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FORTY-F’RST YEAR—NO? 2937
WILSON
Knox Has New Plan To
WOULD GUARD
U.S. BENEFITS IN
PEACE JREATY
AfiF'nis General Support
of Peace I. ©ague And
Our Allies
WASHINGTON, Dee. 20—A res
olution to declare a state peace, to
retain to the United States any ma
teria] benefits provided for in the
treaty of Versailles and to affirm
tl-.e government’s general support of
some practical plan for an interna-!
tionai peace league was laid before
the senate foreign relations commit
tee today by Senator Knox. The I
rc elution also declared in general
terms that the United States would
continue its close relations with the[
Allies.
The resolution was approved by
the committe'e by a vote of 7 to 3.
An immediate report to the senate
was arranged.
The measure, on which senate ac
tion will be sought after the holiday
recess, is in the form of a joint reso
lution and would require that unless i
Germany concedes to the United I
States such material benefits as are
contained in the treaty, that com-)
nserce with German nationals could i
be prohibited by presidential ifi'oXa- i
mation.
Senate Leader Delay
Pleases Both Factions
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (By As-j
sociated Press). —The action of Sen- :
star Hitchcock, acting Democratic:
leader of the Senate, was approved:
generally today by the friends of:
Senator Underwood, of Alabama, his
rival for the place, while Hitchcock’s!
friends say he is assured of election, i
In connection with the postpone- ’
ment, Senator Hoke Smith had urged I
that action be deferred until the I
peace treaty shall have been ratified.
At the present time, Senator Smith
believes Senate Democrats should put' |
themselves to the task of bringing
about a compromise on the treaty, *
instead of indulging in a leadership
contest and possibly swapping horses
while crossing the stream.
Senator William J. Harris also ■
wanted the leadership election to go •
| over until after Christmas. Senator
Harris announces he intends to sup-:
pert Senator Underwood.
Smithville Scouts
Plan Two-Day Hike
I i
I SMITHVILLE, Dec. 20—Troop :
1 1, Toys Scouts of America, will take
I > ;hort hike Doc. 29, to stay a cou-
I pie of days. The troop has most of
■ its equipment now, and is prepared I.
I for ; good time. With Rev. 11. 11.
|H ■ r as Scout Master, the troop,
■ has enjoyed a prosperous year, and.:
1 bo--■ to do even better next year. |
■ Nerfly all the boys of Smithville be-:
I krr to the troop, and th'e rest will,
■be before long, they hope, i
■ A ndiv is going to he held on the
■ troop's birthday in January, if the |
| plans do not fall through.
|Dite For Deportation
I Os Radicals Not Fixed
I Washington, Dec. 20 (By a=-
■ •ociated Press). —The date for the
■ departure from New York of radi-
I ca l aliens who are to be deported,
I tas not yet been fixed and will not
■ until additional reports have been
I r»c«'ivi d concerning the movement to
■ the seaboard of some aliens now held
■ inland points, Commissioned of
■ hsmigration Caminetti said today.
■ Free Platinum And
I Gold Reported Found
■ TORONTO, Dec. 20.—Free gold
■ * s “ platinum has been discovered in
■ beds near Belleville, Hastings
■*J® R h'- .-lecnrding <■., reports pnblish-
■ ,PP ' rhere was a gold rush to
I oc ' ' n the same vicinity, fifty
ago.
I S MITHVILLE SCHOOL CLOSES.
■ SMITHVILLE. Dec. 20.—The 1
■»''l v J'e school closed Friday for|
■ (br'stmas holidays, two weeks be
■_s tr ' Vl ' n- An interesting debate
■ the closing exercises on
■.subject of woman suffrage. The
■W <S W ° n ' a^r a hard fought con-
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SHERIFF KEEPS
NEGROINSAFETY
Stewart Official Refuses
To Tell Where John
nie Webb Is Held
LUMPKIN. Dec. 20.—Sheriff W.
K. Johnson, of Stewart county, con
tinues to maintain absolute secrecy
as to the whereabouts of Charley
Webb, the negro who a week ago
last Friday shot and killed Emmett
Brightwell, overseer on the R. J.
Dixon plantation near Richland just
inside the Stewart county line, fear
ing an effort to lynch the negro
should his location become known.
All he will say is that the negro will
be brought to trial in Superior Court
before Judge Littlejohn in the term
which will begin on the third Monday
in April, 1920. He declares it is
his duty to protect the prisoner from
violence and that the intends to do so.
Speculation as to the location of
the negro has been general since
his capture Wednesday evening, and
many wild rumors have been in cir
| culation as to his capture, all of;
i which have been denied by Sheriff
Johnson. The sheriff is quoted as
I saying that the negro had not yet
' been brought back into the state,
which led to the conclusion that he
had been captured in Alabama.
One of the rumors in circulation
in this section was that the negro
had been hiding in the town of Rich
: land all the time the officers and
many posses were searching through
out the section for him; that the
sheriff learned that another negro
knew of Webb’s whereabouts, but re
fused to tell, whereupon the officer
placed a rope about his neck and
threatened to hang him unless he
o-ave the information, whereupon the
sheriff and his deputy were led to
the slaver’s hiding place; that the
sheriff then dressed the negro in
woman’s clothing and took h’™
served to Columbus where he placed
i him in jail for safe This
story is absolutely denied by • h ni
I Johnson, and inquiry at < olumbus
failed to locate the prisoner, in cus
tody there. Another report was tha
Webb had been captured at Cordele,,
but no confirmation could be obtain
ed Thee t re 1 but that the peo- '
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the TIMES& RECORDER
IN THE HEART OF
i The Cotton Market
LOCAL SPOT COTTON
Good Middling 38 1-4 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Prev.
Close Open 11am Close
Jan. 36.89 36.80 36.80 36.88
Meh34.87 34.75 34.68 34.70
May 32.68 32.55 32.55 32.70
July 30.96 30.85 30.80 30.90
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
Prev.
Close Open 10am Close
Jan. 38.45 38.50 38.34 38.25
Meh35.58 35.40 35.45 35.40
May 33.33 33.25 33.30
July 31.35 31.20 31.42 31.35
13 KILLED WHEN
TRAINS CBUIDE
Slain Outright or Burned
To Death; Many
Injured
ONAWA, Maine, Dec. 20.—Thir
teen persons were killed or burned to
death and many injured today when
a freight train collided with a spec
ial train from St. John’s, N. 8., load- !
ed with steerage passengers from the
steamship Empress of France on
the Canadian Pacific road near here, j
The conductors of both trains were
among the killed.
pie in the vicinity of Richland where
feeling ran very high, were bent
upon lynching Webb could they lay
their hands on him, but the sheriff ;
appears to have taken the upper i
hand from the start and to have sue-!
ceeded, at least for the present, pro- {
tecting the prisoner so that the law
may take its course, which h(e is
sworn to do.
Mr. Brightwell, the slain man, was
one of the most influential and re
spected citizens of Stewart county,
and is survived by a wife and five
children. He was shot down by the
negro whom he caught hunting on
*he plantation after the negro had
j been repeatedly warned not to tres- i
? pass.
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Georgia. Probably rain Sun-
1 day.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1919.
Declare
ARLES AUCTION
SET FOR DEC. 31
Plantation Cut Into 14
Tracts Big Macon
Men In Deal
I
1 ■ Announcement ftas made Saturday
by W. T. Calhoun, of the Arles Plan
tation, that the date for the auction
1 sale of the plantation land had been
set for Wednesday, Dec. 31, at 10
i o’clock a. m.
At the same time it was announc
ed that the Macon syndicate which
has purchased the plantation and
which will dispose of it in tracts, is
C. B. Lewis & Co., with offices in the
Fourth National bank building, Ma
con, a concern composed of some of
the biggest financial men of that city.
The auction sale is being arranged by
that company, and the date and de
tails were announced here by Mr.
'I Calhoun, acting for them.
It was stated that the surveys have
just been completed, and the nearly
2,100 acre plantation subdivided into
| 13 tracts, ranging in size from 28 to
366 acres. Another tract will be in-
I eluded in the sale, making fourteen
|in all to be offered. This tract will
Ibe the Stewart home place, 'just
outside of Americus and now occu-
I pied by C. B. Griner, auditor for the
; Arles Plantation, which embraces
1 47 1-2 acres of land and a seven
room house. It has not been gener
ally known heretofore that this place
was owned by the Arles Plantation.
Following is the exact acreage of
the 14 tracts: No. 1, 366.1; No. 2,1
100; No. 3, 100; No. 4, 257.3; No. 5,
: 191.4; No. 6, 77.8; No. 7, 28.2; No.
I 8, 329.8; No. 9, 100; No. 10, 100; No.
| 11, 165.3; No. 12, 110.2; No. 13.!
> 111.9; No. 14, 47.5.
The land to be sold which is only i
3 miles from Americus and adjoins
Souther Flying Field, embraces five
home place tracts on which dwellings
for white families are located. One
of these has dwellings for three white
families. Besides one tract now be
ing operated as a modern dairy en-!
terprise, three others are declared to
i be ideal in location, lie of land, char
acter of soil, water, shade and other
wise for development as dairy farms.
The Stewart home place is now thor
j oughly equipped for hog and dairy
! farming, has twenty modern farfd
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Peace
: MYRIADUGHTSTG
GIEAM IN GREAT
OAK TREE XMAS
| Community Carols And
Celebration To Be At
Court House
Americus is to have a great living
municipal Christmas tree this year,
according to plans of the committees
being worked out, part of the de
tails of which were announced yes
terday. The community tree and car
oling will be staged on Christmas
night at the court house. The big oak
tree, standing at the curbing at the
northwest corner of the court house
and within a few yards of the Con
federate monument, will be strung
with lights and decorations and a huge j
platform will be erected in front of
the court house, on a level with the :
main floor of the court house, where i
the caroilers will be located during
the singing.
The big oak tree will be strung
with hundreds of colored incandes
cent electric lights, the placing of
which by electricions will take place
Monday and Tuesday. Donations of
paper and tinsel decorations for the
tree by the public will be depended
upon largely for the further beauti
fying of it. Chairman B. C. Hogue,
of the decorations committee, an
nounced. At the same time he issued
a public appeal that all persons hav- j
ing Christmas tree decorations of
paper or tinsel who have finished
with them to please donate them to
the community tree and to notify W.
H. C. Dudley, of the committee, in
forming him where and when they
may be called for, or to deliver them
to him before noon of Christmas day.
It is expected by Mr. Hogue that a
large amount of decorating material
may thus be had on Christmas morn
ing from home trees, which will have
served their purpose by that time. He
plans to enlist the aid of the Boy
Scouts of the city in gathering up the
decorations donated and in assisting '
in other activities in connection with
the community tree arrangements.
It was announced today by Gor
don Howell, chairman of the com
mittee on supplies, that several con
tributions of nuts had been received
as a starter for filling the thousands
of bags of candy, nuts and fruits,
which are to be given away to the
children of the community at the
Christmas tree; but that more dona
tions are needed. He asked that all
who have fruit or nuts to give to
send their names either to him or
to The Times-Recorder. The mate
rial for the thousands of oaks nas
I etn donated by the merchants of
the c'ty and it is b -ing made up by
the gills of the dom.stic scencc de
! part ment of the high school The
I J fllowing donors of nuts are an
il cn-ed by Chairman Howe.d: )V rs. i
|Cr.ai'cs M. Council, 10 pounds; Mrs.
C. A Ames, 10 pound' ; Rotary ■, vt,'
; 6 1-2 pounds. T. F. Catewood. amount
not announced.
"I"s Ella Polk, who has charge I
<'f the musical arrangement",. an
pounced Saturday (hat a gencr i] re
h<aisal of all carollers wi'l be held
at the First Methodist church at 7
o’clock' Monday evening. The or- i
chestra will be present and all of
the carols to be sung will then be i
rehearsed.
Thief Gets Last Os
Williams’ Nut Crop
Captain G. Lesterl Williams/ has
1 had some fine home-grown [pecans ,
for sale this season. His crop was ■
in such a demand that he soon found :
he had only about enough left to last:
his family through the winter. Mrs. 1
Williams has been drying them by'
leaving them on the back porch. '
Saturday morning when Captain I
W’illiamrf went to the back porch he
found that 25 pounds, all he had,
left, were missing. And now he will ■
have to buy or let his famjly go j '
nu-hungry.
rowing houses for hogs and a dairy ■
harn with concret’ floor and steel,
stanchions.
The various tracts have been stak- '
ed and placarded with numbers show- 1
ing their location on the blue print' i
plats and number of acres, for the IS
convenience and information of anv ! 1
who desire to inspect the land in ad- t
vance of ithe sale. Mr. Calhoun is <
still livb» on the Mentation and <
stated yrlterday that he will take f
pleasure fr giving any information <
to prospcWnre buyers. J
RAILROADS
[Salvationists
to Share Xmas
Fund for Poor
Mrs. C. J. Sherlock, head of the
As.-ociated Charities, Saturday an-
H nounced that th'e association had
. voluntarily agreed to donate to the
[ Salvation Army Corps of Americus
I $ <>f the fund" collected through
I the Times-Recorder for the poor, to
| be used by that organization in as
.[ i-ring to families which it has un-
J dfct its care a happy Christmas.
, Mrs. Sherioek ..rated that the de
cision came as a result of the un
; preeedented, response of the public
to the appeal this year—-the Empty
I Stocking Fund at this time having
passed $350 - and th'e inability of the
| Associated Charities to use to ad
; vantage in aiding the limted number
, of destitute people of this communi
. ty all of the amount purely as a
Christmas fund. At the same time
i she made the following announce
i ment to the public, in order that the
[ contributors may know just what dis
position of the funds is contemplated:
I “The Associated Charities will de
liver Christmas baskets of food to
the needy white families and decrepit
and disabled ex-slaves and helpless!
negroes of the community, with can
dies and playthings for the children.
Packages of cigarettes will also be
distributed to the prisoners on the
county chain gang and in the jails.
After this is done there will still be
a considerable sum left from the
funds already collected, and this the
, Associated Charities will put by for
use as needed in caring for charity
cases throughout the year.
“Wd are very grateful for this
magnificent response upon the part
of the public this year, the fund be
ing larger than we have ever receiv
ed before. We feel that to spend
more than we had planned on the
Christmas baskets would be waste,
and that the best use can be made
of the remaining funds by depositing
it for use in providing for the many
calls for help which are received
throughout the year.”
The following new donations to
the Empty Stocking Fund have been
reecived by the Times-Recorder:
Seaboard Railway Carmen $13.50
Lieut. Stearns 5.00
‘'••eh 10.00
James Holly, Jr 50
Hazel Barnwell .10
Alice Thomas 10
Raymond Wishard .10
Thomas C. Wishard 10
Otto Liggin, Jr. 50
T. D. Jennings 1.00
Chas. Tyson 25
Ida Mae Tyson 25
Myrtle and Louise Hall .20
Esthon Hall 10
Mrs. Hoyt Murphy 1.00
Hoyt Murphy, Jr 25
William Murphy 25
Snookum Murphy .25
A ( Friend . 1.00
Clarence Elroy Niblack, Jr... .10;
Mildred Niblack .... .10
[ Miss Annie Pilsbury . .. . .25 1
| Woodrow Wilson Clements .10 I
Hugh Clements 101
1 Genie and Vera Holmon .10 i
i W. D. Bailey & Co. 1.00
| Lillian Pouncy -.25
Kathleen Rogers 25 1
Mary C. Ansley .25
Elizabeth Clark .10:
. Margaret Clark 10
James Bynum .25
1 Henry William P>ynum 25 :
Pat Bynum .25 ,
Annie Ruth Ray 1.00
$ 37.90
Previously acknowledged... 314.68
TOTAL $353.58
Trip Is Presbyterians’
Gift to Church Pastor
A generous Christmas gift in the:
form of a trip home, has been given
Rev. and Mrs. Frank Anderson by
the Presbyterian congregation, as a
re ult of which the pastor will be out
of the city from Monday until Satur
day of this week. He goes with Mrs.
Anderson to their old home in Green
ville, S. C., where she will remain two
weeks with her father and mother.
BACK FROM FISHING TRIP. I
Fairly good fishin" was r«' i ort' , <ll
by a party of Americus sportsme
who returned Friday night from :
Snrine' Creek, Fla., on the gulf he-;
low Tallahassee, where they spent i
three days angling. The party was
composed of P; 1 H 11. Glove'", Thad
Glover, Charles H. Burke, Frank ,
Sheffield and G. O. I oving. They 1
occupied the fishing lodge owned b<
Americus men while at Spring Creek. ,
News of The Whole
World By
Associated Press
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CONGRESS QOiTS
TILL JAN. 5 WiTH
I PLANSUNKNOWN
Sugar Control Bill Pasz
! ed And Sent to Whits
, ‘ House'
WASHINGTON“~Dec. 20—Con
re s recessed today until January 5.
Most of the members to leave the
1 capital for home tonight.
Congress went home for Christmas
holidays without bearing from Pres
. [dent Wilson regarding the time for
. the return of the lailroads.'
■ It was announced at the White
• House during the day that no mes-
■ sage on the subject would be sent
. to the capital today. Before the an
nouncement a report that the Presi-
• (lent would send a message late to
day gained wide circulation.
Most of the administration officials
believe the roads will not be turned
back by Janaury 1, as has been indi
cated.
The Cumming railroad bill, with
the anti-strike provisions intact
was passed by the Senate 46 to 30
shortly before adjournment, and now
goes to conference with the Esch
House bill.
By a vote of 50 to 12 the senate
this afternoon adopted the compro
mise on bill to continue government
control of sugar next year, accept
ing the house amendments increas
ing the authority of the United
States Sugar Equalization Board but
limiting its licensing powers to June
30, next. The bill was then sent to
♦ho White House.
The urgent deficiency bill was pass
ed last night.
Two Masonic Lodges
Elect 1920 Officers
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected by the two Masonic Lodges
of Americus at a joint session last
night at the Masonic Hall. The fol
lowing were chosen by Americus
Lodge No. 13:
S. L. McDaniel, Worshipful Mas-
A er; D E ’ J ' Witt ’ Senior Warden;
A. R. Royal, Junior Warden; S
L. Hammond, Secretary; S. R Heys
Treasurer; J. E. Cutler, Senior Dea-
T ' C,ark - -Tunier Deacon;
H. M. Sellers, Senior Steward; L.
T. Turner, Junior Steward; s’ A
Jennings, Tyler.
The new officers of M. B. Coun-
1 cil T.odge No. 95 are:
Harvey Mathis, Worshipful Mas
ter; J. H. Shumake, Senior Warden;
Wible Marshall, Junior Warden; Nat
LeMaster, Secretary; J. E. High
tower, Treasurer.
*
Americus Negro Wing
Harvard Scholarship
Jam’es R. Westheimer, colored, of
Ame»icus. h'is been awarded the
lewis and Harriet Hayden Scholar
ship at the Harvard Medical School.
: Wertheimer was graduated from
! Cornell University in 1917 with the
■ degree of A. B. and is at the present
: time a second-year medical student.
1 !>'? Lewis and Harriet Hayden
j Scholarship for colored students was
i founded in 1894 from a bequest of
Mrs. Harriet Hayden. The income is
divided between two or more stu
: dents.
—— .
Smithville Five
Loses To Sumter
SMITHVILLE, Dec. 20.—Smith
ville took her second defeat of the
season in basket ball here Friday
from Sumter. The score was 25 to
12 in favor of Sumter. It seemed
like the Smithville boys just couldn’t
I “get under” the ball for a goal. The
! game was well played, clean and fast.
New Belgian-French
Treaty Nearly Closed
BRUSSELS, Dec. 19 (Friday), (By
Associated Press.) - Announcement
is mado b v the Bolo’ , ‘' , n Foreign Of
fice that the conclusion of an eco
nomic agreement with France, pre
senting numerous advantages as com
pared with the form r treaty, is im
minent.
President Renames
John Skelton Williams
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (By As
sociated Press). —-John Skelton Wil
liams was pfr-in nominated fodav by
President Wilson to be Comptroller
of the Currency. X