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A Southern Newspaper For Southern People 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- SILENT ON RETURN OF By Morris i GO of Santa CIFUT) LET Hfn P.LONE ITEIUYOU t S«W r \ HFIRST x —-X. z—xY V \ , . v .' j TrfX R ~'7~Y ..>;<> Ml S’? 1W; ■...: a wW-/ THIS Time - ’U'G Jr ) R 1 z/ ■ / // i / /' /Z. Z-7// < / i V wHI A 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- ' i 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 - -JM. —^~ i " ■ 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