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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
FFAR KIDNAPPING,
THREAT AGAINST
C,ERTAINEVIE)ENC,.IE,
Daniel Te5tiGes About Develop
nents Subsequent To
Abduction
FOUR CITIZENS WARNED
Residents o. Mer Rouge Told
They Must Leave Community
Or BE Assaasinased
FOUR CITIZENS WARNED

NlER ROUGE, Jan. 9.-Act-
irc on an anonymous telephone
message thaf an attempt might be
made to k;dnap Miss Addio
May Hamilton, a prospective state
witness in the investigation of al
legged mask band depsedations in
Morehouse parish, several men
stood guard today over the Ham
ilton hcme near here
Later two soldiers were assign
ed to guard duty in that section,
The message was received at
the headquarters Of department OF
justice agento directing the in
quiry.
Miss Hamilton, who is expected
to testify against certain More
house men in connection with Ger
tain alleged kidnapings, was some
months ago forced to leave the
parish.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
TESTIFIES WARNING
GIVEN FOUR CITIZENS

DASTROP, La, Jan. j. i.
Daniel, father of Watt Daniel, hood
ed band victim, testified at an open
hearing here this morning that he had
learned that subsequent to the kid
naping Of his son and Thomas Rich
ards, whose mutilated bodies recent
ly were found in a lake near here,
that i Mer Rouge citizens had been
warned they would have to leave the
community or they would be kill
ed"
Daniel said the information had
been given him by Joe Davenport,
another Mer Rouge citizen.
Davenport, Daniel said, told h!m
he had received such word over the
telephone. Daniel further said that
Davenport declared he had been told
by "Captain Skipworth' that the men
"would have to get away"
Captain J. K. Skipworth, Of Bas-
trop, is the exalted cyclops OF the
khan in Morehouse parish.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
BAPTISTS HERE
TODISCUSS WORK
Forty-Five Churches Of Friend
ship Association Meeting In
Americus Today

There is being held at the Central
Baptist church today in Americus, a
meeting Of all the Sunday school
workers, missionary societies, as
well as workers in every activity
of the church within the bounds Of
the Friendship Baptist association,
which is made up of forty-fve
churches in the counties of Sumter,
Schley, Macon, Webster, Marion and
parts of Lee and Terrell.
The convention assembled at 10
O'Clock this morning in the Central
Baptist church auditorium, and will
be in session just for the day.
Many interesting and entertain
ing features were on the program,
and speakers of note in the Baptist
domination are here to attend this
meeting of the association.
Various matters. of church inter
est was discussed and many helpful
talks were made by visiting minis.
ters as we'll as laymen of Americu,
and the visiting guests.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
6 GBARR0W'S YIELD
RECORD PRODUCT
= c. Hawkins Gets 55(
Pounds Lard From Recent
Killing

c. C. Hawkins, Sumter county
fancier, has just killed six barrows
which dressed, aggregated 3,70c
pounds. The barrows were 20
months old and from the carcasses
Hawkins rendered a total of $50
pounds Of pure lard, or approximate
ly 100 pounds per carcass. The hogs
were raised in the mule lot on the
Hawkins farm 5 miles out Of Amer
icus on the Ellaville highway. No
feed was given them except such
as they garnered in the stable and
about the lot, which was sufficient
to keep them in good condition
throughout the summer months.
Three months ago special prenara-
tions for feeding these hogs were
made. A corner Of the mule lot,
so fenced off as to prevent the
hogs, was selected as a fattening
pen. Ground corn was provided
there in quantities, the hogs taking
on an average of three pounds daily
during the continuance of the feed
ing period.
All Of the hogs were pure bred
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
COSTS MONEY to
DIE IN HAVANA
First, Second And Third Rate
Funerals To BE Had, Or
Boneyard Last Resort

Those neyD}e who want to die m
exponsiyely, need not go to havana
to do so," said Mrs. A. A. Bartleld,
recently returned with Mr.. Bartleid
from a visit Of two weeks to that
city and other points in Cuba. i
thought passing away was at a hlgn
rate here in GeorgiaS but Wheh l
went to Havana and found that
first class funeral amounts to ST.
500, and this to be paid IN o2sA
before the undertaken even consents
to take charge, so filled ne with
amazement that I felt entirely well
during the trip"
"If one prefers to die second
Glass; continued Mrs. Bartleld,
this can be arranged for the price
of $3.50. Or, if a still lower rate
is preferred, the undertaken relieves
the relatives of $500 and places the
victim in the third class rating
There is still another lower dying
process, this secured by the pay
ment of S. per month on lot Tor
the purpose Of burial, as long as
regular payments are made. Miss
ing one monthly payment entities the
keeper to dfsinte9 the body and cast
1T into a pile Of bones designated
4 L ~ L.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09

appointments. He doesn't like to
treat one patient alone. He prefers
to have them all in one crowd whore
he can speak to all of them at one
time.
There is here a point Of crowd
psychology. BY getting US all to-
gather, he makes US act and react
upon each other.
At any rate Coues clinic is a med
zeal confessional in which we confess
our physical ills not only for Mon
sieur Coue to hear but for all the
other present to hear.
Once in & while there is an excep-
ton. If some one is suffering from
something that it would cause real
embarrassment to discuss aloud, the
patient is permitted to write down
what is the matter with him or her
and hand the slip to Coue.
Starts Work At Nine
Nine o'clock. Prompt to the min
ute, Monsieur Coue enters for his
first clinic of the day. He goes in a
circle arou9d the room, asking each
Of us something about our ills,
Then he bids us close our eyes and
keep them closed until he orders as
to open them.
He assures US he will not put us
10 cIaor,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
CITY COURT ACT
MAY BE- UPHELD
r. L. Maynard and Hollis Fo:t
Back From Atlanta With
Encouraging News

Judge Robert L. Maynard and Col.
nollis Fort returned from Atlanta
last night, where they had gone to
file brief anj argue the cnnstitu-
tionality of the iCty Court Act be-
fore the Supreme court.
The Americus attorneys were
much heartened after talking to the
many city court judges who had
gathered in Atlanta, and all are Of
the opinion that the state Supreme
court will reverse itself and render
IN opinion favorable to the City
Court Act
The concersus of opinion seemed
to be genera, that the Supreme court
will mae kr own its decision in this
case by ,cxc Monday, ami that o.
the day following the decision will
be known here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09

worried you will do so no longer.
4 now add that your organs are
functioning well. Your heart beats
normally and your blood circulates
as it should. Your stomach, intes-
tines, lungs, liver, kidneys and blad-
der are all functioning properly.
"If up to the present time you
have lacked confidence in yourself,
this distrust will disappear and give
place to confidence, based on this
force of incalcuIabe power which is
in each one of US.
This sef-contidence is absolutely
necessary. When you wish to do
some reasonable thing or when you
nave to perform q duty, think always
that it is easy. Make the words
difficult, impossible, 4 cannot, dis
appear from your vocabulary.
Say to yourself instead, 1T IS
easy and l can By considering a
thing easy, it becomes so for you, al
though it might seem the rever e
for others. You will do it quickly
and well and without fatigue, be-
cause you have done it without
effort"
Coue said all this and a good deal
more in monotonous but soothing
voice. 1t Graded us all into drowsi.
ness from which we emerged cnly
when he counted, "One-two-
thee" and told US now to open our
eyes. Then he once more took up
his discourse, enlarging upon the
necessity Of our repeating his ia
NOUS formula:
"Tous les jours, a tour points de
vue, je vais mieux en- mieux."
Which in English goes:
Every day, in every way, I am
getting better and better
Monsieur Coue>said that covered
everything. Therefore he did not
have to ask Us all cur symptoms
But the formula was more inclusive
than that. 1t covered the physical
the mental and the moral side OF
things.
One more mechanical formula
Wien we had pain, we should pass
our hand rapidly over the aching
pant, repeating quickly and for {
large number of times the French
words, "Ca passe"-"it is going
away And we would auto-suggest
the pain away.
TOMORROW-Coue finds Bronne
a Stubborn Patient.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
ARREST OF BOYS SOUGHT
BY SUPERINTENDENT

MACON, Jan. 9.-(By Associated
Prcss.l-Two boys, j, D. Smith AMI
Ray Robinson, are held in Bibb coun-
ty Jail here on a charge of malicious
mischief, and two other boys are
being sought on the same charge,
whie three girls were placed in chains
at the South Georgia Methodist Con-
ference orphans home here yester-
day afternoon, following what SQ-
perintcndent Smith termed an GIN
cipicnt rebellion" among the older
girls at the orphanage.
The charge against the boys is that
they were trespassing on the grounds
and broke five windows at the insti-
tuition.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
COMMISSION VOTE
PLACES CERMAN.,
AS DEFAUL TIERS
Coal Deliveries Short OF Azno@zat
REQUIRED Bv Trea.v-Votc
Three To One
OCCUPY ESSEN THURSDAY
u, S. Scheme Has Not Been Act
ed Upon AT Yet By Paris
Authorities

ESSEN Germany, Jan. 9-(By
Associated Press. 1.-The advance
of troops of the French army large
Iy with technical equipment have
already reached tne neignboring
town of kettwig. 7 miles south
west of Essen. and the section be-
tween Dusseldorf and Essen IS
half covered with the French mil
itary forces according to private
advices.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
GERMANS DECLARED
WILIFUL DEFAULTERS

PARIS, Jan. 9.-(By Associated
Press The Reparations commits
sion today voted Germany in willful
default in her coal deliveries.
The vote was three to one, Sir
John Bradbury, the British member,
casting a negative vote.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
SUPERINTENDENT SMITH
MAKES A STATEMENT

MACON, Jan. 9.-In order to quell
what he termed "an incipient rebel
lon" among the older girls at the.
South Georgia Conference Orphans
Home Of the Methodist church, Rev.
j. d. Smith, superintendent of the IN
stitution Monday placed three girls
in chains and swore out warrants
for four boys charging malicious mis-
chef. The girls put chains are:
Matte Ella Reynolds, 18; Victoria
Davis, 18; and Pearl Lewis, student
of Lanier High school, 1G.
Rev. Mr. Smith last night said that
he had resorted to the use of chains
because he had been unable to man.
age the girls otherwise. Against his
orders, and without the consent of the
matron of their department, they
We're with the. four boys against whom
warrants were taken Sunday night,
he said.
The girls were chained together
Monday afternoon when a reporter
visited the home. A light we'll chain
was employed. The three of them
were restricted to an area in the
back yard Of one of the buildings
They said last night that the chains
had not hurt them. Rev. Mr.. Smith
released them when they agreed 10
abide by the regulations of the or
phanaage.
1t was the first time the superin-
tcndent had resorted to so drastic
methods, he said. He had repeatedly
warned the girls that they wousd be
put in chains if they further vlolat-
the rules, de declared, and he had
exhausted every appeal.
Sunday right" he said, 81 drove
20 Wesleyan College to carry q
preacher to church. / drove back
and found the three girls out in front
Of one of the buildings. | ordered
the girls upstairs and they were inn
putent. The boys were also impu-
dent. Shortly after the girls went
upstairs / heard crash in one Of
the boys buildings and | rushed out.
In the darkness l caught J. D.
Smith, who had formerly been at the
home. | was told that Ray Robinson
was with thin. | found five panes
had been knocked out of windows in
the older boys building. After things
quoted down, / drove to town and
attended church.
Upon my return l found one of
The girls in the hallway near my
apartment with boy, another on tbs
back steps with her fellow and an
other in the sitting room. The ma
tron had asked the boys to leave anc
they had refused. She asked the
! girls to go to their rooms and they
had refused They were impudent I.
her. The boys had slipped in. Il
their car in front of the main build
ing, | found a quart of liquor.
"This morning, / tried to talk witt
the girls, and they wouldn't take m,
seriously. They chided me for no
having carried into execution m,
promise to put them in chains. l or
de1ed the chains put on them. 1t wa
a light well chain, the kind com
monty used to stake cows out with
They couldn't hurt"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
HUGHES PREPARATIONS
PLAN BELIEVED REJECTED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The plan
for settlement Of the reparations con-
troversy between France and En-
gland, outlined by Secretary Hughes
in his New Haven speech, has been
communicated to the French govern
ment through official channels.
No final reply has been made by
Paris, although it was learned that
preliminary answer had been re-
ceived here from the French foreign
office, 1t was said at the state de-
partment that the proposal was re-
garded as still before the French
government for decision.
It was, not stated when the Amer
lean communication was sent, but in
dications were that it was trans
mitted through diplomatic channels
before Mr.. Hughes delivered his
address at New Haven.
1t was said authoritatively that the
transmittal was perfectly definite"
in character, and it was indicated that
it revolved about the suggestion that
international financiers be called in
to formulate a reparations payments
plan.
Official comment as to the nature
Of the reply already received from
Paris was withheld. The statement
that the American suggestion still
was definitely before the French go7-
ernmont, however, was interpreted -
mean that the French answer Was
an unqualified rejection of the whole
scheme.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09

most unimportant facts of our lives.
Furthermore, it is very credulous
and accepts without reasoning what
il is told.
Matter Of Belief
As our unconscious self presidcs
over the functioning of our organs
by means of the brain, a queer thing
hanpens--if it believes a certain or
gan functions well or badly, that or
gan does really then function well or
badly.
F This unconscious self is called
imagination and it makes us act
even in opposition to our will. IN
any conflict between will and imagi-
naucn, the I#Jtcr always wins.
Creates An Appetite
"Now," says Coue, "telI yourself
that all the words l am now going to
pronounce will be fixed in your brain,
will be printed, engraved, encrusted
there; that they will always stay
there; and that without your wish
ing it or knowing it, you yourself
and your organism are going to obey.
so now say TO you: Every day,
three times day, at your usual
meal times, you will be hungry,
you will eat with great pleasure and
without over eating.N
"You will masticate your food
slowly so as to transform it into a
kind Of paste before you swallow it.
I'm this way you will easily di-
gest your food and so will feel no dis
comfort or pain of any kind in your
stomach or intestines.
'You will as Il consequence assimi-
ate your food and your body will
make use Of it to manufacture blood
muscle, force, energy. In a word
life.
''Your body viii throw off the
waste material without medicines Of
any kind. Every night you will en-
joy deed, tranquil slumber, without
Nightmares and you vii wake up
feeling cheerful and ready for your
days duties.
Furthermore, if you are some
times sad, or worry, or look at the
black side of things, from hence
orsh you viii stop it, and, instead,
you are going to be cheerful.
or i'll tempered.
'You will no longer be impatient
"You will be patient, you will al
w2ys be master Of yourself and
things which formerly annoyed OF
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
CHIEF
HELD GUILTLE:SS
Was Charged With Killing Negro
Victim Resisted Arrest
And Showed Fight

SOPERTON, Jan. 8. - Charged
with murder in connection with the
killing Of Lee Troup, a negro, Chief
Of Police Frost and his brother, Gra-
dy, were acquitted at a preliminary
hearing before Justice of the Peace
Hall, Reynolds and Gilhs.
The defendants said they were at
tempting to arrest Troup here Christ
mas, when he resisted and showed
fight.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
NO DEVELOP PMENT
IN REBELLION AT
ORPHANS HOME
Two Boys In Jail And Others Be-
ing Sought For Part In
Escapade
OLDER GIRLS IN REVOLT
Liquor Party Alleged-Chains
Used AS Last Resort, Super
intendent States

BACON, jar. 9.--Up to noon to-
day there had been no further devel-
opments in the alleged rebellion of
inmates in the South Georgia Cor
ference Orphans Home, located here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09

Green hats are quite the rage of
the moment. Usually they are kept
in one color, though we sometimes
find them embroidered in gold or
silver or in peasant colorings.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09

s. E. Bayne, w. o. Kinney and
Roe Stamps, members of the special
grand jury committee investigating
orphanages, were at the orphanage
when the girls were released. Bayne
said last night he regarded the pun
ishment aa more humiliation than
anything else. He said he I'D not
consider it cruel.
The three girls readily admitted
they had violated regulations of the
superintendent.
Bishop w. N. Ainsworth, who is
now in Macon, promised today to III
vestigate the affair, first informa-
tion of which was conveyed to him
by newspaper reporter.
Rev. Mr.. Smith came to Macon .
month ago to take charge of the in
stitution, succeeding Rev. 7. O..
Lambert. He was formerly president
of the South Georgia College for
Wcmen, operated by the Methodist
conference,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
DECIDE MAYORS
CHOICE In COURT

SAVANNAH, Jan. 9.-The courts
will have to determine who is to be
mayor Of Savannah druing the next
two years. This became evident this
morning in the mayoralty election
when votes were cast for both Muir.
ray M. Stewart, Democratic nomi-
nee, and Paul E. Seabrook, inde-
pendent, who failed to qualify,
whose petition in his behalf was de-
clared insufficient.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09

Durocs, and according to Mr.. Haw-
kins, their heavy pork yield as well
as the quantity Of lard secured dem
onstrates conclusively the profits to
be secured by raising only pure bred
stock.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09
WEALTH..

For Georgia Fair tonight. |
Wednesday; cooler. I
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-09

most unimportant facts of our lives. !
Furthermore, it is very credulous
and accepts without reasoning what
il is told.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
DIG. SCHOOLS NEED
i AGA CLASSR00MS
Excess Enrolment in High
Schools Is Now 4,468,
BaIIou Reports.
WOULD DROP PORTABLES
Rented Quarters and Undesirable
Rooms Would Also
Go.

-Four hundred and sixty-four class
rooms are needed to eliminate portables,
oversize classes and other undesirable
conditions in the school system and to
put out of use buildings recommended
for abandonment, according to a report
on schoolhouse accommodations given
out last night by Supt. Frank
w. Ballou. This number represents a
reduction of thirty-f1ve under the school
year Of 1921, when the accumulated
classroom needs was placed at 499 by
DR.. Ballou.
1t also is shown in the report that
the excess enrollments in Tile high
schools over their capacity totals 4.+6S,
and that seventeen one-room portables
are being used at these institutions to
provide accommod lions for the over
How. Eight of the Eortables are at
the Armstrong Manual Training School,
five at Dunbar and four at Eastern.
Would Eliminate Portables.
Sixty-one of the AGA classrooms need
ed, the report pointed out, would elm
mate the use of portah,es; twenty-elght
would eliminate the rented quarters; /;
thirty-four would eliminate the un,le-
sirable rooms; tifty-seven would reduce
oversize classes; 137 would eliminate
part-time classes above the second
grade.
Putting out of the use of the John f.
Cook and the Threlkeld schools, recon-
mended for immediate abandonment
would require sixteen additional rooms
while ninety-one more rooms would be
necessary to abandon the following
buildings recommended for early aban-
donment: Webster, twelve rooms Alb
bot, nine rooms; Berrett. nine rooms !;
Lincoln, twelve rooms Force, thirteen
rooms; Adams, eight rooms; Bradley,
eight rooms, and jefferson, twenty
rooms.
To abandon other buildings now unfit
for use would require fwenty-one rooms
the report said. These buildings are
listed AS the Hamilton, a four-room
structure; the Chain Bridge road,
one-room building; the Bell School, an
eight-room building, and the Tenley, an
eight-room building.
Excess Students.
Eleven of the sixty -one portables as
signed to the graded schools according
to the report, were not in use last No
vember, due to the construction of new
buildings which provided for classes in
these portables. Some of these port
ables will be condemned, and others
will be transferred TO more congcsted
places.
AS shown by the report, the number
Of students in excess of capacity in the
high schools follow: Business, zsi;
Central, 922; Eastern, 10; Mckinley
435; Western, 384; Columbia Junior
High. 261; Armstrong, S03, and Dun
bar, 450.
Evening star., 1923-01-21
DISTRICT REPRESENTED
IN CHILD HEALTH WORK
List of officials Who Live Here Is
Headed by Herbert Hoover
and Corcoran Thorn.

With Secretary Herbert Hoover as
Its president and Corcoran Thorn,
vice president of the American Sc
curity and Trust Company, as its
treasurer, the new American Child
Hygiene Association has large
number of District of Columbia resi-
dents among its officers.
Among those elected as directors
are Hugh S. Cumming, surgeon gen.
eral of the United States public
health service; Grace Abbott, chief
of the children's bureau. Department
of Labor; Taliaferro Clark, director
child hygiene, public health service;
John A. Foote, professor of pedi-
atrics, Georgetown University; Mrs.
Franklin X. Lane, DR.. Anna L. Rude,
children's bureau; DR.. Joseph S. Wall,
pediatrist, and DIR. William G. Wood
ward, executive secretary, bureau Of
legal medicine and legislation, Amer
lean Medical Association.
This association was formed by a
merger of the American Child Hy-
gicne Association with the Child
Health Organization of America,
which have heretofore covered diff
ferent phases of child health work.
Primarily this union of forces was
effected for the purpose of co-ordi-
mating all child welfare work in
America and thus increasing it's ef-
ficiency and economy by the elimina-
tion of waste and duplication. In
doing this, however, the American
Child Health Association will not at
tempt to establish any dominating
central body.
In addition to Mr. Hoover and Mr..
Thorn the officers of the American
Child Health Association include L.
Emmett Holt NJ. D.. first vice presi-
dent; Livingston Farrand. NJ. D..
president of Cornell University and
former chairman of the American
Red Cross, second vice president;
Thomas D. Wood of Columbia Uni
versity. third vice president; Philip
Van Ingen, NJ. D., former chairman
of the executive committee, Amer
lean Child Hygiene Association, Sec
retary. National headquarters are
at 532 18th street.