Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-03-09

by airplane furnished by the Augusta
Fost OF the American association for
the Recognition of the irish Republic,
1t was thought by O,Callaghan thaE
he would miss the date IN Phlladel-
phla, but the Augusta post, hearing
OF the need, volunteered to carry
hlm there in the plane.
Miss AleXa Stirling, national wo-
man golf champion, sailed Tor Eu.
rope tuesday where she will take
part in the British women cham
plonship tournament.
Horace Wood, 20 years old OF
Lawrencevllie, was probably fatally
injured Tuesday when he was caught
in the fly wheel Of a gasoline en-
CINE and seriously crushed.
Frank Pitcher, 81, of Augusta,
killed himself tuesday. He recent
Iy recovered from a long illness.
Cattle dipping in Appling county
Is underway. Recently efforts were
made to get the county commission
ers to refuse to have cattle dipped
on the ground that the treasury did
not have enough money to pay for
it, but the commissioners resolved to
have the dipping done.
Fire destroyed the two upper sto-
ries of the Armstrong hotel at Rome
Tuesday. The loss is covered by in
surance.
Judge Beverly D. Evans in Fed.
eral court at Savannah has authoriz-
ed the resale of the Valdosta, Moul-
trie and Western railway on April 8.
Appling county farmers are using
the smallest amount Of commercial
fertilizers this year in 20 years. Many
farmers are not planting cotton and
others are cutting their acreage 25
to IS per cent. Sweet potatoes are
being planted on a large scale.
Lee Webb, Is of Bowden, was
thrown from mule Sunday morning
and died nine hours later.
The home of Will Craft, near
Bowden, was destroyed by fire Sat
urday, Feb. 26. Neighbors furnished
lumber and labor and rebuilt the
house by the next Saturday and the
Craft family are now living in it.
The property of the Gray Tele-
phone company, in Jones county, re-
Gently levied on to satisfy a mort
gage execution issued in Gray City
court, has been bought by Sam But
Ter, who intends to improve the sys.
tenn.
Horace L. Smith, formerly Of Dub
lin, has been elected secretary of the
Greenville, N. c., chamber of COM
merce.
The plant of the Southern Special
ty company at Thomasville, was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday night with a
loss estimated at $4,000.
After raiding a moonshine still To-
Gated in the swamps near Moultrie,
County Policemen Stewart and Henry
and Revenue Officer Sayre were fired
upon as they went back into the
swamp to search for the still opera
tors.
An auto mail line has been estab-
lished between Townsville and Cool
idge, since the A., B. & A. strike has
cut off trains between these towns.
Florence Anderson, 15-monthS old
daughter of S. l.. Anderson, of Au-
gusta, was attacked and severely in
lured by a large rooster Tuesday.
The mole of the child's head was
pierced by the. ROSTERS spurs, but
the brain is not thought injured.
w. Trox Bankston, of West Point,
announces that he will again be a
candidate for state railroad commits,
sioner in the next state campaign
he has twice before made the same
race
The plant of the "Walker Devil
ment" company at Townsville, was
destroyed by fire Sunday night for
the second time within the last year
"Walker's Devilment" is a prepare