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Co-incidentaliy with the arrival
home of General Pershing comes
the report from Chicago that busi
ness circles of that city are inter
ested in a report that he will short
ly become associated with Brig.
Gen. Charges G. Dawes in a busi
ness venture, retiring from army
life as soon as he completes his re
port to the war department.
* * *
There may be more in this re
port than may appear on the sur
face. General Pershing and Gen
eral Dawes have been close friends
for years, and were closely asso
ciated in the world war, although
little was heard of General Dawes.
* * *
The friendship of the American
commander and the former secre
tary of the treasury dates back to
the plains n* Nebraska of the early
90’s. At that time Dawea was a
young civil engineer in the small
capital city of Lincoln, and Persh
ing, then only a few years out of
West Point and holding the com
mandant of the University battal
ion.
Incidentally, Pershing’s person
ality and efficiency at the Uni
versity of Nebraska made him so
beloved of the student body and
faculty alike, that the name “Per
shing’s Rifles” was given to the
battalion’s crack company, and the
name has remained to this day.
* » *
In those days as young men
Pershing and Dawes were close as
sociates. Eventually they drifted
apart, Pershing being shifted with
the fortunes of an army man, and
Dawes, who became interested in
financial enterprises, in which he
showed unusual ability, gravitat
ing to Chicago, from which city lie
was later made secretary of the
treasury. But, though their paths
divided, Pershing and Dawes never
completely lost touch with one
another, and when the Great War
came, and Pershing went ahead of
the army he was assured was com
ing, his old friend Dawes, who had
not let banking and finances make
him forget all his past knowledge
of engineering, undertook, on re
ceiving the emergency commission
of colonel, to recruit the Seven
teenth engineers. He came to At
lanta and directing a brisk re
cruiting campaign, quickly filled
the ranks of his engineering regi
ment and was off to France to help
win the war by building railroads
and the other needfuls that he
knew must go ahead of the army.
* * *
The Seventeenth engineers gave
a good account of themselves;
there were many Southern boys in
their ranks. But tittle was heard
thereafter of Colonel Dawes. How
ever, he was a big factor on the j
other side, if not conspicuous; he 1
was taken from his post as head
of the engineering regiment by
Pershing and, being given the rank
of brigadier general, made chief
purchasing agent for the American
Expeditionary forces.
* * *
i
It is entirely possible that
Dawes, the business man, by his '
new association with Pershing,
whom he had known chieflly there
tofore as a companion, discovered
in France unsuspectedly great or
ganization ability in his old friend
which he now proposes to letithat
old friend use in the business world
to his own advantage. Pershing
has won laurels, but little else.
Perhaps the business world holds
for him the “something else.”
* * *
There’s to be no dodging the
early morning prayer in House of
Representatives! at Washington.
Divine blessings cannot be invok
ed on the House without a quo
rum, Chairman Gillette ruled the
other morning, following a point
of order raised by Congressman
Thomas L. Blanton, Texas, that
quorum was present.
“Republicans and Democrats
alike are not coming in for their
morning blessings,” declared Con
gressman Blanton, as the sergeant'
at arms was instructed to bring
in the absenttees.
• * *
Here’s sad news for the grape
juice disciples of “the late” Wil
liam Jennings Bryan. , Imbibers
in the favorite prohibition bev
erage are faced with the prospects
of paying three or four cent more
per bottle for it. According to
commission men, grape growers
of New York state have formed a
combine and this year have an
nounced their intention of asking
$125 a ton for grapes, which is
$lO to sls more than grape juice
manufacturers paid in 191*8.
\ The Cotton Market
LOCAL SPOTS.
Good Middling 27 l-2c.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Close Open High Low Close
Prev.
Oct. 28.93 28.80 29 10 28 46 28.6 C
Dec. 29.18 29.00 29 96 28 58 28.86
Jan. 29.19 28.92 29.25 28.45 28.90
FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 207.
SET WORLD COMMERCE GOING BY
SIGNING PEACE, URGES PRESIDENT
The Reception Committee Morris
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5 STRIKERS DIE,
15 WOUNDED IN
CARPLANTFIGHT
HAMMOND, Ind., Sept. 9.—(By
Associated Press.) *— Five strikers
were killed and fifteen wounded to
day in a battle between former em
ployes of the Standard Steel Car com
pany and the police. The fighting
grew out of interference by the strik
ers with the return of several hun
dred men to work.
PLAINS WOMEN WILL
TALK SCHOOL PROBLEMS
PLAINS, September 9.—A meet
ing for the inauguration of a school
inmprovement club among the la
dies of the town will be held at the
Plains school building Friday aftei
non of this week at 3:15: o’clock.
Every woman who is interested in
the school as a whole, whether she
be a patron or not, is requested to
attend the meeting and lend her
influence for the good of the school.
Definite announcement cannot be
made as to the program of the first
meeting, but it will be along the
line of general school improvement.
A new school building will be dis
cussed and the part that the ladies
of the town will take in it.
PLAINS MISSIONARY TO
KOREA VISITING HOME
PLAINS, September 9.—William
Linton is the guest of his father,
W W Linton. He is at home from
where he is in charge of an
industrial training school, under the
care of the Presbyterian Mission
Board ~ ... ,
Mr Linton spoke to the High
school pupils Friday morning, giving
interesting facts about Korea and its
people. At the close of his vacation
the young man will return to his
work there.
I __ ——
' The Weather Forecast
For Georgia.—Fair tonight and
Wednesday.
THE fRDER
fert] PUBLISHED IN THE OF DIXIE {feWf
GEORGE GOEPPE BUYS
FORMER ALF BELL HOME
George Goeppe, who came to Amer
icas to work about a year ago, knows
a good thing when he sees it, and af
ter looking ®ver the field here, he
has decided to make his permanent
home in this community. He visited
a good many Georgia cities before he
finally decided Americus to be the j
most desirahle place in which to live.
And having reached a conclusion it
didn’t take him long to act. A day or
two ago he approached W. A. Me-1
Donald, of Westbrook & McDonald,
real estate men here, and announced
his intention to purchase a home. He
liked the former Alf Bell home, on
Forrest street, and yesterday he paid
$5,000 cash for the property, one of
the most desirable residences in that;
growing section of Americus. The l
home is a two-story structure, with '
spacious and well-improved grounds
about it, and Mr. Goeppe will reside :
there with his family.
FAMILYOF FIVE
DIE IN FIRE IN
GEORGIA HOTELj
ATLANTA, Sept. 9.—(By Asso
i ciated Press.)— Telephone reports
from Bremen, Ga., state that the bod
ies of J. B. Purkle, his wife and their
three children, of Bowden, Ga., had
! been discovered in the ruins of the
Boswell hotel, which was destroyed
by fire there last Friday.
The bodies were found Saturday,
i but the first news of the tragedy was
received today.
FALLS 25 FEET FROM
TREE; IS BADLY HURT
CORDELE, September 9. —Evei-
ette Crowe, fifteen years old, son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Crowe, is suffer
ing from a fracture of both arms,
! a fracture of the less leg and *'a ily
(•token hip caused late Satu: lav af
| tornoon when he feel 25 fee: from
| a tree on the farm of Ham Wneel
| er where he had gone to gather scup
| pornongs which he intended 1o sell.
; H» was heard by a negro who
turned him over to D. A. Culpepper
at the point where he was nurt. As
soon as possible medical attention
was summoned.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 9, 1919.
STACKHOUSE’S
1000-ACRE FARM
BRINGSmOOO
Anothi-.r big land deal was an
, nounced today, R. P. Stacl-houso, of
i Americus, disposing of his farm of
j 1,000 acres, just over the line in
Lee county, to B. J. Davis, whose;
address was not given but who, it;
was stated, lives outside of Sumter
county. The purchase price was giv
en as $60,000. The deal was han-
I died by J. W. Timmerman, of Plains.
The purchase price is said to in
i' elude some personal property, but
j does not include this year’s crop.
! Possession is not to be given until
i December 1. It is Mr. Davis’ re
ported intention eventually to move
* onto the farm and make it his home.
The Stackhouse farm lies between
j Smithville and Plains, and has been
! developed by Mr. Stackhouse, who
is one of the bsst farmers of this
section, into a highly productive
i property.
! SPEEDING CAR KILLS MAN;
DRIVER HELD AS SLAYER
TIFTON, September 9. —George
Floyd Guest, of Tifton is dead and
! Marvin Henderson, of Sycamore, is
! in Ashburn jail charged with murder
las a result of Henderson running
I over Guest and instantly killing him
on the National Highway just south
j of Inaha, in Turner county, Sunday
night. ,
Mr. Guest, accompanied by his
wife, little daughter and Mr. and
: Mrs. Wiley Whitley, of Mystic, had
! spent the day with John Guest and
j family at Terrell, in Worth county,
and were returning home. Just af
ter leaving Inaha, Mr. Guest’s car
| had a puncture and he and the ne
gro driver were out repairing the
car when they saw the other car
approaching at a terriffie speed.
The negro jumped on the run
ning board and turned, off the lights
on Mr. Guest’s car. Mr. Guest was
working on the tire and was unable
to get out of the way of the car
! which was going towards Sycamore.
The speeding car struck him and
dragged him 75 feet or more before
the car'wa;* stopped.
ROUMANIANS
DECLARE THEY
WILL NOT SIGN I
AUSTRIAN PACT;
Denied Reservations, <
Delegation Refuses To <
Accept Treaty
MAY FORM^UNION
WITH HUNGARY
I '
Vienna Hears Hunga
rians May Propose
Such A Movement
PARIS, Sept. 9. (By Associated)
Press.) —The Roumanian delegation !
to the peace conference announced j
today it will not sign the Austrian j
peace treaty.
(The Roumanian delegation was
informed yesterday by the Supreme
Council that it. would not be permit
ted to sign the treaty with reserva- \
tions, as they expressed their willing
ness to do.)
HUNGARIANS HINT AT
UNION WITH ROUMANIA.
PARIS, September 9. (By Asso
ciated Press.)—Dr. Friedrich, pre
mier of Hungary, is reported in a
Vienna dispatch to have sent a Hun
garian delegation to Bucharest. The
report says, besides being empower
ed to negotiate a separate peace, the
delegation may discuss the eventual
union of Hungary and Rumania.
PEACE COUNCIL TO DRAFT
DEMAND ON GERMANY.
I PARIS, September 9. (By Asso
ciated Press.) —The Supreme Coun
cil today will draft a note to Ger
many demanding suppression of Ar
ticle 61 of the German constitution
providing for Austrian representa
tion in the German reichsrath, ac
cording to newspapers here.
BULLOCH HALL MAY BE
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
ATLANTA, September 9.—A
j meeting of the executive committtee
j of the Roosevelt Memorial associa
| tion for Georgia will be held in the
office of the chairman, C. W. Mc
j dure, in the McClure building,
' Wednesday afternoon at 3 p .m.
The meeting is called for the pur
pose of receiving report from Mr.
| McClure on the attitude of the N.
tional board of the association to
; ward the establishment of a perman
nent memorial at Bulloch Hall at
Roswell, Ga
In a telegram received at state
headquarters Monday from Mr. Mc-
Clure, who is now in New \ork City,
he says, “Looks good for Bulloch
Home.” ,
SLAYER OF WOMAN
SURROUNDED BY POSSES
ATHENS, Sept. 9. (By Associat
| ed Press.) —Armed posses have sur
i rounded a swamp near here, where
: Abe Cox, a negro who is alleged to
j have murdered the wife of a farmer
| late yesterday, is believed to be in
j hiding.
Th negro beat his victim over the
j head with a hoe.
SOLDIERS THREATEN
ARRESTING OFFICER
ATLANTA, September 9.—When
i Patrolman C . E. Ford placed Private
| Knox Phillips, Sixth infantry. Camp
Gordon, under arrest at Lakewood
j Sunday afternoon, a crowd of th:
\ pj-isoner’s comrades sided with him
| and the policeman was forced to send
| a call to headquarters for help. IF
- succeeded in getting his man in a
j room under the grand stand end
j keeping him there until the arrival of
I other members of the force and
some of the provost guard.
The soldier was charged with piek
j ing the pocket of one of the pro
prietors of an amusement stand. It
j is claimed the soldier got his watch.
Welcome Too
Big, Pershing j
Stays Indoors j
| MEW YORK, Sept. 9.—(By As- j
) sociated Press.) General
| Pershing escaped a resumption to- l
t day of the tumultuous welcome <
< that greeted him on his arrival j
j from France yesterday by re- >
> maining in his hotel until time to j
) review 2,000 Boy Scouts in Cen- !
( tral Park this afternoon. <
!> Thirty thousand school children ?
( were gathered there also to sing S
i patriotic songs and to hear the s
s general speak. (
| General Pershing will lead the <
j parade of the First Division to- j
S morrow. >
DR. LEWIS BUYS
SPEER PLACE;
TO DEVELOP IT
It was announced today that the
| Speer home place,. owned by Miss
| Carrie Speer, of Americas, and her ,
I orother Eustis Speer, of Atlanta, ]
I has been sold to Dr. Taylor Lewis
| the formal trans already
having taken place. Possession is
not given until January 1. The
j purchase price was slightly in ex
! cess "of $15,000. The deal was han
dled by George D. Wheatley.
It was stated today by Dr. Lewis,
who purchased the property for in
vestment purposes, that it was his
intention to cut it up and develop
it for business property. He stated
that he had already had applications
from business interests which asked
him to build for them on the site.
He asserted that it probably would
be spring before he began improve
ment of the property, since he
would not get possession until the
end of the year, which would be in
i the midst of the cold season.
The Speer home is one of the land
| marks of Americas, having stood for
! a great many yearly The lot is one
| of the choicest in the city, being lo
cated at the corner of Jackson and
, Church streets, in the immediate
path of thesuture development of
the business section. It has a front
• I age of 275 feet on Jackson street
j and 150 on Church. It is Dr.
Lewis’ intention to retain an alley
through the entire length of the lot
! from the Church street side.
VIVIAN MARTIN NOW IN
ATLANTA FOR PICTURE
ATLANTA, September 3.—Vivian
Martin, noted moving picture star,
I arrived in Atlanta Monday with a
company of Gaumont players. It is
stated Mi«s Martin is to take the
leading role in the filming A Crvra
Harris’ great story, “Shaking Her
His Wife.'’ ,It is understood that
the filming will begin immediately
and will take in semes of Atlanta
homes, Atlanta streets and possibly
Atlanta people in the event "extras”
ars called f( i.
“Making Her His Mile " s a very
; popular story written by a noted
Georgia woman whose home is in
. Kydal, Ga
ARMY VOCATIONAL
> SCHOOL FOR ATLANTA
r -
i ATLANTA, September 9.—Unit
ed States Senator Hoke Smith,
i while in Atlanta today on his return
to Washington from New Orleans,
was officially informed by the, war
department that an army vocational
[ training school with more than 1,000
students would sfcon be opened in
i Atlanta.
■ The school, which is to be in
sti uted at Camp Jesup, according
I the previous advices, will be similar
to the great vocational school at
i Camp Holabird, Maryland. Cour
dss in practically every branch of
activity will be established, conduct
ed by instructors the equal of anjt
in th- country.
ASKS PEACE OF LITHUANIA.
PARIS, September 9. (By Asso
ciated Press.) —The Russian Bolshe
viki have proposed peace to the
. Liathunians, according to a report
, frorq Polish sources. *
~,,,- :-.f
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SAYS WORLD IS
IS WAITING TO
LEARN PART
U.S. WILL PLAY
And Will Not Settle
Down Until it Does,
He Says
LEGISLATURE OF
MINN. CHEERS HIM
Takes Fight For Peace
Treaty To The Twins.
Cities
ST. PAUL, Sept. 9. —(By Associat
ed Press.) —The high cast of livings
President Wilson told the Minnesota
legislature today, is “largely due. to
the world situation,” growing out of
1 the sacrifices and waste of war. Back
of that, he said, lay the fact that the
world had not yet learned what the
peace status would be.
“The world is not going to settle
down until it learns what part the
; United States is to play in peace,”
he added.
The president declared this was
the only tffetion which will have
enough free capital in the near fu
ture to rehabilitate the world eco
nomically. '
The legislature received the presi
! dent with cheers. On his arrival he
| was welcomed by Governor Burn
quist and the mayors of the Twin.
Cities.
First of all, the president said, the
nation’s duty was to set the com
■ merce of the world going by the es
i tablishment of peace; after that there
1 are domestic adjustments necessary.
He mentioned among other things
] that the railroad facilities of this
country were not equal to the dfc
mands.
He said the laboring men every
where were dissatisfied with their re
lations to employers, and added that
this was true, abroad in a larger meas
ure than in . the United .States.
WOULD UN AMERICANIZE
PEOPLE, SAYS SENATOR.
SALEM, N. Y., Sept. 9.— (By As
sociated Press.) Senator Wads
worth, in a speech here today, de
clared the peace treaty with its ac
companying LeagCie of Nations, would
“do more to unAmericanize the peo
ple of the United States than any
other farce.”
CHINESE AGGIE STUDENT
STUDIES FARMING HERE
S. C. Wang, a native of China and
a graduate last spring of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture, was in
Atnoricus today investigating farm
conditions in this part of Georgia.
He conferred with George 0. Mar
shall, county agent, and others while
' here.
“I have just come rrom Columbus,
1 where I inspected cotton gin machin
! ory,” he said. “I am especially in
terested in farming and the cotton
i industry as conducted j/i the South,
I because the Southern part of China,
where I come from, is very much like
| this section. We have a similar cli
mate and‘soil well suited to cotton,
j We raise considerable cotton. Yearly
I we import a great deal of cotton seed
I from this country.
“801 l Weevil? No, we do not have
| it yet, but it is sure to come, I be
lieve, because we get so much seed
from here. It will be impossible to
I prevent it.” .
Mr. Wang attended the school at
| Athens three years, and is to take a
| post graduate course there this year,
| then will spend some time at a north
ern university. He is 23 years of
age, and came here as a ward of
the Chinese government, which every
year sends a certain number of yoanf£
men to this country to be educated.
He is a graduate of Tsing Hua col
lege, in Peking, the institution es
tablished by Americans with money
paid by the Chinese government as
Boxer indemnity.