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THE A\ll W I s TIMES-RECORDER
‘ FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
BRITISH BOAT IS
SUNK; AMERICAN
LIVES ON BOARD
The latest reports say that heavy
fighting continues in Galicia but the
situation is still obscure. So far as is
reported there is no renewal of activ
ity along the French-Belgian lines.
In Persia the Russian expedition is
meeting with increasing opposition. It
is officially announced in Petrograd
that there has been fighting south of
Hamadan with Persian genderames.
The Franco-British forces on the
Gallipollli peninsula are engaged in
hard fighting, according to an official
Turkish statement.
New Dangers Arises.
WASHINGTON, Jan. I.—The de
destruction of the British liner Persia
with a possible loss of American lives
throws the relation between United
States and Teutonic powers into a
new danger. Coming when the delicate
situation with Austria is about to be
amicably adjusted this element threat
ens to complicate affairs with Aus
tria
As uusual, officials are withholding
comment until definite information is
received. It seems evident that the
Austrian admiralty and the foreign
officers are working with cross pur
poses as was the case with Germany.
The best calculations indicate that
, one hundred passengers aboard the
Persia are suvivors who left the ves
sel in four boats and will arrive at"
Alexandria today. No word has been
received from Consul McNelly. The
crew numbered between 250 and 300.
LONDON, Jan. 1. —The British liner
Persia sunk at one o’clock Thursday
and many passengers and members of
the crew are reported lost.
Among the passengers was Robert
M. Neeley, a native of North Carolina
and American consul at Oden, Arabia.
Other Americans known to have left
London on the steamer are Charles
F. Frant and Edward Rose. It is be
lieved that Rose left the steamer at
Gibraltar.
The Peninsula and Oriental Line
here, who owned the steamer, advises
that it is reported that 160 passen
gers were on the boat when it left
London, but several disembarked at
Gibraltar, Marseilles or Malta, and it
is not known just how many were on
board.
Four boats got away from the
steamer before she sank. Messages
to Lloyd’s said that the steamer was
en route from London to Bombay when
she sunk. She was a vessel of 7,900
tons.
The Persia sunk in the eastern part
of the Mediterranean, off the Island of
Crete.
Although some passengers disem
barked at three ports, there were also
many on board. At Marseilles 231
were booked for .passage, of which 87
were women and 25 children.
Lord Montague was on the passen
ger list of the British steamer Adelia
which was sunk.
) WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. I.—Offi
cial dispatches from London say that
tl>e Persia was torpedoed 'and sunk
while approaching Alexandria, and
‘ nearly all perished.”
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4 PRESIDENT WATERED 4
4 THE OLD YEAR OUT. 4
4 hot SPRINGS, Va., Jan I. 4
4 President Wilson slept late after 4
4 seeing the old year out and plan- 4
4 ned lo hold a reception at five 4
4 o’<dZck for his fellow guests and 4
4 fo|L s of the surrounding terri- 4
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BLIND "BLIND
TIGER" JAILED
LUMPKIN, Ga., Jan. I.—Alec Flew
ellyn, a blind negrg, was arrested last
Saturday night charged with
liquor. He had reaping a goad
harvest from his h traps'' and
was encouraging his customers to
“shop early” but one shopped too
early or too late for he let the author
ities catch him.
Though disabled to work becausp
of his blindness he could “deliver the
goods” when it comes to selling “poi
son” and it will be expected of him to
prove his innocence in the courts or
make his future home for a while,
where he will possibly be given a job
turning a grinding stone or some
other occupation that his affliction
will permit.
BLAKELY FEARS
WE TROUBLE
WITH JEGROES
BLAKELY, Ga., Jan. I.—Officers
here are apprehensive lest negroes
might take retaliatory measures to
avenge the deaths of several negroes
acre in the last two days.
Reports indicate that nine have been
killed as the result of the assassina
tion of Henry Villpigue by negroes on
Wednesday.
Last night several negroes surround
ed the home of H. H. Grimsley and
tl.reatened him and family, but disap
peared before officers arrived. Many
armed men are reported as coming to
Blakely from nearby towns.
It is reported here that no negro
ledge buildings are standing in the
icounty. Several were burned by
white epople, and then egroes tore
one down to prevent it from being
burned. This is believed to have been
done because of reported notes found
on one dead negro dictated in the
negro lodge which swore vengeance
on Villlpigie because he thrashed a
negro. It is quiet here today.
What is The
Difference If
They Fight
BERLIN, Jan. I.—English short
’ coming in the matter of lii.'gustic
ability are the subject of amusing ed
itorials in the Frankfurter Zeitung.
In Flanders, it says, “The English
general staff and the English com
manding officers have as little knowl-|
I edge of French as the French gener-1
als have of English." It adds:
“At a recent conference of Allied j
Ministers in Paris, this barrier of,
language caused the geratest difficul
ty. The dictionary played the chief
part in the conference, since the four
English ministers who went to Paros
Asquith, Lloyd-George, Balfour and
Grey—only the first is in a position
to speak a few French words in a
hardly intelligible English accent. Mr.
ignorance of French
is natural and pardonable. Mr. Bal
four can manage at need to read some'
French without being able to utter a
single French word intelligibly. Sir
Edward Grey is much too proud to
learn any other languages than his
own. So in all the diplomatic busi
ness between Paris igpd London the
Auklo-French dictionary plays
r.01e." _
GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY 2, 1916
J. W- ItfflßpW \
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(By Quimby Akfli.)
I knew l^ a it Furlow. W|know him
was to ifove him. ThoseWkho knew
him b'fet loved him best.
Liver loyal to those he lißd, ever
’tady to extend a favor to in.-Mfriends,
IJ. W. Furlow was a man yol could
count on. u
As a newspaper man he beloved to
that class of men who were an?lsnor
to the fourth estate. He wrote' With
a fervor and style all his own. ' A
master mind was his, a mind oat
made it possible for him to moAld
public opinion by his writings. A
For thirty years he was the mail
stay of the Times-Recorder. Thil
paper will never be the same without!
Walt Furlow’ at the city desk. No one
in Amei.cus knew the history of Am
ericus better than he. Generation
after genreatkin have felt the influ
ence of his writings. Americus and
j. W. Furlow grew up together.
Americus, South Georgia, and the
newspaper profession have lost a man
v.’hose place will be hard to fill. Lit
erally thousands of people through
out south Georgia, were made sad
when the Associated Press flashed the
news that he had passed to the great
beyond.
The last piece of copy has been
written by this brilliant man. He has
gonie to his reward in a better world.
He leaves behind those who love him
best. He elaves a void that will nev
er be filled.
Ever loyal, ever true, ever faithful,
be lived a gentleman of the old
schoiol. Pqlished, refined, cultured,
he moved among a large circle of
friends. I
His end was unexpected; except to
a few who were at the bedside when
death came. The community has lost
a friend. Walt Furlow is no more.
Mil’ll S. ANSLEY
PASSES ■ 111 EL
PASOJEXJHURSDAY
Many friends in Americus were
grieved late Thursday afternoon when
the news was received of the death
of Mr. Ralph G. Ansley, of El Paso,
Texas. His death came after an ill
ness of several years.
Mr. Ansley was 30 years of age, and
had lived in El Paso for the last ten
years of his life. Until he moved
from Americus he was with the Plan
ters Bank ,and went to El Paso ac
cepting a position with the Rio Grane
National Bank & Trust Co.
He is survived by a wife, one child,
and his brother, Mr .Carl Ansley, of
Americus. He has many other rela
tives who are joined in sympathy by
Lis many friends.
Mr. Ansley's remains will be
brought to Americus for burial, but
the exact date has not been learned.
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HAYE PRAYER WEEK
In accordance with the custom of
the Baptist women of the South, be
ginning Monday, the women and
young women of Furlow Lawn Baptist
church will hold a Week of Prayer.
These meetings will be held for one
hour each afternoon, the program be
ing as follows: Monday, “Planning
for 1916,” Mrs. R. L. Bivins; Tuesday,
“Mexico and South America,” Mrs.
C W. Clark; Wednesday, “China and
Japan,” Mrs. T. C. Tillman , Thursday,
bAfficaAjii Italy,” Mrs. R.. L. May-
| Bay. “A World Appeal,* Mrs
■HHHTweii.
J. W. FURLOW HAS
PASSED INTO THE
GREATESTWORLO
Walt Furlow is dead!
As the old year bowed in greeting
the new year Saturday morning his
life began to ebb, and ere the sun
rose to greet the first day of 1916, his
soul had passed into eternity.
i For over thirty years John Walter
VEurlow was connected with the
Americus Times-Recorder in the local
news department. With the title of
city editor and with unqualified devo
tion to this paper he worked unflinch
ingly in a service of great fruits.
Mir. Furlow was fifty-five years of
age, having been born in Americus on
December 28th, 1860. Through the
years of his life he lived in the home
of his birth, and in early manhood
became connected with the old Amer
icus Recorder.
The entire community, excepting
those few who knew his desperate con
dition, were shocked as the news
flashed from house to house early yes
terday.
Mr. Furlow began feeling unwell
Friday afternoon, but until Tuesday
afternoon he remained at his desk, re
fusing to let his true condition be
known. The editor was at home dur
ing the holidays and with the same fi
delity that has marked his greatness
he would not allow him to be notified
until it was certain when he would
return.
With a severe cold he retired Tues
day evening, and at noon Wednesday
was carried to the city hospital where
his condition was known to be dan
gerous. There was no decided change
until late Friday evening when the tie
of life which had bound him to
a thousand hearts began to waver.
Slowly, his great spirit hovered be
tween life and death, and with a calm
ness which was admirable to behold
breathed his last.
It was not Furlow’s wish that any
extraordinary attention be given his
demise in the newspaper which he
loved. For over three decades he had
recounted the happenings of Ameri
cus and vicinity; writing the death of
e ery person almost without excep
tion, who has passed away in Ameri
cus and Sumter county during his
term of service with the paper.
Mr. Furlow’s greatest happiness was
when he was easing the burdens of
others. Hundreds of little children
knew him as “Bublber” and he was al
ways attentive to their wants and
cajres. They will miss him —for
there’s not another Bubber.
The great soul was not afraid to die.
With the philosphic faculties so com
mon to newspape- men, he faced eter
nity without the slightest semblance of
fear. “I have enjoyed living this
life," were the words which the great
man spoke to the writer as he told
him of his desperate condition Thurs
day evening.
Walt Furlow will be missed, but not
forgotten. We would not attempt to
fill his .place—there is no other.
The remains of Mr. Furlow laid in
state at the Americus Undertaking
Co., until 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon
when they were carried to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Gatewood, on
Lee street.
The funeral services will be con
dicted from the First Methodist
church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
with Rev. J. A. Thomas officiating.
The pallbearers will be Frank Har- j
cold, G. R. Ellis, Cranston Wiliiamgß
W. L. Dupree, I. J. Kalmon, vfl|g|
'.'>i n’oi), Arthur Rylander. qAEB
Melton.
J. W. FURLOW
The editor has received the follow
ing telegrams since the announce
ment of the death of Mr. Furlow:
“Please accept this message as an
expression of the regret of the Morn
ing News at the death of Mr. Furlow,
and our condolence to those with
whom he was associated as friend and
fellow workman for so many years. ’,
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS.
“We are deeply shocked and extend
sincere sympathy."
ATLANTA .CONSTITUTION.
“The i news of Colonel Furlow’s
death came to me as a great shock. I
look back w’ith nothing but pleasant
memories on six years relations with
' him; always faithful to every trust;
always seeking to promote the inter
ests of his paper and the welfare of his
city; always a genial companion and
a friend to be depended upon. His
name will long be cherished by all
who knew him as that of a true gen
tleman. Americus is the poorer by
his death and with many others I feel
that I am the poorer by the loss of a
friend." THOS. GAMBLE.
Savannah, Ga.
Americus has lost one of its greatest
assets, and I am sure one of my best
friends. L. G. COUNCIL.
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SERIOUSLY SHOT
NEAR SAVANNAH
Sam D. Fuller, of Americus, a con
ductor on the Seaboard Air Line rail
way, was accidentally shot at three
o’clock Saturday afternoon at Reca, a
point near Savannah. His head was
seriously wounded and he was rush
ed to a hospital in Savannah.
His condition is quite serious, and
the latest information obtainable fail*
to give much hope for his recovery.
DLO YEAH GOES OIIT
IN BLAZEJF GLORY
As the hour of midnight struck Fri
day a thundering noise went up from
Americus as the New Year was greet
ed. The Presbyterian church bell
was tolled for one minute preceding
the appointed hour, and with other
whistles a blaze of glory was paved
for the good year 1916.
And it’s Leap Year, too.
The following lines as “Good Morn
ing,” by Frank L. Stanton are appro
priate :
I.
A star-dreaming snowflake, a flash
from Time’s sky,—
Life! Catch him and kiss him, and
hold him heart-high!
Catch him and kiss him
Ere angels shall miss him
And the rose-dream they lost has left
Heave! a-sigh!
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With eyes wonder-wise to the Future '
that lies «
5n the gleam of a dream shut from 1
shadows of sighs,
Life! Clasp, kiss and hold him!
Love’s glad arms enfold him, — 1
Rose of Mflßflßßg and light of
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RtfUSES POSITION IS
Mill ROUTE CIBRIEH
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SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. I.—Oscar
Grossman, designated Wednesday as
’ permanent carrier on rural route A
! from Savannah, yesterday declined to
, accept this appointment. His refusal
of the position was the second to
come from appointees designated to
I route A.
In consequence of the failure to ac
cept the appointment there was no
service on Route A yesterday and it is
> not known whether delivery will be
possible on this route today. Route
. A is a motor route covering Thunder
i *bolt, Isle of Hope and other sections
and is under the direction of the
■ Fourth Assistant Postmaster at Wash
i ington.
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SLAYER OF 0. 0.
fiILMORNS OIIT
MOULTRIE, Ga., Jan. I.—For the
arrest and delivery of Albert Maplesu
to the sheriff of Colquitt TA
v; rd o: sl.',ii is outstanding. jB
I.' offered $250 for the
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LONDON, Jan. I.—There is a
of rats along the British and
lines in klatiders' and France. A
ier describes the invasion as
than the Germans” in a letter, which 1
adds: r
“Trenches, communications, fields, c
woods, houses, cellars and barns are r
choked with them. We have them r
bolding congresses at night In the t
busiest roads and giving concerts by /
day in the most crowded villages. We r
literally march on top of them. They a
breed and bribed and launch themselves
into assaults on the cantonments, like
the Germanfe on the Yser, by battal- t
lens en mtjße. n
"They to be tortured I
bv the shortage of food o
iiu'lo-s of anything. The h
whose
d.'voured by n
other ; o’r v . B|
jjlF'y eWA, - st.. '
NEW ADTO TO 15
IN FORGE WITH A
LICENSE_ RANGE
The new automobile license tax law
pcssed during the extraordinary ses
sion of the general assembly, became
effective Saturday. * '
Although the date upon which aBL
automobile owners must, under the
law, have their 1916 tags ready is
March 1, a large number of owner*
have already bought their tags, and tt.
is expected that the new law will meet
with much more satisfaction than did
the olti saw.
The new licenses are to be obtained
■ from Secretary of State Phil Cook, at ;
the capltol, Atlanta.
The new law makes the foHowing
provisions for tax on automobiles and
licensing chauffeurs;
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