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CITY
EDITION
| UKTIETH YEAR
HAIG MOVING AHEAD
LONDON BELIEVES A NEW LINE HAS BEEN PREPARED
CANAL DU NORD HAS BEEN REACHED AND MANY TOWNS OCCUPIED
GERMANS UNABLE'
TO HALT ALLIES
ANYWHERE ALONG
LONG BATTLE LINE
FAILURE TO COUNTER ATTACK
FOR POSSESSION OF DROCOURT
QUEANT SWITCH LINE GIVES
CREDENCE TO REPORTS THAT
NEW LINE HAS BEEN PREPARED
AND ENEMY IS RETREATING
THERE.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—(Compiled
from press reports during the day.)—
At no place along the battle line ex
tending from S'oissons to Flanders
has the enemy been able to resist the
allied armies in sufficient strength
to cause a halt in the offensive move
ment. The Germans after repeated
defeats at various points have given
ground, apparently content to cover
their retreat with rear guard actions.
Where, if at all, the Germans plan to
make a determined stand is problem
atical.
The failure to counter attack for
the possession of the Queant-Drocourt
line gives added credence to unofficial
reports that still another line has
been prepared—a switch line from
Brebieres to Moeuvres, and that here
a valiant effort will be made to stem
the tide of the battle. The British
already have reached Rumaucourt, a
short distance from the new line, and
both from the north and the south
they are approaching it.
While the greatest progress contin
ues to be made southeast and east of
Arras, momentous events apparently
ar© impending north of Soissons. Here
General Mangin has for several days
been pushing forward in a slow but
steady advance until he now holds
the key position to the Vesle front J
from which, if their movements arej
an indication of their plan of man
euvir, the Germans plan to retreat
back of the Aisne or to the Chemin
Des Dames.
The Germans have been forced o
of the Ailette river sector and the
main defenses of the Hindenburg line
are endangered. A thrust by the
Franco-American forces at this place
would be a serious menace to the
German lines south and east of Sois
sons.
LENINE SAID
TO BE VERY ILL
LONDON, Sept. 4—The condition of
Nikolai Lenina, the Bolshevik pre
mier, against whose life an attempt
was made last Friday, has become
highly critical, according to a dis
patch from Moscow to the Central
News Agency. The crisis is expected
within three days. Surgeons have
removed a bullet from Lenine’s body.
WHO’S WHO
IN SUMTER COUNTY!
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEh
“LI VEST LITTLE DAILY IN CEORCIA."
IJACKSON STREET
NOT TO BE USED
BY SONS OF VETS
FOB BIG BENEFIT
MERCHANTS ALONG THOROUGH
FARE WHO SIGNED AGREEMEN f
TO PERMIT USE OF STREET FOR
MINSTREL SHOW WILL CONTRI
BUTE TO CAUSE INSTEAD -
THOSE WHO SUBSCRIBED.
The committee representing the i
Sons of Veteran s in the entertainment i
proposed to be given for the benefit
of Camp Sumter, Confederate Veter
ans, have decided to call the affair
off, in so far as pertains to Jackson
street, the merchants along that
thoroughfare having requested such
action. .
In lieu of permitting Jackson street
to be closed on Saturday, September
14 th, the merchants along the block
in question have signed the following
agreement:
Whereas, we,- whose names are
hereto subscribed, have heretofore
signed an agreement for that section
of Jackson street, between Lamar and
Forsyth streets in the city of Ameri
cus. to be closed on the evening of
Saturday, the 14th inst., for the pur
pose of an entertainment for the ben
efit of Confederate Veterans, and
whereas, after further consideration
of the effect this would have on our
business;
We agree on or before September
14th to contribute to the Sumter coun
ty camp Confederate Veterans the
amounts set opposite our names, on
condition that 'said Jackson street
shall not be closed at the time and
place here abovfe mentioned.
Signed:
Tillman & Brown. $25.00; Pinkston
(Co., $5.00; Walker’s, $1.00; Gyles
| Andrews Furniture Co.. $5.00; Alcazar
Theatre, $5.00; S. H. Kress & Co.,
$5.00; Sparks Grocery Co., $25.00;
Thos. L. Bell, $2.50; Hay & Tillman,
$5-,0; H. L. Mize, $5.
JONES IS OUT OF
RACE; WILSON IS
LESLIE MANINOW
F. P. Jones, of Leslie, in conversa*-
tion with a Times-Recorder man this
morning authorized the withdrawal of
his name as a candidate for the board
i of county commissioners. Explain
ing his action he stated the decision
to withdraw was reached after he and
Mr. Wilson, the other candidate from
Leslie, had talked over the situation,
’ and agreed two candidates should not
run from Leslie vicinity. A formad
1 statement from Mr. Jones has been
1 mailed the Times-Recorder, and
’ should appear in these columns to
morrow.
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IN SUMTER COUNTY I
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 4, 1918
HE PETITE « WHICH CHISES THE HOCHE ,
11
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MaHEnwgssa
I Saw,:
The French have invented this, the
“petite tank,” which has been very
active in chasing the boche from the
GALA DAY IS
PROMISED ON
SEPT.I4TH BY
FIELLHLYEBS
AIR WILL BE FULL OF FLYERS
FOLLOWING GRAND PARADE,
WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 2 P. M.—
EIGHTY PEOPLE WILL PARTICI
PATE IN BIG MINSTREL AFFAIR
WITH OTHER FEATURES.
Beginning at two P. M. Saturday,
the 14th instant, the public will be
given the greatest variety of the high
est class entertainment and amuse
ment ever enjoyed in this section ol
the country. The program is as fol
lows:
Promptly at 2 o’clock a street pa
rade by the Souther Field Minstrel
Troup will begin. The troup consists
of eighty people composed of expert
musicians, singers, dancers and star
boxers, etc, etc. These are all stars
Not a novice in the group.
Immediately after the parade the
elements will be full of air ships loop
ing the loop, doing the nose dive, the
. tail spin, and performing many other
dangerous and wonderful stunts in
mid air. all under the personal super
vision of Major Wash. This will con
clude the afternoon entertainment.
The great minstrel show will be
staged on some street in the business
section yet to be selected, this section
being curtained off, well lighted, and
1 ample seats provided.
This section of the street will be in
1 perfect order for dancing, and when
• the show is over the street dance be
gins, and will continue until those
1 who indulge in terpsicorean amuse
-1 ment are thoroughly satisfied. The
' best of music will be furnished for
’ this dance.
A small admission fee to the mfn-
WHO’S WHO
IN SUMTER COUNTY!
Marne. It has done much damage be
cause it has been able to keep up
with the fleeing Germans.
STftTHAM UNO JONES
CO TO ATLANTA
TO ATTEND MEETING ’
OF HARRIS LEADERS
WILL MAKE TRIP THROUGH THE
' COUNTRY IN FORMER’S BIG CAR,
AND BOTH ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
PROSPECTS FOR ADMINISTRA
TION CANDIDATE INTHIS SEC
TION
Dr. J. Richmond Statham and Hon.
H. O. Jones are two prominent Amer
icus men who will attend a big meet
ing of William J. Harris leaders in
Atlanta Friday. They will leave Amer
icus tomorrow and will make the trip
through the country in Dr. Statham’s
handsome Buick car. They expect to
be gone only a day or two.
Dr Statham and Mr. Jones, who
have been active and ardent support
ers of Harris since his entry into the
senatorial contest are both enthusias
tic over the prospects for their can
didate not only in Sumter but in ad
joining counties, and at the meeting
of Harris leaders to be held in the
Kimball House will report Sumter
safe for Harris.
The Harris club, here, of which H
O. Jones is president and Dr. Statham
one of the prominent leaders, has re
cently done some very effective work
for Harris, with the result that the
general sentiment here now is that
every vote cast for Howard is a vote
for Hardwick. The loyalty issue in !
this county has become so clear cut
within the past tw o weeks that can
didates are no longer discussed so
generally as is the issue, with a very
large majority of voters here solidly
lined up behind the president in sup
porting Harris for senator.
strel show a«d the street ball will
be charged, and the net proceteHs
‘nrned over to the Confederate* Vet
erans., whose reunion will occur at
Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the 24 instant.
WHO’S WHO
IN SUMTER COUNTY!
ATHLETIG ASSD.I
BIS LIBERAL BY
LAWS AND BULLS
SOUTHER FIELD ATHLETICS WILL
FURNISH SPORTING EVENTS
DURING THE ENTIRE WINTER
FOR THEIR FRIENDS.
The Souther Field Athletic asso
ciation, recently organized with Ma
jor Carlisle H. Wash, has completed
its preliminary plans and adopted a
formal constitution and by-laws for
the government and its activities. The
rules of tbs association are exceed
ingly liberal, ana promise the furnish
ing of much sport this winter for the
entertainment of the friends of the
post here.
The constitution and by-laws arx as
follows:
Constitution.
Article 1- Section 1. The name of
the organization is the Souther Field
Athhletic Association.
Article 2. Section 1. The associa
tion will be located on the military
reservation of Souther Field, Ga., with
principal headquarters in the Souther
Field Headquarters Building.
Article 3. Section 1. The purpose
for which the association is formed
are: 1. To promote the physical well
fare of the enlisted men of Souther
Field. 2. To do this in away that
will be a pleasure to them rather than
an irksome detail of army routine.
3. To encourage competition and stim
ulate mental as well as physical ac
tivity, and develope clean sportsman
like principles. 4. To make the field
attractive to the entire personnel dur
ing their hours of leisure.
Article 4. Section 1. Every officer
and enlisted man of Souther Field is
eligible to membership, subject to the
provisions laid down in the by-laws
of the association.
Article 5. Section 1. The associa
tion shall have power, acting through
the executive committee, as* follows:
Section 2. To hold athletic meets at
such times and at such places as it
may select.
Section 3. To arrange schedules
tor individual and squadron and de
'achment contests.
Section 4. To award trophies to
winners of such contests.
Section 5. To raise money through
dues, rubscriptions and contests, and
tc oisburse same.
Section 6. To receive new members
and to expel old members, asprovid
ed in the by-laws.
Section 7. To carry out a campaign
of publicity.
Section 8. To enforce the by-laws
of the association.
By-Laws.
Article 1. Section 1. The association
shall be governed by an executive
committee consisting of one officer
and one non-commissioned officer or
private from each squadron and de
•■.Khment on the field. Said officer
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A NATION’S STRENGTH
IS IN ITS FOOD SUPPLY
set LeM V&ffEJfidjSg
Create a Reserve UwBM
aMHOCA must feed WW
IXQJXX). OOP AUJES
GANAL DU NURD
BEET REACHED BY
HAIG’S ARMY SAY
bHITISHJEPORTS
MANY TOWNS FALL BEFORE AD-
VANCING ALLIES—NEAR SOMME
“RIVER BRITISH FORCES HAVE
CAPTURED HAUT-ALLAINES,
TW O MILES NORTH OF PERONNE
—CROIX DU BAC CAPTURED TO
DAY.
LONDON, Sept. 4.—The British have
secured a hold on the west bank of
the canal Du Nord by taking Rumau
court, to the north of Saiua-Lez- Mar
quiou, according to advices from the
battlefront today.
Further south along the canal they
are reported to have captured Inchy-
En-Artois, Demicourt, to the east of
Dolgnies, and Hermies, three miles
northeast of BortincoUrt.
Near the Somme the British, the
advices state, have crossed the canal
at Haut-Allaines, slightly more than
two miles north of Peronne.
From Hermies southward the Brit
ish line is indicated as running to the
west of Ruyauleourt, a mile and a
half east of Bertlncourt,
Midway between Nieppe and Sailly
in the Lys salient the British have
captured the village of Croix Du Bae.
LENS NOT CAPTURED
BY ALLIED ARMY
LONDON, Sept. 4 Information
from the front today is that the coal
mining city of Lens is still mainly in
German possession. British patrols,
however, are reported to be in the
western portion of the town.
There were widespread reports yes
terday that Len s had been evacuated
by the Grmans and occupied by the
Brjfish These reports emanated from
an authoritative source in London and
were generally accepted as correct
until the receipt of last night’s of
ficial British communication w-hich
failed to confirm this.
CARLTON RODGERS
SAFE “OVERSEAS”
Friends and relatives of Carlton
Rodgers, of Sumter, have received
cards announcing his safe arrival
“overseas.” Mr. Jones, who is a mem
ber of a prominent Sumter county
family and well known here was call
ed into service only a few weeks ago.
and his arrival “overseas” was whol
ly unexpected by his friends here. He •
went from Americus to Camp Gordon
and received his preparatory training
in the camp there.
WHO’S WHO
I\ SUMTER BOUNTY?
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