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IT IS TO LAUGH
The World’s News Gives Cause
for Many a Good Smile.
LONDON—“The nag is shell
shocked, yer honor,” explained the
cabby, in court for reckless driving.
“He was in the army.” Horse and
driver were acquitted.
HARK, THE RAINBOW!
• MIGOSH! JUS’
LISSEN to th’
RAINBOW
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NEW YOB, K—Science now
“hears*” the rainbow and can enjoy
the music of it’s colors. Matching
cclor has baffled science for years.
A new device translates color to
sound and makes comparison easy.
BOMBAY—An attempt to repre-
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PHILADELPHIA—Rat bit Mrs.
Reba Chernos. The wound was cau
terized at a hospital and the victim
returned home to set household rat
traps.
BELFAST—Repeated attempts of
men masquerading as women to en
ter her home prompted a woman here
to brand one with a hot poker as he
stuck his hand through an opening
in a mail box. Police are looking I
for a man with the brand.
AGED KIDSBATTLE
LONDON—“My younger brother
blackened my eye,” a 92-year-old
woman of Willesden complained to
the magistrate. The “kid” brother j
was 65.
BOMBAY—Four thousand em
ployes of the Tata mills struck for a
bonus on report that the owner of I
tl.e mills was the father of a baby |
boy. Denial of the report sent the
men back on the job at the old scale.
LONDON—Miss Hilda Mumford,
recently adjudged
the most beautiful
woman in London
in a beautiy con
test, has asked
police protection
against attack by
defeated competi
tors. “They eall
me names on the
street,” she says.
LONDON—“Read him ‘Mrs. Cau
dle's Curtain Lectures,* he’ll like ’em
better than your own,” a London
judge advised a wife whose husband
had been complaining.
DUMMIES PEP UP!
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PARIS—-Where once French shop
window dummies stood at stiff at
tention, now they are cast in “snap
py” postures. The war diverted at
tention from show windows, window
trimmers say, and the bisque ladies
had to become more “peppy.”
GENEVA —Henry Criz was sen
tenced to death for the muffler of a
Swiss villager and ordered, under
law, to pay the expenses of his own
hanging. He paid, under protest.
LONDON—A private detective
•at'9 )
HIM!f A
r. cognized a wooden leg.
LONDON—An English company
has placed a cigarette on the market
under,the trade name of “B. V. D.,”
explaining that it is a “smoke for any
season.’’
LONDON—Two shirts and a
nightcap of King Charles I. recently
| sold at an English auction for $52.50,
wh’le the royal pants and waistcoat
bro tht 35 guineas.
sent all English
possessions on a
United Kingdom
flag will make the
banner like the
coat of many col
ors and as educa
tional as a patch
work quilt, news
papers here de
clare.
CAT! HOSS* I
si
who saw the de
fendant, Col. Dis
n e y Younger
Watt, and a core
spondent at a pa
jama party, help
ed Mrs. Watt to
obtain a divorce.
The sleuth said
he could swear
the man was Col.
Watt because he
FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NO 15.
BIG WELCOME FOR ALEE SHRINERS
County Primary Is Called For March 3
RACEOFHCIALLY
OPENED; FEES OF
ENTRYAREFIXED
Davenport Named Chair
man of Committee To
Fill Vacancy
Sumter county’s Democratic white
primary will be held Wednesday,
March 3. This was announced Sat
urday by Fred B. Arthur, secretary
of the county central committee, i
following a meeting of the commit
tee Saturday forenoon for the pur
pose of arranging for the primary.
All Democratic voters registered up
to that date will be entitled to vote
in the primary, the committee ruled.
Fees of candidates will be payable
on or before February 25.
The board chose James A. Daven
port chairman to fill the vacancy i
caused by the resignation two years
ago of Hollis Fort from that posi
tion. All of the present members of
the committee decided to offer for re
election in the primary, and recom
mended the name of James A. Fort
in place of Major J. J. Hanesley who
refused to serve when chosen at the
last election.
Nominations will be made at the
primary for the following offices ;>
Clerk of Superior and City Courts,
sheriff, judge of the City court, tax
collector, tax receiver, ordinary, so
licitor of the City Court, treasurer,
surveyor, three members of the coun
ty board, coroner, and county cen
tral committee.
The committee fixed the following
fees for candidates: Clerk, sheriff,
judge of City Court, tax collector,
solicitor and treasurer, $25 each; or
dinary, $2.0; tax receiver, sls; com
missioners and surveyor, $5 each. No
fees were fixed for coroner or com
mitteemen.
The members of the committee
present at the meeting were: J. A.
Davenport, Fred B. Arthur, T. J.
Hardin, J. T. Methvin, C. D. Brink
ley, J. C. Carter and Emory Webb.
With the fixing of the date for the |
primary several announcements for
the various offices are expected to be .
candidates have stated that they were
awaiting the action of the commit
tee before formally announcing.
Thus far the only contests appearing
are for the City Court solicitorship,
H. O. Jones, Dan Chappell and Harry
Hawkins being in the race to suc
ceed Solicitor Zack Childers, who is
not a candidate for re-election, and
for ordinary, Dr. F. A. Thomas hav
ing announced against Capt. John
A. Cobb.
The retiring members of the coun
ty board are Chairman N- A. Ray,
R. S. Oliver and E. S. Siavham.
Attention is called to the official
announcements of Messrs. Cobb,
Thomas, Jones and Chaypell which
appear in this edition.
Lawyers Oppose Juries
Fixing Felony Sentences
At a meeting of the Americus bar
this morning at the court house the
lawyers went on record as opposing
the indeterminate sentence law as it
now stands, disapproving that provis
ion which makes it the duty of juries
to fix sentences in felony cases other
than capital offenses, and recommend
ing that it be amended to provide for
such sentences to be fixed by the
trial judge.
The suggestion referred to corn
mittee some time ago that the Su
perior court terms for Sumter coun
ty be increased from two to four
each year was discussed at length
and the association decided to make
no recommendation for any change
i whatsoever in court aramgements.
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Bolsheviki Reported
Beaten, Demoralized
WARSAW, Jan. 16.—-(Friday.)
The Bolshevik forces on the Lithuan
ian and Ruthenian front have been
beateh and demoralized and are re
■ treating east to Dvinsk, according to
an official statement from the general
staff headquarters. The Reds are re
ported to be destroying railroads, sta
tions and bridges to prevent pursuit
by the Lettish and Polish forces.
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THE TIMES* ’RECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE OF DIXIE"goo?
■ Americus Shrine
’ Crew Will Pilot
; Temple Special i
( ’T’HE special train which will i
I bring the temple officers and
other members of the Shrine from )
Savannah to Americus Monday !>
morning will be an All-Shrine <
i train, with a crew composed en- \
tirely of Seaboard Shriners resi- <
dent in Americus, and Shriner <
railroad officials aboard. J
Following is the personnel of >
the crew, all residents of Ameri- )
cus: ?
Conductor, Noble T. J. Seig- <
ler. >
£ Fireman, Noble, R. F. Poole, <
I Jr. S
Flagman, Noble T. R. Cole. }
Engineer, Noble C. U. Howard. ;
The following officers of the <
road will be aboard: <
Noble S. W. Dutton, train mas- )
ter. S
Noble A. E. Hopkins, road fore- >
man of engines.
Noble C. W. Small, district pas- s
I sender agent. (I
The special train will carry 5 <
Pullmans, 2 day coaches and bag- ?,
gage cars. It will leave Savan- >
nah Sunday at 10 P. M., and will S
arrive in Americus Monday morn- s j
ing at 4 o’clock, Eastern time. It <
will park on Jackson street.
BOY HUNTER DIE?
OF ACCIDENTAL
SHOT IN BREAST
Alvin Pilcher, 11 Years,
Killed By His
Own Gun
As a result of shooting himself
accidentally in the breast with a
shot gun while hunting near his home
5 miles out from Americus on the
Ellaville road about 4 o’clock Satur
day afternoon, Alvin R. Pilcher, 11-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James
A. Pilcher, died at the city hospital
at 5 o’clock last evening.
Details of the accident were mea
ger. The charge entered the boy’s
breast squarely, tearing a great hole
from which he bled profusely. A
passing automobile was pressed into
service and the lad rushed to the
city hospital, his father accompany
ing him and the car picking up Dr.
J. W. Chambliss on the way. Just af
ter he had been carried into the hos
pital the boy expired.
Claims New Evidence
In Duckworth Case
Arguments on the motions for new
trials in the case of Walter W. Wil
son and Sam Duckworth, under life
sentence for murder, and Ben Daniel,
colored, convicted of rubrglary, were
heard today by Judge Littlejohn and
taken under consideration. Attor
neys J. E. Sheppard appeared for Wil
son, Dan Chappell for Duckworth and
W. T. Lane for Daniel.
This morning Mr. Chappell filed
an amended motion in his request for
a new trial alleging newly discovered
evidence. In his argument he at
tempted to show Judge Littlejohn that
evidence which had come to light
since Duckworth’s conviction of wife
slaying was material in completing
the alibi which was set up at the trial
but which was not earned out com
■ pletely.
Shriners, Here’s Where
Your Help Is Needed
Lee Hudson, chairman of Automo
i bile Committee of the local Shriners,
I urgently requests every Shriner in
i Sumter county to be at the Seaboard
station Monday morning at 7 o'clock
with his automobile, to meet the in
coming special train bringing the
Shriners from Savannah and inter
mediate points. .
All Shriners are also urgently re
qUHstecLto meet at the Windsor Ho
tel at 12:15 at the request of Mr.
Hudson, who is chairman of the au
tomobile committee.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1920.
AUSTRIAN FLEET
RUINED, ALLIED
BOARD REPORTS
Engines Wrecked on Ves
sels To Be Surrender
ed Under Treaty
GENEVA, Jan. 16. (Friday.)
.The Austrian war vessels which un
| der the terms of the peace treaty
j must be handed over to the Allies,
: have undergone a second “Scapa
I Flow,” but on a small scale, accord
. ing to a telegram here from Turin.
: The dispatch says that the Allied Na
i val commission reports the Austrian
| fleet seriously disabled. The Aus-
I trians are said to have destroyed or
removed the principal parts of the
machinery, rendering them incapable
of navigation, only the hulls remain
ing in good condition. There are
twenty to thirty ships in the fleet.
Your City Needs Your
Assistance in Census
An appeal for better co-operation
| on the part of the public in the mat
ter of the taking of the present cen
! sus was made yesterday by T. M.
I Furlow, supervisor for the Third ;
i Congressional District. According to :
Mr. Furlow the enumerators are not j
meeting with the proper assistance'
from the people, especially in the city
of Americus, and as a result, it was |
indicated there is danger of Ameri
cus going into the U. S. census rec
ords for the next ten years as a city ;
of considerably smaller population
than it really has. Inasmuch as these
records are official and used for ref
erence all over the world, the effect
on business and standing of the city |
; in the commercial world might easi- j
i ly be serious.
“The people in many instances do
not seem to take any interest in the
census, and many of them do nqt
seem to have any knowledge what
ever of it,” said Mr. Furlow. “They
, do not seem to realize that this is the
regular count of population taken all
over the nation every ten years, for
the purpose of reaching figures on
population of communities for use
during the next ten years.
ManyeNegroes Gone.
“It is not breaking any govern-
I ment confidence to say that the
j enumerators have found a number of
negro houses vacant that have here
tofore been occupied, and others with
only one of two old colored people
in them who gave the information
that the younger ones had all left.
“We have some good enumerators,
and others are not as competent as
we have been glad to have had. They
may have missed some of the inhabi
tants of the city in their rounds, and
we want to call on the people to as
sist in rectifying any oversights. Sev
, eral of the enumerators within the
city have completed their districts;
others will finish Tuesday night. If
by that time there are any citizens
whose homes have been missed, or
■ who have reason to believe it possi-
I ble that they have been missed, or
any persons without lamilies or
I homes who have not been counted, it
will be doing the city a service if
j they would telephone or write either
to myself, T. M. Furlow, census su
pervisor, Americus, to the Chamber
of Commerce, or to the Times-Re-
■ corder, following which the names
will be turned over to the enumer-
| ators for verification and checking,
j In this way we can come more nearly
getting a complete and full count
i than without this aid.” g
Plan Independent Court.
In connection with Mr. Furlow’s
statement was the announcement of
Secretary Perkins, of the Chamber
of Commerce, that the chamber di
rectors had sponsored an indepen
dent census, to be taken probably
. Friday of this week, if enough vol
i unteers can be secured, to check
against the census records and as
sist in securing a complete count.
Superintendent Mathis has offered
the services for one day of 100 school
pupils of competent age to assist in
j the. census drive, and the chamber
desires 200 more volunteers for that
occasion, to make it a short and in
tensive affair. All who will serve are
I asked to notify the Chamber of Com
raerce’ - . ■ f-
SHRINE PROGRAM
AND WHO’S WHO
OFFICIAL PROGRAM.
On Arrival, 7 A. M.—Welcome Address by Mayor J. E.
Sheppard.
8:00 A. M.—Breakfast at Windsor Hotel.
9:00 A.M.—Registration of Candidates at Windsor
Hotel.
9:30 A. M.—Concert by Alee Orchestra at Windsor
Hotel.
10:00 A. M.—Concert by Alee Band at Windsor Hotel.
10:30 A. M.-l 1 :30 A. M.—Flying Stunts by Souther Field
Over City.
I :00 P. M.—Barbecue at Barbecue Grounds.
2:30 P. M.—Candidates Assemble at Hall.
3:00 P. M.—Parade. Ceremonial Session Immediately
After at Court House in Court Room.
4.00 P. M.—Automobile Ride For Visiting Ladies.
9:00 P. M.-l :00 A. M.—Dance For Nobility and Their
Ladies.
TEMPLE OFFICERS.
Constitutional Officers and Representatives:
DAVIS FREEMAN .IPotentate
R. B. HUBERT . Chief Rabban
A. GU\ REBER xAssistant Rabban
W. T. DAKIN High Priest and Prophet.
E. W. ROSENTHAL Oriental Guide
A. S. NICHOLS Treasurer
V ALMORE W. LEBEY Recorder, Savannah, Ga.
P G PIERPONT Marshal
ivr’ OUNG First Ceremonial Master.
W. D. JONES Second Ceremonial Master
S’, F’RJLEY Director
OI IC) Captain of the Guard
Representatives Imperial Council For 1920.
ERNEST A. CUTTS Savannah. Ga.
DAVIS FREEMAN Savannah. Ga.
VC. M. FULCHER Waynesboro, Ga.
W. F. SHERMAN Dawson. Ga.
Member of Imperial Divan.
ERNEST A. C U 11 S Imperial Chief Rabban
Officers of the Patrol and Band Association.
E. S. ROBER 1 S . .President and Leader of Orchestra
W. D. JONESVice President
O. P. CURTIS Secretary and Treasurer
Band.
R. W. RISER Managing Director
L. M. WACHTEL Assistant Director
O. H. M CLELLAN Musical Director
Patrol
J. F. SLATER Captain
W. L. THOMPSON First Lieutenant
H. C. EDENFIELD z Second Lieutenant.
COMMITTEES:
S. R. Heys, General Chairman. E. T. Murray, Secretary.
DECORATION
W. E. Taylor, Chairman; B. J. Harrison, D. R. Andrews, J .A.
McDonald, I’. J. Lee, H. E. Allen, E. L. Murray, S. A Daniel, B. Thad
Wise, C .B. Veates.
RECEPTION
Rev. Guyton Fisher, Chairman; S. R. Heys, D. R. Andrews, J. A.
Hixon, W. W. Dykes, Rev. Carl Minor, J. E. Hightower, W. Fred
Smith, J. F. Lunsford.
BARBECUE
L. A. Morgan, Chxirman; J. F. Myers, N. A. Ray, Jno. D. Wil
liams, J. H. Quarterman, Jesse Faust, G. W. Israel, Jr., Hiram Raff
dall, Sam Cohen, J. P. Raiford, E. E. Lee, W. E. Mitchell, J C Logan
PARADE »
.1. R. Cargill, Chairman; E. E. Schneider, Ross Dean, Wyble Mar
shall, R. H. Horton, Cloyd Buchanan, Roary Cole, T. C. Tillman, F. J.
Payne, S. A. Pruitt, M. Yates, W. C. Smith, J. E. Kiker
AUTOMOBILE
Lee Hudson, Chairman; S. A. Daniels, L. E. Woods, R. P. Moore,
J. Hightower, W. C. Smith, J. R. Statham, R. S. Williams, W. E. Saw
yer, S. P. Wise, L. D. Stapleton, J. R. Logan, Z. S. Childers T J Seig
ler, M. H. Wheeler.
REFRESHMENT
F. J. Payne, Chairman; B. B. Kent, V. M. Holloway, M. M. Jen
nings, W. H. Brown, W. A. Carter, Charlie Cole, C. U. Howard
HALL
, B. C. Hogue, Chairman; S. A. Jennings, A. S. Johnson, W. L.
Thomas, Sam McDaniel, H. B. Mashburn, P. E. Westbrook
|. DANCE
E. T. Murray, Chairman; D. R. Andrews, J. R. Cargill, F. J.
Payne, Sam Wise, H. O. Jones, Sam’ Cohen, L. E. Woods, B. T. Seisrler
M. H. Wheeler.
DEMAND FOR KAISER
!S SENT TO HOLLAND
PARIS, Jan. 17.—The Supreme Council’s letter to the Dutch
Government demanding the extradition of former Emperor Wil
liam was forwarded officially during the night.
KAISERIN MAY ENTER
AMERICAN MONASTERY.
PARIS, Jan. 17.—Former Empress
Augusta Victoria of Germany, who
is at present at Potsdam, contem
plates entering a Protestant monas
tery in England or America, Record-
ing to a report received here from
Basle. Her health is reported bad,
but it is said she is not in a serious
condition.
WEATHER FORECAST.
For Georgia—Sunday fair and
cooler in east portion.
News of The Whole
World By
Associated Press
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
CITY READY FOR
1.500 WEARERS
OFCARMINE FEZ
Imperial Rabban Cutts,
Former Resident, To
Be Here
Monday will be Shrine day in
Americus. Wearers of the fez be
tween 1,000 and 1,500 in number,
I dependent upon the weather, are ex
: pe’cted by the local Nobles. They are
' coming by special train and by auto
; mobile—and by foot, if necessary—
from all over South Georgia. And
they are going to make a day of it,
' with something doing for every min
ute, until the time the potentate and
I his divan arrive at 7 o’clock until his
train pulls out again at 1 a. m.
The occasion is the pilgrimage of
. Alee Temple, of Savannah, of which
; the local Shriners are members, to
All Nobles looking for camel’s <
milk of the Valdosta variety will <
call on Noble D. R. Andrews at ■
, the Rylander Shoes Company. >
Americus for a ceremonial, at which
| candidates for the Shrine from all
over South Georgia will be initiated.
Yesterday’s list of novices numbered
about 100. How many more names
are in the hands of the recorder is
not known here, but this number is
believed to be about correct.
Today the streets of Americus are
abloom with the official Shrine colors
and devices intertwined with the na
tional colors. Pennants, bunting and
flags adorn store and public building
fronts, and flutter in the breeze over
head on all the principle streets down
town and on the streets leading to
the two railroad stations.
The Windsor hotel will be uptown
I On account of the wave of pro
hibition, an ample supply of cups
will be supplied at the well for the
use of visiting Shriners.
headquarters for the visitors, al
though the ceremonial will be staged
at the court house in the court room,
the use of which was especially grant
ed by the county board, of which No
ble N. A. Ray is chairman. To make
for the ceremonial Judge Harper of
the City Cour., in the midst of the
January term of court, vacated Mon
day on his docket, announcing the
postponement of the opening of the
civil calendar until Tuesday. All day
Saturday the local committees and
decorators were busy putting the
court room in shape for the affair and
for several days a corps of extra jani
tors has been on the job making the
court house spic and span.
The official program, which tells
t All local Nobles will meet at S
the Seaboard station with their <
> autos at 7 a.m, Monday for the ?
> purpose of welcoming the official >
its own story pretty well is published
|in an adjoining column herewith.
The fun will start with the official
welcome by the local Shriners, head
!ed by Mayor J. E. Sheppard, of the
official special train from Savannah
at the Seaboard station at 7 a. m. On
1 this train will be the officers at Alee
temple, Alee band and ochestra and
patrol, and other notables. Among
the latter will be Ernest A. Cutts, a
native of Americus, but a resident
of Savannah for a quarter of a cen
tury, who is Imperial Chief Rabban,
the next highest officer in national
Shrinedom and who is slated to be
elected Imperial Potentate at the next
national conclave. Mr. Cutts is de
scribed .h “the only lining man who
can strut sitting down.” He is fond
ly remembered here by many of the
I All Shrine candidates are urged
to stay together at the barbecue
Monday at noon.
{older residents and will receive a
warm welcome to his old home town.
Coming uptown from the station,
registration and breakfast will take
place at the Windsor. All candidates
especially are asked to register im
-1 mediately upon arrival “in order that
they may reach the bargain counter
early and avoid the rush.” Other
events on the program will take place
(Continued on Page Ten.)