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VQRTY-FIRST YEAR—NO. 116.
ONE U. S. PLANE REACHES AZORES SAFELY
GERMANS PLAN
PLEBESCITE IF
ALLIES REFUSE
LIGHTER TERMS
Pope to Intervene in Behalf of Huns
—ltaly Gives Up Claims to
Islands.
BERLIN, May 16—(Friday.)—(By
Associated Press.) —The German gov
ernment has arranged for a plebescitej
if the Allies refuse to make conces- i
sions in the treaty of peace, according
to the Zeitung Am Mittag.
POPE TO ASK BETTER
TERMS FOR GERMANY.
ROME, May 17. —(By Associated
Press.) —In response to a petition
from the entire German episcopate,
begging his good offices in securing a :
mitigation of the peace terms, Pope
Benedict has taken steps to communi
cate with the head of one of the most
important delegations at the confer
ence, with a view to getting the con-1
ditions modified.
AUSTRIA TO PAY TWENTIETH
AS MUCH AS GERMANY.
PARIS, May 17.—i(By Associated
Press.) —An indemnity clause in the .
Austrian peace treaty provides for the
payment of five billion gold marks, 1
without bond. This is one-twentieth
of the amount demanded of Germany.
The exchange of credentials between '
the Austrian peace delegation and rep
resentatives of the Allied and Asso- ;
elated Powers will take place Mon-'
day. The function is set for 3:30 !
o’clock.
ITALY RELINQUISHES
CLAIMS TO ISLANDS.
PARIS, May 17.—(8y Associated :
Press.) —Italy has relinquished her j
claims to the Dodocanes Islands off
the Asia Minor coast, in favor of
Greece. ! .1
This ends one of the most acute
controversies before the peace con
ference. i I |
Many Now are Taking
Anti-Typhoid Serum
Dr. B. F. Bond, commissioner of
public health who has been busy for
some time giving anti-typhoid inocu
lations in the public schools of the
county and city, stated Saturday that
he would not be able to visit the Am
ericusl and East Americus schools
Tuesday, as scheduled, but would
reach them Wednesday for the admin
istering of serum. He will visit the An
dersonville school Tuesday morning
aud the Plains school Tuesday after
noon.
A large number of adult citizens as
well as school children are taking the
serum at this time, to insure them
selves against typhoid, the inocula
tions being given without charge at
Dr. Bond’s offices on Saturdays.
Dr. Bond has been assisted in some
of his public work recently by Dr.
Hoke, a young physician from Atlant;
who has recently located here.
Bolsheviki Report
Roumanian Defeat
LONDON, May 17.—(8y Associated
p resg .) a Vienna dispatch says that,
according to a Hungarian official
agency report, the Russian Bolshevik
foreign minister. M. Tchitcherin, has
telegraphed Bela Kun, head of the
Hungarian soviet government, that the
Ukranlan red army has defeated the
Roumanians along the Dneister river
and crossed the stream, the Rouman
ians taking flight.
\ THE COTTON MARKET <
local spot.
Good Middling 28 1-2 cuts.
NEW YORK FUTUDES
Prev. (Low (High
Close Open Close
May 29.30 29.50 29.25
j u ] y ’’’’’’’ 27.89 28.05 28.38
Oct* ' \ 26.40 26.45 26.85
Dec . / 26.02 26.10 26.38
ISuspiciousPackage, }
Mailed Judge Crisp,'
Proves---Oh, Read It j
r T’ HERE had been so many bombs <
A in the mail lately sent to mem ?
bers of congress and oth-’r officials )
that when a package came to their )
Americus home Friday from Wash- S
ington, addressed to Congressman <
Chas. R. Crisp, with fudge Crisp in <
Washington, Mrs. Crisp decided it ?
was not the part of prudence to ?
open it herself so she sent for >
Postmaster Davenport, who is her $
brother-in-law, for inveUigation ct )
its contents. <
Mr. Davenport saw nothing suspi- S
cious about the package but when (
Mrs. Crisp assured him that noth '
ing had been ordered by her hus
band from the firm whose return
address the package bore, he de
cided he just as well let some one J
else investigate iti contents, so <
he turned it over to Chief of Police
.Johnson, ?
Cries Johnson, not wishing io lake >
!a trip to Kingdom Come, unaccom- S
p.inied, communion cd his st-.-ret to s
the members of the fire department <
, and kindy offered to jet them in on ?
> the investigation into the package. ?
> The latter was taken into the va- )
S cant lot behind the city hall where S
< several firemen punctured it sev? <
< oral times with rifle bullets but it <
5 would not explode. Whereupon it ?■
> was opened. ? i
?. As the numerous wrappers were <
> unwound pecular odors began )
) to be notced, anid when the last ;
i one was removed there were re- S
! vealed three delicately tinted and i
f scented bars of toilet soap, which <
> the manufacturer was sending out ?
> as samples. The firemen kept one >
) bar which had been mutilated by $
< the marksmen, and sent the other s
< two to Mrs. Crisp. <
> “Please don’t let Mr. Crisp hear )
! of this.” was Mrs. Crisp's comment. ;
TAX DODGERS
SEEKING BOARD
FAVORS EARLY
That the announced determination
of the county commissioners, working
through the board or equalization
which it appoints, to increase the as
sessed valuation of property in Sum
ter county is accepted as meaning
that such a program will be put thru
was indicated Saturday by the number
of persons who were reported to have
besieged members of the equalization
board prr/ing that they be passed in
the readjustment of values. In no
case, however, was any objection to
"soaking the other fellow” reported
voiced. Some expressed their willing
ness to have their valuation raised "as
high as the next one.” in case it was
i n proportion to all other actual valu
ations.
George D. Wheatley, the new mem
ber of the board Saturday let his
policy be known in conversation with .
citizens who discussed the subject with
him.
"I fear I am rather arbitrary mind
ed. although I want to be plastic in
my ideas and thoughts,'’ said h -, "and
I told the board of commissioners
when they asked me to serve that un
less they want business ’hoy did not
want me on the board of equalizers.
They assured me that they want busi
ness, and that they wanted tax values
actually equalized.
"Speaking for myself my belief is
I that property should be returned on
the same basis whether in the city or
in ti e country. The law recognizes no
other return of property than the full
or actual valuation. However it is my
opinion that it is proper to deduct a
cer'an percentage from the act.•tu” ■.■••al.
ue to allow a safe margin for fluc
tuation of prices or values; this
seems to he a just and common sense
assumption. I beleve that 40 per cent
off the full value whether it be a
stock of merchandise or farm land, is
ample, and that a return of tl) per cent
of the actual value whatever the
property, should be made.
"So tar as 1 personrly am concerned
I believe in treating all men alike,
and I believe the wnoie hoard feels
the same way. I beliava that it a mer
chant has been returning his stock
at 60 per cent of its actual value and
a farmer has been turning in his land
at 20 per cent of its value, that the
THE WStWCORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
NEARLYS2OO,OOO
IN COTTON SOLD
IN AMERICUS IN
LAST FEW DAYS
More Than Million Dollars of Staple
Still Left in Warehouse Await-
ing Better Price.
Last week was the largest week in
cotton sales in Americus in several
months, about 1,400 bales, worth 3196,-
000, having been disposed of, all of
it on the basis of 28c for good mid
dling. It was said by cotton men that
a large percentage of it was high
gri'de cotton, bringing Ute top price.
The warehouses rtf the city report nJ)
sales in round nuinte.-s as follows:
Hairold Brothers, 2io bales; Comu er
ciii Warehouse, 100; L. ,G. Council,
800; Parker & Council, 2 ! -0.
Several of the larger planters pf the I
county sold their holdings during the I
week, these including the following:
C. C. Hawkins. 200 bales; W. S. Roach,
160 bales; J. E. Poole, 181 bales; J.
W. Howard, 100 bales.
Cotton men estimate that 8,000 bales,
worth $1,120,000 at 28 cents, are still
held In warehouses in Americus, which
is a little less than one-third of the
crop ’last year. It is said that the'
county is almost cleaned up on cotton
outside of Americus. Those who have
not yet sold are declared to be holding
without orders to sell at any specified
price, and some are anticipating fancy
prices before 60 days. Some of those
who sold during the last week are said
to have been influenced by a fear that
a wave of selling may set in when spot
cotton reaches 30 cents, as it is ex
pected to soon, causing a break that
would not allow them to dispose o
their holdings at as good a figure as
the present. This view is not shared
by others, however, who are mopt
optimistic, with the apparent early
approach of peace.
Bar Will Frolic at
’Cue Wednesday
Final arrangements for the big bar
becue of the Americus bar members
and court house attaches were com
pleted at a gathering of the lawyers
at the court house Saturday. The bar
becue wil; be held at Myrtle Springs
next Wednesday and an extraordinary
event is promised. The families of all
the participant's will attend, and plans
are being made for the entertainment
of between 200 and 300 guests.
The frolic will begin at 10:30,
whole day being taken for the aft'aii
The barbecue dinner will be servei
at 1:30 o’clock following which a ses
sion of the justly famous masonry
court will be held and various mem
bers put on trial for whatever cause,
may be discovered.
Si HAWKINS NEAR DEATH.
Si Hawkins, well known aged town
character, who has been in serious
condition at the Atlanta hospital for
several weeks, since the amputation of
a'foot, was reported last evening un
expected to survive more than a few
hours. He was reported to have lost
all consciousness..
FILLS HOUSE VACANCY.
ELBERTON. May 17.—Thomas M.
Swift has been elected to fill out the
unexpired term of A. P. Deadwyler.
state representative, who was killed
last month.
farm should -nr raised to 60 per cent
of its value; and vice versa, if a
merchant is being taxed on one-fifth
of the value of his goods and a farm
er is paying on three-fifths of the full
value of his land, the merchants
stock should be raised to the sixty pei
cent.
"As I see it, the name of the board
of equalizers sets forth its duty to the
public fully—to see that all property
is equally taxed, and that all property
owners are assessed their just share
no more and no less. And that will
be my personal policy as a tax equal
izer. I believe this to be the policy of
i the other members of the board, al
though I have not consulted with ah
of them, and I have been assured by
the board of county commissionerer
that it is their desire that such a pro
gram be carried through.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1919
■l. .IF v J
res.
LACKEYS ELUDE
OFFICERS; NOW
NEARINGPACIFIC
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That Myron and Harold Lackey, the i
ttyo ex-soldiers who are wanted here
for the desecration of the Wirz monu
ment at Andersonville last Tuesday
night, have eluded the Texas officers
who have been watching for them and
probably will not be apprehended be
fore they reach California, was indi
cated today when no word came to lo
cal officials of their arrest Only one
message was received and that was
from an officer at Waco, Texas, who
stated that he had received the mes
sage too late to intercept them but
that an effort would be made to stop
them further westward. This effort,
however, apparently has not met with
success. Having left here Wednesday
afternoon, they should have been near
ing the California line yesterday. Once
they are within their native state it
is feared some difficulty may be ex
perienced in securing their extradi
tion.
Colonel Rader Saturday afternoon
received from the father of the two
Lackeys in California a telegram ask
ing why his sons were detained. The
significance of this message was not
known.
That the incident will have no bear
ing on Souther Field with the officia
in Washington was the informatio
conveying to the chamber of commerce
in a telegram received Saturday from
Gneral C. T. Menoher. director of a
service, in response to a message wired
to him relative to the matter Friday.
This message follows:
“Rest assured that affair in con
nection with defacing monument
at Andersonville will have no
bearing on status of South
er Field. Commanding Of
ficer that field has re
ported this office that act was
committed by irresponsible par
ties and that he had taken prompt
steps toward, investigating affair
and punishing offenders.
“MENOHER.
“Director Air Service.’’
FATHER WALSH SURPRISED
AT WHOLE AFFAIR.
ALBANY, May I".—Father E. M.
Walsh, rector of St. Theresa’s Catholic
church here, whose car was used by
the young men who defaced the Wirz
monument at Andersonville, stated
here that the entire affair was a great
surprise to him when he returned from
Savannah Thursday and was made
acquainted with the story.
“On Monday,” said Father Walsh,
“I drove over to Americus and left
my car with Mr. Kelly before going
on to Savanah. On one or two occa
sions several different young men had
at Souther Field had offered to repair
my car so when I knew I was geing
to Savannah to be gone fer several
days I decided to leave my ear at
And in the Meantime
I eouther Field and let the young men
rt] air it during my abss ic.o. I it ft it
with Mr. Kelly, who had it placed in
I a garage.
“1 went to Savannah Monday night
’ and did not return until midnight of
•j Wednesday. The next morning Mr.
Kelly told me the story stating tl at
jan investigation had been begun. I
■ did not realize the seriousnes of the
I affair, however, thinking it ouly a
I mischievous prank on the part ot 'ne
b -ys.
“You can imagine my surprise when
1 secured a copy of an afternoon pa
per and saw the story printed in great
headlines and farther down lhe column
lead my own name. That is all there
is to my part of the story. I was tn
tirelj ignorant ot the U<t that it.y
car was used until I returned from
Savannah. Mr. Kelly stated that the
yc mg men took the car out of the
garage some time during the night and
it was not discovered ‘.hat it had been
t-ed until the deed had lu’.-n done.”;
CONSOLIDATION
IS FAVORED BY
MORE SCHOOLS
A school Tally and barbecue at
which school consolidation was dis
cussed was held Friday at the site ot
the burned Fidelity school by the pa
trons of that district and those of the
New Point district. The attendance was
large and it was said the sentiment I
appeared practically unanimous for i
consolidation after the proposal had
been thoroughly explained and its ad
vantages pointed out. J. E. D. Shipp
of Americus, a member of the county
board of education was present and
made an address that was reported
very effective. County Superintendent
McMath was present and made an ad
dress.
The plan embraces the consolidation
of these two schools with the Benev
olence school, but the matter has not
yet been decided by the people of the
latter district. Lt was said Saturday,
however, that the Fidelity and New-
Point schools would consolidate either
with or without Benevolence. It is be
lieved the proposal will meet with
favor in the latter. Petitions will be
circulated among the patrons of the
districts this week.
A feature of the entertainment at
the barbecue was songs by Misses
Velma and Thelma Turner, daughters ’
of J. H. Turner of near Americus.
Thursday afternoon a mass meeting
was held at Leslie of the patrons of •
the four districts near the r e which
have just bee n consolidated. It was
an enthusiastic meeting, and it was
voted to give the combined district
i the name of “Big Four.’’ Plans for
continuing the four schools separately
until the bonds can be voted and the'
new school building erected were dis- j
I cussed. Mr. Shipp, Superintendent Mc
j Math and Geo. O. Marshall county
i agent, were present at this meeting.
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CHAMP CLARK |
WINS AS PARTY
HOUSELEADER
WASHINGON, May 17. —(By Asso
ciated Press.)—The democratic mem
bers of the new house today smoothed
out differences whicli threatened to
develop into a fight on Champ Clark
for democratic house leader, and
Clark was chosen for the leadership
by acclamation at the party confer
ence.
WILSON’S MESSAGE
IN TUMULTY’S HANDS.
WASHINGON. May 17.—(8y Asso
ciated Press.) —President Wilson’s
message to the extra session of con
gress, which will convene Monday.l
was in the hands of Secretary Turn
ty today. It contains approximately
4.500 words. It probably will he
transmitted to congress Tuesday.
Aggies Close Season
With Eighth Victory
The baseball game between Dawson
and the Third District Aggies here Fri
day was one of the snappiest of the
season, the Aggies winning by a score
of 6 to 3.
This was the last game of the sea
, son for the Third District team, as
school closed yesterday. The team
! has a record this season of 10 games
and 8 of them won.
2 Naval Flyers at
Pensacola Killed
PENSACOLA, Maq 17.—( By Asso-i
elated Press.) —Ensign F. M. Fowler,
of Salem, Mass, and Chief Quarter
master Eyar, address not given, w-ere
I killed here today when their seaplane
,1 fell into the bay. The plane was j
wrecked.
Gospel Hymns Now
Outlawed in Jail
SAVANNAH, May 17.—A stringent
rule forbidding “gospel singing” i n the
Chatham county jail following the ref;
cently attempted jail delivery. Offi
cers declare that while the prisoners
were sawing out they loudly sang
hymns drowning out the noise of the
saws.
! WEATHER FORECAST. |
For Georgia.—Sunday, fair and
cooler. , lit]
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HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TWO OTHERS
LOSE COURSE;
TOWERS’ CRAFT
IS UNREPORTED
NO 4, 'Lame Duck’ of the Division,
Makes First Leg of Trip
Safely.
NC I IS FORCED TO ALIGHT
200 MILES FROM ISLANDS
Fast Flying Time Reported, Schedule
Being Beaten by Wide Margin
-Daniels Comments.
WASHINGTON, May 17.—The Amer
ican naval seaplane NC-4, under Lieu
tenant Commander Albert C. Read, has
attained its first objective in the trans
Atlantic flight, having landed safely
at Horta Island of Fdyal, Azores, at
9:20 o’clock this morning, Washing
ton time, after winging her way from
Trepassey Bay, N. F„ in 15 hours and
13 minutes.
The NC-1 under Lieutenant Com
mander Patrick N. L. Bellinger, was
close behind the NC-4, but the NC-3,
i flagship of Commander John H. Tow
ers, was last reported at 5:15 a. m.
Washington time as off her course
J somewhere between Station ships 17
| and 18, about 100 miles from Horta.
1 I-ater it was reported from Punta
. Delgada, Azores, that the NC-1 had
: gotten off her course and had been
forced to land 200 miles north of Fayal
At that time nothing had been heard
from the NC-3 for some time, and it
was believed to have been lost ii.
fog.
Original plans were for the planes
to land at Punta Delgada. Fog eventu
ally caused Commander Read to land
at Horta.
Commander Read reached Horta sev
eral hours ahead of the scheduled
time for the flight, officials having
estimated that twenty hours would
be required for the seaplanes to reach
Punta Delgada. Had he continued to
that port at the speed maintained
' throughout the long voyage Command
er Read would have covered the 1200
miles in a little more than 17 hours.
The fact that the NC-4 was the first
of the three planes to reach the Abores
drew comment from naval officers
here. This ship was the "lame duck”
of the division from the time it star
ted from Rockaway Beach. L. 1., Three
of the four Liberty motors which
drove the ship to the Azores were in
stalled after it left Rockaway, because
of trouble with the original motors.
Commander Read was forced to
land at Chatham Light. Mass., on the
first leg of his flight to New Found
land. He remained at Chatham for sev
' eral hours repairing. He was forced to
make a landing on the way from Hali
fax to Trepassy to make repairs an at
Trepassey another new motor was put
i n the plane uefore it started overseas.
Despite these handicaps the NC-4 led
■ the way to the Azores practically all
night.
The machine which will achieve the
! distinction of being first to cross the
European landing place of the flight
Atlantic ocean will be that which ar
rives first at. Lisbon, Portugal, the first
and starting point of the last leg to
Plymouth, England.
DANIELS JUST RETURNED
SAYS IT ISN’T LUCK.
NEW YORK, May 17.—(8y Associa
ted Press.) —The successful ocean
flight of at least one of the American
navaj seaplanes which were reported
to have traveled two-thirds of the 1,-
350 miles cruise to the Azores when
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, return
ing from Europe, stepped ashore from
the transport Mount Vernon today, was
attributed by the secretary to pains
taking work in preparation for the un
dertaking.
“There is no such thing as ’navy
luck’,” Mr. Daniels said, when one of
the party which greeted him at the
pier used the prhase in commenting
on the progress of the NC planes.
“We have been working up to this
flight for two years.” he continued
I “and as in other projects within its
i sphere what the navy has done was
i due to a perfect system of opera-
I tlon.”
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