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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
RAILWAY UNIONS CHARGE CAPITAL COMBINE
Observation-Disclosures
2. ARRIVING FOR OPENING

Delegates are arriving today for
the meeting of the Presbytery of
Macon which convenes at the Pers-
byterian church tonight at 1880
O'Clock.
Since last meeting of Prcsbytery
the body has been divided into two
sections, one part retaining the old
name of Macon Presbytery and the
new section named Southwest Geor-
gia Presbytery. Macon Presbytery
represents 27 churches and mem
bership of about 1000 embracing
the following centers: Macon, Dub.
lin, Eastman, Cordele, Americus,
Fort Valley, Dawson, Cuthbert,
Lecsburg, and Columbus
The Home Mission committee, of
which DR.. R. f. Douglas, of Macon,
is chairman, met at the church this
afternoon at o'clock. As there are
80 counties in Georgia without a
Presbyterian church, and 100000
white people in Georgia over 10
years of age not members of any
church, this committee feels that il
is one Of the most important in the
TfeSDyIefy.
Opening Session Tonight.
Rev A. H. Atkins, the retiring
moderator of the last meeting of the
body in Boston, Ga, will preach the
opening sermon tonight. After the
sermon the Presbytery will bave a
short business session.
Wednesdays Program.
The morning session will begin at
8 o'clock. Rev. NJ. F. Daniels, pas
tor of the TattnaIl Square church,
of Macon, will conduct the devo-
tional exercises. The business ses-
sion will continue until / a. m. when
Rev. R. L. Benn, pastor of the Cor
deleg church, will preach a doctrinal
sermon on the subject of "Reprent-
ance Unto Life" This will be fol-
lowed by the observance of the Sac
rament Of the Lords Supper.
Recess will come at noon and dim
ner will be served TO all the dele
gates at the church by the ladies of
the Auxiliary of the Americus
church
Afternoon session begin at 2 p.
m. with recess at o'clock, Rev T.
K. Currie conducting opening devo-
tional.
Evening session at 1880 o'clock
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
need TARIFF TO
START WHEELS
Southern Tariff Associa
ton Calls For Quick
Action

WASHINGTON, April 19.-Thc
Immediate enactment" Of a protec-
tive tariff through joint resolution
by congress, for affiliated agricnltu-
raj. mining and manufacturing. in
dustries would start the wheels Of
industry" the Southern Tariff Asso-
citation declared in a memorial adopt
ed today to be presented 10 the house
ways and means committee tomor-
row.
Speed is necessary to meet the
economic emergency" the mcmoIial
asserts.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
[ Omen Lettcr No. q

open LcllPf NO. =.
DEAR FOLKS-Thc hundred or
more men who made up the
Georgia Tech Industrial Tour par
ty which travcrsed Georgia week
before last, woke up one morning
to find that someone during the
night bad scattered about the train
cards bearing words TO the follow
ing effect: "Chcer up; it's not
the hard times coming, it's the
soft times going"
The card made a decided hit
with the members of the party,
for it expressed in concise Ian
guage a thought which had vague
ly come to many members of the
party as the trip progressed
through this wonderful state, and
several Of the speakers passed it
on to the crowds at the frequent
stops for specch-making.
No one realized the extent to
which Georgia is blessed as much
as the Northern men who were
members of the party, and there
were several of them. Coming
from a cold country, where they
had recently observed heart-touch-
ing scenes among the poor, from
industrial centers where they had
seen unemployment with its bread
lines from sections of highly Spc-
cialized business where they had
seen failure after failure, with the
For-Rent sign hanging in dozens
of business house doors, they look
ed out upon Georgia and said:
"You don't know anything about
hard times and about troubles
One of these Northerners, whom
every member of the party quick
q Iy came to love deeply, was Ev-
erctt Morss, of Boston, president
of the Simplex Wire and Gable
company, a big steel manufactur-
ing concern Of New EngIand-and
how many other industrial enter
prises no one could worm out of
his modest self At any rate, he
is a big industrial man, and a
trustee of the great Boston Tech.
He made a brief talk when the
tourists stopped at Americus
"My impression of Georgia,
said he, SIS a land of milk and
honey, land of easy money. You
don't know anything about hard
times as we have seen them the
past winter in New England. You
haven't had any bread lines and
soup kitchens here; we have had
them. You haven't had men out
of Jobs begging for clothing to
keep themselves from freezing to
death i'll zero weather; we have
had that. You have had few
business failures; we have had
them thick and fast. Up around
Boston we thought we had lots Of
automobiles, but you have so many
per capita down here in Georgia
that one of the first things that
| asked of myself on starting this
trip and looking about was, what
has become of the hOrses?'
Mr.. Morss' heart is n technical
education. He has helped to raise
money for Boston Tech, an lnstl-
tuition of the same type as Georgia
Tech, but which has recently
moved into its new plant costing
S28,O00,OO0, against $400,O0O
spent for Georgia Techs present
home. And Boston Techs pro
gram is only 40 per cent complete.
He became interested in Georgia
Tech when the Tech Industrial
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
NO HARD TIMES COMING;
JUST SOFT TIMES GOING

Tour into the North reached Bos-
ton a few months ago. He Won
dered what kind of men were they
who would come all that distance
in the interests of a school. He
thought he might learn something,
and incidentally help along the
cause of technical education by
accepting a place as member of
the Tech state tour, SO he gave up
his business for a week and join
ed the party in Atlanta, staying
to the end.
Of all the speakers in the par
ty, none preached the gospel of
industrial education more cffcc
lively than he, and none was bet
ter able to show the value of
technical education. Coming from
a state without natural resources,
he showed by facts and figures
tht Massachusetts had become rich
and great through realization that
her young people constituted the
greatest possible natural resource
and through the training of these
to take advantage of the short
comings of other states, such as
producing finer finished products
that other states are able to pro
Guce because Of lesser training
and skill. He professed no fear
that the building of greater
Georgia Tech would put Massa-
chusetts out of business, because,
said he, "your competition will on
ly spur us on and make US go for
ward at time when we feel that
we are not keeping pace with the
times as we should"
Massachusetts was held up as
the great example, although there
are numerous other states with
which similar comparisons can be
drawn. Mr. Morss in his early
speeches enumerated the cod fish
as his states only natural resource,
humorous reference which won
him the cognomcn from other
members of the tour as God Fish"
Morss. He said that with the
states forests gone, and with the
fields so stony they will scarcely
produce, and practically nothing
underground worth digging, eco
nomic necessity compelled the
state to educate its boys and girls
industrially, and that as result
the state had become leader and
maintained its leadership, grow
ing constantly in riches and i'm
portance. He begged the people
of Georgia to awaken to their op-
portunity with untold resources
at their hand, and to provide the
money to build a Greater Tech
to train the boys and men to take
advantage of the states potential
greatness.
What Everett Morss said came
from one speaking with authority
and knowledge, and it was effec-
tive. At the close Of the tour,
in answer to a question as to his
impression on the effectiveness of
the trip, he declared he had made
I'D his mind Wednesday night,
with the tour only half completed,
that the coming $5,000,000 cam
paign for a Greater Georgia Tech
would succeed. "The fight is won,
said he.
He has been through many q
similar hard fight himself.
It will be a great day for Geor-
pia when his prophecy has been
fulfilled. W. S. K.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
City Mineral Spring
Again Ready For Use

City Engineer Tiedeman announc-
es that the mineral spring near the
city pumping station, which has been
cloggel for some time, has been
cleaned out and the water is again
available for citizens desiring The
spring, or well, .as a flow of five
gallons per minute Of water with 4
pronounced sulphur flavor For
years many citizens of this locality
have attributed medicinal qualities
to it and have kept supplies of the
water in their homes for constant
Use
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19

The first hour will be devoted to the
Foreign Mission conference and DR..
j. 0. Reavis, field secretary of the
exeuctiye committee of Foreign Mis-
sions and formerly professor OF
English Bible at Columbit Seminary
will deliver the address. Dir. Reav,
is is an able speaker.
The public is cordiayy invited 20
all the session of Presbytery.
Where Delegates Are.
j. s.. Robinson and elder, from
Rose Hill, are assigned with Mrs
}. 7. Stukes.
Rev. T. K. Currie and one unas-
signed as yet with Mrs. Frank An
derson.
Rev. R. /. Benn and R. f. huie,
of Cordele, with Mrs. Linnie Brown.
Rev. W. H. Chapman and elder
of Jeff Davis, Macon, with Mrs Ma
con Dudley
Rev. A. G. Grille, of Dawson, with
Miss Nelson,
DR.. j. G. Patton and elder, from
Dublin, with Mrs. A. c. Crockett.
Rev. Carl Barth and J. T. Oil.
phant, with Mrs. w. NJ. Jones.
Rev. F. D. Hunt, w A. Watts and
DR. J. o. Reavis, with Mrs. Geo.
Duncan
r. W. McAllister, of Zoloobeet
with Mrs. E. P. Morgan.
Rev. A. H Atkins, Of Cuthbert
with Mrs. Samuel Harrison.
Rev. M. F. Daniels and elder,
from Tattnall Square, Macon, with
Mrs. c. H. Burke.
Rev. J. W. Stokes and family, of
Fort Valley, with Mrs G.. P. Davis
DR.. J. H. Owens and elder, from
Vineville, Macon, with Mrs. Will
Dudley.
Neal Mcleod, of Pleasant Hill
with Mrs. Estes.
DR.. l. S. McElroy and w. H,
Young, of Columbus, with Mrs,
Crawford Wheatley.
DR., r. +. Douglas, of Macon, 1st
church, with Mrs Geo. Bacot
j. w. Voolfolk, of aVtroFlxfiz
j. w. Voolfolk, of Fort Valley
with Mrs. Lee Hansford.
Mr.. Moffatt, of Dublin, with Mrs
Mayes.
Places ready for delegates yet un,
reported: Mrs. J. T. Leslie, Albert
Harris, w. f. Brown, l. B. Small
and Mrs. L. H. Bosworth
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
z Firs Alarm Boxes
Burned Out BY Bolt

During the electrical storm Satur-
day night two Gamewell fire alarm
boxes of the city alarm system were
burned out by lightning, and it was
late yesterday before they were re
paired and again put into commits
sion. The boxes were No. 6l, locat-
ed at the Seaboard shops, and No
63, located near the city hospital.
Two hundred feet of wire at the in
tersection of Hill and Barlow streets
was also burned out by the bolt
and had to be replaced.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
new ULTIMATUM
ON GERMAN GOLD
Given Until April 22 To
Deposit 1t In Named
Banks

PARIS, April 19.-By Associated
Press. )--Thc Allied reparations com
mission announced today it had given
Germany until April % to transfer
the gold holdings of the Reichbank,
the German imperial bank, to the
Coblenz and Cologne branches of the
bank. If Germany refuses to com
ply with the ultimatum the commits
sion. it states, will require immediate
delivery Of the gold to thc commission
itself. -
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
immigration Ban Is
Reported To House

WASHINGTON, April 19.--Re-
porting the immigration restriction
bill to the house today, Chairman
Johnson urged its immediate pas
sage, declaring the causes calling for
its enactment by the last congress
still existed
Except for effective dates. the
new measure is identical with the
one passed by the last congress and
vetoed by Pres. Wilson.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
British Mine Owners
Meet With Premier

LONDON, April 10. - Owners of
coal mines throughout the United
Kigndom met here today and it was
expected Premier Lloyd George
would submit SUGGESTIONS which might
lead to prompt renewal of ncgotia-
lions with the striking miners for
settlement of the wage controversy.
Formal conference with the miners
is not expected before Friday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
Steps Taken To Put
Home Rule Into Action

LONDON, April 10. - Steps to
bring into operation the Irish act,
providing home rule for the island,
we're taken today by the British gov
crnment Sim Fein leaders have
been outspoken in opposition to the
measure.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
Sufragist- Writer
Flees Husband, browns

NEW YORK, April 19-The po-
lice today received report that the
body ia woman found yesterday
in East River off Astoria had been
Identified as that of Mrs. Jessie Har-
dy Stubbs Mackayc, suffragist and
writer. who yesterday ran away
from her husband at the Grand Cen
trail station after threatening to
commit suicide
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
2 NATIONS HONOR
SIMON BOLIVAR
President Harding Talks
At dwelling OF New
York Statue

CARACAS, April 19.-Venezuela
today celebrated the anniversary of
the final campaign of 1921 during
which Simon Bolivar defeated the
Spanish royalists and established the
independence of this country.
In commemoration with the event
the statue of George Washington, re-
Gently transferred to its new site, was
unveiled,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
Knox Peace Resolution
To Be Heard Thursday

WASHINGTON, April 19.-Thc
Knox peace resolution will be takel
MP by the senate foreign relations
committee next Thursday, it was an
nounced today, with a view to
prompt favorable report.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
Dempsey-Carpentier
Fight To Jersey City

NEW YORK, April 10. The
Dempsey Carpenter world heavy
weight championship bout will be
fought in Jersey City Saturday, July
q it was announced today by Pro-
moter Tex Rickard.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-19
WEATH r l..

Forecast for Georgia-Fair and
not quite so cold tonight; Wednesday
fair and warmer.
AMERICUS TEMPERATURES
Evening star., 1921-10-15
ARMS ADVISORY BODY
MEMBERS ARE NAMED
Plans Made for Two Notable Ad-
dresses at Opening Session
of Conference.

Announcement of more than score
OF prominent members of the limita-
tion of armament advisory commit
tee called by President Gompers. of
the American Federation of Labor
was made today.
Plans are being made for two not
able addresses at the opening session
of the conference on Tuesday. Mr..
Gompers, as organizer of the commit
tee will call the meeting to order
as presiding officer.
Among those who have accepted
membership are: Hugh S. Magill %
this city. field secretary of the Ma.
tional Education Association: Bishop
Mcdowell of the Washington dio-
cese of the Methodist Episcopal
Church; Nathan Hirsch Of New York.
Gavin McNab of San Francisco. II.
Hunt. pastor of Americas Memorial
Church of this city; Shailer Matthews
of Chicago University. Darwin P.
Kingsley of the New York Life In
surance Company. President w. L.
Burton of the University of Michigan.
&. jackson of Boston. BENJAMIN
Schlesinger. president of the Inter-
national Ladies Garment Workers;
John Mcfarland. president Of the
International Typographical Union;
William F. Cochran of Baltimore;
Nations Business; Eilery p. Sedge-
wick, editor of the Atlantic Monthly:
William J.~Spencer. secretary of the
A. F. of l. building trades depart
ment; George W. Norris. governor of
the Federal Reserve Bank at Phila-
National Research Council: Walton
Hamilton of Amherst College. and
John Graham Brooks of Cambridge,
Mass, author and lecturer.
Evening star., 1921-10-15
$1,166,627 D. c. DEBT
TO Be CLEARED BY
1924, SAYS REPORT
Daniel J. Donovan, Auditor,
Shows City Paid $685.
7OOLast Year.
SURPLUS OF $4,0O0,o00
OFFSETS TOTAL OWED
Accumulation to Stop Under Plan
of Carrying Forward
Balances.

The District government now has
a net debt of only s1,166.627. which
will be wiped out before the fall of
1924. according to the annual report
of Daniel ]. Donovan, District auditor,
submitted to the Commissioners today.
During the last fiscal year. Mr..
Donovan told the Commissioners, the
city paid off $565.700 of its indebted
ness, represented in the form Of 3.65
per cent bonds.
The amount of these bonds still out
standing is S4.915,750. The sinking
fund assets. however. amount to
$3,749.l23.O2. leaving net debt Of
$1,166 626.eS. The District has no form
of Indebtedness other than Its out
standing bonds.
AS against this small Indebtedness
there remains in the. Treasury more
than $4,000. 900 of surplus District rev.
enues. which more than offset the city
indebtedness.
Accumulation to Stop.
Mai Donovan brings out in his re-
port the fact that the accumulation Of
surplus revenue will stop under the
newly adopted plan of carrying forward
balances from the previous twelve
months.
Under the present financial arrange
ment between the federal and District
governments, the Commissioners fix a
tax rate for each fiscal year intended
to meet the Districts share OF 50 per
cent Of appropriations.
The auditors report shows that at
the close Of the last fiscal year the
District had surplus of more than
$780, 900.
He recommended to the Commits
sioners. therefore. that they adopt a
tax rate for next year that would
raise all but $500. 900 of the Districts
obligations for that year. In This way
last years surplus will go to the
credit Of the District in meeting next
years appropriations by the Commits
sioners when they fixed the rate at
$1.S2. This recommendation was
adopted.
Cannot Predict Tax Rate.
Maj. Donovan points out that it is
manifestly impossible to- FIX one year
in advance a tax rate that will pro-
duce exactly the amount Of the Dis
trict's. share Of appl9pEiations, s,ak
. Because Of this dis1hc1lty HI fixing
rate that Will yield 70 the dollar
what the District must meet in appro-
priations. Maj. Donovan believes the
Commissio oners are justified in carry
ing forward Into the next year any
surplus of revenues from the current
year.
The huge surplus now in the Treas
ury accumulated during years when
the tax rate was definitely fixed by
law at $50.
Evening star., 1921-10-15
KAISER TAKES GARDENERS PLACE:
HARD HIT BY SLUMP IN MARK

first chamberlain, today gave out a
statement saying that Williams
financial position would no longer
allow him to give monetary support
to many of the poor Of Holland and
Germany who continually apply at
Doom castle for aid.
1.-THE Prussian government has
seized all the estates and the entire
capital of the Hohenzollerns, and
negotiations for an arrangement still
are proceeding" the statement add
ed 1.-THE kaiser's only means con-
sist Of remittances from Germany,
and as the rate of German currency
is so low that a hundred marks is
little more than two forms it is
evident the money received is barely
sufficient to provide for the kaiser
and the crown -priucen
Evening star., 1921-10-15
$4,000 WHIsKYsSEIzED.
Bonded Liquor Taken on Accoun,
of It's Alleged Destination.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
EVANSVILLE. Md, October 15-
Twenty thousand dollars worth of
bonded whisky in 200 cases. being
hauled in two trucks. was seized on
the Morgantown road near Union
town by officers.
The whisky was being moved un-
internal revenue office, from the Glib
son Distilling Company of Browns
Vile, according to the permit, to
Dixon City. in the eastern part of the
state, where 1t was consigned to the
Frisbin Manufacturing Company.
The Investigator alleges that the
whisky was being moved to Point
Marion. The trucks were taken to
Uniontown where the whisky Is being
held. The drivers were released pend
ing an investigation of the permit.
Evening star., 1921-10-15
POLICE HOLD Detective.
Norfolk and Western Guard Accus-
ed of Hagerstown Murder.

HAGERSTOwN, Nd. October Is
Jerry H. Metts. said to be a Baldwin
Feltz detective. who is employed as an
armed guard by the Norfolk and West
ern railroad here. was held by the po-
lice. after a coroner's inquest. for mur-
der. in connection with the death Of
William Doff1emeyer. aged eighteen, i'll
the railroad yards here last Monday
night.
.Metts, according to testimony at the
inquest, was on guard in the railroad
yards, when he saw men alight from q
freight train, who, as the detective at
tempted to arrest them. resisted. he
said, and when frightened started to
run. Metts Is alleged to have fired.
killing young Doff1emeyer.
Metts was threatened by a mob Tues
day night at the opening Of the inquest,
and Sheriff Duffey took him to Jail.
while local and state officers dispersed
the crowd.
Evening star., 1921-10-15
|ARMS PARLEY POST
REFUSED BY DR.. YEN
Will Not Come Here Because
of Imminent Downfall of
Chinese Cabinet.
BY WILLIAM r., GILES.

By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright. 1921.
PEKING. China, October 10
China's minister of foreign affairs.
DIR. W. w. Yen, has refused an ap-
pointment as the chief delegate to
the Washington conference because
of the imminent downfall of the
present cabinet. DR.. Yen expects to
be made premier in the new govern
ment and therefore does not want to
leave the country. 1t is understood
that WI Pei-Fu. the latest North
China military hero, and Chen
Chung Min. war minister in the Can
ton government, are joining hands to
bring about the eouutry's unity and
have decided that Or. Yeh is to direct
the new government. The object OF
the movement is to enable the Chi
nese delegatio to represent a united
nation and refute Sun Vat Sens
agents in the United States.
Delegation Out OF Funds.
The first Chinese delegation sent a
wireless message to the government
that it had barely enough money to
reach San Francisco and requested
that the United sts States 70 be sve asked tse
free passage from the Pa
cific coast to Washington. The money
they have so far received was ad-
yanced to them on DR.. Yen's personal
note.
The present premier refuses to as
sumo the office of minister of finance
and resigns because of the govern
ment's lack of money. Unless the
premier resumes Office within week
the cabinet ministers will all resign
in a body.
SCORES "GRAB GAME"
Evening star., 1921-10-15

Teaching the young to shoot has
brought Mai. Per Rance Of the 30th
United States Infantry to the expe-
dent of chewing five packs Of gum
at once, by advice Of physicians at
Walter Reed Hospital: Maj. Rance,
whose regular. station is. at Camp
Lewis. Tacoma, Wash. is convalesc-
ing in the Army hospital here. fol-.
lowing an accident at Fort Niagara
", Y, where he was giving instruc-
ton in rifle practice to members OF
the infantry team, which recently
won second honors in the national
rife shoot at Camp Perry. Ohio.
u Mai: RANGES rifle back fired"
and. tore away part Of the flesh OF
hiSS. cheek between the eyes and
NOUN, leaving severe powder burns.
Surgeons at Walter Reed made
hasty repairs. so that he was re-
leased. from the hospital In time
to direct the picked infantry team
In the national shoot in September.
But the accident, according to Camp
Lewis members Of the infantry team