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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
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THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR
SAVANNAH HAN
• GIVEN SENTENCE
IN PENITENTIARY
six mis m nun
Sensational Case There Is
' Concluded
Savannah, Ga., April 10. —Joseph IT.
Umberger entered a plea of guilty to
the charge of bigamy in the superior
court this morning and was sentenced
,to serve six years in the Georgia pen
itentiary. Umberger married Mis 3
Bessie A. May of Newark, N. J., sever
al years ago and last month married
Miss Carlotta Wickenberg of this city.
Both his wives were here to appear
against him if needed. Umberger’s at
torney stated that his client believed
the New Jersey wife dead when he
married Miss Wickenberg. The defend
ant made no statement. , Umberger
had been employed here by a moving
picture house.
ALEX STEPHENS A VISITOR
TODAF IN AMERICUS
Well Known Atlanta Attorney
In The City
I A prominent Atlantan in Am'eriet.s
yesterday was Mr. Alexander Steph
ens, who has many friends here who
extended him a welcome. Mr. Steph
ens is a nephew of the great commoner,
whose name he bears, and is a promi
nent an popular member of the
Atlanta bar. While here yesterday he
was the guest of Representative
Crawford Wheatley and members of
the bar. Mr. Stephens has decid
ed to offer for a place upon the bench
of the court of appeals, and will be
strongly supported • throughout the
state, for this position of honor and
responsibility.
* SUMTERVPEDS
RECEIVE CHECKS
MARCH SALARIES
OVER SI,BOO PAID TEACHERS
Sixty-Five Schools in Opera
tion This Year
Eighteen hundred dollars will be
paid out in Americus this morning by
Supt. W. S. Moore to the county school
teachers. Thi£ is in payment of March
salaries, and jomes with the usual
promptness which has long character
ized the efficient county board of edu
cation.
Sumter's teachers are never compell
| ed to wait for their salaries. The
money is always on hand here, and
payments are made promptly.
This salary list includes both white
and colored teachers. There are in
Sumter county twenty-five white
schools and forty colored schools in
operation this spring. One white
school, the Gatewood school, has re
cently been closed 1 for lack of attend
ance. The other 24 are well patron
ized.
The forty colored schools, Supt.
Moore; says, are filled to the overflow
point. l khere being hardly room suffi-
for all who desire to Attend th 1
spools.
PLUMED KNIGHTS
ELECT OFFICERS
PE COMMANDER!
1 Inina conn
i No. 5 Commandery in Excel
lent Condition
• The plumed Sir Knights of DeMolay
* commandery, No. 5, Knights Templa”,
1 assembled last nighat at their asylum
I for the election of officers for the en
suing Masonic year. The meeting was
largely attended and much interest
i
manifested in the result.
The names of officers thus chosen are
* as follows:
Sir J. E. Hightower, eminent cora
• mander.
Sir S. A. Daniels, generalissimo.
! Sir Edward Sawyer, captain general.
Sir Lansing Burrows, prelate.
Sir W. F. Smith, senior warden.
Sir W. T. Jones, junior warden.
Sir S. R. Heys, treasurer.
Sir R. P. Moore, recorder.
. Sir T. L. Granberry, standard-bearer.
Sir W. E. Hamilton, sword-bearer.
Sir Lee Hudson, warder.
Sir S. A. Jennings, sentinel.
The commandery is to be congratu-
lated upon the election of Mr. J. E.
Hightower to the responsible position
of eminent commander, an honor well
merited. All of the officers are filled
by men of high standing, who will ever
strive, as in the past, to promote the
best interests of that honorable order
DeMolay commandery, No. 5, ranks
among the oldest in the state, and has
a membership which keeps it in the
1 front ranks of Knight Templarism in
Georgia.
NO SERIES 111
FUILOW TODAY
There will be no service at Furlow
Lawn Baptist church today, though the
revival meetings which have been in
progress tor the past week will be
continued next week. Rev. Carl Minor
will preach tomorrow (Sunday) at 11
a. m., at 4p. m., and at 7:30 p. m. In
addition he will speak to the Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m. and to the B. Y.
i P. U. at' 6:40 p. m.
I The services yesterday were largely
attended and most interesting and
and profitable withal. Mr. Minor spoke
j at the afternoon hour on “The know
ledge that leads to service,” basing his
remarks on the washing of the disci
pies’ feet by the Master. He emphasiz
ed the fact that Jesus performed this
humble service in the full conscious
ness of his divine origin and destiny.
He knew that he came from God, and
, that he would return to the Father.
. For us to know that God is our Father,
; that Christ is our elder brother, that
! the Holy Spirit is our guide, is for us
i to walk as kings and priests, and as
. children of God. This is the inspira
. tion of all our service. Christ knew
his mission, and was fully conscious
. all the while of that which the Father
, ] had given him to do. The preacher
I concluded with an earnest appeal to all
Christians to regard the -obligation
. and responsibility of winning the lost
! unto Jesus Christ.
> At the night service Mr. Minor de
t'livered what was possibly the most
> powerful discourse of the meeting thus
. far. His subject was “The Judgment.”
. Most graphically aid he portray that
. last scene when all nations and peo
ple shall stand before the judgment
. bar of God, sermon on this im
j.ro-
AMERICUS. GEORGIA.
FIRE FIGHTERS
WILL MEET HERE
GEORGIA FIRE PREVENTION SO
CIETY YVILL CONVENE IN 4MERI
(T’S ON APRIL 28RD
AMERICUS WILL ENTERTAIN
THIRTY OR FORTY GUESTS
Committees Will Inspect Pnblic Build
ings and Point Out Fire Traps-
Special Inspection For Schools and
Churches
G. H. Collins, press superintendent
of the Georgia Fire Preventive society,
is in Americus making plans for the
meeting of the society on April 23rd.
Mr. Collins reports that thirty or forty
members of the society will attend the
convention.
The headquarters of the society will
be at the Windsor hotel, and commit
tees composed of two members each
will be appointed to inspect every mer
cantile building in the city. These
committees in addition to making their
reports to the society will point out to
the owners and occupants of the build
ings inspected any conditions that they
may find that would cause a fire to
start, or once started to increase the
ataount of damage. It has been the
experience of the trained inspectors of
the society that in the upper floods
or basements of the many of the build
ings inspected they find accumulations
of rubbish or trash; the same applies
to back yards, alleys and closets of
mercantile buildings and these useless
accumulations have been prolific
causes of fires. The committee will al
so pay especial attention to the ar
rangement of stoves and furnaces, and
the construction and, conditions of,
flues and roofs, and also to the handl-<
ing and use of gasoline and other in
flammable materials.
The society has a special committee
that will inspect the schools and |
churches in the city with a view of j
safeguarding these properties against
loss by fire, and the school
children and the teachers against
death or injury. This Is one of the
most important of the society’s com
mittees, and its work has been pro
ductive of many improvements in
school and church property, and >n
safeguarding the lives of the people.
Another committee will inspect the
city’s ordinances regarding construc
tion of buildings, the handling and use
of gasoline, powder and other explos
ives, the regulation of moving picture
shows and automobile garages, and
other ordinances on the city’s books
relating to fire prevention. This com
mittee will be prepared to offer new
ordinances or amendments to old ordi
nances, if they find those now in force
lacking in any particular.
The committee on fire department
end waterworks will devote special at
tention to those departments of the
city, and their report will show
whether any improvements are needed
and, if so, why.
The society will hold a public meet
ing after the preliminary work is done
at which the reports of the several
committees will be read, and the
recommendations of the committee will
he taken up with the mayor and coun
cil for discussion. The public will be
invited to this meeting, of which fur
ther announcement will be made.
FEAST OF THE PASSOVER
OBSERVED IN AMERICUS
%
The Feast o* the Passover began
yesterday evening, and will be most
fittingly observed ay the Hebrews in
this city. Pesach, |he annual Feast of
the Passover, sr «»f unleavened bread,
which iB the oldest feasjt of the Jewish
calendar, carried one back will night
SATURDAY MORNING. APRIL 11, 1914.
REBELS WAGING
VIGOROUS FIGHT
TO TAKETAMPIGO
CONSTITUTIONALIST TROOPS ARE
MAKING A DESPERATE ATTEMPT
TO CAPTURE (T EA BEFORE THE
MEEK IS OVER
OIL TANKS CAT§! '
FIRE DURING BATTLE
Refugees Flee to Warships in the
Harbor—Lives of All Are Endanger.
ed by Burning Oil Wells.
Washington, D. C., April 10—Officials
here were concerned today over the
safety of foreign oil plants at Tampico
where desultory firing continues be
tween opposing Mexican forces. Rear
Admiral Fletcher reported that Rear
Admiral Mayo had delivered another
letter to General Zaragosa about the
shots fired into the oil plant from the
federal gunboats, but he had also
heard that an oil tank at Arbol Grande
was on fire at 4:30 o’clock yesterday
morning, and grave alarm is felt here
that there may be wholesale destruc
tion of the oil properties.
While officials here have utmost
confidence in Admiral Mayo yet they
realize diplomacy will be of little
avail if fire from either side of the
combatants comes in contact with the
oil. Assurances were received that all
American women and children have
bsen gathered into places of safety.
Secretary Daniels said he had not
, been informed of the issuance by
.Admiral Mayo of any ultimatum to
the federal commander at Tampico
to cease firing from the gunboat into
the city.
j Today’s state department reports
laid greater emphasis on the serious
ness of the fighting at Tampico,
which is described as “heavy, with
the rebels in possession of Don Ce
celia and Arbolgrande.” The situa
tion concerning the oil properties is
thus described in an official state
ment.
“Several oil tanks have been struck;
one is on fire and oil is running into
the river. A number of refugees are
on the warships.”
A summary of reports to the navy
department stated that two women
were reported to have been hanged
for attempting to rescue prisoners
from the Cuartol. A constitutionalist
prisoner was reported to have been ex
ecuted for ha/ing bullets in his pos
session.
ILLINOIS SALOON
ADEN WILLIFIEHT
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Chicago, 111., April 10 —Efforts to
prevent the closing of saloons in many
of the Illinois cities and towns which
voted dry at the local option elections
last Tuesday until after the supreme
court passes on the constitutionality
of the women’s suffrage act will be
made by the “wets,” it was announced
today.
Complete returns from Tuesday’s
elections showed the vote of the wo
men were responsible for many of the
dry victories. The supreme court is
expected tc act on the suffrage act
this month.
I
► THE WEATHER. ♦
•*
For Americus and Vicinity.— ♦
4- Fair; Warmer, probably. *
11 fcwrtiftDMyy ‘* a * ♦
PEACH CHOP NOT
HUOT Bl FROST
REPORTS FROM ALL SECTIONS OF
THE STATE ARE TO THE EFFECT!
THAT THE PEACH CROP HAS ES
CAPED SERIOUS INJURY
GEORGIA WILL HAVE
BIG CROP OF FRUIT
Frost Falls All Over State and Even
“Sunny Florida*’ Gets Cold Weather
and Hail—Florida Truck Farms *
Damaged.
Atlanta, Ga., April 10.—Although
there was a light frost, with the tem
perature almost to the freezing point
throughout the state, the Georgia fruit
crop is practical'y unhurt by the pres
ent cold spell.
This statement comes from the lead
ing fruit growers of Georgia and it s
i
believed to be the fact oi the case.
The indications are that Georgia
will have a bumper peach crop, prob
ably the largest in the history of the
state.
Telegrams received by the Georgia
Fruit exchange in Atlanta from Mid
dleton, Baldwin, Alto, Mt. Airy,
Adairsville and Richland, were to th3
effect that the peach crop had not been
damaged.
Growers in all parts of the state
burned smudges in their orchards all
night long, hoping to thwart the ef
fects of the cold and the frost. It is
believed that their efforts saved the
crops in many places.
The cold wave caused frost as far
south as Thomasville, in this state, and
to the gulf at. Pensacola, Mobile an-1
New Orleans, it was considered kill
ing in northern Georgia with a tem
perature of 34 degrees at Atlanta, light
at Macon, with a minimum of 35 de
grees, and light at Thomasville wi‘h
a minimuni of 40 degrees. Freezing
temperatures were not reported. This
cold wave is moving eastward and
there should be a rise in temperature in
this section Saturday and Sunday.
Cloudiness and rain appear over the
west, and may reach Georgia by the
first of the w ek.
Vegetables Damaged
Jacksonville, Fla., April 10. —Re-
ports from the interior of the state
indicate that considerable damage
was done to the vegetable crop by
local hail and windstorms, the sever
est of which was near Ocala, where a
tornado accompanied by hail, de
stroyed several orange groves by
whipping off the fresh fruit and limbs
of the trees.
The vegetables, especially the to
matoes, were destroyed, and must be
replanted. ' The melon crop is said
to be a total loss in this section,
which is the center of the peninsula.
Smaller storms are reported in Ma
rion, Volusia and Sumter counties,
but the loss there will be small. The
frost was confined to the northwest
ern portion of the state, where cotton,
melons, tobacco and truck are grown
and where the crop was not matured
sufficiently to be affected.
The mercury is rising rapidly now.
Hail in Florida.
Tarrpa, Fla., April 10. —The mlni
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SPECIAL FASTER MUSIC
AT TIE FIRST BAPTIST
A special program of Easter music
will be rendered tomorrow morning bv
the choir of the First Baptist cljurcfl.
Mrs. H. O. Joneß, organist of the
church, has been rehearsing with the
. choir members for the past two weeks
and the nrualc will be extra good. A
- full progAfc will be published Sunday
UK>rnin^^^fe^L”imeß-Recorder.
ORCHARDS AND
COTTON PATCHES
ESCAPED INJURY
NO DAMAGE ABOUT AMERILUS
Resulting From Cold Weather
Yesterday
Beauteous Queen Elberta and old
I King Cotton will do the tango, the
hiki-pikl, and the chambermaids glide
all right this summer and on schedule
time, as both escaped damage from the
blizzardic tailender yesterday. Not a
peach (real goo’da) was hurt in the
least, while the tender cotton plants
were all to the good yesterday morn
ing, after the frost had passed away
and Old Sol was again on the job.
Americus orchardmen feared the re
sult of yesterday’s cold on the or
chards here, with their 300,000 fine
bearing peach trees, while farmers
felt sure the crop now up would be
killed, thus necessitating the expense
of replanting.
But not so. Even the tender snap
beanlet beat Jack Frost at the game
and is still a gardenlc beauty. Bean
plants are far tenderer than is young
cotton, and with beans still unharmed,
the young cotton escaped likewise.
Many farmers coming to Americus yes
terday morning reported that no in
jury whatever had resulted to the cot
ton and corn fields, and the splendid
peach orchards near Americus.
The temperature dropped to about
the forty notch her l , one citizen re
porting it as ’ow as 38, and a light
frost resulted: This, however, did no
damage to fruit or crops.
SELECTION fIOANK
CEKTEISJ STM
SECT. M’ADOO DECLINES TO RE
VISE LIST OF CITIES THAT WERE
AWARDED REGIONAL BANKS
Washington, D. C„ April 10.—Sec
retary McAdoo told New Jersey rep
resentatives who protested against
the inclusion of Hudson county in the
Philadelphia regional reserve bank
district, instead of the New York dis
trict, that the organization commit
tee, of which he is chairman, has no
intention of revising the list of 12
district cities recently announced.
Protests may be heard by the com
mittee, but the only hope to those
who asked changes is in the federal
reserve board, yet to be appointed by
President Wilson.
Pittsburg, Pa., April TO.—Prelim
inary steps towards entering protest
against making Pittsburg a part of
district No. 4 of the regional bank
system was taken today by the exec
utive committee of group 8 of the
Pennsylvania Bankers’ asosciaticn. A
committee made up of representa
tives from group 8, the Pittsburg
Clearing House association, and the
i Chamber of Commerce will go to
Washington to ask that Pittsburg be
placed in the Philadelphia district and
attempt to learn why Cleveland in
stead of Pittsburg was chosen as the
regional reserve bank center.
FIRE PROOF STEAMERS
REQUIRED BY NEW BILL
j.
Washington, D. C., April 10.—Fire
proof passenger steamships after Jan- 1
ussy 1, 1915, would be required on
lakes, rivers and in the c?f«stwise traf- 1
ftc by a bill which Representative Ed
monds, republican, of P#tsylvania, in-
I
troduced today. 4^'
REVIVAL BEGINS
SUNDAY MOONING
FIRST METHODIST
> HI. SEALES WILL ASSIST
- _
' Meetings Held Daily Through,
Next Week
1 rr.i_ ,
The long anticipated series of meet-
I
ings to be conducted at First Metho
dist church will begin tomorrow morn
a
ing, and will attract large congrega
tions daily. The pastor, Dr. J. A.
Thomas, will conduct the services to
a
morrow, but thereafter will be ably
3 *
assited by Rev. J. E. Seales, of Fort
Valley, an envangelist pastor, widely
known for his earnestness and elo
quence as a pulpit speaker. Mr.
Scales Is a graduate of Emory and is
considered one of the foremost young
ministers In the conference. While iu
Americus, in charge of the meeting
here, he will hold services twice daily
a
the hours to be announced tomorrow.
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MAKE CHICAGO A SAHARA
[
IS PURPOSE OF PROHIS
-i
Wets and Drys Will Wage
; Hot tautest
Chicago, April 10. —Inspired by vic
tories in the Illinois local option elee
' tlons Tuesday, temperance forces have
issued a call for a meeting next
Monday to plan a wet and dry vote m
Chicago at the mayoralty election next
spring.
The drys contemplate beginning thy
i city campaign now and continuing it
, until election day, a year hence.
Revised returns from Tuesday’s los,
l cal option elections in Illinois, shoff
that only 2 of the 102 counties in the.
state are anti-saloon territory.
MUCKALEE BANDS 1
HOLD HUNDREDS
OUST FISHERMEN
BITINIi SEA&BN NOW ASoIiHED I
1 M.
Placid Stream The Mecca of I
Many Here 1
N j|
Os all the banks that are depends- I
ble, the banks of Muckalee appeal I
stronger just now to the Americus I
man with time to deposit there, thanJ
does any other agency. The placid I
stream, coursing through romantic I
Magnolia Dell and the picturesque cow I
pasture adjoining, affords restful I
quietude and refuge from the übl-1
quitous bill collector, and, while ang- 1
ling for the festive pollywog one be- 9
; comes oblivious of all mundane trou-jB
bles, the governor’s race, the Frank:*
case, and even “the bank.” I
With the return of warmer weathelf I
yesterday the fishing season, backed I
by the “full moon”, the fisherman’s in~9
fallible sign, is now open. If you want fi
him, seek the Muckalee bank bes
closing hours, or a possible “break."
The oldHime fisherman keeps wfl
with the laws governing the spor|f*
but there aare many who do not know 9
that the statv. has set down certain ■
I rulev and regulations for the protec- £
I tion of the fish, which it is expected *
they shall observe.
j It Is against the law to take fish in 8
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