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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
SPECIAL NOTICES
roo LATE no CLASSIFY

TOO LATE 10 CLASSIFY
AUCTION MONDAY
10 A. NJ
I31 NOLAN ST.
Nice furnishings OF eight and nine
room houses. pianos, Columbia and other
phonographs, bedroom. living room and
dining room furniture. popcorn and pea
nut wagon in first-class shape. See
Auction Column for list Of goods.
ALAMO AUCTION co.
WANTED--A NEGRO TRUCK DRIVER
TO go out OF town Sunday at noon:
must be good driver and reliable
Woodlawn SOS.
FOR RENT-72O NOLAN ST. FIVE
rooms, hall, bath, large sleeping
gallery. Phone Crockett 796 or Travis
31S9.
MODERN, FURNISHED CO TTA G. E,
sleeping porch, garage, cool. no OBJ
lection 10 children, $40 per month.
Travis S20s.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05

HOTEL HOUSTON. NEWLY FUR
nlshed, 81 day, special weekly rates.
opposite Wolff 4 Marx. 2ol ". houstoo:
hun COLLIN
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
METALS AND EQUIPMENTS.

DID" KILLS MOSQUITOES. CIR sssl
WILL SELL SMALL SET OF GROCER
fixtures or will furnish location AZ ]
fixtures II party will furnish stock a.
manage the business. Profits TO u
shared be- IN the two parties. Must
well r sd and furnish securtt i
Sury 81.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
ANERICUS VOODNEN G0
To PRESTON TONIGHT
Large Class to Initiated There
Followed BY BarbeCWe---StaEe
Officers To Be Present

WASHINGTON Camp No "a,
Woodmen of the World, will partici-
pate tonight in ceremonial exercises
in Preston, at which a large class
will be initiated
The work will be in charge Of H.
L. Lester, Of Macon, who is district
deputy, and assisting him will be T.
F. Bennett, state manager, of At
lanta; DR.. Henry B. Allen, of Amer
icus, chairman Of the state board
Of auditors; Nat LeMaster, of Amer
icus, secretary Of the local camp,
and z. S. Childers, of Americas,
member.
The class to be initiated this eve
ming is one of the largest units in
South Georgia, and Woodmen from
this section and throughout Webster
county are interested in the exer-
cises.
Following the ceremonial a barbe-
cue will be served by Preston Wood
men to they guests, and the occas-
ion promises to be one of profit and
pleasure.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
END SHIPPING BILL
FIGHT BY ARNISTICE.
Senate Takes Up Minor Bills To-
orrow, Then the Ship
ping Bill

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-An end
of the senate shipping bill fight APP
peared near at hand through an
agreement made behind closed doors
for a temporary armistice in the fill
buster which has blocked all business
since Monday.
In executive session the senate
also agreed to adjourn tonight at 6
o'clock to take up ininor bills for
two hours tomorrow and then pro-
coed with the shipping bill, but with
the possibility Of vote in the
meantime on a motion for recommit-
tai.
less than two weeks of the pres
ant congress remain and there are
numerous matters to engage the at
tention Of the senate after the pass.
age of the debt funding bill, which
recently passed the house by large
majority after Representative Car
rett, of Tennessee, Democratic floor
leader. had made an effective speech
in it's favor, and was frequently ap-
plauded on both side of the house.
Mr.. Garrett in terse incisive senten-
ces scored the secrecy under which
the administration had operated and
criticized the back door methods and
the rank partisanship in dealing with
a non-political matter affecting the
whole people, but was willing to pass
this by to settle a matter of such
magnitude.
With the debt funding bill out of
the way, there will be much jockey
ing for position in the closing days
of the congress. To many expert
enced observers it looks as if the
ship subsidy bill is already dead,
but if the reactionaries, ipcluding
the "lame ducks attempt to force
its passage in the closing days of
the session it still remains certain
that the progressive radicals will
hlibuster il necessary to defeat it,
The closing day may witness a pa
thetic spectacle--a sort Of trayesty
of Perry Make Eric-of President
Harding and Lasker sinking in each
others arms crying; Boys, don't
give up the ship subsidy"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
MARTIAL LAW
DECLARE DIN ROCHUM

BERLIN, Feb. 23.-Martial law has
been declared in Bochum, says dis
patch to the Central News, in conse-
quence of yesterdays disturbances
in which two French soldiers fred
point blank into a crowd Of Ger
mans in front of the law courts, kill
ing one man and severely wounding
two others.
The trouble occurred while French
troops, with tanks, were engaged in
occupying the law courts building
and the neighboring prison on sus-
picion that certain Frenchmen had
been incarcerated as spies. During
this operation one German official
was arrested and placed under guard
of five French soldiers.
Some of the bystanders hooted tho
soldiers, two of whom fired into the
crowd. The scene was witnessed by
several foreign newspaper men. The
crowd had made no attempt to mol
est the soldiers.
The populace was greatly -angered
and one body of townspeople, find
ing a French civilian interpreter
alone in the street, mobbed and
manhandled him. The Frenchman
was removed, battered ad bleeding
to the police station.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23

Everybody Invited To Discuss
School Bond Issue For More
School Building Facilities

A meeting Of the patrons of Amer
icus' public schools and others in
terested in school management will
be held this evening at 6 o'clock at
the Community club house. This
meeting has been called by friends
of the school in order to ascertain
the sentiment of the community to-
ward school expansion.
One Of the question which will
come before the gathering will be
that Of a school bond issue, which
has been discussed at various times
recently in civic clubs and women's
organizations. 1t has long been ap-
parent, board Of education heads Of
the school departments and support
ers Of the schools here say, that
housing facilities are wholly made
quate for the yearly increasing num-
Der of children who require instruc-
ton. Already too many children
are grouped in the class rooms, un-
der the direction Of a teacher who
cannot do her best by the students
because. Of the number, say school
authorities.
The purpose of the meeting is to
get individual expressions from pat
rons, friends and residents of the
community on the best course to pur-
sue with regard to housing facilities
before the beginning Of another
school year
The meeting will be open to all,
and it is especially urged that all
civic organizations, fraternal orders,
labo,. unions, ministers, doctors, city
officials, parents and teachers be
present to give expression to their
sentiment along educational ques-
tions.
The Woman's club and the Music
Study club will be in charge of re-
freshments, which viii be served
promptly at 6 o'clock, after which
everybody will discuss the problems.
Members OF the board of eduea-
tion will be present to give their
views and TO hear expressions from
others.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
HEAT AND PLUMBING
CONTRACTS $4,000
Let By First Nj. E. Church
Schroeder Gets Plumb
ing Job

This week the building committee
Of the First Methodist church, l.. G..
Council, chairman, has let the heat
ing and plumbing contracts for the
new edifice, the amount involved be-
ing more than $4,000.
julius Schroeder, local plumbing
contractor, secured the entire plumb
ing contract. O'Prie Heating Co.,
Of Macon, were the successful bid
ders for the heating system.
Other contracts yet to be let in
cIude the terra Gotta WORK and ma.
terial and the metal, other than
structural iron, that goes into the
building.
TIE metal contract and terra Gotta
will cost between $4,000 and $t5,-
600, the committee expects, no bids
vet having been opened however.
The building committee has all
ready placed contracts for approxi-
mateIy $4,000 for materials alone,
it is understood.
The laying Of the foundations by
Supervising Contractor Rawlings Is
moving satisfactorily and very soon
the walls will be above ground.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
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MO SOLUTION YET

To the Ruhr puzzle no solution 5
been found. -.
France hasn't made particle OF
nroeress in the direction OF collecting
anv war damages, and as the Ruhr
enterprises is very expensive, natural
" she's getting worse and worse OF
financially every day she continues
the occupation.
On the other hand, Germany's
worse off. too, though it didn't SEEM
at the time her territory was invad-
ed as if she had much margin left
to get worse in.
The best international authorities
cav it can't be long before both sides
will have to ask for neutral media
tion.
They generally agree also that
when this happens, it will be the sig
nal for a complete remaking of the
Versailles treaty, as an impossible
document.
It's noteworthy that practically the
onlv constructive suggestions any
world statesman has made have come
from Joseph Caflaux, an ex-premier
of France, whose views were so Tar
in advance Of his countrymen's dur
inc the war that he barely missed
Continued on Page tour')
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
IT'S TOO LATE NOW

The United States has one chance
indeed, to win South American fa-
vor, but she botched the job.
During the war South America
needed her. If she'd merely been
too busy to heed this call it wouldn't
have been se-bad. The allies, however
had various things they wanted done
there that they didn't care to do
themselves, because they knew the
South Americans wouldn't like it,
which would hurt their standing later
on. So they invited the United States
to attend to these matters for them,
and she did. The thanks she received
was to have the allies make capital
out of it against her every chance
they got.
North Americans shortcomings af-
ter the conflict were mainly trade
mistakes of ignorance, like forget
ting, for instance, that December's
midsummer and the July mid-winter
south to the Equator, and shipping
winter goods in the spring and sum-
mer supplies in the fall.
Commercial rivals made the most
of these errors, too.
Then there's the United States
persistence in trying to get Latin
America into a patent and trade
mark league with her, which, as
Venezuelan "Yellow Booh' remarked
would obligate us, at ggreat eX-
pense, to organize a bureau to record
all patents and trade marks register
ed in any Of the signatory countries,
a thing Venezuela isn't enthusiastic
over, considering that the United
States registers about as many day
as she does in a month.
These are Just illustrations.
South Americans are half inflated,
half contemptuous at North Amer!-
cans failure to understand sucn
things.
Of course there are individuals
pro-North Americans. President
Brum of Uruguay's one-for inter-
ested reasons. He isn't representa-
tive,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
PAROLE OFFICERS FOR
CHAPMAN AND JOHNSON
Names Suggested If Two Men
Are Given Liberty--COmnnis-
sion's Formal Order

In the event that paroles are
granted DR.. C. X. Chapman and War
ren I. Johnson, it is reported here
that Homer Ennis, of Baldwin coun-
ty will be the parole officer for john
son, while Sheriff Harvey, of Sum
ter, will be parole officer for Chap
man.
The text of the commissions or
der in the case is as follows:
Warren |. Johnson, c. X. Chap
man and others were indicted In
Sumter County Superior court for
the murder of Walter Wade. The
homicide occurred the night of Au-
gust II, 1916.
THE Indictment was mol pressed
as to all the defendants except War
ren l. Johnson and c. X. Chapman
On the trial they were convicted of
murder and given a life sentence.
The evidence for the state was
the direct evidence of Mrs. Yertie
Howell, which was corroborated, as
the state contended, by various cir
cumstances..
''The defendants denied their guilt
and sought to prove alibis. The alibi
of johnson was complete, if the jury
accepted it. Also there. was a lack
of motive shown on the part of John
son, unless it was the motive of rob-
berry or a Willingness to aid his con-
| federates.
Mrs. Yertie Howell is acknowledge
ed to have been a woman of bad
reputation. According to her testi-
mony all Of these defendants got
Walter Wade into a car and drove
from a house of prostitution in
Americus out toward Montezuma
that, when they got just outside of
town, at a point known as Wheat
ley's bottoms, DR.. Chapman shot
Wade and his body was put into an
other car and carried to the Flint
river bridge at Montezuma and
thrown into the river. Her testi-
mony was corroborated in many par
ticulars.
"The defense introduced much evi-
dence tending to impeach Mrs. How
ell both as to reputation and pre-
vious contradictory statements. They
also introduced a great deal of evi-
dence establishing an alibi for each
of the accused.
"Appplicants have served more thar
four years. Parole is recommend
ed by large number of citizens OF
Americas and Sumter county, in
cIuding ministers, lawyers, doctors
bankers, merchants, officials of botF
city and county, business men ant
citizens generally, both men and wo
me, who say they are familiar with
all the circumstances and express ;
doubt as to the guilt Of these de
PENDANTS. There was just as much
sentiment against the other defend
ants, whose cases were mol pressed
as against these two"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
CHANGE RAILROAD
ADMINISTRATION.

PARIS, Feb. ga decision to re-
place the German railroad admini5-
tration in the Ruhr with allied civil
administration was officially an
nounced yesterday as the result OF
the conference here between Pre-
mier Theunis, of Belgium, and Pre-
mier Poincare.
Representative of the French min
istry of public works and the state
railroads left for Dusseldorf last
night to confer with Generals De-
Goutee and Payot and Paul Tirard'
president of the International Rhine
land commission.
The civil administration will hold
the same position as regards its po-
sition as regards the military occu-
patonal authorities, as did the Ger
man administration. The director q
the railroads will be French win
| two deputies, one French and the
other Belgian.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
TWELVE LOSE LIVES
IN KANSAS CITY FIRE
Five Others Are Missing In Frame
Rooming House BLaze--Many
Jump From Windows

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 23.-(By
Associated Press Twelve persons
were burned TO death and I've others
are reported missing in a fire here
early today which destroyed two
story fran rooming house
Twelve bodies have been "ecoveccd
this morning. Five Of these aIc
adults and seven are childrea. on
ly bodies identified are those Of
woman and two children
Between thirty and forty persons
occupied rooms on the second floor
of the building. Several escaped By
jumping from the Windows.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
ALIMONY AND ESTATE
GIVEN MRS. BREWSTER
Divorce Suit Against Movie Pub
Usher Settled-Gets Gus
tody of Child

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-The sepa-
ration suit Of Mrs. Eleanor Brew
ster against her husband, Eugene
Brewster, motion picture magazine
publisher, brought because Of his at
tentions to Miss Corliss Palmer, a
Macon movie actress, has been set
tied.
Mrs. Brewster's attorneys an
nounced that $4,000 home and
furniture valued at $4,000 and ali
money had been given her. She
also gets the custody of their three
year-old child.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
OFFICERS NAMED FOR
COMMERCE CHAMBER
Enthusiasm Manifested in Selec-
iion of Directors and Fu-
ture Plans Outlined

| Officers were named at 10 o'clock
today in the Chamber of of Com
merce to serve that organization
throughout the coming year The
new officers are Lovelace Eve,
president; j. T. Warren, vice presi-
dent; T. C. Tillman, treasurer; H. P.
Everett, secretary and traffic man.
ager.
Much interest was manifested at
the meeting, and vicw5 were ex-
changed by the directors witt regard
to plans for regulating the activities
of the Chamber of Commerce. The
new directors, naMad cy ballot Of
the members, namcd the new officers.
A summary of work done was
sketched, and The report made that
153 new members had been enrolled
in the body, with d neat sum Of
$4O0 in the treasury, available for
use in expansion activities. 1t was
stated that all pledges recently made
will be paid in to the treasury, and
already plans are being formulated
| for collection Of these.
Suggestion was made that the
Chamber of Commerce hold lunch
cons at regular intervals throughout
the year, the purpose Of this being
to infuse social feature into the
meetings, where members and direc-
tors may gather to discuss plans for
the extension Of the work. This
movementwa endorsed by all pres
ent, the dates Of the meeting to be
decided upon at a later date.
With the induction Of Henry P.
Everett into the office Of secretary
of the Chamber Of Commerce to
succeed George 0. Marshall, retiring
secretary, it was suggested that his
duties as traffic manager be contin>
ued in connection with those of sec
retary. MIR. Everett will hereafter
audit freight bills free of charge,
but only for members Of the Cham
Der of Commerce, and will devote
his entire time and energy to the
activities of the chamber.
Sam r, Heys, retiring president;
George o. Marshall, retiring secrc-
tary and the other retiring officers
were given the thanks Of the incom-
ing administration, their efforts
having materially advanced the in
tcrests of the chamber, removing its
burden of debt entirely, and turning
it's affairs over to their successors
free from obligations of any nature,
except the upbuilding and advance
ment of the community as whole.
1t was also suggested and ap-
proved that more frequent meetings
be held between the board of direc'
tors and the membership, in order
that the members may be kept active
ly in touch with the workings Of
the chamber and to receive detail
ed outlines Of the work to be under
taken. In the past the dlrectoFs
have held their meetings mostly
without aid from the membership-at-
large, the directors themselves voic-
ing the sentiment today that COM
bined meeting will prove to the best
interests of the chamber.
With the election of officers and
reorganization of the membership,
it is expected that the Chamber OF
Commerce will be placed on solid
footing for work and that Amer.eus
and Sumter county will receive great
benefit from concerted energies OF
the membership and directors.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
CREDITORS FORCE VIENNh
FIRM in BANKRUPTCY

MACON, Feb. 23.-Inyoluntary
bankruptcy proceedings wer e
brought yesterday in United States
court against the Farmers Hardware
company, of Vienna, Ca, by the
Atlanta National Bank and other
creditors. The petition alleged thai
the company was insolvent, owed
debts in excess Of $1,000 and had
committed an act of bankruptcy in
preferring certain creditors to 9TH
ers.
J. f. Wooten, a merchant Of Nc
Rae. yesterday filed petition in
claiming liabilities oi
about $500 with Nc assets.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23

The fact is that South Americans
are mostly unassimilated Europeans.
They're thousand miles nearer to
Europe in sentiment, sympath, and
comprehension than they are to the
United States.
Not only are they Europeans btu
they're predominantly Spanish, and
while the North American has pretty
well forgotten his war with Spain,
the Spaniard hasn't.
About the only feeling that the
South American, AS a South Ameri-
can, has toward the American of
the north is that the latter's a strong,
dangeSsts neighbor, and that the less
the American of the south has to do
with him, the safer he'll be.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
NEGRO MURDERER GETS
STAY OF EXECUTION

ATLANTA, Feb. 23.-Roscoe Al
len, 18, a negro sentenced to hang
here this morning, has been granted
a Communication of his sentence to life
imprisonment by Governor Hard
wick.
Allen was convicted Of the murder
of Ollie Carlton "A white youth, here
a year ago.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
BOCHUN IS NOW UNDER
MARTIAL LAW BECAUSE.
THURSDAY KILLING
One German Slain and Two 9th
ers Are Badly Wounded
in Front Of Court
TWO PREMIERS CONFER
Decision to Replace German Rail
road Administration by
Allies

ESSEN, Reb. 23.-(By Assocat-
ed Press. THE French have decid-
ed to replace all German customs
officials by Frenchmen throughout
the Ruhr district.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
CREW OF ST. HELENA
TOOLTNE. is RESCUED

HALIFAX, N. s., Feb. 23.-The
Swedish steamer Storvik, from Balti-
more for a Danish port, has sent
word by wireless that she rescued
the crew Of the steamer Helena Too
line which had been abandoned
about two hundred miles north of
the Bermudas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
THIRTY MINERS PLEAD
GUILTY CONSPIRACY
Clifton, w. Va, Meu Get Three
Years Each For Part in
Riot

WELLSBURG, W. Va, Feb. %.
Thirty miners were indicted
for conspiracy in the Cliftonville
strike and riot last July which cost
the lives of Sheriff Duval and six
others, entered pleas of guilty and
were each sentenced to three years
in the Moundsville penitentiary by
the Judge in the circuit court here
today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
OWENS NOT GUILTY OF
MURDER OF BROTHER

COLUMBUS, Feb. 23.--Dillard
Owen, charged with murder in con-
neetion with the death Of his
brother, Perry Owens. Christmas Eve
night, was declared not guilty by
jury in the Superior court here to-
day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23

IL ANOL vi AIllGII -
cans had the slight
est idea how South
A IN e ric a n s feel
they never would
h av considered
such a thing remote
ly possible.
The theory here
seems to be that al
though Americans
are north and south
yet they're all
Americans and can
agree, at any rate
on some sort a
joint attitude to-
ward the rest of the
world.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
TRENCH REPLACE CUSTOM OFFICIALS
What S Going
on i'm the
World
By Charles P. Stewart

The State Departments quoted
now as doubling if the Pan-Ameri-
can Congress in March will induce
Uruguyan president, DR.. BRUINS, plan
for League of American Nations.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23
WEATHER

For Georgia - Fair tonight and
Saturday; continued cold; probably
frost to the coast.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-02-23

otrlct MlddIlng 70 l-2c.
New York Futures Mch. May July
, 1923-07-12
Says His Prescription
Has Powerful Influence
Over Rheumatism

Mr.. James II. Allen suffered for
years with rheumatism. Many times
this terrible disease left him helpless
and unable to work.
He finally decided. after years Of
ceaseless study. hat no one can be
free from rheumatism until the
accumulated impurities. commonly
called uric acid deposits. were dis.
solved in the Joints and muscles and
expelled from tho body.
With this idea in mind he consulted
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every sign and symptom Of rheuma-
tism from his system.
He freely gave his discovery, which
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marvellous success. After years Of
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