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'THIRTY-NINTH YEAR.
ORDERS STOP MUSTERING OUT GUARDS
CHERTORE’S BAND
WILL BL ONE OF
WT FEATURES
The Redpath program in this city
lor 1917, bigger and better than ever,
has just bedn announced from Chau
tauqua headquarters in Chicago.
Bristling with compelling interest
from first to last, this program in
cludes such outstanding features as
the Mikado Light Opera Company
of thirty members and the great
Creators and his band. Thorough
cut the week are more of what
one might call popular numbers
than usual, a fact which will be ac
ceptable to the majority of the chau-
Itauqua-going public. While some
radical changes have been made in
the style and make-up of the program,
the same high standard of attractions
is maintained as in the program of
past years.
Everybody likes a band. Since the
days when we followed our first cir
cus parade, to the pulse-stirring
strains of the uniformed band sitting
aloft in their gilded, palatial wagop.
drawn by prancing horses, w-e have
never quite lost the magic thrill whicn
always returns when we hear the-rous
ing strains of a good band. Creator©
is one of the greatest band lead
ers our country has ever known.
When the well-known Italian leader
first came to this country he was a
veritable sensation. Dramatic, pic
turesque in his directing, and cy
clonic in his enerby, he was a marvel
of emotional intensity and a revolution
o; musical possibilities. He quickly
became the page. Creatore’S genius lay
not only in his singular ability to im
part to his men the contagion of his
vivid emotions, but alsco in his un
usual mastery of instrumentation.
Creatore has had a. striking influence
in the development of band music in
’ this country. When he comes to the
Chautauqua for the closing day it is
safe to say he will be greeted by a
crowd that will tax the capacity of the
tent.
Many people are very apt to regard
grand opera as high brow— something
that appeals to the few rather than the
many. Be this as it may. light opera
appeals to all classes.
Little Light Opera.
Gilbert and Sullivan's ’'Mikado,”
which is scheduled for another of the
seven days is one of the most tuneful
and refreshingly humorous light ope
ras ever written. It is easily under
siood and uproarously funny from
start to finish. No composers of light
< pera in English have ever approached
the subtle charm and the unerring ar
tistry of Gilbert and Sullivan. They
will live as long as opera lasts.
This is to be an elaborate produc
tion. Beautiful costumes and superb
scenery have been provided. The tent
at night will take on the appearance
of an oriental garden, with Japanese
lanterns hanging everywhere. There
will be thirty people in the cast, in
cluding the orchestra. Ed Andrew’s,
who takes the role of Ko-Ko, has play
ed the part over 1,200 times. He is
the most famous Ko-Ko living today.
The principal tenor is Arthur Aldrich,
who was the leading man in De Wolf
Hopper’s revival of Gilbert and Sulli
van. The two principal women's parts
will be sung by Miss St. Clair, of the
Atom Opera Co., and Miss Hutche
son. recently of the Boston Opera Co.
Every part has been assigned to a
<om.|>etent singer. This production will
not only be one of the most merito
rious. but one of the most enjoyable
B e'er given by the Redpath.
“ Another of the radically new fea
tures of this year will be community
singing each day under the direction of
a trained leader. The audiences dur
h.„ the week will in this way be given
m? opportunity to take a more active
part in the Chautauqua. Nothing in
the musical life of America is more
hopeful or significant than the moce
rient for community singing now
sweeping over the entire country. In
all the larger cities and in many of
the smaller ones during the past yea--,
people have come together in great
m.mbers to give expression to their
r.; tural love for music. In Chicago
last summer it was inspiring to hear
<OOO voices each night for a week on
the Municipal pier giving vent to their
patriotic feeling through our national
CALL FOB MEEfING
OH THUM! NIGHT
A call for a meeting of all of the
members of the Chamber of Commerce
is going out today for Thursday night,
March 29th, at 8 o’clock, to attend the
session when the Business Council is
■ organized. Much business of import
ance will be transacted, and the new
council will organize > itself for the
work of the body under the new- rules
and regulations.
PAINT CONTRACT
AWARDED FOR FAIR
t .The contract for the furnishing of
the paint to cover the buildings on
, the Third Agricultural District fair
> grounds was awarded this morning to
Lee Allen by the Building committee
, of the Fair association.
The committee had asked for bids
, from the various dealers and construc
, tion concerns in the city and at a
meeting this morning the proposals
, were opened.
Mr. Allen’s bid included only the
material, the work of painting the
, buildings to be deferred until after the
Robinson Shows have vacated the
structures in which the circus has
. been located during the winter. The
L painting contract will be awarded in
dependent of the contract secured this
morning by Mr. Allen.
[ J. E. Poole, chairman of the Fair
, Building committee, is anxious to get
, the buildings on the grounds painted
. as well as the entrance, w’hich will be
constructed w’ithin a few weeks.
, The fair directors have determined
to push the wrok of construction to
completion as soon as possible, so
, that this phase of the preliminaries for
[ the big exposition on November 12-17
, may be concluded without unnecessary
. delay.
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■ FUNDS RAISES FOR
JEWISH WAR RELIEF
In response to the appeal sent out
! , from the national headquarters of the
1 1 Jewish Relief association, the He
' | brews of Americus have again sent in
' i contributions to the amount of $35,
1 1 which sum was secured at a meeting
-1 held at the home of D. P. Levine. No
' public campaign for subscriptions wiii
■ be made, as this city has already do
nated a gratifying amount to the relief
of Jewish war sufferers.
Americus stands first among the cit
’i ies of Georgia in proportion to its size,
• as regards its contributions for this
' | worthy cause.
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FAMILY OF FOUR ♦
NEEDS THESE SEEDS TO ♦
4- TO KEEP IN VEGETABLES ♦
■; 4 ♦
♦ WASHINGTON, March 27.—The ♦
♦ Department of Agriculture figures ♦
♦ a family of four needs these seeds ♦
♦to keep it in fresh vegetable's f or ♦
♦ the summer: A pint each of snap, ♦
♦ pole lima and bush lima beans, ♦
♦ 1-2 ounce of early cabbage. 1 ♦
♦ ounce of carrot, 1 packet of cauli- ♦
♦ flower. lof celery. 1-2 ounce of ♦
♦ cucumber. 1 packet eggplant, 1-2 >
' | ♦ ounce of kale, packet of parsley. *
♦ 1-2 ounce of parsnips. 1 ounce of ♦
♦ salsify. 1-2 ounce of summer ♦
♦ squash and 1-4 ounce of Hubbard ♦
1 ♦ squash.
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' airs. Professor W. L. Tomlins, who
had charge of these community hings
'■ in Chicago, has been secured by the
. Redpath to select and coach the lead
ers who will direct the community
singing at the Chautauqua this sum
i mer.
Another departure from former
t years, and one which has much educa
' | tional value, will be the introduction
>! of moving pictures each night at the
’ close of the regular program. These
1 moving pictures will be much talked-of
r and will be an additional incentive for
1. attending Chautauqua.
AMERItUSTIMES-REfQRDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
REQUEST FOR GENERAL
RATE ADVANCE PRESENTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27. —
Representatves of all railroads operat
ing in the South and Southeastern ter
ritoiy today joined the Eastern and
Western lines in requesting a general
freight rate advance before the Inter
state Commerce commission. It will be
some time before a decision on the;
merits of the petition ns reached.
FRENCH fflllNG
THE HINDENBERG
LINE OF KIISEH
NEW YORK March 27—(Compiled by .
the Associated Press from European |
cables during the day.)—W’ith French
forces driving forward both north and
south of St. Quentein, upon which the
German line of resistance now pivots,
the heart of the famous "Hindenberg
Line” has apparently been cut in two,
though heavy fighting in that area con
tinues. Two of the four main railroads
; which feed St. Quentein are already
| controlled by the French, while the
J third is well .within reach of heavy
, French guns, which have been brought
, forward with amazing rapidity.
, South of LaFere where the first Ger
, man resistance was encountered, after
, I a passage of the Somme-Crozat canal
had been forced, the French have cap
. tured all of the northern part of the
lower forest of Coucy, and occupied
. the village of Coucy LeChateau, in the
. very heart of the most naturally de
[ fended region bordering upon the new
( German line. French troops also ad
vanced in the region north of Seis
la sons.
, The Russian official statement an
, nounced a retirement southeast of.Vil-|
. na before German attacks with gas. i
The statement also says there is ar-1
■ tillery activity along the whole of the |
I northern end of the Russian front.
More Royalty Abdicates.
PETROGRAD. March 27.—A1l of the i
gland dukes and royal princesses in a 1
joint telegram to the provisional gov
, ernment today associate themselves
with the abdication, thus ending for
ever all pretensions of the house of j
Romanoff to royalty in Russia. The'
grand dukes and princesses in re-|
nouncing their former rights turned.
over to the Lvoff government all their j
official wealth, namely their holdings
of crown lands and other state j
’ grants. The personal fortunes of the'
fermer royalists, are not involved in
1 the renunciation of the state grants.
FORMER AMERICUS
RESIDENT IS DEAD
R. C. Black, a former resident of
. Sumter county and for many years the
proprietor of a mercantile establish
ment in Americus, died on Monday af
ternoon in Atlanta, where he made his
home for more than a quarter of a
■ century.
Mr. Black was born near Plains, and!
lon removing to Americus, opened a re--
I tail shoe store at the corner of Lamar |
‘and Jackson streets, where the Ry--
lender Shoe Company is now locateoJ
ic left Americus some 30 years ago and
I has resided in Atlanta since that time.;
•operating a mercantile establishment
! in that city.
The funeral was held this afternoon
at 2:30 o’clock in Atlanta.
He is survived by one daughter. Mrs.
i Hugh L. McClellan, of Atlanta, with
; whom he resided, and by one son. Dr.
. H. V. Black of the faculty of the Uni-
J versity of Georgia. Also by two brotb-
Jers, A. H. Black, of Thomaston. Ga .
; and Simon Black, of Los Angeles, Cal.
Roy Black, of this city, is a nephew
: < f the deceased.
. EMMIE PANKHURST AGAIN
SEEKING THE LIMELIGHT
LONDON, March 27.- —Mrs. Emma-.
i line Pankhurst, well known militant
i suffragist leader, today made another
demand upon Premier David Lloyd
' George than the government grant im-
• mediate suffrage to women.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 27. 1917
ALL GUARDS ARE
ORDERED 10 STH
WITH THE FLAG
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 27.
I The demobilization of all national I
j guard organizations in federal service
was suspended this afternoon. At the
war department announcement of the
decision to suspend demobilization was
accompanied by no explanation of the
action.
San Antonio Gets News.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., March 27.—0 -
I ders were received from the war de-
I partment today peremntorily suspend
| iug the further mustering out of na-
I tional guard organizations included in
the Southern department.
Georgia troops, who have been or
dered mustered out of federal service
are attached to the Eastern depart
ment.
♦ JAP YOUNGSTERS DON’T ♦
♦ THINK MUCH OF AMERICA ♦
♦ ♦
♦ TOKIO, March 27.—A primary ♦
F teacher asked his class here what
♦ is the strongest nation in the *
♦ world. Os course, they all said ♦
4 Japan. He asked them what was F
♦ the second strongest. Eighty per F
♦ cent of them said Germany. Some *
♦ said Great Britain, others Russia. F
♦ The United States didn’t figure in •
+ the discussion. ♦
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THINK U-BOAT TO
STARVE ENGLISH
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 27.-
! Albert O. W. Suedekum, one of the
: best known leaders of majority social
i ists in tlie German reichstag, in an in
j terview with the Associated Press cor
i espondent here today, said whoever
I thought German submarines were go
i iug to bring England to starvation in
six months was deceiving himself. He
added such a result is not necessary
tor Germany victory, which he declar
ed is certain.
Denmark to Bar Irmed Ships.
COPENHAGEN. Denmark, March 27.
—The government of Denmark has not
yet replied to the United States in-:
quiries regarding the admission of
Amerftan armed merchantmen at Dan-j
ish ports, but there are indications the;
government has decided to bar such |
vessels.
HIGH SCHOOL IHEJRICAL
j POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL 2
Announcement is made that the thea-
II rical performance to be given by the
Etudents of the Americus High school
has been postponed from Friday night,
March 30th to Monday night. April 2nd.
"Lost—A Chaperone” will be pre
sented at the Opera House on the above
date, and the cast has been rehearsing i
faithfully to put on the production sue
cessfully.
♦ DAILY WEATHER FORECAST ♦
♦ The weather forecast for Amer- ♦
♦ icus and vicinity follows: ♦
♦ Fair and colder tonight. LIGHT *■
♦ FROST. *
♦ Wednesday: Fair and colder. ♦
♦ “Weather or No”- If the milk of ♦
♦ human kindness sold by the quart *
4 we d buy a lot for some folks we ♦
♦ know.—Old Man Sage. ♦
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|ATTEMPT TO ENTER ARSENAL
AT WATERTOWN, MASS„ FOILED
WAEROWN, Mass.. March 27. —An
attempt by three men to enter the Wa
tertown arsenal reservation by bur
rowing under the fence this morning
was reported by David A. hompson,
a patrolman, who fired five shots at
the men. Two of the intruders fired
upon the patrolman when disturbed,
and all of the trio escaped capture.
Mini W IS
ORDERED TO FILL
RANKS 10 LIMIT
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27.
The order to increase the marine
corps from its present authorized max
imum of 14,981 to 17,400 was announc
ed by Secretary Daniels in the follow
ing statement telegraphed to newspa
per editors, whose aid in finding the
men is sought:
“The president has signed an exec
utive order directing that the authoriz
ed strength of the marin% corps be in
creased to 17,400 men.
“He was authorized by congress ir.
case of emergency to direct such in
crease in enlistment.
“The United States marine corps is
the soldier branch of our 'first line of
defense.’ Marines serve both ashore
and afloat, and are trained as infantry,
heavy and light artillery and machine
gun companies. They form the landing
parties from ships of the navy, are the
first fen detailed for expeditionary du
ty and defend all naval bases. Each
capital ship of the navy carries one
company of marines. There has been a
ret increase of over 3,000 in the
strength of the corps since congress
recently authorized an increase, but
over 4,000 more are needed and nee 1-
ed now.
'Will you please emphasize the needs
of this important branch of our naval
service by giving special prominence in
your paper io the president's order
“The marine corps offers exceptional
opportunities to young men of grit and
ambition to serve their country in the
first line of defense.
“In this emergency you have the op
portunity and privilege of performing
this public service and I am confident
ly appealing to you for your cordial
and helpful co-operation.”
To give the navy 87,000 bluejackets
and add the marines needed, more than
25,000 men must be recruited.
I’ablic Safety Committee Appointed,
CONCORD, N. H March 26.—Gov
ernor Keys today appointed a commit
tee on public safety consisting of one
hundred citizens prominent in all the
walks of life. The committee will co
operate with established civil and nii’-
itary authorities in forwarding the
work of 'preparedness, and in any any
■ other manner that may be possible.
WILSON’S MIND IS
StlO ID UE OPEN
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WASHINGTON. D. C.. March 27.
President Wilson was represented to
day as having an open mind regarding
steps he will recommend before the
coming special session of congress, al-j
though the prepondenance of official j
opinion favors a declaration of a state j
of war. Senator Hitchcock, the rank
ing member of the foreign relations j
committee, next to Chairman Stone,
was a caller at the white house this!
rftemoon. conferring with President
Wilson.
PETREY. ALA- STORM-SWEPT:
WHITES AND 9 NEGROES DE KD
i
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. March 27. —Pe
trey, Ala., a hamlet near here was to
tally destroyed early today, when a .
storm swept away virtually every
house there. The known dead include:
J. M. Middlebrooks. Mrs. J. M. Middle
brooks. Thomas Bandy, Ethel Bandy
and Robert Jeter, all white, besides i
pine negroes, whose names are un
known, according to a message reoeiv- .
ed here. Considerable damage to crops,
between Petrey and Providence where
several buildings were destroyed, is
also reported.
1
ITALIAN FBWT TO
FEEL I H DRIVE
ROME, March 27.—A great Austro-
German offensive on the Italian front
is freely predicted throughout Italy
today, the result of information reach
ing here from Switzerland. There is
some uneasiness because of the belief
that much bloody fighting is certain to
result, but confidence is general that
the Italian army will meet the situa
tion resolutely, and without losing
any of the important positions now
held by it.
BELGIANS APPEAL
TO THE NEUTRALS
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27.
An appeal from Belgian workingmen
for organized assistance by neutral
governments and laboring classes in
neutral countries was made public at
the Belgian legation here today. The
appeal says half a million men have
been kept in enforced idleness in Bel
gium and that the Germans have re
cently decreed they must "either sign
contracts to work in Germany or be
taken there as slaves, as a result of
v’hich the whole working class in Bel
gium is now threatened with slavery,
starvation or death.
The appeal says also that German
authorities have condemned Belgium to
pay a war levy already amounting to
more than $200,000,000, and that they
have carried off $1,000,000,000 worth of
foodstuffs and merchandise. Long ago,
the appeal says, the Germans took all
of the raw products and machinery
from the factories.
NG SUBMARINES SIGHTED
BY ARMED LINER ST. LOUIS
LONDON, March 26.—(Delayed by
censor.) —When the American liner St.
Louis, the first armed American liner
to enter a European port since the be
ginning of the w T ar, arrived Monday,
passengers stated no submarines had
been sighted during the voyage.
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GEORGIA SMALL TOWN'S
LIBERAL TO BAPTIST CAMPAIGN
ATLANTA, Ga., March 27.—Small,
towns in Georgia continue their liberal.
support of the Baptist campaign to!
raise $500,000 to relieve the three
main Baptist institutions of the stale
from debt.
Baptists of the town of Toccoa have,
subscribed $2,000, and those of Locust.
Grove $3,000, which added to a prev-,
ions $17,750, brings up the total to!
$22,750 from the Baptists of only sev-|
er comparatively small congregations;
in the state. With practically three,
hundred other churches to be heard
from, the committee in charge of the'
campaign are perfectly confident that,
the full amount will be raised.
In fact, it has been determined bv'
the committee that none of the money,
shall be expended until the full
amount of all subscriptions has been
paid in. which means that no gener
ous congregaion that comes up prom-j
;11y with its subscription will bear a.
■art of the burden of some other
I which possibly might be so prompt.
LUMPKIN SUFFERS
FROM BUD CYCLONE
LUMPKIN. Ga.. March 27.—During
■ tl.» severe rain and windstorm of last
night a cyclone struck Lumpkin caus-'
1 ing a damage of about $7,500. The feed
' stable ot Fred S. Singer was demolish-
I ed. while the dwelling of C. C. Bush
.was blown down. The livery stable;
of Singer & Lynch was badly damaged, l
' cs was the barn of J. L. Weathers.
A number of negro houses and small I
c uthouses were demolished. No lives
; were lost. X
Much damage was done in the Bap-i
list cemetery where several large’
monuments were blown down by the
I heavy wind. asMiSiOKPBI
CHY
METHODISTS TO
COMPLETE WORK
THIS AFTERNOON
The two-day campaign being put on
by the Methodists of Americus to raise
s’,ooo for the liquidation of the in
debtedness on the Lee street Methodist
church, will be brought to a close thia
afternoon, according to the plans of
the committee in charge of the work.
Five canvassing committees operated
yesterday afternoon from 2:15 until
5:30 o’clock, and contributions to tha
amount of S9OO were secured in spita
of the fact that only a small percent
age of the persons scheduled to be seen
by the committees were actually vis
ited. ,
The inclement weather hindered the
work of the committees, but the re
sult of the afternoon’s work was con
sidered satisfactory in view of the uli
fe vorable conditions.
This afternoon at 2:15 the canvass
ing committees again reported for duty
at Ute office of T. M. Furlow, and un
ti’ 5:30 o’clock they will canvass th©
Methodists of Americus to raise tha
desired amount of money.
While the campaign was originally
designed to raise $5,000, the amount t»
be secured by solicitation is only $2,-
500. since John Sheffield has guaran
teed to secure $2,500 from eleven in
dividuals, including himself. This
there remains about $1,600 to be rais
ed this afternoon, the final day of the
campaign.
The Lee Street Methodist churcu,
was erected at a cost of $12,000 no.v
has a debt of $5,000 hanging over it
I and the Methodists of this city are anx
ious to liquidate this indebtedness
without further delay, so that the edi
fice may be formally dedicated.
The canvassing committees are com
. posed of members of both the First
j Methodist and the Lee Street Metho
dist churches, as the movement was
started at a joint meeting of the sew
ards of both organizations. The First
Methodist church erected the Lee
Street church, and consequently feels
morally obligated to carry through its
part of the program.
The final result of the campaign will
be announced in the Times-Recorder of
; Wednesday.
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j-tl.ooo APPROPRIATED TO END
(ONFEDERATE PENSION DEFICIT
ATLANTA, Ga., March 27.—The pas
sage yesterday by the senate of the
j IJU to appropriate SBO,OOO to pay the
' deficit in the Confederate pension fund
! completes this detail of the extraordi
i nary session program and leaves the
; senate with nothing to do until the
; house acts on the bone dry prohibition
' bill.
The senate will meet every morning
! and take a recess subject to the call of
' the president, and senators will spend
' their time chatting with constituents,
j and with the good looking ladies in the
' gallery, who never fail to put in their
[ appearance during a session of the leg
\ ulature.
Rome, Ga.. will get the armor plats
' I lant which the government is prepar
' iug to build, if the hearty indorsement
of its claims by the Georgia legisla
ture has anything to do with the de
termination of the location. The house
<.i. yesterday concurred in the resolu
tion of the senate recommending the
location of the plant in Rome.
STUDYING VARIOUS MOTIFS
OF OPERA THE “SIEGFRIED”
ATLANTA, Ga.. March 27.—Atlan
tians are going to do their dumdest ts>
' comprehend that opera Siegfried whicn
tl.e Metropolitan will produce here this
season, the date of the same being
Saturday matinee. April 23.
‘ Pianists have sent to New York, anl
got scores and are picking out the Wc
i ton motif and the Valhalla motif and
(the magic tire motif and all the rest
j of that high brow stuff, and some are
I even attempting to whistle the airs, iu
' stead of the latest fox trote.
By the time the curtain rises on
j Siegfried there ought ot be at least 64
i people in the audience of 6,000 who
j really understand what the music is
about. And that’s not a bsd percent-
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