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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-10
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS

Antericus, Ca Sept. /, 1874
The Board of Commissioners of Roads Revenues
county met IN regular session. with the following members present.
Ray Chairman E. statham, Hawkins E. and R. S.
Oliver.
confirmed
Sarah Speight, pauper
On notion properly carried Dugg ordered to the
Poor Farm
Sarah Davis and Sol Jones 50 per
On notion properly seconded the county levy 12
~ Tor the year 1924 reduction onehalf from
dous year.
me Board beng unable to complete its business
antli 8 o'clock m. Monday, Sept g. 1924
Monday Sept 1924 all members reassembed and
business the Board was resumed where it left the previous
N order to provide revenues defay the expenses Sumter
county Tor the year 1924 it digest for the
year 94 tna the value of all taxable property
70 S4O and to comply with the formerly carried to re-
4uce the tax levy to II mills is ordered following assess
% O ana the SAME are hereby levied upon taxable property
of the County of Sumter, to-wit: P''
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WARE COUNTY HAS
GOOD COTTON CROP
Best Production in Six Years
VIII Be Attained, Says
County Agent

WAYCROSS, Sept. 1O.-Ware
county has the best cotton crop OF
the past six years, according to
County Agent R. j. Heyde. It IS
stated that the acreage is slightly
smaller than that of last season but
that the yield VIII be unusually
good.
Il feel sure that we have the best
crop we have had in the county in
six or more years." Dr.. Heyde
stated, "and it is due 20 the very
favorable weather conditions. We
will not miss more than ten per
cent having a full crop
1t is DR.. Heyde's prediction that
the planters will average three
quarters of bale to the acre. Manj
farmers will do better than this, he
explained, but the average will be
near the three-fourths mark.
The weather has been extremely
favorable this year to the cotton
crop, rains being admirably dis
tributed and the season being ideal
in addition to this the planters have
acquainted themselves with the sci
cntific methods of weevil control
calcium arsenate having been used
in powder form all over the county
Two gins are running full tine
in the county, one at Manor under
the direction of W. S. Booth. and
the other at Watertown, known as
Sweat's gin.
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TIMELY RAIN BENEFITS
POTATOES NEAR LYONS

LYONS, Sept. 1O.-Recent rams
here came just in time to save the
big stem Jersey sweet potato seed
crop, as the vines set out in July
were showing severe need of water
The yield of these will be very low
this fall, due to the long drought.
and will not be much more than is
needed to supply the local demand
for bedding potatoes. Cotton is
IS being picked as rapidly as hanGs
can be secured. As rains injure .Ec
open cotton, cotton growers want
dry weather, while sweet potato
growers want rain.
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5. For court expenses - 23c
s. For jury fees ,.--..-,,,....,--..$1.OO
7. For support of the poor...-..5Oc
8. For roads $500
8. For special bridges S1.91
10. For other lawful claims. see
II. For retiring bonds $3.5O
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IN this state" Judge Caverly said.
Continuing, Judge Caverly said
THAT while life Imprisonment "mav
mot strike the public imagination as
lforcibly as hanging, yet to the Of.
tenders, particularly of the type
these are, the prolonged suffering
during years of confinement may
well be more severe than retribu-
Ition and expiation."
The sheriff in charge of Leopold
and Loeb, announced following the
pronouncing of sentence, that tho
two youths would be take to Joliet
prison to begin serving their sen.
fences within an hour.
Robert Franks, 14-year old son
of Jacob Franks, was kidnapped
while enroute to the family home
at 5052 Ellis Avenue, Chicago.
from the nearby playground of Che
Harvard preparatory school, a
private institution he attended, late
an the afternoon Of MAY 81, 1924.
While the family was searching
frantically for the boy, telephone
message informed Mrs. Franks that
Robert had been kidnapped, that he
was safe, and that the family would
be advised further as to how to
recover him. At dawn the next
morning workman traversing the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks at
ll8th Street, a wild, uninhabitod
section just inside the southern
corporate limits of Chicago, saw
the feet of a nude body protrudina.
from a culvert between two small
lakes. The body was taken to an
undertaker's establishment where
it rested unidentified until late in
the afternoon, when a brother Of
Mrs. Franks went to the morgue on
chance that the body might be
that of Robert.
= Columns of newspaper space wera
devoted to the case but the heal
lines We're diminishing in size as
hope of experimenting the murder.
ers dwindled when unexpectedly
Robert E. Grove, states attorney,
announced on Nav % that Richard
Loeb, Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., lad
confessed to the kidnaping and
murder.
It developed that all clues with
the single exception of the spec
tacles found near the body nad
been exhausted. By tracing thou-
sands Of prescriptions for spec
taeles, the states attorneys force
finally eliminated all but four
which called for spectacles the
same as those found alongside the
body. Of the quartette, the Off
GERS seized upon Leopold
Loeb and Leopold related what
at first appeared to be an unim-
ipeachable alibi Leopold finally
admitted possible ownership of the
spectacles but had about convinced
the authorities that he had lost
them while on legitimate trip 20
THE region.
Their story of their whereabouts
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PAGE I've

Women win be mems equals be-
fore long, when the men start
threatening to scratch or scream.
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LIFE SENT NCE IS
GIVEN BY CAVERI Y
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Continued from Page one.)
gray-haired judge rendering his
decision, "aad in choosing imprison
ment instead Of death, this court
was moved chiefly by the age Of
the defendants, the boys being
eighteen and nineteen years old re-
spcctively."
ut is not for the court to say
that he will not in any ease enforce
capital punishment, but he believes
it is within his province to decline
to impose the dea>a sentence upon
persons not of full age, This de-
termination appears to lie in ac
eordance with the progress made
by criminal law over the world, and
the dictates of enlightened human
ty as well. More than that it seems
to be in accordance with presidents
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Bills approved and ordered paid
for the month of August, 1924.
General Fund
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There being no further business
the Board adjourned.
H. D. WATTS, Clerk.
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On each
100000
2. GAY For courthouse shrdrdllu
l. To pay legal Indebtedness
of county ....-.-.-................... Ice
2. (a) For courthouse expenses lie
OBJ for jail house expenses 12c
Co Bridges general pur-
poses ---------------.-.--.--------.- 25c
3. For sheriff fees .-..--...-........ Coo
a. For coroner fees ......... &c
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$1,000

Pursuant to the recommendation
of County Board of Education, ii is
ordered, on motion. properly made,
that 4 mills be, and the same is
hereby levied on all property in the
County of Sumter, outside of the
limits of the City of Americas, in
addition to the tax levy above
specified.
Further following said recon-
mendation it is ordered that a spe-
cial levy be made, and the same
is hereby assessed on the property
of the respective school districts of
Sumter County, Georgia, as follows,
to-wit:
, 1924-06-12
BUS SERVICE
TO SUNNYSIDE
ESTABLISHED

An announcement made in this is
sue by Heinie Schuman, proprietor
Of the Sunny Side Dance Pavilion.
will be OF great interest to the dance
loving public of Rawlins.
Commencing next Saturday night,
and continuing indefinitely, buses
will leave the Brown-Lahrman
corner at 500 and 1000 o'clock
every dance night. and will carry
passengers to the dance pavilion
absolutely without cost. Adequate
return service will also be provided
on the same generous basis, Mr..
Schuman asserts.
, 1924-06-12
RAWLINS
GIRL DIED SUN
DAY in NEW YORK

Word has been received in Raw
Inns of the death at her home in
Tuckahoe, N. Y. of Mrs. Donald
Cantlin, a niece Of Mrs. Florence
Gardiner and a cousin of Mrs. Ray
mond Barber.
The deceased was a resident of
Rawlins many years in her early
life and during recent years has
visited several times at the home of
Mrs. Barber. Her father was at one
time principal Of the Rawlins schools
and her mother died in this city in
1886.
Mrs. Gardiner and Mrs. Barber
were at the bedside of Mrs. Cantlin
at the time of her death.
The many Rawlins friends of the
deceased extend sincere sympathy
to the bereaved husband. son and
daughter. Mrs. Cantlin was sur
vived by her father and a sister,
Mrs. John Brockman, formerly of
this city.
, 1924-06-12
preach at the Methodist church next
Sunday morning at IL O'Clock.
lAnlanafoo In Nod.x

preach at the Methodist church next
Sunday morning at II O'Clock.
Delegates to Cody
Mrs. Ralph Newell and Mrs. Geo.
Bible will leave the first of the week
for Cody, Wyo., to attend the State
P. e. o. convention which meets
there next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Scholtz Of
California are the guests of their
brother-in-law and sister, H. e.
Mcfarland and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. McGraw and
children left last week for North
Dakota, where Mrs. McGraw will
visit her parents and Mr.. McGraw
will attend summer school.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Foster and
children and K. w. Fisher departed
Thursday by auto for Kirksville, Mo.
where they will visit relatives fox
six weeks.
Mrs. e. ]. Wells and two daugh-
tiers have gone to Washington, D. c.
where they will spend the summer
with Mrs. Wells parents.
Mrs. John Cullen arrived this
and will spend several weeks visit
ing her son.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. 1. Turner and
Miss Florence Turner returned yes
terday from Excelsior Springs, Mo,
where they visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Guslof formerly OF Rawlins, after
the Shrine convention closed in
Kansas City.
, 1924-06-12

F. X. Johnson has been a business
visitor here during the week from
his home in Saratoga.
Miss Nano Mahoney of Denver
spent a few hours between trains in
the city the first Of the week, as
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. John
Mahoney. Miss Mahoney was en-
route to the Philippine Islands for a
visit of two months.
Miss Winifred Hanna and Miss
Bessf Bowlus left the latter part Of
last week for a few days visit in
Denver and will later go TO Mankato,
Kansas, which is Miss Hanna's home
and where she will spend the re-
mainder of the summer. Miss BowIus
will spend the greater part of the
summer visiting friends and relatives
in Canada.
Lou Parry of the Liberty Oil Co.,
has been spending several days in
Medicine Bow this week on matters
OF business connected with the open
ing OF the new filing station which
his company is installing in that
city.
, 1924-06-12

Olaf Johnson is spending the week
In the city from the range, visiting
his family.
Mrs. j. ]. Neske is spending a day
or SO at the Cluff ranch near Sara
toga, where she is the guest of Mrs.
G.. L.. CluH.
Jos. Delahante OF Saratoga arrived
In The city the first of the week and
has accepted a position as truck
driver with the Hatfield Oil Co.
Judge v. ]. Tidball and Court
Stenographer Lebhart have returned
to Laramie after spending several
days here on court business.
C. C. Carlisle, engineer and geolo-
gist for the Reasoning Oil Co. vas
a visitor In the city on Sunday last
en- route to Cheyenne from Craig.
Colo. where he has been spending
a week.
c. r. Watson returned the first
of the week from the Snake River
valley and Craig, Colo, where he has
been spending the past two weeks,
going down with Mr.. Carlisle, geolo-
gist for the Prairie Oil & Gas Co.
, 1924-06-12
O. Il. 8. VIII Honor
Grand MatrOn

Mrs. Bertha Rousseau of Cody,
Wyo., the Grand Matron Of the East
ern Star. will pay the Rawlins Chap
ter IN Official VISIT next Tuesday. A
reception has been arranged for
Tuesday afternoon at the Temple
when all the Eastern Star members
may meet the visitor informally. A
special meeting Of the Chapter will
take place in the evening.
Graduates In
Los Angeles
Miss Dorothy Zingsheim of Raw
Inns will be graduated from Miss
Fullmer's Kindergarten School in
Los Angeles on June Is. This will
complete her three year kindergarten
course. Miss Z%ingsheim and her
mother, Mrs. r. Zingsheim, who has
been spending the winter with her,
will return to Rawlins the last of
next week.
Miss Kinnaman Finishes
At State University
Mrs. D. G. Kinnaman went to
Laramie yesterday to attend the
graduation exercises at the State
University. Her daughter. Miss
COrinne. was graduated from the
Normal department.
Wedding at Parsonage
Mrs. Margaret Briggs and Heber
Morris, both of Hanna, we're united
in marriage by Rev. w. J. Law at
the parsonage on Tuesday. June 10.
Their attendants were Miss Margaret
Briggs and John Reese.
Visitors from Scotland
John Mckay and daughters, Misses
Mary and Greta. of Burndank Ham
ilton, Lenerkshire. Scotland. arrived
last Thursday for a visit with Mr..
McKay's brother, w. A. Mckay. They
will spend the summer in Rawlins.
sunday At Boyd's Ranch
A large party of Rawlins people
motored owe to Boyd's ranch near
Saratoga. Sunday. and ate dinne-
there. They were Mr.. and Mrs. w.
A. Mckay. Mr.. and Mrs. 1. w. Dins-
more. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Vivion,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rendle, John
Mckay, and Misses Mary and Greta
Mckay.
Dinner for
Past MatrOns
Mrs. Ethel Fuiks will entertain
at a $3.50 dinner at the Ferris Hotel
next Tuesday evening, compliment
airy to Mrs. Rousseau, the Grand
Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star.
Her guests will include the Past
Worthy Matrons Of the Rawlins
chapter. the Mesdames John Don
nell. w. w. Daley. J. A. Hobbs, Jas.
Mattas. H.. +. Mcfarland. E. f.
Patrick. Roy Riford, Jake RIDDEN
baugh. w r. Stookey, r. l.. Turner,
George Coulsen. w. II. Coleman and
O. T. Couley.
Danish Card
Club Meets
Mrs. Andrew Rasmussen enter
tanned the Danish Card Club very
delightfully."- last Friday afternoon
in her home. The high score at
cards was made by Mrs. Chris Jen-
SEN.
Sunday Services
At NJ. Il. Church
Rev. H. f.. Shepard. OF Cheyenne,
Field Secretary OF the Conference
Claimant Endowment Fund, will
, 1924-06-12
HILL IS STILL
AMONG MISSING

Jas. Hill, the convict who escaped
from the Torrington jail Wednesday
night of last week, is still at large
and officers have been unable to
find any trace Of him.
Hill recently escaped from the
Wyoming Penitentiary here and was
recaptured by the sheriff of Goshen
county and confined in the Goshen
county jail awaiting the arrival of
prison officials. The night before
Deputy Sheriff Keller reached Tor
rington Hill dug his way out Of the
Jail.
, 1924-06-12
HAVRuLAS A
@ NATIONAL
B. P.0. E. C0NCLAVE

Driving overland In their auto
mobile, Mr.. and Mrs. James Hav-
rilla left Rawlins last Saturday for
Boston, Mass. where Mr.. Havrilla
officially will represent the b. p. o.
f. lodge sos of Rawlins in the Ma
tional Convention. This convention
will be held early in July. and the
Havrillas expect to spend several
additional weeks in the east visiting
relatives.
, 1924-06-12
CARETAKER FOR
PIPE LINE IS
NOW IN RAWLINS

Benjamin G. Davis, formerly en-
ployed by The Weiland Engineering
company during the construction OF
this city's new water system, has
arrived in Rawlins and will take up
his duties Of policing the 32 miles
of pipe and storage equipment in
the near future.
Mr.. Davis was employed by the
city council at a recent meeting to
prevent any widespread trouble on
the line.
, 1924-06-12
RAWLINS TEAM
TO PLAY SUPERIOR
SUNDAY NEXT

The Rawlins baseball team will go
to Superior Sunday next where they
will cross bats with the Superior
baseball team.
The following Sunday the Rawlins
team will plan on their home grounds
although to date their opponent has
not beer selected.
, 1924-06-12
Hanna Wins Fro m
ParcO Sluggers

Jake Boam, the Hanna twirler,
pitched a Wonderful game against
the Parco Oilcans. allowing them no
hits. but scored on error. with one
man out a Parco batter hit a fly to
right field. the fly was caught and
threw back to first, where q runner
had left before the ball was caught.
The throw from right field was an
overthrow at first. the catcher took
the overthrow and completed the
double throw at first. making three
out. While this play was taking
place a runner scored from third
There was a discussion as to whether
the run should count or not as the
runner scored on the double play.
The umpire counted the score.
Hanna pushed a run over in the
first when Cummings singled, Parco
was not able to score in their frame.
From this time ON both teams were
held scoreless until the fifth when
again with Cook on third Cum
mings came through with that old
punch and singled, which pushed
Cook over the plate for the second
time, and thus making the score 2
to O. Parco was the next to score,
bringing in their talley.
Jake Boam the Hanna pitcher
was the next to- score, when he step
ed to the bat in the seventh, and
hit a nice single and scored when
his team mates began hitting the
pill. 1t looked as though Parco was
going to score in the sixth when they
had a man on second with no outs,
then Cummings made a sensational
catch on third when he pulled down
one that locked like a sure hit. The
neXt two wen out easily. Gill
scored the lonely talley for the Oil
cans. While Cook brought in two
of the miners three tallies. Cum
mings got two hits out of three trips
to the plate.
Hanna collected five hits off of
Waite's offerings, while Parco was
not able to get a bingle off of Boam.
This is the second time that Han
ma has beat arco in this week.
The Miners motored to Parco or
Thursday night, and Boam pitched
them a S to 4 victory. This is the
second game this young pitcher has
won this week. Not bad.
Parco- Hanna
Turner, 3b. Gaskell, S..
Alpine, RI. j. Cook, C.
Waite. p. Walters, lib.
Gilbert, Oh. Cummings, 3b.
WEIGH, CT. Briggs, If.
Alberding, IS. B. Cook, CT.
Glib. ID. Devalley, RI.
Gill, If. Whites, 2b.
Mould, C. Boam, p.
, 1924-06-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Foster and
children and Mrs. Fosters brother.
MIR. Fisher, departed the latter part
of last week for their old home at
Kirksville, Mo-, where they VIII
spend a month visiting relatives.
John Fogerty, district foreman OF
the U. p. Shops has returned to his
home in Laramie after a few days
business visit here.
Evening star., 1924-11-03
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES

The annual bazaar of the Girls
Friendly Society of the Church of the
Epiphany will not be open tomorrow,
as announced. Those desiring to oh
tain fancy articles must do so today.
The bazaar will open at 2 pm. and
continue throughout the afternoon
and evening. Supper will be served.
The members of Epiphany branch
will assist.
North Washington Citizens Asso-
citation will meet, o'clock, in Sunday
School of United Brethren Church.
The Sixteenth street Highlands
Citizens Association will meet,
o'clock in Sixth Presbyterian Church.
A card party for st. Gabriel's
Church will be given in auditorium
of the church for benefit Of st.
Gabriers Hundred-Dollar Club.
The Anna Maud Hallam Practical
Psychology Club will meet at o'clock
at the Playhouse.
The board of directors. Juvenile
Protective Association, will hold
eighth annual meeting, 8 O'Clock. in
Shoreham Hotel. Rev. z. S. Phillips
will speak.
The Parents League of the District
of Columbia will meet, o'clock, at
new Bethel Baptist Church.
stanton Park Citizens Association
will meet, o'clock. in Peabody
school. Lieut. Nina Van Wrinkle will
speak.
Rev. W. A Jones. pastor of Rock
Creek Baptist Church, will deliver a
special sermon at Vermont Avenue
Baptist Church. Subject: Dry Bones
in the Valley
Mems Club of Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church will meet, s
o'clock DR. ]. W. Laird will make an
address, The Man That Strikes
Twelve" and DR.. Alfredo Warsaw viii
sing, accompanied by Mrs. Warsaw.
The Argyle Club will meet at home
OF Mrs Newton L. Collamer. 1245 Crit
tenden street. Mrs. Hillman will read
a paper: The Great Bahamas
A card party will be given by l. F..
G. A, pm, at Wardman Park.
Evening star., 1924-11-03
JAMES C. JEMISON DIES.
Retired Employe of I. C. C. and
Prominent in Fraternal Bodies.

James c. Jemison. 63 years old, a
retired tariff examiner at the United
States Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and prominently identified with
fraternal and welfare bodies in this
city and elswhere. died at his resi-
dence, &c Rhode Island avenue, yes
terday. Mr.. Jemison had been an
employe of the Interstate Commerce
Commission for 80 years. He retired
from service the 18th of last month.
Mr.. Jemison was born at New Cas-
tie, Del. He was Il member of the
Woodmen of America, and was presi-
dent of the Interstate Commerce Re-
lief Association. He also was mem
Der of the Adelphia Lodge, No. s,
knights of PythiaS of Delaware.
He is survived by his wife and two
brothers, G. Ferris Jemison of Phila-
delphia, Pa, and Harry y. Jemison of
Wilmington. Del.
Funeral services will be conducted
at his late residence tomorrow even
ing at s o'clock. Rev. Charles f.
FultZ, pastor of the Memorial United
Brethren Church, will officiate. In
terment will in Smyrna, Del, We'd
nesday.
Evening star., 1924-11-03
CARDS, Of UbankG.

BIRCH. We wish to express our sincere
thanks to relatives and friends for their
kindness. sympathy and beautiful floral trib-
utes at the death Of our wife and mother.
LUCY 4. BIRCH.
ROBERT Z. BIRCH AND FAMILY. .
4ooRE. wish to acknowledge with sincere
thanks the kind expression Of your sym
pathy in the hour Of my bereavement.
LENA MOORE.
REED. Grateful thanks to relatives and
friends Of the late LEWELIIIAS L. REED
Tor flowers and condolences.
MRS. MARY REED. 80
SCOTT. ! herewith tender my sincere thanks
to our many friends and Pastor Wiseman
for their kindness and sympathy shown me
at the death of my wife, ANNIE f. SCOTT,
2U21 Vermont ave.
DANIEL U. SCOTT AND FAMILY.
SWAMI. We wish TO express our sincere
Kindness and sympathy during the long i'll
ness sud also at. the death of our beloved
father and husband, GEORGE II. SWAMI.
THE FAMILY.
TAYLOR. We wish to thank our many rela-
tives and friends for their Kindness and ex-
preston OF sympathy during the illness and
SAD death of our dear devoted brother, EU-
GENE s. TAYLOR
HIS BROTHER, GEORGE F. TAYLOR:
SISTERS, GERTRUDE BAKER AND
VIOLA TAYLOR
THoNPSoN., l wish to express my sincere
thanks and appreciation TO Hy relatives.
. neighbors, friends and the organiza tions for
their Kindness, sympathy and beautiful floral
tributes at the death of my father, JOHN
W. THOMPSON. MRS. A. PFEIFFER. .