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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
ffRIRTY-NINTH YEAH.
•SUMMER SCHOOL
WILL OPEN SOON
fITHIHD UM.
The summer school for teachers at
the Third District A. & M. College will
open on May 28th to continue until
June 9th. This will be the second an
nual term of the teachers’ training
course, the feature having been inaug
urated last year with such pronounced
success as to influence the college au
thorities to make it a permanency at
the institution.
The school is operated for the benefit
of country teachers who desire to
learn the most approved methods of
instruction and for those who intend to
take up teaching as a means of liveli
hood. Every facility at the Third Dis
trict A. & M. College is to be placed at
the disposal of the teachers enrolling
for the summer school and not only the
faculty of the institution will be en
gaged in the work of instruction, but
several well known state educators are
to lend their assistance.
State Supervisor F. E. Land will
again have general charge of the
coursie, his work last summer having
priven most successful. State Supt. M.
I. Brittain will also have a prominent
part in the course of instruction.
Last year there were 125 teachers
enrolling for the summer school and
this year the accomodations are ex
pected to be taxed to the utmost. The
dormitories, workshops, laboratories,
etc., will be turned over to the stud
ents at the summer school and com
petent instructors provided for every
subject.
The following counties are co-oper-
in the summer school: Dooly,
Supt. J. M. Royal; Lee, Supt. S. J.
Powell; Macon. Supt. J. P. Nelson;
Quitman, Supt. H. M. Kaigler; Ran
dolps, Supt. Walter McMichael; Schley,
Supt. J. F. Stewart; Sumter,-Supt. E.
J. McMath; Turner, Supt. D. A. Stew
art; Webster, Supt. J. F. Colbert; Cal
houn, S. T. Singleton; Marion,
Supt. W. E. Drane; Crisp, Supt. J. W.
Bivins; Stewart, Supt, W. T. Holliday.
The students will be divided into
classes adapted to their needs. A full
course of study will be provided, and
the student teacher in attendance will
be allowed to select any five courses
of eleven lessons each, which they may
desire. In addition to these five
courses, they may take part in the
story-telling, the plays and games and
the round table.
Special attention is called to the
courses in agriculture and home econ
omics. The presence of the school
farm, gardens, barn, etc., will give an
opportunity for practical work in agri
culture and the equipment for domestic
science found in the school will make
it possible for the work in home econ
omics to be both practical and scien- (
title.
Each person who expects to attend
should register as quickly as possible
with Prof. J. M. Collum and apply to
him for board in the school domitory,
if that is desired.
All inquiries concerning board should
be addressed to Professor Collum.
Mr. F. E. Land is responsible for the
classification of the student teachers
and will be on hand in time to consult
with individuals with regard to selec
tion of courses. This cannot be settled
by' correspondence.
Each person who expects to attend
should register promptly with Super
intendent Collum by mail so that he
can know how' many expect to attend.
The capacity of the dormitories is lim
ited and students will be admitted in
order of their application.
• The superintendents of the counties
/-operating have promised to accept
attendance upon this institute as a
substitute for the regular annual in
stitute of the county. At the close of
the session, certificates of attendance
and work will be given to all who
have won them.
Board and lodging may be had at the
dormitories of the institution for the
nominal sum of $6 for the entire ses
sion of twelve days. The student teach
ers are expected to bring with them
sheets, towels, pillow cases, bed
spreads and a small pillow. They will
be expected to keep their rooms in
order.
Students are expected to bring
copies of fourth and fifth readers—
LEE STREET PIPE
ORGAN IS ORDERED
/A Steere pipe organ, vouched by
Prof. James R. Gillette, of Wesleyan
college, Macon, to be the best church
organ available, was bought yesterday
by a committee for the Lee Street
Methodist church,/and it is expected
that the instrument will be installed
v/ithin the next two months. The cost
is $2,750 and the opening recital will
be given by Prof. Gillette, who is an
artist on the pipe organ.
The memorial plate on the organ will
bear the names of Misses Sara Mar
garet and Missinie Sue Culpepper, the
little children, in whose memory the
pipe organ was given by Mrs. Jerry
Mugivan and Mrs. Bert Bowers. The
silver plate will bear the names of the
parties.
The organ will be the finest instru
ment in the city when installed ac
cording to the authorities on the
matter.
MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL
ARGUED HERE SATURDAY
Judge Z. A. Littlejohn on Saturday
morning heard arguments by counsel
on a motion for a new trial in the
case of E. L. Felder vs the City of
Unadilla, an action brought, to re
cover damages for injuries alleged to
have been received by the plaintiff as
the result of negligence on the part
of the defendant.
The case was tried before Judge
Littlejohn in the Dooly county Super
ior Court some weeks ago when Judge
Littlejohn substituted on that circuit
for one term. The plaintiff was award
ed S4OO damages, while his son, G. T.
Felder, was awarded $2,250 damages
fcr injuries to his eyes. The latter
case is now before the Court of Ap
peals.
Jule Felton and J. Gordon Jones
represent the City of Unadilla, while
J. T. Hill appears for the plaintiff.
Judge Littlejohn took the matter un
der advisement.
GERMAN GHANGELLDR
TD DEFINE TERMS
COPENHAGEN, May s.—Chancellor
ven Bethmann-Hollweg will make a
plainer declaration of Germany’s peace
conditions within a fortnight.
The chancellor’s decision to define
Germany’s aims is a result of pressure
on all sides.
GOAL PEOPLE SAID TO
BE GOUGING COUNTRY
WASHINGTON. May 54—The pre
vailing prices of anthracite coal are
unwarranted and the supply for next
season is adequate, according to a
preliminary report of the Federal
Trade Commission based on a par
tially completed investigation order
ed by congress last winter. The com
mission warns consumers against
buying larger quantities of coal than
usual. They say this summer prom
ises “to expose any unscrupulous
wholesaler. jobber or retailer who
seeks to mislead the public into the
belief that exorbitant prices are justi
fiable or that there is a necessity for
the frenzied bidding to secure im
mediate delivery for far future
needs.”
graded literature, also other common
school texts of the state adopted list
which they may have on hand.
GEORGIANS
THE GEORGIA BRIGADE IS FILLING UP.
WHY SERVE IN SOME REGIMENT YET TO BE FORMED.
WITHOUT TRADITIONS OR ESPRIT DE CORPS
IN THE LULL THAT SOMETIMES PRECEDES THE ADVANCE
IF YOU HAD A MESSAGE, A LETTER. TO WHOM WOULD YOU EN
TRUST IT?
APPLY FOR ENLISTMENT IM
THE AMERICUS LIGHT INFANTRY.
Co. I. 2d Ga. I nan try.
RECRUITING OFFICE FOR AMERICUS LIGHT INFANTRY IS NOW OPEN IN THIS CITY-THE NATION CALLS
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING MAY 6, 1917
SERIOUS DAMAGE
FROM STORM IN
MANY SECTIONS
Enormous damage has been sus
tained by the farmers of Sumter coun
ts’ as the result of the severe hail, wind
and rain storm which swept this sec
tion on Friday afternoon.
A total rainfall of 4 1-4 inches was
recorded by Weather Observer Joe M.
Bryan, 4 inches of this precipitation
occurring between the hours of 12:45
p. m. and 3 p. m.
The storm centered about Americus,
circling the city and inflicting serious
damage over a radius of from 5 to 7
miles, while the-outlaying districts of
the county were practically uninjured
by the storm.
At Plains there was practically no
hail whatever, although the rainfall
was considerable. The damage in that
portion of the county is small, al
though some injury’ was done crops be
tween Plains and Americus.
In the 17th district of the county
the storm was not particularly severe,
and in the vicinity of Sumter there
was little damage. Residents of that
section report only moderate showers
during' the afternoon and night.
At Gatewood the storm did much
damage, washing crops badly, while
the hail beat the growing corn and cot
ton to the ground. In the vicinity of
Leslie, De Soto and Cobb the storm
damage was light, the entire extreme
sonutheastern section apparently es
caping without serious injury.
The 28th district suffered heavily
from the deluge and the accompany
ing hail, which almost destroyed many
elds of young efiorn and cotton. Gullies
were washed in hillside fields and
roads were badly damaged.
The storm swung around toward
Andersonville and worked much havoc
with crops in that section, the Arles
plantation sustaining severe damage,
while practically every farm in the
29th district w r as more or less injured.
The Friendship district was also
visited by the disturbance, although
toward Plains the damage was less
pronounced.
Wheat, oats, rye and similar crops
suffered severely from the hail, while
owners of peach orchards will also be
heavy losers on account of the storm.
In the city of Americus the deluge
caused much damage to gardens,
lawns and streets, the storm sewers
in many sections of the city proving
inadequate to handle the enormous
quantities of water that rushed down
the paved streets, bringing trash of all
descriptions which clogged the open
ings and prevented the free flow of
water.
At the corner of Lee and Church
streets water stood more than a foot
in depth, while on Church street near
the residence of Lawson Stapleton
pedestrians were unable to pass along
the sidewalks for some time after the
heaviest rain fell. Yesterday morning
the city’s scavenger wagons w r ere busy
removing load after load of mud and
silt washed down from Church street
t: the corner of Lee.
On College street between Barlow
and Elm avenue deep gullies were
washed and the telephone wires beaten
down into a tangle which caused de
lay at the Seaboard crossing until the
wires had been elevated high enough
to permit the passage of trains.
On Prospect Heights and in East
Americus the storm did much damage
to the streets and private property
was injured severely, many gardens
being practically destroyed.
The financial loss throughout the
county by reason of the storm can
hardly be estimated with any great
degree of accuracy, but well informed
planters place the damage at from
$200,000 to $300,000.
FRENCH HOLD AND
CAPTURE GERMANS
Tire French announced that they
had repulsed a number of violent Ger
man counter attacks against the posi
tions which the French captured yes
terday. The Germans suffered heavy
losses and the French captured more
than a thousand prisoners.
The FTench have advanced near
Montcarnillet, while the British have
made additional progress near Hav
rincourt and Fresnoy.
BIG SUMS FOR THE
RIVERS AND HARBORS
WASHINGTON, May s.—The sub
committee in the house has agreed to
the omnibus rivers and harbors appro
priation bill carrying $29,000,000. It
provides mainly for the maintenance of
rivers and harbors, but covers large ap>-
propriations from the war and navy
department recommended for Norfolk,
San Diego and San Francisco.
GERMAN MINISTER TO BE
ALLOWED TO PROCEED
RIO DE JANERIO, May 5. The
Brazilian authorities today ordered
that the German minister be allowed
to proceed to Uruguay, on receipt of a
cablegram from the Brazilian minister
to Germany, saying he expected to ar
rive at Zurich today.
DUSSIA SHOWS A
FAITH INTHENEW
OFFICIAL ™
PETROGRAD, May 4.—(Delayed.)—
( Friends of the provisional govern
' ment made demonstrations tonight as
( they are seemingly stirred into a
realization of the catastrophe over-
I shadowing the country through the
1 menaced fall of the government now
well groomed. Gray headed men,
! women expensively clad, students,
■ soldiers, business men and children
I seemingly a quarter of the population/
packed an immense area before the j
'government headquarters and cheer-|
(ed and shouted for the government. I
■ The Council of Workmen and Sol-,
> dier’s delegates passed a vote of con- ■
'fidence in the government by a major- r
' ity of 35 out of 2,500 votes.
The provisional government has for- (
‘ mally refused to modify its note to the ,
Entente pledging Russia to continue,
the war against Germany. The govern- :
ment declared it would rather resign I
'than make a separate peace, and also .
declared the council of soldiers and j
workmen declare itself opposed to a,
separate peace. The president of
the council said the government's im
perialistic attitude was unacceptable,
and asserted "neither soldiers nor
workmen will accept this stand. If the
government does not mean to hide our
watchword of 'peace without contribu
tions.’ it will have to make itself
clear."
Not Restrict Power of Kaiser.
AMSTERDAM, Holland, May 5. —A
Berlin dispatch early today says the
constitutional committee of the Ger
man reichstag has declined to restrict
the power of the Emperor. The* com
mittee decided that the imperial con
stitution be so amended as to provide
that ordinances and decrees of the
kaiser be issued in the name of the em
1-eror and require the consent of the
imperial chancellor, or his represent
ative, who thereby assumes responsi
bility to the reichstag. The decision is
in accordance with a joint proposal by
the centrists, national, liberal and
progressive members. Conservative
members voted against the chance. The
committee also adopted a resolution
demanding that the chancellor be re
sponsible to the senate for violation
of I is official duties.
MITSELLF.M.G.I.
ON COORT ORDER
TO SETTLE DEBTS
The Americus Y. M. C. A. building
will be sold under the sheriff’s ham
mer at public auction to satisfy the
demands of the creditors of the insti
tution, if Judge Z. A. Littlejohn of
the Superior Court accedes to the
petition of the Phoenix Plaining Mills
of Atlanta which was argued before
him Saturday morning.
The present indebtedness of the Y.
M. C. A. amounts to about SB,OOO all
told, representing not only the float
ing debt but also the outstanding
bonds, several of which are held by
Americus citizens, with a certain
percentage in the hands of outside in
terests.
At the hearing yesterday morning,
legal representatives of one of the
largest of the local bondholders stat
ed that their client would not press
her claim for payment at this time,
but the Phoenix Plaining Mills are
insistent in their demand. Their
claim amounts to about SSOO for
material furnished at the time ot
the erection of the building at the
corner of Church and Jackson streets.
They hold a bond for this amount.
Receiver T. O. Marshall was cited
by Judge Littlejohn, upon receipt ot
the petition of the Phoenix people, to
show cause why the sale of the build
ing should not go forward. Hence
the hearing Saturday morning.
Receiver Marshall answered in his
argument to the petition that he has
no funds on hand sufficient to meet
the indebtedness of the institution on
account of the fact that about one
half the subscriptions to the Y. M. C.
A by Americus citizens have not been
■ paid. These subscriptions were made
during the campaign in 1913-14, when
(upward of $20,000 was raised in
pledges for the institution.
Mr. Marshall declared that he
could show no cause why the sale of
the building should not be ordered
by tha court to proceed, having failed
in every attempt to collect the un
paid subscriptions.
I Judge Littlejohn took the petition
under advisement, suggesting to Mr.
. Marshall that as receiver for the Y.
M. C. A. he should proceed to collect
(the unpaid pledges made during the
. campaign of 1913-14. These pledges
.are in the form of notes and can be
made the basis of legal suits to re-
I cover the amount subscribed. The
■ notes were drawn so as to become
'payable when $16,000 had been sub
! scribed in the campaign. As a matter
: of fact, about $20,000 was pledged, so
that the notes are absolutely valid
■ and birding.
As yet Judge Littlejohn has issued
,no order directing Receiver Marshall
Ito bring suit on the notes, but it is (
| expected that drastic actoin wll be (
(taken shortly to deal with delinquent!
subscribers who have thus far re-1
' fused to make good their pledges. !
Just what action will be taken in
the event the subscriptions are col
: lected and the indebtedness of the Y.
( M. C. A. liquidated, is not yet decid
ed. Whether or not the property will
then be sold and the balance left >
after paying the debts of the institu-:
tion refunded to the subscribers in i
the form of a dividend, or whether
the Y. M. C. A. will be continued as
such, is a question to be settled.
Some of the directors of the insti
tution are discouraged over the lack
o' support that the Y. M. C. A. has i
been accorded by the citizens ot
Americus and are in favor of dis
continuing its operations, while oth
ers are determined to keep up the
organization, realizing that properly
administered, it is a powerful in
fluence for good in the community.
Red Cross Notice!
TO THE YOUNG MEN OF AMERIC S AND SUMTER COUNTY:
We beg to announce to the yount men of Sumter county that, if any
of them wish to enlist in the military or naval service of the United
States and are restrained from doing so by reason of the fact that they
have members of their family dependent upon them, The Americus and
Sumter County Red Cross Chapter will provide immediate and proper
care of those dependents until government aid becomes available.
STEPHEN PACE, Chairman.
SUPPLIES TABLE FRDM
WINDOW BOX GARDEN
In accordance with the national
movement for increased food produc
tion and for intensified farming not
only by the farmers, but by city res
idents as well, one well known Amer
icus woman whose name is omitted
by request, has j>e.’formed a feat that
insures her fame as an exponent of
intensified farming.
In a window box some 4 feet long
.and two feet wide, she has thus far
succeeded in producing a fine crop of
onions which has found its way to the
family table, thus reducing to an ex
tent the high cost of living. The
onion crop having been consumed, this
good lady planted cabbages in the
window box and now has several fine
heads in process of development.
The window box garden is quite a
feature in her neighborhood and sev
eral other housewives are arranging to
follow her example.
TRAIL OF ROBBERS
LOST NEAR GRIFFIN
The three white men who robbed
the ipostoffice at Weston, Ga., on
Thursday night, securing about S4OO j
in stamps and a small amount of
cash, were last seen in Griffin, Ga..
about noon on Friday, but after leav
ing that city, could not be located.
The robbers were traced through
Americus, where they stopped at the
Americus Auto Company’s farage at
4 o'clock Friday morning tn get gas
oline. They were traced out on the
Dixie Highway leading north by of
ficers from Webster and Terrell coun
ties who led the chase with a posse of
citizens. The peculiar track left by.
the rear wheels of the Ford car in.
which the robbers were traveling gave!
the officers their clue in tracing the I
fugitives.
The whereabouts of the yeggmen
after leaving Griffin are unknown and
no trace of their car could be found,
although the authorities wired to
cities in that vicinity to be on the
lookout.
UNCLE SAM HAS A
TRAP FDR U-BDAT
NEW YORK. May 5.—W. L. Saun
ders, chairman of the naval construc
tion board announced that the board
had forwarded to Washington plans
for dealing with the submarine
problem which it was believed would
solve the problem successfully.
ANOTHER PRECEDENT
Slffl BT WILSON
WASHINGTON, May 5. —President
Wilson occupied a seat in the execu
tive gallery of the house while Brit
ish Foreign Minister Balfour and
members of the British commission
| were received on the floor. Capital
I historians said that this was the first
time that a president ever sat in the
gallery.
Both President Wilson and Minister
Balfour received ovations. Balfour’s
speech predicted the triumph over mil
itarism.
IT T OFF CONVENTION
BECAUSE OF THE WAR
INDINAPOLIS. May 5. —The annual
convention of International Circulation
Managers Association, scheduled for
Atlanta in June, has been postponed
indefinitely on account of the war.
MILIW PLANS
A REGISTRATION
BT THE BOUNTIES
WASHINGTON, May 5.-—An official
outline of the method by which mil
itary registration is to be carried out
under the selective conscription bill,
was made public today, with an ap
peal from the War Department for
the voluntary services of state elec
tion and other officials in order that
there will be no delay in enrolling
and classifying millions of men for
army duty. Careful preparation has
been made to place the whole task in
the hands of civilian officials of the
state and to remove every suggestion
ot military force in putting the meas
ure into effect. The only function of
the Federal government will be sup
ervision through the office of the Pro
vost Marshal General. The Depart
ment’s statement follows:
There was a time in the country’s
history when military enumerators,
backed by bayonets, went out among
the people to take compulsory service
census. Today under -the principle of
universal liability tb service"”” the
execution of the law is put into the
i hands of the people.
The approval of the new national
army bill and the President’s procla
mation thereunder will be coincident.
All persons within the age limits pre
scribed will be required to present
themselves for registration at the
customary voting places in the voting
precincts in which they have their
permanent homes, on a day which the
President will announce. The proba
bility is, that from ten to fifteen days
will elapse between approval of the
| bill and registration day.
i The governor of each state will be
■ the chief of registration therein. The
machinery of registration in each
county is to be in charge of the sheriff,
the county clerk, and the county phy
sician, acting ex-officio, unless a differ
ent board shall be anonunced by the
governor. In cities containing pop
ulations of more than 30,000, the reg
istration will be under the control of
the mayor and selected boards of reg
istration. In order that the designated
county ahd city officials, and the people
generally, can get a clear understand
ing of the census methods the follow
ing brief outline is given.
The sheriffs of other designated offic
ials, immediately upon receiving notice
from the governor, shall appoint reg
istrars for each voting precinct.
The Apportionment of Registrars
The proportion of registrars shall
be one for each 170 persons to be reg
istered. Each age to be registered
will comprise about 1% of the popula
tion. If, for instance, all men between
19 and 25 years of age, inclusive, are
to be registered, the registrar would
have to enroll about 7 per cent, of the
precinct population.
It is desirable to accept the services
of competent volunteer registrars to
serve without compensation. All reg
istrars must be sworn.
The voting precinct must be pre
ared for registration. Full printed
. instructions covering every detail of
registration will be in the hands of
sheriffs and mayors on the fifth day
! after the president’s proclamation.
In Cities of Over 30.1MH) Population
The mayor of a city containing more
than 30.000 inhabitants, or the officials
I designated by the governor therein,
■shall, with approval of the governor,
'appoint for each ward or convenient
. minor sub-division containing about
130,000 people one registration board,
( and shall designate one officer of
each board to perform duties similar
(to those imposed on the sheriff, as
heretofore outlined. If the mayor de
sires, he may appoint a central board
to co-ordinate the work of minor
boards.
Duties of County Clerks and of Clerks
of Cities of Over 30.0<M) People.
On the fifth day after the president
has issued his proclamation, clerks of
counties and cities of over 30,000 must
secure a supply of blanks and copies
of the registration regulations front/
the sheriff or from the mayor. Absen
tees and the sick will apply to such
clerks to have their registration cards
filled out. In no case shall such per-
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