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LATEST BEAUTY HINT
’ Try a sauerkraut diet, girls, and soon your clieeks >
< will he naturally rosy and your skin as clear as J
( crystal.—W. 11. Knox, secretary. National Kraut ?
i Packers’ Association.
FORTY-THIRD YEAR —NO. 132
COUNTRY CLUB ORGANIZED-GROUND SECURED
G. 0. P. CONTROL
IN SOUTH PUT IN
HANDS OF WHITES
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Pleads In Vain To
Committee
ATLANTA, June 9.—The Wash |
ington eorrespiwdent of the Atlanta!
Constitution wires the following re-'
port from the capital on the meeting j
of the Republican National Commit-;
tee there yesterday, in which mat- j
tens of interest to Georgia were han- !
died:
Washington, June B.—The Repub- ;
lican party, through its executive ]
ami national committees, not only .
went on record today as in favor of I
white supremacy in party control in
the south, but, by the overwhelming
majority of 36 to 12, or exactly three
to one, so reconstructed delegate rep-;
resentations from the South in Re- j
publican national conyention that'
only those congressional districts!
showing tangible Republican organi-I
zations, and a potential Republican I
vote in national elections, can, in the
future, have any representation j
whatsoever in the national convention |
of the party.
This result has been fully antici-! '
pated in these dispatches as the cer
tain outcome of the findings of the
sub-committee charged with the re
sponsibility of reorganizing the Re- ]
publican party in the Southeasterly
states, it being the undisputed pur-1
pose of the party organization to i
place that section absolutely under [
the control of the white electorate, I
and thus eliminate, for all time, the I
irritating conflict of national con-i
ventions between the “black and tan’
and the “lily white” elements.
Line Johnson Pleads.
The result today, coming as a:
whole committee’s action upon a sub-!
committee's report, was reached after
an impassionable debate, in which j
Henry Lincoln Johnson, the negro Re
publican national committeeman |
from Georgia, led, in which the Geor-'
gin negro plead lor a continuation
of existing conditions on the basis:
of an alleged disfranchisement of ne-|
groes in the Southern states. The,
sub-committee's report, howfver,•
which came to the whole committee•
without a dissenting voice, met not on- j
ly tlfe approval of practically all of the >
states of the North and West, but
received the votes also of the national;
committeemen from Virginia, North,
Garolina and Florida, in the old j
South. !
On the basis of the new rule gov-1
erning convention representation!
from the South, the total number of !
votes in the national convention is,
only nominally cut, and perhaps not,
at all. on the basis of the 1922 con-j
gressional elections; but congressional,
districts which show no regularly or-1
ganized Republican party machinery, ;
Jind did not poll a Republican total
strength of 2,500 votes or more, in
the congressional election preceding
shall be denied delegate repress>ita
lion in the national convention. I hi>
will have the effect, on the basis of I
the 1920 national election, of cut-1
ting Georgia’s representation, in the!
future national conventions, from 18 |
to 10 votes. If, >n the meantime,;
however, any of the congressional I
districts in Georgia should show more,
than 2,500 votes in the 1922 congres- j
sional elections, th'e representation.
< f aicli districts would be raised from ,
•zero to one, and the total representa
tion in the 1924 national convcnu.m |
would be thus correspondingly in-i
creased. ,
The New Order.
The new order, in a nutshell, pro- ;
vides as follows:
That each state shall have four del- i
egates at large, and that each con- !
gressional district, .having a republi-j
can organization and having polled in
the preceding national or congress-j
ional election 2,500 or more votes,
shall have one national convention
delegate and if. having polled 10.000
or more, two delegates; and if. having
a representative representation in !
congress, regardless of the number
of votes polled, two delegates.
On this basis. Georgia in the ’next :
republican national convention, as
suming that the districts’ vote will
not materially change from the dis
trict’s vote in 1920. will have ten ■
delegates, including the four del"'-•
■•ates at large in the republican eon-I
vention of 1924. instead of 17 dele-1
rates, as in the convention of 1920.1
These will be made up of two each j
from the seventh and ninth districts
and one each from the fifth and I
eighth. The other districts wdl have
no delegates.
On the same basis. South ( aro
lina to the north, will have only the
four delegates at large, ami no dele
gates from the congressional districts,
:ih no district in that, state polled in
the 1920 election as many as a fixed
unit of 2.500 votes. Heretofore
South Carolina has bad eleven in the
national convention
Mississippi accordingly will have
only four votes in the next conven
tion. having had twelve heretofore
bv voa“on of the fact that no district
in Mississippi has rolled" more than
2,500 republican votes.
Tennessee Gains.
On the other hand. Tennessee,
which has heretofore had 20 votes
in the national convention, will in
1924 have*22. bj' reasons of the in-,
creased republican strength in Tcn
(Continued on Last Page.)
GERMANS PLAN WAR OF
I REVENGE; PROPAGANDA
i OF HATRED EVERYWHERE
This is one of a scries of ar- 1
tides written for the Newspaper
Enterprise Association, of ufiich
i the Timer-Recorder is a member,
by its European correspondent,
Milton Brenner, who has just com- i
1 pletcd a first-hand study of Ger- !
' many in 1921.
BY MILTON ERONNER
BERLIN. June- 9. Thu nextl
vva r!
You might think that Germany, de- !
fcated on the bat- ]
tie field, burdened ;
b y reparations,.
staggering under j
taxation, wou 1d ;
dream of anything |
but another armed '
conflict.
But if 1 can I
judge by conversa
tions I have had
with all sorts and
conditions lof peo
ple in Germany,
there is a burning
hope for revenge,
upon France for all i
. slgfe Ng) Jgj
M. BRONNER the humiliations ofi
the armistice, the peace treaty and |
the aftermath which we, together
with Great Britain and Italy, helped
bring about by our common victory.
The Germans don’t say much about
us Americans. They have a feeling
that their submarine war DID force
us in. Besides they have millions of
kin in America who are once more
sending them food and money.
They don’t revile the English, be
cause they dream of the day wren
England will see in France a nation
that is challenging British trade on
the continent.
France Thoroughly Hated.
But 1 found an almost universal
hatred of France. It is galling to
German pride to see a nation ot • __
millions dominating over a nation ot
over 60 millions.
French occupation <>f their towns,
th- French flag flying over their
fortresses, Alsace-Lorraine once more
a French possession—these things 1
arc nev-ef
for an instant. (Mie night, m Essen
1 talked to a young officer of the
police. I mentioned I-rance amt his
eves blazed. Said he:
“The Allies led by 1‘ rance say
w e may not have an army to exceed
100,001) and that we may not have
conscription. They limit us in the
matter of schools for military U' al11 "
ing. Are they fools enough to think
they can down us that way.
“There are hundreds of thousands
of fathers in Germany who have hail
military training. They can tram
their boys. They can also teach then
babies to shudder when the word
Frenchman is pronounced. , We will
even up scores some day.
I talked to a railway porter in
Bremen railway station. He said h‘
was an ardent Socialist, he didn ,
believe in wars.
“How about 1" ranee? ’ askul.
‘Oh that is different. That, would
be another kind of war. We were
tricked into a peace that is making
us slaves of France would be fol
a conflict that would break out
' On the dead walls of many Ger
man cities 1 have seen posters with
a hideous caricature of one oi
France’s black soldiers.
OBREGON WILL
SIGN NO TREATY
MEXICO (TTY, June 9. (By As
! sociatcd Press) —Formal signaLure of ;
a treaty between Mexico and the;
• United States as a condition to recog
nition of the Obregon government by 1
Washington is impossible, • said a
statement issued at the presidential |
office last night.
! President Obregon declined to!
meet newspaper men, but his secre- i
! tary said there was nothing to add to i
the recent pronouncements by the !
Mexican government.
- 1
5 Macon County Acres
6 Yield 208 Bu. Wheat
BUTLER, June 9.—Two hundred!
I and eight bushels of wheat harvested
. off of five acres of ground by W.
I G. Simmons, of Garden Valley dis
: trict, Macon county, is sure pfoof
that growing of wheat can be made
• a profitable crop in this section of
! the state.
The plat of ground on which this
' wheat was grown, was seeded to
i wheat the year before, and when the
I wheal was harvested, the land was
I sown in peas and the pea vines from
• part of this plat was mown for hay.
The first of November last, this plat
i was again seeded in wheat, sowing
two bushels per acre, and there was
no additional fertilizer used what
ever. with the above mentioned re
sults as to yield.
TEXTILE WORKERS CHIEF DEAD
FALL RIVER. Mass.. June 9. —
! : Word was received today of the death
! I at Brooklyn this morning of John
! Golden, general president of the
. United Textile Workers of America.
Burial will be in this city.
_ ___ ERICU
THE TIMESBRECORDER
PUBLISHED IN HEARToF
During the war these cartoons were
used to keep the fighting spirit of j
the people to burning point. It was)
represented that most of the j
French troops were black. Now it is,
represented that the bulk of the ■
French army of occupation is black. |
They have a name for this French ar-1
my of occupation. They call it Die 1
schwarze schmach” —the black taint i
ur the black shame. The comic pa-|
pers are always harping on this mat-!
ter. Propaganda about it is used in j
every conceivable form.
Propagandists Busy
In the movies I saw flashed on the j
screen a map of the German Rhine ;
territory occupied by the Allies; then j
the statement that the French pro- i
posed to increase their army of oc- ;
cupation from 60.000 to 130,000;
then that this would cost the Germans
380 million marks more each year.
When I was in Hamburg all the
street cars bore placards inside in
viting the people to a. great meeting |
of protest.
The city government./ probably
through fear of international conse
quences, had forbidden the meeting
and locked the hall. But one of the
leading preachers of the city, who |
bad been announced as a principal 1
speaker at the meeting, denounced ;
before the disappointed crowd the |
action of the goverhment.
It was in Hamburg, too, that 1 saw I
how ihe vaudeville theaters are used !
for anii-Fren-.h propaganda purposes, i
One performer sang songs of ms own ;
composition. The refrain of one of :
these was “have patience."
11 e verse >Aal brough* down the ;
bolt'C came wh n the singe’ ■ ml Gi r- .
many would pav the French indem-■
nify :n a then.and years, “have pa- ;
tiencc.”
Poets Look Forward
A poet on the same bill declaimed ;
his own poems. The theme of one’
was that no nation could be ground
to dust! Germany, too, had a right,
to live.
In a shop window in Leipsic, near !
the fanjous university, where thous- i
anas of German youths get their pro- !
fessional education, J saw a book on ;
the cover of which was; a picture of |
the cathedral of Strassburg. The ;
caption on the cover was:
“What we have lost !
“O Strassburg, O Strassburg, won- !
dcrfully beautiful city!
“Torn away, but never to be for-;
gotten German land!”
In another shop window in the same ;
vicinity was a book with the title I
“Der Tag des Gerichts” —“the day of ,
justice.” Under this was a grinning!
skull crowned with the rod cap of n i
French soldier. A band bn the hook i
said it was a book of consolation for <
Germany.
The author. Otto Autenrieth, is!
dreaming about wars in which Eng-!
land, France, Japan and America will !
be entangled with each other, during;
which Germany will slowly but surely;
rise to new strength and importance. ]
He says that France even now in the I
day of her triumph, faces the time of;
her downfall.
In another article Bronncr will I
tell yon how the German slogan. ]
“Buy ho enemy goods,” is working ;
out.
SIMS STANDS BY
HIS IRISH SPEECH
WASHINGTON, Juno 9. —Investi-j
j gation of the speech by Rear Ad- ■
miral Sims in London Tuesday was!
ordered by the senate today without I
| a record vote.
LONDON, June 9.—(By Associat-1
ed Press.) —Rear Admiral Sims was)
quoted by a mess association today |
as saying this morning with regard ,
t o the speech he delivered on the j
Irish question here Tuesday:
“I stand by all I said, every word
iof it; I shan't repudiate a single !
! word I said; I see nothing un-Ameri
! can in it, even if Senator McCormick
: docs.”
All Americans Out Os
1900 Guinea Golf Race
GLEN EAGLES. Scotland, June 9.
(By Assbciated Press.)—Ail
Americans were eliminated from the
I thousand guineas professional golf
i tournament today when Walter Ha
gen, of Detroit, was defeated in the
| seebnd round by T. G. Renouf, of
Manchester, two and one.
, Jock Hutchinson, of Chicago, was
I beaten in the first round bv Abe
i Mitchell, one up. Emmett French, of
! Youngstown, Ohio, also lost in the
i first round to Edward Ray, the Brit
! ish crack.
FREIGHTER HITS ICEBERG.
I HALIFAX. June 9.—Tire Ameri
can freighter Chariot, from Philadel
' phia for London, struck an iceberg
I about two hundred miles off the New
' Foundland ccoast. last night according
! to a radio message here today. Her
j bow was stove in. The steamship
Columbia is proceeding to her as-
I sistance.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 9, 1921-
4 MINSTRELS ON
GREAT LIST OF
BOOKINGS HERE!
Walter Rvlander An- j
nounces Attractions
Sinned I" or Season
. j
Sixteen high class attractions, the!
biggest and best that will come South
the coming season, with promises
from the producers of still other big
ones if they come in this direction,
were signed by Walter Rylander for
ihe fall and winter season at the
Rylander theater here while he was
in New York iTCently for the pur
pose of seeing plays and interview
ing producers, in order to make sure
that his house would get the best
offered this fall —and only the best.
The attractions signed include pro
ductions suitable for every taste—
whether pure amusement, musical
comedy, light opera, powerful drama,
pure comedy or blackface minstrels
is preferred.
In the latter classification will be|
f o.u d a billing that will delight ev i
ery lover of blackface, for four of
‘he biggest minstrels in exis'encc !
have been signed to appear here. |
The theater will open with Lasses!
White’s Miastrels late in September.;
and before the season is out Neill,
O'Brien’s Minstrels, A. G. Field’s Min-;
strels and Coburn’s Minstrels all will
be seen here. The Lasses White
Minstrel, booked by Erlanger, is de
clared to be the largest organiza
tion of its kind, excelling the!
grandeur of production both Field’s
and O’Brien’s show’s.
Os high interest will be the an
nouncement that John Golden, who
sent out “Lightnin'” and “Turn to i
the Right,” seen here last season and
both wholesome and!; highly satisfac
tory productions, will send this sea
son his two biggest hits, plays that
have both had great runs in New
York, “Three Wise Fools” and
“Dear Me." In the latter will be.
seen Grace Laßue and Hale Hamil
ton in person.
Extravaganzas Coming.
Probably of first interest on the
entire list, however, will be the
Greenwich Village Follies, one of the
great shows of Broadway during the ;
past season. Another big production. |
rarely seen in cities of this size, will !
be Flo Ziegfeld’s “Passing Show,”
X musical extravaganza. Another!
big girl and music production book- j
ed will be the Marcus Show, one]
of the largest and most spectacular
attractions seen in this section last
season.
In musical comedy Ihe season will
bring “Mary,” George M. Cohan’s
big hit of last season, and “Irene,
one of the most tuneful and pleas
ing attractions of recent years.
In the list of plays will be found ;
“Welcome Stranger,” a Sam Harris I
success, “Ladies’ Night,” “ The Bat,
and “Not Tonight, Josephine.” |
For the lovers of light opera, De
Kovcn’s old gem, “Robin Hood, foi
more than twenty years an American
favorite, will be offered by a Ralph
Dunbar company.
Contracts for these attractions
have been signed ami tentative dates
arranged, but because these dates
may be rearranged later t hey are not.
given out. In addition negotiations i
are pending for several other good
attractions.
Saw 31 Producers
“On my trip to New York, 1 had;
personal conferences with 31 of the;
world’s biggest Jheatrical and motion ;
picture producers,” said Mr. hylan
der. “Not only was I able to -ign ■
up the best road productions coming I
South, but was assured that we would ,
get what other productions be
sent in this direction later.. ihe ;
producers are facing problems whicn
will keep many big plays ofT the roa<
this year. Among these problem.-;
may be mentioned almost prohibitive
railroad charges for equipment and |
people, and trouble with the theatri
cal workers’ union.
“In meeting the motion picture |
producers I was able to arrange for ,
showing in Americus shortly a num- I
ber of the biggest pictures whicn]
otherwise through the regular chan- j
nels we could not have gotten for ;
months. There are many great pic-'
tures coming, and we are under con
tract for the best of them while they I
are new and fresh. Among them is
a D. W. Griffith picture eonstd >rea
bigger and stronger than “The Birth |
of a Nation,” announcement of which
will come shortly-
“Everywhere I was greeted most ;
; cor diallv. The producers had .
all heard of our new theater, i
an( l I was congratulated mi
every hand for its erection. In tne
! offices of John Golden, who sent
Liglnnin’’ here to open 'he theatei ■
I last winter, I was seized ami carried ;
to meet Frank Bacon, who was just ;
going on to play his fourteen hun- ;
I dredth and some-odd consecutive per
formance. I was assured that th-
Pvlandcr theater had been pronounc
ed by the actors who had been here to ;
be the finest and most comfortable
playhouse in the South, file worci
had been spread everywhere about
our theater, they all seemed to know
all about it. and that undoubtedly
helped in the booking of these big
’ gest and best attractions.
"All of the attractions booked
- which were running at that time 1
! saw. but some of them were closed.
1 I know we a wonderful list to
■ offer the amusement, loving public of
' this section, for the coming, reason.”
GALBRAITH, US.
LEGION HEAD, IS
KILLED IN AUTO
I C ar Goes Over Embank
ment —Two Others
Hurt
: INDIANAPOLIS, June 9.—F. W.
Galbraith, Jr., national commander
of the American Legion, was killed
and Henrv J. Ryan, of Indianapolis,
national director of the Legion’s
Americanization commission, and Mil
ton J. Foreman, of Chicago, na
tional committeeman of the Legion ,
from Illinois, were injured, when an
automobile in which they were rid
ing went over a steep embankment
early today.
The men were returning to this city j
from the Country club in Ryan’s (
car.
The car failed to make a slight |
turn in the road and ran over the
curbing, across the sidewalk and |
turned over several times, landing at |
i the foot of a twenty-foot embank-;
! ment. All three men were thrown I '
! clear of the car as it went down. ;
Mr. Galbraith suffered a fracture [
[ cf the skull in the fall and died on ,
the way to the hospital.
Mr. Ryan, who was driving the I
car, declared he believed a defect in ]
| the steering apparatus caused him to : (
lose control of the machine. He and I
Mr. Foreman were only slightly in- ’
jured. i
Coroner Paul F. Robinson, who i
- made an investigation immediately
after the accident, said an examina- i
tion of the wrecked machine showed
a broken connection of the steering
wheel. j
The three men were driving to the]
! union station here from the Coun- i
i try club, according to Mr. Ryan, ‘
' where Mr. Galbraith, accompanied .
by Mr. Foreman and William Q. Set-]
tliffe, adjutant of the department of;
Illinois, of the American Legion, I
were to have caught an early morn- i
ing train for Chicago. Mr. Settliffe!
and Mr. Foreman were returning
there after attending a meeting of
the national finance committee of the
American Legion here while Mr. Gal
braith intended stopping there pre
; liminary to starting on a speaking
j tour in behalf of legislation before
' congress sponsored by the American
j Legion.
Colonel Galbraith was elected na
j tional commander of the America/)
! Legion-rm Sept ember 29. last. Dur
ing the war he served in command
of the First Ohio National Guard at.
Camp Sherman, Chillicothe. Sub
sequently he was transferred to the
One Hundred and Forty-seventh in
fantry and embarked for overseas in
June, 1918. By leading his regiment
through the lines of the Germans un-
I der fire he won the title of “The
I Fighting Colonel of the Fighting
I First.” , |
In civilian life, Colonel Galbraith
was president of the Western Pa
per Goods company, of Cincinna
ti. He was a Republican, but never
actively engaged in politics, and was
never a candidate for public office.
25c Per i OO To Be Paid
For Weevils In Elbert
ELBERTON, June 9. County
iAgent L. Vaughan announces that
i the Elberton Board of Trade has
1 pledged him several hundred dollars
j to be used in a boll weevil picking
campaign.
Mr. Vaughan is enlisting the ef
] forts of every person on the farms
in the county in picking boll weevils,
j No squares nave formed on the cot
l ton as yet and it pointed out that
i the b/ist time to pick the weevils
and the most effective time, is now,
before the squares are formed to
receive the eggs.
Mr. Vaughan has announced that
the picking campaign will begin to
' day and he will pay twenty-five cents
; per hundred for all weevil, dead or
; alive, brought to him each Saturday
| thereafter until the campaign clos
| cs. Also, a special prize of $8 for
; the most weevils caught during the
1 campaign and $5 for next highest
i number will be paid.
i MARKETS
BIG BREAK IN EXCHANGE.
| NEW YORK, June 9.—Another
i violent break occurred in the for-
I eign exchange market this morning,
! effecting a severe unsettlement of
prices on the stock exchange and the
grain and cotton markets. Sterling
I rates fell to the lowest quotation
1 in several months.
: Bankers with European connec
! tion continue to attribute tile rc
vci'sal to German reparations pay-
■ ments and the desire of German fi
; nancial and commercial interests to
accumulate large reserves in this
i country. .
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON
Good Middling 11 1-4.
NEW YORK FUTURES
Julv Oct Dec Jan.
Prev. Close 12.60 13.44 13.95 14.05
Open 12.70 13.45 13.9! 14.00
11 am .12.52 13.38 13.86 13.96
I Ipm " 12.57 13.40 13.88 13.99,
• Close ..12.55 13.36 13.86 13.96
WEATHER.
Forecast for Georgia—Generally
> cloudy weather tonight and Friday;
f probably showers in extreme north
’ portion; little change in temperature.
WASN’T THAT ONE EASY?
A is 20 miles from B; B 30 miles from C. and C
\4O miles from D. A train, one-half mile long goes
? from Cto D, then from D to B. then frem B to C
s and then from C to A. How far does it travel?
Antwer to ye»tcrday’».- One Word.
lIEAPS SHIP BOARD;
Si Al
A. D. Lasker, Chicago advertising
man. appointed chairman of the
United States Shipping Board by
President Harding Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, June 9. The
nomination of A. I). Lasker and the
other members of the U. S. Shipping
Board were confirmed by the senate
today.
BRIDGE BLOWN
ONA.,B.&A.RY.
FITZGERALD, Juno. 9.—A trestle
on the A., B and A. railroad on
which a strike has been in progress
several weeks, was blown up four j
miles south of here this morning. |
Oglethorpe Striker Is
Freed Os Mischief
OGLETHORPE, June 9.—-A ease
involving phases of the A., B. & A.
strike was heard here when C. E.
Cureton, formerly employed by that
company as telegraph operator and
agent, but who is now out on strike,
was charged before Justice of the
Peace Bush with having attempted
i in wreck a train by tampering with a
switch in the railroad yards here. Af
ter investigation of the case, in which
several witnesses testified both for
and against the accused, the justice
held that the charge had not been
proven, and dismissed the case.
It was charged by G. F. Amos, a
section foreman, that the accused
was seen late Friday night of laA
week, hiding at a point near the
switch The matter was brought to
the attention of officers and Cureton
was arrested. It developed, however,
that an examination of the switch
just after Cureton was arrested did
not show that anything had been done
to in jure it, or cause any danger. The
witnesses for the state, however, stat
ed that an examination of the switch
the fclkiwing morning revealed the
fact, that some one had molested it.
Refuses To Pay His
Room Rent; 3 Dead
TOLEDO, June 9.—Two policemen
were shot to death by Thomas Kelley,
of Oklahoma, who barricaded himself
in a dwelling near the business sec
tion of the city this morning'. Kelley
was himself later killed when the
roof of the house was demolished by
machine guns and hand grenades.
The trouble started when Kelley
refused to pay bis room rent and
drew a pistol on the son of the land
lady. The police then were called.
3 More Ex-Service Men
Here Ask For Medals
Chaplain Flank P. Ander-on Pon
D. Cherry and Harry D. Schneider, of
Americus, have applied for their Vic
tory Medals. The bronze bars on
Mr. Schneider’s ribbon will show serv
ice in the Champagne-Marne, Aisne-
Marnc, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Ar
gonne operations. The Victory Med
al officer, 204 Journal Building, At
lant, expects to close his office at
the end of this month and would like
to get all of the Sumter count;' med
als issued before that time, he writes
the Times-Recorder.
! $5.00 FREE OR
s BATHING SUIT
OR TICKETS
HOW about trying for that $5.00 <
prize, or the new bathing suit, ;
■ or the week of free movie passes
! to be given away next week by I
] Manager Emory Rylander of the 5
’ Rylander Theater, through the <
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
96 ACRETRACT,
SITE OF FORM
CLUB, IS TAKEN
Fine Golf Links I o Be
Laid Out—Limit
Membership -
Announcement was made today of
the organization of a ncucleus of a
Country Club for Americus and the
signing el' an option for rental and
lease trom Dr. L. F. Grubbs of the
old Country Cub property of ninety
acres, including the club house al
ready built, just outside the city lim
its of Americus to the South on Lee
street. Possession is to be given by
Dr. Gk'ubbs at any agreed time be
fore September 1. but possession of
the ground will be available at once,
and it is planned to proceed within
a very short time with the laying out
and putting into first class condition
of a golf links. Most of the land is
already in berniuda turf and can bu
easily and quickly converted into *
splendid golf course, it is said.
The organization, which is a temp
orary affair, pending the formal or
ganization meeting of charter mem
bers, is headed by the following of
ficers: President, George R. Ellis;
vice-president, W. Caye, Jr.; sec
retary, Lovelace Eve;, treasurer, J.
Lewis Ellis; directors, Frank Har
rold. W. M. Jones, Frank Lanier.
It was stated by men participating
; in the preliminary organization that
i the new Country dull is to be a truly
' high class affair, with the strictest
• scrutiny of every person invited to
I join with a view to the utmost safe
; ty and security of association- at all
times for other persons in the fam
ilies of the members who will have ac
cesff to and use the club facilities
The membership also will be strictly
limited in number, and will be by
invitation. The personnel will in
clude .business and professional men
of the community—its most repre
sentative citizens.
To Incorporate.
The temporary organization will
proceed to incorpoi»te as quickly as
papers can be drawn and legal notice
by publication given. In the meantime
steps will be taken to perfect the
permanent organization, fix initia
tion fees and dyes and immediately
following begin converting the prop
erty into a modern country club.
The option given by Dr. Grubbs,
who acquired the property a few i
years ago when the old organization
disintegrated, provides for a lease
for five years at a monthly rental
of slob, with the right to purchase
lat any time within the period at (
I 513,000. This is considered an ex-
I ellent deal by the officers of the
■flub, as the original investment of
Dr. Grubbs, plus cash improvements
made, total:, practically that figure.
Dr. Grubbs was thanked for his lib
erality in dealing witff the organiza
tion.
Several thousand dollars will bo
-pent at the outset in developing the
nronerty—constructing the golf links,
putting the club house in condition
and furnishing it, building' baths and
Probably a pool, etc. It is planned
I make the place an ideal Country club
one which will not only be comfortable
and attractive to the members, but
be a credit to Americus and an ad
vert itcmenl. of the highest type in the
eyes cf important visitors from else
where, who would naturally be en
tertained frequently there while visit
! ing here.
Started by Rector.
The eount.rj club and golf course
• idea, which has been present, but dor
mant in the minds of many men here
1 for a long time, took on activity as a
result of the sermon of Rev. J. B.
I Lawrence, rector of Calvary chuheh,
• a week ago last Sunday, in which
he dwelt, upon the need for such an
instiuticn here —an institution of a
high type and properly managed
for the physical well-being of many
men now deprived of proper recrea
tion. as well as for the development
cf community spirit through outdoor
play. The idea was immediately giv
en wide endorsement by other minis
ters and citizens generally, amon&tho
boosters being Rev. Guyton Fisher,
of the First Methodist church, who
stated from the pulpit last Sunday
that he hoped Mr. Lawrence’s sug
gestion would bear fruit. Discus- (
sions by leading citizens resulted in
an informal conference being ar
ranged and the organization effected.
A proposed membership list of about
50 has already been made up and _is
being' enlarged by a secret commit
tee, known only to President Ellis.
It is the plan to limit the total mem
bership to 100.
; Pronosed Irish Pact
With Soviet Captured
LONDON. June 9 (By Associated
Pre A— The government issued a
; “white paper" this afternoon the
■ text of what purports to be a draft
! of a proposed treaty between the
( Russian Soviet government and the
' “Republic of Ireland,” whfch the
i eovn-nment states was captured in
•! Dublin.
; Senate Orders Probe Os
Soldier Relief Bodies
WASHINGTON. June 9.—ln.vesii
( gation of ail government Agencies
5 dealing with former service men was
$ ordered bv the senate today in adopts
? ing the resolution creating a select
> committee to conduct such an m
quiry. y
