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FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NO| 134
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SOUTHER FIELD
WILL ‘PAINT UP’
Orders Received for Sur
facing-Married Offi
cers to Get Quarters
Orders have just been received by
Major Churchill, commanding officer
at Souther Field, to proceed with the
painting of all structures on the
reservation at once, and with the
construction of eight quarters for
married officers. The work will be
started within a short time.
This order is for the first actual
activity in the way of the perman-’
ence of Souther Field since the an-!
nouncement was made several months
ago of the purchase of fine ground!
by the government.
All of the barracks, hangars and;
other structures at the field will be;
painted sage green, with ivory trim-;
ming, a combination which the gov
ernment has found gives both service
and good appearance. It is the com
bination which was used on the avia
tion depot upon its construction some
time after Souther Field proper, j
The eight married officers’ quar
ters will be obtained by remodeling
one of the enlisted men’s barracks.|
This will require a comp'ete change!
of interior. Each suite will' contain j
€ rooms and bath, and will afford
comfortable and commodious quarters ,
for the married officers and their
families. Improvised quarters are now
being used by these officers
The painting of he buildings at
Souther Field will make a wonderful
change in its whole appearance. Not.
having been repainted since ’heir
construction, when they were givep
a finish for temporary purposes only,'
they have presented a rather dismal
appearance for some time. The of
ficers and men alike are much in
terested in the order, regarding it as
proof positive that Souther Field is
to be improved and 1 ept in good con
ym permanently.
4 New Plague Cases
Found in Vera Cruz
VERA CRUZ, June 4.—Four new
cases ot bubonic plague were discov
ered here yesterday, three men and
one woman being stricken. The wom
an died.
The hospital buildings on the
municipal dock and structures nearby’
have been burned by the authorities
in an effort to eliminate possible cen
ters of infection.
Neysa McMein’s First National Convention Drawing on Page 6 Today.
DR. FORT PAYS TRIBUTE
TO SCHOOL WORK HERE
College Education Not
Luxury, but Necessity
He Tells Graduates
Speaking to the graduating class of
Americus High School, from which
he had received a diploma just twen
i ty-two years before, Rev. Allen Fort,
D. D., of Nashville, Tenn., last night
paid eloquent tribute to the work of
the institution which Americus has
builded for the education of the
youth of the community. His address
lasted just 45 minutes, and was filled
with humor and pathos, as well as
[brimming with wholesome and profit-!
[ able advice to the graduates.
Dr. Fort illustrated his talk with
[numerous stories, one of these being:
I especially designed to show the ad-i
I vantage of the trained mind over that
!of the uneducated person. He im
pressed upon his hearers the neces
. sity of choosing high standards in
! every phase of life and declared he
spoke to them not of the past but
of the imperative “now,’’ and of the
! glory of tomorrow. “Go to college
i and learn there,’’ he told the gradu-
I ates. “A college education is not a
! luxury. It is almost a necessity. And
! the day is coming, if, indeed, it is not
; already at hand, when it is a neces
’ sity.”
’ Closing his address, Dr. Fort said!
his last word to the graduates was
| that they should link their lives prop
i erly with God. “Link un with God,” I
Ihe said. “You can be strong and do
| exploits. The way is clear; the
clarion call is sounded, and you are
needed in the great cause. Do not
I be a slacker, but be a hero in the
istrife.”
The exercises began promptly at
[8:30 o’clock on a signal, the gradu
i ates marching into the auditorium
from the front of the building, pro
i ceeding along the south aisle, with J.
W. Smith leading. Behind him were
all of the boys of the senior class,
except Hertwell Barton, class presi
dent, who marched in the center of
the line of young ladies, and John
Butt, Jr., class orator, who brought
up the rear of the procession.
After the invocation by Rev. Silas
Johnson, the orchestra, composed of
Prof. Donald Drukenmiller, Rev. Guy
ton Fisher, Mrs. J. E. Johnson. Mrs.
Luella Knox, Egbert Clark, J. W
Mosteller, Jr., George Barber and C.
A. Ames, rendered an overture.:
“Carmena’’ was sung by Miss Debo
; rah Creighton, Miss Louise Dudley,
i Miss Lucy Lane, Miss Nell Hogg,
Miss Hazel Prather, Miss Sara Ham
-1 brick, Miss Louise Thayer and Miss!
THE TBeSBRKORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF
Katherine Turner. The salutatory ;
by Miss Lula Howard, came next and
the class oration by John Butt fol
lowed. Miss Gladys Smith, Miss Sara
Horne and Miss Ruth Horne then sang
“A Spring Song” (Mendelssohn).
The valedictory was delivered by!
Hertwell Barton. The awarding of
the medals was done by Superinten
dent J. E. Mathis, who acted in fhe|
place of W. W. Dykes, vice president,
of the Board of Education, who was
unable to attend.
The Third District medal, which
was won at the Fitzgerald High
School meet, was presented to Hert
well Barton, and the P. 0. S. of A.
medal, offered annually to the stu
dent of the high school making the
best average in history, was present
ed jointly to Miss Claire Harris and
Miss Ann Heys after they had drawn
straws io determine which should
wear the medal the first six months,
each having made the same average
in the study of. history throughout
the year. The medal awarded by this
organization to the Grammar School
student attaining the highest aver-!
age in English history was awarded
recently to Miss Willa Sanborn and:
Miss Florence Stevens jointly, each
having made the same average during;
the year. The U. D. C. medal by
Americus Chapter, Daughters of the;
Confederacy, which it had been pre
viously announced was awarded Miss
Alice Stevens, Prof. Mathis stated !
had not yet arrived in Americus, and'
would be presented the winner later.
Miss Sara Horne and Miss Ruth
Horne sang, “O, That We Two Were
Maying,” and the speaker of the eve
ning, Rev. Allen Fort, D. D., of Nash
ville, Tenn., a member of the class
of ’9B at Americus High School, was
then introduced by Prof. Mathis.
At the conclusion of Dr. Fort’s ad
dress, the benediction was pro iounc-l
ed by Rev. Frank Anderson, of the
Presbyterian church.
A. H. S. students who acted as
ushers during the evening were Wil
liam Fetner, chief; Alpheus Castel
low, Eugene Gammage, Ralph Glover,
Neill Hodges, Courtney Ivey, Will
McNeill, Richmond Statham, Edward
Stukes and T. J. Wallis.
Graduates who received diplomas
are Miss Martha Hines, Miss Ruth
Horne, Miss Sara Horne, Miss Lula
Howard, Miss Olive Howard, Miss
Frances Johnson, Miss Mary F. Lane,
Miss Bernice McArthur, Miss Hallie
McDonald, Miss Hattie Pope Morgan,;
Miss Marie Perkins, Miss Mary Elma
Poole, Miss Mary Sue Redmond, Miss
Minnie Reese, Miss Annie Roebuck.
Miss Autrie St. John, Miss Edith Shy,
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 4, 1920.
TAX ARBITRATION
PLANCONDEMNED
BY KIWANIANS
Club Endorses School
Fund Scheme With
Modifications
Following the endorsement yester
day by the Rotary Club, after con
siderable discussion, of the proposal
to levy a $lO commutation tax on
every man in Americus between the
ages of 18 and 60 years to provide
the emergency fund needed this year
by the cn-y schools, the Kiwanis Club
at its luncheon today accepted the
plan with certain amendments and
voted to refer the matter back to the
joint eommrtrt? representing th<
various civic bodies lor further con
sideration. The Kiwanians voted to
reduce the specified amount of the
tax to a maximum of $7.50 and in
clude a recommendation that the city
charter be so changed by the legis
lature as to eliminate arbitration of
tax assessments and make the mayor
and city council the court of appeal
for objectors, their ruling to be final, :
Attorney Hollis Fort, a member of
the Kiwanis Club, who has been on ,
other committees investigating the i
school needs and means of raising the
SIO,OOO additional required this year,
although opposing the commutation
tax in principle, advocated it as the
only solution of the problem at this
time. He declared that under the
present law it was impossible to raise
valuations of property, as arbitration
provides the method of defeating any
increases levied. Fe advocated
amending the city charter so as to
eliminate arbitration altogether, pro
viding only for appeal by objectors
to the mayor and city county. His
recommendation was adopted.
ROTARY CHAIRMAN
OPPOSES REPORT.
Rotary’s special committee to con-i
fer with similar committees from the ■
Kiwanis club and Bar association;
regarding the securing of additional
funds for the schools reported the
following resolution Thursday at its
regular luncheon in the Windsor ho
tel:
“Resolved, That the joint commit
tee recommend an amendment to the
city charter which will provide for a
commutation tax not to exceed slo'
per annnum to be paid by all male!
inhabitants of the city of Americus
between the ages of 18 and 60, and|
to be payable in equal installments!
on the first of October and the first'
of February, subject to the same ex-1
emptions as is now provided in the!
state road laws.’
Silas Johnson, chairman of the;
committee, introduced the resolution;
for the committee and immediately;
moved that the report of the com-1
mittee be rejected, stating that he!
was opposed to the res lut'on.
After several minutes of debate, I
on a substitute motion of W. W
Dykes, and Frank Harrold, the re
port of the committee was accepted.i
The following committee was ap
pointed to meet with a committee
from the Methodist conference at
Americus Friday for the purpose of
attempting to locate the district par-i
sonage at Americus: G. R. Ellis,|
chairman, Frank Harrold and Walter
Rylander.
The following named visitors were
present at lunch: Ed Harrold, of
Macon, brother of Frank Harrold; H.
F. Williams, of Newark, N. J., a guest
of George Ellis; Frank Waller, of
Washington (D. C.) Rotary club, a
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GREAT SERVICE
FOR READERS OF
TIMES-RECORDER
A SUPERB national convention
service, covering first the Chi
cago meeting, and then the Demo
cratic gathering at San Francisco r
will be given this year to the read- [
ers of the Times-Recorder—a ser- I
vice unsurpassed by any newspa- ;
per in this territory. There will be
much material on the Republican
convention, because what the Re
publicans do is important to all of
the nation—members of all par
ties alike. And later in June there !
will be plenty from San Francisco,
too.
There will be the Associated I
Press dispatches, and supplement
ary news and feature reports, car- I
icatures, cartoons, and fine art
work. Neysa McMein, the great
magazine cover artist, is among
the stars already on the job at Chi
cago, and her first drawing of a '
series she will make appears on i;
todays editorial page.
DEBS, IN PRISON GARB RECEIVES
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF U. S.
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baum, Socialist party publicity man; Eugene V. Debs, and (extreme
right) Seymour Stedman, Debs’ running mate.
FEDERAL PENITENTIARY, Atlanta, Ga. For the first time in
history a candidate for the presidency of the United States has accepted,
the nomination while serving in prison. Eugene V. Debs, under sentence
of 10 years on a seditious utterance charge, received a delegation here
last Saturday, and, with the permission of the prison warden, accepted
the Socialist party nomination for president. “The party,” said Debs,
in closing a brief speech to the committee, “is becoming : party of poli
tician ana not wo.:: . . ,:.t r ". or. .’ <■ i.firmed that he is and
always hat been a “radic;.'.” an '. expressed fa ? ::i the Russian r volu
tion.
2 CARS HERE 83
‘PEACH SPECIAL’
Fast Fruit Train on C
tral Put in Op
eration
The Central of Georgia’s fast
“Peach Special,” which will operate
between Cuthbert and Atlanta during
; the remainder of the shipping season,
was inaugurated Thursday, passing
’Americus at each afternoon, go
i ing north. Under existing arrange
! ments all cars needing it will be re
i iced here. In addition, Americus is
to be made an assembling point for
peaches produced between Buena Vis
ta and this point and between Ri’ch
i land and here, as well as other parts
of the Seaboard.
i Two cars were attached to the
! “Peach Special” here this afternoon.
’ one of these containing about 900
crates being forwarded by Dr. J. C.
• Berry, and the other, contained about
j the same quantity, being shipped by
! Gatewood Brothers frofii Gatewood
Station on the Seaboard. Both cars
.were iced here, and each was consign
’ ed to the order of the Georgia Fruit
| Exchange.
Kiwanians to Attend
Albany Charter Event
i The Kiwanis Club today accepted
ian invitation of the Albany club, ex-
I tending through Hollis Lanier, presi
i dent, to be present at the charter pre->
I sentation of that club at Blue Springs
next. Wednesday evening at 6 o clock.
; Fifteen members signified their in
' tention of attending.
SCOUT NOTICE.
Troop No. 1 will meet at the Cham
, ber of Commerce at 7 o’clock and
Troop No. 2 at 7:30. Mr. Moon
new Scoutmaster of Troop No. 2, will
take charge of troop tonight.
SILAS JOHNSON, Scoutmaster.
SENATE WORKS
UNTIL TWO A. M.
Loth Houses Bend Ef
forts to Finish by
Saturday
WASHINGTON, June 4.—With
conference reports on several impor
tant measures and a mass of routine
legislation remaining to be disposed!
of, both the senate and house, after
long night sessions, were making
every effort today to finish their pro-;
gram by Saturday when congress ad
journs.
The senate remained in session un
til after 2 o’clock this morning to
pass the third deficiency bill. The
merchant marine bill was made un
finished business for today.
Without amendment the senate
judiciary committee today reported
out the house joint resolution pro
viding for the repeal of all war legis
lation except the Lever food control
and trading with the enemy acts.
The senate adopted the conference
report on the merchant marine bill
today and sent the measure to the
house.
Hawkinsville Class
To Hear Guyton Fisher
Rev. Guyton Fisher left early this
morning for Hawkinsville, where he
has been invited to deliver the liter
ary address this evening before the
graduating class of Hawkinsville High
School. He will return to Americus
Saturday and will fill his pulpit at
First Methodist church Sunday.
Treaty Signing Near,
Austrians Get Excited
BUDAPEST, June 3 (Thursday)—
The public is much etcited over the!
imminent signing of the peace treaty.
Some disorders have occurred, sever
al peaceful citizens being attacked
by rowdies. More serious disorders
Friday feared.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SENATOR’S HOPE
FOR NOMINATION
WITH PENROSE
Californian May Win out
at Chicago, Gardner
Shows
BY GILSON GARDNER
N. E. A." Staff Correapondent
CHICAGO, June 4.—There is a
; chance that Hiram Johnson may be
the Republican nominee after all.
| At first all the prospects were for
! his defeat. It seemed to be the ma
; chine against the favorite of the pri-
I raaries—a repetition of 1912.
But another complication has set
in. It is no longer just the machine
! against Johnson. There is a rift in
| the machine—a monkey wrench in
: the cloud—so to speak.
As usual there are two sides to
Wall street. And as usual they are
working and scheming against each
other. There are two groups of bank
; ing interests and they are not in har
l mony.
They have different and conflict
; ing interests, and different theories
-about ruling the world—and choos
ing a ruler for the U. S. A.
One group, which may be cal’
the Morgan group, is backing Gen.
; Leonard Wood and a League of Na
l tions of the variety set forth in the
treaty plus the Lodge reservations.
Steel vs. Morgan
Another group, which may be call
ed the Steel group, cares not at all
for any League of Nations, but is
interested primarily in dominating do
mestic markets and asserting the fi
nancial superiority of the U. S. A.
This group finds its political outwork
ing through Senators Penrose and
Knox, and the “America First” plat
form of Hiram Johnson.
The Morgan group wants the Am
erican presidency as an aid to sta
bilizing the credit of Europe. The
other group wants the presidency as
an aid to the survival and increased
prosperity of American business. The
, International group are interested in
the Oil fields of Batum. The other
group are concerned more with the
oil of Mexico and California.
I The international gfoup are fine; -
cing Poland and Hungary and hold
bales of the “securities” of Fran e
, Italy and Great Britain.
The domestic group are less inter
ested in these ventures and securities
but are concerned over steel, coal,
railway development and reconstruc
tion.
International v». National
It is the international against the
national—an economic schism And
the Republican National Convention
is getting the reflex of these power
ful forces.
Penrose is a great political boss
but he is only the agent of greater
bosses of the business and banking
world, whom he serves. They tell
him what they want (if they are to
finance the game) and he ‘•ells them
what they can get out of (he play cf
practical politics.
If Leonard Wood had the support
of Boies Penrose (and what is back
of him) it would be all over but the
shouting. But he obviously hasn’t.
Penrose is blocking the broad game.
Penrose has not been so ill as the
publicity has indicated. He has been
down at Three Rivers, Fla., the ter
minal of a hard-beaten path of those
who traffic in Southern;—and other
delegates.
I am told that he outbid Frank
Hitchcock and that Frank thought he
had a list of delegates which he later
found were in Boies’ bag.
Be that as it may it is safe pre
dicting that Penrose will contribute
or withhold a block of Southern del
egates—and will play a very ;mpoit
ant part in the choosing.
Just Suppose
Knox and Johnson are good friends
politically and personally. ,Knox is
Penrose/s candidate in a nominal
sense only.
Suppose Penrose finds it necessary
in-order to head off Wood and the
Morgan crowd, to throw his support
to Hiram Johnson. Suppose Penrose
advises this as the only safe course in
the presence of the threat of a third
party, led perhaps by LaFollette. Sup
pose Penrose believes this course the
only one which will leave him in con
trol of the Republican organization.
Suppose—but those are enough sup
positions—and all quite near the
facts—to show why Hiram Johnson
may after all be the candidate nam
ed by this convention.
Ifez/ifer
Forecast for Georgia—Showers
probably tonight and Saturday.