31 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1921
Page
1
Senator Cummins outlines two fixes for railroads: cut operating costs and force efficient management by owners. He warns against new legislation and favors market-driven efficiency, predicting government action only if self-correction fails.
The speaker argues pre war performance cannot be matched and cites 1920 cost surges in railroad upkeep, equipment, and transportation. He notes federal wage increases and overtime rules as major factors, contending many small town station agents do not work long hours yet face overtime claims.
Georgia congressman Charles Ry. Crisp of the Third District announced he will not seek the minority House leadership and will support Claude Kitchin to retain the post. He cited close ties with Kitchin, his health, and the Civil War era connections as reasons not to contend.
At eight o clock the Master E J presided over the degree work in Americus. New officers conducted the ceremony for the first time after preparation. A large attendance filled the meeting hall as members anticipated a busy spring season in Masonic work. The presiding officer urged visiting brethren to remember Thursday at eight.
Market page shows Americus Good Middling at 11 1 2 with repeated notations. New York futures list May July Oct and Dec contracts with opening and closing prices and recent gains or losses across soft commodity markets.
Burton Rascoe reports Halbert Gillette editor of Engineering and Contracting predicts a bottoming in commodity prices by May. Gillette outlines a five-variable index using data from the Census Abstract, noting past 30 year tests and a forecast of 60 percent higher prices than 1913 levels, with wages rising similarly and a 20 percent cut in common labor to return to normal.
Fragmentary dispatch from Budapest notes a troubled reception during a 70th visit by a titled leader. Sources indicate political turbulence as the throne’s position weakens amid uncertain governance and shifting alliances.
Lilian Braswell received a 750 verdict from a city court jury in her damages suit against the city for injuries from a defective trap door. The trial lasted about an hour after a four year old incident. the city attorney said a motion would be filed to overturn the verdict.
Attorney General Daughtery and Senator Sterling lead a push on wartime legislation to address prisoners held for violations of wartime laws. The Senate Judiciary Committee members urged a conference to refine ideas while reports on Debs and Bolshevik doctrines were questioned for foundation.
Thos Harrrold travels to Saranac Lake New York on doctors orders from Johns Hopkins Medical School due to mild lung trouble. He has studied medicine there for over two years and will rest several months in Adirondack air to regain health before returning to Baltimore for the fall term.
In federal court, Sheriff Lucius Harvey and Court Clerk H. E. Allen appeared as witnesses on behalf of Jack McArur and others in a multi defendant conspiracy case. The session included appearances by Smith and other defendants as counsel and observers.
The father of Bob Edwards, proprietor of Edwards Grocery, died in LaGrange after a long illness. Edwards attended the funeral in LaGrange yesterday and the family is arranging services.
Fragmented OCR text describes a Macon event with Shipp tonight and a hastily veiled phrase about a show or talk titled Wit and Grit or the Fi etc. The text is garbled with nonsensical sequences and unreadable names, offering no clear details on place, time, or participants.
In Abique New Mexico two men were crucified during Holy Week ceremonies performed by the Hermanos de Lug Brothers of Light. Artists Gustave Baumann and Banta Fe noted two dozen tourists witnessed the crucifixion and flagellation. The men were led to large wooden crosses for over half an hour then removed bleeding and exhausted. their condition and recovery are uncertain.
In Columbus Georgia on March 10 hundreds of Eagle and Phoenix cotton mill operatives walked out demanding a 60 percent wage increase. They say they cannot live on current pay and allege mills run on overtime hours and inadequate wages.
Washington reports a broad cold wave fading as temperatures return to normal inland and along the Atlantic coast after widespread destruction in southern orchards. The weather pattern shifts, easing the chill across the region.
In Atlanta on March investigations into racial violence unfold as a grand jury reviews events around the Williams plantation and nearby closures. Authorities report eleven Black bodies found and plans forming, with Jasper County leadership seeking federal protection amid unrest.
Passaic N J March 30 Rev Cornelius H Densel 50 faces trial on a Mann Act charge less than a month away after being ousted by his Dutch Reformed church He acknowledges wrongdoing and says he will stand trial like a man Mrs Hanenberg a 26 year old choir member who disappeared with Mixy Tri Hanenberg in 1920 and later testified against him is set to testify next month The church has taken back Densel and Hanenberg on probation while Holland has been asked for a new winter church.
London March 20 Camilo won the annual boat race run over ten miles and a quarter from Putney to Mortlake, with Ambridge taking the victory in the contest reported from the river.
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