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DAILY
FORTIETH YEAR.
HOUSEWIVES UP
IN MMS fiGAINS I
NEW DELIVERY
ACCUSTOMED TO ORDER AN BE
CURE QUICK DELIVERY, NEW
ORDER IS RESENTED.
The housewives of Americus are up
in arms against the giocers and
butchers. That is, a good many of
ladies are complaining be
cause of the new system of deliveries
instituted by Americus merchants and
retailers generally.
Ladies accustomed to step to their
phones and order their supplies at
any hour, having these delivered “in
time for dinner,” or “in time for sup
per,” as the case happened, found this
privilege cut off today, and few of
them hesitated to “speak their mind”
about it to the merchants. One lady
who wanted a small purchase for
dinner, was told at 11:30 that deliv
er}' could not be made before after
noon, and she threatened to move her
account to another grocer, while an
other housewive who ordered a juit'y
roast about 11 o’clock, drove in her car
to the establishment from which she
first ordered, and carried the meat
home herself, after first trying every
other dealer in Americus and failing
to securea promise of delivery before
afternoon.
So the situation stands. The ladies
all say it is an “outrage” to deprive
them of the sweet privilege of putting
off their household duties until the
last minute, w-hile the merchants are
—thus far —standing firm and refus
ing to deliver purchases, except in ac
cordance with their published sched
ule. Which side will be the first t o
give in is a juestion time only can
decide. Meanwhile the growing
tension between fair customers and
erstwhile clever dealers is being ob
served with interest by sour bachelors
who board and thus are not worried
with petty incidents of housekeeping.
MOULTRIE MARKETS
CEASE DELIVERIES
MOULTRIE, Ga., Jan. 23.— The
unanimous agreement of the Mcultrie
markets not to deliver anything went
into effect yesterday morning. The
market men declared that they were
practically forced to cut off their de
livery service because of their inabili
ty to get competent boys to do the
work. They assert that they will give
the buying public the benefit of the
saving that will result from the
abandoning of the delivery service.
POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE
MARRIED AT BRONWOOD
BRONWOOD, Ga., Jan. 23.—A wed-'
ding centering the cordial interest of
a wide circle of friends was that of,
Miss Annie Bell Collins, of Bronwood,
and Mr. Paul Speir, of Fairburn,
which took place at high noon Satur
day at the residence of the bride’s
mother, Mrs. John G. Colling.
The music was rendered by Mrs.'
Edd Massey, w r ho played Mendels- •
sohn’s weding march as the bride and I
groom descended the stairs and enter
ed the parlor, where’Trammei” was
softly played during the impressive
and beautiful ceremony performed by
Rev. John N. Hudson, of Macon. In
the presence of the family and a few
friends.
The home was artistically decorated
with palms, ferns and cut-flowers. The
bri’e was lovely in her going-away
navy blue suit and hat, with gray ac
cessories. She wore a bouquet of
bride’s roses and orchids.
Mr. and Mrs. Speir left immediately i
for a short wedding trip, after which
they will bd at home to their friends
in Fairburn.
Darth of Sherry Louis We K t.
Americus friends will be pained
to learn of the death of Sherry Louis |
West, aged 8 years, which occurrea
Mondnv at Wil’acoochee, Ga.. the fun-'
eral and interment being held Wed-,
nes-’ay at that plane. The young chila |
was the son of Mr. and Mrs S. L.:
W r st. the latter being pleasantly re-I
membered here as Miss Claude Gunn.|
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
"LI VEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA."
718 LOSE LIVES
WHEN SHIPS NRE
smjmons
LONDON, Jan. 23.—8 y the sinking!
of two steamers by the enemy in the;
’ Mediterranean about three weeks ago ■
i 718 lives were lost. This was an- I
1 r.ounced officially today.
■OFFERS WOOD FOR
IID OF IHE POOR
: |
i P. S. BROADHURST IS FIRST TO
AGREE TO HAVE HIS TIMBER
s CUT BY COUNTY CONVICTS FOR
f DISTRIBUTION AMONG SUFFER
’ | ING.
r
' j Mr. R. S. Broadhurst has informed
• 1 Franc Mangum, chairman of the Sum
• |'ter County Council of Defense, that
’ he will donate at least 100 cords of
■ ' wood for the relief of the poor people
' of the county, if the convicts will be
’ used to cut it.
J Mr. Mangum has been directed by |
t the governor to arrange with the
r county commissioners for the cutting
; and distribution of fuel wood under
»i such circumstances, and for the sale
I of. it to those who are able to pay for
>' the commodity.
>, Mr. Broadhurst has a mixture of
; maple, poplar, gum; pine and oak on,
»’ the Upper River road, six miles from
>, Americu.s that he offers to the coun-
■ ty for this purpose.
■ COLUMBUS ALIENS
l
; DECLARED GUILTY
OF IRREGULARITIES
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COLUMBUS, Ga., Jan. 23.—Chief of
Police Tom More stated this morning
that in making preliminary arrange
ments for classifying the alien ene
i mies of this city he found that sev-
I eral unnaturalized aliens have been
I continuously participating in elections
( 1 here, which is contrary to the election I
( i laws of the country, in one instance
he found where a foreigner who has
( never been made a citizen of the Unit
, ed States is holding public office,
which also is a violation of the law.
The chief is making further investi
( gations to ascertain whether or not
these alleged violators received their
,J naturalization papers in other cities.
( | So far as local records show, the alle
gations are correct.
It is the intention of the chief to ob
tain all possible information regard
( ing local alien enemies before the
date of the registration, which is Feb
i uary 4. Such information as lie finds ;
, I will be used in classifying the foreign-|
, ers and disloyal Americans, besides
being submitted to the city authori-1
ties for local action.
Just what action will be taken in
I regard to the holding of office by a
: foreign subject is not known. It is
j known, however, that the matter has
• been brought to the attention of the
I local authorities and left with them i
i
for such disposition as they may see
fit to make of it.
EMBARGO ON ALL
FREIGHT ORDERED
ON EASTERN LINES I
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan. 23. '
Ar embargo on all freight, except fooa, I
I f’ el and war mun tions on the Penn-1
; sylvania lines east of Pittsburg and
Reading, was authorized today by
Director General McAdoo. The em
t?rgo is temporary and expected to
I last for only a few days. The purpose
in augurating the ho’d-up of ordinary i
freight is to perm t the lines to spec- I
, ialize in the handling of coal ship
; ments in the east.
I c he died about three years ago while,
I on a visit to relatives in Montgomery, j i
I Ala.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. J ANUARY 23, 1918
HOLY SEPULCHER JEWELS SENT TO KAISER
Fife EK »< S * d *
s RtaW&w! Bl r
i’ll R If gfqp 1M f
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An official dispatch received from France says that the Turks before
surrendering Jerusalem to the British carried off the famous treasures of the
Church of the Holy Sepulcher, valued at millions of dollars, and sent to Berlin
the church’s celebrated ostensory of brilliants. In the center of this great cir
cular room as shown in the photograph, rises a highly decorated edifice of
marble. Gigantic candlesticks are in front of It and innumerable lamps, the
gifts of worshipers, surround it, and hang everywhere.
ALABAMA OFFICIAL
ORDERED TO SERVE
TWO-YEAR SENTENCE
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 23.—Lee
Cowart, commissioner of immigration
1911 to 1915 and now practicing law
in Birmingham, must serve a two-year
sentence imposed by the Montgomery
city court on a charge of having con
verted certain public moneys to his
private use, according to the decision
of the court of appeals, just rendered,
affirming the decision of the lower
court.
I Cowart, following his conviction, ap-
I pealed to the court of appeals, and on
their affirimng the lower court’s decis
ion, appealed to the state supreme
court. The supreme court ordered the
lower court to render certain changes
which they did and again affirmed the
Montgomery city court’s decision.
MOTOR LAW UPSET
BY APPEALS COURT
Americus motorists are interested in
a decision just handed down by the
state court of appeals, which has de
cided that portion of the motor law
which directs that a driver on a
highway when approached by another
shall “turn Id’s vehicle to the right so
as to give one half the traveled road
way, if practicable, and a fair oppor
tunity to the other to pass without
unnecessary interference,” is too in
definite to be enforceable at law.
Effect of the decision is to practically
nullify the legal standing of the so
cailed “law of the road,” and it leaves
with juries trying damage suits to
decide where the faul lies In all in
stances where such suits grow out of
collsions or accidents on the public
highawys of Georgia.
SEEKING CONTRACT
FOR AVIATION CAMP
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan. 23.
Congressman Overstreet is doing ev
erything in hispporerw r er to have the con
tract for the Americus aviation taiuu
go to a Savannah firm. He had the
matter up yesterday with Maj. Star
rett, who informed him that the con
tract would be let in a very short
while now. The Stillwell-WyPy cor
poration and the Art Ry Company are
joint bidders from Savannah. It is
understood that Senator Smith and
Congressman Crisp have enflorsel the
McCrary Company, of Atlanta.
DORSEYfiWILL SELL
“TREASURY’S SCRIP
TO PAY PEDAGOGUES
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 23.—Governor
Hugh M. Dorsey has issued a call for
bids for the purchrse of $2,000,000
worth of the governor’s warrants,
drawn upon the state treasury, antici
pating the collection of taxes for 1918,
for the purpose of prompt payment
of the teachers of the state.
The bids are to be opened at noon,
February 13. at the governor’s offic.
The warrants will ba disposed of to
the bidder offering the lowest rate of
discount, the governor, however, re
serves the right to reject all blds.
The discounting of the governor’s
warrants, drawn upon the treasury in
anticipation of revenue, is authorized
under an act approved August 13,1915.
The warrants will be drawn at the end
of each month for whatever amounts
may be needed for the payment of
salaries then due. The warrants wi-
made payable to the purchaser on
February 1, 1919.
OAT CROP IN THOMAS
” REPORTED DAMAGED
THOMASVILLE. Ga., Jan. 23.—Much
of the oat crop of Thomas count
was badly damage! by the severe cold
that has prevailed during the winter,
this being especially the case with I
the oats that -were planted in tho
early fall and that were well grown, i
■ome of the fields where oats were:
ate in being planted are apparently I
e~y little injured. This was the case j
'ast year when the crop was I
illcd by the cold but the later plant-1
ii.’gs little hurt. Should the weather;
become normal again within the next ■
two or three weeks, it will be possi- |
b'.e to plant spring oats.
AMERICUS BANKS TO
CLOSE AT 2 O’CLOCK,
Americus banks wi’l do their “bit”
toward aiding the fuel conservation
tovement. and hereefte- wi’l close at
? o’clock egch afternoon. This is one
hour earlier than at present, and f r
the three banks he-e will result in
*l;e saving o f three hours’ fuel supply
'tp.ily, or 18 hours’ suprlv each week.
The Brnk of Commrre. Planters Bank
ind Commercial City Bank a'l give
*oHT»al notice of their intention to ob
•sor-’-e hanking >orirs from 9 to 2 only
’n this issue of The Times-Recorder.
WHEELER 50IDIEHSI
10 BE PIEIM
IN WOOD BURROCKS
BASE HOSPITAL AT MACON CAMP
t ALSO TO BE ENLRGED AND EN
i TIRE CAMP PERMANENTLY
i DRAINED AND SEWERED.
j CAMP WHEELER, Macon, Ga., Jan.
i 23.—General Hayden hag received or
ders from the war department to or
der permanent barracks buit in place
of the tents used at present by the
troops quartered here, to double the
capacity and equipment of the base
hospital and to order that the entire
camp be sewered. An order has also
been received to build a permanent
repair shop for the repair of all
equipment for any division that might
ibe stationed here. The work will be
' gin at once.
The Macon Chamber of Commerce
has already consented to place a big
i sewer from the camp to the Ocmulgee
river several miles from the camp.
; The officers of the camp and officials
( of the Macon Chamber of Commerce
i think that a permanent cantonment
j will result from the orders received
today.
debelsTiieil
GHIMLE CSSE
TIMES-RECORDER IS ASKED TO
BRING TO PUBLIC ATTENTION
THE SERIOUS CONDITION OF E.
D. RUMNEY.
The Times-Recoder has been asked
to obtain aid for E. D. Rumney, a
white man, who is in a serious condi
tion at his home on Dudley street. He
is without assistance of any kind, and
is confined to nis bed with pneumonia.
He has no fuel nor anything to eat, nor
any one to attend him.
Effort has been made to locate his
relatives, but without success.
JURY EXEMPTIONS
OF MACON TROOPS
CONTINUE IN FORCE
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MACON, Ga., Jan. 23. —Despite the'
I I
fact that the military company former-.
lv known as the Macon Volunteers has '
been taken into the fedeial service '
lost itg identity as a local organization (
and is now in France as part of the
famous Rainbow division, thirty jury
exemptions, owned by that company,',
at e to be continued in force. This has (
been decided by Judge Mathews, of
the Bibb superior court, and Judge!,
Guerry of the city court of Macon. The
Hassars and the Floyd Rifles, no long- I
er exist and jury exemptiong formerly i
owned by them are no longer in force.;
The Volunteers still maintain an I
organization in Macon, with duly elec
ed officers and also have a lease on
several store buildings on which they
jay taxes and insurance and which
they are compelled to keep in repair ,
To aid in keeping up the property the
county has set aside jury exemptions.
which are sold to prominent Macon ’
business men who would rather put
up SIOO than be subj ect to jury service.
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ANTI-WAR STRIKES
IN AUSTRIA CREDITED i;
BY U.S. AUTHORITIES (
II
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 23. ;
Amer can officials here believe that ]
the reports of anti-war strikes pre- |
vailing in Austria are substantially!
true, and do not credit the Lon ’on !
view that they have . een exaggerated j
to deceive public opinion outside of i
the Central Ent ires. Other reports i
of econmic conditions recently re- 1
ceivel picture the situation in Austria ;
as much more serious than in Ger- <
many. | ]
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EDITION
miTIOII FOR
INIWOWION
IS FILED HERE
“ARLES PLANTATION COMPANY”
BOUGHT TO BE FORMED WITH
CAPITAL STOCK OF ONE HUN
DRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND.
A petition for incorporation filed in
the office of H. E. Allen, clerk of the
Superior court of Sumter county, to
day, seeks issuance of a charter to
the "Arles Plantation Company," with
a capitalization of $150,000. The in
corporators are Morgan H. Grace and
John H. Eden, of Great Neck, N. Y.,
and W. T. Calhoun, of Sumter county,
and EHis, Webb & Ellis are attorneys
representing the petitioners.
The incorporators now own the
splendid Arles Plantation, situated a
few imles east of Americus, and the
business proposed to be carried on by
the corporation is the operation of
general farm and agricultural enter
' prises, the raising of live stock and
the manufacture of certain oils from
farm products. The corporation also
asks the right to manufacture and sell
ice, operate a cold storage plant and
creamery, and to engage in the sale
and distribution of general merchan
dise.
All of the capital stock of $150,000,
it is said, has either been paid in al
ready, or will be as soon as incorpora
tion is perfected, and it is set forth in
the petition that the corporation seeks
the privilege of increasing its invest
ed capita] to $300,000 upon a majority
vote of the stockholders.
i. g. leinisTeeks
ENTOMOLOGIST JOB
JUDGE COBB IS PETITIONED TO
VOTE FOR HIM—ELECTION WILL
TAKE PLACE IN ATLANTA FBI
DAY THIS WEEK.
Petitions, asking the appointment of
A. C. Lewis, of this county, to the of
fice of state entomologist, have been
signed here and throughout the state.
Mr. Lewis has been in this county
for twelve years, and is well known
by reason of his success in developing
a specialized type of cotton on the
plantation of Mr. M. B. Council. He
was formerly assistant state entomol
ogist.
Hon. John A. Cobb, who is sick in
Athens, has been asked by many to
vote for Mr. Lewis, Judge Cobb bring
a member of the state board of ento
mology. This board will meet Friday
of this week and elect the entomologist
who will succeed Lee Worsham, re
cently resigned.
The only other applicant is R. I.
Smith, of Boston, Mass.
WESLEYAN PRESIDENT
z VISIIS BROTHER HERE
Re- C. R. Jenkins, president of
Wesl-yan College, at Macon, has re
turned home after a visit to his broth
er, Rev. J. S. Jenkins, pastor of the
Lee Street Methodist church.
Bruce Clark Visiting Kirenfs.
Bruce Clark, one of the Americus
boys serving their country in the war
with Germany, is at home for a brief
visit, the guest of his .parents, Mr. and
Mrs .J. H. Clark, on Jackson avenue.
He en’isted in the Fifth Georgia regi
ment before the federalization of that
organization, and has since remained
with the regiment. He is one of the
youngest Americus volunteers in the
army service, and is being given a
hearty welcome home by numerous
friends here.
Americans Killed in Action.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 23.
General Persh ng retorted today that
three American Infantrymen weir
killed in action January 21st Tha
report transmitted no details of the
engagement. None of the soldiers
killed were from Southern states.
NUMBER 20.