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FORTY-SECOND YEAR.—NO. 83.
•Stock Yards Situation Serious at Chicago
HOOVER TO GIVE
JOHNSON REAL
FIGHT FOR LIFE
Wood-Hoover - Johnson
Lineup For G. O. P.
‘Last Lap’
By H. N. RICKEY.
WASHINGTON, April s.—The
floover letter to the Republicans ot
California!! declaring himself to be a
Republican and stating that he would
consider a nomination by the Repub
lican national convention as a call to
service which he could not refuse,
definitely puts him in the list of lead
ing candidates for the Republican
nomination and eliminates him from
consideration as a Democratic possi
bility.
It* is entirely too soon after the
event and too far away from the
Chicago convention to say with any
certainty what position among the
candidates Hoover will ultimately
occupy. ,
The enthusiasm among Hoover s
friends and followers in all parts of
the country is such that we may pret
ty safely discount their sweeping
claims that his nomination is a fore
gone conclusion.
On the other hand the hostility to
Hoover among the other candidates
and their followers, particularly
Wood and Johnson, is so bitter that
it is equally safe to discount their at
tempts to show that he hasn t a
ehance for the nomination.
It may be said that in both cases
the wish is father to the thought.
Hoover a Candidate.
We must' await the developments
of the next few weeks to have enough
facts upon which to base even a rea
sonably intelligent estimate of the
situation as it relates to the Hoover
v candidacy. ” “ .
I use the word candidacy in con
nection with Hoover advisedly for |
while he distinctly stated in his let
ter that he would not make a per
sonal effort for the nomination, the
very fact of his writing the letter
under the circumstances that it was
written, puts Hoover in the catagory
of candidates. .
The most important and interest
ing phase of the Hoover candidacy
at this time is that it is a challenge
to Senator Johnson in California in
the issue of the eLague of Nations.
Until Hoover entered the contest,
the Johnson candidacy, next to that
of General Wood, seemed to have the |
greatest strength. But the ultimate |
fate of the Johnson candidacy de
pended upon the ability of Johnson to
secure the delegates from California,
his own state. He would have gotten -
these delegates by default, but for !
the Hoover challenge. j
Bvt the same token, it is hard to |
figure that Hoover’s candidacy will |
get anywhere if he fails to win i
against Johnson in California.
The Calofirnia primaries will be >
held May 4. The month between now '
and then will undoubtedly witness a |
fight for the California delegates to .
the Republican convention unequall- ,
ed for bitterness in the history of the
hectic politics of that state.
A Fight For Life. |
Johnson, twice the governor of
the state and now one of its senators,;
will be fighting not only for his place i
among the candidates at the Chicago
convention, but for his political life |
aS Hoover will be fighting to get his .
feet on the first rung of the ladder ,
which may make him the Republican ;
nominee and take .him to the White
House. • . TT
The chief issue in the Hoover-
Johnson battle for the California del
egation will be the League of Na-
Johnson in and out of the Senate
has led the fight against the league, I
He has taken the most extreme posi
tion of any senator. It is summed up
in his terse demand that the whole
nefarious scheme to involve the |
United States in foreign entangle-!
ments be “thrown out of the win- ,
d °Hoover’s attitude toward the |
League of Nations is that it is neces-,
sarv for the future peace and safety |
of the world that the United States j
• should join it, but that we should:
make certain reservations to protect
our own national rights.
The California primary, therefore,
will be tremendously interesting not
only because of its bearing on the Re
publican nomination, but also because
it will furnish the first opportunity
for a clean-cut test of tsatewide sen-,
timent on the League of Nations.
Fortunately this test will not bej
confined to mere male voters, as the
women of California vote at the pri
maries.
Disclaiming to have the slightest
gift of political prophesy, it seems to
me that the contest for the Republi
can nomination will rapidly crystal
lize into a three-cornered battle I
among Wood, Hoover and Johnson,
and that the final round at Chicago ■
will be between Wood and either j
Hoover or Johnson, depending upon
which one of them wins in the Cali- ■
THE TIMfiSHRECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE OR
THE GREAT QUESTION
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MANY HOMELESS
WATERS RISING
Severe Weather Adds
To Suffering In Ten
nessee Valley
CHATTANOOGA, April s.—The
Tennessee river this morning regis
tered 43 1-2 feet and was still rising.
A forty-six degree drop in tem
perature has been experienced since
Sunday evening, being accompanied
by a light snowstorm today.
Several hundred families are to
day homeless on account of the high
water, but the city has the situation
well in hand. ’>
TEN DROWNED AT
ANDERSON, S. C.
ANDERSON, S. C., April s.—Ten
young people were drowned here
Sunday afternoon when a flatboat
on the Savannah river at Harper’s
ferry near Lowndesville, sank. The
boat which was hooked to a cable,
was being used as a ferry.
fornia primaries.
Os course, it is not at all outside
of the possibilities that the Californa
delegation will be split between Hoo
ver and Johnson, in which case it
will continue to be a three-cornered
fight to the finish.
The South Sea Islanders have a
curious method of salutation, which
is to fling a par of water over the
head of a friend.
The per capita consumption of to
bacco in the United States, count
ing each man, woman and child, is
seven pounds a year.
—
In certain Amazonian tribes, on
the day of his marriage, while the
wedding festivities are going on, the
bridegroom’s hand is tied up in a
bag filled with fire ants. If he bears
the torture smilingly and unmoved,
he is considered fit for the trial of
matrimony.
In India the c aste system has been
in vogue for so many years, British
authorities say it would now be im
possible to change it.
In the Malay Archipelago, thous
ands of natives are engaged in the
shell fishir.fi industry. •
LOCAL SPOT COTTON
Good Middling 41 l-2c.
NEW YORK FUTURES
Open 11am Ipm Close
May 40.39 40.00 40.40 40.24
iju1y37.25 37.40 37.80 37.70
Oct. .34.60 34.55 34.90 34.73
Open 11:30 12:45 Close
May .... 39.40 39.70 39.68 39.40
I July 37.25 37.36 37.36 37.26
Oct. 34.40 34.54 34.55 34.73
MOULTRIE LIVESTOCK MARKET
I MOULTRIE, April s.—Hogs 165
lbs and up, 14 1-2(3)14 3-4 c; 135 to
I 165 lbs, 13 1-4@13 3-4 c; 110 to 135
jibs, 12 1-4@12 3-4 c; 110 lbs and
I down, 10 l-4@ 10 3-4 c.
I Roughs and skips are priced on a
I basis of quality. Piggy sows docked
j4O lbs. Stags docked 70 lbs. Prices
I f.o.b. Moultrie.
Cattle.
I Fat steers, 1000 lbs and over,
10 l-2c and up; fat steers, 800 to
j 950 lbs, 10@10 l-2c; fat steers, 600
to 800 lbs, 8@10c; fat cows over
550 lbs, B@9c; yearlings, 7@Bc;
canner and cutter steers, 4@4 l-2c;
canner and cutter cows, 3@4c; bulls
4@7c.
CRACKSMEN GET
LARGE CASH SUM
Robbery In Heart of At
lanta Retail District
Was Quiet One
ATLANTA, April s.—Approxi
j mately $20,000 in jewelry and more
j than SB,OOO in money and checks
| was secured by cracksmen who en
tered the vault of the Chamberlain
| Johnson-Dußose department store
! here between Saturday night and
i early today.
The robbery was discovered bv a
j janitor on opening the store today.
In the English village of Stivie-
I hall may be seen a church that pos
j sesses the unique distinction of hav
| ing been biult by the unaided efforts
of one man.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 5, 1920.
What is to be done about houses
for the people of Americus to live
in? It is an unsolved problem. The
shortage of houses in the United
States today is estimated at 5,000,-
000. Americus needs at least one
hundred houses right now.
Overcrowding, with its menace to
health and morals, and rent profiteer
ing, are direct results of the housd
shortage.
Employers are feeling the effects
of house shortage in increased “labor
turnover.”
Many people, attracted to Ameri
cus by its opportunities and its desir
ability as a home city, are unable to
find a decent house and leave.
The Times-Recorder is printing to
day on another page the first of .<
number of articles from correspon
dents in various parts of the country,
to show what other cities and com
munities have done, and tried to do,
to meet this menacing problem. Oth
ers will appear from time to time.
The Times-Recorder hopes these
will be helpful in solving the hous
ing problems here.
COLD WAVE I OR
j GEORGIATONIGHT
Freezing Temperatures
Probable and Fruit
t Crop May Be Lost ’
.i j
j : WASHINGTON, April s.—Falling
j temperatures tonight and tomorrow
B j with a cold wave is predicted for the
) southeastern portion of Georgia by
5 j the weather bureau today.
’ . Frost and freezing temperatures
’ are probable tonight in all the East
L i Gulf States, in Northwest Georgia
J ; and in extreme northern Florida.
? i Snow flurries were reported today
’} at Atlanta, Birmingham and other
-* i points in the central south.
i
1 Men Hard To Get
To Represent Public
’ i WASHINGTON, April s.—Presi-
I i dent Wilson is having difficulty in
J i finding men willing to give up their
business to serve on the Railroad-
I ' Labor Board as representatives of
’ the public, the White House offi
-3 cials said today, explaining the delay
in nominating members of the board.
I The salary of members of the board
i is SIO,OOO a year.
Cotton Makes New
High Records In N. Y.
NEW YORK, April s.—The cot
ton market was strong and excited
| at the opening today when all de
“ liveries made new high records for
the season. Bad weather over the
I entire South over Easter gave rise
to greater anxiety than heretofore
has existed over the start of the new
cotton drop.
£■’ ’
s No Armed Uprising
Is Now Looked For
e
1 DUBLIN, April 5. (By Associat
ed Press) —The fourth anniversary
a of the rebellion of 1916 passed very
quietly here to noon today. Reports
of the burning of the police bar-
- racks and other outrages on Satur
i- I day and Sunday continue to pour in
- j from many parts of the country, but
s the general opinion is that no armed
t uprising will occur.
JUDGE SCORES
PARTISANSHIP
AND PROFITEERS
Politicians Paralyzing
Country, Says Judge
Littlejohn at Preston
PRESTON, April s.—“ Besotted
partisanship,’’ profiteers and liquor
law violators were denounced in very
strong terms here today by Judge
Littlejohn, of the Superior Court of
this circuit, in his charge here this
morning to the Webster County
.Grand Jury at the opening of the
April term of Superior Court. Judge
Littlejohn spoke with great earnest
ness for more than an hour, discuss
ing many matters of general public
interest as well as local matters.
“We hear a great deal these days
about unrest,’’ said Judge Littlejohn.
“High prices of the things we have
to buy are blamed very largely for
this unrest, and they tell us that the
high prices are the result of short
age. 1 want to say to you that any
thing a man wants, with mighty few
exceptions, he can get if he has the
money. The people have had more
money during the last two or three
years than they ever had before, but
it looks to me like this money is
about to give out and that condi
tions are due for a radical change.
They have to change.
Farmer Not Getting It.
“They say the farmer is making
big money on his cotton. It isn’t
true. And cotton isn’t really worth
40 cents, when the price of the low
er grades is taken into consideration.
But the other fellow than the farm
er is making money out of cotton. A
merchant friend of mine in Ameri
cus a few days ago told me of a
salesman for a hosiery mill quoting
him a price on some hosiery. He
weighed the sample hose anti calcu
lated that the manufacturer was get
ting at the rate of $3,250 per bale
for the cotton that the farmer sold
for S2OO. Many other instances of
this kind can be cited.
“There has got to be some power
ito stop that kind of business. It isn’t
, th 3 price the producer of the original
[ product gets that is causing the trou
ble. His profits are small and he
takes all the risk. The manufac
turer makes the profit and takes no
risk. The same things is true in the
matter of shoes. They tell us that
the increased cost of labor has raised
the price. The fact is that the in
crease in wages has been less than
any other item in shoes. If all who
have anything to do with the manu
facture and sale of shoes dealt fair
ly we wouldn’t have the prices we
have.
Nothing Being Done.
“And what is being done by this
government to remedy this condition?
Not a God’s thing. You read about
the investigations going on up at
Washington. But you haven’t seen
any effect of the investigations and
you won’t see any.
“The real trouble—and I hate to
say it—is besotted partisanship on
the part of our men in public life.
I 1 is time that the people began to
think for themselves. Men out of
public life can easily agree on mat
ters of importance without a thought
of partisanship. And the same should
be true of our public men. Partisan
ship is a disease that is paralyzing
this country. We can take most
any committee in congress, composed
of three Republicans and two Demo
crats, on the question of black and
white they will vote three to two and
wait for November to settle it. The
country is tied hand and foot by
partisanship.
“I know the people are not willing
to be controlled all the time by a
dispute over one man, whether Wood
row Wilson is a great statesman or
a blockhead. They don’t sit
by and see their business go to the
devil while the politicians try to set
tle this matter. We have a most
phenomenal state of affairs in our
own state on this very question.
“The present condition cannot con
tinue to exist. It is time for the
people to begin to do a little thinking
for themselves.”
Fix Moral Standard.
Judge itLtlejohn called upon the
grand jury for rigid enforcement of
the law. “You can fix the standard
of morality and put it on a high
plane or a low one,’’ said he. “If
you are lax about the enforcement
of the law I guarantee to you that
crime will increase. The enforce
ment of the law not only affects the
peace and welfare of your communi
ty, but actually the value of your
lands.’’ He declared that unless the
laws were enforced locally the fed
eral government would step in and
enforce them, , which would be very
embarrassing.
He called attention to the wave
of crime that swept over Sumter
county last fall, with numerous mur
ders and other offenses.
“The stories of crimes would come
to me as I was away holding court
in other counties,’’ he said, “and
were very embarrassing. Things
Capt. Kit Dalton,
Last of ‘James
Gang,’ Dies, 77
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'•I WOMBS
CAPT KIT DALTQH
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April s.—Cap
tain “Kit” Dalton, said to have been
the last surviving member of Quan
trell’s band of guerillas of Civil War
fame and credited with having been
a close associate of Frank and Jesse
James, is dead at his home here. He
was 77 years old.
Dalton recently wrote a book tell
ing intimately of the exploits of the
James and other adventurous bands
which operated in the South and
Southwest after the war between the
states. For several years it is re
lated, a price of $50,000 was set upon
his head by the governors of five
states, but he never was captured.
Instead, he with Frank James is said
to have surrendered and stood trial
for the robbery of a train near
Franklin, Ky. under a tacit under
standing charges pending in other
states would stand or fall on the re
sult of that trial. He was acquit
ted. The other charges were dropped
and he later removed to Memphis,
where he had lived for more than
thirty years.
During the early years of the war
Dalton was a member of Forrest's
cavalry, but later joined Quantrell.
While with General Forrest’s com
mand he won the rank of captain.
Captain Dalton was a native of
Logan county, Kentcky.
He will be buried in the Confed
erate burial ground here.
Washington Without
Official Information
WASHINGTON, April s.—State
Department officials said today they
had received no notice from France
of that country's intention to have
French troops on the Rhine occupy
cities on the east bank of the river
as a reprisal for the advance of the
German Government forces into the
Ruhr neutral zone.
seemed to go from bad to worse. But
I went back there and we took hold.
The people waked up and saw that
something had to be done. And
something was done.”
The grand jury retired after the
fudge had completed his charge and
are understood to have taken up a
number of violations of the liquor
law. »
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APRIL SIXTH
Third Anniversary of Amer
ica’s Entry in The Great
World War
Let Us Mark Time By Going
“BACK TO THE
BATTLEFIELD”
To the dugouts, the trenches,
and then come to the graves in
France, where our heroes sleep.
This is what Charles W. O’Con
nor, one of the two million who
went across, has done.
He tells how it feels, and what
it means, to go back in civvies.
Watch for First Story in The
Times-Recorder Today.
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I Ausatspitcr Y)
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THOUSANDSOUT
OF WORK OWING
TO RAIL STRIKE
Chicago Packers To Lay
Off All Workers If
Strike Continues.
CHICAGO, 111., April s.—Fifty
thousand stockyard employes will be
thrown out of employment tonight on
account of the strike of Chicago
switchmen, packers announced this
morning; 5,000 men were laid
off when reported this morning and
others will follow when all live stock
now on hand is taken care of.
Train service throughout the Chi
cago district, already seriously crip
pled by a heavy snow storm is demor
alized today by an unauthorized
strike of switchmen, according to re
ports from the eleven railroads af
fected.
Chief of Police Garrity said to
day that the situation is so serious it
“may be necessary to call out the
militia. A large military force will
be necessary to control the railroad
yards.”
DIOCESANMEET
APRIL 13-14-15
Rev. J. B. Lawrence To
Represent Americus
Church At Waycross
The South Georgia Diocese of the
Episcopal church will hold its annual
convention in Waycross on April 14,
15 and 16, at Grace Episcopal church.
The address of welcome will be de
livered by Rev. R. N. McCallum,
rector of Grace church. The princi
pal speaker for the first evening will
be Rev. W. Russell Bowie, rector of
St. Paul’s at Savannah. Dr. Peter
Ainslee, of Baltimore, one of the
most prominent .workers in the
Episcopal church, will also address
the conference, his subject being
“Church Unity.” Bishop Frederick
F. Reese, of Savannah, will preside,
and many important matters will
come before the convention. Rev.
James B. Lawrence, rector of Cal
vary church here, will attend, and a
; number of other communicants may
be selected to attend with Mr. Law
rence.
PALMER TO OPEN
CAMPAIGN IN GA.
r
Americus Speaking Date
Still Undecided, But
Probably Weuriesday
WASHINGTON, April s.—Attor
ney General Palmer left Washington
early today for Georgia to open his
campaign for the presidential nomi
nation in that State. He speaks at
Gainesville Tuesday afternoon and
at Atlanta Tuesdy night.
W. A. Dodson, chairman of the
Palmer organization here said this
afternoon that he was without defi
nite information as the expected
visit of Attorney General Palmer to
Americus, but that he expected he
would come here Thursday, and that
his address would be delivered as
anounced in Sunday’s issue of The
Times-Recorder.
For Georgia.—Fair tonight and
Tuesday; coder tonight. Cold wave
in southeast portion; heavy frost in
north and west portions, with
strong west winds.
Showers and thunderstorms will
occur at beginning of the week, fair
and cool thereafter. Frost is prob
able first half of the week in interior
regions.
Will End Danish
General Strike Now
COPENHAGEN, April s.—Agree
ment to end the general strike which
resulted in forcing King Christian
to dismiss the cabinet has been reach
ed between employers and workmen
here. t
NEW WAGE SCALE
FOR ANTHRACITE MINERS.
NEW YORK, April s.—Agreement
on a new wage scale for miners in
the anthracite coal fields is expected
within two weeks, Philip Murray, in
ternational vice-president United
Mine Workers announced today.