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DAILY
CITY
EDITION
FORTIETH YEAR
GERMANS BEGIN ANOTHER BIG DRIVE
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AUSTRIANS LOSE 150,000 MEN IN ITALY
HONS NOW
ON OFFENSIVE;
MAW GAINS
THEY ARE ATTACKING AT VAR.
iOUS POINTS ALONG THE LINE—
THEY ARE ALSO AIDED BY THE
ELEMENTS.
LONDON, June 20.—Italian forces
are now counter attacking at various
points along the whole of the Piave
river line it is authoritatively learned
today.
News From Front Encouraging.
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 20.
Italy’s bi.lliant fight against the Aus
trians is expected by well informed
American officers to mark the turning
po;m in the war this year. News to
day from the Italian front today is re
garded here as decidedly encourag
ing.
Enemy Losses 150,000 Men.
WITH THE ITALIANS' AFIELD,
June 20. —The are aiding the
Italians.
Heavy rains in the mountain regions
have changed the Piave river from a
sluggish stream to a rushing flood and
destroyed the bridges flung across it
by the enemy, cutting off the Austrian
forces ono this side from their source
of supplies and reinforcements as well.
Trapped on the west bank of the
Piave, the Austrian detachments are
subjected to almost constant mauling
by Italian artillery and bombs dropped
by Allied airmen, wit’- no avenue of
escape.
Enemy losses on all parts of the
front during their first three days’ of
fensive are now estimated at 150,000
officers and men.
INVESTIGATION OF
TURKISH ATROCITY
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 20. '
Apparently preliminary to a war de
claration against Turkey, the state de
pt itment today formally inquired as to
reported Turkish transgressions
against the American consulate and
hospital at Tabriz, Persia. The Span
ish embassy was asked to investigate
the reported occurrences.
SPECIAL
FRIDAY MORNING
AT 9 O’CLOCK, JUNE 21
45c worth of good soap for
15c
One Cake of Palmolive and
Two Cakes of Rose Bath.
Only 3 Cakes Io a Customer
Remember the date and time
CHURCHWEirS
Dept. Store
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEk
"LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA."
FERRIAGE OF MISS
WIARSHAH AND MO.
BECKHAM AN EVENT
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INTERESTING CEREMONY PER
FORMED BY REV. W. P. BELE
VINS, AT METHODIST CHURCH
IN THAT PLACE.
LUMPKIN, Ga., June 20.—An inter
esting church wedding Wednesday was
that of Miss Clara Marshall and Mr.
Walter Hil] Beckham, which was sol
emnized at ten o’clock at the Metho
dist church, by Rev. W. P. Belevins,
in an impresive manner.
The church was beautifully decor
atedii a motif of white and green be
ing used. Masses of ferns, palms and
shasta daisies were used in decora
tions. These made an effective back
ground and the chancel rail was twin
ed with Southern smilax.
Miss Jessie Streyer presided at the
piano, and just before the bridal par
ty entered Miss Mary Simpson sang,
“I Love You at Dawning.” During
the ceremony Miss Streyer played
softly ‘‘o, Promise Me.”
The first to enter, to strains of
Mendelssohn’s wedding inarch, were
the two ushers, Messrs. A. T. Fort, Jr.,
E. E. Humber; then came the brides
maids, Misses Marjorie Humber, Mary
Alice Patterson, Mary Wood and Mary
M. James, all wearing dainty white
frocks, white hats and carrying huge
bouquets of pink gladioli. Miss Paul
ine Marshall, sister of the bride, was
maid .of honor. She wore a w’hite
lingerie frock and carried pink glad
ioli.
The bride entered with her brother,
Chas. M. Marshall, of Atlanta, who
gave her in marriage. She was be
comingly attired in traveling suit of
blue poiret twill, with accessories
to match, and carried a shower bou
quet of orchids and valley lilies. The
groom entered with his best man, Dr.
Rogers, of Villa.
Immediately after the ceremony, Mr.
and Mrs. Beckham left on a wedding
trip to the Florida East coast. On
their return they will reside in At
lanta
Ti’.-e bride is the daughter of Mrs. Ef
fie Marshall, and is a sweet young girl
whose attractive personality has won
for her many friends.
She is a graduate of the G. N. & 1 C.
it Milledgeville.
Mr. Beckham is the only son of Mrs.
R. Y Beckham, of Zebulon. He grad
uated from Emory with honors, and is
also a graduate of Harvard Before
the war he began the practice of law
in Albany, but gave up nis praetic io
enter the service, and is now located
in Atlanta in the bureau of markets.
Among the out-of-town guests at
tending the wedding were Mr. and Mrs.
Legg and their two daughters. Miss
Marion Legg and Mrs. Hope, of Alba
ny; Miss Susie Beckham, of Zebulon;
Dr. and Mrs. Rogers and son, Russell,
of Ocilla; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. M.
Marshal] and Mrs. B. W. Ballard, of
Atlanta.
WASHINGTON. D. C„ June 20.
President Wilson, in a proclamation
issued today, requires the owners of
all stockyords to secure licenses be
fore July 25th
The secretary of agriculture is
thereby given virtual control of these
yards to the end of conserving the na
tion’s food supply and directing its
destination.
LONDON June 20.—Raiding activi
ties, such as presaged the last Ger
man drive are reported all along the
Flanders front and the northery por
tion of the Picardy area by General
Haig today. Some of these raids led
to sharp fighting with heavy enemy
casualties.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 20,1918
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winter in 87 days. People are guaranteed against exposure by this life
boat. Copyright, Underwood and Underwood.
ADAMS TO LEHE
ICE MO GOAL CO.
UNDERSTOOD HE WILL BE SUL-
< EEDED BY MR. GRAY TILLM AN
MR. ADAMS TO ENTER THE
GOVERNMENT SERVICE.
Although no official announcement.
; is been made, it is understood that at
an early date Mr. George Adams will
leave the Atlantic Ice & Coal corpo
ration as manager of the Americus
and Cordele branches, and that he will
bt succeeded by Mr. Gray Tillman.
Mr. Adams has been with this com
pany for seven or eight years, and is
es teemed as a most efficient and high
ly appreciated employe. As local man
ager, he has made a conspicuous suc
cess. and has been popular generally
with the ice and coal buying public,
lie will enter the government service,
onreoted with the income tax depart
ment, having volunteered fort Mis
work.
Mr. Tillman is a well known 9mer
icns citizen, who is expected to make
good in every particular as manager
of the ice and coal plant.
FAVOR COMPULSORY
MILITARY TRAINING
CHICAGO, June 20. —The. sixty
nir.th annual convention of the Amer
ican Medical association adjourned
today after the house of delegates
had unanimously dopted a resolution
urg.ng compulsory military training
for a’l young men before they are
permitted to vote.
The resolution calls attention to the
fact that a large percentage of young
men drafted were found unfit for
military service; that most of these
disabilities, were curable, and that
wonderful mental aJid physical bene
fits had resulted from intensive mili
tary training in the army canton
meats.
HEIL RflY MAKES
FINE WHEAT CROP
AVERAGE!* ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE
j BUSHELS TO THE ACRE ON
TWENTY-FIVE ACRES AND WILL
NOW PLANT POTATOES.
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Mr. Neil Ray has made a distinguish
'ed success this year with his wheat
| crop, making 25 bushels to the acre
lon 25 acres of land.
His is one of the finest crops of
wheat harvested in Sumter county. It
: is valued at about SI,OOO.
As an example of intensive farming,
i Mr. Ray is now planting potatoes on
i these 25 acres, and expects to make
i about 100 acres to the acre. The re
isult of his year’s farming on this tract.
I therefore, will be quite profitable.
His success 'has been an example to
: the farmers of his community and will
! be learned of with interest throughout
the county.
FUNERAL OF MRS.
MAGGIE RUMNEY
The funeral of Mrs. Maggie Ruwney,
who Wednesday afternoon at 4:45
o’clock at the Americus and Sumter
County Hospital, occurred this after
noon, and wa« attended by a number
of friends of the deceased and of the
family. •
The dead woman was formerly a
resident of Americus, being a daugh
ter of Mr. J. T. Tinsley, of this city,
but recently had resided with her hus
band in Dawson. She had been ill
ten weeks, and a few days ago was
brought to the hospital here for treat
ment She failed to improve, how
ever, and passed peacefull/ aww late
yesterday afternoon. She is
by her hueband, C. G.
young children, hep father, J. T.j|Rns
iey, and several brothers.
The funeral exercises were to
day from the Tinsley residence 212 E.
APPOINTMENT TO
WEST POINT WAS
OFFERED TAILOR
John Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs
John T. Toylar, who is now at Camp
Sevier, in the officers’ training camp,
has declined an appointment to West
Point, which was tendered him by
Rep. Charles R. Crisp. He prefer® to
enter the army through the training
camp, and does not wish a military
career aftre the war. He will grad
uate with a commission in about two
months, and expects to go to France
before the war is over.
W.UOFFICES
WERE RAIDED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 20 e
Raids w’ere carried out today by gov
ernment representatives on Western
I nion offices in Baltimore, Philadel
phia. New York, Washington and Bos
ton, to secure evidence upholding
charges that the Western Union is
operating in competition with the post
office department by delivering night
letters via train.
It is alleged that the Western Union
has been accepting so-called night let
ters for filing by wire, charging wire
rates, and then delivering them by
messenger between these five large
cities Thousands of these letters
have been delivered via suit-cases, in
stead of wire, nightly for weeks, it is
stated.
Charges of defrauding the public and
of infringing upon the government’s
monopoly of carrying first class mail
matter will be brought against the
Western Union through United States
attorneys, the postoffice department
announced. A penalty of five hundred
dollars fine may be imposed tor each
kuch offense. Fifteen hundred mse
sages were seized from messengers
alone today, postal authorities said.
U-BOAT RAID COSTS
GERMANY SIX SHIPS
WASHINGTON, June 20.—The first
fruits of the submarine raid on this
side of the ocean is the changing of
Peru into a full-fledged belligerent on
the side of the Allies.
Peru broke off diplomatic relations
with Germany nine months ago but
did nothing further until the U-boats
came to this part of the world. Now
she has seized six German vessels in
terned in Callau, among them three
big pasenger ships that make the finest
sort of transports.
The tonnage seized is about equal
to the total destroyed by the subma
rines off our coast, but the character
of the seized ships is of immensely
more value to the Allies than the mix
ed bag of the U-boats.
Peru’s action naturally directs at
tention to Chili, which has seventy
five fine German ships rusting in her
ports. Sooner or later Chili may be
expected to see the light.
Drawing Soon.
WASHINGTON, D. C-, June 20.
Drawing for twenty-one year old reg
istrants' numbers will be held at an
> early date, it was announced at the
provost marshal office to
day. The drawing, it is believed, will
bo held around July st.
■’ -mar at'.eet, with Rev, Ft’Jl W. EI’K
I pastor of First Methodist church, offi-
THURSDAY
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BREAD RIOTS IK
VIENNA REGARDED
VERY ALARMING
PEOPLE INVADE HOMES AND BAK
ERIES IN SEARCH OF FOOD
REGIMENTS RUSHED THERE TO
QUIET THE RIOTERS.
AMSTERDAM, June 20—Cavalry
regiments have been rushed to iVenna
where extremely serious bread riots
have broken out, according to advices
from German forces today.
A mob is reported to have stoned
Premier von Seydler’s residence and
to have plundered many bakeries. The
establishment of martial law is re
garded as likely.
The burgomaster has declined to
guarantee a return to order, his: de
mand for dried vegetables to make up
tire lack of bread having been refused
by government officials.
Germans Sffneezed But of Salient.
WITH THE AMERICANS, on The
Marne River, June 20.— American
forces squeefled the Germans out of
a salient one kilometer deep and some
distance in width west of Torgej- eat 1 -
ly today.
French Raid German Lines.
PARIS, June 20.—Between Montdi
died and the river Oise in the Bois
Le Chaume region, French detach
ments penetrated the German lines
and took twenty prisoners, the war of
fice announced today.
PEACE H DENim
IN GERMAN CITIES
HEAVILY CENSORED MESSAGES
INDICATE THAT GERMANS ARE
HAVING HARD TIME SUPPRESS
ING DEMONSTRATIONS.
LONDON, June 20. —Heavily censor
ed special messages indicate there
have been great peace demonstrations
in Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg re
cently.
According to a Stockholm dispatch
published today in The London Post,
military police dispersed crowds in
the cities named, killing several work
men and arresting many others:
Special
Notice
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ducing sale begins
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CHURCHWELL’S
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NUMBER 146.