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DAILY
CITY
EDITION
IORTIETH YEAR
FRENCH PUSH ON
AND CAIN NEW
OISE POSITIONS
WHOLE LINE FROM YRRES TO
RHEEMS BELIEVED TO BE
CRACKING UNDER CONTINUED
ALLIED SUCCESS.
LONDON, August 21. —'French pro
gress on the vital sector between the
Oise and Soissons bids fair to bring
about a cracking of the German de
fensive system from Ypres to Rheims.
Marshal Foch has connected up his
Marne and Picardy successes with a
new triumph which appears to *be a
greater threat than either of the
others.
In the new major operation between
the Aisne and the Oise, the French
have gained the heights and are ad
vancing rapidly toward the Oise, and
the supply lines connecting Laon and
other bases with the N'oyon pocket.
In two days of local operations and
one given to a concerted attack, Gen.
Gangin has advanced more than two
and one-half miles on a front of more
than 15 miles.
The Oise and the railway line par
elling it are but three miles away, and
the French apparently hold all the
important high ground which had
barred the way to Noyon and the line
of the Oise.
If Marshal Foch can push the ad
vance to the north of the Oise, it
would appear to be inevitable that
tRe Germans should retire in Picardy,
probably to the old Hindenburg line,
and withdraw from the Vesle at least
to the (.’hemin Des Dames. With the
French north of the Oise, both these
enemy positions would be outflank
ed.
The French, however, surprised and
gained on Tuesday a half score
villages and captured 8,000 prison
ers, bringing their total for the tffrea
days to 10.000. The German war of
fice says that the French attack broke
down.
FUNERAL OF MRS.
BUSBEE AT TEN
O’CLOCK TODAY
The funeral of Mrs. Leonora Bus
bee. an account of whose death ap
peared in Tuesday’s Times-Recorder,
was held Wednesday morning at ten
o’clock at. Pleasant Grove church,
several miles from Americus and
largely attended. Interment was in
the church cemetery, and there were
many beautiful floral tributes sent by
sorrowing friends. The funeral ex
o’-cises were conducted by Dr. Carl
W. Minoir. pastor of First Bajptist
church, and the arrangements were
in charge of the Allison Undertaking
Co. The pallbearers were H. W.
Suggs, R. A. Suggs, J. O. Suggs. G.
B. Suggs. J. C. Crawford and W. S. i
Euggs.
WILSON ENDORSED
BY MISS. VOTERS
—i —
JACKSON. Miss.. Augusts 21.—Six
ty-two out of eighty-two counties in
Mississippi, most of them complete,
show the following vote in the sena
torial primaries;
Harrison. 39.909; Noel. 4.458; Var
daman. 24.323.
WHO’S WHO
1 . SUMTER' Ol NTT J
Americus Times-Recorder
"LI VEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA”
FARMERS FROM
OCDNEE HERE
JO Bill MB
PARTY OF VISITORS IN THE CITY
TODAY LOOKING OVER FERTILE
LANDS HERE AND SEVERAL EX
PEI TED TO LOCATE IN COUN
TY.
!t seems Sumter county is receiv
ing good results from advertising, as
home-seekers from all over Georgia
are daily prospecting near Americus.
Last week a party from Rome were
tiding over the county viewing pret
ty farms and planning to live an
other year in this section of the state.
I'utnam and Trop counties have re
cently been well represented here,
and it is understood some of them
v. ere purchasers of S'umter dirt.
Yesterday quite a number of visit
ors were in town from Oconee coun
ty. Among those were: T. J. Cobb,
of Bishop, and J. T. Haygood, of East
ville, two of the county’s most sub
stantial citizens. These gentlemen
have expressed themselves as being
well pleased with both people and
lands here, remarking that they saw
here some of the prettiest places to
be desired, and that it seemed all one
would have to do here would be locate
and go to making money. The latter
gentleman himself forcibly expressed
himself in this wise:
"I have seen some such pretty rural
homes here, I just want to write my
wife that I don't want to get out of
sight of them, and for her to pack
up and come.”
It will be remembered that Messrs.
Ashford and Smith bought in the
early spring a fine farm out on Plains
road, and that Ira Hester recently
bought just out of the city limits on
the Leslie road, all of these being
from Oconee county.
AMERICUS ROTARY
CLUB WILL VISIT
ALBANY TOMORROW
Twelve members of the Americus
Rotary club will motor to Albany to
morrow morning to be guests of the
Albany club at dinner:
In the party will be Messrs. Arthur
Rylander. J. E. Hightower, M. H.
Wheeler. John Sheffield. Franc Man
gum. J. E. Johnson. Herbert Hawkins,
Charles Burke. George R- Ellis. W. W
Dykes, Paul E. Westbrook. W. L. Eng
lish and J- E. Mathis.
Americus has the youngest Rotary
club in the country, and it is for the
purpose of being instructed pro-perly
to Rotary work that the local delega
tion is going to Albany.
AMERICUS BOY WILL
TELL OF EXPERIENCE
I SINCE GOING IN NAVY
A feature of the prayer meeting
service at Central Baptist church to
night will be a talk by Charley Weeks,
an Americus lad now serving in the
navy. He will tell of his experiences
aboard ship and in the training camp,
and his talk will be most interesting.
It is expected there will be a big
crowd present to hear him. He is a
son of Mr J M Weeks, and is spend
ing a furlough of several days at
home
WHO’S WHO
IN SUMTER COUNTY?
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 21, 1918
SUMTER SHIPPERS
MUST DIRECT THE
PLACING OF CARS
ADVANCE ARRIVAL
NEW RULING OF RAILROAD AD
MINISTRATION PLACES PENAL
TY UPON PLACING OF CARS UN
LESS ORDER IS GIVEN AGENT
AT DESTINATION BEFORE CAR
ARRIVES.
George Anderson, agent of the Cen-
of Georgia railroad here, an
nounced today’ that in future all cars
received here would be placed for the
convenience of consignees only when
orders for their placing are redßved
in advance of arrival, except when
penalties prescribed by the railroad
administration are assessed. .
Under the new rules, any consignee
of freight in car lots must direct the
disposition of such cars when it is
desired to have same placed upon
special sidings, ip advance of the ar
rival of cars at destination. When
orders to place cars are received af
ter arrival, a penalty of $2.00 for each
car is assessed against the consignee,
provided the order is received later
than twenty-four hours after its ar
rival, the penalty assessed is increas
ed automatically to |5.00.
The new rules have been promul
gated by the railroad administration
and must be enforced by all railroads
everywhere, and local agents are
powerless to remit the penalties pro
vided or to place ears except under
the rules. Firms and indidviduals re
ceiving freight in car lots habitually
may place a blanket order with the
ta’lroad, and thus obviate the neces
sity for advising the disposition of
each car in advance of its arrival at
c.est ination
CONSIDERATION OF
DRAFT LEGISLATION
BEGINS THURSDAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 21. —
Both senate and bouse will begin con
sideration of the man-power bill ex
tending the army age limits to 18 and
45 years, next Thursday under plans
completed today in a race to com
plete the legislation as soon as pos
sible.
With the bill ready for senate de
bate Thursday, the house committee
late today closed its hearings and vir
tually completed the measure. The
bill, acording to the committee’s
plans, will be reported to the house
tomorrow —with an amendment to de
fer service of youths 18 and 19 years
of age until all others are called —
and brought before’the house, Thurs
day. An agreement with Speaker
Claxk and Representative Sims, of
Tennessee, in charge of the pending
man-power bill, to give the man-pow
er measure right of way Thursday
was secured today by Chairman Dent,
who believes the draft bill can be
passed in a single.
Vigorous Contests Expected
Passage of the bill in the house
Thursday and the senate by Saturday
is p anned by leaders. Vigorous con
tests, however, are expected in both
t randies In the senate sharp debate
is expected on the ‘ work or tight”
amendment, while in the house a con
troversy is brewing over the commit-
WHO’S WHO
IN SUMTER COUNTY!
i MEN BETWEEN 19
AND ARB AAER
BETWEEN 31 AND
36 CALLED FIRST
OUTLINE OF PLAN OF WAR DE-
PARTMENT INDICATES BOYS
BETWEEN 18 AND 21 ARE NOT
P TO BE CALLED INTO SERVICE
BEFORE OTHERS IN CLASS ONE
HAVE BEGUN SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 20.
■ Every man between 18 and 45, who
may be subject to active military ser
vice under the new man. power law,
will be needed by the army, by next
spring, anyway, General March, chief
1 of staff, told the House military affairs
committee today. He said that the
committee had better eliminate the
idea that the men in the 18 and 19
year classes would be “placed in a
deferred class for any great length
1 of time.”
General March stated that a man
1 to be placed on the fighting line must
be called into training at least four
mouths before he is qualified to face
the enemy. On this basis, he added
the boys of 18 and 19 must expect to
be called at least from four to six
mouths before June 30 next, when it
will be imperative that the Ameri
can forces abroad be of sufficient
numbers to insure victory.
j Secretary Baker previously told the
committee that Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder was now engaged on a
plan to separate those between 19 and
36 into a different class which would
subject them to the draft before those
of 18 and those betwene 36 and 45
years. This would mean that under
th? new man power bill those between
19 and 21 and between 31 and 36
would be called first.
DE BRUYNE GOES ;
TO AUGUSTA TO
TEACH NEXT YEAR
J
Prof. B. L. Deßruyne, who has been ■
instructor in mathematics at the
Americus High school during several
years will teach next year at Augus
ta He was offered a position in
Richmond Academy there several
weeks ago, and has had the offer un
der consideration since then. Today
advised the authorities at Augusta
that he would accept, and he will re
-1 ort for duty there at the beginning
of the school year.
Prof. Deßruyne has been a resi
dent of Americus since early in 1910,
and has hundreds of friends here who
v ill learn with regret of his inten
tion to go elsewhere to reside. He
is one of the best equipped instruc
tors ever numbered among the faculty
of the High school here, and the in
stitution will, doubtless, find difficulty
in satisfactorily filling the vacancy
caused by his going to Richmond
Academy.
tee’s amendment to defer calling boys
of 18 and 19 years, a mandatory pro
vision which Secretary Baker. Gen
eral March, chief of staff, and Provost
Marshal General Crowder have vigor
ously opposed. With both senate and ■
house committees pledged to lowering j
the minimum age to 18 years it ap-'
peared the age limits will be fixed as ■
fecomni.. nt. by the war department
WHO’S WHO
IN SUMTER COUNTY?
BASEBALL EAMES
AT SOUTHER FIELD
BREATLHNJOIED
FIVE HUNDRED AND FIRST SQI AD
RON WINS OUT IN FAST GAME
AGAINST 116th IN WHICH FEA
TURE PLAYS WERE EXECUTED.
Baseball is still the premier sport
at Souther Field, and great crowds
witness the games played there dur
ing each week, with corresponding
interest in the standing of the various
teams in the "Y" league.
The last game was that on the mid
dle diamond when the outfit from the
501st defeated the team from the
116th after some fast and furious
playing
Douglas, of the 116th, pitched in
fine form and had most of the batters
from 501st at his mercy. His fast
out shoots had a hook on the end that
eluded their bats in many instances
by a big margin. Had he been ac
corded the same gilt-edge support
that his opponent, Allender, had,
there might have been a different
tale to relate about the score.
Gaughn caught a steady game and
kept the runners afraid of stealing
second. Schnebeti played a fast game
at short, figuring in a few doubles,
that saved the days for his pitcher.
He also served to bring in several of
the runs by his excellent stick work.
Puckett, ajt first, and Paternoster,
the movie picture artist, while new
at the baseball game, showed con
siderable class. Preston, Michael and
Traylor gave a good account of them
selves for the 116th..
Score by Innings: R
501st 1 0 3 0 2 0 6
116th 0 0 2 0 1 0 8
The line up for 501st was; Schne
beli. ss; Hughes, 2b; Helget, 3b; Al-j
lender, p; Gaughn, c; Puckert, lb;
Andrews, If; Paternoster, cf; Hutch-]
Ison, rs.
The line up for 116th was; Dennis J
i 3b; Michael. 2b; Traylor, lb; Walk,]
|c, Preston, ss; Douglas, p; Borrett,]
I If; Roddy, cf: Kopplin, rs
empire. Norton, of the Cadets. j
AMERICUS GINS
NOTIFY PUBLIC
OF NEW ORDER
1
Elsewhere in this issue of The I
Times-Recorder appears an advertise
ment from the Americus Oil Co., and
the Farmers’ Oil Co., notifying the
public their gins will be closed on
Saturday, August 24th, Monday, Au
gust 26th and Saturday, August 31st,
the closing on these days being in ac
cordance with the rules of the fuel
administration. Parties who have
cotton to be ginned will, therefore not
bring their staple into Americus on
these ’ ginless days.” The month of
September will have no "ginless
days,” nor will October or November,
the schedule being resumed again dur
ing December. In other words, gins
here will not operate on Saturdays
or Mondays during the remainder of
August, and a similar schedule being
observed during December, with the
months intervening not affected in
any manner by the ruling of the fuel
administration
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I WHO’S WHO
I n SUMTER ’county?
SjWE SUGAII
]TGCTC j
WAIT :
WHO
ATTACK ON
, WIDE FRONT
1 B£BHITISH
1 TWO HUNDRED PRISONERS AND
MANY GERMAN FIELD GUNS
TAKEN IN FIRST DAY’S FIGHT
t ING.
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WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, August 21.—-In the first
hour of the offensive begun this morn
ing by Field Marshal Haig the Brit
’sh troops captured the towns of Ab
lainzevelle, Beaucourt and Moyenville.
The British attaekeji on a front of
s ten miles between Arras and Albert.
The attack was extended from the An
i ere river at Beaucourt to just north
( «»♦ Moyenville. *,
t Some German field guns and 200
t prisoners had bean taken in tse Brit
ish drive at an early hour.
LONDON, August 21. —It is asserted
t
that the British have advanced from
] two to three miles. British forces
have captured Courcelles and Achiet-
Le-Petit and have reached Moyenville
and Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre in their
drive which began this morning north
ot the Ancre river, according to ad
vices from the front.
An attack on a wide front north ot
the Ancre river was launched by the
British forces this morning, says the
official statement from Field Marshal
Haig today.
Satisfactory progress is being made,
tne statement adds.
Tuesday afternoon the British threw
back strong German attacks against
the new British positions south and
north of the S'carpe.
POLICE COMMISSION
AFTER DOGS ROVING
UPON STREETS HERE
; _____
At a meeting of the police commis
i sion held yesterday afternoon, the
* matter of dogs roving upon the streets
of Americus was discussed, and po
licemen instructed to see that all such
dogs are either killed or otherwise
disposed of. One or two dogs, in
; particular, have been reported to the
I commission as being vicious and un
| rulable, and this probably accounts
I for the order to keep al) dogs off the
streets. It has been suggested that
inasmuch as dogs consume a consid
erable quantity of needed foodstuffs
and of the strain already being placed
upon the food producing forces of the
nation, it has been suggested that a
heavy tax bp placed upon persons
keeping dogs in the city, even when
such dogs are kept confined, but this
has not yet been adopted
DR. ALLEN HERE
FOR STAY OF SEV-
ERAL WEEKS YET
Dr. Henry B. Allen, who went to
Sandersville a day or two ago. has
returned home, being called back on a
professional mission, and will remain
' Imre a month nr more tefor? taking
lup his army duties. The statement
'in yesterday’s Times-Recorder that
he would go immediately into the
’ army was an error, and is regretted
exceedingly.
WHO’S WHO
IN SUMTER COUNTY I
NUMBER 194