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FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO 143.
FOCH ORDERS ARMY READY TO ADVANCE
VETS REUNION
ON AT DAWSON;
MORE THAN 500
OLDBOYSTHERE
Fixer cises Begin With
General Thomas
Presiding
SCORE OF SUMTER
VETS AT OPENING
Miss Ruth Barnett At
tends as Maid of
Honor
By Dud'"*v Glass.
DAWSON, June 18.—More than
five hundred veterans assembled
here today for the twenty-eighth an
nual reunion of the Georgia divis
ion.
The old boys appear hale and
hearty for the most part, thbugh
the youngest arriving as them is 72
years old, and many well into the
80’s.
The reunion opened this morning
with exercises at the Dawson school
auditorium, Major General J. A.
Thomas presiding. Dr. Lansing Bur
rows, of Americus, chaplain, who
was to have delivered the invocation,
was unavoidably absent. The vets
were welcomed by Col. H. A. Wil
kinson and Judge M. C. Edwards.
A big picnic dinner was served
on the school campus at 1 o’clock
and the business seston was resumed
in the afternoon. The meeting will
end Thursday with a big parade and
a barbecue.
Dawson is entertaining the veter
ans bountifully, providing automo
biles for them and taking them into
the homes as guests. The town is
lavishly decorated with Confederate
flags.
VETS GO BY TRAIN;
MISS BARNETT SPONSOR.
Because of the reunion opening at
an earlier hour this morning than
had been expected, and the rough
condition of the roads, the Sumtei
county veterans, a score in number,
made the trip to Dawson by rail, in
stead of by autos furnished by the
local chapter of the U. D. C. as had
been planned. The most of the vet
erans joined theii comrades from
other sections of the state on Tues
day afternoon trains but a few left on
the early trains this morning.
Miss Ruth Barnett, of Americus,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bar
nett, who is maid of honor for the
Northern division, left this afternoon
for the reunion. She was accompan
ied by her father who is a Son of a
Veteran, and is on General N. B.
Forrest’s staff as a member of the
relief committee.
The veterans expect to return to
Americus Thursday night or Friday
morning.
laborrefusesgeneral
STRIKE TO AID MOONEY
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 18.
Following a sharp debate during
which several of the delegates almost
came to blows, delegates to the Amer
ican Federation of Labor convention
here adopted a resolution late yes
terday refusing to endorse the gen
eral strike called for July 4 as a
protest against the imprisonment of
Thomas J. Mooney, and censuring the
Mooney defense committee for its al
leged efforts to disrupt the American
Federation of Labor.
The resolution, however, directed
the executive council of the American
Federation of Labor to * exert, every
effort to bring about a new trial for
Mooney through recognized process
es.”
FISHING PARTY OFF FOR
SPRING CREEK OUTING
A fishing party composed cf Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Sheffield, Mr. and
Mrs. John Sheffield. Mrs. Sarah Lang
ston a guest of Mrs. Frank Shef
field, W. M. Humber, and Frank
Sheffield, Jr., left Wednesday for
Spring Creek, near Tallahassee, Fla.,
where they have rented or leased cot
tages. The party will be out of the
city for several days. _
; Beautiful Daughter of \
\ Duke of Rutland, To .
Be Soldier’s Bride ?
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While doing war work in England
Lady Diana Manners met Captain
Duff Cooper of the Grenadier Guards.
Their engagement was announced re
cently. This is the latest photograph
received in this country of the beauti
ful daughter of the Duke of Rutland,
who found time in the midst of her
labors in behalf of the wounded to
i fall in love.
I TO DEMONSTRATE WEEVIL
POISONING ON RAY FARM
The Neill A. Ray farm, four miles
east of Americus, has been selected
by George O. Marshall, county farm
demonstration agent, as the scene of
the boll weevil poisoning demonstra
tion, which will be staged here Fri
day, June 27, Frank C. Wards, a spe
cial representative of the federal de
partment of agriculture, co-operating
with the State College of Agriculture,
in Georia, will attend the demonstra
tion and explain to farmers present
the method of applying the poison.
Calcium arsenate will be used, and
the demonstration will be made early
in the morning, so that the chemicals
can mix with the dew upon the plants.
It is anticipated several hundred
farmers from all parts of Georgia will
attend the demonstration.
NEW YORK AND OHIO
RATIFY U. S. SUFFRAGE
ALBANY, N. Y., June 18.(By As
sociated Press.) —The New York leg
islature, without a dissenting vote
ratified the federal woman suffrage
amendment. New York is the sixth to
ratify .
Ohio Votes for Suffrage.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 18.—The
Ohio general assembly ratified the
federal woman suffrage amendment
and immediately thereafter passed a
bill that will give the Ohio women the
right to vote for presidential electors
■in 1920 should the federal amend
i ment not be in effect by that time.
The vote on ratification was 73 for
I to 6 against in the house and in the
I senate 27 for to 3 against.
BRAZIL PRESIDENT’S SHIP
DISABLED ON TRIP HERE
WASHINGTON, June 18.—(By
Associated Press.) — A wireless dis
patch to the navy department early
today announced that the French
cruiser Jeanne D’Arc had been disa
bled at sea and that the transport Im
perator had taken off Dr. Pessoa
president-elect of Brazil, and party
who are en route to the United States
from Lisbon.
LABOR ASKS WILSON
TO REMOVE BURLESON
ATLANTIC CITY, June 18.—(By
Associated Press.) —A resolution
asking President Wilson to remove
Postmaster General Burleson from
office was adopted unanimously today
by the American Federation oi La
bor, in convention here.
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PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OR DIXIE
NEW WHOLESALE
BAKERY TO OPEN
HERE; TO SUPPLY
WIDE TERRITORY
J. T. Sirles, of Alabama,
eases Forsyth Street
Building.
READY AUGUST 1,
IS PRESENT PLAN
To Make Vigorous Fight
For Trade of
This Section
Arrangements have just been com
pleted, through the agency of the
chamber of commerce whereby a new
wholesale enterprise which is ex
pected to supply the trade for a ra
dius of 50 miles around this city.
I The enterprise is a bakery the own
-ler of which will be J. T. Sirles, of
! Albany, Ala., who operates a large
J bakery at that point. It is said to be
Mr. Sirles’ plan to launch a string of
I bakeries in this section of the south,
i the first of which outside of his home
| city is to be the Americus business.
Mr. Sirles, who has been in Amer
icus, has closed a five-year lease on
the Cato guilding on Forsyth street,
formerly occupied by the milk depot,
and has ordered new equipment
hroughout, the manufacture of which
will be started at once. Mr. Sirles
plans to be ready for operation by
| August 1, but it is said the work of
installing the new plant, building ov
ens, etc., may require time beyond
that date.
The management of the plant will
be under the direction of Joe M.
Duke, brother-in-law of Mr. Sirles,
and a practical bakery man, who
will come here from Albany, Ala.
According to Mr. Sirles, a high
grade line of bakery products will be
turned out and the fight for patron
age carried vigorously into all the
(surrounding territory.
CHIVERS, OF ATLANTA, IS
‘ HEAD OF SEED CRUSHERS
SAVANNAH, June 18.—E. T. Chi
! vers, of Atlanta, was elected presi
dent of the Cotton Seed Crushers’
i Association of Georgia at the close
■ of the fifteenth annual convention to
day. W. J. Murphy, of Newnan, was
I elected vice president and R. S.
Mertons, of Atlanta, secretary-treas
urer.
The officers of the South Carolina
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
i elected were 0. M. Lipscomb of Nine
ley-Six, president; Fred E. Culvern,
| of Kershaw, vice president; W, B.
West, of Columbia, secretary-treas-
1 urer.
SOUTHER NINE FLIES TO
PLAY HAWKINSVILLE
The Souther Field baseball team
played a picked team at Hawkinsville
| Wednesday afternoon. Five of the
men from the field went to Haw
kinsville by automobile, while ten
others went by airship.
It was announced that Lieut. Da
i vid Suttle would pitch for the sol
j diers.
2 NAVAL PLANES TO
START LONG FLIGHT
MIAMI, June 18.— (By Associated
Press.) —Two naval airplanes with
| the authority of the navy department
will start tonight on a non-stop flight
Ito Washington. Lack of wind pre
vented their start this morning.
IRISH ATROCITIES ARE
LAID BEFORE WILSON
PARIS, June 17. (Tuesday.)
(By Associated Press.) —Frank P.
Walsh and Edward F. Dunne have
laid before President Wilson further
evidence just received of alleged
atrocities against prisoners
in Ireland. Some of the witnesses
were Americans, it is said.
! WEA I HER
For Georgia: Generally fair to
night and Thursday.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1919.
iCARRANZA TOLD
AMERICANS IN
MEXICO MUST
BE PROTECTED
Strong Representations
Made By State De
partment Officials
FEAR REPRISALS
BY BANDIT VILLA
Communcation South of
Os Juarez Reported
Demoralized
WASHINGTON, June 18.—(By
Associated Press.) —Announcement
was made by the state department
today that American officials in Mex
ico had made strong representations
to the Mexican government for the
protection of Americans in the dis
turbed area of that country.
EFFORTS TO WARN
AMERICANS APPEAR FUTILE.
EL PASO, Tex., June 18.—(By As
sociated Press.) —Interest in Mexican
developments today shifted to the
interior where American citizens are
at the mercy of the bandit, Villa,
should he start a campaign of re
prisal, following the battle with
American troops Monday.
Telegraph lines are down south of
Juarez and the railroad is complete
ly wrecked between Juarez and Chi
huahua City. Wagon roads are dan
gerous because of Villa’s presence in
that section, so that nothing has been
learned of developments.
Efforts to warn Americans in Mex
ico have been made since Sunday, but
few replies have been received.
PROMINENT N. GEORGIA
MEN ARE VISITORS HERE
A party of prominent North Geor
gia men were Americus visitors yes
terday on a trip through South Geor
gia where they are looking over op
portunities, and were interested spec
tators at Souther Field where they
: witnessed a flying exhibition put on
for them by Colonel Rader. In the
party were Judge B. F. Walker, of
I the Superior court, of Warrenton;
| Col. E. P. Davis, J. C. Evans, C. R.
Fitzpatrick and W. H. Chapman, also
of Warrenton, and H. B. Carraker,
of Commerce.
HOUSE COMMITTEE TO
VOTE ON WAR-DRY ACT
WASHINGTON, June 18.—(By
i Associated Press.)—The house judi
ciary committee today agreed to vote
: Saturday on the proposal of Repre
; sestative Gard, which authorizes the
president, by proclamation, to modify
the war-time prohibition law insofar
as it relates to the manufacture of
beer and light wines.
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POSTAL TELLS STRIKERS
THEY’LL BE TAKEN BACK
CHICAGO, June 18.—(By Osso
ciated Press.) —The Postal Telegraph
i Company, with the view to ending
the telegraphers strike so far as that
| company is concerned, today sent no
| tice throughout the country that the
strikers would be permitted to re
turn “with continuity of service” up
to and including June 20.
NORTHCLIFFE SUBMITS
TO SURGEON’S KNIFE
LONDON, June 18—(By Associat- |
led Press.) —Viscount Northcliffe, the
British publisher, underwent an op
‘ oration today for the removal of a
I deep-seated growth of fibrous tissue
from the thyroid gland. A bulletin
said his condition was satisfactory.
i THE COTTON MARKET §
LOCAL SPOT.
Good middling 31 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Prev. High
Close Open Low Close
July 31.00 30.95 30 50 31.10
Oct 30.32 30.25 29.92 30.42
Dec 03.00 29.85 29.61 30.13
U. S. CALLS FOR PAYMENT
OF DRAINAGE GUARANTEE
Chamber of Commerce, Which Pledged $2,000
If Needed, To Ask City and County To
Appropriate Fund Which They Under-
A committee representing the
Chamber of Commerce will go before
the city council at its regular meet
ing Thursday night for the purnose
of asking the city to make good one
half of the pledge of $2,000, given
the government last winter by the
Chamber of Commerce, that ’.hat
amount of money to carry on the
anti-malarial maintenance work here
would be forthcoming, if called for
by the government.
Recently the Chamber of Com
merce was notified by the government
that, owing to the greatly reduced ap
propriation for the department of
public health for the coming fiscal
year, beginning July 1, the guaran
teed fund would be required, to start
on that date. It was stated that the
’ money was to meet the pay-roll, av
eraging about SSOO per month, for
labor required on the project during
the next four months, or until the
close of the malaria season.
The matter was brought up at a
recent meeting of the board of com
missioners of the Chamber of Com
merce, at which the records in the
matter were produced. These show
bed that the money was guaranteed
by the Chamber last winter as a nec
essary condition upon which the work
Iwas to be continued by the govern
ment this spring, and at a time when
because of changing administrations
of both city and county, it was im
possible for the government to secure
definite action by either the county
J>oard or city council. The Chamber
of Commerce officials, ocnsidering the
continuation of the work imperative,
and having faith in the city and
county officials recognizing later on
if necessity arose the obligation which
they were merely underwriting, as
sured the government that the money
would be forthcoming if needed, and
the work was continued, and the
drainage project completed. Only
maintenance now remains.
Mosquito Eradicated.
That it has been one of the most
valuable pieces of development work
ever undertaken here was the opin
ion of various business men at the
i meeting of the Chamber commission
| ers, and it was freely commented up
j on that the mosquito, once a serious
I menace to health and comfort, had
j been eradicated entirely.
Recognizing that the obligation to
I the government is binding, the com
missioners authorized President Shes-
I field to appoint a committee to go be
fore the city council and the county
commissioners to ask these two bod-
I ies to appropriate the money neces
| sarry to carry out the pledge. Mr.
Sheffield appointed the following:
| Frank P. Harrold, chairman; L. A.
I Morgan, Lovelace Eve and Joseph
Perkins.
Lieut. W. D. Tiedeman, in charge
of the anti-malarial work here, has
| submitted to Mr. Perkins, as secre
tary of the Chamber of Commerce, a
statement of the project which ex
plains what has been done and is con
templated. His statement follows:
Lieut. Tiedeman Explains.
“Mr. Joseph Perkins, secretary,
Americus and Sumter County Cham
ber of Commerce,
i “Dear Sir: In response to your re
quest I am submitting herewith a
brief summary of the malaria control
work done in this county and a state
frenchsailors”
WITH RED FLAG
MARCH ON JAIL
BREST, June 18—By Associated
Press.) —Two hundred French sail
ors carrying red flags attempted to
enter the naval jail here yesterday
to rescue imprisoned sailors, but the
attempt failed. There were no cas
ualties.
Thorough Mourning.
The Sitka widow, when she has to
put on mourning, paints the upper part
Jf her face a deep black.
wrote in Emergency
ment of the present status of this
work.
“Malaria control work was started
in the Extra-Cantonment zone South
er Field, April 15, 1918, with the co
operation and financial assistance of
the city, county and chamber of
commerce. Ditching, drainage, and
oiling work has been carried on over
an area of 13% square miles; 8
miles of creek channel has been work
ed and straightened, and 21 miles of
ditches have been opened up. In oil
ing these ditches and other stand
ing water, 7,398 gallons of oil have
been distributed during the 1918
breeding season. No exact figures on
the reduction of malaria as the re
sult of this work can be given, as
records on communicable diseases
have not been kept in the past. How
ever, out of 588 blood specimens ta
ken during 1918 in the sections
where malaria is generally most prev
alent, only 3 showed the presence of
the malaria organism.
“The above mentioned drainage
work and the oiling work for the 1918
season cost about $47,500, of which
the government furnished $45,000.
The city, county and chamber of
commerce furnished $2,500 of this,
and will have tools returned to the
value of about $250. The oiling worjc
. will be continued by the government
until June 30, at a cost of approx
imately $5,000. This amount includes
the purchase of oil to the value of
about S4OO, which is now on hand and
may be used for completing the work
, this season.
I “The service informs me that due
t o radical reductions in its appro
pi'at ons for the fiscii year begin
i ing July 1, 1919, it wi’l be nc» tssary
( to restrict its work in this zone to
the supervision of anti-malaria work
already under wav.
“The work yet to be done consists
■in spraying oil on the 21 miles of
ditches and other standing water at
114 day intervals between July 1 and
| November 1, 1919. This work will
require the maintenance of an oiling
I crew, consisting of foreman and 4
laborers for that reriod, and other
expenditures for gasoline, oil, truck
repairs, and other small items. The
total cost of which should not exceed
$2,000. If weather conditions are
favorable, the cost may be somewhat
less. As has already been stated, the
government will furnish the oil for
this work.
Condition of Continuance.
“Members of the City Council and
Chamber of Commerce were ap
proached early in the year with re
gard to raising about $2,000 toward
malarial control w«rk this season. It
was with the assurance that this
money would be forthcoming when
needed that the servrce undertook to
start tha work.
“I feel deeply grateful for the in
terest that is being taken in this
work locally and feel sure that you
will get a good return, for the money
spent in it. Other South Georgia
cities have found it necessary to un
dertake this work without any gov
ernment assistance other than occas
ional supervision. Respectfully sub-
I mitted
“W. D. TIEDEMAN,
I “Assistant Sanitary Engineer.”
WILSONS GUESTS
I OF ROYALTY ON
BELGIAN FRONT
ADINKERKE, Belgium, June 18.
(By Associated Press.) —President
and Mrs. Wilson and their party ar
rived here from Paris at 8:45 o’clock
this morning. They were met by
King Albert and Queen Eliabeth of
Belgium, and at 8:50 o’clock left by
motor for a trip over the Belgian
front. 1
Mrs. Alton Cogdell of Richland is
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
F. Gatewood on Lee street.
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BOCHE CABINET
AGAINST SIGNING.
BUT FEARS REIGN
OF BOLSHEVISM
Indignation Said To Be
Increasing in
Weimar
DELIBERATIONS ON
ALLIES REPLY OPEN
Germany Can’t Refuse
To Sign, Says Frank
fort Gazette.
COBLENZ, June 17. (Tuesday)
(By Associated Press.) —Concen-
tration of Allied troops preparatory to
advancing further into Germany if
the Germans refuse to sign the peace
terms will begin Wednesday through
out the occupied area.
Orders to this effect were seceived
today from Marshal Foch, who sent
similar orders to all Allied forces on
German soil.
CABINET AGAINST SIGNING
BUT FEARS BOLSHEVISM
WEIMAR, June 17. (Tuesday)
I (By Associated Press.) —No state
men has been issued by the German
cabinet on the Allied reply to the
German counter proposals, but the
Associated Press learns that the sen
timent of the cabinet is almost unan
| imously against signing the treaty,
the cnly objection being the possilili
ty of Bolshevism and chaos in Germa
ny if they refuse.
The cabinet met at noon and con
tinued in session till late in the day.
The peace commission began delib
erating on the Entente’s answer at 6
o’cdock tonight.
Indignation is said to be increas
ing in Weimar.
I
IN NO POSITION TO
REFUSE, SAYS GAZETTE
BERLIN, June 17. (Tuesday)—
(By Associated Press.) —Comment-
ing on the Allied reply to the Ger
man counter proposals the Frankfort
Gazette says “Whatever we do will
be terrible. Germany is in no posi
tion to refuse to sign the treaty
when signature is forced by an ulti
matum. Let us resign ourselves to the
inevitable and hope for a better fu
ture. ,
GERMAN DELEGATES
STONED BY FRENCH
PARIS, June 18.— (By Associated
Press) —Dr Theodore Melchoir one of
the five principal delegates and Frau
Dorlblush, one of the secretaries to
the German peace delegation, were
struck on the head with stones during
a demonstration against the German
delegates when they departed from
Versailles Monday night.
Ihe French government has ex
pressed regret over the demonstra- *
tion against the Germans. Premier
Clemenceau is writing a letter of
apology to Count von ErocKdorff-
Rantzau.
It is officially stated that the full
text of the revised draft of the Ger
man treaty will be made public
Thursday.
The majority of tne members of
the peace conference believe that
Germany will not sign the peace
treaty, according to Marcel Hutin
in the Echo de Paris, who made a
canvass of a number of the leading
personalities of the peace-making
body. Only one of these leaders, M.
Hutin declares, expressed the opin
ion that the Germans would accept
the revised treaty. This member,
however is one whose opinion the
writer says, he holds in the greatest
esteem.
AUSTRIANS MAY RECEIVE .
MISSING CLAUSES SATURDAY
PARIS, June 17.—(Tuesday.)
(By Associated Press.) —No decision
were reached at today’s sessions of
the Council of Four all reserved ques
tions being put over until Friday
The missing clauses of the Austrian
treaty may be delivered to the Aus-