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FORTY-SECOND YEAR.—NO. 90.
WILSON CALLS CABINET IN CRISIS
700 SIGNED UP
IN SUMTER TO
SUPPORT SMITH
Club Backing Senator’s
Candidacy Holds En
thusiastic Meeting
About fifty voters attended the
meeting of Hoke Smith supporters
in the private dining room of the
Windsor Hotel last night, the room
being almost uncomfortably crowd
ed with workers who are active in
the interest of the senior senator. A
member of the club who was present
stated at the close of the meeting that
Unusual enthusiasm was manifested
by those present. Every district in the
county was represented at the meet
ing, he said, farmers and business
men being especially prominent.
Plains and the Seventeenth district
were well represented.
L. G. Council, presided at the meet
ing, and in his remarks told the mem
bers of that club that he was not in
politics to participate in petty fights
between partisan politicians, but that
the issues involved in the coming
presidential primary are of such im
portance not only to Sumter county
and Georgia, but to the nation and
the whole world, that he considered
it his duty to put his full influence
into the fight. Mr. Council asserted
vigorously that Senator Smith not
only represents the best interests of
the Democratic party and the Ameri
can people in his stand on the
League of Nations issue, but that his
is the only sane and reasonable stand
for every loyal Democrat and pa
triotic citizen.
“Not Disloyal To Differ”
No discourtesy to the president as
the party’s leader, or disloyalty to
the nation’s best interests, Mr. Coun
cil said, could possibly be found in
the attitude of Senator Smith, who
honestly differs with President Wil-'
son regarding Article X, and certain
other features of the League of Na
tions covenant. “A man can be loyal
to his party leader and yet differ with
him on vital issues,” Mr. Council as- '
serted, and then he added that Sena
tor Smith, representing the people of
Georgia in the senate, had conceived
it to be his duty to insist upon certain
reservations regarding the League of
Nations covenant, which reservations
he believed are approved by a major
ity of Georgians.
J. W. Tomlinson, of the 17th dis
trict, and J. Randolph Logan, of the
Plains district, made short addresses,
plans for furthering Senator Smith’s
candidacy were then discussed.
W. T. Lane made the principal talk
on this subject, paying particular at
tention to attacks being made on
Senator Smith by Palmer supporters |
and Watsonites. “We should and will ;
meet the issue squarely,” said Mr.
Lane. “This is no time for a cam
paign of personal bitterness and
abuse. No issue was ever settled
through abuse, and I, for one, will
have nothing to do with such a cam
paign,” he said. “It is not necessary
in order to put Sumter county in the
Hoke Smith column—where the coun- i
ty has always been.”
To Speak In County.
Mr. Lane then took up the various
arguments being made by Palmer and
Watson supporters, and explained I
to the club members what he referred
to as their “weakness.” So forcible
was his argument, and so clear his
explanation of the issues involved
that the club members insisted that ■
he go, with others, to Leslie, Plains, I
DeSoto and perhaps other points in
the county, for a talk to the voters.
It was accordingly resolved that Mr.
Lane, W. T. Wallis, J. J. Hanesley,
Dan Chappell, Robert Lane and R. L.
McMath should go to Leslie this af
ternoon for a discussion of the cam
paign issues.
One of the most enthusiastic out
bursts of the meeting came when
John T. Methvin presented an addi- '
tional list of members who had been
enlisted in the 28th district since the
club’s meeting. When this list was
passed over to Secretary Dan Chap
pell he made announcement that the
club membership had reached a total
of about 700, or nearly a third of the
total voting strength of the codnty.
After some further discussion, it
was decided the club should meet
again Friday night at 7:30, and
Chairman Council stated that inas
much as the room occupied seemed
-unlikely to hold the crowd that would
attend he would see that ample quar
ters for the meeting were provided,
even if it became necessary to throw
the main dining room of the hotel
open for the purpose of the meet
ing.
390 Os 3,000 Taken In
Raids To Be Deported
WASHINGTON, April 13.—Depor
tation of 390 of 3,000 persons ar
rested in radical raids made by the
department lof justice against the
communist and communist-labor par
ties has been ordered by the depart
ment of labor.
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PUBLISHED IN THE* HE AR I
WIFE SHOULD GET
80 PCT. OF SALARY
SAYS DIXIE MAYOR
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WYOR ROWLETT PAIN&
MEMPHIS, Tenn. A married
man should give his wife 80 per cent
of his salary if she pays the house
hold expenses, says Mayor Rowlett
Paine.
“When I married two years ago,’’
Mayor Paine said, “I began giving
my wife half of what I earned. Then
I increased her share to two-thirds
and kept one-third. Now I give her
four-fifths and keep one fifth and she
pays 11 the bills. All a married
man usually spends is for little odds
and ends around town, and his one
fifth ought to cover those purchases.”
Here’s Where to
Vote For Queen
of May Day Fete
The Ladies of the Woman’s Club
who have charge of the May Day
fete which- will be staged for the
benefit of the community play
ground, in advance of the next an
nouncement of the standing of the
contestants in the voting for the
honor of Queen of the May to
day asked that the public again be
informed of the places at which the
ballot boxes may be found. Four
ballot boxes have been placed
downtown, located as follows:
Americus Drug Co.
Nathan Murray’s Pharmacy.
Windsor Pharmacy.
Carswell's Drug Store.
The votes are sold at 5 cents
each. The ballot boxes are placed
in charge of the cashiers, who re
ceive the money and deposit the
ballots.
A number of well-known and
popular young ladies and girls of
the community have been nominat
ed and received votes for this dis
tinguished honor, and the ladies
ask that friends of the various
contestants become active in their
support—for it will help the play
ground, which is their chief consid
eration.
The third announcement of the
standing is expected to be made
Wednesday.
CHAMBER PICKS
NEW SECRETARY
•
J. G. Oliver, Formerly
Stationed Here, Is
Selected
Announcement was made today by
President Glover, of the Chamber of
Commerce, following formal ratifica
tion by the board of directors, that J.
G. Oliver, now connected with the
state department of agriculture and
formerly located at Americus as
veterinarian under the department,
had been elected secretary-manager
of the reorganized chamber, he to as
sume his duties June 1. He will be
paid a salary of $3,600 per year for
the first six months, and afterwards
a salary of $4,000 per year.
Until he arrives and takes up the
work the retiring secretary, Joseph
Perkins, will be in the office part of
the time and attempt to carry on the
work of the chamber. Mr. Oliver is
now completing some special work at
the University of Georgia, which he
will not be able to finish until June 1,
which accounts for his not being able
to assume his new duties at once.
MAJOR WELLS DEAD.
ATHENS. Ga., April 13. —Maj.
William H. Wells, aged 72, formerly
chief of construction of the Southern
railway, under whose direction the
line was rebuilt and double tracked
from Washington to Atlanta, died at
the home. of his daughter here today.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 13, 1920.
CHAMBER BEGINS
REAL ACTION ON
HOUSE PROBLEM
‘We’ve Got To Do Some
thing For Americus,’
Says Glover
A second step in the effort to solve
i the housing problem for Americus
! was taken today by the board of di-(
j rectors of the Chamber of Commerce
when the board, after an hour of dis
cussion of the problem and the vital
wav in which it affects the entire wel
fare of the community, instructed
President Glover to name three com
mittees, one to investigate and re
port details on the cost of building
houses by buying materials locally,
a second to secure details of cost and
I plans for construction ready-cut
j holuses, and a third to secure a list of
available and suitable building lots
in the city. The committees were in- '
structed to report back to the board .
at a meeting Thursday,
11 o’clock.
President Glover named the chair
men for each of these committees
and the chairmen picked their own
assistants. These committees are as
follows.
Committee on Local Construction
—Frank Harrold, chairman; L. G.
Council and R. E. Allison.
Committee on Ready-Cut Houses.
—Walter Rylander, chairman; W. E.
Taylor and E. E. Schneider.
Committee on Building Lots.—W.
T T Jones, chairman; P. B. Williford
and George D. Wheatley.
“Got to Do Something.”
“We want men that will get busy
and work,’’ was the declaration of
President Glover as he banged his
gavel on the table. “This is a most
vital need, and we’ve got to do some
thing. We’ve got to provide some
where for the people who want to
come here and rent houses to live, not
provide only homes for those who
want to own their places. It may not
look like an attractive investment
proposition, but we’ve got to do
something for Americus. It is seri
ous. We’ve talked a lot; we must
do something now.’’
J. E. Hightower was present and
jhe repeated the information publish
ed in the Times-Recorder ten days
ago, to the effect that the Seaboard
shops would be enlarged here if
homes were to be found for the work
-1 men to be sent here.
Frank Harrold stated that he has
had plans drawn for a type of house
that he believes will be suitable foil
the needs of Americus at this time,
and that he is obtaining estimates of
cost of construction. If the esti
mates show the house can be built
for what he considers a reasonable
i figure he will build one at once, he
j said. and. if this proves attractive to
a home buyer he will build others.
He declared he believed he could
: build this home and sell it at price
[ that would pay him a fair profit, but
j that if he “came out even” he would
be satisfied, because he felt it would
■ be “breaking the ice” in the building
' line.
Ready Cut Attractive
Walter Rylander, a member of
■ the board, stated that he had detail
j ed information from all of the dcal
| ers in ready-cut houses, showing
'plans and cost of 100 houses. He
I has written for additional informa
' tion, however, concerning homes es
i pecially suitable for the south. He
! was of the opinion that the ready-cut
i house would provide the method of
' cheapest construction. He said all
; of the firms included notice that prices
■ would be raised 20 to 33 1-3 per
I cent May 1.
L. G. Council stated that stucco
I construction for the outside, replac
> ing weather-boarding, which has
1 reached an abnormal price, was be
: coming very popular, and suggested
| that its merits be investigated. He
j said that cement had advanced much
j less than other kinds of building ma
i terial, which made stucco attractive
as a house building material.
In answer to queries, Frank Har
rold stated that Atlanta and Macon
were building innumerable cottages
of the type he proposed to construct
j here, and that he had been informed
i that there was no end of demand for
i them from home purchasers.
Most of the meeting was devoted
j to the discussion of how and what to
I build, and practically none to the pro
; posal to form a syndicate of at least
SIOO,OOO to build houses. The syndi
cate recommendation, however, ap
peared popular with the board, and
it was indicated that the money could
be easily raised.
“There is $50,000 around this ta
ble right now,” was the comment of
Frank Lanier.
All citizens who have available
building lots or acreage inside the
city for development are requested to
notify W. M. Jones, chairman of the
lot committee, at once.
Dr. A. S. Boyett, of Marion coun
ty, was an Americus visitor today.
‘Jury’ of Neighbors
Decrees Separation
of Pastor and Wife
Preacher’s Parlor is
“Court” and Children
Are Witnesses
By HAL COCHRAN,
N. E. A. Staff Correspondent.
LIVERPOOL, N. Y., April 13.—A
selected “jury’’ of three neighbors
has decided that the Rev. W. W.
Brunk, pastor of the First Methodist
church, and his wife, whom he mar
ried 22 years ago, shall separate.
As was agreed before the meet
| ing called, the pastor and his wife
j signed the decision and have separ
! ated.
Unable to settle their domestic
i troubles themselves, and not wish
! ing an airing in the divorce cqurt,
Rev. Brunk and his wife went to
I gether to Justice of the Peace JoJ
son for advice. He suggested that
the Brunks' own neighbors settle the
problem.
It was decided that three friends
should sit on the “jury,’’ hear both
sides of the case and hand down a
decision which both Brunk and his
wife agreed to abide by.
Pastor’* Parlor Is Court.
The hearing took place in the par
lor of the clergyman’s home. While
the three children of the Brunk
family, Lillian, 20, a sophomore at
Syracuse University; Alfred, 16, a
student in high school, and Gifford,
7, waiting in the dining room, Rev.
and Mrs. Brunk told their stones.
First they were questioned separ
ately and then a joint hearing was
held.
Lillian was called to testify.
“Daddy and mother cannot seem to
agree on some things,” was all she
would say.
Then the neighbors deliberated
alone and pronounced their decision:
that the couple would be—for the
time being, at least—better off
apart.
The next day Mr. and Mrs. Brunk
called together at the office of
George B. Dolsen and signed an
agreement upon the terms of their
situation. The paper read that Mrs.
Brunk should take their youngest
son, Gifford, and go live with her
bachelor brother, John Battle of Pen
sacola, Fla.
Her husband was to pay her $2,-.
000—51,500 to be raised by placing
a mortgage on the Brunk homestead
and SSOO in cash at once.
Prepare Last Supper.
After signing the agreement the
couple returned to the Brunk home
where Mrs. Brunk prepared the sup
per. She straightened up their lit
tle home and then left on the mid
night train, accompanied by her lit
tle son and her brother.
“I believe that our neighbors ar
rived at the right decision—at least
for the time being,’ says Rev. Brunk.
“It is probably the best and most
sensible way out of misunderstand-
SUMTER PALMER CLUB
APPEALS FOR SPEECH
Announcement was made today by I
j the Sumter county Palmer-for Presi
: dent Club that an urgent invitation I
that he visit some point in Southwest
I Georgia for a speech before the pri- i
I mary on April 20 had been sent to ;
Attorney General Palmer at Washing
ton, where he returned early Monday i
| morning, following the announcement J
this morning from Atlanta that Mr.
i Palmer would come to Atlanta for a |
j speech Friday, the final speech of his j
; campaign in Georgia.
“We have sent urgent telegrams to ,
Mr. Palmer 'Ut Washington,” said E.
A. Nisbet, secretary of the Palmer
Club, “telling him that we believe
j it important that he visit Southwest
Calvary Delegates
Leave For Waycross
| Thomas Harrold, Capt. John A.
, Cobb and Capt. Joe Day Stewart,
delegates renresenting Calvary Epis-
I copal church, left this afternoon for
Waycross to attend the annual con-
i ventipn of the Diocese of Georgia,
1 which opens a two-day session there
■ Wednesday and continues through
Thursday. Rev. J. B. Lawrence, rec-
I tor, went to Savannah Sunday eve
; ning and will go to the Waycross
| convention from there. Bishop F. F.
Reese, of Savannah, will preside at
! the convention.
Says Songs Os Solomon
Should Be Expurgated
ATLANTA, April 13.—The Songs
.of Solomon may be fine sentiment
; and fine poetry but it needs to be
| expurgated before it is read to chil-
Idren in any public school, according
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When I arrived the pastor was
j cooking his own dinner.
Rev. Brunk called attention to a
I life-sized painting of his wife on the
I wall of their living room.
“That is a good picture of her,”
he said, as he sat and gazed on it
thoughtfully.
Alfred, the 16-year-old son, ex
plains that he is ready to help dad
keen house.
“There is one thing I would like
to be understood,” said the lad.
“That is that there is not one breath
of scandal on either side. I believe
they will be back together soon—
they are very fond of each other.’’
The three jurors have virtually the
same comment to make, regarding
their service.
“We have done what we thought
right. We have tried to be ‘friends
1 and neighbors’ in more than just
i name.”
. During the war Rev. Brunk serv
ed with the Y. M. C. A. in France.
And the little town of Liverpool,
with its 1500 people, hums approval
I over the Brunks’ way out of family
j troubles that only the Brunks can
I really understand.
I Georgia. We did not designate the
■ dace for the speech or the date, but
; ve assume that should be make the
i rip, Americus, where Senator Smith
. poke, would be the place and Satur
day, the. day following the Atlanta
l appearance, the time. We have sent
tate headquarters at Atlanta copies
i of our messages, and hope to receive
an acceptance of the invitation.”
Since the disappointment of last
week over the inability of the attor-
I ney general to make his proposed
' visit here the Sumter county club had
I despaired of securing a speaker to
represent the administration or their
candidate. They have taken on new
; hopes, however, with the information
: that Palmer will return to Georgia.
j to the declaration of an Atlanta min
> ister.
“So far as I’m concerned, there’s a
■ whole lot in the Bible that I wouldn’t
' want read tj children in any school
i that I’m connected with," the minis-
I ter declared.
To Spend 3 Weeks
Autoing In Florida
L. A. Morgan, J. L. Sparks and W.
I A. Gammage will leave early Wednes
i day morning in Mr. Morgan’s auto
for a trip of three weeks down the
east coast of Florida to beyond
I Miami. It will be a combined bfusi-f?
, ness and pleasure trip. Mr. Morgan
i going to look after fish and other
. market connections and Mr. Sparks
to investigate truck conditions for
his store, following the disastrous
j freeze in Florida which destroyed
' vast quantities of produce. They will
carry a tent with them and spend
part of their time en route in fishing
and enjoying an outing.
All The Home News
Truthfully And
Fairly Told
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
WOOD CANCELS
LEAVE; RY. LABOR
BOARD NAMED
Department Os Justice
Calls For Names Os
Strikers
WASHINGTON, April 13.—Presi
dent Wilson today called a meeting
of his cabinet for tomorrow to dis
cuss the “general situation.” This is
the first meeting called by the presi
dent since his return from his west
ern trip last September, a “very sick
man.”
Attorney General Palmer was
studying the strike situation today
and expected to make a complete re
port with recommendations to the
executive.
WOOD CANCELS LEAVES,
GETS BACK ON JOB.
BOSTON, April 13.—Maj. Gen.
Wood today cancelled his leave of ab
sence which he obtained to make his
campaign for the republican nomina
tion for the presidency. He said he
would leave later in the day for Chi
cago to resume his duties. He said
his action was due to railroad strike
conditions.
RAILROAD LABOR
BOARD APPOINTED
WASHINGTON, April 13— The
railroad labor board was appointed
today by President Wilson. Its mem
bers are: Representing the public,
George W. Hangar, Washington; Hen
ry Hunt, Cincinnati; R. M. Barton,
Tennessee. For the railroads, Hor
ace Baker, J. H. Elliott, William L.
Park. For employes, Albert Phillips,
A. O. Wharton, James J. Forrester.
The board will be authorized to
meet in Washington at once to take
up the grievances of the railroad em
ployes now on strike.
DEPARTMENT CALLS FOR
NAMES OF STRIKERS.
WASHINGTON, April 13—The
Pennsylvania and New York Central
railroads were asked today by the de
partment of justice to send the names
of all their striking employes and in
dicate which were leaders in the
walkout.
TRAINMEN VOTE NOT
TO JOIN STRIKERS.
PITTSBURG, April 13.—Members
of the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men on the Pennsylvania system east
and west of Pittsburg voted this
morning against joining the strike of
yardmen. The official announcement
said the vote was practically unanim
ous.
2,000 MORE JOIN
STRIKE IN NEW JERSEY.
TRENTON, N. J., April 3.—More
than two thousand additional em
ployes of the Pennsylvania railroad
in this section joined the ranks of the
strikers today. The city is facing
ia food and fuel famine.
Bankers To Motor To
Meeting At Camilla
j
A party of bankers of this vicinity
will leave Americus about 8 o’clock
Wednesday morning for Camilla,
where they will attend the annual
meeting of Group 4 of the Georgia
Bankers’ association. The party
; will include L. G. Council, of the
I Planters bank, Americus; Harry F
Dixon and J. C. Rainey, of Ellaville;
■ W. T. Anderson, of Leslie, and N. E
Bulloch, of Preston. They will re
turn here Wednesday evening, the
■ meeting being for one day only-
Crawford Wheatley, of the Com
mercial City bank, stated today that
he possibly would attend. Owing to
the absence of Frank Sheffield and
several clerks from the Bank of Com
merce, that institution will not be
represented at the meeting.
Among others who will attend the
Camilla meeting will be Governor
Dorsey and T. R, Bennett, of that
city, state superintendent of banks
Mr. Bennett was elected president of
Group Four at its convention in
Americus last year and served until
appointed to fill the state office creat
ed by the last session of the legisla
»V e r, He Wlll deliver an address.
Mr. Bennett is held in high esteem
by the bankers of the state, but is
; claimed by Group 4, although he now
belongs to the entire state.
French And British
Premiers To Confer
PARIS. April 13.—Premiers Mill
erand and Lloyd George will meet to
discuss the controversy relative to the
French action in Germany before the
supreme council mdets at San Remo
according to the Matin. Italy, al
though in accord with England in
principle, did not approve of her pro
test to France and' refused to asso
• ciate herself with it. savs Petit Pa
nsien.