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SAYS PRESIDENT
PARIS, Sept. 25.—-<by Associated
Press.)- i.faking in 'H chamber of
deputies t <ay on the > eace treaty,
Premier <. lemenreau sa’.J if he had
any word to send the United States
senate, it would be to hurry the rati
fication of the treaty.
DENVER, Sept. 25—(By Associat
ed Press.) —Declaring the issue in
the peace treaty discussion at last
had been “clearly drawn,’’ President
Wilson said in an address hers today
that the “question squarely faring the
nation was whether the United States
will keep its pledges to help guar
antee the peace of the world or not.”
.Os all the subject matter in the
treaty aside from the league coven
ant, the president said the Shantung
provision was the only one criticized.
That objection had now been cleared
away, he said, as had lesser objections
urged against the covenant itself.
WILSON CALLS TO
PIONEER BLOOD.
Aboard President Wilson's Special
Train.—Through the regions made fa
mous ,ne pioneers of western Amer
ica I'resiueat Wilson passed on the
beginning of his homeward journey
from the Pacific coast, and to thjj de
scendants of these pioneers he point
ed out in his addresses that in the
same way a the forward moving men
an dwomeu m '49 had blazed the trail,
which opened up our land, so the for
ward looking men and women of 1919
must blaze the way which shall lead
all the world to peace and justice just
as as those brave souls of 49 had gone
ahead, never fearing what was in the
next canyon ahead of them, we must
go ahead now, the president pointed
out, confident that in our leadership
of the world through the league of na
tions, we will? find the right way that
will bring them all to the promised
land.
Delivers Brief Talk At Sacramento
From Los Angeles to Sacramento
and then through the territory which
Bret Harte immortalized in his short
stories, the presidential train moved
until it reached Reno, the first sched
uled stop on the eastward route. Po
ker flats, Dutch clats and the other
old mining camps which Harte so
breezily told of all were seen by Mr.
Wilson on his journey, and he related
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To Drive New Model 4
Overland to Americus
Frank Sheffield and Lovelace Eve ■
will leave for Atlanta tonight, as'
the guests of the Hooks Motor Com-i
pany, and will return Friday through j
the country in one of the new Over-;
land Fours, the first to come into'
South Georgia. J. D. Hooks and i
James Rees, of the Hooks Motor Com-!
pany, will drive the car.
For three years the Overland sac-I (
tories have been building and per- (
fecting the widely discussed car, Mr., ,
Hooks said Thursday. He declared .
that already one of the Overland <
stock models Fours had been subject- j
ed to a 250,000 mile road test. Rep-' ]
resentatives of the factory will be in
Atlanta to receive Mr. Hooks and his (
guests. i (
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W. T. Calhoun newest
Americus Rotarian
W. T. Calhoun, of the Arles Plan-!
tation, was received into the Ameri
cus Rotary club today at its lunch
eon in the Tea Room. Mr. Calhoun
is the newest member of Rotary in
the city. Capt. J. L. Sparks was a
guest of the club.
Arthur Rylander, one of the oldest
members of the club, was today unan
imously elected to a life honorary
membership. Mr. Rylander is the'
first Rotarian to receive this honor,
and the club expressed very deep
feeling for the goodfellowship of its
honored member.
Crapps Home After
19 Trips Over Atlantic
Cecil Crapps, Americus lad, who
entered the navy early in the war, ar
rived home today, having been dis
charged Monday at the Charleston
navy yard. While in the service, he
made nineteen trips across the At-,
lantic being one of the crew of a
converted German liner used in trans
porting troops across the Atlantic.
He visited Liverpool ami Brest while
in Europe, but today stated he was.
glad to be relieved of further con-j
nection with the service.
Esthonians Annihilate
2 Bolshevik Regiments
LONDON, Sept. 25.—(—By Asso
ciated Press.) —Fierce fighting was
in progress yesterday in the segion ;
of Pskov, southwest of Petrograd,
where the Esthonians annihilated two!
Bolshevik regiments, according to I
Esthonian dispatches.
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PUBLISHED IN 7HE HEAR < OF DIXIL
TOOLE AND CHY
UNIONS WIN IN
MACONELECTION
MACON, Sept. 25. (By Asso
ciated Press.) —The advocatejs of
the unionization of city employes, in- '
eluding policemen and firemen, scor
ed heavily in probably the first Amer
ican political contest in which this
question was made the leading issue.
The returns from yesterday’s pri
mary show John T. Moore, candidate
for mayor, and almost, his entire
ticket, opposing unionization, defeat
ed by substantial majorities. Mayor
Glenn Toole was re-nominated.
Os the more than 5,200 voters
registered for the primary only 4,417
were cast. The vote by wards on
the mayoralty candidates was:
Ist 2nd 3rd 4th Totals
Tool .. .620 672 484 689 2,485
Moore 329 83 997 543 1,925
Mayor Toole’s majority, 513.
Moore carried only the 'Third ward,
losing the Fourth ward by 146 votes.
Many of the Moore followers believ
ed that he would carry the Fourth
ward and a heavier majority was ex
■ pected in the Third ward. But in
I the Third ward there were some 200
I stay-at-homes.
Th e result bore out the prediction
of Mayor Toole within thirty-seven
votes. Just as the polls closed he ex
pressed the belief that he had been
reelected by a majority of 450.
Orders Drastic Action
For Release Os Cars
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—(8y
Associated Press.) —Drastic action
was taken today by Director General
! Hines of the railways to compel the
prompt release of refrigerator cars.
Regional directors were ordered to
, place embargoes against all con
signees who fail to release promptly
1 such equipment.
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Plan to Americanize
30,000 Ala. Aliens
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 25.
(By Associated Press.) —A mass
meeting of foreigners has been
called for Sunday night when an
Americanization campaign will be
launched here. It is estimated there
| are 30,000 foreigners in this dis-
I trict.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 25, 1919.
JOEL EDGE IS
FOUND SLAIN;
BODY IS SENT
HOME IN BUGGY
Driverless Horse Leads
To Discovery Os
Americus Killing.
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LITTLE PROGRESS
MADE IN INQUIRY
Several Negroes Quizzed
But Without Result,
Say Officials.
' A mysterious killing, in which Joel I
■ Edge, a well known white man of this
community was the victim, was oc
cupying the attention of Coroner Ed
Jenkins and other officials today, but
up to 3 o’clock this afternoon ap
parently little progress had been
made toward reaching a solution, al
though a coroner’s inquest had been ;
in session is the sheriff's office at the
court house since shortly after 10
I o’clock. At that hour no arrests had
; been made and none were in im-
■ mediate prospect.
“We don ■. know much more than
when we began,” said one official.
Mr. Edge’s ddarf body was found
about 3 o’clock this morning under
I unusual circumstances He had
been working as a gin foreman for
I Frank Barber, overseer on the Ry
i lander farm east of Americus, and
, last evening drove to town with Mr.
Barber’s horse and.buggy. About 3 '
a. m. Mr. Barber heard the horse ■
in the yard not far from the house
| and went out, discovering the buggy I
■ driverless. He called but received
1 no answer, and, using a pocket flash- I
I light which he carried, looked inside ;
. the buggy. There he discovered i
[ smears of blood.
Calls Neighbors.
Going to a telephone, he calle 1
Will and Ed Morgan, neighbors, and
they came quickly and a search for
th e missing driver was begun. Go
ing up the road toward the city, they
soon came upon the body lying by the
roadside where it apparently had fal
len from the buggy. The laprobe
was said to ha' e been found wrappea
around the head, and there was a
large bruis'e on the forehead where
the fatal blow had evidently been
struck. There were also other se
vere bruises or the body, but it was
not known whet .er tnesc might have
been made in the fall from the buggy.
Following this discovery, Mr. Bar
ber called Sheriff Harvey, who went
to the scene with Deputy Summers
( oroner Jen! ir-s cos then called from
his home at Leslie and an effort to
solve the slaying was begun.
After an investigation at the Ry
lander farm and the scese of the
finding of the body, the officers con
clouded that the killing took place in
Vmiicus, ail the body was sent to
f morgue of the tmericus Under
taking company, while the coroner
and other officials came to the city
where the inquest was convened.
The Coroner's Jury.
The following men made up the
coroner’s jury: R. E. Price, T G.
Heys, C. R. Malone, Sid Bell. G. E.
Daniels and W. E. Parker. Zach
Childers, solicitor of the City Court
' f Americus, who is a cousin of the
slain man, assisted in the injliiry in
an unofficial capacity.
It was said the slain man had
teen traced to Americus last night, (
and that the horse and buggy had
been stopping on Strife street, at
the home of Jensie McCullough, a
notorious negro woman. As
a result a number of negroes living
in that neighborhood were before the
coroner for inquiry, but without re
sult.
It is the theory of the officers that
Mr. Edge was killed in Americus af
ter midnight last night in an encoun
ter of some sort, and his body placed
in the buggy and the horse started
home ih the expectation that there
would be a runaway or some other
accident that might conceal the
crime.
FUNERAL OF EDGE SET
FOR FRIDAY MORNING.
Joel R. Edge, who met his death
The “Saint of Belgium” and Cardinal Gibbons.
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jMiB feWlO rT AWNS
Cardinal Mercier, the “Saint of
Belgium,” had two missions to per
form when he came to America. One
was to tell America how much Bel
gium appreciated her aid during the
war. The other was to visit the ven-
CHURCH WALLS'
START RISINGIAS
BRICK ARRIVES
Construction of the wall of the
| new Cavalry Eiscopal church was be
| gun this morning by a small force
' of mason following the arrival of
1 one of the three cars of red face
brick which will be required and de
livery of which had been long delay
| ed. Part of the brick were on the
| ground this morning, an i more were
I being delivered during the day.
“The non-arrival of the brick was
! the sole cause of the delay in the
erection of th e building,” said B. C.
Hogue, the contractor. “Friday
morning we will have a full force
of brick mason on the job, and the
way, and We hope there will be no
further delay. The slate for the
roof and the timbers for use in the
i construction are on the ground, and
.we can go right ahead. W e hope
to have the walls up and the roof
I on, ready for inside fisishing to be
I gin, within ninety days.”
The three cars amount to 44,000
i brick.
Health Talks For
Students At Aggie
Prof. J. M. Prance, principal of the'
Third District Agricultural and Me-!
chanical college here, is arranging for
a series of health talks for students
at the college to be delivered by the I
physicians of Americus each week
during the school term. The first of
these lectures will be by Dr. B. F.
Bond, county health commissioner,
and will be given at the chapel on the
Aggie campus Friday morning, begin
ning at 8:20 o’clock. The student
body will be assembled to hear these
lectures and the college authorities
have arranged ample accommodations
for all others who may desire to at
tend. It is planned to have a differ
ent physician address the students
each week, and the subject to be dis
cussed will be selected by the speaker
on each occasion.
last night, was 43 years of age and
unmarried. He had lived near Amer
icus for 30 years and was generally
well known. He is survived by two
brothers S. H. Edge, a prominent Odd
Fellow, and W. S. Edge, both of
Americus. He was a member of
Americus Camp, No. 202, W. O. W.
The funeral will beheld at 10
o’clock Friday morning from the res
idence of S. H. Edge! on the Ander
sonville road just outside the city
limits, conducted by Rev. R. L. Biv
ins, of Forsyth, former pastor of the
Central Baptist church of Americus.
Interment will be in Oak Grove
cemetery.
eval Cardinal Gibbon 1 This photo
graph was taken while the Belgian
prelate was in Baltimore, the day
after he landed in America. Cardi
nal Mercier, at right and Cardinal
t> o‘JOi.s.
JURY CHEATED
OF HOG CASE
BY AGREEMENT
The Plains hog lawsuit in which
Forrest & Logan, stock buyers of
; Plains, were suing J. F. Fender and
M. H. Mott for $4,500 for the loss
iof 193 head of hogs by cholera, which
! was being tried in the City Court of
; Americus, came to an abrupt end
! yesterday afternoon in the midst of
the concluding argument and a few
minutes before it was to have gone
to the jury, when Judge Harper was
informed by attorneys on both sides
that an agreement had been reached.
W. P. Wallis, one of the attorney,
for the plaintiffs, was winding up
the arguments to th'e jury when the
compromise was reached, whereupon
the case was withdrawn from con
sideration of th e jury and the jury
dismissed. The movte was especially
welcome to the jurors, who had been
sitting through the case for three
days.
It was not stated upon what terms
the compromise agreement was
reached, but it was hinted that a third
party was concerned in the settle
ment.
The case had been hard fought
through three full days, with a largo
number of witnesses f»om around
Plains being called. Forrest & Lo->
gan were suing for the loss they in
curred when the hogs which they had
bought for shipping died after chol
era broke out in th e herd. They
contended that hogs owned by Messr
Fender and Mott were infected when
they bought them, as they did with
in a very few days after be’ng de
livered, and that this was the course
of the infection of the entire herd.
The defense contended that because
th< re was cholera throughout the
neighborhood there wan no certain
ty that th e infection came from their
animals and not from elsewhere.
' The Weather Forecast \
For Georgia.—Generally fair to
night and Friday.
' The Cotton Market
LOCAL SPOTS.
Good Middling 30 3-4 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
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Steel Union Head Heard
By Senate Investigat
ing Body.
SOFT COAL MINERS
FIX WALKOUT DATE
Operators And Mere Meet
In Effort To Avert
Clash
(By Associated Press.y
Interest in the steel strike stefted
today to Washington where the lahar
committee of the senate upttwed *ls>
investigation to learn if the
tion in any way could be relieved hy
federal action.
Little change was reportacS &oday
in the steel districts. In the-CliicHge’
district, steel corporation officials an
nounced that plants at Gary wankt
resume part operation today.
WASHINGTON, Sept 25.
1 Associated Press.) —Even should i3*t
‘ United States Steel Corporation coa-
I sent to meet representatives of the
men the nation-wide strike of steel,
workers could not now be calk-d off,,
in the opinion of John Fitzpatrick,
chairman of the strikers’ comntiltee,.
expressed today at the opening of
the Senate labor committee’s investi
gation of the strike.
“The three hundred' and gfty thou
sand men on strike are going to de
mand from th'e United States gor
ernment justice and decent justice.,”
he declared.
HINES LIMITS USE OF •
RAILROADS IN STRIKED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—(8.
Associated Press.) —In an -effort to
meet the first effects of the- steel
strike on the transportation sy*e«>
the railroad administration ooday
instituted a system of moving: coal,
and iron ore to the steel mills in per
mits, which will limit quantifier. t®
what the mills can consume during;
the strike. Regional director.; w®
handle the permits.
SOFT COAL OPERATORS".
AND MINERS MEET.
BUFFALO, Sept. 25.—<By Asso
ciated Press.)—With a< general
strike of the soft coal miners of the
United States tentatively set
Novemeber T, operators and repre
sentatives of miners met here to
day in an effort to avert it by reach
ing an agreement on wages, hours
and conditions.
School of Business
To Open At Emory
ATLANTA, Sept. 25.—Emory U®-
versity will begin its School of busi
ness Administration with the opening?
of the fall term. A four year's
liberal college course is offered' vrisieh?
is specially designed for those -whe:
expect to enter business. Courses ie.
accounting, economis geography, bus
iness law, marketing, industrial or
ganization, corporation, finaner arad
money and banking, will be offeneffi
during the coming year.
An increasing number of co (lore
graduates are entering business -ra
ther than the traditional professions
and the colleges are wisely offense
certain courses, which, while contrib
uting to a liberal education will afe®
prepare one to take a more intelligent
part in the world of business..
Lieutenant Albert Sigfred Johrtscra,
who is to give courses in accounting:,
arrived in the city a few’ days ago
He is a graduate of the University
Wisconsin, having taken the four
years course in the School of Gors
merce of that institution. On accourdt
1 of his excellent record as a student,
he was elected to membership in itets.
Gama Sigma, the honorary fraternity
for students in commerce.
Dean Edgar H. Johnson has re
turned from a visit to the Universal
ties of Chicago and lUFnois’ Setnavis
of Commerce and is enthusiasts® i®
the outlook for Emory.