Newspaper Page Text
The Times-Recorder is the ONLY paper
in the Third Congressional District with
Associated Press Service.
WHIRTY-NINTH YEAR.
•MANY PROJECTS
FOII 1015 CITY
ARE APPROVED
•
The construction of a city auditor
ium, the promotion of the Americus &
Atlantic railroad, the improvement of
sanitary conditions in Americus, the
securing of better train service be
tween this city and Atlanta and the
discour® gement of itinerant beggars
operating in Americus, were among the
matters discussed last night at the
first meeting of the Business Council
<f the Chamber of Commerce.
Each one of these items on the pro
gram of activities to be pursued by
the chamber was approved by the
council and referred to the commis
sioners of the trade body for further,
action.
The Business Council, which is com-!
posed of 40 men, representing the 20’
classes of business enterprises in the!
Chamber of Commerce .organized by j
* electing G. T. Cunningham chairman ■
and Stephen Pace vice chairman. It,
was decided to held the monthly meet- ■
ings of the body on the third Thursday
of eahc month, and it is planned to ■
have these meetings take the farm of
a luncheon, although this feature was j
not definitely decided upon last night, j
The council is the initiative and.
referendum body of the Chamber of;
Commerce, and all proposed activities
of the Chamber are first discussed at
these monthly meetings.
During the discussion of the city,
auditorium project. Secretary P. A.
Fenimore announced that a citizen of.
Americus had promised to float a bond !
issue of $60,000 on an auditorium
building, provided $15,000 Is raised by
flLmblic subscription to start the con
struction. Several have pladged them
selves informally to dcnate from SSOO
to SI,OOO each toward an auditorium,
said Secretary Fenimore.
In recommending the auditorium
project to the commissioners of the
chamber, the Business Council regis-'
tered its hearty approval and advanced
the idea that the plan can be carried
through successfully within the next
few months.
Carr S. Glover, president of the 1
chamber, announced during the dis
cussion of the Americus & Atlantic,
railroad, that only $2,000 is yet to be 1
secured in stock subscriptions in this!
city to bring the road through to
Americus. The committee in charge
of this work feels confident that the i
project will be put through within the>
next week or two and the actal con-' 1
struction of the first link of the road 1
begun.
The council went on record as fav-. !
oring vigorous measures being taken .
to secure better and more convenient 1
train service between Americus and 1
Atlanta, since the present connections 1
at Macon work a disadvantage on '
travelers from this section.
The commissioners of the Chamber 1
were also urged to make a strong com
plaint to the Central of Georgia rail- '
‘ 1
way relative to the poor train equip
ment used in the service between 1
Americus and Macon. It was charged ;
in the discussion than ancient passen-; !
ger coaches, in bad repair and most !
unsanitary, are in use on certain trains i
and an effort is to be made without de- ■
lay to remedy this condition of affairs. '
The council further urged the hear- ( ’
tv co-operation of the Chamber of
Commerce with the city authorities in
the sanitation campaign to be waged t
it this city. The full enforcement of |
the sanitary ordinances was recom-l
mended, as well as the passage of ad-j
optional ordinances to improve the
situation.
The continuous influx of itinerant•
into Americus and the conse-!
i.uent annoyance to residents, was j ;
another topic under discussion and';
v. bile no definite action was taken on }
this point, it was evident that the sen- ! t
timent of the council is opposed to j
encouraging indiscriminate begging on, t
the streets of the city. I s
The approaching date of the meet- j r
in g of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fel- t
1. ws brought on considerable discus-, t
sion. this convention being scheduled ir
for May 22-23-24. The advisability of j
asking the state officers of the Odd
Fellows to hold the convention in some
ether city was brought out. since
A mericus is unable to provide a satis-. v
factory convention hall, where the 1.-t
TRY A WANT AD IN THE TIMES-R ECORDER. ITS PULLING POWER WILL SHOW YOU THE BEST MEDIUM VERY QUICK
AMERIttCTMWORDER
OENYTHETIIUTH OF
■ CASEHUMORS
Emphatic denial is made by the au
thorities here of the statement ap
pearing in some of the state newspa
pers to the effect that the famous Wal
ter Wade case is to be transferred to
the Muscogee county Superior court on
a change of venue.
In a news story published in a Col
umbus paper, it was announced that
a suggestion had been made to Judge
Z. A. Littlejohn that a change of venue
to Muscogee county in the Wade case
might be advisable and that this sug
gestion had been favorably received.
Judge Littlejohn denies that any
suggestion has been made and states
that no steps have been taken toward
declaring a change of venue in the
noted case. It is understood that the
counsel for the state would bitterly
oppose any attempt to transfer the
case to Muscogee county for trial.
As a matter of fact, the jury box of
Sumter county has not been exhausted,
although Dr. C. K. Chapman, charged
with the murder of Wade, along with
five other defendants, has twice been
tried in this county and a disagree
ment of the jury resulting in both in
stances.
The defense has given no indication
that it will move for a change of
venue and such action must be sug
gested by the defense unless the jury
box has been exhausted.
Judge Littlejohn will tomorrow
morning hear arguments by counsel on
the petition of Dr. Charles K, Chap
man, Charles Chapman, Jr., Walter
Johnson, W. I. Johnson and John
Ethridge to be granted bail.
It is understood that the state is
prepared to introduce new evidence
discovered since the last trial of the
case, in the event it is necessary to
do so, to prevent the admission of the
five defendants to bail.
CONVICTS ESCAPE
IN MARION COUNTY
I
Five negro convicts, all serving life
I sentences, escaped yesterday afternoon
I from the Marion county chaingang
| and thus far none have been recap-
I tured, although track dogs are being
used in an effort to locate them.
I It is understood that the five con
| victs were in charge of a single guard
I who was armed with a pistol, but in
I the abscence of the other guards, the
' convicts overpowered the white man,
I taking his weapon as he bent down to
' get a drink of water.
The authorities followed the fugi
-1 tives until midnight Thursday, the
track dogs finally becoming exhaust
-led after the chase had led to the
depths of a swamp several miles from
Buena Vista. The dogs belonging to
the Sumter county chaingang were
sent to assist the posse, and this morn
ing Sheriff W. F. Miers asked Sheriff
Harvey to send additional dogs to
help in the chase. The animals were
sent without delay and the convicts 1
are being trailed by a large force of
guards.
All five of the fugitives are under-■
stood to be desperate characters, and
P is not improbable that if surrounded
they will give battle :o the. posse.
GUOAN REBELS »ME S
SUiTHEOEREO FORCE
HAVANA. Cuba. March 30. —Virtual-
ly all of the soldiers and civilians com
prising tlie rebel force of Rigoberto
Fernadez, in Oriente province, consti
tuting aboue five or six hundred in all,
have surrendered to government au
thorities at Guantanamo. The rebels'
surrendered about thirty thousand
rounds of rifle ammunition and twenty
thousand rounds of machine gun am- ’
munition in addition to sixteen dyna- ‘
mite bombs. Fernandez, their leader.'
is still at large.
.00 delegates may meet. This matter
was referred to the commissioners of
the chamber for final action.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 30, 1917
SENTIMENT FOR
STATE OF WHO IS
NOW INJPIIIL
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 30
When the cabinet met this afternoon,
lit was the concensus of opinion that
' the United States is about to enter
I actively upon war with Germany.
Georgia Battery Ordered to Colors.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 30
Battery A, Georgia Artillery corps:
two regiment of infantry and one cav
alry squadron of New York guardsmen
and two Connecticut batteries were to
day ordered into the federal service.
Sentiment Favors Entering War.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 30
I President Wilson has had offered him
recommendations from his principal
I cabinet advisers and in a general w-ay
has head the sentiment of the country,
and the preponderance of opinion for
warded to the White House is for a
' declaration by congress that a state
’of war exists between the United
I States and Germany. The president,
. however, continues to receive a large
.number of-telegrams of advice, many
’ of them couched in identical language,
1 and favoring the maintenance of peace.
Contracts For Steel Submarine Nets
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 30.
' The navy department today placed or
ders with the American steet and w-ire
1 Company, of Philadelphia for the im
, mediate construction of one hundred
steel rope submarine nets.
CIRCUS IS ALIVE TO
THESPRINGMOVING
There is a restless spirit among the
j animals out at the winter quarters of
j the John Robinson show’s these days.
! The large herd of lumbersome ele
j phants flap their ponderous ears and
i trumpet joyfully in accompaniment to
i the screeching of the monkeys and
| roars of the mighty king of the forest
| - even the workmen seem to be filled
I with the same glad spirit. The cause
|of it all is the fact that the cold
! winter months are a thing of the past,
! and it will be but a few days now un
l til beautiful pastures where yesterday
jg.azed the peaceful cow will be con
! ’ erted into a veritable city of tents.
I One advance car has already left the
| city, and another will be on the way
I shortly to herald the coming of this —
I the oldest, as well as one of the larg-
I est circuses in the world. Two big
I tr: ins, comprising fifty gaudily paint
| ed cars, will leave Americus for Ma-
I r-'>n on April 14th, where two days' re
jl earsals will be given before the real
I opening, Tuesday, April 17th. That
| the show will be the largest in its his-
I tory is embodied in the fact that near
! ly one thousand employees will be car
; rie® The tour will cover practically
miles during, the season, and
| will embrace the entire United States
| from coast to coast.
I Strange people from strange lands
are pouring into the city daily, and
■ by next week all of the two hundred
|p<;»!ormers will be mobilized here,!
j when preliminary rehearsals will be'
J held daily at the winter quarters out,
on the district fair grounds. On
! the road three rings and two elevated !
stages are required to give the massive
! performance. Since last November the ■
work of preparing this gigantic enter- ■
prise for the 1917 road tour has been
parried on at the winter quarters in!
a quiet and orderly manner, and the|
! citizens of Americus feel very kindly !
toward the owners, Messrs. Mugivan!
. and Bowers, extending them a cordial
invitation to make this city their per
manent home.
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE AT
NEW POINT METHODIST CHURCH
Quarterly meeting was held at New
1 Point Methodist church Friday, Rev.
B. Chester, presiding elder of the
Americus district presiding at the
fathering, which was well attended by
m embers of the congregation. Dinner
was served on the grounds and a most
! 'e'ightful day was spent.
INCREASE IN BUIES
GIVEN FEIN' THINGS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 30.
The Interstate Commerce commission
today approved a general revision of
freight rates on vegetables from the
Southern states to the northern and
middle western markets. The revision
was authorized in order to bring these
rates to a parity with those from other
producing sections to the same mar
kets. Many rates were increased by
the action of the commission, while
in some sections reductions will result.
CONDUCTED EXAMINATION
OF PHARMACY CHOIDITES
Dr. E. L. Murray returned this
morning from Atlanta, where he at
tended a meeting of the State Board of
Pharmacy for the purpose of examin
ing 119 candidates for license to prac
tice in the state of Georgia.
Sixty-seven w-ere successful in se
curing licenses. Dr. Murray conduct
ing the examination in the pharmacy
department. The candidates repre
sented 27 states of the Union and na
tives of several European countries
also took the examination.
SHRINERS OIGK FROM
MEETING AF DOTHAN,ALA.
A party of 11 Shriners from this city
returned this morning from Dothan,
Ala., where they attended the cere
monial session of Alcazar Temple yes
terday.
About 500 Shriners from Alabama,
Georgia, Florida and Mississippi were
in attendance and the meeting was one
of the most successful ever held by
Alcazar.
A class of 62 candidates crossed the
hots sands, the parade which preceded
the initiation being featured by the
outlandish costumes worn by the nov
ices.
A big banquet formed the closing
feature of the gathering.
The Americus delegation included
L, A. Morgan, S. R. Heys, P. E. West
brook, R. H. Horton, J. R. Parker, F.
F Olver, J. E. Hightower, W. E.
Mitchell, George McDonald and Byrd
Pulliam.
AGGIES WITT OPEN
THE BASEBALL SEfSOFI
The Aggie nine will engage the
Columbus Industrial boys in a game
of baseball Saturday afternoon on
the Aggie diamond. The game will be
called at 3 o'clock.
All indications point to a harl
fought game. Reports say that the
Columbus boys are in fine shape, but
the Aggies are confident of defeating
them.
The visitors will likely receive a
warm reception, in sact —a very warm
one—for their entertainment (?) hxs
been provided for.
The Aggie team is in good shape
and we know no plausible reason why
it should not come out victorious. Sev
eral of the bdys who starred last seas
on have their old positions, and there
is some mighty good new material on
the line-up. Captain L*’ie is confi
dent of a great victory and Managsr
Dorman says that at last his dreams
will lie realized.
Let’s all who can go out and root
for "Aggieville.”
N'SBET MENOBUL OIY
ORAIGR AT CORDELE
E. A. Nisbet of this city has accepted
an invitation from the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy at Cordele to
driver the Memorial Day address in
that city on April 26th.
Mr. Nisbet’s oration will constitute
the principal feature of the program
in commemoration of the dead heroes
o; the Confederacy, although several
other events of interest have been ar
snged for this occasion.
WITHDRAWALS ON
WESTERN FRONT
8Y THE GERMANS
i NEW YORK, March 30—(Compiled by
j the Associated Press from European
| cables during the day.)—Additional i
. withdrawals by the Germans on the
i i’arronne front are announced by the'
J |
! Germany war office, which says also
that Frepch attacks on the canals east
of the Neuville-St. Vaast line were re
pulsed.
The French war office announced the
rest of the front is calm, except fori
grenade fighting near Maisons de
Champaigne.
British Advance in France.
1 LONDON. March 30. —British troops
operating in France today captured the 1
I town of Ruyalcourt, about 8 miles east
of Bapaume.
NICARAGUAN REVOLUTIONIST
IS HELD AT NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, March 30.—Infor
mation from sources usually consider
ed entirely erlable, says Juian Irian,
former presidential candidates of the
liberal party in Nicaragua, is held here'
on a technical charge of illegally en
tering the United States. Irian is real
ly being held, however, pending inves- |
ligation of his possible connection with 1
an alleged conspiracy to overthrow si-|
multaneously the government of all
Central American republics, establish
f ing in their stead a union of states un
! der German influence.
JILL IS QUIET FOR
SPAIN SATS REPORT
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 30.
The revolutionary movement which re
sulted from the calling of a general
strike, was directly responsible for the
suspension of constitutional guarantees
in Spain yesterday, according to an of
ciai dispatch Ambassador Riano re
ceived from Madrid early today. The
dispatch said that the government au
thorities had arrested all of the sign
eis of the strike manifesto, and that
tranquility now prevails throughout
the kingdom.
STANDARD SEWER PIPE CO.
COMPLAINT WAS NON-SUITED
Judge W. M. Harper yesterday as
: ternoon declared a non-suit in the
! case of the Standard Sewer Pipe Com
’ pany, of Rome, Ga., vs. the Mayor and
City Council of Americus. This ac- j
' tion was brought by the plaintiff to
I recover $945.28 claimed to have been
i due since 1911, when the present sew
erage system in Americus was extend
ed.
Complications arose over the non-'
! fulfillment of contracts and the suit
heard yesterday in the City court was
' the resut. It is understood that the 1
case will be carried to the higher'
I courts.
_______________
ALL SOUTHERN RAILROADS
JOIN IN CRY FOR INCREASED !
RATES BEFORE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 30.
j Traffic officials representing practical
| 1} every southern railroad, at a meet
ing here’today, decided to join in the
j request already presented by eastern
and western ines, asking a freight rate
advance averaging ten to fifteen per
cent.
WAR ADVERTISEMENTS
SEEN IN LONDON PAPERS
LONDON, March 30. —The following
appeared in the Morning Telegraph.
"FOUND, outside Officers' Shell Shoes
Hospital, a lady’s pocket handkerchief.
If the owner will write me I will tell
her where she may send any others
she, even uncomfortably, can do with
out. We need at the London hospital
every scrap of old linen we can get
and by this time this precious bit has
been put to better use. Address "Par
cels,” Viscount Knutsford. Linen Room,
London Hospital.
OFFICERS CHOSEN
FOR NEW COMPANY
The permanent organization of the'
Americus Lighting Company, successor;
to the Americus Public Service Com- 1
pany, was perfected this morning at a
meeting of the temporary officers and
directors of the corporation.
The charter for the new company
was granted a few days ago by Judge'
Z A. Littlejohn, of the Superior court
and the formation of a permanent
corps of officers and directors aunches'
the Americus Lighting Company in
formal style.
The officers are Robert E. Steedle, of
Philadelphia, Pa., president; W. A.
Clader, Philadelphia, Pa, secretary
treasurer. The directors are L. G.
Council, Frank J. E. Johnson,
H. C. Davis and Robert E. Steedle.
Mr. Steedle arrived in Americus this!
morning to attend the meeting and to
make an inspection of the plants op- !
erated by the company. Mr. Clader,
the secretary-treasurer, was in this'
city a few days ago and installed a'
new system of accounting in the offices '
of the corporation.
After the meeting this morning it'
was announced that the company will;
spend $25,000 in rehabilitating the gas'
and electric plants here, a new 400:
horse-power boiler to be installed at j
the electric plant immediately, while
a large turbtne is also to be added to
the present equipment. The service |
lines are to be considerably extended, !
while in the gas department the equip- !
ment is to be improved and brought
up to a high standard of efficiency. The .
gas mains are also to be extended in
certain sections of the city.
Mr. Steedle stated that the Americus
Lighting Company Will endeavor to af-'
ford to the citizens of Americus the'
best service possible by the use of
up-to-date equipment and the mainte
nance of a high standard of efficiency.
ORDUNAOELAYEDTO
: CLEAR ■ NUNES
3
(EDITOR’S NOTE—Conforming
to a request of American naval au
’ thoritiee, this news article is pub
lished with the port of arrival of
■ j the Orduna omitted.)
i The fact that the Cunard liner Or
; duna had been stopped off the Irish
court while enroute to America and
hurried into the nearest port by a
British torpedo destroyer, while the
i' North Channel was cleared of a great
float if German mines, was revealed
. by the vessel’s officers on their arrival
. late Friday. The vessels came into
. I an American port three days overdue,.
I the officer stating the mines sank two
.' vessels before being removed entirely.
>' Five American airplane experts who
j' have been engaged in receiving con
. I struction intruction with the French
. government, returned on the Orduna
to assist in the development of the
. United States aerial service.
.1
; GERMANS TO RECRUIT
IN POLAND AT ONCE
| COPENHAGEN, Sweden, March 30. .
' Warsaw dispatches received here today !
show that recruiting ig evidently about
I to be introduced in Poland by the Ger-!
man authorities there.
GERMANS HEAD BIG
REIGN OF IERRDR
GALVES’SON, Tex.. March 30.—A'
reign of terror in the oil fields near!
Minatiten, Mexico, is said to have re
sulted because of German influences
!at work there, according to passen
gers arriving here from Mexicaco, on
board a tanker which docked at Gal
veston today.
Several of the passengers said oper
ations in the oil fields had been en
tirely suspended as a result of the dis
orders. It was also reported that W.
H. Buckingham, general manager of
the A. Guiltar Company on the penin
sula of Tehuantepec, and his cashier,
named Bannerman, had been killed by
rioters. Buckingham and Bannerman
’ were both British subjects.
CISY
CIRCUS GETTING
READY TO LEAVE
FOR LONG TOUR
The first advance advertising car
!of the Robinson Shows which have
, been wintering in Americus this sear
I son, left today to begin a 30 weeks tour
I of the United States ahead of the big
i circus, which will soon leave this city
to commence is annual schedule of
performances.
The second advertising car leaves in
about one week, following the route
taken by the first and placing adver
tising matter in the cities to be vis
. ited by the Robinson Shows.
> Both the cars have been thoroughly
I overhauled and newly equipped during
I the winter months and as they start
I thir long tour of the country, they rep
, resent the best type of rolling stock
I of this character.
The big circus, which this year com
, bines both the John Robinson’s Shows
j and the Howe’s Great London Shows,
! will leave winter quarters in this city
lon April 14th to open the season nt
j Macon, where the first performance
j will be given on April 17th.
j Full dress rehearsals of all the arts
I comprising the circus program for
I this year will be held at the winter
I quarters at the Fair Grounds here on
i April 11th and 12th. These rehearsals
i will be open to the public and no ad
, mission will be charged.
i Many new acts have been secured
and the best features of the two shows
j last year have been retained again for
, the present season, so that the Robin
i son Shows on the 1917 tour will pre
i sent a top notch program.
The menageries of both shows have
been combined and the elephant herd
consisting of 15 huge pichyderms, with
the herd of 10 dromedaries and com
i els, furnish special features in this in»-
i portant department of the circus.
The exact routing of the Robinson
I Shows for the entire season has not
been as yet fully determined, although
it is not improbable that the schedule
v ill include the states along the Pa>
cific coast as well as the middle west
The circus will work northward on
leaving winter quarters and turn to
the west as the season advances. Fifty
cars will be required to haul the im
mense amound of paraphernalia used
i by the Robinson Shows.
I There are now about 200 workmen
engaged in putting the paraphernalia
I in readiness at the fair grounds, while
this force will be considerably lu
; crcsed within a few days.
I About 50 of the performers have al
' ready arrived in Americus to prepare
tor the rehearsals, and every morning
I u hen the weather permit, the riders
are busy at the grounds, limbering up
j and practicing their acts. Next week
I t he artists will begin to arrive in eon
| siderable numbers, all being on hand
i several days before the big show leaves
I on its summer tour.
WEBSTER SUPERIOR COURT
TO CONVENE ON APRIL 2ND
On Monday, April 2nd. .Webster Su
perior court convenes for the spring
' session, and Judge Z. A Littlejohn.
1 Solicitor General John Allen Fort and
Court Reporter Trad Glover will go
over to attend the session. Quite a
number of Americus lawyers will also
attend, as will several from Lumpkin,
Columbus, Richland and other places.
This court generally lasts for about
a week. After Webster court comes
Schley, the second Monday in April,
then Stewart, the third and fourth
Mondays, Lee the first Monday in May,
then Macon county, the second Mon
; day in May. which winds up the cir
, cuit. and Summer will be reached on
j the return from Macon county Su
i perior court.
♦ DAILY WEATHER FORE! t>i ♦
• ♦
♦ The weather forecast for Amer- ♦
♦ tens and vicinity follows: ♦
♦ FOR AMERICUS: Fair Friday. ♦
♦ SATURDAY: Fair and clear ♦
4- “Weather or No” — Rubber heels ♦
♦ won't save you any shocks if you ♦
♦ tread the primrose path.—Old ♦
♦ Man Sage. *
.•♦♦♦44444
NUMBER 77
