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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-22
Inventor OF Latest Thing In
Steam Engne Taught John A. Spencer Something
Is Destined to Make Him aMlonae in Very Short Time
1hermOSt0tS Got Idea AS Boy,

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, July 22.-
"If you are alone in the big woods
with nothing to play with but a
steam engine, it is pretty certain
you'll learn something about that
engine" says John A. Spencer.
Spencer either is a millionaire OF
is going to be soon as result of
an idea which he learned from 3
steam engine in Maine as boy Of
Is.
His idea is a new thing in thermo-
stats, which as everyone may know
are automatic devices to turn heat
on and off.
CAP Spencer, as he was called
then and is yet, was night watch
man and fireman at a sawmill OPP
Grated by his grandfather. He no
ticed that when the furnace was
fired up and got hot enough one of
the sheet-iron walls would snap with
a bang into a slightly convex eX-
mansion. 1t became his signal to
close the draft. After a time he
rugged up a small log to lean against
the furnace wall. This log was
displaced when the heat bulged the
Continued on Page Six
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-22
POLITICAL. MEET
OPENS TODAY
Many Important Problems to
Come Before Institute AT
It's Annual Meeting

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass, July
p. - Problems of information
al interest randn from the
Mediterranean area and Italy
to limitation Of ornaments, and
from agriculture and population
increase to the foreign policy of
the United States will come up for
discussion at the fifth annual seB-
sion Of the Institute Of Politics
which will open at Williams Col
lege tomorrow. during the month
the institute will remain in session,
five lecture courses will be deliver
ed, two general conferences will be
conducted and eight round table
conferences held.
Statesmen and scholars Of ma
tional and international repute
from Europe and America will par
ticipatc in the discussions. Poland,
France, Great Britain and Italy
will furnish seven of the lectures
or leaders and the United States,
eight. Their fields range from the
relations between nations to geol
ogy and biology. Among the lee
turers Count Alexander Skrzynski,
foreign minister Of Poland, is list
ed.
During the four weeks from. July
"a, when the session gets under
way, through August %, each Of
the eight round table conferences
will meet three times weekly. Of
total membership Of approximately
200 in the institute, only about %
are assigned to a single round ia
bic conference Each Of those at
tending is chosen as an authority in
his field, capable of contributing
consJructivclY to The discussion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-22
HOKE Smith Sees
BOOM FOR STATE
Ex-senator Says Georgia Is On
Eve of Its Greatest Era of
Prosperity

ATLANTA, July %. - 81 think
Georgia is on the eve Of its great
est period of prosperity and l want
to be here to do anything I can
to help the state along"
So stated Former United States
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia,
who has returned to Atlanta from
the national capital to make his
future home. He and Mrs. Smith
are staying at a local hotel for
the present, but the senator said
he would build home later on.
People of Georgia" continued
the senator, care just beginning to
realize what great state We have,
and people over the country are
getting to the same realization"
Senator Smith expressed opinion
that business is looking better in
Georgia at the present time than it
has in many years. Commenting
on the legislature, he said that body
apparently is passing progressive
legislation that the state needs.
GAS long as the Georgia legisla-
ture stays away from an income
tax or inheritance tax, the state
will be all right" said the sena-
tor.
The senator stated that he ex-
pected to close his law offices in
the national capital when all the
cases he has pending are closed,
He will open an office in Atlanta
some time in the future, but for
the present his headquarters are in
his roms. at local hotel, he said.
Senator Smithf though close to
his allotted three score years and
ten, has never looked to be in bet
ter physical condition than now. He
says he never felt better and never
felt more capable of taking a hand
as a private citizen-in GeoT-
sia's life.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-22
BEES STING IS
FATAL TO MAN
r. w. Knox, Thomaston, Died
This Morning AS Result of
Insects Bite Tuesday

r, w. Knox, prominent lumber
man, of Thomaston, died at 9
o'clock this morning at the Ameri-
Gus and Sumter County hospital as
a result of having been stung by
a bee Tuesday afternoon while en-
route from Preston to Ameri-
Gus.
Mr.. Knox, accompanied by man
whose name could not be learned,
was coming to Americas in an
automobile when he was stung on
the arm by bee. He tainted a
few minutes after the bee had in
jectcd its poison and when he ar
rived in Americas was unconscious
and in critical condition.
Physicians who attended Mr.
Knox, declare his case to be most
unusual one, none of like nature
being on record in any of the medi-
cal journals. Ordinarily, said one
of the doctors, the bees sting mere
ly causes a singing sensation for
d few minutes, but Mr.. Knox was
unusually susceptible to the poison
of the bee.
Mr.. Knox was 80 years of age
and was for many years connected
with the Avery-Sappington Lumber
company, Preston. He was men,
Der of the Methodist church of
Thomaston and was we'll known in
Americas, where he visited on a
number of occasions.
Surviving Mr.. Knox are his wife,
Mrs. r. W. Knox; three sons, Rob-
ert, Jr., Frank and Lee; his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Knox, Thorn
aston; three listers, Mrs. r. B.
Hancock, Mrs. w. P. Allen and
Miss Gerltine Knox, all of Thorn
aston.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day from the Methodist church at
Thomaston. Interment will be in
Thomaston cemetery.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-22
GIRLS OF MOULTRIE
AID IN GRADING WEED

MOCLTRIE, July 2.-Moultrie
solved her labor question when the
pretty girls volunteered to grade
tobacco. There has been some diff
ficulty in getting good judges of the
tobacco in the past but the young
ladies, donning white overalls, and
working under the instructions of
Mrs. Bush, wife of tobacco grow
er in this section have shown the
ability of good judges and have
not found the work unpleasant.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-22
SAVANNAH BRIDGE
TO OPEN IN OCTOBER

SAVANNAH, July 22.- The
formal opening of the Savannah,
River Bridge has been announced
by the committee and the outline
of the celebration laid ont by the
committee in a meeting held last
week. The openin gwi!l be in the
week of Oct $40. The orening il
expected to be celebrated with
much pomp and ceremony, pro-
gram is being prepared by the peo-
pie of Savannah and another by the
people of Sorth Carolina.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-22
43C FOR FIRST
GEORGIA BALE
Staple Brings This Price On the
Savannah Exchange
Tuesday

SAVANNAH, July 22-Georgia's
first bale of 1925 cotton was sold at
auction at noon Tuesday by Butler
Stevens and company, in the lobby
OF the Savannah Cotton exchange
Tor AZ cents a pound. w. O.
Hughes, acting for Alexander Ec-
cles and company, merchants, was
tn high bidder. L. A. Cults acted
as auctioneer.
The bale will be shipped to Nov
York.
This is the second bale of cot
ton to be sold in Savannah this sea-
son. The first bale was receive 1
here last week, having been grown
in Florida. 1t was sold for 30 cents
per pound.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-22
INFANT FARM
OWNER GUILTY
Mrs. Geisen-Volk Given From
Three and Half to Seven
Years

NEW YORK, July 22.-Mrs.
Helen Auguste Geisen-Volk, pro-
prietor of the home for infants, to-
day was sentenced to from three
and a half to seven years in the
Auburn prison on the charge Of
baby substitution, to which she
pleaded guilty.
The probation officers report,
submitted to the court before sent
cnce was pronounced, character
lied her as ga woman without con-
science who strangled and froze to
death infants left in her care,Ps
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-22
WOULD CREATE
AREALESTATE
COM MISSION
Hendricks Bill Would Prevent
Dishonest Dealings in All
Future Transactions

ATLANTA, July 22.-Thc crea-
ton of a new state department and
a state real estate commission which
would license and authorize to do
business, all persons engaged in
real estate transaction will be au-
thorized under a bill introduced in
the Senate this morning by Hendrix
of the 35 district and others.
The commission is to be compos-
ed of three persons, and some of
the restrictions that would be plac-
ed upon rea lestate dealers will
seek to prevent them from making
misrepresentation and false promi-
ses and acting for more than one
party in transaction without the
knowledge of all parties and any
other conduct constituting dishonest
dealing. a--f
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-22
SAVANNAH THINKS
PORT BILL WILL PASS

SAVANNAH, July 22.-All Sa-
vannah is elated over the prospects
bill that will make Savannah the
state port.
Mr.. Saussy, chairman of the port
committee, has been pressing Sa-
vannah's claim before the Con-
stitutional Committee of the Cen
cral assembly of the state.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-22
NORMAN INSTITUTE.
SOLICITOR IN CITY

j, II. Spears, assistant teacher in
the science department of Norman
Institute, Norman Park, Ga, will
spend a week in the city soliciting
students for the school, Already,
Mr.. Spears says, he has enrolled a
number of young men from this
section. The institute is located in
.Colquitt county, and last year had
an enrolment of 285 students.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-22
SPAULDING IN MIDST
BANNER PEACH YEAR

GRIFFIN, July 22.-Spaldnng
county and the surrounding terri
tory is now in the midst of one Of
the best peach seasons taht section
has enjoyed in many years. The
trees are loaded and the, market
prices in the eastern cities are above
what was expected before the sea-
son opened
Eight carloads or more were
shipped every day last week.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-07-22
WEATHER

For Georgia-Partly cloudy to-
night and Thursday, probably show
ers in south portion; Cooler Thurs
day in north portion.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-22
VILLAGE OF PINE CITY

VILLAGE OF PINE CITY
Total Tax Rate By School Districts
Including state. County. Town or village
and school District Levies-
school District No. .. Mills sf.z
fFates of Taxation on Money and Credits
30 cents per 5000
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-22
VILLAGE OF HENRIETTE

Total Tax Rate BY School Districts
Including State. County. Town or village
and School District Levies.
School District No. 4s. Mills se.f.
tRates of Taxation on Money and Credits
On
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-22

:. Crates of Taxation on Money and Credits
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-22
TOWN OF ROYALTON
Total Tax Rate by school Districts

Including state County. Town or Village
and School District Levies.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-14
MUCH ADO ABOUT LITTLE

The bribery charges of the Department against post oce super vso officials obviously prompted by political rather than moral his background of Indiana political schooling where political are exactly Sunday School entertainments becoming unduy dnaes with clerk Senate commit tee The material mighty thin for scandal but the Department this thin material number of releases and admittedly sue ceeded their plan harm cause by obscurg the real issue with exraneous
 aspect entire the Departments delber public that the postal worershe groupsere in the bribery charges Before the facts undo calculated make guilty @ the f @ zon @ doing M 0 And | en ~ foFe the n ha snd n and compelled to disclose the facts the public msled into beev ing postal empoyeraher than the ocla-Were at fault public setting forth the that office officials representing the boss group and not the workers This is printed i'll full elsewhere III this issue
 defense for the supidyor rather cupd-ot the suspended of Postal Supervisors of philosophy need for change of methods and III th ton But in this these shabby treated by the they well served The principal charge made by these suspended officials paid
 tee to aid framing postal pay may, advisors these officials the Depart ment THEY DID NOT REPRESENT THE EMPLOYES Ii required protest restrictive recommendations of these their expenses part least paid by the Department and they looked upon the Departments spokesme therefore their appears have been the application of organization advisory capacity congressional where they might better the Department and better advance policies possibly by the Department As happened the supervisory officials by their buhderings the heaess ruthless postal bureaucracy placed path defeat the bill
 suspended supervisory official we'll paraphrae Cardinal Wosey pleas which figured prominently in the Senate postal
 I but served my God with half the zeal
 I served the Department he would not m mine age
 Have left me suspended and bereft of my job
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-14
Packers Change Front


 Washington, Feb. 14-The "big five" packers are pleading before the District of Columbia supreme court to annul an agreement they made with the govern ment in 1920 to divorce their business from unrelated activities.
 The packers signed the agreement when grocery interests were objecting to their invasion of that field, and the meat barons now insist that the so-caII- ed 'consent decree" is illegal The packers fight is conducted by combi- nation of large fruit growers in Califor- mia, who claim that if the decree is not annulled the wholesale grocers will have a monopoly of the canned fruit distribution. Government attornoeys in sist that the annullment will give the packers a monopoly of meats and sub stitues for meat
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-14
MINE DEATHS CONTINUE

Washington, Feb. 14.-The number of mine deaths per tons of coal mined increased in 1924, according to. the United States bureau of mines.
 The total number of deaths were v less than the previous year, but the production of coal was less. The bu- reau shows that the 2,381 deaths in 1924 represented fatality rate of AZ per million tons of coal produced as compared with rate of 3.74 per mill liion in 1923 based on 2.458 deaths.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-14
STATE COUNCIL OF (Continued from Page One.)

as to the actual outcome but it was the opinion of the board that the matter be changing of the convention date to some future convention if it saw fit to do SO.
 The matter of combining sthe Office of Secretary and Treasurer was almost unanimous It therefore became the duty of the Board to relieve Brother Peterson, who had been elected to the office of Treasurer, of his duties, and install him as third vice president which was done and Brother Peterson has done credit to his office during the past year.
 At this meeting there was a general audit of the books made necessary by the transfer of the books to Brother Chandler, as Secretary Treasurer and Brother Chandler and Peterson were instructed to sign the necessary papers transferring the funds of the Council from Willimantic to Greenwich.
 The matter of having the new amend ments printed and placed in the con- l stitution conhicted in several places And 1 1t was voted that the matter be referred I to the next convention with recommen-
 dations that committee be appointed l to bring the constitution up to date. After some considerable discussion on | matters pertaining to the general well 1 fare of the council the meeting ad- l journed subject to call
 At a meeting of the Board held Ill 1 New Haven, in August, the books of 1 the Council were audited and found l correct At this meeting the matter of
 the monthly report was taken up and discussed While it was discuoraging
 that the locals don't attend to this mat ter more thoroughly, nevertheless the Secretary was instructed to call the at
 tention of the various secretaries and
 request that those locals not reporting
 please do so as 1t may be of interest to members of other localities to know
 what is going on around the State
 Shortly after the meeting, past Presi
 dent Richards who was elected to at.
 tend the State Convention of Mass.
 State Council was reported as vey Il and would be unable to attend After getting in touch with the Secretary i
 was found that 1t was too late to ap-
 point anyone to take his place, therefore
 this Council had no representative d | the Mass. State Convention
 l At meeting of the Board held ir | January the various matters pertaining
 to the forthcoming Convention were
 taken up and disposed of after their
 proper manner. You will note Brothers
 that the most remarkable feature of this
 report Is its brevity Probably at no
 time during the recent history of our
 organization have conditions been such
 as have been obtained during the past
 year. Work has been plentiful in all
 quarters of the State; wages have been stable and good and general conditions
 have been such as to make the year l 1924 banner year
 Shortly after the last convention the Willinantic local found 1t necessary to
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-14

go strike but this was of short dura- l ton and was quickly and satisfactorily settled
 This I believe concluded the actual doings and working as far as the State 1 Council Is concerned, but before con cluding this report I fell that I would l be remiss in my duties if I don't bring i to your attention several matters that I believe are for the good and welfare of our organization at large.
 Perhaps the most important of the matters is that of the apprentice I feel that the apprentice has been heretofore, if not actually neglected, at least been left to the tender mercies of the em- p1oyer in far too great measure and to the detriment of the boy himself. In l the past we have had to concern our selves too greatly with matters of mak- ing secure condition for ourselves that we have of necessity let this most i'm portant duty go by the board. We are now rapidly approaching at state whereby we must take the appren- l tice into consideration or suffer the con sequences.
 I We have built up condition for our selves that in order to maintain we must see to it that our new members coming along are at least at heart as good union men and good carpenters as we are our selves.
 To do this we must take the appren- tice under our direct consideration and see to it that he not only gets good chance to become good carpenter but also that he gets chance that lot of us didn't have and that is the techni- cal end of the business. To do this believe that we owe duty to the future welfare of the carpenters Union that can only be fulfilled by trying to do something that will tend to educate the apprentice along the lines of drawing and mathematics and plan reading
 To this end I would recommend that this convention. take some action, by committee or otherwise, that will put us on record as favoring better chance for the apprentice.
 Another matter that I would call your attention is that of organization. Only by a close afiliation with the members of other Locals comprising the build ing crafts can we hope to maintain the high point of organization that we have won through hard years of sacrifice and often when victory has seemed at hand defeat was our lot only because ot the pettyness of those over whom we had no control Only recently in one sec ton of our State has this fact been fully demonstrated.
 The loyalty and integrity of years was lost almost in a moment through the jealousy and short sightedness of those who because they couldn't dominate de termined to destroy. In this 1 would recommend closer ajliation with our Building Trades Councils and that an active part be played in all negotiations when the betterment of the organization is concerned, whether they be civil, judi cial or the actual aims of our own par ticular craft
 In passing from this subject l would 1 urge that the several Locals within the
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-14

Humane methods in Canadian pris- on system, including parole systtem and pay for prison labor, give good results. says government spokesman.
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-14

~A Reyes (R)I New Hampshire Mccormick (R), Illinois. Mckinley (R), Illinois. Metcalf (R). Rhode Island Norbeck (R), South Dakota. Oddie (Ro, Nevada Pepper (R), Pennsylvania. Phipps (R), Colorado. Smoot (R), Utah. Sterling (R), South Dakota. Warren (R), Wyoming. Watson lR), Indiana Weller (R), Maryland. Willis (R), Ohio.
 PAIRED FOR THE POSTAL
 WORKERS Bruce CD, Maryland Ralston CD, Indiana Wheeler CD, Montana Johnson (F- L.), Minnesota Reed CD, Missouri. Stephens CD, Mississippi. PAIRED AGAINST THE POSTAL
 WORKERS King CD, Utah Owen (D), Oklahoma. Spencer (R), Missouri
 ABSENT AND NOT PAIRED Lenroot (R), Wisoncin- Shields CD, Tennessee. SENATORS WHO REVERSED
 THEIR VOTES On the vote to pass the measure last June only Senators Borah, Fess and Willis voted against it The following Senators voted to pass the bill, but reversed their stand by vot- ing to uphold the Presidents veto: Senators Ball, Bursum, Cameron, Cap per, Cummins, Curtis, Dial, Hale, liar reid, Reyes, Mckinley, Oddie. Pepper. Phipps, Sterling, Watson, Weller. Senator King, who withheld his vote to pass the bill, was paired against II on the vote to sustain the Presidents veto.
 Senator Owen who did not vote on the bill originally was paired against it
The Connecticut labor news., 1925-02-14
SENATE ROLL-CALL
 ON POSTAL PAY BILL

On June 7, 1924, President Cool1dg vetoed the bill granting employees in tn Postal Service wage increases averag ing $500 year. On Tuesday, Januar, 6, 1925, the Senate sustained the Presi dent-55 to 2o
 A change of one vote would hay, given the postal workers the necessar. two-thirds GO override the veto. The roll call follows: i FOR THE POSTAL WORKERS Ashurst CD, Arizona. Bayard (D). Delaware. Brookhart (R), Iowa. Broussard (D), Louisiana. Caraway CD, Arkansas. Copeland CD, New York. Couzens (R), Michigan. Dill CD, Washington. Dale (R). Vermont Edge (R), New Jersey. Edwards CD, New Jersey. Elkins (R), West Virginia. Ferris (D9, Michigan. Fletcher CD, Florida Frazier (R), North Dakota. George CD, Georgia. Gerry CD, Rhode Island. Glass (D), Virginia Gooding (R), Idaho. Harris (D), Georgia. Harrison (D), Mississippi. Hefin (D), Alabama. Howell (R), Nebraska. Johnson (R), California. Jones CD, New Mexico Jones (R), Washington. Kendrick CD, Wyoming. Ladd (R), North Dakota. La Toilette (R), Wisconsin. McKellar CD, Tennessee. Mclean (R), Connecticut McNary (R), Oregon. Mayheld CD, Texas. Means (R), Colorado. Moses (R), New Hampshire Nicely CD, West Virginia. Norris (R), Nebraska. Overman CD, North Carolina. Pittman (D), Nevada. Ransdea CD, Louisiana. Reed (R), Pennsylvania Z Robinson CD, Arkansas. Sheppard CD, Texas. / Shipstead (F. L.), Minnesota. Shortride (R), California. Simmons CD, North Carolina Smith CD, South Carolina. Stanfeld (R), Oregon. Stanley CD, Kentucky. Swanson CD, Virginia Tramrnen (D), Florida. Underwood (D), Alabama Wadsworth (R), New York. Walsh CD, Massachusetts. Walsh (D), Montana.
 AGAINST THE POSTAL
 WORKERS Ball {R), Delaware. Borah {R), Idaho. Bursum (R), New Mexico. Butler (R), Massachusetts. Cameron (R), Arizona. Capper (R), Kansas. Cumn1ins (R), Iowa. Curtis (R), Kansas. Dial (D), South Carolina. Ernst (R), Kentucky. Fernald (R), Maine. Fess (R), Ohio. Greene (R), Vermont. Hale (R), Maine. Harreld (R), Oklahoma