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FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 9.
WORLD, EXCEPT U. S, AT PEACE WITH HUNS
NEW BUILDINGS
BEGUN IN YEAR
TOTAL $295,568
Great Need For Retail
Locations and Homes
Unsatisfied, However
Construction work within the city
of Americus, for which building per
mits were taken out during the year
1919, and all of which is under way,
totalled $317,777, according to the
records of Fire Chief Naylor, who is
also building inspector, and from
whom all building permits are secur
ed. Os this total practically all was
for new construction, $286,560 be
ing for new projects and only $26,217
for repairing old buildings. Most of
the repair permits were for small ex- ,
penditures, the number totalling 104,
as against 30 permits for new struc
tures.
The year’s permits were summariz
ed in the following report prepared
by Chief Naylor for The Times-Re
corder:
“I have issued during the last 12
months 134 permits for building. Os
this number 30 were for the construc
tion of new buildings and 104 for re
pairing old buildings.
“The permits issued for new build- i
ings amounted to $286,560; the re
pair permits amounted to $26,217, j
making a total of work for 1919 of:
$312,777.
“I have examined all the work dona
under the above permits and found
same being done in accordance with |
the city ordinances.”
The Principal Permit*
Folowing are the principal new j
structures for which permits were is- j
sued:
Calvary Episcopal Church ....$25,000 j
A. M. E. Church 18,000 j
Mrs. C. T. Broadfield —
Residence 10,000;
Theater—
Walter Rylander 100,000 j
Times-Recorder Bldg—
Walter Rylander 15,000
Atlantic Ice and Coal Co—
Storage House 20,000 j
Turpin Building 25,000 |
C. H. Burke Warehouse 10,500
Although the total for new con
struction put under way during the
year is of pleasing proportions, ex
amination of the records shows that
most of the construction is industrial,
and that very few residences, which
are needed worse than any other class
of buildings here at this time, were
begun. It is also noticeable that very
few new store buildings were added
to the already over-crowded retail
business facilities of the city, f, .ie
only ones added being the Times-Re
corder building, which will add one
store room now occupied, and the
Rylander theater, which will provide
tyo store rooms. The new Turpin
building merely replaces with one
large room what before constituted
two business locations.
Great Need For Building!.
Rental agents report a crying need
both for more store rooms and resi
dences. Rents have increased by
leaps and bounds for business loca
tions on which leases have recently
become available, it is reported, and
still there are not enough locations to
start to satisfy the demand. Loca
tions are demanded for many lines of
business, it is reported, and rental
rates are offered that would insure
good returns on new structures, even
at present prices of labor and mate
rial for buildings, it is said.
The outlook for the coming year
in building is still indefinite. The
Rylander theater project, in itself a
large undertaking, is only under way,
with the foundations still uncomplet
ed, and its ocnstruction will require
probably six months for the new
year. It is reported that other busi
ness improvements in that immediate
section are contemplated, but nothing
definite has been announced.
The great need for homes appears
to have met with little response on
the part of men with money to in
vest, despite the fact that it is realiz
ed by all that the city, cramped to the
limit, cannot futrher grow without
places for newcomers to live.
Labor conditions are reported to be
getting more stabilized here. The
material market, while still oversold,
is also becoming more denendable,
and altogether a good vear in build
ing operations is looked for here.
THE fIIiSBiiCORDER
feQ PUBLISHED IN THE JrHEART OF
TO BE MANAGER
OF CAMPAIGN OF
GENERAL WOOD
1 w-r* 1 ""' w-
Colonel William Cooper Proctor
Major-General Leonard Wood’s
candidacy for the Republican nomina
tion for president was informally
started when Colonel William Cooper
Proctor announced his acceptance of
the chairmanship of the Leonard
Wood National Campaign Commit
tee. Colonel Proctor is probably the
biggest manufacturer of soap prod
ucts in the country.
breadprTces
HERE GO UP AS
FLOUR_SOARS
Pound Loaf To Sell At
15c; 13-Oz. Loaf At
10c Disappears
The price of bread is going up in
Americus.
Announcement to this effect was
made yesterday by both of the
bakeries of Americus. It is all on
account of a sudden great increase
in the price of flour, it is explained,
du'e to the removal of export re
strictions.
Heretofore for some time the ’o
cal bakeries have been making a 13-
ounce loaf, which has been selling
at 10 cents retail. The 13-ounce loaf
will now disappear, and in its plate
will come the 10-ounce and the 16-
ounce, loaves, selling respectively at
10 cents and 15 cents each.
“We simply had to make the .in
creases in price or go out of busi
ness, that’s all. And we thought it
the Model Bread Company, put it
yesterday in making the announce
ment. “High grade flour such as is
used in bread making a couple of
weeks ago was selling at from $12.40
to sl3 per barrel; today it costs S2O.
Selling bread at the old rate, a bar
rel would make only s2l worth of
bread, and you can see what that
would mean to our business when
you consider that bakers are paid
S4O per week, and other help is high.
We disliked to make the change, but
it had to come if we stayed in busi
ness, that’s all. And we thought it
best for all concerned to stay in busi
ness.
Primitive Baptists
May Organize Her
Elder S. S. Kent, Primitive Baptist
minister, who supplies several mis
sion churches in this vicinity, now
of Cordele but a native of Sumter
county, will hold services today,
morning and evening at the Opera
House. This will be the first of a
series of services, looking to the or
ganization here in the not far dis
tant future of a church of that de
nomination.
“There are already enough Primi
tive Baptists here to form a church," ’
said he yesterday, “if they can only
be gotten together. We hope to in
terest them an organize a congrega
tion shortly.”
THOUSANDS DIE DR. THOMAS AND
IN ESTHONIA IN CAPT.J. A.COBBIN
GREAT BLIZZARD ORDINARY RACE
300 Bodies Found In One
Forest—Babies Frozen
With Mothers
REVAL, Jan. 10 —Thousands were
frozen to death in the blizzard
which swept across Esthonia on New
Year’s day. Reports here state that
three hundred bodies of refugees
we e found in the forest between
her > and Narva, and American Red
Cro; s workers say many babies were
fro- 1 . :i to death at their mothers’
brea.ts.
SHRINERS ASK A
DECORATED CITY
Business Men Urged To
Put Up Emblem For
Ceremonial
The committee in charge of decor
ations for the big Shrine ceremonial
which will be staged Jan. 19, Lee’s
, birthday, and which will probably
bring one thousand visitors from all
over Georgia, announced Saturday
that the contract for decorations had
! been let to Harry W. Lewis, profes
sional decorator widely known.
The committee asked the Times-Re
corder to publish a request that all
merchants and other business men of
the city decorate their building fronts
in honor of the occasion, stating that
C. H. Plumb, with a stock of the fin
est materials for this purpose, is in
the city, located at the Sumter Ho
tel, where he may be communicated
with. It is said that he has with him
the same emblems and materials us
ed at the national Shrine conclave at
Indianapolis last year.
PARADE COMMITTEE
MEETING CALLED
A meeting of the Shriners’ parade
committee at the clerk’s office, court
hjuse, at 7:30 o’clock Monday even
ing, was called last night by E. E.
Schneider, chairman. “This is an im
j pertant meeting,” said Mr. Schnei-
I der, “and it is highly important that
; every member be present.” The mem
i bers of the committee are:
E. E. Schneider, chairman; Wyble
Marshall, Ross Dean, R. H. Horton,
Cmyd Buchanan, Roary Cole, T. C.
Tillman, F. J. Payne, S. A. Pruitc,
M Yates, Dr. W. C. Smith, J. E.
Kiker, B. J. Harrison, W. Fred Smith,
ft. E. Allen, Rev C. W. Minor, Sam
Cohen, M. H. Wheeler, B. B. Kent,
C. U Howard, Inman Griffin
NEW VOLCANO
HURLSFLAMES
Every Village In Vicinity
Reported Destroyed
By Eruption
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 10.—Flames
are still being emitted by the new
volcano at San Miguel, in the west
ern part of the state of Vera Cruz,
according to advices last night. Every
village in that vicinity has been de
stroyed, while lava and contaminated
water from sources opened by the
recent earthquake is flooding the dis
trict near the crater.
Rebels who had headquarters in
that region have suffered severely
both from casualties and loss of sup
plies, it is stated.
Irkutsk Reported
Captured By Reds
HONOLULU, Jan. 9. (Friday)--
Nippu Jiji, a Japanese language
newspaper here, published a Tokio
cablegram today reporting that the
Bolsheviki had captured Irkutsk, and
that the Allied diplomats had gone to
Chita.
Spanish Officers On
Leave Ordered Back
MADRID, Jan. 10.—All army of
ficers on leave have been ordered by
the Spanish government to rejoin
their units immediately.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1920.
Both Declare Them
selves In Race—For
mer Publishes Card
Local county politics tooks on add
ed interest yesterday when Dr. F. A.
Thomas, well known physician and
farmer, formally announced for
county ordinary, and ordered his an
nouncement card inserted, the first
card to be published. Shortly after
Dr. Thomas’ definite announcement
Capt. John A. Cobb, the incumbent,
announced publicly in a brief state
ment that he was a candidate for re
election to the office of ordinary, but
stated that he would withhold insert
ing his formal announcement card
until the date of the primary had
been set.
These were the only developments
of the day in the coming political
scramble, although rumors continued
to fly and there were indications that
there would be interesting develop
ments by the first of the week. One
man who frequents court house cir
cles stated Saturday that there would
be “plenty” of announcements in a
few days.
Announcement Formal.
In making his announcement Dr.
Thomas merely officially informed the
public that he was a candidate for
the nomination, subject to the will of
the voters at the coming primary.
Dr. Thomas was a candidate at the
last election against Capt. Cobb and
was defeated by only 18 or 19 votes.
He is a well known citizen who has
resided in Sumter county for many
years, and has not only a broad ac
quaintance, but a wide circle of
friends, as was proven by the show
ing he made in the previous race.
Capt. Cobb announced his candi
dacy in the following authorize 4
statement:
“Captain John A. Cobb says that
he will be a candidate for re-election
as ordinary of Sumter county, but
thinks it proper to await the fixing
of the date of the primary by the
County Democratic Executive com
mittee, and that he will then make
his formal announcement.”
Long A Public Figure
Capt. Cobb has held the office of;
ordinary for several years. He is now
past his eightieth year, and it is his
expressed desire to continue to hold
this office “as long as my mental and
physical powers do not incapacitate
me.” Although aged, he is vigorous
in mind and body, and attends to the
duties of his office with regularity.
Capt. Cobb for many years has
been a prominent figure in Americus
and Sumter county, and all that time
has been identified with public affairs.
It is said of him that there is scarcely
a public building in the city with the
erection of which his name is not
directly connected or the cornerstone
of which does not bear his name.
To Tell Why Baptists
Shun Inter-Church Plan
Rev. Geo. F. Brown will speak at
the Central Baptist church this morn
ing on “The Perils of Spiritual Ease
in Zion.” In this discussion the pas
tor will explain to the members of
the Central Baptist congregation why
he is opposed to the “Inter-Church
Movement,” and why Baptist as a
denomination have declined to en
ter it.
Baptists, both north and south,
have declined to participate in this
movement so far and it is due to rea
sons not generally understood by out
siders. Any such who may desire to
attend and hear this frank and open
discussion of the matter will be wel
come.
Assistant Division
Engineer Arrives
Sherley Hudson, an engineer of
1 ou'sville, Ky.. Vis arrived in Arner
■cus to become the assistant to W. C.
r aye, Jr., divVa n state higl engineer
for he Third eongresisonal di trict.
Mr. Hudson is a young man and has
been associated with Mr. Caye in the
past, Louisville being the home city
of both.
WOUIO THREE NATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Au
thority to advance $150,000,000 for
food for the relief of Austria, Po
land and Armenia, was asked of con
gress today by Secretary Glass.
ENGLISH HOUSE
MAID SEEKING
COMMONS SEAT
Mis* Jessie Stephen*
M s Jessie Stephens has ambitions
t.» win a scut in the House of Com
mon*. 'lhis young woman says hhr
r'cent election to a seat on the
b<t< ugh council of Bermondsey, a
1 ai.don suburb, th. irst step in
achieving her ambition. She has had
a practical preparation. She has
served as cook, housemaid, “boss” cf
n large lodging house in Glasgow, and
porier in a chemical warehouse and
during the war she drove a three-ton
motor truck. She says an intelligent
study of housework problems paves
the way for a woman to enter politics.
TO TRAIN NEGRO
BOVS R)R AUTO
New Course, Under Fed
eral .Aid, To Open At
McKay Hill School
The first auto-mechanic school in
Georgia, either white or colored, to
take advantage of the Smith-Hughes
vocational education act, under
which the government shares the sal
ary of the teacher with the local
school authorities, will be opened at
the McKay Hill negro public school
in Americus Monday. Announce
ment of this fact was made Satur
day by City Superintendent J. E.
Mathis, who stated that Ernest Bar
nett, a well known local auto me
dian.c, had accepted an offer by the
city board of education to become
instructor in the department to be
established at the school. Barnett
has been associated with W. G. Tur
pin & Co., as auto mechanic and is
reputed to be one of the best in
Georgia.
The McKay Hill school has had no
vocational department for negro
boys, although for some time it has
had a domestic science training de
partment for girls, which has been
highly successful. The board of ed
ucation saw in the great increase of
the use of automobiles, trucks and
tractors excellent opportunities for
service not only of value to ,the com
munity, but to the negro boys, and
consequently determined upon auto
mechanics as the work to be taught
It is intended that a course will be
offered which will train the students
to be practical chauffeurs and auto
repair men, the demand for intel
ligent and competent men in both
of which lines is large and will con
tinue to grow.
J. F. Cannon, state inspector for
vocational training, was in Ameri
cus last Tuesday in connection with
the contemplated establishment of
this course at the McKay Hill school.
He reported that this would be the
first school to undertake this line of
nstruction in Georgia under federal
J aid.
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Georgia.—Warmer in north
west portion; frost near the coast
Sunday.
TREATY PUT INTO
EFFECT IN PARIS
BY 14 COUNTRIES
Protocol Signed By Berlin’s Representatives, Fol
lowing Which Ratifications Are Exchanged—•
League of Nations To Spring Into Being Friday.
LONDON, Jan. 10.—Regret over America’s absence from par.
ticipation in the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles is again ex*
pressed in editorials printed in this morning’s papers. The News says:
“A new world order from which America, or for that matter Ger
many and Russia, are excluded is foredoomed to failure."
PARIS, Jan. 10.—Putting the League of Nations into being,
which will be one of the immediate results of the exchange of ratifi*
i cations of the treaty, will occur in Paris at 10:30 o’clock on the morn*
, ing of January 16, the Supreme Council decided today.
Ambassador Wallace cabled this information to President Wil
son today, so the president could issue formal notice of the meeting
of the Council of the League.
PARIS, Jan. 10.—The Treaty of Versailles, making pence be
tween Germany and the ratifying Allied Powers, was put into effect
at 4:15 o’clock this afternoon by the exchange of ratifications.
The entire ceremony, which took;
place in the clock hall of the French
foreign ministry, was completed by I
4:16 o’clock.
Baron Von Lersner and Herr Von I
Slhion, the German representatives,
were among the last to arrive at the
foreign ministry for the ceremonies.
The delegates first assembled in the
private office of the minister of for
eign affairs, where at a secret session
the protocol was signed at 4:09
o’clock. Then led by Premier Clem
enceau, they filed into the clock room.
Without any ceremony the minutes j
recording the exchange of ratifica-1
tions were signed by the delegates,
the Germans being the first to attach j
their names.
The absence of American repr*. i
sentatives was particularly remark
ed. Ambassador Wallace, finally
hearing nothing from Washington, re
turned to the secretary of the peace
conference the invitations which had
been sent to him.
Peaceful relations between Ger
many and the greater number of na
tions engaged in the great war with i
her were established by the action |
taken at Paris today. The treaty now j
is in effect between Germany and;
those powers which finally ratified it,
Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan,
Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil. Guatemala,
Peru, Poland, Siam, Czecho-Slovakia
and Uruguay. The United States
alone of the “Big Five” has not rati
fied the treaty.
With the taking effect of the treaty
a number of commissions created by
it will spring into existence, the
League of Nations will begin to func
tion by the calling of the first meeting
of the council, and preparations will
be hastened for the taking of plebes
cites as already provided for.
City Court To Start
2 Weeks Grind Monday
At the meeting of the members of
the Americus bar yesterday with
Judge Harper of the City Court of
Americus for the assignment of civil
business for the week of January 19
it was arranged that no court be
held on Monday of that week, be
cause of the court house being turn
ed over to the visiting Shriners for
that day, and that the week’s work
be taken up Tuesday. The first week
of the January term of the City Court
will begin tomorrow, with the calling
of criminal cases.
The Cotton Market
LOCAL SPOT COTTON.
Good middling 40 1-2—39 l-2h.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
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Close Open 11 am Close
Jan 38.25 38.45 38.40 37.80
Mch 36.75 36.80 36.92 36.07
May 35.15 35.23 35.35 34.52
July 33.43 33.60 33.66 33.00
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
Prev.
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Mch 37.93 38.17 38.12 37.58
May 35.95 36.21 36.17 35.57
July 34.14 34.36 34.39 33.75
News of The Whole
World By
Associated Press
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TRAVELERS TELL
OF HUN UPRISING
An Unconfirmed Report
Says Socialists Have
Seized Reins
BRUSSELS, Jan. 10.—Travelers
I from Germany reaching here today
brought unconfirmed reports that the
German government had been over
thrown. They reported that the So
cialists were masters of the situa
tion, and that a general strike had
been declared \i the terr.'.ory not un
der Allied occupation.
The Brussels report that the Ger
man government had been over
thrown is not confirmed from any
other spurce.
Americus High Team
Defeated In Albany
The Americus High School basket
hall five lost their first game played
this season when they met the Albany
team in Albany Friday night. The
score was 23 to 9. The Americus
players explained their defeat by say
ing that it was their first game, while
Albany had played before this Sea
son.
In the first half Albany ran away
with the score, but in the second half
Americus had a slight lead. Two
field goals were scored by Gardner
and one by Bolton for Americus. The
game was declared to have been un
usually rough, but the Americus
players offered no complaint on thr3
score. The following report of the
game is contained in Saturday's Al
bany Herald:
“Albany outplayed Americus com
pletely, exhibiting a degree of team
work that reflected much credit on
the coach. There were no particular
stars on the Albany team, all of
them playing like a machine. Gard
ner was the star for Americus and
Bolton also played well. At the
end of the first half of the score stood
18 to 3 in favor of Albany and
Americus had not made a single
field goal, her three points being made
on fouls. Seeing that the game was
cinched, Coach D. H. Redfe.-irn took
Tood and Sellers from the game and
let Carroll and Armstrong go in.
The score by quarters was:
Albany 10 8 1 4—23
Americus 2 12 4 9
Clifford W alker Here
On Visit To Sister
Clifford Walker, attorney general
of Georgia, arrived last evening to
he the guest of his sister, Mrs. Frank
lianold, and family for several days,
Mr. Walker.' who is well known in
this section, he having vi?i f ed kere a
number of times, is understood to be
in a receptive mood toward th“ nomi
nation at the coming general primary
for the -office of governor to g-eceed
Governor Dorsey, who is IneligfMe to
re-election, and,has a number of sup*