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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
TRIES TO WRECK
z TRAINS And IS
QUICKLY CAUGHT
Negro Piles Cross Ties
On Seaboard Tracks
Near Preston

PRESTON, Jan. 18.-A few hours
after two attempts were made to
wreck two Seaboard passenger trains
here Sunday afternoon, the culprit,
who confessed to one of the attempts,
was in Jail, as the result of the work
of Sheriff G. NJ. Christian.
The prisoner is Will Bell, ne
gro 21 years of age, who lives two
miles from the scene of the planned
wrecks. Cross ties were placed on
the track in each instance The negro
said in confessing that he had often
heard that a train would knock the
ties off the track and he wanted to
test the truth of the report. 1t
is the belief of the sheriff, however,
that he planned robbery of pas
sengers on the trains.
The train for Montgomery going
west'sfr Preston at o'clock Sun.
day afternoon was stopped by the
engineer about miles west of Pres
ton just in time to avoid serious con-
sequences, cross tie lying across the
rails having been seen far enough
ahead to permit the train to come to
stop just as it was reached This
train proceeded to Richland, where
the eastbound "Shoofly" was passed
Reaching the same spot a few min
utes later, the "Shoofly" encounter
ed cross tie and Engineer Jack
Tarvcr, of Americus, was able to
stop only after pilot had passed over
it and the front wheel of the en-
gine had hit it.
A conference was held Ky Engi-
nccr Tarver, Conductor j. J. Mellow
ell, of Americus, and Special Agent
w. A. Tillery, who happened to be
on the train The special agent ask
ed the engineer to back the train "a
short distance to clump of woods
and as it approached the woods a
negro wearing cap was seen to-
run. The train then proceeded to
Preston, where Agent Tillery left it
and notified Sheriff Christian.
Organizing posse and accompa-
MED by his blood hounds, Sheriff
Christian and Agent Tillery proceed
ed to the scene, where the dogs pick
cd up the scent, which they followed
TO a spot where the gathering crowd
had obliterated the track. There,
however, by questioning the sheriff
discovered a negro who had seen
Bell running, and the officers pro-
ceed to his home, where they found
him in bed, Agent Tillery quickly
identified his cap, which the sheriff
located, and tho negro shortly admit
ted that he had placed the cross tie
on the tract and that it was. he who
had been seen running away from
the backing train,
This capture is only one of num-
bcr of which Sheriff Christian has
made lii Webster county within thcl
last few weeks, including a murder
fugitive from Troup county, and his
good work is winning him wide
spread commentator through this
section.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
More School Money Is
Urged BY S. c. Governor

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. 18.-Gov-
ernor Cooper began the second term
of his administration today when he
was inauguarted before joint meet
ing the state assembly, the oath be-
ing administered by Associate JUS
tice Watts, of the state Supreme
court. e.
Governor Cooper devoted the great
er part of his address to education.
He urged liberality of appropriations
for common schools and said COM
pulsory education had in its first
year, 1920, increasd the public school
enrolment by $4,000, Bringing it
to total of half million.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
TO
MNIlAAkkE0FFFFEERR TO
BUY A., B. & A.
,Brotherhoods Have Own
Plan To Avoid Wage
Cut

COLUMBUS jan 18-Formal re-
ply to General Manager Bugg of
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Allan
tic railway, will be made February
by the employees in the form of an
offer to purchase the railroad prop
erty outright, according to local
members of the various brotherhoods.
Representative of the road and the
employees were in conference in At
lanta for several days but dead
lock resulted when both sides remain
ed adamant and failed to reach any
satisfactory agreement.
Claiming that the road is losing
100000 each month it operates,
Manager Bugg declares that it would
be ABSOLUTELY necessary to reduce
wages of employees to cut down the
deficit. He proposed to cut all sal
aries fifty per cent of the increase
granted under government owner
ship. Protests from the men that
this was contrary to the United
States railway labor board rulings
were met with statements to the eff
feet that the A. B. & A. proposed
to put the reduction into force, re-
gardless of the labor board
Notice has been given that the men
will refuse to accept the wage cuts,
the employees requesting that the con,
troversy be settled by arbitration.
Members of the brotherhoods do
not want to strike" said l.. W. Cur
tis, veteran engineer Of the Central
of Georgia. "The men want to
avoid strike and will make bona
| fide offer to purchase the road, lock,
| stock and barrel February /.
Tentative plans, should the Of
fer be accepted, call for operation of
| the road by the various brotherhoods.
It is proposed to improve the proper
| ty and give the public real rail
| road, with service second to none
! in the country"
! The road runs from Atlanta to
Brunswick and to Birmingham, and
is approximately 900 miles in length.
!
1t is estimated that the property is
valued at between $15,000,000 and
| $20,000,000. Recently petition was
made for permission to scrap the
railroad but new management was
appointed under which, according to
Manager Bugg, the road has lost
heavily and steadily.
Should the proposed deal be con-
sumated, it would mark precendent
! in the annals OF. organized labor, it
/ is believed, as no record Of a similar
| situation can be found.
Money to pay spot cash for the
property and holdings of the road
will be supplied by the various
brotherhoods, according to the infor-
nation furnished Additional mon
ey could be raised by assessments,
| it is said.
"There are approximately 1000
| 900 members of union brother
hoods, !" Mr. Curtis stated, "and an
assessment of $40 each, alone would
net $20,000,O00.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
Civil Servants Strike
Problem For Spain

MADRID, Jan. 18.-Members of
the Spanish cabinet conferred until
midnight last night regarding the
strike of civil servants throughout
Spain, and it was resolved to adopt
energetic measures to enforce dis
cipline. During the evening it was
rumored that the postal and telegraph
employees had Joined other employees
of the government who are striking.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
French Troops Fire On
Mutinous Cossacks

CoNsTANTINOPLE, Jan. 1s =
By Associated Press.) = French
troops turned their machine guns on
mutinous Cossacks of General
Wrangel's former army encamped at
Tchatalaja Saturday night after the
Cossacks had disarmed their officers.
The Russians returned the fire, XIII
ing two Senegalese and wounding
twenty others and two French Of
fcers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
l3 Blazes Laid To
Covington Firebug

CINCINNATI, Jan. l8.-Whilc
residents of central Covington, across
the river from this city, alarmed by
the frequency of mysterious fires in
that ncighborhood, were preparing to
deal roughly with the firebug believ-
ed to be responsible, the thirteenth
fire within ten days broke out there
last night. Many residents of Gov
ington are thoroughly aroused, and
are carrying revolvers to guard
against the incendiary, according to
Fire Chief Griffith, who has warned
citizens to guard against the danger
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
imports Flooding
Depressed Denmark

e. COPENHAGEN, Jan. 18.--Danish
industries are facing most critical
situation, with a majority of the large
concerns working half time and 9TH
ers being closed down entirely TN
employment is rapidly increasing and
in the meantime Danish markets are
being glutted with foreign made
goods. As result of the situation.
q section Of the Danish press is up-
braiding the governments for its pia-
cid attitude, demanding either protec-
tive measures or the suspension Of
imports until the existing tension Is
relieved and unemployment de.
creased.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
MINERS UNION ASK
u. S. TROOPS REPLACE GUARD.

WASHINGTON, Jan, 18.- re
quest that federal troops be sent in
to the mine strike district in Ala
bama to replace the Alabama Ma
tional Guard has been received at the
White House from the United Mine
Workers Of Alabama. The request
was referred to the war department.
1t was said officials there had decid-
cd that a request for federal troops
should come from the governor, if
the situations was such as to warrant
their presence.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
THERE TO BREAK STRIKE
SAYS UNION STATEMENT

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. Is. =
Charges that state troops being held
in the coal fields rear Jasper, Ala,
are there for no other purpose than
to break the strike of miners are
made in statement, issued today
from the offices of the United Mine
Workers Of America.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
COURTHOUSE, AT
JASPE RCUARDED
Indictments Charging
Murder In Lynching /
Of Miner Expected

JASPER Ala, Jan. 1G.--Indict-
mcnt5 charging murder are expected
from the grand Jury investigating the
death of William Baird, the miner
taken from Jail here last Thursday
and shot by mob.
Under heavy military cs2o-,. Guy
Cannon and Clyde Springer, mem
bers Of Company NJ appeared before
the Jury today.
The courthouse is under guard.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
BILL PROPOSED
TO MAKE WIVES
HOME. EMPLO DYES

TOPEKA, Kans, Jan. 1S.-Hus-
bands would be placed in the sta
tus of employers with their wives
as employees in their homes and
permitted to recover damages for
iuries received while performing
household duties under the terms
of a bill introduced IN the Kan
sas house of representatives today
by Mrs. Minnie Grinstead., The
measure is the first to be offered
by either of Kansas two women
representatives
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
New Tenn. Governor
Has Tax Solution Plan

NASHVILLE, Jan. 18-In his first
message to the Tennessee legislature,
Governor Alf Taylor today suggested
as a solution for the taxation prob
lem the appointment of state tax
commission of three members, one of
them being a farmer, authorized to
supervise and equalize the assess
ments of property in the state. the
original assessment to be made by
county tax assessors.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
NO FEDERAL TROOPS
CALL SAYS KILBY

e MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. s.
Governor Kilby said today the state
militia was able to cope with the
strike situation in the Alabama coal
fields, and that he had no disposition
to entertain request to ask for
federal troops.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
House To Start Work
Work On Nitrate Corp'n

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-The
house military committee is expected
to take up within a few days, consid-
Grafton of the bill passed by the SEN
ate providing for the organization of
a government corporation to take
over and operate the nitrate plant at
Muscle Shoals, Ala. No decision
has yet been reached as to public
hearings on the bill.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18

Harding Clears Work
For Early Trip South

MARION, O., Jan. 1S.-The rrcss
of personal business which must be
disposed of before his departure for
the South is engaging the attention
of President-elcct Harding today and
keeping his calendar free from ap-
pointments. Few visitors, except per
sonal friends of the president-elect
az expected here during the re-
mainder of Harding's stay in Marion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
Bishop To Be Made
A Mason AT Sight

COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. The
leading Masons of the state and SEC
ton are here for an Occasional
lodge" when Bishop Guerry, of the
Episcopal church, will be made a Ma
son at sight by Grand Master Samuel
Lanham.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
To Name First Woman
To County Office In S. 6.

GREENvILLE, S. c., Jan. 18.-
The first woman in South Carolina
to hold a county office, Mrs. Fannie
Scott, will be elected judge of the
probate of Greenville county today.
She will succeed her husband, Walter
NJ. Scott, who was killed in an auto
mobile accident recently.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
SH I'M MY BARRED,
TODDLE, TOO, IN
SCHOOL AFFAIRS

CHICAGO, Jan. 18.-"Shimmy'
and "Toddle" aren't proper dance
for schoop entertainments. Supt
Mortansen ruled today in barring
them from community center ac-
tiv;ties Of Bretano public school
here. Young people of the neigh
borhood have been meeting at the
school recently for social events.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
SPANISH soCIALlTs SPLIT. !.

MADRID, Jan. 18.-spanish' So
cialists have reached a dividing of
ways relative to their adhefenee TO
the Third Internationale of Moscow,
and the party seems to be definitely
divided there. An official statement
regarding the situation is expected
soon
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
AS MIMI \ NEzANZS

WASHINGTON; Jan 1S:--The re-
appor1onment bill providing an in
crease in the house membership from
4B5 to ,4s3 was taken up today uh-
der a general agreement for. five
hours debate, which is expected to
delay vote until tomorrow,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.-Hard'
ing will be asked to include regufa-
ton Of grain, stock and cotton ex-
changes in his call for the extra seq
sion of the new congress, Senator
Heflin, of Alabama, announced to.
day. A petition for this purpose is
being prepared, he added and will
be circulated among senators and
representatives interested in seeing
regulatory legislation enacted.
BAYONE, N. j., JAM 18.-- Two
were killed and more than ten in
jured in an explosion and fire in a
building housing several film con-
Germs here today. Fifteen persons
were inside the small building when
the explosion occurred.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
NEW YORK FUTURES.

A cooking fork of recent design
has a lever contralled by the thumb
by which hot morsels are pushed
from the prongs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
, BANKS TO CLOSE.

The Bank of Commerce and the
Planters Bank will close Wednes-
day, January 10, 1921, in celebrs.
tion of Lees birthday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18

WAsHlN GTpN Jan. t8. The
row over 1ouisiaaa sugar prices dat
ing backfto the sugar shortage and
the government, efforts to curb prices,
bobbed up again today before the
house ways and means. committee in.
the tariff hearings Former Repre-
sentative Fitzgerald. Of New York,
for the rcfiners, declared the govern
mcnt's policy had penalized the whole
nation in order to keep some Louis
;ana growers alive, Z. Z. Milling, of
New Orleans, asked three cents a
pound duty on sugar. The refiuers'
request the present duty be elimin-
ated , ..stt.
GREENVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 18-
Twenty persons were injured when
the westbeund express on the Penn
sylvania railroad was wrecked near
here this afternoon, according to first
reports, The train left the track and
went into a ditch, several cars turn
ing over. Relief trains are being
rushed here from Bradford, Ohio
and Richmond, Ind.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
w E EATHER. .

Forscast For Georgia. Cloudy,
with rising temperature tonight and,
Wednesday; fresh and strong north
and northeast winds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-18
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M A r K E T S

AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good Middling 16c.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-02-09

the country bankers would have to
liquidate as we'll as others, notwith-
standing the fact that they are car
rying bad cotton papers He thought
1T would be good idea for these
banks to have the landlords endorse
tenants papers If these landlords de-
mand cotton production.
Discussing merchandising, Mr.Ad-
ans declared the merchants must
help to restore the confidence Of the
public, which in some instances has
been destroyed through fake adver-
tising schemes calculated to keep
old time standards OF business up
when every one knew the time for
reaction and liquidation has come.
He cautioned the merchants to let
their advertisements mean Just what
they say, and for every one to work
in harmony to meet the situation
which now obtains and which may
mean that money will be tighter for
some time.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-02-09
Million Packets Of
Flower Seeds Free

We believe in flowers around the
h0ii o5 of the South. Flowers brighten
up the home surroundings and give
pleasure and satisfacti to those who
have them.
We have filled more than a million
packets Of leeds, of beautiful yet
easily grown flowers to be given to
our customers this spring for the
beautifying Of their homes.
Wouldn't you like to have five
packets Of beautiful flowers free9
YOU CAN GET THEMl Hastings'
1891 catalog is 118-page handsomely
illustrated seed book with twenty
beautiful pages showing the finest va.
rieties In their true natural colors
1t is full Of helpful garden, flower and
farm information that is needed In
every home. and, too, the catalog tells
you how to get these flower seeds ab.
polutely free.
Write for our 1921 catalog now. 1t
is the finest, most valuable and beau.
tiful seed book ever published, and
you will be mighty glad you've got 1t.
There is no obligation to buy any.
thing. Just ask for the catalog.
n. @. HASTINGS CO., sEEpsMEN,
ATLANTA, GA.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-02-09
CENTlMES and CENTS

France. say returned travellers, n
barren soil for Bolshevism. It's people
are concerning themselves with re
habilitating the nation. American
economists ascribe the incredible
progress Of the French toward restors.
tion to the universally OF property
ownership. the determination to work.
to live on something less than they
produce and devotion OF the surplus
to making France rs glorious self OF
pre-war days.
Whatever America may have, Il
should possess these French virtues
more abundantly. The nation should
perpetuate itself. Since poverty
growing out Of waste. Industrial, IN.
dividual and financial ineffi iciency
creates dissatisfaction, the soil in
which anarchy and communism thrive
like the noisome weeds they are, It 10
wise, patriotic and foresighted
statesmanship that plans to prevent
their recurrence in the next genera
tion.
Such Is the basis OF the govern
ment's ''EARN, SAVE AND INVEST"
campaign. It seeks to make each boy
and girl in school this year a convert
to the doctrine that all must work,
live within their income and invest
their snvingp to aid the nation and
themselves. French millions who ssyed
few centimea q day, rather thar
@rench millionairSu. are responsible
Tor frances strength in peac., as IN
war.
They have, for generations invested
IN government securities, and when
American millions have that habit, the
future Of the United States will be as.
sured more incontestably than through
any other means. And the United
states has made easy the formation OF
such habits. as II offers securities OF
IT'S own In denominations within the
reach Of all.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-02-09

If large crops Of cotton and to-
bacco are planted this spring it will
result in continued low prices, and
even lower prices during the fall and
winter of 1921.
Acreage planted to those crops
should not exceed one-half Of last
years acreage, and more feed and
food crops should be planted to avoid
sending millions Of dollars away from
home for feed and food.
Our course will be-" say several
Richmond, Va, bankers who present
their views in advertisement form on
this question, Ito confine our loans
to banks, supply merchants, etc., in
sisting upon the above policy and
practice in their respective commu-
mites.
1--WE invite cooperation and cor
respondence from our banks and
other customers on this subject"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-02-09
Says Stills Are Too Thick.

Greensboro, N. c., Feb. 3.-Mayor
d. NJ CLARK, Of Greenville, this State,
speaking at the final days session Of
the Law Enforcement Convention Of
the North Carolina Anti-Saloon
League here to-day, declared that
"Whiskey stills were as thick in the
eastern part Of North Carolina as
fleas on dogs back" and that
raising corn, cotton and tobacco
had been abandoned in many Sec
tions for the more lucrative work of
manufacturing monkey rum"
Judges in North Carolina we're
criticised by Mayor Clark for what
he called their failure to punish vio-
lators after the officers had appre-
hended them. Public sentiment, ac-
cording to the mayor, has not crys-
taliZed in favor of prohibition.
In concluding his remarks Mayor
Clark said: Monkey rum has be-
como known by tho designation of
The Three C's,' meaning Craven
County Corn"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-02-09
Nj RKETING THE 1921 COTTON.
Suuo Interesting Statements by Ma
than Adams on Marketing.

The following interesting article,
clipped from Dallas, Texas, paper,
has been handed us for publication,
ana will doubtless prove beneficial
~ many who are giving thought at
this time to the question Of market
Ills and It's relation 20 the profits
that come to the cotton grower from
| the cotton crop:
iHndlord Should Endorse Papers.
rhat the landlord should be forced
to endorse the papers Of his tenants
if he wants his land cultivated, and
that England and other cotton man
ufaCiuring countries should be told
how much cotton the cotton farmers
Of the South will furnish them, and
at What prices 1T will be furnished,
werr the statements of Nathan Ad
ems in discussing here "Marketing
the 921 Cotton Crop" Mr.. Adams
dcc)ared that England and other cot
ton manufacturing countries have
lour sold the Southern cotton far
mer low. much cotton they will want
and what they will pay for 1t. lie
said hat it, is now time for the farm
crH 70 tell these countries how much
cotton they can have and what they
viii Aave. to pay for It, and that the
banks Will assist the farmers in
ak1g tho changes if they will go
at Il in III e right way. That way,
M NdamsE said, Is reduction Of the
cotton production this year in order
tAa, he surplus may be disposed Of
and he country be put in a position
to Nuke IT'D own demands upon the
fore n hufacturers. He declared
that The cotton crop Of the South
brings in more gold than any other
export crop, and that II this crop Is
permitted TO fall down 1t will mean
the mqnufa acturing industries will al
80 faIi.
He said the credit Of the country
mad been over-extended, and that
the tltno has arrived for a halt He
declared the bankers should extend
the iarmers credit sufficient to make
crops, but that they should not ex-
tend credits in the old fashioned way
for promisduous speculations
Mr Adams declared that bank
ing Systeml of continuous borrowing
could not go on forever, and that
there musHibe liquidations, and that
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-02-09
ASPIRIN
Name ''Bayer" on Genuine

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'Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin, pre-
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years and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the
Bayer package for colds, headache,
neuralgia, rheumatism, earache,
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Handy tin boxes Of twelve Bayer Tab
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gists also sell larger packages. Aspi-
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facture Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
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