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EDITION
FORTIETH YEAR
RICH Hl OF
LIOUOR MADE
OF OFFICERS
NEAR THE CID
DEPUTY TOM SUMMERS, POLICE
MAN MEGAHEY AND OTHERS
SUCCEED IN CATCHING CAR
FILLED WITH LIQUOR.—STILL
OPERATOR ALSO CAUGHT AND
FINE OUTFIT DESTROYED.
John Wyatt, a cook at the Windsor
Hotel; Gus Dixon, a blacksmith at
the county stockade; Will Harvey, a
well known local negro and Tom
Tison, who lives on the place of the
Tennessee Chemical do., a few miles
from Americus, are all in jail here,
having been caught with a carload of
contraband liquor last night.
Tom Tison, one of the negroes, is
not only in jail, but he is in addition
out one first class liquor making still,
and when the state courts get through
with him, he will in all probability
have to face a charge of illicit dis
tilling in the United States district
court at Macon.
The officers received a tip that the
negroes were hauling in liquor and
Officer Megahey asked Deputy Sum
mers and one or two others to help
him bring in the violators. They
were caught on the LaCrosse road a
mile or so from Americus, and when
the car w’as held up one of the occu
pants told the officers where the still
was located, with the result that Ti
son was caught f,( the let of distil
ling, and the still was destroyed.
In the City Court of Americus this
morning John s Wyatt and Gus Dixon
plead guilty to charges of having liq
uor in their possession and were each
fined ten months or SIOO Both an
ticipated thej' will be able to pay the
fine imposed this afternoon, and ef
forts are now being made by their
friends to raise the cash necessary to
secure their reelase.
JOHN CARTER BACK
FROM BRUNSWICK; IS
HERE TO STAY NOW
John Carter, of Americus, who has
just returned from Brunswick, Ga.,
'■ays he is here to stay. Several days
ago he went to Brunswick, which
is reported here as the Mecca of all j
those seeking work at high wages,
but evidently he was not pleased with
conditions them hence his return to
Americus stay” as he expresses it
himself.
there have been numer
ous representatives of certain Bruns
wick concerns in Americus, and they
have succeeded in inducing a number
of persons here to go to that city to
accept employment. If the experience
of Mr. Carter is to be taken aj a fair
reflection of conditions there, how
ever, it might be well for others
thinking of going there to talk with
him before leaving Americus. Mr.
Carter did not tell The Times-Re
corder why he came back after such
a brief stay in Brunswick, but thej
emphasis he put upon the statement
that he is back "to stay" is sufficient |
to convince even the most skeptical
that all is not well at the Georgia sea
port city.
WHO’S WHO
IN SUMTER COUNTY?
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEk
"LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA."
HUGE FLAG WILL
FLY FROM TOWEB
IT CITY Hill IF
PUIMKCEEBS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL
ACT WITH ROTARIANS IN ASK
ING THAT MERCHANTS DISPLAY
NATIONAL COLORS LIGHTING
COMPANY WILL SUPPLY POWER
FOR SPOT LIGHT ON WATER
TOWER.
More flags are to be displayed in
Americus. There are not as of
the national emblems on display here
as the business men and patriotic
citizens of the community want to see
flying.
Every business house in the city
should display the flag, in the opinion
of the Chamber of Commerce, and ev
ery public building here should have
the national emblem flung to the
breeze constantly. There should be a
flag displayed in every office here, and
every service flag should have the
national colors displayed by its side.
The Chamber of Commerce at its
meeting yesterday adopted a resolu
tion providing that i tis the sense of
that body that the flag should be dis
played more prominently in Americus,
and a committee was named to carry
the matter of placing a huge flag upon
the water tower at the city hall.
This committee will ask that coun
cil defray the expense of erecting a
steel flag pole on the water tower,
and the Chamber of Commerce will
furnish the banner to be displayed
there. In order that the flag may be
visible at all hours, it is planned
have a large spot-light erected in
some convenient place where its rays
will play constantly upon the ?ug
from nightfall until daybreak. In this
manner the flag will be more visible
for miles around and visitors coming
into Americus at night will be im
pressed at once with the patriotic
sentiment of the community.
Supt. J. E. Johnson, of the Americus
Lighting Co., has patriotically offered
to furnish free of cost to the city all
the power necessary to maintain the
light, and this feature will add con
siderably to the patriotic element of
the emblem there displayed. Mer
chants here have recently complained
of their inability to secure suitable
flags for sale, and this feature will
t.lso be taken up by the Chamber of
Commerce, and a stock of flags will
soon be on sale here.
MARSHALL HAS
FINISHED WORK
OF INOCULATING
PIG CLUB PIGS
George O. Marshall, county farm
demonstration agent here, has just
completed a week of strenuous work
spent in inoculating Pig club pigs in
all parts of the county He states
that many of the pigs he handled
during the week are in the very pink
of condition, and that Sumter coun
ty’s exhibit of fine stock at the com
ing State Fair in Macon will be one
of the finest ever made. The exact
number of exhibitors from this coun-
I ty has not yet been determined, but
I it is certain there will be a full rep
resentation from the various clubs
here, and- one or mote individual own
ers will also send prize hogs and cat
tle t 0 the fair.
WHIPS WHO
IN SUMTER COUNTY!
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 28, 1918
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Members of the Royal Army Medical Corps dressing the wounds of
German prisoners taken in the fight near Wieltze. All wounded are treat
ed alike. Copyright, Underwood & Underwood.
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GERMANS RETREAT
OVER WIDE FRONT
FOLLOWING FILL OF
ROVE YEESTEBDAY
WHOLE LINE THAT HELD BACK
BRITISH AND FRENCH HAS
CRUMBLED, AND ENEMY MUST
WITHDRAW QUICKLY.—MANY
VILLAGES ALREADY OCCUPIED
BY VICTORIOUS ALLIES.
NEW YORK, August 28.—'(Compil
ed fro mnews dispatches during the
day.)—German forces in Southern 1
Picardy are retreatin gover a wide
front. After the capture of Roye by
the French yesterday the German
front has crumbled. The lines which
have held back the French and Brit
ish for the last two weeks are giving
way and today’s official reports show
the Fr c neh on a line less than three
miles west, of the Somme river and
ranfil.
Thirty villages have been captured
by the French in the advacne whic!
was started early Tuesday morning
Cbaulnes, the center o fthe Gefmar.
line k-gtween Roye and the Somme
river as it flows west through the
battlefield, has been captured and
many other vital points have been
taken from the retiring army.
While the French have been smash
ing the enemy’s front along the Roye-
Chaulnes line, the British have
swung forward in the sector east of
Arras. North of the Arras-Cambrai
road they have reached the outskirts
of the villages o f Haucourt, Remy and
Boiry-Notre Dame, about a mile east
of the Hindenburg line. South of the
Somme the British have taken Foura
court while north of the river they
have gained nearly all of Trones
wood. ’
In Flanders area the British have
advanced their line over a front of
four miles astride the Neuf Berquin
toaa. This is the area from which
the Germans have been retiring for
the last three weeks. Dispatches
from the far east tell of allied suc
cesses against the Bolshevik forces.
WHO’S WHO
IN SUMTER COUNTY!
HI) MORE "GIS"
FDR JDY-EfIOERS
ON SUMS IS
NEWWAR ORDER
w
"NATIONAL FUEL ADM I MIST RA.
TION DECLARES THAT NEED
LESS USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES
SHALL CEASE ON SUNDAYS.—
SHORTAGE OF GASOLINE FOR
OVERSI AS SHIPMENT THREAT
ENED.
WASHINGTON. D. C., August 28.
lie Fuel Administration today called
upon the public in states east of the
i 7vJ ! ssissippi river to cease using all
classes of automobiles, with a few
named exceptions; motorcycles and
motn r l cats on Sundays until further
notice, as a gasoline conservation
measure. Only voluntary compliance
with the letter and spirit of the re
quest will prevent the issuance of a
mandatnrv order prohibiting the use
of gasoline on Sundays, it was declar
ed by the Fuel Administration. Au
tor. doles for l ire are included *n
the curt i.'lment program. Motor ve
nii-ies !■» v.hich th< restrictions do
ii'c applj were aiiTiOPßced as:
Tractors and motor trucks employ
ed In acttial trail, portation of freight.
Vc* i !es cf pl ysicians. used in per
r.rmance of i,r< G-saional duties.
Ambuiuiicn >. fire apparatus, police
patrol wagons, t !iilertakers wagons
and conveyances used for funerals.
Railway equipment using gasoline.
Repair outfits employed by tele
phone and public service companies.
Motor vehicles on errands of
essity in rural communities where
transportation by steam or electrici
ty is not available.
Facing Threatened Shortage.
The action was taken by the Fuel
Administration, it w-as stated, to meet
a threatened shortage of gasoline for
shipment overseas, created by increas
ed domestic demands and extensive
military operations in France.
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♦ WEATHER FOREUAST. ♦ )
♦ PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT
♦ AND TOMORROW. ♦
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WHO'S WHO
IN SUMTER COUNTY!
MU. WISH Will
HEM STHLETIC
1550.1 T FIELD
BY-LAWS MIDI
OTHER OFFICERS ARE LIEUT.
O’FLAHERTY. LIEUT. MeCOY AND
H. S. LIPSCOMB, OF ARMY
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT ORGA.
NIZATION MEETING AND MUCH
ENTHUSIASM MAN IFESTED.
At a called meeting of the Execu
tive Committee of the Souther Field
Athletic Association, held In the Y. M.
C. A. organization was perfected by
adoption of Constitution and By-
Laws. The report on Constitution
and By l aws was prepared by Lieut.
Forrest ,of the 237th Squadron, and
Lieut. .’.eßlanc, of the 236th.
Tin committee was well pleased
with the announcement that Major
Wash, commander of the post, would
accept the presidency of the associa
tion and would direct the organiza
tion in the accomplishment of the
many results to be secured with the
assistance of a board of officers and
enlisted men.
Representatives at the meeting
were Lt. O’Flaherty from the Cadets;
Lt. Farrish of the 237th; Lt. Frank
land of the 501st; Sgt. Ganghan of
the 501st; .Sgt. Craig of the 615th;
Sgt. Walker of the sth; Lt. France
of the Medical Corps; Lt. Leßlarfc of
the 236th; Lt. McCoy of the 116th;
Corp. Edgar Waybright of the Med
ical Corps: Sgt. COchran of the 116;
Lt. Morris of the sth and H. S.Lips
comb from the Y. M. C. A., and Lt.
N. B. Johnson from the. Cadets. Lt.
Johnson has recently been assigned
to this post and spoke in warm con
gratulatory terms of the
spirit of cooperation manifested by
the members from all the squadrons.
The matter of scheduled games was
left entirely in the hands of the en
listed men, by assigning to the sched
ule committee. The non-commission
ed officers on the executive committee.
Officers elected in addition to the
president, Major Wash, were: Lt. D.
V. O’Flaherty, vice-president; Lt. Mc-
Coy, treasurer; H. S. Lipscomb of the
Y. M. C. A., secretary.
Following completion of the or
ganization the following announce
ment was posted at the headquarters
of the various squadrons, for the in
formation of all concerned:
The Souther Field Athletic Asso
ciation has been organized.
Major Wash, commandant of the
post, has accepted the presidency, and
will direct the organization in the
accomplishment of the many results
to be secured with the assistance
of a board of officers and enlisted
men.
The association will provide for
baseball, tennis, football, basketball,
volley ball, boxing, wrestling, hand
ball, quoits, and possibly other forms
of sports which may be suggested
from time to time.
The plan is to provide some sort of
healthful sport for every man on the
field —something that he can set phy
sical benefit from and at the same
time can thoroughly enjoy.
To this end time will be set aside
during which members of the asso
ciation can practice so that every
; man will be able to make as good
j a rbowing as possible in the tourna
. ments that will be held at frequent
intervals, -and flpr which trophies
WHO’S WHO
IN SUMTER COUNTY!
SAVE SUGAR
H HR THE
MAN
who
MAN-POWER DILL
IN CONFERENCE
WITH WORK 00
FIGHT PROVISION
I
AM. MALES BETWEJEN EIGHTEEN
AND FOHTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE
MADE SUBJECT TO DRAFT AND
MAY BE CALLED INTO MILITARY
SERVICE-NO SEPARATE I LAS
HIFICATION CLAUSE.
, WASHINGTON. D. C„ August 28.
The manpower bill bringing within
the army draft all men from 18 to 45
r
years old was passed late Tuesday by
the senate with atnodifled work or
1 fight clause.
All efforts to change the age limits
or to direct separate classifications
of youths under 21 failed, and the
measure now goes to conference be
tween the house and senate with no
differences for serious controversy
except the work or fight provision.
The senate was recorded unani
mously for the bill. Senator Gore,
' of Oklahoma, who cast the only neg
ative vote on the roll call, withdrew
it and was excused from voting.
CLASH IT HOGUES
MAY EAO SERIOUSLY
SEVERAL AMERICAN SOLDIERS
KILLED AND LIEUT. COR HER
MAN, WHO WAS IN COMMAND.
WOUNDED IN KNEE.
NOGAI.ES, Ariz. August 28. A
skirmish between American troops
and Mexicans took place here late
yesterday. In which casualties on the
Mexican side were about a hundred,
killed and wounded. Lieut. Col. Her
man who was in command of the
Americans was wounded in the knee,
and three enlisted men killed.
The fight, which lasted two hours,
started when United States sentries
were fired upon, by Mexicans. Sev
eral hundred troops engaged the Mex
icans and drove them well back Into
their town.
The American soldiers fired from
housetops and other points of van
tage. The casualties are not known
at this time. The Mexicans hoisted
a flag of truce, but continued firing
and sniping.
Bullets dropped thick and fast in
Nogales, and one civilian. Gaston
Reddock, was wounded.
The trouble started as a result of
an attempt on the part of the Mexi
can immigration official to pass a fel
low countryman across the border
illegally. American sentries drew
gt.ns and Mexicans fired. Other Mex
icans apparently fully armed, came
from all directions and aided the
Mexicans on the line until they were
driven back.
will be provided for the winners.
To provide now athletic goods each
month—boxing gloves, basketballs;
tennis balls, etc. each member oCOte
association will be charged the nom
inal dues of ten cents a month.
Squadron representatives stated at
the meeting today that the men they
represent undoubtedly would co
operate to the fullest extent and you
are therefore urged to become a mem
ber by signing your name on the
roster that appears beolw.
WHO’S WHO
IN SUMTER ’'OUNTY?
NUMBER 200