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Associated Press
FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NO. 89.
TO NAME R R. LABOR
THE NEXT PRESIDENT
of the United States
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EXTRA: This is the next president. Call him any name you like.
He is a composite (and the camera never lies) of Herbert Hoover, Hiram
Johnson, McAdoo, Wood, Cox, Lowden, Bryan, Poindexter, Palmer and
all the other candidates. Composite pictures are made by printing a
photograph through the negatives of alljihe persons who are to be a
part of it. *•
JAS. CALLOWAY
IS LAIDTO REST
Loved, Aged Editor Was
Wide Connected In
Sumter County
Mrs. J. W. Harris, Jr., left Ameri
cus Sunday afternoon to attend the
funeral in Macon today of her un
cle, James Callaway, whose death oc
curred Saturday afternoon at Balti
more, where he took treatment for
several weeks in the hope of benefit
ing his health. The body reached his
home at Macon Sunday night, and
the funeral took place this after
noon.
Mr. Callaway was for thirty-five
years associate editor of The Macon
Telegraph. He was a Confederate
Veteran and member of a distin
guished Georgia family.
Mr. Callaway for years conducted
a column on the editorial page of
The Telegraph. His writings were
widely quoted and he had a large
following of readers throughout the
state.
James Callaway was a native of
Mitchell county, where his father
had extensive lands, and lived at the
home place until he became of age.
He married Miss Nell Furlow, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Furlow, of
Americus, in 1873, at the old Meth
odist church, in Americus, and they
went to Camilla, where they lived for
several years. Their children were
Merrill, James, Harry, now deceased,
Holt, Margaret, Mary and Kate.
About 20 years ago the family moved
to Macon where they have lived since,
and wherg the children grew to ma
turity.
Mr. Callaway and his brother, Mer
*- rill Callaway, married sister, Nell and
Kate Furlow these girls being the
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Furlow, who owned and lived in the
magnificent old Furlow home on Bar
low' street, comprising thirty acres
in the home place, and extending
from Barlow street to Elm avenue on
tfe east side, and to Lee street on
the west side, known as Furlow Lawn.
The old Furlow Lawn Baptist church
site was given to the church by the
Furlows, and for long years it was
known as Furlow Lawn Baptist
church. A few years ago the name
was changed to Central Baptist
church.
• Mrs. Kate Furlow Callaway died in
Americus about two years ago at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. James
W. Harris, Jr. Her sister, Mrs. Nell
Furlow Callaway, survives her hus
band, James Callaway, in Macon.
The Furlow family connection in
Americus is an extensive one.
THE TIMES tjIRECORDER
in the 'heart- OF DIXIE-
U.D.C. PLAN FOR
MEMORIAL DAY
Patriotic And Military
Bodies To Be Asked
To Parade
A meeting of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy was held at Car
negie Library Saturday afternoon for
the purpose of arranging definite
plans for Memorial Day exercises.
General Walter Harris will deliver
the Memorial Day address and will be
guest of honor of the American Le
gion at a luncheon. Mrs. Frank Har
rold, state president of the U. D. C.,
who presided at the meeting Satur
day afternoon, was asked by the chap
ter to introduce General Harris, but
owing to the stress of other work
Mis. Harrold was forced to decline
the honor. She gave a splendid talk
of the work being accomplished by
the chapters throughout Georgia.
She had returned only that afternoon
from an enthusiastic gathering in
Fort Valley at which she was honor
guest.
The chapter will issue formal invi
tations to the P. O. S. of A., the Sons
of Confederate Veterans, Confeder
ate Veterans, the military corps' of
the Agricultural School,' the high
school cadets and the Boy Scouts to
participate in the parade to be made
from the place of address to the cem
etery, where the grayes of the honor
ed dead will be decorated.
A committee was appointed to ar
range that the chapter frame resolu
tions of regret upon the death of Col.
James Callaway, who served so faith
fully during the war of the 60’s, and;
these resolutions will be sent to mem
bers of the family residing in Macon.
The chairman of the essay commit
tee read the result of the contest at
the high school for the medal given
by the U. D. C. each year for the
most splendid essay, and the names
of the winner and the one for honor
able mention will be divulged at a
later date.
General and Mrs. Harris will be the
guests of Mrs. Frank Harrold during
their visit to Americus.
BANK BANDITS GET SIO,OOO.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 12.
Three hold-up men robbed the South
Bend State Bank of approximately
SIO,OOO this morning and made their
escape.
HALE UNDERGOES OPERATION.
June Hale, a brother of C. M.
Hale, living on the Hale stock farm
near Americus, was operated upon
Saturday for appendicitis at the
Wise Sanitarium in Plains. His con
dition is very favorable today.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 12, 1920.
PARTIES SPLIT
ON PROBEINTO
3? WAR CAMPS
Republicans Condemn
Waste, Democrats De
fend Achievement
WASHINGTON, April 12.—(8y
; Associated Press.)—Two opposing
: reports on the long congressional in
i vestigation of the construction of 32
I army camps and cantonments were
submitted today to the house by the
) war expenditures committee and de- !
bated for several hours.
The majority report, submitted by
the Republicans, criticized the gov
ernment agencies and officials in j
charge of the war building program, !
and the minority report of the Demo- I
crats defended the administration. I
The government lost approximate
|ly $78,500,000, on sixteen national
army cantonments, the majority re
; port estimated, due to “waste, ineffi
: ciency and graft.” The minority re
port pointed to the construction work
as “one of the great achievements of
I the war.” .
SUFFRAGE AND
BOOZ£ MIXED
Oklahoma Fight Waxes
Hot Over Both Fed
eral Issues
By G. B. PARKER.
Editor of the Oklahoma New*.
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 12.
i Legally speaking, suffrage and booze I
lin Oklahoma are all tangled up.
National prohibition and national
suffrage for women enter through
; the federal amendment door.
Enemies to both in Oklahoma have
| started petitions, after both amend
i ments have been ratified by the leg
• islature. The contention is that the
referendum comes nearer being a
true expression by the people than
does a vote by the legislature.
Os course, the whole question of
the power of the referendum as
against that of the legislature will
have to go to the United States Su
preme court for final decision.
Ohio’s prohibition case is now
, there.
Richland Hoke Smith
Supporters Sign Up
ATLANTA, April 12.—Senator
Hoke Smith’s headquarters in the
. the Piedmont Hotel have given out
the following petition signed by citi
zens of Richland, indorsing the sena
. tor’s candidacy for president in the
, Georgia preferential primary:
The following undersigned citizens
. i and voters of Richland and vicinity
indorse the principles advocated by
’ Senator Hoke Smith, and pledge him
their support in the approaching
| presidential primary:
Dr. N. C. Alston, A. C. Richardson,
L P. Knighton, W. L. Chappell, B. I.
i Lowrey, R. N. Worthington, E. C.
Cook, G. A. Simpson, T. E. Tatum,
C. L. Davis, W. G. Colbert, H. H.
■ Hendrick, O. J. Colbert, H. T. Murrat,
Ralph Webb, Dr. W. C. Sims, J. C.
i \ Mayfield, R. D. Hubbard, Z. G. Coffin,
i L. P. Chappell, J. H. Woodruff, J. D.
Davis. R. A. Bell, F. A. Bush, G. G.
i Murrah, A. H. Ponder, R. W. Tomlin,
. Guy Wells, W. J. Snelling, G. C. Al-
I ston, N. L. Sheppard, H. B. Davis, A.
K. Saviller, Roy L. Hollomon, E. J.
Bowers, E. L. Alston, T. S. Chappell,
W. J. Dowd, J. T. Goare, B. F. Par
ker, J. J. Harrell, Rev. H. W. Elder,
W. Gatewood, E. T. Barbaree, J. H.
Abell, E. E. Gunnelly, M. Clements,
J. S. Mullens, T. D. Mortin, A. S.
I Lynch, A. A. French, A. M. Wright,
I G. C. Lunsford.
Chamber Board Invites
Citizens To Its Meetings
The directors of the Chamber of
i Commerce have instituted a novel
j and interesting feature in connec
tion with their regular monthly meet
i ings, the first of which will be held
at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. The
' newly elected directors recently pass
: ed a resolution inviting the citizens
of Americus and Sumter county to
■ attend the regular monthly meetings
'of the board whenever they have
any suggestions to make effecting
j the welfare of the community.
I This is a new departure in con
nection with the board meetings and
I will afford a most excellent oppor
tunity. for any citizen of the coun
ty to bring to the attention of the
j directors important matters which
■ might othei-wise go unnoticed. The
. new plan of the Chamber of Com
i merce is expected to meet with in
i stant approval and be the means of
initiating some important move
movements.
BOARD AT ONCE
Says Solid South Wants
Hoover, Even If G. O. P.
Names Him at Chicago
Result May Be Nation’s First Coalition Presi
ident and Establishment of New
National Party Lines
BY HARRY B. HUNT,
niDurMPTr .K . J* 1 - E - A - Staff Correspondent.
nnhKn MING t HAM ' Ala - April 12.—Herbert Hoover’s choice of the Re
publican party as the one within which he prefers to make his race for
i Wlll , not prevent the presentation of his name to the
Democratic convention at San Francisco, if plans under wav amonc
Democrats in half a dozen Southern states do P not miscarry Y *
sooth rh er A he prog s am be,n * developed by Hoover supporters in the
th iL? emo f ratlc convention must pass upon Hoover no matter
whether he 1. or u not nominated by the Republican..
L Re P“J ,l,ca " s nominate Hoover, the .outhern Democrat,
frankly acknowledge there is no other candidate in sivht with
.i», »o. ld ch „„ •£-
THAT EVENT, THEY PROPOSE SOMETHING FNTTRFr v
NEW IN AMERICAN POLITICS—A COALITION CANDIDATE
I n llie y wouid make Hoover the joint candidate of both oarties
Democratic as well as Republican. And if the old machine“bosses didnT
whVh u e,y a oU i d away u and t and together in a new party of reaction
which, it is declared, is where they belong anyway.
Southern Leaders of Old Parties
Are Backing Hoover Or No One.
“Why not a coalition candidate?” a leading Georgia Democrat
f^r°thp S maaa f® d the campaigns of governors and senators in that state
lor the past 20 years, inquired.
“Hoover, either as a Republican or a Democrat, would represent a
I new deal in politics.
’ .k- H . e j° U l d B‘Ve 8 ‘ Ve US a chance to vot e for ability and .tate.man
f snip instead of mere partisanship.
“He would be the candidate not of the old machine group, in
either party, but IN SPITE OF THEM.
, De would be the candidate of the people,
nut ii ?;T er il ca " dida cy .on a coalition ticket would absolutely wipe
out old lines that have divided the north and south since the Civil War
grounds' 8 “ nCW allgnqlent on P ure ly political and not on sectional
I ~ j i Wl i t^ 1 Hoo Y er aii coalition candidate of the progressive, for
i '' ard voters in both old parties, he would carry every state in
, the Union, no matter what action might be taken by the hostile reac-
I Uonary groups in both parties to organize against him.
‘Hoover represents, unquestionably, the views of a majority of ;
voters in both old parties. His availability is not hampered
i prlor i Pa rtlcl pation in the organization machinery of either party. *
His selection as a coalition candidate, then, would make possible
f rom the goats'” 8 ° f P ° ltlCal sentlment . a real divson of the sheep
~ A *? ew P art y alignment, however, these men insist, will be accom
plished to a very large extent even if Hoover received the Republican
nomination and was denied the Democratic endorsement. For the
Hoover strength in the south is such as to make it by no means im
probable that he would poll sufficient strength south of the Mason and
Dixon line, even on the Republican ticket, to carry at least three or
four of the states of the heretofore “Solid South” over into the G O
r. camp.
North Carolina, Georgia and Florida are declared ripe for Hoover’s
basket, regardless of party.
In Georgia, the anti-Palmer campaign is being made on the basis of
a delegation instructed for Senator Hoke Smith, but which would be
free to vote its real preference after a complimentary ballot for Smith
discharging its instructions. K>uum,
_ In fact, before one of the men now actively directing Smith’s cam
paign agreed to serve he asked the Georgia senator specifically
whether he would oppose the delegation going to Hoover after it
, obli « ation t«> him - and smith replied that
HL WOULD NOT!
“Why Not a Coalition Candidate
Asks Georgia Democratci Leader.
j ™°y?T RNO ,P DORSEY of Georgia, whom the Palmer leaders, un
der Clark Howell, dean of the Democratic National Committee, expected
to come out actively in behalf of the attorney general, has remained
qUl c‘ -T-x frl ends say he is reserving his support for uninstructed,
or Smith-instructed, delegates favorable to Hoover.
.SENATOR HARRIS of Georgia, who was elected solely through
administration pressure, to defeat former Senator Hardwick, who wls
persona non grata to President Wilson, will keep hands off. Efforts were
get him into the fight behind Palmer, as the administration
candidate. He visited Georgia last week, felt how the wind was blow
ing, and announced he would take no part. ,
GOVERNOR THOMAS BECKETT of North Carolina is an ardent
Hoover advocate and Hoover sentiment runs strong in spite of insist
ence by organization ballyhooers that his candidacy for the Republi
can nomination makes him an impossibility for the Democrats
Such is, in brief, the “political situation” here in the south. It
is a condition out of which a whole new political period mav spring.
Politicians north of the Mason and Dixon line who think the south
is going to cut no figure in the coming campaign except to cast a solid
vote for “any old candidate” the Democratic party mav nominate had
better wake up and look about.
For things are happening here in the south that may change not
only the candidates and the issues in the coming campaign BUT MAY
I overturn the whole political alignment of the
PAST 60 YEARS.
FRENCH AGREE TO 10 MORE STATES
CONSULTALLIES TOJOINSONORA
111 ■ • _______
Note Says No More Inde
pendent Action Will
Be Taken
LONDON, April 12.—The latest
French note on the subject of the
French occupation move, received this
morning, says that the French troops
in Frankfort and other cities in Ger
many will be withdrawn ■ non the
withdrawal of German troops from
the Ruhr region, and promises that
no further independent action will be
taken by France.
BRITISH REPLY IS
SENT BACK QUICKLY.
PARIS, April 12.—The Earl of
Derby, British ambassador to France,
deliverdti to Premier Millerand at 1
o’clock this afternoon the British re
ply to the French note of last eve
ning. Premier Millerand refused to
discuss its contents.
Feathers are believed to have
evolved from Ihe reptilian scale.
Commander Hears Se
cession Move Will Be
Supported
AGLTA PRIETA, Sonora, Mexico,
| April ’ 1 —Gen. J. M. Nino, com
s ( manding the first divisional army of
i the state of Sonora, today announc
ed he had semi-official information;
‘ that thirteen additional states of the
i i republic had voted to follow the ex
■ ample in seceding. Definite details
,of the list of states were lacking,;
| however.
Population Os Three
Ala. Towns Announced
WASHINGTON, April 12—Popu
lations announced today included
Sheffield, Ala., 6,682, an increase of
137.3 per cent.; Tuscumbia, Ala., 3,-
855, an increase of 16 per cent.; Al
| bany, Ala., 7,652, an increase of 25.1
per cent.
All The Home News
Truthfully And
Fairly Told
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ILS. TO ACT IN
STRIKE IF MAILS
ARE HINDERED
Senate To Make No In
vestigation For The
Present
WASHINGTON, April 12.—Vig
’ orous action will be taken if there is
I any interference with the transpor
i tation of mails as a result of the rail
j road strike, it was announced by the
I post office department today. Re
ports to the department today, were
encouraging.
Chairman Cummins, of the senate
interstate commerce committee of the
senate, announced today there would
be no investigation for the present
by his committee, after receiving as
surance from the White House that
the railway labor board would be ap
pointed within 24 hours.
1,000 THREATEN TO
STRIKE IN NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, April 12.—Un
less their wage increase demands are
met by 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
one thousand union switchmen here
will go on strike, it was announced
today.
SITUATION MORE
SERIOUS IN EAST.
CHICAGO, April 12.—Develop
ments west of Pittsburgh in the
switchmen’s strike today were re
garded by brotherhood officials as
pointing toward a gradual dissolu
tion of the ins/urgency, but in the
east the situation assumed a more
serious aspect.
At Chicago railroad officials were
presented with “terms for settle
j ment of the strike,” including recog
nition of a new union.
CENTRAL OF NEW JERSEY
SUSPENDS SERVICE.
NEW YORK, April 12.—The Cen
| tral railroad of New Jersey suspend
ed all passenger service at noon to
day, when orders were given to
agents to stop selling tickets. The
road covers the state. The suspension
affects about 55,000 commuters.
With its back against the wall,
New York struggled today to free it
self from the tentacles of the octo
pus-like epidemic of unauthorized
railroad strikes. Railroad officials
professed to see a ray of hope because
| some passenger service had been
' maintained and food and milk trains
I managed to creep into the city.
comOpush
ILLITERACYWORK
Mrs. Moore To Spend
Week Getting Classes
Under Way
Mrs. Elizabeth Williams Moore, of
Metter, field organizer for the Geor
gia State Illiteracy Commission, is in
I Americus for a week’s work in direct
■ ing the organization of classes for
the teaching of illiterate adult
whites in Sumter county. A few
weeks ago upon Mrs. Moore’s applica
tion, the county commissioners ap
propriated $l5O for use in organiz
ing the work, but up to this time d
i competent organizer has not been
I available. Although still connected
with the state organization, Mrs.
Moore's services have been lent to
j Sumter county for the purpose of
; getting the work under way, and her
time for the next few days will be
devoted to forming classes and ttart
i ing the teaching.
MARKETS”
LOCAL SPOT COTTON.
Good middling 42 1-2 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
P. C. Open 11 am 1 pm Closel
May 41.42 41.40 41.52 41.45 41.35
July 39.15 39.00 39.16 39.08 38.95
Oct 35.22 35.10 35.18 35.08 34.85
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
P. C. Open 11 am 1 pm Closd
May 40.80 40.90 40.70 40.41) 40.45
July 38.53 38.84 38.53 38.48 38.35
Oct 35.15 35.35 34.90 34.81 34.59
MOULTRIE LIVESTOCK MARKET.
MOULTRIE, April 12. Hogs
165 pounds and up, 14@14 l-2c
-135 to 165 lbs, 13@13 l-2c; 110 to’
135 lbs, 12@ 12 l-2c; 110 lbs and
down, 10@10 l-2c.
Roughs and skips are priced on a
basis of quality. Piggy sows docked
40 lbs. Stags docked 70 lbs. Prices
f. o. b. Moultrie.
Forecast for Georgia—Showers and
thunder storms this afternoon and
tonight; cooler in west portion to
i night; Tuesday fair and cooler,
strong south, shifting to west, winds.