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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
Negro Drops Dead Over
Leaving OF DIR. Cousins

COLUMBUS. i June when
news of the resignation of DR. Solon
B. Cousins was read to Jack Prather,
70-year-old negro formerly sexton
yef the First Baptist church, the in
Formation so shocked him, according
to his friends, that. he hesdropped dead
shortly after, UAtil a few months
ago. Prather had Seen Sexton of the
church of which DIR. Cousins had
been pastor. He and his wife have
been given odd jobs around the Cous-
ms household since his retirement as
sexton,
DR.. Cousins, for three years and a
half pastor of the First Baptist
church Of Columbus, has accepted a
call of the Second Baptist church of
Richmond, Va.
----pr Cousins fof=+ome time has been
considering the call of the congre-
cation of the Richmond church and
effort has been made by the local
Baptists to retain him. He will leave
for Virginia at an early date,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
Terrell's Roads To Be
Handled Like Sumter S

DAWSON, June 15.-The county
commissioners have placed orders for
machinery which will be valuable ad-
ditions to the road equipment and as
sist materially in building and i'm
proving the public highways.
This machinery consists of 10
ton caterpillar tractor, and two Ad-
ans road graders. The cost of the
tractor is $6,662.50, while the cost
fone of the road graders is $l,87O
and of the other $l,350.
The entire board Of commissioners
-Messrs. j. A. Laing, +. Il, Staple
ton and w. II. Dismukes-Road Su-
perintendcnt w. II, Sirmons and
Clerk l.. c. boyle visited Sumter
county recently to inspect the work
of similar machines there, and Com
missioners Laing and Stapleton also
visited Randolph county for The same
purpose. They were SO fayorably
impressed with what they saw and
learned that it was unanimously de
cided to order the equipment for Ter
rcil.
The new machines will be shipped
without delay, and will soon be IN
use on the roads here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
Epson Men Call Upon
Dorsey For Retraction

ATLANTA, June ia delega-
ton of Epson county citizens called
on the governor last week and made
formal demand upon him for writ
ten denial of his charges in reference
to the Ed White case which has been
the subject of wide controversy and
several pointed cards from Judge w.
f. II. Searcy, Jr., Of Griffin, it has
just become known.
Included in the delegation were
DR.. A. II. Black, of Thomaston; j. B.
Hardy, editor of the Thomaston
Times; Judge Z. T. Wall, of The
Rock; Powell Stephens, merchant
of The Rock.
The delegation presented Governor
Dorsey with written denial of the
Ed White charges, supported by in
Vulnerable affidavits, and made for
NAL demand that the governor have
the case again investigated and give
to the public a written retraction.
Governor Dorsey is understood to
have assured the delegation that It
is his desire to be fair TO the people
Of UDson county. and to have told
them that he would investigate the
facts set forth in their communica-
ton, with a view to complying with
their request for retraction, if his
inquiry developed that he had been
misinformed concerning the Ed
White case.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15

miles long, Like a load of buckshot
When closest to the earth, these'll
travel "a miles a second.
No danger of Winnecke
knocking off your chimney. This
year it comes closer to the earth than
ever beforc-but that'll still be l.
100000 miles away.
Again, it may fool you entirely,
for it's the joker of the comets.
It's due near the earth every five
and half years. But it didn't show
up in 1880 or 1904.
Pons, an astronomer, discovered
it July 18, 1919, Winnecke, an
other astronomer, saw it next-in
1869. He kidded himself that he'd
found a new comet. After figuring
on paper a year, he discovered that
it was the old-timer Pons, practical
joker
"Ha! ha" said the comet, sailing
off in sUaCc.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
500 AT FIRST
|. 90 F. PICNIC

Five hundred persons, including
children, attended the first annual
picnic Tuesday at Myrtle Springs at.
which the Odd Fellows of Americus
were hosts. Participating were the
members of the families of the Odd
Fellows and the members Of the Re
bekahS.
The feature Of the occasion was the
address by Grand Master John S.
Wilder, of Savannah, who was elected
to this important position at the May
state meeting in Augusta, and Ameri-
Gus was the first city to have the dis
tinction of entertaining him official
ly since his induction into the office.
The theme of his address was "Odd
Fellowship and It's Relation to the
Member" and during his talk he
spoke of the remarkable Contribu-
tions which have been pouring in
from every lodge in the state for the
building of the Home at Griffin.
More than $4,000 have already been
sent in, and daily letters are recciv,
cd at headquarters containing other
donations. This home when compet-
ed will cost $100,G00, and is being
built for the purpose of caring for
the old and infirm Odd Fellows and
their wives, or the widows Of dccca8-
ed members, and the orphan children
of members of the state. Educational
facilities viii be installed, and in the
institution boys and girls will be
trained to share in the work Of the
upbullding of the state. The talk
was received with enthusiastic atten-
tion by the assembled guests.
Dinner was served at noon, and
was spread under the trees, the ta-
bles being covered with every good
thing to eat which had been prepar-
ed by the ladies of Odd Fellowship.
Barbecue was included in the menu,
and accompanied with fruit drinks.
After the feast there was enough left
that as many more as had been serv-
ed.
Music was furnished by the mem
bers, and old and young, big and lit
tie, lean and fat, enjoyed bathing
in the pool which had been reserved
for the occasion.
Cars left AmeIicus at 9;30 o'clock
in the morning, and returned at 6
in the afternoon, after day of real
pleasure and enjoyment spent at the
popular resort.
The occasion eliminated with the
regular business meeting last night
at the Odd Fellows hall, at which
Grand Master Wilder conferred the
second degree on three novitiatcs.
These were S. (. Turner A. F. Turn
er and NJ. M. Powell, following which
he made a talk on the duties Of the
new members to their order and Of
the order to them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15

THERE'S only one chance in 1000
that the earth will be destroyed
by collision with the Pons-W Winneckc
comet.
Fine! But who says so? Answer
DR.. A. c. d. Crommclin, noted astron-
omer at Greenwich Observatory En-
gland
But Mr.. Pons- Winuecke Is more
dangerous than most With most com
cts, odds against hitting the earth
are 281,000,000 to L.
After racing two weeks to over
take the earth: it's due to swipe IFS
with its two-forkcd tail about June
26, Then Americus may sec a great
shower of meteors-shooting stars.
But you won't see P.-W,, unless you
have a powerful telescope.
Most comets have tail made of
star dAst and luminous gases. But
pons-W -Winnecke is loaded for bear.
It's tail is a stream of meteors GOO
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
Hears Grandson Shot
Himself Through Leg

Mrs. W. P. Persons received tele-
gram Wednesday morning from Val
dosta containing the information that
their little grandson, Ben Patterson,
ten years old, had accidentally shot
himself through the fleshy part Of the
leg Tuesday afternoon while playing
with his small rifle which he receiv-
ed last Christmas,
Mrs. Persons left on the noon
train for Valdosta to be with him
during his enforced confinement. Mrs.
Persons says that the message said
that his condition was not serious,
unless complications arise from the
excessive heat.
The boy is the son Of Mr.. and Z,
d. Patterson of Valdosta, and has
visited his grandparents here upon a
number Of occasions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
Kind Hearts, List to This Tale
. Of Doerun Burned Out Family

the older boy says, lad there gave
him the slip Of paper appealing for
help for the alleged fire-stricken
family, he having six of them and ex-
planning how easy it was to get mon
ey by their use. This appeal the
three boys used in Americus and else
where, getting numerous quarters,
half dollars and other amounts Of
money. At some places old cloth
ing was given, which they were afraid
to refuse.
One kind hearted woman gave them
an order on j. H. Poole & Sons, store
for flour and other groceries, 50
touched was she with the appeal, but
after presenting the order and having
il filled. telling the store keeper they
would be back later, they returned
and sold the goods back to the store
at DISCOUNT, explaining that the gro
ccries were too bulky for them TO car
ry,
That night they were befriended
by Nick Sampson, Of the New York
cafe, on Cotton avenue, who permit
ted them to sleep in one of the two
rooms over the cafe, one of which is
occupied by himself. The next morn
ing after they had left Nick missed
pistol and numerous other val
liable from his own room. Tues
day the boys reappeared on Cottor
avenue and were spied by Nick anC
qulzzed When his questions abou
the missing goods became too ho
they sought the back door in a hur
ry and took to the alley Chief Brage
was called, but they lodged in ans
about the downtown district and es'
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15

Kind hearted Americus persons
who last week donated old clothing
to young man or small boy in re-
sponse to a typewriter appeal for
aid for blind mans family, whose
home and belongings were alleged
to have been burned at DOerun, ma
find what they gave, or portion 0.
it, at the police station, if they wan;
it back. Among the garments, which
were of no use to the beggars, who
were runaway boys, and which they
abandoned in a Cotton avenue Greek
restaurant, are a pair of corduroy
trousers, a dress, and other articles
of apparel which would have been
of service had the appeal been gen
unine.
Locked in cell at the police
station are three boys, Edwin Anglin,
aged 18, Chris Anglin, his brother.
aged Ia, and William Wright, also
aged IA, all of whose homes arc II
Macon, but the two younger of whom
escaped a few days ago from the
state reformatory at Milledgeville.
The two younger lads escaped
from the reformatory last week and
started for Macon. Arriving there,
they found the older boy leaving for
Fort Valley to seek work packing
peaches, he said, and they went with
him, against his protest At Fort-Val-
ley there was no work, they report,
but were told to come back Thurs
day Of this week, so they started for
Albany, where the Anglin boys tor
merly lived for seven years. II
Americus they stopped for day o.
two. On a previous visit to Albany
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15

"I'lI ia! ha you" said Winneckc.
Hereafter you'll carry my name "
SO it's known as Pons-W -Winnecke,
Astronomers say Pons-Winneckc
this year may duplicate the great
fire-rainstorm of 1888 when it was
estimated that comet dropped 240,-
600 meteOrs.
Meteors come into view 80 miles
above ground, Generally burn OUT
so miles overhead Only one in
100000 ever reaches ground, says
Prof. Forest K. Moulton, University,
of Chicago
Largest known meteor was found
in Greenland in 1894 by Explorer
Perry. It weighs SO tons Meas
ures II by S by A feet.
But most meteors weigh only a
few OUNCES. They're made mostly
'of nickel-iron, with a fused black
crust like varnish. Often contain
gold. platinum and diamond specks.
Comet" gets it's name from Greek
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15

word, "kometes." That means "hay-
ing long hair" Ancients, you see,
thought the comets tail was a beard
Over 400 comets, rowing around the
earth, have been observed and their
routes figured out 50 accurately that
their return can be predicted almost
to a day. Some have tails 100000
600 miles long.
Ancients thought comets foreshad-
owed dire troubles.
In year 837 comet scared King
Louis | of France TO appeasc its
wrath, he ordered man1 churches
built
The Normans might rot have in
vadcd England if King William had
not thought a comet heralded his di.
vine right.
But in 1921 few arc afraid of .
comet-except that it might drop a
meteor through the home-brew keg
in the cellar
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
Tuesday Hottest Day
Of Year, SO Degrees

Tuesday was the hottest day of the
season by two degrees, according to
j. NJ. Bryan, official observer, the
government thermometer registering
a maximum Of SO degrees The min
imum Tuesday night was n degrees,
five degrees below the previous night.
Crops in this section, as well as
other parts of Georgia, are suffer
ing greatly from lack of moisture as
a result Of the prolonged drouth.
Clouds appeared Tuesday afternoon
and some parts of the county re
ceived refreshing showers, although
in Americus the dust was scarcely
laid. Wednesday afternoon thunder
storms appeared again with promise
not threats-of rain.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
ALEXASTIRLING
Wins TWO MORE

FONTAINEBLEAU, France, June
15.-(By Associated Press Miss
Alexa Stirling, of Atlanta, won her
match in the. second days play of the
women's open golf championship
tournament here, defeating Miss
Rogamond Sherwood, of ST. Georges,
Long Island, three and two.
Miss Stirling also defeated Mrs.
F, E. Dubois, of Balmoral, n j.,
in the third round this afternoon,
three up and two to play.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
Big Engineers Strike
Averted In England

LONDON, June 15-(By Associat-
ed Prcss.) Steps toward averting a
great engineering stoppage. affecting
million and half men, were taken
this morning when Minister Of La
Dor Mcnamara held a conference
with representatives of employers
and employees.
The engineers agreed to postpone
issuing lockout notices from tomor-
row until the end of June, to enable
the submission Of the employers pro-
nnSalS TO ballot
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
AK For Workers Who
Fight Reorganization

WASHINGTON, June 14.-Gov-
crnmcnt employees who actively op-
pose the administrations government
plan will be dismiss
ed. the president and his cabinet de-
cided today.
The ecision was said to have re-
suited from activities by some en-
ployes in spreading propaganda
against the reorganization policy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
FLOWER R-LADEN,
SIMS ON WAY

LONDON. June l5.-- (By Asso-
ciated Press. Rear Admiral Will
liam S. Sims left Waterloo station
this mcrning for southampton
where he was to board the steamer
Olympic later in the day and pro
ceed to New York He rode in a
special that was 50 burdened with
floral testimonials that there was
scarcely room for members Of his
party to move about.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
BRITAIN SPENDS
But $lO,OOO,OOO
ON BIG WARSHIPS
Planned Expenditure Is
Announced In Com
mons By Secretary

LONDON, June 15.-(By Asso,
ciatcd Press.) .)-Total expenditure
proposed for this year on building
capital ships for the British navy is
two million pounds, Licut.-Col. Am
cry, parliamentary and financial sec
retary of the admiralty, stated in
Commons today,
This represents the value Of only a
single dreadnaught.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
y S. Shouldn't Frtter Away Influence Abroad---Hughes
NEITHER CAN We
ESCAPE PART In
WORLDS TASKS
Secetary Comments On
World Relations In
College Speech

PROVIDENCE, r. T., June To-
Secretary of State hughest today told
a gathering of his fellow alumni of
Brown University it was not desIr-
able that Americas helpful influ-
ence should be frittered away "b re-
lating ourselves uRFpecessarily to
political questions Which involve n
valries of interests abroad with which
we have no proper concern.
He said it was equally true that
"we cannot escape our relation to
the economic problems of the world. "
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
Jap Council Discuss
Anglo Pact And Yap

TOXIC, June 15.-(By Associated
Press Renewal Of the Anglo-Jap-
anese alliance and the question of
control over the Island of Yap we're
discussed at today's meeting of the
diplomatic advisory council. it was
declared by local newspapers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
Harding Cancels u. S.
Harness Sales Contract

WASHINGTON, June 15.-On ad.
vice of the attorney general, Presi'
dent Harding has annulled the wa2
department contracts with the Unit
ed States Harness company for dis
posal of surplus harness,
these contracts to violate criminal
ATTORNEY General DaHgherty held
sections of the law prohibiting par
ticipation by government officers or
employees in such transactions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
DR.. MCCULLOUGH
ISROTARY head

s4,44a4s4lea44. 8 egseA'fr ,-Jafiio 5:4-=
tBy Associated Press DIR. Craw-
ford Mccullough, of Fort Williams,
Ontario, was today unanimously
elected president Of the International
Association of Rotary Clubs now in
session here, for the ensuing year.
Ho has been international vice-presi-
dent.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
SPIKES REMOVED;
2 die IN WRECK

IESBURGsaAliss, June To-
Engineer James Jaskson and Fire
man Frank Bzot. both Of Meridian,
were killed last night and passengers
on fast train No. AZ, from New Or
deans, were well shaken up when an
unidentified person pulled the spikes
from two lengths of rails four miles
south of here, piling up the engine
tender and first four coaches of the
train.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
MARKETS
MEXICAN PETROLEUM sLUMPs.

MEXICAN PETROLEUM SLUMPS.
NEW YORK, June 15.-MeXican
petroleum shares dropped seven
POINTS to 1870 at the opening of to-
days stock market on heavy selling
induced by reports of the rapid
Gwindling Of MeXico's oil supply.
Losses of one to three points were
suffered by many industrials and spe-
cialtics. The market rallied feebly
before noon, but suffered another
sharp setback at midday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
JUDGE BLOUNT,
BAR HEAD, dies

BALTIMORE$ i juno 15.-JuGge
William Aleyand9l5 Blount, of Pcnsa-
cola, Fla, rrcsidkrb'of the American
Bar Associations died at Johns Hop
kins hospital today aged seventy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
REFINED SUGAR UNDER &c.

NEW YORK, June l5.-Refined
sugar went below the siX-cent level
today for the first time in more than
five years when the Federal Refining
company quoted fine granulatcd at
5.75 cents a pound.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
w WEATHER

Forecast Tor Georgia = FarIIy
cloudy tonight and Thursday; cooler
in eastern portion tonight.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15

ter contains "a per cent.
capped However. he shortly overlook
them on the hill east &C town, head
ed for the north-bound Dixie High
way.
Once in jail the boys admitted they
had stolen the pistol and sold it in
Albany, but if anything else was TAX
en- they knew nothing Of it. The
two younger boys volunteered that
they had escaped from the reforma-
tory, and were ready to return, al
though it was hard life there, they
said, since they were not allowed to
smoke cigarettes.
The older boy has written to his
mother in Macon, who is in poor fl
nancial circumstances, he said for
money with which to pay for the stol-
en- pistol. A guard from the re-
formatory VIII come Thursday to take
charge Of the samller boys.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
COTTON CONSUMPTION.

WASHINGTON, June I5.-Cott0n
consumed during May amounted to-
439 1874 bales of lint and Al, 1895 bales
of linters, the census bureau announc-I
ed today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling --.-----.--,----l0 Sac.
NEW YORK FUTURES
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, June 15.-Opcn "a
points down Fully middling 8.29.
Sales 5000 bales Receipts, 1868
bales, of which 1876 were Ameri-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15

The system of preserving green
fodder by ensilage was invented in
France.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15

Dry air contains q per cent oxY-
gen, but air extracted from sea wa
ter contains "a per cent.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-15
WHERE THE WASTE LIES

Responsibility for more than so per cent of tn,
waste IN industry be placed at the door of tn,
management and less than 25 per cent is due to la
bor-American Engineering Council
, 1921-07-05
WAREHOUSE TO
Be MAINTAINED
BY STOCkMEN
Decision to Erect Structure for
Handling of Commodities
Used Here Reached at
Saturday Meeting

A large warehouse. for the handling
of all feeds. salt and other oommod-
ties used in large quantities by
stockgrowers. will be built in the near
future. according to a decision
reached at a meeting Of the Satrona
Stockgrovers' association held at the
county courthouse last Saturday aft
moo A corporation soon to be
perfected within the association. will
have direct charge OF the construct
ing and financing of the new build
ing. According to present plans every
stockgrover in re county will be as
sessed two cents l. head on sheep and
Is a head on cattle. This fund will
20 70 help finance the project. 1t is
understood that a site has already
been selected on the C. B. 4 Q. right
of-wny. II present plans work out.
the building will be ready for fan
use.
Matters pertaining to the opening
OF livestock trails in Natrona county.
now DISTRACTED by fences on home.
stesds. was taken up. The associa.
ton will cooperate with the county
officials in an erort TO have these
trails reopened. Wage scales pertain.
ing 10 ranch hands and sheep herd
ers were again considered and the
members. to a large extent. were in
favor OF the following scale. namely:
Ranch hands s45 per month and
sh~eepherders $50 per month
, 1921-07-05

rcruminS pisy on ther nome grounos
or Thursday with Sterling.
With Jackson in the box 20 star the
game Casper dropped Saturdays con
test by a score OF . to ). Scogsins
teiled for the Bronchos and pitched a
heAdv game. Tony LASalle drove in
I've OF Denver's run in this game.
Lowry. who relieved Jackson. allowed
hut three hits in concluding the game.
The Bronchos on Sunday barely
noeed out a victory over h Rein
ers. a ninth-inninE rally putting over
two runs TO tie the score. r Mapel
started the mound work for the Wis
tiers and CAV way TO Hoffman. In
the tenth session Down was walked.
Fsish went 10 first on sIatteU's wild
throw 10 Donica Al first. Downey
going to third Ind Fish to second.
Murphy fouled out and Cochran
smashed out a blow to far right for
the winning run.
Diamonds homer in the ninth in
min scored the two runs which tied
th- score. The scores Of the two
games follow:
, 1921-07-05
DECORATIONS TO STAY
FOR |. 0. Of. MEETING

II plans under way by the cham.
Der Of arc successful. bust.
ness houses here will not remove the
decorations from the buildings until
after the |. o. o. F. convention which
will be held here July IL. Delegations
from odd Fellow lodges in many
parts Of the state will attend the
grand lodge meeting here. The
chamber OF commerce believes that
the decorations shout be left up un.
Ill after this meeting and has Sc.
cured the support OF many business
houses here.