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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
THIBTY-EIGHTH TEAR.
ENGLISH
WAIT FOR
GERMANS’
SHIPSNOW
RUMORS HAVE IT THAT EIGHT
GERMAN WARSHIPS SOUGHT
REFUGE IN DANISH
WATERS.
ENGLISH MAKE CLAIMS
TRIT LESSENS LOSSES
Details of Fight Show It To Be One Os
Greatest Naval Battles in
History of World.
LONDON, June 3.—Unconfirmed re
ports circulating here state that eight
German warships took refuge in Dan
ish waters. They were notified to leave
w ithin twenty-four hours. A British
fleet is waiting.
Fuller details of the naval
battle in the North sea emphasized
the German advantage in the
losses inflicted on the British, while
escaping with considerable small loss
es themselves. The Germans estimate
the tonnage destroyed by the British
as 133,000 tons and the Germans 23,000
tons. This probably is based on the
assumption of that the British warship
Warspite of 27,000 tons is sunk. The
British admiralty denies that this ship
is sunk.
None of the accounts show that the
British main fleet was engaged in the
battle. Four battleships were support
ing the battle cruiser squadron and
these were speedy warships. It is sup
posed that the attempted blockade of
the eGrman retreat cost the British
heavily.
Zeppelins acting as scouts, accounts
say apparently gave the Germans ad
vantage in disposing of their forces.
Two are reported to have been destroy
ed.
Among the additional vesels destroy
ed is a new German cruiser, Elbing of
between four and five thousand tons.
The British cruiser Shark and Elbing
carried four hundred and fifty men.
The Germans by a series of violent
attacks, which according to unofficial
Paris despatches, reached unprece
dented violence during the last forty
eight hours, penetrated a deep ditch
north of the main French position at
Fort Vaux. The Paris official bulletin
admits this, saying, however, that the
French still hold their main position
there.
At other places on the Verdun front
the Germans were repulsed with heavy
losses, though spirited fighting contin
ued in the Argonne, extending west as
for as Verdun.
Two German attacks on La Fille
Morte were beaten back during to
day.
The Austro-Hungarian advance into
Italy continues, according to the lat
est Vienna statement, which several
new positions of stragetical import
ance have been captured in the Arsiero
region.
AH Queen Mary Lost.
LONDON, June 3.—Dispatches esti
mated that Bditish losses are around
five thousand men, and the Germans
between two and three thousand. The
admiralty has advised that the entire
crew of officers and men of the
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4 WILSON PLACES O. K. ♦
4 ON THE ARMY BILL 4
4 WASHINGTON, June 3.—Preei- 4
4 dent Wilson has signed the army 4
♦ bill, the first piece of prepared 4
♦ ness legislation l which has been 4
4 enacted during the present con- ♦
♦ gress. The naval service is now’ ♦
4 under bebate. *
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UNCLESioiIH
GEORGIA TO HAVE
EIBITS_IT FAIR
The workers of the Americus and
Sumter County Chamber of Com
merce have been busier in the last
few days than the revenue men are
over in the fire water soaked city of
Girard. But not busy in the same
sense. Those revenue men are enter
ing every cellar and kitchen in Girard
looking for a little stray “rock and
rye,” but Secretary-Manager E. H.
Hyman has completed one of the
biggest week’s wmrk of his career as
professional booster.
Through efforts of Congressman
Charles R. Crisp, the Chamber of
Commerce has secured a carload of
exhibits from the department of agri
culture of the United States, of which
David F. Houston is secretary. It is
announced that a corps of government
men will be delegated to spend the
big fair week in Americus, and while
here will fully explain every detail of
,the exhibits even to the most minute
detail. This is just one as the develop
ments for the great big fair at which
Americus will entertain thousands of
visitors.
State College to Exhibit
Secretary Hyman received a com
munication the past week form J.
Phil Campbell, one of the best known
agriculturalist specialists in the state,
and connected with the Georgia State
college of agriculture in the extens
ion department, that the state college
will probably have on display one of
the finest exhibits imaginable. The
exhibit will consist of handsome
show-cases and wall cases with the
choices agricultural products cf
Georgia contained therein. If this is
accomplished the cases will be hand
somely arranged and decoratedd, thus
adding much to the beauty and at
tractiveness of the display.
Material for Buildings.
Lumber has already been ordered
for the big fence to be erected at the
rear of the grounds, near the woods
at the rear of the college, and also for
the cattle barns, which will be erected
near the rear of the grounds. The
material has also been ordered and
will be delivered this week for the
mammoth poultry building. This will
be one of the largest poultry buildings
in the state, and it will be needed too,
because this feature of the fair will
need all the space available.
The sound of the saws and ham
mers will be music to the ears of
every progressive citizen of Americus
when the carpenters declare war.
Crawford Wheatley, chairman of the
building committee, is working with
Secretary Hyman getting plans and
estimates for a huge entrance to the
grounds. This entrance will be ar
tistic in design and mammoth in size.
Everything is now in shape for the
carpenters to begin work, and from
the present to the dates of the fair,
work will be progressing all the time.
Queen Mary were lost.
England is Shocked.
PORTSMOUTH, England, June 3.
, (Continued on Page Four.}
A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING JUNE 4, 1916
VETERANS AND
SDNS PLAN FDR
STATEJEUNIDN
A joint meeting of Camp Sumter of
United Confederate Veterans and the
A S. Cutts Camp of Sons of Veterans,
was held Saturday morning at the
courthouse, with Commander H. T.
L avenport, of the U. C. V., presiding.
The meeting was held for the pur
pose oi discussing plans for the state
reunion of veterans in Americus in
Avgust, and the occasion was appro
priate Because of it being the anni
versary of the birthday of Jefferson
Davis. General Davenport paid an
eloquent tribute to the memory of the
great Confederate leader, the first and
last president of the Confederacy.
A joint committee meeting of veter
ans and sons recommended that the
sessions in August be held in the
courthouse, and that the Y, M. C. A.
be designated as a place for register
ing the visitors. They recommended
that committees be appointed by t$L
two commanders for meeting the
trains; for registering; for finance;
for entertainment; for automobiles ami
horses, and for soliciting homes. The
report was adopted.
The Daughters of Confederacy were
requested to appoint a committee for
co-operating in the planning and en
tertaining of the delegates.
The veterans expressed their will
i-gness for the Sons of Veterans to
hold their state reunion in Americus
at the same time of the Confederate
Veterans.
LAST«” FDR
SHRIBERS HAVE
BEEN MADE HERE
The Amerjcus Shriners have lined up
their plans for the ceremonial here on
June Bth.
L. M. White, of Alee Temple, of Sa
vannah, was in the city yesterday, com
pleting the final arrangements for the
visit of celebrities from Alee and fin
ishing up the last, touches for the big
event here. By the W’ay, Mr. White is
the smallest of six brothers who take
part in the team work of the Shriners,
and all little wandering neophytes had
best watch out.
The banquet will be served at the
armory of the Americus Light Infan
try, after being prepared and directed
I by the ladies of the Daughters of the
Confederacy. This insures the ban
quet will be a brilliant affair.
All Shriners and candidates have
been requested to meet at 7 o’clock
Thursday morning, June Bth, at the
Windsor hotel.
A final meeting of all the chairmen
of the different committees was held
at Ambassador Sam Heys’ office Sat
urday afternoon.
The menu for the banquet is: Iced
Grapefruit, Chicken Salad, Long
Branch Crackers, Queen Olives, Ger
man Dill Pickles, White Plumed Cel
ery, Lettuce, Stuffed Tomatoes with
Mayonnaise, Silver Spray Water, Gin
ger Ale Punch, Rolls, Neopolitan Ice
( ream, Angel Food Cake and Cigars.
The Americus neophytes to “tread
the hot sands” are Cloyd Buchanan, C.
U. Walker, Dick Taylor, E. T. Murrav,
B J. Harrison, Walter Brown, Jeff Da
vis, E. L. Murray, Lawson Stapleton,
Rees Horton, Griff Eldridge, H. B.
Mashburn, J. A. Hixon, A. B. Woodard.
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♦ TO INQUIRE INTO 4
4 PRICE OF GASOLINE 4
4 WASHINGTON, June 3.—The 4
4 federal trade commission an- ♦
4 nounced today that it would hold 4
4 a meeting June 12th and 13th to 4
4 give the interests concerned an *•
4 opportunity to explain the rise ♦
4 in the price of gasoline. 4
4 The commission is investigat- 4
4 ing the price increase now’ under 4
♦ a senate resolution. 4
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FODND GUILTY OF
LARCENY MARGE
ATLANTA, Ga., June 3.—-Victor E.
Innes, the Portland lawyer, tried on
a charge of larceny after trust in con
nection with the disappearance of
Mrs. Eloise Nelms Dennis and Miss
Beatrice Nelms w’as found guilty in
Judge Ben Hill’s court late Saturday
afternoon after at rial of six days.
The jury went out about three
o’clock after having been charged as
t-i the points of the indictments. The
penalty is from one to seven years on
the chaingang, it remaining in the
discretion of the judge as to the ex
act time of the sentence.
This brings to a close the first
phase of the Innes case which at
times has been on the verge of pro
viding a spectacular trial. It seems
to have fallen short of its sensational
expectations
Victor Innes was tried separately
from his wife who is also under in
dictment on the same charge.
\mericus May
Be Tight As
A Drum Todav
*
You may awake this morning and
take your morning stroll into the bus
iness part of the city before journeying
to Sunday School —and if you do, you
pay find that Americus is as tight as a
drum. Tight ,we mean, regarding drug
stores, garages, and other businesses
being open today.
Late Saturday afternoon It was im
possible to positively confirm rumors to
the effect that Americus would close up
today, but people in a position to know
believe that the Sunday laws will be
obeyed to the letter in Americus today.
Anyw’ay, whether it is done or not —
you may rest assured that it is being
talked.
QUIMBY MELTON DROPS
IN FOR SHORT VISIT
Quimby Melton, formerly editor ct
tl.e Times-Recorder, and recently re
signed as secretary of the Bainbridge
Board of Trade, was in Americus yes
terday spending a few hours before
going to Atlanta where he will be on
the reportorial staff of the Atlanta
Constitution.
Many friends are always glad to
see Melton on his visits to the city.
Eugene Southwick, of the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce, has been se
lected to succeed Melton ir the board
cf trade work at Bainbridge.
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4 DULY WEATHER REPORT 4
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♦ FOR AMERICUS AND GEOR- ♦
4 GIA: Probably fair today ♦
♦ and tomorrow. ♦
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JUDGE HEARS THE!
MOTION IN A BIG
TWO STATES SUIT
The appearance docket for the Sum
ter superior court was called Satur- I
day morning by Judge Z. A. Littlejohn.
Matters of motions before his honor I
occupied the main atention of the court
during the day.
A jury has been drawn for the Bolton |
case affecting an appeal from the court
of ordinary, and it will be tried begin
ning Monday morning. A mistrial re- i
suited during the first week of the I
present superior court term when
Judge E. D. Graham was presiding.
Judge Littlejohn heard a motion ofr (
a new trial Saturday afternoon in a
case affecting the laws in the state of
Georgia and Alabama. It appears that
Mrs. M. L. Johnson, now a resident of
Doughtery county, but then living in
Eufaula, Ala., effected a mortgage to
the Bank of Eufaula, in Alabama, on a
certain tract of land in Stewrt county,
Georgia. It is said that the mortgage
was for business transactions of her
husband. When the bank proceeded to
foreclose on the mortgage an injunc
tion forbade the proceedings, and in
the trial of the case it was won by Mrs. <
Johnson. 1
George Y. Harrold, of Lumpkin, rep
resents Mrs. Johnson, while the bank is 1
represented by G. L. Comer, of Eu
faula; M. C. Edwards, of Dawson, T.
T. James, of Lumpkin, and Charles
Vi’orrill, of Cuthbert. All of the attorn
eys except the last named were at the
hearing before Judge Littlejohn.
CORDELE GAN NOT
STOP WORK FOR A
BBIDGEJ FLINT
The recent anouncement that the
county commissioners of Sumter and ;
Dooly counties proposed to construct a 1
bridge over Flint River at Murray's '
ferry caused a howl of protest from
<
the residents of Cordele and Crisp 1
county. | ]
An article in the Cordele Dispatch i
scverly condemned the purpose of the 1
commissioners of the Sumter and ’
i
Dooly county. It was brought to the
attention of Arthur Rylander, a mem- f
ber of the board of commissioners of t
Sumter county and he said that to c
build the bridge at Huguemin’s Ferry,; s
the place advocated by the Cordele t
Dispatch, would be utterly impracti- e
cable.
Hugenin’s Ferry is located in the
extreme south east portion of Sumter f
county, while Murray's ferry is locat- 1
ed directly east of Americus. Mr Ry- t
lander stated further, that the only t
town to be benefitted by placing the i
bridge at Huguenin’s would be Cor- >
dele. And that Vienna, Hawkinsville <
and Americus would be benefitted if ]
the bridge should be built at Murray’s, f
About a month ago the commission- ]
ers of Sumter and Dooly counties met 1
ir. joint session at the river, and fully <
discussed every plan looking to the j
construction of the bridge. Permis-
»
sion will be asked of the federal gov- i
ernment to construct the bridge. This <
was done because the Flint river Is t
classed as a navigable river, and c
comes under national legislation. As t
soon as permission can be secured t
work will begin on the bridge at t
Murray’s. c
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* TILLMAN WANTS TWO 4
I ♦ DREADNAUGHTS NOW' *
4 WASHINGTON, June 3.—Sena- *
4 tor Ben Tillman, chairman of the *
4 naval committee, announced that *
4he would lead a senate fight to 4
4 amend the naval bill providing ♦
4 for six battle cruisers and two ♦
4 dreadnaughts. 4
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BOYS AND GIRLS
OF -CLUBS RALLY
AT 1.4 WOOL
The dinner or rather picnic and
I club rally at the Third District A. 4c
M. College Friday was one of the most
enjoyable affairs imaginable. One
hundred persons, exclusive of teach
ers attending the Teachers’ Institute,
were present, and every one had a
grat time.
Short talks which were fully ap
preciated by all were made by Super
visors Land, Godard, J. P. Falkner,
Miss Wood of the Canning club de
partment, and Secretary E. H. Hyman,
of the Americus and Sumter County
Chamber of Commerce. Prof. Collum,
principal of the Third District Agri
cultural College, also made a short
talk to the boys. The teachers pres
ent enjoyed especially the talks of
progress made by the members of the
corn, pig and canning clubs.
John Cato Murray, of Plains, a lad
(if only twelve summers, told them cf
the benefit to the three acres tilled bv
him. He told also of producing four
crops on three acres. Young Murray
further said that his pig had gained
twenty pounds last month. Austin
Green, another Plains youth, told cf
how his pig gained thirty-four pounds
in thirty days. Miss Macy Gray re
lated what she was doing on her tenth
acre. Miss Gray then told of the bene
fit the canning club did for her com
munity. x
After the several talks. Agricultural
Agent J. G. Oliver took the boys and i
girls through the shop building, and
then they fell to the fine dinner spread.
All did full justice to the feast.
Agricultural Agent Oliver has re
ceived a special assignment of boll
weevil slides secured from Dr. W.
E. Hines, entomologist for the state of
Alabama. These slides were made es
pecially for work In this district, and
in order to show them to the business
men of Americus, a special show will
be given at the Chamber of Commerce
building Friday night. It is urged that
every business man in Americus come
out to see the pictures. The admis
sion will be free, and Mr. Oliver will
be on hand to explain everything
about the ipesky little boll weevil.
Build a Silo Campaign.
The most recent campaign, or cru
sade, of the Georgia Agricultural col
lege is to get the people of the state
to build silos. It has been estimated
that the silo is the best and most eco
nomical housing facilities on earth.
And the people of Georgia and the rest
of the South are just awakening to its
possibilities. There are several in
Sumter county now, one on the Arles
plantation, another on the place of
Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen, and still an
other at the farm of Mr. Buchanan,
just outside the city limits.
Drs. B. T. and 8. B. Wise, of Plains,
will ■ begin work at once on a model
concrete silo at their farm In the west
ern part of the county. The Americus
office, In charge of Mr. Oliver, Is ac
tively engaged In arousing interest In
the silo, and with that end in view
have posted cards over the county,
calling attention to the many benefits
AMERICUS
GOES FOR
MEETING
HERE 1917
CARLOAD OF MEMBERS OF
BARACAS AND PHILATHEAS
FROM HERE TO FIGHT
FOR MEETING.
ORGANIZE FOR CAMPAIGN
FOR MEETING HERE 1817
Roosters Will Join The Folks From
The Convention City on Way to
The Meeting.
Everything possible is being done to
cinch the Baraca and Philathea con
vention in 1917 for Americus—the ideal
location and the Convention City.
A special coach, handsomely deco
rated on the interior and exterior has
been arranged for to carry the Amer
icus delegation to Savannah. This car"
will leave Tuesday morning, June 6th,
ct 2:30 a. m. The delegations from
Leslie, DeSoto, Cbrdele, Fitzgerald,
Ashburn, Tifton, Helena, Mcßae,
Lyons and all other towns between
Americus and Savannah have been In
vited to be tihe guests of the Americus
party going to Savannah, and after ar
rival in the capital of Chatham county.
Beverages on Board.
Chero-Cola will be furnished the
Americus party and their guests will
be able to drink, and the Atlantic Ice
■ ard Coal Corporation will supply the
J<e, The young ladies of the delega
tion will all f bring along basket
lunches, so the Sumter county folks
and their guestA will have a full sup
ply of sure enough edibles.
On the big car signs will be stretch
ed, reading “Americus For 1917. Nutt
Sod.” And it’s going to tc nuff se<J,
because they are going to land that
convention.
The delegates will be supplied with
ribbons, yellow in color with black
lettering. These ribbons will tell the
Sunday school folks just why they
should come to Americus for their 1917
convention.
It is announced tht the headquarters
of the Americus delegation will be the
Savannah Hotel. This enables all to
have a treat, and will give the Ameri
cus boosters a.chance to discuss the
best plans to land the big convention.
To Invite Retail Hardware.
While in Savannah, Secretary Hy
man will kill two birds with one stone,
and will visit Tybee Island to invite
the convention of Retail Hardware
Dealers to hold their 1917 convention
in Americus. In 1913, while secre
tary of the Macon Chamber of Com
merce, Mr. Hyman was r esented by
this body of business men with a
handsome silver service as a token of
their appreciation of his work in
showing them such good times and at
tention. This convention will bring to
Americus over five hundred of the most
prominent business men of the state,
and will be a booster convention of the
kind.
to be derived from the silo.
Interest in Cattle.
For the first time in its history,
Sumter county is beginning to realize
the tremendous importance of tlhor
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