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TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 31, 1920
27 Hours on ajßolshevik Train,
as Experienced by Duckworth
BY J. HERBERT DUCKWORTH
REVAL, Esthonia, Aug. 31. —Rail-
road traveling in Red Russia is about
as comfortable as a trip to Coney Is
land in one of the stuffy, crowded,
wooden cars of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit on the Fourth of July. But
there is a difference.
The B. R, T. trains are at least
speedy; the trains now owned by the
workers and peasants of Soviet Rus
sia are as slow and unreliable as one
of the old horse cars in New York.
My trip from Pskov to Moscow
was arranged through Gromoff, the
chief commissar of Pskov.
Commissar Matson of the extraor
dinary commission was going with a
party of trusted commissioners to
hunt down some counter revolution
aries in Veliki-Luki. I could go with
them as far as Dno.
From Dno on I would accompany a
young courier who was taking con
fidential papers to the headquarters
of the extraordinary commission in
Moscow.
Matson called for me at my hotel
with the only auto in town —a very
noisy Benz touring car —and took
me to the station. A special pass had
BEN H. HILL
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By a seven years service on that
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been made out for me.
A citizen of Red Russia may not
travel on one of his railroads without
the permission of the extraordinary
commission, and then not until his
pass has been signed and countersign
ed by a score of commissioners.
We had no sooner taken our places
when two soldiers with rifles and
bayonets came to examine our passes.
Our seats were bare boards. All
cushions were taken out of the coache
long ago as an anti-spotted typhus
measure. It was too long and costly
an operation to delouse a train after
every trip.
Many of the windows were broken;
others were boarded up. There is no
window glass in Russia.
However, there was something to
be thankful for; I soon found out
that by traveling with the commis
sars I would not starve. We started
at 11 and at noon the commissars
opened their baskets.
And what a feed! We had hard
boiled eggs, pork, milk, butter and
cheese. We even had paper napkins.
We cut the black bread with our
pocketknives. Then my hosts hauled
out a big box of cigarets. The poor
half-starved devils in the next com
partment looked anxiously at our
wonderful assortment of luxuries.
However, we were in no danger of
being robbed; each commissar kept
his revolver handy.
We reached Dno about 1:30. At
this junction I parted with Matson,
whom 1 had come to respect in away,
for 1 could not help feeling that he
was honest in his convictions.
The courier and 1 went out with
o*ur kettles for hot water with which
to make tea. There is a buffet at al
most every stop in Russia. The pas
sengers form an orderly queue and
in turn ladle out hot water from the
big boilers, usually tended by a wo
man.
In former days the buffet wa£ a
great institution at Russian railroad
stations. Here the famous “Zakoos
ka” —solodka, candwiches, caviar,
cucumber, sausage, cheese and cakes
and other delicacies —was piled high,
with bottles of vodka standing con
veniently by. Now the buffet coun
ter is, as a rule, used as a bed by
the soldiers guarding “their” prop
erty, or as a storehouse for Bolshevik
propaganda.
The platform at Dno was crowded
with the usual mob of half-starved
and half-clothed peasants and sold
iers, each carrying a bundle or a sack
on his back. I saw one or two com
paratively well-dresesd women at
Dno, obviously members of the bour
geoise. But as far as I could see the
rest of the people bore them no ha
tred. Hatred is foreign to the Rus
sian character.
All the way from Pskov to Bolo
goye I saw that the forests had been
ruthlessly cut down for fuel. How
ever, many of these trees were prob
ably sacrificed during the war.
At Staraya Russa a number of
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schoolboys and girls got aboard. Soon
they commenced to sing in sweet,
plaintive tones.
Some of the folk songs must have
contained 20 verses, but they were
beautiful to listen to—rich with that
strange Rusisan melancholy. To
these treble voices a bearded moujik
lent a subdued bass, One song, an
old Russian favorite, was particular
ly sad—Vnes Po Matushki Po Volga
(Along the Mother Volga). Then
came a quick change so characteristic
of the Russian and the little peasant
singers piped up the merry tune,
Bareenya Soordareeny (Mistress Ma
dame). , . _ ,
It took 14 hours to get from Pskov
to Bologoye, about 250 miles. At
Bologoye we boarded the Petrograd-
Moscow express, the show train of
Bolshevik Russia, used mostly by
commissars and favored foreign
newspaper correspondents and mem
bers of allied labor delegations. This
was made up of solid sleepers, some
with electric light.
The conductor wanted to throw us
the train, but the courier showed him
a,badge and we were allowed aboard.
We sat up the rest of the night in the
d&TK
I breakfasted off black bread and
cold tea. and reached Moscow, the
Bolshevik capital, after traveling 27
hours, at 2in the afternoon—-or four
months after I had left New York.
Tn the next article Duckworth will
tell of his first day’s experiences in
Moscow. Watch for this article!
The aggregate amount of money
raised last year in various drives is
estimated to be more than $1,000,-
000,000.
Organizations, out side of local,
that conducted drives for money last
year amounted to 634.
The Chinese used to paint an eye
on the bow of each vessel, to help
it see its way.
TAKE PHOSPHATE
WITH MEALS IN
SUMMER-TIME
Your Nerves Demand It, Your Blood
Needs It, Say Physicians
There’s not enough phosphorous in
modern foods to benefit nearly one
half of the men and women of Amer
ica, scientists declare.
To overcome this lack of an ele
ment of your body that is necessary
to your .health, your happiness and
even your success in life, weak, anea
mic people are advised Jo take Bitro-
Phosphate as dispensed in leading
drug stores in the original package.
Speaking of people who are easily
fatigued, who lack ambition, nerve
and are ofttimes thin, weak, and sadly
lacking in firm, healthy flesh, Joseph
D. Harrigan, formerly Visiting Spe
cialist, North Eastern Dispensary, N.
Y„ says:
“Patients who were apparently
physical wrecks who foolishly thought
they needed only a blood tonic to en
rich the blood, have come for treat
ment trembling and shaking, their
nerve force almost exhausted and in
m Any such cases the administering of
Bitro-Phosphate has produced seem
ingly magical results.”
People who feel the heat of sum
mer, tire easily and often become ir
ritable and depressed, will find Bitro-
Phosphate an inexpensive and helpful
friend.
Druggists report a wonderful in
crease in the demand from men and
women.who are anxious to renew old
time ambition and who are making an
honest effort to become vigorous and
keen-minded with a power of endur
ance that denotes almost perfect
health.
They ask for Bitro-Phosphate be
cause they know they need an inex
pensive organic phosphate.
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BY USING HARADE!
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Atlanta. Ga.
AMERICUS TTMES-RECORDER.
ANSWERS UNFAIR
COTTONREPORTS
Greatly Overestimate
Prospects, Council
Wires Government
That the cotton market 'is now
suffering from false impressions con
cerning the outlook for the fall crop
as held in Wall Street ?nd other
speculative circles is the belief of
cotton men in this section who de
clare the deterioration to the crop
in the last three weeks throughout
the Southeastern states has been very
great, and that the earlier optimis
tic outlook will fail tp materialize
by a wide margin. Because they
are sure the entire crop will be far
short of the expectations up east, and
that the consumers will son find they
they are going to have to pay for
cotton what it is worth, leading bank
ers and warehousemen are urgently
demanding of the farmers, whatever
their condition, to Hold their crop off
the market at this time if they can
possibly do so.
L. G. Council, leading cotton fac
tor of this section, yesterday sent
the following telegram to the U. S.
Department of Agriculture bearing
on this subject:
“U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
“For your information, excessive
rains have caused cotton crop this
section greatly deteriorate past ten
days. Scald, rut, shedding, rotting
and boll weevil. Present indica
tions throughout this section approxi
mately fifty per cent of normal crop.
Private reports cotton crop this sec-
HEPWCED HIM
WITH A NEGRO
"TO THE WHITE VOTERS OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA:
“I wish you to consider the follow
ing statement. It is absolutely true
and can be proved by any number of
men. It will not be denied by Gov
ernor Dorsey:
“I am an experienced gardner and
florist. I was appointed under Gov
ernor Smith to look after the flowers,
grass and trees at the capitol gorunds
and at the governor’s mansion. I
was reappointed Tn this work by Gov
ernor Brown, by Governor Slaton and
by Governor Harris. For a short time
during this period I left of my own
accord to do some private work and
was then reappointed to do this work
for the State. lam a white man, fifty
years old.
“In July, 1919, I was notified that
my were no longer needed, as
Governor Dorsey thought he could
have the work done by a man who
would not charge as much. I was
drawing at that time SIOO a month.
As soon as I left my position was
given to a negro from Fayette coun
ty, who is said to be a family servant
of the Dorsey family. His name is
Rufus Benqett. He is now filling the
position that I had, and is to be seer
by any one who watches work being
done on the capitol grounds.
“He is drawing $21.25 a week ;
While this is a little less than I drew, j
there is really no saving to the state,
because I had no assistant and there
is another negro employed to assist
Rufus Bennett in doing his work.
“My services were satisfactory to
Governor Smith, Governor Brown
Governor Slaton and Governor Harris.
I have a letter from Governor Dor
sey's keeper of buildings and grounds
saying that my services were satisfac
tory to them.’ The notice discharging
me gave as the reason that the work
could be done by a lower price man
I have already said that this did not
save any money to the state, because
the negro who took my place had to
have an asisstant employed to do his
work. But if it was necessary to get
a lower price man to save money for
the state, I am sure some deserving
white man could have been found tc
take the position.
“This is simply a statement of the
exact facts in connection with this
matter.
‘“FRANK GRANT,
“21 Mathews Ave., Kirkwood. Ga.’ 1
This is a copy of the letter which
Gov. Dorsey’s custodian sent to Mr
Grant. You will see that Gov. Dorsey
said Mr. Grant was the most capable
man he could get. The state did not
save any money when Mr. Grant was
discharged to make a place fore
negro who was a family servant of
the Dorseys from his old home ir
Fayette County, because it was nec
essary to employ an assistant for him
Custodian
Public Buildings and Grounds
State of Georgia.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. Frank Grant, Florist,
Atlanta, Georgia.
Dear Mr. Grant:—
’ In a letter from the Governor today
he informs me that he will dispense
with your services after July Ist, a;
florist at the State Capitol. He fur
ther states that you are a capable
man, and that we could not get s
more capable man for the position
but that the amount paid for the
work to be done at the Capitol ir
your line will not warrant the wages
we are paying.
If you can obtain work before tn»
time mentioned that would be com
patihle with your de»l r es we would
have no hesitancy in relieving you.
Yours truly,
(Signed) T. E. Massengale.
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tion today greatly over estimate our
cotton crop prospects.
“L. G. COUNCIL.”
“It is important that we do every
thing in our power to boost the price
of cotton and make those who con
trol the price realize the actual con
ditions,” said Mr. Council in com
ment, “ particularly for the benefit
of dur farmers. The views I ex
pressed in this wire were formed af
ter a personal inspection of ths cot
ton crop throughout this section.”
hcaJlMis
Sheaffer Fountain Pens at Thoa.
L. Bell, the Jeweler. ts
Miss Ethel Market and Miss M»ry
Morton, of Sumter, were shopping in
Americus yesterday.
Walter Page was in Columbus on a
business mission yesterday.
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Mr. and Mns. Joseph Perkins have
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Loans on Farm Lands at 6 pej
cent interest. Local money on
i-arm or Citv property.
GORDON HOWELL.
Allison Bldg. Phone 849
To the Farmers
of Sumter County
We announce that we are again ready for ths 1 920-21
Ginning Season. Our gin has been completely overhauled
and repaired and many improvements made whereby we
are able to give you even better ginning service than here
tofore.
OUR GINS ARE CAPABLE OF A HIGH TURN
OUT EACH DAY OF CLEAN, SOFT COTTON
¥
The farmer who gins with us is assured of prompt and
courteous attention —the best bale and service.
The F armers Cotton Oil
Company
“The NEW Mill”
G. W. Riley, Manager Americus, Ga.
X. ‘
RADIUM
The RADIUM INSTITUTE of Thomas
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ous and Benign Growths.
We wish to co-operate with physicians and
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Hospital cases treated at City Hospital
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See or Write, Drs- C. K. Wall, or A. D.
Little, Thomasville, or Dr. S. E.
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