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KHIBTY-MNTH TEAS.
TBDOFS CALLED
Olli 10 PREVENT
RAGE JIOTING
EAST ST. LOUIS. 111.. May 30.—Five
camps, arranged to accommodate six
companies of Illinois National Guard
troops, have been established here as
a precaution against further race riots,
the situation continuing extremely crit
ical.
There were no fatalities reported to
day up to noon, but several negroes
were shot and beaten during the sec
ond night of rioting which began early
and did not subside until shortly af
ter midnight this morning.
Two negroes were shot last night by
white men, and knots of men gather
ing in different sections of the city are
being dispersed by the police as rap
idly as they assemble. Three compan
ies of Illinois infantry have already
arrived.
A special guard will be maintained
at railway stations here to protect ne
groes who may arrive from the South.
Mayor Moolman this morning sent
telegrams to the governors of Missis
sippi, Kentucky. Alabama and Louisiana
asking them to stop the wholesale ex
odus of negroes to East St. Louis.
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN OF
BUENA VISTA NEAR DEATH
Capt. John Abner Sheppard, father
of J. E. Sheppard, of Americus, lies
at the point of death today as the re
sult of a paralytic shock which he suf
fered last night at his home in Buena
Vista. This is the third attack of this
kind suffered by Capt. Sheppard, and
his condition is most serious.
He is 76 years of age and has been
mayor of Buena Vista for some time,
being one of the best known citizens
of that section.
JURV AWARDS SSOO
VERDICTJII SOIL
A verdict for SSOO damages was
awarded late Tuesday afternoon by
the jury hearing the case of H. O. John
son, et al., vs. S. H. Kress & Company,
tiie trial of the suit having occupied
practically the entire day. The plain
tiff sued for $2,000 damages, alleging
that Mrs. H. O. Johnson, deceased wife
of the plaintiff, suffered injuries from
a fall in the Kress store in this city
which combined with other causes to
produce her death.
This morning the case of Mrs. Annie
L Jones vs. J. L. Jones, a suit fdr di
vorce, was disposed of when the jury
awarded a total divorce to both par
ties.
The case of the Travelers’ Insurance
Company vs. Mrs. John T. Fletcher was
taken up this mornins and is stiil un
der consideration.
Several true bills have been hand
ed down by the grand jury, which is
now in session, those found against
parties who have either made bail or
are confined in the county jail, being
as follows:
John Statham, murder.
Leroy Wilborn,' larceny from the
house.
John Cicero Crawford, misdemeanor.
Burton Burnett, assault with intent
to murder.
C. H. Elmore (white), rape.
Elmore is the Cordele man who is
charged with having criminally as
caulted his step-daughter, whom he is
alleged to have compelled to accom
pany him on trips to Americus and
other cities where he solicited contri
butions for a “Rescue Home” for wo
men in
DEPUTY SHERIFF ENLISTS
AS FIREMEN IN I. S. NAVY
Charles L. Graham, deputy sheriff of
Wilcox county, residing at Abbeville.
Ga., left Americus today for Atlanta
to stand his final examination for en
listment as a fireman in the United
States navy. He has been passed by-
Recruiting Officer A. M. Ferrillo of the
Americus station. |
to murder.
WILL BLOW WHISTLES
ON REGISTRATION OH
At 7 o’clock on Tuesday- morning,
June sth, the whistles on all the man
ufacturing plants in the city will be
blown to apprise the citizens of this
community that the time has arrived
when all men between the ages of 21
end 31 years must register in accord
ance with the provisions of the military
conscription act.
The fire whistle will also be blown,
as will the whistle at the Seaboard Air
Line shops and every bell in the city
will add to the tumult of sound.
The reigsjration booths at the court
house will be opened at 7 a. m. to
remain open until 9 p. m. and between
those hours it is expected that every
male citizen of the 27th district within
the prescribed age limits, will visit the
designated place and comply w-ith the
law.
Registration places will be opened in
every militia district of the county and
an organization of registrars will
handle the operations throughout the
county. ♦
fEBE-BAL AGENTS BUSY
PBOBINGJWAGANDA
CHICAGO, May 30.—More than thirty
persons, including! several women,
were questioned by agents of the de
partment of justice at the federal build
ing here today, as the result of a fed
eral investigation into alleged organ
ized propaganda designed to hamper
registration of male citizens under the
terms of the selective conscription act.
Authorities declined to discuss the
result of their questioning today, but
it is reliably stated that many more
are to be taken into-custody without
delay, and that vigorous prosecution of
all person attempting to interfere with
the operation of the law, will be push
ed by federal representatives in every
state in the union. Slackers who at
tempt to evade registration, it is fur
ther stated, will be severely dealt with,
and in addition to receiving peniten ■
tiary terms must also be registered
and stand the draft, as do other citi
zens of military age.
An important angle of the anti-draft
plots has been discovered in Milwau
kee, Wis., according to a statement by
a department of justice divisional chief
just back from that city. He says
several persons have already been de
tained in the Wisconsin city, and that,
the government is preparing to send
additional secret agents there, Mil
waukee being one of the centers of
pro-German sentiment in this country.
VILLA ATTACKS BORDER
TOWN BY SURPRISE
PERSIDIO, Tex., May 30.—A Villi
icrce. the strength of which is not ac
curately know-n, attacked the town of
Ojinaga, Mexico, just across the in
ternational line from here early today,
surprising the Carranza garrison, and
completely routing the defenders. As.
ter a brief action the government gar
rison fled across the line into Texas,
leaving all of their arms behind. All
cf the women and children in Ojinaga
fled into American territorv with the
Carranza garrison.
—
-RED HAS A TENDENCY TO
PREVENT SUNBURN AND TAN”
ATLANTA. Ga., May 30.—Red has a
tendency to prevent sunburn and tan.
according to Atlanta women who fre
quent the golf links, the swimming
pools and go in for other forms of out.
door exercises, and perhaps this ac
counts for the remarkable prevalence
of red sport coats, sweaters and other
athletic apparel
Let your veils and hats and sport
coats be made of red when you are
motoring or fishing or golfing in the
summer sun. say Atlanta sportwomen;
and they claim scientific authority in I
support of their theory.
Yellow and orange have a similar i
tendency to protect the feminine com-1
plexion, but not so much as red. al
though the intense shades of red should
not be used.
RECRUITING OFFICE'FOR AMERICUS LIGHT INFANTRY IS NOW OPEN IN THIS Cl FY—THE N ATION CALLS
AMEIWStWmffIJRDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 30, 1917
I RECRUITS LEAVE FOR
MACON TRAINING CAMP
L. Y. Bizzell, of Americus, and G. T.
Campbell, of LaCrosse, left this morn
ing for the military training camp at
Macon, where they will undergo the
recruit training for a certain period be
fore being sent back to join the Amer
icus Light Infantry in which they have
enlisted.
presideiFies
PART INJROGBAM
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 30.—War
clouds overhanging the nation cast
gravity over Memorial Day exercises
here today, in which President Wilson.
Chief Justice White and Cardinal Gib
bons participated. Early today it was
said at the white house that the
president intended going to Arlington
for the usual cveremonies at the na
tional cemetery there, but would de
liver address. The memorial pa
rade here passed through many streets
decorated profusely with Confederate
banners, arranged for the reunion in
Washington next week of the United
Confederate Veterans and the Sons of
Confederate Veterans . Grand Army
representatives here received telegrams
today saying the day was generally ob
served in all cities of importance in
the federal states.
This arfternoon at Arlington, Presi
dent Wilson delivered a brief address
in which he said: “America once more
has the opportunity to show to the
world that she was born to save man
kind.”
-WRITE CHEERFUL LETTERS
FOR VOl R SOLDIER BOYS"
ATLANTA. Ga., May 30.—Mothers,
sweethearts, sister, here’s a new way
to do your bit, and one that is equally
as important as knitting socks for
soldiers or making bandage strips.
Write cheerful letters for your sol
dier boys.
The present surprising facts are
these. Fully 80 of the let
ters received by the men enlisted or
in training convey, instead of good
cheer, a tale of petty woes and diffi
culties and imaginary griefs.
"There's a vacant chair at the tabic,
George.”
“Poor sister has gone to work in the
mill to help support us since you went
away.”
“How we need your strong broad
shoulders to help us bear the burden.”
‘Mother’s sick, father has sprained
his little finger and brother Charlie is
down with the measles.”
These are typical of the dum-dum
bullets which loved ones are sending
to their boys in the training camps;
and if that’s the kind they send now,
what will they send when the fellows
get to the trenches in France, with
the broad Atlantic between them and
home?
SEARCHING FDR LOST
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DIAZ
MEXICO .CITY. May 29.—Earnest
starch is being made for the “autobiog
raphy of Porfirio Diaz” news of which
has just come to light here. It is al
leged that Diaz in 1892 completed a
book covering his life experiences and
administrations up to that time. This
Look, it is said he wished made public I
only after his death. Only 100 copies]
were struck off. The original manu
script was destroyed by Diaz, it is said,
and the 100 copies placed in a chest and
put away. One of these copies accord
i ing to Diaz instructions was to go to
each state governor on Diaz death, but I
Diaz died in exile in Spain and the in
teresting and valuable historical docu
ment has not been discovered.
WATCHING ELOBIOA POUTS
TO APPREHEND SLACKERS
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 30.—Gov
ernor Sidney J. Catts today instructed
the sheriffs of all Florida counties
having ports from which boats sail
for Cuba to keep a sharp watch for
I persons who might be leaving the Unit-
Icd States to escape conscription. It
is the purpose of the governor to de
|tcin these in this country until after
June sth, at least, when all persons
of military age are required to regis
ter for conscription.
ANNUAL REPORTS
SHDWTRAOEBODV
ON SOUND BASIS
That the Americus and Sumter Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce is now in bet
ter condition than at any time in its
history, was brought out last night at
the annual meeting of that organiza
tion/ w’hen reports were received from
the* various officers and new officers
were elected for the ensuing year.
Secretary P. A. Fenimore, in a com
prehensive report covering the activ
ities of the trade body since last Aug
ust, when he became connected with it,
depicted the progress made in every de
partment and save the members full
information as to the exact status of
the organization. Owing to the length
o” this report, it is impossible to pub
lish it in full today, but in Thursday’s
Times-Recorder. the text of the report
will appear.
Starting on August 25, 1916. with a
balance of 40 cents in the bank, with
about SBOO of indebtedness hanging
oxer the organization, the Chamber of
Commerce has marched steadily for
ward until today there is to its credit
i i the banks of Americus the sum of
$317.19 over and above all indebted
ness. The old bills against the organ
ization have been paid in full.
The present membership is 267. pro
viding an annual income calculated to
provide funds for all expenses, so that
within a short time, when certain de
tails have been completed, the promised
traffic bureau will be installed for the
benefit of the business men connected
with the organization.
Resolutions thanking Stephen Pace
for his services in leading the recent
membership campaign, were unanim
ously passed by the chamber at its
meeting last night. This campaign was
the means of placing the chamber on
its feet financially and securing the
support of practically every business
man in Americus.
The annual election of officers result
ed as follows:
President—W. M. Jones.
Vice-President —W. E. Taylor.
Treasurer —T. E. Bolton.
Commissioners to Serve One Year —
C. R. Ellis, Bureau of Civic Affairs; L.
G. Council, Bureau of Publicity and
Conventions; J. E. Hightower, Bureau
of Traffic and Transportation; F. P.
Harrold, Bureau of Commerce and i
1 rade.
Commissioners to Serve Two Years:
- Crawford Wheatley, Bureau of Agri ,
culture and Good Roads; J. E. John
son, Bureau of New Industries; C. S.
Glover, Bureau of Finance and Mem
bership.
Carr S. Glover, who has Served two
years as president of the Chamber of
Commerce, and who retired last night,
In ade a brief address in which he ex
pressed gratification at the present con-
I dition in which the organization findsl
| itself and recalled the varioua-diffieul-
I ties which have been overcome during _
the past history of the trade body. He;
urged the membership to accord its
heartiest support to the new officers. ■
It was decided to send a committee
from the chamber to appear before the
c’ty council to urge the appropriation
iby the city of S6OO per year as the
: contribution of the municipality to
ward the support of the trade body.
Tins matter has been discussed in the
city council, but as yet no definite ac
tion has been taken.
CROSSING INTO MEXICO
TO AUDIO CONSCRIPTION
-- —
LAREDO, Tex., May 30.—Federal
customs and secret service officials
here have disclosed that fact than be
tween n’ieen and twenty young Amer
icans, all apparently members of good
families and provided with plenty of
money, are crossing into Mexican ter
ritory daily. Officials are of the opin
ion that the men are crossing into that
country to avoid conscription, most of
the meh being of military age. and
from the Eastern states. A full de
scription of each of them is being taken
at the border, and should any of them
attempt to re-enter the United States
after the registration on June stb,
PERSONS TO GET GOLD BUTTON
WHO EAT LESS OF BREAD
LONDON, May 30 —Persons who con
form to the appeal to eat less than the
amount of bread fixed as a voluntary
ration, will be entitled to wear a gold
colored button with the words: “On
Volutary Rations” embossed across it,
and a crown above.
HARDWICK TRIING
10 BOOST POME
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 30.—The
Wilson administration brought influ
ence to bear in favor of amending the
war tax bill so as to increase the pos
tage rate now charged newspapers
and other publications enjoying the
cent a pound rate given second class
matter.
Postmaster General Burleson confer
red with Chairman Simmons of the
senate finance committee, which is now
engaged in revising the revenue bill
passed by the house, and urged adop
tion of the amendment introduced by
Senator Thomas W. Hardwick, of Geor
gia. This amendment seeks to in
crease materially the present second
class rates, and It is stated, would add
$20,006,000 revenue if adopted. A prev
ious effort to add this tax to the bur
dens of American publishers was de
feated in the house of representatives,
practically every newspaper and mag
azine publishing house in the United
States protesting energetically against
tiie proposed tax on education that
was thus sought to be imposed.
( RUEL WAS IS JfAKING-TT
HARD FOR SAFE BLOWERS
ATLANTA, Ga., May 30.—This cruel
war is certainly making it hard for
everybody, and now it is the poor safe
b'owers and yeggmen who have cause
to complain that their time-honored
trade is being interfered with. Sev
eral members of the profession are
said to be in Atlanta, out of jobs and
reduced to the disgraceful necessity of
seeking honest employment.
To crack a safe, a yeggman must
have nitroglycerine, which is used i’l
making dynamite. But the dynamite
manufacturers are hoarding their sup
plies so closely for use in war, and
for fear some of it may fall into the
hands of alien enemies, that the yegg
men can't buy it.
Formerly it was about as easy to
buy a stick of dynamite as to purchase
| a loaf of bread. But now you have to
| furnish documentary evidence con
| cerning your identity and the purposes
! tor which you need it, and even then
it’s hard to get.
WANTED A WEEK TO (ALM
DOWN AFTER ATLANTA FIRE
ATLANTA. Ga., May 30.—Lee Ash
craft, prominent Atlantian and gen
eral chairman of the Red Cross fire]
relief station in the Atlanta Auditor-1
I ium, rescued from the flames a negro
I woman whose brother drives the Ash
craft ear, and hauled her furniture to'
a place of safety, and the next day
] sent word to her that she iouid get
temporary work at the Ashcraft home
and temporary quarters in the Ashcraft
servants’ house, if she had nothing
better in view.
Exactly a week after the fire, which |
was on yesterday to be exact, the wo-1
man showed up. and of course M’.
Ashcraft presumed that she was ready
t - go to work. You’ve come to g:t
the job I promised you, have you?” he
said.
“No sir, Mr. Ashcraft," was, her
nonchlant reply. “I think it’ll be
about a week before I can get myself
calmed down.”
SUBMARINE DAMAGE I
CONSIDERABLY REDUCED]
LONDON, May 30.—The weekly re-1
port of British merchant vessels sunk:
will again show a favorable total when!
issued tonight.
A preliminary announcement this as-I
ternoon says the prevailing summer’.’l
weather and long days favor the war- |
fare on submersibles.
they will be required to explain their (
business in Mexico at this time.
38,000 GANS HAVE
BEEN CONTRACTED FDR
Quite a lively interest is being man
ifested by the woman of Americus in
the preservation and conservation o f
vegetables and fruits, w’hich is forcibly
indicated by the fact that orders for
38,000 cans hive been taken through
Miss Rowena Long, county home eco
nomics demonstrator.
1 These cans are for private use. and,
of course, this number does not in
, elude many glass containers which will
be used. This is exactly the right
, spirit, and is only what may be expect
e l of the patriotic women of the coun
, try, who have never failed to respond
when their country needed them.
The vacant store formerly occupied
, by Daniels’ jewelry store is being
( fitted up for the canning classes, which
begin on June 12th.
It is pointed out that the service
, which the women will be able to ren
, der to their country in this way can
, hardly be estimated and this patriotic
spir/t is being commended and en
. ccuiNsged by the citizens of this sec
tion.
' AMERICUS NEGRO WANTS
TO COME BACK HOME
»
• As evidence of the fact that milk
t and honey do not constitute the diet
‘ of the "promised land,” to which so
many Southern negroes have gone dur
ing the past few’ months, a letter writ
ten to C. H. Yearwood of this city by
i Scott Murphy, a negro employed by
him in his barber shop, but now in De-
1 troit, Mich., will prove most interest
r ing.
2 Scott left for the north with Robin
e son’s Show's when they started on their
d season’s tour from Americus. He drop
" ped off in Detroit, Mich., where he had
2 understood that he could obtain high
* wages and all sorts of advantages not
‘ obtainable in this section of the coun
try.
*• How well he has fared is showm by
1 the following letter, which is repro
-5 duced verbatim:
I "Hello Mr. Yearwood. How r are you
1 all geting along this time. This leaves
! me not so well because this climet dont
airgree with me. I stays sick all the
time an I cant stay up here I wants
* to come back and work with you all
• so rite me at once if you will send
1 tor me. 1 sleeps in the shop. It is ben
cold and raining ever since I ben up
’ here. Font send for me until you ance
1 this letter that you will send for me or
not. Ance soon. lam half deft again |
an cant half here so let me here from
, you at once so I will no what to do
please sir. SCOTT.”
WILL LOCATE BRANCH
DEPOT IN THIS CITY
>■
W. J. Egan, representing the Ullman-
Philpot Company of Cleveland, Ohio,
left Americus today after investigating
I the advantages of this city with refer
ence to locating: a branch depot and
I I distributing station of his concern here.
I Mr. Egan, before leaving stated that
■ the I’l Iman-Philpot Company, which
manufactures inks and paints, will
establish a branch house in Americus
and make this city a distributing point
for this territory, including Georgia,
Florida and Alabama.
It is understood that he will bring
his family to Americus this fall, when
the new branch depot will be opened.
HUNDREDS OF INTERPRETERS
TO AID NEW YORK REGISTRARS
. NEW YORK. May 30. — More than
five hundred interpreters, linguists]
i who speak every known tongue, being
lemong the number, have been employ
jet< to assist six thousand volunteer reg
istrars who will register dOfl.Oofi per-'
| sons eligible'under the terms of the I
kcnscripyon act for military service..
I who reside in New York City.
This city’s proportion of men to
serve under the draft act, based upon
units of 500,006, as estimated by the
bureau of the census recently, will be
' about 30.000 men.
CKY
EXPECT LULL IN
FIGHTING MEANS
NEW PHASE SOON
NEW YORK, May 30.—(Compiled by
the Associated Press from European
cables during the day.)—Such a pro
nounced pause in activity on the ma
jor war fronts as exists now gives the
impression that preparations for a new
phase of the conflict are in progress.
Only on the Italian front is there any
real activity. The Rome official state
ment says Italian troops made further
gains in their drive toward Trieste, ex
tending their lines west of Medeazza.
The great battles in the west have
all halted, even counter attacks by the
Germans virtually ceasingf on the Brit
ish front, while on the French front
these have lessened in number and vio
lense. The recent pronounced aerial
activity has also subsided, and when
the next blow is to be struck can only
be surmised. Indications are multiply
ing, however, that the Germans expect
some new developments.
The trend of news from the-Entente
front, however, has been such as to
lead to the belief that an effective
stroke could not be delivered against
the Teutons in France and Belgium at
this time. Emperor William, in ad
dressing his troops recently in north
ern France, exhorted them to stand
fast in the decisive time, which he said,
is “near at hand.” Part of his re
marks were made inaudible because
of the continued hum of airplanes
overhead, ready to protect the Teuton
war lord against air attacks. *
NEW OFFICERS ARE
EIECTEOJR FAIR
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Third Agricultural District Fair,
held last night in the offices of the
Chamber of Commerce, new officers
were chosen to serve during the ensu
ing year, G. R. Ellis succeeding Frank
Lanier, as president of the associa
tion, and Charles L. Ansley succeeding
Frank P. Harrold as vice president.
On Friday night at the Chamber of
Commerce offices there will occur an
other meeting of the stockholders for
the purpose of electing directors and
!of hearing the report of a committee
] Ahich will canvass the city and ia the
meantime to secure additional stock
subscriptions to provide funds for the
rr.niplef ion of ths plana for the sxpcsi
tion here this fall.
The fact that a number of citizens
who pledged themselves to buy stock
■ in the fair and signed notes covering
] the cost of this stock, have failed to
! make good their obligations, was thor
| < ughly discussed at the meeting last
night. It was made clear that the
failure of these stockholders to pay for
their stock is proving a great handi
cap in carrying out the plans for the
fair and a special effort is to be made
to collect all outstanding pledf.es of
this character.
In the report of Secretary Fenimore
lendered last night, it was shown that
the buildings erected on the fair
grounds now represent a value of 6,-
701.14 to the stockholders, with a bal
ance unpaid of 707.15. Additional
buildings must be put up before the
summer has closed aud construction
work must be started without delay.
At the meeting on Friday night every
stockholder is urged to be either in at ■
tendance in person or to send his proxy
jso that certain matters of vital import -
■ ance may be attended to without fur
ther delay.
.
♦ STUDENT OFFI( ERS ALL ♦
♦ TO TAKE LIBERTY BONDS ♦
1 ♦ WATERTOWN. N. Y., May 30 - ♦
!♦ Every one of the 2,500 student ♦
♦ officers in training at Madison ♦
♦ Barracks here will take at least ♦
♦ one Liberty Bond of the denomina- ♦
♦ tion of SIOO, and many of them ♦
♦ have indicated their intention to ♦
♦ take a large share of the loan. ♦
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