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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
SEVENTH CAVALRY IN
BATTLE WITH FORCES
OF MEXICAN BANDIT
Stout Resistance
Expected to Meet
U. S.
SLOW IN SENDING
W 5 SUPPLIES
Villa Over The
Divide Headed
South
EL PASO, Tex, March 31.—Accord
iitg to a telegram reaching El Paso at
4 o’clock this afternoon Villa was car
lied away from the battlefield near
San Geronimo ranch Saturday, badly
r ounded and with his hip permanent
ly disabled. Lieut.-CoL Cabell, Gen.
Pershing’s chief of staff, and four hun
dred men belonging to tlie Seventh
and Tenth cavalry regiments, came up
with the Mexicans at dawn and the
battle followed, with result as stated
in the foregoing.
EL PASO, Tex., March 31. —Mexican
Ccnsul Garcia announced this after
noon that General Gavira, at Jarez,
has received word that American
troops and Villa bandits engaged in at
battle at San Geronimo yesterday. The
Seventh calvary, U. S. A., fought five
hundred Villaistas, who lost their com
mander, Eliseo Fernandez, and thirty
men. Several Americans were wound
ed during the battle, which was of
brief duration.
The American cavalrymen, it is
learned, surprised a number of Villa
jsias, estamited at five hundred, se
verely defeating the bandits, at Gjier
rero, March 25th. First details of the
light were reported by General Persh
ing direct to General Funston at Fort
Sam, Houston, from San Geronimo
lianch. Thirty of the Villaistas were
killed, while only four Americans were
wounded, none of these seriously.
Two machine guns, many cavalry
horses and a quantity of ammunition
were captured by the Americans, who
are still pursuing the bandits ener
getically.
An apparently reliable report frora
Mexican sources late today is to the
effect that Carranza forces pursuing
Villa, have wounded the bandit chie:-
tain, a rifle bullet having pierced his
leg during a running fight.
Villaistas Murder Americans.
, EL PASO, Tex., March 31. —It is ap
parently true that Villa forces murder
ed three Americans at Mineca, Chihua
hua during yesterday.
Villa’s Force Growing.
EL PASO, Tex.. March 31. —Villa, it
is reported here, has recruited forces
in formidable numbers during his
flight into Mexico, and it is believed
is now capable of offering stout resist
ance, should he be cornered or forced
into an open fight.
Mexican official advices this after
noon state Villa s band whipped the
Carranza garri/on of fifty men at Ger
rerro, and that the bandits still occu
py Guerrerro, though it is not stated
definitely that Villa is at that place.
Advices of reliable nature reaching
Gen. Funston today say Villa and his
♦
men killed 173 Carranza soldiers and
citizens at Guerrerro.
Villa Over the Divide.
EL PASO, Tex., March 31.—Pancho
Villa has crossed the continental di
vide and is now headed southeast to
ward his old headquarters at Aan An
dreas, according to reliable informa
tion reaching El Paso this morning.
Keen interests is now evidenced in
the chase because of the possibility
that Villa may be trapped before he
can swing! south. Pursuing American
, troops east of the divide should now ba
v. ithin striking distance of San Ge
romi ranch, where Villa was last
known to be. Another detachment of
American troops swung south before
reaching that point, and should now
be well south of Guerrero, where Villa
is alleged to have massacred 172 Car
ranza troops. From this point Villa
is said to have struck for Cerro Prieto
and Cusihuitiachic, in the hope of cut-
>
ting off the bringing from the south
ts additional Carranza troops. He is
. now probably close to the east of these
two positions.
BOAT GROUNDED OFF
PORT OHIONG KONG
SHANGHAI, China March 31.—The
trans-Pacific liner Chiqo Maru ground
ed this morning on one of the Lema
. Islands, south of Hong Kong. The
. vessel’s position is precarious.
Nine tugs and launches from a
British destroyer in the vicinity of the
wreck are engaged in taking off the
passengers, two hundied and twenty
nine of whom have already been placed
, in safety. The Chiyo Maru was bound
east from San Francisco and Manila
when she grounded.
AMERICUS PASTOR PREACH
■ COMMENCEMENT SERMON
An invitation to preach the com
mencement sermon at Coleman High
school, Coleman, Ga., May 14th, has
, been accepted by Rev. A. W. Qillian.
. Mr. Qillian is the associate of Dr. J.
A. Thomas in this city, and will be pas-
L tor of the new Lee Street Methodist
, church, which is in course of erectioi£
. He is an impressive speaker, and the
. students of Coleman High school and
. the citizens generally may expect
I something good when he appears be
fore them.
LADIES IMPROVEMENT
COMMISSION TO REFORMED
t Ladies of Americus will organize u
i V< Oman’s Improvement commission. On
i Monday afternoon of next week. They
I will meet in the rooms of the Cham-
■ her of Commerce for this purpose.
I The organization will be an auxiliary
of the Chamber of Commerce that is
- they will work in conjunction with
s this body. Like the Chamber of Com-
- merce, the objects of the organization
- will be to further the best interests of
1 Americus and surrounding community.
Splendid results may be looked for
; when the Ladies' Improvement mis
s sion is fully under way.
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AMLRIEtISSMEMffIROER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
COUNTRY CLUB IS
SOLO,WHILE HEW
HOUSE PLANNED
The directors of the Country club
met this morning and recommended the
sale of the property to R. W. Buchanan,
which virtually consummates the deal.
Mr. Buchanan will be given possession
of the property immediately.
The stockholders of the club will
meet Monday, when the transaction is
expected to be confirmed.
The clubhouse and the land com -
prises ninety-one acres, and the beauti
ful site now becomes Mr. Buchanan’s
property, with all rights of the Country
club passing out.
It is understood that there is a con
ference under way with Mr. Buchanan
by the Elks of Americus who have i
charge of the entertainment of the <
state convention here in April. The. ]
Elks will attempt to make an ar- ,
rangement with him whereby the club- <
hcuse can remain open until after the i
convention, and be used for entertain- <
ment purposes.
The Counttry club is a corporation,
legally recognized. By the sale of the’- .
.property it does not mean the •
total abandonment of a country club ■
for Americus, as prominent parties
stated this morning that in the neat
future plans would be made looking
towards the erection of a new building
on a new site.
Prominent people connected with the
Country chib stated' that the main rea
son which prompted the sale was the
trespassing by people who were no:
members, and not accompanied by
members of the club. Situated on a
prominent thoroughfare, the Country
club had no privacy, and every ad
vantage was taken by the public re
gardless of their connection with the
club.
The new club will be situated from
the city, and with a view of forming an
organization for the members and
their guests. The ladies nf the city
pill be requested to co-operate with
the new project, more so than has been
done with the Country club, now sold.
Advantage taken of the Country club
by people who were not members, and
without permission to use the privil
eges has brought the organization into (
ill repute, stated a prominent member
this morning. With the new building,
all these evils will be remedied, and
the people of Americus afforded an
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ideal recreation resort.
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PUNS BEING MADE
BN COIIEBE SITES
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I The Third Agricultural District fair
will be held on the grounds of the f
Third District A. & M. college. This
has been definitely decided by agree
ment between the stockholders of the
fair and the officials of the college.
The fair and school authorities will
work in conjunction and in a new ar
I rangement of the original plans for
the fair buildings, they will be situated
on ideal sites.
The fence, presented by the Ameri
i can Wire Co., is being erected, and
flowers given by P. J. Berckmans >v
Co., of Augusta, will be used along the
fences.
Plans are being formed for the addi
> tion of athletic events on the campus
of the college, the site most probably
■ to be used being in front of the col
i lege, and in the rear of the Seaboard
: Air Line railway shops. A track for
. running events is planned to be made.
• together with tennis court and all
things which go to make an ideal ath
letic stadium.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 31,. 1916
♦ ■♦■♦44-4--F4F + + + + +T
♦ FIVE FEDERAL PLANTS 4
♦ FOR MAKING NITROGEN 4
♦ WASHINGTON, D. C., March ♦
♦ 31.—The senate agricultural com- ♦
F mittee has ordered favorably re- ♦
♦ ported the bill appropriating sls,- 4
‘ 000,000for five nitrogen manufac- ♦
♦ turing plants for commercial and 4
F war purposes. The plants would ♦
♦ be used in making fertilizer, pro 4
♦ ducing dyes and manufacturing •?
♦ ammunition. 4
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COUNTYBOARUOf
EDUCATION WILL
PLAN 0N SGHOOL
Crawford Wheatley, chairman of the
trustees, and Prof. J. M. Collum, prin
cipal of the Third District A. & M. col
lege, will go before the county board
ot education Monday, requesting their
aid and co-operation in the erection of
the modern practice school, an account
of which has been carried in the
Times-Recorder.
It is planned that the new practice
school will be under the county school
system supplanting the Gatewood
school, and thus affording an institu
tion for the students who attend the
Americus public schools, although liv
ing out of the city.
The new school would be operated in
connection with the A. & M. college,
and the higher students of the college
would have the practice school as an
institution for training as teachers.
It is likely that the county board of
education will give their assent to the
project because of the wonderful ad
vantages it gives to the schools of the
county.
EXPERT OK BOLL WEEVIL
IT H 111. COLLEGE TONIGHT
At the Third District A. & M. col
lege tonight, Mr. A. J. Evans of the
United States department of agricul.
ture will deliver an address on the
subject of the boll weevil.
Mr. Evans is without doubt one of
the best experts in the government ser
vice, and his address tonight will be
well worth listening to, as his subjete
is one of grave importance to the cot
ton growers of the country, and espec
ially this section where the weevil has
only recently made its appearance.
Mr. Evans will speak at Plains on
Saturday at 10 o’clock and at Leslie
in the afternoon at 3 o’clock. He ij
working in conjunction with Agricul
tural Agent J. G. Oliver, of this county.
A state meet will be held at Athens
on April 28th and 29th. The boys of
the A. & M. college are getting ready
to debate this same question at that
time. Everybody is invited to attend
the meeting tonight.
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♦ JUST AN DREASDNABLE ♦
♦ PRICES FOR GASOLINE ♦
♦ WASHINGTON, D. C., March ♦
♦ 31.—Authority to fix "just and ♦
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♦ reaso-able" prices for gasoline, ♦
♦ kerosene, petroleum and fuel oil, ♦
F would be conferred on the federal F
♦ irade commission under a bill in- ♦
♦ uoduced in th? house by Repre- F
♦ sentative Steenerson, of Minne- F-
♦ sota. The bill would require all *
♦ wholesale dealers in the specified F
♦ products to file with the commis- 4
F sion a list of prices charged. In ♦
♦ the event of a complaint against 4
■F these prices, the commission Ip ♦
♦ then authorized to investigate *
♦ and fix mamimum prices. 4
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FALL OF MALANCOURT
ANNOUNCED BY BERLIN
BERLIN, March 31. (.Wireless.) —
It is announced officially that Malan
cort has been occupied by German
troops. Three hundred and twenty
eight prisoners were taken when the
village fell into German hands.
Germans Advance in West..
PARIS, March 31.—The Germans
captured Malancourt village by a fierce
attack last night, says today’s official
French statement. The French still
hold the outskirts, while the village is
in ruins. Fighting for possession of
the position continued throughout the
, night, with heavy losses on both sides.
German attacks on positions re-cap
tured by the French in Avacaurt wood
during last night were all repulsed.
' East of the Meuse, there was little
fighting during the night, quiet reign
ing along most of the front in that
(Sector.
TIKES MOLE SHIP
PEL BT— HIMSELF
LEWIS, Del., March 31.—Ernest
Schieller, the young German who cap
tured the British steamer Matoppo and
terrorized its crew of fifty-six sailors
Wednesday night after the ship sailed
from New York for Vladivostock with
a cargo of railroad supplies for Russia,
, today declared he was a German spy
and had been ordered- to blow up the
th ip. ,
, While no disposition of Schieller’s
case has yet been decided upon, it is
quite probably the young man will be
, turned over to the British authorities
for trial upon the charge of piracy.
The alleged act of piracy having been
committed outside the three-mile lim
it, jurisdiction in the matter natural
ly lies with the government the flag of
. which flew at the masthead of the Ma
toppo. It is probable, however, the
United States may require assurances
from England that Schieller will be
given a fair trial and not condemned as
a spy, before turning the German over
t j the British.
THREE 'TOBE IBID
BUILDINGIS BEGUN
Work has begun on a new three-
I story atomobile building for the Amer-
I icus Automobile Co., opposite their
present place of business on Lamar
street.
The ground is being cleaned up, sand
being hauled, and preparations laid
for a rapid completion of the hand
some structure.
LENTEN SERVICES AT
CALVARY CHURCH
■ | Evening prayer will be said this ev-
; ing at 8 o’clock in Calvary church.
The address will be on "Church His-
■ tory."
Tomorrow afternoon evening prayer
will be said at 4:30. This service wil.
be especially for girls.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend all these services.
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♦ WEATHER REPORT. 4
F FOR AMERICUS AND GEOR- ♦
♦ GlA—Fair Saturday and Sun 4
♦ day. ♦ j
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♦ DR. WAITE INDICTED ON 4
,♦ PECK POISONING CHARGE *
♦ NEW YORK, March 31.—Dr. 4
F Arthur Warren Waite, was today -F
♦ indicted by the grand jury for -t-
- ? poisoning his father-in-law, John 4
. ♦E. Pack, of Grand Rapids, who 4
, F died recently in New York under F
. 4 sspicious circumstances. Waite, F
♦ it was stated several days ago, 4-
♦ confessed administering arsenic 4
U to the dead man. ♦
BIG OFFICIILS
DISCUSS STUBS
GERMAN MAHER
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 31.
Secretary Lansing, Senator Stone,
chairman of the senate foreign rela
tious committee, and Chairman Flood
I of the house committee, went over the
submarine situation fully this morn
■ ir.g. The situation was described la
ter by an official as “not imminent.’’
It is said Senator Stone and Repre
sentative Flood each came to the state
department separately, Seeking infor
mation, as no new deevlopments had
been transmitted during a couple of
days.
i
Administration officials declare to
day they are not worried by Ambassa
dor Gerard’s silence, inasmuch as he
. has been instructed to make inquiries
( of the Germany government, and sev
eral officials said they would not be
, surprised if they failed to hear from
, Mr. Gerard for a day or two yet. nl
, the meantime the submarine situation
is described as "waiting.”
I
INVITATION TO
JOIN MRS CHOIR
, Special request is made that all who
, are willing to join the chorus choir
. during the meeting at Furlow Lawn
Baptist church will meet Prof. A. A.
Lyon at the church tomorrow (Satur
day) night at 7:30 for practice of songs
to be used in the meeting. All singers
of the city are cordially invited to
I help in this department of the revival
meetings which are to begin Sunday
I and run for two weeks. More ex
: tended notice will be published in Sun
day’s paper.
LILLIE, FRANCE WAS
PLACE OF RESISTER
“Dr. G. Hammond, Lille France,” —
that's the story, or part of it. This
gentleman registered at the Hotel
W indsor Thursday, claiming that he is i
member of the German Red Cross; a
veteran of several battles in Franc?,
with wounds on the forehead and body I
to bear out his assertions; an English
man by birth; caught in Germany i
when the war started; an English i
doctor; a deserter from the English.
These, toigtether with many other i
ciaims made up the story—and this
v. as a prominent visitor in the city.
GOKE IK SEARCH OF
THE fINNY TRIBE ■
The courthouse coterie are expect- <
ing some whopping fish stories when a I
party of fishermen return from Florida, I
jv.here they have gone in search of the*<
' finny tribe. Those comprising the i
CIXY
GLEAN UP WEEK
CAUSE PLANS BI
ALL AMERICUS
Americus is getting ready to put «k
her Sunday clothes; that is, everybodp
is getting ready for clean-up- week.
Interest and enthusiasm is growing;
with leaps and bounds, in other wants
c'.ean-up-week is becoming the
of the town.
It is as it should be. No better aunw
ment' was ever started looking to OM
betterment of a community thaw tMg,
and it goes without the saying tMC
Americus is going to keep up with her
row and the rest of Georgia citiea.
Let everybody help. If you hareaT
got anything to clean up, get oat mmR
clean up anyway. And when we sqr
everybody, this means you, little aa<
big, youmg and old, white and Made.
This is a good time for the childna
to show what kind of stuff they ant
made out of. Some day these chUdtaa
of Americus will be full grown JUbbt
jean citizens, and no one can he a
good American citizen without Tirif.wr.
ning ag a child. Now is a good ttae
to start. Let every child in the dtF
join the clean-up-week brigade. He
member that on that day you are to be
of use to your city and your comaMm
jty. It is but little of your fiiwr,
strength and mind to help make eC
Americus your home, a cleaner and
better city.
You ask what can a boy or girl da?
They can assist in the collection oE
waste matter; can rake neglected Ma
or collect other rubbish. Dig up the
ground and plant seeds. They caa
load wheelbarrows, carry baskets, nee
errands and give polite and heipfuß
assistance to the grown-ups who are
exerting their efforts toward making
out city a cleaner and pleasanter place
to live in.
Boys and girls, will you help?
In our issue of Thursday we car
ried a long list of committees compoa
of ladies from all parts of the city.
These will have direct charge of the
,work during the week, and it is to be
hoped that not a person in Americus
will fail to join in with these ladies
and others of our citizenry and co-op
erate with them in the splendid work
we are all to engage in.
Clean-up-week means a civic spirit,
stimulated by community co-operation
toward community betterment, and it
leads up to a civic regeneration th»7
v. ill afford safer homes, business
houses, and public buildings, and *
greater self-respect.
Below we submit eight civic coat
mandments that are well worth ob
serving.
Remember the cleaning day and
keep it wholly.
Thou shalt take care of thy rub
bish heap; else thy neighbor wffi
bear witness against thee.
Thou shalt keep in order thy alley,
thy backyard, thy hall and thy stair
way.
Thou shalt not let the wieked far
breed.
Thou shalt not kill thy neighbor bgr
ignoring fire menaces, or by poiono
irg the air with rubbish and garbage.
"Thou shalt not keep thy windows
closed day and night.
Thou shalt keep thy chickens and
pigeons shut up so they will not dr
ptroy thy neighbor’s garden.
party are Clerk of Court H. E. Alien
Sheriff Lucius. Harvey and H. HL Glo
ver.
They are fishing in the ’..; cer adj*
cent to Panacea Springs, and expel.
t( return the last of this week or the
first of next. They are all good fish-
I • 4
ermen and can tell a fish story wit*
much eclat.
NUMBER 78.