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FORTY-SECOND YEAR.—NO. 223.
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IRISH POLICE LN
OUTLAW ROLES
Wreck Town In Retalia
tion For Killing Os
Two
DCBLIN, Sept. 21.—Auxiliary po
lice forces last night wrecked the
town of Balbriggan, near here, in
retaliation for the shooting of two
police officers there earlier in the
evening. Two civilians were killed
and several wounded. Many houses
were set on fire and the largest hos
iery factory in Ireland, belonging to
an English firm, was destroyed. This
morning the town was in terror
and streams of refugees were aban
doning the place for neighborhood
villages.
H is reported the two civilians
who were killed, a dairyman and a
barber, were dragged from their
houses and bayonetted, then shot. A
number of houses belonging to Sinn
Feiners were set afire.
The sacking of the town was car
ried out by some fifty auxiliary po
lice known as the “black and tans”
because of the color of their uni
forms. Today these police were re
ported to be declaring they would re
turn tonight to complete the de
struction of the town.
HEAVY GUARD AT
CUSTOMSHOUSE
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—The New
York customs house today was under
the heaviest guard in its history be
cause of the warning received yester
day that the great structure would
be blown up this afternoon. The
authorities are taking no chances, al
though inclined to regard the post
card warning as a hoax.
Office workers going down the
canyon of lower Broadway this morn
ing found scores of coast guards car
■ rying rifles and sidearms entering the
customs house.
Everyone entering the Building
was closely questioned. Persons
carrying bundles were halted at the
doors and obliged to receive a
guard’s permit before being allowed
to proceed.
Reds Planning Winter
Campaign Against Japs
HONOLULU, Sept. 21.—Civilians
in the Khabarrovsk region of Siberia
are fleeing to Vladivostok and the
mdfuth of the Amur river because of
reports that the Bolsheviki in Si
beria are planning a decisive winter
campaign against the Japanese
troops in Siberia, according to a
cablegram received here today from
Tokio.
LUMPKIN BANK BLOWN;
SAFETY BOXES ROBBED
Safe Inside Vault With
Money And Securi
ties Intact
LUMPKIN, Ga„ Sept. 21.—1 t was
discovered early this morning that
robbers had entered the vault of
the Bank of Lumpkin and secured a
large number of Liberty bonds, as
well as other valuable papers, includ
ing negotiable securities, jewelry and
other valuable. The principal losers
are patrons of the bank who had
stored their bonds and valuables in
the bank’s vault for safekeeping, and
because of the large number of these
it is impossible to estimate the loss
accurately. That the robbery was
not discovered until morning is the
cause of some speculation, but this is
accounted for by the small police
force maintained by the town and
the fact that never before in the his
tory of Lumpkin has such a robbery
been staged there.
Officers and bank officials who
examined the wrecked vault said ear
ly today that the work was undoubt
edly chat of professional burglars.
Nitro-glycerine is believed to have
been the explosive used. The outer
door of the vault was entered after
the combination lock had been blown
off by the burglars, and the inner
door was also disposed of with ex
plosives, The bank safe within the
vault, where most of the money and
securities belonging to the bank
were stored, was not molested by the
robbers. All of the deposit boxes,
most of them of tin construction,
that had been stored in the bank
vault by patrons, were opened and
their contents rifled before the bur
glars left the bank building.
It was stated stated after the rob
bery was discovered that only a small
number of the bonds stored in the
vault were registered, but a quanti
ty of war saving stamps left there
were registered with the local post
master. There is great excitement
as a result of the robbery, and de
tectives have been summoned to con
tinue the investigation already begun
by the local authorities.
Italy Celebrates
Unicm
ROME, —(Monday)—All Italiy
joined today in celebration of the
fiftieth anniversary of the proclama
tion of Rome as the capital of Unit
ed Italy. Exercises for the most
part took the form of a gala proces
sion duijng the afternoon and eve
ing.
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Forecast for Georgia—Generally
fair tonight and Wednesday; fresh
and possibly strong winds off the
coast.
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goll PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF OIXIF
MacSWEENEY
HIS 40TH DAY
LONDON, Sept. 21.—Lord Mayor
Mac Sweeney entered the fortieth day
of his hunger strike at Brixton pris
on after passing a restless night.
When asked the direct question
whether MacSweney was being fed,
the home officials this morning said:
“Not that we know of, but you
must remember his relatives have
free access to h’m.”
This was die first time the officials
have qualified a statement as to
Mac Sweeney’s receiving nourishment.
Chicago Quiet Afer
Small Race Clash
CHICAGO, Sept. 21—Quiet prevail
ed this morning in the stockyards dis
trict on the Southside where last
night one which was killed by three
negroes, following disturbances
which were quelled by the police with
the assistance of a priest in whose
church negroes took refuge.
The police established “dead lines”
in the district and reported the sit
uation under control. According to
the police, trouble resulted when
Thomas E. Barrett, the man killed,
and employes of the Chicago surface
lines, began abusing negroes.
Millerand Plans To
Revise Constitution
PARIS, Sept. 21.—Revision of the
French constitution which will give
greater stability to the government
and enlarge the electoral college
which chooses the president of the
republic will be attempted by Pre
mier Millerand when he takes office
as president, according to newspa
pers here. He would have the elec
toral college include not only mem
bers of the houses of parliament, but
delegates from local elected bodies
and great corporations.
2,000 Reds Taken
By Wrangel’s Forces
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 20—
(Monday) (By Associated Press.)
General Wrangel’s latest cavalry
drive against the Bolsheviki in South
Russia won him valuable strategic po
sitions on the railway and resulted
in the capture of more than two
thousand prisoners and quantities of
supplies, according to advices from
Crimea.
General Wrangel’s forces are
now menacing Alexandrovisk, on the
Dnieper, ninety miles inland from the
Sea of Azov.
No ’CUE WEDNESDAY.
It was announced today that the
Barbecue club will not hold its reg
ular ’cue tomorrow because of in
-1 ability to secure pork.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 21, 1920
SCHOOL OPENING
SETS A RECORD;
PUPILSCROWDED
Total Enrollment Neai
Thousand And More
Coming
Not only the largest initial enroll
ment in the history of the Americus
public schools, but the largest en
rollment reached in any year, was re
ported for the first day of school to
day by Principal C. M. Hale, after
he had checked the reporta of the
various teachers of the system for
the opening yesterday. The record
applied to the high school alone and
also to the entire school as a whole.
The total enrollment for the open
ing day was 953, divided 710 for
the grammar sections and 243 for the
high school. The high school en
rollment showed 108 boys and 135
girls, the largest per centage of boys
ever enrolled in any year here.
The total enrollment, especially in
the grammar schools, is so large that
several of the rooms and many of
the classes are overcrowded. Tempor
ary seats have been installed in some
rooms until the necessary desks can
be supplied.
“We are taking care of the child
ren as best we can under the circum
stances,” said Principal Hale, who is
in charge of the schools in the ab
sence of fjupt. Mathis, “and I think
we shall be able to handle all of
them, although there will be incon
veniences and crowding. The con
gestion will be worse, however, be-!
cause more pupils are yet to enroll.”!
Following is the personnel of the:
faculty:
Higjh School Teacher*.
C. M. Hale, Principal, Spanish.
Miss Myrtle Rushin, History.
Miss Martha Cobb, Domestic
Science.
Miss Paula Snelling, Mathematics.
: Miss Eunce Rustin, English.
Miss Eleanor Mjurphree, Science.
Miss Lily Brooks, Latin.
Miss Hilda Blount, Assistant in
English.
Mr. R. M. Smith, Manual Train
ing.
Grammar School Teacher*.
Miss Sarah P. Cobb, Principal, Fur
low School.
Miss Annie McLaughlin, Ist Grade.
Miss Annie Ansley, Ist Grade.
Mrs. Mattie Bass, Ist Grade.
Miss Genevieve Morgan, 2d Grade.
Miss Clebe Kemph, 2d Grade.
Miss Edith Creighton, 3d Grade.
Miss Helen Shanklin, 3d Grade.
Miss Annie P. Walker, 4th Grade.
Miss Claude McLaughlin, 4th
Grade.
Miss Linda Mathis, sth Grade.
Miss Foy Mott, sth Grade.
Miss Jonnie Davis, sth Grade.
Miss Nannie Hartsfield, History.
Miss Mary Sherman, English.
Miss Elizabeth McLendon, Arith
metic.
Miss Martha Wheatley, Drawing.
Miss Ella Polk, Music.
Miss Elizabeth Belcher, Prospect
Heights School.
Miss Susie Taylor, Principal, East
Americus, Ist and 2d Grade.
Miss Ximena Bond, 3d and 4th
Grade.
Where Teacher* Are Located.
I The non-resident teachers are mak
i ing their homes at the following lo
j cations:
Mrs. Bass with Mrs. 'Walters,
i Harrold avenue.
Miss Shanklin with Miss Mattie
i Walker, Forrest street.
Miss Brooks with Miss Mattie
Walker, Forrest street.
Miss Hartsfield with Mrs. C. R.
Winchester, Forrest street.
Miss Davis with Mrs. C. R. Win
chester, Forrest street.
Miss Blount with Mrs. Tom Mc-
Lendon, College street.
Miss Sherman with Mrs. Tom Mc-
Lendon, College street.
Miss Murphree with Mrs. W. S.
Roach, Lee street.
Miss Snelling with Mrs. Riley,
Church street.
Miss Rustin, with Mrs. W. M. Ril
ey, Church street.
Miss Rushin with Mrs. J. E. Ma
this, Lee street.
Reconstruction Os
Turk Cabinet Begun
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 20.
(Monday)—Reconstruction of the
Turkish cabinet has been begun as
a reslult of the resignation of three
members because they found it im
possible to coo-perate in enforcing
the treaty of peace or arrange for
a compromise with the Turkish Na
tionalists. Hope is expressed that
the resignation of the entire cabinet
may be prevented by reorganization.
U. S.
Polk In Nicaragua
SAN SALVADOR, Sept 21—
United States marines are guarding
the polls in Nicaragua during the
presidential elections which are now j
going on, according to a dispatch
here.
EDITORIAL
A few weeks ago the Times-Recorder had a few comments
to make upon the lack of gas service being given by the Ameri
cus lighting company to the citizens of Americus who were
paying for good service. An appreciable improvement in the
service was shortly noted- But the improvement was short
lived. After some four weeks it went to the bad again, and at
the present is about as bad as it could possibly be.
The Times-Recorder is reluctant to criticise at this time.
The former manager has been recently succeeded, and it has
been our desire to give the new manager every opportunity, not
only unhampered, but aided by us, if possible. However, he is
after all only the representative of the owners of the Americus
Lighting company, which has been here continuously, and the
condition as it exists is not to be blamed upon him or upon his
predecessor.
The Times-Recorder, in its previous comment upon the
gas service, suggested that it was in order for the Americus
Lighting company to publicly declare a policy; to let the people
know whether it intended to give them service or not. That
suggestion it renews here. We believe that the time has come
when the patrons of the Lighting company are entitled to know
what, if anything, to expect.
The Times-Recorder has been besieged with distracted
householders lately imploring us to “jump onto the gas com
pany and compel them to give us service.*’
1 m tired of eating biscuits without tops on them,’’ said
one complaint today.
The Times-Recorder replies that it cannot “compel" any
one to do anything. All it can do is voice the sentiments of the
people, in a measure, and that is what it is attempting to do at
this time.
The Times-Recorder as a customer of the Americus Light
ing company is one of the heaviest hit of its patrons. Our lino
ty?e.machines are dependent upon gas to melt the metal with
which the type is cast from which the paper is printed. Inade
quate gas supply recently has cost us many dollars in loss of
time, and forced our readers to receive their daily edition later
ih the evenings than otherwise would be the case.
The Times-Recorder has been told privately in reply to re
peated queries, of an accident in the gas plant some weeks ago,
which has curtailed production—an accident which requires a
long time to repair. This, it is said, has resulted in inability to
manufacture gas as rapidly as it is used. Despite our offers of
the use of our columns, however, the public has not been taken
into the confidence of the Lighting company, and is forced to
get along as best it can, getting gas some of the time, and
hoping the remainder of the time- But hope will not brown
biscuits.
We believe the whole trouble lies in the refusal of the own
ers of the Americus Lighting company to permit sufficient ex
penditure to put the local gas plant into condition to give the
city adequate gas service. The recent application for an in
crease in rates was accepted by the people almost without mur
mur; it isn’t a question of price with the people so much as get
ting what they are paying for. They feel it is time for the o
ers of the Americus Lighting company to declare themselves.
The columns of the Times-Recorder are offered to the com
pany cheerfully to give the people an explanation or a message
or hope and promise.
GULF PREPARES
FOR HURRICANE
Warnings Hoisted From
Louisiana To Corpus
Christi, Texas
WASHINGTON. Sept. • 21.
The weather bureau ordered hurri
cane warnings at 10 o’clock this
morning on the West Louisiana coast
and the Texas coast from Port Ar
thur to Corpus Christi. It said the
tropical storm was advancing North
westward, attended by dangerous
winds.
Storm warnings were also ordered
displayed at Brownsville, Tex., and
Eastern Louisiana coast.
SHIPS HELD BACK
IN GULF PORTS.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 21.—The
usual precautions are being taken to
day along the Louisiana coast fol
lowing warnings of a gulf hurricane.
Shipping interests are honing back
all vessels destined to Mexican or
Central American ports. Heavy
rains fell here and along the coast,
attended by only slight winds, early
today. •
The usual exodus of late vacation
ists and Rummer residents started
today from Mississippi Sound resorts.
GALVESTON PREPARES
FOR HARD STORM.
GALVESTON, Sept. 21. Local
weather conditions this morning were
taken to indicate a tropical disturb
ance approaching the coast of mod
erate intensity. Cattlemen on Gal
veston Island were advised to have
their livestock ready to move to
places of safety.
The barometer here at noon was
29.88 inches, four points below the
morning reading and the wind was
blowing 32 miles from the Northwest.
Moderate swells were coming in from
the Southeast.
MOBILE FEARS FOR
TWO FRUIT STEAMERS.
MOBILE, Ala., Sept. 21—Wireless
reports from Fort Morgan, on the
gulf, today reported rough weather,
although the wind velocity at the
Fort was less than thirty miles an
hour. Fear was expressed here that
two steamers engaged in fruit trade
might have encountered the hurri
cane reported near Yucantan chan
nel.
Southeast storm warnings were
TASK OF U.S. IN
HAITIJINISHED
Undertook Intervention
Under Treaty, Colby
Answers Harding
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. The
United States “hopes” to bring the
occupation of Haiti to an end soon
as the “benevolent purposes” for
which this (government intervened
have been achieved, Secretary Colby
declared inf a statement published
today defending the administration’s
Haitian policy, recently attacked in
statements by Senator Harding.
Secretary Colby said the work
which the United States undertook
in Haiti under treaty agreements
with the native government already
is “nearing completion.”
“The course of this country in Hai
ti has been moderate,” the statement
said, “dictated only by a desire to
meet its duties and not in any degree
to go beyond them. Had less been
done this country would have been
guilty of dereliction of duty and
might have been exposed to severe
criticism.”
Farmer Cannot Decide
If His Boys Are Twins
ATLANTA, Sept. 21.—Can boys
be twins when one was born one year
and the other the year following?
Sulas Cummings, a prominent Fulton
county farmer, near Atlanta,
has issued a general in
vita-tion to the south to
help him find the ansewr to this per
plexing question. One of his boys
was born ten minutes before mid
night on the last day of 1916 and the
other some minutes after midnight
on the first day of 1917. He named
the first one Olfield and the second
one Newton, and calls them Old and
New for short, but he doesn’t know
whether to call them twins.
hoisted here at noon following the
warning from Washington.
READING LOWEST
AT BROWNSVILLE.
HOUSTON, Sept. 21. A dispatch
from Brownsville reports a barom
eter reading there of 29.84, the low
est reading reported from any point
on the gulf coast
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
‘TIME TO HALT
PROFITEERING’:
WACESSTAY UP
New Schedule To Go
Into Immediate
Effect
DETROIT, Sept. 21. The re
establishment of pre-war prices oa
all products of the Ford Motor Com
pany, effective immediately was an
n°unced today by Henry Ford.
The reductions range from ap
proximately 14 per cent on motor
trucks to 31 per cent on small auto
mobiles.
Th e annoucement says the action is
taken despite unfilled orders for 146,-
065 vehicles. It is stated there will
be no reduction in wages in any of
the Ford plants.
“Now is the time to call a halt on
war methods and prices, profiteering
and greed,” said the announcement.
JOHNSON OUT
FOR HARDING
Takes Stump Since
Nominee Scrapped
League’
SACREMENTO, Calif., Sept. 21.
—Senator Hiram Johnson, in his first
speech in behalf of the Republican
national ticket endorsed the attitude
of Senator Harding on the League
of Nations here today. He address
ed the Republican state convention.
Harding, happily for himself and
for America, has scrapped the
League,” Senator Johnson said. “So
widespread is the dissatisfaction with
the present administration so great
the hostility to many acts of the
president’s, so acute ,s the justifi
able fear of a metaorphosis of our
foreign policy, that apparently noth
ing prevent an overwhelming
Republican success in the November
election.”
Under the specious guise of a
League of Nations to promote peace
and prevnt wat,” Senator Johnson
continued, “we would be inextribly
bound hereafter to every future
W r°xT of the war - u P° n the League
of Nations the issue is clear-cut, the
language of the two candidates is
plain and Ainambiguous. One says
he will go into the league and I am
proud to say our candidate says he
will stay out of the league.”
SAYS GOMPERS CAN’T
DELIVER LABOR VOTE
MARION, Sept. 21.—W. J. James,
of Illinois, national representative
of the United Mine Workers, today
discussed labor and political con
ditions with Senator Harding. Later
Jones issued a statement saying, “I
find that the miners who are Repub
licans are going to vote for Hard
ing, and those who are Democrats
will support Cox. Gompers’ effort
to deliver the labor vote to the Demo
cratic ticket will fail, just as it has
always failed.”
Pistol Shot Breaks Up
Mexican Red Congress
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 19—(Sun
day)—Confusion reigned at tonight’s
meting of the “Communist Congress”
of Mexican proletariat when, during
a sharp debate, some one fired a
pistol in the air. There were no
casualties, but the meeting adjourned
soon after the incident.
Several members of the American
1 ederation of Labor who are visiting
this city, attended the meeting and
were placed in an awkward position
when several orators denounced their
organization on various grounds.
UTFAKKf
I WASHES
CONNECTICUT RATIFIES AGAIN
HARTFORD, Sept. 21.—The gen
eral assembly of Connecticut this af
ternoon ratified the Nineteenth
I amendment in accord with the mes
i sage of Governor Holcomb to the
1 second special session in a week.
ATTACK TRIAL BEGINS.
I CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 21.
I The trial of C. J. Jackson and Tay-
I lor Neal, negroes, indicted for the
I murder of Abe Barron and an at
' tempted attack upon a young woman
: from Americus, Ga., on August 21,
| was begun today in Crimnal court.
PHONE RAISE ASKED.
ATLANTA, Sept 21.—The South
ern Bell Telephone company today
filed a petition with the Railroad com
mission asking it to set a date for
i hearing on an application to increase
I its rates in the state.