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FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 72.
ALLIED MISSIONS OUT OF HUNGARY
S II MTER COUNTY
MINISTERS WILL
DINE AND HEAR
ROADS GOSPEL
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To Be Guests of Bund Campaign
Committee-Pledge Cards Pour
In on Hixon
Pledge cards, signed by men from
all over Sumter county voluntarily
pledging themselves to vote for per
manent highway bonds April 9, were
pouring in Tuesday and Wednesday
on Judge J. A. Hixon, chairman of the
bond campaign committee, proving the
high interest in the approaching elec
tion and the popularity of the bond
proposal.
Chairman Hixon Wednesday an
nounced that invitations had been sent
to all of the ministers of the county,
asking them to be the guests of the
bond campaign committee at dinner in
the private dining room of the Wind
sor hotel Friday evening of this week
at 6 o’clock, and that a number of ac
ceptances had already been received.
The gospel of permanent roads will
be preached to the ministers as they
dine, and their aid in “putting over”
this most progressive proposal will be
asked.
Chairman Hixon, who is a very busy
man these days handling the bond
campaign, visited the Seaboard shops
Tuesday, where he interviewed the
workmen and secured a number of
pledge card signatures.
But, while Chairman Hixon is busy,
probably the very busiest place in the
entire county just at this time is the
Chamber of Commerce, where Secre
tary Joseph Perkins is at work with a
corps of helpers, turning out matter
and handling details in the interest of
the campaign. The Chamber of Com
merce has thrown its whole organiza
tion into thirf| drive, believing that
permanent highways will be the great
est developer of all sections of Sum
ter county that could possibly be de
vised, and an opportunity to speed
progress faster than it has ever be
fore come to Sumter county. Secre
tary Perkins is at his desk all hours
of the day, and will gladly answer any |
inquiries concerning the campaign or 1
the bond proposal.
Col. James M. Furlow
Visits Old Home Here
Colonel James W. Furlow, deputy
chief of the motor transport corps,
United States army, with headquar
ters at Washington, is in Americus for
a visit during the remainder of the
week with his mother, Mrs. Lou Fur
low, and his brother, T. M. Furlow.
He will return from here to Washing
ton. Colonel Furlow is a former resi
dent of Americus, and was busy greet
ing old friends about the streets Wed
nesday.
Colonel Furlow spent Tuesday in At
lanta, in company with General Chas.
B. Drake, chief of the motor transport
corps, inspecting Camp Jesup and ar
ranging a connection between that
camp, which is a motor transport
corps camp, and Georgia Tech, where
by it is planned to utilize both places
in the instruction of experts for the
department, the government adding a
considerable amount of equipment to
Tech.
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A French girl who was captured by
the Germans and imprisoned for thir
ty months has come to America with
her husband, Lieut. L O. Douval, of the
United States army, to try to forget
the horrors through which she passed.
Lieut. Douval rescued her when the
Americans took the town of Noyne, his
only weapon being a wrench. Soon
after her release, Lieut. Douval, who
has two French decorations and one
Belgian, pressed his suit and they
were married in Noyne.
EXPERT DENIES
ALL EUROPE IS
NEAR COLLAPSE
PARIS, March 25.—(Tuesday.) (By
persistent reports that all Europe is
on the verge of financial collapse are
not justified by facts, a prominent
American finance expert, engaged for
.many months in studying the problems
facing the peace conference, said in a
statement today. He added that con
ditions are serious ,but not panicky,
and predicted that England would be
stronger within a year than ever be
fore, because of its commercial enter
prise and the courage with which it
meets its debts by taxation. He said
the situation in France was unsatis
factory because the government does
not levy heavy enough taxation.
More Stabilizing of
Prices is Undertaken
WASHINGTON, March 26.—(8y As
sociated Press.) —Further steps toward
the stabilizing of the prices of basic
commodities were expected to be
taken today at a meeting of the indus
trial board of the department of com
merce with representatives of the coal,
glass, building and hardware indus
tries.
U. S. Food Vessels
Reaches Hamburg
BERLIN, March 25.—(Tuesday.)—
(By Associated Press.) —The American
steamer West Carnifar, with 6,000
tons of flour and 1,500 tons of other
foodstuffs, has arrived at Hamburg.
AMERICUS, GEORGI, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 26, 1919
GRAND BARBECUE
WEDNESDAY TO
CELEBRATE NEW
BRIDGE OPENING
Thousands Expected at Great Cele
bration at River-People of 3
Counties Invited
A grand barbecue, to which the peo
ple of all southwest Georgia and espec
ially those of Sumter, Dooly and Crisp
counties are invited, will be held at
the new Flint river bridge, between
Americus and Vienna, next Wednes
day, April 2, to celebrate the comple
tion and opening of the finest bridge
in Georgia.
This was definitely decided upon
Tuesday afternoon at a joint meeting
of the county board of Sumter and
Dooly counties at the bridge, at which
some of the final details of the project
were cleared up. The Dooly commis
sioners declared that all of Dooly
county would be at the barbecue,
bringing their share of the shoats and
eatables, and the Sumter commission
ers assured them that this would be
well represented.
Chairman N. A. Ray, of the Sumter
board, stated that he had appointed
L. A. Morgan, famous barbecue artist,
as superintendent of this feature of the
celebration and receiver of shots, and
the donation of about 16 pigs for the
feast was announced at the meeting.
At the S|ine time Mr. Ray asked the
Times-Recorder to announce that ev
evrybody is asked to attend and all are
expected either to furnish a pig, weigh
ing between 40 and 75 pounds, money
for the purchase of pickles and bread,
or a basket dinner. Reports on pig or
money donations are to be made to
Mr. Morgan.
Plans are being made to entertain
several thousand people. The celebra
tion will be held on the Dooly county
side of the bridge in the big grove,
where ample parking facilities for all
the automobiles in this section of
Georgia are available; where shelter
houses for the women and children |
are handy; and where a fast flowing,
artesian well will provide water for:
all. > i
A program of entertainment and
speaking will be arranged for the oc
casion. Congressman Chas. R. Crisp,
of the Third district, has accepted an
invitation to make an address and oth
er features will be announced later.
The final fills in the approaches of
the new bridge were made Tuesday
afternoon, although limited traffic has
been allowed to pass over the struct
ure by the use of planks at the ap
proaches since last Saturday, and gen
eral use of the bridge is now per
mitted. Very little work remains to
be done about the structure, a few
finishing touches still to be added to
the railings and the fills of the ap
proaches to be widened slightly. The
last of the work will be completed be
fore next Wednesday and the convicts
gangs which have been camped there
for months building the bridge will be
ready to move. The convicts and their
overseers will be kept there, however
until after the barbecue so that they
may have an opportunity of paticipat
ing in it. This was decided on by the
commissioners as the best way they
could show the men their appreciation
for their good work.
The new Flint river bridge is a
magnificent structure, characterized
by W. R. Neel, state highway engineer,
who recently inspected it, as the finest
bridge structure in Georgia. It is 1,90
feet long, of solid concrete except for
a huge steel span across the river
proper. It is above the high water
mark and will be a monument to the
progressiveness of both counties for
generations. It cost the counties joint
ly $71,000, according to latest figures,
exclusive of the convict labor which
was put into it. It is the only bridge
across the river between Albany and
Montezuma.
PRESIDENT AND
PREMIERS TRY
TO CLEAR WAY
TO QUICK PEACE
Greater Progress Than Appears on
Surface Being Made, U. S.
Delegates Cable
PARIS, March 26. (By Associated
Press.) —President Wilson and Pre
miers Lloyd-George, Clemenceau and
Orlando today resumed their series of
conferences which are expected to con
tinue until the most important ques
tions which have been delaying the
work of the peace conference are
cleared away. Differences of opinion
which have developed since President
Wilson’s return to Paris are being
fully considered and a determined ef
fort is being made, in the interest of
an early peace, to reach an agreement
on broad lines.
President Wilson and the premiers ■
held their first meeting Tuesday morn-1
ing.4 This super-council, it is expect
ed will smooth over many difficulties
facing the supreme council.
The public has learned little of the
meeting in the absence of-official com
muniques, but there is reason to be
lieve that reparation for war damages
is the first serious problem they have
sought to solve.
U. S. Delegates Optimistic.
WASHINGTON, March 26—(By As
sociated Press.) —A message to the
white house today from the American
delegation at Paris said that greater
progress toward peace was being made
than “appeared on the surface.” No
details were given, and officials de
clined to speculate on what develop
ments furnished the basis for the dis
patch. In some quarters, it is as
sumed the Americans are optimistic
over important amendments to the
League of Nations constitution, which
were agreed upon yesterday.
Hitchcock For League.
CHICAGO, March 26.—(8y Associat
ed Press.) —Senator Hitchcock, of Ne
braska, former chairman of the sen- ,
ate foreign relations committee, in a |
speech before the Association of Com-I
merce today, declared he was for the j
league of Nations constitution. He ’
said it was the only one before the ;
world and the people must accept this
or nothing. He declared wars would
continue in the future as in the past,
unless the nations unite in a plan to
avoid them.
Sinn Fein Reception
to De Valera is Off
DUBLIN, March 26. —(By Associated
Press.) —The executive committee of
the Sinn Fein party issued an official
statement last night saying that the
public reception planned for Prof. De-
Valero, who escaped from an English
prison February 4, had been abandon
ed, because DeValera had sent word
that he did not believe the reception
would justify risking the lives of the
citizens of Dublin.
Handley-Page Plane
Flying to Americus
A gigantic Handley-Page airplane,
the second to visit Americus, left
Emerson Field, S. C ..this afternoon
for Souther Field, a distance of 210
miles. A message was received at
Souther Field this afternoon saying it
was on the way and expected to reach
here before night. The low barame
ter was not regarded as favorable for
the flight.
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ands of women and girls in the service
of the Allies kept secrets that Ger
man agents would have paid fortunes
to learn. Here is one of them, Miss
Tese O’Neil, clerk in the United States
Army Transport Service at Hoboken.
She knew in advance of the sailing of
every transport that left New York, the
number of troops on board and many
other details that would have been
very valuable to U-boat commanders,
but not even members of her own fam
ily knew what Miss O’Neil knew.
RESORT PLANNED
AT RIVER BRIDGE
BY VIENNA ME.\
A resort, which is expected to at
tract people from all the surrounding
country during the summer season, is
to be built at the Dooly county end
of the new Flint river bridge, accord
ing to an announcement made Tues
day by L. L. Howard, of Vienna, who
owns several hundred acres of land
adjoining the river on both sides of
the road, jointly with Judge W. F.
George, of the Georgia Supreme court,
and P. A. Lennard, of Vienna.
According to the plans, several cot
tages will be erected in addition to the
three of four now there, which will
be rented during the season. A danc
ing pavillion will be erected, a con
crete bathing pool built, to be supplied
with artesian water, and a 9-hole golf
links laid out on beautifully lying land
which will be cleared for that pur
pose.
Not all of the work can be done this
season, because of the lateness, but
Woodward stated that a start would be
made, and they hoped to have the
whole project completed and ready for
the entertainment of the public by
the summer of 1920.
The site is a beautiful one, embracing
wonderful woods and other natural
beauties. On the site is a creek of
clear water which is famous for its
fine fishing. It is regarded as the
ideal resort for automobilists, being
easily accessible to Americus, Vienna,
Cordele and a number of smaller
places in the country around.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ PICNIC.
The Freshman B girls of the High
school enjoyed a picnic and wild flower
hunt Tuesday afternoon, chaperoned
by their domestic science teacher, Miss
Elizabeth Davis.
The girls prepared and packed their
lunch before leaving school.
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
KAROLYI SLAIN
ORARRESTEDBY
REBELS, VIENNA
MESSAGES SAY
Only One American Officer, of Mili
tary Missions, Now Left in
Budapest
HUNGARIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL
DISSOLVED BY ITS PRESIDENT
Czecho-Slovaks Take Town, Cutting
Communications From Budapest
To Vienna
COPENHAGEN, March 26—(By As
sociated Press.) —All members of the
Allied military missions, except one
American officer, have left Budapest,
says a Vienna dispatch.
Karolyi Slain or Held.
BERNE, March 26.—(8y Associated
Press.) —According to an unconfirmed
rumor reaching Prague from Budapest
former Premier Karolyi has been as
sissinated.
. Former Premier Arrested.
COPENHAGEN, March 26.—(8y As
sociated Press.) —Former Premier Ka
rolyi, of Hungary, has been arrested
and will be brought before a revolu
tionary tribunal for trial, says a Vi
enna dispatch.
Hungarian Council Dissolved.
COPENHAGEN, March 26.—(8y As
sociated Press.) —The Hungarian na
tional council has been dissolved on
motion of its president, says a Buda
pest dispatch.
Czechs Take Town.
BERLIN, March 25.—(Tuesday.)—
(By Associated Press.) —It is reported
frim Vienna that communications be
tween Vienna and Budapest have been
interrupted through the capture by
the Czecho-Slovaks of the town of
Raab on the Danube, about midway be
tween the two cities.
French Not Disarmed.
COPENHAGEN, March 26—(By As
sociated Press.)- —The commander of
the French troops at Budapest, ac
cording to a wireless dispatch from
the Hungarian capital, denies the re
ports that his soldiers have been dis
armed by communists.
Plains Flourishing;
No Empty Houses
PLAINS, March 26. —During the past
few months many new families have
moved into Plains and the community,
most of them coming from North Geor
gia, several from Bartow county.
The fine farm lands around Plains
is drawing these newcomers and
Messrs. J. W. Timmerman and Hogs
head are doing a flourishing real estate
business. The children of these new
comers are entering school and en
larging the enrollment. In order to
accommodate the people moving into
town, the residents of Plains are
renting parts of their homes. There
are no vacant houses as formerly.
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