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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
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WEATHER— Fair and warmer to
night; Saturday fair and warmer
in Georgia.
FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 290
SAM GOMPERS IS DEAD
O O O O O O O 000 o'oooo 00 o o o 0000
FOUR THOUSAND SEE HUMAN FLY CLIMB
Mimi
MIM LABOR
PASSES. IT DAWN
Gompers Granted Last Request
—He Died On American
Soil-—Born in England
(By The Associated Press)
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., De
cember I 3.—The grand old
leader of American labor is
dead. Samuel Gompers has
been granted his last wish. He
died on American soil at 4:10
this morning, eleven hours after
his arrival from Mexico City,
where he had been stricken ear
lier in the week.
In his last moments Mr. Gom
pers was surrounded by men
with whom he had fought manv
of labor’s batties through a gen
eration of American union la
bor development.
Holding his hands was James
Duncan, of Quincy, Mass., vice
president of the federation,
who has stood shoulder to
shoulder with the leader of la
bor for 44 years.
SAN ANTONIO TONIGHT.
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 13.—The
body of Samuel Gompers will be
taken homeward by hh; friends, leav
ing here tonight at 11 o’clock, and
going byway of St. Louis, accord
ing to tentative arrangements made
known this morning.
WILL BE BURIED IN
SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY.
NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Samuel
Gompers, the late president of the
American Federation of Labor, will
be buried in Sleepy Hollow ceme
tery, near Tarrytown, N. Y* it was
said here today by H. Harry M
Moness, a close personal friend of
Mi'. Gompers
The death of Mr. Gompers
was erroneously reported
Thursday from a village near
San Luis Potosi, as Mr. Gompers
was traveling from Mexico City
back to the land of his adop
tion. Later this report was de
nied, but it was believed that
the end was not far.
Arriving at the American bor
der Friday morning he was rush
ed on toward San Antonio,
where arrangements had been
made to give him hospital at
tention. It was a veritable race
with death Friday, so his Y>hy
sic.'ans believed.
During the day he was able
t 6 sit up in his berth and take
nourishment, but th:.- m&ny
years of active fighting were
slowly taking their toll, and la
bor’s champion passed away in
the early dawn Saturday.
Born in London, Jan. 27, 1850,
Samuel Gompers was of Diitch-
Jewish blood. His father was a
cigar-maker and Samuel, following
the custom, adopted h.s father’s
trade. After four y >ars in pri
mary school he was apprenticed to
a London cigarmaker. With the to
bacco supply cut off bv the Civil
War In America, cigar making in
England became a precarious oc
cupation in the early sixties, and
the family immigrated to America
In 1863.
Samuel Gompers immediately
took up his trade and finished his
apprenticeship in Now York City.
In his teens he took an active part
in labor controversies. When the
cigarmakers were organized into a
-onion Samuel Gompers was a chart
er member of the first union or
ganized in his trade in America.
He soon identified himself with
the activities of union labor. He
becam e a leader in his own labor
[circles. When the American Feder
ation of Labor was organized ,in
11881, taking the place of the
Knights of Labor, Gompers sat at
Mho convention, a prominent dele-|
feate. When it was organized in
£he Federation of Organized Trade
®nd Labor Unions of the United ■
jßtates and Canada, taking its pres
ent name in 1886.
At the convention in 1881 there
wore few who wihseif the
course of the frail’■-mew bark., Fi
Mask of launching and itg.
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eration and growth in power for
Gompers. When the organization
came into existence there were 50,-
000 members.
Because of his genius for leader
ship and of his tremendous influ
ence for the betterment of the con
dition of the workingmen, capital
istic interests are said to have tried
many times to buy Gompers off. It
is a matter of record that a certain
financial institution offered him a
life job at $45,000 a year—twenty
times his salary at that time;
It was not until 1917 that Gom
pers sprang into world prominence.
America entered -the war. Gompers
had been pacifistic upto the begin
ning of that year. The federation
reflected his attitude. There were
strongly pro-German and anti-war
international unions within the or
ganization—unions which, if they
had exerted their strength, might
have crippled America’s war activi
ties.
Wins Support For War
Tn a conference room in Wash
ington, in March, 1917, Gompers
won one of the greatest battles of
his life. In a secret meeting of
chiefs of the great unions Gompers
put the proposition of supporting
the country in the war, already in
evitable, up to his colleagues. He
put the situation squarely: Either
they would pledge their support to
the government or their failure to
do so would be construed as opMn
opposition.
The rank and file og America’s
workingmen were depely patriotic
and the recalcritrant leaders knew
it. They signed the pledge oh the
dotted line.
When America entered the war
a few weeks later, Gompers told
the prescient that labor presented
a united front and would go the
limit to help win the war. hus
through his foresight and energy
much of the labor difficulties such
as were experienced; in Europe
were averted. ,
Labor’s Spokesman
The personal result of this tri
position of the recognized spokes
man for labor then and after the
war. He was in a large measure
responsible for beneficial legisla
tion and regulation in behalf of
umph was to place Gompers in the
the laboring man.
In 1919 Gombers represented la
oat at the peace conference at Ver-
SaiHtts,
T6r the first tiine in
many years, Gombers seemed in
serious danger of losing his posi
tion of leadership. John L. Lewis,
a striking figure in the miners’ in
ternational, was placed in the run
ning against him. In the final vote,
however, Gompers beat Lewis by
more than 2 to 1.
Vindicated, Gompers
from that battle more powerful
than ever.
On May 6, 1920, Mrs. Sophie Jul
ian Gompers, the labor leader’s first
wife, whom he married 53 years
before, died. Besides her husband
she was survived by three sons,
their only daughter having died
shortly before. On April 16, 1921,
Samuel Gompers married again,
wedding Mrs. Gertrude Gleaves
Neuschler.
COOLIDGE BACKS '
NOVE FOR USE
IN POSTAL RATES
r -
Legislation to This End Expect
ed To Have White House
Support
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Legi
slation proposing increased postage
rates on practically all classes of
mail except letter mail to take care,
of pay advances for postal employ
ees is to be expected to have active
administration support as a result
of a White House conference Fri
day between President Caolidge and
a dozen republican senators.
The conference was called by
thq executive after the blocking in
the senate yesterday of efforts to
postpone action on the president’s
veto of the postal pay bill passed
at the last session. There was a
rather general discussion of the
whole situation, including the pros
pective opposition®to mail rate ad
vances, particularly (hose on second
class matter, embracing newspapers
and magazines.
Coolidge's View.
Mr. Coolidge was reported as
b.olding the view that such advances
should be made in order to provide
the necessary revenue for what he
regards as a merited raise in the
pay of employees of thf postal serv
ice. Some senators said ‘hey car
ried away the impression that such
legislation would have his support.
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AMERICUS, GA., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 13, 1924
BLIZZABD KKS
JUPMIKE SHIP;
I PERSUNS PERISH
Destroyer Rescues 55 Os Crew
Os 150—40 Meh Still
Aboard In Peril
(By Associated Pre4«.)
TOKiO, Japan, Dec. 13.
Eight bodies have been washed
ashore and about 40 persons
are in peril of losing their lives
aboard the special service ship
Kwatito.
The Kwanto was wrecked in
a blizzard off the coast of Tau
ruga, Japan.
.A Japanese destroyer has res
cued five officers and 50 men
and 40 others have reached
shore.
The Kwhnto carried a crew
said to be not less than 150
men.
MllsilS
IS CRITICALLY 111
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Develops Inflammation of Lungs
And Grave Fears Are
• Entertained
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Dec.
13.—Hjalmar Branting, premier of
Denmark, is seriously ill, according
to advices received here today.
It is said that the Danish pre
mier has developed inflammation
of the lungs and that grave fears
for his recovery were entertained
by his physicians,
wmir
isirnra
Paris Police Claim Attempt To
Kill Soviet Envoy to France
Averted By Arrest
(By The Atiociaated Press)
PARIS, Dec. 13.—An attempt to (
assassinate Leonid Kiasein, the
new Soviet envoy to France by- a wo
man eager to avenge the killing of
her brother by the Bolaheviki, was
declared by the French pclice to
have been averted by the arrest of
the woman, carrying a revolver,in
front of the Ruseian embassy.
The woman, Russian, born, gave
her name as Marie Ergawe, tak
ing the name of Dickson by Mar
riage in 1917 to a, New Yorker, who
since has died. She told plain
iclothes men who saw her lettering
before the embassy ‘.uildihg that
She had come to Paris for the spe
cial purpose of killing Kru in.
The .woman had been standing in
front of the building for hours when
detectives began questioning her.
When she confided her purpose t 0
them they arrested her Besides the
revolver she had forty-two cartri
dges in her possession. Tne woi.iati
will be prosecuted on the charged
of carrying concealed weapons. She
had bee nin Paris a month and de*
scribed herself as a litetary woman.
The police kept the fact of her ar
rest secret until late Friday,
INSTALLATION SERVICES
AT FIRST M. E. CHURCH
The pastor will install all the Of
ficers of the Missionary Societies
of the Church, which includes the
Woman’s Missionary So iety, the
Hoftennse Tinsley Society, and the
Junior Missionary Society; also, the
Officers of the Epworth League;
the officers and teachers o? the
Sunday school, and the entire Board
of Stewards, at the First Methodist,
Sunday, morning at I'. o’clock.
In this group the workers and
leaders of the entire congregation
are to be found, and it is desired
that every one be present and the
entire membership of the Church,
to assure them of their hearty co
operation, in .every effort t’>at may
be put forward this year for the
advancement of she Kingdom cf
>ur Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Make His Dreams Come True
waMmsmiisr’eww
jEBSBBSS ME
The little fellow has gone to sleep to dream of Santa. It
is up to you to see that when he awakens his dream coitles
lru *- ~w««<W»
There will be many little boys and girls in this County
who will go to sleep with al! the faith in the world in Santa;
and there will be many who will awaken to find their, stock
ings empty unless you play Santa for them.
Many of the contributions to the Empty Stocking Fund
have come from children. This should not be. Every man
and woman in Sumter who is able should donate to the fund.
The burden of caring for the poor and needy this Christmas
is too great to be thrown upon the shoulders of the children.
It is a man’s job; and unless every man lends his aid there
will be many families who will spend Christmas just as they
would any other day, half starved, cold and unhappy.
Previously acknowledged ....$32.53
Virginia Moreland 1.00
Pick Hill 1.00
L. C. Medford , 2.00
Perry Wimbush .25
Bob Jones 10
Janet Jones 10
Three Little Children 1.00
A Friend 3.00
G. I. A. to B. L. E 5.00
Henry Black 25
Roy Black, Jr 25
6....z....eta0i shrdl sh shr shrd shr
Mary Evelyh Franklin... 10
Annie Mildred Franklin 10
Henry Franklin -10
Jessie Francis Franklin 10
Howard W. Dozier 30
Gladyse Coker 10
Katherine Feagle 10
vouthlskilEed
Bl in [LEVATOR
J. W. Woodcock, 13, Fatally
Injured When He la Man
gled—Dies At Hospital
COLUMBUS, Dec. 13. --Uis body
horrbily crushed by an elevator at
the Brannon and Cnruohn Drug
Company yesterday morning, J. W.
Woodcock, 18, 1507 Eleventh street,
Phenix City, died of his injuries at
the city hospital yesterday after
noon at 1:30 o'clock.
How the youth becam • jammed
between the elevator and the lower
floor of /the drug establishment
was never determined. The boy
was unable to tell.
Young Woodcock was an errand
boy employed at Hick:; and John
son’s drbg store, and delivered some
soft drinks to Branron and Carson,
1213 Second avenue. Employes who
ordered the drinks accepted them
and said last night they supposed
the youth had gone, when screams
wer e heard. _
For several minutes clerks search
ed vainly to locate the .sound. Fur
ther investigation revealed the boy
jammed by the elevator.
borne difficulty was experienced
extricating him from between the
floor and the elevator.
TAX RECEIPTS ABOUT
same; as last year
“There is no material increase
in collections, this year over last,”
asserted Tax Collector Small in re
sponse to a question by a Times-
Recorder reporter, thh morning, re
garding tax receipts of this year
over last.
Mr. Small states that there are
still scores of tax payers who have
not yet called for a ard in
dications- are that wh>r the
are closed on December. 20, as in
quired by Jaw, many property,own
ers will not have “shelled out,”
UPfRUTOR Os STILL
CAUGHT BUT ESMS
Sheriff and Posse Locate Man
ufacturer of Illicit Whisky,
Who Takes To Woods
A bird in -the hand ia worth two
in the bush, Sheriff Harvey learn
ed this morning when he let L. L.
Btock leave his home fjr a minute
to go into the yard, there to dispose
of some cotton lint which had been
lying on the floor of Brock’s home
and which Sheriff Harvey said was
liable to cause fire if not removed.
The sheriff and Deputy Sum
mers, hearing that Brocx was oper
ating a still on his land, some six
and a half miles from town on the
old “Driver Place,*’ they went there
early this morning to investigate
the rumor. Upon searching the
premises a still, along with seven
barrels of beer, was found about
150 yards from Brock’s hoUse.
Sheriff Harvey left his deputy to
destroy the still and the beer white
foe went in the house to apprehend
Brock.
Brock was found at home with
a quart of whisky. It was during
the connversation with Brock that
Sheriff Harvey’s attention was
drawn to the several sheets spread
on the floor covered with cotton.
At the sheriff’s suggestion Brock
carried the sheets into the yard so
that they might be out of the way
of matches or any fir c that rni;.ht
ignite them. Brock, according to
the sheriff, instead of going to the
yard, took to the woods and has not
yet returned.
After waiting several hours for
Brock to return, the nh iriff and his
raiding party returned to the city,
there to make out two warrants
against Brock, one for making
whisky and the other for having it
in his possession.
RICHLAND GIRLS DEFEAT
LOCAL COURT ARTISTS
The “Sextet” representing the
Ldeal High school went down in de
feat >to the Richland “Sextet” by
the scor e of 8 to 12 at Richlannd
Friday afternoon.
From all accounts the game was
r thriller from start to finish and
the two teams played neck and
neck until the last throe minutes of
play when the Richlands forwards
shot two baskets and won the gan.e.
Miss Massie Lane was credited
witjj scoring all points for the local
receiving great help
‘frdm Elizabeth Merritt und Harriett
Rylander who excelled in passing
and team work.
Pc Open 1 lam Close
Jan 123.25 23.10123.26123.15
Mar. 23.67|23.50123.63|23.55
May [24.00;23.85:24.00|23.90
July |24.41124.20124.14|24.06
Dec 123.20 23.10123.15123.09
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BUNTS ftLONG
COURTHOUSE WALL
Successful Work of Daring
Performer Wins Friends
Among Spectators r
Harry Gardiner, famous “hue
man fly," did his stuff in Ameri
cus this afternoon while 4,000
spectators looked on, hundreds
viewing the stunt for the
first time. Gardiner, who came
to Americus under auspices of
the Times-Recorder of John D.
Mathis Post, American Legion,
crawled easily upward along the
bare face of Sumter’s temple of
justice, surmounted the clock in
the steeple there and after wav
ing to the crowd below leisurely
began his descent.
Mr. Gardiner had intended
climbing to the top... 0f... the
the lower, but upon eamining
weather vane, the pinnacle of
the the slate roofing that cov
ers the steeple, found that it was
not strong enough to bear his
weight.
she Sumter couijjy court
house is an old-fashioned build
ing, having been constructed be
fore the existing style of ragged
architecture came into general
the building presented Gardiner
accetance, and because of this
one of the toughest propositidha
he had tackled in all his years 6f
exhibition work. Even during
the perilous stage of his craWL
Gardiner did not hesitate, how
ever, And it was evident that hig
pluck, energy and interest ih
the nation's disabled veterada
won for him hundreds of friends
among those who observed the
stunt from the street below.
The ascent was made within
a brief period, and the descant
which was accomplished without
incident, was started shortly af
ter Gardiner reached the top of
the building. The crowd below
was intensely interested in Gar
diner’s ability as a ‘‘human fly”
and it is estimated the stunt vtas
will rank among the tnbst Mic
cesful advertising ventures yet
staged in Americus.
GEORGIAN FLOGGED ~ '
BY UNMASKED MEN
AUSTELL, Dec. 13. Chattel
J. Shelverton, Jr., 25, is confined to
his home hero and is in the cata
of physicians as the result of a
beating which h e says was given
him last night by a hand of un-niask
ed men. The men, he says lured
him to a point two mites north of
here, where he claims he was given
a severe beating.
No reason for the attack Wu 6 ad
vanced by Shelverton.
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BRACES SAVES MAN
WHO FALL? INTO SHAFI!
MACON, Dec. IL—H. A. Wil
liams, 22, fell into the top Os an
elevator shaft at the new Massie
apartment house here Friday, but in
stead of dropping five stories of
the pit, his body srusk wooden
braces fifteen feet below. Otner
workmen rescued Williams. His
face was lacerated above and below
his eye glasses, but tl'.e spectaites
were not broken. Williams was
taken to a hospital, but doctors ray,
he is not badly hurt.
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