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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
EIGHT HUNDRED HERE
GET DELINQUENT TAX
NOTICES FROM CITY
Total of Approximately $4,000
Represented In Alleged Un-
paid Taxes Is Sought
MANY FOR PAST YEARS
Part of Money Sought Is For
Taxes During 1914 and
Intervening Years

Eight hundred Americus taxpay-
ers have been addressed letters by
City Clerk and Treasurer Dudley
Gatewood, requesting them to ap-
pear and pay taxes due the City
of Americus as shown lby the mu-
nicipal tax books. The letters were
written by Mr.. Gatewoed by direc-
ton Of the finance committee Of
council, Of which E. J. Witt is
man, he said this morning.
Represented in the alleged IN
paid taxes is a sum totallirg around
$4,000, but much Of this city Of
fiicals believe to be worthless.
Many of these aancd in the tax
fl fas have removed form Ameri-
Gus, carrying all of their
assets, consisting of personal prop
erty, with them. In other cases
protests have been made that the
taxes alleged to be past due have
been paid, some of the payments
having been made, it is said, sew
eral years ago. In other cases it
/ is alleged that the fl fas were is
sued as the result of Implications
in tax assessments by the board of
tax assessors. ar.
Implications have occurred, il. is
said, chiefly because of the negl>-
bgence of taxpayers in making out
their returns, in that they failed to
indicate when a parcel of property
once owned had been sold to an
other person. As a result of this
laXity, the board, in some cases.
re-assessed the property to the
owner as shown by the previous
years returns. In such cases, con-
fusion naturally ensuad, with the re
suit that when these Implications
were brought to the attention of
the tax collector at time of pay
ment they were passed over with
out being actually charged off the
clty's books. These present one
OF the most difficult problems en-
countered yet in getting these old
fl fas off the books.
IN other cases where taxpavers
have paid the taxes alleged to be
still due, and have receipts or
checks as evidence, less difficulty
will be encountered. Mr.. Gate
wood is being kept busy since mail
ing out the letters explaining to
those addressed that he is withou
authority to do more than present
their excuses to council, many be-
ing lncensed because Of the text
! Of the letter received.
AS a result of the letters, it is
expected there will be a lively ses-
sion of council when that body
meets next Wednesday night. Com
plants against execution of the all
legged unlawful fl fas should prop
erly be taken before that body, it
is stated, and it is expected many
taxpayers will be present then to
present their reasons for not pay
ing the amounts alleged to be due
the city by them for taxes in past
three years.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
PACE RESOLUTION ON
HIGHWAY PROBE FIRST
BILL BEFORE SENATE.
Americus Man Demonstrates
Ability In Getting Measure
Through Quickly
TOUCHES M'CRoRY CASE
Don't Want Legislature To Inter-
fere in Judicial Activities
D; Bibb Courts

ATLANTA, June 20. - The
groundwork is all laid, the basic
material is all in, and the legisla-
tuer is set for the fight which will
be pulled OFF nthe three b ggest
issues. Toombs DuBose yesterday
fired the flame under the tax re-
form pot, Senator Pace, of Amer
icus, Thursday fired into the SEN
ate the first bill Of the session, d
measure simply to repeal the state
tax equa1izaAon law, and Sena-
tor Lankford, of Toombs county,
but in as the third bill a measure
to amend the constitution so as to
provide for an meme tax. In ad-
vance of this activity Senator Pace
got through the senate, on unani-
nous consent, his resolution provid-
ing for an examination into the
affairs and operations Of the State
Highway department, while the
house was pickering and back-step-
ping over whether the idential reso-
luton would be adopted by it, or in
its stead a personal-poHtical meas
ure Of one of its members would
betaken.
Subsequently the statement Vas
made that efforts would be advanc-,
ed to eject a compromise with
Messrs Stwerat and Jones where
by the second resolution Of in
vestigation would be substituted for
theirs, which incidentally would
be substitution for the senate
resolution by Pace.
To that proposal, however, both
Senator Pace and Mr.. Stewart have
stated that Grey win not agree to
any such substitution. Senator
Pace said.
My resolution, which is now be-
fore the house of representative, is
plain In it l am quite sincere. |
want to know everything there is
to know about the Highway De
partment and the legislature will
know But, | am not willing to
have a personal court case removed
from the Superior court Of Bibb
judicial circuit and tricd in the
Georgia legislature. We have moth
ing to do with that, while he have
everything to do with getting all the
facts concerning the Highway de-
partment."
The Pace resolution provides, in
substance:
Since, in its letter of transmittal
with the annual report, the State !
Department urges the |
general assembly to make "a care
full examination of the operations
and expenditures" of that depart
Continued on Page Two.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
HAPEV|LLE ORPHAN
COMES HERE SUNDAY
Howard Hawkins Protege Of
First Baptist PhiIatheas To
Be Guest of Class

Phil2theas Of First Baptist
church viii have as the guest Sun
day school session and other gath
erings Of the class, their protege,
Howard Hawkins, from hapeville
Orphanage, who was recently
adopted by the membership.
The invitation has been extend
ed to include all of next week, and
it is hoped by the Philathea class
that the young boy will be per-
mitted to remain with them
through the weekJ All members
are urge dto be (present Sunday
ant.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29

In order to accommodate the
crowd that will gather to hear
these returns, The Times-Recor-
der will fill its office entirely with
comfortable chairs, a portion of
the seats being reserved for la
dies who will attend.A portion of
the rear office will be open to
negro fans who wish to hear the
returns as they come in, all n egro
patrons b eing required to nter
through the rear entrance in alley
between The Times-Recorder
building and rear of Rylander
Theatre.
The returns, it is expected, will
begin coming ir around $3.50
(Americus time) Monday after
noon, when the first preliminary
bout is scheduled to begin. From
the time the first flash comes over
the wires from Shelby, service will
be continuous, and there will be
no interruption in the bulletins
called out to waiting fans. The
minute anything transpires in
Shelby she fact will be flashed to
Ameficus, W neither this be the
dropping f a towel or the entry
OF a preliminary fighter.
When Big Jack Dempsey steps
into the ring the news will be
flashed direct to Americus, and
when Tommy Gibbons seconds
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
BUDGET COMMISSION
REPORT SENT IN TODAY

ATLANTA, June 29.-Recom-
mending that existing appropria-
tion for various departments and
institution of the state be re-enact-
ed for the years 1924-25, the re-
port of the Budget commission was
transmitted to the general assembly
today by the governor.
The report was signed by the
governor, Comptroller General w.
A. Wright, Attorney General Geo.
M. Napier, Toombs DnBose, of
Clark county adm P. F. Walker,
of Glascoek county, the last two
being members of the last legisla-
ture and shows that the total prob
able revenue for 1924-25 to be $9,-
538,319.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29

get into his corner you will know
It, II you are one of those gather
ed in The Times Recorder office.
Every announcement at the ring
side will be called out clearly and
distinctly by n experienced an
nouneer within ten seconds after
it Is made in Shelby, nd when
the big mill ends Americus fans
will. know he result before sec
onds of the~losing fighter can get
him back into their corner and re-
move t he g | owes.
This service is to be furnished
all fight fans in Americus in July
4th, whether you subscribe to The
Times-Recorder or not. The man
agement wants every person inter
ested in sports as a guest on the
Glorious Fourth. And remember,
there is absolutely no h arge,
Notwithstanding the heavy ex
penses incurred. Fight fans living
IN adjoining towns who wish to re-
ceive the returns are invited to be
guests of The T Recorder. To
those who are unable to come to
Americus The Times-Recorder will
furnish this service without charge
by Ion distance telephone or
wire, except that the reports will
be as the fight progresses, round
by round, and these will be sent
telegraph tolls collect.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
CHECKS. NOTES. SHOW
HOW AGED PRELATE {
OPPOSED Of MONEY
$150,OO0 in Church and Per-
sonal Funds Given Alleged
Swindlers BY O'Brien
PROSECUTION MAY COME
Statement Says Priest Acted
Within Rights in Handling
Missing Money
WASHINGTON, JUNO 81.

WASHINGTON, June 30. - A
mass of cancelled checks, notes,
stocks and other documents were
brought to light here today as out
ward evidence how several men
had obtained $150,00O in personal
and church funds from Monsignor
James O'Brien, former rector of
st. Peters Catholic church in this
city, on stocks regarded by legal
Representatives of the monsignor
and the church parish as Of doubt
full value.
Whether there will be any prose
cution is yet to be determined.
O'Brien, aged 83, is said to have
acted within his rights in handling
the moneys.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
TOM BURNETT, MISSING
WEEK, TURNS UP O. K.
WAYCROss. tJa24s

WAYCROSs, 'JaSs9s E, 39r
having been missing q -@saS FA-
dav evening, Tom Bth~stt, young
white man of the city, turned up
out beyond Gilchrist Park ihurS-
day afternoon His appearance
br9uebt to a final settlement ru-
mors which h ave b cen going the
rounds rU to the effect that his BODY
had been found on the banks Of
the satiIla late Saturday.
II develops that Burnett. whose
home is in Pierce county, hired a
local taxi driver to take him to
Blackshear. Just beyond the river
the ear had an accident in which
one of the wheels was shattered
and torn from the axle. The driv-
er T Of the car threw the spokes
in the sand at he side Of the road
and returned to the city to get a
new wheel.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
CORDELE KIWANIS HONOR
DISTINGUISHED CITIZENS

CoRDELE, June 29.-Dr. p A.
Duhcah' pastor of the First Baptist
church, was the honor guest at the
weekly kiwanis luncheon today, on
a joint program with John W. Greer
VINO IS here engaged in the preHm-
mary work nthe year program
in Crisp. DR.. Duncan pleaded that
God and Christianity be taken into
the business program. John w.
Greer was enthusiastic about plans
for business growth in Cordele.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
GONE
WET AGAIN

Canada has refused an Ameri-
can request to restrict liquor ex-
porting to he United States.
Manitoba provinc, Canada, latter
giving prohibition a thorough t est
has voted to abandon it. Makers
of Of light alcoholic drinks there
can sell direct to consumers. The
government will handle the
harder" ones.
Canada's attitude blights the
governments hope of checking the
flow Of drinks across the northern
border. On the contrary, New
York states withdrawal of sup
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
WITHIN
HER RIGHTS.

But it hasn't helped countries
whose laws doul say their ailors
must have drinks. Engiand's the
most important of them. She has
no such law. Consequently, ner
shirs aren't entitled to an aJe.
quate supply Of medicine" "
Neverthless Tho big English lin
ers Berengaria and Baltic arrived
in New York with enough drinks
on board, under seal, to last them
home again It was intended as
test. Enforcement officials broke
the Britisb cas5oms sells aud seiz-
Cd the rinkS.
Ii seems 1artln there'lI be
mo.o If this as fresh ,mfs arrive.
Other countries recognize that
Americas within her rights in reg
ulating her ports as she pleases.
What they do contend is that she's
guilty Of a breach Of courtesy
which puts her outside the pale Of
international polite society. They
admit they can't do anything for
theil hips in American waters, but
the can take it out" on Ameri-
can ships in heirs. This may be
expected confidently.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
PRESBYTERIAN PASTOR TO
ATTEND BIBLE INSTITUTE

Rev. Richard j. Simpson leaves
Monday FOR Atlanta, accompanied
by Mrs, Simpsont and baoy, wher.
Mrs. Simpson g Is for visit to
relatives. Mr.. Simpson will 60 ON
to Chicago, whehe he will take a
summer course aA the Moody Bible
Institute which will be in session
July 3 to Augus4 8, which time he
will devote to Intensive Bible study
under instructor# there. A group
OF members Of Athe Presbyterian
congregation, of which Mr.. Simpson
Is pastorfi, are Aefraying the ex-
penses OF his tlAip to Chicago, in
recognition of hi9 splendid services
since he assumed the pastorate
here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
FANS HERE TO GET BIG FIGHT IN DETAIL
Tin1eS-RecOrder to Have FuI
RingSide Reports From Big
Fight At Shelby On July 4tl1
Special Arrangements Will Be Provided for La
- dies in Well Ventilated Office Plenty of -.
Chairs for Everybody and Free to All

Final arrangements perfected today for receiving full
rngsde reports from Shelby Mont July A. by The TmesRe-
corder.
hese reports will direct from the rng-sde the
lines Recorder office where they will be called sc
gathered there The service will be furnished by the Associated
ress special leased which has been The
Te Recorder at the greatest incurred by
Amercus newspaper to furnish free patrons
here will be absolutely charge whatever for this ser
wee which will give detail of the prelmnare we'll
the big hight special Associated Press operator take the
bulletins directly Oft the wire, and there will be etup in the
news from the beginning OF the first preliminary till the last blow
struck the big mill upon the of which the worlds
championship, hangs
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
HENRI YBAKER FOURTH
VICTIM OF EXPLOSION
Worth County Man Dies AS Re
suit of Injuries Sustained at
Bridges Mill

SUMNER. June 29,-The death
Of Eenry Baker this morning
brought the toll of the boiler ex-
plosion at j d, Bridges sawmill
here yesterday to four.
The other victims were Rhodes
Ellis and two negro employees, West
Dozier and Julius Francis, while
Love Ellis, a son Of the dead man,
is not expected to live.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
FRENCH. Extend AREA
Of RUHR OCCUPATION
TO INCLUDE LANGEN
Lines Now Reach Point s Miles
South of Frankfort And
Near Eachborn
PENALTY FOR SABOTAGE
interference in Operation OF
Railroads by Germans Brings
Quick Retaliation

COBLENZ, June 29.-(By the
Associated ress}-The French to-
day extended their occupation in
the Mayence bridgehead to Lam
gen on the Darmstadt Frankfort
Tailorad line 8 miles south of
Frankfort and Eachborn on the
Frank-Kronberg line, 7 IL miles
northwest of Frankfort.
Teh extension is the penalty for
the recent sabotage on railroads.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
ELDERS MOVE STO END
GA. TAX EQUALIZATION
ATLANTA, June 29.-In the
house today Representative H. H..
Elders, of TatnaH county, intro
duced a bill to repeal the tax
law.
port from the governments activi-
ties against smuggling has stim-
ulated this traffic nightly.
IN THE
RUHR.

France has a nnounced her in
tention to seize all Rnur indus
tries p reducing anything she can
apply toward settlement of her
war damage claims.
She says also she's going to
conscript German labor to keep
these industries going, which
sounds something like slavery For
workers who balk Imprisonment is
threatened, up to fifteen years,
and for those who commit acts of
sabotage, death, Ai9's stated, will
be the penalty.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
CALL
IT MEDICINE.

Prohibition continues to be the
country's main news topic.
England baked on allowing t he
United States to hase smugglers
more than three miles off shore,
at sea. This spoiled one plan the
government hoped would help the
situation,
1t has been announced that en-
forcement authorities will not in
terfere with alcoholics on foreign
ships from countries whose laws
require such drinks to be served
to their sailors. That is, they won't
Interfere unless tne amount of
drinks on b oard exceeds the supply
the ships own crews need.
This liquors. to be considered
medicine"
AS dry a paper as the Clev-
land Plain Dealer says "of course
it's a subterfuge, but it's a harm
less bubble # merely a p rae
tical common sense interpretation. "
Il = Il
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
FIRST MEETING IN S
YEAR PROGRAM HELD

CORDELE. june 29.-The first
meeting under head of committee
work for the five Y ear program oc-
cured this afternoon at the public
Library when that df&ision devo-ing
its attention to indusA Aries with Mr..
w. L. Robuclsas chair7A Aan, met and
anG discussed its best Mans for fu-
ture procedure. n
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
BPITIAN'S AC TIO n
ENDS j. s EFFORTS
Prohibition Situation Must Re-
main in States Quo Till Con-
gress Acts

WASHINGTON, June 80. -
Great Britain's flat rejection of the
American proposal for a prohibi-
tion 12-mile limi thas left admin
istration officials no alternative
it was SAID aatfr2s,ta4sssls nj
but to await the will of conglt t& ~
to a revision Of the law, and mean
while to refuse admittance to ship
liquor stores under penalty Of seiz
ure.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29


regional groups" each under
con mon manag 3men5," all under
strict government supervision, 3"
the stronger groups to support the
weaker ones.
Otherwise government owner
ship, which he deprecates, in
evitable, president ays.
Time enough hasn't passed for
rnlany people to have formed much
of a conclusion concerning the
schemes merits, but it's evident al
ready there's going to be plenty of
opposition. Maybe lots of support,
too. However, hose who don't like
the idea have been first to ex-
press themselves.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
What's Going
On In The
World
HARDING'S TRIP
PROHIBITION
RUHR INDUSTRIES
The Weeks Chief Events
Briefly Told
Bv CHARLES P. STEWART

Every time his train stops long
enough President Harding, on is
way to the Pacific coast and
Ala ka, makes a speech about his
pol les. Otherwise there's moth
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29

ng pOllJlcal dDous
the jaunt. It's
hard to see what
else there is, but
anyway that's S
what the admin
istration mana,
gers say.
At st. Louis
the president dis
cusse / his world
court pan.
At Kansas City
he took tho cork
out Of a new
description for tic
railroads-- a plan
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29
LESTER POWELL. KILLED

DAWSON, June %. Lester Pow
ell, a farmer, aged 80, was shot
and killed Wednesday night BY Joe
Green, negro, aged 10,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-29

For Georgia - Fair tonight and
Saturday; cooler in southeast por-
tion tonight; warmer in north por-
tion Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-04
Physicians Promise
Cure for Leprosy

IT oPE for the eradication of leprosy
LII was expressed at a meeting Of
the American Mission to Lepers by a
new treatment involving ethyl ester,
a product of chaulmoogra oil, and an
increasing interest everywhere in the
stamping out of the disease. William
Jay Schieffelin, President; DR.. R. M.
Wilson of Korea and DR.. Justin E.
Abbott, who has studied leprosy in
India, Joined in expressing confidence
that the disease might be brought under
control.
DR.. Wilson described how he had dis
charged ten patients in Korea last
March apparently cured of leprosy.
He said the Japanese Government was
beginning to appreciate the possibilities
of Kidding Korea of its 10000 lepers
and extending the work to its own
country, where only one in forty who
are afflicted receives hospital care.
The ethyl ester derivatiye of chaul-
moogra oil, discovered a few years ago
by Prof. A. l.. Dean, a chemist of the
University of Hawaii. is manufactured
by distilling the fatty acids of the oil
and adding camphor and resorcin. 1t
is given to the patients hypodermically.
At the present time 1000 patients in
the Philippines are doing well under
the new treatment, according to Mr..
Schieffeiin's report, which says that
in other hospitals in the Far East SIM
liar results are obtained.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-04
PAGE 10
Psychological tests
For Auto Drivers
Science Serpice.

nj ATION-WIDE standardized mental
mine the kind of machine each indi-
yidual shall be permitted to run Is the
plan for cutting down our alarming
motor car accident toll urged by Dr.
Raymond Dodge, professor of psy-
chology in Wesleyan University.
All persons are not equally suited
to driving a car" he said. lone man
in an emergency gets and acts on an
idea quickly, another slowly. The tine
that elapses after a danger is seen un-
til the driver can start the movement
that is required to avoid it is an i'm
portant factor in safety. Slow and IN
certain or waveripg actions ara I'M
doubtedly the occasion of many acct
dents. This slowness is in part due to
lack of practice and training and in
part due to the natural tendencies of
the individual. Both of these factors
can be made the matters of test.
1.-THE natural speed with which a per-
son acts, his reaction time can be
easily measured and the relative ability
of chauffeurs in this respect could be
determined" DR.. Dodge explained.
1.-THE time that it takes for a signal to
reach the eye, be transmitted to the
brain and for the brain to send it's or
der down through the nerves of the
arm seems instantaneous, but it can be
measured by the reaction time test
used in our psychological laboratories
every day. A person is seated at
table with his finger on a telegraph
key. AS soon as he sees a given sig
nal he presses the key. When the sig
nal flashes, the electric current also
starts a pointer marking off the frac-
ton OF a second upon a dial. When
the key is pressed the current is broken
and the hand on the dial stops NOV
ing. This gives a record of the time
it took the person to get and act upon
the idea
TESTS for driving ability" he con-
tinued, Should be varied according TO
the sort of tasks which the drivers are
called upon to perform. Tests for
drivers of light pleasure vehicles might
be very different from tests for dl .vers
of fast ambulances and fire appliances,
and they in turn might be quite differ
ent from tests for drivers of heavy mo-
tor trucks. High powered fast ma
chimes obviously should not be in
trusted to poor or relatively unframed
chauffeurs. A specific form Of test for
various types of machines is good COM
mon sense and good science.
I'm addition to tests for mechanical
experiences. knowledge of traffic regu-
lations and automobile limitations
should also be required"