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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
MRS. G. A. TURPIN, SR.,
HAS MARROW ESCAPE
Cash Cut Over Left Eye and
Shock Injuries Sustained by
Prominent Resident

Mrs. G. A. Turpin had narrow
escape form serious injury in an
automobile accident this afternoon
at the intersection of Taylor and
Lee streets, when her car collided
with another driven by Jack Ad-
kins. The accident occurred when
Mr.. Adkins, going west on Taylor
street turned into Lee street, strik-
ing the Turpin car, driven by Mrs.
A, B. Turpin, going south on that
thoroughfare, The left wheel and
fender of the Turpin car was
smashed and the Adkins car was
damaged, and Mrs. Turpin sustain-
ed a very painful cut about her
left eye, besides painful bruises,
when the crash occurred. Mrs. A.
b. Turpm was shocked bur not Sc
riously hurt.
According to eye witnesses the
Turpin car was as near the right
curb as possible when struck, the
Adkins car going onto ihe curb
before it could stopped. 1t is be-
lleVed thaJ Mr.. ADKINS ran into the
Turpin car in an effort to avoid
another car which turned east into
Taylor street just before he reach
ed the intersection Of the two
thoroughfares. Mrs. Turpin was
carried to the home Of Mrs. w.
G. Turpin only a short distance
away, where she was attended by
DR.. Emmett Anderson, who took
several stitches in the cash above
her eye and administered sooth-
ing potion to allay nervousness. At
2 o'clock this afternoon, Mrs. Tur-
pin was reported as resting easily
with no further complications hav-
ing developed as a result of the
accident.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
EQUALIZATION REPEAL
BILL TO BE PASSED
House Votes to Disagree With
Committee Report Recon-
mending Measure Not Pass

ATbANTA, July 12.-The house
of representatives of the general
assembly Of Georgia today voted to
disagree with the report of the COM
mittee on ways and means, which
recommended that three measures
designed to repeal the tax equali-
zation act be passed. The action
of the house puts the measures on
the calendar for early considera-
tion.
The house also passed a resolu-
tion by Representative McCrory,
of Schley, calling upon the agri-
cultural department for report
on it's activities in the inspection of
gasoline. The resolution also
seeks to reveal the number Of EN-
ployees engaged in gasoline in
spections, the duties of each of
these and inquiries into the cost
of conducting such inspections.
The resolution further suggests
that a less expensive means of in
specting gasoline than at present
used may be found.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
BALANCE
OF POWER

Senator La Toilette of Wiscon-
sin Is taking a hand in the Mime
sofa senatorial fight, in his efforts
to gain the balance Of power over
the two leading parties in Congress.
If he accomplishes the election of
.Magnus Johnson, nominee of the
Farmer-Labor Party, pledged to
follow La Follette's leadership, over
Governor J. A, 0. Preus, the
Republican candidate to succeed
the late Senator Knute Nelson, he
will be able to dictate terms of
settlement on all questions in the
U. S. Senate on which both parties
are divided.
The Farmer-Labor Party itself is
divided. It's convention last week
ended in the formation of the Fed
Grated Farmer-Labor Party out of
the older organization. Both par
ties will have candidates in the
1924 presidential elections, thus
considerably weakening the radical
movement.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
DUDLEY WILL HAVE:
FIGHT RETURNS HERE
Opera House to Be Used in Pre-
senting Free Fight Results TO
Americus Fans

Announcement was authorized
this morning that full returns from
the Willard-Firpo bout in Jersey
City will be received tonight at
Dudley's Opera House, and fight
fans in Americus are invited to be
there and hear these read. The
big fight is scheduled to begin at
8 O'Clock, Americus time, with sew
eral preliminaries before that hour
The preliminary results as well as
the main fight, will be announced
as these occur.
Returns from the big fight will
be received over direct Western
Union wire, and these will come
round by round, permitting the
fans present to practically visualize
the fight as it occurs in far-away
New Jersey Manager Dudley, in
agreeing to permit the use of the
Opera House for calling the returns
required that no admission be
charged at the door, and all who
wish to hear the returns are in
vited to attend in accordance with
his agreement to reopen his house
for the occasion.
Three young Americus men who
have faith in the fans here are pro-
noting this enterprise in co-opera-
tion with the Times-Recorder, this
paper permitting the use of its pres
facilities without charge to the pro-
moters. The Associated Press will
furnish the returns, and these will
be handled, as said above, over
direct Western Union wire. The
promoters will take collection
among the fans present to defray
the expense of the matinee.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
ROADS ORDERED To
CUT RATES ON HOGS
From GA. TERRITORY
Five TO Seven Per Cent Reduc-
ton Granted on Shipments
From Southeast
|. c. C. TAKES ACTION
Rates Apply to All Hogs Moving
to Packing Plants in and
Around Ft. Worth, Tex.

WASHINGTON, July 12.-(By
the Associated Press.) Railroads
were today ordered by the Inter
state Commerce Commission to re-
duoe rates of from to 7 per
cent on hogs grown in the South
eastern states and destined to pack
ing plants in and around Fort
Worth, Texas,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
FIVE MINERS DIE IN
CRASH IN ORE NINE
NEAR BIRMINGHAM
Accident Happened in Shaft of
Sloss-Sheffield Company,
Near Bessemer
ALL DEAD ARE NEGROES
Thirty-five Injured when Coup
ling on Trip Car Breaks Dur
ing Change of Shifts

BIRMINGHAM, July II. - Five
miners were killed outright, a num-
Der seriously injured, some fatal
ly, in an accident this morning in
an ore mine of the Sloss-Sheffield
Steel & Iron company, near Besse-
mer, according to reports reaching
here. A train of trip cars, carry
ing 40 men, parted from brok-
en- coupling while the moring shift
was descending into the mines. The
of injured is placed at 35,
while the dead are all negroes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
ANSLEY FIHGT ING
DAY AND NIGHT WITH
MACHINES IN FIELDS
Americus Merchant Farmer Be
lieves Now Is Critical Time
With Crop Endangered
USES POISON FREELY
Says Crop Thoroughly Poisoned,
Is Now Putting on Fruit, But
He VIII Keep Up Work

Charles L. ansley, Americus
merchant-farmer, whose large plan
tation is located out Lee street
road south of Americus, is using
calcium arsenate more libera.ly
this year than ever before in his
fields. "Now is the really critical
time for this crop" said Mr.. Ans
ley today, "and I wish that every
farmer in Sunter county could be
brought to realize the danger that
,confronts us all.
Il am using to 6 pounds of
calcium arsenate to the acre in
my fields, and let me say right
here that the power machine is the
best method for dusting cotton at
this season. A few weeks ago
went in company with Mr., R. P.
Mailer, my farm superintendent, in
to certain field where the cotton
was utterly stripped of squares
and blooms, wit ha poor outlook,
and busted there thoroughly with
poison, Just one week later, we
again went into this field and
found practically all of the cotton
there blooming, and today the field
is one of the finest that | have on
the entire farm.
"This week | purchased two new,
improved dusting machines which
are now at work in my fields, and
these, together with the three ma
chimes already there, win be kept
Igoing constantly until the crop is
made simply can't bring N.Y.
self to believe that any economy
would be effected in permitting
thousands Of dollars already in
vested in growing cotton to be
jeopardized through the failure to
expend a thousand or two more
dollars to insure safety of the full
harvest Just now it is more inn
.pOrtant than at any other season
to poison the fields thoroughly, and
having followed this policy from
the beginning, / believe my crop is
las free from weevils and generally
in as good shape as any in Sumter
county. / am not going to sleep
On TIE lob because of this though,
and my hands are working every
day covering the plants with poison
and saving cotton that | expect
will bring a god price this fall. The
boil weeyil is here to stay, | be-
leve, and | am preparing to fight
him continually. The fight is one
that must be kept up all the time
without cessation from the burning
.of stalks in the early fall to the
last poisoning in the summer sea-
son just before the harvest begins"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
JUDGE. EVE NOMINATED
FOR CONGRESS in 2ND

Triton, July II. - Judge
Raleigh Eve, presiding judge of the
Triton Judicial circuit, was nomi-
mated as a candidate for congress
man from the Second congressional
district of Georgia, at mass meet
ing held in the Tiff county court
house Wednesday. The nomination
was unanimous and was greeted
with loud applause by the large
crowd which packed the court
room.
Following the nomination, a
committee waited upon Judge Eve,
and he consented to make the race.
Congressman Frank Park now rep
resents the Second district in con-
gress.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
AGGIE Fl. S. HEADS
ATTEND MEETING

ATHENS, July 12.-More than
fifty high school agricultural teach
ers are in Athens this week attend
ing the annual conference of
Smith-hughes teachers at the State
College Of Agriculture. The con
ference is held each year for the
Of discussing the problems
that come before the teachers be-
longing to this group and many ex-
perts are heard during the course
of the week.
President Andrew NJ. Soule of
the Agricultural college, is one of
the principal speakers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
DORMAN BABY AT $3.50

Funeral services were held at
O'Clock over the remains of Lena
Fearl infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. g. s. Dorman, from the family
home in Brooklyn Heights. Rev Carl
w. Minor, pastor of the First Bap-
tist church, officiated at the obse-
quies, and many sorrowing friends
attended. Interment was in New
point cemetery.
The little girl, who was 5 months
old, had been i'll a month, bearing
her suffering with unusual patience
and cheerfullness. She was a gen
eral favorite among friends and ac-
ouaintances of the family. and her
death has caused deep sorrow. The
bereayed parents are receiving the
sympathy of many friends in their
hour of sorrow.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
THE POPE
INTERVIEWS

France has greatly resented the
pope's intervention into the Ruhr
controversy, when he wrote a letter
in which he proposed that Ger
many's ability to pay should be
taken as a basis for reparations,
and suggested that France might
find less "odious" but less effective
guarantees than territorial occupa-
tions.
The vatican denies the pope's
letter was prompted by influence
from England or Belgium, although
there were such charges in the
French Chamber of Deputies. How
ever, a somewhat similar letter
went to the papal representative at
Munich, in which he was commits
stoned to intervene with the Ger
man authorities for the secession
of peaceful resistance" in the
Ruhr. Chancellor Cuno complied,
to some extent, by deprecating re-
|eent acts of sabotage in the oc-
cupied zone.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
MELON MEN TRYING TO
CONTRACT 1924 CROPS

VALDOSTA, July 12.-It is un-
derstood that some of the large
concerns handling melons desired
to begin early in the winter con-
tracing definitely with farmers
for 1924 crop The tentative
plan outlined is that concern will
enter into a contract with farmers
for total of something like two
thousand acres to be planted in
melons. The idea will be to make
these contracts with a large num-
Der of growers, each for a small
acreage, 50 that none of them win
have ali Of the "eggs in one bas-
ket." By doing this the produes
with a very large market,
expects DO sure Of supply,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
GOVERNMENT MOVES
MELON HEADQUARTERS

VALDOSTA, July IL. D.
Evans, who has been in charge of
the government melon market bu-
reau located at the Valdes hotel
during the melon season, was
transferred to Macon today. Bulle-
tins will be issued from that city
through the middle Georgia ship
ping season. The season here was
very brief because of the shortage
of the melon crop but the middle
state crop is expected to be better
so far as yield is concerned, at any
rate, 4--A~l
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
BRITISH FIND CHINESE.
USING MORE OPIUM

LONDON, July 12.-China is
producing hundreds of tons of op-
ium, says Sir John Jordan, British
Minister in Peking, and it looks as
though she were going back OF
the old, bad state of affairs before
the suppression Of opium by agree
.ment with India was brought
about. India, the British Minister
adds, used to export 100000 chests
of opium year, mostly to China;
now her exports are only 5000
chests. almost exclusively to the
East Indies. She is prepared to
reduce this if there is a reduced
consumption,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
MORVEN BUILDING
CITY WATER PLANT

VALDOSTA, July 12.-Morven;
in Brooks county, is just congplet-
ing a municipal water plant. The
high tower has already been erect
ed and the tank placed on top of
it, both being Of steel. In the
meantime well-drilling machine
is busy seeking water with a busy
drill, while a pumping station is
ready to do service as soon as the
drill finishes its work. 1t is no
ticed that several new buildings
have just been erected there, one
Of them nice brick store build
ing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
KENNETH EYLAND PUT
BULLET THROUGH HIS
HEAD IN NEW YORK
Was Member of Consolidated
Stock Exchange and Had
Been Despondent
BUSINESS TROUBLES CAUSE
Miss Serna Eyland, Sister of
Dead Man, Tells Police Why
He Killed Himself
BUSINESS TROUBLES CAUSE

ORANGE, n. j., Jtly 12. - (By
the Associated Press) Kenneth
Eyland, member of the New York
Consolidated Exchange, commit
ted suicide at the home of his sis
ter here early today by shooting
himself through the head Miss
Serna Eyland, sister of the dead
man, told police authorities that
Eyland had been despondent re-
-ently because of business troubles.
Eyland's two children were asleep
in the house when their father tool
his life.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
NEGRO BADLY HURT
HOPPING TRAIN

WAYCROSS, July 12-When ne
tried to jump from between a NOV
ing switch engine and the freight
car it was pushing ahead of it, G..
w. Glasgow, 50-year-old negro, was
dragged a distance and seriously,
possibly fatally, injured, according
to a report reaching here from Bra
ganza last night.
Glasgow is definitely known to
have sustained a broken leg and is
thought to have been injured in
ternally, .--a 49, !. .aaGa. ID I
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
ROBINSON HOME TO
BE HANDSOME ONE

BROWNSVILLE, July 12.-The
frame is now up to the new home
being built by Mr.. Joe Robinson
on Warren avenue. The house will
be one of the handsomest residIc-
es in the city. This house takes
the place of the old one which was
one of the first houses built in
Thomasville, and for many years
had been one of the landmarks,
which like so many others hare
had to give way to more modern
and improved buildings,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
SECOND INSTALLMENT OF
TAXES DUE AT WAYCROSS

WAYCROSS July 12-It was an
nounced this morning at the ca
Hall that the second lnstallment IF
city tax is due and payable on July
Is and all taxpayers who are paying
their city taxes in instaliments are
requested to come forward at once
with this payment. 1t was further
announced that all taxpayers pay
ing the entire amount of their city
tax at this time would not be
charged any interest on the. April
installment.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12

snip from WnlCn
Dempsey came out victor after Is
hard-fought rounds.
Upon evacuation Of the town the
next day, Shelby began to recount
its losses, which at latest reports,
amount to some $4,000. shelby's
loss is Dempsey's gain, and that of
his promoter, Jack Kearns, for
these left the west with something
like $4,000 in their jeans.
Yet Shelby, like the boastful
frog which blew itself up till it
burst, had promised Kearns $780,
O00 before the fight, could scrape
together only two-thirds of the
sum.
"Shelby's Folly this event will
be referred to in history. Shelby,
retiring into its-oil boom, cow-town
shell, is trying to live it down.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
2,944 CARS MELONS
SHIPPED FROM so. CA.

VALDOsTA. July 12-Saturday,
July 7, is the last day for which
there is authentic information re-
garding the shipment of South Geor-
gia melons-in the Valdosta terr
tory. The figures for that day show
a total shipment of 2,944 cars as
compared with 1900 for the same
date of last year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
CANTALOUPES DISAPPOINT
PEOPLE AT TOWNSVILLE

BROWNSVILLE, July II. -
Thomasville people who always
look forward to enjoying canta-
loupes for breakfast during the sea
son have had small chance to do
so this year. There are some on
the local market but they have lit
tie sweetness to them, the rains
having made them watery and
tasteless. There are few coming
in now that are somewhat improv-
ed but it is getting late for them
and the supply will probably be a
very short one.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
NEW PAVED ROAD IN
SPLENDID CONDITION

TOWNSVILLE, July 12. - A
Townsville man who has just re-
turned from trip to Jacksonville,
is very enthusiastic over the new
paved road from Lake City to
which he says is a joy
to travel over, it is so beautifully
smooth and hard. This is in con-
trast to the old road where the
sand in places was so deep it was
hard to get a car through it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
Mars. CANNON BITTEN
BY SNAKE. IN YARD

Mrs. w. M. Cannon, while pick
ing beans Monday at her home near
Plains, was bitten by some insect
or a snake, her ankle being bad
ly swollen as a result of the Incl
dent. DIR. r. L. Cato is attending
her, and her condition is not re
garded as series.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
SOUR CREAM INDUSTRY
PAYING ABOUT MOR.VEN

MORVEN July 12-Eeople who
have occasion to visit the section
frequently, declare that the farmers
around Morven are making an ex-
celIent success of the sour cream in
dustry. Some time ago they began
to secure cows for this purpose and
it is most reliably reported that all
of them are making money.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
JACK SMILEY, CONDEMNED
NEGRO, GETS NEW TRIAL

ATLANTA, July 12-Jack Smi-
ley, a negro who was sentenced last
November in Bibb Superior court TO
hang for the murder of A. L. Ali
good, a Macon street car conductor,
was today granted a new trial by
the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12

RUSH.

immigration records swell and
burst The first day of July
found II liners nosing their way
toward Ellis Island. These vessels
carried 11,482 passengers of all
classes, and crews of 4100 men.
That meant 1852 had to be ex-
amined by inspectors.
It was nearly double the number
arriving on the same day year
ago. The law allowing a monthly
Continued on Page Two.l
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
Whaf's Going
On In The
World
"SI1ELBY'S FOLLY"
POPE IN RUHR
LA TOILETTE
PEACE
BY CHARLES P. STEWART
NEA Service Writer.
The Weeks Chief Events
Briefly Told

A diminutive wood-shack, cow
town in the NorthweA, with 600
inhabitants, aspired to be heard
round the world. It was!
Now this little town Of Shelby,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12

Mont, 100 miles
north of Great
Falls, has settled
down to dts for
mer state of com
parative oblivion,
trying to recu-
perate from what
is generally con-
sidered the great
est fiasco in the
history of sports.
1t was the Demp-
sey-Gibbons fight,
July a, f,r the
worlds h e av y
weight champion
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
MEL ROBINSON He'd

ATLANTA, July II. = Nell
Robertson, negro, is being held in
the Fulton county tower for safe
keeping under a warrant charging
him with the murder of former
Deputy Sheriff Victor Dowis,
Gwinnett county.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-12
WEATHER

For Georgia - Generally fair
tonight and Friday.
Evening star., 1923-02-10

NEW YORK, February 1o.-FolIow-
Ing Is an official list Of bonds and
STOCKS traded in on the New York
Curb Market today:
Evening star., 1923-02-10
WEEK KSEESST0CKS
IN SHARP UPSW|NG
Breaking Away From Narrow
Trading Area Sends Prices
to New Highs.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, February 1o.-Break-
ing away from the narrow trading
areas within which they have been
fiuctuating for two months. prices of
stocks moved to new high ground
for the year this week in a sustained
buying movement. which was stimu-
lated by greater activity on the part
Of speculative pools and a resumption
of public participation on a large
scale. Sales this week averaged
more than 100000 shares daily.
Foreign news developments. which
had been having restraining In
huence on business, were largely
ignored. the market taking its cue
from another series of constructive
trade developments. which included
extra dividend disbursements. an
nouncements of higher prices for a
number of commodities and a more
optimistic feeling on the part OF bust
ness, men and financiers as to the I'M
mediate trend Of domestic business.
Steel shares Come to Life.
Trading in steel shares. which be-
came lethargic on publication of the
last quarterly report of the United
States Steel Corporation showing that
the dividends had not been entirely
the 1922 report of the Republic Steel
and Iron Company showed a net profit
of $41S.316, as against deficit of
s5.665.242 in 1921. and January pig
iron production reached the highest
level since October, 1920.
Railroad shares were bought heavily
on official reports of a continuance of
record carloadings. which. IL Is be-
lieved. will be reflected in the next
monthly earnings statements, and on
the increase in the New Orleans and
Texas railway dividends. Higher
prices for raw and refined sugar
found reflection in the increased activ
ity a I higher prices in those shares
President HardinS's renewed ap-
peal for action on the ship subsidy
bill revived interest in the shipping
group.
Great Activity in Oils
Advances in crude oil and gasoline
prices and higher dividend disburse
ments by the Standard Oil Company
of Indiana and the Imperial Oil
Company of Canada stimulated the
buying of the oil group. while buy
ers of copper shares found encourage
ment in tho steadily rising price
tendency of the red metal and the
better export demand. Merchandise
ing shares leaped into prominence
when the annual report Of F: w.
Woolworth Company disclosed earn
ings of $27.11 on common stock in
1922. as against 5000 in 1921. The
decision of the Packard Motor Car
Company to call for payment. April
15 about SS,00O,000 in outstanding
notes. due in 1881. testified to the i'm
provemcnt in that industry.