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A Southern Newspaper For Southern People FORTY-SECOND YEAR.—NO. 3 THOUSANDS TAKEN IN U. S. RAIDS ON REDS WILSON TO TELL PARTY HE WON’T TAKE A 30 TERM Jackson Day Dinner Jan. 8, Set For Announce ment Is Word WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Presi dent Wilson will formally announce in a message to the guests at the Jackson Day dinner to be held here on Jan. 8, that he will not be a can didate for a third term in the White House. This statement was printed here this week by the Washington Post and investigation tends to support it. The President will write a letter to the guests announcing his intention •lot to continue in political life after March 4, 1921.' The Jackson dinner s a great Democratic event and will be the oc casion for the airing of many candi dacies. If Wilson does as Democrat ic leaders say he is going to do, the way will be open for a number of the personal friends of the President to make definite announcement of their aspirations which they nave withheld up to this time because of the possibility that Mr. Wilson might run again, in which event they would have packed up their little booms and remain in political obscurity. Bryan to Be There. William Jennings Bryan will be one of the chief speakers at the ban quet and he is expected to let it be known in the course of his address whether the candidates he will sup port for the Democratic nomination will be Josephus Daniels or William Jennings Bryan. Hope springs eter nal in the Bryan breast, and it would not surprise many if the Nebraskan offered himself again to the country. This possibility, however, is scouted by the party leaders, who say that Bryan feels he can do more in be half of another’s candidacy than for his own. Once a definite statement comes from the President that he will not in any circumstances be a contes tant in the election race a dozen or more candidates will spring into full bloom. Among those now furthest along are the following: William G. McAdoo, former Sec retary of the Treasury and former Director General of Railroads. A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney Gen eral. William Jennings Bryan, former Secretary of State. Atlee Pomerene, Senator from Ohio. Oscar Underwood, Senator from Alabama. Champ Clark, Representative from Missouri, former Speaker, and a lead ing candidate in the convention of 1912 in Baltimore. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy. Many to Become Active. Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War. James W. Gerard, Ambassador to Germany at the entry of the United States into the war. Gilbert Hitchcock, of Nebraska. Democratic minority leader and lead er of the treaty fight in the senate for the President. Some, of the foregoing at present are on' Potential candidates, but they will become active ones once the lid is taken off by the President's an nouncement. Gerard has been so as to announce that he is ac tively in the rac- but that he will withdraw if Mr. ilson runs. Mc- Adoo, on the other hand, has been more seriously embarrassed and has refused to say anything at all, wait- [ ing for some statement from the j Wh to House as to the intentions of j Mr. Wilson. Others with aspirations are similarly playing a waiting game. ( McAdoo has declined an invitation 1 to speaK at the Jackson Day dinner, saying that a professional engage ment f r r that day will keep him away from Washington. Since the dinner will be the occasion for important party conferences, Democratic lead ers express genuine regret that the former Secretary of the Treasury will not be here. WEATHER FORECAST. For Georgia—Fair Sunday; slight ly rising temperature. Low temperatures and unsettled wea'her, with probable rains by the middle of the week, are predicted for the Southeastern states for the com ing week. HAPGOOD, WHO QUIT POST TO ANSWER CRITIC I ■i WR * j I •' ■ i jhhH ■ I W*- , * ' Bk 7 •sHmiHRk & j. > « | -I ? Norman Hapgood. I Norman Hapgood, resigned United I States minister to Denmark, who has returned to this country to contradict statements by Colonel George Har ( vey in Harvey's Weekly. Colonel Harvey wrote: “He is coming back to explain, if he can do so, his own ; activities as a plenipotentiary of Messrs. Lenine and Trotzky and to ! tell to what extent and by what au ! thority he has misused the American Legation at Copenhagen as a trading I post for the Soviet government.” big arles tract PURCHASED HERE Geo. O. Marshall and Dr. S. F. Howell Get i 587 Acres Five hundred and eighty-seven acres of fine farm land, forming a ' part of the Arles plantation, were purchased Friday by George 0. Mar • shall, county farm agent, and Dr. S. F. Howell, for a consideration of j ' $60,900. C. B. Lewis & Co., of Ma con, owners of the Arles property, sold the tract to Messrs. Marshall and Howell, who will operate it as a di versified farm. The tract lies along the right side of the Bagley road between Ameri cus and Arles, and runs from the line j of the aviation reservation to the! John Council plantation. All of it, ! with the exception of about fifty | acres, is cleared, stumped, and in cul- ■ tivation. Atlanta Tabernacle To Burn Mortgage Today ATLANTA, Jan. 3.—After twelve j months of anxiety and gruelling cam paign effort by the pastor and mem bers of the congregation of the Bap tist Tabernacle of this city founded by the famous Dr. Len G. Broughton and left by him under heavy debt at last sees financial daylight. In the hands of the pastor. Dr. J. W. Ham, is $lOl,lOO to pay a mort gage of $96,000, held by the execu tors of the estate of James M. Smith, the late millionaire planter of Ogle thorpe county. The fund went over I the top New Year’s night at a great ! rejoicing rally. Dr. Ham has gone to Athens to pay the mortgage and ■ bring it back to Atlanta. It will be burned Sunday witli im pressive ceremonies, attended by Governor Dorsey, Mayor Key, Dr. M. L. Brittain and ether notables. Anti-Red Rebellion Replaces Denekine LONDON, Jan. 3.—General Dene kine’s government in Southern Rus- i sia has been overthrown and General Romanevsky has been chosen to re place Denekine as the anti-Bolshevik I chief, according to a wireless dispatch from Moscow, quoting advices from Taganrog. Mrs. Albert Simpson, of Albany, vis.tirg Mrs. Fred Arthur. THETJM®&fi£6bRDER foofl PUBLISHED IN THE 'JrJiWfe-! HEART OF DIXIE COTTON WORTH 100,000 SELLS HERESATURDAY Five Hundred Bales Go At 40c; Several Lots Closed Out One hundred thousand dollars’ worth of cotton was sold from ware houses in Americus yesterday, the second day that the spot price of 40 cents was offered. The day’s sales totalled approximately 500 bales, and each bale that weighed 500 pounds was worth S2OO, at that price. The market was stronger yester day than Friday, the first time 40 cents had been reached here, and as a result a number of lots which had been held for months for the coming of the 40 cent price were closed out. The upward trend of the cotton market at this time is reported to be due to favorable outlook for ratifica tion of the peace treaty, the ending of the holiday season and decrease i in the call money rate in New York to 6 per cent. LOCAL SPOT COTTON. Good middling 40 cents. NEW YORK FUTURES. Prev. Close Open 11 am Close Jan 39.34 38.25 38.45 38.30 Meh 36.50 36.40 36.80 36.75 May 34.98 34.90 35.29 35.16 July 33.08 33.10 33.35 33.29 Prev. Close Open 10 am Close Jan 39.80 39.75 39.79 39.80 Meh 37.67 37.70 37.88 37.77 May 35.70 36.00 35.96 July 33.74 33.70 34.06 -84.06 Foster Denounced By Labor Journal DETROIT, Mich., Jan. 3.—The Na tional Labor Journal, official organ of union labor in the Pittsburg district, says editorially in part as follows: “Somewhere on the Atlantic ocean is the United States transport Buford bearing a cargo of 249 anarchists. Chief among the mare Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman. The ship has been designated as the "ark of the soviet.” “William Z. Foster is not a passen ger on the ship, but he ought to be, if , the job of ridding the countrj of dan gerous reds is to be properly begun. “Foster was the directing agency of the steel strike and brought it to a sorry pass. He was not much con cerned about winning the steel strike, his aim was to seize control of the labor movement, wreck the American Federation of Labor, and use the re ! suiting chaos as a lever to achieve a nefarious and political purpose. “Foster is amonjj the most danger ous of radicals in this country. He ■is a syndicalist and an anarchist. He lis very crafty. He does not, like oth | ers of his stripe, cry out his purpose. I for that would attract attention to him and land him on Ellis Island I where seditionists to be deported are! ! corralled.” Laborite Defeats A Noble For Commons LONDON, Jan. 3.—Sir |John Si mon, former secretary for pome af fairs. who was a Liberal candidate for Commons in the Spen Vjalley by election, was defeated by Toil Myers, the Labor candidate. Still Possible To See Peace In Effect Jan. 6 PARIS, Jan. 3.—Exchange of rat-| ifications of the peace treaty on January 6 still is possible in the opin ion of the Matin, which says! the Ger man will have time before that date ( to forward the explanations demand ed by the peace conference. BETHEL CHURCH SERVICE. The Bethel Baptist church, in the;' 28th district, announces preaching on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 11, at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. J. A. Nelson, of Lilly. This will be a snecial service, as the church is without a regular pastor. It was said that the church is nlanning to call a pastor to surmlv the pulnit once a month, and that Rev. Mr. Nel son may be asked to fid the place. B. F. Hudgins returned Saturday from Atlanta, wh«*re he spent the holidays with relatives. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1920. TESTING 14-INCH COAST GUN THAT HURLS SHELL 30 MILES | * Hi ir 5 -v 4. •■-, ? ' ft*.-.-.- i i I This photograph was taken at the moment when the first shot was fired from a new 14-inch coast de fense gun, which hurls a projectile thirty miles. The first tests, to determine the stability of concrete em placements, were made at Fort Story, Norfolk, Va. Only three shells were fired but that the range of the guns is easily thirty miles was demonstrated. In later tests tjie guns will be aimed at targets thirty miles away. The guns are mobile and can be transferred from their concrete emplacements to railway mounts for transportation. CALL OF LEAGUE BY WILSON STILL PLAN OF ALLIES Clemenceau To Make In formal Call To Pre pare Delegates PARIS, Jan. 2.—An informal call for the first meeting of the League of Nations council shall be issued by Premier Clemenceau, the Supreme council decided today. The call will be regarded as a simple notification to enable the delegates to reach the appointed place in Paris in time for a meeting, formal notice of which it is still intended to have President Wil son issue, according to the present program. Central Church Yovng Folks Choose Officers Last Tuesday evening thirty-seven ) boys and girls met with Miss Hern-; don in the annex of the Central Bap tist church and re-organized the, Junior B. Y. P. U. The following officers were unanimously elected for the next term of six months: William Dykes, president; Miss Flora Buries, sccietary; Fred Brown, treasurer; Sam Comer, Chorister; Joe Hall, assistant secretary; Miss ! Louise Thayer, captain of Group I; William Car..ved, captain of Group IT; '.liss Vi<”-. Cannon, captain of f -~3up IK; Alton '. -,ole, captain of Group IV. The vice-president and librarian will be elected Sunday evening at their regular service. The captains chose the members for their groups and Green I was appointed to give the first i n -ram. A social ho'T was then enjoyei by playing a most amusing game of “Muoical Neighbors.” Much talent was displayed as every one took part heartily. Candy made ly th? girls and fruit bought by the boys was served boun tifully at the close. Historic Dixie Poplar In Tree Hall of Fame ■ WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—A pop-, lar tree at Spartanburg, S. C., the i top of which was,shot off during the! Fourth of July celebration in 1832,1, has been entered in the Hall of Fam ?: ( for trees, which are being compiled I . by the American Forestry Associa- \ ' tion. From Lisbon, 0., comes the | ‘ nomination of the tree under which! 1 the Indians and white settlers came to' 1 an agreement regarding iron ore to|] be used in makintr kettles. Ralph G - Smith, of Circleville. 0.. ente-s the 1 Logan E’m in that city. C. C. Royce nominates the Sir Josenh Hooker oak 1 at Chicm, Cal. General Sherman es- 1 timat°d that 7.000 men could stand in the shade of this tree. 1 A. D Dart nominates the “I srirest 1 live Oak” in the South at Brun’- 1 w?ck. Ga . known to be a veteran in 1763. It has a circumference of 1 26 feet. ' If You Know These You Know Why Old H. C. L. Is Here A TLANTA, Jan. 2.—“ Do you j know the young fellow who | works for $25.00 a week and who is wearing a new winter suit that i cost $85.00?” asked Senator Ivan E. Allen, state director of the War Savings Organization, today. “Do you know the wage earner who loafs because he is afraid if he does too much he’ll “work him self out of a job? 1 ’ “Do you know the housewife who is ashamed to be seen with a market basket on her arm or to carry 'home a brown paper bun ble? “Do you know the factory girl working for $lB a week who is buying and wearing a $350.0?) fur coat? “Do you know the man who lets a fresh clerk sneer him into buy ing a sls hat for fear he’ll seem I ‘cheap’ when he can buy a satis factory one for $7? t “Do you know the investor who has traded his Liberty Bonds for a promise of a 100 per cent prof ! it in a stock company backed by a di'-honest promoter? “Do you know the shopper who says, ‘Wrap it up,” instead of ‘How much?’ “Do you know the person who 1 lets the desire of the moment de- ' stroy the results of days and weeks of thrift and saving? “Do ycu know the man who | hinks it is not necessary to save? “Do you know the married cou ple who do not think enough of their children to buy War Saving 1 Stamps for them, and to teach | them to save? “Do you know the man who ! says that the government saving securities—Liberty Bonds, War Saving Stamps and Treasury Sav ing Certificates—are too slow or too small or too old-fashioned tor his investments? “If you do, you know pretty ! well what is the matter with the. i United States and why the high , of living.” 2 Women Sink Well In Pennsylvania Gas Boom PITTSBURG, Pa., January 3 Women financiers have entered the natural gas field, developed dur ing the past few months in Snake Hollow almost within the city fimits, and are drilling their first well. The pioneers were Miss Isabella Milmoe, assistant to the city treasurer, pmd | Miss Irma Atwater, assistant city soFcitor. \ They heard so many stories of for tunes being made in the new develop ment that they found a bit of land not under lea=e, contracted for ka derrek, and organized a companr.! Drilling is to be commended as soofi I as the nlant is on the trround. Development in the Snake Hollow,; field is going on with every evidence j of the old time “wildcat” oil and i 20,000 AMERICAN DEAD IN FRANCE TO BE RETURNED All Will Be Bodies Bur ied Outside Zone Os Armies PARIS, Jan. 3. —The French gov ernment has granted permission for the removal of bodies to the United States of 20,000 Americans buried in France. The bodies to be remov ed are those buried in cemeteries out side the zone of the armies and do not include those gathered into big American cemeteries in the army zones. Saturday Morning One Degree Above Coldest In spite of the fact that the nip in the air Saturday morning caused ■ many persons to believe that Fri day night was the coldest of the win ter, the government thermometer stated that such was not the case. “The lowest reached Friday night and up to 7 o'clock Saturday morning was 24 degrees,” said Joseph E. Bryan, official observer, “which was one de gree warmer than was reached on ; the night of December 26.” Thi; i temperature last night apparently was not quite so low. The weather bureau Saturday indi cated that cold weather might be ex -1 pected still this week, wiih rain a ) probability about the middle of the i week. John Taylor To Open Cordele Auto Store CORDELE, Jan. 3.—John T. Tay lor, Jr., of Americus, is here arrang ’ ing and opening at $60,000 stock of ' automobile accessories in the Harman 'Building. He will become manager! of the store. He will also handle j tractors and farm implements. The maintenance of a large vul canizing department is also contem plated. The Moore Storage Battery! Company has vacated its accessori’s department and this store room will be used for the large new store. gas boom. Town lots on the edge of the city which three mo iths a:ro were next to worthless are nailing for as much as SIO,OOO each, and every time a new well comes in the price goes up. A number of important well, have been brought in by co-ininies whiH* business it is to search for and find n-i f u ,- al gas. ’J it spectacular and meturpsaue sn?cul' , ‘ion and financing i are not lacking Stories of the suc jee's of snm’ nersn”s who have h“- ! com * rich nv'r -'i'-h' v —-> -t; un f 'l »he b 00... has cl. im -J , larifie attention. News of The Whole World By Associated Press PRIcE FIVE CENTS. ORGANIZATION OF NEGROES SHOWN PART OF PLANS Will Result In Trouble In Some Communities Say Officials WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Arrests in nation-wide radical raids last night today had exceeded 4,500, i twas esti mated by the department of justice. Scores of parlor Bolshevists are among those arrested in the raids, officials said, and there, it was ad mitted, may have to be dealt with under state laws as they are citizens. In a sweeping drive against radi calism, agents of the department of justice were completing the nation wide raids against communists organ izations in which several thousand radicals were taken into custody with a view to deportation. Raids were m. de in 33 cities over the country and the Department of Justice estimated three thousand “un desirables” would be taken in the dragnet. Government agents particularly searched for incriminating documents, some of which they claimed revealed plans to establish soviets throughout the country, to be later merged under a soviet council similar to the Rus. sian organization. Attemps to organize negroes also were disclosed. Officials said they admitted the propaganda was of such far-reaching effect that trouble may be expected in some negro communi ties. SEEK EVIDENCE TO DEPORT MARTENS. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—Department of Justice agents, armed with three hundred warrants, continued today to search for radicals. At the same time the transfer to Ellis Island of several hundred held was begun. More than four hundred arrested here last night were released for lack of evidence against them. Federal officials are examining lit erature seized to determine whether Ludwin Martens, self-styled amtasso .dor to the United States of the Rus sian Soviet Republic, is connected with the distribution of Communist piopagai>4a in this country, with view to his deportation. One of the most important arrests made was that Harry Minitski, Secre ’ tary of the Communist party in Amer ima and an American citizen. He has been at liberty under $5,000 bond since his indictment for criminal an archy last summer. 800 ARRESTS IN 3 NEW ENGLAND STATES. BOSTON, Jan. 3.—Approximately eight hundred persons were under ar- Hampshire and Rhode Island as tho result of last night’s raids on radi cals. 5 HELD IN JACKSONVILLE, MORE TO BE ARRESTED. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 3. Five •'.lleged members of the Commun ist Labor party have been arre ted here, and other arrests were to fol- ; low today, according to federal offi- r cers. Along with them much liters-' / ture of a radical nature were seized / the charter of the local party and Z books containing minutes of meetings as far back as October, 1917. Negro Fugitive Re?dy Passenger To Sumter Deputy Sheriff R. E. Price return ed Friday night on the Seminole from Michigan City, Ind., where he went to bring back to Sumter county, Ar thur Corley, a negro, wanted here as a fugitive from justice. He brought the negro with him and found him a willing passenger back to old Geor gia, despite what may be in st re for him here. The negro was picked up by the police at Michigan City a f.?w weeks ago in an uncertain mental condition, it was said at that time, but Mr. Price found him about nor mal, except that he was suffering from frosted feet and other evidences of experiences in an unfriendly north land. “I ran into the coldest country I have ever seen,” said Mr. fr’ce. “From Chicago, skirting Lake Michi gan to Michigan City, everything was frozen up solid, and they were cut .ing ice on the lake. The ice crop, the people there said, wm the finest th y had experienced in years, being thick and solid. It was too cold even to spend an hou • or two looking at the sights in Chicago.”