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FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 223.
LITTLE PROGRESS MADE IN SOLVING KILLING
STEEL STRIKE
EXTENDED TO
INDEPENDENTS
General Walkout Called
In Bethlehem Plants
\ For Monday
X.
(By Associated Press.)
The first week of the steel strike
ended today with the situation a vir- I
tual deadlock, while both sides wait-'
ed for Monday when the crucial test
will be afforded of claims of the op
ponents of their strength.
Steel company officials today ex-'
pressed the fullest confidence that j
the opening of another week would
see such defections in the strike ranks
of the strikers that the backbone--of
the union’s resistance would be Li'-k- 1
«n.
Few changes in the situation in any I
districts were reported today.
STRIKE ORDERED IN
BETHLEHEM PLANTS.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 27.—(8y As
sociated Press.) —The national com
mittee for organizing iron and steel
workers at a meeting here today or
dered a general strike in the {•’ants
of the Bethlehem Steel Co., an inde
endent, to becom e effective Monday
morning at 6 o’clock.
TO TRY TO REOPEN
YOUNGSTOWN MILL.
YOUNGSTOWN, Sept., 27.—(8y
Associated Press./ Following
a canvass of employes as they re- I
ceived their pay today, officials of the ’
Carnegie Steel Company here today
announced an attempt would be
made Monday to reopen the mill
here. The announcement maks the
first effort at resumption in the Ma
honing valley.
Jas. Westbrook, Os
Famed ‘First,’ Home
James Westbrook, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Westbrook, who has been
in France and Germany with the A. (
E. F., arrived home Friday night, just
thirty days after leaving the occu- i
pation zone of Germany. H e brought
his discharge with him, and will re- 1
main in Americus, resuming his old
position as salesman for the Rylander '
Shoe company as soon as he cares
to go back to work.
Mr. Westbrook was a member of
th e famous First division, the first
to get into the war and the last to
come home, and he participated in
the parades of the division, with Gen
eral Pershing leading, in New York
and Washington.
U. S. Oil Financiers I
Force Roumania To Act
PARIS, Sept. 27.—(8y Associated
Press.) —The Rumanian government
is considering the nationalization of
all petroleum companies, according to
the Geneva Dispatch, which says the |
step may b e taken “in order to avoid
pressure from American financiers”
who are seeking a monoply there.
British At Last All
Out of Archangel |
LONDON, Sept. 27. (By Assoc-'
ciated Press.)—British evacuation of
Archangel has been completed with ,
the exception of two hundred high
landers, who are expected to embark
today, according to announcement
here.
Adelina Patti, world
Famed Singer, Is Dead
LONDON, Sept. 27.—(8y Asso-’
ciated Press.) —Adelina Patti, world
famous prima donna, died this morn
ing at Craigjmos Castle, South
Wales.
The Cotton Market
LOCAL SPOTS.
Good Middling 32—31 3-4 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Prev.
Close Open High Low Close
Oct. 32.35 32.30 32.56 32.12 32.12.
Oec. 32.69 32.50 32.86 32.38 32.45
Jan. 32.80 32.60 32.90 32.48 32.55 j
Meh. 32.95 32.85 33.05 32.60 32.61 I
May 33.05 33.16 32.75 32.75]
WILSON HOPES j
TO BE ABLE TO
GREET ALBERT
j
rVN THE PRESIDENT’S SPE- (
\ VF CIAL TRAIN, Sept. 27.—(8y i
( Associated Press.) —His speaking <
? tour for the peace treaty inter- )
/ rupted by illness, President Wil- >
■ son is hurrying back to Washing- ?
\ ton on the order of his physician, <
\ Admiral Dr. Grayson, who spent <
< the night in the President’s pri- ?
vate car, the Mayflower, so as to >
) be near near his patient.
Admiral Grayson said there S
; was nothing alarming in the <
. President’s situation, but would (
• insist upon the President tak- (
( ing a complete rest for consid- ;
ierable time. j>
It became known today that S
the President still believed he <
would be able to get to New York I
next Friday tff meet and welcome (
( King Albert of Belgium.
( Just before the train reached 5
1 Indianapolis late in the forenoon, ? ■
Admiral Grayson issued a bul- )
letin saying “the President’s S
condition is about the same. He (
•) had a fairly restful night.”
MISS COLLINS
WEDS J. H. TODD,
STARJJF FILMS
Mr. and Mrs. Chamlers W. Collins
annouce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Eugenia, to James H. Todd, of
Staunton, Va., or Sept- 24, at their
home in Pittsburg, ra.
The announcement will come as a
surprise to the many friends of the
youthful bride > n Americus, where
she spent the summer with relatives.
Miss Collins is a charming young wo
man who until 2 years ago had lived
in Americus all her life and has a
wide circle of friends here.
Mr. Todd is a member of a promi
nent Virginia family and has made
a name for himself among film ac
tors. He is now playing opposite
Elsie Ferguson with the Fox Film
corporation.
Mr. and Mrs. Todd will reside in
New York for the present, going later
to Honolulu, where they will spend
several months.
CUBAN MISSIONS
TO GET $750,000
FROM BAPTISTS
ATLANTA, Sept. 27.—Preparing
to spend $750,000 in mission work
in Cuba, including the extension of
the existing educational institutions
and enlargement of the corps of
| workers now engaged in that field,
the Baptist Home Mission board is
completing final preparations for the
inauguration of tfre new ’program,
which will be carried out during the
next five years. With a view toward
securing first hand information con
cerning the new work and the ex
tension of the board’s activities, Dr.
' B. D. Gray, corresponding secretary
and executive head of the board, is
now in Cuba making a personal In
spection of the situation.
It is the purpose of the board, to
make the Cuban mission work one of
the most important features of its
five-year program, balancing the
evangelical and educational activities
lin sueh a manner as to achieve the
■best results. The appropriation of
j three-quarters of a million dollars
covers a wide range of activities and
affects all the enterprises conducted
in the Cuban field. The money spent
at the rate of about $250,000 per
year for the next five years
and will bring about the erection oi
new churches and schools, as well as
the improvement of the existing relig
ious and educational establishments
maintained by the board, which di
rects the home mission activities of
the Southern Baptist convention.
A new site will be selected for the
Cuban-American college at Havana
'and . $250,000 will be put into im
provements and additions to this In
stitution. The plants in Cienfuegos,
Sagua La Grande, Cardenas, Colon
as well as the capital cities of the
four western provinces will benefit,
to which the work of the Southern
Baptists is confined. The Northern
me RI c U
THE TIMESS? RECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE
THREAT OF NEW
BLOCKADE SENT
HUNS BY ALLIES
Must Evacuate Lithuania
Under Drastice Penal
ties, Says Note.
PARIS, Sept. 27.—The supreme
council decided today to send to the
German 'government, through Mar
shal Foch, a note demanding the
evacuation of Lithuania by German
troops, under drastic penalties for
non-compliance. The note informs
Germany that her provisioning will
be immediately stopped and financial
arrangements she requests will be
held up if Lithuania is not evacuat
ed.
PARIS, Sept. 27. (By Associated
Press.) —If all German troops are
not recalled from the Baltic provinces
within a short time the Allies will
cut off supplies from Germany, re
establish the blockade and interrupt
the repatriation of German prisoners
of war, according to the Figaro, which
says a note is being prepared to this
effect by the entente.
Emory University
To Open Wednesday
ATLANTA, Sept. 27—The official
opening exercises for al! of the
schools of Emory University will be
held on the campus “n Druid Hills
s-t 11 o’clock Wednesday morning at
which there will be appropriate ad
dresses.
The speakers will include the chan
cellor, Bishop Warren A. Candler;
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey; Mayor
James L. Key, and Samuel C. Dobbs,
president of th e Chamber of Com
merce. A special feature of the open
ing will be the welcome extended to
School of Liberal Arts students who
come to Atlanta for the first year
of their work.
College night will be observed on
Thursday night when special fea
tures of college life will be emphasiz
ed.
The enrollment at Emory is unus
ually larg e and every effort is be
ing exerted to house the students
satisfactorily.
Emory now includes the School of
Arts, the School of Medicine, the
Sqhool of Theology, the School of
LaW, the School of Business Admin
istration, the graduate school and
other departments.
At the same time the University
proper open in Atlanta the Academy
will open at Oxford under the head
mastership of Dr. J A. Sharp and
with a record attendance.
Finds Silver Medal
Given Gen. Hooker
M’DONOUGH, Sept. 27.—Rev. E.
Oglesby has in his possession a solid
silver medal on which is engraved:
“Presented to General Hooker’s
division.”
The medal was found near McDon
ough, where a portion of Sherman’s
army camped on its march to the sea.
The medal will b e gladly returned to
some member‘of General Hooker’s
family if such members will com
municate with Mr. Oglesby.
MARTINIQUE SHAKEN.
FORT D’FRANCE, Martinique,—
(Friday.) (By Associated Press.)
A strong earthquake shock was felt
here at 12:20 this afternoon. No
damage so far has been reported.
Baptist organization conducts the
mission work in the eastern prov
inces.
Dr. M. M. McCall, a former Geor
gian, is in charge of the home mis
sion board’s work in Cuba, while
the corps of workers is made up in
part of Americans, but in the main
of native Cubans. The principal of
the Havana school is Rev. W. B. Mil
ler, who is at present taking special
instruction at Peabody college. Dr.
J. G. Chastain, who for twenty-five
years has labored in the mission field
in Cuba, and is well known among
Southern Baptists, will have a prom
inent part in the new activities.
It had been Dr. Gray’s purpose to
visit the Baptist mission establish
ments in Panama at this time, but
the launching of the $75,000,000 cam
oaign by the Southern Baptist con-'
vention caused him to postpone his,
trip to the Canal Zone.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1919.
LITTLE BOY IS
BADLY CRUSHED
BY BIG TRUCK
I
Alvin Baker, Aged 7,
Near Death At City
Hospital
Hovering between lif e and death, ’
with little hope for his recovery, Al- I
vin Baker, 7 year old son of Mr. ;
and Mrs. J. W. Baker, lay in the ■
city hospital last night, his body j
torn and crushed from being run
over by an auto truck loaded with
bricks Friday evening. Dr. Prather,
who attended the little fellow, stat
ed that he had little chance for re
covery, because of the danger of
peritonitis from internal injuries.
However, he had not expected him to
live through Friday night, and the
fact that he had done so gave him
a slight chance.
The accident occurred on Lee
street near the intersection with
Finn. The truck, belonging to the
Hudson transfer company and driv
en by a negro, carrying 1,500 bricks
and weighing 11,000 pounds loaded,
had just turned into Lee street when
Alvin and an older Assyrian boy,
with whom he yas playing, attempt
ed to steal a ride. The older boy
jumped onto the side of the truck
but the little fellow missed his hold
and fell. The truck was moving
slowly, because of its load, but the
driver did not see the lad fall soon
enough to stop and a rear wheel
passed completely across his ab
domen from the left side and down
his right leg to the knee. Miracu
lously not a bone was broken, but the
flesh was terribly torn and cut, and
the interior organs crushed by the
great weight. The truck was stop
ped quickly and the driver and pass
ers-by picked the little fellow up and
carried him into th e home of Dr. J.
T. Stukes, only a few steps away. Dr.
W. S. Prather happened along at that
i time and after first aid treatment
he hurried to the hospital with the
boy, accompanied by Drs. Stukes and
Statham, who arrived in the mean
time, Where everything possible was
done to save the lad’s life.
The boy and his parents make their
home over the store of J. H. Poole
& Sons, north of the court house.
The family moved here from Colum
bus only about three months ago.
Railroad Fireman
Gets $14,165 Verdict
ATLANTA, Sept. 27.—A juiy in
the city court of Atlanta has retum
! ed a verdict in favor of E. M. Hope
for $14,165 damages against the Di
rector General of Railroads, operat
ing the Southern railway, for injuries
received by Hope in the employ of
the railway as fireman.
Hope claimed that on September
6 of last year he was injured by a
collison between his engine and an
other engine of the company near
the Terminal Station in Atlanta. One
of the features of the trial was the
introduction in evidence by Reuben
R. Arnold, Hope’s attorney, of a
human thigh bone, which physicians
in the cas P used to illustrate the ex
■ tent of Hope's injury.
I
Both Ga. Senators
Against Amendment
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—The
first alignment in the Senate on the
League of Nations is expetted to
come with the record vote on the
Johnson amendment which would
give the United States the same num
ber of votes in the assembly of the
League as held by Great Britain and
her colonies. Neither one of Geor
gia’s senators are expected to sup- I
port the amendment. Senator Hoke j
Smith is slated as against the amend- I
ment by the observers for the metro- i
politan press, while Senator William
J. Harris is known to favor the rati- |
fication of the peace treaty without I
reservations or amendments.
House Burns Just As He
Goes To Move Into It
ANNISTON, Sept. 27.—Driving up
to a house with moving vans filled
with his furniture ready to move in,
B. R. Sawyer found the house burn
ing down. The jhouse, located in
Leighton was destroyed. Sawyer had
just bought the property.
PASTOR JOHNSON TO TIE
KNOTIN WEDDING AT FAIR
Somebody in Americus can keep •
a secret. That’s certain, and here’s
the proof: For more than two
weeks it has been known that an
Americus couple would take their
nuptial vows in the presence of the
assembled public at the Sumter coun
ty fair in October, yet their names
are still as much secret as they were
before the announcement was made.
“During the last week hundreds
of people have called at the Chamber
of Commerce in an effort to learn
the names of the fortunate couple,”
said Secretary Perkins, of the fair
association, Saturday, “and other
hundreds have called by telephone,
imploring to b e told, until the tele
phone company is almost ready to ad
mit that a record for calls over a
single line in Americus has been
established. But it is still a sacred,
solemn secret. And w P don't intend
that the identity of the pair shall be
known until they stand up before tn
minister on the ‘fatal day.”
It was anneun -ed Saturday that
the ceremony would be performed
by Rev. Silas Johnson, pastor of the
Lee Street Methodist church, who
will donate his services, in keeping
with the spirit of the occasion. In
addition to th e two previous lists of
donations for th e couple, the follow
ing have been tendered as wedding
gifts for the bride and groom:
W. J. Josey—Pair feather pillows.
B. C. Hogue—Americus made
porch swing.
Odom Ice Cream Co., Macon—lce
cream novelties for wedding recep
tion.
i Americus Bakery—Wedding cake.
Williams-Niles Co.—Set kitchen
cutlery.
Model Bread Co.—Novelty cakes,
i etc.
Churchwell Bros.—Pair Edwin
ENGLISH RAIL
STRIKE A PLOT,
SAYS PREMIER
LONDON, Sept. 27.—(8y Asso
ciated Press.) —So far as could be
learned this morning, the strike of
the nationpl unions of railway men
which began last night has complete
ly stopped service.
Wire reports to the executive com
mittee of the union's district cen
ters estimate that the local branches
are supporting the committee’s cam
paign.
“The precipitancy of this action
gives the impression of the delib
erately matured intention on the part
of some individuals to seek a quar
rel at any cost,” said Premier Lloyd
George in a statement today on the
railway strike.
“It has convinced me it is not a
strike for wages or better conditions,’’
continued the Premier. “The gov
ernment has reason to believe it was
engineered by a small active body of
men who have wrought tirelessly and
insidiously to exploit the labor or
ganizations for subversive ends.”
Emory Will Honor
War Nurse’s Memory
A 1 LAN 1 A, Sept. 27.—Emory Uni
versity will pay tribute next Tuesday
September 30, to Miss Camille Louis
O’Brien, member of the Emory Unit,
who gave her life in the service of
her country during the late war.
At exercises to be held at 8 p. m.
in the auditorium of the school of
medicine, 94 North Butler street, a
memorial tablet in honor of Miss
O Brien, who died while ministering
to suffering soldiers in France will
be unveiled.
Miss O’Brien was one of the most
popular members of the unit, a splen
did young woman who was untiring
in her service.
The memorial exercises will be
opened with prayer by the chaplain
of the Emory Unit, Rev. J. Lee:All
good. The address of presentation
will be made by Dr. W. E. Person
and the response will be by th e chan
cellor, Bishop Warren A. Candler.
The tablet will be unveiled by two
of Miss O’Brien’s devoted friends,
Miss Jean Waldron and Miss Sarah
E. Johns.
! The Weather Forecast ?
For Georgia.—Fair Sunday.
Clapp shoes for groom.
M. N. Edwards—Nice rocking ;
chair.
Jos. Perkins—Life subscription to I
The Community Builder.
A most enthusiastic meeting cf
the county women’s advisory board
was held Saturday afternoon with
Mrs. S. H. McKee, superintendent of
the women’s work department of the
fair, and Mrs. Olin Williams, county
canning club demonstrator. Who is
assisting, at which reports were made
of exhibits at the fair to be expected
from various parts of the county. Re
ports wei* made from Leslie, Cobb
DeSoto. Huntington, Friendship, Con
I cord, Fidelity, Sumter City, Pleasant
i Grove and other districts, all of
| which will be well represented with
i women’s exhibits of various kinds. It
I was stated that a feature of this de-
I partment will be a special exhibit of
furniture 100 years old. A room will
be fitted up as of that period, among
the furniture to be an ancient spin
ning wheel, which will be in opera
tion.
Secretary Perkins announced Sat>
urday that entries from Macon, Lee
and Schley counties in the live stock
department indicated the interest
that department is arousing in the
surrounding territory.
Mr. Perkins also stated that an
! rangements had been made for the
■ parking of autos for the convenience
■of fair attendants. A charge of fifty
I cents per day will be made, which
■ will be the fair’s only source of rev-
I enue from the public, all the exhibits
I being free and there being no en
i trance charge. He announced that
I the parking tags will be ready for
sale Monday at the Chamber of Com
merce, and that any friends of the
fair who care to do so may purchase
them in advance and thus assist in
supplying early revenue.
MISS MERRITT
VETS REUNION
MAID OF HONOR
«
It was announced Saturday that i
■ Miss Leta Merritt, daughter of Dr. I
and Mrs. T. M. Merritt, had been ap- i
pointed reunion Maid of Honor for
lhe Western Brigade, U. C. V., on
Commander Barrow’s staff, in place
of Miss Hattie Pope Morgan, whose
appointment to the position was an
nounced two weeks ago.
When appointment by Command
er Barrow, at the suggestion of Capt.
Joe Day Stewart, of Americus, Miss
Morgan was already holding a sim
ilar position on the staff of Colonel
H. W. Powell, brigade color bear
er. Upon recepit of the new appoint
' ment she immediately applied to Col
onel Powell for release from his staff,
but was met with refusal, he insisting
that she remain with him. It was
then necessary to inform Command
er Barrow of the necessity for declin
ing the appointment, which she did,
and which was agreed to by Com
mander Barrow upon condition that
she fill the place. The name of Miss
Merritt was submitted to Captain
Stewart and forwarded by him to
Commander Barrow, who issued the
commission:
It was announced Saturday in con
nection with the plans for the coming
r (union that the Sumter Sons of
Veterans desired that every veteran
in the county, whether a member of
the United Confederate Veterans or
not, attend the Atlanta reunion week
after next, and a call was issued by
Capt. Joe Day Stewart, camp com
mander, for all veterans to assemble
at the Central Station Monday, Oc
tober 6, to make the trip, tickets
for railroad fare to be furnished.
'■ —I .-I .
Asks Harris To Handle
Sewer Pipe Monopoly
ATLANTA, Sept. 2-7.—Federal ac
tion against the alleged sewer pipe
monopoly said to control the quota
tions and output of every Southeast
ern factory producing piping has been
urged by Mayor Key in a communlca-'
tion to Senator W. J. Harris. The
prices, according to Mayor Key, in
some instances have doubled within
the past two years since when there
has been no competition. Charges!
recently made by Aiderman Jonas H. !
Ewing that the trade is< wholly in the
hands of a Kansas City capitalist, it
is alleged, have been fully substan
tiated by an investigating committee.
HOME
EDITION |
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
NEGRO HOMES
ARE DESERTED
THROUGH FEAR
Search Os Houses Fails?
so Reveal Any Rea£
Clews
/
The mystery surrounding the death
of Joel Edge, who body was found
■ Thursday morning on the Rylander
road 2 1-2 miles from Americus,
was as deep Saturday as whem
the corpse was first discovered, al
though officers continued their eff
orts to find some clew that might lead
to the identity of the murderer. A
i number of negroes houses in the
, Strife Street Bottom,” where Edg*
! is known to have been on the night
' before his body was found, were
j searched thoroughly without any en
i dence being found and Sheriff Har-
I vey said that it might be se*.
j eral days before the mystery is
■ cleared up.
, Byce Cheek, a close friend of Edge,
and who is was reported, was with
him in Americus the night of that
murder, was interviewed by the on
cers, but he was unable to throw
any light on the tragedy. He denire
that he visited the Strife street housa
with Edge, and says that during some
time past his relations with the dead
man had not been intimate, although
there existed no estrangement be
tween them.
Sheriff Harvey, discussing the trag
edy with a newspaper man,
he was investigating the theory that
Edge may have been beaten to death
I somewhere on the outskirts of Atner-
I ieus, but has found no evidence ti—
I substantiate this hypothesis. The
1 trail ends abruptly at the house of
Jensie McCullough, the sheriff' says,
and he is firm in the belief that the
negress possesses some knowledge
I of the crime.
Yesterday about the streets the
report persisted that the McCouL
I lough woman had Xuddenly disap
i peared from the city Friday evening,
but investigation of the reports sass,
ed to substantiate this, although the
woman was not located. It develop
| ed, however, that the negroes, m
i eluding the McCullough woman, Ihr
t ing on Strife street had deserted theh
■ homes following the killing, fearing
I violence, scattering to the variont.
parts of the city, and it was belter
ed that she was in hiding here only?
through fear of irresponsibly
and not the officers of the law.
It is declared positively thai
uore than one person was engaged io
he atrocious murder, this theory be
ng indicated by the finding of a half
burned corn-shuck torch near the
-pot where the body was laid along
side the road. The coroner’s jury, of
which R. E. Price is foreman, will re
sume its deliberations Monday, and
it is expected that body will be able
‘.o uncover further evidence, but uy.
to last night the sheriff and his as
sistants had been unable to secure
any new clews.
Says Dixie Highway
Link Will Be Built
A I LANTA, Sept. 27.—Denying
reports that were sent out from Jack
sonville that the connecting link of
the Chicago to Miami Dixi e High
way would not be bulit through
Charlton county, W. R. Neel, state
highway engineer, stated that about
$150,000 is in sight for the Charlton
county link and that the section will
be built into a temporary gravel sur
face that will form one of the best
sections of the national highway with
the exception of those parts which
have been built of paving. Charlton
county, despite its small area, has
done its part, said Mr. Neel, but this
j cannot be said of other Georgia
I counties, such as Monroe for in-
I stance, said he. \
Gainesville Doctors
Fix New Price List
GAINESVILLE. Ga., Sept. 27.
The physicians have organized and
adopted a new scale of fees. Here
i after v hen a physician is called in
it will cost $2 per visit,
unless the call is
which event the Drice will be $3. Eadfo
member of the family prescribed for
in addition to the member the
pan is caPed to attend, will cost ?!'
extra. Country visits will be charged '
for a: 1 tie rate of $1 per mile
eled and all prescriptions will be $1
each. All this is to be effective- N«>
ver:bcr 1,
