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FORTY-FIRST YEAR, NO. 93
ATTITUDE OF ITALY AT PARIS IS SERIOUS
GERMANS GLOOMY AT FATE AWAITING THEM
CUT IN COTTON
CROP IS LEGAL,
SENATOR SMITH
ADVISES SOUTH
Anti-Trust Law Specifically Excludes
Associations of Farmers to Main
tain Prices, He Says
ATLANTA, April 21.—That the cur
tailment of the cotton crop for the
increased production of food is legal,
and that no proceedure can oe taken
by the federal government to interfere
with this plan of the Southern cot
ton planters, is the opinion of United
States Senator Hoke Smith, who was a
members of the sub-committee of the
senate in the fall of 1913, when the
Clayton bill was before congress.
Senator Smith says that it w<as ex
pressly provided at that time that
nothing contained in the anti-trust
laws should be construed to forbid the
existence and operation of agricultu
ral organizations from lawfully car
rying out legitimate objects thereof;
nor should such organizations be con
strued as illegal combinations or con
spiracies in restraint of trade. Fur
thermore, says Senator Smith, it was
“provided in the appropriation bill for
the enforcement of the anti-trust laws,
that no part of the appropriation
should be .expended for the prosecu
tion of producers of farm products and
associations of farmers who co-op
erate and organize in an effort to
maintain a fair and reasonable price
for their products.”
Senator Smith says that he believes
no procedure contrary to these pro
visions can be sustained in court.
In discussing further the cotton
situation, Senator Smith, who ever
since he has been in the senate has
given much thought and time to the
broadening of the markets for the
sale of cotton, and who for some
months past has been uring the War
Trade Board to issue licensy freely
for the shipment of cotton Iror for
eign countries, says that h<. is con
vinced that all the markets of middle
and northern Europe will open in a I
very short time for the sale of cotton.
In order to be prepared for this
he urges that all cotton merchants in
Georgia and throughout the United
States to prepare at once to meet the
demand for cotton which must come
quickly in those markets.
Cantata Postponed
at First M. E. Church
The Easter music in the churches of
Americus yesterday was unusually
beautiful and well rendered and was
given to large and appreciative con
gregations. All the choirs gave spec
ial programs at the morning service
and in the evening the choir of Cen
tral Baptist church gave Carrie B.
Adams’ beautiful cantata “Easter
Praise.” The choir’s personnel in
cludes some of the best musical tal
ent in the city and the service last
night was given over to them with the
excepton of scripture reading and
prayer,
The cantata which was planned for
the evening service at the First Meth
odist church was called off at a late
hour on account of the absence of R.
P. Stackhouse, Jr., one of the princi
pal singers, who was unexpectedly
called away by the illness of a rela
tive. The cantata will be given some
time in the near future the date to be
announced later.
Till up Pantry, I’m
Cornin’, Y ank Radios
NEW YORK, April 21.—The wireless
operator on the transport Floridian,
which has just docked here, an
nounced the “champion message” of
the voyage was sent from mid-ocean
by Corp. William Waller, Salt Lake
City, to the bride he left at home
when he went to war. “Fill up the
pantry, for I’m coming ■home!” read
the message.
THE
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This is the type of American war tank that will visit Americus May 8, as part of the Victory loan cam
paign. This particular tank was to have attempted a climb of Pike’s Peak last week, but the driver con
tracted pneumonia on the eve of the trip and the climb was postponed.
PLAINS TO HEAR
MRS. LUMPKIN IN
V LOANSPEECH
The Victory Loan campaign was ’
opened in Americus today by a lone i
aviator from Souther Field who flew I
over the city a number of times short
ly after 2 o’clock,; bombarding the city
! with loan literature. The plane flew
so low that the pilot w r as able to ex
change greetings by wave of the hand
with the citizens in the streets.
The beautiful Victory Loan posters, I
which had been delayed, also made
their appearance today.
Two addresses, instead of one, will 1
be made in Sumter county Tuesday by j
Mrs. Samuel Lumpkin, of Atlanta, Vic- ■
tory Loan speaker, G. R. Ellis, chair
man of the drive for Sumter county,
announced this afternoon. Mrs. Lump
kin will speak at Plains at 4 p. m.
and at Americus at 8:30 o’clock.
The Americus meeting will be held I
at the First Methodist churca, begin
ning sharply on the hour, Chairman
Ellis announced, and all who desire to
hear the speech are asked to be i n
their seats by that time.
Chairman Ellis also asked that all
returned soldiers be present and oc
cupy seats on the platform. Special
invitations will not be sent out by Mr.
Ellis, and they are asked to accept
this as official invitation.
Preparations for the opening of the
drive in Sumter county were pro
gressing rapidly today, Mr. Ellis re
ported, and he expects to be able to
announce shortly the day on which the
canvass for funds will be started.
Caruso in Atlanta
for Opera Season
ATLANTA, April 21. —Caruso, Pon
selle and other stars of the Metropoli
tan Opera Company have arrived in
Atlanta and are ready for Lie premier
performance, La Forza del Destino,
tonight. They were warmly welcom
ed by old Atlanta friends whom they
were glad to see after a year or two
of absence. Caruso’s bride, who is in
Atlanta for the first time, was the
object of much interest. She will be
entertained at a number of parties
that will add to the gayetles of a week
full of festivities.
Caruso visits Atlanta this year on
his jubilee anniversary of the begin
ning of his operatic career, the noted
singer being at the height of his ca
reer just twenty-five yea after his first
Italian singing teacher told him that
he would never amount to much as a
singer. Caruso, however, had faith in
himself and refused to let his teacher
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, APR . L 21. 1919
I Dougherty Goes
j Over Top Easily
for Victory Loan <
* LBANY, Ga„ April 21.—(8y As
,s /Asociated Press)- —With a quotaof )
? $432,000 for the Victory Loan, <
; > Dougherty county subscribed $475,- <
I s 000 in half an hour this morning. <
< The campaign here opened with ?
? a parade, headed by a war tank, 5
? after which the quota was sub- '
■ scribed at a mass meeting. ;
MOONSHINING
i NEGRO GIVEN
i HEAVYPENALTY
A total penalty of 28 months on the
chaingang, or a fine aggregating Ji s2so,
was administered this morning by
Judge Harper, of the City court, to
Jonas Jackson, colored, upon his plea
of guilty to the three charges of hav
ing whisky in his possession, carrying
concealed weapons, and carrying a
pistol without license. The penalties
were 10 months or SIOO on the first
charge, the same on the second '
charge and 8 months or SSO on the
third charge.
Jackson, who is a renter living in
the 28th district, was arrested by
Sheriff Harvey in Leslie Saturday af
ternoon. He was in a buggy, and the
vehicle was seized by the sheriff. He
had given considerable trouble in that
section by his alleged moonshining ac- '
tivities. A bottle of liquor was found :
in the buggy, and he carried a 45 cali- J
bre revolver in his pockett.
In passing sentence. Judge Harper
stated! that apparently the agricultu- :
ral interests and general welfare of
the county at large were becoming se
riously menaced with what appears to
be countywide distilling among certain
classes; that complaint is made that
the religious services of the colored ■
people in the rural sections are in '
some instances broken up and in many
cases seriously disturbed by the sale i
and drinking of whisky on the i
grounds. He further stated/hat con- i
tinued indulgence in the traffic on the
part of colored people would certain- i
ly result very disastrously to them, I
and that he felt that the law-abiding I
colored citizens ahd the farmers gen
erally should co-operate with the offi
cers charged with the duty of en- j
forcing the law to the end that the I
traffic may be discouraged and routed ’
while in its incipiency.
discourage him. He continued to
work hard at his singing, and now
heads the list of the world’s great
singere.
VIENNA NOT IN
I HANDS OF REDS,
SAYSDISPATCH
VIENNA, April 19. —(Saturday)—
(By Associated Press.) —The commun
ists, it appeared late tonight, failed
in their attempt to seize control of
the government.
Most of the Hungarian agitators
■ here have been arrested, and the ar
i rest of Austrian agitators has been
! begun.
Gov. Allen is Scored
For Attack on 35th
i
NEW YORK. April 21.—"1f Govern
or Allen, of Kansas, is criticizing the
actions of the officers of the Thirty
fifty Division, he is criticizing the
plans of Marshal Foch,” declared
Brigadier General Berry, on his ar
rival here from overseas on the Von
Steuben. He was referring to state
ments of Governor Allen that the
Thirty-fifth Division was needlessly
■ sacrificed.
“Os course, Governor Allen can
criticize if he wants to,” continued
Berry, “but we simply obeyed our or
ders and assigned to attack
the Hindenburg Title at Boquois, we at
tacked it and took it, and 1 in addition
advanced 16 kilometers beyond. We
learned later that this front was de
rencTed by three divisions of the Prus
sian Guards, or at least the better
' part of three divisions of the Prus-
■ sians, and, while the cost in men
was very high, it was not high when
| you consider what was accomplished.
Other arrivals on the Von Steuben
included Thomas Gregory, former At
toreny General.
20 Reported Slain
In Korean Riots
TOKIO, April 19.—((Saturday.)—
■ (By Associated Press.) —Special dis
! patches from Korea state that mem
| bers of the Christian mission at Teig-
I onart, near Seoul, clashed with gen
darmes there. Officers firing upon the
i mob killed twenty and wounded many.
WEATHER FORECAST, j
For Georgia: Fair tonight and
Tuesday; warmer Tuesday.
Fair weather will prevail, with tem
peratures ruling above normal in in
terior districts.
! PACE PLANNING
TO PUT CITY ON
BUDGET SYSTEM
IN TAX CHANGE
Declares He Has Not Been Approach
ed on Special Levy, but is De
cided on Own Plan
The Americus city government will
probably be operated under the bud
get system next. year. This was gath
ered from remarks made today by
Stephen Pace, representative in the
state legislature from Sumter county,
in discussing the differences of opin
ion that have arisen locally over the
proposal of the city council to increase
the city tax rate by 5 mills for the
next five years for the purpose of li
quidating the city’s floating indebted
ness of approximately SIOO,OOO.
The proposed tax increase would
have to be authorized by the legisla
ture, the tax rate now assessed being
the full amount allowed, and the bill
would have to be introduced by one of
the county’s two representatives. In
asmuch as Mr. Pace lives in the city,
it would be taken up through him,
undoubtedly. Mr. Pace was asked
whether either the council or those
who are opposing the council’s plan
had approached him on the subject.
“Nothing has been said one way or
another, by either party, to me, as
representative, looking toward the
introduction of such a charter amend
ment,” he said. “As far as I person
ally am concerned,' I have have an
open mind on the subject. I suppose
| the council, however, which has al-
I ready acted on the matter, will com
municate their program to me at the
proper time.
“There is this one thing I have made
up my mind on, however: If any
[ charter amendment bill goes into the
- legislature from Americus, there is
going with it a provision for the in
, stallation of the budget system for
handling the city’s finances, beginning
| next January 1. I am not sure but
what I will introduce such a bill,
whether a special tax amendment is
asked or not, but I am fully determin-
I ed to do so if the tax bill goes
i in.
"This has no special relationship to
[ the merits of the proposed tax, but I
have been making a thorough study of
the budget system of handling public
. finances, and I am convinced no other
> method is sound or correct. And I
think the people who will pay the
i increased tax, if it should go through,
are entitled to have the assurance that
this will give them that their money :
will not be squandered, once the debt |
for which it is levied Is liquidated.
“Under a budget system every city 1
department would be compelled to
submit to the council on January 1 a
statement, made under oath, of all
expenditures in detail for the past
year, and an estimate of all probable
or expected expenditures for the com- (
ing year. The council, or its designat
-1 ed committee, would at the same time
determine the amount of tax money to
come in during the new year, and this
would be allotted to the various de
partments according to their estimat
ed needs. The bill would make it un
lawful for the council to appropriate
one cent more than the amount of
taxes to be received during the year,
which would preclude an accumulation
of city debts hereafter.
“I have been working on a plan for
some time looking to the putting of the
state on the budget system, too, sim
ilarly to the plan outlined for the city.
We have been wrking on it for several
years, and I have had' several confer
ences with Governor Dorsey on the
subject. He has recently asked me' to
put the bill in shape and the prospects
for putting the program through are
apparently good.”
Gas Workers Join
Strike at Bremen
COPENHAGEN, April 21.—(8y As
sociated Press.) —The gas workers at
Bremen have joined the general strike
and the middle classes have com
menced a counter strike, advices state.
Give up Hope
of Dickering
at Versailles
BERLIN, April 19.—(Saturday*.)—
(By Associated Press.) —The cabinet
devoted less than half an hour to the
formulation of its answer to the En
tente’s invitation to Versailles for the
purpose of receiving the draft of the
peace terms.
A feeling of gloom prevails in offi
cial circles tonight and the Associated
Press was told that there are no illus
ions as to obtaining any mitigation in
the dictatorial peace awaiting Ger
many.
The procedure of the Council of
Four came as a surprise and is in.
terpreted in cabinet circles and the
foreign office as final proof that the
Entente is disinclined forthwith to
enter into negotiations based on Presi
dent Wilson’s “fourteen points,” and
that the terms awaiting Germany are
cut and dried. *
Agricultural Agents
Asked to Meet Here
An invitation has bee i sent by the
Chamber of Commerce, through Sec
retary Perkins, to J. Phil Campbell,
director of extension of the State Col
lege of Agriculture, inviting the dis
trict agents and specialists of the
state to hold their next monthly meet
ing in Americus. There are between
20 and 30 of these agents who meet
monthly in various parts of the state
for conferences on agricultural work.
State Road Engineer
to be Here April 30
W. R. Neel, state highway engineer,
has notified Chairman Neill Ray, of the
board of county commissioners, that
he will be able to be in Americus on
Wednesday, April 30, for the discus
sion of details connected with the per
manent road plans in Sumter county,
and a special meeting of the board
will be called for that date.
With Mr. Neal, as the state’s repre
sentative, present, it is planned to ar
range details for carrying through the
permanent road construction program
just as rapidly as it can be done.
Kaiser’s Son Hopes
in Emigrate to U.S.
GENEVA, April 21.—The former
Prince Joachim of the Hohenzollern
family, hopes to emigrate to America
after peace is signed, according to
reiports. Joachim, who is the young
est son of the former German em
peror, has arrived here from Berlin
I and expresses his intention of Te
aming in Switzerland until after the
peace settlement.
The Hohenzollerns have just bought
a large estate near Lugano, where the
former emperor eventually hopes to
reside in exile.
Savannah Observes
Steamers’ Centennial
SAVANNAH, April 21.—(8y Asso
ciated Press.) —Savannah today open
ed a week’s program celebrating the
centennial of the steamship Savannah
sailing from this part and crossing
the Atlantic ocean, as the first steam
equipped vessel to make' the trans-
Atlantic voyage.
FHE COTTON MARK ET |
LOCAL SPOT.
Good Middling. 27 cents.
NEW YODK FUTURES.
Prev. Low.
Close Open High Close
May 27.39 27,25 27.85 27.60
July.. 25.80 25.85 26.30 26.17
Oct 24.20 24.40 24.82 24.70
Dec 23.75 24.00 24.38
home’
EDITION
k __— ——✓
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CONVENING OF
PARLIAMENT IS
POSTPONED BY
CLASHJN PARIS
' Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Or
lando Meet, With Wilson not
Present
GERMAN REPLY TO ULTIMATUM
ON DELEGATES’ POWER AWAITED
Not to Receive Representatives not
Having Power to Conduct and
Negotiate Peace
(By Associated Press.)
The Italian parliament, which was
to have met Wednesday of this week
will not convene until May 6. The
postponement evidently was caused by
the failure of the Council of Four to
reach a solution of the Adriatic prob
lem.
Paris dispatches indicate that Italy’s
unyielding attitude has reached a
critical stage. The news from Paris
Sunday showed that the representa
tives of Great Britain, France and
Italy, which signed the Treaty of -*<
London in 1915, were in conference
and that President Wilson was not
present. President Wilson has stood
out against the recognition of the
Treaty of London.
CONVOCATION OF ITALIAN
PARLIAMENT DELATED.
ROME, April 21.— (8y Associated
Press.) —The convocation of the Ital
ian parliament has been postponed un
til May 6, it is announced here.
TREATY NOT TO BE
IN FORM BY FRIDAY.
PARIS, April 21.—<(By Associated
Press.) —Grave doubts are now ex
pressed as to whether the perfected
peace treaty will be presented to. the
German represntativs the coming Fri
day, as planned. While the treaty
will be communicated to them in sub
stance, it was said in well informed
quarters to be physically impossible
to prepare the document in complete
form in the next four days.
Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau
and Orlando met this morning and
resumed consideration of the Adriatic
question. President Wilson was not
present. President Wilson will at
tend the meeting of the Council of
Four this afternoon.
The German reply to the ultimatum
of the Council of Four that it will not
receive any German delegation not
fully empowered to conduce and nego
tiate peace is awaited anxiously in
peace conference circles. The next
steps toward peace depend upon the
German reply.
Fears are felt in some quarters that
this unexpected development may af
fect the program for the meeting plan
ned for Friday at Versailles If the
German reply to the ultimatum raises
a controversy regarding the status of
their delegates, it is conceivable the
arrival of their delegates will be post
poned.
Victory Loan Flyer
Into Lake Michigan
CHICAGO, April 21.—(8y Associat
ed Press.) —An aviator taking part in
the Victory Loan drive here today fell
with his machine into Lake Michigan,
off Grant Park, and is believed to have
been drowned.
100 BELGIAN HEROES
PARADE IN ATLANTA.
ATLANTA, April 21.—(8y Asso
ciated Press.)—Practically the same
organization of workers that put over
the previous loans in the Sixth Fed
eral reserve district started in today
on the Victory Loan campaign to raise
$144,000,000. the district quota.
The opening of the campaign in At>
lanta was marked by a parade of 18®
heroes of the Belgian army.