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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
BLACKS FILLED
WITH BIRD shot
Innocent Bystander Gets Worst
of Duel Between Two 18th
District Negroes

AS result of shooting scrape
between Tom Glover and John Yves
ley, negroes, at Glover's home in
the 18th district Thursday night,
Tom received a number of bird shot
in his right arm and Charles Jones.
innocent bystander, is busy picking
bird shot from his chest and knee
this morning, according to Deputy
Sheriff Chappell, who was called TO
investigate the afafir. No arrests
have been made.
Tom, so the story goes. was enjoy
ing the tranquility of his home
Thursday night, when Wesley came
to remove some clothing which he
had left at Toms home several
weeks ago. After receiving the
garments, Wesley. who had been
squabbling with Tom for the past
week, declared that now was the
physiological time to settle their 1T
tie affair. Tom agreed and the
shooting began. What happened Is
told in the opening paragraph ef
this story.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
DEVELOP BALD
COTTON Seed
Needs No Haircut, But Comes
From the Gin AS Smooth AS
Field Pea

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21-A cot.
ton seed which needs no haircut and
which comes from the gin as smooth
as the seed from a freestone peach
has been developed
1t is the recent achievement of
plant breeders of the United States
Department of Agriculture in their
work with American Egyptian cot
ton which is conducted at the SAGA
ton station in Arizona. 1t was de-
Veloped from the celebrated Pima
variety of cotton.
The present commercial stock of
the Pima variety has rather fuzzv
seeds, which make ginning on the
roller gins somewhat difficult and
expensive. There is, however, some
variation from plant to plant in the
amount of short hairs or fuzz on
the seeds.
The plant breeders took advan.
tage of this fact and in 1920 select
ed several individual plants which
had seeds almost devoid of hirsute
adornment. From these a strain was
developed which has proved to be
uniformly smooth-seeded and APP
pears to be in all other respects
typica pima, producing fiber of
good quality.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
DAYTON TRIAL
HASITS EFFECT
NKENTuCKY
Anti-Evolution Bill Has Been
Drawn for Presentations to
tt Legislature 81
NUNS PREVENTED
FROM TEACHING
Measure Confines Itself Strictly
to the Mechanics of School
Operations

FRANKFORT, KY, Aug. 21-An
anti-evolution bill has been drawn
for presentation to the 1926 Ken.
lucky legislature. The bill does NOT
emanate from the state department
of education.
The sense of the departmental Of
meals rests with a legislative code
approved by the Kentucky Educa-
tioLal Association. The code will
be compiled in one lengthy bill be-
ing prepared by J. Virgil Chapman.
and will confine itself strictly to the
mechanic of school operation.
Nothing radical or sensational,
an effort to make workable the
school law if the departments 1926
legislative sense.
The anti-evolution bill, however.
has been drawn, ready for the open
in of the bill hopper. The measure
is sponsored by some of those who
secured passage of the 1924 act re-
quiring teaching of the Bible in the
Kentucky schools daily.
State Senator James r. Rash, of
Hopkins county, lost the August
democratic nomination for senator
from his district to John L. Thur
mond, Of Christian county. At the
1922 general assembly, Senator
Rash introduced in the upper house
an anti-evolution bill which went
down to defeat.
The second reliable advice is that
a bill will be introduced prohibiting
nuns from teaching in public schools
while wearing their prescribed
CARDS.
Attorney General Daugherty in
an opinion to John L. Graham, sup
erintendent of the Daviees county
schools, declared that public schools
should not be taught in a building
under the control or dominion of a
parochial or sectarian school.
"The public school," Colonel
Daugherty sail, "should be kept abb
solutely free from the influence or
control, direct or indirect, of any
denomination or sect, and the pub
lie school should not only be kept
free from any sectarian influences,
but the county board should avoid
any arrangement that would give
them ground for a suspicion of
influence"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
SAYS ATLANTA
PAPERS CRAZY
Critfir's Weather Man Declares
Temperature Figures Pub
lished Are Wrong

Atlanta and Macon newspapers
incurred the wrath of Professor
Snider, Griffin's famous long dist
ance weather prognosticator re-
Gently when they published wealth
err story, giving Griffin's tempera-
ture at 1865 degrees and Atlanta's
temperature at SO degrees.
Snider accuses the Atlanta
weather dopester of hiding his Their
nometer from the suns rays and
denies the report that Griffin Their
mometers registered 1883 degrees
Wednesday.
"They must be crazy" he said
in talking about the stories. why
they had the nerve to say the
mercury here Wednesday hit the
1865 mark. That's wrong. It was
hot but my thermometer did not
20 over % all day long. And |
have one Of the best in the state
"In Atlanta they have their
weather Instruments on the top Of
the Atlanta Trust company building
where it is carefully guarded against
AMI direct rays of tht sun. That
always makes it a few degrees cool
er than it would be down on the
ground in the open. So you can al
ways add few degrees to the
weather report from there if you
want the correct figure"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
THIS SENATOR
WASN'T THINKING

ATLANTA, August 21.-Sev-
eral senator's are chuckling over
the unconscious behavior of one
of their member a few days ago.
He walked up to the water-cool-
err in the rear of the senate cham
Der, filled a paper cup with wat
err and was in the act of raising
it to his lips.
Watch out, senator" cried
one. That's water!'
Great Scott" was his horri-
fed rejoinder as he quickly cast
the offending cup and its con-
tents into a bucket. Then, seeing
what he had done, he grinned
sheepishIy and returned to his
seat. Said he wasn't thirsty
1 anyway.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
MISSIONARIES HELD
BY CHINESE WELL AND
HOPEFUL OF RELEASE

NEW YORK, Aug. 21-Althouob
well and hopeful that they will soon
be released from captivity, eight
British missionaries. taken by band.
its more than two weeks ago at =
summer resort in the province Of
Chwan, Southern China, are still be.
ing detained.
The u nfortuantes are. Bishon
Howard Kinvinston Mowll, former
dean of Wycliffe College, Toronto,
Mrs. Mowll, Rev. v. r. Bonnis.
thorne and wife, N. F. w. Wiles and
the Misses A. Amfield, A. Settle
and G. Arlton.
Why the bandits took the mis-
sionaries is not know whether in an
endeavor to obtain a ransom or be-
cause Of religious fanaticism
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
HOUSE FAILS
TO AGREE ON
MONEY BILL
Lower Body Unable to Reach
Accord On q Single One of
26 Senate Amendments
BARRETT LEADS
FIGHT ON ADDITIONS
Senate Adopts Majority Report
of the Highway Department
Probe Committee

ATLANTA, August 81. - The
possibility of an Extraordinary ses.
SIGN Of the GEORGIA legislature an
Peared to he rapidly approaching
strong probability when the hous,
today refused to agree to single
ore OF the 26 senate amendments
to the general appropriations bill.
The appropriations bill, as it
came back from the Senate, car
ried increases of approximately
100000 for each of the next two
years, and would create a deficit
OF approximately $l,OO0,OOo next
year and 2 million in ct, Chairman
Barrett told the house. He asked
that every senate amendment be
voted down.
The serate today adopted, by a
vote of 20 TO Is, the majority re.
port of the highway department in.
Veetigating committee, which ex,
onerates Holder Of all charged o.
'rresularity in his management of
he department.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
LIGHTNING KILLS
THREE NEGROES
Two Others Knocked Insensible
BY Bolt in Lee County
Thursday Afternoon

- A bolt of lightning instantly
k31Ed a negro woman and two
negro girls late Thursday afternoon
on the J. S. Mathis plantation in
Lee county and rendered two other
negro women insensible, when they
gathered under a large tree on the
plantation to seek shelter from the
rain, according to the Times-Re-
corder's special correspondent in
Leesburg.
The dead are: Buelah Moye, 25;
Willie Mae haines, II and Leola
Moye, 10 Gussie Mae Moye and
an unknown negro woman were
knocked to the ground by the bolt
and are in serious condition to-
day.
The negroes were picking cotton
on the Mathis plantation when a
sudden shower caused them to seek
shelter beneath the oak. They had
jut5 gathered beneath the tree
when the bolt of lightning struck
them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
BY ROY J. GIBBONS

CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-'If condi-
tions in the Virgin Islands were bad
when the United States bought
them from Denmark in 1917, they
are ten times worse today"
This is the statement of Lucius
]. M. Malmin, for six years federal
judge in the islands, who in an ex-
elusive interview with NEA Service
and Times-Recorder eXcoriates the
Navy Departments government of
these possessions and holds Con-
gress responsible for what he terms
"the tyrannical rule of naval gov
ernors."
The judge charges that:
In five years the islands will be
depopulated because of misrule and
bad economic conditions.
2. In eight years the islands have
had six naval officers as governors,
five of whom have been recalled be-
cause of gross Encouragement Of
affairs.
3. A naval governor ordered him
to render a certain decision from
the bench without hearing the evil
dence, and elected hi mfrom his
court when he refused to do it.
4. Congress has broken faith
with the natives by failin gto pro-
vide a civil government instead of
naval rule, inaugurated as tempo
rary measure.
5. A native editor was jailed for
criticizing the naval rule
81 was a judge without a court"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
.C.OF c. BAGGAGE
MASTER INJURED
Brown Run Over at Adams Sta
ton in Attlneps to Board
SouthlandTrain

Baggage Master Brown on Cen
trail Of Georgia train No. 90, south
bound, known as the Southland,
tourist train, was run over and seri-
"Isly injured early this morning as
44ams Station when he fell be-
meath the baggage car in an attempt
to toard the train after aiding the
"wtehman in throwing switch to
let The two Central Northbound
trains Lass.
Tine southland stopped at Adams
Station to wait for the Dixie FLYER
and the Seminole, northbound
trains, to pass. In order to lose
as little time as possible, Brown
left his car to throw the switch. the
switchman being at the rear Of the
tram Tagging. 1t was while at
tempting to board the baggage car
after throwing the switch that
Brown fell beneath the wheels of
the train, according to information
reaching Americas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
EXTRA SESSION
PROBABLE

ATLANTA, August 21.-An ex-
ira session of the Georgia legisla-
ture doomed as strong probability
Thursday night when the house and
senate faced practical certainty of
a deadlock over items in the gen.
eral appropriations bill.
With bot hhouses apparently de.
termined to stand firm, the clash
which began Thursday seems like
Ey to continue to the hour of sine
die adjournment Saturday night. If
the session should end with the
general appropriations bill unpass.
ed, it would be necessary for the
governor 10 call special session
before January /, 1875, in order that
the state government might func.
ton for the next two years.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
NECRESS And
HOBO GUILTY
Train Rider and Woman Who
Ransacked c. H. Blmke's
Home Get Heavy Fines

A white hobo, giving his name as
L. G. Patterson, of Chicago, charg-
ed with stealing a ride ON train,
was given $40 or A months on the
chain gang and a negro woman,
charged with stealing a watch and
other articles from the home of c.
H. Burke, was taxed $50 or three
months on the chain gang, at a
special session of city court Thurs
day afternoon, presided over by
Judge Rainey, Of the city court of
Ellaville, substituting for Judge w,
M. Harper, who is on his vacation.
Patterson. who is nearing his Goth
mile stone, has notified relatives of
his plight and is expected to pro-
duce the long green some time to-
day. The negro woman will be
turned over to Warden Wheatley to-
day.
According to Mr.. Burke, the me-
gro woman had been in his employee
but one day when she ransacked his
home and departed with a wrist
watch, articles of clothing and the
ingredients used in making ice
cream. When arrested she was tick
ling her pallet with ice cream, made
with the articles stolen from Mr..
Burke's ice box and pantry.
Patterson was removed from a
Central of Georgia train on Tuesday
by the city police and turned over to
the sheriff.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
WONDER WHAT
THE MINER WANTS

ATLANTA, August 81.
President }. Howard Ennis, of
the Georgia state senate is
proudly exhibiting some nuggets
of Georgia gold.
Last Sunday, with a party of
senator's he made trip into
North Georgia, visiting a gold
NINE in that section. He re.
turned with nuggets which had
been presented him by the own
err of the operation, sufficient. If
marketed, to more than nav hi.
expenses on the trip.
incidentally, President Ennis
is one of the warmest believers
In the states mineral resources
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
EN-Judge Attacks Naval
Rule OF Virgin Islands;
Tyranny An1OngChargeS

says Malmin. "In 1921, Admiral
Oman, then naval governor of the
islands. ordered me to render a de,
cislon against the Bethlehem Sugar
Co., without hearing the evidence.
"Oman's theory was that since a
judge was government employee
he should take orders from the head
of the government.
When | refused to obey the
governors orders he elected me
from my court"
The case was taken to the third
appellate court at Philadelphia.
Malmin won an dwas reappointed
by President Harding, after having
been named originally for the of
flee by President Wilson.
Returning to the islands, found
no Improvement in conditions" the
judge continues.
Admiral Oman or his subordi-
mates attempted to dictate the de-
cisio min ever ycriminal case.
"The islands are regarded as oc-
cupied territory by the naval adj
ministrators. They conduct them
selves as conquerors, not as guardi-
ans.
'"The natives have no country.
They gave up their Danish citizen
ship and have been given no other.
They cannot get passports to leave
their native soil for foreign coun-
tries, and. if they go to New York
or Porto Rico, as 1000 of them have
done, they have no rights of citizen
chin y
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
M'MILLAN SUGGESTS USE
OF LIGHTER-THAN-AIR
MACHINES IN ARCTIC

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Light
er than air machines, like the dir.
gibles Shenandoah and Los Ange-
les, are in the opinion of Command
er B. Mcmillan the type of craft
best suited to overcome the ice haz-
ards the far north presents
Tis message received by the Ma
tional Geographic Society, made no
mention of how long the explorers
expected to remain in the Arctic
regions, now that they have def
nately decide dto abandon efforts
to fly over the unehartered polar
regions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
this MAN IS FED
Up ON FLORIDA
Yankee Says He May Go to
He'll But Never Back There;
Was Visitor Here

MACON, August 81. - A tour
ist who had been to Florida and
who was working his way back to
some point-he didn't know where
passed through Macon Thursday
morning.
On the rear OF the automobile
was big placard, on which was
this lettering;
II may go to hell, but | won't go
to Florida again."
The man left here with his fam
lily over the road to Atlanta. His
home was in New England.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
EXTRA SESSION OF LEGISLATURE APPEARS Inevitable
Million Dollar Fire Sweeps North Carolina Forest
Business And Otherwise In
The Georgia Legislature

chned. With the twinkle in his eye
that members have come to know,
he paraphrased.
Mr.. Speaker: | had rather be
a door keeper in this house of dogs
than sit in the scat of the wicked"
The reply brought the usual
aughtcr created by Mr.. Ficklen's
comments.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
FOUR OFFICERS
FOUND GUILTY
Fined and Reduced for Bring
ing Ship Into Norfolk With
LIQUOR Aboard

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-A loss
IN standing sand fines were impos-
ed upon four officers of the naval
transport Beaufort today by Score
tary Wilbur as the result of a court
martial, growing out of the arrival
0 tthe transport at Norfolk last Feb
ruary from the West Indies with
liquor aboard.
Verdict sof not guilty, returned
by court martial, last June, against
Miss Ruth Anderson and Miss
charged with the violation of the
Volstead act in bringing liquor
from the West Indies, were disap-
proved by the Secretary.
Catherine Clancy, navy nurses,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
AIR MAIL PETITION
RECEIVED BY NEW

tloh Tor the extension of the air mail
service between New York and Mi
ami, with stops at a dozen cities in
and between. was received today by
Postmaster General New.
The petition signed by the post
masters in the cities concerned, es-
timated the amount of air mail that
would be available each day. 1t
proposed that stops be made at Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, Washington,
Richmond, Norfolk. Wilmington.
Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick,
Jacksonville, Daytona and West
Palm Beach.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
MORE WIT FROM
REPRESENTATIVE FICKLEN

ATLANTA, August 81. - Rep
Preventative Ficklen, of Wilkes coun-
ty, who has come to be known as
one of the wits of the Georgia
house, is great on paraphrasing.
When asked by the speaker recent
ly to take the chair for brief
time, the Wilkes representative de.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
HERE LAST
SATURDAY

The same disgruntled tourist
passed through Americas last Sat
urday. On the rear of his dilapi-
dated car was the very same pIa-
card. While here he also stated he
was bound for some point, but
didn't seem to know just exactly
his destination. 1t is a certainty
that he will be old and gray when
ne reaches his destination, if he
does not make better tine between
Macon and his unknown point"
than he made between Americas
and Macon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21

BLOWING ROCK, N. c., Aug. 81
Grandfather Mountain, near here
IS a raging mass of flames, which
are being driven to other sections
OF TINS mountain country by a strong
WIND. Efforts to check the fire so
Tar have proven futile. owing to the
exceedingly dry conditions of the
underground due to the fact that
there has been virtually no rain in
this section all summer.
Those who have been endeavoring
to fight the flames last night saw
little hope of success unless rain
comes soon and there are no indi-
cations Of this.
1t is estimated that already mil
lions of dollars worth of timber
has been destroyed. Charring of
Grandfather Mountain which is gov
crnment property, will destroy some
of the most picturesque mountain
scenery in eastern United States.
Tonight numerous smaller fires
were observed in other forests in
the Mnville-Blowing Rock section.
Grandfather Mountain is a part
of the Blue Ridge range and lies
in Watauga county between Blow
ing Rock and Linvile, both popular
summer resorts where thousands Of
visitors are attracted each year
Although there are large resort no.
tells here and at Linville, none are
located on Grandfather Mountain,
which was acquired by the federal
government a few years ago. Sew
eral months ago the mountain was
proposed as part of the site for
national park.
No accurate estimate could be
made last night as to the number
of persons fighting the flames. The
fire has bee nraging all day and all
efforts to check its progress have
failed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
GRANDFATHER
MOUNTAIN IS
MASSOF FLAME
Conflagration On Eastern Side
Of Mountain is Checked
Early Today
PICTURESQUE SCENERY
DESTROYED BY BLAZE
Preparations Were Being Made
to Make Charred Region
Part of National Park

BLOWING ROCK, N. c., August
2l.-Sweping its way through vir-
Sin timber on the lower half of lhe
slope of Grandfather Mountain in
the Blue Ridge range, a forest fire,
said to be one of the greatest in
the history of the state, which caus--
ed damage estimated at approx;-
mately 100000 early today is
slowly burning itself out.
With the aid of light rain, state
foresters and mountaineers had
checked the conflagration on the
eastern side of the mountain.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21

Every now and then a man tries
to repeal the laws of nature and the
laws Of nature repeal him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21

Just as the bows are planning for
college a New York professor re-
signs to become a carpenter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1925-08-21
AMERICAS SPOT coTToN
WEATHER

For Georgia-Generally fair to-
night and Saturday preceded by
local thundershowers this after
mon Or tonight in south portion;
cooler tonight.
New Britain herald., 1925-09-09

.,-.. .a.--.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-21

En- Ia Fortaleza nos dieron aver
Ia siguiente nota:
Reception del honorable Beck
man Winthrop, Gobernador que
fue de Puerto Rico, en- su vista q
la isla en- mario % de 1926.
El ex-Gobernador de Puerto Ri
CO, Winthrop, ha notificado al Co
bernador Towner que llegara con
81 sonora en- ell vapor "Megantic".
ei domingo por la maiiana, % del
corriente, y que permanecera bre-
vemente entire snosotros en- dicho
dia. En- su carta el sx-gobernador
Winthrop dice: "Hace tantos amos
que salt de Puerto Rico, que me
imagine que habre de encontrar
muchos cambios. De todos modos.
tendre gran placer en- v1sitaros Y
er La Fortaleza" de nuevo, dom
de pase tan felices afios".
Con tai motive, Sc ha acordado q.
para saludar al Gobernador, su es-
posa y seQuito, a las 8:45 iran a re-
eihirlos al muelle los Jefes de De-
ra1tamentos, oficiales y miembros
del senado y de la Camara de Re-
presentantes, ell Alcalde y flncio-
rarios muncipales, los oficiales del
Regimiento y de la Gnardia Nacio-
nal con la Banda Mil1tar, ell jefe Y
cfIc1ales de la Policia Insular, Off
ciales de las diversas asociaciones
de San juan y ciuGadanos, Cscoltsn.
cclos hasta La Fortalega, en- donde
seran recibidos por Ell Gobernador
y su sehora.
1nm~iatamente despues Sc ueva-
ra a cabo una reception pdbIica en-
La FortalezA, durante La cual ten
dran oportunidad, los que asi 10 de-
seen, de saludar al Gobernador Win
throp y a su sehora. Los esposos
Winthrop almorzaran con La familia
del Gobernador Towner en- La For
tale2a, y por la tarde saldran. de
paseo en- autom6vil retornando des-
pues al vapor "Megantic que pro
bablemente partir& de San Juan a
las 500 de la tarde.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-21
Los SOBERANos INGLEsEs
PoR FIN PARTEN PARA sU
VIAJE

LoNDREs, MARIO 10, (cable
franc6s) Ell Rey Jorge y La Rel
ma Maria de 1nglaterra, han deja-
do el Palacio de Buckingham, donde
residen, en- viaje que 1e ha sido
prescrito por los doctores al Rey,
'despues de su larga enfermedad
Los soberanos Sc proponen cruzar
Francia en- Ell wagon presidential
hasta la frontera italiana de Mo.
dane y desde allf en- Ell wagon real
hasta Geneva donde ell Yate real
los espera.
Despachos mas recientes anun-
clan que los reyes ingleses han atra
vesado toda Francia sin haberseies
hecho recepciones nj ceremonIas
o6ciales.