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Wthirty-eighth yeah.
RATE ON ELECTRICITY
MAY BE RAISED IN
SERVICE OF AMERICUS
City Council Votes
To Withhold
Objection
CONCERN FAILED
TO HLMONTRACT
Vital Question Is
Before People
Os City
The rates for electricity in Americus
may be increased.
The report of the light committee I
from the city council to the main body
v as presented at the regular meeting
Tuesday night. The light committee is
of Aidermen N. M. Dudley, I
J. Kalmon and Rees Horton. The en
tire membership of the council was
present including Mayor Council, Ai
dermen Bell, Jones and Poole and the
councilmen who are members of the
light committee.
The report of the qommittee showed
a careful investigation of the financial
condition of the Americus Public Ser
vice Co., and many conferences be
tween the committee, the trustees of
the company—Frank Sheffield, J. El
mer Poole, C. M. Council, and parties
interested, including Frank Lanier, of
f'cials of the city and the power com
pany.
The recommendation of the commit
tee was that the council maintain si
lence in the matter of the concern re
Questing permission before the rail
load commission of the state to raise
the rates for electricity by a graduated
scale, and should the right be granted
for raising the rates that the city
should pay the proportionate increase
for the electricity used for city pur
poses.
Quite a good deal of discussion en
sued following the report of the com
mittee. Each member of the counci'
Stated his personal attitude on the mat
ter, all speaking plainly to have their
position made clear.
On the report of the committee, a
motion was made for adoption and
that it be made the sense of the entire
body. The vote on this motion stood
"< and 2, the division being recorded;
Aye—Dudley, Horton, Poole, Kalmon
and Council. Nay—Bell and Jones.
The committee’s report was made a
part of the proceedings of the city
and will be published in full
tnth the official minutes of the meet
ing.
The status of the Americus Public
Service Co. proves an interesting situa
tion which has occupied the thought
and attention of the present city coun
cil for several weeks. The light com
mittee has held many conferences on
tiie subject, and tlweir report was ren
dered unanimously to the council as a
whole.
The City council occupies the pecul
iar position of expressing their inten
tions and attitude, although they will
not ask for an increase in the rates,
this being a matter to be handled by
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MUCH BUSINESS
THfINSACTED 81
CITY'S JUUCIL
The city council of Americus held
their regular semi-monthly meeting
Tuesday night, with the entire mem
bership present—Mayor Council; Ai
dermen Kalmon, Jones, Poole, Horton,
Dudley and Bell.
Dudley Gatewood, a property owner
and resident on Lee street, stated to
the council that several parties were
discussing the matter of oiling Lee
street in the very near future, in view
of the approach of summer and dusty
conditions. Mr. Gatewood stated that
he believed enough of the property
owners would agree to buying the oil,
if the city would lay the solution.
Huerling Davis, representing an oil
concern, stated the plans of the prop
erty owners as advanced by Mr. Gate
wood.
Council unanimously decided that the
city would lay the oil if the property
owners would furnish the solution. The
matter was placed with the street
committee, with authority to act.
Five Bonds Cancelled.
C. M. Council, one of the three bond
commissioners of the city, presented
five sewerage bonds of the issue of
1889 for cancellation. The proper le
gal action was taken by the council,
and the bonds were ordered cancelled.
The resignation of Frank Sheffield as
a bond commissioner, filed several
weeks ago and at the time action de
ferred, was accepted. Carr S. Glover
was unanimously elected as a com
missioner ,to serve with the present
commissioners, C. M. Council and R. E.
McNulty.
At this juncture in the meeting the
report of the light committee on the
Americus Public Service Co., was made
by Aiderman Kalmon. An account of
the proceedings on this business is
carried in another column of this is
sue.
Water Meters Everywhere.
Alder man Jones, chairman of the or
dinance committee, presented an ordi
nance at the request of City Engi
neer J. B. Ansley, providing that all
water service carry meters, to be
bought by the people using the water.
The rules were suspended requiring
first and second reading, and the ordi
nance was adopted.
A report of the street committee on
the proposition to allow Jackson
street between Lamar and Forsyth
streets to be roped off on Friday night
of each week for purposes of skating,
showed their opposition to the re
quest. The matter had already been
referred to the street committee with
at thority to act, and their decision dis
posed of the matter. A city ordinance
forbids skating on the streets and
pidewalks of the city.
The validation and sale of the bonds
voted by the people of Americus on
March 15th, amounting to $30,000 for
street improvements was considered,
and it was ordered that they be pre
wired and placed on the market at the
earliest possible time.
AMEROS?IBESffIa]RDER
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 29, 1916
TRIPLE WRECKS
KILL ffl INJURE
ON IU CENTRAL
CLEVELAND, 0., March 29 —Twenty-
five persons are believed to have been
killed, and fifty or more others injured
in the triple wreck of three fast New
York Central trains near Amherst, 0.,
early this morning. Seventeen bodies
had been recovered at noon, when the
work of clearing away the wreckage
was still under way. Fifteen injured
persons, several of whom may die,
had also been rescued at that hour, and
removed from beneath the debris.
The wreck ocucrred when two sec
tions of the Chicago-Buffalo Flyer,
east-bound collided in a dense fog.
The Twentieth Century Limited, west
bound, plunged into the melee a min
ute later. The westbound train was,
however, running at slow speed when
it struck the wreckage, and was not
seriously damaged. All of the dead
and many of the injured were passen
gers on the Flyer’s day coast. No per
sons on board the Limited were hurt.
News of the wreck soon reached Ely
ria and Cleveland, relief trains being
despatched from both points before
noon, with physicians and firstraid
necessities. The injured were all tak
en to Elyria and are nos in hospita’s
there.
Thirty Bodies Are Recovered.
CLEVELAND, 0., March 29—This
afternoon it is announced twenty-five
injured had been removed from the
wreck of the Buffalo Flyer near Am
herst. Resce workers now there
place the number of dead between
twenty-five and thirty, while several
of the injured, it is believed, cannot
recover.
A dense fog obscured the signal set
for the first section of the Pittsburg-
Baltimore Limited, the second section
of which crashed into it. The Twen
tieth Century Limited shortly after
wards struck a pile of debris that had
been thrown onto the westbound track.
It was still dark when the collision oc
curred, geatly hampering the early
rescue work.. Farmers and villages in
the vicinity of the wreck rushed to the
aid of the stricken victims and assisted
in rescuing many of the injured.
A majority of the dead recovered
tnus far are foreigners who were trav
eling in the rear coach of the first sec
tion of the Flyer. Some of the wreck
victims were completely decapitated,
portions of bodies being found through
out the wreckage.
IMPEACHMENT IS
RECOMMENDED NOW
NASHVILLE ,TENN„ March 29.
The impeachment of Judge Jesse Edg
ington of the Shelby county court and
Attorney General Z. M. Estes, of Shel
by county, was recommended today in
a report by the house judicial com
mittee. The report was adopted by the
house, and impeachment trials will
soon begin.
WADE ST. JOHN IS
PAINFULLY BURNED
Wade St. John, the five-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. St. John, was
painfully burned Wednesday morning
when a container of boiling starch
was turned on him. His neck, limbs
and feet were severely burned.
It appears that the young boy was
with his mother who was preparing
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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♦ DETECTIVES ABE AFTER ♦
♦ CONFEDERATE OF DR. WAITE 4
4 NEW YORK, March 29.—Detec- 4
♦ tives today went to Orient Point, 4
v L. 1., to search for Eugene Kane, 4
4 an embalmer, charged with com- 4
♦ plicity in the murder of John E. 4
♦ Peck, the Detroit millionaire. 4
♦ Dr. Arthur W. Waite, under ar- 4
♦ rest, charged with the murder, in 4
♦ a confession to the public pros- 4
4 ecutor this morning stated he 4
4 gave Kane $9,000 to swear he us- 4
4 ed arsenical embalming fluid in A
♦ embalming the body of Peck. 4
4 Other arrests in connection 4
4 with Peck’s death are anticipated. 4
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MARSHALL FILES
RESIGNATION US
CITY RECORDER
The resignation of Thomas O. Mar
shall as city recorder of Americus,
was read at the meeting of the city
council Tuesday night. It had been
filed with, Clerk H. W. Weaver and
was read under the rules of new busi
ness.
Mr. Marshall stated that the small
amount of compensation, in view of the
time required for the duties, brought
about his decision. He stated that it
would become effective oft'*or before
April Ist, with the action of the city
council.
The city council deferred action on
the matter. Mr. Marshall thanked the
aidermen for their choice in selecting
him to the position.
Mr. Marshall is the first recorder of
Americus. He took his seat on Sep
tember Ist, 1915, following an act of
the general assembly which created the
position, and became effective at that
time. The salary 7 is $25 per month and
M,r. Marshall began his full term on
January Ist of this year, being elected
by the present council.
The resignation came as a surprise
to a majority of the councilmen and
the visitors. Without exception high
praise was accorded Mr. Marshall in
the conduct of the affairs of his office.
’lhere was a concensus of opinion that
the duties required much time, which
at times was unpleasant.
It is likely that the resignation will
be considered at the next meeting of
the city council.
MRS. J. H. MINTER
DIES AT TIFTON
Mrs. J. R. Minter, who died Wednes
day morning at 4 o’clock, at the home
of her step-daughter, Mrs. S. S. Monk,
at Tifton, passed through Americus
Wednesday afternoon, en route ta
Buena Vista, Mrs. Minter’s home. Mrs.
Minter was 77 years of age, and had
been visiting in Tifton since Saturday
The cause of her death resulted from
one day’s illness of acute indigestion.
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Monk, of Tifton, and
two sons, O. L. and C. L. Minter, of
Fitzgerald, Ga. The burial will be at
Buena Vista Thursday.
Mrs. Minter had a number of ac
quaintances in Americus who will re
gret to hear of her death and sympa
thize with her family.
some starch, and when she turned un
aware of his presence, the pan struck
bis head, causing the contents to falL
on the child.
Wade is resting very well, and his
many friends hope that he will soon bo
himself again after the terrible exper
ience.
FAIR TO BE HELD
ON GROUNDS DE
J. & M. COLLEGE
The Third Agricultural District Fair I
will be held on the grounds of thei
Third District A. & M. college, as was
originally antieijated when the idea of
the fair was first broached.
A committee from the stockholders
bad the matter under advisement dur
ing Tuesday, and last night came to
the conclusion that the fair should be
placed on the grounds of the col
lege.
The Country club property and prop
erty of V. Petropol on Lee street, had
been under consideration.
The following resolutions were
adopted by the committee;
Americus, Ga., March 28, 1916.
Whereas, We have today fully ex
amined the Country club site for the
fair; also the Petropol property, and
Whereas, We also went all over the
proposed site at the Third District
A & M. school, and,
Whereas, We had a full discussion
of same with Mr. Crawford Wheatley,
chairman of the Prudential Committee
of the Board of Trustees of said
school, and Prof. J. M. Collum, princi
pal, both of whom assured us that
while we could not expect a lease of
the school grounds from the state, we
ould be assured by the that we
would have the hearty co-operation
and support of the school, and that
other agricultural schools were allow
ing the use of their grounds for fair
purposes without friction, and that as
leng as the fair was conducted upon
business principles, they were assure I
that the trustees of the school woulff
allow free use of the land coupled
with their co-operation.
Therefore, on the strength of such
assurances from Mr. Wheatley and Mr.
Collum, and believing it to be to the
best interests of the Fair Assentation
and of our Third District school;
Be It Resolved, That the school
grounds be and hereby are selected
fs the proper site for the Third Agri
cultural District fair.
FRANK LANIER, Chairman.
CARR GLOVER.
FRANK P. HARROLD.
LEE G. COUNCIL.
J. ELMORE POOLE,
Committee.
CITY COURT GRINDS
WEDNESDAY
The second week session of the City
court with Judge William M. Harper
presiding, is under way.
The case of Schneider Marble Co ,
vs. W. O. Barnett, complaint on ac
count, was non-suited with costs or
dered paid by plaintiff.
The case of Sellers & Holmes vs.
Mrs. J. W. Watts, attachment, was in
the hands of the jury Wednesday after
noon.
LENTEN SERVICES AT
CALVARY CHURCH
Evening prayer will be said in Cal
vary church tonight at 8 o’clock. The
address will be on the Epistle to
Philemon, verses 13-2.
Tomorrow aft er nod* evening prayer
will be said at 4:30 p. m.
This service will be especially for
boys.
The public is cordially invited to ail
the services.
AMERICAN TROOPS IN
VILLA’S OWN HAUNTS
IN THEIR PURSUITS
GREEKS MAO FDR
GERMAN SKI RAID
OVEH SALMI
ATHENS, March 29. —Deep feeling
has been aroused here by the German
aerial bombardment of Saloniki, vaus
ing the deaths of both Greek soldiers
and citizens there.
French Carry Works at Avocourt.
PARIS, March 29.—The French car
ried the German works at Avocourt
wood, where the German attacks yes
ierday, says an official statement today.
A German counter attack was repuls
ed with heavy losses.
Italians Re-Take Lost Positions.
ROME, March 29.—Italian infantry
re-captured the positions lost Sunday
southeast of Gorizia, early todey. Three
hundred and two prisoners were tak
en during the action.
Germans Hush French at Malancourt.
BERLIN, March 29.—French posi
tions several lines deep and two thous
and miles deep have been stormed and
occupied by the Germans north of Mal
ancourt.
Aeroplanes Raid Saloniki.
PARIS, March 29.—Twenty persons
were killed and thirty or forty others
injured during an aerial raid over Sal
oniki Monday, says an official state-
I mc-nt issued today. Two German aero
planes, with their pilots and bomb
throwers, were destroyed by the fire
tis Allied anti-aircraft guns.
Submarine Shelled Englishman.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 29.-
Affldavits obtained at Liverpool from
three American survivors declare the
| British horse ship Englishman was
, torpedoed and shelled by a German
submarine, says the American embas
sy in London. The fact that the En
glishman was shelled leads some offi
cials here to believe the vessel may
have tried to escape.
If the Englishman attempted to es
cape after being halted by a subma
rine the shelling of the vessel was
within the law, officials here state.
While it is now indicated the En
glishman case probably will not cause
trouble with Germany, overnight de
spatches confirmed earlier reports
from passengers on board the liner
that the Sussex was torpedoed.
Statements obtained from American
survivors of the Sussex by consular
agents at Dover and received in Wash
ington during last night, said the state
department today, bear out the theory
that the liner was torpedoed.
Aurora to Arrive Friday.
LONDON, March 29.—A Reuter’s
news dispatch from Wellington, New
ealand, says the New Zealand has been
notified by wireless that the auxiliary
skip Aurora of Lieut. Shackelton’s ant
e.ictic expedition expects to arrive off
Now Zealand Friday.
As previously announced in Asso
ciated Press despatches, discoveries
made and researches concluded by the
expedition will not be annouuced for
the present.
CKY
People Ignorant of
News Along
Border
VILLA FLEES TO
NATIVE GRODII
U. S. Troops Try
To Stop His
Get-Away
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 2SL K
was announced at the state department
at 3 o’clock this afternoon that G«r
eral Carranza has agreed to permit the
movement of supplies from America*
points to the United States puakuve
expedition now in Mexico over the 8m
<>f the Mexican Northern railroad. BW
mission was granted at the inshttecr
of the United States government
The transportation of supplier fce
American troops in Mexico, it is an
nounced is to be permitted by Maxi
•an de facto government autfaorfttar
as commercial freights only, sueh sap
-4 lies to he consigned to concerns hav
ing contracts with the army, and «W
--ments will he moved as are attar
commercial freight shipments over the
indicated lines.
Permission to ship supplies over ttv
Mexican railroads, it is expressly stip
ulated, does not carry with it aatJtar
iiy to use these railroads for the traav.
portation of United States troops la
Mexico.
EL PASO, Tex., March 29.— Meager
despatches from General Pershin®
were received here today. The pott
tion of the American troops was Mi:
given in these despatches.
EL PASO, Tex., March 29.—The bar
rier country is contenting itself today
with speculations in the absence of
official news of every character.
Somewhere amid the extinct vtdeass
oes of the great Mexican continental
divide, it is known Villa is still fleeing
southward with American cavalrymen
on his trail, the latter straining every
nerve to keep Villa from reaching the
barren waste country that is scarcely
known, other than to Mexicans an*
Indians, and in which Villa 'began bit
bandit career years ago.
Americans who are familiar with
the Mexican country are almost unan
imously of the opinion that Arnerfcam.
troops in that country are greatly bar -
dicapped by the problem of netnim
conditions, and not for want of conr
ape. The task of forwarding suppliar
as rapidly as needed still occupies the.
attention of officials here and eha
where along the border.
STOLE SUIT CASE AND
NOW LANGUISHES IN JAH.
Berry Haynes, a gentleman of etany
persuasion, now languishes in daraaee
vile in this city. He sometimes
from Andersonville, but this time hr
comes from Union Springs, Ala.
where he was arrested at tire instifea
tion of his wife, who charges '-that Me
stole a suit case containing $6 ia
money and other valuables.
NUMBER X.