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AMF.RICUS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 22. 1916
M'.YRER M»
IS
TRYING TO
AVERT A
WARHERE
Mexico Lays Her
Cause Before
Europe
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♦ “MUST PERFECT MW IS ♦
♦ LATEST MAIIIXE RECRUIT. ♦
♦ ATLANTA, Ga., June 21.— Hen- ♦
♦ ry C. Crumley, aged 18. of Wa- ♦
♦ tauga Valley Tenn. enlisted here ♦
♦ a* a member ot the United States ♦
♦ marine corps and left for Clncin- ♦
♦ natl where he was transferred to ♦
♦ the training barracks at Port ♦
♦ Royal, S. C. * I
♦ Officers In charge of the marine ♦ [ . . .. , „ . „
The first agricultural rally In Sum-
♦ corps recruiting here said Crum- 4 1 „
I tei county under the auspices of the
♦ ley was one of the most perefct ♦ „ , . ..... . ,
p Jfarm department of the Amerlcus and
♦ speclmer.s of manhood to enter ♦ 8umter ctMab „ ot commerce I
♦ the service for some time, as he ♦ „e held Friday JuM , oth . It „|
ithout a physical defect. ♦ alao under tl)e au , plcCB of jj,,. „ ten .l
FARMER’S RALLY: :! L.
IN AMERICUS 0Ni~:::;!F0B THE ORDERS
!, JUNE
♦ HI* entrance was made possible ♦
♦ by the recent ruling whicn lower- ♦
♦ ed the age limit to 18 year*. ♦
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in or im cm
BE INVOKED NOW
T
German Intrigue
Is Charged In
War Plot
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 21.—
iprtgpntatives of European powers,
pecially those of England, France
d RubhIh are bringing strong pres
ide to bear on Gen. Carranza to
t**\ent a break between the United
tales and Mexico, according to indi
ct reports to the state department
ris afternoon. It is added there yet
rtnain.s a probability these representa-
ioo» may succeed in averting war be-
»wn the de facto government at Mex-
!0 City and the United States
It I* said the representative* of the
eropean K'ntente Allies are partlcu-
rly active because of their belief that
erman influence in the south of Mex-
o has been sot at work to inflame Uh
«i<an government against the Unlt-
I Statm. The effort to bring about
u between the two countries is being
It is believed, to prevent
dted States gathering in the trade
m^rly controlled by German mer-
lnt * In Mexico and the South and
n, ral American countries.
pointed out in this connection
II Gen. Carranza and hia advisers
M avoid war with the American na-
0 *»> calling for an international
Halation to discuss the situation.
der th * «frms of a treaty formally
°tiated between the Washington
1 Mexico City governments during
* It i» optional with Gen. Carranza
aI! for such a commission, but ss
'be de facto government in Mex-
no such suggestion to
•uthoriiles at Washington. Action
* r the tc-rms Of this old treaty mav
* §t an > time. It was stated today.
ho ' e w h° still hold to the hope that
between the two countries will
he avoided.
definite statement reached
hington today from a thoroughly
hie source that (Jen. Carranxa con-
t ‘* to do all that Is possible to
American citizens and their
'fty in Mexico, and this is consld-
0116 of the most hopeful signs yet
** ar on the horizon. It as learn-
tentatively today that Carranza
special Agent Rodgers, at Mtx-
1,v arranging for trains to
American and other refugees to
Cru* In
in some quarters, however.
u tiot* has been construed a* lm-
arranza is unwilling to assure
and foreigners of protec-
" became necessary to leave
Mly l,H *use of a break In rela-
1 h the United States. A num-
sion department of the State College
of Agriculture.
The program will begin promptly at
Id o’clock Friday morning, at the
Cnamber of Commerce offices on For
syth street.
Dinner will be spread at noon in the
xscant store next to Charles L. Ans-
ley’s store.
Pictures will be shown at the Opera
House, through the kindness of Mana
ger Will Dudley.
The program is:
Guy R. Jones, professor of rural
engineering .State College of Agrictil-
I tcre—“Home Conveniences on the
Farm.
H. H. Parrish agricultural agent of
rraiicn posmons normeasi oi jineims : Dougherty county—Building the Soli,
nt Hill 108 and In the direction of Her- Dr. E. P. Fraser, president of Bibb
ry Aubae, was made during last night, i Coun,y Agricultural and Uve Stock In-
FRONT OF MRS
soys the French war office in today's
first bulletin. The attack was repuls
ed, the bulletin adds, by French ar
tillery Are.
Two mines were exploded by the
Germans preliminary to hurling infan
try in massed formation against the
stitute—What the Institute Has Mean
to the Farmers of Bibb County in the
Last Seven Years.
Harry C. Robert, general manager.
Georgia 8tate Fair—Benefits of a Fair
to the Third District
W. G. Middlebrooks, 'agricultural
agent of Bibb county—How An Inst 1 .-
T
KND ITS RISES
Co. I. Second Georgia Regiment, Na
tional Guards, better known in this
section as the Amerlcus Light Infantry,
it: resting on their arms, awaiting
their movement to the mobilization
camp at Macon.
Quartermaster Sergeant Edwin T.
Murray, of the A. L. I. has been com
missioned a second lieutenant and or
dered to report to Macon to the com-
The following communication front
the state vetlnarian, Dr. Peter If.
Hahnsen, of Amerlcus, Is furnished 1 '"“"'ling officer of the Second regiment,
by J. G. Oliver, through the local | TUIa vacancy ,n ,he A U »■ wl " b »
Chamber of Commerce, and la self-ax-1 flllMl by “PI®'"""*"! of Captain Jame.
j 'anatory: j A
The meet prolific source of hog ! * number of recruit, have b#en add-
cholera Is. beyond queatlon. the „ ca '“othe mu.ter roll, of the local com-
hog and the unburled carcase of the !pany ’ * n,ong ,ho m * n b » ln * wlllbun H
hog that died of cholera. Buzzards,
and roaming dogs, can only carry the
disease when the Infected material Is
left for them to distribute. The laws
Bush, James Bramlett, William Green,
Durward W. Wheeler lteEstevllle
Hendrix Augustus D. Bolton, of Les
lie; Lem Bramlett, Samuel Dedman
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♦ OLD ! ERTIFIUATE GIVEN ♦
♦ MONTGOMERY TRUE BLUES ♦
♦ MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 21. ♦
♦ —A certificate of honorary mem- ♦
♦ bership in the Montgomery True e|
♦ Blues, dated July 1, 1857, has been ♦
♦ presented to the present organ!- ♦
♦ nation of the “True Blues” at their ♦
♦ armory here. The owner of the ♦
♦ certificate, Augustus W. Under- ♦ [
♦ w ood .Is long since dead, but one ♦
♦ of his relatives, Mrs. W. L. Me- ♦
♦ Cain found the old certificate and ♦
♦ presented it to the present com- ♦
♦ pany to file among its archives. ♦
♦ The document was framed and ♦
♦ hung on the walls of the armory ♦
♦ along with other cherished me-
♦ men toe* of the glorious past. ♦
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SIX COMMITTEES
to cimiiiss the
of the slat, of Georgia make It a mis- Cl,,ud Cal “" ay ’ ^ E Gordon ’
Colquitt, Roch Brooks and C. M. Park,
of Leslie.
Frenc h trenches at these points, and j tuts Aids Education, Agriculture and
when these troops were caught by the Social Surroundings
artillery fire they were utterly annl- E. H. Hyman, secretary Amerlcus
htlated. and Sumter County Chamber of Com
Along the Verdun front where such merce and J. G. Oliver, agricultural
herculean efforts have recently been j at . e ne Third Agricultural district, on
exerted by the Teutons In their en- J 'Organixation of Institute for Sumter
dcavor to capture Dead Man’s Hill, County,'
there were no Infantry actions during j The Urmfn ot Sumler ccunty ar .
last night. The fighting there requested to bring a well-filled basket
confined to an unending artillery duel, j dlnner Thejr wt| , ^ |aken charg0
the Germans bombarding pitilessly, as (;f ,[ le i ad | ea and spread ready for
I a« been observed heretofore, when ln-j d in ner.
.-.ntry attacks wore In preparation. The, T() , he Tmm ot Sumter County
Trench artillery replle. to the Germv.ilj, jg w|th much p | eaBur e mat we to*
.helling at Intervals, and the din of | vlte you t0 ^ pre « nt and brlng your
heavy gunfire there Is continuous, da/j el t|re famlly , h(a the flr8t gather | nt .
ar.d night. 1 0 f f ar mers of Sumter county. We have
The Austrian war office reports to *! arranged, besides the splendid pro-
day that a Russian force after cross-. gram a bo V e, an extra and added attrar-
Ing the Sereth river were closely en-1 „ on , he form „ f an m ,„ trated u , k
gaged and that fighting continues pictures on the screen by Mr. J.
rogress there. Thirteen hundred Rus-j G ollver on ..j^n Weev |i prepared-
slans have been captured In the 1-ak
Atchl district, says the Vienna report.
An Athens dispatch savs the Greek
cabinet resigned today, but official con
firmation of the alleged resignations
cannot be secured.
l.leut. Immelman. the famous Ger
man aviator, Is reported as having been
killed on the Verdun front during to
day’s fighting.
kin,
‘Ctatlnusd
ot Paga D
IM SFECIIUDm
TO FINISH THURSDAY
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 21.—The
special grand Jury convened to Inves
tigate the mysterious murder of Pro
bate Judge Lawler, of this countyl, It
Is expected, will complete Its InvesC-
v at ion today. No Intimation concern
ing Its conclusions has been permitted
lo become public.
Percy Brooks, held In connection
with the affslr slnca ahortlv after the
finding of Judge Lawler * body In a
i.iorast near Hantavllle, teetlfied before
the Inquisitorial body today. Virgin
Turner, a negro chauffeur, I* still be
lt* held a. a material wltaeas, and
will be examined tbls afternoon.
net*.” I have seen these pictures an)
heard the talk and I assure you thrt
this feature alone Is worth coming to
Amerlcus to see and hear. I am sure
that this feature alone is worth com
ing to Amerlcus to see snd hear. I am
a are that that the other subjects on tho
program will be equall) as interesting
Hoping that you will come and bring
yrur families, we beg to remain. Yours
for better farming
Amerlcus and Sumter County Chamber
of Commerce, Charles L. Ansley,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
AUMTKALIA FOUNDS A
FUND FOR SOLDIERS
MELBOURNE. Australia. June 21.—
The Fede^l and the State govern
ments of Australia have authorized
the foundation of a fund to be called
The Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation
Fund." It will enable those who have
not been fighting for their country to
fulfill their obligations by assisting
soldiers to gain a permanent liveli
hood after the war. The fund is to he
vested in a board of trustees repre
senting all the state and Its adminis
tration la to be conducted on lines to
demeanor for any one to fail to bury
the can ass of any dead animal; un
fortunately this act requires that the
cwner of such carcass must be serv
ed with notice that the burial of such
carcass is demanded by other citizens.
While tills clause doesn't nullify tho
act it is well known that such notlco
notice would frequently lead to
strained neighborly relation and possi
bly to open enmity. For this reason
are frequently called on to enforce
Boys Are Happy Now.
The company is happy with the pros
pects of seeing active service. In veri
fication of this may be advanced
“drum head" minstrel st the armory
Inst night, during which several mem
bers participated in a real, good-time
jollification ceremony.
The company’s quartet sang “Juat
Before the Rattle, Mother,” which may
the act that make, the destruction of j” y ^ ay not be aI>pro ' ,r,a " ,he <*-
animals that have died compulsory, by caa * on -
acting as prosecutors. To us such
prosecutions are very unpleasant, and
they Involve quite an item of expense
to the state. But our success in poik
I roductlon depends in a Urge meas
ure on the enforcement of this very
reasonable and necessary requirement
Self-interest demands that every owner i
of hogs destroy, by burning, or de>p
burial, the carcass of every hog that
dies of any disease; If, however, a
man is Indifferent to his self internet
>wes a reasonable observance of
safety regulations to the interest of the
ommunlty, and especially his nelgti
hors. No good citizen can be indif
ferent to such an obligation.
I feel sure ail that Is necessary to
secure a rigid observance of this law is
to bring the act to the attention of th *
public. 8ho«ild this fall, we will, of
course, be compelled to prosecute all
lolators of this law.
June 17th, 1916.
PETER F. BAHN8EN,
State Veterinarian.
AFTER ANOTHER
AAEETINjJN 17
H. E. Allen, clerk of the Superior
court of Sumter county and president
of the County Officers’ association, is
at St. Simon's today, where the annual
convention of the organization Is being
held. Mr. Allen has arranged all the
details of the program which will con
tain many features of Interesting en
tertainment.
Mr. Allen will invita the organization
to meet in Amerlcus in 1917, on behalf
of the Chamber ot Commerce and the
Mayor and City Council.
It Is expected that 8acretary E. H.
Hyman will go to St. Simon’s Friday
be determined by an act of tha Com- 'and ba at the meeting on the day when
moo wealth Parliament. I the 1917 meeting placa la selected.
Pay of the Offirer*.
An Interesting fact Is the pay of the
men in the service of the National
'Guards while on active duty. Their
I scale of pay la:
1 Brigadier general $500.00
‘ Colonels 333.33
Lieutenant colonels 291.67
I Majors 250.00
Captains 200.00
First lieutenants 166.67
Second lieutenants 141.67
First sergeants 45.00
Corporals 21.00
Privates 15.00
Power of Carranza.
If General Carranza called his en
tire federal army Into service against
the- United States, he would not have
mere than 52.000 men. This was tho
estimate furnished to the United States
v.ar department at the time of the Vera
Cruz trouble, and there has not been
much of an increase since then.
However, of the tnousandg of Ir
regulars In Mexico. Including bandits,
many undoubtedly would flock to Car
ranza in the event of war with the
United States, which would give him
an army of probably more than twice
the size of his federal forcea.
Most o fthe federal troops wer >
quartered in Mexico City, Guadalajara
Tampico, Zacatecas, Mazatian. Lla-
tiial. Guanajuato, Acapulco, Victoria
Veiles and Puebla until March of this
year, when the general northern move-
in< nt toward the Arizona border slow
ly began.
Mexico's peace strength In 1910 was
estimated at 43969; reserves 42,753; to
tal war strength. 86,742; total availa
ble, unorganized, 3,013,595.
Six committees of prominent Amer-
Itus people will leave the city Thurs-
uay morning not later than 9 o’clock,
canxassing the county for subscrip
tions to the Third Agricultural Dis
trict fair, to be held in Amerlcus in
October.
The committees are:
Plains, Seventeenth District and
Sumter—Carr 8. Glover and Geo. P.
Ellla.
Friendship—Frank Harrold and W.
M. Humber.
Cobb. DeSoto and Leslie—Lee Allen
Crawford Wheatley and W. M. Jones.
28th District—L. G. Council and J.
E. Poole.
29th District—Frank Lanier and W.
E. Brown.
Old 16th District—A. D. Gatewood
and Walter Brown.
These committees will push the work
of the fair and the Chamber of Com
merce.
It Is expected that the fruits of their
WARSHIPS
READY TO
DASH TOR
MEXICANS
Several States
Have Guards
Ready to Go
EROOPS BEGIN 10 MOVE
FOR EUNSION'S ORDER
Fleet Prepares For
Action Along
The Coast
BAN D1BGO, Cal., June 21.—The lor-
fiedu boats Hull, Ho|>klns and Tr»-
wenton, stationed here during sexerml
reeks b ast were made ready early
today to dash down the Mexican coast
there to join otlier ships of the 1’acUe
fleet, either on their way or already hi
Mexican porta.
The cruisers Ban Diego and Ultta-
hnrg and the armored cruiser Colo
rado left thla port yeaterday ■■
under sealed orders, but It la preaaa-
td went to reinforce the fleet com
manded by Admiral Winslow, sad
engaged in patrollng the Mexican weal
coaat. Naval experts said following the
palling of the San Diego, I’lttsburg and
dorado, that with the arrival of thane
additional units the commander of the
i'acifle fleet would be In poaltlon la
effectively blockade every Mexican
west port, within a brief time, and that
'n event war la declared the eatahttah
work will place the district fair on a | r.ient of such a blockade will be
rapid road to completion with Its many „j t i, e flrat , tepa t a |, en
plants.
SECRETARY HYMAN COES TO
ARRANGE FOR MIDMfJYS
i. Hyman, secretary of the
Amertcua and Sumter County Chamber
of Commerce, will go to Macon tomor
row to attend a meeting of the Asso*
ciatlon of Georgia Fairs, of which he
Ik secretary, to be held in that city.
The meeting will be held at the Ho
tel I^inler, and ia for the purpose of
arranging midway attractions for the
coming fairs in Georgia. This snsocta-1 uphold serum before being sent
tlon is headed by J. Luke Burdette, of the border.
GuanNinett La Route to UaMpa.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Juna 11.—
The national guard mobilization today
had proceeded to a point wherw a
number of states reported »o the war
departments that numerous reglmaats
were either en route to or had already
reached their mobilization camps.
The troope will remain In their t%-
Hpective mobilization camps uetB
ail the militiamen have been passed by
federal medical examiners and they
liH\e been formally mustered into the
service of the United States. The
guardsmen will all he Inoculated with
MORGAN LEAVEN AMEBIC US
TO WORK WITH MAC Oh FIRM
The many friends of Lewis Morgan,
st n of L. A. Morgan, will be interested
in knowing that he will he located in
Macon in the future, having eccepted
a position with Swift A Co., In their
clerical department.
Lew-sj te one of Americas well known
>ung men. his friends wish him
success in bis new line of work.
Washington, as president, and K. H.
Hyman, of this city as secretary.
Among the fair associations repre
sented at the meeting will be the East
Georgia fair of Washington; Georgia
State fair, of Macon; Hahlra fair,
Hart Comity fair, of Hartwell; Hous
ton County fair, of Perry; Southeast
ern fair, of Atlanta; Southeast Georgia
fair of Donaldsonvllle; Tatnall Coun
ty fair, of Reidavtlle; Taylor County
fair, of Butler; Twelfth District Agri
cultural fair, of Dublin; Washington
County fair, of Sandersville; North
Georgia fair, of Winder, and the Third
Agricultural District fair to be held
In this city, and which promisee to
be one of the biggeet and most im
portant of any in the whole stale.
Those at the bead of this enterprise
are pushing with all their might and
Reports from every section of the
United States reaching the war depart-
nttn today show unexampled internal
and enthusiasm In recruiting. In many
of the large cities of the country, Ike
number of recruits applying have bM*
greatly in excess of the total desired,
and many of the applicants have go**
Icto the small towns, where enlist
ments are more easily procured, la
older to be among the first of the
loops to go to the front
will leave nothing undone to make If
the best ever.
Secretary Hyman will go from Ma
con to St. Simon’s, where be will ex
tend an Invitation to the County OA-
’ association to meet here next
year.