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FORTY-FIRST YEAR—NO. 82.
TELEGRAM—Statesboro, Ga., April 7. Times-Recorder, Americus.—Sumter votes first on
bond issue good roads. Large number other counties will be influenced accordingly. Trust and
hope for small vote if any against them. Let old Sumter pave way for other bond issues as well
as pave her own roads. FRANK T. REYNOLDS, Secretary, Georgia State Automobile Asso.
REPORT NEW REVOLT IN HUNGARY
BAKER SAILS TO
UNTANGLE WAR
CLAIMS WITH
FRENCHNATION
Fifteen House Members, Ambassador
Wallace and Pershing's Son
Also on Liner
NEW YORK, April 7.—(By Associat
ed Press.) —Secretary of War Baker,
Hugh Wallace, new ambassador to
France, and fifteen members of the
house military affairs committee were
on the steamer Leviathan which sail
ed at noon today for France. General
Pershing’s nine-year-old son, Wrrean,
was also a passenger.
W. Cuthell, who has been associated
with the secretary ofa war on wr
claims matters, and Stanley King, con
fidential adviser, accompanied him.
Upon reaching Paris, Mr. Baker at
once will begin consultations with the
liquidation committee respecting the
claims of the French government
against the United States government
and the claims of the United States
government against the French.
A seemingly interminable numberof
problems are involved, but the com
mittee is expected to have all prelim
inary work cnvaassed before Mr. Ba
ker arrives.
Mr. Baker said he did not exactly
know how the signing of the treaty
would affect many of the contracts
based on abrogation at a prescribed
time “after the war.” The wording of
these contracts is so different, he said,
that each one would have to be stud
ied. In some cases leases have been
made to run six months “after the
termination of the war”; in other
cases the wording “after the war” is
used.
Railroads to Slash
Summer Rates
WASHINGTON, April 7 —Big slashes
in passenger rates to encourage sum
mer travel to all of the nations
breathing spots, will go into effect
June 1, it is stated at the railroad ad
ministration.
Reductions are expected to reach
as much as 133 per cent, of the war
rate increase, or a virtual return to
summer excursion privileges of pre
war days.
Railroads have been asked to spend
$1,000,000 in advertising the new
rates. A nation-wide newspaper and
magazine campaign will commence on
April 15, it is said.
Every etiort v<. ■>' put forth to en
courage the people to travel, it v;ts
explianed at the administration of
fices.
The rate slashes will be in effect un
til September 30, according to present
plans.
Bgigest cuts will be west of the Mis
sissippi over long journeys. Thus,
hundreds are expected to take ad
vantage of the opportunity to visit the
National Park, Colorado, and the
Grand Canyon.
In the east special rates are expect
ed to attract thousands to Atlantic
City, the Jersey coast and New Eng
land resorts and summer colonies. The
Northern Michigan and other Great
Lakes resorts also will be favored.
There will be two classes of fares.
One will be those on tickets limited to
three months and the other tickets
limited to fifteen days.
j WEATHER FORECAST, j
For Georgia: Cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; probably rain.
Generally fair weather will prevail
during the week, although some rain
js probable about the middle of the
week. Temperatures will be nearly
normal.
WELLS CHAPTER MEETING.
Regular meeting of Wells chapter,
No. 42, tonight at 8 o’clock. All com
panions are requested to be present,
as this will be an Important meeting.
S. L. HAMMOND, High Priest.
THETWesSWECORDER
I PUBLISHED IN THE ART OR DIXIE
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO
INSURE BONDS SUCCESS
THE services of fifty men with automobiles to work at the polls
in Americus Wednesday to help put the paved highway bond
ssue over are wanted by T. M. Furlow, chairman of the district
committee-
It is VITAL to the success of the issue that every voter in
this district favorable to bonds —which is declared to be more than
90 per cent —cast his vote, and assistance will be needed. If the
Americus district polls its full strength for the bonds, it is declared
..here will be no doubt about the outcome for the whole county, there
being enough men favorable already pledged in the other districts
to insure the success of the issue.
Right now is vital. No citizen can afford not to spend Wed
,iesday in putting this issue over. It means everything won or lost
for Sumter county.
Don’t wait until tomorrow. Go to the telephone this minute
md notify Mr. Furlow that he can count on you.
PATHFINDERS TO
BE GREETED AT
PUBLICMEETING
All Sumter county people interested
in seeing the Dixie Overland Highway,
which now goes through Montezuma on
its way from Savannah to S’an Diego,
Calif., and the Florida Short Line,
from the Middle West to Western Flor
ida, routed through Americus, are in
vited to meet at the city council cham
ber at the city hall at 2:30 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon with the pathfind
ers, city officials and officers and mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce.
Ths iannouncement was made this
afternoon by Mayor J. E. Sheppard.
The committee appointed by Mayor
Sheppard to meet the pathfinders will
hold this meeting, which will be for
the purpose of officilly gareeting the
visitors and learning what, if any
thing, is desired on the part of the
city and county to obtain the routing
of htese two highways through here.
A telegram was received this morn
ing by the Chamber of Commerce from
the Columbus Chamber of Commerce
saying that 25 persons, including sev
eral ladies, left there this morning on
the Florida Short Line pathfinding
trip to Albany and return, and that
the party would stop in Americus
Tuesday for lunch.
A bgi party, representing the city
and the Chamber of Commerce here
was being made up today to meet the
pathfinders at Smithville at 11 o’clock
Tuesday and return with them. Lunch
eon will be given by the Chamber of
Commerce to the party at the Wind
sor at noon, following which will come
the conference at the city hall.
Chairman Ray. of the county board,
today appointed J. J. Wilson, Ernest
Statham and J. E. Poole to represent
the county in the party going to
Smithville.
The pathfinders plan to return to
Columbus Tuesday evening.
President Improved
But Stays in Room
PARIS, April 7.—(By Associated
Press.) —President Wilson’s condition
was improved this morning, but at Ad
miral Grayson’s directions he will
remain in his room today, attending
no meetings.
P. 0. S. OF A. MEETING TO
PASS ON CONSOLIDATION
A very important meeting of Camp
14, P. O. S. of A., has been called for
tonight (Mnoday) at 8 o'clock. The
question of consolidation of the two
Americus camps will be passed upon,
and the officials of the camps request
that all members be present promptly
at 8 o’clock.
Particularly the special committees
appointed from the two camps are ask
ed to be present,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, APR• L 7, 1919
BESURETOVOTE
ANDVOTEEARLY,
HIXONADVISES
The county registrars today com
pleted their work flof purging the reg
istration list, in preparation for the
special bond election Wednesday of
this -week. At the hour this was writ
ten the number of names left on the
books hd naot been determined. How
ever, it was said the total would be
in the neighborhood of 1,750. Ballots
were being prepared today and will
be mailed out to all districts tonight.
Notifications were also going out to
day to the justices of the peace in
each district instructing them to ap
point and have on hand Wednesday
officials to ocnduct the election.
Chairman Hixon, of the Sumter
county bond campaign committee, was
in the rural districts today arranging
for workers at the polls in every dis
rict. It is Chairman Hixon’s view that
organized and personal effort on the
part of those who want paved roads
will insure the success of the bnds.o,
and that without this personal work
there is danger of the bonds failing.
In this connection it was pointed out
again that indifference on the part of
the registered voters might easily’ de
feat the issue, as the law requires that
the votes cast for the bonds, besides
being w.o-thirds of the total votes cast,
must be a majority of the total reg
istered.
Pleas were being made today to vot
ers not to neglect to vote, even
though the day be fine and field work
be far behind. It was declared that
this is an issue vital to Sumter coun
ty, and that should the issue fail at
this time it will sec the county back
incalculably.
“It is worth losing a whole day’s
work for—yes, many days’ work,”
said Judge Hixon. “1 think it is im
portant enough to have given up near
ly all of my time for the last three
weeks. This is aur opportunity. We
MUST NOT fail. Every man must
take off the time it requires to go to
the polls.
“And let me impress upon every
man to vote early. This will allow
the workers at the polls to check off
the names early and know in plenyt
of time who has not voted and where
the work must be done. This is im
portaijt as the polls are open for only
6 hours in the rural districts. Be sure
to vote and vote early.”
German Women who
Meet English Posted
BONN, Rhenish Prussia, April 7. —
(By Associated Press.) —To discour
age fraternization on the part of young
German women of Bonn with British
soldiers, the military authorities re
cently inaugurated a system of post
ing the names of the women in pub
lic places. The scheme served to
reduce the number of fraternization
cases.
FOUR ROADS ARE
DESIGNATED FOR
PAVING UNDER
STATE PROGRAM
Leslie-Cobb Road to River, With
Bridge Across River, one of
Favored Highways
An addition to Sumter county’s per
manent road building program, inde
pendent of the bond and federal aid
project, but which will dovetail with
it and make the money to be so ex
pended go a great deal farther than
contemplated, was outlined by the
board of county commissioners Mon
day when they were asked to designate
.four highways leading from Americus
to be paved by the state under the pro
grain which is expected to be adopted
by the legislature the coming sum
mer. The commissioners designated
the following roads: Leslie-Cobb road
to the river; Friendship road to the
comity line, Dawson road to the coun
ty line and the Dixie Highway north
from Americus to the county line.
The board outlined this program at
the request of the state automobile
association, which has called a state
wide meeting for Thursday of this
week at Macon to discuss the propos
ed legislation and formulate an exact
plan of action. It is expected that an
agreement will be reached which will
readily pass the legislature, as Gov
ernor Dorsey and a large number of
interests are behind the movement.
Counties with one representative are
entitled under the plan to two roads,
and those with two or more repre
sentatives are to get four roads.
The Leslie-Cobb road was chosen as
leading to Cordele, and because this
would absolutely insure the comple
tion of this long highway, something
the people of that section very much
desire, and which the commissioners
declare themselves eager to see real
ized as quickly as possible. This pro
gram would also insure a bridge across
the river on that road, it was said.
The paving of these four roads by the
state will be paid for out of the auto
mobile tax money which is to be rais
ed —$40,000,000 —and, when undertak
en by the state, will relieve the coun
ty ;yid government of doing teh work
planned, allowing the expenditure of
the $1,000,000 in Sumter’s program for
the extension of the other roads to
the county lines in each case as con
templated.
It was explianed, however, that this
program does not alter the program
announced by the commissioners under
the bond election, as it remains their
. intention to pave the roads according
I to their pledge unless the work is un
; dertaken first by the state. Inasmuch
J as the state is expected to begin work
on this program immediately after its
passage in July, it is is believed that
it will be started before Sumter coun
ty can get its program under way.
Chairman Neill Ray and R. S. Oli
ver, of the board, and R. L. Maynard,
county attorney, will attend the Ma
! con meeting Wednesday as represent
' atives of Sumter county. In addition
i Joseph Perkins, secretary, and other
representatives of the Chamber ot
j Commerce are Expected to attend the
meeting.
Limitations on
Pershing Removed
WASHINGTON, April 7.—Regula
tions limiting General Pershing’s au
thority over courtmartial proceedings
abroad, to which the general objected
have been revoked.
Admiral Sims to
Reach Home Today
NEW YORK. April 7.—(By Associat
ed Press.) —The steamer Mauretania,
bringngi Vice Admiral Sims and party,
will probably reach her pier late to
day.
J THE COTTON MARKET j
LOCAL SPOT.
Good Middling 26 1-2 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Prev.
Close Open High Low Close
May .26.25 26.40 26.45 26.23 26.28
July .24.05 24.25 24.51 24.25 24.36
Oc.t .22.01 22.71 22.47 22.65
Dec. .21.63 22.25 22.05 22.20
New Body Formed
to Fight Prohibition
NEW YORK, April 7. —(By Associat
ed Press.) —To combat the “prohibi
tion of rights and liberties of the citi
zens of the country by, constitutional
amendment,” the h'ranco-American
League for the Protection of American
Liberty has been organizde by Ameri
can citizens of French birth or ex
traction, as a branch association op
posed to national prohibition, it is an
nounced.
FRENCH SURE OF
WINNING OUT IN
RHINEDEMANDS
PARIS, Aprl 7.—'(By Associated
Press.) —An extremely optimistic im
pression now prevails regarding the
settlement favorable to France of
questions of the neutralization of the
left bank of the Rhine and part of the
right bank, newspapers here say.
The peace conference committee on
reparation and damages today adopt
ed the provisionad report upon var
ious forms of damage and methods of
valuation. The report was presented
by the first sub-committee of the com
mission.
Presbyterians Here
Give $25 Per Capita
This annual reports made at the
morning service Sunday morning at
the Presbyterian church show that 27
new members, 17 of them by profes
sion of faith, w’ere added to the roll
and that $2,906.00 was given to ah
causes by a total memebrship of 113,
which means $25.71 per capita (men,
women and children). Os this amount
$1,083.00 goes to current expenses
and $1,083.00 to beneficence.
82d Not Likely to
Land at Savannah
WASHINGTON, April 7.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—There is little possi
bility of the 82nd division (Georgia,
Alabama and Tennessee troops) will
return through the port of Savannah,
it was stated unofficially at the war
department today. If the usual pro
cedure is folowed these troops will
inad at Charleston and be demobiliz
ed at Camp Gordon.
Paper is Delivered ’
Daily by Airplane
CHICAGO, April 7. (A. P.)—What is
said to be the first regular airplane
newspaper delivery service in Ameri
ca has been started by the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station. A
hydro-air-plane with a supply of Bulle
tins, the official paper of the Station,
makes the 35 mile trip to Chicago each
morning. The service was started,
the Bulletin says to “accommodate the
‘gobs’ who ride in from Chicago each
morning and to make their ride more
pleasant.”
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ASSASSINATION
OF BELA KUN IS
REPORTED; RED
IDEA SPREADS
Revolution Appears Imminent in Aus?
tria—Bavaria Votes for
Bolshevism
VIENNA, April 7. — (By Associated'
Press., —The Hungerian communist
goevrnment in Budapest has been ov
erthrown, according to rumors' cur
rent in official circles, the nswapepers
say, and Bela Kun, the foreign min
ister, is reported to have been assas
sinated.
REVOLUTION' APPERS.
NEAR IN AUSTRIA.
WASHINGTON, April 7.—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —Advices reaching the
state department today indirectly from
Vienna say that a communist revolu
tion seems imminent in German Aus
tria.
BAVARIANS VOTE FOR
SOVIET REPUBLIC.
NUREMBURG, Bavaria, April 6.
(Sunday)—By Associated Press.)
The Bavarian national confer
ence of social democrats here has
voted 42 to 8 for the introduction ot
a soviet republic in Bavaria.
NO SOVIET YET
FORMED AT MUNICH.
BERLIN, April 6. —(Sunday.)—(Gy
Associated Press.) —There has been
no definite news here concerning the
situation in Munich since the re
ports received of the early exciting
occurrences. From such news as has
been received, however, it seems prob
able that a soviet government has not
yet been proclaimed in any binding
or official manner.
Those in favor of the soviet idea
met great opposition on the part of
the bourgeoise on one hand and peas
ants on the other. The peasants hold
the trump card in their control of food
supplies, which they have declared
they will not deliver in case a soviet
government is proclaimed.
MUNICH TROOPS
FAVORABLE TO SOVIET.
MUNICH, April s.—(Saturday.)
(By Associated Press.)- —Troops here
express sympathy with the soviet
cause. They have declared their in
tention, however, to maintain neutral
ity and to prevent rioting. At all pub
lic gatherings enthusiasm is shown for
the soviet idea and for fraternization
with the Russian and Hungarian pro
letaria.
Big 4 Wage Raise
Details Agreed on
i
WASHINGTON, April 7.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—Wage advances to be
given the members of the four lead
ing railroad brotherhoods were dis
cussed finally today between Director
General Hines and the chiefs of the
brotherhoods and the order probably
will be issued within a few days.
It was reported after the conference
that the brotherhoods’ application for
time and one-half pay for overtime had
not been granted, hut officials would
make no comment on this point.
Riots and Firing in
Big Textile Strike
LAWRENCE, Mass., April 7.—(By
Associated Press.) —Rioting, marked
by promiscuous firing by srtike sym
pathizers and police, opened the tenth
week of the textile strike today. A’
bomb exploded in a tenement house. .
but early reports said no one was. ■
wounded.