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DAILY
CITY .
EDITION
! ORTIETH YEAR
GREAT GERMAN OFFENSIVE IS BLOCKED
GERMANS MASS OVER 2,500,000 TROOPS
ILL POSITIONS
STRONGLY HELD
8T THE HUIES
HARRASSING FIRE OF THE AL
LIES HALTS GERMAN ADVANCE
—HEAVY DOWNPOUR MAKES
BATTLEFIELD A MUD SLOUGH.
WASHINGTON. D. C., May B.
Heavy rain that is drenching all Flan
ders has co-operated with the har
rassing fire of the Allied gun s to block
German offensive operations, the Brit
ish, war mission declared today. The
enemy is experiencing great difficulty
with transportation and communica
tion service as a result of these fac
tors. “The western front situation is
entirely satsfactory, as we are holding
strong positions all olong the line,” the
mission announced.
Australians Also Advance.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES, in
France, May B.—Australian troops
have advanced again north of the
Scnune. One advance west of Morlan
court was to a depth of three hundred
yards on a five hundred yard front. The
other was northeast of Sailly Lo Sec,
three miles southwest of Morlacourt,
five hundred yards deep on a front of
/’x hundred yards.
ADVANCES BY
BRITISH ARMY
LONDON, May B.—British troops
tgain advanced their lines today be
tween the Somme and Ancre rivers,
taking several prisoners, General Haig
reported.
Americans on Italian Front.
NEW YORK, May B.—The presence
of an “American contingent” and a Bo
hemian legion on the Italian front Is
reported in a dispatch from Austrian
war press headquarters, dated April 8,
to the Berliner Tageblatt, a copy of
which has just been received here. The
number of supposed Americans or to
what arm of the service they belong
is not reported by the newspaper cor
respondent who adds that British and
French auxiliary troops are no longer
on the Italian front
FORMER AMERICUS
MAN HEAD OF BIG
ELEVATOR CONCERN
Americus friends are interested in
the announcement just made at New
York, that Floyd C. Furlow, formerly
of this city, has been elected president
of the Otis Elevator Co. He has many
relatives here where was born and
spent his early boyhood, being a mem
ber of one of the most prominent fam
ilies here, and his rise in the business
vorld has been really phenomenal.
The Otis Elavator Co. is one of the
largest corporations in the world, and
to be named president of such a con
cern is an honor well worth the seek
ing President Furlow began his con
nection with the company about thirty
years ago when attention to h< gen
ius was first drawn through an ingen
ius method he adopted to remedy cer
tain troubles of an elevator in one of
the business builidngs in Atlanta. At
that time he was a professor n the
Georgia School of Technology and be
ing called on to assist in repairing an
elevator handled the problem so suc
cessfully he was shortly afterward of
fered a lucrative position with the
Otis Company, which he accepted, sub
sequently rising rapidly in the service
of the corporation finally named
as its president.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEk
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Cole Blease, former governor of
South Carolina, who made himsfcf na
tionally known during his term, has
been heard from again. He is now af
ter the seat in the United States sen
ate of Benjamin R. Tillman. If he
wins in the democratic primaries, he
will be elected.
AUTOISTS MUST
PUT ON DIMMERS
CHIEF JOHNSON GIVES FINAL NO
TICE AND STATES THAT EVERY
OFFENDER WILL BE BROUGHT
BEFORE RECORDER.
Automobilists who fail to equip their
cars with dimmers before tomorrow
night had better watch out. The police
are going to enforce the law relating
to dimmers, and Chief Johnson is giv
ing just one last warning before mak
ing cases against violators of tlje
dinance.
There have been numerous com
plaints made recently, and the au
thorities have detailed two men to the
sole duty of watching automobiles
without dimmers and tail-lights, and
in every instance after tonight, cases
will be made again those who fail to
observe the law strictly. Attention
is also called to the fact that the speed
limit inside the fire limits is fifteen
miles an hour, with twenty miles the
maxmuni speed outside this crcle and
within the city limits.
No exceptions will be made and none
will escape. Automobilists who vio
late either of these provisions of the
traffic laws will be served with sum
mons, and Recorder Marshall will de
cide the penalty to be imposed. The
officers detailed to this duty will take
the number of everj - car that attempts
to escape, and Clerk Eldridge already
has a list of registered automobile
owners in his office at the citj’ hall.
“Positively,” Chief Johnson says, “this
p the last warning that will be given.
Cases will be made against all viola
tors after tonight, and these will be
docketed in recorder’s court.
DEATH OF MRS. G. C.
DUPREE ON TUESDAY
Mrs. G. C. Dupree died at her home
12 miles northwest of Americus Tues
day afternoon. She is survived by her
husband and three small boys, Virgil,
Benjamin and Haywood; three sisters,
Mrs. H. J. Halstead, of Sumter county;
Miss Maggie McMath, of Albany, and
Miss Ida McMath, of Columbus, and
one brother. Sergeant W. J. McMath,
who is now stationed at Camp Forrest,
Ga. The funeral will be held this af
ternoon at Concord church.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 8, 1918
BURWELL NOT
TO RUN; WILL
HELMIRBIS
PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATE FOR
THE UNITED STATES SENATE
RETIRES FROM RACE IN FAVOR
OF HON. WILLIAM J. HARRIS.
ATIJLNTA, Ga., May B.—-Declaring
in a statement he gave to the papers
last night that he would not be a par
ty to creating a split loyalty vote in
Georgia, that it was evident from the
Macon Telegraph’s exposure of the
facts of the colloquy between Presi
dent Wilson and William Schley How
ard that the administration was anx
ious and eager that the issue be clearly
drawn between William J. Harris and
Senator Hardwick in the approaching
senate race, W. H. Burwell, of Sparta,
withdrew his name from consideration
as a candidate for the senate seat.
In doing so he announced he would
actively support AV. J. Harris as the
administration candidate and the man
to beat Hardwick. Mr. Burwell's state
ment, following a conference with pol
itical friends and supporters here, is
as follows:
“Since publication of the reports
from Washington to the effect that as
be'ween loyal democrats for the office
of United States, the president would
Jfhve no choice and would refrain from
•injecting himself into /he situation,-
I have been considering the race and
have been very deeply gratified by the
assurances of support I have had from
every section of the state.
“Developments, in the meantime, as
brought to light by the special corres
jondence of the Macon Telegraph from
Washington last week leaves no doubt
in my mind but that Mr. Wilson ear
nestly desires the election of Mr. W.
J. Harris and without reservation is
endorsing him to the loyal democrats
of Georgia.
“Knowing this to be true. 1 would j
not for the gratification of my per
sonal ambition, become a party to any j
division of the loyal democratic vote
under the unusual conditions now con
fronting the party in Georgia. Feeling
it is the highest patriotic duty of the
citizens of this state to defeat for re
election the present junior senator. 1
will, with every effort and influence at
my command, in deference to the
wishes of the president, support the
candidacy of the Hon. W. J. Harris, the
undoubted choice of Mr. Wilson.
250 STUDENTS
FOR THE CAMP
AT NO TIME WILL THERE BE OVER
THAT NUMBER—IN ALL THERE
WILL BE SIX SQUADRONS OF
SOLDIERS THERE.
Probably one more squadron will
arrive at Souther Field, at any rate,
hardly more than that.
There are now five squadrons, com
prising about 756 men. In all there
will be about 900. when the camp is
fully organized.
At no time will there be omre than
250 aviator students, about five for
each machine.
Major Wash will endeavor to locate
about nine landing stations within an
area of five or six miles from the camp,
within the next few weeks.
Big Bill For Shipbuilding.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 8.-
America’s shipbuilding bill for the fis
cal year 1918-19 will be two billion,
two hundred and twenty-three million
eight hundred and fifty-five thousand
collars. Chairman Hurley of the Ship
ping board informed the house appro
-1 nations committee today.
11. 5. ARTILLERY
BLAZING K
ON HUN LINES
GERMAN OPERATIONS ARE GREAT
LY HANDICAPPED BY TERRIFIC
FORCE OF ATTACK-DELUGE OF
SHELLS FIDED.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, in
Picardy, May 8. —American artillery
continued throughout last night pound
ing German positions at Cantigny,
Courtemanche, Fountaine, Sous, Mont
didied, Mesnil, St. George's and all the
roads and vicinity have been under ex
tremely heavy fire, Cantigny and Fra
mincourt wood being torn up by high
explosives.
Enemy supply trains are being sub
jected to a deluge of shells, and the
sky is ablaze with the fire of the Amer
ican artillery. Boche guns are reply
ing, but ineffectually. Airplanes now
hover over the German lines in flocks
and the whole front in Picardy is now
a sea of mud, with conditions similar
to the early stages of the war when
Eo shelters were available and men
were living in mud holes.
hircuitiNTS
OF AEROPLANES
THRIVED CITY
MAJOR WASH AND LIEUTENANTS
HILLIARD AND WARNER ENGAGE
IN SPECTACULAR FEATS HERE
THIS MORNING.
I Americus w as thrilled today by the
' spectacular aerial exploits of Major
| Wash and Lieutenants Warner and
Hillard.
Three Curtiss machines were in the
|air at the same time, and two of them
‘ circled above the city, performing all
I sorts of circus feats.
Spiral spins, tail spins, dips and
toop-the-loops were common. Work
practically ceased all over the city
while thousands of spectators with
bated breath, watched the daring avia
tors. At times they were not more
1 than 300 feet above the buildings. Au
enormous crowd also went to the avia
tion camp to watch at close hand the
starts and landing of the machines.
Major Wash time and again caused
his observers to gasp as he engaged
in intrepid feats, making his machine
' go all the ropes.
. It is expected that within another
week fully forty machines will be fly
ing.
NEGRO WOMAN IS
| KILLED BY TRAIN
News reached Americus early today
of the killing of Mary Patterson, a ne
gro woman, by a Seaboard freight train
at Huntington, this county. The train
was a double-header, the first engine
being in charge of Engineer Ivey
Hines, and the accident was unavoid
able
The woman was killed at a point
near the station, and several persons
witnessed the incident. Standing
alongside the track and evidently un
aware of the approach of the heavy
freight, the woman deliberately step
ped upon the tracks and started in
the direction of the oncoming train.
She was struck squarely and her body
badly mangled, death being instantan
eous. It is believed she was deaf and
did not realize the approach of the
train until she was struck.
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Lieut. Nungesser, of the French Fly
ing corps, has to his credit thirty
three German aeroplanes. He is thus
the second ace in the French service.
The first ace is Lieut. Fonck, with
thirty-four planes to his credit.
FDUR-YUB LIMIT
'MI! HOLISM
METHODIST MINISTERS ARE EN.
GAGED IN EARNEST DEBATE
OVER PROPOSITION OF SHORT
ENING TERMS OF PASTORATES.
ATLANTA. Ga., May B.—Methodise
ministers and laymen attending the
general conference of the church now
holding its quadrennial session in At
lanta are up to the hilt in debate
concerning the abolition of the four
year limit on pastoral charges
This is one of the important re
visions in Methodist church govern
ment proposed at this session by the
so-called progressive element of the
Methodist denomination, and was
recommended by a large majority by
the revision committee.
Ministers opposing the change con
tend that it will create an aristocracy
I among the ministers of the Methodist
■ church, a few going up to the choic<
■ ppointments and holding them against
I all other ambitious young talent, j
therby multiplying the discontent in
stead of getting rid of it.
Those in favor of the change con-
I tend that a four-year»lmit on pastoral
charges has a very dangerous tenden
cy to keep ambitious young ministers |
out of the Methodist church, because |
they know that they cannot serve a I
' church longer than four years and |
; are therefore handicapped at the
I start in undertaking great construc
tive movements.
It isexpected that the debate will
continue for several days. Two and
a quarter million Methodists through
out the southern Methodist church are
Ii keenly interested in the outcome, as
i the four-year limit on pastoral charges
is one of the distinctive and established
institutions of ths denomination.
GERMAN PEOPLE
FED ON STORIES
lOF GREAT BOOH
WASHINGTON, D. C, May B.
Germany is now feeding the people on
tales of vast booty captured during
the last six months in payment of the
lives sacrificed, according to official
‘ dispatcher. The German government
today authorized announcement show
' tag over seven hundred milllions iu
•boody had geen taken.
WEDNESDAY
ALL MEALS
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GM ATTACK
DUE TO START
IT EARLY DATE
TWO HUNDRED DIVISIONS CON
GREGATED FOR ANOTHER AS
SAULT HINDENBURG PREPAR.
ING FOR MONSTER STROKE.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES, in
France, May B.—Hindenburg appears
about ready to strike again, unless all
signs behind his lines are deceiving.
From various sources it Is known
vast stores of materials for composing
roads, railways, bridges air airdomes,
as well as airplanes and artillery con
centrations stand ready, while great
armies, refitted and refreshed, awatt
the signal for pulling the trigger to
the catapult which will hurl them into
the fray. One hundred and thirty ene
my divisions of approximately 12,000
pien each, are in line now with seven
ty-six divisions of equal strength in
reserve, the whole making an imposing
array of about 250,000 men.
Another Blow About To Fall.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May B.
Another of the inevitable series of
Teuton blows in the west is about to
fall, at cording to the views oi mili
tary mtn i»t is,.but they ail bil’eve that
it has been demonstrated that the
Roche cannot break through and that#
in short, he has been defeated ever at
taining his major objectives, viz.,
Amiens, Calais, Dunkirk, Boulogne or
Abbeville. The new smash may dent
tbe Allied lines further, it is admitted,
but military men here all believe Gen
eral Foch has had sufficient opportun
ity to dispose his trops advantaageous
iy to withstand the attack. It is qutte
likely the Germans will make their
smash at more than one point, proba
bly punching in simultaneously In
Flanders and before Amiens. At the
same time it is evident from German
press comments that the Boche lead
ers aie beginning to reaelize this drive
is already going the route of all the
others
INCREASES IN
PASSENGER AND
FREIGHT RATES
WASHINGTON, D. C., May B.
Increases in freight and passenger
rates are being planned by the railroad
■ administration to supply the deficit
I which threatens now to reach eight
bundled million dollars for the year.
LLOYD-GEORGE
TO STAND OR
FALL IN SESSION
LONDON May B.—As a consequence
of the political situation brought about
by General Maurice’s letter Premier
' U.oj d George according to the lobby
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph,
considers it unfavorable to discuss
facts which have been withheld up to
' i the present for military reasons. The
premier it is added intends to give
facts and figures when he speaks on
the asquith motion on Thursday and
the fate of his ministry probably de
pends on the resulting vote.
Rubber Imports Restricted.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 8. -
' Restriction of crude rubber imports in
: to <he United,Jltatee te one hundred
i tnoutmnd tons a year has been ordered
jby the war trade board, official an
nouncement of the action being author
lized today.
NUMBER 109.