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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-13
BARFIELD HEADS
CHURCHDISTRICT
Christian Convention Forms Per.
manent South Georgia
Conference
fContributed.)


The convention of Christian
churches Of the Southern district of
Georgia, which has been in session
mere Tor several days came to close
last night. Thursdays. session was
largely given over. to business. The
committee or recommendation re-
ported IN favor OF a permanent or
ganization to be known as the
Southern District Christian Conven-
Cion, ahu Tor the purpose OF "evange-
hzlng the district and the establish
aent OF Ney~ Testament cnUrch in
every center possible" This organi-
cation is TO be managed by board
ii directors, composed of nine mem
oers, to be elected by the churches
in convention. This report was unani-
moosly adopted by the convention.
The dominating committee reported
IS follows:
For District offictrs.
Caairman--Jas, II. Barfield, Amer
icus.
Vice Chairman-W. r. Idott, Way
crec2
Corresponding Secretary - Bruce
Nay, Fitzgerald.
Treasurer L. c. Westberry,
Waycross.
MISSIONARY secretary-Mrs. L, A.
Turner, Fitzgerald.
Christian Endeavor Secretary -
Mrs. ~. +. Mott, Waycross.
Fer Members Of the Board of
Directors.
For One Year--Jas. Fl. BarfieId
Americas; W. f. Mott, Waycrossi
Bruce Nay, Fitzgerald.
For Two Years--L. c. Westber-
ry, Naycross; T, II, Mickey, Valdos.
ta5 DR.. L. A. Turner, Fitzgerald
For Three Years-R. ". Wallace
Yaldosta; w. A. Joyner, Americas
Col. Fen Krbo, cambridge.
This report was unanimously
adopted, thereby electing the Officers
ana members OF The board as named
Fitzgerald was chosen as the next
convention city. thereafter the con
yention will be held in October OF
November.
The full text of the. resolutions
will be given for publication later
The closing session was a most
beautiful and impressive one. The
local Endeavor society demonstrated
an Endeavor prayer meeting, using as
the theme or subject, The Greatest
laing In the World"
A. r. Moore, president Of the
Southeastern Christian college,
brought a forceful and impressive
message on "The Primacy of Christ
ian Education. In the midst of the
address DR.. Moore told OF two young
men WHO wanted to give their lives
to the Christian ministry but were
not able to give themselves an edur
cation. At the close of the address
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PEASANT LEADER
HUNGER STRIKER
MINIS. Spiridnova Seriously iii AS
Result Of Her 15-Day
Protest

MOSCOW, Jam 49, (By Asso-
ciated Press. Marie Spiridnova.
the social revolutiomst leader who
brock with the Bolsheviki over the
Brest-Litovsk treaty, is dangerously
i'll in the Gheka hospital as the re-
suit of hunger strike which lasted
for Is days and was brought to an
end through forced feeding.
Spiridnova is the acknowledged
leader of the Russian peasants. She
was banished to Siberia under the
czarist regime for bombing a provin-
cial official, but returned at the time
of the revolution and was an import
ant factor in leading the peasants in
to the combination with workinen
which made the Bolshegist coup pos.
sible
But the BrestsLitovsk treaty was
too bitter dose for her. She de-
nounced it in the Fifth All-Russian
Soviet congress because she said it
robbed the peasants of food and
clothing. She also denounced Len
ines plan whereby he arrayed poor
peasants against more prosperous
ones, and said it was putting a prem
nm on shiftlessness.
Immediately after Spifidnova's
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MISSIONARY TO
ALASKA COMING
Rev 2. B. Drane To Speak AT
Episcopal Church Here
Feb. 6

rron1inent missionary of the
r-,;sroraI church, the Rev. Frederick
p,onrt Tsane, will visit Americas
-a.,+ month and will speak at Cal
,.o,v church en- Monday, February 6.
,rsbdeacor Drane has been appoint
~ o,.hde4oE of the Yukon to sue
-.,,. he late Archdeason Hudson
stuck. who acquired fame by climb
ioo to the summit of Mt. Donali.
Arcbdeacon Drane is graduate of
tho University of North 6s1folina
and Of the General Theological Sem
mary Of New York, and IS the mis-
s,orarv Of tie seminary, being sup
rorted ty the students of that insti-
+u+ion. He mas been in Alaska since
An1ust. 1915, when he went to the
mission at Nenana. Later, he went
IN the Tetana Valley missions.
The Rt. Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe,
n D.. Episcopal bishop of Alaska, is
now in New York en- route to Wash
motion in the interest of the fishing
,ights of the natives of the territory
If Alaska, and according to state
ment made by him, another big gold
strike is looked for in the near fu-
ture.
cold prospectors," said Bishop
Rome recently at the Church Mis-
sions House in New York, the head
quarters of the Episcopal church,
ARE wagging their heads and pre-
dieting a Big find n the Chandelar re-
zion. which is about 200 miles north
Of the Yukon. They refuse to desig-
nate the exact spot where they be-
lieve ore will be found, but they eX-
press the firm belief that one of these
days there will be strike which will
bear comparison with the old Klon-
dyke field"
Through Gold Rush.
Bishop Rowe is one of the old-tim
crs Of Alaska. For the last twenty
seven years he has directed the mis-
sionary work of the Episcopal church
IN the territory. During that period
he has covered thousands of miles
mushing across the snowfields behind
his dog pack, and when he was not
dong that he was padding his own
canoe along the inland streams dur
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PAIR BADLY SHAKEN IN
COLLISION IN STORM

Frank Stapleton is at his home
here recovering from severe bruisei
and a general shake-up received at
Douglas in the binding rainstorm of
Tuesday night.
Mr.. Stapleton, accompanied by
Buster Brown Camp, Of the Brown
Shoe company, st. Louis, We're in a
taxi which was taking them to the
train, when the ear was struck in
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ing the open season. HE has been
through all the famous gold fushes
and at ffty-fve is as bronzen and
hardened and fit as the Alaskan
Indians in whose interest he is max
ing his trip to Washington.
Two years ago the Bureau of Fish
cries promulgated regulation under
which no more commercial fishing
was to be permitted in the Yukon af-
ter Sept. l, 1921. Commercial fish
ing has been going on in Alaska
wholesale on the Yukon and Copper
rivers, the result is, according to
Bishop Rowe, that the natives are
hard pushed to secure food, and there
are many instances where children
are starving With the regulation
now in force the packing companies
have taken an appeal to Washington
to have it rescinded. A hearing has
already been had on the subject, and
the matter is now in the hands of
Secretary Hoover. 1t is not ques-
ton, states Bishop Rowe, Of depriv-
ing these companies of their fishing
rights. All the fish they want is
down near the coast What needs
to be done is to protect the rights of
the natives, and Bishop Rowe hopes
that Secretary Hoover will see the
wisdom and humanity of allowing the
regulation of two years ago to stand.
''If it is rescinded," said Bishop
Rowe, mot only will the natives and
the white residents as well, be de-
prived Of their food supply, but soon
er or later the salmon will be ex-
terminated"
Has Fine Future.
Bishop Rowe has a firm belief in
the future of Alaska which he de-
clares, even if no more gold is dis
covered in the territory, is not to be
regarded as merely worked-out min
ing camp. Alaska is all right with
her fish and fur ana OIL" he said,
the territory presents a broad field
for development; but the difficulty
Is that she has been grossly neglect
ed in the matter of legislation which
will promote her development. The
new railroad which the government
built will help along that develop
ment, but the government must also
adopt a generous policy particularly
vita regard to transportation Bishop
Rowe suggests that one of the best
moves the United States Shipping
Board could make would be to estab
lish government line of steamers to
Alaska. "Such line" he said, '"of-
fefing reasonable rate to colonists
would greatly facilitate the develop
ment Of the territory"
Archdeacon Drane will present the
story of Alaska Il. to the members of
the Episcopal church and all others
interested when he visits here next
month, the hour to be announced
later He is coming to the Diocese
OF Georgia upon invitation Of the Ri.
Rev. F. f. Reese, d. D., the Bishop
Of the Diocese, and for two weeks
in February will visit parishes and
missions in Savannah, Augusta,
Americas, Cordele, Albany, Thomas
vile, Waycross, Quitman Valdosta
and Brunswick.
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while still in her teens took up the
defense Of peasants against the OPP
pIessions of government officials and
landlords. She is now about IS
years old.
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RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Central Time.)
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americas, Ga.
The following schedule figures
published as information and not
guaranteed:
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w. A. Joyner, teacher Of the Loyal
Mems Bible class, arose and announc.
ed that his class would pay the ex-
penses Of one Of the young men in
college this year.
With che tender strains of 'Jesus
Is Tcnderly Calling" ringing in our
ears, DR.. Moore pronounced the bene-
diction and the first Christian con-
vention of the Southern district pass
ed into history.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-11
Detroit Random Has
Set Its Heart on
Coping 1923 Flag
by Associated Press

Detroit December 1c--Detroi base
nall fandom, which loyalty has sup
ported the Detroit Tigers whether
they were "up" or down has set
it's heart on an American league PEN
nant for 1923.
The Tigers, coming from the cellar
position to third place in the 1922
race, are expected by the fans TO be
stronger in 1928 than they were this
year. Frank Navin, president of the
club. believes that such should be the
case.
Have Good Pitchers Now
Poor pitching has been the down.
fall of the Tigers for several years.
in the opinion of observers. Next
season. Detroit will start with the
best string of hurlers of which the
local outfit has boosted I'M a number
of years. In speaking of his team S
prospects, Mr.. Navin said:
I'VE should have the best pitching
staff in the history of the club.
Rip Collins, whom we obtained from
Boston for Howard Ehmke and other
players, will give US help where we
need it most Sylvester Johnson, out
nearly the entire season. due to in
juries. undoubtedly will deliver. Her
man Pillette, one OF the leading
pitchers in 1922. and who. with John
son. was obtained from the Pacific
Coast league, win, with Collins, head
our hurting staff. 1t is possible that
we will make one or two deals this
winter that will give us even greater
strength in the box.
Infieid is Strong
THE team Will be strengthened at
second base by the addition of Del
Pratt. Blue is one of the best first
basemen in the game and Rigney,
with but one year in the majors. al
ready is considered one of the best
shortstops. AT third, we have Haney
and Jones, excellent fielders. Jones,
eft-handed batsman, can alternate
with Haney, right-hander.
"In Bassler, we have great
catcher and Woodall is close behind
him. The ability of the Detroit out
field is too we'll known to need com
merft.
.'The club, with an even break.
should do better next season than in
1922, when we finished third
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who have witnessed Richter cross the
tape ahead of the field three times
straight
In addition 10 Richter, the b. A. C.
has several good men who are ex-
nected TO finish up among the first
few places. and give the b. a, G. a
chance to win the team trophy. Bill
Chestnut is running better than ever.
while the McDougall Twins and Bill
Holster are in great shape; Glenn
Laughinghouse star Of all branches of
athletics participated in by the
y. A, C., is said to be in his best con-
ditions as a runner, and Coach Err
vim is looking for great things from
this boy Saturday. Glenn has the
Fameness for anything, and. IL his
wind is sound, he ought to finish up
among the first 10, anyway.
Birmingham Southern has a good
team this year. The Painters COPIED
third place at Emory's meet at At
lanta Saturday, and Will be in fine
shape for another run during tho
coming weekend.
Clemson, which is coming to Biz
mingham to try for the S. I, A. A,
three-mile championship, recently
won the state title at a Thanksgiving
meet at Clinton, S. c. Captain Young
won the three mile event at that
meet, and is being considered a strong
contender for top honors here.
The absence OF the Mississippi
Aggies from this years meet will
make it the first time in several years
that Mississippi A. a. NJ. has not
competed. The Maroons always fin
ish up among the first three, fire.
quently winning, and their failure to
enter this year is disappointment to
track fans.
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CHIEF |NTE REST
IN B|RkHEAD SUIT
CENTERs ON B|LB0
Oxford Wonders Whether For
ner Governor Will Be
on Hand For Trial
Set For Today
by Associated Press

Oxford, Miss, December 10.--Ox-
ford rested today after a strenuous
week with the all absorbing topic
the question as to whether Theo. G..
Bilbo, former governor, would be on
hand tomorrow in time to testify
in the damage suit of Miss Frances
G. Birkhead, stenographer, against
Lee NJ. Russell, present state execu-
tive
Mr.. Bilbo, summoned by the plain
tiff, was among the absentees when
the witness roll was called, and a
United States marshal to locate him
with a peremptory summons. So far
as can be ascertained here the court
order has not been yet served. Word
from Poplarville, his home, was that
Mr., Bilbo left for an automobile trip
before the arrival of the deputy
marshal with the mandatory order
for his appearance.
For this reason trial of the suit
was suspended yesterday afternoon
until tomorrow to allow more time
to locate Mr.. BiIbo.
Perry Fails to Appear
Mr.. Bilho was governor and Mr..
Russell was lieutenant governor at
the time of the alleged Incidents on
which Miss Birkhead based her plea
for damag on charge of seduction
and other allegations.
Major Will Perry, friend of Gov
ernor Russell, also is among the wit
nessess whose testimony is wanted
by the plaintiff. 1t was explained in
court by attorneys for Mr.. Russell
that Mr.. Perry was detained by i'll
ness of member of his family. The
testimony of these witnesses and the
presentation of a hotel register as
documentary evidence was expected
to conclude the 'rebutta1 evidence for
the plaintiff and bring the trial to
it's final age--argument and sub
mission of the issue TO the jury.
In the event neither OF the wit
nesses answers to their names tomor-
row, it Is expected the case will be
closed at the morning session of the
court and argument begun.
MIR. Bilbo and Major Perry, mem
Der of the governors staff. are al
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NO RING BOUT AT
CLUB THIS WEEK;
KATE HERE NEXT
Cincinnati Scrapper Gets Re-
turn Bout With Claude
Wilson

There will be no athletic show at
the 3. A. c. tomorrow night. due to
the fact that Tim o'Dowd of Atlanta
called off his bout with Jimmy Katz
of Cincinnati The next boxing
match at the local club will take
place on December IS, a week from
Monday. when Katz meets Claude
Wilson in return bout.
Railbifds are still talking about
the sensational fight little Jimmy
Katz put mp against Wilson several
weeks ago. when the two boys
fought to draw. Katz proved to
be an aggressive two listed scrapper
and gave Wilson all he wanted in
the way of trouble
Fans Want Bout
! Katz and Wilson have been re
matched, stated Tommy Tompkins,
b. A. c. matchmaker, at the request
! of many fans. who have been sug
costing such a match ever since the
young scrappers met the first time.
| Blddy Bishop, Cincinnati fight man
:! ager. will come south with Katz
again. Bishop wires that he and his
| little mittman will arrive here near
| the end of the week, in time to stage
several workouts at the 3. A. c. be-
J fore the bout next Monday.
| Claude Wilson, Dixie flyweight
champion, who has been more or less
Inactive since his last bout with Tim
| O'Dowd, the Atlanta, has not let up
| in his training, and will this week be
required to polish off only, to be in
good condition for his return bout
with Katz.
Claude Plans Tour
| Wilson has not lost a bout since
winning the Dixie title, and Tommy
Tompkins, who manages Claude in
addition to doing the matchmaking
| for the b. A, c., states that he is
planning TO take his boy on tour
| through the east soon. One or two
more bouts will be staged in the
south, Tommy says. before he and
| Wilson embark for the land of
greater promise for pugilists. Just
how many bouts will be fought in the
east viii depend on Wilson's success
in his first few, states Tommy. Tick
cts for the Wilson-Katz scrap go on
| sale the first of the week.
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:
Head of Olympics
Says the Germans
Ought to Compete

Lausanne, December 10.-Baron
Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the
olympic games, and president Of the
international Olympic committee,
which has its headquarters in Lau-
same, ON the occasion of reception
he gave in honor of the delegates to
the Near East peace conference, made
an important statement with refer
enee to the future of olympic games
in the United States and the o-opera-
ton of Germans in the games. The
reception was attended by members
of all the delegations to the peace
conference.
Baron de coubertip, as president of
the international Olympic committee,
said he did not believe Europe had the
right any longer to monopolize the
Olympic games.
'srhe right of Germans to com
pete at Olympic games stands above
discussion. Olympics are based on
the rule that all the games are for
all the nations. The International
olympic committee, in my opinion,
cannot fail to select very soon new
German members of it.
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r Dixie Enter B. A. C. sAnnuaL Event Sat
Wimbledon Meets
May Lose Their
TituIar Ranking

New York, December fo.-Possibil-
ity. that the English Tennis sssocia-
tion may eventually abandon claim to
the worlds individual championships
granted to Wimbledon by the Inter
national Tennis federation, is seen by
Americans as the English body plans
to hold its annual meeting the COM
ing week. A reform committee is
now in control of British tennis poll
cies and plans to change methods and
regulations, 1t has been learned.
Decision to give up the Wimbledon
award would allow the championship
matches to be- played by relation in
America, France, Australia or other
countries which have fostered the
game.
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RED HALL, FORMER
ALABAMA STAR, Isl
SIGNED BY MOLEY

Announcement was made by Lewis
n. ("Red'D Hall, former third base
man on the University of Alabama
baseball team, that he had signed up
with the Columbus, o. American as
ISOLATION club, and will report for
training early in the spring.
Hall has lived in birmingham for
several months, although he was born
in 6fordo, Ala. For three years, he
held down the hot corner on the
Alabama team. and was captain in
1922, his last year there.
After he left the university in
1922. he played 60 games with the
Rock Mountain club of Virginia
league. where his batting average
was .321 and his fielding ,95s. Moles-
worth Columbus pilot, completed ne
gotiatfons with Red several days
lago,
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'LIFEp0pEOpLE
AS SEEN BY
SCOGGINS
HUNGER
THE NAIL MAN

HUNGER
Hunger comes
With baby's first drawn breath
And lasts
Until the closing hour of death.
For hunger knocks at rich mans door
AS we'll as portals of the poor.
A hunger for the things we may not
have,
To yearn, to crave for baubles
That hang within our reach,
To feel the lure, to hear the tempter's
taunt,
To know we may not own the things
that haunt
Our waking dreams
Is hunger, though we may not starve
For lack of them;
It is the gnawing hunger of the
heart.
The maid
Just freshening into womanhood
Has hunger hours that hurt
For as she trips along the streets
without care,
There bursts upon her dazzled eyes
Soft. clinging hangings of the rich,
A sitting in well-cushioned cars
That roll by with kittens purr
She notes the ladies furred and
gowned
In velvets. while jewels CLEAN.
And in the heart still free from care
That breeds a yearning
That whispers into every heart
Sometime in life
The lure of useless longings,
Not knowing that within the car
, Where luxury Tolls at its ease
And lifting laughter parts the lips
OF fairy ladies,
Sit those who gladly would give all
To own the jewels that are hers
| Without the knowing;
The care-free heart, the youthful
grace,
The years that still have made nc
showing
In dewy eyes, on rosebud cheeks,
On lips that tempt with ripeness,
For riches can't cure hunger of the
heart
A comely woman stops to watch
/, The playful pranks of little children
She follows every romping tot
With eyes that smale,
And pats each one upon the head
And whispers childish nothings in
their ears>
When they respond with smiling face
There comes soft look in her eyes
The mother look.
The look of mother STOPPING DER her
child.
Then she goes on. and as she goes
her childless way
A sacred tear rolls down her cheek
1t is a prayer
That lives within her breast eacl
| day
Hunger
The hunger of a childish life.
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During the past couple of weeks
tho sight of three or four very
thinly clad young men racing through
the traffic of busy afternoon has
not been an unusual one. Coach Er-
win of the Birmingham Athletic club
has been putting his barriers through
the mill for quite a while now, and
as the week of tho big race arrives,
all of the club runners are in fine
condition.
Strong Competition
Coach Erwin is optimistic over the
chances of his runners coping the
team trophy in Saturdays race. They
will be pitted against the best that
Dixie has to offer In the cross coun-
try line, as runners from Clemson,
Auburn, Georgia Tech, Alabama and
Birmin CHAM Southern VIII represent
collegiate circles. while the strong
: Emory university team win run for
1.-THE Atlanta Athletic club.
Although only one race viii be
Nrun, two distinct championships Will
, be decided. The entire field will
compete for the B. A. c. annual road
race championship, while the college
entrants will compete for the S. l. A.
A. championship. Trophies will be
I awarded winners in both classes and
medals will be awarded the individual
performers.
Richter in Form
Ellsworth Richter, who has won
the race for the last three consecu-
tive times, is again a 3. A. c. en-
frant. and is in great condition. The
1anky runner holds the record for
the course, bit over 15 minutes for
the three miles. and each time he
has clipped a bit off that record. II
Richter is ION his feed Saturday, he
should win the race, assert
close followers Of the B. A. C. event,
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Gadsden Asked to
Enter New League
GADSDEN BUREAU |
THE AGE-HERALD :
GnHuIan Ala, naa IN I

The Chamber of Commerce is in
receipt % letter from S. l.. Ditto
of Columbus, Ga. stating that Macon
and Montgomery have Joined with
Columbus in an effort to organize a
compact league and have asked Gads-
den, Atlanta. Dalton, LAGRANGE, Jack
sonville. Fla, Admission, Brunswick,
Rome and several other towns to
join. The promoters want to form an
eight-club league that will be second
only to the Southern league. The
letter has been referred to Interested
parties and Gadsden may enter the
league.