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FORTY-FIRST YEAR,— no, 291.
Negro Slayer Caught Lynching Feared
BIG PACKERS TO
QUIT WHOLESALE
GROCERY FIELD
Will Not Seriously Af
fect Them, Says Swift
Os Report
CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—Dissolution
91' the wholesale grocery interests of
the “Big Five” packers will not se
riously affect any of them, Louis F.
Swift head of Swift & Company,
laid today in discussing the report
that Attorney General Palmer would
announce today or tomorrow the
agreement of the packers to dissolve j
ail their interests except those in
volved in the production of meat,
poultry, butter, eggs and cheese.
It was stated Wilson and Co., and
Armoar and Co. had already taken
steps toward such a dissolution.
Cudahy Tells How To
Get Back To Old Costs
CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—The surest
way back to old-fashioned price I
levels is to shop with the old-fashion- I
ed market basket and occasionally I
use “old-fashioned corned beef and ’
other fine and palatable, but cheaper, I
ruts."’
E. A. Cudahy, president of the i
Cudahy Packing Company, gives thati
advice to the buying public in his
annua] report to the stockholders of
the concern.
On the subject of extravagent buy
ing he adds:
“There has been an abnormal de-,
mand this year for articles of the
highest price and quality. Every
body has wanted the best and has |
seemed to have the money to pay
for it. If there was a better de
mand for the cheaper cuts, it would (
have the most beneficial effect all ,
•round.” ‘
British Slyly Deride t
Pershing’s War Report
LONDON, Dec. 18.—General I
P°rshing reported to Secretary of j 1
War Baker, interpreted as a claim
that America won the war, evoked j
sly amusement and expressions of |
slightly veiled derision at the British
war office in Whitehall. ]
“Pershing probably was thinking
of General Haig’s Newcastle speech
claiming the British army won the j
war,’’ one smiling official says. “So j
he makes a counter-claim and now
we are even.” i
The Pershing report is featured in j
all the newspapers and the newspa- ■
per posters read, “Who won the ,
war? America! Pershing boasts. ’ ,
Gen. Pershing Awed Byi
Big Muscle Shoals Plant
MUSCLE SHOALS. Ala., Dec. 18.
-General Pershing, following inspec->
tion of the huge nitrate plant here a
few days ago, said that when he saw
such plants as this, “representing the
highest type of constructive effort
and executive ability,” he realized j
“for the first time the full extent of
the spirit we had back home.”
“We would have been helpless with
out this spirit,” he said.
After his return to Washington the
general will report to Secretary Ba
ker his decision as to whether this and
similar plants should be maintained
permanently for munitions work.
39 VOTED IN ELECTION.
Thirty-nine votes was the total
number cast in the city general elec
tion yesterday, at which the results
of the recent primary, nominating
three men for council, were ratified.,
This was said to have been the small
oat number of votes cast in a city
election within the memory of the
Pr-sent officials.
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and we want you to come and de- >
< liver the presents. We hope to ;
have a nice time. We want all the ?
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TREATY FICHTIN
SENATE MAY RE
RESUMED SAT.
Committee Called To
Act On Knox Declara
tion Os Peace
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—The
j possibility that the treaty fight may j
be resumed actively before the holi
| day recess developed today in the
senate when the foreign relations
! committee was called to meet Satur- i
day morning. Leaders indicated that
an effort probably would be made to
get committee action on the Knox
resolution to declare a state of peace 1
with Germany. The senate mana
gers hope to adjourn for the holidays
Saturday night.
CUMMINS RAIL BILL
PUSHED IN SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—Night
sessons of the senate, leaders said to
day, probably will be continued in
an effort to have the Cummins rail- j
road bill passed before the holiday re- j
cess. The anti-strike clauses, with
two substitutes were up today.
MEXICO’S REPLY
NOT A PACIFIER
Impression on First
Reading Not Favorable
Is Indication
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—Mexico’s
reply to the last American note on
the case of Consular Agent Jenkins
was received today at the state de
partment. While officials would not
discuss the note until they had had
time to study it, it was indicated the
first reading of the communication
had not made a favorable impression.
The Carranza government now ar-
I gues in the note, according to the
I version wired from Mexico City, that
I the Jenkins case has taken on an en
tirely different aspect since the re
: lease of the consular agent under
: bail and expresses that hope that “this
case shall no longer disturb the good
j relations which it sincerely hopes
; exist between the American and
! Mexican people.”
After Jenkins’ release on a SSO?
: bond furnished by J. Salter Hanson
without the consular agent’s knowl-
I edge, officials here said, there had
: been no change in the government’s
attitude.
An investigation of the release of
Jenkins was undertaken by the
American embassy at Mexico City,
but how far it has progressed has
not been made known. Jenkins also
has been making an inquiry.
The Mexican reply brought a caus
tic comment from Senator Fall, repub
i lican, New Mexico, chairman of the
1 senate committee investigating Mexi
can affairs.
“This government has commenced
with an ‘ultimatum’ and has ended
lup with a ‘pourparler’ and with a
: final abandonment of its position,
j said he.
Americans In British
Army Demobilized
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—Demob
ilization of ten thousand Americans
who enlisted early in the war with the
British army, Red Cross records show,
I has been completed, with the excep-
I tion of a few still undergoing treat
ment in hospitals.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Gor Georgia—Fair tonight and
ij Friday; not much change in tempora-
I ture: frost tonight.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 18, 1919
i SUMTER UNIT OF
COTTON ASSOC. IS
PUT UNDER WAY—
; ‘ Farmers Hear Os Organi
zation Committees
To Be Named
The organization of a Sumter
county unit of the Georgia branch
j of the American Cotton Association
! i was put actively under way at a ;
i meeting of a few farmers and busi
ness men at the Carnegie Library
, this morning, gathering at the call ‘
of A. F. Hodges, who had been ap
pointed chairman for Sumter coun- i
ty. Although the meeting was smal- i
ler than had been expected and de
sired, the men present represented
the best farming interests of the
county and heartily put themselves i
behind the movement.
After listening to a talk explain
j ing the association, its aims and pur
; poses, it was agreed that Chairman
Hodges should appoint an organiza
: tion committee in each militia dis
j trict in Sumter county, after the
j naming of which the members of
j these committees will be called to-
I gether to map out a plan of cam
paign for organizing the county. It
i is planned to organize the rural dis
i tricts first, then canvass the city for
memberships.
Only Organized Industry.
The state organization was repre
j sented at the meeting by R. W. Mat
tox, of Newnan, who has been in
the movement heart and soul since
its inception and who has already
organized Coweta county almost
solidly and with greater success than
bad been expected. He declared that
the cotton industry was the only
: great industry in the world unorgan
ized, and that it was necessary for
i the growers, banded together with
j the bankers, warehousemen, and
I merchants, to organize for their own
protection. He illustrated the need
by asking the audience what they j.
would think of big automobile com-1
nany if it should make a large num-I ]
! ber of cars and then inform the pub
lic that they were for sale and ask .
what they were offered for them.
“You’d say they were a set of}
fools—and they would be," he de- I i
I clared. “They know before they I J
I make a bolt just how much the fin-
I ished machine is going to sell for.
I And with the cotton farmer it should
be the same. But unless he is or
ganized he must raise his cotton and
then, regardless of what it costs, ask 1
the world how much it will give him. ;
It is ridiculous.” j
He went into the financial end of i j
the plan, stating that the federal re-; ,
serve bank and the recently enacted i
banking law made the fruition of; ’
such an organization possible for the
first time since the Civil War. (
To Sell to Spinners.
He stated that an export corpora- j
tion was to be organized immediate
ly after completion of the permanent ,
organization of the cotton associa- j j
. tion, which would handle the market-1 j
ing of the cotton, selling directly to ,
the spinners of the world. He said \ |
both these organizations would be I
completed and in operation before .
the next crop came in, according to ,
indications at present. The propos
ed new cotton bank is to handle the
financial problems in connection with
the association, being an adjunct to
the association.
He stated that the memberships
were divided into four classes as fol-1
lows: i .
1— Charter members, composed of :,
the larger farmers and business me: ! ,
who can afford it, costing SIOO, ,
which pays all dues until 1923. ;
2 Memberships, paying 25c per
bale produced for 1919 and 1920,
and 10 cents per bale for 1921 and
I 1922, with a minimum of $3.
3 Merchants’ memberships, pay-
J ing 25 cents per SI,OOO of business
done. .
, 4—Professional men, paying s■>
per year.
Rose For Congress
Communist Ticket
NEW YORK, Dec. 18—Rose Pas
i tor Stokes, released on bail pending
, an appeal from her conviction and
sentence at Kansas City to serve ten
’ years on a charge of obstructing the
selective draft, will be the candidate
of the communist party at the special
election to choose a successor to Rep
resentative Fidrello H. LaGuardia, an
I announcement in the Communist
World says. The newspaper is the
organ of the communist party.
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SOUNDKEYNOTE
Party Leaders Expect
Address From Him At
Jan. Meeting
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18—When
the democratic national committee
meets here January 8, and the com
mitteemen gather at a dinner at the
Hotel V ’Hard, there will be just one
address, and that address will be by
President Wilson, according to plans i
discussed by leaders here.
It is hoped, but not expected, that I
the president will be present in per- '
son. If he is not able to be present
his address will be read. It is ex-;
pected to sound the keynote of the
democratic campaign, and some of the i
leaders believe it will contain a deli- ■
nite statement as to Wilson’s inten
tions. It is practically accepted that
the president will not be a candidate
for re-election, but plans of all other
aspirants are being held in abeyance
awaiting definite word from him.
Postoffice Vacancy
Examination Coming
The U. S. Civil Service commission
will hold an examination for clerks
and carriers on Jan. 10 at Americus
to fill vacancies in the postoffice. The
examination is open to all who meet
the requirements. Application blanks i
and full information, including sam
ple questions, can be obtained from I
the secretary Local Civil Service I
board, at the postoffice, or from the j
secretary, Fifth Civil Service district,
Atlanta.
The applicants will be examined in
simple tests in spelling, arithmetic,
letter writing, penmanship, copying
from plain copy and reading ad
dresses. Each applicant will be re-;
quired to submit a photograph of him
self taken within two years.
Miners-Operators
Conspiracy Probe On
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 18—The in-|
vestigation of the charges of conspir
acy against the union coal miners and
operators to limit coal production in
violation of the Lever act continued in
federal court today. There was
nothing to indicate what if any prog
ress the federal grand jury had made
at yesterday’s session.
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HOORAY! FUND i.
! FOR POOR KIDS
i PASSES S3OO
Following are the newest contri
butors to the Empty Stocking Fund:
James Holliday $ .25
Charlotte Hunter Sparks 25
Charles C. Hines 25
Arthur Mize 5.00
John Taylor 2.00
Chas. Hogg, Jr .10
Elizabeth Hogg 10
James McDowell 50
Jean Curtis 2.00
! Phillip Curtis 2.00
| Monteen 25
: Martha Pace 1.00
! Mrs. M. J. Johnson 5.00
i Mildred Morgan 50
| Wilma Morgan .50
I Ruth Morgan 50
W. I. Morgan 2.00
Contibutors of the Flag Fund, Trans- |
ferred to Empty Stocking Fund
W. J. Josey 1.50
Rylander Shoe Co 2.50 i
Gyles-Andrews Furn. Co. 5.00
S. A. Daniels 50 j
W. A. Dodson 1.00
G. C. Webb 1.00
F. M. H. McDonald 1>Q()
Bank of Commerce 10.001
C. M. Council .... . .............. 1.00 I;
E. L. Murray 50 |
L. G. Council 10.00 ,
j
$ 56.20
Previously acknowledged 2.08.48 I
TOTAL $314.68 j
Democratic Senators
Called To Pick Leader
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—A call;
i for a conference of Democratic sen- .
' itors Saturday to select a leader to |
succeed the lAte Senator Martin of
Virgina, was isflled today by Sena
tor Hitchcock of Nebraska, who is
contesting with Senator Underwood,
of Alabama, for the place. |
T wo Die in Fire In
Fashionable Hotel
BOSTON. Dec. 18.—Fire in the
Abbotsford an exclusively apartment:
’’otel in the Back Bay district, caused j
♦be deoth of two persons and drove
fifty withers into the street in a zero
temjlrature early today.
DISCUSS HOLDING
LABOR IN SOUTH
Gov. Lowden Says We
Must Arouse To Alien
Menace
MEMPHIS, Dec. 18.—The labor
problems confronting the Southern
farmer and means for holding the
among the important subjects before
the convention of the Southern Al
luvial Land Association here today.
Governor Lowden, of Illinois, in an
address declared that unnaturalized
aliens compose approximately one
tenth of our population, and among
them are forces of lawlessness |
“stalking up and down our land us-i
mg false arguments, and it is time
we aroused ourselves.”
5c Drinks Failed To
Last Long In Atlanta
ATLANTA, Dec. 18—Restrictions j
on the price of coffee, milk, tea, choc- ’
olate and other drinks affected by the I
I order of County Food Administrator!
John A. Manget on Monday, are off, 1
and the status of those prices remains
as it was before thfe order on Monday, J
according to a ruling of the fair price '
committee.
This call meeting came as a result
of a petition from the restaurant :
keepers, hotel men and proprietors of
soda fountains that the committee
give hearing to their reasons for
wishing to maintain the prices that {
have been in vogue for some time on I
I those drinks.
Neck Broken, Skull
Fractured, Will Live
MACON, Dec. 18.—With his neck |
broken and his skull fractured, R. Q.
Larron, workman, who was injured at f
a local ice plant, will recover at the 1
Macon hospital, according to physic- |
ians.
Larron, who came here from Col-1
umbus, was operated upon for a frac
tured skull when first carried to the
hospital. The case is looked upon
as a most remarkable one.
He was struck on the head by fall
ing timber. After undergoing an op-,
eration on the head, doctors discov
ered that two of the vertebrae had
also been fractured. The case is be
ing closely watched by members of
the Macon medical profession. <
News of The Whole
World By
Associated Press
PRIeE FIVE CENTS.
SHERIFF KEEPS
WHEREABOUTS OF
PRISONER SECRET
Feeling High at Richland,
Scene of Killing Last
Friday
Sheriff W. K. Johnson, of Stewart
county, confirmed by telephone this
afternoon word reaching here this
morning from Preston that Charley
Webb, the young negro who last Fri
day shot and killed Emmett Bright
well, a young white man, near Rich
land, and escaped officers and posses,
had been caught last night, follow
ing whicn ne was positively identified
and later made a confession that he
killed Mr. Brightwell.
Sheriff Johnson refused to say
where the negro had been captured,
but stated that officers and not a
posse had taken him, and that it was
a “good distance” from Lumpkin.
He stated that the negro would be
brought back to Lumpkin, but refus
ed to say when or where he was held
at the present time.
Asked if there was prospect of
trouble from a mob, he stated that
feeling was high at Richland and a
gathering of men was reported
there. He stated that the killing
took place inside the Stewart coun
ty line, instead of in Webster county,
as had been understood, for which
reason the crime came under his di
rect jurisdiction.
" FBSTER SHERIFF
NOTIFIED OF CAPTURE.
PRESTON, Dec. 18.—Sheriff C. M.
Christian, of Webster county, today
receiver notification from Sheriff
Johnson, of Stewart county, of the
capture of Charley Webb, slayer of
Emmett Brightwell, a white man,
near Richland. The killing took
place last Friday and since that time
Sheriff ( hristian, as well as numer
ous posses and searching parties,
have been hunting all over this sec
tion of the state for the missing ne
gro. Feeling in this entire section
is running very high, and it is freely
■ stated that if the whereabouts of the
negro can he located an effort will
i be made to lynch him.
Santa Claus Will Pay
Visit To Penitentiary
JEFFERSON CITY, Dec. 18—The
state prison board has decided upon
a marked innovation for Christmas at
I the penitentiary. For the first time
since that grim institution was built,
there will be a genuine Christmas
true with a present on it for every
I one of the inmates, who will number
| nearly twenty-five hundred by that
j date.
I Warden Gilvin will play
Claus for the men priosner® and Mrs.
Smith, matron, will perform a like
service for the women prisoners. The
presents will be such as convicts can
use to the best advantage. The usual
’ holiday will be observed at the prison,
one feature of which will be the ded
ication of the new assembly build
ings.
Flood Drives Bob Cat
In Lee To His Death
ALBANY, Dec. 18.—Driven by the
high waters from the swamps along
I Flint river, about ten miles above
> Albany, in Lee county, a big “bob
cat” encountred a party of hunters
Tuesday and met an untimely end.
Rev. J. L. Claxton, pastor of the
Byne Memorial church, brought the
carcass to Albany today. It meas
ured 31 inches in length from tip of
nose to tip of its abbreviated tail,
, from which it gets its name. There
were several in the hunting party,
besides Rev. Mr. Clacton, one of
them, Mr. James Coston, of Lee
! county, firing the shot that killed the
I big cat.
\ Kidn’iner Pat Crowe
Is Broke And Jobless
NEW YORK. Dec. 18. “Dead
broke” and out of a job. “Pat” Crowe
who years ago kidnaped Edward A.
Cudyhay, Jr., has applied at Salvation
Army headquarters for a job and
enough money to telegraph young
Cudyhy in Chicago, congratulating
him on his engagement just an
nounced. Roth renunsts war" "r-nt
ed, and after he had been installed
as watchman of the army’s hut in
Union Square, his message wn-: flash
ed weet.