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DAILY
CITY
EDITION
KIRTIETH TEAR.
Al .IJES WAIT FOR GERMAN OFFENSIVE
ISO RMERIGUS
YOUNG MEN PUT
IN CLASS ONE
DISTRICT EXEMPTION BOARD
PASSES ON 138 CASES AND RE
VERSES THE LOCAL BOARD IN
ONLY TWO INSTANCES.
The district exemption board at Ma
con has passed on 138 appeals from
the local board, reversing the latter
in only two instances.
One of these is the case of Furlow
Gatewood, Jr., whom the local board
placed in Class Four. The district
board, however, puts him in Class
One, for the reason that he married
after the draft act became effective.
The government appealed his case. It
is probable that Mr. Gatewood will be
sent off to the training camp within
the next thirty or forty days, unless
he should obtain re-consideration and
re-classification of his case.
Every young man who married since
May 8, 917, wa splaced in Class One.
Among, these were Poindexter Cherry
and Reuben Hoffman. y
The classifications as made by the
district bolard are as follows:
Prince Walters, 1-E; Melvin W.
Wright, 1-E; Clyde Carter, 1-E; Bony
Stewart, 1-Effi Willie Brown, 1-E;
John Kell Hill, 1-1; Jimp»y Stewart,
1- Charlie McDonald 1-1;
Frank Heath, 1-E; (Nesbit
Carter, 1-A; Goliney Martin,
2- John King, 1-E; Thomas R. Cole,
2-D; Lucius Westbrook, 1-E; Arnold
Lasseter, 1-E; Lee Benyard, 1-E; Jesse
James Garry, 1-E; George Carl White
head, 2-D; R. E. Thomas, 1-1; Kelly
Mitchell, 1-1; Buster Frederick, -E;
Casey Monts, 1-E; Oschr Boynton, 1-1;
Alec Moore, 1-1; Willie Foster, 1-E;
Sim Daniel, 1-1; C. G. Mills, 1-1;
Floyd Daniel, 1-E; Leroy Jackson,
1-E; Ernest Pantone, II; Joseph E.
Grant, 1-E; Dell Smith, 1-E; Herbert
Corley, 1-E; Will Wimbish, 1-1; Ar
rie Bryant, 1-E; Will Felder, 1-E;
Joel Stephens, 1-A; E. B. Croxton,
1-A; Relliford S. Smith, 1-A; Andrew
Roberson, 1-A; Clarence Hubbard,,
IE; Allen Turner, 1-E; Paul Jerome
Blalock, 1-1; Harry Matthews, 1-E;
Grady Harvey, 1-E; Abraham Denson,
1-E; Dave Jackson, 1-A; Isaac Prince,
1-A; Irwin Anderson, 1-1; Eugene
Greene, 1-E; George W. Lester, 1-E;
Walter Davis, 1-E; Dave Scrutchens,
1-A; G. W. Thomas, 1-A; Herbert S.
Forth, 3-B; Vandergrift Marshall, 1-1;
George L. Mathews, 2-D; Paul A.
Stephens, 1-1; Robert Lee Cooper, 1-E;
Robert Ratliff, 1-1; George Brown,
1-A; Edgar Mercer, 1-A; John Hud
son, 1-E; Elisha Evans, 1-E; John
Fraser, 1-E; Aaron Leon Ranew, 1-1;
Joe Marshall, 1-A; Timothy Furlow
Gatewood, Jr., 1A; Reuben Hoffman,
WUlie Partridge, 1-A; James D. Pen
nington, Clarence H. Mitchell, 1-A;
Joe Reddick, 1-E; Harrison Pitts, 1-A;
John R. Hodges, 1-1; John Sidney
Mott, 1A; Clyde Johnson, 1-1; John
Frank Thomas, 1-1; Charlie Perry,
1-A; Joe Hamilton, 1-E; Obe Corbett
Law, 1-1; Joe Dowdell, 1-E; Alf Fore
man, 2-A (appeal granted) ; Jesse
Mercer Etheridge, 1-1; Homer Pitts,
1-E; Carlton Crisp Jones, 1-A; Frank
M. McWilliams, 2-C; George Rucker,
1- Buster Pickett, 1-1; Columbus
N. Robinson, 1-1; John Stevens, 1-A;
Bartow Bagley, Jr.. 1-1; Claud John
son; Grover Roberts, 1-A; Charlie J.
Mott. 1-1; Clyde C. Tomlinson, 1-A;
Calvin Carter, 1-1; Fred M. Smith,
2- William M. Hawkes, 1-1; Walter
A. Jones, 1-F; Shade Bogan, 1-1;
Sampson M Culpepper, 1-F; George
McGarrah, 1-E; Joe Dorsey, 1-E;
Cooper Law, 1-E; Ance Bullock, 1-1;
Henry L. Smith, 2-D; Eddie Jones,
1-E; Oliver Brooks, 1-E; Charlie Rob
inson, 1-F; Grady Mills. 1-1; Wilson
P. Finch, 1-1; Duke R Parker, 1-E; Ed
Smothers, 1-A; E. E. Bass, 1-1; Ray
field Lasseter, 1-1; Poindexter Cherry,
1-1; Joseph Lightsey. 1-A; Garland
Anderson, 2-C; Mathis Clark. 1-A;
Seaborn L. Hodges, Jr.. 2-D; Windsor
Crawford, 1-A; Jesse C. Jones, 1-1;
Charlie O. Griffin, 1-E; Willie C. Cor
dell, 1-A; Jimmie McGarrah, 1-E;
Daniel M Edge, 1-A; Thomas C. Rog
ers, 1-A; Edgar W. Oliver, 2-D; Coop-
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
“LI VEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA?'
CHANGE RULE 01
FOUR-YEAR LIMIT
PROVISION MADE WHEREBY A
METHODIST PREACHER UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES CAN
STAY LONGER.
ATLANTA, Ga., May 9.—The South
ern Methidots quadrennial general
conference in session here today set
tled the question of four years time
limit on pastorates by adopting a com
promissory resolution today, providing
that bishops may appoint ministers to
an indefinite period in any charge,
when so petitioned by the quarterlv
cenlerence, and when such appoint
ments are api roved by three-foa:ths
of the presiding elders of the confer
ence. A resolution to abolish the
time limit completely was lost by a
small margin.
HWttT RITUHNS
SUM ID DIO HUI
ATLANTA, Ga., May 9.—An old Con
federate veteran who takes up the ad
mission fees at the entrance to the
famous Cyclorama in Grant Park in
this city recently had his pockets pick
ed for $36 and the loss disturbed
him a great deal, as he feared he
might los his position on account of
carelessness.
But now comes the pickpocket,
signing himself by the name of Has
kell M. Laßeu, and returns the mon
ey to Mayor Asa GL| Candler with the
promise that he will also send 8 per
cent interest next Christmas Day, pro
vided he is alive and well on that date,
which is rather doubtful in view of
the fact that he has enlisted in the
army for service overseas.
LaDeu claims to be the king pin
of American pickpockets, bar none,
and informs the mayor that he intends
to make just as good a soldier as he
has been a pickpocket.
SEVERE PENALTY
FOR VIOLATOR OF
NEW SUGAR RULES
ATLAN TA, Ga., May 9.—Probably
the most important penalty yet im
posed in Georgia by the federal food
administration was that one yester
day shutting off the sugar supply of
Hagan & Dodd of this city, manufac
urers of Red Rock ginger ale and other
soft drinks and soft drin syrups. They
are prevented from purchasing sugar
from any source in the United States
or its possession for the next six
months.
Last January 1, the food administra
tion placed all manufacturers of soft
drinks and syrups on a sugar allow
ance of 80 p«r cent of their 1917 con
sumption. On this basis the allow
ance of this Atlanta firm for January.
February and March aggregated 248,-
326 ponds. Examination of the com
ity’s books by agents of the food ad
ministration is claimed to have shown
that the company in that period con
sumed no less than 722,394 pounds of
sugar. The order shutting off their
supply, and requiring the mat once
to dispose of all sugar now in stock,
followed the investigation.
The food administration in Georgia,
through the efforts of Dr. A. M. Soule,
food administrator for this state, has
secure a special ruling from Washing
ton which allows Georgia farmers to
take home-grown wheat to mill and
have it ground into flour without limi
tation, provided they do so with the
understanding in good faith that they
shall use it strictly for their own
families and in accordance with the
conservation regulations of the food
administration.
er M. Brantley, 1-1; John Henry
Mitchell, 1-1; Edward E. lee, 2-D;
James F. Rogers, 1-A; Marvin Homer
McAllister, 1-1; Cleveland F. Steph
ens, 1-1; Johnny Bryant, 1-A; Sam
Gibson, 1-1.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 9, 1918
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Lieutenant Jack Munroe of the Canadian army and his collie dog,
Bobbie Burns, are going to become as well known in the United States
as they were in the trenches. Jack is the man who many years ago
knocked down Champion Jim Jeffries, and then he became a fighter. He
was not good enough to whip Jeffries, but he did beat Tom Sharkey, who
gave Jeffrie sail he wanted. The dog lived with him in the trenches for
six months. Now they are going t o help the British and Canadian Re
cruiting mission get Britishers and Canadians in the Unted States to
join the British army.
HITCHCOCK NAMED
FOREIGN CHAIRMAN
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WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, was
elected chairman of the senate foreign
relations committee today by the dem
cratic steering committee. He will
succeed the late Senator Stone, of
Missouri.
EXPRESS COMPANIES
ENTER INTO MERGER
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 9—The
merging of four leading express com
panies, the Wells Fargo, United
States, Adams and American, with a
combined capitr.’ization of thrty-five
million dollars is to be sanctioned by
the Interstate Commerce commission
'or the period of the war. With the
consummation of the merger the dan
ger of government operation of these
concerns is eliminated.
SOLDIERS CANNOT
LEAVE CAMP UNTIL
AFTER 5 O’CLOCK
An order has been issued at Sou
ther Field, not allowing any soldier or
officer to leave the camp, without
special permit, until after five o’clock
in the afternoon.
Each afternoon after that hour
twelve “military police” also come to
the city and patrol regular beats.
Their authority of arrest extends only
to the soldiers.
BILLION AND HALF
FOR HARVEST HANDS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 9.
A billion and a half dollars will be
paid out this year to volunteer farm
hands, who are counted on to help
America harvest one of the country’s
greatest crops, according to official
figures compiled here today.
NIGHT FORCE NOW
WORKING AT CAMP
A night force of 100 men is work
ing each night at Souther Field for
the Hardaway Construction company
on the hangars, buildings and ware
houses. Special effort is being made
to finish the camp as speedily as pos
sible.
SOLDIERS AT CAMP
ASK FOR MAGAZINES
The soldier boys at Souther Field
want all the old magazines and books
they can ‘get
They are making an appeal to the
people of Americus to donate read
material to them. Books or maga
zines may be left ta either Howell’s
Pharmacy, Gyles-Andrews Furniture
store, or the Carnegie Library.
An auto will come for the contribu
tions every day.
1,800 FEET DROP
IN SPECTACULAR
TAIL-SPIN HERE
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Some of the flying officers at Souther
Field say that the tail-spin made by
Major Carlyle Wash in a Curtiss ma
chine over the city yesterday about
noon was the greatest of the kind they
have ever witnessed.
During the course of the spin the
machine dropped 1,800 feet, which is
considered a most remarkable feature.
All the time the machine was spinning
like a top. In it at the time with
Major Wash was Lieutenant Schleeter.
Major Wash discusses his feat mod
estly. “It wa s a dro; of unusual dur
ation,” he says, “but the ship was go
ing fine, and I couldn’t resist the op
portunity.”
British Line Bent Back.
LONDON, May 9.—The Germans at
tacked in the Mount Kemmel sector
this morning and pressed the British
line back slightly at one point, Gen
eral Haig reported tody>.
CLOSE POOLROOMS
HERE OTO NIGHT
ANTI-IDLING ORDINANCE WILL BE
INTRODUCED AT REGULAR SES
SION OF CONUCIL NEXT TUES
DAY NIGHT.
At the request of the local Council of
Defense and of the state commissioner
of labor, an ordinance will be intro
duced in council next Tuesday night,
requiring all pool rooms in the city
to close during the day.
This is the anti-idling ordinance
which is being passed by practically
all of the cites of the state. It is in
tended to break up the loafing that is
frequent around pool rooms.
MRS. LUCY MATTHEWS
DIED THIS AFTERNOON
The death of Mrs. Lucy V. Matthews,
widow’ of the late Col. John C. Mat
thews, occurred here early this af
ternoon at the hospital, after a brief
illness. She was a daughter of the
late Major William. A. Black, one of
the pioneer residents of Americus.
Mrs. Matthews is survived by two
sons, John C. Matthews, who is in the
army, and Olin, and by a daughter,
Miss Julia Belle Matthews. She also
leaves four sister, Mrs. Josephine
Johnson and Mrs. Nannie Ansley, of
Americus, and Mrs. W. T. Henderson,
and Mrs. Sue Wood, of Alpine, Tex. The
funeral will take place from the late
residence tomorrow afternoon at five
o'clock. The following gentlemen will
serve as pallbearers: L. G. Council,
W. A. Dodson, J. E. Mathis, John
Council, John T. Taylor and Hollis
Fort. Interment will be in Oak Grove
cemetery.
She had been ill during several
months and a few weeks ago was re
moved to the Americus hospital in
order that she might receive the ut
most attention. Ever conscious that
the end was near, she faced the ordeat
unflinchingly, and the end came peace
fully, her soul passing gently to the
God who gave it, loved ones grouped
about her bedside being soothed and
consoled by the splendid spirit and
Christian fortitude with which she
bore her sufferings.
Mrs. Matthew’s had resided on South
Lee street for many years, and was
one of the best-known women of
Americus, highly esteemed for her
kindness of disposition and good
works.
HOWARD’S FRIENDS
ARE MUCH WORRIED
•ATLANTA, Ga., May 9.— -Following
the withdrawal of William H. Burw’ell
from consideration in the senatorial
race out of deference to President
Wilson’s desire that William J. Har
ris should succeed Thomas W. Hard
wick, the friends of William Schley
Howard are outspoken, expressing
considerable doubt as to whether he
acted wisely in going directly con
trary to what he is said to have known
to be the president's wishes.
In other words, w’hile the former
speaker of the Georgia Hoouse of Rep
resentatives felt constrained to fore
go his own personal ambitions in de
ference to the president, and to sub
merge for the once his own
bright prospects, the congressman
from the Fifth district had the temer
ity to enter the race notwithstand
ing administration preference, and
very frankly admits that he knows the
president favors Mr. Harris.
Whether Mr. Howard can overcome
the disadvantage in which he thus
placed himself is a question which
is causing very serious concern
among his supporters here. The
strength in the Fifth district, for he
are not worried about Mr. Howard’s
is immensely popular among the local
constitutents, but they do not feel en
couraged by the reports they are get
ting from other sections of the state,
’Specialiy from south Georgia.
THURSDAY
eWT. MEAI
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CCWIAIHLMG WH£AT
BIGGESI ARMY
OF ALL TIMES
IS ASSEMBLED
BRITISH, FRENCH AND AMERI
CANS WAITING FOR THE SHOW
TO BEGIN—GERMANS MASS MIL
LONS OF SOLDIERS.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES, in
France, May 9.—Counter attacking
stubbornly last night the British re
captured their original line southwest
of Dickelbusch Lake. Today, however,
on the extreme right of this small
battlefront they were compelled to
retire, owing to heavy machine gun
fire. The fighting a
small pocket which the Germans oc
cupy at a strong point, one mile east
of Krueysen.
One of the hughest concentrations of
troops ever assembled on any battle
front loes today inside the great bulke
in the line which sags down past Ar
ras, Amiens and Montdidier. North of
this in the salient pointing toward
Hjaflezrouclr is a secondary concentra
tion, but proportionately important,
both these being ready to strike. Fac
ing these are gallant Frenchmen, im
perturable British and eager Ameri
cans, alia waiting for the show to be
gin.
HOKE SMiniPUT
ON COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 9.—•
Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, was
today named to be a member of the
senate military affairs committee.
DEATH IN AMERICUS
OF HORACE F. BAGWELL
The body of Horace E. Bagwell, who
died here yesterday morning at his
home at 127 Lamar street, was sent
last night to liis former home at Fair
mount, Ga.
Mr. Bagwell had been ill only a
week. He was 27 years of age, and
is survived by his wife and little
daughter, and by his father, J. F. Bag
well, three brothers, Judson, Paul and
Charlie and, a sister, Mrs. D. Cowart,
all of Fairmount. Funeral and inter
ment take place there today.
Mr. Bagwell was employed by the
Gulf Refining Company. During his
three years in Americus he had made
j many friends who sincerely regret his
‘ untimely death.
FATAL AUTO CRASH
ON AUGUSTA STREET
AUGUSTA, Ga.. May 9.—J. C. Foy
| was instantly killed, an unidentified
man is believed to be dying and S. H.
Jones was seriously hurt, as the re
sult of an automobile in w’hich they
were riding colliding with a freight
train at the Marbury street crossing
early today. Four soldiers were in
another car which turned into a side
road and ran into the canal, in an ef
fort to avoid a collision. None of these
were seriously hurt.
MAURICE TO BE *
COURTMARTIALED
LONDON, May 9.—The Evening
. News declared today that It under
■ stands General Maurice, former direc
tor general cf military operations, ’s
;to be courtmart ’aled because of his
accusations against Premier Lloyd
j George and Chancellor of the Exehec
quer Bonar Law.
NUMBER 110.