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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
OPEN ENTRIES IN
PRIMARY TO THOSE
TO SUCCEED HILL

ATLANTA, July 28,-The sub
committee Of the state execute com
mittee has opened up entries in the
primaries for those candidates who
desire to run for the court of APP
peals to succeed Judge Ben Hill, VINO
died last week.
Judge r. G. Bell, of the Albany
circuit has been appointed by Gov
ernor Hardwick until the next general
election, and it was generally thought
that if he was to have any opposition
it would come in the general election
in November. However, the state
committee decided otherwise and fix
ed August 5th as the date for any
other candidate to announce. Who
ever wins in the primary on Septem-
bef 18th will be the nominee of the
party for the judgeship. 1t is not
believed that Judge Bell will have
any opposition.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
PHILIPS STILL IN THE
REPUBLICAN SADDLE HERE

ATLANTA, July 28.-C. c. Coyle,
secretary of Republican state cen
trail committee for Georgia, said to-
Gay that 7. Louis Philips, state chair
usan for Georgia, had not yet tender
ed his resignation from that pos to
the committee.
Press dispatches from Washington
TO the effect that Mr.. Philips intend
ed to resign within few days.
Mr.. Coyle said that he received a
letter from Mr. Philips today but that
the letter did not indicate the lat
ter's intention of resigning.
"The state committee will take no
action until we hear definitely from
Mr.. Philips" said Mr.. Coyle. We
feel that there has been no man IN
the last hundred years who has done
as much for the party in this state
as he has and that he should be given
every consideration.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
COTTON GROWERS WILL
DEFINE SALES POLICY

ATLANTA, July 2S.-At a confer
ence of the Cotton-Growers Cooper
active association which began Thurs
day morning formulation of def
mite sales policy to be adopted and
to be pursued by tAree state organi-
cations under the direction of one
sales manager was inaugurated- Four
teen visiting officials of the state
organizations were in attendance and
the states represented were North
Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. Four
representatives of the South Carolina
association were also present, though
that association has not yet entered
into the agreement to act with the
other three states.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
lARRESTOF MAN
Z 'DARESHUNTF FOR
MISSING WILL
W p Mccain, Formerly OF Lee
" County, ni Gives $4,000 Bond
Before Leaving State


,-.astad lust as he was about
iaaga tbe state for his home IN
CI.arn,ont " Fla, on ne eXeat pro
cass sworn out by several Ameficas
noan re before Judge q. A. LlttleJena'
w Nv ? Mccain, administrator OF tie
,toto w. If ]. A. Hill, formerly OF
snitbyille, in Lee county, has been
astod among other counts, 70 pro-
Inco I the last will and testament OF
Mr. Hin which it is alleged was
drawn by the man prior to his death
and which has never been ol1efeo
for probate in accordance with the
law :; tho
pIIeoations charged in the writ the
court was asked to appoint a receiV-
or md place Mr.. Mccain under a
hond far his appearance here Aug.
* where the hearing on the writ
viii take place before Judge Little
John in the Chamber court.
Judge Littlejolm appointed 5. ..
Woman, of Leesburg, as receiver ol
the estate pending settlement OF the
local controversy and set the bond
in the case at $4,000, which was made
Yesterday, allowing Mccain to con-
tjoue his trip to Florida.
According to the allegations drawn
m in the petition presented by At
t6rney r. L. Maynard, W. B. Ne
Cain was appointed administrator of
tbe estate Of J. A. Hill last Sep
tember acting in the interests OF
Mr. HllPs wife and daughter who
survived him.
Not Eligible to Serve.
The petition alleges that Mr.. Me-
Cain has taken all Of the personal
assets of the estate out of the juris-
diction of the Georgia courts and
that he is not paying the debts OF
the deceased. 1t further alleges that
} because he is a nonresident he IS
disqualified by law from serving as
administrator Of the estate and a
final count is that j. A. Hill left a
will which has never ben probated.
Back of the petition is the at
tempt on the part of several Ameri-
Gus business men to collect the sum
Of approximately $4,000 due them
from the hill estate and establish
whether or not the will, which they
claim was left by the deceased, left
any Of the property to others than
the present beneficiaries under the
Mccain administration, possibly a
brother who is said to reside in North
Carolina.
Owing to the fact that neither the
sheriff or his deputy, of Lee county,
could be located, the writ was turn
ed over to Sheriff Lucius Harvey
of Sumter county, who served it
Wednesday, night, just as Mccain
was preparing to leave for Florida.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
HANL0N WANTS
TO MEET STRIB
IN THIS CITY
Announcement Follows Defeat
Here Yesterday of Paschai--
Legion Fight Gard Enjoyed

When Eddie Hanlon, presumably
of Birmingham, finished a neat job
Of scrapping, late yesterday after
noon, during which time he rocked
Young Paskey to sleep in ship
shape fashion, he stepped before the
crowd Of 400 rabid fight fans, at the
Playground here and told the world
in no uncertain terms that he wanted
to meet Young Stribling, of Macon,
in his next fight.
Hanlon not only evinced great
desire to climb inside the rope with
PA" Strbling's youngster but he
said "Tell him IN take him or win
her take ALL"
This looked like business and the
crowd roared its approval and al
though it is hard to find an Americua
fight fan who believes that StribHng
will let his boy get within fifty feet
Of Hanlon, if such a fight could be
arranged it would find the local fans
lined up in solid faith behind Hanlon.
The Hanlon-Young Paskey affair,
was the semi wind up of fight card
that showed considerable wear and
tear before the afternoon was over.
The American Legion sponsored the
program and it was one of the best
| fight programs ever staged here.
1t was a great day for the local
boys and it was an unusually good
day for those who chose the sun
corner Up from the sea came Ray
mond Vines and he stepped into a
clinch with Bob Gibson, from the
Pecan country A couple of clinch-
es, a couple of good solid wall0ps
and the Augusta boy had eaten all
the fight cake he wanted for that
day and took the count. In the
words of the immortal bard he quit
cold.
Couldn't Blame Him.
But watching Young Gibson work
, on him, some how or other no one
! seemed to blame him much
Then they trotted forth Kim Kim
sey who undertook to meet the well
/ known 'Scrap Iron" Green, OF Ma
con. rNow Scrap Iron made his repu-
tation in wild cat alley among the
messenger boys in the Central City
and its tough school to graduate
| FROM
But Kimsey got his diploma rigft
| out ir, the open air with los OF hard
W ,rk to make those muscles good
ami kard and it took him four rounds
and little bit more to make Scrap
Iron like it. But in the fifth frame
the Macon boy stuck to it that he had
been fouled and when he refused to
continue. Harry Stevens awarded
Kimscy the bout. Be it said in pass
, ing that Green was not afraid, but
oh he was very, very tired and home
looked mighty good TO him, so b.
took the nearest way out.
In fact II Kimsey had possessed
little more discretion and a little
less ambition he could have put che
Continued on Page 81
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
ARBITRATION Is ISSUE
IN SHOPMEN'S STRIKE.

PEORIA, Ills, July %. - The
fundamental issue being fought out
in the railroad shopmens strike is
that of arbitration, declared Samuel
O. Dunn, Of Chicago, editor of the
Railway Age, in addressing the Ro-
tary club here today. He predicted
the outcome of the strike viii pro-
mote peaceful settlements Of rail-
road labor disputes in future.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
SOUTHERN SHOP CRAFT
CHAIRMAN SUMMONED.

SALISBURY, N. G., July 28.-J.
M. Ellis, one of the six charmen of
shop crafts Of the Southern railway.
today received a telegram from Hem
ry Miller, general manager of the
Southern, calling him to Washington
for conference. He said similar
message was sent to the other five
general chairmen on the road.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
COAL OPERATORS
DENY NEE TING

CHICAGO, July 28.-Coal oper-
ators continued today to deny any
knowledge of any scheduled peace
meeting, such as mentioned by John
/. Lewis, miners president and the
strike seemed little nearer settle
ment. Meanwhile Secretary Hoover
was receiving assurances from gov
ernors that the federal government
will receive every aid in preventing
retail profiteering in coal during the
strike emergency.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
THREE ROADS DECLARE
PARTIAL EMBARGO.

WASHINGTON, July 28. = Three
coal carrying railroads, Norfolk
Western. Chesapeake and Ohio,
Louisville and Nashville, have de-
clared embargoes over their lines
against acceptance of any freight ex-
cept foodstuffs, livestock and fuel.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
MARBLE co. BUYS
8 CARS GRANITE;
Schneider Party Returns From
Trip Of Three Days In North
Georgia

=, A. Schneider, Z. E. Schneider,
H. 5. Schneider, H. D. Schneider and
D. W. LlndIey constituted a party of
Americus business men who left
ueSday morning by automobile for
North Georgia points, wnere they
Went IN the interest Of the Schneider.
marble company here.
q We had a great trip" said C A,
schneider, Friday. Leaving Amer
lGus early Tuesday. morning, we had
uInnef IN Athens, and went to Ell
pIefton, where we spent the nigb4
In la ana around Elberton we visited
80 granite quaries, from which 8
t 1'. ol material were purchased to
"e uSeu IN the yards here. The re-
1,nVeS ;ra OF Georgia are truly astound-
ete3. 10, ana seeing great quantities Of
hartsp ,o"g pIied about the quarries at FL
On us. impressed tibES TACT
in sg1a1i sagg.ulning via Athens, We stopped
at . ,SuI' o3aI Tor dinner, leaving there
at 9 o,ol g'ogk and reaching Americus
N>otber0 y Sloek zoe, Thursday night, with no
NO. Interruption than two mi minoy m
plenJi5 crops along the way are ia
grdcrti' condition, with optimism
1 lookins g Vf.ery"here. The people are
ment witS tUF%ard to great improve
speak "IYa ao the fall harvesting, and
c5ndjtionac ovnnacouGagingly Of the winter
cable mod' pgaeoes, getting an appre-
summer r'"ounJ ne, Of money for the mid
,lcr nr,a,lon, av"son, and believe that fur
PROSPERITY is aroot."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
CHINESE RESUME FIGHT
AFTER TWO DAYS RESPITE

CANTON, July 2S. - (By Asso-
ciated Press) - Fighting between
the troops of Sun YSt Sen, depos d
president of the southern republic
here, and those of Chen Chinng
Ming, the leader supporting the CEN
tral republic in Peking, has been
resumed after two days respite, near
Chiuchow, about $50 miles north Of
Canton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
GIANT WATERMELON IS
GROWN IN TIFTON

Triton, July 2s.--Lenox Hend-
erson, of Irwin county, brought a
67-pound watermelon to Triton yes
terday. It was OF gray variety.
improved by seed selection. Last
year Mr.. Henderson produced one
weighing 80 pounds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
APPOINTS COAL
COMMISSION IN OHIO

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 28-Gov.
Davis today appointed commission
that will have full control of coal
distribution to people of Ohio during
the coai strike.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
AMERIcus spoT corToN.

Strict middling, q IL cents. Mar
ket steady.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
LIvERpoOL coTTON

LIVERPOOL, July %. Market
opened steady. FulIys, 1884. Sales,
5000 bales. Receipts, 1419 bales, Of
which 5000 are American.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
piIifFIoNS FIRST RAtr

ed lis fr-, fDt' July Tifton reciy-
It was I,., g;o.li o9le of cotton Thureday.
IT, Partar,.o ergo Tor l.. c. Wt'ttcn ON
niddling,. 's' farm, and graded good
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-07-28
WEATHER FORECAST

-. Georgia = Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-01

about a wife and child In Philadelphia
-.Claypeele with 215 p~rtsoners1 wa
placed on board the ship Symnlerr,
and was exchanged on reaching Amer
lea. He sought out Mrs. Ashburn
who was so favorably impressed with
him, that they were married, MAJ
8. 1888. Five daughters were borr
to them, one. Clarissa, married a VII
son, and succeeded her mother In this
Flag making business.
"The original number and street o.
the Flag house was 50 Mulberry
street; but Mulberry was changed Z,
Arch. The numbers began at the
Delaware river, alternating on NORTH
and south side OF the street. In
1856 the present system of number
ing In oil cities originated In Phil
adelphia. giving 100 to each block
Cor square, In local parlance OF that
city), the Flag house becoming 2a9
The writer lived below the old house
a short time before the new system
OF numbering was adopted. when
Mrs. Mund then kept d tobacco store
In 1t, and refused large sums OF
money for parts OF the house as
relics"
Then follows william j. Canby's
statement:
ut is not tradition, II is report from
the lips of the principal pa%rticIpator
I'm the transaction directly told. not
to one or two, but 10 a dozen or more
living witnesses, of whom | am one.
though but a little boy when heard
IL. ] was eleven years old when Mrs
Ross died In our house, and well re-
member her telling the story. | have
the narrative from the oldest OF my
aunts. reduced In writing In 1867.
This aunt, Mrs. ClarIssa Wilson, sue
ceeded TO the business OF mixing flags
which had been exclusively held by
Mrs. Ross. and she continued TO
make flags for the navy yard and the
arsenals for many years until. being
conscientious on the subject OF war,
she gave up the government business,
but continued the mercantile business
until 1867. Washington was a fire.
quent visitor at my grandmother's
house, before receiving command of
his army. She embroidered his
shirt ruffles and did many other
things for him. He knew her skill
with the needle. Colonel Ross. with
Robert Morris and Central Wash.
ington, called upon Mrs. Ross and
told her they were q committee OF
congress and wanted her to make the
Flag from a drawing, a rough one.
which upon her suggestion was re
drawn by General Washington.
because the stars were six
cornered. and NOT five cornered. III
az the date to be during Washing
visit to congress from New York
when he came to confer upon the nj.
fairs Of the srmy, the Flag being. no
doubt, one Of these Affairs"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-01

from his Quaker training not inclined
20 perpetrate a lie on the public, when
he In 1870 prepared a paper on tbs
Flag which he read before the Penn
sylvania Historical society, also told
the story, not from tradition, but as
told by Mrs. Ross TO Mr.. Candy"
Then follows the refutation. among
the papers OF Mr.. Alrich. as he used II
on previous occasions. IL contains the
following:
"A myth exists only In the lmag-
ination. Is Betsy Ross a myth Did
such a person live. and did she make
the first Stars and Stripes which we
now reverently speak of as old
Glory'7
1T Is recorded that some time be
tween May % and June z, 1777,
Commander In Chief George Wash
ington. accompanied by the committee,
Robert Morris and Col. George Ross
Ia relative of Betsy called on her,
and there after consultation, in
strucfed her TO make the Flag. The
American congress resolved, on Sat
Qfduff JUNE IL LII Tia Tue n fHE
Of the United States be 10 stripes
alternate red and white. that the
union be 10 stars, white on a blue
field. representing a new constella-
ton This was substantially the
design agreed upon by the commit
tee and made by Betsy Ross.
But who was Betsy Ross? Her
maiden name was Griscom. Elisabeth
Griscom. born In 1852, Of Quaker par
ents, Samuel and Rebecca Griscom.
Samuel was a descendant OF Andrew
Griscom. who brought the first cargo
of bricks from England, of which this
famous house was built. Elisabeth
married John Ross. an EpiscopaIian.
and for this awful misdemeanor she
was expelled from the Friends soci-
ETY.. and becoming an ~EpiscopalIan,
with her husband. worshiped In rhe
Old Christ Church, only a short dis
lance from her home, and where the
pew she occupied (No. 121 is still
marked to designate IL as hers, as is
also her grave In Mount Moriah GEM
etery, beside her husband, ClaypooIe.
General Washington also worshiped I'm
the same church, and his pew is also
marked, and both are shown today.
Two children were born to John
and Betsy Ross. one Zillah dying In
infancy. The other was named
Eliza Ross died when a young man,
his widow being at the time of the
twenty-five years Of age. Ross
vas an upholsterer, his widow con
the business, was so occupied
the committee called upon her.
Widow Ross married Joseph Ash
burn. who was devoted to the cnuse of
the young republic. and was cap
fured by the British and died In Mil
,rfson az Portsmouth. England. Dur
ng his Imprisonment he told a fellow
prisoner. John Cisypoole- his story
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-01

the pitching. Ordinarily, said pitcher
is q mighty hard man to hit. This par
| ticuIar occasion was Of his few on
days. He was Wild, and when he did
manage. TO get nj ove the batter
would take all kinds of liberties with
II. AT such times IL In always the cue
for the pitcher to alIbi himself at the
expense of the umpire.
Moriarty. who was umpirIng balls
and strikes. was displeasing the pitch
err most of the afternoon. The pitcher
managed to win his game despite the
fact that the opposing team made
eight runs. In the eighth inning, after
Morlarty had failed to call a certain
batter out on strikes. the pitcher let
the world know that he thought the
umpirIng was sour.
"That rs IA you have missed on
me" he yelled.
How many7" asked Moriarty In a
voice equally loud.
Fourteen I" replied the pitcher.
Then in a voice that carried all I'VE
the park, Moriarty replied:
"Some one must have told you to
say that you can't count that far"
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-01

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Or( - ~ -
c so maintained Levi L
Alrich during his life, anc
so says Emma b. Alrich
n% his widow. The Articles
NIX were editor and associate
MA editor of the Public Rec
NJ ord of Cawker City. Kan.
for 80 years (1SS3-191S),
Mr.. Alrich died in the year 1917.
AS / could not lift the forms alone,
n everybody was gone to war,
says Mrs. Alrich, II vas obliged TO
close business.
THE statement was made In the
National Tribune, Washington, ID. c.,
that the story of Betsy Ross and the
flag is a myth - want TO get the
refutafi0n of Mr.. Alrich before the
public. | shall send a copy TO every
The Kansas ID. A. r.. state convention
took 1t up and Endorsed IL and placed
Ii In their records
Mr.. Alrich. in the Civil war, was
a member OF Company b, Bakers Cali
fornia regiment tSeventy-first Penn
sylvania infantry. Mrs. Alrich lis
senior vice president of the National
rich, their son, is past division com
mander, Sons of Veterans of Kansas.
Mrs. Alrich has printed a pamphlet
with the title, History, Not Myth"
which contains her husbands 'refuta-
ton" mentioned In the foregoing.
Mrs. Alrich's pamphlet begins thus
THE statement recently made that
the story of Betsy Ross and the Flag
is a Myth aroused a feeling that !
would not be loyal TO the memory of
my late husband. Levi l.. Alrich OF
Bakers California regiment t%Seventy-
first Pennsylvania infantry. who en-
listed May, 1861. and took part In
is battles in IS months, unless pub
licity was given to his response TO the
same remark several years age.
Born and reared In Philadelphia.
Pa, he improved the opportunities
of research, III the State Historical
society the records of the Friends
meetings also of the Holland Society
OF New York the latter In the de-
scent from jacob and Peter Alrich.
Dutch governors Of Delaware. under
Peter Sfuyvesant of New York.
"In 1868, when f~requenting places
of information, he met William J.
Candy, who had the only genealogical
tree of the Candy family in America
beginning with Thomas Candy, who
came from Thorn. England. In 1885.
xyhich hoe ON In all of hfQ 1G children 1
and their descendants down to
1858. me Susan Candy. married a
Peter AIrich, who was the p%aternai
grandfather of Levi L. AIrich. while
Susan was the maternal grandmother
of William ]. Canhy.
This tree Is tangible evidence that
William j. Candy Ii not a myth; and
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-01
Sporting Squibs
of All Kinds

The Ice palace. of Philly. Will hold
boxing contests all summer
London Banks Football (soccer) as
ISOLATION, hys tw~eniy-three clubs and
100 registered players.
Joseph Gulllemot, French distance
runner. may be forced to retire from
active competition because of his
health.
Walker, the st. mirror center for
ward, with 80 goals In 81 games,
leads all the scorers In the Scottish
Soccer league.
Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory. Amer
lean oma tennis champion, viii seek
the worlds championship on the courts
OF the famous Wimbledon club In Eng
land again this season.
A helpful sign for rowing In the
northwest section of the United States
il the introduction Of the sport to stu
dents Of Reed college, Portland. Ore.
and at University OF British Columbia,
Vancouver
william. ] :osh, is again In training
and az his ailing leg seems to be In
better shape than at any time last
year. should make things very inter
esting for those 2 sOC PAGERS through
the West.
II is estimated that 1900 trotters
and PAGERS are In training for the har-
meas racing seaaon ia this country and
Canada They win sppesr On spp~oxf
nateiy 1000 tracks. many Of which
xin not permit betting.
Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1922-06-01
POINTERS ON Rugby RULES
One 80 Fsafurs Of Canadian Style 10
z Maes Play Permitting Pushing
~ Eau Carrier.

A rugby foot ball coach points out
that aAe hss feature of the CANADIAN
style Of play In that the mass play
permits the pushing and assisting of
a ball carrier. One feature which the
American game could adopt With
profit. ~ potnts our, IL the rule pre-
venting 4sfalling.v In Canada the ball
mast BE- in play 20 seconds after a
down IL called.