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N. Y. Futures— Oct. Dec. Jan.
Previous Close .. |27.60!27.40|27.00
Open a |27.60i27.35|26.88
11 a.m |28.20|27.95|g7.55
‘Close |27.85:27.53|27.20
Americus Spot Cotton
StriA Middling 27 3-4 c
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR—NO. 205
60,000 BODIES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED IN TOKIO
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Illinois W ife Murderer Barricaded in Home Fires on Officers
HARRY KETTLER, 25
KILLS SPOUSE AND
WOUNDS I OFFICERS
Belleville, 111., Scene of Terrible
Tragedy in Which Two
Women Are Killed
ST. LOUIS POLICE ASSIST
Authorities Unable to Handle
Situation, Appeal for Aid to
Neighboring City
BELLEVILLE, Ills., Sept. 10.—
Harry Kettler, aged 27, shot his
wife and mother-in-law, and when
a score of policemen surrounded
the house, he) opened fire on the
officers, seriously wounding two
of them.
Local police appealed to St. Louis
for reinforcements and a gun
squad of that police department
was dispatched here.
The wife’s body lay in the front
yard of the Kettler home, with the
police unable to remove it. Ket
tler apparently had a supply of
ammunition. The police hid be
hind trees for protection from the
barrage from the house, and when
one appeared in the open, Kettler
opened fire.
TO REST IT SHIH
Many Friends and Relatives At
tended Funeral Exercises
Sunday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Narcis
sus DucKworth, aged 73 years, were
held Sunday at noon from the Shi
loh community church, attended by
a large number of friends and rela
tives. Interment was in Shiloh cem
etery.
Mrs. Duckworth is survived by
three sons, Robert Braswell, Thomas
Braswell and George Braswell, all
residing in Sumter county.
Mrs. Duckworth, who was one of
the oldest residents of Shiloh com
munity, had spent practically all her
life in Sumter county, where she
was well known and greatly es
teemed among a wide circle of
friends and acquaintances. Death
was attributed to advanced age and
comlications.
She died at the family residence
in Shiloh Saturday afternoon at 3
o’clock after a short illnes#.|
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
REPORTS ROAD CLOSED
WAYCROSS, Sept. 10.—All ve
hicles traversing the Waycross-
Waresboro road • are notified by
the lojul oUice of" the State High
way department th;tt the ma'in
road of that thorougxhfare will be
blocked to traffic at Kettle creek
indefinitely, during 'Construction.
The highway is blocked a few hun
dred yards this side of the creek
and detour signs direct the travel
to the right and around by Stee<L
ley’s dairy, thence back to the
main ’road beyond! Kettle creek.
Tlje <|etour is well ported with
signs all the way and travelers will
have no difficulty in finding thCir
way around if they follow the signs.
SINGING CONVENTION TO
MEET AT BUTLER SOON
BUTLER, Sept. 10.—Pleasurable
interest centers in the forth com
ing Singing Convention to--be held
at the school auditorium in Butler
on the first Sunday in October
with leaders and singers from sur
rounding counties expected to be
present.
Prof. T. E. Fowler, of Ideal, one
of the best known leaders in this
section, will superintend the con
-vention, which will begin at 10
a. m. and continue throughout the
day.
Arrangements are being made
for a big basket dinner and every
body invited to be present and take
part. . t *
RICHLAND SCHOOL BOARD
WILL ATTEND MEET HERE
RICHLAND, Sept. 10. State Su
perintendent of Schools/N. H. Bal
lard will hold educational meetings
during this month in which the
county and municipal boards of ed
ucation, school superintendents and
other educational officials will be
requested to attend.
The Richland board of education
and Superintendent z Dixon will at •
tend the meeting to be held in
AmQi’igusi next sveck,
NEW AMERICUS INDUST RY WILL OPEN SOON
fflllM ELECTED TO
LEIiWFHITIM
CEH ASSEMBLY
Troubled Nation Unanimously
Chosen to Be Member of
■ Assembly Today
PESSOA NAMED PRESIDENT
Brazilian Succeeds Late Ruy Bar.
bosa, Who Died During His
Tbrm of Office
GENEVA, Sept. 10- —Dr. Epitacio
Pessoa, of Brazil, has been elected
to the permanent court of interna
tional justice by the assembly of the
League of Nations. He succeeds the
late Ruy Barbosa, of Brazil, who
died before the expiration of the
term for which he had been elected.
Ireland was unanimously elected
to membership in the League of
Nations!
mmiEE
m TO JOIN TOUR
I
Georgia and Florida Executives
Invited to Join Jefferson Me
morial Motorcade
ATLANTA, Sept. 10—Governor
Cary A. Hardee, of Florida, and
Governor Clifford Walker have been
invited by the board, of governors
to join the Jefferson Memorial
Transcontinental Tour which begins
at New York October 22 and ends
there on November 19 in the inter-
est of transforming Mopticelio, Jef
ferson’s old Virginia home, into a
national memorial in his honor. t
Governor Hardee has indicated
that he may join the party at Bir
mingham “November 14 and speak
there and at Atlanta the next day in
behalf of the memorial plan. Gov
ernor Walker will participate in the
program aS much as his duties will
permit.
The letter; of invitation from the
Memorial Foundation stated that
Governor Lee Trinkle of Virginia,
chairman of the governor of the
states, has made arrangements to
personally accompany the tour, and
added that “we already have the
promise of the following t.o address
Jefferson Memorial meetings being .
arranged by us throughout the;
country.
“Hon. James W. Gerard, Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt, Hon. W. G. Me- i
Adoo, Hon. George Gordon Battle,
Hon. William Jennings Bryan, Sen
ator Royal S. Copeland, of Now
York,‘Senator C. C. Dill of Wash
ington, Governor Jonathan M. Da
vis of Kansas, Governor Thomas G.
McLeod of South Carolina, Senator
W. IL King, of Utah and others.”
“Our board of governors is very
anxious to -add your name as one
of our national speakers,” the let
ter concluded. “We will be honored
indeed if you will signify at which
of our stopping places on this tour
or at any other times or places con*
venient to you. you man make such
a public addre: ■ on our behalf.”
TO DISCUSS ACCIDENT
PREVENTION FRIDAY
WAYCROSS, Sept. 10.—Topics
of special interest to those who
wish to see the numb; r of accidents
in Wayeross per annuam brought
to a minimum will be discussed
at the meeting of the Waycross
district safety committee, to he
held at the Railroad Y.M.C.A. Fri
day morning, September 14, at
10:30 o’clock.
Among a largo number of rail
road officials and employes who
are members of the committee are
Superintendent \\ all, General
Roadmaster W. A. McCullough,
Roadmaster H, M. Puckett and 11.
F. Archer, Genral Yacdmaster W.
Allen, Trainmaster M. C. Du-
Bose, and Chief Dispatcher D, S.
McClellan.
TAX BOOKS OPENED
WAYCROSS, Sept 10.—State
and county tax books are now open
for the payment of taxes accord
ing to an announcement today by
, Tax J. A. Jones, „
THE ™ES®RECdRDER
SHED, IN THE HEARTOF DIXIE
FIFTY I® KILLED IH
BE 111 CALCUTTA;
HOUSES DESTROYED
Most of Casualties Reported in
Nymens District, Where
Greatest Damage Done
JAP MISSIONARIES SAFE
Message Received by Bishop
Reese Tells of Safety of Epis
copalians Abroad
LONDON, Sept. 10. —Fifty per
sons are reported killed or injured
in an earthquake which shook Cal
cutta today, says an Exchange
Telegraph from there; The re
ported casualties occurred in Ny
mens district Wiere many houses
collapsed.
EPISCOPAL MISSIONARIES
ALL REPORTED SALS
SAVANNAH, Sent. 10—Through
a telegram sent to the Rt. Rev.
F. F. Reese, D. D., bishop of Geor
gia, information has been convey
ed to the rfrer.ibers of the Episco-
Cal church here by the Rt. Rev.
Thomae F. Gailor, D. D., S. T. D.,
pre/.ilent of the National coun
cil and Dr. John VZ. Wood, execu
tive secretary of the Department
of Mi' ■ ions, that all missionaries
arc safe, but that all buildings'are
destroyed. The telegram follows:
Bishop McKim cables quote our
missionaries safe. All Tokyo
churches, schools, residencies and
St. Luke’s hospital destroyed. Mis
sionaries lost all household and
personal effects. Need em regency
relibf for missionaries and; Jap
anese clergy and church j>eosle.”
TIDAL WAVE CAUSED
WRECK OF DTSTROYERS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—The I
theory is expressed today by high
naval officials that the tidal wave |
or • other seismic disturbances re- i
acting from the Japanese earth -
quake caused the disaster of de
stroyers off the California coast
Sunday.
The reports from the naval of
ficers on the scene have not yet
given completejnformation of con
ditions under which seven de
stroyers were thrown on the rocky
coast, causing the death by drown
ing of 25 men, but from other
data of officials is said that it is
evident the unusual sea disturbance
took place Saturday and Sunday.
M el Wges
hems rawioii
Sumter Teachers Organize For
CcnstrucEive Work Through
out Year ,
I’ryf. E. L. Bridges, of Plains,
was chosen president of the Sum
ter Tcr.ehers’ association, organiz
ed here Saturday, with Miss lllah
Burch, of Thalean, vice-president,
and Mrs. E. L. Glenn, of Shiloh,
secretary-treasurer. The associa
tion wiil meet monthly in the of
fice of County Schdol Superintend
ent E. W. Dupree at the court
house. *
Attending the organization meet
ing were forty.-five teachers repre
senting the faculty of every rtiral
school in Sumter county, besides
the members of the board of edu
cation and the county school su
perinteadent'. The organization
was formed for tllo purpose of
constructive co-operation between
the various schools and as a means
whereby the teachers may assist
each other through a reef tai of
their actual success and failure in
the use of differei/t methods. So
cial relations between the members
of the various faculties is also ex
pected to be promoted through the
association. ,
COLUMBUS FAIR STARTS
ON MONDAY, OCT. 15TH
COLUMBUS, Sept. 10. The
Chattahoochee Valley Fair will
, open its gates this year on Monday,
October 15. It will be the seventh
annual fair. A large number of
exhibitors have already sent in
their applications for booth space
and active work has been started
on the buildings and grounds in
an effort to have them in the finest
possible condition on the opening
date. _
AMERICUS. GA., MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1923
Cotton Advances $5.00
Bale on New Estimate
PME KSlSffltt
IN RUHR IS BffIERED
STOPPED Bf GERMANY
End of Struggle in Industrial
Heart of Beaten Nation
Seen Ahead
BERLIN MAKE* OVERTURES
Believed That Germany Will Ap
proach Paris and Brussels
With Overtures Soon
LONDON, Sept. 10.—The Ger
man government has ordered the
passive resistance in the occupied
section discontinued, according to a
Central News correspondent in
Berlin. f
The correspondent also states
that leading industrial districts in
Germany ’will in a few days ap
proach France and Belgium to seek
terms for, settlement.
The belief that the government
will shortly make overtures to
France and Belgium is strong in
Berlin political circles,' says the
correspondent, \ »
TELL SEES HERE
STMIEBMSWUSIW
BN BRISK SEU®
Farmers Brought Lots of Cotton
to Americus, With Many
Sales Registered
CASH IN TRADE CHANNELS
Best Day’s Business Since Sum
mer Began, Number of Mer
chants Assert
Fall business started with a rush
in Americus. In all channels of
trade new cash was in evidence,
and practicalyy every merchant
here found extra 4ollars in his till
at the close of the day’s trading.-
Advertising merchants, especially,
shared in the general revival of
business activity, and many of
those who carried special bargains
in the Times-Recorder Friday aft
ernoon experienced unusually good
business. :
At the several warehousese here
receipts continued heavy through
out the entire day, and with a
gratifying increase in prices offer
ed the Americus cotton market was
very active, with large sales
recorded.*, this naturally threw
considerable new cash into trade
channels here, with the active
merchants getting their share of
the community prosperity.
“The best day we’ve had in a
long time,’ 1 said Mgr. Hambrick of
the Rogers Cash and Carry store.
“We had, good business all day;
trade is opening up again,” said
W. W. Ray, of tire Churchwell
store. ‘ People are, beginnftig to
trade again with the marketing of
new cottons” said Charles L. Ans
ley, “and we anticipate good busi
ness from thjs on,” These are
typical of opinions expressed by
merchants here today, and the
day’s business i- generally believ
ed in trade circles to presage a
real re-awakening in trade circles,
with a sustained and steady busi
ness here during the remainder of
the cutton selling season, which
extends well into 'the new year.
JAP AID SUBSCRIPTIONS
PASSES 13 MILLION MARK
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—Sub
scriptions to the American Red
Cross Japanese relief fund have
passed the $3,000,000 mark and of
ficials of the* national organization
expressed confidence that the mini
mum goal of $5,000,000 would be
passed early this week. The fig
ures by districts as reported to na
tional headquarters were announc
ed as follows:' Washington, sl,-
840,000; New England, $190,000;
Southern, $24,400; Central, $567,-
000; Southwestern, $200,006; Pa
cific, $162,200; insular and foreign
$150,500, Total, $3,134,100,
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OCTOBER CONTRACTS
SOAR TO 28.50 EM
IN H YORK MARKET
Advance Attributed to Further
Reduction in Crop Estimate
By Memphis Authority
HIGH AT NEW ORLEANS
October Rises Hundred Points or
$5.00 Bale From Early Low
Quotation
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—With
in the first half hour trading to
day in October cotton advanced
90 points to $28.50, or $5 a bale
above Saturday’s closing quota
tions. '
The advance is atributed to a
further reduction of the crop esti
mate contained in a report publish
ed by a Memphis authority in
which it is estimated the yield to
be }0,240, 000 bales.
NEW ORLEANS I
SHOWS NEW RECORD
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 10.
The cotton market showed a new
record for prices for all months
shortly after the opening today.
October rose almost 100 points or
$5 a bale from early low quota-
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TOTAL VISIBLE SUPPLY
IS 27,568,000 BALES
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—The
total visible world supply of cot
ton on August 1 was 27,568,000
bales, as compared with 29,602,000
bales August 1 last year, accord
ing to the survey made public by
department of commerce.
MLMMOOH
FORCOTTONESTIMATE
Wants to Know Number of Un
spinnable Bales Included in
500,000 Carry-Over
ATLANTA, Sept. 10—Governor
Walker today telegraphed Secretary
‘of Commerce Hoover requesting
that he make public immediately the
number of unspinnablc cotton bales
in the estimated - carryover of 2,-
500,000 bales of American cotton
August 1. His action was taken fol
lowing a request from the United
States Co-operative Marketing As
sociation at Washington calling at
tention to the matter.
ATLANTA MAY ADOPT
‘COMMUNITY CHEST’
ATLANTA, Sept. 10. ln all
probability Atlanta will adopt the
“community chest” system of
financing its various agencies for
social betterment and relief w’ork
during the year. Under
this system, subscriptions for the
maintenance of all such organiza
tions are taken at one time, thus
giving the people opportunity to
subscribe to the many worthy
causes, but relieving them of the
frequent calls which are made on
their generosity, when each cause
makes its individual drive for
funds at different times of the
year.
NO ARREST YET MADE
IN GRANT KILLING CASE
ATLANTA, Sept. 10.—Investi
gation of the mystery surrounding
th€ slaying of W. F. Grant, vet
eran telegraph operation at Ellen
wood, which occurred early Thurs
day morring, continues with offi
cials of Clayton county and rail
road detectives under the direction
of Captain W. L. Eagles, exerting
themselves in »n effort to solve
the mystery.
An effort was being made to lo«
cate a man, who was reported by a
freight train crew to have been
standing in the station doorway a
short time before the body of
Grant was found, with bullet holes
in his head and heart.
CREAMERY HERE TO
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
ABOUT NOVEMBER IST
I. E. Wilson, General Manager,
Expects Machinery to Begin
Arriving This Week /
BUILDING ALMOST DONE
To Begin Buying Cream as Soon
as Installation of Machinery
Is Completed
The Americus creamery will be
open and operating about Novem
ber 1. This statement was au
thorized. this morning by I. E. Wil
son, general manager of the plant,
who is now busy superintending
the finishing of certain interior
arrangements in the building pre
paratory to the installation of re
frigerating rooms and machinery.
The roof of the structure is al
ready partially completed, and the
waterproof covering will be placed
there today or tomorrow.
The creamery, which is located
on Cotton avenue just below Jef
ferson street, has been incorporat
ed with $25,000 capital stock, and
will have an output of approxi
mately 1,000 pounds of butter
from the begininng. This output
will be increased, Mr. Wilson
states, just as soon the cream sup
ply justified. Machinery with a
larger capacity than that proposed
to be operated in the beginning is
...being
cream supply is increased, no
changes will be necessary before
larger shipments rae made.
Besides the creamery depart
ment, the company will manufac
ture ice cream and this will be dis
tributed principally in the territory
(Continued on Page Two.)
TO BEGIN MOG .
CASES THIS WEEK
Sanitary Authorities Will Refuse
to Take Excuses During
Round Began Today
No more excuses are to be tak
.en by authorities charged with the
execution of Americus’ sanitary
laws. Wherever mosquito larvae
are found herafter the owner or
occupant of the premises will be
summoned „to appear , before Re
corder Fort. This became known
this morning, and it is expected
that a number of cases will be
made during the week unless con
ditions are improved.
Dr. Wade Chambliss talked with
a Times-Recorder man about this
change in policy today and relat
ed some of the experiences of J.
Arrington, inspecter assigned to
sanitary work.
“Have you heard what the sani
tary man! had to say about where
he quit work Saturday and began
again Monday morning,” said Dr.
Chambliss.
“Well, if you haven’t I want to
get ahead of him and tell you. It
goes like this: ‘While waiting at
the door to Serve the lady of the
house with a sanitary slip, the fol
lowing conversation Iwas noted
(Continued on Page Two.)
PROHIBITION AGENTS
ACTIVE DURING MONTH
ATLANTA, Sept. 10. Prohi
bition agents in Georgia during
the month of August seized and
destroyed a total of 189 illicit dis
tilleries; confiscated 1,833 gallons
of whisky and 127,730 gallons of
fermented mash; captured 19 auto
mobiles containing whisky; arrest
ed 100 defendants; prosecuted 176
cases of dry law violations, and
Retained property valued at ?35,-
276.88, according to the monthly
report of Director Fred D. Dis
muke, -compiled Saturday.
Despite the reduction in forces
and funds allocated to the Geor
gia prohibition department, the re
port shows a steady increase in
apprehension of alleged operators
over previous months this year, i
and demonstrates the efficiency i
and effectiveness of the federal;
forces in Georgia,
WEATHER
For Georgia: Fair tonight and
Tuesday, except probably showers
in extreme south partion.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
510.000 OTHERS WE
BEEN TREATED
WOUNDS ATHDSPITALS
Authentic Report on Number of
Casualties in Japanese Capi
tal Issued by Authorities
U. S. S. HURON AT SCENE
Detachment of, Marines Takeo
Charge and Bury Bodies
Found in Naval Station
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept.. 10
Survivors from seven naval ves
sels that were spiled upon the
rocks from Staurday night’s wreck
arrived here today by special
train. They were met by a de
tachment from the naval base,
where they were taken after hav
ing been supplied with coffee and
cigarettes.
TOKIO, Sept. 10.—Sixth thou
sand bodies have been recovered
in Tokio and Yokohama up to and
including today, and police esti
mate that 500,000 more have been
treated for sickness and wounds as
a result of the recent earthquake.
A detachment from the United
States destroyer Huron took
charge and buried the bodies found
in the American naval station at
Yokohama.
EUHENM ■
PAVING IS OPENED
Stretch of Road Extending to
Schley County Line Finished,
Ansley Announced
The paving on the Ellaville road
has
formally opened to traffic this
morning, according to an an
nouncement by John Br<*''Ansley,
county road superintendent. The
paving,* which is of asphalted ma
cadam and laid upon a foundation
of crushed slag extends from a
point at the intersection of Fac
tory Row to the Schley county
line, and provides orve of the best
highways anywhere in this section.
The short stretch from the Cen
tral of Georgia tracts to Factory
Row, a distance of approximately
300 yards is now closed and this
will be surfaced and opened to
traffic within the next week. The
pavement there will be of the
same type as that already laid far
ther out on the road, and the
bridge over Town creek, forming
a part of the street, has already
been widened and opened to traf
fic. During the paving operations
here, traffic is being detoured
around either Jackson or Lee
streets or via the, plant of the
Standard Oil company, near the
crematory. The distance to be
traveled in either of these detours
is very short, and small incon
vertience 'will be experienced by
travelers using cither.
The new highway has been laia
by Sumter county’s road forces
under direction of the State High
way department, with money sup
plied through the sale of bonds
and federal aid funds. The total
cost of the project, which forms
a part of State Highway No. 3,
known as the Atlanta and Ameri
cus Short Route Line, has not yet
been computed.
BUTLER TO HAVE CREAM
STATION OPENED SOON
BUTLER, Sept. 10.—Arrange
ments have been made with the Co
lumbus Creamery for the opening
of a cream station in Butler next
Thursday.
A representative of the Colum
bus Creamery will be here to in
stall the station which will be lo
cated at the store of Mr. I. F,
Peebles.
Cream will be received on Thus
day of each week for the present
bu' will be increased to two days
every week in a short time. It will
be taken in any quantity and paid
for promptly.
The cream will be principally of
the sour kind and can be brought
in any kind of a container.
FLOGGING DEFENDANTS
GET POSTPONEMENT
MACON, Sept. 10—Cases of the
three Hudson brothers, charged with
the recent flogging, scheduled for
i today, have been postponed uritil
i tomorrow. The case of J. F. Alex-
I under, held on a similar charge, was
continued until September 17,
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