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FORTY-FIRST YEAR—NO 170.
BANDS OF SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES
GIVE CAPITAL NEGROES NIGHT OF TERROR
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PEANUT CROP UPj
MILLION BUSHELS,
IS U. s. forecast:
WASHINGTON July 21—(By As- i
sociated Press) —The south's pea- ;
nut crop this year promises to be a i
million bushels larger thin last year
Forecasts just announced by the de- ,
partment of agriculture base on con- j
ditions as of July 1 show a total crop !
of mere than 55,500,000 bushels.
GEORGIA FERTILIZER
MEN MEET WEDNESDAY
ATLANTA, July 21—The thir
teenth annual convention of the Fer
tilier Mixers' association of Georgia
will be held in Atlanta Wednesday
at the Piedmont hotel. J. T. Pittard
of Winterville, who is president of
the association is also president of
the Georgia Ginners’ association.
The meeting will be attended not
only by those of the fertilizer indus
try of the state, but also by those of
the allied trades from many parts of
the country. The condition of the fer
tilizer market for the coming year
will be the chief subject for discus
sion.
SKIMPING OF KILTS IN
WAR SAVED $115,000
LONDON, July 21—(By Associa
ted Press)—Curtailment in th»
I amount of cloth used in the kilt worn
I by Scottish troops has saved $115,000
■to the government. The Scottish
■ troops did not resent the innovation
, I n <> to all appearances their kilt s are
■ ull and as picturesque as ever.
Accused Murderer
Balks Negroes’ Plot
For Jail Delivery
Two negro women are being held
: in the county jail for attempting
i to assist two negro men, held on
| felony charges, to escape by break
ing out, it has just developed, and
! incidentally, Sheriff Harvey has. a
j prisoner charged with murder to
l' thank for knowledge of the plot
: before it could be carried into <x-
I eeution.
Mor e than two weeks ago Ed
I Morgan and Ed Spivey, two ne
j groes, were arrest id accused of
having a part in the wholesale
tni ft of green cowhides from I'om
Parks, a negro merchant. It is
-■ .ud that more than S3O worth of
hides were taken from Parks and
sold to various hide buyers about
the city before discovery of what
was going on was made. Shortly
; tier they were jailed Anna Bell
Morgan, wife of one of the pris
oners, and Willie Sims, sweetheart
of Spivey, appeared at the jail with
arms full of eatables which they
asked permission to give to the
prisoners. They were allowed to
enter the jail corridor and hand the
food to the men, and also to con
verse with them briefly after
which they left.
The next morning John Caldwell
who is held for the death of an
other negro recently, who died
| from the thrust of a knife blade
I irtto his head, called Sheriff Har
; vey and turned over to him a hack
I saw with three blades, which he
j said he had slipped from the r -ther
I two. He told of the plot in which
the two negroes had tried to get
j the other prisoners to join, which
! was that they were to seize an op
portunity to all get into one com
partment of the jail, and, after
the outside bars had been s ”.v. 1
thiough all were to escape. Cald
well and several of the others balk
ed, and when the two were not
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THE TIMESpRECORDER
(fefl PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF Lii x iE "~
BELA KUN OUT;
TRIUMVIRATE
TAKES REINS
VIENNA, July 21—(By Associat- •
ed Press) —Bela Kun, Soviet Min- i
ister of war and foreign affairs has
been deposed by a triumvirate com
posed «f Tibor, Smiamvely and Va
go, according to Vienna newspapers.
Vago is military commander of Bud
apest.
PROVISIONAL ACTION ON
TREATY CLAUSES ASKED
WASHINGTON July 21—(By As
ociated Press) —President Wilson to
day asked the senate foreign rela
tions committee to approve the ap
pointment of an American member
of the reparations commisison provid
ed for under the peace treaty, to act
provisionally pending senate action
on the Versailles document. The com
mittee debated the request for more
than an hour without action.
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5 SWEDE DIPLOMATS
HELD BY BOLSHEVIKI
STOCKHOLM, July 21.—(8y As
sociated Press.—The Bolshevik gov
ernment has refused to release five
members of the Swedish legation at
Petrograd recently arrested, it was
announced today. An official of the
Swedish foreign office said it is his
belief that the representatives of
other nations at Petrograd probably
would be arrested.
looking he slipped the saws away
and hid them, where they remained
until turned over to Sheriff Har
vey.
After being told of the plot the
sheriff hunted down the two wo
men and they are now held in jail
awaiting trial with the men,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21, 1919.
WILSON, BACK
FROM CRUISE,
SENT TO BED
BY PHYSICIAN
President Suffering From
Attack of Dysentery
Is Announcement
NOT SERIOUS, SAYS
ADMIRAL GRAYSON
All Callers To Be Barred
From White House
Until Week-End
WASHINGTON July 21 —(By As
sociated Press) —President Wilson
returned to Washington early today
from a week-end cruise-to Hampton
Roads, and was immediately ordered
to bed by Rear Admiral Grayson, his
personal physician, wht> announced
that the president was suffering from
dysentery.
He said the president’s condition
was not serious ,but probably he
would be unable to receive callers
before the end of the week.
Engagements which Mr. Wilson had
with a number of republican senators
to discuss the peace treaty and the
league of nations were cancelled.
The president had been complain
ing of feeling badly for several days,
and when he started down Potomac
Saturday night on the Mayflower it
was supposed that he was suffering
from a slight attack of indigestion.
Senators who were to have called at
the White House today were Edge,
New Jersey; Norris, Nebraska; Cum
mins, lowa, and Calder, New York.
CIVILIAN EMPLOYES AT
SOUTHER FIELD REDUCED
A number of civilian employes of
Souther Field were discharged Satur
day evening when they received thei
pay. being notified that orders had
come from Washington to dispense
with every man possible. It
wes stated ‘ today by Colo
nel Rader, commanding offi
; cer, that he had not checked up
j the different departments to ascertain
' just how many had been dispensed
I with, but he said they included a
considerable number of laborers and
I some salaried men.
“It is a part of the retrenchment
program, made necessary by the fail
ure of congress to make sufficient
appropriation to continue the work of
the air service on the present scale
said Colonel Rader.
A number of the men who were
let go were chauffeurs, whose places
are to be taken by enlisted men, a
number of whom have been recruited
within the last few weeks.
LEADING NEGRO LOSES
j SSO BY HOLE IN POCKET
Rev. W. M. Reddick, one of the
leading negroes of the community
and head of the Americus Institute,
reported this afternoon the loss of
SSO on the streets, through a hole in
his pocket.
“I went into the Planters Bank,”
said he, “and drew SSO in five $lO
bills, and put it in*o my pocket. A
short time later I discovered it was
gone. I knew beforehand that there
was a hole in the pocket, but I had
forgotten it.” He offers a liberal re
ward for return of the money.
J COTTON MARKET. J
LOCAL SPOTS.
Good Middling 33 1-2 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES
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July 35.80 35.65 34.92 34.92
Oct. 35.75 35.85 35.45 34.90 34.95
Dec. 35.70 35.92 35.40 35.00 35.05
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This is the latest photograph re ceived in this country of Frederick
Wilhelm Hohenzollcrn, former Crown Prince of Germany, who is quoted
as saying that if the A’ltes attempt to bring him to trial all they will
find is his body. The pictures, taken on the island of Wieringen where he
is living in exile, shows him witthout his mustache and looking consider
ably aged and worn.
Wide Divergence in Prices of
Food in South,But Living Cost
Has Doubled, U. S. Figures Show
WASHINGTON, July 21.—(8y As
sociated Press.) —The cost of living
in the principal Southern cities shows
a wide divergence in the latest gov
ernment statistics just published
which show average retail prices of
the principal articles of food pre
vailing on April 15, 1919. These
food prices have doubled in some in
stances and almost doubled in prac
tically all others during the period of j
the war and are higher now than they |
have been in many years, both in the ■
country as a whole and in the South, j
The average of all articles is 85 per I
cent, higher than on April 15, 1913.
Lard has arisen higher proportion- j
•itely than any other article, followed ;
closely by flour, sliced bacon, pota- |
toes, sliced ham and corn meal, all :
of which have mow than doubled in :
price in the six years. Practically all
other articles of food are 70 per cent.
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U. S. Ave 43.7 41.4 52.9 71.3 35.3 48.3 7.2 6.0 3.1 69.7 38.5
Atlanta 40.4 39.6 54.4 73.4 35.8 42.0 7.2 5.5 4.1 88.2 36.6
B’gham 44.3 39.9 53.7 76.7 35.0 46.3 7.4 5.2 4.1 86.2 40.5
Ch’ston 40.7 42.4 53,8 74,1 34.6 49.9 7.5 5.0 4.0 75.5 38.9
Jaxville. 42.7 39.7 55.3 76.4 34.9 48.4 7.3 5.1 4.3 83.2 42.7
Memphis 42.5 39.8 55.4 73.9 36.3 44.8 7.4 5.4 3.2 85.3 39.2
Mobile ..37.9 45.0 55.4 74.1 35.4 47.7 7.4 5.7 4.1 77.1 36.7
N Orleans 37.6 44.3 50.4 72.6 34.3 44.6 7.5 5.1 3.7 66.6 34.(j
Norfolk 48.0 40.8 50.0 75 4 36.5 45.7 7.2 5.9 3.3 83.9 40.3
R’mond 44.1 41.7 50.6 76.6 34.3 46.2 7.2 5.7 2.8 81.8 38.3
SHIP OWNERS FRAME
PROPOSAL TO SEAMEN !
NEW YORK, July 21—(By Asso- |
ciated Press) —Ship owners whose I
vessels are tied up at this and Oiher
Atlantic ports, today faced the prob
lem of framing a compromise propo-
und upwards to 100 per cent, higher
than they were six years ago. They
■an"" 1 in this order Lamb, eggs, su
gar, hens, pork chops, plate beef,
round steak, chuck roast, butter,
bread, rib roast, sirloin steak and
fresh milk.
Comparison of the April 15 prices
for nine Southern cities and Wash
ington, as announced by the bureau
i of labor statistics of the Department
jof Labor shows a wide range of
prices compared with the average for
the country as a whole. Forty-one
j articles are enumerated. The statis
' tics show Washington, D. C., prices
i are higher than any of the nine
Southern cities.
Following are the average retail
prices on the more important arti
! cles of food for the United States as
i whole, and for nine Souther!} states
■ t, i April 15, 1919:
I sal to the demand of the striking
I seamen for recognition of the union.
An offer to give preferential em
i ployment to union seamen after men
jof -nei icon citizenship were given
opp< itv.nity to fill vacancies >n the
crews, union leaders indicate! might
be accepted, since all American sea
n’F.n are union members.
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EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SCORES BEATEN
AFTER REPORTS
OF ATTACKS ON
WHITEWOMEN
Daylight Holdups, Totx,
Add To Whites
‘TO FINISH UP JOB
TONIGHT’ THREAT
Police Apparently Pow
erless To Curb Riots
—Hospitals Busy
Washington" July .21—(Bulle
tin) —About noon today negroes gave,
the first evidences of retaliation fol
lowing last night’s attacks. Four
blacks in an automobile drove to the
naval hospital in Potomac Park an&
fired four shots at the sentry. They
then whisked around the corner ami
fired four shots at inmates of the
hospital grounds, all of them sieit
and wounded •” sailors and marines
The shots all 'Av.eht wild.
WASHINGTON July 21—By As
sociated Press) —The capital is qdkfe
again today after a night of intermit
tent rioting, during whic.i- bands of
soldiers, sailors and marines visittS
terror upon negroes in retaliation fee
a series of negro attacks on white
wemen and a long series of dayhgK
holdups in this city.
While the police stord appareiS®
powerless bands of unifonned m®»
seized and beat negroes along Pcrcj
sylvania avenue. When they finisiaf
for the night they let it be krewe
they intended to meet again tonight,
“to finish up the job.”
Police and hospital reeo - d; showei
scores of negroes injured in wide
spread clashes between whites an<
negroes last night. More than e ■'.«?-
en, some of them suffering from se
vere beatings at the hands of nw>*
were treated at hospitals
Rioting began shortly after IS
o’clock last night and continued unt#.
early this morning. The entire peter
reserve was kept on the jump prarii
cally all right answering calls fr®»
various parts of the city.
Sixth Attack on Women
The trouble began coming to a f#-
I cus Saturday when the sixth atiss*
: on white women within four weeks
on the streets of the city was
! ed. The last woman to be attacked
s was the wife of a sailor, The assaS
-1 ant got from the police and
I service men determined Saturday
night to take matters into their owr
hands. They marched through the
southwest section of the c’ty drnKßf
J the negroes in terror to their homes
where they barricaded thenwehes.
Those caught were beaten and a nft-
■ gro who had been questioned by the
i police concerning the attack os site
i sailor’s wife narrowly escaped tern*
lynched.
1 Things finally quieted down aaaut
’ midnight and the police partols were
doubled in that section and instructed
'to round up any loitering negrwa.
The negroes promptly retifcisi-rt
i when one of their number -boi tm*
seriously wounded a policeman .<h»
! questioned him as he was lo’ies.’C
about the entrance of an alley. The
■ negro escaped from the second pmicb*
man.
Organized for “Clean-Up.
This incident fanned the f
and all day yesterday the word
being passed around among sotoers
sailors and marines to assemble <w
(Continued on Page 4.)
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| WEATHER
For Georgia—Cloudy with show
ers probably tonight and Tuesday;.!*
change in temperature.