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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
2
Cattle owners from Colquitt county meet at Moultrie to urge stopping the tick eradication effort. The vote pledges refusal to dip cattle after July 1, while critics insist on continuing the campaign and urging authorities to enforce dipping regulations amid a large, tense gathering.
A Brooklyn picnic at Myrtle Springs honored Miss Loueffie Chunn and Miss Cladys Brown of Woodberry hosted by Mr and Mrs A R Chunn. Various local residents attend visits, family gatherings, and arrivals in Americus Thomasville Macon and Orlando with announcements of teaching posts and hospital news.
Miss Georgia Lumpkin hosted a senior class dance and gim party Tuesday night at Mrs. Brown Small’s Harrold avenue residence. The decorated house featured gladioli and multicolor asters with a punch table. sweets were arranged on silver Competes. Attendees included many senior members and pairs such as Miss Hulet Humber, Miss Elizabeth Sheffield, Miss Nell Hamilton, and several young men including Roy Parker, Harry Dean Woelen, Kendall Wooten, George Council, and William Dudley.
Miss Jimmie Hogg visits Miss Edith Creighton on Brown street. Miss Janie Murray plans Friday departure for Commerce to stay two weeks with Mrs Verne Davis and Miss Marguerite Davis, then to Laurel Falls Camp for a month. Mrs W H Chappell is convalescing after a serious illness. Miss Mary Rose Brown returns home from Biloxi and relocates with her parents on Lee street.
Vats were dynamited and inspectors faced threats. recently violence subsided but the slow pace of work frustrates leading farmers in the county who seek quicker progress on the project.
Widespread regret fills Americus as D J Stevens of Jackson Street undergoes treatment for illness at home. For seven years he contributed to Rylander interests in wood working serving the public cheerfully and efficiently. His fellow townspeople wish him a swift recovery and return to the community gathering place by the beach.
Tifton on June 8 reports the City Commission approved a strict ordinance for inspecting foods meats and dairy products. Drafted from plans by the state food and dairy inspector after talks with Manager Hargrett and the commission, the measure tightens local oversight. A Wednesday special meeting will discuss bids for a light plant concrete bridges and sewer and water extensions tied to the May 15 bond authorization.
In Norfolk on June 8, the Courtney Griffin murder case involving the death of his stepfather, Peter P. Knight, was expected to go to the jury late today.
Carlos, the Man in the Box, frees himself from a straight jacket while hanging by one foot atop a water tower. He fits his lean 6 foot frame into a 27 by 21 by 21 inch box, drawing cheers as he lowers to ground. He performs at the Rylander today and Friday between feature films "Love Never Dies" and "The Sea Lion" with matinees at 3 and evening shows at 8:15.
Albert Staton renowned Georgia Tech gridiron star and all-Southern selection will become a foreign missionary. He plans to teach at a Methodist mission school in Juiz de Fora Brazil next year, leading the science department at Granberry College and engaging in native outreach with his wife accompanying him. Staton excelled in football basketball and academics and is the son of longtime Atlanta postmaster John C Staton.
After a hill descent skid on a slippery road, J E Hightower sustained a severe bruise and cut hand when a car overturned near Fort Valley. His nephew Tom Guthrie and Ruth Hightower helped, Guthrie rescuing others and securing aid. The others escaped unharmed. the wrecked vehicle will be repaired.
June 8 in Atlanta Judge E T Shurley of Warrenton presiding in Fulton Superior Court ordered two city detectives jailed for not answering a subpoena and fined two others for tardiness. He declared Recorder George E Johnson incompetent and unpeached after a defendant bound over under $100 failed to appear for trial. The Recorder retorted that if the judge thinks he can run his business better, he is welcome to come down and take his seat at police court.
Washington dispatch reports a widening Daugherty Felder Morse scandal linked to the Bosch Magneto case. Senator Caraway cites new evidence in the Congressional Record alleging payment to a government witness and urging Daugherty to resign. Public demand grows for a searching, impartial investigation into charges against the attorney general.
The passage credits attorney general Daugherty as Harding’s campaign manager and the man who predicted his nomination during a late night session among a group of men, described as a smoke filled room at 2 am. This reflects early backroom influence on Harding’s political rise.
The annual election of officers will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the Tea Room by John D. Mathis Post No 2. Officers to be elected include commandant adjutant finance officer chaplain and historian plus several committees. A smoker and refreshments will follow the business session. About 17 450 buildings were destroyed in the Chicago fire.
Washington June 8. Attorney General Daugherty weighs four of five candidates to succeed the late Federal Judge Beverly D Evans of the Southern District of Georgia. A formal announcement is expected soon.
New York June 8 Thomas L Chadbourne who promoted the Republic Midvale Inland steel merger was found in contempt by the Lockwood legislative committee when he refused to hand over experts reports on the seven companies slated for consolidation.
The state rested today in the Richard Willingham larceny after trust case connected with the Shippers' Compress company in Macon. The defendant faced charges involving about $163,000 and the prosecution concluded its presentation.
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