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THE NEWS
OF THE DAY
The two hundred miners employ
ed at the Woodside mine at Spring
f.eld, HL, threatened to strike last
Thursday morning, two days before
the big walk out was scheduled to
begiv. because their winter’s sup
ply of coal had not been delivered
the day before to ten union men.
They were in the big strike Friday
at midnight, and it was highly im
portant that they themselves be
warm while the mines are closed.
■Michael White, division superin
tendent of the Peabody Coal com
pany, ’phoned the mine to ascer
tain whether everything started all
right. He got the mine superin
tendent, Robert Wilson, on the.
wire.
“We haven’t started yet,” Wil
son replied.
“What’s up?” White asked.
“The union committee has just
waited upon me and wanted to
know’ why coal was not delivered to
ten miners who haven’t got their
winter’s supply.”
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The Department of Agriculture
states that the date of 1920 cen
sus of the farmers has been chang
ed from April I‘to January 1. The
change was deemed advisable be
cause the farmers usually are busy
in the spring.
The statement urges farmers to
acquaint themselves with matters
on which they will be questioned by
the enumerators, including farm
acreage, incumbrances, values and
expenses, uses of the land, amount
idle, drainage, live stock, farm fa
cilities, such as tractors, motor
cars, fruit and forest products.
Statistics obtained from the cen
sus largely will determine the fu
ture land policy of the govern
ment.
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A girl should not wear silk hose
in a gymnasium in the opinion of
Miss Edna Garnett, director of
girls’ physical training in the Cha
nute, Kansas, schools, who has an
nounced she will take ten points off
the grade of any girl who violates
this rule.
Despite a plea that her husband
had been unkind to her and neg
lected their children, a woman’s
jury in police court at Cleveland,
0., advised the judge to impose
the maximum sentence on Mrs. Gol
die Drossos, charged with deserting
her husband to go with John C.
Buttery. Mrs. Drossos and But
ery. who came from Albany, Ala.,
were fined S2OO each and sentenc
ed to serve three months jn the
workhouse.
When Mrs Drossos first was call
ed for trial she told the judge it
was “deeper love” that caused her
to leave her husband, and asked
that a jury of women be allowed
to pass on her case, saying “only
women can understand.”
Mrs. Drossoss’s three children
were sent to their father in Col
umbus, 0.
Judge Sawicki offered to sus
pend Mrs. Drossos’s sentence, if
she would consent to return to her
husband.
“I will not go back to him,” she
replied.
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They rolled their stockings down
below their knees. They painted
nifty little fres.oes on their shins
and walked into the auditorium of
the Lake View High school, at Chi
cago.
When smelling salts had been
administered to shocked maiden
teachers and prim lady students,
and the young gentlemew' in the
room had stopped walking on each
other’s necks to see the parade, six
girls who have been reading the
fashion news from Paris were
marched downstairs. There was a
session of scrubbing twelve knees,
hooking up twelve stockings in the
regulation way, and the guilty six
had a “good cry.”
“It was shocking,” said the prin
cipal.
“It was great,” said the boys.
“It was nonsense,” said the other
girls.
“Lake View don’t appreciate
art,” wept the daring sextette.
“Just wait,” said six sets of par
ents.
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Back in the Kentucky moun
tains, Harvey Davis grew up on
corn whisky. The old still was op
ating in the thicket by the creek
two generations before he was
bom.
So when Harvey decided to go
to the city he just naturally took
a “honing” for the burning liquid
with him. He took himself a rub
ber hose, a copper kettle and an
old oak tub and set them up back
of the furnace cf the Chicago
apartment where he was janitor.
Finally J. J. Hennessey, deputy
United States marshal, who used
to be a West Virginia revenue offi
cer. got a whiff of the familiar old
“cooking whisky.” His nose led
him straight to Harvey’s still .
So Davis has the honor of being
the first victim under the new fed
eral prohibition act.
“I don’t know what my ‘Pappy’
would say seein 1 me trundlin’ along
to jail without doin’ nothing,” Da
rts commented.-
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THE TIMESLRECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 253.
LAW MUST BE ENFORCED, IS
PALMER’S REPLY TO MINERS
• Uncle Sam—“ Look Out! You Will H irt Yourself!” By Morris
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The Mother of Sumter County
It appears that there are some people; in the
county who do not fully appreciate the importance
of continuing their Inancial and moral support to
the Red Cross and do not thoroughly understand the
benefits to be derived therefrom in Sumter coun
to; for which reason the Executive Committee of
the Americus and Sumter County Red Cross
Chapter deem it advisable to make a short state
ment concerning the matter.
If proper response is made by the people'dur
ing the present membership Roll Call the local chap
ter will place in Sumter county a trained and effi
cient nurse and* civic worker, whose duty it will be
to actively assume supervision of the health and
living conditions of the men .women and children
in Americus and in every part of Sumter county;
to train, the people in the home care of the well
as of the sick, to personally aid in the care and
comfort of the sick when they are without means
to care for themselves; in a word, to be; as nearly
as she can be, THE MOTHER OF SUMTER COUN
TY. We hope to unite in her all the duties which
have heretofore been undertaken by the Associated
charities, the different church circles, and like agen
cies. Many of us who live in plenty never learn of
the great distress of the poor( and needy; and we
can no longer disregard the health of our neigh
bor, for too frequently his misfortune visits our
own home.
We must also continue in the performance of
our duty to the returned soldier and his family, who
number in the thousands in this county alone. So
great has become this obligation that it has been
necessary to employ a trained secretary to wait
upon them; and it must be remembered that so
complicated have become the government regula
tions that no one other than one trained in the
work or a competent attorney can undertake to
Promoter To Talk To
Public Tuesday Morning
John Greer, of Moultrie, former
commercial secretary, and now en
gaged in industrial promotion work
throughout the South, will be an
Americus visitor Tuesday, and has
accepted an invitation, extended by
President John Sheffield, of the
Chamber of Commerce, to talk to the
men of this community at the Cham
ber of Commerce at 9 o’clock Tues-!
day morning. It was stated by Mr. i
Sheffield that this is not to be al
Chamber of Commerce meeting, but!
a community gathering, to which all i
public spirited and progressive citi-|l
zens are invited. The general sub
ject of community building will be h
discussed by Mr. Greer.
THE WEATHER FORECAST.
For Georgia—Partly cloudy to- i
night and Tuesday.
straighten out their affairs; and while none,,of the
local attorneys made any charges whatever for
services rendered soldiers and their families during
the war, we can not ask or expect them to continue
such services indevnitely without charge. During
the last six months at least 300 soldiers and their
dependents have been aided with their allottments,
250 with bonuses, 150 with their War Risk Insur
ance, 50 with compensation for disabled s'oldiers,
several stranded soldiers protected, several aided
while in jail for minor offenses, more than 500
visits have been made to the homes of soldiers or
their families or to other places in their interest,
besides which the chapter is preparing a complete
and detailed record of the history and activities of
every soldier who entered the service from Sum
ter county, over a thousand.
This home service and civilian relief must go on.
We have promised our boys that “fought our fight”
that we would do so. And, as the Roil Call begins,
it is striking that the only reluctance found is
among those that stayed at home, while, without
exception, every returned soldier has gladly and
freely contributed his SI.OO membership fee; for
they know, as was said by Major James A. Fort,
that “The Red Cross is the only organization that
came up to every expectation.” The war time
Efficiency will continue while at peace, and “THE
GREATEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD” will con
tinue to protect and care for all who are in need
or distress. We sincerely trust the Roll Call Chair
man, Mr. Gordon Howell, will receive your active
support; he appeals for the Red Cross today, for
he knows what it meant to him and his comrades
but yesterday. Respectfully
MRS. S. H. M'KEE,
MISS SARAH COBB,
STEPHEN PACE.
Executive Committee.
Legion May Sponsor
Armistice Day Fete
At a meeting of the loctjl camp,
American Legion, tonight at the
[Snewg-Jolf club rooms in the Mer
ritt building, a proposal to sponsor
a public celebration of armistice day
here November 11 will be discussed.
It was stated that the occasion will
be celebrated by the Legion private
ly with a banquet, if no public cele
bration is staged.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 3, 1919.
ADMINISTRATION
SEEKS TO SET
PEACE TREATY
VOTE THIS WEEK
Unanimous Consent
Agreement Drawn For
Presentation.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—(By
Associated Press.) —Final vote this
wco : o-’ atificatior . f the peace
tree. proposed i. unanimous
con .. agreement drawn for pre
sen ■ 'on to the s .; te by adminis
trate ,:i leaders.
Apparently contemplating a dead
lock over reservations, the agreement
provides that after this week the
treaty if not ratified, can be laid
aside.
After two days’ rest from execu
tive business, President Wilson was
expected to do some work today, as
several bills and other matters are
awaiting his attention. It was ex
pected an engagement would be made
in the next day or two for Senator
Hitchcock, who desires the discuss
peace treaty reservations with the
President.
NEGRO LYNCHED
BY MACON MOB
WHENIDENTIFIED
MACON, Nov. 3. (By Associated
Press) —Paul Jones, a negro, accus
ed of attacking a white woman, near
the site of Camp Harris, Sunday af
ternoon, was lynched by a mob at
the scene of the crime shortly after
midnight.
The negro was arrested by two
deputy sheriffs, but the mob quickly
formed, compelling the officers to
take refuge in a box car. Sheriff
Hicks, learning of their plight, went
to the scene and was permitted by
the mob, which numbered a thou
sand persons or more, to take the ne
gro to the hot’' of the woman for
identification.
She identified him, it was said, by
a bloodmark from g gash in her fore
i head that she had purposely placed
on his clothing. The crowd, refusing
to be calmed by the pleas of the
sheriff, then seized the negro, and
put him to death.
Two Caught Here As
Auto Thieves On Trial
Sheriff Harvey was ir Albany to
day under’summons as a witness in
I the case in Superior court there
i against C. G. Davis and Aubrey Dan-
I iel, under indictment for auto theft, :
I who were arrested here a few weeks I
ago by him. The activities of the j
two are said to have involved several
cars. Starting with an Albany Ford,
they drove to Alabama, where they
are said to have swapped for another
car, receiving some cash, then came :
to Americus when they again swap
ped with Alex Johnson, a South Lee
street grocer, receiving his Chevrolet
and some cash, and winding up at j
Souther Field, where the Chevrolet I
was located and seized and the men -
arrested.
Packing House Rally
Mov/>4 I Tn One Hour
At a meeting of the commission
ers of the Chamber of Commerce this
morning it was decided to set the
hour for the big packing house rally
next Thursday at 3 o’clock instead of
4. At the meeting a week ago Thurs
day. when the hour of 4 o’clock was
fixed for the convenience of those
from out of town who wished to at
tend. this section was operating un
der old time. Since then the clocks
have been set back an hour, and it
was decided that the change was im
perative.
All interested citizens are asked
to assist in giving publicity to this
change in time.
BLUEJACKETS |
TRY TO STORM
; FLORIDA JAIL
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pENSACOLA, Fla., Nov. 3.- i
' * (By Associated Press) —Es- (
t fort" of about 100 blue jackets ?
' from warships in the bay to storm >
j the county jail here yesterday and
! \ to rescue one of their number (
i who had been arrested were block- J
) ed by the appearance of Sheriff ?
ji Van Pelt and a number of depu- )
ties. £
The sheriff and his men held the (
angry sailors at bay until officers ?
1 could be summoned. The trouble ?
started after the arrest of a blue (
jacket by two deputies.
AMERICUS BOY
WINS RHODES
SCHOLARSHIP
Frank Harrold, Jr., To!
Get 3 Years Free
Course In England
The Rhodes scholarship for this
year for Georgia has been won by
Frank Harrold, Jr., of Americus, now
a student of the state university at
Athens, according to announcement
just made at Boston, Mass., by Prof.
Frank Aydelette, American secretary
of the Rhodes trustees. The an
nouncement was the cause of wide
spread and hearty congratulations to
day of his parents, his success in the
competition being a very high honor.
The scholarship, which was establish
ed by the late Cecil Rhodes, the
genius who developed South Africa,
provides for three years of collegiate
training at Oxford University, Eng
land, with an allowance providing
for maintenance of the student while j
taking the course. Thirty-two
scholarships are awarded in America
each year, on a competitive basis.
In securing the scholarship, Mr.
Harrold was pitted against the best
young men in the state, not only
from the university, but also from
Georgia Tech, Mercer ( Emory and
other schools. The examinations
; were conducted by five Rhodes schol
arship graduates.
Mr. Harrold will be graduated
from the state university next June,
following which, it was stated today
by his parents, he contemplates going
to England at once to take prepara
tory work at Oxford until the begin
ning of his scholarship in October.
Two scholarships were awarded at
this time to Georgia, one for last
I year, no award having been made in
I 1918 because of the war. This
scholarship went to Wm. B. Stubbs,
I Jr., of Savannah, an Emory student.
I Lowest Temperature
Last Night Only 56
Sunday night was the coldest
of the fall season, according to the
government thermometer, of which
Joseph M .Bryan, local weather ob
server, is custodian. It registered 55
degrees during the night, the hour
not indicated, which was one degree
lower than the previous record, made j
a tew weeks ago in the drst c n ol i
of the season. Warmer weather to-'
night is indicated.
j The WepHier Forecast <
LOCAL SPOTS.
Good Middling 37 3-4 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
i Prev. ,
! Close Open High Low Close
■Dec. 36.80 37.00 37.25 36.95 37.25
' Jan. 36,29 36.60 36.70 36.48 36.70
I Meh. 35.73 36.03 36.30 36.05 36.30
i May 35.35 35.55 35.58 35.65 35.86
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NO SPY ACT REPEAL.
.♦ WASHINGTON, Nov 3. (By
Asosciated Press.) By unanimous
I vote the senate judiciary committee
j today declined to recommend repeal
iof the espionage act and the repeal
bills of Senators France and Poin
i dexter were ordered reported ad
versely.
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
STRIKE MUST
END FIRST IF
GOVERNMENT IS
TO INTERVENE
Curtailment of Passenger
Trains First Effect Os
Big Walkout.
WASHIIIGTC'’ Nov. 3—(By
Asosciated Press.) Attorney Gen
eral Palmer today informed coal min
ers who protested against the strike
injunction that the government stood
ready to “do everything in its power
to facilitate inquiry into the merits
of the controversy, but in the mean
time the law must be enforced and
combinations to stop production can
i not be tolerated.” The statement was
I taken to indicate that no attempt
i would be made by the government to
settle the controversy until th§
I strike is called off.
I Labor officials declined today to
| discuss reports that Samuel Gompers
had suggested away of settling the
'coal strike. Mr. Gompers is now in
I New York. At the white house it was
said the president’s offer for arbitra
tion of the strike still is open.
In the meantime, preparations for
setting up the commission on indus
trial unrest, as recommended by the
public group at the "ecent industrial
conference, was going forward, and
the selection of the personnel was ex
. pected to be completed by the cabinet
j tomorrow.
■ One of the first effect: * the strike
;will be curtailment of passenger trains
!on some of the railroads. Freight
.service, however, will not be dis
turbed, unless the coal shortage be
| comes serious.
1 Immediate steps for assembling in
Washington an industrial commission
| to deal broadly with the present tur
j bulent conditions has been suggested
| by the advisory board of the Brother
jhood of Locomotive Engineers. De
plowing “attempts at government by
injunction,” as a means of settling
the coal strike, the board, speaking
for 85,000 members, declared that the
injunction proceedings will only make
conditions worse, “and defer, if not
defeat, peaceful settlement.”
The board stood out for an indus
trial commission that would “recog
nize the rights of all citizens, and not
be pledged to oppose collective bar
gaining.”
redcrosTdrive
UNDER WAY ON
SCHEDULE TIME
The Red Cross Third Roll Call got
under way on schedule time in
Americus and other parts of Sumter
county on schedule time this morn
ing, according to reports reaching
the county chairman, Gordon Howell.
However, up to this afternoon no
other reports had been received, al
though indications were that success
was being met everywhere.
It was stated that the workers will
continue until the entire county has
. been thoroughly canvassed.
MEMPHIS CHALLENGES
NEW ORLEANS TO RACE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—(By As
sociated Press.) —The third annual
Roll Call of the American Red Cross
got under way today with nearly a
million volunteer workers engaged
in enrolling members. The Southern
Division reported that Memphis had
challenged New Orleans to a race
for the high enrollment honors.
2 Children Die When
Home In Ala. Burns
ASHLAND, Ala.. Nov. 3. (By As
sociated Press.) —Two children are
d»ad, another is dying and the father,
Allen Britt, is in a critical condition
from burns received when their home
in Clay county was destroyed by fire
this morning The mother escaped
uninjured.