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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
FHLRTY-NINTH YEAR.
FINAL PLANS MADE
FOR REGISTERING OF
SUMTER'SCITIZENS
Volunteer Assistants Sworn In Yes
terday to Serve on June sth in
Various Sections
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
ISSUES STATEMENT
Efficient Organization Completed Af
ter Strenuous Work By Author
ities in Charge
Detailed arrangements have been
< ompleted for the registration of all
male citizens of Sumter county between
the ages of 21 and 31 years on June
sth, as prescribed by the new military
conscription law.
The County Board of Registrars,
consisting of Sheriff Lucius Harvey,
Clerk H. E. Allen, Ordinary John A.
Cobb and County Physician R. E. Cato
have secured assistants in every dis
trict of the county, who will be on duty
at the regular voting place in each dis
trict on June sth, to register all citizens
who are included under the provisions
of the act. The services of all but
three of the registrars in the county
will be voluntary as requested by the
federal authorities.
Yesterday the County Board of Reg
istrars was busy administering the oath
to the registrars in the various dis
tricts and furnishing them with the
necessary blanks and cards to use in
the registration operations. The names
of all the registrars were sent to Adj.
Gen. Van Holt Nash in Atlanta last
night, as per die order received earlier
ia the week.
Several colored citizens of Americus
have volunteered their services in reg
istering the negroes of this district, this
being the only county thus far an
nouncing that the services of negro
registrars would be accepted.
The County Board of Registrars has
issued the following statement relative
to the registration, giving necessary
information to the citizens of this
county:
'lo the citizens of Sumter county:
You are hereby requested to take no
tice that in accordance with the act of
Congress, approved May 16th, 1917,
and by proclamation of the President of
May 19th, 1917, al! male persons re
siding, living or being in the county of
Sumter between the ages of 21 and 30
both inclusive (including those who
have not reached their 31st birthday)
without regard to race, color, phys
ical or mental disability, infirmities,
occupation, sickness or other causes
(except those now actively engaged in
some military or naval service of the!
Vnited States) are required to presen*
themselves for registration between the
hours .f7A. M. and 9P.M. on the
7th day of June, 1917, at their respec
tive voting precincts in Sumter county.
All non-residents or persons absent
from their home county or state now
in Sumter county are directed to call
upon the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Sumter county at once and have
registration card prepared for forward-,
ing so as toreach the registrars of their
home county and precinct on or before
June sth, any person who shall will
fully fail or refuse to present himself
for registration or to submit thereto as
herein provided, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall, upon convic
tion, in the district court of the United
States having jurisdiction thereof, be
punished by imprisonment fcr not more
than one year, and shall thereupon be
duly registered.
It is further brought to the atten
tion of all persons, whether they are
subject to registration or not, that the*
are expected and urged to assist in
(obtaining the registration of all per
sons subject, it being your duty to call
Ito the attention of the registrars in
your district the names of any persons
who should, but have not, registered.
Especially are all employers requested
to bring this law to the attention of
their employees and see that they reg
ister and report the names of any not
doing so.
While in the words of the President’s
message: "Our industrial need pre
scribes that it be not made a technical
holiday,” Mayor L. G. Council'of Amer
ici.s has consented to issue a procla
mation declaring June sth, a holiday in
the city of Americus believing the oc
casion is worthy of patriotic devotion
and obligation we request and urge the
Mayor’s of the several towns in the
county to do likewise.
All persons who from sickness will
not be able to themselves for
registration on June sth, are hereby
directed to notify the county clerk at
once that he may provide means for
their registration.
LUCIUS Harvey. Sheriff,
JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary.
H. E. ALLEN. Clerk,
R. E. CATO, -County Physician,
Board of Registrars for Sumter County.
The list of registrars who will serve
in the various districts of the county is
as follows:
27th District.
Joe M. Bryan, T. E. Bolton, C. P.
Davis. L. P. Gartner, Cloyd Buchanan,
Rees H. Horton. I. J. Kalmon. W. M.
Humber. H. B. Graddy, Frank P. Har
rold, J. E. Gyles, R. McNeill.
Colored Registrars in 27th District.
A. S. Staley. Thomas Lynch, B. W.
Warren, J. W. Huguley. A. B. McCoy,
M. W. Reddick.
15th District.
J. Q. Jones, F. P. Jones, P. O. Brad
ley. W. T. Anderson, M. H. Sims. S. G. j
Evans, R. T. Jones.
2Sth District.
J. T. Methvin, G. P. Suber, Jr., J. G.
Chambliss, G. W. Doster, Jr.
16th District.
S. A. Rogers, E. C. Webb, J. L. Glaw
son.
2(h District.
T. J. Harden. C. A. Slappey. P. C.
Easterlin.
17th District.
J. F. Nicholson, L. A. McCrea, J. E.
McCrea, A. S. McCrea.
Three latter registrars will render
bill for their services.
Old 16th District.
G. W. Nunn, Omar S. Bass, H. P.
Murphey, T. H. Mathis, J. L. Johnson.
J. J. Wilson.
New 26th District.
A. W. Buchanan C. J. Daniel. W. C.
Jordan.
Old 26th District.
T. J. Bassett. A. C. Murray. H. R.
McGee, J. I. Hiller. A. B. Gardner.
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♦ WEATHER FORECAST. *
♦ The weather forecast for Amer- ♦
♦ icus and vicinity follows:
♦ Fair and cooler Sunday. ♦
RECRUITING OFFICE FOR AMERICUS LIGHT INFANTRY IS NOW OPEN IN THIS CI IY—THE NATION CALLS
A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING MAY 27, 1917
HOLLWEG'S ENEMIES
FULLYJETERMINED
COPENHAGEN, May 26.- (Via Lon
don.) —The pan-Germans have settled
down to a steady summer offensive
against Chancellor von Bethmann-Holl
weg. The plan of campaign as disclos
ed by the German papers includes a
day-by-day appeal to Field Marshal
von Hindenburg, through telegrams of
greeting from local meetings of the
pcn-German league to include him to
come out openly for the pan-German
scheme of annexation and againstthe
Bethmann-Hollweg peace program. The
chancellor’s opponents are confident
that if they can array von Hinden
burg against von Bethmann-Hollweg.
the fate of the premier is sealed.
ITALIANS PRESSING
BACK
LOME, May 26. —(Via London) —The
Italians have captured 3,soo'more pris
oners on the Carso, the war office an
nounces. Heavy fighting continues.
The Italians made important prog
ress in the coastal region in the direc
tion of Trieste. They carried trenches
from the mouth of the Timavo river
on the Gulf of Trieste to a point east
of Jamiano, and also the heights ] be
tween Flondar and Medeazza.
The Italians also made progress east
of Boscomalo in the region of Castag
navizza, north of Tivoli, and in the
Plava zone.
The statement says the number of
prisoners taken on the Julian from
from May 14 ap to yesterday is 22,-
419. f
SUPERIOR COURT TO
OPEN MONODY MORNINC
The May term of the Superior Court
will convene on Monday morning,
Judge E. D. Graham of j the Oconee
circuit presiding in absence of Judge
Z. A. Littlejohn, who will return to
Eastman to preside at the Superior
Court in Dodge county. Judge Graham
is disqualified in several cases which
are to be tried at this term in Dodge
county. Judge Littlejohn has been hold
ing court there during the past week.
The calendar for the May term is of
sufficient size to guarantee quite an ex
tended session of the court, it being
expected that the criminal calendar
will include the case of the State vs.
Lr. C. K. Chapman, charged with the
murder of Walter H. Wade of Leslie
on tlie night of August 17. 1916. I !
UCENSE FIX ON ALL
IIITOS IS SUBSTITUTED
WASHINGTON. D. C„ May 26—Elim
ination of the five per cent, manufac
tvring tax on automobiles in the war
tax bill as passed by the house and
substitution of a license tax at a rate
yet to be fixed upon motor vehicles,
payable by those having possession,
was decided upon today by the senate
finance committee.
The income- tax section as first
drawn, including the two per cent, nor
mal tax and the house committee’s sur
taxes, also were adopted by the senate
increased sur-taxes on incomes over
$40,000 added in the house on amend
ment by Representative Lenroot. of
Wisconsin.
YOUNG MAN:
ARE YOU GOING TO THE WAR EXCUSES THAT ARE AC
CEPTED TODAY WON’T BE VERY CONVINCING 20 YEARS FROM
NOW.
SEE THE RECRUITING OFFICER FOR THE AMERICUS
LIGHT INFANTRY AND CLAIM A RIFLE.
THE MAN AVITH THE RIFLE IS THE SOLDIER PAR EXCEL
LENCE. ALL OTHERS SERVE HIM- IF THE BATTLE IS TO BE WON
HE WINS IT.
THE AMERICUS LIGHT INFANTRY.
Co. I, 2ad Ga. Inf.
MONSTER CHINESE CABBAGE
ON DISPLAY IX THIS CITY
The Planters’ Seed Company is dis
playing a huge specimen of the Chin
ese cabbage or Pe-Thai, which re
sembles an enormous head of lettuce.
It is used for salads, greens or for any
purpose where cabbage is ordinarily
desired.
magohwilTget
TRAINING GAMP
SATS GEN. WOOD
CHARLESTON, S. C.. May 26.—Maj.-
Gen. Leonard Wood at headquarters
this morning announced that training
camps were practically assured at
Chattanooga, Tenn., Greenville, Colum
bia, Aiken, S. C., and Macon, Augusta
and Atlanta, Ga., and that Charleston
and Savannah would also come in for
important preparation work for the
Southeastern department] There will
probably be two or three divisions lo
cated near Chattanooga.
Maronites Jubilant.
MACON, Ga., May 26.—According io
what General Wood stated while in
Macon Wednesday fully thirty thous
and soldiers will be located here. This
number of men will be brought to Ma
con in a very short time. It may be
that the soldiers will be men of the
riw army, or the national guards nov.
inservice.
Just as soon as the camp site is
designated, contractors will be put to
work clearing off the ground, erecting
temporary buildings, and getting things
in shape generally.
Macon has agreed to furnish all the
necessary’ things for the camp in the
way of waterworks, sewers] electric
lights and gas. The roads leading to
rhe camp site will also be put in excel
lent condition. This was voted upon
by the road board and unanimously
passed. The water commission has
already agreed to run water lines to
the camp site and has fixed a minimum
charge for water.
J.R. THURMAN OIED ON
SATURDAY NEAR PLAINS
_ I
The death of J. R. Thurman, aged 67
y ears, occurred yesterday afternoon at |
his home on the upper Plains road ■
about 4 miles from Plains. He haJ /
been ill for three months.
He removed to Sumter county about.
18 months ago from Newnan. Ga., and
his remains were sent back to Newnan
this mornin '. the funeral to be held to-
Xiorrow, with interment in the cemetery!
at that place.
Mr. Thurman is survived by his wife, i
one sister. Mrs. J. T. Meadows of
Hanceville, Ala., four sons, Dr. E. L.
Thurman of Americus, M. S. Thurman
of Sumter county. E. V. Thurman of
Atlanta, and T. J. Thurman of Newnan.
Ga.
The arrangements were in charge cf
the Americus Undertaking Company.
LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOL
GLOSES EBB 131/ TER«|
LEESBURG, Ga.. May 26.—The I<ees
burg High school closed last night for
I'll 6-17 scholastic year, when the
annual commencement exercises were '
held at the school auditorium.
Six graduates received diplomas and j
an interesting program was rendered,!
W. H. Beckham, of Albany, delivering
the literary address. j
SUBSCRIBING BANKS ARE
RECEIVING RIG DEPOSITS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 26.- The
treasury department began today the
practice of re-depositing a portion of
the proceeds obtained from the sale of
, certificates of indebtedness by placing
$128,593,000 among various banks
subscribed to the latest offering
of $200,000,000 in short ter mcertifi
cates. The deposits were pro rated
among the banks, in proportion to their
subscriptions to the loan.
All federal reserve banks are work
ing on a plan to issue memorandum
certificates in $lO denominations to
prospective purchasers o f small
amounts of Liberty bonds, to enable
them to pay for these bonds by install
ments. |
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SERMfIK AIRSHIPS
eOMBMD ENGLAND
I
LONDON, May 26.—German airships
to the number of about sixteen raided
southeast England Friday evening, ac-
> cording to an official statement issued
i eday. Seventy-six persons were killed.
- Three of the German airships] were
3 shot down.
One hundred and seventy-four per
-5 sons were injured.
> The raiding aircraft which were
. brought down were airplanes. Nearly
all the damage] occurred- in one town
3 where some bombs fell in the streets,
> pausing consuderable casualties among
5 the civilian population.
a Three hostile airplanes returnin r
from last night's raid on England,
s were brought down by the British air
e forces in the English channel and
; off the Belgian coast, the admiralty
j announced today.
>
: CENSORSHIP WILL BE
: GREATLY QBALIFIEO
WASHINGTON, D C., May 26.—.1
new compromise provision for newspa
per censorship was agreed upon today
1 by the conferees on the espionage bill.
They regarded it as greatly modifying
■that drafted yesterday.
j The new plan provides that congress
ishall prohibit publication of military!
I information, but not that regarding!
i “equipment” of the armed forces, and
I instead of authorizing the president to
! make censorship rules and regulations,
I confers upon him merely the power
permit publication of matter prohibited
by the section.
JRASH MUST NOT HE
SWEPT INTO STREETS
City Engineer J. B. Ansley announc
es that many householders in Americus
;.re violating the city ordinances by
(sweeping trash and rubbish of all
| kinds into the streets. This is in direct
! violation of the regulations, which pro-*
’.ide that refuse matter be placed in]
i receptacles de. outed on the curb
'where the citj’.s v.agons can remove
I them.
Instructions have been issued to the
officers to report all cases where the
ordinance above referred to is disre
garded.
FORMER RESIDENT OF
AMERICUS PASSES W
News has been received in Americus
of the death of Jesse Boring, which I
occurred recently in Fort Worth, Tex
as. Mr. Boring was reared in Ameri
cus, having left here to reside in Texas 2
about forty years ago. h
He is survived by his wife, formerly <
Miss Ella Barlow, who is also a form-j I
er resident of Americus, and several' s
children and grandchildren. He was a f t
brother of Mrs. L. E. Furlow, of p
Americus, and Mrs. W. I. Boring, of 1
Lakeland, Fla. It
,NEGROES FORCED
1 IT POINT OF GUN
ITO LEAVE NORTH
3 ______
.* CINCINNATI. O„ May 26.—The po-
I lice of this city successfully deported
. a party of five hundred negroes from
central Georgia today] These same
. negroes had less than a week ago pass
! ed through this city on their way to
, a northern Michigan railroad construe*
I tion camp, but the police discovered
> that they had been allowed practically
. no food and had been paid only a small
part of the wages promised as an in
ducement for their coming north.
In a starving condition, the crowd of
I refugees arrived here on charity rail
| road passes, begging for mercy an.l
I food, and they were not allowed to
alight. All of the negroes seemed
glad to be on their way back south
after they discovered the stringent po.
lice rules which have been put in
force here since the recent influx of
, Southern labor began.
[ The city and state and federal au
. thorities are unitedly bitterly opposing
I the negro influx. Today the council
of social agencies composed of the
k city’s wealthiest people, began a deep
probe of the local negro health condi
. tions as a result of the spreading of
a smallpox epidemic and other diseases
~by the desperate, halt starved new
, comers trying to get work after they
! discovered that the labor agents north
have swindled them with rosy stories
r I if big wages which never existed for
white or black. J
r Friday a riot between United States
soldiers and negroes took place at
t . Camp Denison, a suburb, when Com
l pany E of the Third regiment fired
z upon the negro settlement there as a
result of refusal of the demand of
Sergeant Lester Doyle, that W. E. Cis
co, a young negro, be given up by
Cisco's parents for punishment accord
ing to army discipline, as a result of
the alleged attack and threatening of
a soldier.
For a while volleys of rifli] shots
were exchanged by white soldiers, and
the blacks, but fortunately no one was
killed. The police interfered and the
alleged negro marauders will be sent
to prison.
All negro and white loafers are be
in/ arrested in the streets of this city
and in pool rooms and bawdy houses,
hour by hour, day and night, and those
I not able to enter the United States
(army are being promptly sentenced to
prison or deported to tehir Southern
homes. Local negroes are aiding the
police.
INSTALLING ALARM
SYSTEM IN AMERICUS
I
The work of installing a25 box.
Gamewell fire alarm system in Ameri-l
cus began this morning, under the di-'
rection of Charles Smith of Atlanta,'
detailed by the Gamewell company to ’
superintend the construction opera
tions.
The alarm system is being installed
jas one of the requirements laid down
by the Southeastern Underwriters’ As
sociation to secure for Americus a first
class rating in fire insurance.
The battery house is located some
distance in the rear of the fire station,
| while the switchboard will be placed
lin a separate room in the station it -
I self. It is expected that the system
I will be completed, ready for use by the
latter part of June.
SIR 03UGLI5 HAIG IS SAID
TO 8E COLOR BLIND
LONDON, May 26. —Sir Douglas Haig. I
according to the parliamentary corres—
pondent of one of the ncws|>apers. is
color blind. This at first threatened to
be a serious obstacle to his career as i
soldier because he wat refused en 'l
trance to the Staff College. Influence <
was brought to bear by certain prom i
irent military men and he was passed' i
t!.rou/h the college. l'l
IGHEITOHE GAVE
I FINAL TOUGH TO
I BIG CHAUTAUQUA
The Chautauqua came to an end last?
i night, when Creatore’s famous band..
1 composed of artists of proven ability,
e rendered a grand concert before an
- audience which filled the big tent on
o Jackson street to its utmost capacity.
This was the second concert of the
il day. the noted musical organization ap
y pearing in the afternoon, rendering an
1 exquisite program of selections which
- gave the musicians an opportunity of
demonstrating their powers to the fnll-
f est extent.
In the afternoon the band was di
l rteted by Signor Del Guidice, while
o last night Signor Creatore himself led
1 his famous organization through the
1 mazes of the classic selections of the
-old masters. |
a The Redpath program committee did
f well to select Creatore and his
for the final concert of the (*hau*
- tauqua. Those who had heard the dy
g namic Italian were on .hand to hear
1 him again yesterday. He is a typical
e representative of the musical, en»-
|) tlonal, artistic Italy, who has become
• so Americanized that he knows exactly
f hew to please a great American audi
s ence.
Thunderous applause greeted every
V number on the program at each per
i formance yesterday, and the musician#
s graciously responded with many en
s: cores.
On Friday afternoon, Dr. W. L. Me
s Nutt, food expert, lectured to a large
t audience on “The Food Crisis and How
- t< Meet It.” He gave the housewives
d of this section a host of practical sug
-1 gestions relative to their culinary op
s erations.
Miss Helen Gray, assisted by Miss
f Sarah Cobb and Miss Lena Hardy, of
- this city, on Friday night staged a
f ’ Mother Goose Festival” in which half
r a hundred children of Americus parti
cipated in costume. The program was
r brimful of interest and many beauti
-1 ful features were presented.
• Negotiations have been in progress
! for the past few days regarding the re
tl turn of the Redpath Chautauqua to
, Americus next year, and although the
-: contract has not been definitely closed,
lit is expected that the agreement will
■ j be reached within a day or two.
■ i It is probable that the business men
• lof the city will sign the contract with
>. the Redpath people, the ladies of the
>' Americus and Sumter County Hospital
' association agreeing to handle the
I ticket sales
Thus far there been pledges
' signed for about 500 tickets for next
[year’s Chautauqua.
The Chautauqui] this season has
. provided, perhaps, the best program of
! attractions ever brought to Americus
; by the Redpath bureau and while from
1 a financial point of view the result has
I not been extraordinarily gratifying
the Hospital association, the educa
tional value of the Chautauqua. a!on<?
| with the entertainment phase of the
movement, has amply made up any de
' ficiency.
'leaves TO ACCEPT POST
IX ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
R. M. Smith, who during the past
year has bad charge of the manual
training department at the Americus
High School, has accepted a position
cn the faculty of the New Mexico State
Military Institute at Roswell. New
Alexico. He will teach mathematics
and science in this institution, which
is one of the best of its kind in the
j West.] Mr. Smith leaves today for Mer
id’ar. Miss., where he will spend the
I summer months.
ATI.AXTAXS WELL KXOWX
HEBE LOST HOME IX FIRE
Information has reached his eitj
to the effect that Mr. and Mrs. Johr.
Gossett, of Atlanta, lost their beauti
ful home and all its cotents in the ’
' disastrous Are which visited he capital
city recently. The residence ws lo
caed on Wabash avenue. Mrs. Gos
sett is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
F. A. Thomas, Americus.
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