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A Southern Newspaper For Southern People FORTY-FIRST YEAR —NO. 295? CHIEF JAILED, 3,000 MINERS STRIKE Sheriff Opens New War On ‘Blind Tigers’ LAW OFFICERS OF 3 NATIONS INDICjJAISER French, Belgian and Eng lish Chiefs Confer On Exile LONDON, Dec. 23.—Law officers of the frown held a conference with French and Belgian law officers to day with regard to the former Ger man emperor. It is reported the conferees made cut a case against the former Ger man ruler and framed an indictment. City Told New Current Rate Will Start Jan. 1 Notice was served on the city council last night by the Americus Lighting Comnanv. no reply having been received to its letter calling for an increase in power rate to the city for the coming year, that begining January 1 the new rate would be charged, with the 2 per cent penalty added for failure to pay bills by the 15th of th'e month. The light and water committee of council, through Chairman H. B. Mashburn, which was instructed to handle the matter several weeks ago, asked for further time to formulate its report. Votes In City Election Cost 50 Cents Apiece Votes in the city 'election cost the people of the community about 50 cents each. A total of thirty-nine ▼otes was cast, and last night coun cil authorized the payment c/ the officials at the rate of $3 each for their day’s time besides settling with the restaurant that sent in their din ners. The amount allowed the offi cials has been customary for the last year or two. Duel Over Christmas Wedding Fatal To 1 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Dec. 23. —Grim Hopkins, a farmer living near Anniston, Ala., is dead, and Jake Carter desperately wounded as the result of a pistol duel at Carter’s | home last night. The trouble grew cut of Carter’s objections to Hopkin’s marriage to his sister, set for Christ-, mas. B. Y. P. U. Tree T o Hold Coin Gifts For Missions The Missionary Christmas tree to he given next Friday night by the Junior B. Y. P. U. in the Central Baptist church at 7:30 o’clock, will have no gifts on it but cash offerings for missionary purposes. Those who have made a pledge for the 75 Mil lion Campaign, will please mark their names clearly for their gifts will be credited on their pledge. H. L. Mize Is Elected To Police Commission Hugh L. Mize is today a member of the Am'ericus city police commis sion having been elected to that posi tion last night by the city council to fill the unexpired term of R. L. Alli son, who resigned to qualify for the city council, to which he was recen ly elected. Hines Ignorant As To Wilson’s Rail Plans WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. —Direc- tor General Hines was called before the regular meeting today of the cab inet. He said he had no information as to what the president intended to do in regard to turning back e railroads. CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT CATHOLIC CHURCH On Christmas Day there will be three celebrations of the Mass in the Catholic church, on Lee street, e first of these beginning at 8 a. m. At 8 :30 th«re will be another Mass said and at 9 o’clock, the last Mass of the morning ■will begin. Rev. a er Mitchell, of Macon, will be the cele brant. and confessions will be heard) in the church, beginning at <.l a - y' Elks Add $25 To Xmas Fund For Poor Tots The Times-Recorder’s Empty I Stocking Fund went almost to S4OO ’ today when the Americus Lodge of ! Elks sent in $25, one-fourth of a fund of SIOO, which they have col lected for various Christmas charities, i The total up to date is $396.74, nearly all of which has already been i turned over to Mrs. Sherlock, of the i Associated Charities, who is now | busy preparing the baskets for distri bution. Following are the contribu tions up to date: Mrs. Eugene Cato 1.00 C. 0. Niles 5.00 Americus Elks 25.00 Cash 2.00 Mary McDowell 50 $33.50 Previously acknowledged .363.75 TOTAL $396.24 perlnggiven ! BIG GREETING IN OLD HOME TOWN Laclede, Mo., Turns Out En Masse —State Gives Him A Medal LACLEDE, Mo., Dec. 23.—General Pershing returned to his boyhood home today. Aside from the presence of the gov ernor and a brass band at the railway station, the greeting to “Johnny” Pershing was spontaneous. The town was in gala attire. Bunting formed a canopy over the single street of the town down which General Pershing, with his sister, Miss May Pershing, his son, Warren, Governor Gardiner, Mayor Allen and a group of friends of his boyhood days drove to the old Pershing home for dinner. Thous ands of visitors came from the sur rounding country. Governor Gardiner this afternoon presented to General Pershing, in the name of the state of Missouri, a medal of twenty-two carats gold. The medal is two aud one-half inches in diameter and weighs fixe troy ounces. The medal is inscribed ap propriately 3he governor’s presen tation speech was written on parch ment and presented with the r. e dal. National Guard Plan Proposed By Legion WASHINGTON, Dec. 23—A pro posal by the American Legion that membership in the National Guard be permitted as an alternative to univer sal military training is receiving se rious consideration in both branches of congress. Much opposition to compulsory mil itary training would be removed if young men were given a chance to take their training in night drills as members of the National Guard, ac cording to Legion officials. This plan cording to its backers, would mean night military schools for those . who cannot afford to attend training camps. Ex-Doughboy Killed By Shell Souvenir MANKATO, Kas., Dec. 23.—Lester I Kettenring, a Jewell county boy, brought a 3-inch shell with him when I he returned from France. Recently he was visiting his sister at Grand : island, Neb., and tooK the shell with him. Standing by the stove, Ketten- I ring attempted to take the shell apart. 1 It exploded, killing him. but. alt ioueh the stove was blown to pieces and I the room wrecked, tne u t. r. sitting near Kettenring, was uninjured. Found $16,950 Liberty Bonds In His Satchel ST LOUIS, Dec. 23.—One hun -1 dred and twenty Liberty bonds with a total value of $16,950 are being held bv the police here, following t apprehension of a man giving the name of John S. Burt, of New York, claims t’ ey are not his. and that h j does not know how they came to be | in his satchel. | ... THE TIMESrI RECORDER feajT PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DiXlETlfefrj THOUSAND BAGS FIUjD READY FOR COMMUNITY TREE Every Child, Rich Or Poor, Wanted At Celebration A score of representatives of the various women’s clubs of the city were occupied all morning at the ccurt house filling 1,000 vari-colored muslin bags with candies, nuts and fruits which will be distributed to every white child of the community attending the Community Christmas tree and singing »arols in front of the court house Christmas night. The bags of red, purple, blue, light green, pink, ted orange and other pretty hues, made a gay appearance. They were not small bags, either, and they were well filled, each having a large handful of nuts, an orange or an ap ple, and a stick of candy and well as other mixed candies. “Ard the fine thing of it all is,” said Miss Ella Polk, who has been the leader of this community Christmas idea, and who couldn’t keep out of this end of the work, although she is responsible only for the music, “that it is for EVERY white child—not for the poor only. Please impress upon the people that this is a truly community affair, for the rich and poor alike. We want every child to |be there—as well as the grown-ups— and there will be something for every one of them.” 6 P. M. Christmas Day. The affair is planned for 6 o’clock sharp on Christmas night— not Christmas Eve—in front of the court house. The big oak tree at the cor ner is to be turned into a tree of glory, with colored electric lights and great masses of tinsel and colored decorations. And the bags of goodies will be piled on tables beneath the tree. The carolers will sing from a great platform to be erected over the court house front steps. It is not be lieved the entire celebration will con sume more than one hour. Five well known carols—which appear in rjJ- ■ most every hymn book —will be sung. These will be printed in Wednesday’s Times-Recorder, from which they may be cut and preserved for use at the Christmas tree celebration. Miss Polk announced today that | the community rehearsal of carols ■ would be held at 7 o’clock this evc ! ning at the East Americus Methodist i church. All in that community who will take part are asked to attend. Chairman Gordon Howell, of the 1 supplies committee, today made pub lic the list of donations from which i the 1,000 bags were filled as follows: Previously asknowledged Ten pounds of nuts, Mrs. Chas. M. | Council. Ten pounds of nuts, Mrs. C. A. Ames. Rotary Club, 6 -1-2 pounds. T. T. Gatewood, 5 pounds nuts. New Donations. GloVer Grocery Co., 1,000 sticks of candy. C. O. Niles, 50 cents. Acme Sanitary Market, 16 pounds assorted fruit and candy. N. Joseph and Barker and Com pany, 16 pounds of assorted fruit and candy.. Geo. Nassar, bag of fruit. Salem Nassar, two dozen oranges. Mrs. Azah, bag of fruit. Mize Grocery Co., two dozen oranges. Am'ericus Confectionary Co., bag of fruits and candies. Bragg Meat Market, 5 pounds of nuts. Joshua Co., dozen apples. Terris George, bag of fruit, candy and nuts. Edwards Grocery Co., peck apples. City Fruit Co., dozen apples, dozen oranges. A. J. Harris, 2 dozen oranges. Buchanan’s Grocery, 2 dozen orantres. United Grocery Co., 1 box Sparks Grocery Co., 1-2 box oranges. Central Baptist Sunday School S2O. First Baptist Sunday School, S3O First Methodist Sunday School S3O Lee Street Methodist Sunday School $lO. Presbyterian Sunday School $5. Calvary Episcopal Sunday School $5.00. NO TIMES-RECORDER XMAS. In nc<’r>rjan'’n with previous cus tom Th a Times-Recorder will issue no Ijaper Christmas Day. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 23, 1919 THIS BUSINESS MUST STOP, HE GIVESJWARNING Asks Co-operation Os Public In Running Down Offenders With an open invitation to citizens to give him information regarding any illicit liquor operatoins going on in Sumter county, which will aid in en forcement of the prohibition laws and ending the traffic here, which infor mation he will hold in strict confi dence, Sheriff Harvey today declared renewed warfare on blind tigers. He issued a signed statement to the pub lic, which is reproduced herewith. “This business has got to stop,” said the sheriff in discussing his ac tion, and he wasn’t talking for publi cation either. “Not that lam a hide bound prohibitionist or anything of the kind. The people .’who have known me a long time know there are no wings sprouting on me, and in the past I have had no quarrel with a man who took a drink and behaved him self, as I always considered that his business and not mine. But this bus iness has come to such a state that law abiding people cannot put up with it any longer. lam sworn to do my duty, and I consider It my duty to put a stop to it if I can. And I can go a long way toward it with the help of the public. A Record of Crime. “When we look at that record of crime through which we passed in the three weeks of criminal court just ended, ninety per cent of which, ac cording to my estimate, is traceable directly to bad liquor, I don’t know how any man can stand up and de fend it. Sunday a week ago we were down at the river, following the trag edy in which a man and a little girl lost their lives as a result of liquor. After I had worked hard nearly all night trying to find the bodies in the flood, someone spoke up and told me he didn’t know I worked so hard at my job. I told him—and there were a number standing around—that any thing that was worth doing at all was ■worth doing well. ‘And furthermore, I might say, for the benefit of those who had criticized «ne for trying to break up this whisky business,’ I told him, ‘and in the face of a tragedy of this kind, hereafter when a man dares to stand up and tell me it is none of my business I am going to take a buggy trace and get him be- I fore a crowd and larrup the stuffing out of him.’ Not Looking Ahead. “That’s the way I feel about it. I don’t care a bit about what people think of it or me for it. Some have said that next year is election year, and that the liquor forces would ‘get’ me if I kept it up. Well, I want to say that if that kind of people are in the majority here, I don’t want the office again, for you may be sure 1' don’t want their support. “However, I don’t believe this kind of people are in the majority. I be lieve the recent demonstration of crime that we have had has brought about a marked change of sentiment against this business. The substan tial people of th’e county see that it must stop—that it cannot go on fur ther. That was evident by the man ner in which juries convicted liquor cases at the last term of court, com pared with previous terms when it was often very difficult to convict unless the evidence was such that there was no other way out for the jury. And so lam hopeful that the people will help and that we will put an end to this business. But, what ever people think, I am going to do j my duty, as I see it.” Sheriff Harvey and his deputies in- J terrupted the operations of a band! of surreptitious liquor makers on the I farm of John Sheffield several miles south of Americus yesterday by smashing their still and pouring out a barrel of beer. No arrests were made, however, and no clues as to the identity of the operators were found. The still, a large tin can affair with considerable capacity, was located far in the woods in an obscure old shack, the remnant of a saw mill which had once occupied the site. Nearby was a cool spring which assisted material- | ly in the operations of the band. There ' were evidences that the still had been operated regularly recently. It is the belief of the sheriff that a party of negroes of the neighborhood were still, which was com-| Sheriff’s Call On Public For Aid In War On Liquor 'J’O AH Good Citizens: This office is co-operating fully with United States offic ials in enforcing the laws in regard to the making and selling of whisky, and all persons are called upon to furnish such informa tion as they may have as to violations of the law. Information is desired especially as to location of stills and of persons making or selling whisky. This information will be used for immediate act : on and also as a record for my use and for the use of United States officials. The names of persons furnishing such information will be considered in all respects strictly confidential. This information may be given me in person, byf letter or over the 'phone. Office at the Court House. Hours from BA. M. to 4P. M. Phone No. 48. LUCIUS HARVEY, Sheriff of Sumter County. PEACE DELAYED I TILL NEW YEAR German Chief Must Re turn To Berlin For Consultation PARIS, Dec. 23.—-Exchange of rat ifications of the peace treaty before the end of the year is considered in French official circles as impossible. This opinion was formed today when the head of the German delegation here announced he would be obliged to return to Berlin to consult with his government on the latest Allied com munication. State’s Still Stolen With Recipe Book JEFFERSON CITY, Dec. 23.—A small “still” was stolen from the of fice of State Beverage Inspector Mos by at the capitol the other night. The “still” was used for testing alcoholic contents of beer in the chemical de partment. At the same time the “still” was stolen a book on “How to Distill Whisky at Home” also was stolen from the department The sup position is that some bootlegger took the property with a view to making moonshine whisky. Lodge To Be Boss Os G. O. P. Convention WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Tenta tive plans have been made to have Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Mas sachusetts, as temporary and perma nent chairman of the Republican na tional convention. There has been some talk among the leaders of fon mer Senator Elihu Root for tempo rary chairman, but it is understood that the plan of having one man for both places, first used in 1908, will be continued in 1920. ‘Ship or Shoot’ Reds Is Gen. Wood’s Cure DENVER, Dec. 23.—“ My plan for the Reds,” Gen. Leonard Wood said in an address at Fort Collins, is “S. O. S.—ship or shoot.” “I believe that we should place them on ships of stone with sails of lead. We must advocate radical laws to deal with radical people.” General Wood attacked profiteers, declaring good meals were provided for men in the army at 50 cents a day. Soldiers Asked To Have Part Jn Community Tree It looks like the soldiers at Sott- j ther Field are in for a none too lively Christmas. It may cheer them up a I bit to know that they are expected to be in on the community Christmas tree at the court ’house at 6 o’clock Christmas evening. It is a commun ity affair and ev°ry soldier wherher officer or private, is hereby Invited by th? committee in charge to attend WEATHER FORECAST. For Georgia—Fair tonight and Wednesday. Temperature near freez ing Aight. naraSGfT pafe from detection be causffiwAs location. A party of hunt ers have come upon it. CAPT-D’ANNUNZIO LEAVESFIUME Italian Insurgent Report ed To Have Departed On Steamer ROME, Dec. 23. —Capt. D’Annunzio i has left Fiume on the steamship Pan nonia, according to newspaper re ports. This Man Believes Doomsday Is Near KANSAS CITY, Dec. 23—He’ll tell the world it’s coming to an end. Leo D. Mullin, property clerk at police headquarters, says he has knowledge of an astounding fact, on which he bas’es his belief in predic tions of a doomsday. It is this: There are more people ill these days than ever he knew or heard tell of before. Many telephone calls a day ap prise Mullin of this widespread ill ness. Numerous friends stop him on the street and inform Mullin of inva lids in their hitherto healthy fami lies ;of the need of distant relatives for medical potions. And, strange to say, all these bearers of bad tidings invariably end by remarking that it is in Mullin’s power to help them to the panacea for all th'ese human ills. And they mention the stock of ; whisky, confiscated in police raids, which is stored in Mullin’s property ) room. Mullin says he fears that continu ed gloomy predictions of the end of j the world may cause him to fall ill. Prison Term Ends Huge Motor Swindle CHICAGO, Dec. 23—Federal Judge Landis has sentenced Samuel C. Pandolfo, organizer and head of th’e Pan Motor Company, St. Cloud, Minn., convicted of using the mails to defraud, to serve 10 years in a fed ! eral penitentiary and fined him $4,- I 000. Attorneys for Pandolfo gave no tice that his case will be appealed to the United States circuit court of ap peals at once. The jury found Pandolfo guilty on four counts on an indictment charg ing the use of the United States mails in a scheme to defraud in mailing let ters to prospective stockholders mis representing the company's progress and development by stock salesmen. | Along with Pandolfo, other officers ; and directors of the Pan Company were indicted, charged with conspira cy to use the mails to defraud, but I Pandolin alone was found guilty. However, a charge of perjury, growing out of the trial, still hangs: over H. S. Wigle, one of the acquit-I ted men in the case, Letts To Ask Armistice c o’net R”Mi'tM HELSINGFORS, Dec. 23—The Lettish government has decided to op°n negotiations with the soviet gov ernment of Russia for an armistice according to Riga advices. The Carnegie Library will close Wednesday afternoon for ihe holi days and will reopen Friday morning ■ at the usual hour. A News of The Whole World By Associated Press PRIeE FIVE CENTS. MEN IN SEVEN KANSAS MINES OUT IN f 'ITEST Ho watt Sent To Cell When Check For Bond Is Refused PITTSBURG, Kans., Dec. 23. Seven coal mines in this state, em ploying 3,000 miners, were idle this morning the men went on strike in protest against the action of Federal Judge And'erson, at Indianapolis, yes terday in sending Alexander Howat, president of the Kansas district, to jail. CHECK BAIL REFUSED; HOWAT GOES TO JAIL. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 23.—Alex ander Howat, president of the Kan sas district (No. 10), United Mine Workers of America, w’ent to jail last night awaiting hearing on a charge of contempt of court for alleged vio lation of the federal court injunction against furtherance of the strike of coal miners. Hearing has been set for next Monday at 2 p.m. Howat appeared in federal court this morning at the order of United States District Judge A. B. Ander son. He was under a bond of $lO,- 000, provided in the form of a check on a Kansas bank. Judge Anderson disapproved of this form of bond and immediately after the afternoon ses sion of court began at 2 o’clock, re manded the miners’ official to jail, until he reached a d'ecision as to the i amount and kind of bond which will I be acceptable. TEA ROOM NOTES. Here are some recipes that have been especially popular at the Tea Room. The lady manager thought some of the Tea Room patrons might like to use them during the holidays. In fact they have been requested: Butter Scotch Pie. To the yolks of five eggs add one and one-half cupfuls of sugar. Scald three cupfuls of sweet milk, stir in yolks and sugar and put back on stove until it boils. Add one-half cupful of burnt sugar. At the last add three tablespoonfuls cornstarch dissolved in one cup of cold milk. Put on rich pastry and top it with a meringue made of the well-beaten whites, add ing one tablespoonful of sugar for each egg. Thousand Island Salad Dressing. We have never been able to de termine whether this dressing origi nated in the Thousand Isles, or is so called because it has one of two toma ! toes, a little onion and green pepper cut up in mayonnaise, to which a goodly portion of tomato catsup, or I ketchup, or however you may spell it, is added and a tiny bit of tobasco. Try this on lettuce or lettuce and to matoes, or baked fish, and you will smack your lips involuntarily. Washington Irving in his “Old Christmas Dinner,” uses this Was sail Chanson, only we are substituting teapot for bowl: “The brown teapot, The merry brown teapot As it goes round-about-a Fill Still, Let the world say what it will, And drink your fill all-out-a.” So many out-of-town shoppers dine at the Tea Room these days that we despair of chronicling their names. The Tea Room will be closed Christmas Day, but turkey dinners will be served the two days preceding Christmas. Miss Jewell Bridges and Miss Ethyl Wells lunched at the Tea Room Monday and were so kind as to play several brilliant duets which were encored n <.*>♦. vigorously. —C. B. S. LOCAL SPOT COTTON Good Middling 38 3-4 cen”. NEW YORK FUTURES. Prev. Close Onen 11am Inn Co e Jan. 36.85 37.00 36.99 37.01 37.14 Meh. 34.97 34.65 34.82 34.94 34.94 May 32.48 32.65 32.71 32.7 4 32.72 July 30.78 30.95 30.99 30.95 30.90 NEW ORLEANS FUTURES. Prev. Close Open 1 lam Ipm Close Jan. 38.15 38.25 38 42 38 41 •’8.48 M<h. 35.35 35.40 35.58 35.59 ?,5.63 May 33.18 33.29 33.40 33.40 33.39 July 31.25 31.30 30.94 31.35 31.35