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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-18
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. Nov.
10, 1894.)

18, 1894.)
What remained of the bazaar and
Chrysanthemum show was cleared
away yesterday, the pr city DO tits
removed, gorgeous chrysanthemums
carried off and all evidence of the
recent successful event have disap-
reared. 1t is probable to sell dur
ing the holidays all the fancy goods
carried over which will add CON
siderably to the sum alr3ady realiz-
ed. The bazaar will net nearly
5000.
Another delightful german COM
plimentary to the several fair visi-
tor shere will be danced tomorrow
evening, at the Americas Club. A
fine band has been secured.
Prof. Mathis who has been ii
with fever the past scvera,
weeks is fast improving and will
soon be able to resume his duties
at the Public school.
Miss Susie Taylor left yesterday
for Smithville to spend day or
two at the home of har arents.
Jackson street school invites all
its friends to attend the exercises
on Friday next which have been de-
signated as visitors day When
superintendent, teachers and pupils
will do their bes! to make it
pleasant evening :-r al visitors.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-18
FAILED

Number Of business failures has
been low, considering dull times.
So far this year, 100 firms a
month have gone to the wall, That
looks like lot, but not when you
recall that the total of business or
CARNATIONS is around two millions
A lot of the men with mall-profit
businesses would be better off if
they failed and had to cat into some
thing else. Being YOUR own boss is
not always what it's cracked 10 to
be.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-18
COLD

Our gold peril" Is nearing its
end, bankers say. They mean, the
great flood of gold into the Uni
ted States from abroad has been
materially checked. Recently gold
imports have been thesmallest in
nearly five years.
Economists hold that the pres
ence Of an abnormally large amount
of gold in a country tends to initiate
prices. Accordingly most Of n5, no.
having any of the gold, will say,
"Ship it all back"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-18
A THOUGHT

Lord, believe; help thou mine
unbelief. Mark 9:24.
-
Being alone when ones belief IS
firm, is not to be a,Jne. -Auel-
bach. "a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-18

Why argue about i: There nev-
er was an elephant, monkey or dog
that had a tenth the intelligence of
the average three-year-old hoy o.
girl, Patient training is frequectly
mistaken for intelligence. But that's
as true Of people as Of a1;mal5.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-18

LOANS made on improved farm
lands at cheapest rates for terms of
5, 7 or 10 years with prepayment
option given. Money secured
promptly. We have now outstanding
over $1,10OQ00 on farms in Sum
ter county alone, with plenty more
to lend.
MIDDLETON MCDONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Co., in
Sun ter, Lee, Terrell, Schley, Ma
con, Stewart, Randolph and Web
ster counties. p Planters Bank
bldg, Americas, Ga. Phone 80 or
211.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-18
MOTOR

From American factories this
year come $500 million dollars
worth of passenger cars and
trucks. The auto is NJ longer a
luxury or toy. In most cases it is
almost as much a necessity as 9TH
err factors in cost of living. It's
health value alone-getting people
out in the fresh air and away from
monotonous rocking "hair-makes
it necessity.
What a fortunate nation! The
amount we spend on autos would
pay Germany's entire war repara-
lions in a few years.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-18
6666S

is prescription for Colds, Grippe,
Dengue, Headaches, Constipation,
Biliousness. 1t is the most speedy
remedy we know. adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-18
Elf2'R7e1n
a A> f~AIbhsTt ,Awale
TATTOO

Tattooinng is on the wane, even
among sailors. This isn't surprising,
for the lure of the seq has also
vaned. Tattooing is a Chinese art.
Sailors took to it" to show they
bad travelled. Landsmen, envying
sailor life, aped them.
The American drift is away from
the briny deep, and toward the il :
land west. 1t has been demonstrat
ed by the popularity of such fiction
and movies as "The Covered Wag-
on" and by the national lack of in
terest in merchant marine and navy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-18
MISSES STITCHED-DOWN
SCHOOL SHOES AT $2.98,
WITH THE SECOND PAIR
FOR ONLY $1.OC.

Made by the best makers in
the business, flexible stitched
down soles; for wear and COM
fort they have no equal; all
sizes, per pair $2.98, with the
second pair for only $1.OO
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-18
ANIMALS

Elephants are the most intelligent
of all animals, monkeys next, dogs
third, says Lorenz Hagenback Of
the noted German family Of wild
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-18

TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From The Times Recorder. Nov.
Is, 1904)
Oyster roasts are now the popui2r
fad here, and many corGenial gath
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-18

Chinese is spoken by about 400
coo, 900 people, not couoting Amer.
lean babies.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-31
IDAHO RESERVOIR
TO Be BUILT SOON
UTAH COMPANY is RECOMMEND
ed BY DISTRICT BOARD AS
BUILDERS OF DAM
Preferred Bid is s1,4oo, 600; II Present
Plans Carry Work VIII Begin
During the Month of
November


American Falls, Idaho-The Ameri
can Falls reservoir district boar
has recommended to the secretary o.
the interior that the Utah Construc
ton company bid of $1,400,000 fol
the construction of storage dam OF
100000 acre-feet capacity be ac-
copied and approved. The boards
recommendation has been mailed t.
the Denver office of the reclamation
bureau
1t is estimated that the award may
be made by the secretary within ten
days and that work may begin with
in three weeks. 1t is agreed here be-
tween Representatives Of the construc-
ton company, the reclamation bureau
and the reservoir board that every
possible means will be employed to
obtain an appreciate amount of
stored water in the American Falls
reservoir by June, 1925, to protect
water users of the valley against a
recurrence of another shortage.
Recommendation as to the success
full bidder came after two days de-
liberation and study on the part OF
the reservoir board members. In the
final analysis it was found that the
bids were all reasonably close, the
Utah Construction company was the
IL MOS
found to have the equipment on hand
with which to do the work, had done
similar jobs before and could begin
work Immediately.
The recommendation of the reser
voir board that the contract be award
ed for the low dam follows out the
decision of the secretary of the in
terror that authorization would not be
given for the construction of the high
er dam (1,700,000 acre-feet capacity
until participating irrigation districts
shall have deposited $950,000 in cash
with the department of the interior.
This sum would be equivalent to
$1.25 per acre-foot for the additional
fOO,OOO dCIe-ltct tHdI WOuiu NC SUI
ed by the high dam.
Engineers estimate that irrigation
districts could come in and partici-
pate in the storage on the above cost
basis not later than the fall of 1925,
at which time the dam would be well
On toward completion. If this should
take place, and the dam be built to
the 100000 acre-feet capacity, the
.ot of the stored water would be re-
iuced to So per acre-foot as against
81 per acre-foot, should the low dam
De completed. Several upper valley
districts, as well as the Gooding dis
riot, are expected to participate in
he construction costs at later date.
Should the award be made to the
Utah Construction company as rec
by the reservoir board, En-
,iner Paddock, who superintendent
he construction of the Hetch Hetchcy
am in California, will come to Amer
can Falls to superintend actual rec
service engineer and is re-
uted to be among the best engineers
valuable for the kind of work that
ill be done at American Falls.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-31
VOTE!

Vote on Election Day, Tues
day, November A.!
Vote as you please-but vote!
The suffrage is not your in
herent, God-given right. The
suffrage is privilege given you
by your country, the United
States of America, the richest,
the most powerful, the freest
nation of earth and of all lands
the most desirable. 1t is a
privilege that carries with it the
responsibility of the good Am
erican citizen to carry on the
work of the patriots who gave
us The Declaration of Independ
ence.
Abraham Lincoln, fifty-nine
years ago, asked for renewed
vows of fealty 10 that gov
eminent of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not
perish from the earth" How
shall that government live-if
the people do not vote?
Don't be a slacker-in this
duty of citizenship.
Vote-or shut upl
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-31
Rebel Leaders Put to Death

Mexico City,-The court martial and
execution of three rebel leaders is re-
ported from Piedras Negras by Gen
eral Juan Andrew Almazan, chief of
military operations in the state of
Vera Cruz. The rebels, Jose De Je-
sus Ponce, Aurelio Lagunes and Jose
Munez, are believed to have partici-
pated in the attack upon train near
Joachim recently, when nearly thirty
military guards and passengers were
killed and several young women car
ried off.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-31

Above
Exposition Milwaukee, to
which will of
pamphlets
the cheap buntiu
ling nda tive effort
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-10-31

Class one railroads on October
had 1899 locomotives in need of re
pair, 17.6 per cent of the number on
line, a decrease of 429 under the num-
Der reported September 10, according
to the American Railway association.
In the last half of September, the
railroads repaired and turned out of
the shop 1886 locomotives, the larg-
est number on record ever repaired in
any similar period
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-14
CO. OPERATE TO FIGHT
MANY APPLICATIONS
Utility Commissions to Unite in Com
batting Increasing Applications
for Increases in Rates.

Madison, Wis. Proposal for a
conference of state railroad and util-
ity commissions of various states to
outline plans for combating increas-
ing applications for increased tele-
phone rates will be made to commits
sions in the near future, Lewis E,
Gettle, chairman Of the Wisconsin rail-
road commission announced mere to-
day.
Correspondence had passed between
chairman Gettle and H. v. Osborne of
the Maryland commission on the sub
ject. Gettle stated. Valuation Of
telephone companies in various states
by commissions was discussed at re-
cent conference in Washington it was
stated, but no definite plans outlined.
The new movement was brought on
by several applications filed with the
Wisconsin commission for increased
telephone rates by the Wisconsin Tele-
phone companp, member of the Bell
system. Similar applications will be
made in other states, according to I'M
official information reaching the COM
mission, Gettle said.
Efforts will be made to prevent any
large increased rates If the plans of
the commission here are carried out,
it is said.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-14
Prepare for Italian
Flyer i'm Labrador

Indian Harbor, Labrador A wire
less message from Lieutenant Clayton
L. Bissell, of the army air service
aboard the U. S. S. Milwaukee, in
Greenland waters, directs that pre-
parations be made here for the COM
ing of Lieutenant Locatelli, the Italian
flier who is attempting to cross the
Atlantic in the wake of the American
army aviators.
The message authorizes the local
fishing factor, George G. Herrett, to
turn over to Lieutenant Locatelli, up
on his arrival, 800 gallons of gasoline
and 20 ballons of oil. One of the
mooring places prepared in the harbor
for the American filters is also to be
left intact for the Italian.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-14
Davis COnfers With
Campaign Officials

New York City John w. Davis
arrived early today from Clarksburg,
w. Va, and Immediately went to his
headquarters for conferences with a
number of those in charge of his cam
paign organization.
Among those with whom Mr.. Davis
had engagements was Senator Pitt
man of Neveda of the speakers bu-
reau, who has assembled for him a
large amount of data to be used in the
preparation of addresses to be deliver
ed later in the campaign.
Mayor Hylan of New York, who has
announced that he would support the
nominee, took luncheon with Mr.. Davis.
Thomas ]. Spellacy, Democratic east
ern campaign manager, today announc-
ed the appointment of Benjamin F..
Schneider, a New York attorney, as
director of the bureau of organization
for the eastern district, and of Ira M.
Ornborn, secretary of the Connecticut
Federation of Labor, to take charge
of the labor bureau.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-14
!!
KID MCCOY NABBED ON
MURDER CHARGE
Norman Selby, Known as "Kid Mccoy"
Held in Mysterious Death of
Los Angeles Woman.

Los Angeles.-Norman Selby, known
in the prize ring as "Kid Mccoy" was
arrested today charged with suspicion
of murder following the finding of Mrs.
Theresa Moers, with whom he is said
to have been living, shot to death.
The woman was killed about mid
night, according to police surgeons who
examined her body.
Mccoy later this morning, police
records say, attempted to rob a grocery
store owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Sharp, but was foiled by bystander,
who was shot in the scuffle.
w. G. Ross, the wounded man, told
police he was in the Sharp store when
Mccoy entered with pistol and or
dered the proprietor to hand over his
money and disrobe. Ross said he
knocked the revolver from the ex-
pugilist's hand after being shot and
then called the police. McCoy's arrest
followed.
Squads of police are securing the
city and the surrounding territory for
Albert Moers, wealthy antique dealer
and divorced husband of the dead wom-
an. Moers was first reported killed by
Mccoy, but later rumors said he had
been wounded.
FMoers had been charged with rob-
bing Mrs. Moers' place of business
while a property settlement subse-
quent to the divorce was under way,
while the landlady of an apartment
house declared that Mccoy and the
woman have been living there as "Mr.
and Mrs. N. Shields"
Last Monday when Moers appeared
in court, his preliminary hearing was
set for August 18th and his bail fixed
at $4,000, which he furnished. Mccoy
and Mrs. .Moers were absent from this
hearing but had attended previous ones
together.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-14
FIND POSTERS
ARE DEFACED
Someone Resorts to Under
hand Methods to Fight
Pfennig Candidacy.
WARNING IS ISSUED
Motorcycle Officers Ordered to
Be on Lookout for Any
one Defacing Posters.

Someone is resorting to underhand
methods in opposing the candidacy OF
Charles H! Pfennig of Kenosha, who
is seeking the Republican nomination
for congressman from this district.
This became known this morning
when it was discovered that under
cover of darkness someone had ma
liciously defaced the Pfennig cam
paign posters which, are put out at
various places throughout the county.
Several posters were found where
printed material of libellous nature,
had been pasted over part OF the
Pfennig campaign posters. These IL
bellous papers had been printed in
some printshop but all efforts to trace
the author of them proved unavailing.
Will Prosecute to Limit.
Thomas S. Scott, who is manager OF
the Pfennig campaign, stated this
morsing that every effort would be
made to trace the perpetrators Of
these acts and to prosecute him to the
limit of the law. There is statute
forbidding the defacing, mutilation or
changing of posters and establishing
penalty, ranging from heavy fine
to a prison term.
Motorcycle officers in the county
were notified today that some Of the
posters were defaced and were asked
to. aid in the experimenting of any
persons found mutilating posters Of
any candidate.
Probably Done Tuesday Night.
1t is believed that the changing
and mutilation of the posters was done
under cover of darkness on Tuesday
night. Posters which on Tuesday af-
ternoon were known to have been un-
molested. were found this morning
with the libellous matter pasted at
the bottom of the regular campaign
card.
The election laws provide that any
campaign material of any nature
shall be marked showing by whom it
is distributed and in the event that the
guilty persons are apprehended, con-
viction could be secured for the viola
tion of the election laws as well as for
violation of the law pertaining to the
changing and mutilation of posters.
No trace of the persons guilty of
taking this underhand method of OPP
posing the Pfennig candidacy had been
found up to late hour this after
noon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-14
CONFEREES FAIL
TO AGREE TODAY
Ruhr Evacuation Question
Proves Stumbling Block
at Conference.
DAWES PLAN
Failure of Belgian, French and
German COnferees to Agree
Hats Acceptance of Plan.

London, Eng. The conference
held by French, Belgian and German
representatives in Downing street this
forenoon in an effort to reach set
Element of the Ruhr evacuation prob
lem, ended at 1880 o'clock without arr
irving at solution, adjourning till
later in the afternoon.
In consequence the meeting of the
coucil of ID set for A p. m. at which
it was hoped the announcement of
settlement would be received, was cali
ed off to enable the outside conversa-
tions to be continued.
1t was announced that the next
meeting of the "big Ia" would be held
tomorrow morning.
British Premier Withdraw.
At 1O:30 o'clock this morning, Prime
Minister Macdonald turned over the
big room at No. 10 Downing street to
Premier Herriot of France, Premier
Theunis of Belgium and the two lead
ers Of the German delegation, Chancel-
lor Marx and Prime Minister Strese-
mann. The British premier withdrew
while the attempts were being made
to hammer out a settlement of the
problems of the Ruhr and the propos-
ed commercial treaties. The negotia-,
tions dragged discouragingly.
"Today is the most critical day Of
the conference DR.. Marx, the Ger
man chancellor, declared to the news
paper correspondents this afternoon
just before going into the five o'clock
conference with Premier Herriot Of
Ffaac. and Prcra sr The.snis Of Bel
GUM aud their French and Belgian
associates to resu1nr their discussion
of the Ruhr evacuation.
Continue to Have Hope.
81 go to this afternoons conference
with feeling Of great responsibility,
as the questions to be considered are
so vital to Germany and the other
countries concerned" he continued.
"But / go filled with hope, and If we
reach an agreement | think the most
important part of the conference will
have passed.
Chancellor Marx expressed his sat-
isfaction with the equality of treat
ment the Germans had received from
al the members of the conference, es-
pecially with the manner in which
Premier Macdonald had placed his
time at the disposal of the Germans
outside the formal meetings. He said
the Germans had done everything pos
sible to promote speed in the confer
ence and were anxiously to be helpful
in creating a better understanding
among all peoples in promoting peace.
Premiers Herriot and Theunis and
Chancellor Marx left Downing street at
1880 .. m. without having reached an
agreement on the Ruhr evacuation but
Premier Herriot said that everything
was going well.
Premier Herriot said the premiers
would meet again tomorrow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-14
BACK PROGRESSIVE
PARTY CANDIDATES
Illinois Federation of Labor Endorses
Len Small for Reelection
to GOvernorship.

Chicago, Ill. y The executive board
of the Illinois State Federation of
Labor. in session here adopted q res
olution concurring in the endorsement
by the executive council o the Amerl-
can Federation Of Labor Of the La
Toilette and Wheeler candidates. for
president and vice president.
The resolution also urged that the
Federation uphold its claim to leader
ship as representative of labor and
mapped out program of campaign eff
fort, 1t declared that while the Aneri-
can and state declarations would CO.
operate with other groups they were
not to Surrender leadership" and an
nounced that information relative to
the voting records of candidates for
congress seeking reelection is being
prepared and will be available" at hear
quarters in the very near future.
Similar information will be com
piled by the state federation relative
to legislative records, the board an
nounced. AS was expected, the board
urged the reelection of Len Small,
Republican, as governor.
The resolution made it clear that the
board construed it's "wholehearted
support" of the independent polite
al movement" for LaFollette and
Wheeler as by no means committing it
nor federation members joining in it,
to any third party movement.
The board pointed out that LaFol-
lette and Wheeler shave no party ma
chinery on = large scale" and advised
city central bodies throughout the
state to call for a great number of
volunteers for election day service.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-14
DEVASTATING FLOODS
THROUGHOUT CHINA
Millions Rendered Homeless and at
Least $4,000 Persons Drowned
in the Floods.

Disqualification have been rem
dered homeless and at least $4,000 per-
sons have been drowned in devas tating
floods which are sweeping widespread
areas Of China, submerging tens of
thousands. Of villages. Thousands of
refugees are pouring into Peking. 1t
is impossible to get even an approx
innate estimate of fatalities, but $4,000
is said to be a conservative estimate.
Unusually devastating floods with
accompanying widespread destruction
of property has been reported from
various sections of China during the
last few weeks. Late in July there
were serious foundations in the pro-
vinces of Chilli and Human. On Sat-
urday further floods were reported
from Kwangsi and Sinkiang, but it was
reported that the loss of life had been
up to that time comparatively small.