21 Nov 1924
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1924
Page
1
The 1924 cotton crop is put at 12,992,000 bales by the Agriculture Department. Last year yielded 10,139,671 bales. Georgia’s preliminary crop is stated as 000 bales with Tennessee at 350,000. Ginnings to November 14 show 11,147,624 running bales nationally. Georgia 919,295 and Tennessee 255,188.
In Haralson county preliminary hearings Judge F E Irwin sets bond for five of eight men linked to the murder of Mrs. Robert Stewart, killed when a band tried to abduct her husband, Rev. Robert Stewart. The minister identified six suspects. five named were bound over for grand jury, one released for irrefutable alibi.
London dispatch reports a failed attempt to start a revolution at Athens last night. Chief General Loufas and several officers were promptly arrested, preventing spread. The situation is described as calm.
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Bishop Ainsworth leads daily cabinet sessions in Bainbridge as South Georgia Methodist conference prepares pastor assignments for 1921. J M Roger of Savannah elected conference lay leader. Mulberry Street Church Macon invited to host 1925 session. several district presiding elders listed. Lovett likely to receive new pastorate amid quadrennium ending.
Harry V. Baldwin longtime news editor of the Philadelphia Record died in Philadelphia after a two week illness from pneumonia. Baldwin served nearly four decades shaping the paper's reporting and editorial voice. He was a prominent figure in local journalism and will be mourned by colleagues and readers.
The Daily Mail reports Howard Carter is due in Cairo in a few days to resume work on the tomb of Tutankhamun. preparations are under way for renewed exploration and excavation.
Mexico's Department of Foreign Relations sent a note to Washington protesting the treatment of Mexican workers by industrialists and plantation owners in Louisiana. The note claims earlier representations by the Mexican consul in New Orleans went unheeded.
United States Ambassador to the Argentine John W. Riddle was aboard the steamer Ebro visiting Havana when he was unable to go ashore due to a severe attack of rheumatism, keeping him confined to his berth en route to New York.
In Atlanta a charter is granted for ten crippled boys from Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children in Decatur to form Boy Scout Troop 44. Scoutmaster Joseph Oglesby and assistant W L McKay lead with troop committee members Thomas K Glenn Henry C Heinz and Forrest Adair. The boys are learning tender foot knots despite their severe disabilities.
Major General Sir Lee Stack governor general of Sudan and Sifa of the Egyptian army since 1919 dies in Cairo after a bomb attack and subsequent shooting. He suffered abdominal, hand, and foot wounds with lung involvement. Two transfusions failed to save him as Lady Stack stayed by his side and Egypt vows to punish the culprits.
London reports a Cairo announcement of Major General Sir Lee Stack's death sparks tense mood. The British cabinet met in a special session to discuss the outrage and response. The king of Egypt and Sudan authorities acted appropriately, while Britain is expected to issue a strong note demanding swift justice and end to anti British propaganda.
Evening prayer at Calvary church at 7 15 with the Rev Mr Walker of Albany from the Department of Social Service in the Diocese of Georgia to give an address. A cordial invitation to all especially those interested in Social Service. On Sunday at eleven oclock Rev Lawrence will preach on The Millenium.
One new defendant, James Tucker, colored, was fined 2 dollars for violating traffic laws after cutting a corner and being picked up by Officer Curtiss. E. C. Johnson, white, failed to appear for speeding, bond 5 dollars. Eva Hayes, charged with running a disorderly house, had a lengthy hearing. Recorder Fort reserved ruling for next Friday after witness testimony and legal arguments.
A demonstration at Souther Field shows Dan FE Tobin dusting about two hundred acres in ten minutes using calcium arsenate lime mixture to control boll weevil. The flying car covered ground completely and impressed farmers as a scalable method for large plantations. Follow up dusting and further demonstrations were held on an adjoining plantation.
Theodore Shahane Jr., 23, confined by tuberculosis, confessed to fatally stabbing his father to protect his mother during a bitter domestic quarrel. He said the act was justified and planned, claiming the father had mistreated his mother for 25 years. Due to illness he will not be moved to jail until coroner's inquest progresses.
Canton, Ohio, Nov 21. Prosecutor John R. King questioned Charles and Harry Sponseller, brothers of Addie Sheatsley, wife of C V Sheatsley, pastor of Christ's Church in Bexley. Remains were found in a furnace at their Columbus home. authorities consider murder or possible suicide. A missing poison bottle and placement of the body fuel further speculation as the prosecutor investigates.
Rain fell in Mobile and surrounding area for the first time in 53 days ending a long dry spell. Residents welcomed relief from the heat and aridity as showers brought moisture to streets and parched ground.
Nashville dispatch reports Pearl Baskin, charged with the murder of Cumberland University law student Paul Patterson of Springfield Missouri, remained composed on the witness stand. Patterson died from a bullet wound at Baskin's home. his funeral is planned in Springfield. Sheriff Reeves moved Baskin to Nashville to avoid tensions with students as Judge Roscoe Patterson arrives. A material witness, R. H. Swann, was released on bond. Patterson was shot once, the bullet entering the back and lodging near the breast.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy met in Savannah to renew efforts to raise an endowment fund of 4000 dollars to offer prizes to Northern universities for research on Southern history. A committee report by Mrs. Arthur Jennings of Virginia was adopted and the convention pledged 800 dollars, bringing the total subscribed to about 4000 dollars.
In Mount Vernon Illinois Judge J C Kern denied Lawrence M Hight a change of venue in the circuit court. Hight, a former Inn pastor, is jointly indicted with Mrs Sweeten in the poisonings that killed Mrs Hight and Wilfred Sweeten. Mrs Sweeten will stand trial in the county where the crimes occurred.
Florence King Harding widow of the 29th United States president died at White Oaks Sanitarium in Marion Ohio after weeks of kidney illness. Her life as First Lady and supporter of wounded veterans and animals highlighted a steadfast American womanhood with public acts from the White House. She pledged to move the White House policemen away on election night 1920, a plan fulfilled when Harding took office.
Washington Nov 21 special senatorial committee investigates legality of publishing specific income tax returns. The committee weighs whether such publication is lawful and how the inquiry should proceed, with the ruling shaping the panel’s future actions.
Norfolk November 21. The incomplete dreadnaught Washington remains afloat after two bombardments by 14 inch shells and bombs from the battleship Texas thirty miles off the Virginia Capes. An aerial attack by nine bombing planes is expected today.
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