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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAH.
$40,000 IS NEEDED TO
BRING NEW RAILROAD
HERE; TO BE RAISED
Council, Lanier
And Glover to
Ct .vass City
AMERICUS MUST HAVE
THIS NEW ADVANTACE
Enthusiastic Meet
Held Tuesday
Night
Americus is going after that new
railroad, and when it is said she is
going after it, that means she is going
to get Jx
A r< v .esentative body of business
men met at the Chamber of Commerce
rooms Tuesday night for this purpose.
The proposition looking to the secur
ing of this road, the Americus, Hawk
insville & Southwestern, was discussed
and considered from every angle, and
it was unanimously decided to get it.!
The proposition as made by J. H.
Morton, president of the new road, is
for Americus to raise $40,000, same to
be stock in the road. Also a site forj
a terminal and railroad shops is to be
donated.
Those subscribing to this $40,000
fund will be given three installments
in which to pay, and that during the
time of constructing the line from its
present terminus to Americus. Thus
the subscriptions will be made easy to
handle.
Next Friday morning, May sth, an
other meeting will be held in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms for the
taking of further action and considera
tion of the matter. Citizens from the
surrounding towns in the countl as
well as those of this immediate com
munity, will be present and take part
in the deliberations and the formulat
ing of plans whereby the effort may
be pushed forward to a rapid and early
completion.
The building of this new road is of
vital importance to the citizens of
Americus and Sumter county, and it
behooves every one to become actively
interested and to cooperate with eacri
other to the end that the road will be
a thing of certainty.
The coming of this road to Americus
v. ill spell new life and a renewed pros
perity to this city and section, and to
lose it would be a calamity of far
reaching effect. .
Already the road has been built from
Games, in Dooly county, on the line of
the A., B. & A. railroad to the Sum
ter county line at Copperas Bluff, on
the Flint river, and it will be only a
matter of a very short time when the
trains will be operating on the Sum
ter county side, the trestle across the
river swamp having already been built
and the rails laid.
Present arrangements provide for
the continuation of the road to Meth
vin’s store in the 28th district, in Sum
ter county. It is from there into
.Americus that our people are asked to
help build.
The advantages and the good that
will come of this road being built on in
t< Americus are many, and it is gen
erally conceded that it wouid, indeed,
ibe unfortunate if our people we»e; to
let it slip through their fingers. Some
of the benefits to be derived from its
coming would be the opening of an
outlet for the trade of Dooly county in
this direction as well as that of the
28th district in this county, making of
Americus an objective point for the
business interests of those sections.
Further, the location of the shops in
this city would open up an enlarged
field of industrial activities, affording
work for more men, thus increasing
Americus’ population and thereby en
hancing realty values here.
Messrs. L. G. Council and Frame
Lanier and Carr S. Glover are a com
ittee of three who will canvass the
situation thoroughly, consider the mat
ter of selecting a site for the termi
nals and the shops and will report at
the meeting Friday morning.
This is a strong committee and the
people of Americus and surrounding
section may rest assured that every
thing possible will be done to bring
this new road to Americus.
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lIERDUN: IRISH REB
ELS BE EXECUTED
The activity of opposing armies in
the Verdun region today is confined to
big gun actions in the vicinity of Dead
Man’s Hill and Douamont.
Paris reports a sharp battle in the
Argonne region, in which the Germans
were repulsed with heavy losses.
At other points along the western
front there is little activity, and on the
1 ussian line the German offensive fore
cast in Tuesday s despatches has not
yet developed.
Damage done by the rebellion in
lieland will amount to approximately
$;'•',000,000 within the city of Dublin,
with little material losses sustained
elsewhere during the mutiny. In Dub
lin today the situation is rapidly be
ocming normal, while in other parts
of the island the authorities have
things well in hand.
Irish Rebels Executed.
LONDON, May 3. Four of the
signers of the republican proclamation
in Ireland, including Patrick P. Pearse,
provisional president; James Connol
ly. commander-general of the Irish re
publican army, Thomas J. Clark and
Thomas McDonough, were courtmar
t idled and shot this morning, and
three others sentenced to three years’
imprisonment. Announcement of the
executions and sentences were an
nounced in the house of commons by
Premier Asquith today.
Internal Trouble in Germany.
LONDON, May 3. —Serious internal
troubles occurred in Berlin and else
where in Germany on May Day, says an
Exchange Telegraph Amsterdam cor
respondent. Vast crowds, the corres
pondent says, mostly women of the la
boring classes clamored for peace, at
tracting much attention.
Spanish Vessel Sunk by Sub.
LONDON, May 3. —The sinking of the
Spanish vessel Vinifreda by a subma
rine is reported in a Lloyd’s despatch
from Corona, Spain. One of the crew
of the Vinifreda was lost.
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AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 3. 1916
POSITIVE PROOF
GERMANY MEET
WILSON DEMAND
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3.—Ber
lin’s announcement that new and more
definite instructions are to be given
German submarine commanders is the
(first positive indication of how Ger- 1
many will attempt to meet President'
Wilson’s final demand that the Teutons
abandon their present methods of sub
marine warfare. Whether these in
structions are sufficiently ample to
meet the terms of the American note
and thereby prevent a diplomatic break
between the two nations can only be
determined by a careful examination
of their verbage.
President Wilson today remains un
shaken in his determination to issue a
note to the powers setting forth the
negotiable elements of the issue and no
discussion of side issues can be in
voked that will delay the statement.
News from Berlin furnished through
the Associated Press brought to Wash
ington the first intimation of Ger
many’s newest attitude toward the
submarine controversy, and served to
encourage hope for a favorable out
come of negotiations between the
Washington and Berlin governments.
Verbage of Note Forecast.
BERLIN, May 3.—A wireless mes
sage to the Associated Press via Say
ville, L. 1., early today announces the
draft of the German reply to the
American note concerning submarine
activities, has been finished and is now
subject only to minor alterations. The
1 reply states Germany’s attitude in
clear, precise terms, which leave no
room to doubt the exact position as
sumed by the imperial government, in
cluding the definite nature of instruc
tions which will in future be given to
German submarine commanders and
other data on which hthe Washington
government can judge its actions and
purposes.
The Associated Press, because of its
widespread influence as the foremost
news-gathering and disseminating
agency in the United States, is permit
ted to make these statements upon the
; highest authorized authority, although
I the censorship on despatches tending
to reveal the tenor of the German re
ply is still effective. The date upon
which the note is to be finally delivered
at the state department in Washing
ton has not yet been definitely fixed,
but this is expected to be during the
next few days, probably during Thurs
day.
Foreign Relations Committee to Act
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 3.—Ac
tion is to be definitely taken by the
senate foreign relations committee on
all of the pending resolutions affecting
foreign affairs, either with regard to
Mexico, or peace in Europe. The com
mittee today determined the time is op
portune for any action or expression
ot opinion relating to peace or war that
congress may intend to make.
BERLIN, May 3.—(Wireless)—A
semi-official telegram fromm Sofia to
rt; y denies emphatically recent reports
that Bulgaria is seeking a separate
peace with the Entente nations.
RESOLUTION CRITICISING
WILSON IS REFERRED
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y„ May 3.
--A resolution criticising President
Wilson for providing wine for guests at
White House banquets, submitted to
the (Northern) Methodist general con
ference by Rev. James W. Anderson,
cf Oregon. Mo., was referred today to
I the temperancec ommittee.
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♦ PROSPERITY WAVVES IN ♦
♦ THE SOUTHLAND NOW ♦
♦ ATLANTA, Ga, May 3.—Wide- ♦
♦ spread and general prosperity ♦
♦ throughout the South is strik- ♦
♦ ingly demonstrated by the earn- ♦
♦ ings of three federal reserve ♦
♦ banks in this section during the ♦■
♦ first three months of 1916. These ♦
♦ reserve banks earned profits on a ♦
♦ per centum basis as follows: ♦
♦ Richmond, 5.25 per cent.; Dal- ♦
♦ las, 4.34 per cent; Atlanta, 4.01 ♦
♦ per cent. ♦
♦ It is significant to note that ♦
♦ the South’s three banks led the ♦
♦ whole country in profits. ♦
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MEMPHIS PLANNING
FOR WHOLESALERS
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 3.—The an
nual meeting of the Southern Whole
sale Grocers’ association, which will
be held in this city on the 24th, 25th
and 26th of this month is, from the
point of value and extent of business
transacted, perhaps the most import
ant convention that assembles south of
the Ohio river, and the problems with
which it has to deal come more nearly
home to the general public than those
of any other like assemblage.
The meeting this year will be ad
dressed by such distinguished author
ities as the following:
Hon. W. P. G. Harding, of the fed
eral reserve board, Washington, D. C.,
who will speak on “Trade Accep
tances.”
Hon. Ralph W. Me", member of con
gress from Indiana, who will speak or.
‘ Rural Credits.”
Dr. Carl L. Alsberg, chief chemist of
4te department of agricuclture, Wash
ington, D. C.
Dr. E. E. Pratt, chief of the bureau 1
of foreign and domestic commerce,'
Washington, D. C.
Mr. Beverly D. Harris, vice president
of the National City Bank of New York.
Dr. H. E. Barnard, state food and
drug commissioner of Indiana.
Mr. Richard Dickinson, president of
the National Fanners' association Eu
reka, 111.
Local committees of wholesale gro
cers are working hard and earnestly in
conjunction with the Southern associa
tion to prepare what promises to be
the strongest program ever offered at
these annual meetings. Wholesalers
from the Rio Grande to the Potomac,
and from the Ohio to the Gulf, will be
gathered here for the convention, and
their deliberations will solve many of.
the problems affecting the grocery
trade of the South.
On the third day of the meeting—Fri
day, May 26th —wil be held a bank
duptcy law conference, which will be
addressed by many prominent national
authorities. The question of repeal or
amendment of the national bankruptcy
law will be thoroughly discussed, and
it is expected that remedial measures
of the utmost value will be propagat
ed. Chairman Webb, of the commit
tee on the judiciary of the house of
representatives, has written to Presi
dent McLauurin, of the Southern
Wholesale Grocers association, com
mending the idea of the conference and
saying that his committee would re
gard expressions from the meeting as
very valuable.
The city of Memphis purposes mak
ing the convention a success in every
respect, and to that end all commer
cial organizations here are giving ear
nest consideration to the matte£ of
handling the immense number of Vis-
■ ‘he greatest regard for their
welfare, both in a business and social
manner.
FT. OGLETHORPE
SCENE OF GREAF
MILIFffICTim
FOR OGLEHORPE, Ga., May 3.
Hundreds of business and professional
men from all over the eastern and
southern states are here today for the
opening of the Southern Military
Training camp, the first encampment
of its kind to be inaugurated south of
the Ohio river, and the second in the
history of the nation. Lieutenant Col
onel Ketcham, of the Coast Artillery
corps, is at the head of the big camp
and will direct its activities during
the two months it will continue. He is
being assisted by a large staff of reg
ular army officers.
The camp is being conducted as an
infantry organization and as fast as
participants reach camp they are or
guized into companies of one hundred
and fifty men, under command of a
regular army captain and two lieuten
ants. Every activity that can be parti
cipated in by infantry troops during
actual warfare, except, of course, such
as would injure those taking part, will
be gone into during the continuance
of the camp. The first drill of the
recruits will probably occure late this
afternoon.
The camp as organized, under direc
tion and command of regular army offi
cers, is recognized a&wmodel training
camp for citizen-soldiers, and partici
pants are said to gain during thirty
days as much military knowledge at
one of these camps as can be secured
during; two years of service of the
.ational guard organizations. The first
of f hese civilian military camps ever
held was that ut Plattsburg, N. Y., last
I years.
PROVISIONAL PICT
WAITS CH APPROVAL
EL PASO, Tex., May 3.—The tenta
tive agreement reached between Gen.
Scott and Gen Obregon last night is
generally understood here late today
to provide for a gradual retirement of
American forces in Mexico.
Conferees Await Advices.
EL PASO, Tex., May 3. —Advices
from Mexico City and Washington are
awaited before the seal of final ap
proval is sent upon the provisional
afireement said to have been reached
at the last informal conference be
tween Obregon, representing the Car-!
ranza government in Mexico, and Gen.
Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the
United States army, regarding the
status of American troops in Mexico.
The conference which began Tues
day and lasted until after midnight
■Wednesday morning is said to have
resulted in an understanding being
reached, though no announcement has
been made. Following the concluusion
of the conference with Obregon, Gen.
Scott immediately dispatched a long
code massage to Washington. A reply
to this message, it is stated is good
authority is hardly anticipated until
Thursday.
MILITIA IN CONTROL AT
TURTLE CREEK, ODAY
PITTSBURG, Pa., May 3.—Militia
forces have arrived in Turtle Creek and
Monongahela Valley, where riots oc
curred Tuesday, and are in control of
the situation.
No further clashes have occurred
between workers and rioters there, and
Steel plants closed during the dis
turbances are preparing to renew
operations tomorrow.
SPONTANEOUS BOOM
FOR POTTLE MARKS
MEETING AT MACON
AMBASSADOR HEYS CALLS
MEETING OF SHRINFRS
Ambassador Sam R. Heys, of Amer
icus, for the Alee Temple of Shriners,
issues a call to all the Shriners in
this section to meet tonight at the
courthouse at 6:00 o'clock.
The meeting is called for the pur
pose of considering matters relating to
the meeting of Shriners to be held in
this city during May.
The meeting tonight is very import
ant, and every Shriner in this section
is urged to be present.
NEGRO WOMAN ARRESTED
CHARGED WITH MURDER
A negro woman, Leola Crawford by
name, has been arrested in connec
ticn with the killing of another negro,
Eli Green, one day last week.
At the committment trial of the ne.
gro, Morton, charged with the mur
der of Green, sufficient evidence de
veloped to warrant the arrest of the
regress, hence she was taken into cus
tody, and she now languishes in jail
awaiting committment trial.
BARBECUE CLUB WILL
BARBECUE THURSDAY
The Americus Barbecue club will
enjoy its first feast of the season at
club headquarters, Glessner street and
Elm avenue Thursday afternoon at 1
o'clock.
The celebrated barbecue builder,
Sam Walker, will do the act for the
members, which is a guarantee that
everything will be done to a beautiful
brown.
Already the favored ones are get
! ting their molars in trim for the com
; ing feast.
MRS. JOE SEIG
DIES_AT_LYONS, GA.
Mrs. Joe L. Sieg, of Pittsbuurg, Pa.,
died Monday at 5:10 p. m., at Lyons,
Ga., after a lingering illness, at the
home of her father, Dr. Geo. T. Gray.
All that medical skill could do and lov"
ing hearts, constant watching, were
given this noble, lovely Christian wo
man, yet the Death Angel touched her
and said "Come up Higher.” She
answered the summons after telling
the loved ones at her bedside that she
was going to leave them only for a
while. God had called her and she
must go.
She was held in such high esteem by
her friends that it can well be said
<‘None knew her but to love her.”
None saw her but to praise. She
leaves besides her husband and little
daughter, a father and mother, Dr. and
Mrs. G. T. Gray, of Lyons, Ga., several
sisters and brothers; also numerous
other relatives and hosts of friends
who mourn her loss.
We extend our sincerest sympathy to
riTv
edition!
Wheatley Named
Delegate at Large
From State
RUMORED THAT HARRIS
IS SOON JO OUIT RAGE
Dykes Lands Dis
trict Place at
St. Louis
MACON, Ga., May 3.—Before the
state democratic convention assembled
here this morning a spontaneous boom
was launched in an effort to secure
the consent of Joseph E. Pottle, at
present solicitor-general of the Ocmul
gee circuit, to run for governor. Judge
Pottle, is is known, now has the sub
ject under serious consideration, and
is expected to announce hfs position
definitely, perhaps, this afternoon.
A well-founded rumor appearing co
incidently with the boom and gaining
credence as the latter grows in
strength, is to the effect that Governor
Nat E. Harris, one of the two announc
ed candidates, is considering retiring
from the race. Judge Pottle and
Governor Harris, both come from the
same section of Georgia, and it is con
sidered possible by many politicians
attending the big gathering here to
,d;:y that in the event Judge Pottle
concludes to enter the contest Gover
i
nor Harris may retire, to avoid
"splitting” the vote of middle Geor
gia too badly, thereby assuring the
nomination of another candidate.
In the selection of delegates to rep
resent Georgia democrats in the na
tional convention which assembles in
St. Louis in June, Crawford Wheatley,
of Sumter county, was chosen one of
the delegates from the state-at-large,
and William W. Dykes, of Americus,
named one of the two delegates from
the Third congressional districts.
|The Sumter county delegation at
the convention were unanimous in sup
porting both Wheatley and Dykes for
places as delegates at St. Louis, and
satisfaction is expressed over their
election.
LOWER VITALITY IM
A ZEPPELIN HAIR NOW
LONDON, May 3. —At an inquest on
a woman who died from illness brought
on by the news of a Zeppelin raid, a
physician declared that when the raids
were in progress the vitality of people
was lowered and they caught severe
colds. "They have a sense of impend
ing disaster,” he said, "knowing that
other people are suffering and not
knowing what will happen to them
selves.”
her hugband, who was a former Ameri
cus boy, and say all that we can do is
bow our heads in humble submission,
and say, “Lord, Thy will be done.”
Among those attending the funeral
In Lyons, Ga., from this city were, Mrs.
K M. Sieg, Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Sieg, Mr.
B. W. Sieg, James Sieg and Miss Lou
ise Sieg.
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