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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-25

The above is the photograph of
a girl which was found in the home
Of Rev. Lawrence Hight, of whic
h the Poisoning Pastor said he knew
nothing. 1t was Identified Wednes
day by George Elliott, farmer, as
he likeness of his daughter, Grac
c, who died two years ago. The ric-
lure Of this girl was found pasted o
n 9he back Of photograph of Rev.
Lawrence M. Hight in his home in !
ma, III.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-25

Little Miss Montine Summers, 9
Hear-old daughter of Mr.. and MRS.
T. L. Summers is confined to her
home with diptheria, which dove top.
ed last week. Today her condition
is reported as much improved.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-25
.Id5:DaZ,X93

Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Perry, and lit
tie son, Elston, have returned froIn
o delightful trip to Miami, Florida.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-25

Information received this mora
ing from the bed side Of Henry T..
Johnson, who is i'll at his homo IN
College street, indicate hat 3shcra
is no material change in his condi
ton, althoughg he aocms = b. 1oiG-
ing his own, members Of the family
say.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Turin. lefr
Tuesday night for Shclbyvillc. ken
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-25

7=771T7Is 1III VTIV Dy W0l07
Theg were accompanied home py
Mis-. ] B. Handwerker, who is t6cir
charming guest at their home on
College street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-25

Mrs.. Henry Van Ripper hes return
cd from Monroe, N. c.. where She
1pent several weeks pleasantly wlSh
her daughter, Mrs. HinHle Melon
don.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-25

Dir. Charles Blackshear. formerl,
Of Macon, but who has been spend
ing tie past seven years in Java, is
tho guest Of Miss Maria Harold at
her homo on College street and oin
er relatives in Americas.
Evening star., 1924-09-06
Fine Weather.

Washington Autumn is famous
Poets have written praises of it, paint
ers have put bits of it on canvas, and
a multitude of people have described
it as great weather" The air is
zippy, the sunshine is golden, and
there is a haze which gives distant
things a purple tinge. We have had
some September days hot enough to
do credit to July, but the weather
has changed with the suddenness for
which weather, and perhaps Washing
ton weather in particular, is notable.
Yesterday was dark gray, with mist
and rain. Overcoats We're worn by
some men last night, and those men
who did not wear them might have done
so with comfort. 1t was no vain
boast of a man when he came to
Office this morning and said, "Out my
way it was so comfortable last night
that 1 pulled a blanket over me-" In
some homes there was talk of start
ing up the furnace, and perhaps in
some homes gas logs were set to work.
Early morning may be described as
having been between tangy and cold.
At any rate, it was "bracing," and to
some men it was shivery. But as the
sun moved high enough to mark the
usual hour for men to go to work the
day was bright and as warm as most
persons would have weather in Sep
tember. With good luck this kind of
weather should hold through Septem-
Der and October. We will not escape
some sloppy days, and it would seem
that frosty night is not far off. But
long-range weather forecasting is
risky, and the Weather Bureau goes
no further than to tell us that fair
and slightly warmer weather is in
dicated tomorrow, with moderate
northwest winds.
Evening star., 1924-09-06
Getting at the Truth.

Full solution of the LelSlnger muir
der appears to be now possible. mas
much as all four occupants Of the
murder car have been taken and some
Of them are making confessions and
accusations. There is d conflict, as is
usual at the first stage of a case of
this kind, in the statements of those
implicated. In crimes participated in
by several people, each of them,
Manr on another. 1t requires pains
taking and patient work to get the
truth. But the truth is usually found.
Ia this case it would appear that
tually tnga ged in bootlegging at the
time. but were driving recklessly
through the streets at a late hour,
and had obtained and were drinking
liquor when Policeman Leisinger
noted them and called upon them to
stop. Instead of halting they speeded
up. but he gained a hold on the rear
bumper and began firing to attract
attention or possibly frighen them
into stopping. Somebody in the car
gave the order to knock him off
meaning to shoot him. One of the oc-
cu3ants Of the car took a pistol and
shot and killed the man. That the car
had been and probably was still regu-
larly used for bootlegging purposes
is indicated by the fact that, accord
ing to one of the confessions, the
driver turned on the smoke screen"
when he learned that the policeman
was Clinging behind. This device is
not used except by those engaged in
lawbreaking. Whether his action was
wise or not, Policeman Leisinger
judged correctly when he undertook
to halt the machine.
Public interest reverts to the fact
that this car, riddled with bullets. was
turned into a public garage and al
lowed to remain there several days
without any report being made to the
police, when the fact was known
throughout the District that a murder
had been committed and that search
was being made for a car in that con-
dition. There is no present law on the
subject of the liability Of the keepers
of public garages save to the owners
of machines. 1t is evident from this
case that if the law is not explicit
enough at present it should be made
so. to the end that those who under
take the storage and custody Of ma
chimes should be held responsible to
the extent of giving notice whenever
evidence of crime appears. The will
full concealment Of such evidence con-
stitutes accessory participation in the
crime and should be severely pun
iShed.
Evening star., 1924-09-06
News of London Bridge.

From London comes a message
that London bridge is falling down.
This may be considered news to
grown-ups, but we seem to have
heard of it before. That London
bridge is falling down is not news
TO children.
This bridge began falling down. so
far as American children are con.
cerned, as early as 1919, when
Thomas Fleet, Boston printer, pub.
lished a set of childrens rhymes
under the caption Melodies of
Mother Goose There was discus
sion as to who Mother Goose was,
and some Boston antiquarians identi.
fed her as Elizabeth Goose, widow
of Isaac Vergoose, or Isaac Goose for
short, who was the mother-in-law of
Thomas Fleet, the printer.
Long before American children
learned in 1719 that London bridge
was falling down, the fact was known
to French children, and they must
have learned it from English chill
dren. In 1928 Charles Perrault Of
Paris published collection Of child
Evening star., 1924-09-06
the Use of
Sectional Phrases
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
/ have noticed in your issue of the
1st of September Mr.. Meacham's spir-
tied defense of the L. d. C.'s aims and
objects as he sees them. / certainly
agree with him that these ladies have
the right to memorable their dead on
the face of Stone Mountain, if they
so choose; and it is indeed a noble
monument, as noble as any of the
pyramids, and likely to be just as
lasting.
If that were all, we'll But I wish
to say that if these ladies owe their
origin in many cases to the union of
Northern veterans with Southern
women, there is very little trace of it
left in the recent manifestoS of their
tongues and pens. These seem calcu-
lated to keep alive sectionalism; 1
have read some of them and 1 know.
And if, as the q. A. r. commander
charged, they are trying to get the
faces of their own commanders
stamped on the national coins, then
that is a thing which every loyal
heart ought to resist. This is the
least we can do in justice to the few
and feeble remnant of our own brave
boys who came forth from the field,
the farm and the forge, in answer to
Lincoln's first call. These men could
not. and certainly did not, aim to rep
resent the whole Union. They only
stood for a fourth part of it at the
most, and why should they be hon
ored alongside of those who were the
real defenders and finally the saviors
of the Union?
The best way to extinguiSh sec
tionalism In most cases is by an hon
est acknowledgment of the truth. Let
us no longer, by using such phrases
as Lost Cause and "War Between
the States," seek to confuse the real
issues of that bygone day. The Civil
War came on not as a product of
class hatred, but as the result of try
ing to force the new wine Of the new
conditions which had arisen between
the years 1775 and 1860 into the
moldy old bottles of the past. And if
our forefathers of 1860 had seen this
as clearly as we do today, what
oceans of blood could have been
saved! e. H. BOWIE.
Evening star., 1924-09-06

s.
Davis is also the possessor of a nick
name, dating from his college days
at Washington and Lee, where he was
known as Bones" on account of the
sparse amount of covering that adorn-
ed his slender frame.
X X X \
Representative Mae r.. Nolan of
California has declined denomination
for Congress, but no fewer than II
other women are aspiring to seats in
the next House. Pennsylvania dis
tricts have placed five women in
ticket, one on the Democratic ticket
and one on the Socialist ticket. In
Tennessee the Republicans have put
up woman in the Chattanooga dis
trIct: in California the Socialists have
nominated woman; in Colorado the
Democrats have placed a woman in
the field; in Illinois, two Women-a
Republican and Socialist-are run
ming and in Nebraska a woman Pro-
hlbltloniSt is on congressional
ticket. The National Women's Party
has been making an intensive effort
10 secure the nomination of women
in all of the congressional districts of
the country.
Edward Bell. counselor of the
American legation in Peking and
charge daffaires in China during the
pending civil war around Shanghai
seems predestined to he in chief care
of Yankee interests whenever things
break loose in the Far East. He hap
pened to be charge d'affaires In japan
during the vital months preceding
the conVening of the Washington
conference in 1921. All Of the deli
cate negotiations with Japan, which
finally made the conference possible.
We're conducted by Bell, who is one Of
the brilliant young career men" of
our foreign service. DR.. Jacob G..
Schurman, American minister 70
China, is now on the Pacific, en- route
to Washington. The Shanghai tur-
moil boiled up only d day or two
after he left Pekine.
X 4 X
Edgar A. Bancroft of Illinois, who
has just been appointed American
Ambassador to Japan, is in Washing
ton for consultation with the Presi-
dent and Secretary Hughes, prior to
departure for Toxic Mr.. Bancroft,
who is in his 67th year, will make
d special appeal to the Japanese peo-
In no country in the world is there
so much reverence for age, and. when
the person in question is states
man, he commands CorreSpondinglv
greater respect. Mr.. Bancroft, who
has never before held public office
has had a distinguished career at the
Chicago bar. mainly as the general
counsel Of important railroad and in
duStrIal interests. In addition to
those activities, he was a pioneer in
the reform movement which cleaned
up Chicago city politics 90 or 25
years ago. Mr.. Bancroft's intelleC-
tual achievements include the author
ship of two or three notable hooks
The Chicago Strike of 1894 and
1895" (Which gave Debs his fame);
The Moral Sentiment of the Peo-
pie. the Foundation of National
Greatness, and "DeStruction or
Regulation of Trusts"
Copyright. 1924)
Evening star., 1924-09-06

verses which the historian of this
matter says were called "Cortes de
Ma Mere TOye,' and which the
French today would surely call Les
Contes de Ma Mere rOie" or Fables
Of Mother Goose
The report that London bridge is
falling down probably started soon
after the stone London bridge was
built in 1909. 1t was such an
amazing structure that there were
probably persons who felt that it
could not stand long, and children
began singing London bridge is
falling down." The little ones kept
the tune up so long that the bridge,
though it did not fall down, would
have fallen down had it not been
removed on the building of the
present London bridge between the
years 1S25-1S3l.
The cable says, River workers re
port that one of the piers of London
bridge has dropped four inches, under
the stress Of traffic. Such a mishap
St'tlIIS tO DE iOpktu pIl III T.ilSEtHl dS
important, but if a Potomac or East
ern Branch bridge should drop only
four inches it is thought that it would
attract little notice. We would prob
ably put sign on the bridge, Go
Slow and You May Not Fall Through -
We do these things better than in
older countries.
If the lord mayor OF London could
take a ride in his state coach across
the new Eastern Branch bridge
and look al the rough floor with long
lines Of nail-heads sticking up hc
would order his coachman and pus
tilions to take him back in haste to
the Mansion House. where he would
send out Il hurry-up call for a spe
cial meeting of the county council
What the lord mayor might say to
the aldermen should not be set down
in these quiet columns. If the lord
mayor could look at the Calvert
Street and Little Falls bridges, and
one or two others roundabout, he
would probably say that Blackfriars
Waterloo, Nauxhall, Westminster and
Southwark bridges have Washington
bridges beat d mile.
Evening star., 1924-09-06

Greet waiter with keen perception of
food values and relationships may
balk an indiscreet feeder by returning
the often heard, Sorry, but we are
all out of that now" One cannot have
what cannot be had.
a walters job under this dispensa-
ton of discreet advice will be no easy
one 1t will take some diplomacy and
tact to make a hungry guest abstain
from his particular pet dish. Walters
are largely dependent for their in
come upon the good will of those
whom they serve. VIII they be likely
to risk displeasure and d:minution of
by baking their patrons
GpretitcS? The restaurant keepers as
may adopt a code of ethics.
but it will be up to the walters, after
all.
Evening star., 1924-09-06

answered. They maintain Miss
Cahiil," reports the Hartford Daily
Courant. had shown no desire to
meet the prince, and an attitude so
unusual could not go unrewarded.'
X X x x
The worlds women concentrate to-
day on Edward p of England out
of all the worlds princes, the Rich
mond News Leader believes. because
he is about the most 'unkingly' prince
the world has ever seen" Given the
advantage of the average young man.
the prince might be inclined to mix
understood" says the Springfield
Daily News
Commenting on the Prince OF
Wales much joked-about horseman-
ship, the New York Times admits
the prince showed just a bit of 1rri-
tatior, as we'll he might, when ques-
toned on this matter and asserted
with vigor that never once had he
fallen from horse, but only had
fallen with a horse" But, still, the
public go loves its royal joke, the
New York World is sure that even
though the prince does not and never
did fall off his horse, even though he
proves himself polo player of parts,
it is doubtful if he will ever live
this rumor down.
There is one lesson Americans
should learn from the visit of the
prince, asserts the Milwaukee journal.
The prince. crossing on the Beren-
geria. did his three or four miles on
deck, toughened up his arms and
chest on a rowing machine, held his
own with professional boxer and
took good swim. All of which
means that the prince. who hasn't
any pressing duties to command his
time, realizes that he can be happier
for keeping his body in good shape.
a lot of US are slow to learn that"
Evening star., 1924-09-06
Wise Decision on Streets.


Yesterdays hearing on the proposed
widening If certain streets of the city
before the Commissioners afforded
evidence of the strongly dulnirian MT
sentiment on the part of the. citizens
against increasing the traffic. s,harn at
the sacrifice of sidewalks and trees
This sentiment was 50 pronounced
that the commissioners Immediately
ruled against three prop ,sitiunS af-
fecting X. Eleventh and Tenth streets,
while approving the widening Of NJ
street and portion of Bladcnsburg
road.
In the case of NJ street there is
particular reason for greater width
1t is. in effect. an extension of Penn
Sylvania avenue, and is the main
artery of Georgetown. 1t leads to the
Key Bridge, which is the chief means
OF crossing the river, on the northern
side. This chief outlet receives west
ward-bound traffic from several
sources. The sudden narrowing after
Rock Creek is passed causes a serious
congestion, which is certain to in
crease. InaSmuch as NJ street is prac-
tically u continuation of PENNSYLVANIA
avenue, this present proposed widen
Ing is in the line of proper develop
ment. Bladensburg. road, also. pre-
Sents special considerations. 1t is one
OF the suburban outlets for the city
traffic and is much used. 1t can be
widened without sacrificing large
widened years ago, to anticipate the
growth of the city and the increase
In the volume Of traffic.
The other streets which were pro-
posed for widening are in a different
category. In the case of X street an
extension of the paved area would in
volve the destruction of two rows of
trees. The street is already wide
enough for the present and the pros
pective volume Of moving traffic. To
widen it for the accommodat ton of
parked cars would be no solution of
the parking problem, but rather an
aggravation. If parking is properly
regulated in the other two streets of
the proposed program moving traffic
can be adequately accommodated.
Undoubtedly much of the opposition
expressed at yesterdays hearing to
the widening of the three stretches of
streets in the midcity has arisen from
the public feeling that the all-day
parking of cars should not be toll
Grated, and that other means of car
ing for the idle machines during the
day should be provided. This question
has recently come to head through
the proposal of the transformation of
Franklin Park into a public garage.
This preposterous proposition instant
ly aroused indignant opposition, and
in consequence the police have been
endeavoring with much success, to en-
force the rule against all-day parking
in the congested area. 1t has become
evident that the rule can be enforced
and that space can be afforded for the
temporary parking of cars in the
transaction of business during the
day. Street widening, therefore, be-
comes less requisite. If the all-day
parking of cars is to be stopped the
streets are wide enough.
Evening star., 1924-09-06
Guardians of Health.

Under the code of ethics of the Ma
tional Restaurant Association, it was
announced Friday at the convention
Of that body in Chicago. no patron is
to be permitted to gorge himself or
indulge reclslessly in inappropriate
combinations of foods and beverages
without caution from the waiter. I'm
der this rule walters. or servers, will
give diplomatic word of caution to
the reckless eater. Then, however,
taurant owner or the waiter cannot
go so far as to intervene if good ad-
vice, tactfully given, is ignored. Not
even If signs are conspicuously posted
to the effect that I'VE refuse to serve
unwholesome combinations can the
waiter decline to bring whatever may
be ordered.
Britons express their concept of lib
erty in the phrase, Every English
mans home is his CASTLE" This idea
may be applied to the relationship of
the restaurant patron to the eating
place. Every mans stomach is his
own. A doctor may order a patient
to abstain from certain foods, may
put him on a diet" but it is up to
the patient to regulate his fare, un-
less he is confined to his bed and un.
der the care of nurse. When he goes
into Q restaurant and orders his meal
he u monarch, and if the food is to
be bad he can get it. Perhaps a dis
Evening star., 1924-09-06
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

ApropoS the possibility that the
1924 presidential election may turn
out to be another 1912 affair, an
amazing bit of unrecorded history
| comes this observers way. One night
in October, 1912. w. Murray Crane of
Massachusetts, the old guard power
| behind the Taft throne received d
long distance telephone message from
William +. McCombs, who was in
charge of Woodrow Wilson's fortunes.
McCombs told Crane he would like
to meet him at once and impart, in
strictcst confidence. information of
the highest Importance to the Repub-
lican organization. To Cranes aston
ishment, McCombs suggested that the
meeting take place at the dead of
night at lonely spot on the Boston
post road. 1t was so arranged What
McCombs had to tell Crane was that
a careful. thoroughgoing secret poll
made by the Democratic national COM
mittee indicated that the three-cor-
nered fight for the presidency looked
at that hour. like Il certain victory
for Theodore Roosevelt McCombs
said that under the circumstances
the Republicans duty was plain
Three weeks later Taft was slaugh-
tered.
Under the leadership of Senator
Carter Glass, the Democrats are max
ing tremendous drive to hold the
ninth congressional district of Vir-
einia. which is Secretary Bascom
Slemp's habitat
The district went Democratic in 1922
for the first time since the Civil War
and Representative George Campbell
Peery, who won it, is again contesting
1t. Senator Glass, who has as yet no
opposition for re collection TO the upper
house. expects to invade the ninth dis
trict as often as necessary between
now and election time. The Slemps
have "bossed' the constituency since
time immemorial. The father of
President Coolidge's riSht-hand man
represented ii in the House for many
years. When he passed away 2ascom
Slemp succeeded him Gin 1900 and
held the seat continuously until the
Sixty-eighth Congress. To the Sixty
seventh Congress Slcmp was returned
without opposition.
President Coolidge believes in cash
customers for the purposes of the
United States Government. The
other day the head of Il certain i'm
portant Federal department., which is
engaged in liquidating business ac-
counting for many millions Of Gov
ernment funds. laid Il couple of al
ternative propositions before the
President. one meant money later
on, with credit. The other promised
earlier results in real money. The
Chief Executive studied the TWO plans
silently, as is his way. After a rel
atively brief period of dsli Iteration he
handed one of them over to the official
who submitted them, Indicating il
was the one Coolidge preferred and
said: II think we ought to get hold of
all the ready cash we can
< X X
Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes isn't
the only musician in the presidential
and vice presidential big six. John
w. Davis is a violiniSt. He is not
passionately addicted TO fiddling, but
can toy entertainingly with Strad-
Evening star., 1924-09-06
''The Joy of Killing -
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The joy of living is easily under
stood, because nearly every one has
experienced that kind Of joy; but the
Joy of killing is understood by very
few if we except hunters who kill
animals and birds for sport"
Those two students in the West
have explained to their satisfaction
the joy of killing defenseless child.
The pleasures Of assassination have
been made matter of court record
tor the first time. Let the law take
it's course without unreasonable de-
lay, if such a thing be possible.
q. THOMAS w. GILMER.
Evening star., 1924-09-06

The management of publicity is a
subtle art, with possibilities beyond
what may at the outset be easily fore
seen. Senator Wheeler may yet turn
that little indictment in Montana to
account as a valuable line of cam
paign advertising.
Evening star., 1924-09-06

1t is reported that Judge Caverly.
has fully considered the record of the
pairing his remarks in connection with
the sentence. The defendants will nG
doubt be particularly appreciative if
he will make them brief
Evening star., 1924-09-06

In trying to revive the old dances
Henry Ford may discover that he has
undertaken more than he bargained
for in the way of commercial COM
petition. The music industry cannot
be expected to submit tamely to scrap
ping all its fox-trot sheet music and
phonograph records.