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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
ASQUITH REQUESTS A
COMPULSORY SERVICE
BEFORE THE COMMONS
Members of House
Come From the
Trenches to
Meeting
Largest Number
Present in War
Over Six Hundred
Thousand Men
Have Failed to
Come Up.
LONDON, Jan. 5. —The compulsory
military service bill was introduced in
the House of Commons today by Pre
mier Asquith. It was the largest as
semblage of members since the war
began. Many members received leave
of absence from the trenches to return
and vote for the bill.
Talking About the Persia.
LONDON, Jan. s.—An Amsterdam
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
says that the American ambassador at
Berlin conferred yesterday with the
foreign office officials concerning the
sinking of the Persia. He is said to
have inquired as to the nationality of
the submarine which fired the deadly
torpedo.
Report From London.
LONDON, Jan. 5. —The introduction
of compulsory military service in a
bill in the house of commons today was
the feature of the situation.
The bill provides that all males be
tween the ages of eighteen and forty
one years, and who are either bachel
oi s of wodow.ers, without dependent
children are liable for military service
anl subject to conscription. Ireland is
excluded from the terms of the meas
ure.
651,000 unmarried men are eligible
for military service who failed to
come forward and attest themselves
under the plan of Lord Derby. They
are not considered a “negligible quan
tity,” hence the decision of the cabinet
to ask for compulsion.
The Greek government has made vig
or ous protest to the Entente Powers
against the arrest of Greek subjects at
Saloniki, says advices from Athens.
Their Immediate release is demanded.
Berlin hears that the Greek mini?-
f
ters at Sofia have informed Bulgaria
that Greek ministers at Sofia have in
formed Bulgaria that Greece will use
al! means to support the recent pro
test against the arrest of German and
other consuls at Saloniki. French
statebent says that the Bulgarians pil
laged villages on the Greek border.
The British facualties.
LONDON, Jan. 5. —British casualties
in the Battle of Lees, France, last
September were 2,378 officers and 37,-
288 men, according to an announce
ment by Haroldi U. Tepnant, parlia
mentary under secretary for war in the
Louse of commons today. Os the dead
resulting from this encounter 773 were
officers and 10.345 enlisted men.
AMLRIEUSTIMES-RECDRDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE FUNERAL OF
SHERIFF FULLER
HELD WEDNESDAY
The funeral of Mr. Quinton W. Ful
ler, sheriff of Sumter county, was held
from his residence on Lamar street,
Wecnesday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Many admiring friends of Mr. Fuller
joined in paying honor to his memory,
realizing that a capable and efficient
man had been called to his reawrd.
The service was conducted by Rev.
J. A. Thomas, pastor of the First
Methodist church, of w'hich he was a
member.
The pallbearers were H. E. Allen, L.
C. Council, Z. A. Childers, Lucius Har
vey, N. A. Ray and E. L. Bell.
grehteFlnity
PAN AMERICA 15
URGED IN SPEECH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan, 5.
Avowal of non-intervention policy was
advocated as unavailable necessity in
the creation of a greater Pan-Ameri
can unity by Dr. Luis Alfred Otero, of
Columbia, addressing the international
aw section of the Pan-American Scien
tific congress.
He inhsisted that this is an imp'era
tive policy calculated to prevent col
onization of any western countries by
European governments and recalled
the times when foreign nations inter;
vened in behalf of their subjects in
Latin-America claiming lack of confi
dence in the administration of jus
tice .
Dr. Otero declared that America
should insist that special legal exemp
tions for foreigners do not exist.
Dr. Manuel Cavalcanti, of Brazil,
gave unqualified support to the Monroe
doctrine.
ENCOURAGING NEWS
FROM
Encouraging news w r as received to
day from Mr. Ed Sheffield, cashier of
the Bank of Commerce, who is sick in
Atlanta. His many friends will be
glad to learn of his improved condi
tion.
Soldiers And
Citizens Dead
Bursting Shell
LYONS, France, Jan. s.—Eight sold
iers and one civilian were killed and
nineteen soldiers and one civilian were
injured here Monday by the accidental
explosion of a shell in the artillery
park.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 5, 1916
Negro Becomes
Factor in The
•>
Election
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 5. —The negro
has again become a political factor in
Atlanta. Many of them voted in the
recall election, and their votes and
influence were sought both by the re
call and the anti-recall campaigners.
The negroes did not constitute any
thing like a balance of power, but
were enough of them to make their
votes interesting.
The first appearance of the negro
on the scene in the present purely lo
cal fight was when it was discovered
that many of the citizens who had
signed the recall petition were negroes.
Subsequently other negroes became
active against the recall, and then a
split occurred similar to that which
divided white voters. Influential ne
gro business men, including the editor
of the negro paper, “The Independent,”
worked hard against the recall, while
many negro preachers and others de
fended it with equal warmth.
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SULL AFLOAT IS
RESCUEJUSHES
NEW YORK, Jan. s.—The Greek
steamer Thessaloniki is still afloat,
and sending urgent calls for help, ac
cording to a wireless from Captain
Ceotsche, of the steamer United
States.
The United States is searching at
full speed for the Thessaloniki.
Messages received have denied he
report that the Thessaloniki was en
tirely abandoned by the captain and
crew.
Charles Chaplin
Feels Hands of
High Courts
Characters of note often face the
courts of the country—for instance,
those millionaires in New York. But
it remained for the recorder’s court of
Americus this morning to have the face
of one said Charlie Chaplin, known far
and wide to the devotees of the movie
films.
The syndicate which operates th?
Chaplin pictures had his counterpart
in Americus yesterday advertising the
feature and in some manner he struck
the young daughter of W. W. McNeill.
He was hailed in Judge Marshall’s
court this morning and fined SI.OO.
The remainder of the session was
consumed with one drunk and a case
of loitering, all of which netted the
city about S2O.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETS UM O’CLOCK
The officers and board of commis
sioners of the Americus and Sumter
County Chamber of Commerce will
meet at 4 o’clock Thursday after
noon in the offices of the organization.
1; is the first meeting of 1916, and
miich business of importance will be
bandied.
The officers are Carr S. Glover,
president; J. W. Harris, Jr., vice pres
ident; J. E. Bolton, treasurer; E. H.
Hyman, secretary-manager, and the
commissioners are George R. Ellis, J.
Elmore Poole, Crawford Wheatley,
Frank Harrold, W. M. Jones, D. R.
Andrews and John W. Shiver.
NEGRO IS SHOT
WHEN ARREST
ISJESISTEO
Peter Reid, a mulatto negro about
thirty years old, was shot by Deputy
Marshal Davis, of Albany, Wednesday
afternoon when the negro resisted ar
rest.
He wag charged with sending an
obscene letter through the mails. Reid
works with the International Agricul
tural Corporation.
This is the same offense for which
joe Robinson, an Americus negro, was
arrested several ago, and carri
ed to Ellaville. Later he was moved to
the Muscogee county jail at Columbus,
because of efars of mob violence.
The evidence leading to the arrest
of Reid was gathered by a special ag
ent of the post-office department who
has been in the city.
From information it is learned that
Reid is believed to have written the
letter through enmity for Robinson,
and that the latter negro is innocent.
The negro is not expected to live.
JDSinilß
IS BURIED WITH
GREAT JBIITES
AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. 5. —Justice Jos
eph Rucker Lamar, of the United
States Supreme court, was buried this
morning.
The funeral was held from the First
Christian church, of which he was long
a member. Dr. Howard T. Cree, many
years the pastor of Justice
officiated.
Hundreds of people filled the church
and hundreds were forced to remain
outside.
The funeral party arrived shortly
after 9 o’clock from Washington, and
the body was taken direct to the
church. A truck load of flowers were
brought in the baggage car. The Geor
gia Supreme court, State Bar associa
tion and Augusta Bar association all
sent flowers.
The casket was carried in the church
between double rows of members of
the Augusta Bar association.
Justices Pitney, Mcßeynolds and
Vandeventer, of the United States su
preme court, attended, and Justice
Beverly D. Evans represented the Su
preme court of Georgia.
J. W. BARWICK IS
IN ANOTHER WORK
LESLIE, Ga., Jan. 5.—J. W. Barwick
has recently gone into the mefcantile
business at Leslie, this in connection
with his other business, ice and coal
•and local agent for the Times-Re
corder. He purchased the Sims stock
of dry goods and groceries.
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♦ FEEDS TURKEY DINNER TO 4-
♦ DOG AFTER ROW WITH WIFE ♦
♦ MIDDLETON, N. Y., Jan. 5. 4-
♦ Andrew Tice ,of this city, has ♦
♦ been taken to the Goshen county ♦
♦ chaingang to serve fifteen days. ♦
Becoming angry at his wife, Tice ♦
♦ took the turkey she had ready for
4 dinner and fed it to the dog. This 4
♦ deprived his wife and three chil- ♦
♦ dren of their meal. *
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Horrid—Whew
Now What You
Think O’ That
ATLANTA, Ga„ Jan. s.—What do
you think of a woman, or lady, if you
prefer that term, who would go to a
prize fight where two half-naked men
were battering each other’s bleeding
faces for a knock-out, yet whose sensi
bilities were so delicate and refined
that she had a man arrested who said
“damn” in her presence?
Woman has always been a mystery
to mere man, but such a combination
makes the female of the species even
more unfathomable.
The man who said "damn” whose
name was J. C. Edmondson, admitted
in recorder’s court that he had said it,
but said he meant no harm, and that
after he noticed the lady in a seat
near him he apologised.
The lady was not present to prose
cute the case, and the recorder, after
shaking his head a bit over the evi
dence, dismissed the prisoner.
ELEGTIOHNDER
IMY ON RECALL
ATLANTA_ TODAY
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. s.—The recall
of Mayor James G. Woodward, Police
Commissioners W. P. Fain, J. W. Eng
lish, R. T. Pace, R. C. Clarke and A.
R. King before the voters at a special
election here.
The efforts are made to oust the six
officials because they reduced James
L. Beavers from chief of police to cap
tain. Beavers resigned and claims that
he didnt’ receive a fair trial.
Cambridge Is
Kicking For
Meds In Army
CAMBRIDGE, England, Jan. 5.
Cambridge has poured her wealth of
young manhood into the British army
and navy without stint, and with the
exception of the medical school, the
various colleges of the university ai e
only being continued so that a thous
and year old record may not be brok
en.
And now the integrity of the med
ical school is being threatened by the
Lord Derby recruiting plan, but the
authorities of the university will make
a bitter fight before they consent to
this college being denuded of its stud
ents.
The fight is being led by Doctor
Arthur Everett Shipley, who is well
known in the United States where he
holds a Princeton degree, and where
he spends much of the time that he
can spare from his duties as master
of Christ College. Discusing the ef
forts to attract recruits from the stu
dent body of the Cambridge medical
school, Dr. Shipley said to a corres
pondent of The Associated Press:
‘"We must not only continue to sup
ply the army with surgeons and doc
tors, but we must never lose sight of
the necessity of a careful conserva
tion of our civilized population. Eng
land is already short of odetors, and
since it is by no means impossible
that a great epidemic might succeed
this war, it can be seen that, instead
of urging medical students to enlist,
every effort should be made to keep
them at their studies.”
N’o action has yet been taken by
the recruiting department on the pro
test of the Cambridge authorities.
HL BELIEHTS
IN SUCCESS WITH
HIS CURING PLANT
The complete success of cold stor
age houses for curing meats has been
attested by G. W. Israel, Jr., a pros
perous farmer of the Seventeenth dis
trict.
Mr. Israe] was in Americus today
and with enthusiastic zeal told of the
success of the arrangement which was
recommended by the national depart
ment of agriculture. He was interest
ed in the construction of his curing
house by County Demonstrator J. G.
Oliver, who is delighted with the suc
cess.
Mr. Israel killed forty hogs at his
first slaughter and in a few days kill
ed seventeen more. After three weeks
an examination shows that the curing
process is successful, and that Sum
ter county can have home-cured, fresh
meat instead of going to the western
markets.
The cold storage plant was cuilt at a
cost of about $40.00, and in view of its
splendid success, the cost is a mini
mum.
There are at least eight similar
plants which have been or are being
constructed, which proves the interest
created in this feature of farm work in
Sunter county recently.
SIM 0. FULLER IS
BEAD FROM GUN
SHOT OHJATURDAY
Mr. Samuel D. Fuller, who was ac
cidentally shot Saturday afternoon at
Keca, a small station near Savannah,
while out hunting with a friend, died
at noon Wednesday from the ill-effects
of the gunshot wound.
Mr. Fuller was 25 years of age, and
had been a conductor with the Sea
board Air Line railway for seven years.
For a good while he has made his
headquarters in Americus, being at the
home of Mrs. Hollis Hurley.
During his residence in the city he
made many acquaintances who are
grieved to learn of his death. He was
a man of excellent habits and widely
known and loved in railroad circles.
Mr. Fuller is survived by his par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. O. D. Fuller, of
Abbeville, and three brothers and sis
ters.
The remains were brought from Sa
vannah Wednesday afternoon, arriving
at his home in Abbeville, Wednesday
night. The funeral services and inter
ment will be held at Abbeville Thurs
day morning.
Since the accident Saturday after
noon much fear had been entertained
for the life of Mr. Fuller, because of
the serious wound. He was operated
on Monday and during Tuesday re
gained consciousness, but slowly the
seriousness of the wound began to sap
his life, and many friends are sorry to
learn of his death.
He’s On The
Outside Not
Os His Will
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. s.—Wallace
Phillips, a Pickens county alleged
moonshiner, is in Atlanta, trying to
get himself admitted to the county
Jail He is under indictment, but is
out on a good bond ,and the officials
ean’t understand under the circum
stances why they should pav his board
so they won’t let-him in.
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GEORGIA BANKS
WILL GIVE 3D
SCHOLARSHIPS
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. s.—The Georgia
Bankers’ association has announce*
the continuation this year of ita scoU
arship funds sending fifteen boys and
fifteen girls to the State College aS
Agriculture for the short course. ad
in addition has raised the sum of f -
-500 to be administered as a loan fwad
to deserving pupils.
1 his work of the Bankers* assocte
tion has met with splendid results al
ready and their plans are to keep <
permanent from year to year. The
first fundi, for sending boys and girte
to take the short course, totals
The rules provide that the boys an
to be chosen for their work in the agri
cultural clubs, and the girls are cboc
e» from among those who have an
complished most in home demonstna
tion work. The association reqsota
those who wish for particulars ahaut
obtaining these scholarships to write
directly t 0 the State College of Agri
culture, Athens, Ga. It is announce*
at the same time that to assist highly
deserving boys and girls who may be
cause of no fault of their own, fail to
win these short term scholarships, *
private individual has created an ac
tional fund to take care of extra pu
pils. These short term scholars*!*®
have not been awarded for the enrrwr
year. Loans have been accorded te
the following:
Group I.—Miss Morgan Majette, Jes
up; J. M. Purdon; Miss Bessie -lackwm
Sheppard, now of Atlanta, assigned of
near Savannah.
Group 2.—J. H. Crump, Carnesville;
Ed Williams, Monroe; D. D, Still, Wal
ton, Ga.
Group 3.—J. D. Turner, Dawson, Ga -
W. E. Neville, Athens; J. M. Baxley.
Newnan.
Group 4.—N. G. Bush, Athens; JeT
!• Stewart, Dry Branch; Otis Wood
ward, Dexter.
The foregoing list of boys and gfrte
has been approved for loan scholar
ships by the Georgia Bankers’ associa
tion.
The scholarship and loan funds are
administered under the direction es
the agricultural committee of the
Georgia Bankers’ association, which is
composed of Benj. W. Hunt, Eatonton;
B H. Groover, Reidsville; L. G. Haze
man, Commerce; A. P. Coles, Atlanta,
and Z. H. Clark, Moultrie.
INTERNAL REVENUE
MIN 111 THE CITY
Deputy Collector J. Lee Barron, of
the United States internal revenue tri
be tor's office, is in the city for several
days, and will be stationed on the sec
ond floor of the Americus postoffice te
the revenue rooms for the purpose Os
instructing and assisting special tax
payers in filling in returns, witnessteg
returns, and any other features «f
which he may be of assistance.
The special government internal rev
enue taxpayers are tobacco dealem
bool room operators, theatres and
other things. They are requested te
call on Mr. Barron within the next
few days, as he will likely leave Set j
urday. They can make their.reto
and avoid the penalty, which. W'
ojeralive February Ist for 11C
ending June 30th.
Mr. Barron will
'lo 12 o'.-lock in th £ *
from 2 lo 1 ;■,« <>'.•’
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