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A Southern Newspaper for Southern People rORI Y-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 210. TREATY RATIFIED BY CANADA PLANTER KILLS NEGRO TENANT IN ALTERCATION Evan T. Smith, Jr., Sum mons Sheriff Had Been Threatened Sheriff Harvey was called this morning to the home of Evan T. Smith, Jr., in the 17th district, to verify the facts in the killing of a negro tenant by Mr. Smith at his home late yesterday evening. The request for the sheriff to go to the scene was made by neighbors of Mr. Smith at his solicitation. Word of the killing was brought to Americus by Messrs. Walter and R. L. Thomas and J. J. Dozier. Ac cording to their version of the affair, the negro, who was known only as Abe, after having made a threat that he was going to “kill somebody,” at tempted to draw his pistol during an altercation with Mr, Smith, but the latter, who had been warned of the negro’s threats, proved quicker with the trigger, and shot the negro, who fell dead. The trouble originated, it was said, over a bale of cotton grown by the negro tenartt. It was said he was badly in debt to Mr. Smith, who haul ed a bale of the negro’s cotton to market a few days ago, it being own ed jointly by them. The negro want ed sls cash from it, and Mr. Smith insisted that he should have only $lO. The negro became surly and on sev eral occasions was Ijeard to remark that he would kill somebody. Men who heard him make this re mark in the hayfield yesterday told Mr. Smith to be prepared for trouble. The negro drove up to Mr. Smith’s house last evening cn an errand and when he encountered Mr. Smith he renewed the quarrel about the money he should receive from the cotton sold. It was said he became very abusive to Mr. Smith, who is a much smaller man than he is, and continued to curse even Mr. Smith’s mother and sister appeared on the scene. When Mr. Smith asked the negro if it were true, as he had been told, that the negro intended to "kill somebody,” the latter. w ; th an oath, said, “Yes, it is,” and reached for his pistol. He was in his wagon at the time, and Mr. Smith fired be fore he could remove the gun from his pocket. Arrangements were being made this afternoon for the holding of a 1 coroner’s inquest over the negro’s body. ‘ITCH POWDER’ PRODUCES HAVOC IN NEGRO MOVIE ATLANTA, Sept. 12.—1 n the semi darkness of the “81” theater, a ne gro motion picture house on Deca tur street, one of the ushers yester day afternoon halted in the middle of the aisle and began what appeared to be a cross between the shimmy and the St. Vitus dance. A dusky maiden nearby began to lose interest in the picture and to twist about in her seat in most un lady-like fashion. Her escort tagged at his collar and others in the house speedily became exceedingly rest less with the type of restlessness known to the cootie inhabited dough boy. Pretty soon the spectators began to file out by ones and twos, scratch ing industriously. Finally the source of the trouble was traced to Prince Swan and Henry Brown, two negro boys, who appeared to be enjoying the situation immensely. Henry and Prince, it developed, had scattered “itching powders” over the seats and on the floor and awaited re sults. They drew fines of $26 each in recorder’s court, and H. C. Ar chie, a clerk, at the Trick Novelty company, was fined sll for selling the powders. < The Cotton Market LOCAL SPOTS. Good Middling 27 1-2 cents. NEW YORK FUTURES. Prev. Close Open High Low Close wt. 28.77 28.90 29.01 28.65 28.70 I’ec. 28.90 29.00 29.32 28.88 28.88 Jan - 28..80 29.00 29.20 28.78 28.80 ’ Our Neighbors - JENKINS 810/M _ / /?$k ari Mfln TO Aw fir J ! w>u RE i IF 3? (fcWpTB Sl b E ’ T * ~ NO Secrets h Hr I Q ) 3odT- Hll i acr ps I -F /o* 7 UHAV « T "' L,b HE y/Uy ) lot Z>io the /- sfflßli liSr d EFn i ife® ■gP 1 OI ■-! Life — u , .-.V ? MIHfZ c ... The Selfish One Who Keeps Things To Himself. MASS MEETING AGAIN SUNDAY, IS PLAN OF S. A. Rev. Fibley Baum, whoiwas here several days working in the interests i of the Salvation Army taking over the Y. M. C. A. building, wired Capt. Knox, of the local corps, from Americus next Sunday afternoon, Atlanta today that he was arrang ing for a mass meeting to be held in time and place to be announced, for the purpose of putting the Sal vation Army’s proposal squarely be- J fore the people of Americus. He ■ wired that Judge Reynold, of At- ' lanta, who was a zone speaker in I th’e Salvation Army fund drive a few j months ago, and who is said to be | an orator of ability, will be present ■ to tell"’ the gathering of the work j of the organization. Details of the meeting will be an- I nounced in Sunday morning’s Times- ■ ! Recorder. ! NEGRO, SENTENCED TO DIE, RUSHED AWAY BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 12. (By Associated Press.) —Lee Watts, a negro charged with the 'murder of David Simpson, near West Point, Ala., was found guilty yesterday at LaFayette and sentenced to be hanged October 24. Following the !sentence, he was rushed to Opelika I for safekeeping, as lynching was I feared. ■■ ■ - FILIPINOS TO TAKE FREEDOM TO PARTIES MANILA, Sept. 11.—(Thursday.) | —(By Associated Press.) —Renewed j efforts to obtain independence for I the Philippines will be made next year by the Filipino mission, which will visit the United States : and lay before th'e national conven tions of the republican and demo cratic parties the matter of inserting independence planks in the party platforms, it is announced. THE PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE NO TAMBOURINE PASSING BY SALVATION ARMY HERE The Times-Recorder has been ask ed by Capt. Knox, of the local Sal vation Army corp, to inform Ameri i cus citizens and firms, who have been I solicited regularly during recent i months for funds by persons wear ; ing a garb similar to that of the ! Salvation Army, that the latter or | ganization some time ago abandon- I ed tambourine passing, and that any I one making this kind of solicitation ( is not connected with the Salvation ■ Army. Captain Knox and Captain Guess ■ are the only representatives of the I organization here regularly. BOSTON CALMER WITH DEATH LIST IN STRIKE AT 7 BOSTON, Sept. 12—(By Associat j ed Press.) —The local situation grow [ ing out of the strike of th e police j force assumed a calrper aspect today. ‘ The state guard continued in charge | of the streets. The death list, as a direct result of • the strike stood at seven. Application for reinstatement has been made by “a number” of strik i ing policemen. Superintendent of Po , lice Crowley said today. EVENING PRAYER HOUR AT CALVARY CHURCH EARLIER The hour of service at Calvary I church tonight will be 8 o’clock. | This is half an hour sooner than | heretofore. After the service there will be a meeting of the Vestry, | Building committee and congrega i tion. WEST POINT CADETS WELCOMED IN GENOA GENOA, Italy Sept. 10.—(Wed nesday.)— (By Associated Press.) — : The West Point cade|s, on their ar rival here today, were greeted en thusiastically by government and mu ( nicipal authorities, while a company of infantry rendered military honors I at the station. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919. BIG WELCOME AT WASHINGTON FOR PERSHING WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—(8y Associated Press.) —General Persh ing will arrive in Washington today on the anniversary of the beginning of the great St. Mihiel drive, Ameri ca’s first big effort »n the war. The commander’s special train, after a top of several hours at Philadelphia, was due to arrive at 4 o’clock this afternoon. Vice President Marshall, acting for the president, Secretary Baker, members of the general staff, con gressional committees and others will greet the commander. HALE ASKS AMERICUS TO JOIN EXPORT COMPANY At the conclusion of a brief talk ( at the Chamber of Commerce yester ( day by Matthew Hale, head of the I Southeast shipping organizations, a : committee of five Americus business | men was appointed to take up Mr. Hale’s proposal for this city to be ome identified with the organiza tions which he represents. This com mittee, appointed by President John Sheffield, of the Chamber of Com merce, who presided at the meeting, is composed of L. G. Council, G. W. Riley, J. E. Hightower, Frank La nier and W. M. Jones. Mr. Hale, who heads the South At- Imtic Maritime corporation and the South Atlantic Export company, j pointed out what these two organi- 1 zations are doing for the develop ment, industrial and commercial, of the Southeast. He showed how Am- | ericus might profit by having a part of the movement and asked that ship- s pers here tak e $2,500 in the Export company. This is a part of Georgia’s allottment of SIOO,OOO of the total of $400,000 stock. It is the aim of the company not only to draw midwestern shipping to the ports of this section, but to develop i the Southeast industrially so that the goods which are to be exported i to South and Central America and other parts of the world through these ports will be manufactured in their immediate territory. TURPINS START $25,000 SHOW ROOMAT ONCE One of Finest Auto Plants In South To Be Built Ground will be broken next week on the new Turpin automobile build ing at the corner of Lee and Lamar streets, on the site of the old “Buz zard’s Roost” which has been wrecked and cleared away. Announcement to this effect was made by Will G. Turpin, for the members of the firm. Building permit for the structure was taken out yesterday, showing the estimated cost to be $25,000. It is considered likely the cost may run considerably beyond that figure. Detailed plans and specifications have been prepared by the architect and are ready for handing over the workmen. The construction will not be done by contract, Mr. Turpin said, but by day labor under the supervis ion of a superintendent who has al ready been employed. The structure planned will be one (of the handsomest automobile build lings in the South. It will not be | limited to show rooms, either, there ' being a great deal of storage space in which will be utilized for stock, re pair and other service work. The I new structure, which will connect with the already very large building (adjoining the lot in the rear, will have a frontage on Lee street of | over 41 feet and on Lamar street 'of 83 1-2 feet, with an ell extending in the rear of the water tower for la distance of 78 feet from Lamar I street. The building will be two stories (in height, with two very ornamental fronts. The entire frontage on the lower floor will of plate glass, with prism glass above it. Either white pressed brick or red vitrified brick will be used. The interior of the show room, which front on Lee street, will have t’le floor, white .pressed steel ceiling, and otherwise I be substantial and attractive in de sign and finish. In the rear will be 1 a large electric elevator for the lift |!ing of autos to the second floor. The ientire second floor of both the old and the new buildings will be utiliz ed for the storage of cars and other [purposes. The repair and paint shop will be moved to this floor, among (other things. . 1 “And when we have finismd we are going to ghe service,” said Mr Turpifi. “It will be the highest class service that can be obta.ned. \\ e are going to have the best men ob tainable—experts in all their lines — ’ (regardless of what they cost. Only yesterday I offered a man we want led SSO per week to come with us. We are going out after only high ■ class men and intend to get them. With that kind of men we’ll be able to give a brand of service never be fore known in this section.” SEVEN MORE DWELLINGS TO HELP RELIEVE SHORTAGE. I Seven pieces of rental residence property are being ndded to Ameri cus in the present shortage of hous es by two citizens—Crawford Wheat ; ley and Hugh Mize. Mr. Wheatley is erecting five new cottages on the east side of the city, and Mr. Mize remodeling and putting in good con ditions two places which have recent ly been vacant because of needed repairs. Mr. Wheatley has begun the con struction of two cottages on Reese street, and will begin construction at an early date of two others on Mayo street and another on Crawford street. He is using lumber which he had sawed from his own timber, j “But they are already rented,” said Mr. Wheatley “rented far in ad vance of their construction. Please ;state that, so that people will not be wasting time and ringing me up at all hours of the day and night wanting (to secure them.’ The houses being remodeled by Mr. (Mize are on Elm avenue near Hill istreet and were formerly owned by iL. Witte. He is putting in water and sewerage, among other improvements being made on the property. ‘ The Weather Forecast ; For Georgia—Partly cloudy tonight | and Saturday; probably local show- I ers. By Morris Prosperity Keeps > Offenders Out of j > Courts in Atlanta ■ A TLANTA, Sept. 12.—Officials I > in the city criminal court of j i Atlanta said today that prosperity ? '5 is' liavirig' a big effect in that ) <1 tribunal in keeping away defend- 5 I ants. \ ? “It seems that people are now < > getting so much money they pre- ? J fer to pay bonds rather than take / ; the trouble of appearing in court” i 1"' said Clerk Charlie Huber, as he I recorded thirty bond forfeitures for this week. These bonds rep- < resented several thousand dollars. / S “This is a remarkable record— ) i I have never known so manyf ) ( bonds to be forfeited in all the ( ; '> time I have been connected with j the court,” said the clerk. 45,000 MEN OF KOLCHAK’S ARMY REPORTED TAKEN LONDON, Sept. 12. (By Asso ciated Press.) —The remainder of Admiral Kolchak’s southern army, in the region of Aktiubinsk and Crik, has surrendered to the Bolsheviki, it i is claimed in a Bolshevik wireless dis- I patch from Moscow today. This | raises the total of Bolshevik captures from the Kolchak forces within a week to 45,000 men, it is declared. U. S. CONSUL AT OMSK REPORTS NO DISASTER WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—(8y ! Associated Press.) —Dispatches sent from Omsk this month by the Amer ican consul report that the Northern Siberian army has stopped its re treat and is now west of the Isham river and it is generally believed Omsk is out of Bolshevik danger. No mention was made of disaster to the southern army reported in the Bol shevik dispatches from Moscow to London. SMI FHVILLE LAD IS NAMED TO WEST POINT WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—(8y Associated Press.) —Southern candi- I dates designated for the United (States Military Academy at West ! Point to take examination in Feb l ruary for admission next June in | elude: Georgia, by Senator Harris, James Dickerson, of Sommerville, and ! Thaddeus H. Parker, Jr., of Moultrie; 1 Third district, George C. Clark, of 1 Smithville. MACON STRIKERS SHOOT 2 NEGRO MILL HANDS MACON, September 12.—(8y As ’ sociated Press.) —A negro woman | and a negro girl, non-union workers f in the Bibb Cotton Mill No. 2 were shot this morning by strikers who | fired twelve shots into a truck load of forty employes on their way to work. The reign of terror instituted last night in the district near the mill continues this morning. HERE’S CH ANCE TO BOOST A. L I. RE-ORGANIZATION 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 i does sign it: ) I agree to enlist in the Americus Light Infantry and will 5 report at such time and place in A.mericus as may be des ignated by proper authority for muster into service of said company. i Applicant Sign Here. Applicant recommended by Age Entered the Service Discharged Military History Company and Regiment. Address, Telephone No. Etc- When filled out mail to JAMES A.FORT, Americus, Ga. $ HOME I EDITION j PRICE FIVE CENTS. NO RESERVATION TO WORLD PACT IN ACCEPTANCE BV PARLIAMENT President, In Idaho,. 7 akes Long Ride In Rain LANSING QUOTED AGAINST TREATY Said It Would Be Defeat ed, If People Knew Its Meaning OTTAWA, Sept. 12.—(8y Asso ciated Press.) —The house of com mons assented without reservation, oday to the German peace treaty. Both houses of parliament have now ratified the treatyy. WILSON MAKES IDAHO STOP IN DOWNPOUR. RATHDRUM, Idaho, Sept.. 12. (By Associated Press.) — President Wilson arrived here shortly after & o’clock this morning in a downpour !of rain. He started at once on a fourteen mile automobile trip to | Couer D’Alene, Idaho, where he was j to speak. QUOTES LANSING IN FIGHT ON TREATY. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.— (8y ) Associated Press.) —William C. Bul litt, of Philadelphia, formerly attach ed to the American peace mission, testified before the senate foreign j delations committee today that Sec , retary Lansing told him in Paris last May that if “the senate and the American people knew what the treaty meant it would be defeated.” TROPICAL HURRICANE MISSING GULF CITIES WASHINGTON, September 12. . (By Associated Press.) —The tropical i I hurricane this morning was apparent- I ly central over north central gulf, probably in vicinity of latitude 27 ongitude 88, the weather bureau nounced. This would indicate that the disturbance had advanced Kt j tie toward northeast and its move ment was slow. PENSACOLA, September 12. i (By Associated Press.) —With the ba 'rometer at 29.79 at 8 o’clock this morning, four points above the mid night reading, there was little indi cation of the approach of the gulf torm. Pilots reports the tides above normal and shipping continued ob erve the utmost precaution. MOBILE, September 12. (By As sociated Press.)—There was little in dication of the approach of the trop i cal storm here today. The baromet er has been slowly rising since 5 o’clock this morning.