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FORTY-SECOND YEAR.—NO. 11.
U. S. Waives Share of Surrendered German Warships
ADMIRAL JELLICOE AT CAPITA'. WITH VICE- PRES. MARSHALL
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The admiral was the nation’s guest at the capitol last week for several days and spent his time inspect
ing the points of interest, and being dined and feted by official Washington. Notice * Mr. Marshall’s
jaunty air?
FURLOW NOT IN
RACEFOROFFICE
HETELLSPUBLiC
Declares Rumors Untrue
And That He Has No
Ambitions
T. M. Furlow, census supervisor
for the Third Congressional District,
today set at rest rumors and reports
that have been current for several
we'eks that he intended to become a
candidate for the office of clerk of
the court of Suirter county in oppo
sition to H. E. Allen, who will ask re
election.
“I have not now and never have
had any idea of making this race; I
don’t know where the report origi
nated, as I have said nothing that
would give rise to any Such state
ment, and you have my permission, if
you think the report is of sufficient
public interest to warrant any state
ment, to say so,’’ was Mr. Furlow’s
reply do a reporter when approached
for a statement on the subject.
“I have no political ambitions
whatever,” Mr. Furlow went on. “I
never ran for office in my life except
for member of the city council, and
one term in that dffice was enough
for me. I have no ambitions to hold,
office, and if I had, .my position as
census supervisor would prohibit me,
because I am under oath not to be
identified with politics in any man
ner. However, this has no bearing
on my attitude, for I do not desire
any office, and have never had any
idea of entering the primary.
“The matter has been mentioned to
me by some of my friends, whose as
surances were flattering, I will ad
mit, but that is as far as the matter
has gone as it concerns me.’’
Got An Old Straw Hat
Or Umbrella? Tell Sam
Hey, gents and sports! How about
about your old straw hats and rain
sticks? The Americus Shriners have
sounded an S. O. S. call for every
old straw hat and old umbrella in the
community.
What for? Sh! That’s a secret.
They won’t tell, but it has something
to do with the big Shrine ceremonial
of Alee Temple which will be staged
here next Monday, with Shriners and
novices present from all over South
Georgia. If you have a cast-off last
summer’s lid, or an old umbrella,
take either or both to Sam Heys,
chairman of the local Shrine general
committee, at the court house, and
hefi’ll thank you.
Delegates Arriving For
Pan-American Meeting
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Dele
gates representing Brazil, Chile,
Guatemala and Honduras had arriv
ed here today preparatory to the
opening next Monday of the second
Pan-American Financial Congress.
Representatives of other Latin-Amer
ican countries are expected within
the next few days.
Perfume* Without Grease.
A. Verley, a chemist of Isle-Satnt-
Dtols, France, has patented a process
<rf extracting perfume from Rowers by
using powdered wood charcoal instead
of grease as an absorbent, and then
washing the charcoal In alcohol.
333 Beers Only $ 1;
Coblenz Yanks
In Wet Paradise
(Stars and Stripes Service)
/■'•OBLENZ, Germany-—Acting on
a few gentle suggestions from
the Army authorities case proprie
tors of Coblenz have fixed the
prices of beer.
Hereafter thirtsty Yanks who
i filter into the cases for thirst
quenchers will be charged 12
pfennigs for domestic light beer
in small emporiums and 40 pfen
nigs for the original Pilsener in
[ the first-class houses.
Those Yanks on the ground, who
are affected by the price-fixing,
hail the move as a reduction in the
High-Cost-of-Beer. Ex-Yanks
back home will probably picture
the Germans handing out steins
and paying the Yanks to drink
them.
At present it takes around 40
German marks to equal one real
dollar. Since it takes 100 pfennigs
to make a mark, about 4,000 pfen
nigs have the purchasing power of
one of the aforementioned iron,
men.
At this rate, and figuring eco
nomically on drinking light beer
at 12 pfennigs a glass, the lowly
buck manages to knock over
. 333 1-3 beers for one dollar. If
he is splurging and slaking his
thirst with original pilsener he only
gets 100 drinks for his dollar, or
at the rate of 1 cent a drink.
Before the new scale of prices
was fixed he was paying slightly
less than 2 cents in the best cases
and now refers to it as he recent
period of the High Cost of Beer.
BRAZILATPEACE
WITH GERMANY
Treaty Promulgated By
Pessoa, Making It
Effective
RIO DE JANERIO, Jan. 13.—Pres
ident Pessoa last night promulgated
the Treaty of Versailles, thus mak
ing effective that part referring to
Brazil. The president officially de
clared a state of peace with Germany.
20,000,000 REPRESENTED
IN RATIFICATION GATHERING
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. With
the announced purpose of seeking
ways and means for early ratification
of the peace treaty, a conference
which the delegates said represented
20,000,000 Americans began here to
day. The national organizations rep
resented included the American Fed
eration of Labor, the League to En
force Peace, the National Advertising
Clubs of America, the Farmers’ Alli
ance, the Women’s Christian Temper
ance Union and the World Peace
Foundation.
How About Russian.
Johnny had been home from school
with a bad cold, and when he returned
to his lessons he took his teacher a
note from his mother, saying: "John
ny is well enough now to do his work,
but please keep him out of the French
••lass; he still has a sore throat and
jven English hurts him.' I —Boston
Post.
THE TIMESh RECORDER
IN THE OF
TITO DEMOCRATIC
WOMEN TO HELP
PLANCONVENTION
Put On Arrangements
Committee, Breaking
Party Precedent
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—The ap
pe'ntment of a committee of seven
teen, including two women, to ar
range for the democratic national con
vention at San Francisco on June 28,
was announced today by Chairman
Cummings. It is the first time wo
men have had hand in the prelimina
ries of the piesidential njirinatmg
convention, Chairman Cummings said..
They will be Mrs. George Bass, of
Chicago, and Misss Mary Foy, of Los
Angeles.
Dixie Cattle Men Plan
Montgomery ‘Round-Up’
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 13.
Montgomery is making large prepara
: tions for the eighth annual conven-
I tion of the Southern Cattlemen’s As
sociation which meets here Jan. 27-
' 30 inclusive.
This association was organized in
Montgomery eight years ago and has
become one of the most powerful
business organizations of the South.
J. D. Eldridge, of Gregory, Ark., is
president, and Dr. R. M. Gow, of Lit
tle Rock, is secretary.
The business meetings of the con
vention will be held in the big pub-1
i lie auditorium and cattle sales will
I be conducted at the Union Stock
I Yards each afternoon. The Gay-
Teague Hotel will be official head-I
; quarters of the convention.
The visitors and delegates to the i
convention will be provided as much I
amusement as the business of the oc
casion will permit. Visits to modern
stock farms, a dinner, auto rides, a
special vaudeville performance and'
social attentions for the women visi- ■
tors have been arranged.
One of the main features of the j
convention will be the large number i
of bankers here for this occasion. |
| It is understood that cattle loans by |
; banks will be one of the subjects of I
; discussion on the program.
It is suggested that hotel reserva-1
I tions be made as early as possible I
i through the chairman of the visitors’ i
accomodation committee, Leopold ;
Strauss.
School of Journalism
For Camp Meade Men
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13—A school
of journalism for enlisted men of the;
army has been Started at Camp
Meade, Md. Although more than a
I hundred trades and professions are i
■ being taught in the vocational schools;
of our new, democratic, peace time ar-1
my, instructors report that compare-1
, tively few are enrolling for the pure- i
i iy professional courses, such as jour
! nalism, advertising, etc.
A journalistic student at Gamp
Meade the other day asked to take up
I bricklaying also, as a side issue and
as sort of a precautionary measure
in these days of unsettled standards.
His request probably will be granted.
WEATHER -FORECAST.
For Georgia —Cloudy tonight and
Wednesday; probably local rains in
west portion.
PUBLISHED IN THE
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 13, 1920.
OPERATORS TO
ACCEPT AWARD
BUT LIMIT TIME
Price Fixing Not Accept
able Beyond Life Os
War-Time Act
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—The
mine operators in the Central Com
jmtitive field today told the president’s
‘ commission u .hey would accepi, with a
j single exception, any award ;he com
mission might make. The operators
said they would not be a party to fix
ing coal prices beyond the period of
! eltectiveness of the Lever act, the
war-time measure under which the
government has controlled food and
j fee) prices.
Bloodworth Secretary
To Sen. Hoke Smith
ATLANTA, Jan. 13.- 0. H. B.
Bloodworth, Jr. of Forsjih. having
I accepted ihe position of private sec
; retary to U. S. Senator Hoke Smith
. of Georgia has resigned as superin
' tendent of the public schools of Mon
roe county and will be succeeded by
A. Zellner, the present mayor of Fnr
■ syth. Mr. Bloodworth, it is stated,
j will leave for Washington this week
I to assume his new duties.
Mr. Bloodworth has directed the
educational work of Monroe coun
ty since his d scharge from th.- army
September 1 He had formerly been
I connected with school work but was
given a eominhsfcn as Majo- in the
.-.-,lst Infantry w.th which
tion he served in this enpaciiv at!
Camp Wheeler and in France.
Marine ‘Vice President’
, Guards Haiti’s Rule
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. 13.
—The promotion of Sergt. “Spot”
(William A.) Miller, United States
Marine corps, to a lieutenant in the
Gendarmerie d’Haiti has brought
forth the fact that he holds the
strangest job in the whole corps.
Miller for the last four years has I
been personal bodyguard of President!
Anteguenive of the Republic of Hai
ti. He has become so influential in
native circles that he is known as thei
“vice .president of Haiti.”
Miller learned French, the na
tidnal language, long before the presi-!
dent learned English, and he is al
ways present when Anteguenive meets
representatives of foreign powers.
He is credited with being the real
“power behind the throne.”
MEDALS WENT TO
SWIVEL CHAIRS
So Gallivan, of Massa
chusetts, Charges, Urg
ing Probe By Congress
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—Repre
sentative Gallivan, of Massachusetts,
urging congressional investigation of
the award of army decorations, to
day declared that more medals in pro
portion were awarded to officers who
never got any nearer the front than
Washington than to those who saw
service overseas. He said the Distin
guished Service medal had been
cheapened and certainly had been rid
iculed.
DAISY ASHFORD A BRIDE
LONDON, Jan. 13.—Miss Daisy-
Ashford, authoress of “The Young:
Visitors,” a book written in her chid
hood which has attracted much in- :
teresd in the last few months, was j
married at Chelsea to James Devlin;
with whom she was associated in na-'
tional work during the war.
Paid;sl,soo For
100 Gals. Water,
Sold For Liquor
T\ECATUR, Ala., Jan. 11.—Gar- I
land Orr, of Hartselle, is un
der SI,OOO bail charged with ob- ;
taining money under false pre
tense’s, Floyd Jacobs, former dep
uty sheriff, complaining he had
paid Orr, $1,500 for 100 gallons
of water upon representation that
the liquid was corn whiskey.
HEART OP DIXIE - "
ROUNDING UP REDS IN BIG DRIVE
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Two hundred chained Reds, arriving at Deer Islahd, near Boston
Harbor, where they w'ere locked up in one of the jails pending investi
gation. They were part of the 10,000 Reds arrested in England. Greg
ory Weinstein, (in small picture) Chief of Staff for Ludwig C. Martens,
who is being held by the government.
CHILD SCALDED
BY HOT COFFEE
Hands And Arms Os
Baby Terribly Burned
At Grate
John D. Williams, infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Williams, of 525 East
Furlow stredt, was terribly burned on
the arms and hands by boiling coffee
in an accident yesterday morning that
may cost the child’s life.
The family had only recently moved
to Americus and their furniture has
not yet all arrived.- As a result they
have been attempting to keep house
with what articles were on hand. Yes
terday morning coffee for breakfast
was being made at the fire place when
the baby, littje more than a year old,
toddling about the fire, fell and
knocked the boiling pot from the fire.
The pot was overturned and the boil
ing coffee was hurled on the out
stretched baby arms. On account of
the wintry weather, the child was
clad in rather heavy long sleeved gar
ments, which were soaked with the
hot fluid, and before these could be
snatched from his arms the flesh from
the hands almost to the shoulders was
scalded deeply. Medical aid was sum
moned and the great pain relieved
somewhat, but it was said today that
temperature had developed, causing
some concern.
Little John is the baby in a family
of five children. Mr. Williams is an
employe of the Singer Sewing Ma
chine company, and is to be connect
ed with the Singer agency here.
The Cotton Market
LOCAL SPOT COTTON
Good middlings 40 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Prev.
Clos'e Open High Low Close
Jan. 37.88 38.00 38.10 38.00 38.15
Meh 36.28 36.40 36.37 36.30 36.25
May 34.88 34.97 35.00 34.92 34.78
July 33.30 33.45 33.49 33.35 33.30
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
Prev.
Close Open High Low Close
Jan. 39.67 39.70 39.39 39.69 39.47
Meh 37.65 37.84 37.67 37.60 37.45
May 35.72 35.70 35.80 35.75 35.60
July 34.00 34.16 34.07 34.07 33.93
New Armour Plant At
Sao Paulo Destroyed
RIO JANERIO, Jan. 13—The new
packing plant of Armour & Co., at
Sao Paulo has been wrecked by fire,
More than one thousand head of cat
tle burned. The plant was just near
i ing completion at a cost of 10 million
I dollars. It was the largest in South
i America.
LEGION BRANDS
‘CHAMFSLACKER
Declares Dempsey Unfit
To Represent Ameri
can Athletes
FORT WAYN. S Ind., Jan. 13.--!
Condemning Jack Dempsey as an un- ,
fit representative of American ath-1
letes, the Fort Wayne Post of the
American Legion passed a resolution
last night declaring its opposition to
his defending the championship title
for America.
The resolutiori was the result of
a recent agitation against Dempsey i
because of his war record, due to the
fact that his service was confined to
work in the shipyards.
DECLARED SLACKER
BY DENVER LEGION.
DENVER, Jan. 13.—Leyden Post
of the American Legion at a meeting
here adopted a resolution branding
Jack Dempsey, the pugilist, as a
“slacker” and declaring opposition to
holding the proposed Dempsey-Car
pentier fight in Colorado. Copies of
the resolution will be sent to all
American Legion posts in the United
States with a request that similar
action be taken by each.
NO ACTION CONSIDERED
BY NATIONAL OFFICERS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 13.—The
national officers of the American
Legion have not considered official ac
tion condemning Jack Dempsey on his
war record, according to G. H. Ren
nick, assistant Adjutant General, to
day. Dempsey was not in the ser
vice. It was said that various posts
are acting in the mat
ter.
Japs Given Great
Reception In Mexico
THE CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 13.
—*Tne City of Mexico was the scene
of a remarkable demonstration in
honor of the officers and crew of the
Japanese cruiser Yahunio, which was
cor eluding a week’s stay here.
After a banquet tendered by the
government, great throngs paraded
the streets in the vicinity of the vis
itors’ hotel, shouting continual “vi
vas” to the Japanese. Fireworks and
band concerts were features of the
celebration,
Woman Up
In S. Carolina Asembly
COLUMBIA, S. C„ Jan. 13.—The
South Carolina general assembly met
in annual session today. Ratification
of the woman suffrage amendment, a
state highway act, and providing for
a consthitional convention were the
principal matters for consideration.
News of The Whole
World By
Associated Press
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ALLIES TO STAND
ON DISTRIBUTION
PLAN Ay DOTTED
Ambassador Wallace
Raises Question In
Supreme Council
PARIS, Jan. 13.—1 n the Supreme
Council today American Ambassador
Wallace raised the question of
whether the council intended to main
tain the per centages previously
adopted for the distribution of war
ship tonnage to be given up by Ger
many. Receiving an affirmative an
swer Mr. Wallace informed the coun
cil that the United States in* that
case waived its claim to any part of
this tonnage.
9 Saw Mills Installed
By New Plains Firm
PLAINS, Jan. 13.—Messrs. Tan
ner and Johnson have installed nine
sawmills on the outskirts of Plains.
The working force is already on the
gi'vund and a side track to their site
has been completed. Mr. Tanner
states that they will very probably
be able to get out dressed lumber by
Feb 1.
It is beli'eved there is sufficient
timber in the vicinity to last for sev
eral years.
Mr. Tanner and family reside in
the home formerly owned by Wells
Bacon.
Mr. Johnson, secretary and treas
urer, has also arrived but has not
located a home.
Plains Lets Contract
For Light-Water Plant
PLAINS, Jan. 13.—The town of
Plains has contracted with J. B. Mc-
Crary to install the water and elec
trict light systems, for which bonds
were recently voted and sold. The
well is being dug near the Crawford
gin and will be completed probably
in two weeks’ time. The laying of
the mains will be begun about March
1, just as soon as all material can be
obtained. It is thought that sixty
days later the system will be in work
ing order.
The light plant will be installed in
about the same length of time.
8,300 Trees Arrive For
Plains Peach Orchard
PLAINS, Jan. 13.—The Oliver-
McGee peach factory, is progressing
rapidly. An immense field has been
prepared with a Ford tractor. Eight
thousand three hundred trees arriv
ed Monday, and were immediately
bedded.
H. R. McGee, manager, states that
he will probably begin setting them’
out by Feb. 1. The varieties were
Georgia Bell, Carmen and Elberta.
The remainder of the 13,000 trees
are expected later.
One Day Winds Up
Court Criminal Docket
The week’s business of the January
term of the City Court of Americus)
came to an end Monday afternoon
about 3 o’clock when the first day’s
calendar had been disposed of by two
cases going to the jury and the ret.
mainder being settled or continued,
and the cases set for today had been
disposed of by agreement in advance.
Judge Harper dismissed the jury for
the term. A new jury will appear
next Tuesday morning when civil
business will be taken up.
Dr. B. T. Wise Chosen
New Mayor of Plains
PLAINS, Jan. 13.—Dr. B. T. Wise
was elected mayor of Plains Tues
day. H. R. McGee has been mayor
of Plains for some time past but has
recently removed just outside of the
city limts.
It is belived that Dr. Wise will ac
cept the office since he has been the
choice of the people in spite of his
many interests connected with his
profession.
Political Issues.
Real political Issues cannot be man
ufactured by the leaders of political
parties, and real ones cannot be
evaded by political parties. The real
issues of the day declare themselves
and come out of the depths of that
deep whb h we -all public opinion^—-
Garfield.