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FORTY-SECOND YEAR.—NO. 13.
Democratic Senators Deadlock On Leader
GREAT MIDDLE
CLASS UNION IS
ENGLAND’S PLAN
British Public Organiz
ing Against Both Cap
ital And Labor
LONDON, Jan. 15 —The great Brit
ish middle classes are being organ
ised into the world’s first union of
defense against organized labor and
capital
A strenuous advertising campaign
is now in progress to enroll the mil
lions of clerks, bookkeepers, physi
cians, surgeons, dentists, newspaper
men, parsons, lawyers, ex-officers of
tho army and followers of other non
union callings. The Northcliffe
papers are booming the union.
The middle classes have been a tol
erant giant for many years and their
bulk is so great that usually they
stoped the blows which labor aimed
at capital and capital's retaliatory
punches at labor.
Thus, when the buss men and sub
way employees walked out, the mid
dle classes trudged through rain,
anow and slush to their work. The
rtrikers had no work to go to and so
.smoked the pipe of contentment
while capital, whose heart bled for
the poor public, rode to work in
limousines.
Same In Rail Strike.
The same thing happened again
daring the railroad strike.
But that fight led to the formation
of the middle classes union. Office
workers and “professionals” donned
overalls and proved that a white col
lared civil engineer can run a loco
motive, and a tender handed surgeon
ttroke a fire just as efficiently as
*k members of the railway men’s union.
" At first, Suburba gasped in aston
ishment and haughtily closed
doors in the face of the designation,
“middle class.” Small-fry snobs nev
er were so insulted in their lives.
Middle class! The very idea! But
when Lady Rhondda, daughter of a
great capitalist, joined the union,
Mrs. Smythe of Suburba thought
better of the idea.
The spirit of petty snobbery plead
ed for a change in the name of t,he
union. This proposal was turned
down by the charter members on the
ground that the name describes the
people the organization wants to em
brace.
No Distinctions.
“The middle class union does not
rta’.’d for social distinctions —it may
embrace peer and plowman, baronet
and butler,” said Capt. Stanley Ab
bott, general secretary of the union.
“We don’t want snobs. Anyone
whose feelings are hurt by the name
of the union is invited to resign.
False pride and apathy are danger
ous to the middle classes.” .
Although one of the stated aims cf
the new society is to get away from
party politics this does not mean that
it will keep out of parliament. On
the contrary it is intended to select
“typical middle class minds,” neither
radical nor reactionary, as candidates
for the house of commons.
Among those who profess them
selves “middle classers and proud of
if* are Maj. Gen. Sir E. M. Wood
ward and Brigadier General Caven
dish, Sir Henry Bax-Ironside, of the
diplomatic circle and Maj. E. A.
Prettyman Newman, M. P.
Big Concern Seeking
Retail Location Here
That a large , mercantile corpora
tion is seeking to lease large quarters
tn the retail district of Americus was
the statement today following the
arrival here of Hugh Alexander, of
Augusta and Mr. Lester, also of that
<eity, two of the most prominent real
estate men of eastern Georgia. The
• nature of the business which is seek
-1 tag a location was not disclosed, but
it was said these men represented a
large concern.
New Hardware Store To
Open On Cotton Avenue
Announcement was made today
by George D. Wheatley, who made
She deal, that the two store rooms
an the west side of Cotton avenue
now occupied by J. E. an J Dr. J. F.
McMath, and Gatewood Brothers'
grocery had been leased by Alton
Cogdell, son-in-law of Dudley Gate
wood, who would open there a large
retail hardware establishment at an
serly date.
CRUEL WORLD OF
TANGLED LOVE
FOR BENNY, AGE I 2
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CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—A few days
ago Bennie Sokolonski, 12 years old,
who has been nicknamed “Puppy
love Bennie” by the nurses at the
county hospital, was rescued from an
ash can, ,o whose friendly depths
he had rushed following a disastrous
“love triangle in kidland.’’
It was Christmas morning when he
was fished out of the ash can. In
one of his frozen hands was gripped
a note, a little scrawly, misspelled
note written by Annie Barzyk, who
proclaimed herself “your loving
wife, Annie.” Annie’s parents live
in the upper fiat of the Sokolonski
home. Just a few doors away re
sides a black-eyed houri, also about
Bennie’s age, whose name is Flor
ence. She was something of a “vamp”
it appears, and after she came into
Bennie’s life things looked black for
faithful Annie, who wrote some sad
and reproachful notes to Bennie.
Finally, he figured the best way
out of his troubles was to die, so he
crawled into the ash can and resign
ed himself to the freezing process.
He was fairly well along when a po
liceman fished him out and rushed
him to the county hospital. He was
dismissed and sent home, but a few
days ago he was found again in a
doorway, stiff and nearly uncon
scious from exposure to zero weath
er. Nurses at the hospital say his
condition is critical this time.
Let it be chronicled that Annie
has been faithful to him all through
his vissitudes, but Florence tossed
her dark curls and intimated it was
a matter of the utmost indifference
to her whether he froze or not.
Fewer Divorces With
Shortage Os Houses
PARIS, Jan. 15.—The shortage of
houses throughout France is serving
at least one good purpose—marital
quarrels are healing, because hus
bands and wives cannot find sepa
rate quarters.
Many of these difficulties, conse
quently, are patched up without ever
reaching the divorce courts and oth
ers are smoothed over in court af
ter the angry litigants learn just how
difficult it is to find new apartments.
From cottage to castle; from hall
bedroom to royal suite, the housing
facilities of this whole country are
crowded as never before.
The Cotton Market
LOCAL SPOT COTTON.
Good middling 29 3-4 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Prev.
Close Open 11 am Ipm Close
Jan. 37.85 37.75 38.00 38.23 38.39
Meh 35.85 35.85 36.15 36.41 36.50
May 34.20 34.05 34.45 34.60 34.50
July 32.80 32.70 33.02 33.12 33.28
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
Prev.
Close Open 11 am 1 pm Close
Jan. 38.75 38.65 39.05 39.33 39.50
Meh 36.90 36.90 37.47 37.39 37.59
May 34.96 34.92 35.40 35.40 35.66
July 33.32 33.20 33.70 33.60 33.89
THE TIMES3RECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE OF DIXIE
OFF IN AIRPLANE
WITH BEST MAN
TOOWN WEDDING
Major Churchill And
Party Leave Souther
Field For Rome
Major L. S. Churchill, command
ing officer at Souther Field, left at
1 o’clock this afternon by airplane
lor Rome where he will be married
Saturday to Miss Bessie Moore, of
that city. He took with him two
members of the wedding party, Lieu
tenants R. B. Wolfe, acting adjutant,
and Perry W. Blackler, of Souther
field, the latter of whom will be
best man at the wedding and the for
mer an attendant. Sergeant Jones,
a mechanician, was also a member
ol the aerial party, taken along to
look after the two airchips while they
are away from the flying field.
This is believed to be the first
i time that a groom, accompanied by
j his attendants, has gone to his own
: wedding in an airplane.
Th’e airmen when leaving here in
tended to stop for a brief period
at Candler Field, Atlanta, and then
proceed on to Rome, arriving there
about 3:30 o’clock this afternoon,
alighting at Towers field, the’ fine
landing field recently laid out by the
city and named in honor of Com
mander John H. Towers, of the navy
aviation service, who is a native of
Rome.
The wedding will take place at 5
o’clock Saturday afternoon at the
First Baptist church in Rome, follow
i ing which the couple will leave on
■ their honeymoon for New York, to
be gone a couple of weeks before
; coming to Americus to take up their
; residence at Southern Field.
Lients, Wolfe and Blackler will re
turn to Souther Field by airplane
Sunday, since they plan to take part
in the air stunts which will be put
■ on by the flyers here Monday for the
entertainment of the visiting
Shriners.
To Keep Lamar Clear
For Shriners’ Stunts
The Shriners are asking all citizens
not to park their automobiles next
Monday on Lamar treet between Lee
and Jackson streets. Monday is the
day of the Shrine ceremonial, when
| hundreds of visiting Shriners will be
i here, including the famous Alee band
and patrol from Savannah. And not
all of the fun and spectacle of the oc
casion will be secret, by any means.
On the contrary, a great deal of it
will be staged where the public may
view it. This is particularly true of
| the patrol and band stunts, which
will take place during the day on the
pavement of Lamar street between
i Jackson and Lee. It has been an
nounced of just what the stunts will
i consist, but the patrol and band will
be in their gaudy zouave uniforms,
with fezs and some interesting drill
! ing, at least, is assured.
The Shriners have asked the city
officials to assist in keeping this
street for the single block cleared of
cars on that day.
Ellaville Druggist
Sells His Interest
ELLAVILLE, Jan. 15.—A recent
i business transaction of much inter
est in this section was the sale of
one half interest in Bridges & Hoggs’
drug store, Mr. Hogg having trans
| ferred his interests in the firm to Dr.
W. T. Wilson. Dr. Wilson was fpr
merly of Butler, but for the past sev
eral years has resided here. He is a
graduate phamacist and is a young
man of splendid business qualifica
tions. Daring the recent war he
served in the Hospital Corps.
Enver Pasha Launches
Asiatic Red Rebellion
GENEVA, Jan. 15.—Enver Pasha,
former Turkish minister of war, who
recently was elected King of Kur
distan, has started a Bolshevik revo
lution in Turkestan, Afgranistan and
Buluchistan, according to a tele
gram from Baku. Enver is said to
be directing intrigues against British
prestige in southwestern Asia, his ul
timate aim being India.
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Georgia—Fair tonight, slight
ly warmer in east and south portions;
Friday fair.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 15, 1920.
BERLIN QUIET,
BIG FACTORIES
UNDISTURBED
Railway and Tram Ser
vice Reported Uninter
rupted By Disorders
LONDON, Jan. 15—Berlin was :
quiet Wednesday, according to a
wireless from the German capital.
The large factories were working
normally and railways and tram
service was not interrupted.
COMMUNISTS DEMAND
WORKERS COUNCILS.
BERLIN, Jan. 15.—A Communist
manifesto issued today urges the im
mediate election of revolutionary em
ployes councils in all industrial es
tablishments. ,
Georgia Republicans
Endorse Hoke Smith
Savannah, Jan. 15.—The white
republicans of Georgia consider the
action of Senator Hoke Smith on the j
Versailles League of Nations coven
ant such as to entitle him to their
support and votes, Don H. Clark,!
who was elected chairman for the
state for the republican party at the
leaders’ convention in Atlanta last
week said yesterday upon returning 1
from the meeting.
Accordingly the party does not ex
pect to offer an opponent to him in
the election. Two very vital issues,
the one national, the other state, lie
in the campaign which is coming,
states Mr. Clark. The white republi
cans of Georgia will accept the chal
lenge of President Wilson to carry
the Treaty of the peo
ple and accordingly this national is
sue will be a question at the polls.
The other issue will be for pure na-;
tional elections in Georgia. The white ’
republicans contending for such fed-'
eral supervision of elections in Geor-1
gia as will guarantee every voter the i
right of his suffrage.
Two more important subjectsl
could hardly be presented to the peo
ple of the state, Mr. Clark said.
Clark will call a convention of the'
white republicans in Atlanta, proba- i
bly about the middle of February.
Chappell Declares Self
Definitely In Running
“You may make the announce
ment for me that I am definitely in
the race, for solicitor of the City
Court of* Americus,” was the state
ment of Dan Chappell, attorney, to
day to a reporter for the Times-
Recorder. “There are no longer any
*ifs’ or ‘ands’ about my candidacy,
said Mr. Chappell, “and I want the
people to know that I am in the race
to stay and to win.”
A few days ago Mr. Chappell
qualified his statement that he was
a candidate by saying that he was
not yet ready to announce definite
ly, as he might change his mind at
the last minute about making the
race. He declares now, however,
that there will be no mind changing
and no withdrawal on his part, and
that he has already canvassed the
voters sufficiently to feel more than
hopeful of success in the primary.
Here’s A Preacher
Who Was Too Zealous
SALINA, Kas., Jan. 15.—A war
rant has been issued for the arrest of
the Rev. W. A. Erickson, a Lutheran
minister at Assaria, accusing him with
disturbing the peace pt a dance given
there. According to the petition, the
Rev. Mr. Erickson, who is violently
opposed to dancing, entered the hall,
and referred to the girls who were
there in very vigorous language. As
a result he was knocked down by the
escort of one of the young women
and a free-for-all fight threatened.
Several of the young people present
have sworn to a complaint for the
minister’s arrest.
Hungarians To Hear
Peace Terms Today
PARIS, Jan. 15.—The conditionsj
of peace will be handed late today to,
the Hungarian delegation by Pre
miers Clemenceau, Lloyd George and
Nitti. American Ambassador Wal
lace and Japanese Ambassador Mat
zui also will be present. , [
HEART OR DIXIE
SKIP RAIL RUNS’ TO SIT IN CONGRESS
F S? .. ]
When these three men are not sitting in the lower House of Con
gress they find time to follow their old business of railroading. The pho
tograph shows Conductor William J. Burke, representative from Penn
sylvania, giving train orders to En-gineer William L. Carrs, representa
tive from Minnesota, with Fireman John G. Cooper, representative
from Ohio, in the cab of the locomotive.
TO PLAN FOR NEW
COMBINEDSCHOOL
Patrons Called To Meet
Wednesday At Meth
vin’s Store
County Supe. E. J. McMath an
! nounced today that a meeting had
■ been called for next Wednesday, Jan.
121, at 2 p. m. at Methvin’s store in
the 28th district for the purpose of
; deciding upton the location and plans
I for the new school building which is
i to be erected in the newly consolidat- ;
ed district embracing the Pleasant,
j Grove, Gammage and New Era
I schools, “and also such other territory !
as may be necessary to combine with ■
j this large area.” The old Oak Grove ■
I district is also embraced in this call,
it now beinfr a part of the Pleasant
Grove district.
All of the patrons of the consolidat
ed district are urged to attend this
meeting which will determine in a
large measure the future of this
school. Supt. McMath, in announcing
the meeting, said,
“This will be a very important oc
casion that will determine the exact!
spot for one of the most important |
schools in Sumter county. This be-'
ing a community enterprise, it is nec- |
essary for every man and woman who
feels interested in the welfare of our !
grand old county and this our home !
community to be present.”
Form Fitting Pants
With Frills Latest
PARIS, Jan. 15.—Form-fitting
trousers with frills at the ankles and :
shirts with lace collars and cuffs will
make the well dressed man of 1920
just as chic and fluffy as his delecta
ble little sister—if he wi|l wear
them.
Parisian tailors, aided by designers
of feminine things, have gone 'way
back to 1830 and thereabouts for the
startling new styles now made up in
to models for exhibition in the smart
shops for men.
“These new styles will be success
ful,” said Jules Muselies, vice presi
dent of the tailors’ union, a sartor
ial artist who puts into his creations
all the wisdom gathered by years of
study in history’s fashion plates.
“There will be a cloak about as long
as the ordinary claw-hammer coat.
Around the ankles of the trousers
j there will be a shirred border. Much
the same decorations will be used to
soften the harsh, blunt lines of men’s
shirts.
I “Our friends, the English men of
I fashion, desire many bright colors, but
1 we must take care—too brilliant reds
and greens and yellows would savor
of Spain or Italy, r. >t France. No;
our hues shat! be modest, yet pleas- i
. ing to the eye—dark blue, gray, prune (
' color, dark wine and rusty brown.’’ |
SEEK TO HEAL I
OLDM.E. BREACH
Conference Opens Be
tween North and South |
Church Organizations
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 15. !
Clergymen and laymen represent
ing six million Methodists are at-1
tending a meeting which began here ,
today of the joint commission of i
Methodist churchest, North and I
South, which has as its object unifi-'
caticn of the two wings of the
church. The commission is meeting
in the Fourth Street Church, South,
from which the announcement was
made 4 years ago that there had
been a breach in the church over the
slavery question.
Los Angeles Overrun;
Tourists Sleep In Parks
LOS ANGELES, Jen. 15.—Los An
geles, the Mecca of the seeker for
warm climate, glorious sunshine, sur
cease from light and fuel bills and
escape from the rigors of snow, sleet
and blizzards of the North and East
and the middle West, is swamped.
With a normal capacity of from 150,-
000 to 200,000 tourists and visitors
this city finds itself in a position
where it cannot take care of the peo
ple who seek places to lay their heads.
The hotels and apartment houses are
full to capacity and all have a wait
ing list. The Chamber of Commerce
has organized a travelers’ bureau to
find accommodations for visitors and
has asked that private homes be
thrown open to take care of the
strangers, and while the response has
been generous, the demand is far
greater than the supply.
For several nights men of tourist
parties have been compelled to pass
the nights in barber chairs, in taxi
cabs, on billiard tables, in cases and
even in parks, while women members
of the party have been taken care
of in some of the church assembly
rooms and improvised dormitories.
The housing facilities are nil. The
prices charged by landlords are in a
majority of cases far in excess of the
ability of the tourist to pay and be
yond. what might be called a reason
able profit on the investment.
Sell inn Liherfrv Bonds
To Avoid High Interest
NEW YORK. Jan. 15.—-Banking in
terests have been “oiling liberty
bonds heavily since January 1. it was
learned todav. Much linuidation is
said to have boon dorm hv institution®
seeking cash for business operations
a”d nnwifling to n«v the hi»h inter
est and discount rat->® fired by th°
Federal Reserve Bank. The selling
is more general in interior points than
m New York, it was said.
News of The Whole
World By
Associated Press
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SENATOR SMITH
FAILS TO VOTE
AND BREAK TIE
Caucus Adjourns With
out Action To Await
Seating of Glass
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The
Democratic senators’ caucus failed
to elect a leader today. A deadlock
on a tie vote developed between the
Underwood and Hitchcock support
ers and the caucus adjourned, sub
ject to the call of the two candidates.
Two ballots were taken, Senator
Smith, of Georgia, withdrawing his
vote each time. Senator Smith’s
vote would have broken the dead
lock, but an agreement to postpone
final action until Secretary Glass is
seated was said to have been reach
: ed without objection.
In the first test of strength in the
I caucus to select a leader to succeed
the late Senator Martin, of Virginia,
the supporters of Senator Oscar Un
derwood, of Alabama, won by a
margin of one vote. The test cam
on a resolution to invite Secretary
Carter Glass, who will soon take hu
seat in the senate, to cast a vote in
j the conference. Secretary Glass is
| understood to be favorable to Sena-
over Senator Gilbert
M. Hitchcock, of Nebraska, and the
icsolution was opposed by the Hitch
cock supporters.
To Establish Primary
Grade At Playground
1 he city board of education is look-
Img for another primary teacher, it
Mathi® tOday by Su P eri ntendent
i ' so lowing the information that
the school committee of the board,
acting upon his advice and in conjunc
10»nkr‘th hlm ’ had arran # e d for the
I « sta bl>shment of a primary grade in
the large residence building located
on the city playground property re
cently acquired by the city council
i and turned over to the board of edu
| cation to administer. >
The plan is aimed to relieve a con
gested condition in the primary grade
at the Furlow school building, where
two roomsful of children of the first
grade are being taught. It is planned
to transfer about 30 children who re
side convenient to the playground to
the ciass to be established there as
soon as a competent teacher can be
obtained.
Wallis Anti-Saloon
Head For Sumter
W. I*. Wallis has accepted the ap-
I pointment of chairman of the Anti-
Saloon League for Sumter county, it
; was learned today. The League is
opening a great campaign of law en
. forcement throughout the nation, be
i ginning tomorrow, when the constitu
i tional amendment becomes effective,
. and it is planned to perfect an or
ganization in Sumter county as well
■ as all other counties in Georgia.
Coal Board Considers
Mass of Statistics
! ~
. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—With
j the conclusion of arguments on the
• situation in the Central Competitive
field, the president’s coal commission
; today took under advisement a mass
i of statistical material submitted by
both sides. The commission will meet
I again Monday for cross-examination
; of witnesses.
Vocational Training
k I Officer Confers Here
j Dr. J. T. Sprague, district medical
. officer of the Federal Board for Vo
. cational Training, Atlanta, is in
Americus to confer with the Home
Service Section of the Red Cross and
local examiner in the interest of the
disabled soldiers of this section who
are compensable and eligible for
training under the Vocational Board.
British Bank To Buy
r 3 Nations’ Flax Crop
< WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—An
! agreement with Lithuania, Letvia and
s Esthonia to sell their entire flax out
s put has been concluded by the Na
- tional Metal and Chemical Bank of
> London, according to disnatchns to
t day to the Department of Commerce.
> Relief for the world-wide linen short
age is expected to fellow.