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Associated Press Service.
THIRTY-NINTH TEAK.
•ENTENTE LOSES
THE FRIENDSHIP,
SMS GREEK KING
ATHENS. Greece, Jan. 14.—(8y a
Staff Correspondent of the Associated
Press,—via. New York, Feb. 23.) —King
Constantine received the Associated
Press correspondent in audience this
morning, just before he left for Amer
ica.
“I am sorry you are leaving us,'
King Constantine began abruptly. “I
don’t believe that there is a man or
woman in Greece who does not feel
very profoundly what a great thing it
has been for us during this most crit
ical period in our national history to
have a correspondent of the Associated
Press here to tell the world with abso
lute impartiality the truth of what is
taking place. They tell me, however,
that a good many of your telegrams to
the Associated I’r< ss never got ttiough
the censors?” the king laughed a little
ruefully. “You have nothing on me,”
he added. “Neither do mine.”
"The most ridiculpus, the most out
rageous nonsense about what is hap
pening in Greece is published daily in
the European press presumably writ
ten by journalists who are not even on
the spot to see the facts for them
selves. And when my government
sends official denials of them the Euro
pean newspapers will not even publish
the denials.
“After all, all we ask is fair play.
But it seems almost hopeless to try to
get the truth out of Greece to the rest
of the world under present c.cum
sances. We have been sorely tried
past two years, and we don't pre
fjEcnd to have always‘been angels un
der the constant irritation of the ever
increasing allied control of every lit
tle thing in our own private life —let-
ters, telegrams, police, everything.
Sympathy of Greeks Alienrted.
“Moreover, by taking an active hand
iu our own internal politics, England
and France, especially, have succeed
ed in alienating an admiration, a sym
pathy and a devotion towards them on
the part of the Greek people that at
tl.e beginning of the war, was virtual
ly an unanimous tradition. I quite
understand how those responsible for
such a result seek to excuse them
selves by exaggerating the difficulties
they have had to contend with in
Greece —by talking of Greek treachery
ai.d the immense sinister organization
of German propaganda that has foiled
them at every turn and so on. The
only trouble with that is that they
make us pay for the errors ot their
policy. The people of Greece are pay
ing for them now in suffering and
death from exposure and hunger,
while France and England starve us
out, because they made the mistake of
assuring that their man Venizelos
could deliver the Greek army and the
Gieek people to the entente powers
whenever thy wantd to use Greece for
their advantage, regardless of the in
terests of Greece as an independent
ration.
"There are just two things about
our desperate struggle to save our
selves from destruction that I am go
ing to ask the Associated Press to
try to make clear to the .people of
America.
“The first point is this: We have
two problems on our hands here in
(Uecce an internal one and an ex-
odc entente powers have
made the fundamental mistake of con
sidering them both as one. They said
to themselves: Venizelos is the
strongest man in Greece, and he is
heart and soul with us. He can de
• liver the Greeks whenever he wants to.
- Let us back Venizelos, therefor#, and
when we need the Greek army he will
turn it over to us.
Venizelos I ailed to Delbej; Aim J.
• Wvll. they were wron^Tas I think
von hive seen for yourself since you
have teen here. Venizelos was, per
haps. ‘he strongest man in Greece, as
they thought, but the moment he tried
io turn over the Greek army to the
entente, as if we were a lot of mer
cenaries. he became the weakest man
in Greece- end th’ most despDei. For
In Greece no man delivers the Greeks.
They decide their own destinies as a
•ne people, and not England, France
(Continued on Page 6.)
HEGRD DIES IN THE
NORTH'S GBLDWHE
Homer Glover, a negro man about
26 years of age, died in Hartford,
Conn., yesterday morning, after an ill
ness of a week with pneumonia. The
negro left Americus for Hartford last
October, and for about three months,
is said to have made about S7O per
month. During the period of time he
was there, he sent his mother, so it
is said, S3O, but when he became sick,
he only had enough money to pay his
hospital fees for a few days, and
money was sent him from this city
last week to help in paying hospital
cost. A telegram was received by his
mother to send money for his re
mains, the amount asked for, it is
said, being $250. It Is understood thax
it was arranged to have his body
shipped here, but for less than the
amount first requested. Homer work
ed on the plantation of Dudley Gate
wood for years before leaving, and his
mother and other members of her fam
ily still reside on Mr. Gatewood's
place.
FREIGHT TIE UP IE
NOT MUSE H. G. I.
! WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23.
The interstate commerce commission
and railroad authorities here declared
today that no actual food shortage ex
ists anywhe. e in the United States,
and that high prices prevailing at
New York and elsewhere where food
riots have been reported recently, must
not be attributed to freight conges
tion.
Railroad officials, who asserted the
tie-up which has embarrassed many
roads during several months, is rapid
ly improving, offered no suggestion as
to conditions responsible for the ab
normal prices commanded by food
sluffs in congested centers of popula
tion.
J. I. JONES LOSES
HIS HOME BY FIRE
J. L. Jones had the misfortune to
lose his residence and most of his
household furniture by fire at Leslie
last night about 9 o’clock. It is not
known how the fire originated, but it
is thought that it was first discov
ered in one of the front rooms. The
family had retired for the night, but
the alarm aroused them and all es
caped without injury. Very little of
the household furniture was saved,
and the residence was a total loss. The
house is said to have been valued at
about $1,500 or $2,000. Some insur
ance was carried by Mr. Jones, but not
enough to cover his loss, so it is stat
ed. The many friends of Mr. Jones
sympathize with him in his misfor
tune.
TWO OF ms
BOATS BELIEVED SAFE
LONDON. Feb. 23. —A publication in
the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger quoted in a
news despatch received here today,
states it is likely the American steam
ers Rochester and Orleans, two freigh
ters recently clearing from New York
for Bordeaux, France, have escaped
destruction by German submarines in
the barred zone. The newspaper adds
however. Americans should not rely
on their having done so. basing its
assertion that the vessels were not
torpedoed on the belief that subma-I
rine commanders were instructed not
to sink these ships. Such instruc
tions it is thought were issued owing
to the promptness with which the
I American government severed diplo
matic relations with Germany, and as
evidence of the Berlin government to
avoid a further rupture with the Unit
ed States that would involve that na
tion in the European struggle.
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WILSON 10 TAKE
OATH IN PRIVATE
ON 51IW 4TH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23.
President Wilson today decided defi
nitely to take the new oath of office
in private at the White House during
Sunday, Manh 4th, the constitutinoal
date upon which the new administra
tion comes into authority. Whether he
will take the oath again during the
public ceremony to be held Monday,
March sth, or will merely make this
the occasion for delivering tire usual
inaugural address has not yet been de
cided.
Seldom since the independence of
the United States has been establish
ed has the inaugural date fallen upon
Sunday. These occasions, however,
furnish precedent for either course
that President Wilson may elect to
pursue. The double oath has its pre
cedent, as well as the Sunday oath,
while at least one instance in record
ed history provides a precedent for a
postponement of the oath altogether
until March sth, but as it has been
definitely decided not to do this a dis
cussion of who would be the nation’s
executive in the interim is of little
interest at this time.
It is also officially announced that
the president will adhere to the cus
tom of many years and call an extra
session of the senate to convene Mon
day March fifth, to consider namina
tions of cabinet officers. This deter
mination, probably, presages at least
une change in the constitution of the
Wilson cabinet, these officials enjoying
no stated term of office and being ap
pointed merely at the pleasure of the
president.
There have been no definite arrange
ments concluded for the inauguration
of Vice President Marshall, but the
decision to hold an extra session of
the senate will pave the way for the
customary inaugural ceremony, where
in the new vice president is inducted
into office. At this time, also, new
senators will present their creden
tials and be sworn into office. The
organization of the senate will then
be constituted and custom indicates an
adjournment will be taken.
MR. DANIELS MEETS
SOUTHERN NEGROES
•
Mr. S. A. Daniel, who recently re
turned from a business trip to North
ern cities, relates an interesting expe
rience with six Southern negroes he
chanced to meet last Friday night in
the Illinois Central station at Chi
cago.
Mr Daniel was in the station waiting
to board a train for home when he
happened to sit near a group of six
negroes, gaining from their conversa
tion that they were all from the South.
Talking with Mr. Daniels afterward
these negroes learned he was also
from the South, which fact greatly |
pleased the six wanderers, all being]
overjoyed at meeting a white person I
fiom the' good aid Southland. They |
asked Mr. Daniels for "something to
•eat.” stating they had. their railroad
tickets back home, but had nothing to
eat on their long journey, and he gen
erously provided the group with a
wholesome supper before their depar
ture for home.
Talking with the negroes, Mr. Dan
iels asked them how they liked con
ditions in the North. They all stated
alluring inducements had led them to
go North and that while they did re
ceive higher wages there, the in
creased cost of living in that section
did not enable them to live as well as
if they had remained in the South.
Besides the prevailing cold was ex
tremely severe on them, the negroes
said, none of them being accustomed
t > the rigorous northern climate.
Fqur of the negroes told Mr. Daniels
they were from Columbus, while two
ci hers were from Alabama. All of
them declared they would be very
glad, indeed to get back home again,
and that the North offered them no in
d: cements in future.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 23, 1917
♦ DAILY WEATHER FORECAST ♦
The weather forecast for Amer- ♦
♦ icus and vicinity follo-ws: ♦
♦ Hain tonight; probably colder. ♦
♦ Saturday: Partly cloudy and ♦
♦ MUCH COLDER. ♦
♦ ♦•
♦ Weather or No.” — Extend some ♦
folks a chair and a welcome and ♦
♦ they’ll wear them both out. — ♦
♦ Old Man Sage. ♦
►♦♦ ♦ ♦
AMERICAN” GOES
DOWN ON FRENCH
SHIP BYJI-BMT
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 23.
Robert Allen Haden, an American
Presbyterian minister formerly sta
tioned at Foo Chow, China, perished
when the French liner Athos was sub
marined off Malta, February 17th.
The missionary was returning to the
United States when the vessel on
which he traveled went down, and his
death was reported to the state de
partment in a cable despatch from
American Consul Keblinger. at Malta,
today.
SENATOR WANTS AN
EMBARGO PLACED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 23.
Senator Martin today introduced in the
senate a bill to empower the presi
dent to declare an embargo on expor
tations of foodstuffs from the United
States. The bill which has for its
objective the curbing of prevailing
high prices, and probably was instigat
ed by recent disturbances at New York
and in other eastern cities, was refer
red to the senate foreign relations
committee. Several similar bills are
already pending before this commit
tee, and it is quite unlikely a report
on the Martin will be made before con
gress adjourns.
Wants Wilson to Act.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 23.
Senator Lewis, of Illinois, introduced
an amendment to the revenue bill in
the senate today, authorizing the pres
ident to seize foodstuffs controlled by
monopolies illegally and to dispose
of such seized goods at government
sale. The object of the amendment is
to affect a reduction in the prices of
food in congested centers of popula
tion where much suffering exists.
EMIGRATION AGENT IS
GIVEN HEAVY SENTENCE
Charlie Quick, a negro, was sentenc
ed to twelve months on the chaingang
or pay a fine cf *’oo by Judge W. M.
Harper, of the city court today when
he pleaded guilty to a charge of be
ing an emigration agent. Quick had
a number of passes to carry aboul
twenty negroes to North Carolina, and
he said that he knew nothing of a law
prohibiting the movement, as he was
acting as an agent for several white
men in North Carolina. The names of
these men were furnished the author
ities. He is in jail.
SUBPONEAS IN THE
WADE CASE ISSUED
A long list of subpoenas were issued
today by Clerk H. E. Allen, of the Su
perior court, for witnesses asked by
the defense in the Wade case. The
list is said to have shown only a few
names in addition to the witnesses who
appeared in the C. K. Chapman case
in January.
The state has not furnished a list
of their witnesses for Clerk Allen to
issue summons.
CITIZENS WILL
FORM RED CROSS
BRANG!I IN CITY
A representative gathering of Amer
icus people—ladies prominent in club
and social work, and men identified
with the main business interests of
the city, gathered together this morn
ing at the Carnegie Library to discuss
the plans for organizing an Americus
branch of the National Red Cross.
Mrs. N. B. Stewart acted as chair
man. and it is greatly through her in
itiative that the meeting here was
secured. E. A. Nisbet acted as secre
tary. /
Prof. J. E. Mathis spoke for a few
minutes and outlined the great service
to be performed by the Red Cross. He
was followed by E. A. Nisget, who
spoke on the wonderful activities of
the Red Cross, having gleaned his ob
servations from personal experience
while in the Spanish-American war.
stationed in Cuba.
Mrs. Shelton Harris conveyed to the
meeting the purpose of the D. A. R. to
support the Red Cross movement, a
resolution to this effect having been
•passed at the recent state D. A. R.
meeting at Quitman.
Stephen Pace added a few words in
endorsing the work. Miss Ada Finley,
superintendent of the Americus hospi
tal, who attended the national meeting
of the Red Cross nurses, spoke of the
work and purposes of the organiza
tion.
About fifty people were present and
they signed applications for member
ship. Mrs. Stewart named an organiz
ing committee to secure authority from
the national organization to forme an
Americus branch, they being E. A. Nis
bet, Stephen Pace. Mrs. Frank Har
rold, Mrs. ‘Frank Lanier and Mrs.
Frank Sheffield.
TiAiO FISH SMACKS
ARE TORPEDDED
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—(Compiled by
the Associated Press from European
cables during the day.)—Partial re
sult of today’s submarine campaign
apparently are summed up in the sink
ing of two fishing smacks in the North
Sea. and confirmation of the loss of
the British steamer John Miles, report
ed submarined in news agency des
patches last night. Lloyd’s shipping
agency reported late today that only
two smacks had been destroyed by the
Germans, noting information concern
ing the John Miles as above stated.
There was little activity on any of
the war fronts, either, as aside from
Laris reports of two successful sur
prise attacks southeast of Malancourt
wood on the Verdun front there was
the usual “nothing to report" heard
from ajl fronts. In the Balkans there
are apparent preparations for an of
fensive movement indicated by the ar
rival of fresh Italian forces at Sa
loniki almost daily.
Lloyd’s also announced the sinking
of the British steamer Wathfield, the
crew being saved, and a Queenstown
report said the British steamer In
vercould had been submarined and ;
the crew landed.
It was officially announced at Paris
that from February 20th to 22nd, the
following vessels had been sunk by
hubmarines and mines: Norwegian
steamer Dorovore, British steamer
Ape, Italian bark Michele, Italian brig- ’
antine Giovanni P, Italian ship Ade-1
lina and the Monarch and Emeroy. the,
latter two vessels unidentified. The
total tonnage of these ships, sunk in
French waters is estimated at nine
thousand.
5 ITIONAL CLUB MOVED
HE! ENTLY TO NEW QUARTERS
LONDON. Feb. 23.—The National
club, the only club in London which
has morning prayers, has just moved
to a new club house, a long distance
from the government buildings around
Whitehall, whose proximity resulted
some time ago in the commandeering
tor war purposes of their old club
BIG MEETINGS FOR
BAPTIST JELLING
The congregations record at the re
vival services of the First Baptist
church was broken last night when
the auditorium was filled completely.
The orchestra and the three choirs
were at their best and the congrega
tion joined heartily in the singing.
Dr. H. C. Buckholtz preached the
first part of the series of two ser
mons on the "Trail of the Serpent.”
The attention of the people was shown
from the beginning of his message and
throughout the discourse the evan
gelist held the closest attention of all
present.
The sermon was followed by an ap
peal to those who were not saved to
meet him in the room of instruction,
which was accepted by a large number
of non-church members.
The services will continue during
next week. The afternoon services are
drawing lasge and appreciative audi
ences and scores of members of
the churches of the city are being
greatly helped in their Christian life.
The hours of services are as fol
lows: 3 and 7:30 p. m.; Sundays, 11
a. m.; 3 and 7:30 p. m. The public
are invited and will be cordially re
ceived.
BIG PLANT 15 LOST
ST FIRE NEAR LIEGE
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 23.—The huge
iron works and machine shops of the
famous Cockerill plant, located at Se
raing. five miles from Leige, Belgium,
and very near the Dutch frontier, has
been destroyer by fire, the origin of
which has been established as incen
diary.
News of the plant’s destruction was
brought here today in a despatch pub
lished in the newspaper Les Nouvelles.
The publication estimates the loss
sustained at ten million dollars.
FUNERAL OF MRS.
LIMP HEBE TODAY
Mrs. E. M. Lamp, aged 74 years, died
at Poulan. Ga., Thursday morning.
Funeral services were held at Pou
lan Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock
and her remains sent over the At
lantic Coast Line to Americus for in
terment. Interment was held this af
ternoon at Oak Grove cemetery from
the train, Rev. R. L. Bivins officiating.
Mrs. Lamp’s nearest relatives are two
sisters-in-law. Mrs. J. W. Castleberry
and Mrs. W. W. Guerry; three nep
hews, T. E„ H. T„ and J. G. Castle
berry, of this county; two neices. Mrs.
C T. Law and Mrs. Callie M. Cobb.
Pallbearers were Albert Guerry, Bo
ney Carey. Emmett Bolton, J. W. la.
Daniel, Callie Speer and J. F. Mona
han.
RET ELLIS TAKES
THREE QUESTIONS
Three striking questions are:
“If God is Good, Why Do the Wick- 1
ed Prosper?”
"How May I Be Guilty of Sin I
Didn't Commit?”
"How May the Wrath of Man Be
Made to Praise God?”
These subjects will be discussed at
the First Methodist church, beginning
next Sunday evening, and continuing
through the first and second Sunday
evenings in March.
The public is cordially invited to
bear each one of the series.
Services begin promptly at 7 p. m.
and never last an hour all told. Don’t
miss these studies.
houses. The National, which numbers
among its members most of the nota
bles of the Church of England, was the
first club to be commandeered.
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ENGLAND FEELS
PANGS FROM THE
O-BDATJENJGE
LONDON, Feb. 23. —That Great Brit
ian is feeling the effect of the German
submarine blockade, combined with the
withdrawal of neutral ships from nav
igation in the barred area, was inti
mated today in the house of com
mons. The premier, Davil Lloyd-
George was the speaker to refer to
the situation, telling members of the
house that Entente success in the war
depends absolutely upon the ability of
the British and their allies to solve
the tonnage shortage, which is already
affecting the ordinary needs of na
tional and military exigencies. That
this shortage is the result of subma
rine operation cannot be denied.
The premier said the situation now
confronting England, France and Rus
sia, is of gravest importance and calls
for the enforcement of utmost meas
ures designed to reduce the menace
to a minimum and prevent as far as
possible further reduction of the sea
tonnage. There is no sure war to
victory, the premier declared, without
clearing the seas of submarines, and
then said the government proposes to
dispense with all non-essential impor
tations to save tonnage.
The premier said in the course of
dis address that the stock of food in
Great Britain at the present time is
lower man ever before. It is essen
tial to the life of the nation, he declar
ed, that every possible effort be made
to increase home production of food.
He announced the government would
prohibit entirely the importation of
apples, tomatoes and fruits, because
of the necessity for using every avail
able ounce of sea-tonnage for the
transport of articles that cannot be
•produced in England and in the mov
ing of troops, munitions, etc.
Pointing to prevailing high prices
' ii. the United Kingdom, Premier Lloyd-
George warned the people to be frucal
and expressed the opinion that food
prices will not likely decrease for a
long time, even after the end of the
war. Germany, he said, would then
be a heavy purchaser of foodstuffs as
well as structural commodities, and
the- inexorable law of supply and de
mand is certain to maintain prices at
unprecedented levels over an indefinite
period of time.
Therefore, he said, it would be safe
to grant farmers a minimum price at
which their products shall be sold
over a definite time. This is the only
way to bring about immediate action,
he said, thereupon proposing a min
| imum weekly wage of twenty-five
I shillings be established for farmers.
AMERICUS FIVE WON FROM
FORT VALLEY TEAM 87 TO 27
Last night at the Y. M. C. A. one
of the prettiest played games of the
basketball season resulted in a victory
for the Americus five, the score being
37 to 27. Recent hard and consistent
practice has brought the Americus
five into excellent condition, and
the game was marked throughout by
superior playing. Mathis and Chappell
were the stars for Americus, with
Cowart and Houser bearing the honrs
for Fort Valley. The line-up of the
two teams follows: Y. M. C A ■ Chap-
■ pell. McDonald and Griffin, forwards;
| Mathis, center; Smith, McMath and
Lane, guards. Fort Wiley: Brown,
Houser and Murray, forwards; Cow
art. center; Maddox and Cox, guards.
I Referee, Pace.
HARRIS SAYS SUMTER
lj FOR PEACH GROWING
R. R. Harris, representative of the
Huntsville Wholesale Nurseries, of
Huntsville, Ala., who has been the
guest of R. D. Stewart, local repre
sentative of this firm here, compli
-1 ments Sumter highly during his visit.
Mr. Harris states that he has travel-
■ ed extensively in the Southeastern
states and he finds Americus and Sum
ter county to be located in one of the
' best sections he has had the pleasure
to visit, stating that Sumter is one of
the best adapted sections for peach
growing in the states, besides being
able to raise numerous fruits and veg-
I etables of other kinds.
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