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, 1923-05-25
LOSSES Of ELK
DURING WINTER
LIGHT, REPORT
Fifteen Thousand Head
In Good Condition in
The ''Hole'' Country.

CHEYENNE. wyo.. May rs. -
State Game and Fish Commissioner
Frank Smith, who has returned from
tho Jackson Hole country, states
that reports Of heavy losses Of wyo-
ing elk during the winter are with
out truth. There are approximately
15.oec elk. he says. ara they came
through the winter in first elias, con.
dittcn OF 5000 head that were fed
on the meadows at periods during
the winter. he Ftates, only e5 died.
Elk moose. Smith states are increas-
ing but antelope ore barely holding
their numbers
All fish hatcheries owned by tho
state, Smith saio. Hin b. operat u
.fis year for the production of fry.
Last year only three-those at Sher.
idan. Hyatville and Laramie were
oDerated.
, 1923-05-25
Juvenile Crime
Ring Uncovered

CHEYENNE. Wye, May s5-Daris
Smith. 9, and Willard Clark. 8, are
d Of a Juvenile Crime ring
which has been penetrating burglar
les In Cheyenne for more than two
years, according to . confession tho
youngsters are sale TO have made to
the police after they had been ar:
rested on suspicion that they had
b~urglarized the Boyd and Stark
stores. The confession implicated sew
eral other boys and two girls about
10 years OF age. who are questioned
but not detained. The Smith and
Clark boys have been turned over to
the state department OF Child and An
imal Protection.
, 1923-05-25
LAR DAY SPECIALS, SATURDAY, MAY 26
E FIGURED VOILES

Dainty figured Voiles. 40 inches wide. In a
variety of colors and patterns. Some plain
colors. This is an excellent value and an OBJ
portunity to provide a cool Summer Dress at
small cost; Regular SOC quality. Dollar
Day Saturday, Ga nn
THREE YARDS s0EsWU
, 1923-05-25

is RETURNED

CHICAGO. May 25.-Ernest q.
schwab. former cashier for four Chi.
csso companies. including the Wed
ron Silica company. who was arrest
ed three weeks & in Fresno, Calf,
and returned here. today was held to
h grand jury in bonds of s25 900 on
a charge OF larceny by embezzlement.
Officials OF the Silica concern made
complaint against him. He Is alleged
20 have fed leaving a shortage of
about $4,000 in the accounts of the
concerns by which he had been en-
ployed,
, 1923-05-25
CRETONNE FOR DRAPERIES

Extra heavy Cretonne, Powered, striped and
conventional designs. In a variety of colors.
This will make practical and attractive cush-
ions for your wicker furniture. Regularly
priced at S1.5O. Dollar Day c. On
Saturday, choice, PER YARD-91sVV
, 1923-05-25
KHAN WIZARD
SUES EMPEROR

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. May z5.-H.
w. Evans. imperial wizard of the Ku
klux Khan. filed suit in court here
against w. ]. Simmons. emperor of
the Kan. asking 500, 900 damages for
alleged libelous statements said to
have been made by Simmons. The
statements were printed in a local
n~eyysDa Dar-
, 1923-05-25
Terror Reign In
Prison Charged
to Drug Addicts

PHILADELPHIA, May a5.-The
sale n use Of narcotic drugs by
was largely responsible for
the recent reign of terror in the
eastern penitentiary which resulted
in the removal of many of h prison
ers to another institution. the county
grand jury said in a report submitted
to Judge Monaghan. Conditions are
described as almost beyond belief"
and n disgrace to the state.'
, 1923-05-25

leading cause for most of the trouble,
gets into so many tight and uncom-
Portable places n hops out OF them
so fast that the eye is oewildered
trying to follow him. and his aston.
, 1923-05-25
Pairing Bonds Sold
By Capital City

CHEYENNE. Wye. May 25.- A
Cheyenne municipal paving bona IN.
sue of $4,000 Wednesday wa. award
to h A. II. Reid OF
The same tho nre
ceding day had beer AWARDED the con-
tract for laying the paving which IN,
bonds will finance.
, 1923-05-25

contributed to the mounting Ere
losses, he said Fires cost each per-
son in h United States s4.75 last
year. according to Mr.. Morton's
figures.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27
OLD DAYS LNxAMERICUS

J and Miss Inez Fielder, Of this city
are members. The occasion was ar
ranged by several prominent society
people of Nashville, friends of Miss
Fielder and Mr.. Council, VINO Joined
the party at the Tennessee capital
on Monday.
A careful count of cotton in the
several warehouses in Americas yes
terday showed a total of 1I6 bales
remaining of the last crop. And
with yesterdays shipment this num-
Der Is probably reduced to a bare
hundred bales and with no more to
be brought in.
Americas Lodge Of Elks has just
entered upon its second year as a
iiourlshing organization, and has
elected officers as followsf George
Fields, exalted ruler; H. c. Mitchell,
leading knight; Steve Small, loyal
knight, James Taylor, Lecturing
knight; E. d. Ansley, Secretary; w.
NJ. Jones treasurer; w. II. Schroeder,
tiller. Messrs. George W. Glover,
Crawford Wehatley and J. B. Ansiey
constitute the board of trustees.
-'Ai' anu MIS-. GGOISG uIplQ re-
turned yesterday from Kentucky,
where they spent two weeks with
their daughter, Mrs. Ray Wakefield.
A white frost in low and exposed
places greeted the early risers here
yesterday morning al1>Nd considera-
bic damage to gardens and all ten
der vegetables.
URGE LIBERAL SUPPORT 49,.
MACON, March 27.-More liberal
appropriations for institutions of
higher education in Georgia will be
urged in the next legislature by Mrs.
Viola Ross Napier, representative
elect from 8ibb county. Mrs. Ma
pier has announced she will support
the best form of taxation" submit
ted to the legislature promising
greater aid for educational institu-
tions.
THIRTY PEARS AGO TODAY
Monday morning, no paper pub
lished.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27
FARMERS PAYING
MORE TAXES.

Farmers are now paying more
in taxes and getting less for their
products than ever before in the
history of the United States, it is
indicated in figures recently COM
piled by the Department Of Agri-
culture. Heavy taxation, low prices
for agricultural commodities, and
high rates Of interest on loans are
the combination thai is bankrupt
ing American farmers.
Taxes on agricultural lands have
more than doubled in most of the
States since 1914. The average
amount of State, county and local
taxes paid by farmers has grown
from 31.4 to 70.9 cents per acre in
the last eight years. In some ,in-
stances the increase has been as
much as 100 per cent.
Farmers in New Jersey were
paying taxes amounting to an aver
age of 1922 cents an acre in 1922,
compared with 90 cents an acre in
1914. This rate of $2.22 was the
highest average in the country. In
Iowa, the banner State in point of
agricultural wealth, the average
taxes were SLAB in 1922, COM
pared with G8 cents in 1914.
The average tax per acre in
1922 compared with 1914 in GER
tain other States in different parts
of the country was as follows;
Maine, IS cents in 1914, 60
cents in 1922; Connecticut, SO and
90 cents; New York, SO cents and
Slip; Maryland, so and IS cents;
Arkansas, Is and &c cents; Texas,
II and IS cents.
The value Of farm crops in 1922
was 14,310,20 900 compared
with $685. 100000 in 1919. This
decrease of $9,472,8OO,OOO wa.
equivalent to loss of $25 on each
of the 365, 100000 acres of land
in cultivation in this country. In
addition to this loss, which spelled
bankruptcy for thousands of far
mers and drove many to suicide,
they are now obliged by the Re-
publican profteer's tariff to pay all
the way from to 500 per cent
more for everything they consume
than they paid couple Of years
ago.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Decorder Mar
O7 1q12l

! (From the Times-Decorder March
27, 1879
It's an i'll wind that blows no good
and the storm winds prevailing re-
Gently have had the effect of boost
! ing cotton value. Yesterday the
/ market made a gain of fifteen points,
and Americas warehousemen and
/ buyers expressed the belief that
weather conditions now prevailing
will cause a still greater advance.
| Twelve cents to II 1-8 cents for
the finer grades were the prices
quoted in Americas yesterday, but
no sales were reported.
Lewis Ellis had a miraculous es-
cape from death or serious injury
at a late hour yesterd day afternoon
when his automobile was run over by
a Central railway engine and com
pletely demolished a t Plum street
crossing.
Wells mill, the rendezvous of the
Americas Fishing club, was the scene
yesterday of the first al Fresco feast
of the spring season, when a large
number a large number of club mem
bers, including several ladies, enjoy
ed a fish dinner there
Litigation growing out of the
rights of rival claimants to a large
tract of timber land in Sumter coun-
ty, which a portion of the former
Hugenin plantation on Flint river
is pening and injunction proceedings
upon the part Of two claimants to
these lands have been instituted in
the Superior court here. A petition
for injunction was first filed by the
Southern States Naval Stores COM
pany, Of Savannah, against the
Stackhouse Land company, which
now owns the Huganin plantation.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder March 81,
1903.)
A telegram received yesterday from
John Malcolm Council announced the
safe arrival at St Louis of the boat
ing party leaving Nashville, Tenn,
Monday morning, and of which he
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27
HE FINS Fl


SAN FRANCISCO.
The way to San Francisco, at least
the way we came,
Is forty hundred miles or so, and no
two miles the same!
We've wallowed through the South
Lands midland mud is mud
down South,
We've chmed the mountain passes
and we've known the deserts
drouth
Ten hours day of chugging on, in
rain and snow and sun
Have brought US to the Golden Gate;
our Flivvering is done.
But just to know the magic of San
Francisco's thraIl
And gaze upon her hills again-it
sure is worth it all!
The spirit of the old-time west is
passing, SO they say,
But in this blithe and happy town
it flourishes today.
The olden camaraderie, the glamor
and romance
Of daring forty-niners who would al
ways take a chance
Still dwell within the hearts of men
amid this joyous town
Where fortune, like the city streets,
runs gaily up and down.
Life tingles like the ocean wind and
it is good to be
Once more among the seven hills
that smile upon the sea!
Copyright, 1929
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27
COST OF BUILDING
DUE TO TARIFF.

Although there has been no gen
eral advance in wages paid to
workers in the building trades
since November, 1921, there has
been a considerable increase in the
cost of building. This rise,
amounting to about Is per cent,
mas been recorded principally since
last July. Much of this increase
in building costs is ascribable to
the Fordney-McCumber prohteers'
tariff
The Republican Congress put a
heavy tax on practically every
thing needful in the building of a
home. Builders hardware was SUBJ
jected to duties running as high as
250 per cent. A tariff almost as
eXorbitant was levied on nails and
screws, bricks and tiles, bath tubs
and bowls, sanitary pottery, metal
sinks and tubs, structural steel, and
lumber. There was no necessity
for any of these prohi5itive duties,
since this country is actually ex-
porting large quantities of build
ing materials, metal products, in
Guiding hardware, aad the like. But
the special interests demanded and
received the privilege of taxing the
American people under pretense of
protecting" them from foreign
competition.
The effect of this increase in
building costs can be illustrated by
a concrete case. A worker in one
of the building crafts planned a
Groom frame house and got bids
on it in November, 1921. The con-
tractors figure was S6,250. He
didn't build his home, and probab-
ly regrets it. The same house
would now cost S7,187. A g.
room brick house that would have
cost $1,000 before the Fordney-
McCumber tariff bill was passed
would cost now $3.50.
The farmer and the wage-worl,-
er have to bear these higher costs
without getting any offset in the
way of higher prices for their la
Dor Or products. They can not add
the tariff to their daily wage or to
their wheat or corn or cotton or DO
tatoes, as the manufacturer adds
it to his costs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27
Greges Takes Up the Storu:


TT was entirely by accident that I
had dined that night in the grill.
room OF the Milan Hotel with
Huntington. He had asked me for
an interview that afternoon over the
telephone, and being dlsengaged, /
had suggested a little dinner at my
club. We had arrived there to find
the place packed and the best tables
fun. Sooner than walt, we had gone
to the Milan. Huntington was In
the act Of disclosing his reason for
wishing to SEQ me, when the man.
ager, who was an old acquaintance,
came across to US.
Il wonder whether you would
mind coming upstairs with me for q
moment. Sir Norman" he begged.
And you too. Mr.. Huntington. I've
Just been sent for, Something wrong
upstairs
We rose without hesitation and
followed him out of the room. into
the lift and up to the sixth floor.
When we stepped out, several of the
servants were gathered at the far.
Their end Of the corridor. The man.
ager embarked upon an explanation.
There may be nothing wrong at
all" he said This is Just the posi-
ton as 1t has been reported to me.
Suite SO was taken some days ago
by Metzger and Gorty, and two
emissaries from our eastern friends.
They brought over some gold, as you
know, In tin boxes, end greatly
against m advice, they had it stored
In their rooms. Gorty went to Man
chester last night, leaving Metzger
alone. Our telephone-operator re.
ported that he refused to answer the
telephone about half an hour ago.
We sent up to his room and found it
bolted on the inside. We rang and
knocked without the slightest result.
Finally we entered the suite through
the adjoining room. which had just
been vacated. and found that al.
though the outer door was bolted on
the inside, the suite was empty. Fur.
Their, the tin boxes of gold had gone"
Interesting" Huntington muir,
INJURED. very"
The manager led US along the cor
ridor, through an empty bedroom
which showed signs of recent v9ca-
ton, into the suite which had been
allotted to Messrs. Metzger and
Gorty. There were no signs OF any
trouble, or disturbance Of any sort.
rs there any reason to suppose, "
I asked, that this man Metzger has
not taken away the gold himself2"
I'm that CASE the manager point.
ed out, some one would have had
to carry the cases downstairs. No
one has done so. No one has seen
Metzger leave the place."
I'VE are to presume l asked,
that mes still in the hoteI?"
"PreciselyI
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27
BOIL WEEVIL
REMEDIES.
7i an

E. j. Witt, representing HIPS
Mixture corporation, in discussing
an editorial in Mondays Times
Recorder, under the caption
Warns Agains Fake Weevil Rem
edies," states that in his opinion
the editorial did not draw as def
mite line between the so-called
fake mixtures and other weevil
remedies that have been approved.
Mr.. Witt states that his mix
ture has passed the experimental
stage, that it has received the en-
dorsement of j. S. Matchmaker,
president of the American Cot
ton association, the State Board
OF Entomology, Of which Ira W.
Williams is general field agent, as
well as many others whom Mr..
Witt named.
A letter to the Hill corporation
which Mr.. Witt handed the Times
Recorder, in part is as follows:
Hills mixture complies with all
the requirements Of the Georgia
State Board f Entomology as an
insecticide. Our experiments prove
that this mixture, with the above
amount of calcium arsenate
G1.75 per cent? will kill the wee
vii. il can positively say that
Hills mixture is not a humbug
proposition"
The weevil will be controlled,
that seems certain to us. The
Times-Recorder believes that those
remedies which seem to have merit,
that have been tried and endorsed
elsewhere, should be tested here.
1t also believes that the Sumter
county farmer will and should ex-
ercise the very best judgment and
make the fullest investigation be
fore purchasing. Along with every
good thing that is produced in this
world Of ours, comes a flock of
fakes. And weevil remedies will
not be immune from these. 1t is
a case of picking the sheep from
among the goats.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27

lures the man who had refused to
answer the telephone.
My God? Huntington exclaimed.
He's deadr'
He's very near it," l replied, loos-
ening the slip-knot of whipcord from
around his neck. Send for a doc
.or at cree. And Huntington, you
had better ring up the Yard and get
to work quickly"
How long ago did those people
leave?" he asked. "And what lug
gage did they take with them?"
They left an hour ago." the floor
waiter answered. "They had two
very heavy trunks"
THE affair appears to solve it.
self, Huntington muttered after
he had spoken a few ba4tY words
down the telephone.
The floor waiter, who was an in
telligent fellow, followed us into the
other room, to which we had with
drawn on the arrival of the doctor.
There is one thing I ought to tell
you, sir" he said. THE porters
tried to move those trunks several
hours ago, while Mr.. Metzger was
busy writing in his room. They
were too heavv then--and at this
time the tin c,.,as were still in Mr.
Gorty's room"
You are sure Of that?, Rimming.
ton asked.
Absolutely, sir"
Huntington looked around. 1
could see that the same thought had
occurred to him as to me. The brief.
est of searches confirmed our suspi-
cions. The wardrobe was filled with
Jumps Of heavy stone.
There Is only one point now re-
naming to be solved" I observed,
and that is, did these two, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jose de Miguel, carry out this
little affair entirely alone, or had
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27
TAPITOL
* JOKE. =
NIh,Enr-g4 Hs~-... -
BY SIDNEY c. ROACH.
U. S. Representative From Missouri,
Eighth District.

wo negroes were
dickering over a
mule. The mule
was tied to a tree.
Oats a very
spirited mule" said
the owner.
"Mebbe he is"
said the prospective
buyer, but he don't
look like it to me.
He looks kinda do
pey to me-"
Hes so spirited, F"
insisted the other,
"dat | has to keep
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27
,Yon ave had ala searoht

You have had him searched
! for?"
Half a dozen men have searched
every corner OF the place, No one In
the hotel has even caught glimpse
Of him.
l went through the rooms again.
When l came to the bedroom ad.
Joining the sitting-room, and which
/ the floor waiter told me was Metz.
gers, I noticed that the wardrobe
was locked. Not only ths3, but
there was a slight strain beng ex-
ercised against the lock, bending the
panel slightly! For the first time
began to look upon the matter as
serious.
This door must be broken open
quickly" l insisted, "or a spare key
found"
The key from the wardrobe In
Gorty's room was tried with SUCCESS.
AS 1t was turned, the door few open.
was Just in time to catch in my
arms a crumpled mass of clothes and
humanity, With a blackened face
and protuberant eyes, his tongue loll-
ing out on one side, 1t was still not
| difficult to recognize from his pic
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27
SPRECK LES BLAMES
HOOVER

Much of the blame for the re-
cent rise in the cost of sugar is
attributed to Secretary Hoover and
the Depa. ytn1ent of Commerce by
Claus Sprcckles, chairman Of the
board of the Federal Refining COM
pany The 81 dden increase in the
price of sugar from about 6 cents
to 10 cents a POUND was due to
a gamblers ma rket, assisted by
the Department of Commerce"
says Mr.. Spreckles.
American consumers have been
gouged Of from $200,00O,0O TO
S3OO,OOg,OO by the stockholders
and profteers who were response
bic along with the Department Of
Commerce, for adding within few
weeks more than 60 per cent to
the cost Oh a common necessity Of
the American HOUSEHOLD. The De-
partment Of Commerce shares the
blame because Of a bulletin which
it issued at the height Of the
mani pulation ard speculation in
the sugar market. This bulletin
bore as it heading: production for
1928 only $4,000 tons higher than
last year Consumption needs
estimated at 725,O0D tons above
production" This gave the gam
blers the chance they wanted, and
they made the most Of it.
As a matter Of fact there will be
no shortage of sugar in this conn
try in 1928. Even the bulletin of
try. Even the bulletin of the d E.
Department of Commerce made
that plain, but the heading furnish
ed convenient pretext for the
stock jobbers and profiteers. When
Frank C. Lowry Of the firm Of At
kins & Company, New York,
learned that the Department OF
Commerce was about to issue a
"bullish" statement, he wired Sc.
cretary Hoover urging that it be
withheld, pointing out at the same
time that if made public it would
be Of assistance to the spectators.
Notwithstanding this warning the
Department issued the bulletin and
it helped the gamblers make mil
lions at the expense Of sugar con-
sumcrs.
The tariff of 1.76448 cents a
pound on Cuban sugar and of g.
FOG cents a pound on all other
foreign sugar has been responsible
for large and permanent part Of
the increase in the price of this
commodity. The average retail
price Of sugar was 27 per cent
higher in December, 1922 than it
was in December 1921, and it is
GO per cent higher in March, 1928,
than in March, 1922. A third of
the new Republican tariff was
added to the price of sugar with
in FIVE days, and the remainder
within three weeks, after the en-
actment of the prohteers' bill, Be
tween October l and March /, the
price has increased 2 cents a
pound.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27
A THOUGHT

A righteous man regardeth the
life of his beast, but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel
Prov. 1910.
When two persons do the self
same thing, it often falls out that
in the one it is criminal, in the
other it is not so; not that the
thing itself is different, but he
who does difference.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27
BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

Vendetta begins between
SAVERS, noted criminal,
and
SIR NORMAN GREYES, once OF
Scotland Yard, when Savers
beautiful housemaid,
JANET, saves him from Sir Norman
by shooting dead an officer sent
to arrest him. Janet becomes
Sayers wife and accomplice.
Michael plots with his confeder-
ate, the lawyer Younghusband,
to rob two men named Gorty and
Metzger of seven boxes of gold
brought into England for the pur-
pose of establishing private
credits, With the aid of two mas
queraders, Mr.. and Mrs. Jose de
Miguel, supposed to be from South
America, Sayers arranges to steal
the gold. Madam &c Miguel man
ages a Irritation with Metzger and
arranges to signal him during her
husbands absence from their hotel
suite,