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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20
LEGAL AID NO. 77s.

GEORGIA Sumter County.
BY virtue of an order of the
Court of Ordinary of said county,
granted at the December term,
1924. will be sold on Wednesday,
December 81, 1924, within the legal
hours Of sale and approximately at
the hour of II noon. The following
property of the estate of j. W.
Harris, deceased, to-wit:
stock of goods, consisting of a
complete stock of hardware, includ-
ing each and all of the articles
usually found in a hardware store,
and which is located in the store
house, which belonged TO said de-
ceased. located on Lamar St., in
the City of Americas, Sumter
county, Georgia, and being No.
SOP w. Lamar ST.;
Also complete stock of fix
lures, located in the aforesaid build
ing, and including counters, cases.
desks, typewriters. adding ma
chine, chairs, safe, cash register,
a one-ton Ford truck, scales, etc.
SAID sale will be held at the
store house in which said stock of
goods and fixtures are now located,
towit: No. t302 w. Lamar St.,
Americas, Ga.
Said stock of goods and fixtures
will be offered for sale in bulk, as
a going concern, and then in such
quantities as the undersigned might
select, reserving the right to accept
on reject any or all bids.
A complete and itemized state
ment of said stock of goods and
fixtures will be shown any party in
terested by any one of the follow
ing persons, all of Americas, Ca,
to-wit; J. Z. B. McLendon, j. A.
HiXon, w. w. Dykes OF Stephen
Pace.
The Terms Of sale will be cash.
j. E. B. M'LENDON,
Administrator.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

old home.
Evidently Santa Claus was not
hiding behind the cotton bale YES
terday when the Christmas bear
chased away the timid bulls and
put the market twenty points to the
bad. 1t was the worst Jolt since
the slump of three weeks ago and
put cotton in Americas on a basis
of Z 1-2 cents for the best.
The public schools of Americas
will close tomorrow for the Christ
mas holidays and the 1000 pu-
pills will Immediately begin to camp
upon Old Santa's trail
The young man who PLAYED
steady Beau all summer on a 5
cents ice cream cone is now IN
against it for her with a $40 Xmas
gift.
In the cotton market yesterday
all positions fell back into the Z
class, January topping to TAI,
while May, a favorlte month, fell
to 7.73.
Americas now felicitates in the
possession of new omnibus, the
first vehicle of the kind here since
the days of old. The Thompson
Transfer company will pupt the
new bus in service today and the
rickety hack will drive to the rear
of the procession and stop.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

| At $Ll5-Beautiful Hemstitch-
ed PeppereI Pillow Cases, 2 pairs,
IN pretty holiday baxas
At 50c-Men's new style Cuff
Buttons, each pair in pretty Xmas
At $25O-Ladics FIN xid
Cuff Gloves, all colors; fornalv "
At $3.95-Beautiful Plaid Kan
kets, full regular size. his nj.
for one pair.
At SOC per box of three
Initial Handkerchief, beaS4lS
quality.
At $1O-Beautiful striped flan-
mel Dresses for ladies and misses;
formerly 500.
Mama Dolls, soc, 98c, $3.50,
$1.98, 1925, So, $3.50 and on up
to $1,000.
Handkerchiefs, per box, 35c, soc,
Use, 98c, ST.
Handkerchiefs, each, SC, Toe, 25c,
35c, soc, SOC.
Mems Silk Socks, a5c, soc, 75c,
98c pair.
Ladies' silk Hose, soc, e5, 75c,
98c, 1925, $3.50, $1.98.
Rugs, size 3Ox6O, $1.98, $2.48,
$3.50 and $3.50.
Rugs, size 36x63, $5.75 and
$6.75.
Rugs, size Gx9 feet, $i2.5o, $25
and $4,000.
Rugs, 9x12 feet, $40, $25, $85,
$50, $50 and $67.50.
Neckwear for Men, Toe, 25c, 35c,
soc. Use and 81.
Shirts for Men, soc, 98c, $1.25,
$1.38, $3.50, $1.98, $3.50, $2.98,
S.. so and $3.98.
House Slippers for Ladies and
Men, CSC, $1.25, $3.50, $1.98,
1926, $3.50 and $2.98.
Eand Bags, 25c, soc, 81, $3.50,
$3.50, So, $3.50, $4, IS, $3.50,
$3.50
Mems Hats, $3.50, $l.98, $3.50,
So, $3.50, 1898 and S..
Face Powder, 25c, 35c, soc, Csc,
75c. and 85c.
Perfumes, 1Oc, Csc, 35c, soc and
75c, $1.00.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20
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A. hIMhcEt Appae
CAM . q
SAM

The cost of running the national
government. in the fiscal year Le-
ginning next July /, ALI be q bit
under $3.50 million dclllrs if C3n-
gres sdoes not exceed thc budget es-
Inmates.
Out of this, about G57 mill'1ns
for Veterans Bureau, a, d $50 NIL
lions for interest on national debt
or a total Of 1878 milI;cQs. Sub
tract these war items and Uncle
Sans peacetime activities will cost
less than two billion dollars for the
year. Making allowances for the
shrunken buying power of the dol
lar, Sans spending viii be eqEiva
lent to pre-War "5illion dollar
Congress-"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY

(From the Times Recorder Dec. 20,
1S94.)
Handsomely engraved invitations
were received yesterday by favor
ed friends in this city announcing
the approaching marriage of Mr..
Edgar Butt Hornady, of Atlanta,
and Miss Margaret A. Drane, of
Columbus. Both the high con-
tracing parties are social favorites
in Americas, and many friends
here will extend warmest congrat-
ulations.
The "Little German Band"
struck the town yesterday and
played about the streets during the
afternoon. The band consists of
a family of eight or ten people and
the music rendered by the little
folks is very good.
Mrs. Emmett L. Murray leaves
thi snoring for Thomaston where
she will spend the holidays with her
parents.
The atmosphere about the Central
depot yesterday was redolent with
the delicious odor of oranges. New
er before was there such a guam
tity of the golden fruit here. Two
long orange trains came up from
Florida, the two carrying forty
eight solid cars of the fruit.
A drunken man confined in the
barracks last night set the cotton
mattress of his bunk on fire in some
way, and squalling lively when
Chief Smith, of the fire depart
men,t came to his assistance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

8 this amount, Sumter
to furnish the balance,
well worth the invest
IL we hope the County
Aioners will make the
Nation in January. The
Rge gained should be
! vast amount to Sumter
as well as farmers in
nties.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20
TRUCK MANGLES YOUTH
DRIVER SPEEDS AWAY

ATLANTA, Dee. 20-Tearlnc
the license tag from the truck V hicl4
ran down William Virgil Crussellc,
nine, two unidentified men, drivers
of the truck and an automobile
which accompanied IT, 7riday night
sped away leaving the mal 1led
form Of the youth ia the street.
Local hospital officials report that
the youth is in a dangefous con
dition, suffering with a crushed
skull, broken nose ard with cuts
and decorations about the face ana
body. He IS not expected to live.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20
INTEREST

Taxpayers have to pay $50 NIL
lion dollars a year to cover interest
on the national debt-Liberty Bond
coupons.
The money we loaned tc our war
allies came from the sale of these
bonds.
The joker about "forgiving" or
caneeling these debts is tPaat Amer
lean taxpayers ultimately would
have to pay the princoei, as they
now are paying the interest for all
countries that have not made ar
rangements for payment. Uncle
Sam is not magician He cannot
produce money out of ii in air.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20
DETECTIVES

Plainclothes traffic police are on
the wane. OF 81 leading cities, IS
are using only uniformed traffic
cops. One reason is that traffic
does not requr espionage.
A better reason is n the large
number Of shootings due to- motor
lists belief that nla'rclothcsmen
might be bandits. The law can fd.d
enough traffic violations without
wearing a disguise.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

One school boy shot another in
a Chicago classroom. Their par
ents should teach them not to play
so rough
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

dressmakng hand and helps as the
The $ understand
different IN looks goodness knows
appears
human a Say
when did dress"
Copyright Service 1nc)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

Been big year for Coolidge. Got
reelected and besides man re-
turned dime he lost.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

1t would be interesting to know
If the man who returned Coolidge's
lost dime is a retired Boy Scout.
Bet he is.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20
q.0m57uB
" ANS

Women, try to Keep out Of jail.
In Mt. Vernon, H., woman in jail
a few months gained Is pounds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

years ago, under the name Of chan
hoo"
The public was Indifferent, and
merchandisers think that khanhc1
failed because it was PCT out in
card form. CcrresponIingly, it IS
believed that rlah jongg caught
American fancy years later prin-
cipally because of the elegance OF
the inlaid-ivory sets, along With
fancy cabinets.
A lesson here, for people cere-
less about personal appearances.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

Monday morning, no paper pub
lished.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20
MKE O1,zRc G %} S.

WOMAN that the minute
"A style making
she's for a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

summer was here. is quickly brought
forth when the owner must skimp
on the things that she's buying this
year
Dame Fashion has changed this
or that IN the style. so there's rip
ping that has TO be done The
gowns torn to sections and bits
after while. and then the remaldne's
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20
LUXURY

The standard OF living keeps on
going higher in many ways. More
genuine silk is bein gHcrn nov by
Americans than during the wa
boom. In raw pounds It is almost
twice as much as before the war
Builders point to another indica-
ton of increasing LUXURY: 1t used
to be the custom, in erecting a ho.ne,
to have a two-ear garage and rent
one space. But the tendency now is
for each family to need the entire
garage for itself. The auto indus
try is moving into a Cwo-cars-per-
family era. Sales market widens.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

Canada exported 4oI.983 tons oi.
gypsum during the year eaded!
March 81, 1921
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

Navy will spend III millions for
IA new ships. Work will be rushed
in a mad effort to complete them
before they are out of date.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

WIND YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder Dec. 20,
1904.)
Lieut.. James w. Furlow, U. S.
A., will come home from Fort
Leavenworth this week to spend the
holiday season in Americas, his
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

toner's will make the
Ation in January. The
&c gained should be
vast amount to Sumter
as well as farmers in
gnties.
pignified Male
I $ just 100 years since
Isers began to come in
b. Beau Brummel, the
English society lead
Introduced them a few
fore. His daring ex-
bad been copied by the
of the day. But
held back, especially
rvat.ve substantial"
'nsidered long trousers
form Of masquerade
afraid they would
llous if they aban-
re- breeches.
ehe other way
century, the pendu-
and knee-breeches
back. They are
Tiers. engineers and
ST the outdoors, and
trips and hikes.
ease and comfort,
men---if truth were
d like to wear
all the time.
Alas, in mems
ociation they have
ity and sense of
hing not conform
owd. Long trous-
be go;'' and it's a
tho dares fly in
'sSeHtion and wear
eeches are coming
eless. Clothiers
iii he worn COM
es, shops and on
hin a few years.
! be a revelation,
Ee a sneaking
long trousers
fancy because
handicaps ito
legs and skinny
knee-breeches2
dge or other or
sdes, note the
III the marchers
7rms, bright col
plumes.
he barbara, still
pd. We banker
as much as the
reason we fail
lnkering is our
ehat our so
suffer. 1t has
dered dignified /.
truosers. So
2, too, youth
he day when
pair of long
ranks of the
bOHt
gia
WAS created
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20
KHANHOo

kHANHOO
The nah jongg game it develops.
was introduced into Europe 30
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

moHudy HloIhAhR, no paper pup
lished.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
(From the Times-Recorder Dec. 20,
1904)
Lieut.. James w. Furlow, U. S.
A., will come home from Fort
Leavenworth this week to spend the
holiday season in Americas, his
90 q:(mll5jImS
N4 IaNS
Women, try to keep out of jail.
In Mt. Vernon, ILL.,, woman in Jail
few months gained Is pounds.
One school boy shot another in
Chicago classroom. Their par
ents should teach them not to play
so rough.
Been big year for Coolidge. Got
reelected and besides man re-
turned a dime he lost.
1t would be interesting to know
if the man who returned Coolidpe's
lost dime is retired Boy Scout.
Bet he is.
Navy will spend III millions for
IA new ships. Work will be rushed
in a mad effort to complete them
before they are out of date.
A scientist claims Ben Franklin
didn't fly a kite. That's terrible.
Wonder if there is a Santa Claus?
Philadelphia minister says we are
worlds most criminal nation, so
maybe somebody got his umbrella
or something.
"The photograph with soul' is
the new slogan of one house. Hope
not. Because last night neigh
Dor told ours where to go to.
Fostoria (O) burglars blew a
safe. Got only II pencils. Anyway,
now they can write home for mon
ey.
Longer winter lasts the longer it
will be before we have to try to
open street car windows.
Enough candlesticks are given
even Christmas to crack ali the
nuts in the world twice.
Do you use sheets in your home?
They are dangerous. In Seattle
burglar tied man with one.
Bride shot her husband at Nj
agara Falls. This is one way you
can tell when the honeymoon is
over.
| Teas bank cashier and $4,000
Ne missing, SO maybe he just went
Christmas shopping.
Bad Paris news; Big fog stop
ped traffic. Maybe it was SO thick
you couldn't see what you were
drinking.
Never slap your wife or make
faces at her. Almost $4,000, 900
alimony is paid yearly in this
country.
Lower Coal Prices Soon," head
line. Why call six months 'soon?"
The man who spend his life
looking for the needle in the hay
stack may find it after it is rusty.
Building up a checkered 9Geer
wouldn't be so, bad if you 4An'tl
always find it your move.
49,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20
The STANDARD
THREE MORE SHOPPING DAYS
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
SHOP AT THE STANDARD
A Complete and Remarkable Dis
play of Gifts

At $L15- Beautiful Hemstitch-
ed PeppereI Pillow Cases, 2 pairs,
n nrcttN hnlida- t.l,nr
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

A scientist claims Ben Franklin
didn't fly kite. That's terrible.
Wonder if there is a Santa Claus?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

Philadelphia minister says we are
worlds most criminal nation, SO
maybe somebody got his umbrella
or something.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-20

eeches are coming
eless. Clothiers
gill be worn COM
es, shops and on
hin a few years.
! be a revelation,
Ee a sneaking
long trousers
fancy because
handicaps to
egs and skinny
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
BIOLOGISTS FEAR GORILLA EXTINCTION
Only One Herd Left In World,
 British Say

LONDON, June 21.-Man's older brother, the gorilla, is in imminent dan ger of extinction.
 Unless something is done about it soon, the strongest link between man and his cousin, the beast, will have been destroyed and the evolution chain bro ken, leaving the fundamentalists com plete masters of the situation.
 British zoologists, clamoring for wig orOus protection of the gorilla, claim that there is left only one main herd, numbering not more than 100 and per haps less than 30. These few remain ing reminders of the day when every body grew his own pants are in the wilds of Belgian Congo. The invasion of civilization in the form of soft-nosed bullets is still further reducing them.
 The zoolOgists, admitting full broth erhood with the gorilla, declare the pres ent killings for museums are nothing less than murder, and want the Bel gian government to stop issuing licenses to hunters Gorillas breed slowly, and the zoolOgists claim that unless this last herd is left absolutely unmolested the time will soon come when the only re- maining evidence of mans ascent from the ape will be his secret liking for peanuts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
Demands For Personal Appearance Causes
 Change In Plan
(By Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, N. l., June 21.-- Sen atOr Underwood for whom Alabama will vote, has abandoned his plan of remaining in Washington during the convention week and it is said that his manager. D. c. Carlin, of Virginia urged him to come to New York "be- cause the other candidates are here" He is expected to arrive tomorrow There is not as much Underwood en- thusiasm as Alabamians disire and it is thought that Underwood will impress fhv0fably with his personality, and win support It was in that belief, it is indicated, that Car1in insisted that he appear on the scene and participate in the scramble.
 Walter Moore. Alabamas member of the national committee, who has been here for, several days, issued a call today for a meeting of the Alabama delegation Monday at II o'clock. The bulk of the delegates will reach New York at 9 o'clock, and will not have time to 'size-up" the situation before going into session. The delegation will organize, and select nominees for the various committees to be raised by the convention.
 Forerunnipg the delegation as a whole, Frederick 1. Thompson and Donald Conner of Birmingham and J. Fall RobersOn of Cropwell, reported this morning. Other Alabamians here are L. B. Musgrove of Jasper, A. R. Brindley of Gadsden, and T. S. Fraser of Union Springs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
MARION BANKER
 IN DBPOVDENCY KILLS HIMSELF
Action Follows Mothers Death And Sons In-
 jury In Storm

HAMILTON, Ala, June 2t.-tspe- cial. )--w. C. Cofield, cashier of the Bank of Hodges for the past two years, committed suicide today by shooting himself through the head with pistol shortly after the noon hour.
 His wife had just gone by the bank to tell him goodbye before leaving to visit relatives in Tuscaloosa. After Mrs. Cofield left the bank, Cofield shot himself.
 No explana tion for the deed can be given unless it was nervous break down.
 His mother was killed in recent storm that passed through Marion county and his little son was badly hurt. Hodges is on the Illinois Cen. tral railroad.
 The accounts of the bank are in good condition, it is reported here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
3 INQ PAGE REPORT READY 10 PROVE YOUTHS INSANITY
Study Of Loeb's And Leo- pold's Mental Quirks
 Complete
By H. H. ROBERTSON

(IBy Leased Wire To The Age-Herald.) )
 CHICAGO, June 21.-Complexes of every new-fashioned character, strange mental reactions and psychological re- flexes that fill medical report of 5000 pages will be used to convince the world, but specifically jury of twelve men, that the two millionaire prodigies from the University of Chicago. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, were in- sane.
 These boys, charged with the murder of Robert Franks, 14-year-old school boy, will go on trial for their lives in a few weeks.
 Their defense is ready. It is repre- scented in an exhaustive treatise just completed by highly paid alienists. Never in modern times, probably, has such an extensive study been made of the unusual mental processes that might conduce young man to commit murder.
 By their investigations of the last two weeks, Dr. Karl Murdock Bowman and Dr. H. S. Hubert, who bear the title of psychiatrists, have prepared 5000 pages of reports, photographs and diagrams on the mental condition of the two boy .intellectuals. Now they are at work digesting, condensing and analysing the reports, to put them in shape for presentation to a jury.
 This work will require several weeks, all of 1t looking to the task of demon strating that Leopold and Loeb were not morally responsible, that they could not differentiate between right and wrong.
 While the defense is engrossed with building up its insanity case, States Attorney Robert E. Grove and his assistants are collecting evidence to show that both boys were sane. To this end, Grove has questioned 12 young men and women, friends of the two boys, who are expected to describe their activities at the university, their routine campus life and to demonstrate generally that Leopold and Loeb were possessed of sane mental faculties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
MOBILES PREDICTS
 QUAKE IN ITALY
Seismic Expert IssuesWarning
 To Meditarraneans

PHILADELPHIA, June 21.-Italy. prepare for an earthquake catastrophe within short time.
 This warning was issued tonight by Dr. NJ. A. Nobles, the expert on seismic conditions who claims that he predicted the Japanese earthquake of 1923. Dr. Nohles said he saw indications of volcanic .crevasses in Italy and added that if they occurred in the southern part of the country the loss of life would run into hundreds of thousands. If, however, the disturbance is local to the mountainous and sparsely peo- pied regions of the north the loss of life may be small.
 He traced volcanic range from Italy through France and the Scandi- nAtian countries, thence across Iceland and Greenland into North America, thence to the south sea islands through southern India and back across to southern Europe to Italy. This range, he said, is showing disturbances at several places. He traced the strange atmospheric conditions in the United States to this demonstration and said the volcanic emissions were heating the air and causing humidity in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
CRUSHED
 AS AUTO SKDS
 AND TURNS OVER
Springville Man In Criti-
 cal Condition At L0- cal Hospital

Julius Patterson. R. F, D., No. 3 SpringvilIe, Ala, sustained fractured skull at 1 o'clocA Dat Irday afternoon, when his automobile skidded on a wet road, near Springville, plunged down an embankment and turned over.
 Patterson was found under the wreck few minutes later by a passing motorist and removed to the Birming- ham Baptist hospital, where his con- dition was declared serious.
 According to the motorist, who picked up the injured man, the mar row road was wet from a recent rain, which is believed to have caused the accident The automobile was wrecked. The motorist left the hospital without giving his name.