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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
LEGION HOLDS
LIVELY MEET
REORGANIZATION of A. L. |. TAX
en- Up; Full Membership En-
joys Fish Fry

AT meeting of John d. Mathis
Post Of the American Legion, held
last night at post headquarters,
Major James A. Fort madea report
on the prospects of recognizing
the Americas Light Infantry here.
he read letter from adjutant
generals office in which it was
stated that the quota for Georgia
units was at present filled. How
ever Americas application is now
on file in the adjutant's office and
will be given first consideration
when allotment of equipment is
again made.
The post enjoyed one Of the larg-
est attendancts last sight that it
has had SINCE Reorganization. The
fish fry given by the post to the
members and eX-service men was
very enjoyable affair. Commit
teeman Charles L. Brownell urged
every member to attend the state
convention at Rome August 10 to
81, as the Americas pose expects to
be on hand with a large contingeF
at the convention.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
SUMTER SHOULD
GROW TOBACCO,
SAYS STAPLETON
LOCAL MAN SPENT WEEK
IN SOUTH GEORGIA Wis
ITING IMPORTANT TO-
BACCO MARKETS

After spending a week in the to-
bacco sections of South Georgia,
visiting more than a dozen ware
houses, Lawson Staplcton returned
Monday absolutely sold on tobac-
co" as profitable crop for Sumter
and Webster counties.
There seems to be no reason why
farmer, planting a few acres in
tobacco, should not make a success
of it, provided he has the advice
and supervision of an experienced
tobacco man, Mr.. Stapleton says.
"As an example, take Carl Will
liams, an experienced farmer and a
good business man who lives at
Quitman," says Mr.. Stapleton. Gle
told me that his maximum cost in
raising tobacco was 7 cents pound,
counting everything from seed TO
selling time. He believes that 500
pounds to the acre is a fair general
average, year in and year out. That
is $50 total per acre. All over $50 is
Continued On Page Five.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
DR.. PRIMROSE
MAKES CHANGE
X-Ray Expert Announces Con-
nection With Drs. Smith and
Anderson

DR.. A. C. Primrose announces a
connection with DIR. Herschel Smith
and DIR. E. B. Anderson, effective
August 4th.
DR.. Primrose has moved to the
second floor of the Rylander thea
ter building where Drs. Smith and
Anderson maintain a suit of Off
ces. DR.. Primrose will continue
his general practice, as well as the
radium and X-ray work, being gem
orally associated with Drs. Smith
and Anderson in the general prac-
tice of their office. Additional X
ray equipment already has been or
dered, supplementing that already
installed.
DR.. Primrose moved to Americas
in June last year, coming here from
Baltimore where he had been ac-
lively associated with DIR. Howard
A. Kelley in the Kelly hospital OF
Baltimore.
DR. Herschel Smith is now in Ro-
chester, MINI, attending the clinics
in the Mayo hospital where he VIII
remain for couple of weeks.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
RED SPIDER
in GEORGIA
Cotton Pest Found in Great
Quantities in Fields Around
Augusta; Doing Damage

AUGUSTA, August 5.-The red
spider has put in it's appearance
in some Of the cotton fields around
Augusta, reports say. Several cot
ton growers found evidence of the
past week, and reported their dis
covery to Mr.. Mcconnell, county
cotton agent who outlined the fol-
lowing plan to do away with the in
sect
"The first insect appears on the
upped leaves in small red spots and
was thought for a long time by
farmers to be kind of rust The
leaves turn yellow, wither and fall
off. With their falling goes the
bolls. The spider feeds on the cot
ton plants by means of sharp,
slender lance-like mouth parts that
are thrust well into the leaves and
making it impossible to poison the
pest by poisoning the food. The
poisoning must be done by the use
of some chemical that will kill by
contact, and if the infected plants
cannot be pulled and burned, the
use of potassium sulphide q ounce
to gallons of water) is recon-
mended."
Cotton growers are urged 10 b'
on the lookout for the spider anC
to destroy it before lie gains. mucl
headway, as it does great damage t.
the crops.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
BY ZOE pORmAft

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. B
With the ever-growing certainty
OF an anthracite coal strike some
$4,000 communities in the United
States face the prospect Of a dwindl
me heating supply and steadily ris-
ing coal prices.
Industrial plants in many Of these
same communities must either adapt
their power plants 10 other means
of fueling or face the prospect Of
an inevitable shutdown should the
strike be prolonged
"And should there be a coal
strike, every industry in the coun-
try will be affected directly in IN
directly" John +. Lewis, president
of the United Mine Workers, told
me.
"At present there are some 1885,
600 men employed in the anthracite
mines. ConservativeIy, they and
their dependents will number at
least 100000,
with a shutdown, these mon viii
Immediately be compelled to re-
trench in their buying in prepare
tion for 4 prolonged struggle. Pur-
chascs will be cut down to the barest
necessities of life. Food purveyors,
clothing dealers and manufacturers
in fact, all who sell to the family
will find a falling off in their bust
ness.
"And those viii not be alone ii
their loss Of trade. The normal
purchases Of the mining industry
for example, rails, explosives, tools,
lumber will BE shut off. All these
things must be added to the cost Of
a coal strike"
"Thc miners ere not asking the
impossible in their ware and other
demands. Statistics Of the govern
ment show steadily increasing
cost in foodstuffs and other neees-
stiles The mine workers must have
increased wages to cover the cost
Continued on Page tiye)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
GEORGIA HIDES
PROVE Be BEST
Since Eradication of Tick They
Are Being Used for Patent
Leather

WAYCR0SS, August 5.-Geor-
gia hides that were once used for
low grade of leather are now
making the finest grade of patent
leather shoes, since the eradication
of the tick. The enforcement OF
the Georgia cattle dipping law has
done much to improve the hides
throughout the state. A marked
Improvement is found in the sales
of Georgia hides and there seems
to be a demand for them through
out the east. M. M. Munroe, Of
the Georgia Fur and Hide company
states that his company has han
died over 10000 hides that have
been used in the manufacture of
high grade patent leather shoes for
ladies. He further demonstrated
the grade of the hide by present
ing lady with pair of high grade
ladies shoes, made Of Georgia hide
by a Massachusetts tanner
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
SOUTH FREIGHT
RATES REVISED
Peanut Shipments From Souht-
east to North Affected by |.
c. c. Decisions

WASHINGTON, Aug 5.-A re-
vision of all rate son classified
shipments in territories constituting
the southeastern quarter Of the
United States was ordered today by
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.
Scale rates to govern classified
freight shipments into and out of
the South were also created and
rates on peanuts moving from south
eastern territory to Chicago. Mil.
waukee, Cleveland and other north
ern cities were held to be unreason.
ably high.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
WIVES ARE MUCH.
CRAHER THAN
MATES, HICKSON
Famous Doctor Says Figures
Show Women to Be 20 Per
Cent Demented Than Men
HIS OWN EXPERIENCE
BEARS OUT FIGURUES
Out of $4,000 Feeble Minded
Persons Treated in Chicago,
60 Per Cent Women

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.--If mankind
is descended from the ape, then wo-
men are descendants of the cookoo
birdie.
Further, it was probably a SPUR
rel, instead of a snake, that chased
Eve out of the Garden of Eden.
For DR.. William j. Hickson, d.
rector Of the Chicago Psychopathic
laboratory, has just made public
this conclusion:
Women are 20 per cent crazier
than mem
And as he disappeare ddown the
entrance of his bombproof cyclone
cellar, DR.. Hickson added defiant
ly:
Figures prove it,"
DIR. Hickson explains that this
conclusion is the result of 80 years
work with mental defecties, and is
based, not on any personal bias or
prejudice, but on cold figures.
Figures, he adds, never lie.
"If figures proved that | was a
tramp" he said, "my wife would be
justified in thinking that she was
the wife of a tramp. And if fig
ures prove that her sex is 20 per
cent erazier than mine, then she
should be satisfied to know that
she has a bright husband"
OF the 1900 feeble minded
persons who have been treated by
DR.. Hickson's department in the
laast IL years, 60 per cent have
been women.
"Many girls of medium intelli-
gence become insane or feeble mind
Continued on Page Five)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
TENNESSEE TO
BATTLE TO END
Peay Declares State viii Com
bat Every Question On APP
peal of Scopes Case

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Aug. 5.
Governor Austin Peay, Tennessee,
in statement here today announc-
ed that the State of Tennessee will
employ counsel from this forward
and will combat every question that
can be raised on appeal of the
Scopes case.
The Governor said that there was
no federal question in the Scopes
case. Tennessee is a sovereign
state, and except as forbidden by
the federal constitution, has abso-
Lutte authority to regulate its local
concerns and employ its police pow
ers without any federal interfer-
ence, he said
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
PUSH CAR RUNS
over MINNICK
S. A. L. Employe Suffers Com
pound Fractures of the Leg
In Accident Today

j. Il. Minnick, Seaboard Air Line
railroad steel worker, suffered a
compound fracture of the right
thigh about 1880 O'Clock this morn
ing when the rear wheel of push
car, heavily loaded with cross ties,
passed over his thigh when he slip
ped in an attempt To mount to the
top Of the car while it was in mo-
ton.
The accident occurred on the S,
A. L. Tracks between Lee and Jack
son streets and the injured man was
rushed to DIR. Anderson's office by
City Engineer Walker and his as
sistant, Pantone, who were on their
way up town in Walkers automo-
bile.
DR., Anderson stated at noon to-
day that Mr.. MinnicR was doing as
well as could be expected and I'M
less complications set in he was in
no immediate danger. The heavy
flange on the wheel Of the car cut
a deep cash in Mr. Minnick's thigh
and the weight of the cross ties
caused the bones to break through
the skin.
Two negroes who were assisting
in the loading of the car, said that
Mr.. Minnick attempted to leap
aboard the car as it was set in mo-
ton but that he lost his footing on
the damp ground and before he
could reach the top of the ties with
his hands he had fallen beneath the
wheels Of the car.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
MURDER LAID TO
HENRY SCHWARZ.
OFFICIAL
Chief Charged With Staying of
Unidentified Man Found iii
Ruins
CHARRED BODY NOT
THAT OF LARORER
Stewards Life Was Insured for
$4,000; Wife Declares Re-
mains Her Husbands

MARTINEZ, Calf, Aug. 5.-A
warrant charging Charles Henry
Schwarz, vice president and general
manager of the Pacific Celluose
company, with the murder of an
unidentified man whose charred
body was found in the ruins of the
Celluose plant at Walnut Greek
last Thursday, was sworn out here
Tuesday. 1t was signed by Coua-
ty Detective Clyde Laird.
Schwartz has been missing since
the explosion and fire Thursday
night and officials are convicted
that the charred body is not his.
Joe Rodeguez, Portuguese labor
cr, who disappearance form Wal
nut Creek the night of the explo-
sion led to the belief that he had
been slain, reported Tuesday alive
and well.
He returned to walnut Creek
shortly after one o'clock and re-
ported to the authorities, who had
been attempting to identify the
corpse found after an explosion last
Thursday night, as Rodeguez in
stea dof Charles Henry Schwarz,
Berkeley chemist, first thought to
have been the victim.
Authorities had accumulated
evidence which they believe mater
tally strengthened their theory that
body found in the ruins was not
that of Schwartz, whose life was
insured for $180,000.
Their theory was that it was the
body of another person who had
been slain and placed there to in
dictate that the chemist had met
death in an explosion. A reclusc
has been missing from Walnut
! Creek since the explosion.
Although identified by Mrs. Sch
wartz as the body of her husband,
District Attorney A. B. Timing re-
fused to allow the woman custody
of it until legal Identification had
been established. Schwarz was re-
+; Gently made defendant in breach
of promise suit for $4,000 by Miss
Elizabeth Adams, of Oakland.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
OF COAL
STRIKE POINTED
OUT BY LEADER
Lewis, Union President, Gives
Views In Crisis Which Seems
Certain 80 End in Strike
UNITED STATES FACES
RISING COAL PRICES
Anthracite WaIk-Out WEI d.
rectly Affect Every Industry
in This Country

SWAMPsCCTT, August 5. -
Concerned Lut not alarmed over
the break between anthracite opera
tors and their miners in their wage
scale negotiations, President Cool.
idge kept close tab on the situation
today without indicating what ac-
ton, if any, the government would
take If suspension Of mining Oh.
erations on September l became
certainty. The president is siin
hopeful that an agreement on wages
will be reached.
a comprehensive report OF tho
Atlantic City negotiations confer
ence, which terminated suddenly
Monday, was tclegraphed Coolidge
by department labor observers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05

EDMONTON, Alta, Aug. b.
Notification that he had been grant
ed a substantial advance in salary
failed to arouse Sheriff Peter Gum
of Edmonton to any unusual pitch
of enthusiasm. Not that he did
not appreciate the liberality Of his
employer but rather to the fact
that he will never reap the fruit Of
the "increase.
The notice of his salary raise
came to the sheriff in a letter from
theh north country written nearly
80 years ago. BY some trick Of
fate the letter had gone astray.
1t was dated January 6. 1896,
and was written by Even MaeDon-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
GERMANY WILL WIN BACK
TRADE IN THIRTY YEARS

WILLIAMSON, Mass, Aug. s..
Through a determined and relent-
less paying of her war debt in
demnity, Germany will recapture
her foreign markets and in 80 years
will have gained much more than
she lost in the war, Professor Ed
ward A. Guy, of Harvard, said to-
day in an address at the Institute
of Politics conference on the foreign
policy of the United States.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
FAVORABLE. REPORT
ON CHILDREN'S CODE

ATLANTA, Aug. 5.-A favorable
report on seven bills constituting
the children's code was made this
morning by the Senate Judiciary
committee number one.
The bills, which cover expansion
of the juvenile courts, support OF
children under certain cireumstan-
ces, legal and option, boys training
school, compulsory school attend
ance and enforced support of chill
drcn by parents, was given pub
lie hearing two weeks ago.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
Bear Struck By AutOm o bile
ReViveS and Fights Driver

bear sprang onto the hood Of the
truck, but skidded off, fell under
the wheels, and lay still.
To take home proof Of his Prov
ess, Gaines returned and grasped
the bear by an ear. The truck mas
sage however, had not killed, only
dazed him, and the animal sprang
up with an angry "Woofw
At this point Gaines decided to
allow the bear his life and liberty
and sped back to his machine with
out dignity and only part of his
trousers. The bear disappeared up
a canyon,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
FORTUNE IN NARCOTICS
LOCATED IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO. Aug. "a fortune
in narcotics, found in a flat which
had all the fixtures of an oriental
drug den, were seized by federal
agents last night. A man and a
woman were arrested and are charg-
ed with carrying on a wholesale traf
fic in drugs. The value of the
drugs confiscated are variously es-
timated between $4,000 to $780,
900, with an additional $40, 900
worth of pipes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05

YAKIMA, Wash. Aug. g. Big
game hunting by automobile is not
so good, L. D. Gaines, driver of an
oil truck, is convicted, after an en-
counter he had with a black bear,
while on the Rimrock road, in the
Cascade Mountains, east of here, re
Gently.
When first seen, the animal was
Looping along the highway ahead of
him, Gaines related. Speeding up
his machine, he forced the creature
toward the rocks at one edge Of
the road. Suddenly turning, the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
Notice OF Salary Increases
Received Thirty Years Late

aid at that time manager Of the
Peace River district for the Hud-
sons Bay company. Gum, then
comparatively young, was employed
at the eompanys post at Lesser
Slave lake.
The hardy Scotehman, MacDon-
aid, long since dead, informs Mr..
Gum in the letter that his Services
have been highly satisfactory" and
that as a result, he has been award.
ed magnificent" increase in En-
glish pounds sterling. Just how
much the magnificent Increase
amounted to Mr.. Gum declined 10
divulge but it caused the sheriff nd
chuckle. La.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
CHINESE Q POWER
TREATIES EFFECTIVE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-The
two, nine-power treaties relating 10
fhe Chinese which were signed at
the time Of the Washington arms con
ference, became effective today
when formal Publications were ex-
changed at the state department.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
AFTERNOON SESSIONS
FOR THE UPPER HOUSE

ATLANTA, Aug 5.-The rules
committee of the senate today de-
eide don afternoon sessions for the.
upper house for the first time this
session.
The House today sidetracked the
classification tax bill and adopted
the rules committee that put the
first tax reform measure in the
sixth place on the calendar for con-
sideration. rs 2N
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
FAILS SWIM CHANNEL
BY SCANT HALF MILE

DEAL, England, Aug. 5.-Lieu-
tenant Colonel Bernard c. Frey
berg, war veteran and holder Of inc
Victoria Cross, fell short today by
a scant half mile in an attempt 20
swim the English channel.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
ABANDON HOPE
OF SAVING WIFE,
HUSBAND DIES
George Batten, rs, Passes Away
When Informed That His
Mate Cannot Live
MRS. BATTEN CORED
BY COW WEEK AGO
Coople Who Died Within Half
Hour Each Other to Be Buried
in Common Grave
BY KIRKLAND SUTLIVE


Unable to bear the thought of
being left alone in the world. and
his heart, which had beat within his
body for rs years shattered, torn
and weak, George Batten, resident
of the 28th district, lay down by
the side of his beloved wife and
died Monday night, fifteen minutes
after he had been informed by
physicians that his mate, who had
been gored in the side by cow
last Sunday, would not survive the
night. Half hour after the angel
of death had descended and touched
the brow of her husband, Mrs. Bat
ten surrendered after a weeks bat
tie with the Grim Reaper, and clos
ed her eyes in eternal sleep.
The aged couple, who had lived
happily together for 40 years, will
be buried this afternoon at o'clock
in one grave in Pleasant Grove
cemetery, Rev: A. G. Brewton OIL
ficiating.
Sunday week ago, Mrs. Batten,
while in the yard of her home, was
gored in the side by COW, At first
it was thought the wound was rot
serious as the horns of the
animal did not penetrate very
deep, but on Saturday it became
evident that she had spent her fast
waning strength in combating pos
sible infection and on Sunday the
doctors announced that the wound
was infected. .
Mr.. Batten, although hardly
able to get about, waited on his
mate through Sunday, Sunda ynight
and Monday, ever hopeful that the
doctors would meet with success in
their attempt to check the poison
that was fast absorbing the re-
naming live corpuscles in his be-
loved's blood,
Monday night, intuition told the
faithful husband that death was not
far distant. Summoning his cour-
age, he asked the attending ply
sician if there was a possible chance
of his wife surviving.
81 want you to tell me the truth,
Doctor, is my wife going to live?"
he asked. eff she isn't, want to
die with her"
81 regret to say there is no hope"
replied the kindly physician. "There
is, however, a possibility of her
wardipg off death for a few hours
longer, but she will not survive the
night"
When the doctor had finished
speaking, the husband, with tear
stained eyes, crossed the room to
the side of the bed where his wife
had lain for a week, removed his
toht and laid down. saying, 81
an ready and want to die"
In fifteen minutes the brave
heart had ceased to beat. The an
gel of death had answered his plea.
Doctors pronounced his death due
to broken heart and excitement.
Those who have known Mr.. Bat
ten for a number of years, say that
he was alone in the world and 8
far none of his relatives have been
located. He and his wife have re-
sided in Sumter county for more
than 25 years.
Mrs. Batten is survived by one
sisters, Mrs. j. A. Mills, 18th dis
trict; four brothers, Warren Davis,
18th district; Abb and Pete Davis,
Terrell county, and Riley Davis,
Lee county.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05
WEATHER

For Georgia-Partly cloudy to
night and Thursday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-05

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