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TGrTy-FIRST YEAR—NO. 184.
SEABOARD PUTS EMBARGO ON SHIPMENTS
HUNGARIAN CABINET IS OVERTHROWN AND PREMIER RESIGNS
BEEF TRUST FACES EARLY PROSECUTION IN FEDERAL COURTS
SEABOARD STOPS
CLASS FREIGHTS
AND SITUATION
IS MOST SERIOUS
Central Trains Moving as
Usual Anderson
Announces
PLENTY OF FOOD
NOW IN AMERICUS
Only Human Food to Be
Handled on Seaboard
Air Line
Early this morning H. M. Sellers,
Americus agent of the Seaboard Air
Line, notified shippers an embargo
had been placed by his company on
shipments of all commodities, except
Khosc intended for human consump
tion. Hay, grain and similar ship
ments are barred under the terms of
the embargo.
George Anderson, agent of the
Central railroad here, said this af
ternoon, in answer to a question as
to whether or not the Central was
refusing trains on
the line between Montgomery and
Macon and Albany were moving on
time ,and that shipments were being
received as usual.
Announcement of the embargo
created some uneasiness among hesi
dents here, but The Times-Recorder,
after an investigation is of the opin
ion that no reason alarm exists.
Plenty of Food in Americus
“There is plenty of food in Amer
icus. ’ said Frank Lanier, president
«f the Americus Grocery Company
when asked concerning the liklihood
of householders being inconvenien
by embargo this morning. “There
is absolutely no reason on earth for
People to become agitated over the
situation, ’ he added, and it is my ad
vice to consumers to continue buy
ing in regular quantities, and dismiss
any fears they may entertain as to
a scarcity of foodstuffs here result
ing in anyone going hungry. In the
nest place the embargo on freight
stuffs does not affect the movement
of foodstuffs intended for human
consumption, and with the large
stocks already here these can be easi
ly replenished.
JYe now have on hand probably
a thousand barrels of wheat flour,”
1 Lanier said, “and with propor
tionately large stocks of other food
supplies. We have plenty of lard
sugar, and other commodities, and
evtn if no additional supplies were
< eived during the fiext thirty days,
Pr< ‘ would be no danger of the
situation becoming acute. Os course
every person here begins stocking
T and the family larders are pack
o 1 heir full capacity, some incon-
J 1 1p nce may result, but if the people
"'ll only keep their heads level, there
Wists no reason for alarm.”
t Get Alarmed,” Says Glover
U Carr Glover, president of the Glov
■ locery Company said that h<s
,’ ncern bad on hand large ware
< ll ,'T' e d Wlt h food, grain and
JMlstu Ts sufficient to keep the peo
‘ Americus in food for a period
six months from now. This esti
■* 1 included the stocks of other
and retailers in Ameri
tv Tn h e co unty. “We have plen
r. ? ”our, lari, sugar and other
Hit? su PPlies on hand and in ad
\' a I e ' a T ge shipments now en-
Th? Americus”. Mr. Glover told
•■pi 'mes-Recorder this morning.
alarT'i T 1 people not to be
re) - * !<■' f° r there is absolutely no
ernK n ° r them to be disturbed. The
*ffe as understand it does not
th/r “.'t’des of food for humans, and
fpoZ ls Plenty of grass and other
,l ' available for Uve stock. People
PLUMB SAYS
RAIL HEADS
PLAN PLUNDER
OF ALL ROADS
Brotherhoods Say They
Have Incriminating
Information
BIG FINANCIERS
ARE ACCUSED
Systematized Plan Fol
lowed By Looters,
He Says
WASHINGTON, August 7.—(By
Associated Press.) Leading direct
ly from Wall Street and from the
banking houses controlled directly by
the Morgan and Rockefeller groups,
information which has come into the
possession of the railroad brother
hood “shows that ther e has proceed
ed a systematized plundering of vir
tually all of the public transporta
tion highways in the United States,”
the house interstate commerce com
mittee was told today by Glen E.
Plumb, of Chicago.
Mr. Plumb, who appeared in sup
port of the so-called Plumb plan for
the reorganization of the railroads,
said the information' tended to show
that the “wrecking and looting” of
the New Haven, Chicago and Alton,
Rock Island and Frisco lines were
“not sporadic examples of the high
way robbery to which the Americans
have been subjected as to its public
transportation highways.”
PRAYER MEETING TO BE
LED BY DR. BURROWS
The regular weekly prayer meet
ing service at First Baptist church
tonight will be conducted by Rev.
Lansing Burrows, beginning at 8:30
o’clock. “We Were Glad When He
Said, Let Us Go Up to The House
of The Lord.” Is the abov e quota
tion correct? Those who attend the
service tonight will be asked this
question,
EPISCOPAL TEA ROOM
SECURES NEW QUARTERS
The management of the Episcopal
Tea Room today closed a lease upon
the quarters formerly occupied by
Barnett’s harness shop above their
present quarters and as soon as the
rooms ca nbe refinished, painted and
decorated, the Tea Room ‘will be
moved there. The ladies announce
they have arranged for the mainten
ance of a private dining room and
other accommodations not heretofore
possible, which will make th e Tea
Room most desirable among those
who wish to entertain their friends
at meals, as well as for banquets
should be conservative in their huy
ipg, and should lay in no more than
they need, both for patriotic and ec
onomic reasons. To lay in larger
supplies than are needed may result
in inconvenience to the community,
but it will also almost certainly re
sult in loss to the individuals who do
it. Prices now are very high—al
most as high as they can possibly go,
and the man who lays i» a big sup
ply of foodstuffs nav soon find that
he has bought at the peak of the mar
ket, with prices receding rapidly and
his loss correspondingly large. My
advice to the public is to buy what
ever they need, but avoid the ‘stock
ing-up’ habit, and my prediction is
that the embargo will be raised long
before its effect will be felt here.
(Continued on Page 8 )
THETIMiSBRECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE
UNDERWOOD IS
AGAIN IN TOILS;
FINED BY COURT
Charles Underwood, who has figur
ed in police and other courts more
or less regularly since the enactment
of Georgia’s bone-dry prohibition
law, was again before Recorder Fort
yesterday. The charge again Un
derwood on this occasion was one
of doing business without license,
and after a hearing Recorder Fort
imposed a fine of SSO or three
months imprisonment. The decision
was appealed by E. A. Nisbet who
appeared as attorney for Under
wood. W. T. Lane represented the
city in the trial of the case.
The facts as brought out in the
case, according to Attorney Lane,
showed Underwood was engaged in
the sale of a concoction probably
made of grape juice, sugar and water,
and the contention of the city was
that Underwood had no license to
sell such drink, inasmuch as th e city
license ordinance provides for a spe
cial license fe t on the sale of cider.
Underwood has paid a license to
dispense soft drinks in bottles, and
this fact, Attorney Nesbit represent
ed to th e court, entitled him to sell
the drin.k in question. There was no
contention on the P ar t of the prose
cution that the drink was intoxicat
ing, but it was set up that the drink
sold by Underwood was “cider,” in
view in which Recorder Fort agreed
and the fine above stated was ac
cordingly assessed.
FIRST NEW BALE
SOLD AT MACON
MACON, August 7.—The first cot
ton raised this year to reach th e Ma
con market was delivered to the
Heard Brothers’ Warehouse here yes
terday. It was shipped by the Farm
ers’ Warehouse Company, of East-
Man The cotton graded middling
and sold to M. E. Goode for 40 cents.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 7, 1919.
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(c) Underwood & Underwood.
AMERICAN LEGION
MEETS ON FRIDAY
NIGHT IN LIBRARY
Americus and Sumter county vet
erans of the Great War are to meet
tomorrow evening at 6:30 in the aud
itorium of the Carnegie Library, at
which time a permanent organization
will be effected. On June 24th a
tentative organization was effected,
the post decided to take the name of
of the “John D. Mathis Post,” in hon
or of the first Americus .nan to sac
rifice his life on the fields of France
■ in defense of his country.
John G. Holst, temporary secre
| tary of the post today told Ihe
I Times-Recorder that it is of the ut
i most importance that every member
| and every man eligible for member-
■ ship, namely: Every wh*ite male or
■female honorably discharged from
the United States Army, Navy, or
Marine Corps, who served between
April 6,1917 and November 11, 1918
be present at this meeting as the elec
tcr of officers and the appointment
of various special committees will
take place at this time. Also mat
-1 ters of intertest along other lines
will be dealt with, such as securing
desirable club rooms for the post,
local dues, etc.
At the meeting the subject of re
organizing the Americus Light Infan
try will be presented to the returned
soldiers for consideration and the first
step taken in the re-establishmenf of
this very necessary military unit here.
As is known, Americus has been
awarded one of the companies in
the New National Guard of Georgia,
and certain friends of the military
I here are very anxious that the zet
erans who saw service in France and
jin training camps in this country
show their patriotism by enlisting
therein at the first opportunity.-
True Economy.
Economy consists not In going with
j out needed things so much ns in using
j all things, money in TJdvti. to .the he?
j possible advant; 5 .
DIST. DENTISTS
MEET HERE AND
ELECTOFFICERS
Dentist from all parts of Sumter
county and th e Third congressional
i district gathered yesterday in Ameri
cus, where formal permanent organi
zation of the Third District Dental
: society was effected.
| The meeting of the dentists was
! held in the office of Dr. C. P. Davis,
■ who holds the distinction of not hav- 1
ing missed a meeting of the Georgia
' State Dental Society since his first
i connection with that body many
1 years ago.
; Officers elected who will serve dur-
■ ing the ensuing year are Dr. A. H.
I Kendall, Cordele, President; Dr. Eli
| Barrett, Butler, Vice-President;
Dr. J. C. Patton, Cordele, Secretary
I and Treasurer. The next meeting
j of the dentists will be held in Decein
| her in Cordele.
j Following the organization and
i election of officers, President Ken
: dall appointed Dr. S. H. McKee al ’d
i Dr. H. H. Glover, both of Americus,
lan executive committee to prepare
by-laws for the government of the
society. With instructions to present
these at the Cordele meeting in De
cember. It was also resolved to in
vite all dentists of the Third district
who ar e not represented at the meet
ing to communicate with the secre
tary that they may be familiarized
with the aims and purposes of the or
ganization. All members of the so
ciety automatically become members
of the stat e and national dental so
cieties, with which the local organiza
tion is to be affiliated.
ATTENTION, I. O. O. F.
Americus Encampment, No. 10, I.
0. O. F., will meet this evening at
8:30 o'clock in Fraternity Hall. All
members and candidates are urged to
be present, as business of importance
will be considered.
S. H. EDGE, Chief Patriarch.
ARCHDUKE MADE
DICTATOR IN AH
HUNGARY BY THE
ALLIEDMISSION
Ministry Headed by Pei
dll Overthrown By
Coupe
POLICE ARRESTED
WHOLE ASSEMBLY
Peace Conference is Ad
vised That No Dis
order Exists
PARIS, August 7.—(By Associate 1
Press.) —Th e peace conference was
advised today that the Hungarian
cabinet headed by Jules Peidll, had
been overthrown and that Archduke
Josepr had establish a ministry in
Budapest.
Advices to the conference state
that Rumanian forces had crossed
the Danube into the business section
of Budapest and were seizing sup
plies to ship them to Roumania.
T1 e message to tlie conference re
garding the cabinet state that at
<5:30 p. m. yesterday the members
of the social democratic
while they were in session at the
National palace, were arrested by
Hungarian police. The coup d’etat
was carried out without disorder.
AUTHORITY
DELEGATED.
BUDAPEST, August 7. (By As
sociated Press.) —Th e entente mis
sion in this city delegated govern
i mental authority to Archduke Joseph
i last night when the Peidll govern
| ment resigned.
FOOD SITUATION HAS
BECOME CRITICAL.
BERLIN, August 7.—By Asso
ciated Press.) —The food situation
in Budapest has become critical be
cause the most productive food terri
tories in Hungary have been cut off
from the capital by Rumanian ad-
vance, according t<» advice received (
here.
Peasants ar e reported to be hunt
ing down communists who have fled
to the country fiwn Budapest, it be
ing alleged that they are be : ng incit
ed in this work by the Ruman ans.
MANY REPAIR JOBS
UNDER WAY IN CITY
Much repair work is being done in
Americus at this time, with all work
men either engaged at present, or
figuring on larger jobs soon to be
commenced . John W. Shiver has
just completed the painting of the
Thompson hom e on Felder street,
and several other painting and reno
vation jobs are about to be commenc
ed.
Optimistic Thought.
Men should be temperate in eatin."
< 'n firinking.
WEATHER
ForGeorgia, showers tonight and
thunderstorms probably tonight and
Friday.
COTTON MARKET (
AMERICUS SPOTS.
Good middling 29 l-2c.
NEW YORK COTTON.
Prev.
Close Open High Low Close
Dec. 32.40 32 32.3(1.30 41.18 31.05
Oct. 32.22 31.32 31.02 30.98
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EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SUITS BROUGHT
AGAINST 5.81 G
PACKERSjWHO
ARE ACCUSED
Alleged Packers Control
the Buying of Beef
Cattle
CRIMINAL ACTION
MAY BE TAKEN
First Result of Wilson’s
H. C. L. Investi
gations
WASHINGTON, August 7.—(By
Associated Press.) The govern
ment’s new anti-trust suits against
five great meat packing concerns is
; being brought by direction of Pres
ident Wilson a s on e of the first re
sults of his study of the cost of
living problems.
It became known today that the
president came to his decision after
a careful study of the
of the federal trade commission and
th e hearings before congressional
committees considering bills to con
trol the packing industry. Confer
ences with members of the federal
commission and Attorney General
Palmer followed. The announce
ment by the attorney general that
the suits would be brought wag the
immediate result.
No final decision has been reached
as to whether the suits will be
brought in the civil or criminal
courts or in both.
One feature of the government’s
i line of action hag been indicated as.
certain. It seems assured the gov
ernment will charg e the packers with
being an illegal trust on the ground
that they control the buying of cat
tle an <l selling of finished meat
products has not been so clearly de
fined, but the government has evi
dence in hand which the department
of justice contends will prove that
the packers control the prices paid
to producers.
SUSPECTED DYNAMITER
LEAPS ELEVEN STORIES
LOS ANGELES, August 7. (By
Associated Press.—Charles McGwrie.
suspected of having knowledge of
those responsible for the dynamit
ing of the home of Oscar Lawer last
Sunday and who was being question
ed lase last night by Thomas L. Wool
wine, district attorney in the latter’s
office, escaped from his guard, leap
ed from the eleventh floor of the Hall
of Records to the pavement and was
killed.
McGwire denied any knowledge of
the affair, but when Woolwine left
his office for a moment, he leaped
.from the window.
The dead man, who was assistant
chief engineer for the Los Angele®
board of public utilities, was connect
ed in litigation over a will recently
in which Mr. Lawler represented the
opposing faction, and which was de
cided in favor of Mr. Lawler’s
clients.
THIRD AGGIE SCHOOL
GETS APPROPRIATION
ATLANTA, August 7.—Eight of
the twelve district agricultural
schools were given appropriations in
bills passing the house at yesterday
afternoon’s session.
Fifteen thousand dollars goes to the
Third District school: $7,500 to the
Fourth: $12,000 to the Fifth; $12.-
500 to the Sixth District; $6,000 t«
! the Seventh; $3,-500 to the Eleventh
and $20,000 to the Twelfth District.