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* HIRTY-NINTH YEAR.
OPENING GUN IN
CAMPAIGN FIRED
HERE EJSI NIGHT
The comprehensive campaign that is
expected to secure SIO,OOO in Sumter
county for the American Red Cross,
was opened last night when Judge-
Valter T. Colquitt, of Atlanta, deliv
ered a stirring appeal before a repre
sentative audience gathered at a pa
triotic mass meeting held in the Opera
House.
The Americus and Sumter County
chapter of the Red Cross has perfecte 1
plans to observe "Red Cross Week’
and assist in the raising of the SIOO -
I'oo,ooo fund that is to be used for the
relief of Uncle Sam’s soldiers fighting
against the Teutons across the seas.
Last night’s mass meeting was the
opening gun of the local campaign and
this morning canvassing committees
are busy covering every section of the
city soliciting financial assistance for
the Red Cross work.
The Opera House was appropriately
decorated for the occasion with flags
and flowers, H. G. Stanfield having
this feature in charge. After the in
vocation by Rev. James B. Lawrence,
the audience rose and sang "America,”
this number on the program being fol
lowed by a most impressive rendition
of Kipling’s “Recessional” by Miss Su
sie Stallings. The speaker of the ev
ening was introduced by E. A. Nisbet,
who in explaining the object of the
gathering, declared that the war in
which the United States has pledged its
vast resources Os military power and
wealth, is not only against the German
Emperor, but against the entire Ger
man people who have evinced their
willingness to carry out the barbaric
glans of destruction formulated by the
Teuton leaders.
Judge Colquitt in opening his ad
dress, explained the usefulness of the
Red Cross in time of peace as well as
in war, but declared that its value in
the present world conflict can be esti
mated by no human calculation. In
describing the pitiful plight of Bel
gium as the result of the German in
vasion, he asserted that the Red Cross
organization is daily feeding 5,000,000
Belgians whose* only source of help is
the money sent through Red Cross
channels.
The speaker briefly outlined the se
ries of outrages which has resulted in
at raying, almost the entire world
against the Teutonic armies, and ex
that the United States has
entered the war to preserve the prin
ciples of justice and human liberty.
America has answered the call for
the "Liberty Loan” and that she will
answer the appeal of the Red Cross for
its $100,000,000 war fund just as con
scientiously. was Judge Colquitt’s pro
phesy.
• It costs $65,000,000 daily to carry
on the work of destruction,” said the
speaker, “and the Red Cross is asking
lor only a little more than one Hay’s
var cost to carry on the work of re
lieving human suffering among the
soldiers who are fighting for the prin
ciples of civilization.”
“We must send the Red Cross along
with the American troops,” declared
Judge Colquitt. "It would be foolhardy
to wait until they were wounded and
dying on the battlefield before provid
ing medical attention for them.”
In concluding his address, the
speaker asserted that the Red Cross
stands for preparedness, and that th?
present campaign for funds is an ap
peal for to the great American nation
t> rescue the heart of suffering hu
inanity.
Stephen Pace, president of the lo
cal Red Cross chapter, outlined the
plan of campaign to be pursued in
Americus and Sumter county, and made
t special appeal to the citizens of this
section to support the work by their
contributions.
The mass meeting came to an end
with the benediction pronounced by
Rev J- B. Lawrence, after the audi
, nee had risen to sing the "Star Span
ned Banner.”
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♦ \ND TOMORROW. ♦
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♦ —The postoffice department ruled ♦
♦ today that no drink containing al- 4
4 cohol in any quantity can be ed- 4
4 vertised in “dry” territory 4
4 through the medium of the mails 4
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MONTH £ EXCESS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19.
Food speculators have been taking $50,-
000,000 a month for the last five months
from the American people in excessive
profits, Herbert C. Hoover told sena
tors today in explaining the purposes
of the Wilson administration food con
trol bill. Disclaiming entirely that the
bill establishes a food dictatorship,
Hoover asserted its purpose is entirely
to organize the resources of the coun
try and the people themselves into
a comprehensive system of food ad
ministration, limit middle men’s profits
aid prevent extortion by unscrupulous
dealers. He told his hearers in con
clusion that under no circumstances
should flour go t more than $9 a bar
rel in the United States, but that the
speculators had already forced it be
yond this figure.
RIOTING HGGOMPANIES
SINN FEIN CELEBRATION
DUBLIN, June 19.—1 n demonstra
tions accompanying the celebration of
the return of the released Sinn Feiners
crowds in the street sang the Sinn
Fein song and tore down recruiting
posters. The police authorities did not
interfere until early this morning when
they arrested two of the demonstrators
on charges of breaking into the post
office and firing timbers. The provis
ional executive of the Sinn Fein organ
ization has decided to demand pass
ports for three of its members to go
t•> the United States to opfiose the ob
jects of the Irish party mission there.
Announcement that an Irish mission
had departed for the United States
created some surprise in this country,
as no previous intimation of such a
mission's coming here had been given.
ARAAY SURGEON TAKEN
ON MURDER CHARGE
NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., June 19.
A warrant for the arrest of Dr. Williav.
J. Condon, a captain in the United
States army medical corps, and a na
tive of Chattanooga, Tenn., was issued
here today. Condon is charged in the
warrant with the murder of John P,
Piper, a University of Vermont ,grad
luate, whose body was found with a
bullet in his breast near Spottswood,
N. J., Saturday.
STANDARD OIL TANK
STEAMER DESTROYED
NEW YORK, June 19.—The Amer:
can armed oil tank steamship John D.
Archbold, owned by the Standard Oil
Company, was sunk Saturday by a
German submarine. Announcement of
the vessel's destruction was made at
the offices of the company here this
morning. Four of the crew were lost
AMERICANS AND BRITISH TO
MARCH IN SAME DIRECTION
LONDON, June 19.—Leverett Bent,
o' Stoneham. Mass., private in the
Canadian Ninteenth Battalion, is about
ready to leave the hospital and return
to the front but says he would rather
return to the United States and enlist
under “Old Glory.” "However,” he
remarks. "Americans and British are
both going to march the same direc
tion —due east, for the Rhine and Ber-
I lin.”
RECRUITING OFFICE FOR AMERICUS LIGHT INFANTRY IS NOW OPFN IN THIS CITY—THE NATION CALLS
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 19, 1917
AUDITORIUM FIGHT
STIR? MAGONITES
MACON, Ga., June 19. —An injunction
petition was yesterday filed in the
cierk’s office of the Superior court by
Miss Irene Hendrix, et al., against the
city of Macon, enjoining the city
against building the proposed city
auditorium partly on an encroachment
on the Cherry street side of the pro
posed auditorium site.
The injunction petition prays for a
permanent restraining order and the
hearing is set by Judge H. A. Mathews
for Friday, June 22, at 10 o’clock.
The encroachment is alleged to be
21 feet'wide and 157 feet in length and
the title is said by the petitioners to
■be vested in the state of Georgia. They
also state that Cherry street is the
most important in the city and by nar
rowing it at this point that the proper
ty on the block from First to New
will be materially injured.
The city officials state that if the
case is decided against them in the
court that the present site will have
to be abandoned and some other pur •
chased. The city also claims that if
the present plans are interfered with
and the building has to be put back to
the line indicated by the property own
ers the seating capacity will be reduc
ed 1,500 to 2,000.
The city thinks that in case the
property at First and Cherry street
cannot be used the site can be sold,
but the city will have been put to
much expense by cancellation of or
ders. architects’ fees, etc.
There are many property owners
along Cherry street whose names are
entered on the petition. They are Miss
Irene Hendrix, Miss Janie Hendrix, L.
H. Burghard, R. A. McCord, J. Wax
elbaum, S. Popper, Mrs. L. Goldman,
Mrs. Frances Harrold, Mrs. J. H.
Hertz, Happ Realty Company, Miss
Elizabeth Harrold and Miss Miriam
Newman.
Cheer up; scientists say
TEN WEEDS ARE GOOD TO EAT
ATLANTA, Ga., June 19. —The orien
tal king in the old testament who
went out and grazed with the sheep
may not have been so foolish after all,
for scientists working on the food
problem in connection with the war
have found that many kinds of grass
and weeds have a very substantial fooa
value and are quite palatable whet
properly cooked.
What Southern boy has not been
forced by his mother to drink “bone
set” tea when his system needed a
general toning? And if weeds are
good as medicine, why shouldn’t some
of them be good for food as well? “Ea‘
weeds” may become a war slogan if
the struggle against German militar
ism is prolonged for several years.
It is said that there are ten common
weeds that make excellent food, these
being dock, nettle, sorrel, purslane,
milk weed, lamb’s quarter, pig weed,
marsh marigold, brake fern and dande
lion.
WOULD STRENGTHEN
RESERVE SYSTEM
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19 I
Amendments to the federal reserve act,
designed to strengthen the financial |
system of the country by the concen- •
tration of gold reserves in federal re
serve banks and to open wide the
doors of the federal reserve system to
the state banks and trust companies,
was sent to the president late yester
day for his signature. The senate fin
ally accepted a conference report prev
iously approved by the house.
The first effect of the changes, it is
believed, will be the shifting of more
than $300,000,000 in reserves from the
banks of the country to the federal re
serve banks, where the great store of
gold will be in position to achieve its
maximum efficiency.
Under the existing law’, the banks
had until next November to divert
•that portion of their reserves w’ith
other banks to the federal reserve
lanks. The amendments advance the
date and the diversion of this gold to
the reserve banks is ordered at once.
Hundreds of large trust companies
and state banks which heretofore have
remained outside the fold are expected
to come in under the amendments,
these institutions will bring into the
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4- NEW YORK .June 19.—Cotton 4
4- futures rose fully a cent a pound 4
4- in all months today, but specula- 4
4- tors taking profits later caused re- 4
4- actions. The market at noon was 4
4- again steady. 4
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UP ON WESTERN
FIGHTING FRONT
NEW YORK, June 19. —(Compiled by
the Associated Press from European
cables during the day.)—There has
been a let up in severity of the fighting
along the British front in France and
Belgium, only British raids being re
ported today.
Along the lines the French hold, a
renewal of activities of most intense
nature is noted, however., During yes
terday French troops captured a Teu
ton trench system nearly a third of a
mile long in the Champagne region,
and held it last night against violent
counter attacks.
The condition of French children
found in villages which the French and
British recently took from the Ger
mans is described by the Associated
Press correspondent as most pitiable.
Many of these innocents have been
greviously wounded by the invaders,
while a majority of them suffer from
a peculiar malady somewhat similar in
its symptoms to St. Vitus dance, owing
it is presumed to their being compelled
to remain in the midst of terrific bom
bardments." Many 'are without homes
or relatives, the women being taken
into Germany when the Teutons re
treated, and the men all being dead.
The children all show evidence of hav
ing been underfed, and are being sent,
by French authorities to the south of
France, far from the sound of cannon
ading in the hope that they may recover
from the mysterious ailment that now
afiects them.
HOME GUARD WILL BE
ORGANIZED TONIGHT
Tonight at the armory the organiza
tion of the "Americus Home Guards”
will be perfected and plans made to
secure from the federal government the
necessary arms for the equipment of
the company.
The "Home Guards” are to be organ
ized for the purpose of affording pro
tection tc this community and section
in the absence of the Americus Ligh’
Infantry, which has heretofore been
quartered in this city. The departure
cf Company 1 to the mobilization camp
in Macon and possibly later on to the
bi ttie front in France, will leave Amer- !
licus without means of quelling any|
I disorders that may develop in which j
the police department might find tsielf
I inadequate.
Many citizens hat'e expressed a will
ingness to join the "Home Guards,”
such as have been organized in other j
cities of the state, and the meeting to-1
night will bring to a focus the efforts
that have thus far been made along this!
line.
$25 HORSE EARNED $75,000 AND *
SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES
OTISVILLE. N. Y„ June 19.—Otis
ville, N. Y., boasts of a horse which
while only costing the city $25 has to j
date earned $75,000 besides saving the
lives of thousands of children. No.
397” as the dividend producing horse
is called has had eight quarts of blood,
used in making serum, drawn from
him every week for the past four
years. This blood has provided serum
which has saved the lives of children
all over the country. “No. 397” is now
enjoying a well earned rest but in a
short time will be back on the job in
the serum plant.
reserve system many hundreds of mil
lions of additional reserves. With their
addition officials believe that the finan
cial system of the country will be as
nearly impregnable as human ingen
uity can make it.
INCREJSED HATES
WEDIHEOSEII
ATLANTA, Ga.. June 19. —A petition
of all the railroads in Georgia, similar
to petitions in other Southern states,
has been filed with the Georgia state
railroad commission asking, for a 15
per cent horizontal increase in all
Georgia intra-state freight rates, as an
emergency revenue measure.
The carriers asked that the pro
posed increases be made effective July
15, or as early as possible thereafter,
but the commission has not yet as
signed the petition for hearing, and on
account of the sweeping magnitude of
the measure proposed, it will probably
not be assigned until some time after
that date.
The petition makes two exceptions
calling for increases of more than 15
ptr cent. One is in the case of coal
and coke, carload, where it is proposed
to add specific cents per ton, to the
present charge, and the other excep
tion would add a number of cents per
100 pounds equal to 15 per cent, of the
rates to intermediate points carrying
the highest rates, thus bringing about
an increase greater than 15 per cent
at the depressed rate points.
The petition was filed by the follow
ing railroads, representing all other
roads in Georgia; The Atlanta, Birm
ingham & Atlantic, the Atlanta & West
Pcint, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Cen -
tral of Georgia, the Georgia Southern
& Florida, the Louisville & Nashville,
the Seaboard Air Line, the Southern I
and the Western & Atlantic.
RESERVE OFFICERS NOW
TAKING “VOICE CULTURE.”
ATLANTA, Ga.. June 19. —It may be
safely surmised that if some of our
eager young men who sought enroll
ment in the officers’ reserve corps
training camp had known they would
be compelled to undertake a course in
voice culture, they might have hesitat
ed. Many a young man who dreamed
o' fearlessly leading his command into
the mouth of death, into the jaws of
hell, might have blanched at the pros
pect of "voice culture.”
Nevertheless, voice culture has wise
ly been made a part of the training. I*
is conceivable that the hottest bunch
of fire-eaters who ever carried the star
ry flag to victory would have lost their
pep if summoned to charge in the tone
of one lady inviting another to have an
ice cream soda. One of the chief com
plaints of young Percy Hotspur against
the dandified emissary sent to per
suade him to do his duty was the tone
cf the emissary's voice.
It isn't always the man with the
most virile voice who is best in a
fight, but it is a safe bet that the com
petent fighting man will know, after
the proper training, how to declare
himself in a convincing way when the
proper time comes.
OPPOSE ATTEMPT TD
PARDONIJJBDR AGENT
An effort is being made to secure i
pardon or commutation cf sentence for
Charlie Quick, the negro emigration
agent who was arrested in Americus in
February and who, after entering a
plea of guilty to the charge, was sen
tmeed by Judge Harper to serve 12
months on tbe chaingang, or pay a fine
of SSOO.
It is understood that certain rail
roads for whom the negro claimed to
be working as a labor agent in induc
ing negro laborers to leave this state,
have interested themselves in his be
half and have made application to the
state prison commission for favorable
consideration of the petition for par
don.
There is to be determined opposi
tion to the petition and several citizens
of Sumter county are preparing to
fight the matter vigorously. The sta
tute provides that applications for par
don or commutation of sentence must
be either advertised in the public
prints or i>osted in a conspicuous place
a ( the courthouse, but neither of these
methods has been employed and the
opponents of the petition for pardon
will utilize this point to prevent the
possible liberation of Quick before the
expiration of his sentence.
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♦ HOFFMANN, SWISS SOCIALIST 4
4- RESIGNED AFTER EXPOSURE 4
4- BERNE, Switzerland, June 19. *
♦—M Hoffmann, a member of the 4
4 Swiss Federal Council, who was 4-
4 connected with the recent at- 4
4 tempted negotiation of a separate 4
4 peace between Germany and Rus- 4
4 sia, resigned following exposure 4
4 of the plan here today. 4
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AUSTRIHN CHAMBER
ZURIQH, Switzerland, June 19.—The
Polish deputy Daszinski declared in th<s
iVenna reichsrath that German author
ities were responsible for the hanging
of thirty thousand Poles, according to
the iVenna Armeiter-eZitung, copies oi
which have just reached uZrich.
Deputy Striberny also described the
abominable treatment of political sus
pects by the German authorities,
whereupon the pan-German deputy
Heine shouted:
“All of them ou.?ht to be hanged.”
All Slay and Polish deputies present
thereupon rushed at Heine, and the
meeting adjourned during tremendous
disorder.
HUGE INCREASE IN
LIQUOR JMMPTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19.
The high tide of whiskey, and beer in
ternal revenue receipts, and, presuma
bly, the consumption of these articles
as well, was reached during the fiscal
year now closing. Cigarette smokers
cf the nation also smoked more than
ever before.
Ordinary internal revenue receipts,
constituted chiefly of taxes on whiskey,
beer and tobaco consumption, totalled
$424,000,009 during the year, which
compares with a total from these
sources of $365,000,000 last year.
A large part of the increased con
sumption of tobacco is believed by offi
cials here to be due to the growing
popularity of cigarettes among the wo
men of the United States.
RUSSIAN COMMISSION
ARRIVES IN CAPITAL
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 19— ]
The special diplomatic mission from
Russia to the United States was receiv
ed on its arrival here today with every
possible effort to reflect America’s hope
and confidence in the integrity and
purpose of the new Russian govern
ment.
Representatives of every department
cf the government participated in the ■
welcome extended the Slav commis-1
sinners here, and Washington civic au- ( ■
thorities also assisted in extending a ;
welcome to the distinguished visitors.
HEAT WAVE BURNING
GERMANjRAIN CROPS
COPENHAGEN. Sweden, June 19— .
a sustained drouth prevailing since I
early in May, combined with an unpre |
cederted heat wave throughout all Ger-|
many is steadily b-.-.rning up ail valua-l
ble grain crops there, as was the case!
in 1915, according to reposts reaching !
Copenhagen today.
Sanitary Census of Mexico City. !
MEXICO CITY, June 19.—What ‘
practically amounts to a saniatry i
census of the federal district in which
Mexico City is located has been ord
ered by the Department of Health
This census will enumerate the houses
and inhabitants of each and the re
sults will be used to aid in the work
of the health inspectors. The Health ;
Department has established two addi )
tional free public baths and compuls- i
ory bathing is being enforced as 1
strictly as possible. jl
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V/EDITIONI
GOMMIITEES ST
WORK SECURING
RED GROSS FUND
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4 DAY TO BENEFIT RED CROSS 4
♦ GATEWOOD GROCERY CO. 4
4 D. PEARLMAN . +
4 SHEFFIELD HDW. CO. 4
♦ MURRAY’S PHARMACY. 4
4 ACME SANITARY MARKET. 4
4 THOS. L. BELL. 4
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Seven committees of Red Cross
workers started out this morning tj
canvass the city of Americus to secure
our share of the $190,000,000 war re
lief fund needed by the national or
ganization.
Each committee is made up of mem
bers of the Americus and Sumter
County chapter of the Red Cross, th a
ladies being escorted by members of
the Americus Light Infantry detailed
by Capt. James A. Fort for this partic
ular duty.
The committees will operate during
the remainder of the week, reporting
each night at headquarters, where
plans for the next day’s work will be
formulated and results tabulated.
Americus and Sumter county are
called upon to contribute SIO,OOO to
the national Red Cross fund of SIOO.-
eOO.OOO. Every city in ths United
States is being apportioned its share of
the fund and each Red Cross chapter is
putting forth its best efforts tte bring
the contributions up to the required to
tal.
The committees starting work this
morning were as follows:
Captain—Miss Sarah Cobb; Chair
man, Mrs. J. E. Hightower; Mrs. J.
W. Harris, Jr., Miss Elizabeth McLen
don. Escort, Sergeant McLeod, Private-
Rouse.
Chairman—Mrs. Mary Clay, Mrs. J.
L Kimmel, Miss Susie Taylor. Escort,
Private Monohan.
Captain—Mrs. I. J. Kai mon; Chair
man, Mrs. C. C. Hawkins, Mss. C. B.
Hudson, Mrs. Law Rees. Escort, Cor
poral Brannon, Private Rigsby.
Chairman—Miss Mary Mathis, Mrs
L. F. Grubbs, Mrs. J. L. Sparks. Es
cort, Corporal Brooks.
Captain—Mrs. George Van; Riper
Chairman, Miss Emraae Borum. Mrs. '.
1.. Mathis, Miss Janie McLendon. Es-
I cort, Private Pinkston, Private Shep
| pard.
Chairman—Mrs. H. B. Allen. Mrs.
Anderson, Mrs. T. B. Hooks. Escort,
private Calloway.
Team of Captains Miss Sarah Cobb,
Mrs. I. J. Kalmon, Mrs. George Van.
Riper. Escort, Sergeant Holst.
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4 RESULT OF THIS ♦
4- MORNING’S CAMPAIGNING ♦
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4 A total of SSOO in donations was 4
♦ reported this noon when each of 4
4 the seven canvassing, committees 4
4 tabulated the result of the morn- 4
■ 4 ing’s operations. 4
PREPARING TO ENTERTAIN
WOODMEN DURING MEETING
ATLANTA, Ga., June 19.-When At
lanta has finished the entertainment
this week of Rotarians from the four
corners of the English-speaking world,
attending the international convention
j here, and has sent them happy on
| their way. singing the praises of
I Southern hospitality, all hands will
|' turn to” and begin active preparations
: for the entertainment of the Sovereign
Camp convention of the Woodmen of
I the World, which meets in Atlanta
'aoout the middle of July, and which
! is expected to bring not less than 30,-
'OOO visitors to the city.
I In point of size, the Woodmen s con
vention will be the largest ever held
here, excepting vuly the Imperial
Council of the Mystic Shrine, which
’ met here in the spring of 1914. and will
be attended by prominent Woodmen
from every state in the union, as well
as many from other countries.
' A round of attractions are being ar
ranged for the Woodmen, among these
being a mimic air battle between avia
tors flying over Piedmont Park.
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