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MAKE PLANS FOB
BIC CELESRATIDN
MEETING 'THIS AFTERNOON TO
PERFECT ARRANGEMENTS FOR
PATRIOTIC OBSERVANCE ON
FEBRUARY 22 ND.
Plans for the community singing
festival and the patriotic exercises on
February 22 will be perfected this
ternoon at a meeting of the various
committees held in conjunction with
the county Council of Defense.
In each county the celebration on
Washington’s birthday is being ar
ing arranged under the auspices of the
county Council of Defense.
As it was already planned to have
the community singing, it has been de
cided to combine the two aflairs, so as
tj have a larger and more attractive
program.
The meeting this afternoon will be
attended by the following: Council of
Defense, Franc Mangum, chairman;
Mrs. Frank Harrold, W. W. Dykes, E.
J. McMath, and G. W. Nunn.
Daughters of the American Revo
lution, Mrs. H. B. Allen, regent; Mrs.
C. M. Council, Mrs. Shelton Harris,
Mrs. Tom Harrold.
Community Singing, Miss Emma
Polk, Prof. J. E. Mathis.
Daughters of the Confederacy: Mrs.
R. S. Broadhurst, Mrs. S. H. McKee,
Mrs Egbert Allen.
It is probable that the exercises will
be hid at the First Methodist church,
where the largest number of people
may be accommodated. However, this
will be decided upon this afternoon.
It is proposed to have the community
singing feature the program, with
hundreds of school children partici
pating. There will also be recitations
of a patriotic nature, and an address
by Governor Hugh M. Dorsey.
Every store Americus will be
asked to close during the afternoon,
and as it is a legal and national holi
day all of the banks, school, and pub
lic offices will be closed.
Every effort will be made to make
this occasion notable in the history of
Americus, and to make it distinctively
the leading patriotic celebration in
the state on that day. The coming of
the governor in itself will be an event
of special note.
CONTBAGTS IIIILI
BF INVESTIGATED
•
PRESIDENT DIRECTS ATTORNEY
GENERAL TO INQUIRE INTO THE
ALLEGED WASTEFUL SPENDING
OF MONEY.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 14.
President Wilson today directed Attor
ney General Gregory to investigate
the much discussed Hog Island ship
yard contracts, which have been ad
versely criticized before the senate
commerce committee, and to determine
if there had been any criminal misuse
of government funds. The president
further directed the attorney general
to work in conjunction with Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board in the
investigation.
About forty-two million dollars of
government money is involved in the
Hog Island project, in which the
American International Shipbuilding
Corporation, headed by Frank A. Van
derlip, has figured. Vanderlip was the
first of the famous “dollar a year” men
to accept government service at the
outbreak of the war with Germany.
FOOD DEPUTY FOR
FRIENDSHIP NAMED
Mr. J. W. Holly has been appointed
a deputy food administrator for the
Friendship district, and is authorized
to issue flour permits to the people
of that community.
Food Administrator Franc Mangum
will also name deputies to be located
near the stores operated by Messrs. J.
G. Chambliss. S. J- Hargrove and .1.
T. Methvin in the eastern part of the
county.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
"LI VEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA.”
AMERICAN ENGINEERS WHO FOUGHT IN BATTLE OF CAMBRAI
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These American engineers are part of the force that fought the Germans during the battle of Cambrai. They
were busily engaged in laying a railway for the advancing British forces when the Germans made a surprise attack,
cutting them off from the main force. Dropping pick and shovel, the engineers engaged In a furious hand-to-hand
combat with the Teutons, finally fighting their way through to the British lines. Some of their number were cap
tured, but not one was taken unwounded. Field Marshal Haig commended the bravery of these American engineers
in an official communique. Above, at the left, are the captain and the lieutenants.
HUNS SUSPICIOUS
DF RUSSIAN MOVE
THINK THA T p; 'UTILIZATION OF
THE RUSSIAN ARMY IS SIMPLY A
SHAM MANEUVER BY TROTSKY.
AMSTERDAM Feb. 14. Judging
from latest indications in the German
press, much dissatisfaction with the
Russian situation has been aroused by
the latest move of Foreign Minister
Trotsky. Important military and polit
ical leaders are said to be conferring
busily to find the best solution of the
puzzle, and recall of the economic
commission from Petrograd is said
to be under consideration.
The Zeitung Am Mittag says there is
proof tha’t Trotsky’s promise of Rus
sian demoliblzation is a sham man
euvre, and it is reported that the 80l
sheviki are energetically forming a
Red Guard army.
TBIING TO BBtlK IIP
STEALING OF ftUTOS
ATLANTA Ga., Feb. 14 —The first
prosecution in Solicitor John A. Boy
kin’s crusade against an alleged syn
dicate of automobile thieves was be
gun yesterday when Al Swords, an
employee of a local vulcanizing con
cern, was placed on trial.
To the surprise of the solicitor,
Swords turned up wuth three of the
ablest criminal lawyers in the city to
defend him, and it is understood they
have been retained to defend all of
the defendants indicted by the grand
jury in the solicitor’s effort to break
up the syndicate.
As a part of the crusade, Atlanta
police have been ordered to make a
general clean-out of the pool rooms,
where it is alleged that the spotters
for the thieves hold meetings to form
their plans and divide their spoils.
LIMIT ON PAINTS IS
LATEST REGULATION
To conserve tin, linseed oil, and
other ingredients of paint and paint
containers necessary for war use,
manufacture will be limited to
32 shades of house paint July 1, deal
ers say. Some firms are now making
100 shades of this class of paint.
Enamels will be restricted by the
manufacturers to 8 shades, flor paint
tc 8 shades, roof and barn paint to
2 shades, shingle stans to 12, car
riage paints to 8, architectural var
nishes to 10. Half gallon cans will
not be used, and some other sizes
will be discontinued.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 14, 1918
ONE KILLED AND
FOURTEEN HURT
SEABOARDWRECK
SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 14. —Engineer
.1. D. Rogers, of Savannah, was killed,
his negro fireman is missing, and
fourteen passengers were injured when
fast Seaboard passenger train from
Washington to Jacksonville collided
with a freight at Riceboro last night.
Full details of the wreck have not yet
teen received.
U. S. BATTERIES
ARE ACTIVE IN
CAMPAIGN NOW
PARIS, Feb. 14.—American batter
ies took part in the artillery bombard
ment in connection with a large
French raid in the Champaign coun
try yesterday. It is announce offic
ially that effective assistance was
given by American gunners. This is
the first mention of American batter
ies on the Champaign front.
AMERICUS BOY IS
IN TRENCHES WITH
RAINBOW DIVISION
Mr. G. M. Greene, a well-known
Americus merchant, has heard from
his son, W. A Greene, who is “Some
where in France’’ with the Rainbow
Division.
W. A. Greene was a member of the
Americus Light Infantry, but after
going to Camp Wheeler he was trans
ferred to the machine gun squad, and
was with the first expeditionary troops
to cross the Atlantic. He writes that
is well pleased, and is longing for a
chance to “get a few Germans.”
He is in the first trenches.
WILSON’S ADDRESS
MAY BE BASIS FOR
PEACE DISCUSSION
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ROME Feb. 13.—(Delayed)—Pope
Benedict and Cardinal Gasparri, the
papal secretary of state discussed
President Wilson's latest address this
morning. Following the discussion
Cardinal Gasparri is reported to have
said the address gives reason to hope
i* may lead to pour parlers and per
haps, is the startifig point for negotia
tions for a just and lasting peeca.
BRANCH F. 0. FOB
AMLB» CAMP
POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT AU
THORIZES ESTABLISHMENT OF
A SUBSTATION AT ARLES PLAN
TATION.
A branch postoffice at the Aries
Plantation, for the benefit of the avia
tion camp, has been ordered establish
ed by the postoffice department accord
ing to Postmaster Davenport.
The office will be ready for business
cn March 16th.
It is also expected that the govern
ment will a ithorize additional service
for the local office, as its work will be
greatly increased by the coming of
the camp.
PEACE DEBATE IN
HEICHSIAGCOMINC
WILL BEGIN NEXT THURSDAY,
WHEN PREMIER WILL REPLY
TO THE SPEECHES OF PRESI
DENT WILSON.
LONDON. Feb. 14—An important
peace debate will begin in the reich
stag at Berlin, o n February 21st, ac
cording to a wireless dispatch from
Amsterdam today. Count Von Hurtling
will reply to the speeches of Pres
ident Wilson, Lloyd-Georgia and Pre
mier Ordando, of Italy.
TIDEMJN TUES JOB
H (DMINiSTHATOB
SAVANNAH, G., Feb. 14.—George
W. Tiedeman, former mayor of Savan
nah, has announced to the president
of the Board of Trade that he will ac
cept the position of food administra
tor for Chatham county made vacant
by the resignation of Major W. W. Gor
don. One of the first acts of his ad
ministration will be to divide the city
into twelve districts and place each
district under a district administra
tor.
CECIL SPBIN6-PICE
DILI THIS MDHNING
OTTAWA, Feb. 14.—Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, former British ambassa
dor to the United States, died of
heart failure this morning at Govern
ment House here. His wife and two
children were with him when the end
came.
WHOOPING-COUGH
EPIDEMIC FOUGHT
BE HEALTH BOARD
CHILDREN WILL NOT BE PERMIT
TED AT PICTURE SHOWS AFTER
TODAY—MANY ARE STOPPED
FROM GOING TO SCHOOL.
On account of an epidemic of whoop
ing cough in Americus, the city board
of health has issued rigid instructions
regarding children.
The moving picture shows were no
tified today to refuse admittance to
all children, and pupils from families
where there are already cases will not
be allowed in the public schools.
Children with whooping cough must
remain on their own premises, staying
in the back yards when allowed out of
doors.
Dr. D. B. Mayes states that ti has
been found necessary to adopt these
stringent methods as the best means
;of suppressing the epidemic. So many
j cases were developing that it w-as
, thought best to adopt these means,
j The epidemic of measles has been al
i layed, and there are only a few remote
I cases in the city. However, the
spread of whooping cough has been
so pronounced that the city health au
thorities were called upon by the phy
sicians to co operate.
The congregating of children from
various neighborhoods is also advised
against, as being likely to promote the
spread of the disease.
TAX DELINQUENTS
WILL BE FOUND OUT
Somebody is going to tell on you if
you don’t pay your income tax. Con
gress has fixed it so that somebody
must tell, whether he wants to or not.
One section of the war income tax
law, exhaustively comprehensive in
scope, requires every person, without
exception, and every corporation,
partnership, association and insur
ance company, as interest, rent, sal
aries, wages, premiums annuities,
compensation, remuneration, emolu
ments or other fixed determinable
gains, profits and income, to report
the name and address of person, cor
poration, etc., to whom the payment
was made, together with the amount
of the payment, to the commissioner
cf internal revenue at Washington,
using a form prescribed for the pur
pose-form 1099—now to be had from
all collectors' offices. The forms must
be filled out and returned on or be
fore March 1, 1918, accompanied by
form 1096, which is a letter of trans
mittal and affidavit certifying the ac
curacy of form 1099.
DEALERS IN STOCK
FEED ARE LICENSED
Manufacturers of and dealers in
commercial feeds and livestock, cattle,
and hogs must secure licenses under
the food administration by February
15. This covers baled hay, shelled
ear corn and many other commodities
intended for use in feeds or as in
gredients in mixed feeds. The only
exceptions are for millers manufctur
ing bran and dealers in coarse grains,
who have already been placed under
food administration licenses. Appli
cations for license should be address
ed to the license division, food ad
mniistration, Washington, D. C., speci
fying the nature of the business to
be licensed.
STEAMSHIP LINES
TAKEN OVER TODAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14.
All coastwise and Great Lakes steam
ship lines operated by railroads were
today placed under supervision of W.
If. Pleasant, of New York. The for
mal order was signed by Director Gen
eral McAdoo early this morning. Mr.
Pleasant, who is president of the
Ocean Steamship Company, has been
designated manager of the marine sec
tion of the railroad administration.
CITY
EDITION
MEN FO REGISTER
FOB SRIPOOILOING
ABE WANTED HEBE
ENROLLMENT OFFICE FOR INHP
ED STATES PUBLIC SERVICE RE
SERVE HAS BEEN OPENED IS
AMERICUS.
Franc Mangum, chairman of the
Sumter County Council of Defense. Naa
been appointed enrollment agent ot
the United States Public Service Re
serve for this county.
Persons desiring to register may a#-
ply to him at the office of the IF. S.
food administrator, on the second floor
above The Times-Recorder.
As the name implies, the United
States Public Service Reserve is not
an agency to secure immediate em
ployment for its- members. It aims to
have on hand a reserve of availaui*
men who, while staying aUtheir post*
in the industrial life of the
stand ready to go when the government
notifies that that they can be of greater
service elsewhere.
Men specially qualified for sMp*
building are urgently needed now, ate
the government is anxious to secure *
list in each county of the men te*
will accept service in this line oC
work. The pay is unusually good.
Workers in the following trades naray
enroll now:
Acetylene and electrical workers, as
bestos workers, blacksmiths, liter
makers, carpenters, chippers and ealte*
ers, electrical workers, foundry work
ers, laborers of all kinds, machinists
and machine hands, painters, plumbcn*.
pipefitters sheet metal workers ate
coppersmiths, structural iron wcrkern.
cementers.
Persons both white and black mny
register, without charge.
COTTON TESTS OR
LANDS IHIIMTEI
STATE ENTOMOLOGIST LEWIS
HERE ARRANGING FOR EXPE«U
MENS—ALSO MAKING TESTS «
STEWART COUNTY
Mr. A. C. Lewis, acting state enter
mologist, was in Americus yestenter.
arranging for his cotton breeding ate
variety tests for this season. Tfe*
breeding work on the wilt resistate
cotton varieties, the Lewis 62. DsSote
and Council-Toole, are conducted, teu
Senator M. B. Council’s plantation te.
DeSoto. The variety tests will fee
conducted on Mr. John M. CoancSz.
place near town, which will be eaar
venient for the farmers to visit from
time to time during the surner.
From Americus Mr. Lewis went to
Lumpkin to arrange for a variety tesSt
to be conducted on Mr. J. F. Hew
bers* place.
Bulletin" No. 50 on “Cotton Variety
Tests,” by A. C. Lewis and C. A.
Lendon, has just been issued, and cop
ies of this bulletin may be obtained
by adebffiising A. C. Lewis, acting state
entomologist, Atlanta, Ga. This bulle
tin contains some very valuable in
formation for the cotton planters i»
this sectoin of the state, and the£
should avail themselves of the oppor
tunity of securing this information
GEN. ROBERTSON TO
REMAIN IN CHARGE
LONDON, Feb. 14.—Maj. Gen. S»r
William R. Robertson, the Daily
Chronicle declares on its own Infor*
mation, will remain chief of the im
perial stall with the full approval ate
confidence of the war cabinet. Mai-
Gen. Wilson will be named prtneipnZ
British representative at
LENTEN SERVICES AT
UALVARY CHURCH FKIDAE
The services at Calvary’ church for
Friday wil be as follows*.
Penetential Office 12:00 m.
Evening Prayer 7:30 p
At the evening service the lectur®
will be on the Second Epistle of SC
Clement to the Corinthians.
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