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Newspaper Page TextA Southern Newspaper for Southern People FORTY-FIRST YEAR—NO. 209 REGISTRATION MEANT LOSS OF CONCESSIONS 45 IN DISTRESS, ADRIFT AT SEA IN HURRICANE'S TERRIBLE WAKE Believed Members Os Crews of Ships Sunk In Storm KEY WEST BADLY WRECKED BY GALE Not a House In City That Escaped Damage Is Report MIAMI, September 11.— (By As sociated Press.) —A, wireless mes sage received here early today said that forty-five persons were adrift in small boats between Fowey Rock light house and Cape Florida'- about 15 miles from Miami. All were re ported “in distress/' without food, or water. It is believed they are members of the crews of ships which went down during the hurricane early yester day. KEY WEST SCENE OF WIDE SPREAD WRECKAGE. KEY WEST, September 11.— Three of the crew of the dredge Gampus missing, with one body re covered, apparently form the total of casualties here resulting from the hurricane which swept the island Tuesday night. Not a house in the city escaped damage and many were totally wrecked. The harbor is sti'ewn with a tang led mass of fishing- vessels and other small craft. , The British tanker Tonawanda, which was scuttled to save the liner Comal, is not in a bad position. VESSELS CLING TO MOBILE HARBOR. MOBILE, September 11.— (By Associated Press.) —Up to noon to day there were no evidences here of the approaching storm from the Gulf. There was, however, a slight drop of the barometer, which was not considered significant unless it con tiues to go down. Meanwhile, ves sels are remaining in port. STORM 200 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA. WASHINGTON, September 11.— (By Associated Press.) —Reports to the weather bureau this morning placed the center of the tropical hur ricane about two hundred miles southeast of the mouth of the Mis sissippi and two hundred miles south of Pensacola. Its movement still was toward the norjhwest. STOLEN CARD CASE IS FOUND WHERE HIDDEN A silver card case, stolen from Mrs. Leon Brooks, was recovered last evening when persons saw a negro boy trying to reach something which had evidently been hidden in a cel lar opening on north side of Ansley's store. The card case which was not in sight, was found and turned over to Police Lieutenant John Bragg, and was in turn restored to Mrs. Brooks th.ough the Times-Recorder. Claud Shell, a negro boy who last week was sentenced for stealing a card case from the home of Miss Mary Alice Lingo, had worked at the Ansley store. DIRECT ACTION WINS. GLASGOW, Scotland, September 11.— (By Associated Press.) —By a comparatively close vote, the trades union congress today voted down a resolution declaring against the prin ciple of direct action. The Cotton Market ; _____ < LOCAL SPOTS. [ Good Middling 27 1-2 cents. NEW YORK FUTURES. Prev. Close Open High Low Close Oct. 28.93 28.20 28.80 28.20 28.77 Bee. 29.18 28.55 29.13 28.50 28.90. Jan. 29.19 28.35 29.09 28.30 28.80 HERE’S CHANCETO BOOST A. L. I. RE-ORGANIZATION Mb. 117 ANT to help the re-organization of the Americus Light Infan ’’ try? If so, fill this out and mail it to Major James A. Fort, or, if you can t sign it yourself, see that some eligible young man does sign it: 1 agree to enlist in the Americus Light Infantry and will report at such time and place in Americus as may be des ignated by proper authority for muster into service of said company. Applicant Sign Here. Applicant recommended by Age Entered the Service Discharged Military History v -- Company and Regiment. Address, Telephone No. Etc When filled out mail to JAMES A.FORT, Americus, Ga. 4 DEAD,TOIL OF SINGLE NIGHT OF BOSTONRIOTING BOSTON, September 11.—(By Associated Press.) —The third day in the police strike opened with a casualty Fs-t cf three killed and a score injured, as the,result of the ac tivity of state troops in policing the city last night. In som4 sections mobs were not controlled and there were several serious riots. The death later today of a young woman, believed to be Miss Margaret Walsh, brought the number of last night’s riot victims; up to four. She was shot during a disturbance in South Boston. Two men were killed at the same time. Another death occurred when Ray mond Bayers, of Cambridge, tried to escape from the state guards. Governor Collidge today wired the secretary of the navy a request that naval forces be held in readi ness for call to supply additional troops for Boston’s protection. t 36 CENT COTTON IS ENDORSED BY ! ALAJFARMERS MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 11.— (Ey Associated Press.) —The State Farmers’ Protective League executive board meeting yesterday fixed SBO per ton as the price for cotton seed and endorsed the price of 36 cents per pound for cotton. DR TANNER MANAGER OF AMERICUS DRUG CO. [ The Americus Drug company have announces that Dr. J. E. Tanner has ' ucceeded Nathan Murray as manager Dr. Tanner has been connected with jthe Americus Drug company since its ; organization. Wednesday Dr. Tanner announced that the Americus Drug company had ;secured the services of B. J. Harri son, who came to Americus from Fort iValley. Mr. Harrison was at one -time connected with the Howell-Pra ■ ther Drug Company. He is a grad uate pharmacist and has a large num ber of friends in Americus. - Floor Bleach. If an unfilled or undressed hard wood floor becomes gray apply a solu tion of two ounces of oxalic acid dis | solved in just enough water to wet il j well all over. Lot stand fifteen or j twenty minutes: then rinse in cold wa I ter and proceed to wash without sud I is usual. Something to Think About. "I reckons,” said Uncle Eben, “da lit candidate has to bo right keerful no j to let de handshakin’ sociability git t be so much of a habit dat it interfere wif his office work when he gits <> ob.” Life Much as We Make It. No person is ever condemned to a imall life. Many are assigned to .mall circumstances, but our lives may >e as large as we want them to be. for the only limi's of life are asplrn ion, sympathy and interest.—Selected THE PUBLISHED Tn THE"HEART OF SUMTER SCHOOL BONDSSELLHIGH; BUYERS NAMED I What was characterized as one of ■ the best bond deals ever made in Sumter county was closed yesterday when the school bonds of the new Union High school district, of Les lie, and the new Thalean district, west of Americus, were sold. „ ■ J. G. Hilsman & Co., jf Atlanta, were tht successful bidders for the Union High school issue of $65,000 5 per cent, bonds, paying par, and ■ The Hanchett Bond company, of Chi cago, paying a premium of sll, was awarded the Thalean issue of $6,500 ■ 5 1-2 per cent, bonds. I The opening of the bids and award of the purchase took place in the of ffice of Shipp & Sheppard, attorneys, Col. Shipp, of the firm, being a mem her of the county board of education. The examination of the bids required a large part of the day. The trus tees of the two districts were assisted in the decision by L. G. Council, Frank Sheffield and Frank Lanier, whom they called in as a committee (of advisors. The trustees had a num ber of bids for conCderation. The sale of the bonds will permit (these two districts to proceed at once with the erection of the new school houses planned to accommo date the pupils of these newly con solidated schools. | The Union High school was repre sented by Dr. L. M. Hawkins, W. J. Smith, Lasco Harvey, J. E. Kinard and W. A. Wilson, trustees, and the Thalean district by J. L. Glawson, R. A. Nicholson and C. E. Williamson. PRESIDENT TO MEET LABOR MEN SUNDAY ( SEATTLE, September 11.— (By Associated Pi’ess.) —President Wil- ■ son has agreed to meet a delega i tion of representatives of north west labor organizations here next Sunday for a conference which, it is declared by local labor men, will deal with the release of “political” prison- i ers. BANDITS’HOLD 3 AMERICANS SAYS REPORT WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—(By (Associated Press.) —The American (embassy at Mexico City is invest:gat iing an uncopfirmed report that three I Americans, including l,wo named ■ Jones, and Ferguson, of Tampico, ■ had been cantured by bandits. ■ $2,006 HERE AS COUNTY’S SHARE STATE AUTO TAX Neill A- Ray, chairman of the ounty board, today received from W. J. Speer, state treasurer, a check for ! $2,006.89, as Sumter county’s share lof the state automobile tax. The ! check was turned over to County ■ Treasurer Watts. Simple Duty. What does a man more than his sir pie duty in coming out for the right Besides is it any sacrifice to be in G right?—Lowell, AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 11, 1919. BROOKLYN HTS. SCHOOL, CLOSED YEAR, TO OPEN The hearts of the school patrons ; of the Brooklyn Heights section of Americus were gladdened this morn- , ing by the announcement by Prof. J. ■ E. Mathis, superintendent, that the i Prospect Heights school will open : next Monday, co-incident with the op- ( ening of the other public schools of | the city. The teacher will be Miss i Marian Parsons, who is returning to school work this year after being in commercial work for several years. At the same time it was announced ■ by Mr. Mathis that Miss Ruth McAr- : thur, teacher of the Third grade last i year, who was not re-elected for this term, not being an applicant, would again be in charge of the Third grade, , for which place MisS Parsons had . been elected originally. The Prospect Heights school . had been operated for several years, but was closed all last term, and-the pu- ■ pils from that section were forced to attend the Furlow Grammar school or not have the privileges of the pub lic school. It was stated that the condition of the school finances made it advisable to close the school last year. The attendance was about 15 pupils, and it was considered! by the board and the superintendent a bet ter investment of the money required to keep it open to eliminate" the ex tra teacher there and apply that sav ing on the already far too low sala ries of the teachers in the other schools. “Indications are for an attend ance of probably twenty in that school this year,” said Prof. Mathis. “We feel that the distance for many of the small children to walk to Fur low school is too great, and that they are entitled to have this school oper ated. The condition of the school fi nances thia year will be improved by the special tax levy co that the board can better afford to operate this school, even though the attendance is small.” Work was started this morning renovating the building and putting it in first class condition for opening next Monday. The building is only a few years old, and its non-use for the last year has not resulted in any vis ible deterioration to it. NINE GAMES TO BE PLAYEIIN WORLD SERIES CINCINNATI, September 11— (By Associated Press.) —Nine games I will be played in the world base j ball series this year, as compared to seven last year, Garry Herrmann, : chairman national commission an | nounced today. LESLIE Mrs. H. P. Harvey, Mrs. C. R. I Johnson and children, of Ellaville, ■spent the day last Thursday with Mrs. j Lasco Harvey. The girls leaving Leslie Tuesday jfor Bessie Tift college were Misses (Lola Speer, Annie Hoffman. Ruth Ranew, Carrie Lou Harvey and Lai- ■ a- Ci.ft on. Miss Mary Carter returned Friday from a two weeks’ visit to friends at ■ Richland, Omaha and Columus. Mr. and Mrs. Lasco Harvey and j children spent Sunday in Ellaville, I the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Dupree. ! Mr. and Mrs. Ret ben Webb, from near Americus .visited Mr. and Mrs. W W. Webb Sunday. Jesse D. Powell, of Americus, came , Sunday for a visit of several days at (the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lasco j Harvey. Col. and Mrs. Fred Harris, of Vi dalia, spent the wesk-end in I es’ie at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ranew. The children and near relatives of (Mrs. F. H. Hines. Sr., entertained Monday at the home of Mr .and Mrs. jFloyd Hines with a birthday party for i Mr's. Flyod Hines, a very er.ioyable 'day was spent, and Mrs. Hines receiv ed a number of presents. Hadn’t Fooled Helen. Mother could not take Helen with ler when she went downtown and was Tying to slip away without her know ng it, so father called Helen to come o him, when she said, “I has to watch nuvver, 'cause she’s tryin’ to run’d i way.” PLAINS TO VOTE ON WATER WORKS AND LIGHT BONDS Legal notice appeared today for I the first time of the calling of a ■ special bond election in the city of ■ ■ Plains for October 14 for the pur pose of voting on bonds for the con struction of a municipal water works 'system and for the erection of an ■electric light plant. The election is called by Mayor H. R. McGee, of Plains. Two separate proposals will be vot ed upon by the people of Plains. One is for the issuance of $20,500 water 'works bonds, to bear 5 per cent, and |to be in denominations of SSOO each; the other is for the issuance of $6,500 'electric light bonds, of the same de nomination and bearing the same in terest. The people of Plains are said to Ibe thoroughly determined to put ■these two bond issues over, and thereby modernize their town. The (matter of these improvements has jbeen before the officials of the town lat various times during the last sev- ■ eral years, without definite action (being taken heretofore. The call for the election resulted from public i opinion taking a definite form at a mass meeting last Friday evening this ■ meeting growing out of the informa tion that the Drs. Wise were prepar ing to remove their hospital to an- (other city because of the lack of mod ern conveniences in Plains. TRAInIhTS AUTO, BUT DAWSON MAN ESCAPES DAWSON, Septembr ' 11.—J. Il- Bridges narrowly escaped death Monday when a Central of Georgia passenger train caught and complete ly demolished his automobile. The pilot caught the center of the car, and threw Mr. Bridges out but he escaped with a few bruises. CENTRAL BAPTIST JUNIORS TO VISIT TWO SHUT-INS I The Juniors of the Central Bap j tist church will meet Friday after ( noon at 3 o’clock at the church. Af i ter a short practice, they will go to j the 'home of two shutins, Mr. and Mrs. Mayo, on Felder street, where I they will have an hour’s devotional service. Miss Herndon, their leader, is much pleased with the work of the Juniors [ and is leading them out to those who can not come to the church services, services. LACK OF FUNDS MAY *! CLOSE ATLANTA SCHOOLS ATLANTA, Sept. 11—Atlanta school teachers once more are given cause to worry. Superintendent of Schools Dykes says that there are suf ficient funds on hand to pav the teachers through the early part of September and no prospects for funds beyond that date. Which, unless there is some pretty quick action, may mean that vacation days for Atlanta kiddies will begin along about Christ mas time. HE’D HEARD SHANTUNG WAS A GOOD PICTURE ATLANTA, Sept. 11—“ What do you think of Shantung?” Ward More house of The Journal staff says he ■ asked a prominent personage recent ly visiting Atlanta. i ’ “Never seen it,” was the reply, ac cording to Morehouse, “but I’ve heard it was a pretty good picture.” “Me either,” Morehouse is alleged to hav? replied, “But I’ve read the story.” NO BLAME HERE FOR LETTER DELIVERY DELAY The Americus postoffice -has ab solved itself from any responsibility I in connection with the delay of the ■ delivery of a letter from Plains ad dressed to the/Times-Recorder, as mentioned in Monday’s edition. The letter bore a Plains postmark of 10 a. m. Saturday, but did not reach j the Times-Recorder until Monday. ! An investigation on the part of the postal officials here developed that ■ the letter did not reach the Americus i postoffice until Sunday morning. There being 2 cents due on it, it was ' held for delivery until Monday morn ing. Optimistic Thought i Many a one threatens while he uakes with fear. Any Booze Histers In this Audience? Here’s Tip for You § * ATLANTA, Sept. 11. Are S ? ••there any liquor drinkers in s > this audience? £ ? Probably not. Whoever heard s S of such a thing? Certainly not. ( > But, if there should be such an ? < animal still living, here’s a friend- > > tip for him, picked up in the office > j of Revenue Agent D. J. Gantt: > Watch out that you’re not being ; i fed up on denatured alcohol. j Revenue officers have tips < i which lead them to believe that ? < “blind tigers” all over Georgia are ? ? buying the easily procurable com- ■ ? pletely denatured alcohol, “doc- < J> Loring” it up a bit, and panning it i off as liquor. The profits in such ) s cases are said to be tremendous — J < to the tigers. 5 ( From J. H. Callan, acting inter- ( ? nal revenue commisisoner in Wash- < > ington, comes the word to Mr. ? ' Gantt that completely denatured ■ alcohol is unfit for bathing or rub- > bing, let alone drinking. As to ; < uses for beverage purposes, Mr. / ‘ Callan says in a letter to Mr. > '■ Gantt: ■' < “Where it is so used for any s > length of time, blindness inevita- ■ i bly results and the continued use ■ / can only result in death.” i L— —~ HALE TO SPEAK i TOWPERSAT CBAMBERAT6SO Matthew Hale, head of the South Atlantic Maritime association and of kindred South Atlantic Export ! corporation, will address a company of shippers of this locality at the Chamber of Commerce at 6:30 j o’clock this evening, instead of at the regular dinner of the Rotary | club at the Tea Room at 8 o’clock, I it was Announced today. The change in arrangements was necessary for several reasons, among them being the fact that some of i the men who most wanted hear Mr. Hale were unable, because of pre vious evening engagements, to ac cept invitations to be guests of the ■ Rotarians for the occasion. The Rotarians will hold a busi ness meeting at the Chamber at 615 o’clock, and a number of them, who are interested in the movement backed by Mr. Hale, being large ship- ■ ners themselves, will remain to hear .his talk. SHIPPING FROM PLAINS REACHES HIGH TIDE PLAINS. Sept. 10. —J. G. Hamil ton, who is agent for the Seaboard Air Line railroad, states that ship ping and expressage has greatly in creased in the last few months from this community, last month being the banner month. He states that the ex press business is particularly large and increasing steadily. I CORDELE TAX COLLECTOR FINDS ALLIGATOR EGGS CORDELE, September 11.—Tax Collector W. J. Musselwhite was on the Allapaha river Tuesday not fish ing but he came away with rare fisherman’s luck and today he is dis tributing alligator eggs among his ■ friends as souvenirs of his trip. He discovered a nest in the sand which had twenty-three fresh eggs in it. He saved them and they are quite a show about town today. 5 AMERICUS ( HEAD AGNES SCOTT DRIVE Several prominent Americus citi zens will head the work of District No. 18 in the Agnes Scott $500,000 endowment drive the college is pre paring to launch this fall. The dis trict comprises counties of Sumter, Chattahoochee, Marion, Schely, Stew ard and Webster. On the committee are the follow ing men and women from Americus: A. C. Crockett, Dr. C. P. Davis, Mrs. W. D. Moreland, Mrs. L. G. Connor and Mrs. Thomas Marshall. ' The Weather Forecast For Georgia.—Fair tonight and Friday, except probably showers in southwest portion. HOME EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. SENATE WARNED BYMINORITY OF CONSEQUENCES IF TREATY LOSES Sacrifice For U. S. Os All Advantages Ob tained In Pact PLEDGED TO WORLD DECLARES WILSON Question Is Whether We Will Fulfill That Pledge WASHINGTON, September 11.— (By Associated Press.) —Rejection of the' peace treaty or the adoption of amendments would mean the sac rifice by the United States of all the concessions obtained from Germany under the dictated peace, the minor ity members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee declared in their report presented to the Senate today. | The report urged speedy ratifica i tion, without amendments or reser ] vations,. and mentioned twelve con cessions. the United States must lose by failure to ratify the treaty, these i including industrial and economic ad vantages and agreements. , PRESIDENT TO MONTANA AUDIENCE. . BILLINGS, Mont., September IT. (By Associated Projs.) Presi- dent Wilson in an address here to day declared the question of ratifi cation of the peace treaty was the question whether the United States would fulfill its pledges to its peo ple and to the world. , | Mayor Mains was cheered when in introducing President Wilson he said that where a man went across tl e seas and did the major portion of the work of “righting the world’s trou bles, he was some man.” I President Wilson declared it was a in stake to debate the peace treaty as if it were an ordinary treaty with Germany, because it was a treaty af fecting the settlement of the world’s affairs. “And it is this treaty or no treaty.” he added. HARRY SCHNEIDER ON LEGION’S STATE BOARD MACON, Sept. 11.-—Appointment of the executive committee of the Georgia division of the American Le gion and an initial meeting of the committee at noon in the office of Baxter Jones, state secretary. Citi zens & Southern Bank building, was announced yesterday by Gen. Walter A. Harris, state chairman. The executive committee is as fol lows: State-at-Large, Homer Watkins, Atlanta, and Cooper D. Winn, Macon; First District. Sam Cann, Savannah; Second District. Lewis S. Moore. Thomasville; Third District Harry S. Schneider, Americus; Fourth District, ■ Ronald B. Waters, Columbus; Fifth District, Sinclair S. Jacobs, Atlanta; Sixth District, Homer A. Jordan, Monticello; Seventh District, T. E. Grafton, Rome, Eighth District. W. K. Meadows. Athens; Ninth District, Edgar B. Dunlap, Gainesville; Tenth District, Lansing B. Lee. Augusta; Eleventh District, Warren Lott, Way cross; Twelfth District. Roy A. Flynt, Dublin. The date and place of the state convention will be decided upon at the meeting today. NEGRO PREACHER FIRES AT BOTTLE, KILLS MAN CORDELE, September 11.—Char lie Marshall, colored, met death from a stray shot from an army pistol in the hands of Rev. H. F. Fish, accord ing to recommendations by a jury in vest gating the case for Coroner W. G. Fitzgerald. Fish had an army pistol a rela- - ■ tive had left with him. He got into > ■ the back yard and was shooting at a j bottle he had placed on the gate post. His bullet flew wild and hit i Mitchell.

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, September 11, 1919, Image 1