Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, November 27, 1918, City Edition, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY CITY EDITION H’ithl'TH veak POPE TO BE GIVEN NO VOICE IN PEACE GENERAL STRIKE IS CALLED IN BERLIN WHOLE CITY TO CLOSE THURSDAY TO GIVE THANKS FOR WAR’S END Thanksgiving day will be observed by all Americus tomorrow in rever* ence, but light-heartedly. It will be be made as completely a holiday as any Thanksgiving ever known here, al though the ban on public meetings has prohibited the holding of the customary union services at one of the churches of the city. The ending of the war with the complete triumph of our armies has given a special significance to this Thanksgiving and there will be cessation here of all business not wholly essential. The merchanfs of the city will close their stores dur ing the whole day, but tc accommo date the public and to enable late dei’ .erxs to be made, most of them will lemaln open until about 9 o clock tonight. Barber shops will remain open until 9 o’clock allso, and remain closed all day Thursday. All public offices will be closed. For those who love sports, a foot ball game will be staged at 10 o’clock Thursday morning on the Agricul tural college grounds, between an Americus picked team, and a team 'from Souther Fie’u, to which no ad mission foe will be charged. A col lection will be taken for the ex penses ci the two teams. Souther Field will celebrate the day with a complete cessation of military activities, and all men that can be spared will be allowed leaves from the camp for the entire day. At 1:30 o’clock an elaborate turkey din ner will be served there however. The camp will be the scene of an in vitation dance this evening, given by the 615th squadron. A number of Americus people have been invited. Special menus will be served in all the hotels and restaurants of the city. AMERICUS ELEVEN TO PLAY SOUTHER FIELD A football game that promises all the thrills of the mortal combats of old college rivals, will be played in Americus on ’he Agricultural college campus at 1; o’clock Thanksgiving morning ce'wetn an Americus team, composed of football veterans, and a picked eleven from Souther Field. The managers announce that playing will start promptly on the hour set. No admission will be charged, but a collect on will be taken to help pay for the equipment of the two teams. The Americus team will be made up from the following players, some of whom will be held as substitutes: Riley, center; . Godwin, Belli and Ray, guards; McNeil, King and Webb, tackles; Hardin, Barton and Hans frrd, ends; Garden, fullback; Mona han, , quarterback; Johnson and Smith, halfbacks. Souther Field’s line up, for the start of the game will be: Smith, re; ' Vey, rt; Black rg; Hancock, c; Markley, Ig; Limewood. It; Stafford, qb; Varley, rh; Douglass, Ih; Par sons, fb. Lieut. D. V. O’Flaherty a former celebrated Harvard football player, will referee. PULISHERS’ BAN MODIFIED. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Restric tions affecting periodicals—except daily. Sunday and weekly newspapers were withdrawn today by the War Industries Board. The restrictions ejecting the making and cutting of wall paper rere also repealed. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEk PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE. GEORGIA TROOPS ATTACKING IN FRANCE oi mJ ■’ ” . w .. ’. YIT - ‘ . ■ ■■' Company N and Company K, c £ the 336th Infantry, 82nd Divisie n are clearing the way by blowing up wire entanglements, France. (C) Committee on Public Information —from Underwoood & Underwood. SUFFERS BROKEN LEG IN ATTACK ON STREET As a lesult of an encounter be tween Herman Schneider, well known young transfer man, and C. J. Clark, rnaible dealer which occurred on North .’ackson street about noon, Mr. Clark suffered a fracture of the leg jest above the knee, and is now confined at ’.'is homo at 330 South l iekscn srtet, where he was taken immediately after the trouble. The clash is said to have been the result of former bad feeling between the two men. A stick carried by Mr. Schneider figured in the affair. Mr. Clark claims he was attacked by Mr. Schneider and, in attempting to ward off the blows, slipped and fell off the ctiibing, the fa’l resulting in the broken kg. Mr. Schneider assisted b”stax-.ders in earning his adversary into the Chamber of Commerce room nearby where first ail was given. The fracture was set by Dr. W. SL Prather, Dr. Taylor lewis and Dr. J. W. Chambliss. Cases ag<inst Loth oi them were made by Lieutenant of I dice John P.ragg, on whose beat the encounter oc<: urred. M’ADOO GIVEN GREAT WELCOME AT MOBILE MOBILE, Nov. 27. —Federal Direc tor of Railroads McAdoo arrived this morning, spending three hours here inspecting the harbor facilities in connection with Warrior river pro ject. A huge reception was given Mr. Adoc. At noon the Secretary of the Treasury left for Pensacola, and he will ao from there to Birmingham. No Times-Recorder Thanksgiving Day 7he Times-Recorder staff wi'l observe the whole of Thanksgiv ing day as a holiday, and no edi tion will be issued tomorrow The Times-Recorder has many things to be thankful for but one ’ that connot be forgotten, above all ; things, is the generouss reception given the present management by the entire public of Americus and Sumter county. With such co-oper ation the Times-Recorder will grow in its capacity for service to the community, whch isg its basic hope for success. AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 27. 1918 Souther Field To Dine Well On T urkey Day Army life may have it s hardships, but there are times when it has its bright spots as well. Thanksgiving day will be one of these bright spots in every army camp in the United States, Europe and Western Asia—• wherever the Stars and Strips float ever American troops. Every Amer ican soldier, wherever he is, will be served with a special Thanksgiving day menu, the plbce de resistance of which will be good old American tur key without w ich no Thanksgiving dinner wou’d be complete. At Souther Field, the enlisted men ai d officers a"ke will feast as sump tuously as those at any of the many American army camps. Lieut. R. L. Stevens, mess officer of the officers’ mess and commanding ojeer ot the enHsted men’s mess, and Sergeant Belding, mess sergeant, have ar ranged menus for the enlisted men and officers that will guarantee every man being in camp a tl:30 o’clock tomorrow, which is the dinner hour, even though practically every sold ier will be given the day of to spend as he chooses. Here is the meenu as prepared for the enlisted men, the officers’ menu being very little dif fer e nt: MENU Flying School Detachment. Celery Olives Assorted Nu‘s Shrimp Salad Mayonnaise Wafers Oyster Soup Oysterette 8 Roast Turkey Chestnut Dressing Cranberry Sauce Candied Sweet Potatoes French Peas. Grape Juice Punch Pumpkin Pie Plum Pudding Fruit Salad Ice Ci cam Assorted Cakes Assorted Fruits and Candies Coffee Cigars Cigarettes. BULGARS WIPED OUT SERB TOWN OF 2,500 PAP IS. Nov. 27. —Twenty-five hun dred Sei Lians, all inhabitants of the village of Vlassentinetzi, were killed l y the Bulgarians during their oc cupation of Serbian soil, says a Nish dtsputen teday. In soinhwest Serbia, all magis trates. priests and school teachers were sWot or hanged by the Bulgars in their effoorts to completely exterminate the Serbs. WAR STAMP LEADERS GATHER IN AMERICUS ATLANTA. Ga., Nov. 27. —In order In meet the situation which developed in regard to the unredeemed War Sav, togs stamp pledges in Georgia and to comply with the instructions of the treasury department, a hurried call has been issued for a meeting of thd twelve districts of the War Savings Stamps committee in Georgia. Information received from Wash ington Saturday at the state War Sav ings headquarters was to the effect that the treasury department was not at all satisfied with the showing made thus fa r by Georgia in regard to th redemption of war savings pledges by the citizens of the state. Records n regard to the pledges made by Geor gia citizens are being goven over by government officials at the present time, and while Georgia made a splen did showing in comparison with other states as regards subscriptions to War Savings Stan ps, it is at the bottom of the list of states in regard to making good of these subscription. Tlie teasury officials cannot under stand the situation and it has there fore been deemed advisable to call of of the district and county chairmen together and see what can be done in regard to clearing up the matter. Th® Third district met at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning in Ameri cus. The meeting was attended by Edwin S. Miles and Harry M. Pas chal of the treasurdy department and county chairman who were present at the meeting are: W. R. Bowen, Fitzgerald; H. L. Mobley, Ft. Gaines; J. Gordon Joones, Cordelle; L. L. Woodward, Viennh; T. C. Thorp, Lees burg; J. B. Guerry, Montezuma; Law rence Gibson, Georgetown; J. N. Watts, Shellman; C. R. McCrory, Ella ville; T. T. James. Lumpkin; Hollis Fort. Americus; I. F. Peebles, Butler; R. R. Joones, Dawson; C. H. Bishop, Ashburn, and Geo. S. Rees, Preston. GREAT TRIPLANES WILL GUARD GEORGIA COAST WASHINGTON, Nov. 28— Squadrons of fighting triplanes of a new’ type, and the fastest in the world, capable of aa speed of 160 miles an hour, will be employed in the establishment of a system of permanent coastal defense, tne house naval committee was in formed this afternoon by Capt. Steele, of the naval aviation service. It wag stated that nineteen coastal aviation stations will be established, among them stations at Brunswick, Ga., and Miami, Fla. HUNS DEMAND TRIAL OF OLD REGIME CHIEFS WITHEX-KAISER LONDON, Nov. 27.—A general strike hah been called in Berlin, says a Copenhagen dispatch today. Counter Revolution of Military Brewing. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 27.—A military counter-revolution is brewing in Germany, is the report from the fron tier today. Genteral Von Maqwitzi commanding a large army near Treves on the western Prussian frontier, is preparing a counter revolt. Ex-t’rown Prince To Return When It’s Safe. LONDON, Nov. 27.—The former German crown prince has announced his intention of returning to Ger many “when all is safe and the revo lutions are over,” says a dispatch from The Hague today. Demand For Trial For Ex-Kaiser Made. COPENHAGEN, Noov. 27- A de mand that the former kaiser be placed on trial was mae at a fed eral conference n Berlin, according to advice 8 today received from Ber lin. The same demand is being made by the radical Socialist ex tremists. They insist upon the or ganization of a tribunal to try the former kaiser, crown prince, Chan cellor Von Bethmann-Hollfweig and former Foreign Secretaries Jagow and Zimmerman. The officials who represented the old war regime are making their way out of Germany as rapidly as possi ble. ’Foreign developments ae expect ed when the army returns to Berlin. All German soviets have been sum mooned to a conference which con vents in Berlin December 16. Presi dent Fenrenbach has requested mili tary protection when the meeting assembles. RY. TELEGRAPHERS THREATEN TO STRIKE dfUCAGO, Nov. 27.—Railroad tele graphers on all lines in the United States may strike to force a revis ion iq.uaid of the recent wage award made by the Railway Administration. The strike is demanded by the key men of fifty-one lines, now in session here. The men demand that Presi dent of the Telegraphers’ union Pet ham. of St. Louis, either call ih strike or hesiyn KICK! Call Phone 99! If the Carrier Boy fails to leave your paper, KlftK! Just call 99—before 7 P. M. — and a paper will be sent by special messenger. You pay for your paper and you are entitled to it EVERY DAY. Unless you KICK we cannot I now that the paper failed to arrive. THg TIMES-RECORDER DeWitt Glover. Manager Circulation Dept. LOCAL SPOT COTTON MARKET Good middling 27.50 cents. DELEGATES TO BE FEW AROUND PEACE TABLE AT VERSAILLES LONDON, Nov. 27. —It is learned on high authority today that there is absolutely no chance of Pope Bene dict having any voice in the peace conference. The Pope will not be present, nor has any delegate from the Vatican been invited to partici pate in the discussion. Xe»/3 dispatches from Rome today say it ,’s rumored among employees of the Vatican that members of the Po< e e t uiuurage are ‘‘convinced that Pope Geredict will be compelled to leave Rome within six months after the conclusion of peace.” Few Delegates to Sit at Peace Table, PARIS, Noov. 27. —Sentiment is crystalizing favoring the small est possible number of delegates at the coming peace conference which is to meet at Versailes. Some sug gestons are that the number of plen pctentiaries be limited to one for each power, with Marshal Foch sitting in an advisory capacity. 48 U-BOAT BATTLES FOUGHT BY OUR SHIPS LONDON, Nev 27.—American naval craft in European waters fought 48 battles with German submarines dur ing the war It i 8 beKieVed that wtnerican sailors sunk at least 20 sa mmrsihles and damaged or put out of action many othetrs. MISS MAUDE SUGGS. Miss Maude Suggs, a former resi dent of I»e county, who had been a trained nurse in Atlanta for some time, and who had been nursing an influenza patient in LaGrange, died at LaGrange of influenza Monday night, having contracted the malady in her work. She was 30 years of age, and a member of New Hope Bap tist church, near Leslie. She is survived by her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Suggs, of Ijee county; two sisters, Mrs. J. J. McDowell, of Americus, and Miss Blanche Suggs, of Lee county; five brothers, Julian S. Suggs, of Ameri cus; Emory, Lee and Lloyd, of Sum ter countyi, apd Morgam with, te American army in England. The funeral was held frur’ Mt. Zion tii - Methodist church this afternoon ai 3 o’clock, with interment in Mt. Zion cemetery. The body of Miss Suggs arrived in Americus from last Tues day and was taken to the chapel of the Americus Undertaking company, where it remained until this morning when it was takeen to Lee county I’OUNCIL TO MEMT EARLIER. City council will meet hereafter at 7 o’clock instead of 7:30 as has been the custom, a resolution to that ef fect having been adopted by council ' at its regular meeting last night. The meeting was devoted entirely to rou tine matters. City Superintendent Ansley acted as clerk in the absence of Clerk Eldridge, who is ill with influenza ♦ WEATHER FORECAST ♦ • WEATHER ♦ Forecast for Georgia: Unset- * ♦ tied tonight and Thursday. ♦ probably rain. ♦ 4 4 ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ ♦!,♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ NUMBER 277.

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, November 27, 1918, City Edition, Image 1