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FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 85.
$50,000,00 TO FINANCE COTTON
BOND ELECTION
BEING DISCUSSED
GENERALLY IN
AMERICUSTODAY
Result is Gratifying in Many Quarters
And Satisfaction is
General
The result of Wednesday’s bond elec
tion was generally discussed upon the
streets and in offices and business
houses here today and everywhere
general gratification was expressed.
Never before in the history of the
county have the voters been so near
ly a unit upon a progressive proposi
tion, and the feeling is general that
the strength exhibited in the “pull
together” movement for bonds marks
the beginning of a new spirit of pro
gressive unity in Americus and Sum
ter county.
Judge Limes A. Hixon, who led the
fight for bonds received many con
gratulations upon the successful re
sult, as did T. M. Furlow, who headed
the Americus district bond committee,
and the members of the Committee of
Three Hundred who aided so material
ly in all parts of the county during
the fight for bonds.
E. J. McMath, county school super
intendent, who worked tirelessly for
bonds throughout the campaign, ex
pressed satisfaction with the result.
“It is extremely gratifying,” said he,
‘“to know that the people of Americus
and Sumter county came within 78
votes of a unit on such a progressive
proposition.”
E. L. Murray, who was in Atlanta
on a business mission, drove through
the country to Americus yesterday to
vote for bonds, but arrived too late to
cast his ballot. “I am heartily pleas
ed with the result of the election,” re
said last night, “and my only regret
is that I was unable to reach Ameri
cus in time to cast my vote for them.
Beginning of work on this permanent
road building program will mark a
new and progressive era in Sumter
county.” ,
Capt. Charles J. Glidden, personnel
officer ta Souther Field, and who has
driven the automobile personally a
hundred thousand miles in thirty-nine
countries of the world said: “The
bond vote yesterday puts Georgia and
Sumter county permanently on the
automobile map of the United States.
With its military attractions here and
at Columbus, the construction of con
crete roads in the community is bound
to draw large numbers of tourists
within its boundaries.”
J. E. Hightower, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, said this morn
ing that he regarded the adoption of
the bond proposal as the most pro
gressive step ever taken in the history
of Sumter county. Within twelve
months we will begin to feel the ef
fects of these new roads in trade' cir
cles, he said, and the stream of tour
ists to be attracted here will - begin
coming during the early fall.
E. L. Carswell, of the Windsor Phar
macy, said all that remains to be set
tled now is the kind of paving to be
used. “Brick, in my opinion, is the
best,” he said, “but the best should
be secured, whether this is brick or
something else.”
Mayor J. E. Sheppard said that th#
adoption of the bond proposal will
mark a new era in the progress of the
county. City authorities have co-op
erated with county authorities in the
campaign for bonds,, and they will
continue this until the last of the per
manent roads are completed, he said.
“The people of Sumter county are to
be congratulated,” said L. G. Council.
"I regard the adoption of the bona pro
posal as a splendidly progressive step,
and one that will yield large return#
in every way.” The unanimity with
which the people acted upon the pro
posal was particularly pleasing to Mr.
Council.
“Sumter county has sustained its
reputation as the banner good roads
county in Georgia,” said H. O. Jones.
J. Elmore Poole said he regarded
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Clemenceau went out for an airin<; in his automobile. The marvelous re
covery of the aged “Tiger of Franc/’ surprise even his physicians who
had barely dared hope that his wonderful vitality would enable him to
survice. M. Clemenceau is seen her 3in front of his homo sitting on a
bench waiting for his automobile jus one week after the attempt had been
made on his life.
U. S. Troops
Hesitate on
Russian Front
ARCHANGEL, April 9.—(Wednes
day.)—(By Associated Press.) —A com
pany of American troops recently
showed some hesitation in returning
to the fighting front, south of Arch
angel, declaring the war with Germany
over, and that the United States was
not at war with the Bolsheviki. The
matter being called to the attention of
their regimental commander he made
troops a speech, in which he said they
were fighting a desperate defensive
battle and appealed to them to “stick
it out.” The company then left for the
front, apparently satisfied.
Murray is Back
From Board Meet
E. L. Murray, who is a member of
the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy,
returned last night from Atlanta,
where he has been during several days
attending a session of that body. He
reports business active in Atlanta, and
evidences of increasing prosnerity on
every hand. The pharmaceutical board
examined 65 applicants for license and
43 of these were granted authority to
practice; 22 applications being denied,
the almost unanimous adoption of the
bond proposal is a splendid vindica
tion of the action of the board of
county commissioners in calling the
election.
“We have passed the bonds, now let
us all pull together in the same way
in the erection of a handsome audi
torium here,” said W. W. Dykes.
B. J. Methvin, of the 29th district,
said he was especially gratified at the
result of the election in his home dis
trict.
Judge James A. Hixon, chairman of
the bond campaign committee, spent
the day at his farm a few miles from
Americus, and could not be inter
viewed, but the following telegram is a
sample of the congratulations show
ered upon him by friends of bonds:
“Hot Springs, Ark,, April 10.—J. A.
Hixon, Chairman Bond Campaign Com
mittee, Americus. Ga. Congratulations
to Sumter county’s splendid and pro-
I gressive citizenship. Arthur Lucas.”
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, Afßl 10, 1919
Bavarians Join
Hands With Russ
Soviets is Rumor
BERLIN. April 9.- < Wednesday )
Cy Associated Press.) —Diplomatic re
lations have been established between
the end Bavarian Soviet gov-
ernments, according to the newspaper
z.wolfurblatt.
Government troops are reported to
have entered Essen and occupied the
Krupp plant, which according to prev
ious reports had been seized by Essen
strikers. The treops posted artillery
and machine guns at all the entrances
to the plant, advices from there today
state, and two-thirds of the workers
have already returned to their la
bors.
HUNGARIANS AM) CZECHS
( LASH AT I NGVAR.
LONDON. April 10.— (By Associated
Press.)—Violent fighting has occur
red between the Hungarians and
Czech forces ta Ungvar, near the Mu
ravian-Hungarian border, in which 150
Hungarians were killed. According to
a Central News dispatch from Am
sterdam, the Czechs also lost heavily.
SOVIET REPUBLIC
IN GERMAN. AUSTRIA.
LONDON, April 10. — (By Associated
Press.) —Proclamation of a Soviet re
public in Salzburg, German-Austria,
is reported in a Central News dispatch
from Amsterdam today.
Text of Treaty
to be Given Huns
Before Made Public
PARIS, April 10. — (By Associated
Press.) —Publication here today of a
statement attributed to British sources
to the effect that the terms of the peace
treaty- will not be presented at a
plenary session of the peace confer
ence until after it has been communi
cat: d to the Germans caused comment
anmhg delegates of those nations not
represented on the Council of Four.
The publication brought from the
American mission the statement that
the mission is opposed to any such
plan.
BAUXITE CASE
TO BE HEARD
ON MOTION
HEREMAY 22
Demurrer and Right of Plaintiffs to
Ask for Receiver to be Heard
by Judge Littlejohn
The case of Mrs. Leon Griffin, #f
Leslie, Mrs. Charles P. Davis, of
Americus, and others, against the Re
public Mining Company and Richard
Hatton, wherein the plaintiffs seek
to recover certain valuable mining
property located near Andersonville,
will be heard in demurrer before
Judge Z. A. Littlejohn, of Sumter Su
perior court, on May 22.
The hearing will be to determine
the rights of the defendants to bring
the action, and will be only on ques
tions of law involved. Judge John T.
Ross, of Macon and W. W. Dykes, of
Americus, represent the defendants,
while Judge James A. Hixon, of
Americus is counsel for the plain
tiffs, and much interest centers here
in the coming hearing.
Wilson Expected
To Preside Monday
PARIS, April 10.—(By Associated
Press.)—President Wilson, who has
been ill recently and confined to his
room, was expected to preside over
the League of Nations commission
when it resumed its sessions today.
The program called for a discussion
of amendmendments to the covenant
submitted by the French, American
and Japanese delegations.
•‘BIG FOUR” CONSIDER
RHINE VALLEY PROBLEMS.
PARIS, April 10.—(By Associated
Press.) —The special committee on
western European boundaries was
called before the Council of Four to
ney. This gave rise to a belief that
toe council was considering the prob
lem of the Rhine valley, but there was
no confirmation of this surmise forth
coming from any source.
“GOOD PROGRESS” BEING -
MADE WASHINGTON HEARS
WASHINGTON, April 10.—(By As
sociated Press.) —President 'Wilson is
“hammering ahead” and has made
“good progress” in the negotiations
under way at Paris, according to ad
vices received today at the White
House.
Concert at High
School Enjoyed
i
The concert at the High school aud
itorium Wednesday night was unusu
ally well attended. It was given un
der the auspices of the Athletic asso
ciation, and Alix Skovgaard, the lead
ing artist of the evening, together with
i Mme. McClung Skovgaard and Sylvia
F. Metcalf, of Washington, D. C., were
delighted with their reception.
Skovgaard is recognized as a
violinist, ranking with Elman and
Kreisler, and his wife is an unusually
talented accompanist. Last night she
played the “Polonaise” (Liszt) and it
j was enthusiastically encored.
Miss Metcalf gave her first group
of French and Italian songs in cos-
I tuine, and later her Scotch war song,
I “Angus McDonald,” was particularly
j enjoyed. Miss Metcalf was obliged to
give several extra numbers. She has
a voice of remarkable rangle ana
sweetness, together with considerable
volume.
} WEATHER FgRECAST. j
For Georgia: Showers tonight;
cooler in west portion. Friday, cooler
and probably fair.
Only 125 Cases
Total Blindness
In U. S. Forces
WASHINGTON. April 10.—(By
Associated Press) There were
but 125 cases of total blindness
occurring among American army
and navy forces during the entire
war, and less than 4,000 amputa
tions, according to a statement is
sued today by the Bureau of War
Risk Insurance. More than 500
artificial limbs have been furnish
ed already to disabled men, <he
statement says.
Rotarians Endorse
Higher Tax Rate
Rev. J. B. Lawrence, rector of Cal
vary Episcopal church, and Hollis La
nier were guests today of the Rotary
club at its luncheon in the Windsor,
Reports were heard from the dele
gates who attended tne district Rotary
convention at Albany Tuesday. Ro
tarians Frank Harrold, Frank Shef
field, John Sheffield, Doc Howell ~Toe
Tohnson, Paul Westbrook and Lovelace
Eve.
The Rotary club voted to send to the
International Convention of Rotary,
Salt Lake City, in June, its next pres
ident, the vice president to be alter
nate. The election of officers occurs
in May. All expenses of the delegate,
will be paid by the club.
The club indorsed the action of the
city government in its proposed peti
tion to the legislature to increase the.
city tax rate five mills for the pur
pose of paying off the present floating
indebtedness and for an increased
school appropriation.
Ladies’ night, when the Rotarians
and their wives and sweethearts dine
together, occurs Thursday night,
April 24. Tim Furlow and Turk Har
ris were appointed a committee on
arrangements. Fess Mathis, Dusty
Burke and Lovelace Eve are the en
tertainment committee. “Fess” Ma
this will act as toastmaster.
Hundred Dead in
Dallas Tornado
DALLAS, Tex., April 10,-HJy Assc
ciated Press.)—One hundred known
dead have been listed as victims of the
tornado which yesterday struck nor
thern Texas, southern Oklahoma and
parts of Arkansas. The injured, it is
estimated, will number several hun
dred. although the property damage
will be smaller than at first expected.
Late advices from the devastated re
gions show the path of the storm,
avoided all of the principal cities in
th? communities visited.
Conditions Returning to NortnaL
DENVER, Colo., April 10.—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —Railroad and tele
graph companies are recovering to
day from the snow and sleet storm
damage inflicted upon this section dur
ing the past 48 hours. Snew fell in
New Mexico varying in thickness from
6 to 10 inches, and considerable dam
age was caused, fruit and vegetables
being killed.
Delegation to
Attend Meeting
A delegation of Americus business
nen will attend the good roads meeting
to be held in Columbus next Tuesday,
April 15. The occasion is the gather
ing at Columbus of those interested in
the construction of the Florida Short
Line Tourist Highway, and represent
atives of cities and towns from Gads
den. Ala., to the Florida line will at
tend. The personnel of the Americus
delegation, to be named by President
J. E. Hightower, of the Americus and
Sumter County Chamber of Commerce,
will be announced later this week.
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
COTTON MEN
TO FORM BIG
CORPORATION
AT MEMPHIS
Plan Proposed by Harding Likely to
Be Given Try-Out by Business
Men and Planters
MEMPHIS, April 10.—(By Associat
ed Press.) —Cotton planters, bankers
and representatives of business inter
ests in all of the cotton growing states
of the South met here today in con
ference with state and federal offic
ials to consider the formation of a
$50,000,000 exporting corporation, as
recently suggested by W. P. G. Hard
ing, governor of the federal reserve
board.
The delegates, numbering several
hundred, spent the morning in organi
zation work, and definite action is ex
pected to be taken at the late after
noon session. The question of state
owned warehouses and financial aid to
farmers, encouraging them to hold
their cotton was discussed during the
sesison.
Aerial Stunts by
Americus Flyer
Americus people viewed with inter
est an aerial stunt program executed
in the skies Wednesday afternoon
about J o’clock, but few of them knew
an Americus flyer was executing the
various difficult feats performed for
their entertainment. Dan Chappell,
who won his R. M. A. at Kelly Field,
Tex., and who before the signing of
the armistice was an instructor at a
Texas aviation field, was the daring
aviator, being enabled to perform his
thrilling feats through the courtesy of
Major Earl S. Schofield, commanding
officer at Souther Field. The ship us
ed was a Curtiss training model, with
Hispano-Suizza motor, and the small
black speck seen to drop from the
plane by many Americus people was
a cushion from the back seat, Chap
pell being alone in the machine dur
ing the maneuvers.
Baseball at Aggie
Grounds on Friday
Americus baseball fans will be treat
ed to a fast, snappy game when the
Americus High school team meets the
Souther Field outfit at the Agricultural
school grounds Friday afternoon. The
High school has one of the best teams
the institution has had in several
years and is confident as to the out
come of the game. Souther Field has
many veteran players and expects to
give the Americus team one of the
fastest games in its history.
Voting on Liquor
Question in Quebec
MONTREAL, April 10.—(By Asso
ciated Press.) —The province of Que
bec is voting today on a referendum as
to whether wine and beer licenses
shall be issued or the provtme go en
tirely dry. There is great Interest in
the issue, and the voting is expected to
be unusually heavy.
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