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CITY
EDITION
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TEUTONS ARE FLEEING
NINETY MILE BREAK IN ENEMY’S LINE IN MACEDONIA
WILDEST DISORDER NOW MARKS PRECIPITATE EFFORT TO ESCAPE
BULGAR DEFEAT
IS COMPLETE,
ALLIES PUSHING
ON IPHILEP
CENTER BROKEN BY ONSLAUGHT
OF FRENCH, SERBIAN OND ITAL
IANS AND BRITISH AND GREEKS
ABE SWEEPING RAPIDLY FOR
WARD PAST DEFENSES IN LAKE
DORIAN REGION.
LONDON, Sept, 24.—The Serbian
troops continue to cross the river
Vardar northeast of Monastir, and
are in contact with the ulgarians,
says the Serbian official statement of
Monday.
The Bulgarians are burning villages
and stores of material. The Serbians,
however, have captured great quan
tities of material.
Around Prilep the Serbians are on
the Gradsko-Prilep road to the north
east. while to the southeast they have
reached the steep massif of the Dren
•ka mountain range.
With their center broken by the
onslaught of the French, Serbian and
Italian armies, with the British and
Greeks sweeping over the strongest
defenses in the Lake Doiran region
and with their railroad communica
tion virtually- destroyed, the Bulgar
ian, Austro-Hungarian and German
armies on the Macedonian front have
begun a retreat which seems to
threaten disaster.
Over a front of over ninety miles
the Teutonic allies are streaming back
in disordei' which is said to be in
describable. On the west they are
trying to reach Prilep from the vi
cinity of Monastir, but Prilep is out
flanked by the advancing Serbians
who are marching on the city.
SATURDAY VOLUNTEER
DAY IN LIBERTY LOAN
EFFORT IN THIS STATE
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 24. —Hundreds
of cities, counties and towns in the
sixth federal reserve district have
adopted the plan of making next Sat
urday, the opening day of the Liberty
Loan, ‘Volunteer Day.” when every
citizen who has made up his mind to
invest in Liberty Bonds will go to his
bank or some member of the commit
tees and make his subscription volun
tarily. without solicitation.
NEW WILLARD HOTEL
IS DAMAGED BY FIRE
A
WASHINGTON D. C., Sept 24
Police and Are officials today were in
vestigating the origin of a Are early
this morning in the new Willard hotel
which caused damage estimated at
$1.00,000 and sent hundreds of gusets
many o f them of national prominence
scurrying through the smoke-lille.i
<orridors to the lobbies and safety.
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shown American officers and American marines saluting the parade of the Allies on the streets of Vladivostok.
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FIRST STEPS TAKEN IN
EFFORT TO FIX PRICES
WASHINGTON. I). C., Sept. 24.-
First steps looking to the Axing of
prices for standard grades of raw cot
ton were taken today by the Govern
ment in naming of two committees,
one to investigate the entire cotton
situation and the other to control
during the period of inquiry the dis
tribution of cotton by purchasing all
j of the staple needed by the United I
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follows:
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subscription, unless the subscription is renewed and paid for.
(This ruling to be effective Oct. 1,1918 J
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to This Office.
It will be impossible for our collectors to see all their subscri
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEP
States and the Allies at prices to be
approved by the President.
Thomas W. Page, vice chairman of
the tariff commission, was named
chairman of the committee of inquiry
which is to hold hearings over the cot
ton growing states. The other mem
bers are: W. R. Battie, Greenville, S.
C.; R. L. Bennett, Paris, Texas; Ward
M. Burgess, Omaha, Neb.; Edward
Farnham Greene. Boston; J. C. Redr
mond, St. Mathews, S. C.; M. P. Stur
divant Glendora. Miss., and S. W.
Weis, New Orleans. D. S. Murph, of
the federal Bureau of Markets, will
be secretary of the committee.
The members of the committee to
I i: irchase for the Government’ and the
I Allies are: Charles J. Brand, ofwt.he
I Department of Agriculture, chairman.
FULL OEIEEHUOII
Will ITlffl CON
VENTION IT MM
FROM ■ ■
FRIENDS OF WILLIAM J HARRIS
WILL GO IN FORTE TO BE PRES
ENT WHEN NOMINATION IS ((IN
FERRED UPON LOYAL (’ANDI
DATE ALREADY ENDORSED BY
VOTERS OF STATE.
There is considerable interest here
in the coming democratic state con
vention, which will be held in Ma
con October 3rd. The delegation from
Sumter will be headed by H O. Jones,
president of the William J. Harris
club here, and will Include some of
the most prominent politicians in the
*
county.
Arrangements for holding the con
vention have all been completed by
the Democratic State Executive com
mittee, and as Compared with previ- 1
ous state conventions, the one this '
year will be a tame affair, inasmuch as
it has no authority of its own to ;
make nominations, but merely de
clares the result of the primary as
registered bj’ the voters at the ballot
box. Governor Dorsey and William
J. Harris are invited to be present and
will doubtless attend. Mr. Harris is
now in Washington looking after the
interests of southern farmers in the
matter of cotton price-Axing, having
given up a much-needed vacation af
>er the strenuous labors of bis cam
paign for the Senate.
DUBLIN MAN WILL
OPPOSE HARRIS IN
RACE FOR SENATE
’ DUBLIN, Ga.. Sept. 24. C II Wil-
I Hams; a well-known politician here, ]
! announced yesterday that he had de-
I serted the democratic party and
i would be a candidate for United States
i senator against William J. Harris. He
. had recently been nominated for state
i senator as a democrat, and resigned
i this nomination. The loss of a sub
stantial sum by reason of a recent
decline in the price of cotton coupled
: with his belief that the democratic
I party is responsible for the market
i decline induced Williams to become
■ ‘a candidate against Mr. Harris.
i -
WMliani L. Clayton, Houston. Texas
numbers of a large cotton rir.u <>l'-
; erating in Texas and Oklahoma, J
j "’emple Gwathmey, NewYprk. .mem
ber of a large cotton Arm with
‘ tranches in many cities, and Edward
H. Inman, Atlanta, former cotton
merchant now acting as a purchasing
rgent for the Government.
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MORE MTI NEEDED
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BIG PILE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND
LOT OF MATERIAL FOR WRITE
UPS NOW ON HAND, BUT WORK
MUST BE HURRIED TO PUT EDI
TION ON STREETS SOON AS POS
SIBLE.
The big ‘ Who's Who in Sumter”
edition of The Times-Recorder is rap
idly assuming shape, and will be is
sued as soon as the printers can Anisb
up their work and the big press gets
to work.
There is a lot. of data needed yet,
however, and patrons of the edition
are asjked to send this in as rapidly
as possible in order that no further
delay in issuance of the big paper nicy
occur. Already many business houses
a?.d individuals here have sent in their
data, and a bunch of Ane photographs
have been sent to the engravers for
n aking of cuts, and this much of the
vork is out. of the way. Others must
send in thei r photos and data, how
ever, and there is but a brief time in
which this may be done, unless the
issue is delayed again.
Because of these facts. The Times-
Keearder asks that patrons of the ed
ition have their data and photos ready
when Mrs. Butt and Mr. Moran ca.l
fcr them. This edition is to be the
biggest and best ever issued from tlii°
ffice and it is being prepared entite
ly by rome people, which w’’ll aul
to it? ristcricai an 1 biological vi ne,
It "Hi he issued jest as soon as the
data netessary for its compilatioi is
in hand, ; nd this will be secured at
n earl.-’ date.
NO CATHOLIC IS
CONNECTED WITH
Y.M.C.A. IN FRANCE
ATLANTA. Ga. Sept. 24. —In a let
ter to Malcolm Lockhart, State Fi
nancial Director of the Y’. M. C. A., S.
A. Ackley. Executive Secretary of the
♦
Southeastern Department of Army and
Navy War YVork Council has made a
clear cut denial of statement which
has been made to the effect that a
Catholic was i n charge of the work
of the Y r . M. C. A. overseas. In his
communication Mr. Ackley says: ‘‘No
Catholic has any official connection
with the Y M. C A. either in France
or America.”
In his communication he states that
E. C. Carter, Executive Secretary of
the Y. M C A. in France, who has ab
solute contro] over all activities of
the Y. M. C. A both among the French
and American soldiers in France, has
bfeen for Afteen or twenty years, Y.
M "C. A. Secretary and mor many
years prior to the war was National
Mis*iionajry Secretary, for the Y. M. C.
A. in India.
NUFBER 222.