and they,
thinking that they had possibly
unearthed bold burglary, con-
tinued to look through the win
dow to see what further would de-
velop. The marshal peeped out
and his only object to be seen was
three bold highwayrlen; they
pecped in and kept thinking that
they could hear somebody moving
about.
Between the boys and the off
Ger the game of 'keep-a-boo' was
continued for an hour when the
fourth Richland boy appeared on
the scene and the jolly crowd left
for home, thinking nothing more
of their Plains escapade until
news items appeared in several IF
the daily papers announcing an
attempted burglary of the Plains
Bank, The Richland boys state
that they had no intention of
frightening the Plains officer, and
that their only purpose in dslturb-
ing him was to find q warm place
in which to wait for 1acir COM
rade."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
CORONER'SJ
ACCUSES BIGHANI
Formal CHARGE OF Muir.
der Of 5 After Probe
Lasting 3 Weeks

FLORENCE. S. c., Jan. 90 r.
Edmund. D. Bigham, formerly of
Amerieus, Ca, held in iail here since
shortly after five members Ct his
family were found shot to death ~!
Pamlico, has been formally charged
with their nurdcr by a cQgoner's
jury.
The verdict followed fortni2hts
incstigation by county officials and
an inquest today at Pamlico, 20
which 80 witness were summoned,
in uding Edmund Bighams wife
and eldest daughter, Louise age.
l5.
Those whom he is charged with
having killed were mother, Mrs. n
NJ Bigham; his brother, L. 5. Bic
ham, his sister, Mrs. Marjorie Black,
and two adopted children, three and
six years old. Edmund Bigham and
his brother, Cleveland, are The only
remaining heirs to $4,000 estate
as the result of the deaths.
There were no eye witness to th2
killing Of the five members Of the
family and evidence introduced At
the inquess was circumstantial.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
Peruvian Warships
Sail To Meet Fleet

CALLA0, Peru. Jan. 29.--sevtral
Peruvian war lips allied out OF tbs
port today to welcome the United
States feet which is on its way to
Tiait Callao Several ye2scls filed
with aight-seers also sailed to meet
the fleet. The United States cruiser
Columbia arrived here last night with
the chief OF ataff Of the Atlantic
fleet aboard On arrival here he
Immediately got into touch with the
Peruvian minister Of marine and con.
ferred with him regarding a program
cf entertainment for the officers and
creN.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
TARIFF. BILL
is ENDORSED
Atlanta Congress Pleads
For Passage Of Pend
ing Measure Quickly

ATLANTA, Jan. 29.-The enact
mont by congress at the earliest pos
sible date of the emergency tariff
law, with senate amendments, and
the enactment Of permanent tariff
law that will afford both revenue to
the government and protection to
agriculture and industry. was urged
by the Southern Tariff Congress in
resolutions adopted at the last days
session of its conference here today.
A high. protective tariff was also de-
manded on practically all products
of the South.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF
PLAINS BANK SOLVED; 3
BOYS INNOCENT ACTORS

The mystery of the thrilling at
tempted midnight bank robbery at
Plains a short time ago has been
solved. Three alleged would-be
robbers have been found and con-
fessed. They are said to be we'll
known Richland boys. They
haven't confessed to an attempt
to rob the Bank of Plains, but to
having been innocent actors in the
story. 1t was they who were seen
by Marshal Arlington at the Win
dow of the bank, whom he mis-
took for bold bandits, and whose
supposed designs were thwarted,
according to the marshal's belief
by tipping his chair backwards and
falling to cover behind the cash
iers desk. The boys saw the
marshal fall backwards, and,
thinking they were possibly wit
Messing a robbery inside, contin-
ued to peer in at the window for
some time while waiting for their
pal, who had been calling on
Plains young lady, to meet them
to continue on home, as arranged
early in the evening.
All Plains is laughing over the
solution Of the mystery which
many from the first believed to
have been a prank.
The Richland News tells the
story as follows:
''Three Richland boys, whose
names are withheld by request,
were the innocent actors in the big
newspaper writepps of the threat
ened bank burglary in Plains last
week. 1t appears that party of
Richland boys had gone out for
the night on little lark and one
of the boys stopped off at Plains
to call on a young lady there,
while the other three went to
Americus to visit the fair sex.
"The plans had been made for
the three going to Americas. to
meet the one stopping off at Plains
in front of some of the Plains
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
GERMANS TO PAY 226 BILLION GOLD MARKS
AID BRINGS LONELY
WIDO w HUBB Y
AT MONTEZUMA

MONTEZUMA, Jan. 30. - Con-
siderable interest is being manifest
cd in The marriage Sunday night
of Mrs. Emma Kelly, Of Monte
2uma, and John Whitfield, Of Cavh
Springs, at which Dr.. Graham Fol
restcr, pastqr of the First Laptisl
church, officiated.
The marriage is reported to have
been the result Of an advertise
ment inserted in matrimonial pu
per by the bride Mr. Whit
field arrived in the city about .
O'Clock at night, over the a. b. a.
\. from Atlanta, Becaus af IL
failure to receive a telegram, tha
bride-to-bc was not expecting him
However. she was awakened and
commenced dressing for the oc.
casion, while the groom aad IA
friendly citizen went and aroused
the minister after 10 o'oloc@
The ceremony was performed 4
The home Of G, T. Franklin, in thu
presence of several fricads and
neighbors who had been hastily
srmmoned for the occasion; the
newlyweds going TO the Mine ho'
tel for the night and leaving for
their future home in Cave Sprin"
on the 6 o'clock train NJ i;tdaS
morning.
According to the be54 .infor na-
ti9n obtainable the contracting par
tics had never seen one another
until few minutes before they
were married, the entire affair
having been arranged by corres-
pondence.
Mrs. Whitfield is the widow Of
the late Marion Kelly, who died >
little more than a year ace.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
KIDNAPERS TAKEN BEFORE
U, S. ATTORNEY AT MOSRACH

BERLIN, Jan. 29.-Carl Neuf and
Frank Seimmer, alleged American de
tectiveS, who attempted to ki,InaF
Grover Bergdoll and tsa42 Etecher,
at AterbSch, Paden,5 Tuesday nigst,
were arrested and taker to Mosbach
today for hea' ing befose the United
States attorney who is ,uiuctine the
prosecution. The two men who claim
ed to be connected with the bureau
of criminal investigation at. Wash
ington, had no papers, says the
Frankfort Gazette
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
Hydronhobia Fatal
To Young Farmer

Death from hydrophobia, rare
occurrence, comparatively speaking,
is reported by the Cuthbert Leader
from near Shellman.
The victim was w. A. Torbert,
a young man living on the farm of
} -. Helm, of Shelman.
Torbert was bitten by a dog
s4Tbosed to rabid last September.
lie experienced no i'll effect after
The wound healed until last Friday,
when he became i'll. Despite medi-
cal aid he suffered severely and
Wednesday night expired.
He was young man "a years of
age and is survived by a wife but
no child. 49,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
LASKER REFUSED
ENTRY into u. S.
Noted German Chess
PLAYER Not To Visit
This Country.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. - EN-
manuel Lasker, the noted German
chess player, has been denied per-
mission to visit this country en- route
to Havana for a world champion
ship match with Capa Blanca. 1t
was said at the State Department
today that Laskers' application for ii
passport wise to permit him to visit
this country! had been refused under
ruling denying permission to en-,
ter this country Of German ma
tional unless a showing was made to
justify the waving of existing re
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
KIDNAPERS NOT
AGENTS OF U.S
Detectives Who Attack
ed Bergdoll in Baden
Are Under Arrest

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29-Depart
ment of justice officials here denied
today that the alleged American de-
tectives charged with having at
tempted the kidnapping of Grover
Bergdoll, draft evader. at Erbach,
Baden, Germany were agents of
the bureau of investigation, and ii
was declared there were no agents
of the department now on. duty in
foreign countries.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
Alcohol Deliveries
Denied Manufacturers

CHICAGO. JAM 20. - Ralph r.
Stone. prohibition director for this
district, announced today that hence
forth all alcohol deliyerie& al to
be refused 20 the manufacturers OF
five wei known patent medicines, NJ
meroust other proprietary medicines
and manufacturers WHICH are alleg-
ed TO have done business on a grand
scale since the advent of prohibition
are to be added to .tae list soon.
Stona said
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
REP PARATIONS
PLAN AGREED
ON BY ALLIES
Germans 70 Pay in ~
Annual Installments
Over MANY Years

PARIS Jan. % tBy Associated
Press The German reparation.
jan a drafted by The special con
mittce Of tac Supreme Council of the
Allies wa, ;agncd h. the councd
members this evening.
The Gcrman dlaarm...acAt .,g1ve
sent was also signed
The council liheW:se appjroved the
plan fol- a $300,0o0.Oo0 fiinanee cor
porati6a to I'D Austra
PARIS Jaa. 20. lng Assoc .ated
Pre- ! rhe Allied Supreme Goun
sil roda sppteved tho Gfrmaa rapa
ratioas plan drafted by il speeial
committee last nieh.
Under the terms of the plan. Ger
many wi BIO required to pay q t0ial
of 226,000,o00,000 cold marks ~ ~
annual installments.
! The iir9' two payM at Will be 81
2G00.t00,0O0 marks each; the next
h. 2e, 1900, 100000 marks the next
three, 4,000,000,000 marks; the next
three 6.000,0o0,000 marks and the
next thirty-one payments, 100000
0e0 marlTa qash.
The plan was in the hands of .tht
printers early in tha afternoon and
was iGncd ~he'i the council met4foi
2 se ofrl session at 4 O'Clock INT
full plan will be Communicated 10
the Germans in 4 few dass ana thee
VII be>snyited to a conference 10 b.
held February %. to consider The
terms, Ia. the~n meantime the Brue
sels council Of economic experts VIII
resume Sessions Fsbil,afy +. The
penalties yloyllled in fhsfaparations
. plan ~ generally the SAME as tlnfrr
the traaty of Vct4aillc
The reDoi III the military cou
mittee oa the disarmament of Ger
many has also been virtually approy
cd BY ihc council
At It, NAL session this afternoon
the council discussed the Austrian
problem
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
Pope Benedicts Pleads
For World Peace

ROME, Jan. 29.-Pope Benedict,
on the occasion of the seventh CEN
tenary of the foundation of the Third
Order of st. Francis of Assist, today
addressed an encyclincal to all Roman
Catholic bishops throughout the
world, which calls on all mankind to
work for world peace and Christian
reconciliation, invoking especially the
assistance of all children of Christ
ian peace and those belonging to the
Third Order"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
No Hearings On Meat
Industry Bill Wanted

WASHINGTON, JAN, 30. - The
house agriculture committee voted II
to 5 today to proceed withsthe con
sideration in the senate of the meat
industry regulation bill without hear
ing. A previous motion by Repre-
sentative Mckinley to hold hearings
for five days was defeated to o. The
committee began at once work on its
report.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
ADMITS Is ARSON
CHARGES; GETS AZ
TOS5 Yes. IN JAIL
Son Of Wealthy Real Es-
tate Owner Caused
$3.50, 900 Damage.

UNIONTOWN, Pa, Jan. 20. -
Albert Smith, 10 years old and ttc
son 0 ia wealthy real estate owner
Of Fairhope, Pa, who today plead
guilty to IS charges OF arson, was
sentenced to not less than AZ and moi
more than 85 years IN prison. Re
cent incendiary fires in this section
have caused fires, the damage being
estimated at S750,000
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
Conservator Named
For Estate OF Steger

CHICAGO, Jan. ga trust com
pany was appointed conseryator for
the estate of George F. Steger, un
It'll recentlg treasurer of the Stcqer
Sons Piano company He was de.
clared mentally incompetent and Il.
naneially irresponsible in Judge
Herner's probate court yesterday
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
Lowndes Farmers
Drown In Pond

VALDOSTA, Jan. %. = Bcnjaenin
Lanier and Horace Crof@, two well
known farmers of Colquitt county,
were drowned last night when their
beat capsized in Brice's pond near
Berlin, While they were fishing. The
bodies were recovered this morning.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
Drummer Kills Bride
And Commits Suicide

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. 20
K, j. Kirkpatrick, aged 21, travel
ing salesman, this morning shot and
Killed his young bride of three months
and then committed suicide. The
tragedy is believed to have been the
result of financial troubles.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
RUBBER COMPANY
REDUCES WAGES.

WO0NSOCKET, Il. l., Jan. %
The Woonsocket Rubber Company
the footwear division Of the United
States Rubber Company. announced
today downward revision in wages
effective February The percent
age cf the contemplated reduction
was not announced, The company
operates two factories employing O.
500 persons. all of whom are affected
by the reduction.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
MINE WORKERS TO
OPPOSE WAGS CUTS.

SPRINGFIELD, Ills. Jan. 20
John l. Lewis, president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America, declar-
ed here today that organization would
oppose any attempts to reduce the
wages of miners.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
@ MILITIAMEN
FACE TRIAL ON
MURDER CHARGE
Accused Charged With
Violating Every Duty
A Soldier Owes

BIRMINGHAM, Jan. 29.-Nine
young members of the National
Guard will go to trial for their lives
in the little town of Hamilton, Ala,
Monday, charged with an act lin
violation Of every duty owed by ii
soldier to his Countrywide lynch
ing Of William Baird, striking union
coal miner.
Interest in this trial is more tense
than in any which has been before
the courts of Alabama 1t follows
these events:
Dec. 22,-James Morris, private,
Co M, Alabama National Guard shot
to death by William Baird
Dec 28.-Baird surrendered on
advice Of relatives after evading his
pursuers.
Jan. 1@ Baird taken from prison
at Jasper, Ala, by masked men ana
his body riddled with bullets two
- les from the prison.
Jan. l9.-Nine guardsmen indict-
ed.
Jan. 24.-Accused men arraigned.
These events have increased the
tension in the coal miners strike in
Alabama to the swapping point, and
officials are speeding justice to have
the Baird affair done with before
something worse occurs.
The Accused Men.
The accused men are:
Sergeant Robert Lancaster, 22;
eon Of q railroad man. .
Sergeant Glenn L. Stephens, %,
parents dead
Corporal Joseph Key, 13, son of q
merchant
Corporal James Franklin, 10, son
of a farmer
Corporal Manly R. Sexton, 18, son
of an engineer.
corporal E. w Speed, 1S, son Of
grmer.
Private William Handy, 18, son of
a mill operator
Private Roy Patten, %.
Bugler c. e. Richardson, 18.
The homes of all are in Tuscaloosa.
Ala, where Co. M was recruited. Two
are veterans of the World War, Ser
geant Stephens and Sergeant Lam
caster.
How 1t Happened.
Co. M was sent to the Jasper coal
strike district following the assassi-
ration of Leon NJ Adler, coal oper-
ator.
Shortly after the company was
assigned to duty there, Private James
Morris killed John Northc;.tt,
striking miner, whom he haG arrest
cd. He said his gun accidentally
went off, and sent fellow soldier
for help.
While the soldier was seeking as
sistance, Morris was slain by Baird
who subsequently confessed, declar-
ing he shot Morris in self-defensc.
Baird fled into the hills of NORTH
Alabama, but later surrendered and
OH the night of Jan 10 made full
statement of the case.
Lynching Follows.
Early on jan 13 masked men an
peared at the JASPER prison, overpow-
cred the taller, carried Baird off IN an
automobile and two miles away fired
"a bullets into his body
The automobile was tracked from
the prison to the garage of Leslie
West.
West confessed, naming the nine
indicted National Guardsmen as the
men who had taken Baird from. the
jail. Clyde Springer, member of
Co. M, also gave information regard
ing the operations of his fellow sold
lers. Neither he nor West has been
indicted.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
w WEATHER. .

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.---Gonsid-
cradle elondinQas, with occasional
rains. and temperature below nor
n'll IS predicted for the Southeast
err ttates during the coming week
Forecast for Georgia Rain prob.
ably tonight and Sunday warmer
Tonight
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. - The
negro population of San Antonio,
Tex, 14,355, an increase of Sd per
cent; Denver, 6,085, an increase of
12.1 per cent; Oklahoma City, s.
269, an increase of 1868 per cent,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30

WHEELING, w. Va, Jan 29.--
Four Baltimore & Ohio railroad em-
ployes were killed today when To-
connective boiler exploded near Little
ton, w. Va.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-30
M A R K E rs

AMERICUS COTTON SEED
Unchanged, $26 ton.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good Middling IA 1-2c.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-13
HORSES

HORSES 30 Sale Horses on Hand at All Times. Auction Every "Wednesday
 At F. M.
 HAMILTON BROS, 326 State Bar. S712
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-13
Upholstery

c. STRAM for your UPnoisIerfnE and res Gnishink of antique furniture; Mat
 tresses made over. 226 Colorado Ave
 in req residence, 12S1 State St liar. nu,a 1194
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-13
SCHOOL SUPPLIES

School Bags, Pencil Sets. Book Straps. Pads, Loose Leaf Sheets. Fountain Pens, Paperoid Envelopes suitable TOT carrying school papers now on sale Post Office News Store
 II Post Office Arcade.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-13

The number of requests to the fer mer Kaiser for pecuniary assistance is so great he has been obliged to have a circular letter printed in re- ply to the petitioners. The circular says 'the economic conditions and the exchange rates are utterly de struct:ve for our household since one gets on the average only four Dutch guilders for one hundred German arES~
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-13
The United States
Chamber

Commerce reports that the old-fash- toned American home-the dwelling with front and back yards giv- ing way to the modern apartment house, even in the smaller cities. Last year TO per cent of the families pro vided with new homes, got one-family dwellings,; Il per cent. two-family dwellings,, and 19 per cent. multi family dwelling.