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FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 97.
ORLANDO GOES TO CONSULT PARLIAMENT
SOLDIERS’ NINE
SEEKS TO JOIN
NEARBY CITIES
IN B ALLLEAGUE
Challenge to Meet Any Team in Geor
gia in Game Here is Issued by
Lieut. McMullen
< The Souther Field baseball team, i
■ desiring to promote the great na- (
tional game in southwest Georgia, <
; and believing* it to be equal to the ?
; best amateur baseball teams in the >
j state, hereby issues a challenge to )
<; play any baseball team in Georgia s
< "on any near date on the Americus (
! grounds, a return game to be ar- I
! ranged if desired.
| LIEUT. A. B. M’MULLEN, j
' Manager. $
Americus will have an opportunity
to witness baseball regulary this sea
son if a movement now on foot, in
which Americus has taken the initia
tive, is successful. The movement
centers around the Souther Field
baseball team, which is already or
ganized and playing and is eager to
join an organization of teams in near
by cities in an amateur league for
playing games by schedule.
This was made known today by
Lieut. A. B. McMullen, of Souther
Field, who is manager of the post
baseball team, who at the same time
issued the foregoing challenge
any amateur in the state in Americus
any early date.
Lieut. McMullen yesterday took up
the matter of obtaining the old base
ball grounds with C. H. Burke, mana
ger of the Coipmercial Warehouse,
which owns the grounds, and was
given permission to use them for sev
eral weeks, or until Mr. Burke begins
the erection there in midsummer of a
cotton warehouse which he .is plan
ning. After that time a new playing
field would have to be arranged.
In the meantime, Secretary Per
kins, of the Chamber of Commerce,
has taken up with Cordele and other
nearby cities the proposal to form an
amateur league embracing Americus,
which is to be represented by the sol
diers’ nine, andi, inasmuch as there
appears to be a considerable desire on
the part of these other cities to play
baseball since the recent failure of the
project to revive the old Georgia State
league, it is expected little difficulty
will be encountered in forming an in
expenisve amateur organization.
Lieut. McMullen’s challenge contem
plates the playing here of a game with
the best and strongest team that can
be secured for the purpose of provid
ing a nucleus of a fund for the guar
anteeing of expenses of visiting teams.
“We have no funds now that will
enable us to bring teams here,” said
he, “and if we are to have games in
Americus is is necessary for some
way to be found' to provide this
money. We have a strong team and
are confident that we are the equal of
the best.”
Many New Members
Added by VV. O. W.
A large addition is being made to
the membership of Americus Camp,
No. 202, Woodmen of the world in
campaign being put on by three visit
ing deputies, Leon G. Woodruff, ot
Macon, district manager; G. B.
Brackin, of Bainbridge, and W. A. Les
ter, of West Point. Thirty new appli
cations were received at the meeting
of the camp Wednesday night, and
another meeting will be held next
Wednesday night, at which another
g.oup of applications will be received.
The camp already has a member
ship in excess of three hundred, and
is said to be in a flourishing condi
tion.
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WORLD EXCEPT
U. S. TO RETURN
TO WAR BREAD
PARIS, April 25.—(8y Associated
Press.) An increase in milling per
centage which will virtually put the
world back to a war bread basis for
the next three months is a part of the
program adopted by the Supreme
Food Council, under the chairmanship
of Herbert Hoover.
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AMERICANS TO STAY
ON WHITE BREAD BASIS.
NEW YORK, April 25.—(8y Asso
ciated Press.) —Americans will con
tinue to eat “white bread,” which was
restored late last year after months
of milling on a victory dour basis’,
despite the return of European coun
tries to a war bread basis, Julius H.
Barne, president of the food adminis
tration grain corporataion and federal
wheat director, said today He de
clared a survey of wheat stocks con
vinced his department that the Amer
ican supply is sufficient not only to
warrant continued production ofyall
vffieat flour, but to meet the export
demand until the next harvest.
Wilson May Make
Speech in Atlanta
ATLANTA, April 25. —There Is a
probability that President Woodrow
Wilson will be in Atlanta during the
second week in June to attend the
Laymen’s Missionary Conference of
the Presbyterian Church which will
be here at that time. He has prom
ised that he would attend if the
Conference held when congress is not
in session, and the Atlanta meeting
may be the first opportunity. He
is on the program for one of the
main addresses.
\
Daniels in England
for 2 Weeks’ Visit
LONDON, April 25.—(8y Associated
Press.) —Secretary and Mrs. Daniels
arrived yesterday for a two weeks’
visit to Ehgland. The admiralty has
made preparations to keep him busy
during his visit.
SUMTER COUNTY COUPLE
MADE ONE AT LEESBURG
Miss Maude A. Johnson and Willie
C. Yawn, of Sumter county, were
married at Leesburg Thursday at
the ordinary’s office, by Ordinary A.
F. Greene.
THE T'PifesSeC&RDER
feQ PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE
I Ain’t There Never j
| Coin’ To Be No
| End to This Y’er j
<J A TLANTA, April 25. —After May j
? 1, you’ll pay ten per cent on S
!' all these articles costing more than S
the amount named; <
Picture frames $lO. <
Trunks SSO. )
> Traveling bags $25. )
> Hand bags, purses, $7.50.
I Portable lamps $25.
Umbrellas, parasols, $4. <
Fans sl. )
Smoking jackets $7.05. >
Men’s fancy waistcoats $5. V
Women’s hats sls. s
Men’s and boys’ hats $5. <
Men’s and boys’ caps $2. \
Neckties and neckwear $2. )
Women’s and misses’ silk hos- S
iery, $2. \
Men’s shirts $3. .(
Pajamas, nightgowns, under- ?
wear $5. >
Kimonas, petticoats, waists sls. ;
FRENCH AIDING
ROUMANIANS®
DRIVE,REPORT
GENEVA, April 24.—(Thursday.)—
(By Associated Press.) —Czecho-Slo-
vak forces have attacked the city of
Wattzen, 20 miles northeast of Buda
pest, which is expected to fall soon.
French troops are said to be aiding
the Roumanians in their advance in
eastern Hungary, according to ad
vices from Vienna.
PEASANTS REVOLT
AGAINST SOVIET REGIME.
BERLIN, April 23.—(Wednesday.)
(By Associated Press.) —Hungary has
hermetically closed all her borders In
an effort to control the Roumanian in
va: s on and prevent un?.ivor,U>l3
esc: ping from the country.
Reports from Budapest are contra
dictory, but all indicate the situation
<o be grave. -
The people of Transylvania have re
volted, and are advancing with the
Roumanians, because of agrarian
measures imposed by the soviet
regime.
Rl SHIN JOINS THRONG •
IN RACE FOR MAY PEA”
J. 11. Bushin is the latest aspirant
for honors in the race for justice of
the peace made vacant by the death of
C. R. Winchester, and his friends say
he will make a strong race. Having
long been affiliated with union labor
here, it is anticipated he will poll a
substantial vote among the working
classes, as well as other voters. The
entry of Mr. Rushln further divides
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APR L 25, 1919
MRS. MALLORY
REPORTS ‘SAFE’
IN SWITZERLAND
Relatives of Mrs. V. V. Mallory to
day received a letter from her from
Switzerland, where she is now mak
ing her home.
Mrs. Malloy was living in Germany
when the great war began and since
that time had not been heard from
until today. Her relatives were nat
urally very apprehensive In regard to
her safety and her many friends here
and in Sumter county will be glad to
learn that she is safe and happy in
the home of her adoption
U.S. Food Calms
Savage Breasts
of Boche Reds
BERLIN, April 23—(Wednes
day.)—(By Associated Press.) —
Almost as suddenly as the recent
strikes began here, there and ev
erywhere, Germany appears to be
quieting down again. The coal
miners in the Ruhr district are re
turning to work in increasing
numbers and yesterday those in
other places returned to the
mines.
A big factor in the situation has
been the distribution of American
food, which has proved a special
, attraction to the laboring men.
Bakers to Strike for
End of Night Work
CHICAGO, April 25—(By Associat
ed Press.) —Ten thousand bakers have
voted to strike tomorrow when their
contract with their employers expires,
unless their demand for cessation of
night work is complied with.
ALBANY RECTOR TO PREACH
AT CALVARY CHURCH SUNDAY
Next Sunday the service in Calvary
church will be conducted by the Rev.
John Moore Walker, rector of St.
Paul’s church, Albany.
Mr. Walker came originally from
Macon. He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Georgia and received his
theological training at the University
of the. South, at Sewanee, Tenn. He
has visited' Americus before and his
hosts of friends in the city will be
pleased with his visit.
the field as F. W. Griffin, John Mono
han and Clyde William* were already
candidates for the place, and a lively
campaign is now under way.
M’CORD REPLIES
TO COMPLAINTS
OF OPPONENTS
OF VICTORY LOAN
Poured Out Money Instead of Blood
of Our Boys, He Says—Ellis
Finishing Plans
Inspiration for the coming task of
sending Sumter county over the top
in the Victory loan, the campaign for
which will be launched very soon by
Chairman Ellis, was furnished a num
ber of Sumter county citizens today
by Joseph A. McCord, of Atlanta,
chairman of the board of directors of
the Federal Reserve bank, at a lunch
eon In his honor at the Windsor ho
tel. Mr. McCord told the thirty men
gathered together, in a heart-to-heart
business talk, why the loan had to be
raised, and how it was to be raised.
Following the talk, Chairman Ellis
reported that the plans for the cam
paign in Sumter were well under way
qnd would be announced shortly. They
include the use of the card system,
by which every citizen will be assess
ed the amount of bonds he is expected
to subscribe for. Chairman Ellis also
stated that he was completing his
committees, which will also be an
nounced shortly.
Mr. McCord answered the com
plaint of many people that the gov
ernment has wasted money in its war
spending.
‘I grant yoi* that money has been
spent freely and lavishly—even reck
lessly, we might say. But I want to
ask you, when it comes to a ques
tion of pouring out the life blood of
our boys in Flanders or in pouring
out our money, if it*is not a thousand
times better to have poured out our
money?’’
At another place In his talk, he
touched upon the condition of the
South in relation to the cotton mar
ket.
“The government for the last eight
years,” said he, “through the Federal
Reserve bank system, has provided the
means for financing the crops of the
South,and we see an example of it to
day when our farmers have been able
to hold their cotton for the last sev
eral months, selling it when they
chose, or holding it, as many of them
are yet doing, until they get the price
they want. I want to say that the
Federal Reserve bank has made it
possible, working through your local
banks, for the farmer to borrow on his
cotton as he needs or wants, and this
being the case, he can buy bonds, of
course. Or, on the other hand, If he
has already borrowed on his cotton
and spent the money, he has no right
to complain.*’
• Mr. McCord pointed out the public
policy involved in securing a wide
circulation for government bonds.
“Before the war began,” he said,
“there were only 229,000 government
bond owners in America. At the close
of the fourth Liberty loan there were
22,000,000 bond owners. This has im
proved our citizenship, for money sav
ing makes good citizenship, and pro
vides the surest and greatest weapon
againt the spirit of unrest—of Bol
shevism —which this country will have
to face sooner or later, just as the rest
of the world has faced it or is facing
it.”
Showing how the country had not
been drained by the previous enor
mous loans, he declared that this was
because Phe only man going in debt
was Uncle Sam.
“And Uncle Sam, after raising the
money, took it and paid it out for
supplies of all kinds, and it came roll
ing back in the channels of trade,”
said hs. “When the war began we
had a volume of currency averaging
about $37 per capita for the nation.
Today we have an average of $55.43.
“And here is something .to show you
that Uncle Sam can afford this ex
pense, enormous as it seems. The tan
gible property in the United State is
valued at 300 billions of dollars. The
arnual increment on this is estimated
yl 10 per cent, or 30 billions of an
nual Increased wealth, while the total
cost of the war to this country, In
cluding loans to our Allies, was only
26 bflliqns.”
Mr, McCord denounced the man who
refuses to do hie duty in this loan as
unfit to enjoy the protection and
privileges of this government. “When
those boys who went to Franc many
of whom gave a thousand times more
of whom gore a thousand ‘times more
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i Here is List
I of Judges to
Award Auto
The Times-Recorder is pleased to
announce that the following men have
consented to act as judges in award
ing the prizes in the big subscription
contest, which comes to an end
Saturday night of this week, after
continuing for eight weeks:
T. M. FURLOW, superintendent of
the Lee Street Methodist Sunday
school.
JOSEPH PERKINS, secretary-man
ager of the Chamber of Commerce.
J. W. MOSTELLER, President Geor
gia Motor Company.
The selection of the winner of the
Dort car, the grand capital prize, and
the other twenty prizes, will be a
comparatively simple matter, be
cause of the simplicity of the system
upon which the campaign his been
conducted, the work of the judges be
ing largely a matter of adding figures
and arranging the totals.
All of the votes not published in
the list of standings appearing last
Tuesday, which embraced the coupon
vote almost exclusively, are in the
hands of the workers themselves
having been held by them from the
beginning. On Saturday these will
be brought to The Times-Recorder
office and deposited in a locked box,
the key of which will be in the cus
tody of the judges . At 7 o’clock the
voting will close, all ballots not de
posited by that hour being forfeited.
At that time the judges will unlock
the box and count the ballots. To the
totals as found by them from the
subscription votes they will add the I
published coupon vote, and the prizes
will be awarded to the workers in the
order of their final standings as
found by the judges.
The whole final operation should
not consume more than two hours,
and the automobile should be in the
hands of the winner by 9 o’clock Sat
urday night. The prizes will be de
livered at once to all winners who
may be present.
An invitation is issued by The
Times-Recorder to all workers and
their relatives or friends to be pres
ent at the counting of votes and the
awarding of prizes, in order that
everyone interested may be satisfied
and convinced that the campaign has
been conducted with absoute fair
ness and impartiality to the very
end: After the judges have complet
ed their count an invitation will be
issued to any one interested to in
spect the ballots of any winner or
any records in connection with the
campaign, in order that all may be
satisfied that no votes have been
awarded, except on subscriptions ob
tained or collected upon under the
rules of the campaign as announced
\t its beginning, and so that all may
know that The Times-Recorder’s re
peated promise that there would be
no money-spending by the contest
ants has been strictly adhered to.
Don’t forget the hour —7 o’clock
Saturday night. Come down to The j
Times-Recorder office and see who
wins the touring car.
Higher Refrigeration I
Rates Are Asked
•
WASHINGTON, April 25.--(By As- ;
sedated Press.) —Increases in refrig- j
eration charges on carload shipments i
of vegetables, fruits, berrie.s and j
melons from Georgia and Alabama to |
Northern destinations are asked in a !
petition filed with the Interstate com- I
merce commission today by South- I
eastern railroads.
Georgia Educator to
Hang for Assault
i
ATLANTA, April 25.—(8y Associat
ed Press.) —W. C. Adamson, recently |
instructor in a local educational in- j
stitution, today was found gviTty of j
criminal assault and sentenc 'd to be i
hinged June 6.
His accusers were several small
girls, who charged that he entered
them to his home.
'fied them we would keao the home
fire 3 burning. We have been doing it
for four loans, but the question now
Is, are we going to do it in the fifth’.”
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HOME I
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CEIfSrS.
HEADQUARTERS
OF ITALIANS M
PARIS IS FOUMJ
MOREHOPEFH
Distinct Improvement in DeacSflCfc
Situation Felt-Talk of Breeds
Disappears
ALL MAY BE SETTLED WITHIN
FORTNIGHT, IS LATEST JMM .
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Premier Given Ovation at Static® as
He Leaves for Rome-Plenary
Session Monday
PARIS, April 24.—(Thursday^ —SJNtf
Associated Press.)—ltalian PYanriiar
Orlando left Paris for Rome at
o’clock tonight, accompanied By .Sal
vador Barbilai, General Diaz and. sw
other members of the mission. Ha.-wow
given an ovation at the station? Up m,
crowd;
ORLANDO GOES TO
CONSULT PARLIAMENT.
PARIS, April 25.—(8y AssoeiadMM
Press.) —Distinctly more hopeful* s
a less irreconcilable-feeling _vm 1
in Italian headquarters today- 3t»
longer Is there talk of a breach) writfc.
the peace conference, but instead flit
was said, “All may be settled 'arttlzHa m
fortnight. Premier Orlando has
to Rome to consult parliament. Theasaw
after we shall see.”
PLENARY SESSION TO
BE HELD MONDAY.
PARIS, April 25.—(8y AssocfeSME
Press.) —A plenary session of ss m
peace conference will be held Mh»
day to consider the revised draft mM
the League of Nations covenant, amM.
also such portions of the peace tsw«op
as may be completed. The scssUbbk
will be public. It Is J£
approved, the covenant will fmTniwK
lately be made public.
BIG THREE TO MEET IN
AFTERNOON CONFERENCE.
PARIS, April- 25.—i(By AssacaariaaM-
Press.) —President Wilson and £ wa
nders Clemenceau and Lloyd Gecargsm.
It is announced, will meet in cocaSe**-
ence at 1 o’clock this afternoon. ‘Time
topics to be discussed are not knawaa-
The chief interest attached t» tUtHae
afternoon’s session is whether Fo xtsesm.
Minister Sonnino of Italy wiU aJXmaC!
and continue discussion of the BsS—
ian question, as he Intends to leaw»„
for Rome tonight.
AMBASSADOR PAGE AT
ROME QUITS.- IS REPORT.
ROME, April 25. —(By Associates '
Press.) —The Italia says that Bas
cnuse he is acquainted with PnK*
dor* Wilson’s views on ihe
el&.ms, Thomas Nelson Pine. Aiwrav
c: r. ambassador at Rone, has iSemi
hi', resignation.
Early in April it wa£ reported frean
Paris that Ambassador P-ags had tw
signed, but there has been no offitaoiZ
confirmation.
‘Holy Roller’ Serves
Day as Aide to Huns
ATLANTA, April 25—F. O. JoJley,
the ‘Holy Roller,” who was sentmae
ed a short while ago to serve a tv
day sentence for his violation ot flte
espionage act, has served the recaesi
short sentence of any prisoner ewer.'
incarcerated at the Fulton county: 'jail.
He remained there only twettfy.-dSsar
hours, his being the unique experience*
of being associated as a prisoner wttXz
the very men to whom he has fim
quently preached.
Jolley’s wife, at the time be wms
sentenced, begged the court to let &ear
serve out the time for him instead, «*-
though she had four children,
youngest being a baby in arms.
• WEATHER FORECAST
For Georgia.—Fair in scuta pass*-
tion; probably rain in north pot tint,
tonight and Saturday; colder tonitfttl.