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PRESS NEWS OF
THE WORLD
K,RTY-THIRD YEAR.—NO. 30.
COMMISSION GRANTS PHONE RATE
APPLIED SCIENCE
FOE FARM WORK
ADDED AT AGGIE
Dr. Walter, Bacteriolo
gist, Added To Facul
ty, Heading Dept.
An announcement of importance
concerning the Third District Agri
cultural and Mechanical gchool was
that authorized Saturday by J. M.
Prance, principal, in which it was
stated that the department of ap
plied laboratory science, bacteriol
ogy and chemistry in plant and ani
mal diseases, had been established.
Dr. George Walter, of Americus.
bacteriologist and pathologist, has
been elected to the faculty ancfplaced
in charge of the department. Already
Dr. Walter has taken up his work
and has organized three classes.
The department, which is planned
to have practical value to the farm
ers and public generally of this dis
trict, is a new departure in district
agricultural colleges, and is said will
equip the students in the lines taught
as thoroughly and completely as
similar courses at the state college
of agriculture. This is thq
the district colleges to undertake
work of this character, it is said,
and was possible only because of the
location here of Dr. Walter, an ex
pert in this line of work.
The first year class will study plant
diseases in connection with their work
in horticulture. The second year
class will study animal husbandry
and applied laboratory research work
in connection. The third yeat class
will apply the work of the first two
years in research work along indi
vidual lines, undertaking the working
out of original problems that may
come under their observation.
A laboratory is being equipped in
the former model rural school build
ing at the college for reseai’ch work
under Dr. Walter’s direction, the
use of which will be available at all
times to the patrons of the district
and public generally. And it is an
nounced that farmers will be wel
come at all time to attend lectures,
which are held for 45 minutes each
morning, between 8:30 and 9:15
o’clock, except on special occasions
when an hour and half is used.
The work is designed to be prac
tical in every sense, and to embrace
scientific phases of plant and ani
mal diseases, subjects which interest
the veterinarian and the horticul
turist. The work also will include
matters of interest to the physician,
dealing with rabies and other diseases
in animals affecting human beings.
Soil chemistry, water analyses and
other scientific investigations of in
terest and importance to every citi
zen will be undertaken by the labor
atory, and the public is invited to
make use of this service, also.
At the conclusion of the course,
it is announced, the graduates will
be given certificates by Dr. Walter,
in addition to their diplomas, testi
fying to their proficiency in the
course of applied laboratory science.
Dr. Walter has been given resi
dence quarters at the college and
will make it his home, dividing his
time each day among the college; the
City hospital, where he has also set
up a research laboratory, and his
down town offices, where his prin
cipal laboratory is located.
Kiwanis Pianist Is
Given Set Os Dishes
The feature of the weekly luncli
ron of the Kiwanis club Friday was
the presentation by the dub to M;ss
Mamie Bragg, its pianist, of a beauti
ful gold-banded Nippon China dinner
set, the occasion being her approach
ing marriage next. Wednesday.
For nearly a year Miss Bragg, who
is a daughter ot George M. Bragg, a
member of the club, lias been the
club’s official pianist, and has been a
faithful attendant. Appreciative of
this service, the club members con
spired among themselves to present
her this token that would prove of
practical value. The set contained
100 pieces and was obtained from
Thos. L. Bell. The presentation
speech was made hv Hollis Fort,
who gracefully told Miss Bragg
how much the club cart'd for her and
expressed - the regret of all at losing
her. In her reply of acceptance and
thanks, Miss Bragg informed the
club that it. would not* lose her, but
that-she would continue to serve it.
At the luncheon forty-six members
and‘ladies were listed .to make the
trip to Cordele next Thursday night
to be guests as the mother club of
the new Cordele club on the oects?
ion of its charter presentation exor
cises.
“Griff” Eldridge was welcomed
into the Club as the newest member.
Miss Poole gave 'two readings
which were.heartily applauded.
U. S. REFUSED TO CANCEL
ENGLAND’S DEBTS, AS ASKED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. A let-1
ter from Secretary of the Treasury
Houston, saying he would not, dur- ;
ing the remainder of his term, pro- :
ceed with any further financial ne j
gotiations with foreign governments,
was read in the senate today by Sen
ator Lodge. Secretary Houston said
there had been “no official proposals!
on subjects that bind this govern-;
ment or foreign governments.”
The reading of Secretary Houston’s
letter was followed by the insertion |
TOM’ SLAPFEY
DIES OF STROKE
Former Sumter Man Un
expectedly I aken In
Savannah
T. E. Slappey, of Savannah,
familiarly known in his old home here
as “Tom,” died Saturday at his home
in Savannali from a paralytic stroke,
according to word received here.
The news of his death was entirely
unexpected and a great shock to his
many friends and acquaintances. It
was only two or three weeks ago that
he was in Americus, and at that time
appeared well. Business strain is
believed by his friends to have been
the cause of the stroke.
Mr. Slappey, who was born and
reared in Sumter county, was a sales
man, and one of the best on the road.
As such he frequently visited Ameri
cus and always received a warm
greeting from old friends.
He was 56 years of age and a
brother of Misses Elizabeth and Cal
lie Slappey, of Americus, and W. J.
Slappey, of Andersonville.
He was a man of considerable
means, owning and operating a large
farm near Andersonville. He also
had extensive interest in the vicinity
of Midville, K'e was a very public
spirited man, with a soft heart, and
many privately knew of his benefac
tions which never became public.
The body will be brought to Am
ericus Monday for interment, the de
tails to be arranged and announced
later.
CIGAR MAKERS
END BIG STRIKE
Tampa Unions Vote To
Terminate 1 0 Months
Fight
. TAMPA, Fla., Feb. s.—Jose Mu
nez, secretary of the joint advisory
board, representing union cigar mak
ers here, numbering 13,000, stated
today that the strike of workers was
ended by a referendum vote yester
day. The strike had been in prog
ress almost ten months.
Chilean Soldiers And
Workmen In Battle
VALPARAISO, Feb. s.—Chilean
government troops are being rushed
on special trains to Antofagasta prov
ince, where soldiers and workers in
a large nitrate plant have been en
gaged in fighting.
'Advices today stated that six per
sons were killed during the fighting.
Earlier dispatches declared 23 met
death.
Many nitrate concerns have closed
| their factories recently because of
i the inactive market, and as 3 result
| thousands of men~are idle in the dis
j turbed district.
Says Airships Make
Bii> Vessels Useless
WASHINGTON, Feb. s.—Army
advocates of the United States hir
; service carried their fight today into
| the cpmp of the enemy before the
| house naval committee. Brigadier
j General Mitchell, chief of operations
of the army air service, reiterated
j his belief that the airship had made
capita] vessels useless. He urged the
| substitution of ehormous air sea-
I plane carriers to accompany light
j vessels of the fk-ef in place of b{it-
I tleships and battle cruiser.
MARKETS.
.... AM ERICHS SPOT C0TT0N.....
Good Middling 1-3 3-4 c. ■
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Pc -Op.en 11am Clos*
Mch 13.40 13.45 13.74 13.75.
May 13.80 13.85 14.09 14.14
July .-. 14.20 14.30 14.47 14.50
Oct 14.52 14.65 14.71 14,80 j
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ERIC
THE T fMfSS RtCORDER
SgR-eUBLISHED'IN THE JrjFLrC HEART OF DIX,E~fel
|in the senate of press ac
counts of remarks of Austen Cham
| berlain, chancellor of the British ex
\ chequer, stating that formal pro-
I posal had been made for cencella
! tion of Allied indebtedness and re
jected by the United States.
“It is the first authentic informa
tion we have that a proposal to can
! cel the debts of England to the
! United States have been made to our
government,” Senator Walsh, Demo-
I crat, declared.
U. S- COMMUNIST
FUNDS IN BERLIN
Finding Its Way Into
France, Paris Papers
Report
l
PARIS, Feb. s.—Six alleged Rus
sian Communists were arrested here
last night and it is expected others
will be taken into custody today, 121
warrants having been sworn out yes
terday.
Police officials, continuing their in
vestigation of Communist activities,
have reported successful operations
at Havre and Nancy.
Newspapers here declare it has
been found that Communists in
France are obtaining American
money from some source in Ber
lin.
WILSON VETOES
RECRUITINC BAN
No Reason To Stor>
Short Os 280,000
Men, He Says
WASHINGTON, Feb s—President
Wilson today vetoed the joint resolu
tion directing the war department to
stop army recruiting until the forces
are reduced to 175,000 men. The
president said in'his message:
“I am unable to see in the con
dition of the world at large, or in
the needs of the United States any
change that will justify a restric
tion upon the minimum, strength of
280,000 men as provided in the ar
my reorganization bill.”
Dr. Loni? Guest At
Improvised Dinner
Dr! J. A. Atlanta, super
intendent of Baptist hospitals of
Georgia, was an AmeVicu? vi.sitoi
Saturday and guest of honor at a
dinner arranged on shorr, notice in
his honor at the Windsor hotel. He
j left for Atlanta on the afternoon
train. Members of the medical pro
fession, the Rotary club, the Kiwanis
club, ladies of the Hospital associa
tion, were among the 65 guests.
Christian Jew To
Speak Here Tonight
A. C. Fellman will speak Sunday
eevning at 7 o’clock in Presbyterian
church, his subject being “Evangeli
zation of the Hebrews."
Mr. Fellman, although a Christian,
| has not lost his love for his people,
| and whereever he talks he is given a
j warm welcome by his i-ace. He has a
j special message for everyone, and
j the public is cordially invited to hear
! him Sunday evening. He represents
i the Brooklyn Hebrew Christian Mis
| sion. «
Mr. Fellman, who is a young man.
! on his arrival Saturday asked con
! cerning his old friend, Dr. Lansing
i Burrows, not knowing he was dead,
j He met Dr. Burrows several years
ago and admired him greatly.
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Poles Promise To
Evacuate Vilna
PARIS, Feb. s.—Vilna will be
evacuated by the Polish “irregular”
troops as soon as the date for the
Lithuanian plebescite is fixed and
■ the international occupation eontin-
J gent has arrived, under formal prom
ise made to Leon Bourgeoise, presi
, dent of the Council of the League of
Nations, by President Pilsudski, of
Poland, yesterday, says the Petit Pa
rjsien.
General Zellgous?ki entered Vilna
last October, and since then has been
in control of the provisional govern
ment he established' there.
Judge E. A. Mills and Miss Edith
M : lls, of Morristown, N. J., who have
beep spending several days as guests
of Mr. arid Mrs. G. W. Bacot. have
I left for Tampa, accompanied by Mr.
and Mrs. Bacot.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNIING, FEBRUARY 6, 1921-
WATERPOWER |
CONVENTION TO |
BE HELD HERE
Meeting March 16 To
Bring 200 To 500
People
A water power convention for the
! Third Congressional district will be
i held in Americus on Wednesday,
! March 16.
This was decided on at a confer
j enee held Friday afternoon at the
Windsor Hotel with Mayor Sheppard
and a few leading citizens invited by
Joseph Perkins to meet John W.
Greer, executive secretary of the
Municipal League of Georgia, who
came down from Atlanta on that
mission.
This convention, like others that
are being called over the state, ac
cording to Mr. Greer, is to give the
people of the state a clear under
standing on the importance of gett.ng
the water-powers of Georgia devel
oped and to organize the districts for
active work on that great problem.
It is estimated that there will be
from 200 to 500' people here for that
occasion, composed largely of mayors
and councilmen, county commission
ers, senators and representatives,
bankers, manufacturers, newspaper
men, club women and club men of the
district.
Two novel features of this conven
tion w;ll be the fact that it will be
the first time womon have participat
ed in a great political and economic
discussion on an equal basis with men
and the fact that it is to be an open
forum convention in which there are
I! to be no set speeches, but a general
; discussion by all present as to the
I | best method of getting power for
Georgia to do business on.
Development Necesary
i In discussing the convention, Mr.
Greer said it is absolutely necessary
for Georgia to get her water-powers
developed, if Georgia is to go forward
in her industrial life.
Georgia has no coal, oil or gas;
‘ her wood is fast disappeai ing and wa
ter-power is the only source of ener
* Ky Georgia has,” said he. “It will
require a number of years to get
these powers developed and already
, Georgia is facing a power famine.
Manufacturers are applying for
power in this state to run factories
j, and because they cannot get it they
are going to other states where their
fuel will be at their doors, instead
of having to haul it several hundred
miles. Georgia is losing tremendous
ly by not having any power to offer.
■ “Furthermore, the homes of Geor
gia are having to limp along with
out the conveniences, having to de
: pend on servants that never have
been satisfactory, and becoming more
i and more obsolete, while other states
i ; that have cheap power are using rnod
• j ern machinery for doing house work.
“Georgia has plenty of power in
her streams, but only a little over ten
per cent, is developed, and very little
is doing in the way of increasing
it. Twenty-three years ago the state
legislature turned the development
of our water powers over to the pri
vate companies of the East, and they
proceeded to buy and condemn it and
today they own a large part of it, but
so far as giving the people cheap
electricity, which they promised, they
have failed.
Foe Fighting; For Development.
The Municipal League of Geor
gia is fighting for the state, the
towns ami counties to take over this
development, following out the On
tario system, where ;t has been done
so well and cheaply, and the idea is
to get it for all purposes to all the
people in all sections of the state.
"i’eople who attend this convention
will not commit themselves to the
policy of the League, but the best
way that can be offered.
“The city governments, chambers
of commerce, the bankers, manufac
turers an dall the clubs will be urged
to assist in bringing a large gather
ing here for .this convention on
March 16.”
Gene Sumerford, of the 28th dis
trict, was in Americus Saturday.
WEATHER.
Forecast for Georgia Generally
fair, except probably rain on tho
coast; cooler ifi northwest portion.
Unsettled weather, normal tem
peratures and occasional rains are
predicted for the southeastern states
the coming week.
AMERICUS TEMPERATURES
(Furnished by Rexall Store.)
4 pm 1............57 6 am .49
.6 pm” ..,56 8 am 50
.8 p ir .... 52. 10 am .52
10 pm 50 Noon 58
Midnight 49 2 pm 67
2 am ...49 4 pm ....! 70
4 am 49 6 pni 67
8» A LETTER
pq&w"
TO THE AMERICAN RELIEF ADMINISTRATION, Elisabethstrasse, 0,
Vienna, 1.
I am so deeply moved, so full of gratitude, that I will give vent
to my feelings and express my thanks for the wonderful work of
humanity, the child feeding operation, which has saved thousands of
young lives, and to which I am personally indebted for the lives of
my poor children.
I am a Government official by profession, Oberreehnugsrat, that
is to say, an official belonging to the 7th standard. My yearly in
come does not surpass by much that of a tramway employee. The
misery and distress brought upon us by this atrocious war is not to be
described in words.
I am the father of five children, from seven to seventeen years
of age, for whom I have to care. My poor wife died of tuberculosis
in February, 1919, at the age of thirty-eight. Perhaps it would be
more, accurate to say she slowly starved to death during the war,
for she gave to her little ones, tortured by hunger, the scanty bits of
bread rationed to her so she had nothing left, until death released
her from her sufferings.
And yet this poor woman fought desperately against death, fully
conscious that in her death her children would lose the band that
sheltered and protected them in these terrible times, and that they
would have to face disaster and ruin. This mental agony was added
to her physical pain. Whenever the children stood around her sick
bed, she loolcecj at them sadly, in dumb despair, and the tears rolled
down her pale cheeks. As long as she was able to eat, all the food I
could give her consisted onjy of a bit of dry bread; I could not pur
chase anything else for her—neither meat nor fat nor eggs—abso
lutely nothing.
After the death of my wif», as I could not engage, a house
keeper to keep house for us, my children and I did all the domestic
work, such as cooking and washing, and we still continue to do so.
In May, 1919, two months after my wife’s death, I fell ill of a
serious disease of the kidneys, resembling dropsy, and was between
life and death for a while. Today, after a full year has elapsed, I
am not yet quite recovered, as I lack the means to re-establish my
health.
I leave home every morning at seven o’clock, returning at six in
the evening. ■ All day long the children are left to themselves. Their
food consists of a small piece of dry bread in the morning, and a
piece of bread in the evening; but for this American meal, all of my
children would have starved and perished.
Even despite this economical mode of living, my income does not
cover my expenses. • Where is the money to come from to purchase
linen and articles of clothing for five children, who kept growing dur
ing the five years of war, during which time no purchases were
made? A suit for the bigger boys costs six to eight thousand kronen,
so the poor innocent children have no clothes and must run about in
rags.
The few trinkets 1 and my wife had purchased in the years of
peace have long since been pawned owing to our privations, and now
I am about to sell my pieces of furniture one by one. What is going
to be the end of it, I do not know.
The flat we live in is on the ground floor, opening into a court
yard, so neither sun nor air comes in.
Like an angel from Heaven, the great American nation made its
appearance at the period of supreme distress, distributing wonder
ful food and restoring life to those about to succumb to their misery.
This great nation does not say, “An eye -for an eye, a tooth for a
tooth;” they give love for hatred; and millions have come forth from
their source of love. They do not ask for thanks, nor for compensa
tion, they only want to give, in the quiet assurance of saving thous
ands of children who otherwise would have been a prey to death.
When my poor wife was lying cold on her deathbed, the old doc
tor who came to certify her death, looked at the weeping children
and he sadly turned to the door, saying: “Children, Cod will not
forsake you.” And his words have come true; my children were
saved by you.
In the evening, when they say their prayers, they ask God to
bless their benefactors. i
I should be very grateful if my thanks coming from the pure
hearts of my children would be conveyed to the great American
nation: JOSEPH SCHMIDT,
XIX. Rodlergasse 4-8, Vienna Oberreehnugsrat.
ANOTHER LETTER.
TbIT OR TmES^RECORDERrAJdEmCUSrGaT^
Dear Sir: I am enclosing herewith copy of a letter written by a
citizen of Hungary, who lives in one of the sections of Europe where
the condition of children is most serious for lack of sufficient food.
As this letter so well expresses the need of that counttry for food
and also the grateful feeling on the part of these people for the
American Relief tendered them, it would be useless for mb to Under
take to say more.
I suggest that you emphasize in your paper in publishing this let
ter the fact that every dollar that is donated goes direct to the relief
of these people. Not one penny is deducted for expenses. The
people who are working in this campaign are giving their time and
such money as is being spent to press the campaign to a success as
a contribution in addition to what they will donate for the. cause.
People are being asked for not only money but anything of
value that can be sold and especially things that are grown on our
farms in Sumter county.
I am enclosing herewith a subscription form which I will thank
you to publish as a large number of people throughout the county
have asked the privilege of contributing farm products instead of
money, which would not be convenient probably at this time.
I thank you very much for your offer to assist in any \fray you
can through the columns of your paper. I believe all the people
(Continued On Page Two.)
TO SAVE STARVING CHILDREN
OF EUROPE
) (100 Cents of Every Dollar Donated is Used For This Purpose.) -
) I AGREE TO DONATE:
? i
Cash $ ; Wheat, sacked, bushels , Corn,
| sacked, bushels, ~..; ; Peas, sacked, bushels, :
Peanuts, sacked, bushels ; Potatoes, sacked, bush
l els ; Syrup, gallons ; Hams , ; (
| Shoulders • Sides |
(Will deliver to J. E. Hightower in Americiis, or to-;
t ; School house on dav of Feb. '
1921. .
(Sign Here.)
ML
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
RAISE
2-PARTY LINES
HERE GO FROM
$2 TO $2.50 MS.
Business Service Lifted
From $4 to $5
Monthly
ATLANTA, Feb. 5. The Geor
gia Railroad Commission handed
down an order and opinion Saturday
granting the Southern Bell Tele
phone company authority to reviao
its schedule of local exchange rates
substantially in conformity with the
petition filed by the company about
six months ago. The new rates are
made effective March’ 1.
The increases authorized by the
commission’s order are on local ex
change service, including private
branch exchanges, mileage revenue,
etc., but the order declines that part
of the petition asking authority to
increase the rates oq» farmer-lines,
as well as the installation charges
applied for.
Calculations, according to the com
pany, made show that the rates pre
scribed in the order will give tho
company a little less than 6.59 per
cent on the actual cash investment
in Georgia, provided ail the possible
economies outlined are carried out.
Had the petition been granted ex
actly as drawn it would have amount
ed to an increase of 18.11-100 per
cent in the total gross revenue in
Georgia under the old rates, it is
said. Under the order of the com
mission the company gets approxi
mately $50,000 a year less than it
asked for.
The Americus lncr«r/rr.j.
The rates made applicable to Am
ericus are:
Business Individual Line Service,
new rate $5.00, old rate $4.00.
Residence Individual Line Service,
new rate $3.10, old rate, $2.50.
Residence 2-Party Line "Service,
new rate $2.50, old rate $2.00.
The five largest exchanges operat
ed by the company—Atlanta, Macon,
Savannali, Augusta and Columbus—
bear 87.7 per cent of the total in
creases granted,, while 97 local ex
change-; scattered throughout the
state will bear, combined, 12.3 per
cent of the total increase. In con
nection with the announcement of
the commission’s order it is shown
that the decision affects the individ
ual telephone used in the state but
very little, and in its opinion the
commission recites the fact that the
general assembly of Georgia, in cre
ating the commission, provides a re
quirement that it make “just and
reasonable rates," that “the court
of tjfe land, without exception, hav
decided that a ‘jus!: and reasonabl
rate’ is one that afford;; the utility
a reasonable return upon the fait
valuation of its property used in the
service of the public.”
The company’s actual average in
vestment in Georgia in exchange
and toll plants in use, real estate,
furniture, fixtures, tools, teams, etc.,
for Ihe year ending July 31, 1929,
is shown in its sworn statement to
be $15,038,349, these figures being
admitted to the commission as “ac
tual cost figures.”
More Figurct
For the year ending July 31, 1920
the amount included for depreciation
equals, at 5.75 per cent, $797,634,
the total revenues for that period
being $5463,403, and the net return
to the company—actual income re
ceived in excess of the expense of
operation, etc, as actually disburs
ed—equalled $612,550, which com
puted a return for that year on the
actual cash investment of 4.07 per
cent. This is compared with statis
tics for 1916, when the compan;
earned upon its investment in Geor
gia a net return of 6.24 per cent
but since that year, the company
showed it has been unable, under the
existing schedule of rates, to earn a
return of 6 per cent on its “actual
cash investment. ’ Vhe company’s
net earning for the four years pre
ceding 1920 were submitted as fe>!
lows: in 1916, 6. 24 per cent; r
1917, 6.C0 per cent; in 1918, 5.4'
per cent; in 1919, 6.49 per cent, and
last year this dropped to a net earn
ing of approximately 4 per cent on
“actual cash investment;” though if
figured, the company showed, on “re
placement cost at the preseut time,”
it would work out below, a net re
turn of 3 per cent from the gross
. earnings under rates existing at the
time the petition was filled.
Bringing the figures nearer, down
to date, the commission found, it
says, that the company made loss
than 1 per cent net on the actual
cost value of its properties in Geor
gia “during the five months preced
ing December 1, 1920.”
Franchise Ratos Killed,
i A feature of. the .commission’s or
der is direction that all municipal
and franchise rates now in existence
—that is, all preferential rates—be
j. (Continued from PaPge 1 )
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