26 May 1923
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1923
Page
1
Albert Schlageter was executed by French troops in Dusseldorf May 26 for sabotage on occupied railroads and related offenses. He was shot after a procession by two priests to a stone quarry near the cemetery, ten shots fired. It was the first execution in the occupied zone.
ESSEN Germany May 26 By the Associated Press bands of communists attacked and looted warehouses and overran the market. The Ruhr strike expands with thousands of iron and steel workers joining the miners. About 20 000 steel workers at Remsefeld near Elberfeld demand a 50 percent pay rise already refused. Estimates place 50 000 miners striking in the Gelsenkirchen district. The communist commission controls police headquarters at Gelsenkirchen. Negotiations continue with burgomasters and French authorities on a workers police force.
Foreign missions observance at 9 45 am features a Brazil focus for Southern Presbyterian work. The hour includes songs like Onward Christian Soldiers and The Old Rugged Cross, scripture readings, prayers, a storytelling segment Lighting the Darkness, offerings, and benediction led by Rev. Richard Simpson and others.
The Ashburn public schools closed Friday afternoon with recitation and music classes marking a successful year with high attendance. Dr W S Cutts, president of the Mary P Willingham School at Blune Ridge, will preach the commencement sermon Sunday.
May 26 article notes many Valdosta Kiwanis members preparing to travel to Atlanta for the International convention lasting three days starting Monday.
Americus will test the first hydro electric current here on Sunday. The experiment uses the current only to test transmission lines to Albany and will not indicate ready commercial distribution. Workmen at the plant and along the line will test transformers and lines, causing some service interruptions during the day.
Five governments including Britain Spain France Italy and the Netherlands informed the State Department of their views on the Supreme Court ruling barring liquor on foreign ships within the three mile limit. They stress inconveniences and warn that international commercial freedom and customary comity could be endangered if the practice is abandoned.
May 26 Brunswick officials discuss upgrading the Waycross Brunswick road to support a St. Simons Island causeway project. Mayor Dan T. Cowart urged Ware County cooperation to ready the route for thousands of tourists passing through en route to the island.
Valdosta May 26 Barney Newsome long time resident of the Clyattville district died Friday morning at his home near Clyattville after several months of illness caused by a complication of ailments in his advanced years.
In Tallahassee on May 25, both the Florida Senate and House approved a conference committee report to end the county convict lease system. The practice of leasing state convicts will be abolished after January 1 next.
Retiring County Commissioners association president Judge A B Moore received a jasper center stone stickpin at the convention’s close. Delegates praised the Boys Band and the Windsor Hotel luncheon, with Mr Baskerville sending W S Kirkpatrick to Americus but he declined due to Kiwanis duties.
Cut Off community residents are mentioned visiting relatives in Pennington during the week. Several Pennington family members including Mrs A J Pennington and Miss Mary Alice Stubbs are noted with extended family in Albany Spaulding Americus Walden and Columbus. A community barbecue at Andersonville school drew strong local turnout.
Most farmers finish cotton chopping as crops look mejor. Julia Ronzie Houston visited Louis Braswell for dinner. Dowdy family and Joe C Willis hosted. Annie Ruth Barton with H A Fussell in Americus. Elizabeth Houston visiting Sylvester. Zeak Dowdy spent day with Ford Barton. Bonnie Parkman attended Pleasant Grove appointment. large enrollment reported.
In Valdosta on May 26 the flow of Florida bound cars heading north grows daily. Roads around Lake City were once unpaved but have been remedied, aiding the improved highway passage for motorists.
The Near East conference political committee agreed to Turkey negotiating separate treaties with other nations to settle foreign privileges in Turkey. The accords require treaties within a year while Turkey maintains the status quo in the interim.
London May 26 Great Britain has decided there shall be no break with Russia. Diplomatic circles say the Moscow note though not wholly satisfactory leaves negotiable points. The remaining disputes with the Soviet government appear solvable by negotiation.
Exchange Telegraph Lausanne dispatch reports the Turco-Greek dispute resolved with hostilities feared. Details to be arranged later, Reuters confirms Lausanne message corroborating the settlement news.
Paris May 26 The French government asked Britain and Italy through their ambassadors in Paris to jointly urge Athens to refrain from dragging allies into a possible Turco Greek conflict. The note states that the allies will not block Turkish forces crossing to Thrace nor permit the Greek fleet to use the Dardanelles.
On May 26 Comptroller General Wright instructed all county tax collectors to immediately collect the state occupation tax from hotels restaurants safes and lunch counters. He stated hotel men are considering appealing to the U S Supreme Court but with no superseders granted collectors should proceed with enforcement.
Valdosta May 26 report says Boston mayor and council agreed to limit Sunday gas selling hours to 8:30 to 10:30 in the morning and 2 to 4 in the afternoon.
Charles P. Stewart reports on New Yorks proposed repeal of prohibition and its political implications for Governor Smith and national candidates. He notes federal state conflict dynamics, Chinese bandits in Shantung, King Georges Rome visit, a German reparations offer, and a Mexico City bombing tied to U S recognition efforts.
Fred Counts a former federal prohibition agent and his brother Frank Counts were arrested in Cleveland on secret indictments charging conspiracy to violate the Volstead Act and to defraud the government by obstructing enforcement. Joseph Shearer former Ohio prohibition director and Samuel Hoskins a politician and church worker were seized arriving from Columbus and charged in the same conspiracy.
Senator William J. Harris tours South Georgia and will address a large crowd at the Americas courthouse Monday. He plans a resume of his work in the upper houses of Congress, with the Superior Court adjourning after the grand jury is organized to let him use the courtroom.
Former Governor John M. Slaton opposes abandoning Georgia ideals and constitutional provisions on taxation. Businessmen and editors statewide follow the issue as Georgia faces a big taxation question that attracts serious thought from leading men across factions.
Strong approval was given to A. J. Strickland's boll weevil dusting plan as railroad agricultural experts pass through Valdosta en route to Madison. They visit to see a demonstration of the Florida Plan for boll weevil control.
May 19 marked the first curculio pupation of 1923 in Fort Valley orchards. Growers are advised to disk soil near tree trunks frequently through harvest to kill the delicate curculio in its soil cells. Last spray for Early Rose and Carmen varieties is this week with Hileys due for fourth application May 31.
The article notes Andrew Bonar Law has resigned as England’s premier due to ill health, with Stanley Baldwin named his successor. It portrays Curzen as an ultra-conservative yet honest statesman, implying the Conservative leadership remains dominant in British politics.
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