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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-05
FARMERS URGED TO
CONTINUE POISONING

ALBANY, Aug. 5.-The Dougher
ty agent has warned planters of the
county to apply calcium arsenate
Immediately to their cotton, as TIE
third hatch of the boil weevil is due
to come off soon.
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New Britain herald., 1924-04-22
DISTINGUISHED GATHERING
Men Prominent in Civic and State Affairs Attend Funeral of Late Judge Webb Today.

Hamden. April os.--ln the little church of Our Lady Of Mount Canneif almost within shadow of the Sleep ing Giant a distinguished gathering ot citizens today paid their last tribute of respect to the mortal body Of Judge James Henry Webb. iurist, citizen and gentleman. The solemn high mass Of requiem was pontifcated by the Right Rev. Bishop John ]. Milan of the diocese while many priests assisted in the service either on the altar or Tn giving the responses.
 The courts of the state were rep resented by many Of the judges, the New Haven county and tho state bar was represented by delegations and the town in which Judge Webb had spent most of his life sent large number of its best known residents.
 The service for the family was held at the judges late home before the body was taken to the church. The floral tributes were many and of strik- ing beauty. Many Of these were taken to the cemetery in the village and placed on the grave.
 The honorary bearers represented the courts, the bar and the town, for mer Governor Marcus H. Holcomb and Mayor David F. FitzGerald being among the number. In New Haven city and county the minor courts did not open until after the services.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-22
MCCRaY TRIAL PROCEEDS
Testimony Today Regards Methods Of
 Discounting Notes

Indianapolis. April 22.-Tcstimony regarding methods employed by Gov ernor McCray in discounting notes en- dorsed by him. was continued by gov ernment witnesses today at the trial of the governor in federal court here on charges of using the mails in fur iherance Of scheme to defraud. Ap- proximately 175 witnesses. most Of them from all over the state have been summoned bv the prosecution.
 Seven witnesses. six Of whom are bankers. were examined at yesterdays hearing. They testified McCray solicit cd the banks to take up notes signed by indiv iduals and firms which bore his endorsement and that he claimed to have investigated the makers Of the notes and represented them as having ample means to meet the notes when due.
 The government is attempting to prove the governor offered the banks spurious paper and that many Of the firms whose notes he discounted. did not exist.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-22
HUMANN GIRL IS FREED
 AFTER SERVING 2 YEARS
Testified Falsely at Trial of Babs's' Father Who Slew His
 EiyaI =..

Auburn, N. r., April a2. - Gussie Humann of Brooklyn, was released from Auburn prison vest erday after the state parole board approved Gov ernor Smiths communication of sen tcnce. She announced she was going
 home. forget the past and live only for her baby daughter. Miss Humann served two years of 15-year sen tence after conviction of perjury at the trial of Joseph Libasci, her sweet
 heart and the father of her baby, who Islater confessed to killing Harry Garbe. rival.
 Miss Humann's baby was horn
 shortly after her arrival at prison, and
 was taken from her and turned over to her parents. Recently her mother died and her father petitioned Cover nor Smith 10 commute the sentence. Immediately after her release she boa rded a train for New York T am , going to try and forget the past and live for my little gir,' she said. "l
 want 10 hide myself at my fathers home" Libasci. after the jury disagreed at the first trial. confessed to murder in the second degree and is serving life term at Sing Sing, with chance of release in 1s years.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-22
Prosecutor to Take Place
 Of Judge Booth in Court

Stamford. April 22.-When Judge John K. Booth Of Danbury goes from the Fairfield county common pleas court bench t6 the superior court bench 10 fill the vacancy which has arisen through the death of Judge James II. Webb, his seat will be taken by Frederick W. Huxford, prosecutor on the Criminal side of the common pleas court. Mir. Huxford was select ed by Governor Templeton for the judgeship which would have been effective when Judge Booth succeed cd Judge Webb had the latter lived until December to be retired under the age limitation law. The office Of prosecutor will be vacant. Charles F.. Williamson of Darien is the assis- tant prosecutor Of that count.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-22
Ford's Engineer Is to
 Be Cross Examined Soon

Washington, April 22.-Investiga- ton Of Henry Fords Muscle Shoals proposal by the senate agriculture committee awaits the arrival Of W. R. Mayo, Fords chief engineer who is expected 10 appear some time this week. He will be questioned princi- paly about the amount of return the government would receive from the Ford offer and provisions for fertiliz- CT production and power distribution.
 A. II. Hooker. an associate Of the Hooker White -Atterbury bidders. was prepared 10 complete his testimony today by claborating on the possibili- tics of chcmfcal production at Muscle Shoals under terms Of the bid.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-22

street, whom Saluska is alleged to have attacked with knife and who has been in the hospital since Feb
 ruary 17 appeared in court as the complainant witness. According to Paluski, he was attacked by Saluska, who is said to have had a knife in his hand, raluski identified Saluska
 in court as the one who attacked him.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-22
FAMOUS ENGINEER
 ON WATERWAYS DIES
Llndon Wallace Bates Was Expert TT,
 in His Line .....

Paris, April 22.--LindoR Wallace Bates, of Mt Lebanon, N. r., en- eineer who achieved international ncte as an expert on waterways, died fere today from a stroke of paralysis after a three years illness. His body will be returned to the United States 10 be placed beside that of his son, lindon Bates Jr., who lost his life in the sinking Of the Lusitania in 1915. He was born at Marshhcld Vermont in 1858, ..
 Mir. Bates became noted as a water ways expert in the early SV's with the invention Of an improved dredge, which he used in connection with the dredging of the kaw river and the filling in of the present site of the stockyards at Kansas City. Mo. Later he carried on similar operations in the Chicago drainage canal and'the delta at the mouth of the Mississippi river.
 He was frequently consulted by European governments and waterway improvement projects completed by him included the drainage of the Schelt river in Belgium, the deepen- ing Of the mouth Of the Nolga river: improvement Of the hal bors of the Black sea ports and enlargement of the mouth of the river Danube.
 At the invitation of the Australian government, he designed the harbor for the city Of Brisbane and eight other ports and made extensive plans for the regulation of a number of Aus italian rivers. His system of dredging was introduced nyIndia. on the Suoz canal, in South Australia, China and Japan. In collaboration with others he prepared elaborate plans for the improvement for the port Of Shanghai, China.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-22

In the United States one of his most important projects was raising the grade Of the city Of Galveston, Texas, thereby insuring the safety Of the city against floods. Early in his career. he planned and designed railroad lines, docks ai,I terminals in the states of Oregon, Washington. Montana and California.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-22
Eggs Too fsI,eap

Maysvilie. Ky.-Farmers in this re- zion no longer take time from their planting to gather eggs. Hen fruif" has become so cheap that when the quotation dropped to fo cents a dozen. farmers began giving away their eggs 10 truck driver if they would gather thew
New Britain herald., 1924-04-22
Waterbury Man Bound Over tO Next Term of Court

Waterbury, April ee.-Tcris Sal uska of IS South Riverside street charged with assault with intent to kill was bound over to the superior court under bonds of s3,0o0, this morning in the city court. Mike Pal uski, or Pawluslii, of lsia Lafayette
New Britain herald., 1924-04-22
UUIIY MCDONNELL.

The marriage Of Miss Sadie Nc Donnell and Thomas T.. Duly of Hart ford will take place tomorrow morn- ing at 2 o'clock at St Mats's church.
Evening star., 1924-12-14
Christmas Greens.

Every year there Is lamentation
over destruction Of Christmas green's.
holly, mistletoe and certain club
running cedar and crow-foot. There is
even complaint against the cutting Of
young scrub pine or jack pine trees
that Santa Claus may dress them
Thus far the protests have had little
effect in staying the cutting Of
christmas green's" and destruction
Of holly has gone on until very little
Of 1t remains in the District. The
trees have become rare in the State
counties adjoining the District. and
fun size holly trees are few even In
the lower Potomac region from which
comes most Of the holly used in
Washington. In other years holly
was brought to Washington in steam.
boats from King George, Westmore-
land, Northumberland and st. Marys
Counties, but Potomac steamboats,
have become few, and Christmas holly
now comes to Washington by motor.
SIo"iool, tHdl SlrdHse pant Wnlcn
runs along the ground beneath dead
leaves and pine needles. and which is
used in making festoons and wreaths,
comes from parts Of the Potomac
Valley at considerable distances from
Washington. 1t was once rather COM
mon in pine woods in the District. bat
the pine woods have given way to
streets and house lots.
Evening star., 1924-12-14
No Safe Grade Crossing.

Grade-crossing accidents are mainly
due 10 the carelessness of drivers
That fact is evident from any study
or this problem. Motorists approach
and cross tracks at grade without talk.
ing precautions, and the result is an
almost daily toll Of death.
Recently the Reading Railway Co.
stationed three men for a period Of
eight hours at busy crossing in New
Jersey to count and observe the auto
mobiles passing that point. In that
period 6,643 motors were driven across
the tracks. The drivers of 5,108 cars
passed without paying any attention
to the fact that they were crossing a
rairc2a, 134 looked only in one direc-
ton along the track, 791 looked in
both directions and only 10 stopped
their machines and looked before
crossing. OF these 6,643 machines $40
were driven across the tracks at a
speed in excess Of 20 miles an hour.
This survey groves that drivers are
careless. Only 10 out of the 6.643 were
careful enough to stop their machines
to make sure Of safety before cross
ing. Most Of them rushed over with.
out taking any precautions whatever.
Fortunately no accidents happened.
That was not because the drivers
were considerable Of themselves or
their charges. It was just a case of
good luck for all.
but these figures also prove that
.ahe State Of New Jersey and the Read
Evening star., 1924-12-14

his conflict with them was the pub.
lication Of his book entitled 1877"
In which he in effect denounced them
as untrue to the revolution. Although
he was the logical successor to Lenin
as leader Of the Soviet, the mantle Of
the late red chief fell upon the
shoulders of Kamenef and Zinovien.
1t is believed by many that Lenin
himself came to distrust TrotskY and
selected the others to carry on his
work. Recently Izvestia, the official
organ OF tho Third Internationale. pub
lished a series Of articles which went
to show this.
Trotsky's bad health coincided sug.
gestively with the publication of his
book. which was naturally received
with displeasure by the chief COM
missars Of the Soviet. But for his posi-
tion as minister Of war, and in that
capacity commander-in-ch chief Of the
army, he would probably have been
removed some time ago. But he has
the support of the troops, who are
necessary to the Soviet for the MAIN
tenance of the Moscow government.
If the political commissars have now,
as stated, turned against Trotsky the
latter may come to a crisis, especially
If he, as reports indicate, is in the
Caucasus. Trotsky at a distance from
the capital Is not as powerful as Trot-
sky at Moscow, nor so influential with
the army. @
Naturally the royalists in exile are
hoping for a break in Russia that will
align the red army against the Soviet
Civil war would be their
opportunity.
Evening star., 1924-12-14

ing Railroad are negligent for main.
tanning a crossing at grade over which
motorists pass at the rate Of II a min.
ute. No matter what the headway Of
the trains on that line may be, even
if there are only half a dozen trains a
day, such crossing as this, with its
almost continuous stream OF motor
traffic, is an open invitation and a
public menace. Yet it is not unusual.
There are thousands Of these cross.
ings in the Eastern States. scores of
them around the larger cities, where
the motor traffic is heavy and steady.
The very fact that despite all warn.
ings. signals, cautions and general
rules Of common sense. drivers con-
tinue to cross the tracks at grade
without stopping or looking requires
that these death traps be closed, and
that roads be carried over or under
the tracks. Bells, visual signals, flag
men, even gates, will not safeguard
the public from the trains. Bells and
visual signals are ignored. F'lagmen
and gatemen fail in their duty. The
only way to make these places safe is
to eliminate them.
Evening star., 1924-12-14

IDEAL Of the modern financier. So
who shall say but that a mans en-
Vironment may leave its trace upon
MS looks as well as his life. Yet I'm
Dig sombrero, leather breeches and
a bandana about the neck, the head
OF the National City Bank could
easily be visualized again as a man
OF the plains. a rider to the herd, d
sleeper under the stars.
y * X
That Is one thing that the men
VINO have lived out there in the great
open spaces can never forget-thAir
love of sleep under the black canopy
of heaven. Henry l. Doherty is one
OF the big oil men, who although
he has an apartment in the very
heart of downtown New York, never
theless has an arrangement whereby
he can sleep not on the ordinary
inciosed porch, SO popular at the mo
ment, but right out under the
twfnkling planets. The man who has
lived any part of his life out of doors
cannot get the scent of open air from
bis nostrils. AS Tom O'Donnen, re
t1ring president of the oil mon, would
say: ut is fundamental"
X + II x
Persons who meet the big financier
OF Wall Street in the atmosphere Of
that forbidding abode of bulls and
bears have no conception of how
that man OF supermillions can play
when once he gets a chance, how he
can sing the old songs and call new
found friends-if even a banker dares
TO have friends-by their first name
how he can dance until all hours OF
the morning with the attractive girls
of the Western country, shoot wick
ed game of golf a little later that
same morning and then get back to
town in time to address a meeting
of Western bankers on the interna-
tional financial problems of the DAY.
1t would have amused Wall Street
immensely to have seen Walter
Teagle, head of that awful octopus"
the Standard Oil of New Jersey, put
on an apron and sling a serving towel
over his arm, and proceed to hand out
the well filled plates of particularly
recherche supper party which marked
the elimination of the oil meeting a.
Fort Worth at wonderful home
overlooking the River Crest Country
Club. Walter served the high and
low alike, with grin IS wide as the
prairieS
1t is worth remarking that there
never was a suggestion of a teapot
during the entire oil convention.
Everybody drank coffee--or some
thing Tea was taboo. Harry Sin
clair, stormy petrol of petroleum, was
there, too.
x X
Texas is not accustomed to honor
ing its women in ways that may seem
unusual elsewhere. Ma" Ferguson
is to be made governor the 18th of
next January and there is a. big new
office building in Fort Worth called
the Mrs. Dan Waggoner Building
All of which would make the Lucy
Stone League, dedicated to winning
women to keep their own names in
stead of those of their husbands, red
with rage. Mrs. Waggoner is
wealthy widow
Copyright, 1e24l
Evening star., 1924-12-14
TrotskY and the Soviet.

Leon Trotsky Is in bad health. He
has gone to the Caucasus to seek a
warmer climate. This is the second
time within short period that he has
been compelled to withdraw from &C.
tive duty at Moscow for recuperation.
Cable reports from the Soviet capital
are now dealing with the question Of
whether this is a physical or a diplo-
matte illness. Trotsky is said to be
fighting for his political life. He is
described as struggling for material
existence. Some Of the correspondents
aver that break between him and
the Soviet government has occurred,
and others maintain that he is still
strong enough to retain his prestige.
One account has it that the political
commissars created by Trotsky to
serve as liaison officers between the
army and the Communist headquar-
ters have now turned on him and are
working for his downfall. Another
states that the men Of the red army
are loyal to him and are fighting to
prevent his exile.
Out of this maze Of contradictions
the fact appears that Trotsky is under
fire. He is at outs with the trium-
virate ruling at Moscow-Zinovieff.
Stain and Kameneff. The cause Of
Evening star., 1924-12-14
A School and Building Program.

A bill has been prepared by the su-
perintendent of schools and will be
submitted to the chairman Of the Sen.
ate District committee, with the ap-
proval Of the Board of Education, pro-
viding for a five-year building con-
structton program. Other features of
the bill touch upon compulsory school
attendance. reorganization of the
power and responsibilities Of the
Board of Education and the admins
trative staff and providing for free
text books. 1t is, however, upon the
building program that interest chiefly
centers, for until the school plant is
increased to furnish physical accom-
modations for the children OF the Dis
trict all questions Of educational ad-
ministration are Of secondary impor.
tance.
Only by the adoption Of a definite
program Of construction covering a
period of years can the arrears of
school building needs be covered. 1t
is the experience Of the District that
spasmodic generosity of appropriation
cannot be relied upon to persist long
enough to catch up with accumulated
necessities while providing for the
normal increase Of the school popula.
ton. 1t is necessary to adopt a def
mite, large-scale plan that includes
both arrears and natural increase re-
quirements.
Provision of funds for new buildings
in addition to those already in use
will not suffice. There must be re-
placements. Many of the old buildings
now in use in the District are insult
ed for the purpose Of public educa.
ton. Some of them are deficient from
a sanitary point of view. In many of
them the lighting is bad. Some Of
them are unsafe. Many of them are
SO designed that space is wasted
Many Of the older buildings are out
dated in point of size and arrange
ment of rooms. Some are so located
as to lack yard and playground space,
which is an essential of proper public
school work.
But the District is not asking for a
complete replacement program now.
1t asks for a series Of constructions
to give new buildings to accommodate
pupils now crowded into inadequate
spaces, to give full-day teaching to
those who are forced upon a halliday
basis. 1t asks for a school equipment
for once in its life equal to the actual
needs. Congress has already studied
this question and is doubtless familiar
with the situation. 1t has before it
now a measure, lacking only the as
sent of the House, which will yield
revenues sufficient to start and to a
great extent to carry on the five-year
school building program. That is the
bill which makes available the sur
plus District tax revenues that have
accumulated in the Treasury during
the years Of insufficient appropriation,
and which, If now appropriated on the
terms on which these revenues were
collected, namely, the $3.50 basis of
District maintenance, would supply
the funds for a large part Of the school
Evening star., 1924-12-14
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT r. SMALL.

1t has remained for Texas to tame
tho Jay walkers, the hicks and the
boobs of old New York. Six or eight
traffic cops at Forty second street
and Fifth avenue can't keep the
pedestrians in line.
During the sessions OF the Ameri-
can Petroleum Institute at. Fort
Worth the past week. tho visitors
from New York found themselves un-
tremendously stopping, looking and
listening-stopping to keep out of
the calaboose, looking to watch the
signals change from red to green,
and listening for the warning bell to
ring at every important street inter-
section.
At first the Now Workers in Fort
Worth. and they were a very con-
siderable part of the oil operators
there. began sauntering through the
cross traffic currents just as they do
at home. Texas is a notably hospta-
BILE State. 1t subscribes to the gold
en- rule doctrine, 'if you spit in the
parlor at home. please spit In the
parlor here" But this doesn't go for
jay walking. One man Of millions
from New York insists he spent a
night in very pleasant Fort Worth
Jail because he insisted on his own
stop and go" program, This was a
bit OF a exaggeration, but there were
some firm, If friendly warnings to the
metropolitan hicks to watch their
step and believe the writer they did.
Like other modern Texas and
Western cities. Fort Worth believes
that pedestrian regulation Is just as
important as vehicular regulation in
avoiding accidents The theory has
been proved in giving Fort Worth
next to the lowest death rate from
motor accidents. In other words, it is
recognized that there is an obli CATION
upon the pedestrian almost as great
as upon the driver. II pedestrians
refuse to comply with signals, refuse
to recognize the right of way, then
they must be made to feel the heavy
hand of the law. The system brings
about a decidedly better feeling be-
tween the walking and riding public
and 1t is admitted everywhere that
that is a very desirable attainment
X
So 1t remained for Texas to teach
many Of the smart New Workers. a
thing or two about traffic Fort
Worth put sombreros on the financial
heads of the Nation, both literally
and figuratively, and then proceeded
to ride 'em cowboy" Some of our
leading financiers looked exceedingly
strange in the four-gallon hats, but
others wore them as If to the manner
born.
1t was no new trick for z. P
Swenson, for instance, although Mr
Swenson is a denizen of that in
nermost shrine of Eastern finance,
the National City Bank, down in the
very jungles of Wall Street. He is
the chairman of the board and the
directing genius of this greatest of
the worlds private financial insti-
tutions. But he halls from the ranch
country of western Texas, out where
the riders have chaps and the
bronchos have bucks.
Mr.. Swenson looks anything but
the typical ranchman. Tall, thin, gray
Of hair, with short cropped gray
mustache, almost white, his finely
chiseled features suggest instead the
Evening star., 1924-12-14

believe that we are, almost unnoticed.
in the midst of great revolution-or.
perhaps a better word, a transforma-
tion-in the whole superorganization OF
our economic life. We are. passing from
a period of extremely individualistic ac-
ton into a period of associationai activ-
tiles.
81 believe that through these forces
we are slowly moving toward some sort
of industrial democracy. We are upon
it's threshold, II these agencies can be
directed solely to constructive perform
ance in the public interest
Such IL the croed through which Sec
retary Hoover hopes, to get things done
that need doing In the business world.