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FORTY-SECOND YEAR.—NO. 26.
Last Link Near In Americus-Atlanta Short Line
RENT PROFITEERS
NEXT TO FEEL IRE
OF CHIEF MANGET
Victims qf 20 Per Cent
Raises Invited To
Seek Relief
ATLANTA, Jan. 30.—The fair
price commissions of Georgia will
turn their attention immediately to
a campaign against rent profiteers. I
Such was the announcement made I
today by John A. Manget, fair price i
commissioner for Georgia. Follow- [
ing is Mr. Manget’s statement:
“If the Department of Justice at
Washington or that class of our citi
zens who reside on the street called
“Easy” and are known legally as
landlords, think for one moment thatl
the Fulton County Fair Price Com
mission and the dozen otheij fair (
price commissions in Georgia are in
business merely to force retail gro
cers to sell necessary food stuffs for
a profit below their cost of doing
business and leave the rent profiteers
alone in all the glory of their prof
iteering, then the time for action has
arrived. The Department of Justice
does not think that. Attorney Gen
eral Palmer and his able assistant,
Howard Figg, are laboring fearless
ly to put down profiteering and all
profiteers look alike to them.
“The twelve fair price commissions
of Georgia do not care what prof
iteers think—rent profiteers or any
other kind—they are concerned sole
ly in being fair to all.
Crudest Profiteering
“When the owners of three-room
“shotgun” houses—located on a back
alley so far out that you cannot tell
whether they are inside the city
limits or not have been renting
them for $9, and suddenly notify
their tenants that “Beginning on the
tenth your rent will be $lB per
month,” they are profiteering, and
it is the most cruel form of profi
iteering, for there is no alternative
except to pay or be put in the Street,
as there are no houses for rent. The
same is true of higher priced homes
and apartments.
“The high cost of living is said to
be an endless chain, every commodi
ty a link, the purveyor of every com- i
modify saying to himself the next
link to me is getting his, I shall get
mine.
“In Georgia, changes are being
made in the chain. The grocer is
selling necessities in his line for a
profit that does not cover his ex
pense of doing business; the dairy
man is selling milk at 20c per gal-'
lon below the high mark of several
months ago; the shoe dealer is sell
ing shoep at a much lower profit; the
clothing stores are selling men’s and
women’s garments priced up to $45,
at lower profits—this limit to be re
moved before the spring clothes ar
rive, March I—which will mean a re- j
duction in former profits of about j
40 per cent; the druggist’ link in the
chain has also had 50 per cent of its ;
superflous profit removed; and now
we come to rents.
Must Have Shelter.
“Everyone must have shelter,
though they may not have enough
food or clothing.
“Every tenant in Georgia paying
S4O or less per month whose rent has
been increased more than 20 per
cent in the last two years is invited
to send to this office full information,
enclosing rent receipt at the old rate
and one at the present rate would as
sist materially. Those recepits will
be returned as soon as your rent in
crease has been checked up.
“Evidences of profiteering will be
followed by investigation of taxes
paid on the property in 1918 and
1919 and checking with the income
tax returns of owners.
“From this date all tenants receiv
ing notice of advance in rents are in
vited to notify this office in writing,
giving the name of the owner and
address and the location of the prop
erty and the advance demanded.
“As soon as attention is given to
tenants who are paying S4O rent or
less, then those paying higher rents
will be looked after.
“The co-operation of all owners of
property is requested at the begin
ning of this investigation, as mem
bers of the Georgia fair price com
missions are busy men and women,
working purely for humanitarian
and patriotic motives, they do not
propose any longer to be forced to
drive purveyors of anything into do
ing the right thing.
“JOHN A. MANGET,
“Fair Price Commissioner for
Georgia.”
Red Liquor
Dragged Out
To Fight Flu
F\ETROIT,.. z Jan... 30. United
States Marshal Behrendt ..was
authorized this morning in a tele
gram from Washington to furnish
free of charge to all reputable phy
sicians whisky to be used in the
treatment of influenza cases.
LEE ST. ‘SURVEY’
WORKERSNAMED
Eight Committees An
nounced With Assign
ments of Teritory
Cloyd Buchanan, local director of
the Lee Street Methodist church, to
day announced committees for making
the church survey next Sunday after
noon in the territory assigned to Lee
Street church, as follows:
Committee No. 1. —H. M. Stokes,
Collins Johnson, L. A. McPheeters,
and J. T. Adkins. Territory: South
side of Hill from Lee to city limits;
west side of Lee from Hill to Gless
□er.
Committee No. 2.—G. C. Purvis,
Mrs. C. S. Dv.er, Mrs. T. H. McLen
don, Miss Bessie Johnson and Miss
Kate Williams. Territory: South
side of Furlow from Lee to city lim
its; west side of Lee from Furlow to
Hill; north side of Hill from Lee to
city limits.
Committee No. 3. Mrs. C. P.
Payne, Mrs. J. E. Prather, Mrs. G. A.
Player, Miss Marguerite Everett, Mrs.
J. M. Burton, Mrs. Compton and C.
A. Culpepper. Territory: South side
of Furlow from Lee to Elm ave.; Elm
ave. to Dudson; Dodson to Lee, and
Lee from Dodson to Furlow.
Committee No. 4.—H. S. Walker, L.
D. Johnson, Elon Burton and Chas.
Hall. Territory: East side of Lee
from Dodson to Glessner, north side
of Glessner; both sides of Elm ave. to
Dodson; southe side of Dodson from
Lee to Elm ave.
Committee No. 5.—V. C. L. Oliver,
R. P. Guest, C. W. Carmichael, Mrs.|
T. M. Furlow, Mrs. Joe Sutton, Silas i
Johnson. Territory: All territory
south of East Furlow and east of Elm i
ave. to city limits.
Committee No. 6.—J. B. Ansley,
Mrs. L. F. Rodgers, Mrs. C. A. Cul
pepper, Mrs. Asa Pittman, Mrs. Cloyd
Buchanan. Territory: All territory
south of Glessner to Council’s Mill
creek.
Committee No. 7.—W. W. Steed,
Miss Orlean Ansley, Miss Geraldine
Payne and Mr. Knighton. Territory:'
Third District A. & M. College.
Committee No. B.—T. M. Furlow,
T. A. Kemp, Miss Grace Beck, Mrs.
T. A. Kemp and A. J. Williams. Ter
ritory: All territory allotted to Lee'
Street beyond the city limits.
The name appearing first will act as
captain. Cards can be secured at the j
church Sunday morning. Ldt the >
canvass begin at two-thirty Sunday l
afternoon and be completed within i
one hour. Instructions will be given
at the morning service Sunday morn
ing.
We will greatly appreciate the co
operation of all the members of the
congregation in securing the informa
tion asked for in this survey.
CLOYD BUCHAN, Local Director.
SILAS JOHNSON, Pastor.
COMMITTEES TO MEET
AT 2 P.M. PROMPTLY.
All chairmen of First Methodist
church committees appointed to take
the religious survey next Sunday are
asked to meet with their committees
at the church promptly at 2 o’clock
in the afternoon, where final instruc
tions and information blanks will be
furnished.
Let every chairman communicate
at once with his party and be ready
before Sunday.
C. G. GIDDINGS.
Chairman Evangelistic Com.
GUYTON FISHER,
Pastor.
Farmers Dissatisfied,
1 Senators Are Told
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30—Decreas
ed farm production next year and
consequent increase in the cost of liv
ing, due to the dissatisfaction of the
farmers, was predicted today before
the senate postoffice committee by
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Blakesle£.
T HETIMESgRECORDER
(fey PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 30, 1920.
ODESSA RETAKEN
FROMBOLSHEVIKI;
KOLCHAK IS SAFE,
All Russian Leader Re
ported Escaped To
Manchuria
HONOLULU, Jan. 30. (By Asso
ciated Press) —Admiral Kolchak is
reported to have escaped from the
Bolsheviki and to be hiding in Man-,
churia, according to a Tokio dispatch.
CAPTURE OF ODESSA BY
UKRAINIANS REPORTED.
VIENNA, Jan. 29 (Thursday).—
The capture of Odessa by Ukrainian
forces commanded by General Paw
lenko is announced by the Ukrainian
Press Service.
(The capture of Odessa, the impor
tant Black Sea port of Russia, was
reported recently by the Bolsheviki.)
Mrs. Leeds To Wed
Ex-King’s Brother
PARIS, Jan. 30.—Mrs. William B.
Leeds, widow of the tinplate mag
nate, will be married by civil cere
mony to Prince Chrstopher, the
younger of former King
Constantine of Greece, at Geneva on
Saturday, according to the Paris edi
tion of the New York Herald. The
religious ceremony will Take place
Sunday.
Employes’ Board To
Help Manage Plant |
DAYTON, 0., Jan. 30.-—President •
Patterson, of the National Cash Reg
ister Company, today announced thatl
an advisory board of twenty-five em
ployes, exclusive of persons holding
executive positions, will be created I
at once to have a part determining I
the policies of the management of j
the concern.
_i
Fear ‘Dry’ Reformers
Will Tackle Theater
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Concern
lest the theatre be next attacked by
“prohibition” reformers was express
ed in the current number of Equity,
the official organ of the Actors’ Equi
ty Association, circulated here to
day.
A “hectic spirit of reform is in the
air,” says the publication.
THE MARKETS.
MOULTRIE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Hogs.
Hogs 165 lbs, and up 12 3-4-
13 l-4c; 135 to 165 lbs, 11 3-4-
12 l-4c; 110 to 135 lbs, 10 3-4-
11 l-4c; 110 lbs and down 8 3-4-
9 l-4c.
Roughs and skips are priced on ba
sis of quality. Piggy sows docked 40
lbs. Stags docked 70 lbs. Prices f.
o. b. Moultrie.
Cattle
Fat steers, 800 lbs and over, 9c |
and up; fat steers 650 lbs to 800 lbs,
7 1-2-8 l-2c; fat steers 55Q to 650
lbs, 6-7; fat cows over 50 lbs, 6-7 c;
yearlings 5 1-2-6 l-2c; Canner and
cutter cows, 3 l-2-4c; Canner and cut
ter steers, 4-sc; bulls 700 lbs and
over 5 l-2?6c; bulls under 700 lbs,
4 l-2-sc.
LOCAL SPOT COTTON.
Good Middling 40 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
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THE WEATHER
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For Georgia—Generally cloudy to
night and Saturday; little change in
temperature.
Polite Dismissal.
Verona and Effie were playing house
one day, when Bernice Joined them.
They were not particularly anxious to
see her that day, and Verona said:
‘‘Well, Bernice, you can be the cook,
and this is your day out."
MANGET RAPS
MISUNDERSTOOD
DRUGGISTSHERE
Telegram Injustice, They
Say, Setting Forth
Facts
Because of being slightly misquot
ed in the state press, and also because
of an evident misunderstanding upon
the part of John A. Manget, state fair
price commissioner, several druggists
of Americus this morning received
sharp telegrams from Mr. Manget rel
ative to the interpretations of his fair
price drug ruling published here Wed
nesday. Not wishing to enter into
any controversy, but desiring on the
other hand to co-cperate with him,
these druggists were reluctant today
to discuss his message to them. They
expressed themselves, however, as
feeling that as a result of Mr. Man
get’s misunderstanding he was doing
them an injustice by his inferences in
the telegram, and that the incorrect
ness of Mr. Manget’s understanding
should be set forth.
The Telegram.
Following is a copy of Mr. Man
get’s telegram, which was identical to
all of them:
“ ——, Americus, Ga.:
“If telegram published here af
ternoon papers correctly quotes
you, Americus druggists should
get somebody interpret my drug
order to them. If people Ameri
cus being charged twenty-five cents
for calomel and soda, same is four
hundred per cent above Atlanta’s
old price. After Sunday they won’t I
pay but five cents, if this office is
notified. Your charge that drug
gists under my order may charge
fifty cents for same is either ignor
ant or wilful misstatement, my
opinion being that your unfound
ed charges are made to cast reflec
tion on effort being made to se
cure fair prices for Georgia. Spec
ial agents department of justice
will see that citizens Americus will
not pay fifty cents for five cents
worth of calomel and soda after
Sunday. JNO. A. MANGET,
Georgia Fair Price Commissioner. .
Incorrectly Quoted.
“In the first place,” said one of the 1
druggists, “we were incorrectly quot
ed in the Atlanta papers; we do not
charge 25 cents for calomel and soda.
As stated in The Times-Recorder
Wednesday, we get 10 cents for calo
mel and soda put up in three sepa- 1
rate powders, delivered. This re
quires compounding, just as surely
as any prescription. Mr. Manget’s
ruling clearly allows a charge of
30 cents for compounding, 15 cents
for delivery, and double the cost of
the drugs and container, which would
be another 5 cents, or a total of 50
cents.
“This was cited at the time merely
as an example of the fact that the
ruling would not affect prices here,
as the local druggists already were
well within the limits or profits fixed
by Mr. Manget. It was specifically
stated that we did not intend to raise
our prices to his published schedule,
but would maintain the old schedule,
which is considerably less.
“We feel that, since Mr. Manget
is attempting to lower prices in Geor
gia and curb profiteering, since our
old, schedule is considerably lower
than the maximum prices he fixes, our
prices of the past should come in for
commendation rather than rebuke.
Sinn Feiner Council
Gets Big Reception
DUBLIN, Jan. 30.—When the new
municipal council, composed of Sinn
Feiners, met for the first time today,
it was greeted with the greatest en
thusiasm by huge crowds, as the re
publican flag was hoisted on the city
hall.
Earthquakes Again
Hit Mexican Towns
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 30.—Earth
quake shocks were felt in the city of
Vera Cruz and the vicinity of Chalchi
comula, State of Puebla, la. t evening,
according to reports reaching here.
Dispatches from Pcubla state that as
sistance is needed in many localities.
HEADS WAR FINANCE BOARD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—Frank
lin W. McCutcheon, of New York, was
nominated today by President Wilson
to be director of the War Finance cor
poration.
LOVES HIS GRANDCHILDREN
A. /
W’wK I W W ? «
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When Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, ia turrounded by his
two little grandchildren, he hasn’t time to fret over politics. Above pic
ture shows Johnson with Hiram 111 (left), and Phillip (right.)
AMERICUS FIVE
ROUTS ALBANY
Score of Last Week Re
versed In Fast
Contest
ALBANY, Jan. 30.—Last night
promptly at 8 o’clock five Americus !
lads took the floor against a like ’
number of Albany basketeers; the;
latter five having triumphed over the i
former just one week ago by the |
score of 32 to 17. Last night it was*
a reversal of team work and form of
play on the part of the Americus team
that enabled them to trounce the op
position offered by Albany by almost
the identical score that sent them
down to defeat on their home court a
few days previous.
I The game started off in a rush, and
after a few minutes of play, the Al-
I bany team has rung up two field
goals and a couple of fouls, giving j
‘them six points, while Americus was
able to secure only three points. At
this interval, Heber Rees was substi- i
- tuted for Leon Brooks, and McDon- !
j aid for R. Lane, of the Americus
I team. These changes were made in
; order to let all the men making the
I trip get into the game. The changes
proved too much for Albany, and at
the end of the first half the score
stood 11 to 9 in favor of the visitors.
The Americus team planned a still
greater offensive game to be played [
in the second half, and with Webb
substituted for T. Lane at center,,
and Brooks and R. Lane returning to
their respective positions, things be- i
gan to warm up considerably, and,
during the last half of the game the
Americus boys made 19 pointers,
while Albany was able to ring up only
8. The grand total of 30 points for
Americus to 17 for the Albany quin
tet was satisfactory to Americus, al
though the latter team was getting
better the longer it played.
Too much credi cannot be given to
the splendid refereeing of W. E.
Jones, physical director of the Albany
“Y.” He was on the job every min
ute, and a team from Americus has
never received a better deal than was
handed them last night by the refe
ree, team and audience, it was said
by the visitors.
At the conclusion of the game, a
coin was tossed to determine where
the rubber game would be played.
Americus won the toss, and the game
will be played there in the near fu
ture.
The whole Americus team played
great basket ball, and each and ev
! ery member deserves credit for the
victory. They expect to get in a good
deal of hard practice before Albany
[ plays the return game, and be pre
! pared to meet the best teams in
I South Georgia, provided they can
j get the backing of the basket ball fans
of Americus.
Food Imports Grow
And Exports Drop
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.—Food
stuffs imported ip December amount
ed to nearly double the value brought
in in December, 1918, while exports
of foodstuffs were $30,000,000 be
low the total for the same month a
year ago, according to figures given
today by the Department of Com
merce.
TO ASK AID FOR
SUFFERING JEWS!
Stephen Pace To Head
Local Drive For
Funds
Solomon F. Golden, of Atlanta, was I
an Americus visitor today, arranging
for local co-oporation in the Jewish
war relief funds drive, which will be
staged February 25. The drive here
will be non-sectarian, and Stephen
Pace, chairman of the county Red
Cross chapter, has consented to serve
as chairman for the campaign.
“The money is to go to Poland and
those countries where the suffering
among the Jews has been and still is
most intense,’ said Mr. Golden. “In
the north, where the needs for the
money have been clearly set forth,
we have no trouble in getting funds. |
Here the contributions will be entire- ■
ly voluntary; there will be some per-i
sonal solicitation, but there will be I
no effort to force people to give if j
they do not wish to do so.
“At the present time our race has
600 personal relief workers in Po
land alone, who must be changed ev
ery six months, because it has been
found that constant contact with de
solation and misery of the people of
that land incapacitate them for fur
ther service, many of them return
ing on the verge of insanity. Jacob
Billikopf, the great Jewish welfare
worker, who was head of the move
ment for some time, went to Poland
for first-hand information and after a
stay of a few months returned a phy
sical wreck. He has been in a hos
pital now for some time, crushed by
the conditions as he saw them. He
was so overcome that he had to give
up his position as superintendent; he
cannot speak of conditions there
without breaking down. He will con
tinue to help in the world, but is un
able to lead any longer.
“Those are the conditions we are
attempting to relieve and remedy;
that is what we want the funds for,
and the people of Americus are go
ing to have a hand in this humanitar
ian work.” •
120,000 Tons of Steel
Rails Commandeered
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—At the
request of the railroad administra-I
tion, Acting Secretary Crowell, of i
the War Department, today signed an i
order commandering 120,000,000 of'
steel rails to be allotted among the |
rail mills on the basis of their pro- [
ductive capacity.
9,000 Shoe Workers
Granted Increase
CINCINNATI, Jan. 30.—More than
9,000 shot workers here were granted I
an increase of pay today of from 18
to 25 per cent, with back pay dating
to November 1 last.
NO CABINET BUSINESS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—The
President’s cabinet did not hold its !
i regular meeting today. While no of
| ficial announcement was made, it i
' was understood none of the officials
• had matters of particular moment
| to present.
News of The Whole
World By
Associated Press
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BUTLER PARTY
HERE TO RAISE
LAST OF MONEY
Walter E. Steed Heads
Delegation Asking
For $1,500
The last link, hut the necessary ana
all-important link, ‘r. the propo-ed
Americus-Atlanta short line, via But
ler, is to be completed at once if a
delegation of Taylor county men, in
Americus today seeking the last nec
essary aid for the project, is success
ful. The party, headed by Walter E.
Steed, of Butler, who is chairman of
the board of trustees of the I’hird
I-.' trict Agricultural school acre,
sj t nt today among the larger business
men of the community, attempting to
raise $1,500 with which to assure the
bJdge, they hating exhausted their
resources at home, and lacking that
amount to build the $83,000 ?truc
ture. Whether they would be suc
cessful or pot was r.ot certain early
this afternoon; they were meeting
witn some encouraging response, but
not the spontaneous assistance they
had expected of an enterprise so im
portant to Americus.
Mr. Steed a.Hired the facts and
the needs as f ollow3t
Os Importance Here.
“The Taylor-Upson road between
Americus and Atlanta is 47 miles
i shorter than the route via Macon.
This is of great importance to Amer
| icus, as may be easily determined by
' a bit of analysis. This mean that this
short route will get practically all of
the travel between Atlanta and Flori
da, which, in consideration of the
ever increasing number of auto tour
ists, will be very large. With this
route established. Americus will be
the stop-over point coming south
ward from Atlanta, instead of Macon
or some other town, for the distance
will be just right for a comfortable
day’s run. and no tourist will want
to stop at a small town before get
ting here when it is easily possible
to reach here and obtain the advan
; tages of the larger city, with its hotel
I accommodations and automobile re
pair and equipment facilities.
s “This highway is on the state high
i way commission’s map as one of the
i houtes to be paved with state money.
The bridge between Taylor and Up
son county is the necessary connect
ing link to make the route possible.
And, because of the facts I have
mentioned, its early completion is of
even greater importance to Ameri
cus than it is to Butler or the other
smaller places in the two counties
building it.
Short Only $1,442.
“The plans and estimates are com
plete and details all ready for let
ting the contract, with the exception
of the raising of about $1,500 on the
part of Taylor county. The bridge
is estimated to cost $83,000. The
government will pay half of this.
Upson county has her share ready;
Taylor county’s part will be $20,442,
of which we are allowed to furnish
SIO,OOO in convict labor in building
approaches, leaving $10,442 to be
paid in cash. Taylor county is not a
rich county, and local conditions make
a bond issue at this time impossible.
Public spirited citizens have sub
scribed and paid in approximately
$9,000 in cash, leaving $1,442 to be
raised. The people at home have
about gone the limit in their contri
butions, and that is the reason we are
here today, so that we may complete
j the fund and get the bridge under
\ way. What others think of the pro
| ject is indicated by a check received
this morning for $250 from S. E,
Taylor, of Atlanta, district manager
i of the Standard Oil Company, which
i concern does a large amount of heavy
i hauling.”
Accompanying Mr. Steed were G.
C. Smith and R. E. Watkins, Taylor
[county commissioners; A. H. Riley,
ordinary, and Arthur Hale, of Ella
■ ville.
Alabama Delegation In
Congress To Run Again
BIRMINGHAM, Jan. 30—Mem
j bers of the state Democratic execu
[ tive committee met here today to lay
j plans for the state primary May 11.
It was stated Senator Underwood and
all congressmen from the state will
offer for continuation in office.
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Littleness Cast Asld«.
A man in pursuit of greatness feels
' no little wants.—Emerson.