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The Newark journal., 1921-09-22
COTTON BRINGS 34 CENTS

Newport, Sept. 16.-A bale of long staple cotton grown by Bowden Bros. of Tucker man brought 34 cents a pound on the local market yester- day.
The Newark journal., 1921-09-22

Go to J. B. Fitzhugh & Bro. Batesville, Ark, for your clo- thing. We have plenty of young mems suits from $12.50 up.
The Newark journal., 1921-09-22
MAN DIES IN JAIL
Plummerville Man Victim of
 Alcoholic Poisoning

Morrilton, Sept. 19.-Till- man Dempsey, arrested at Plummerville yesterday and jailed here on a charge of being drunk, died about mid night in the jail. Dempsey is said to have been i'll a stupor and never recovered. The verdict of the coroner's jury was that he died from alcohol ic poisoning. The dead man is survived by his widow and four children.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
How Would You Like a
Free Boat Trip from
Americus to New York
Via Savannah?
Watch the Times-Recorder
C.E. BOYSPLAN
FIvE-DAY CAMP
To Go To Myrtle Springs
Next Week For
Outing

The boys pf the Presbyterian
Christian Endeavor society will go
camping at Myrtle Springs for five
days next week, Rev. Frank P. An
derson, pastor of the church, an
nounced Wednesday. He issued the
following statement for the informa-
tion of those Interested;
Until yesterday l was undecided
as to where | would take the boys
for their summer outing but after
going to Myrtle Springs yesterday
and seeing the improvements made
there since last season decided i'm
mediateiy to take the boys out there
for five days next week.
"The cottage and the dining hall
which have been rented for the week
are both screened so parents afraid
of the boys getting malaria can rest
easy. Furthermore, Mr.. Lane, the
proprietor, has put in terra Gotta
leading to the pool and made other
improvements making the water even
better than last year In the rented
cottage frame work has been set
up upon which springs and mattress
es can be placed to make an easier
bed than the floor. / am convinced
that there is'no place near Americus
better suited for the boys to camp.
Begins Tuesday, June Z.
"All boys who expect to go on the
camp will report at the Presbyterian
church Friday afternoon at 8 O'Clock
for details. Plans are to leave the
Church at 9 a. m. next Tuesday for
the camp. Each boy will take his
tin cup, plate, knife, fork and spoon
any style-and will also take what
bedding he desires. If two or three
boys could arrange to have pair
of springs and mattresses taken out
so much the better.
Each boy will de required to de-
post $5, or its equivalent satisfac-.
tory to the pastor before going. II
a boy can't stay all the time part OF
this will be refunded This S. will
cover cottage rent, use of pool and
board for five days. You will not
be called on for one cent more.
A Word to Parents.
"Some of you parents are alarmed
at the idea of your boy being away
from home. WdD, don't make "a
baby of him. Let him come on and
camp. They will be protected from
the mosquitoes, and the pool isn't
deep. want the boys to go for |
want to know them better and have
a chance to talk freely with them
about things. know you would IKE
for me to talk to them about. Ihe
camp is close and you can come out
often and see the boys. If your
boy is going, have him at the church
Friday afternoon to talk over what
he is to take. The camp is from
Tuesday until Saturday. We would
ike to see at least 25 boys from the
Christian Endeavor CO."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
WAGE REDUCTION
RULING ANNOUNCED,

CHICAGO, June Am estimated
four hundred million dollars will be
slished from the nations railway
wage bill when an order cutting wag-
es an average of twelve per cent
handed down by the United States
Labor Board, today, becomes effec-
tive July /. The order affects mem
bers of 81 labor organizations, en-
ployed on 104 railroads.
The decision grants reductions va
rying from to 13 cents an hour,
or from five to 18 per cent, and IN
the case of section laborers, COM
pletely wipes out the increase grant
ed that class of employees by the
5000, 100000 wage award OF July
20, 1920.
Common labor pay, over which the
railroads made their hardest fight,
is to be reduced to 8 IL cents an
hour. cutting freightatruckers aver
age monthly wages to $97.lO ana
track laborers to Still. This ney
schedule gives section men an aver
age daily wage of $3.02 for an eight
hour day, although considerable testi-
mony offered by the roads, particu-
larly in the South, showed common
labor wages as low as $3.50 for a
ten-hour day.
Shop crafts employees and train and
engine service men, except those IN
passenger service, are reduced 3
cents an hour by the 1920 award are
to be, foremen are reduced 10 cents
an hour.
Passenger and freight engineers
who were given increases of 10 and
13 cents an hour by the 1920 award
are to be cut and cents and hour
respectively. Passenger and freight
conductors (who received increases
of II 1-2 and 13 cents in 1920, are
cut z 1-2 and 8 cents, respectively
by the new schedule.
Train dispatchers and yardmasters
whose monthly EARNINGS at present
average $3.50 to $270, are cut 8 cents
an hour.
The smallest reduction will apply
to office boys and other employees un-
der 18 years of age, who will receive
5 cents an hour less after July /.
Clerks are re classified so that en-
tering clerks, usually young men and
women of Is to 20 years of age, Will
receive a monthly salary of $67.5O
for the first six months and $77.5O
for the second six months of service.
Clerks with less than one years eX-
perience, now receive $120.
A new monthly schedule for float
ing equipment employees on ferries,
tugs and steam lighters gives cap
tains $500, engineers $40, fremen
and oilers $140. On lighters and
bargers, captains will receive $120
to $3.50; engineers, $140 to $3.50 and
mates 500.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
.L.C.C.STUDYINC
RAILROAD RATE
REVISION DOWN
Assure Harding Subject
Is Now Under Re-
view

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The
downward revision of railroad rates,
particularly of rates on necessities,
was discussed by President Harding
today with the members of the Inter
state Commerce commission at an
informal conference at the commits
sion's headquarters. President Hard
ing is understood to have been assur-
ed that the whole subject is now un-
der review by the commission.
The president inquired particularly
about the prospect for modification
of fruit rates, and it is understood
he was told the commission was MAX
ing progress on a plan for obtaining
voluntary reductions through the con-
certed action of carriers. 1t was said
also that this movement together with
the general work of ironing out other
alleged inequalities had gone much
further than information hitherto
given the public had indicated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
Cordele Check Crook
Gets 2-Year Sentence

CORDELE, June ii. B. King,
charged with forgery in connection
with the passage of bogus checks on
two Cordele business concerns, ac-
cused bank embezzler and wanted IN
various cities and towns in Georgia,
Florida and North Carolina for the
alleged passage of bad checks, en-
tered a plea of guilty before Judge
o. T. Cover in Crisp Superior court
Tuesday and was sentenced to two
years service at the state farm at
Milledgeville. :,
King was arrested at Cartersville
last month as result of notices sent
out from the office of the sheriff OF
Crisp county. offering a reward for
his apprehension. Since his con-
finement in the Crisp county jail the
day following his arrest at Carriers
Vile, it has developed that he is ae-
cused of having embezzled $5'ooo
from bank at Terrytown in Mont
gomery county four years ago when
he was cashier of the bank. 1t also
developed that he is wanted for pass
ing a worthless check for 81 ,OoO on
the lewelry firm of Flournow & Gun
ningham, of Macon, in exchange ior
diamonds, this alleged crime having
taken place during last October when
King with his wife and children were
en- route from North Carolina to Flor
idaibtJ autom obiEe. nj Kings wife and
children have been living in Cordele
since his confinement in Jail here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
TWOLASSITER
CASESDROPPED
Two Other Indictments
TO Be Mol Pressed,
Is Word

Two indictments against J. w.
Lassiter, former Sumter county road
overseer, were dismissed by Solici-
tor FELTON, when his case was called
in Sumter Superior court this morn
ing. The remaining indictments
We're continued on the solicitors mo-
ton, he announcing that he was not
ready. The defense, represented by
HiXon and Pace, announced ready
The indictments dismissed charged
Lassiter with being drunk in the vi
cinity of a residence and using pro-
fame language. The principal i'm
dictment remaining against Lassiter
is that charging attempted assault on
Sumter county girl. It is said that
since his return here efforts have
been made by members Of her family
to obtain a cash settlement of the
case for their benefit, agreeing to
drop the case. This arrangement the
defense has refused to enter into, it
is stated, having been assured by the
girl in the case that she will testify
If the case comes to trial that no
attempted assault took place and that
she fired the shot from Lassiter's
pistol in her home which at the time
attracted much attention and arous-
ed the vicinity against the road over
seer, causing him to flee. She has
married happily since, it is said.
1t was also announced at the court
house today that Solicitor FELTON, had
agreed to mol pros the indictments
handed down last week, the names
of the accused in which were with
held by the Times-Recorder, upon
representation that the woman in the
case had removed from Amertcus. He
is understood to have reported this
disposition of the case to the grand
Jury and received that body's ap-
proval, this ending the matter.
The Superior court was occupied
during the forenoon with the trial
of Armeta Stallings, one of the wo-
men charged with robbing a Greek
cook of 1910 in a house on Scar
borough hill in April.
Other criminal cases disposed of
were:
Continual Herndon, making and
having whisky, convicted, II months
or $3.50 fine.
Freeman, Kitchens, shooting at an
other, plea of guilty, IL months or
500 fine.
Leroy Tullis, assault with intent
to murder, acquitted.
Wes Clark, making and having
liquor, plea of guilty, ~ months or
$3.50 fine on the first count,
months or $l00 fine on the second,
to be under probation in case fine is
paid. Clark was allowed the privi-
lege of paying a fine because of his
age of 65 years, the judge stated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
Brick Work Falls,
Workmen Escape

While a negro crew were at work
removing a part of the old wall in
the rear of the Buchanan building.
on West Lamar street, Tuesday eve-
ming section of brick work which
had been left to top the show window
which is to be put in, fell, endan-
gering the lives of one or two of the
men, but luckily not hitting any OF
them. The bricks were old and soft
and there was little loss in their fall.
The location will be occupied by
the Americus Steam Vulcanizing
company, James Lott, manager, when
COMPLETED
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
REPORTS FIRST
COTTON BLOOM
Negro, Lucius Smith, Re-
peats Last Year s
Feat

Sumter county's first cotton bloom
of the season so far as reported,
has come to town. 1t was brought
Tuesday evening to the Times-Re-
corder by Lucius Smith, colored ten
ant on the farm of Dykes and Eng
Ish, 8 miles southeast of Americus.
He won the honor for the first bloom
last year, as well.
Smith has 80 acres Of cotton, all
of which is of fine growth, consid-
ering the adverse weather conditions
this spring. 1t is about IL days later
than last year, however. Last years
first blossom was brought in by him
on May IL. ooo
Lucius says he is using about 800
pounds of fertilizer to the acre this
wear, a reduction over last year. I'm
like most other farmers, he has not
found boil weevil in his field.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
ES-RECORDER
MEDAL AWARDED

Announcement was made ct the
Americus High school today by Prin-
cipal C. M. Hale of the offer of he
Times Recorder gold me ial annual
ly for five years beginning this year
to the High school senior excetling
in English and Composition. 1t was
also announced that the medal would
be awarded to Miss Saran Mostellcr
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Mos
teller, to whom certificate of high
est grades for the year had already
been given by Miss Eu Rustin,
teacher of English.
The Times-Recorder medal is Of
fered through this newspaper by a
citizen Of Georgia who is deeply in
terested in school afafirs, partic-
ularly English, but who will not per-
nit his identity to become known in
any respect. He asked the Times
Recorder to sponsor the offer and
let the medal take its name. which
was done by agreement with the
school officials. Five medals have
been purchased and suitably engrav-
ed except for the name of the win
ner to be named by the school au-
thorities on the basis of actual work
done during the school year.
1t will be remembered that Miss
Mosteller represented the Americus
High school in the district meet at
Ashburn recently and won first place
in the essay contest and the medal Of
fered by the district for the best
girls essay.
The Times-Recorder medal is the
fourth offered at the High school this
year, the others being:
Kiwanis club, debatinp Rotary
club, defamation; Lions club, reci-
tation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
LIONS CLUB MEDAL WON
BY KATHERINE SANBORN.

The four best girl readers IN the
Americas High school competed We'd
nesday morning before a committee
of three of the most talented read
ers of Americas for the Lions club
medal, offered for the student SUR
passing in recitation. The medal,
handsome gold affair, was awarded
by the committee to Miss Katherine
Sanborn, with Miss Villa Sanborn
being given second place. The COM
mittee was composed of Miss Helen
Keister, Miss Katherine Smith and
Miss Mary Merritt. Those who
competed and their subjects were:
Miss Dorothy Dunaway, "The
Dream Ship"
Miss Eddie Mae Morgan. "The Lit
tlest Rebel
Miss Villa Sanborn, "An Expert
in Matrimony"
Miss Katherine Sanborn, The
Sioux Chiefs Daughter"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
VALDOSA VISITED
AND OFFICES ROBBED

VALDOSTA, June 1.-The burg
lar who paid call on Americus Of
fices Monday night played a pre-
vious one-night- stand engagement in
| Valdosta, unless indications are very
deceiving, as methods and results ap-
pear to have been identical in each
case. The burglar, who entered the
offices of Daugherty-McKey Co.,
seems to have made a pretty clean
sweep of all Of the office buildings
in the city.
The first impression was that the
work was done by an amateur or a
novice at the business, but subse-
quent development indicate that it
was done by an old hand at the busi-
ness. The artist who gets out of
the sheriff's shackles and defies pris-
on bars is no more of an artist than
is this particular burglar who man
aged to go through Yale locks and
other locks as easily as if they were
made of soft butter.
This burglar paid visit TO the
Strickland office building and burg
larized almost every office in it. He
secured about sixty dollars worth of
gold and gold plate from DR.. l.. E.
Owen, he sucured lot of stamps
from Colonel Wilcox's office, be-
ing everything esaw in that office
and desired to appropriate. He also
went into the office of Dan R. Bruce
and into the office of Walker, Small
& Little.
he went into several offices where
nothing was missed. Mr.. Burglar
merely looked them over to see if
there was anything lying around
handy that he might want. He went
into DR.. Youman's office in the Con-
verse building, but DR.. Youmans had
his supply of gold hidden in place
where it would least be suspected,
the burglar probably kicked the re-
ceptacle out of the way, not know
ing that gold was in it. In the Peep
les building the office of DR.. A, A.
Lawry was entered and his safe
burglarized. One cf the small draw
ers was broken open and a fifty dol
lar Liberty bond and $50 worth of
gold was taken away.
He also went into the office of R.
A. Peoples & Son, but there was
nothing of much value in reach there,
so he did not tarry long. During
his visits to the law offices, Mr.. Burg
lar went over to Col Frank HarrelPs
office, over w. A. jenkins store and
robbed it of a lot of stamped en-
velopes, which were the only things
of value in sight.
In each case the burglar managed
to make his entries by simple twist
of the wrist, by means Of a bent
chisel which was inserted into the
door facing near the lock bolt, the
bolt being pried open so as to effect
an entrance.
1t is evident that the burglar did
not lose much time in making his
raids, he evidently knew about where
to look for valuables, the gold in the
dental offices that were robbed be-
ing kept in places that would not be
suspected by an ordinary person.
A person acquainted with dental
offices would not have much trouble
in finding it. This would indicate.
that the burglar is acquainted with
the habits of dentists, as well as 9TH
er occupants of an office building.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
TEACHERS TO GET
SALARY MONEY

The Americus public school teach
ers today received their salaries for
the last two months, and will not
have to return to their homes at the
close of the school year this week
with their board bills unpaid, as ap-
peared likely few days ago.
1t was stated today by City Clerk
and Treasurer Eldridge that arrange
ments had been made by city officials
to borrow enough monev on notes,
pending the payment of past due city
taxes, to take up the teachers salary
warrants for two months.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
= !

The myterious burglar who thor
ougly ransacked Americus offices
Monday night, entering locked doors
without difficulty and opening office
safes as easily as if he had the COM
blnations, missed $1,000 in coupon
bonds in the safe of Ellis, Webb and
Ellis, which for some reason he was
unable to open with the ease of the
others and which he passed up after
working on it with a hammer and
chisel for a time. The bonds were
an accumulation of a few days busi-
ness which the firm had carelessly
permitted to remain in the office in
stead Of depositing them. However,
the visit of the thief caused hur-
ried trip to the bank, and now the
bonds are safe in the big vault, and
the pledge has been taken to permit
no more such accumulatiOns to re
main in the office safe.
The Americus burglar was an
itinerant professional and not To-
cal crook, it is almost certain from
developments. News from ValdOsta
person visited that city between Sat
urday night and Monday morning,
operating in precisely the same man
ner there as here and with similar
results. He appears to have been
attracted to dental offices there, and
it has developed that the attraction
of these places, where gold is usual
ly kept, caused the burglar to be
seen by at least three Americus men,
who have given his description to the
officers.
1t was about 9 o'clock Monday
night that DIR. ]. W. Chambliss, in
the Allison building, encountered the
man in the hall The man, after
induiring for a dental Office, hur-
riedly left. Shortly afterward Dr.
Chambliss saw the same man leaving
the office of DR.. c. P. Davis, in the
same building. Supposing the man
to have been a patient and to have
called DIR. Davis to his office, he
thought little of the incident. Later
it developed, however, that DIR. Davis
had not been at his office that eve
ming. Nothing of value was missed
by him Tuesday morning, however
Gordon Howell and Robert Lane
were standing at the foot of the steps
Of the same building, in which thev
have offices, at about $3.50 o'clock
Monday evening They saw the
stranger, said to have been a rather
heavy set man, come down the ster"
The next morning candle wax on
the rug in front of the safe Of m"
Lane law office and lowered shades
behind the safe showed where the
burglar had operated there. Nothing
was missed, however, and it was not
ascertained whether he had opened
the safe or not.
W. W. Dykes was the heaviest hit
in loss vet reported. 1t was Tues
dav afternoon before it occurred to
him to cDen his safe and examine its
contents, there having been no indi-
cations about his office of it having
been visited by the intruder. He
was able to open the safe with diff
cultv, and found that 500 in Liber-
tv bonds and 5000 stamps had been
removed.
In the Dykes safe, also, were stored
two envelopes for Attorney John AL
len Fort, who occupies an office In
the same suite. One of these was
marked Personal" and the other,
"For Safe Keeping" and both had
been torn open and the
contents taken. Mr.. Fort is in Allan
ia and the value of the contents OF
the envelope is not known here, AT
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
Senior Class Play
Makes Decided Hit

A crowded house saw the Senior
class of the Americus High school
present the annual class play at the
school auditorium Tuesday night.
The play was Lighthouse Man," a
thrilling comedy. The audience was
unanimous in declaring it probably
the best school play, in perfection OF
nresentation, ever staged here.
II is not unlikely the members
of the cast will present the play in
several surrounding town shortly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
Americus Flagman
Injured Near Dawson

DAWSON, June l.-Flagman W.
M. Hammock. of Americus. was Sc
riously injured when a Seaboard Air
Line train was wrecked near here
Tuesday afternoon. The accident
was due to spreading rails. -Four
kars left the track, two being turned
over. One of the cars, containing a
shipment of peanuts, was badly
smashed Traffic was deliyed about
4 hours,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
Last Of Americans
At Turnberry Out

TURNBERRY, Scotland, June /.
Miss Sarah Fownes. of Pittsburg,
the last of four Americans to reach
the third round in the British ladies'
oren golf championship, was elimin-
ated this afternoon by Mrs. Cautley,
former champion of Kent, 6 and g..
The others eliminated were Miss
Edith Cummings, of Chicago; Mrs. Q.
F. Feitner. of Long Island, and Mrs.
R. H. Barlow, of Philadelphia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
Police Station Fails
To Stop Auto Bandits

MINNEAPOLIS, June l. - Five
bandits in an automobile held up two
messengers Of the Millers and Trad
ers Bank here today and escaped with
$4,000 in currency, The bank is To-
Gated across the street from a police
station.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
Half Hundred Cases
Filed In City Court

Tuesday was return day for the
June term of the City court, and
half hundred cases were filed, the
defendants in all of which must be
served by the sheriff in addition to
his Superior court duties by Satur-
day night. Nearly all the cases were
suits on notes and accounts.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-01
3-4 Million Loss In
Lumber Yard Fire

MONROE. La, June 1.-The large
lumber plant and storage yards of the
Union Sawmill Company AT, Hut6ig, !
Ark were destroyed by FIRE last
night. The loss is estimated at $780,
600. sess