11 Aug 1923
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1923
Page
1
Hillsboro Illinois August 11 Officials of the American Zinc company reopened its closed plant with about a hundred men firing furnaces under the protection of Illinois state troops. Col. Culberson in command set a military line around the property and, by early afternoon, no disturbances had occurred.
Charles P. Stewart analyzes how Harding's death could force a radical Republican ticket and possibly unseat Coolidge. Johnson emerges as a strengthened candidate while Democrats face an altered opposition. The Ruhr crisis tensions prompt Britain to seek joint action with France, amid fears of European chaos.
Chicago reports executors announced a will summary showing Mrs Net tie Fowler McCormick left more than 1 million dollars to colleges and churches from her eight million six hundred ninety six thousand estate of Cyrus H McCormick inventor of the reaper.
Atlanta August 11 A bill to establish a state bureau to assist former World War and Spanish War veterans passed the house. The director would be appointed by the governor from three Legion-recommended candidates and would aid veterans in counties where the American Legion cannot provide aid.
Atlanta on August 11 reports a Georgia House amendment increasing the gypsy and traveling horse traders tax from 25 to 250 per county. The motion picture theater tax in towns under 5,000 drops from 4 to 2 dollars monthly. Monument dealers shift from 10 per county to 25 dollars yearly state tax.
James G. Woodward, longtime figure in Atlanta politics and four time mayor, lies seriously ill in Piedmont sanatorium. Attendants report he rests more comfortably but afternoon news says slight chance of recovery. His latest campaign was the 1922 mayoral race, defeated by Walter A. Sims.
More than fifty Atlanta motorists have received letters this week signed by the Atlanta Safety council warning them that traffic law violations were reported. If the same person is the subject of several reports from different vigilantes the case will be laid before the police department with charges and witnesses to appear before the recorder's court.
Hollis Fort presides at a Sumter county poultrymen meeting that formed a temporary association in Americus to build a commercial poultry industry. John Wise is vice president and George O. Marshall keeps records as secretary. The group aims to use Americas as a poultry market with cash sales, no dues, and no fees. Fort cites Tennessee and Alabama examples of thriving poultry sectors and urges local farmers to act, noting a planned creamery this fall to support the industry.
Kelly Simmons explains how money is made in trucking and Georgia products. California ships black-eyed peas to Georgia while Georgians eat them daily. Denmark buys Georgia cotton seed products to feed cattle and ship dairy products for profit. Sumter county farmers can profit from others’ experience.
A Georgia governor ordered a state investigation into the reported flogging of four men by masked assailants in Macon. The inquiry, announced at the capitol, follows similar incidents under scrutiny in Milledgeville at the Georgia Training School for Boys where bands targeted two black attendants.
H C White of the Central of Georgia railroad announced final arrangements for the Baseball Special train to run Sunday morning from Americus to Montgomery. The 7 o clock departure from Americus and return from Montgomery at 7, with stops at Smithville Dawson Cuthbert Union Springs and Eufaula. Round trip tickets are $0.50 for the ride.
There should be an excess supply at a very low price with cold storage and a cash market. In Georgia and other states cities demand poultry and products. once Americus can claim to supply the cities with approved sanitary methods, buyers will come and a cash market will be provided.
Americus received its first bale of cotton for the 1923 24 season at the L G Council warehouse. Grown by C C Griffin of the Twenty eighth district, the bale weighed 841 pounds and was classed American middling. It was bought by George B Turpin Co at 32 cents per pound with a premium above the market quote of 23 cents for strict middling. The 1922 bale arrived about July 28 last year, indicating this year’s crop is over ten days later in Sumter county.
Bobby Jones and Perry Adair were all square with Jock Hutchinson and Frank Godchaux after nine holes in Atlanta. Jones shot three under par for 32 while Adair posted 38 and Godchaux 86. Hutchinson had 34. A woman spectator was struck on the nose by a ball driven by Hutchinson at the second hole.
Kiwanis members stood in prayer for one minute to honor former president Warren G. Harding. Resolutions of sympathy were adopted and mailed to Mrs. Harding. The Windsor luncheon drew visitors as Kiwanian speakers discussed program construction led by George Bragg Bradley Hogg Lewis Ellis Dr Emmett Murray and T O Marshall with Lewis Ellis presiding.
August 11. Umber to Vianelli, an Italian inmate at the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, produced an unfinished oil painting in his cell that drew attention. He has served his sentence and is now in immigration custody for deportation. Vianelli offered the painting as bail worth 500 dollars, but officials declined the offer.
President Coolidge arrived in Washington from Marion Ohio after attending Warren G Harding’s funeral. He proceeded by automobile to temporary executive offices at the Willard hotel marking his first return to the capital since the national tragedy.
On the presidential train near Akron Ohio August 11 reporters learned that George B Christian Jr resigned as secretary to the president after Warren G Harding was laid to rest in Marion. Coolidge aides said he had not yet received the notice and comment was withheld.
President Coolidge returned to the executive offices from Marion to find renewed pressure for an extra session of Congress. Advocates urge quick legislation to aid farmers in marketing crops and to settle the coal question, while opponents doubt any gains from an extra session at this time.
On the train that bore President Harding’s body to Marion Mrs. Harding returns to Washington to pack personal belongings and arrange final departure from the capital after the burial yesterday.
San Francisco August 11 Marjorie Rambeau actress files for divorce from actor Hugh Dillman charging repeated strikes a failure to support totaling about 1000 monthly and desertion in April 1923 Dillman's real name listed as Hugh Dillman McGaughney They wed in New York about three years ago Miss Rambeau was formerly married to Willard Mack divorced in 1917.
The Atlanta Safety Council named a Vigilance Committee to curb traffic violations. Members record offenses and issue council letters to offenders. if violations rise for any individual, the case is handed to the police for action.
Four communists were killed and forty injured during a riot at Ratabor in Upper Silesia as police cleared streets amid a communist demonstration. Police and demonstrators exchanged gunfire and clubs. later reports said the mob looted a gunsmith shop before authorities intervened.
William Jennings Bryan praised Warren G. Harding at a mass memorial in Royal Palm Park Miami describing him as a kindly man who valued friends and harmony. Bryan called Harding's leadership expansive and said his death leaves a hopeful mantle for his successor while noting the president’s plain origins and rise to the White House.
J. D. Bolton resigns from Johnson-Bolton Co of Leslie after several years and begins new duties today at the Bank of Smithville.
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