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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-29
Chickens Spoil the Garden.

"why isn't your son making q garden
this year."
ION account of the chickens next
door"
HEIR
"He doesn't like for those girls "a
see him in overalls. ~ louisville
Courier-JourDal.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-29

SALESMEN WANTED-To solicit
Orders for Lubricating Oils. Greases
and Paints Salary or commission.
Address, The Victor Oil CO., Clevelan nd
Ohio
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-29
NOTICE TO PUBLIC

Depositing of rubbish in the streets
IL stiictiy forbidden. If this practice
continues, the city will remove the
rubbish and asses the cost of the work
against the property.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-29
IL Looked Like a Battlefield I'm
Europe" said Mr.. @ Dun.ter.

was staying at hotel In a small
pennsylvania town. EARLY one morn
ing went TO the stable to hire a rig
aud was shown a pile of dead rats killed
with RAT-SNAP the night before.
Looked like battlefield in Europe. "
Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $l.26 Sold and
guaranteed by Sprague q Co. July
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-29
Com missioners' Notice

In the matter Of the estate of Thomas Marvin
deceased
=. We the undersigned. having been appointed by
the Hon. Matthew Bush, Judge of Probate in and
for the County of Shiawassee. State of Michigan.
Commissioners to receive examine and adjust all
claims and demands of all persons against said
estate. do hereby give notice that we will meet at
the residence of Lydia Marvin in the Township
Mlddlebury in said county. on Wednesday. the 18th
day of July. A. ID. 1921 and on Tuesday, the 18th
day of September A. ID. 1921, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon of each of said days. for the purpose of
receiving and adjusting all claims against said
tate. and that four months from the Sth day of
March, A. ID. 1921. are allowed to creditors to
present their claims to said Commissioners for ad
justment and allowance.
Dated the End day of May. A. ID. 1921
EDWARD WILSON,
LAWRENCE RICHARDS,
9-l2 Commissioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-29
G-E Electric Flatiron

which will enable you TO do a weeks
ironing for fifteen cents worth of cleo
tricity. No wasting of heat, no wear and
tear of clothes, no firing of the body and
no worrying of the mind. We handle the
Guaranteed Iron.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-29

Those old-fashioned hatirons Of yours
they are tiresome pair. It's bad
enough to have only one of them around,
but you have to have two-one heating
while the other is cooling off, otherwise
you would never get through with your
ironing.
When our great-grandmothers called
them sad irons-they were rightly named
They are the cast-iron symbol of many
generations of sad ironing days, and are
entirely out of place in our comfortable
modern households.
So throw them away and get a
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-29
Notice for Appearance.

State Of Michigan-In the Circuit Court for tn
County OF Shiawassee. In Chancery
Della NJ, Wallace Earl T. Wallace.
Orrin M. Wallace and Fern Wal
lace Randall
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
PAR CLEARANCE
FIGHT WON BY
GEORGIA BANKS
Supreme Court Reverses
State Courts In Checks
Controversy

WASHINGTON, = May 16.-The
Federal Reserve Banks have not the
right to insist on par collection of
checks of member banks, the United
States supreme court ruled today in
effect the court reversed the DEGREES
of the Georgia court which had re-
fused to enioin the Federal Reserve
Bank, of Atlanta, from taking steps
to force collection of checks drawn
on Georgia state, not member, banks
Except through usual and ordinary
channels"
Authority of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Atlanta, to insist upon par
collection of checks drawn upon nom
member banks was at issue in the
suit brought by more than 40 state
banks of Georgia in conjunction with
the American Bank and Trust COM
pany, of Atlanta. The plaintiffs in
sisted throughout the case, however,
that behind this issue was an attempt
of the Federal Reserve institution
to compel them to join the reserve
system.
An injunction was sought to re-
stain the Atlanta reserve bank from
collecting non-member checks in any
manner "except through the usual
and ordinary channels through cor
respondent banks and clearing
houses" 1t was denied and the case
brought an appeal to the supreme
court.
Counsel charged that a carefully
planned campaign had been decided
upon by the Atlanta Reserve Bank
and that the very existence OF the
state banks was threatened. Checks
drawn against them were to be held
until a large amount had accomulat-
ed, it was asserted, and then a sud
den demand made for the entire
amount cover the counter" or such
checks in large amounts were to be
sent through the local postmaster for
collection without notice, all for the
one purpose of embarrassing the
"hold-outs" from the reserve sys-
tenn.
The Atlanta Reserve Bank denied
that it intended any illegal act. The
Federal Reserve Act prohibited the
payment of any collection charges, it
averred, and left it with no alterna-
tive except to proceM in the BANNER
complained of by the non-member
banks. A further defense was Of
fered in the fact that universal par
collection of checks would result in
the annual saving of more than $780,
100000 to the public.
The case constituted the first con-
certed attack upon the reserve act
and was argued in April 1921.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
lO,OOOPASTORS
AVERAGE $500

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 16.
(By the Associated Press The
average salary of the nearly 10000
white Baptist ministers of the South
is barely $500 a year, Dr.. William
Lunsford, secretary of the Relief and
Annuity Board of the Southern Bap-
tist conventioEI reported to the
convention here today. Not more
than one out of ten o. these minis
ters receives as much as 81 800 per
year.
1t was with a view to providing
ministers, who have spent their lives
working for inadequate salaries, with
support for their declining years
that the Relief and Annuity Board
was organized and located at Dallas,
Texas, three years ago. A report Of
marked progress in this work was
submitted by DIR. Lmsford. He
shows the board is now serving near
ly 800 beneficiaries, or practically
twice the number served by the var
icus states prior to the organization
of the board. The allowance made
these beneficiaries has increased on
the average from forty to sixty per
cent over what was given by the
states working individually. A total
of $117,410.08 was given in benefits
during the year to aged preachers,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16

speech. Rather uncommunicative
generally, he acquired nicely of
speech through his studies that won
for him a reputation of deep learn
ing. He was warm-hearted, loving
his friends with deep tenderness,
and seeking ways in which to be of
service to them. Many young man
has been helped through his instru-
mentality, and doubtless his memory
ledgers have held accounts long
since marked off and charged to
friendship.
He received his education at the
Americus Public school, of which j.
f. Mathis was superintendent. His
teachers were astounded at his pre-
cocity and Unsuitable avidity con-
cerning books. He stood at the head
of his classes, and languages to him
were as a passage of fine poem,
once seen, always retained. He grad
uated from the class of 1886, and
the pallbearers at his funeral Mon
day were chosen from the ranks of
his schoolmates in those years.
His celibacy was due to the fact
that in his early youth, being an
only child, his parents were jealous
of his love and companionship, and
discouraged his association with the
young women of his years because
of their fear that his love might be
alienated from them. Later, when
his dread of disease took hold on
his mind, he refrained from these
associations because of this fear, ii
is said.
Loved by Schoolmates.
Today his tragic death has cast
pail of sadness over the entire
community, and deep grief is felt by
his former associates and school
mates, all of whom loved him for his
gentle manner and his kindliness OF
heart. Not to them was he evel
eccentric; not to them was a deaf
ear turned, but the beaten track t(
his humble dwelling was open to the
friends of his youth, who gathered
about him often to recount memo
ries of the by-gone years, and the .ra
dance of his smile lighted the fur
rows in his face, as the escapades OF
school days were brought to mind
and life with it's burdens, and the
possession of wealth which was mo-
used for his personal comfort ant
happiness, were all forgotten in the
haicyon days through which he ant
his comrades passed in the haiiowet
days of the second childhood.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
HARDWICK PLANS
PAMPHLET, TOO,
WHEN GOVERNOR
Says He Will Answer
Officially Every SLAM
der Of Dorsey

M'DONOUGR, May 16.-Deliver-
ing the principal speech at the cele-
bration of the one hundredth ami
versary of Henry county, the first
celebration of its kind ever held in
Georgia. Thomas W. Hardwick, gov
ernor-elect Saturday denounced
without qualification the circulation
throughout the country Of reports to
the governors office of alleged law
lessness said to be existing through
out the state in reference to interra-
cial relations. The governor-elect
branded them as infamous sland-
ers"
81 tell you now and | tell the peo
pie of Georgia that the moment | am
sworn in as governor of this state
| expect to make an official answer
to these ISLANDERS which have been
circulated throughout the length
and breadth of the land,' Mr.. Hard
wick said.
81 take this occasion, the celebra-
ton of the one hundredth anniver-
sary of this great county, as an op.
portunity of letting the state of
Georgia know my position in this
matter. | brand these statements,
here and now, as infamous ISLANDERS
and | shall give Georgia's official an
swer to them within ten minutes
after I am inaugurated governor, "
he stated.
Mr.. Hardwick then said he want
ed to say a few words on the cam
paign that has been waged out OF
Atlanta recently relative to the ra-
cial situation in Georgia. He did not
mention Governors Dorsey's pamph-
let but the crowd evidently under
stood him to refer to this as there
were cries of "Hurrah for ,HardWiek;;5
and "Hurrah for Judge Searcy." "
Judge Searcy is judge of the Judicial
Acircuit Of which Henry county IS a
Wpart and he was seated on the stage
when Mr.. Hardwick spoke. The
Judges controversy with Governor
Dorsey over the racial question was
recalled by the crowd.
'T want to tell you here today that
| will make Georgia's official an
swer to the SANDERS that have gone
out against her when | am inaugu-
rated governor" he said. 81 expect
to answer in detail every slur thaL
has been cast upon the character OF
the good people of this state. As
look into your faces | know that at
least 95 percent of the people Of
Georgia are good people
s.More than that governor"
shouted a man from the audience.
"Well, | think it's mighty nigh
100 percent" the governor-elect
said. and the big crowd applauded.
'I am going to answer. in detail
and specifically the slanders that
have been made against the whole
people of this state. | am going to
do it the moment I have the official
authority and that will be within
one minute after | am sworn IN as
governor" he said, and the crowd
cheered again.
Mr. Rardwick said that the
charges that justice could not be OBJ
tanned in Georgia were outrageous.
He defended the judges and sollcl-
tors and declared Georgia is ready
at all times to punish those who vio-
late the laws. He said the negroes
of Georgia could and will get justice
and persons who mistreat them Will
he punished by due process OF law
A large number of negroes who We're
present to hear his speech applaudeo
hic rpmarkS
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
IMPEACHMENT MEETING
Called IN MACON.

MACON. May 16.-Impeachment
of Governor Hugh Dorsey because OF
his statements relative to peonage
and the treatment of negroes IN
Georgia will be asked at a mass,
neeting called by the Guardians o.
Liberty to be held at the City Hal
next Sunday. The call Tor the meet
aTbn Guardians of Liberty of Ma
con. call on the citizens to meet II
mass-meeting to consider ways ano
means to accomplish the lmpeach
ment of Hugh NJ. Dorsey, governor
Of Georgia. .:J s,,,
nrocaes of law. as the means Tor ap
nrehending and furnishing crimes,
"Mr Dorsey not only violated ms
&so+b Of office in resorting to other
means but has published or causes
to he published document which
constitutes a libel against the sCate i e
"JTnless Mr.. Dorsey Is lmpeaSc.heC
every Georgian will be pa1ftic,el
criminals in backing, while histci
1aete tbe character of the falres'
mother man ever had-Georgla.. -,
"No living man will stand by while
any one defiles his mother Ge9rgla
Iom mother-is being defiled be
fore the world. -,
Hon. ]. Gordon Jones, mayor OF
,CordeIe one of the best orators II
Georgia. has already been secured ii a.
ono Of the out-of-town speakers. The
committee c in charge is in CORE
eonndence with others, of which an
nouncement will be made later,
i'o"1rI .orbn nrogram will start promptly
at 3 I8G 80 4onl :. m. 'Il at the old city hall
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
Fines Are Imposed In
Building Trust Cases

NEW YORK. May 16.-Fines of
$4,000. to $500 were imposed to-
day by the Supreme court on each of
thirteen corporations in an associa-
ton of dealers in masons' building
materials, which pleaded guilty May
8 to violation if the state antitrust
laws. Nineteen individuals were fin
ed $500 each.
The charges grew out of the legis-
lative inquiry into building combines.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16

their widows and orphans, through
tFj, agency of the board, the report
shows. The individual benefits
ranged from $50 to $500, as the
merits of the case demanded and
the funds of the board would per-
nit.
The board has been able to carry
on its work without incurrlng deDt'
without borrowing funds, and has
paid all its stipends on time. IN
addition to the receipts from the 70
million campaign the board has with
in the past past few months received
100000 from John D. Rockefeller
Sr., and now has an endowment ana
reserve fund, the, interest from
which will defray all the boards eX-
nenses in the future. This will en-
able it to apply all its future receipts
to its relief and annuity work. Ihe
accumulated assets Of the board, in
cIuding the endowment and reserves
for both its relief and annuity work,
now total more than S7O0,OOO.
An intensive evangelistic cam
nai0n To reach all local. Baptist
Tbnrcbes and secure their co-opera-
tion in a plan for personal soul-sav-
ing during the coming year, was
adopted by. the convention today on
opening its fourth days business
sessions. The leadership will be
taken by the conservation commits
sion of the seventy-five million. cam
paign in cooperation with all state
and associational organizations.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
Brides Body Found,
Husband Is Missing

FLORENCE, Ala, May 16.-The
mutilated body of Mrs. Myrtle Will
liams Seay, a bride, aged "a, was
found by a searching party last mld,
night on the hills near Stewart
Springs, Just outside of the city
F. w. Seay, her husband, with
whom she left her fathers nome, Is
missing, according to the police.
The woman's head had been crush
ed with stone and efforts made to
burn the body. Both are prominent
lv connected.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
Mrs. Cobb Miner
Wins Sheffield Cooker

Mrs. Cobb Miner woa the fire
less cooker, gwen away at Sheffield
Hardware Company's store, the sue
cessful number being 260. Mrs
Dudley Gatewood drew the num-
bers from the box and named the
lucky one.
Many persons visited the store
during the sale of aluminium ware
which has been in progress for the
past two weeks, securing many splen
did articles for use in the kitchen
department, the management SAID
TODAY.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
Recluse Reputed To Have Had Riches Hidden
About Place Where He Met Death Coroner's
Jury Unable To Uncover Facts-No Arrests
Contemplated, Says Sheriff

W. H. Scarborough keeper of just outside the city limits
the top of the hill Plains road
his wealth hidden about the murdered his
tween Saturday night and Sunday afternoon His body crushed
by blows from
afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Summers who had
Bryan of Amecus Mr. Bryan said
the door and had then unable
This afternoon Sheriff Harvey stated that he had
clew the of the He
contemplated declared his
belief that motive for the deed robbery.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
LAID TO REST
BESIDE PARENTS.

Many friends attended the tunera
here Monday afternoon at 3 O'Clock
of W. H. Scarborough, who was
found slain Sunday at his home or
the Plains road, near Americus The
services were held from the residence
of his relative, Mrs. Morgan Stevens
at 103 Prince street.
Rev. Guyton Fisher, pastor of the
First Methodist church, conducted
the service. Interment was in OAK
Grove cemetery where he was laid
to rest beside his parents who died
many years ago.
Surviving relatives are Mrs. Roxie
Sewell Stevens, of Americus, and
Mrs. Helen Sewell Stevens, of Ella
vile, who alone remain of a large
and prominent family connection.
The pallbearers were John Shiver,
John Ed Chapman, Emmett L. Muir
ray. W. M. Jones, ]. A. Davenport
and ]. H. Chafn.
The floral offerings were many, at
testing to the high esteem in which he
was held by his friends.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
Hog Sale To Be Held
Here Wednesday

A farmers cooperative hog sale
will be held at the Americus pens
Wednesday of this week. County
Agent Marshall said today he eX-
pected to have two or three carloads
offered for sale at that time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
WE GATHER

Forecast Tor Ge0fgla-CIOudy IN
north, showers in south portion to-
night; cooler tonight; Tuesday part
ly cloudy; cooler on the coast.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
MARKETS

AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling Ill lie
NEW YORK FUTURES
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
LEFT EARFUL FOR SPROTS

A man was show ing, to a friend,
Jacks blow, he says VII win;
And now there is adhesive where
A flock of skin h adbeen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-16
RIGHT EARFUL FOR SPORTS.

Just once a year a stocking is
Filled up with Christmas stock;
But Dempsey AL WAYS has a lot
Of stuff packe d in his "sock."
The courier-index., 1921-03-04

Joseph Clark Dunn located the Phebe
 Dunn grant at Walnut Ridge. where
 l suppose their children were born.
 He operated a large farm, raised
 cattle and hogs and after steamboats
 began to ply the Mississippi, estab
 lished a wood yard. He built
 story and half house, framed and
 weatherboarded, all of the lumber
 being sawed by whip-saw. The roof
 he painted red, and have seen
 in my time, several pilots who knew
 it as the wood yard at the red
 roofed house. The nails that were
 used in building this house were freighted from New Orleans by
 Cordel boats, the freight charge be-
 ing S5 per keg. In buildings of those days, nails, being scarce and
 costly, were very economically used. l saw this house torn down in 1871 or 72, to prevent it's caving into the river. Alfred Swearingen came as carpenter or whip-sawyer, to stayed, after it's completion, for af- ter the death of Joseph Clark Dunn, August 23, 1883, he married the
 widow, and after the settlement of the estate he bought Bordeaux Is land, moved there and lived there i during the rest of their lives, my grandmother dying May 16, 1863. Mir. s. lived till along in the 70's. On Whiskey Island, just north of
 Bordeaux, lived a family of Davises, have forgotten his given name.
 To the south on Favorite Island, lived Charles Percy Smith, who had married either Abigail or Hanna Murch, a sister of my grandmother. After her death, he married Made line Platon, French girl, who came as a governess from Alsace, France to Natchez, Miss. She survived him
 and died in the 70's, having mar
 ried MT. Lindsay and after his
 death, a man by the name of Butt. | My grandfather, Joseph Clark
 Dunn, marketed his cattle in New Orleans. Every two years he would
 run boat load to that place, dis
 pose of them and his boat and walk back over trail through Mississ- ] ippi. On these trips he took enough
The courier-index., 1921-03-04

young men to man his boat. IL was a great opportunity for the young men to see the city and he had no trouble in getting what help he needed, giving them free transporta- ton to New Orleans. Returning, they either walked with him or worked their way back on Cordell boats. In the interim between trips, my grandfather made boat for the next.
 To relieve the naonotony of this narrative I will repeat one or two antidotes: After the completion of his house, my grandfather gave t a coat of .whitewash. One of his neighbors admired it very much and begged for some of the lime. Re turning a few days later he asked to know how it was put on, saying his lady put it on with her hands and it took all the skin off.
 My grandfather prepared Q bar becue and invited all the neighbors to come. 4 table was built in the walnut grove, from which the bend took it's name, with benches Ion either side. There was a large at tendance at the feast, among them a lady with a son about four or five years old. She seated him al the table and served him most bountifully. The little fellow, eat ing all he wanted, got down from the table and started off. His moth. CT caught him and brought him back, this she did three times. The last time, she gave him good shake and told him to eat, eat, he didn't know when he would get another chance.
 We owned this place from the death of Joseph Clark Dunn 1T 1883 to 1868 and 69, l am unable to say. l think in '6s it was owned by MT. Berry. J. Ford Rodger: married Miss Olie and by purchase or division, acquired it. At least from 1868 to along in the sos il was planted and occupied by him Since that time it has >caved into the river.
 Below this was the Jim Rodger place, large plantation of owe 1000 acres cf open land. Below