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Southern People
FORTP-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 63
HIXON CHOSEN TO LEAD BOND DRIVE
EDWARDS GETS
LIFE TERM AS
WIFE’S SLAYER;
ASKS RETRIAL
Americus Barber Shop Proprietor
Convicted by Jury in Talbot
Superior Court
TALBOTTON, March 15—(Special)—
J. Fred Edwards, owner of a barber
shop in Americus, was found guilty
of wife murder by a jury in Superior
court here last night, with a recom
inandation of mercy, and Judge Sear
cy sentenced him to life imprisonment.
His counsel moved for a new trial.
Germans Yield
Fleet to Allies
BRUSSELS, March 14.—(Friday.)—
(By Associated Press.) —Germa n dele
gates to the conference here regarding
the taking over by the Allies of the
German mercantile fleet and the pro
visioning of Germany, today definitely
accepted the conditions imposed by the
Allies.
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Monthly Ration Fixed.
BRUSSELS, March 13.—(Thursday)
—(By Associated Press.) —A monthly
ration for Germany of 370,000 tons of
foodstucs was fixed today by the Allied
commission sitting here. The Ger
mans observed that this ration was
smaller than they requested and were
pessimisUc.. oL..,grjaugement al satis
factory financial terms.
Superior Court Ends;
Dozen Cases go Over
The special term of Superior court,
after two .weeks of business, was ad
journed Friday evening by Judge Lit
tlejohn. Several cases on the calen
dar for trial were not reached and au
tomatically continued until the May
term of court.
Following is the disposition of cases
after publication of the list in The
Times-Recorder Friday afternoon:
Angie Owens, assault with intent to
murder and two other counts; verdict
of shooting at another; one year, or
6 months and SIOO.
Will Jones, shooting at another; ver
dict of guilty; one year or 6 months
and $75.
Henry Clark, carrying pistol with
out license; plea of guilty; one year
or $75 and costs.
These cases were not reached:
- Tommie Rollins, assault with intent
to murder and carrying concealed
weapons; Arthur Corley, Mathis Cor
ley and Heaver Corley, felony; Rich
Corley, resisting officer; Lewis Brown,
shooting at another; Willie Lee
Crouch, shooting at another; John
Kennedy, assault with intent to mur
der; Munroe Bullock, assault with in
tent to murder and carrying concealed
weapons; Tom Porter, felony; Gieorge
Lamar, driving horse without own
er’s consent; L. M. Lowery, misde
meanor; Thomas Woodward, assault
with intent to murder; Robert Smith
misdemeanor.
Yanks in Battle
Form in Germany
COBLENZ, March 14.—(Friday.)—
(By Associated Press.) —General
Pershing, who is inspecting the Aiher
ican army of occupation had his first
sight this morning of Americans in
combat formation on German soil. He
inspected the Second division and pre
sented more than eighty decorations.
He later reviewed the division, the
marching time of 24,000 men being
about 20 minutes.
1,074 TROOPS ARRIVE.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 15. —
(By Associated Press.) —The battle
ship New Jersey arrived here today
from Brest, with 1,074 returning sold
iers.
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The fourteen aviators of Souther Field who flew to Atlanta Thursday as a compliment to Colonel W. A. Bishop, the famous Canadian “Ace of
Aces.” In the front row from left to r ght are Lieutenant T. W. Blackler, .. eu.enaut J. R. Irwin, Lieutenant-Colonel P. T. Dickman, Lieutenant
A. W. Vance. Lieutenant S. C. Stout and Lieutenant D. M. Suttle. Bac t row. from left to right, are Lieutenants W. F. Sutter, M. L. Lackey, I. Y.
Craig, H. B. Blakeslee. A. B. McMullen. B. A. Burgtorf. A. W. Warde and M. A. Price. In the lower picture are shown a group of spectators who
watched the aviators alight on the golf course at the East Lake Country Club. This cut. made by the Atlanta Journal, was carried to Americus from
Atlanta by airplane.
TRANSPORT HITS
MINE; NINE U. S.
SAILORSDROWN
LONDON, March '5. — (By Associat- '
ed Press.) —Nine sailors were today
reported drowned in the sinking of the
American naval transport Yserhaven.
which struck a mine early Friday
morning, according to a report to
Lloyds. The accident is believed to
have occurred in the North Sea.
Thirty-five survivors were landed at
Hartlepool by a British steamer.
Railroad Clerks in
Atlanta Still Out
ATLANTA, March 15—(By Associat
ed Press.) —Pending the arrival here
tonight of T. J. Forrester, national
president of the Brotherhood of Rail
road Clerks, for a conference with B.
L. Winchell, regional director of rail
roads, over the clerks’ strike, the sit
uation remained practically unchanged
today. All freight depots remained
closed today, following the walkout
yesterday of 1,500 men on all lines.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 16, 1919
War Prohibition
Act to Be Tested
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NEW PORK, March 15.—(8y Asso
' ciated Press.) —Preliminary action to
ward the testing of the constitution
; ality of the war-time prohibition act
was taken in the filing here today of a
stockholders’ suit in the federal court
against James Severard’s Breweries.
The complainant, James Severard.
] asked an order restraining the defend
ant from suspending its manufactur
; ing activities May 1 and its sales July
1, as required by federal statute.
Nearly 1,500,000
Now Demobilized
WASHINGTON. March 15.—(8y As
i sociatedl Press.)—United States offi
• cers and men demobilized number 1,-
419,386, the war department announc
ied today. Officers applying for reserve
commissions total 26,798.
IJ WEATHER FORECAST. J
For Georgia: Warmer Sunday;
fresh and strong east and southeast
winds.
LEAGUE PART OF
PEACE TREATY,
WILSON CABLES
NEW YORK. March 15—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —Secretary Tumulty an
nounced here today that he was in re
ceipt of a cablegram from President
Wilson stating that the plenary coun
cil had decided that the League of Na
tions is to be part of the peace treaty.
The cablegram was sent in response
to one from Secretary Tumulty in
quiring whether there was truth in
certain newspaper articles that the
League was not to be incorporated in
the peace treaty.
Downpour Brings
Losses in Florida
JACKSONVILLE. March 15.—(8y
Associated Press.) —Heavy’ rains dur
ing the past 48 hours have caused con
siderable damage in southern Florida.
Miami reported 9.8 inches of rain and
Fort. Lauderdale 11.44 inches. The to
mota crop in the Fort Lauderdale sec
tion is reported badly damaged.
Leslie Barn Burns
With Feed and Meat
LESLIE. March 15—A barn owned
by B. J. Ranew, in which he had a
quantity of feed stuff for this year,
burned Friday at noon. A few pieces
of the meat were saved and his car
w r as rescued from under one of the
sheds.
Mr. Ranew’s home was not damaged
because of the work of the friends
who came in to help, and the wind
carried the fire in the opposite direc
tion The fire started from smoking
meat in the building. No insurance
was carried on the building or its con
tents, it is said. •
Parole Twelve Aliens
Held for Deportation
WASHINGTON. March 15.—(8y As
sociaed Press.) —Paroles were granted
by Secretary of Labor Wilson today
to 12 aliens of a group of 54 sent to
New York from the West recently un
der orders for deportation. In nine
teen cases the deportation order was
affirmed. In the remaining twenty
three. no applications were pending
for re-opening the hearings.
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
PAVEDROADSTO
OPEN GEORGIA’S
OPPORTUNITIES,
SAYSPATTERSON
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Will do More for this State Than They
Have Done for California,
He Declares
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After a stirring address by Judge
T. E. Patterson, of the state high
way commission, in which he pointed
out that Sumter county could not af
ford not to vote for permanent high
way construction, Sumter’s campaign,
to pass the $500,000 issue April 9, to
build paved highways through the
rural districts was launched Satur
day with Judge J. A. Hixon as cam
paign chairman. Lovelace Eve, busi
ness manager of the Times-Recorder,
who spent three years in patriotic and
other campaign work in the vicinity of
Atlanta before coming to Americus a
few months ago, was chosen secretary
of the campaign, and later was ap
pointed by Chairman Hixon to act as
treasurer to handle the funds that
will be required to conduct the cam
paign for bonds.
The meeting instructed Chairman
Hixon to name campaign committees
in every part of the county, which he
announced he would do within a few
days, declaring that he wanted the co
operation of every voter in putting the
bojjd issue “over" and that he wanted
none on the various committees but
the men who could be depended upon
to do active work for the bonds.
It was a highly successful meet
ing, being attended by many of the
bd%t men from all parts of the county.
Preceding the speaking the Americus
troop of Boy Scouts paraded the
down-town streets bearing banners
boosting the bonds, and later they lin
ed both sides of the courthouse steps
as the audience filed in. Following
were the inscriptions on their ban
ners:
“Don’t leave all the good roads
for us to build and pav for.”
“Uncle Sam pays half the cost;
you pay less than one-fourth; we
pay the balance.’’
“Build concrete roads now and
let us help pay for them.”
“Vote bonds; leave two-thirds
of them for us to pay.”
Vital Issue Before People.
Judge Patterson was introduced by
Congressman Chas. D. Crisp, of this
district, who said in part:
“One of the-most vital issues is be
fore the United States today. That is
sue is good roads. The federal gov
ernment realizes how much it means
to the United States to have good
roads and is making large appropria
tions to aid the several states in mak
ing good roads. At its recent session
congress appropriated $200,000,000 for
this purpose, but the government feels
that unless the people have local
pride enough to put up part of the
money for highway building they are
not deserving of federal help, and that
is the reason it is not putting up all
of the money. Uncle Sam offers to
match our good roads money dollar
for dollar, and unless we put up our
part we get nothing. I do not believe
there is a more progressive county in
Georgia than ours, but it is up to us
to act, for the counties that act first
in this matter are the one sthat are
going to get the most.”
Judge Patterson spoke in part as
follows:
“While we are doing wondterful
things in Georgia, we are not doing
what we ought to have done. The peo
ple of Georgia are Anglo-Saxons, and
the Anglo-Saxon moves slowly. I say
this to you, because I am a Georgian,
and it fits me as well as the rest of
you. But when you get the Anglo-
Saxon started you can’t stop him. The
people of Georgia were slow to start
on this road proposition, but there has
been a gradual evolution. It was hard
for them to get the idea of durable
roads. They used to ask what was
the use to build good highways for
those automobile fellows, forgetting
that their horses could pull twice as
much over paved roads as over dirt
ones. They forgot, too that they could
use these paved roadways when they
needed roads most in the spring for
hauling to and from the farm, when
our dirt roads are usually in their
worst condition and the least valua
ble. They forget that ue need good
roads the year around, and not just
when the weather is dry or in the off
season.
“But now they have got the idea and
' you can’t stop them.
The California Way.
■ “We need durable roads locally, and
i the state needs them. We have a cli
! mate in Georgia that we have not been
properly capitalizing. In Florida,
I where they haven’t a much better cli
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