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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
HALF OLD Vets
TOCET PENSIONS
Payments To Be Made BY June,
But Other Half Must Wait,
Says Speer

ATLANTA, March 28.-Half of
the Confederate soldiers in Georgia
will be paid their pensions before the
legislature convenes in June, but the
others must wait considerably long
er, in the opinion of Capt. w. J.
Speer, state treasurer. No specific
date for payment can be set, as that
IS fixed. .by..I w. Lindsey. commits
sloner of pensions, who is out of the
city.
The matter of pension payments
was brought to the attention of Capt.
Speer by action taken at recent
meeting of the Confederate veterans
in Atlanta, when there was some agi-
tation for a state convention of old
soldiers to try to speed up pension
payments. This agitation was in
creased by a report that there was
sufficient money in the state treas
ury to pay all pensions at once.
Captain Speer insists that there
is not enough money in the treas
ury to pay all pensions, but he be-
lieves half of them could be paid
within the next few weeks. Under
the policy of payment, the counties
are divided, and each pensioner in
half the counties is paid in full, resi-
dents of the other counties being re-
CURED to wait. Fulton county vet
erans were among the last ones paid
last year, so they are in line for early
payment this year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
EVIDENCE ALL in
NRCKARDCASE
Expected T0Eo To Jury Late In
Day--SoFnoter Denies
GAas' Story

NEW " O4tssS March 28.-Evi-
dence in the Tex Rickard trial, in
which the sports promoter is charged
with attacking fifteen-year-old
Sarah Schoenfeld, was all in at noon
and the court indicated he hoped
to give the case to jury late today.
Richard on the stand late yester-
day denied having assaulted the girl
or that he ever had misconducted
himself with her. The stories told
about him by Sarah and her 12-year-
old chum, Nellie Gasko, the sports
promoter contradicted almost in their
entirety.
Rickard also swore he never had
improper relations with women of
Alaska or Nevada during the gold
rushes in those sections.
The promoter testified that he and
Mrs. Rickard were married at Sc
attic in 1902. He first went to
Alaska in 1896, he said, and had
divided his time there for several
years between prospecting, mining
and operating saloons and gambling
houses in the Klondike, at Dawson
City and Nome.
Mrs. Rickard testified for her hus-
band.
Yesterday Rex Beach, novelist,
testified as to his good character and
ependability.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
MANY POEMS IN
FOR STATE SONG
Contest Closes April Miss
Polk Tells OF Nashville Con-
vention Trip

The Georgia song contest of the
Georgia Federation of Woman's
clubs, of which Miss Ella Polk, of
Americus, is state chairman, will
close April 1, tshe announces, and
all persons contemplating entering
the contest are reminded to send in
their contributions to her at once.
This contest is for poems only, the
winning selection to be set to music
in later contest for composers.
Miss Polk states that the response
to the announcement of the contest
has been splendid, she having large
number of poems on hand. How
ever, in order that the best possible
song may be secured it is desired to
have very large list of entries from
which the judges may select.
Miss Polk has just returned from
Nashville where she attended the ma
tional conference of school music
supervisors. There were 500 super
visors in attendance at the meeting,
she stated, and the meeting was ex-
tremely interesting as well as help
full.
eve had some wonderful demon
strations," she said, with high
school and grade school orchestras,
violin and piano classes and school
singing. One of the most interesting
was class of blind pupils, who had
their states. On the states they wrote
out the music, and then sang it for
us"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
AMATEUR LEAGUE is
PROPOSED AT WAYCROSS

WAYCROSS, March 28.-A meet
ing is being held here today to or
ganize an amateur baseball league
in Southwest Georgia Interest in
such league has been manifest in
many different ways and it is thought
that the meeting held today will re-
suit in some sort Of an alliance that
may develop into Class D league
next season.
Representatives from Valdosta,
Brunswick, Douglas, Homerville,
Jesup and Blackshear are in attend
anee. An eight team league is de-
sired to play two games a week On
ly amateurs will be used, and the
trip from town to town will be made
in automobiles.
Wayeross has recently purchased
a ball park and is making extensive
Improvements that will make the dia-
mond one of the fastest in the state.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
INVENTOR FINDS NO
NEED OF OLD SYRIAN

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lege is a place where pebbles are poll
ished and diamonds are dimmed. |
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languages, and / haven't felt the lack
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
HOME GROWN ENGLISH
PEAS NOW ON MARKET

English peas will be served on the
tables of Americas housekeepers
Wednesday. They will be of the
home grown variety, raised on the
fine truck farm of John T. Wooten,
who lives about two miles from the
city and brings vegetables to the city
daily. This is the second picking of
English peas Mr.. Wooten has brought
since last season, the other being at
Christmas. Mr.. Wooten says he will
have peas regularly now with con-
tinuance of the spring-like days re-
Gently experienced.
Not only does Mr.. Wooten bring
vegetables in to the curb market, but
Mrs. Wooten, who is an expert cake
maker, brings in fine homemade
cakes each week, which are no sooner
placed on the market than taken. On
ly today orders were filled from At
lanta women, visitors in the city, who
had tasted her cakes in an Americas
home, and ordered two for shipment
to Atlanta.
THE curb market is great insti-
Iutlo1, Sdlu Mr. WoOJen recently,
"and will do mire to promote truck
farming in the rural districts than
any other factor, 1t brings the truck
grower and his customer in personal
contact, establishes means of cum
munication of what is wanted and
the rest is easy. The truck grower
who brings his products to market in
attractive shape, is the one who dis
poses of it readily and without loss" I"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
AGED MILLER, HIT
BY TRAIN, ASKS
$4,000 VERDICT
Case Of ] H. Chambliss Against
Central Of Georgia Railroad
Heard

City court has been occupied since
Monday afternoon with .the trial of
]. H. Chambliss, an aged and well
known miller of this county, against
the Central of Georgia railroad for
$4,000 for personal ynjuries. The
evidence was all in at noon and at
torneys began their summing up.
The indications were the case would
80 to the jury during the afternoon.
Wallis & Fort are appearing for Mr.
Chambliss and Yeomans and Wilkin-
son, of Dawson, for the railroad.
The injuries for which Mr.. Cham
bliss asks $4,000 were sustained
the latter part Of 1919 when he was
employed by John Sheffield as mill
Ell at Wells Mill. While walking
across a trestle near the mill pond,
which was commonly used by pedes-
tr;ans, he was hit by the Seminole
passenger tram southbound, which
was running in the day time as ar
extra because of being detoured as
a result of w2shouts, and WAS knock
ed off the trestle, sustaining a brok-
I'll collar 1ane, the loss Of his tigat
eye and other injuries. He was
crossing the trestle in compliance
with orders from Mr. Sheffield, it
was brought out, to keep out tres
passers who were fishing in the pond.
The defense strenuously fought the
case, contending that the trestle was
posted with a sign of warning, and
otherwise attempting to place the
whole responsibility upon Mr.. Cham
bliss.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
REDISCOUNi RATE
CUT AIDS FARMERS

ATLANTA, March 28.-The re-
cent reduction in the rediscount rate
of the Federal Reserve bank of At
lanta has been reflected by increas-
ed optimism of the farmers in pre-
pairing for their spring planting, in
the opinion of M. b. Welborn, gov
ernor of the Sixth Federal Reserve
bank. The reduction, the fifth since
January /, 1921, has just been made
from 5 per cent to 4 1-2 per cent.
General improved conditions of
the financial situation, due to bright
er outlooks for the planting season,
were given as reasons for the reduc-
ton.
"The reduction in rates." Cover
nor Welborn said, puts member
banks in better position to help
the farmers in their localities. There
is always a demand for money at
planting time and harvesting time by
the farmers. The reduction makes
credits easier for them, and they
are going forward with their plant
ing with an optimisf that is cheer
ing to the whole country.
Particularly in Central Georgia,
where the boll weeviI and bad prices
have hit the farmers SO hard, 1T is
cheerful to note the enthusiasm
with which the farmers are prepar-
ing for their spring planting"
The rate in the Sixth district Jan
uary l, 1921, was 7 per cent. In
the fifteen months. four reductions
have been made in that rate.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
TY COBB GAME HERE TO
BE BIG LEAGUE AFFAIR
Both Teams Going AT Top Speed-Big League Of
hcials to Umpire, First String Men
To Play

After trip on the road last
week for series Of exhibition
baseball games, the Detroit Ameri-
cans and the Rochester lnternation-
ais are back in the training camp at
Augusta this week for their final
workout, preparatory to starting
their last trip chat will take them
back home to start the season. Their
next game out OF camp will be next
Monday at Macon. This will be fol-
lowed by the Amcricus game on
Tuesday, April +, Golden Rule Sale
day, and another at Griffin April B.
The teams part company there, the
Detroit team going to Birmingham,
Memphis, Indianapolis and Columbus,
O., then home to Detroit.
While billed as an exhibition game,
the contest here will be = real game
of baseball. Both Cobb and Stallings
will use their first string teams and
the game will go nine innings at top
speed. Both managers are now
crowding their men, putting them
through hard work daily in prepara-
tion for the opening of the league
season only few days after the
game here. In reality, the game here
is training game, rather than an ex-
hibition, and both teams will be seen
putting up the best they have. 1t will
be big league game umplred by
big league officials, and locai fans
Will have an oppor -Qrity TO see in ac-
tion some of the stars Of the dia-
mond.
The mighty Ty Cobb is. of course,
the king pin of rhem al, for in his
years of service n the Detroi5 ranks,
this native Georgian has placed HIM
self on the very nighcst pinnacle of
diamond fame. Then, too. on the De
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
Anthracite Conference Gets Down to Wage Demands
CONGRESSIONAL PARTY
SEES NITRATE PLANTS

SHEFFIELD, Ala, March 28.-
The members of the U. S. senate
agriculture and house military af-
fairs committees inspecting the gov
ernment property at Muscle Shoals,
spent today in a tour of nitrate
plants No. / and No. 2. The COM
mitteemen were guests of the Shelf
field Rotary club at breakfast.
Much of the work done by the
house military affairs committee, in
whose hands has beeb placed for
study and report the private bids for
the government property here, will
have to be done over, in the opinion
Of Representative Hull, ranking mem
Der of the committee personnel here
inspecting plants.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
SMOKING BAN FOR
WOMEN PROVES A
GOTHAM FLIVVER
Ordinance That Brought Boos
For Officers Found Not
Enacted

NEW YORK, March 28.-Police
Commissioner Enright today lifted
the ban on smoking by women in
public as suddenly as he clamped
it down last night, when he learned
that Alderman McGuinness anti
smoking ordinance never had been
passed by the board of aldermen or
signed by Mayor hylan.
Daniel Mccoy, an employe in the
city clerks office, was charged with
an error in including the anti-smok
ing ordinance with others and send
ing them along to proper officials
for enforcement.
Commissioner Enright last night
issued orders for members of the po-
lice department to arrest any pro-
, prietOr or manager Of a hotel, cab
aret or other place of public enter
tainment who permitted women to
smoke publicly in their establish
lnents.
Groups Of detectives and police
men Immediately started on tours of
amusement places and resorts, where
Hue halos of cigarette smoke have
been curing around the heads of
women smokers.
They passed the news along to the
lcaort keepers and it's announcement
brought bo0s and groans. There had
been no warning fsueh an order
and 1t was taken as a joke by many.
The skeptical were notified individ-
ually by policemen, however, and
they Joined the others in dropping
their fangs underfoot.
Good bye, sweet Dreams sighed
one bob-haired young woman, as she
blew a smoke ring into the face of
detective and flipped her cigarette
over his shoulder. what joy-killer
Is responsible for this? And me with
new gold fag case worth $25.'
In the luXuriously furnished wom-
ems smoking room of theater on
Broadway the announcer of the or
der received what the flappers call
"the raspberry" The loungers blew
smoke in his face, gave him three
rounds of sarcastic has and chased
him. He brought back a policeman
and the manager and the women
were convinced.
Everywhere the announcement
raised storm of indignation. The
cry of author, author-whose the
author of this blue lava" was rails
ed.
Sonia, the a'ciagrette girl'' of
Greenwich Village, curled her lip
scolnfully when she heard the news
"Piffle," she exclaimed, might as
weh try to stop us from using rouge
its habit"
Mrs. Olive Scott Gabriel, lawyer
and Republican leader, said 81 don't
smoke, because I'm just old-fashioned
enough not to want to. But | oppose
every infringement ON the right of
men or women. The ordinance is
worse than the eighteenth amend
ment."
Mrs. Nellie Beebe, political leader
in Brooklyn, declared: "It's a good
law if they can enforce it. But it will
make women smoke all the more just
like the prohibition law made men
drink all the more.
Miss Mary Wood, president of the
State Republican Womens associa-
ton: Perhaps they will have to wipe
out women altogether after a while
in order to remove ALI temptation.
The most representative and intelh-
gent women smoke. This ordinance
would make them all criminals"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
PAY INCREASES
CHIEF ISSUE IN
COMING STRIKE
Upon Acceptance By Operators
Depends Early Settlement,
Says Unions

NEW YORK, March 28.-After
week of preliminary skirmishing,
the anthracite miners and operators
subcommittee on wage contract ne
sotiations was prepared today to at
tack the chief points at sue-the
demand Of the unions for 20 per
cent wage increase and a raise of
81 per shift for day workers.
Upon the operators acceptance Of
these demands, with a third stip-
ulation that the cheek-off system be
established in all collieries, depends
an early settlement of the strike
set for April l, it is the feeling at
union headquarters here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28

troit side is big HaTrS HeAman, who
had the audacity to nose o6t his boss
and captain Tor the batting honors
of the American League last season.
And on the Roehesta:' side is Fred
Merkle, who has been IN the game al
most as long Us ny Ccbo and who is
almost as fast. 1t was Merk!e who
looked out for !irst base for the New
York Giants for SO many years
and better first sacker John Nc
Graw never had.
Also with the Rochester club is
Maurice Archdeason who proudly
holds the worlds record at 13 2-5
seconds for encircling the bases, fig
ures he set up last summer in duly
official trial at Rochester, N. Y. He
is so fast in getting away and Logging
it down to first base that he actually
beats out one-half of the intield hits
he makes.
Nor should George T. Stallings, the
miracle man of baseball be over
looked. 1t was Stallings, when he
had the Braves in 1914, that led his
team to four straight wins in the
worlds series of that year over the
Athleties-an achievement never
|. .equalled before or since. Stallings
always manages his clubs from the
bench and there is no trick of the
game that he does not know. 1t will
be q battle of wits from start to fin
ish when Stallings and Cobb, the CLOS
est of personal friends, meet on the
diamond here. And they will know
no such thing as friendship while
the game is in progress. Nothing will
delight Stallings more than to get
an even break with the Detroit Tigers
and he believes he has the pitching
stoff to stop the Detroit swatsmen
led by Cobb and Heilman.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
w. E. TAYLOR OFF TO
BUY FOR FASHION SHOP

w. E. Taylor of the Fashion Shop,
left for New York Saturday night
and expects to return Saturday,
April /.
II am going to New York espe-
cially to buy for our Golden Rule
sale, and shall make an effort to find
certain plain dress models so much
desired and so hard to secure so far
this season." said Mr.. Taylor. "These
purchases will be shipped Monday or
Tuesday, and will reach Americus in
ample time for Golden Rule sale
day."
Mr. Taylor is also purchasing new
Easter models and other garments
for the Fashion Shop.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
CLUB BUTLER is
WINNER OF WRIT
Illegally Ordered Deported, Says
Judge, But Holds Him For
New Proceedings

NEW YORK, March 28.-r-August
Probst, former butler at the Rolling
Rock club, near Pittsburg, who claim
ed he was being "railroaded' out of
the country because Of love affair
with Miss Virginia Craigie Mckay,
a prominent society girl, was illegal
ly ordered deported, Federal Judge
Knox ruled today in Probst's habeas
corpus action. Probst was held, how
ever, for further deportation pro-
ceedings.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
THREATENED LOCKOUT
IN ENGLAND AVERTED

LONDON, March 28.--( (By Asso-
ciated Press.) )--The threatened lock-
out in Great Britain's engineering
industry appeared at least Temporal
rily averted today when representa-
tives of the engineering trades un-
ions decided to accede to the en-
ployers' proposals as a basis for re-
newed negotiations.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
MEMORIAL. GYMNASIUM
FOR 2D AGGIES DESIGNED

TIFT0N, March 28.-Ihe archi-
tect is now preparing plans for the
Tiff memorial gymnasium at the Sec
ond District A. & M. school. This
gymnasium building is to cost between
$4,000 and $3.50 and is mem
orial to the. late H. H. Tiff, to be
erected by students, graduates,
alumni and friends. The architect
visited the school today, discussed
the matter with the faculty, and
went over the proposed site. It is
hoped to have the building eomplet-
ed by the opening Of the fall term
of school.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
500 CORDELE MEN TO
ATTEND CONVENTION

CORDELE, N, rch 2S.--The mems
class of the Baptist Sunday school is
going to send nearly three hundred
r,en to the sessions of the state Sun
cay school convention in Macon
Thursday of next week as an honor
to the teacher, w. l.. Robuck, who
is president Of the convention The
trip has already been planned and
viii be taken in automobiles.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
TIFTON AGGIES FACE
C. M. c. ON WEDNESDAY

TIFTON, March 28.--The Tifton
Aggies are walking on the tip-toe of
expectancy for their first game of
the 1922 baseball season with the
Georgia Military college Wednesday
afternoon. All of the Aggies' home
games this season, nine in number,
will be played on the Tifton ath-
letic field instead of out at the
school grounds, insuring a larger at
tendance. Wednesday the Aggies
will face what they consider their
strongest opponents for this season
and every member of the team is de-
termined to make good showing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
9,OOOSTRIKERS
IN SEVEN MILLS
Textile Walkout In Lawrence
Gaining, Canvass
Shows

LAWRENCE. Mass, March 28.-
The strike in the cotton mills here
begun yesterday gained strength to-
affected it was estimated that three
fourths of the working forces were
absent. This is approximately 5000
persons.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
$500 ORGAN FOR
lST M. {. CHR(lCH
Contract Let For Its Construction
To Be Installed In First
Church About Sept.

Announcement is made that the
contract has been let by the First
Methodist church for the purchase
and installation of new pipe organ
costing $500. 1t will be a three
manual instrument and much larger
and more powerful than that now
in the church ,and larger than any
church organ in Americus. The firm
securing the contract was Henry Pill
cher Sons, of Louisville, who will be-
gin its construction at once. 1t is
expected to be installed and ready for
use about September /.
While the new organ is being in
stalled, the church will be redecorated
throughout, it was said,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
SPORTING ARMS BANNED

BERLIN, March 28.-The Allied
Commission of Control has presented
an order to the German government
to stop the manufacture of sporting
arms. This, to prevent the Germans
from turning suddenly to the manu-
facture of war material.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
TAX IMPOSSIBLE,
REICHSTAC HEARS
German Chancellor Says Allied
Demand For Levy Cannot
Be Met

BERLIN, March % (By Asso-
ciated Press.) Chancellor Wirth
told the reichstag today that the de-
mand Of the Allied reparation COM
mission for an additional tax levy
Of sixty billion marks, transmitted
to the German government last
week, was absolutely impossible.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
RECORD DISTANT EARTHQUAKE

WASHINGTON, March 28.-An
earthquake of moderate intensity was
recorded on the seismograph of
Georgetown University last night
from / to IL o'clock. 1t was esti-
mated to have been 1000 miles from
Washington.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28

M. ]. McElhenny, of Monticello, is
spending several days of this week
with his daughter, Mrs. R. L. Ed
wards, at her home on Church street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28
MARKETS
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling 16 3-4c.
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, March 28.-Market
opened quiet, IA up. Fullys, 1918.
Sales 1000 bales. Receipts, 14,103
bales, of which 1924 are American.
El1fA1t.nc. A
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-28

Business tips say nearly every
thing has been deflated. Yes, every
thing but the pfofiteers' heads.