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DAILY
CITY
EDITION
FORTIETH YEAH.
GREAT BATTLE RAGING FOR AMIENS
FATE OF PARIS
BE DECIDED BY
PRESENT FIGHT
Military Experts Regard This As One of the Crucial Stages of
the War. Americans Taking An Active Part. Now
Within Eight Miles of Amiens.
While awaiting heavy reinforce
ments and big guns before beginning
his new drive against Amiens, von
Hindenburg is battering away with his
infantry against the British left and
center between the Somme and Ayette
rvers.
Haig reports heavy fighting every
where along a twenty-five mile front
yesterday and last night, with a re
sumption of the fighting this morn
ing.
United iPress dispatches describing
this fighting told of an attempt by the
enemy to storm the embankment of
the Amiens-Albert railway southwest
of the latter city with a force of sev
enty-two thousand men. This fighting
continued when the correspondent fil
ed his caFle today.
Correspondents say the fighting
around Albert, like the fighting south
of the Somme is an effort of Hinden
burg to gain high ground before re
suming his offensive on a major scale
In their offensive against Amiens, the
Germans have approached within eight
miles of the city on the southeast. The
Germans have been handicapped in
their artillery concentration by heavy
rains which have been falling since
Thursday and which have turned the
shell pits ond the battlefields back of
the lines into a morass, but the French,
aided by their railways have already
completed their counter concentration
of heavy’ guns.
Austria Made No Peace Offer.
WASHINGTON. D, C., Apjril 6.
Austria has made no direct overtures
to the United States for peace officials
at the state department stated today.
Violent Artillery Preparation.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES in
the Field, April 6.—Violent artillery
duels such a s usually presage an at
tack, are under way along the entire
front south of the Somme river. Never
theless, the Germans, apparently plan
a greater artillery concentration be
fore risking their main drive toward
Amiens.
Battle Again in Full Swing.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES, in
the Field, April 6.—" With the battle
again in full swing the American army
is unusually busy on the anniversary
of America’s entrance into the war.
Much cannot now be described for mil
itary reasons, and it will probably b«*
several days before much can be sail
regarding activities in Picardy
The Toul front today is quiet with
normal artillery fire. One German
was killed during a patrol encounter
Thursday night.
Fall of Amiens Would Be Tragic.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 6. —
With France and England at bay be
fore Amiens, will either stand off
the Boche orwrn him back, in the
opinion of military men here. That
there are strong defenses before the
city is assumed, as the fall of Amiens,
experts here say, would be more tra
gical than the capture of Paris.
Heavy Fighting For Railway.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES, in
France, April 6.—Heavy fighting is
developing for possession of the
Amiens railway embankment in the re
gion of Albert, where the Germans
are In cling great masses of troops
forward. At 5:30 this morning the
enemy was scon advancing in waves,
vast numbers of Germans falling or
being disemboweled by British bay
oi ets, while others are torn into pieces
b • big British guns The battle is
... H raging when this dispatch was
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEk
"LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA."
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GREAT CEREMONIAL
TWENTY-FIVE FROM AMERICUS TO
GO TO BIG MEETING TOMOR
ROW—LARGE ATTENDANCE EX
PJECTED.
Sam R. Heys, ambassador of Alee
Temple of Shriners in Americus, is
arranging details of the forthcoming
visit of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
to Macon, where a big ceremonial ses
sion will be held o n Monday. The ses
sion will be held under auspices of
El Sihab Temple, of Macon, and No
bles from all parts of Georgia will be
preesnt for the occasion.
Tiie usual attractions incident to
a ceremonial session will be staged at
Macon, ana at 12 o’clock, noon, a big
barbecue will be served in Central
City park which all visiting Nobles
will attend, together with the trembl
ing novitiates who will pass over the
hot sands during the afternoon. At
3 p a the ceremonial session will
begin, and arrangements have been
completed to make it one of lasting
memory among the candidates for no
bility. The big circus tent of Sun
Prother s has been secured for the oc
casion, and the whole menagerie of
this outfit will be used in making can
didates comfortable during the initia
tory’ ceremonies.
Immediately upon the assembly of
the Shriners all candidates will be
confined in the big steel arena be
longing to the circus, together with
five African lions recently brought to
America from the sapd s of Sahara,
a great herd of camels and elephants
and other wild animals. The hot sand
will then be spread upon the floor of
the arena and the pilgrimage to the
Shrine will begin, accompanied by as
may realistic situations as can be pro
duces by a big band of Nobles. This
ceremony’ will occupy the whole of
the afternoon and 8 o'clock at night a
big street dance will be staged on
Cherry street, the proceeds of this en
tertainment to go to the Macon Red
Cross chapter.
x lt is expected than twenty-five
Shriners, each wearing lyis red fez and
spike-tailed coat, will go from Amer
icus to attend the ceremonial session,
and Mayor Glenn Toole, in a personal
letter to Mr. Heys received today, as
sures Americus Nobles nothing will
be left undone that could possibly con
tribute to their comfort during their
visit in Macon.
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IN TOILS OF Li
SHERIFF HARVEY ARRESTS AMOS
SINGLETARY FOR HAVING WHIS
KY AND ALSO CONFISCATES
THE MACHINE
A Buick automobile belonging to
Amos Siugletary was seized by the
sheriff last night, and the negro was
arrested, as the result of several gal
lons of moonshine liquor being found
in the machine.
This i« the second auto confiscate!
ly the authorities this week in pro
-1 fbition cases.
Singletary conducts a negro restau
rant on Cotton avenue. He has been
under suspicion some time, and last
right as his car was-returning from
rear LaCrosse the arrest was amde.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING APRIL 7, 1918
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derwood.
JUDGE A. J. GOOD
ENDORSES HARRIS
FOR U SENATE
DENOUNCES JUNIOR SENATOR
FROM GEORGIA AND CALLS UP
ON OTHER CANDIDATES TO RE
TIRE FBOM RACE.
ATHENS, Ga., April 6.—-Judge An
drew J. Cobb, in a patriotic speech de
livered here today and heard by six
thousand people, declared openly his
support of William J. Harris for Unit
ed States senator and loyalty to the
government. He called on other can
didates by name, Upshaw, Cooper and
Shaw, to get out of the race. He de
nounced Georgia’s present junior sena
tor in the bitterest of terms.
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ATLANTA, Ga., April 6.—Although
efforts to confuse the senatorial situ
ation continue to be made by certain
Atlanta politicians whose interest is
dictated by various motives, they are
apparently meeting with little suc
cess, for as fast the new candidates
come out and survey the field and size
up the contest, they seem to change
their minds and* withdraw, as in the
recent case of ex-Congressman Ed
wards, of Savannah, followed very
shortly by C. Murphy Candler's an
nouncement that he> considered it ad
visable to become a candidate.
Meanwhile, reports received here
by friends of W. J. Harris indicate
that his candidacy is growing in
strength every day. Sixty-five Harris
clubs have already been organized in
various sections of the state, and for
ty others are now in process of or
ganization, The conviction is grow
ing on all sides that Mr. Harris’ dis
tinguished record of achievement in
Washington as chairman of the Fed
eral Trade Commission, coupled with
the endorsement of his candidacy by
the Democratic administration, render
him the logical candidate for all loyal
elements of the party in Georgia to
support in opposition to the junior
senator.
SERVICES AT CATHOLIC
CHURCH THIS MORNING AT S
There will be a celebration of the
Holy Mass this morning at 8 o’clock in
tbo Catholic church. The public is
invited to attend.
GREAT RESPONSE
TO LIBERTY BOND
APPEAL IS MADE
k
LARGE NUMBER OF GEORGIA
CITIES EXCEED THEIR QUOTA
ON THE FIRST DAY—LAGRANGE
CLAIMS FIRST HONORS.
ATLANTA, Ga., April 6.—Over fifty
counties and cities in the Sixth Fed
eral Reserve district oversubscribed
their Liberty Loan quotas today, ac
cording to an announcement made by
Chairman W. C. Wardlaw an hour af
ter the campaign had been launched
in the South
LaGrange, Ga.. claims first honors,
going “over the top’’ with subscrip
tions totalling $85,900. Equal honors
are claimed by West Point, Ga., where
$420,000 over-subscriptions were re
ported,
TEN SUBMARINES
ARE UESTROYEO
8T THE BRITISH
EIGHT SUNK BY PLANES AN D TWO
BY DIRIGIBLES ALL GER-
MAN CREWS GO DOWN WITH
THEIR CRAFT.
WASHINGTON’, D. C., April 6
Publication has been authorized by
the British government of the recent
sinking of ten German submarines by
naval aircraft. Eight were sunk by
planes and tw*o by balloons.
S. B. NAFF, SON-IN-LAW OF
MARSHAL JOE DAVIS FOUND
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 6.—Stephen
Burney Naff, of the legal department
of the Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany at Atlanta, who suddenly re
gained his memory at the city hospital
here. Friday after wandeking away
from Atlanta last Saturday morning
departed for home last night, under
ah escort furnished by H. J Pettin
.gill. president of the Southern. Bell
Telephone Co. here.
GROCERS CALLED
IN MEETING HERE
10 LEUN NOLES
♦
SPECIAL SESSION WILL BE HELD
MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR A
CONFERENCE WITH THE FOOD
ADMINISTRATOR.
Messrs. Sparks, Gatewood and Buch
anan, of the grocers’ committee ap
pointed to co-operate with the food
administration, have called a meeting
of all the grocers of Sumter county
for 4:30 o’clock Monday afternoon at
the Carnegie Library.
They urge that every dealer in the
county wlio sells flour be present at
this meeting.
Food Administrator Franc Mangum
will be present to answer any ques
tion that he can concerning the new
food regulations, with special regard
to the sale of flour.
The grocers want to formulate a
uniform system of making the weekly
report on flour sales that are now re
quired. A number of them, declaring
that it takes thirty minutes to sell a
sack of flour, say that they are going
to cease handling this product.
The food administrator’s office Sat
urday was one of the busiest places in
the county, more than 500 negroes and
about 200 white citizens calling during
the day to ask if. and how, they could
purchase flour. Permits, exempting
them from the purchase of substitutes,
were issued to all making the proper
affidavits.
HIGH MARK MADE
BL DANCHAPPELL
AMERICUS BOY IN THE AVIATION
SERVICE COMPLETES HIS FIRST
COURSE AND GOES TO ANOTHER
(AMP.
Dan Chappell, popluar young Ameri
cus lawyer-who selected the aviation
service as the one best suited for him
to do his “bit” toward winning the war
and crushing the kaiser, has just grad
uated in ground work at Austin, Tex.,
where he entered the service as an
enlisted man. With the completion of
his course he will be comissioned a
lieutenant and later will learn to fly
either in this country or in France.
He has just been transferred to Dal
las, Tex., where he is now at Camp
Dick, assigned to Squadron 38. In a
letter to Americus relatives he tells
of the hard work each student must
undertake before he can hope to be
come one of the army’s flyers, and
says he is well pleased with his ex
perience. notwithstanding the intensive
study necessary to pass exams. He is
anxious to get to France as soon as
possible, but it will be some time yet
before he is sufficiently proficient to
attempt a flight over enemy positions
At present he is brushing up on wire
less and with others of his class is
engaged in the effort to master the
secret wireless code, which all army
airmen must be thoroughly conversant,
with before they attempt even a trial
flight.
Chappell expects to complete his
‘ ground studies’' in the senior wing
in time to be one of the first student
flyerg sent to the Americus camp, but
whether or not he will be assigned to
Souther Field is ,of course, unknown
Many of the “ground graduates” are
being sent from Dallas to Mineola, L.
I„ Fort Worth and other points, and
Chappell may be sent to either of
these camps to learn the art of flying,
although his hundreds of friends w-ould
be well pleased to have him sent here.
It will be good news to these friends
to know that Chappell attained .98 on
bis examination in military law, this
being the highest percentage ever at
tained by a student at the Austin avia
tion camp. He made similar high
marks in other studies, and since his
induction into the service has keep
well abreast of the instruction iourse
, ON ALL MTS
vnaiMH purchase of
VHW IUXJI KM HOttt USE
WCHUSI WYADOANKW.
ABCUNT OE OTHER (TRIALS
LIBERTY BOND
CAMPAIGN HAS
RECORD START
DONOTIONS POURED IN FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY-PRES
IDENT WILSON MADE ADDRESS AT
BALTIMORE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 6.
One year from the day the United
States entered the world war the
nation started today collecting $3.00f,-
000,000,000 from its citizens as the
third Liberty loan to finance the fight
ing.
It was a day of patriotic celebra
tions, of parades of soldiers, sailors
and civilians marching together te
symbolize the important part each
must play in winning the war.
“Buy bonds” —this was the plea ut
tered by hundreds of public speakers
to the multitudes of men and womei
who must furnish the financial and
material sinews for the military and
naval forces.
Subscriptions began to roll in early
and indications were that many mil
lions would be pledged before night,
despite the »sacs that in many cities
the day was given over to the celebra
tion rather than to bond sales.
President Wilson was the principal
speaker on the day’s program. He was
at Baltimore for an evening address of
unusual importance, considering the
big part American armies are about to
play in France and other interna
tional phases of the war situation.
Secretary McAdoo was at Philadel
phia, Vice President Marshall was at
St. Louis and Secretary aDniels at
Cleveland, >ll delivering addresses dur
ing the afternoon.
The Local Exercises.
Exercises to commemorate the an
niversary of America’s entry into the
war, and to start the campaign here
were held at the courthouse yesterday
morning, Prof. J. E. Mathis presiding
All of of the school children marched
.through the streets and attended the
program in a bpdy. An interesting
feature was the presentation of a ser
vice flag to the county by the young
ladies of the State Normal School at
Athens, this being received with an
appropriate speech by E. A. Nesbit. Col.
Fort, of Columbus, also made a stir
ring address.
Next Wednesday afternoon the bond
campaign in this county will take defi
nite shape at a meeting to be held at
ti e courthouse in the afternoon under
the auspices of the general committee,
L. G. Council, chairman. Every far
mer is urged to attend this meeting.
JIPHESE LAND
IIMIBTOK
JAP NAVAL FORCE INVADES RUS
SIAN TERRITORY TO PREVENT
FURTHER DISORDERS AT PA
CIFIC PORT.
WASHINGTON. D. C-, April S.—
Landing of Japanese naval forces at
Vladisvostock to protect life and prop
erty was reported to the state de
partment today by the American con
sul there.
REVIVAL BEGINS TODAY
AT FIRST METHODIST
Everything is in readiness for the
opening of the revival services at the
First Methodist church this mrning.
Dr. Charles Lane will preach. Mr.
A. J. Notestein will sing.
Services for today will begin at 11
a m. and 8:15 p. m. Evc-vbody in
vited.
NUMBER 82.