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CARRANZA RELEASES U. S. PRISONERS
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY'AFTERNOON. JUNE 29. 1916
The Sumter Superior court convene
Thursday morning, with hi* honor.
Judge Z. A. Littlejohn presiding. Three
felony case* arc scheduled for trial,
tvo being murder indictment*. An-
other case is a negro charged with as
sault with Intent to murder.
The grand jury will also be in ses
sion during the criminal work of the
Superior court.
ight Mexic Sold
iers Tried to
Cross Line
II MURDERERS ARE
ON U. S. SIDE
larking Time As
'hey Await the
Answer
PICAGO, June 28.—Major General
onunanding the Central de
nt, at noot today ordered the
•diate movement to the border cf
knit* of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas
|Wisconsin National Guard troops
•nably ready’* for service. The
i that approximately 20,00)
ional troops will be on their wav
rder points before morning.
NICK CRINIWITI IS A
GREEK 10 THE FRONT
Nick Criniwiti, a member of
Greek colony here, had been in the city
only a short time when the call of
{'resident Wilson came for the National
Guards. Nick i* a member of the Apa
lachicola. Fla , company of guardsmen
and he received Instructions to report
Nick left today for Florida to Join his
company, and he will likely see service
among the first southern troops to go
tc the border.
NON-COMS. NAMED IN
1.1.1. IT HPT. Fill
ania rmte't* to Washington.
3HIXGTOX, D. C., June 28.—A
•rmally protesting against alleg-
ge* against Mexicans, asserted
teen committed by an Ameri-
Hary force of three thousand
manning from San Geronlmo
direction of HI Valle, waa sent
•tate department today by Senor
the Mexican ambaasador-
here. The communication
presented by personal command of
Carranza.
note complains of the alleged ar-
f three hundred Mexican civil-
LaCruz, requests the punish
of American officers responsible
occurrence, and ask* that
Me steps be taken to prevent a
nee of such incidents. Apache
empolyed by Gen. Pershing's
nre charged with extreme
fry toward Mexican civilians, and
>mment is asked to invest!
r conduct.
** learned this afternoon the
apartment has not been advised
Unities being encountered by
troops at In&Cruz, nor of the
Mexican civilian, and it is
^t action upon the alle
contained in the Mexican note
*cted upon until official Inter*
** received from American ml.*-
20 o clock this afternoon theifc
" Miction, th*t the Wllsci,
Mration will change lie post-
'* ar<1 Mexico. Officials here
I at that hour that President
*111 go before congress tomor-
Csrnnza s repiy to Lansing s
"°t fully satisfactory, and that
t>IM > ask authority to declare
II I* Indicated that no reply
Wr *Wed as satisfactory that
If" He for the taimediate re-
1 "* troopers captured at Car-
M now he'd at Chihnahua City
,r Meiteat. cities. The fact
’* ca Mured men are still being
"»*ed here as a deliberate
Captain Jas. A. Fort has announc
eq his appointments In the A. L. I to
non-commissioned offices, as he is at
the mobilization camp at Macon, anJ
preparing for their visit to the border,
All of the young men in the company
are splendid patriots, and the follow
ing non-coms, have been named:
Corporals W. H. Chappell and L. H
Slrooks to be sergeants; Privates H. L>.
S< hneider, Ben H. Hawkins, Jack
Courtney, W G. Crapps, Stephen Pace,
John G. Holst, Bernard I. Bostick, to
be corporals; A. B. Turpin, detailed
tc the mounted order service.
GEHALD BATTLES WAS I
VISITOR II THE CIT
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1 II 1 ♦ WEATHER FORECAST. ♦
H V H U 4 iinr iS 1918. ♦
FOURTH OT JOE) 01
' ♦ FOR GEORGIA Probably local ♦
HI 1U ♦ showers Wednesday night and ♦
| 1 111 ♦ Thursday. ♦
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WILE BE RINGER 1
HERE OH JOLT 4
HUH BUTTLE
FOR IKS HERE
After much hard work over the long
distance phone. Secretary Hyman was j
able today to secure the Ocilla Zouave j
Concert band for the Fourth of July in
Amcricus. This is one of the bee* i
bands In sooth Georgia and Manager
Dean, who is a warm personal friend
of Secretary Hyman, stated last night
that it would give him much pleasure
tr come to Ameiicus and show the peo
ple here what a line hand they have,
with a view of securing the music con
tract for the Third Agricultural Dis
trict fair this fall. Amerlcua is, in
deed, to be congratulated that we have
secured such a fine musical organiza
tion to be with us on the Fourth.
The other arrangements for the
Fourth are going on with great en
thusiasm and Amerlcua expects to up
hold her reputation and to go one bet
ter and have the largest crowd of peo
ple here on that occasion that has
e\er been In the city. Last year tlio
crowd was easily estimated to be 5,000
and the weather was against us. Now
that all the rain is coming at this time,
the promoters of the occasion are an
ticipating a pretty Fourth of July, and
the visitors will certainly be here.
Every fraternal order in Amerlcus
will be invited to take part In the Pre
paredness Parade and the Confederate
Veterans and Sons of Veterans are es
pecially invited, and will be given a
prominent pan in the parade. Mrs. E.
A. Hawkins Is securing quite a regi
ment of our young boys to take part in
the parade, and Mrs. Frank P. Har-
rold will be invited to have the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy to take a
prominent part and get the hundreds
of little girls to march.
Xews was brought in today by sev
eral traveling salesmen who have re
cently at numerous south
points, that they heard of the Amerl- the indicement. The motion to quash
cus celebration of the Fourth of JuJy ie based on the assertion that the high
The Fourtn of July In Amerlcus Is
I going to be on a broader scale this
year than last. The entire program
1 has been changed with the exception o?
r*-
TO
EL PASO Tex., June 29.—General
Trevino, Carranza commander at
Chihuahua City, today ordered the re
lease of ese seventeen negro troopers
OF LITE HEAVY
Violent fighting along the Verdun
front continues, says the French war
office today. During last night French
curtains of fire checked a determined
German attack at Gostil. near Fluery.
Spirited fighting occurred last night
in the vicinity of ThlaiLnont armored
work, which the Germmis continue to
hold.
The Italians are still pushing the
Austrians back along the Trentino
front. The Rome war office today an
nounced the capture of Monte Gia-
rnonde and Monte Cavlojo, between Po-
sir.a and Astlco.
Athens dispatches early today, says
the Greek situation remains critics’,
but that the Allies demands are be
ing carried Into execution. King Con
stantine late yesterday ordered the
whole of the Greek army demobilized,
this being one of the demands of the
Entente nations.
The Berlin war office today records
activity by small forces fi France, es
pecially along the British western
front.
On the eastern front German troops
hsve captured the Volhynlan village of
\\ InieWka from the Russians.
since confined in the penitentiary at
Ihuahua. Gen. Funston was advis
ed tonight that the prisoners are on
their way to the border a.id are ex
pected to reach Juarez before moru-
Irg.
The release of these negro troopeis
s In compliance with the foremost de
mand of Wilson's ultimatum to the de
facto government tn Mexico, and mav
result In wsr between the two coun
tries being avoided.
base ball .and we could not make a | a |(p n during the Carrlzal fight an,I
program for the Fourth and leave
"Ball" out of It.
The two games of baseball between
Kastman and Rochelle will be hard
games, and fought to a finish. Bach
club has a record for excellent playing
They will bring a big crowd of root
ers with them. The morning tame
will start at 10 o'clock, and the after
noon game at 4 P. M.
In the afternoon at 2 o'clock the
'Great Preparedness Parade" will take
place. Every business firm and manu
facture is requested to turn out with
signs and banners advertising "Pre
paredness." Ladles will march as we'l
as the men. Mrs. E. A. Hawkins is
securing a band of school boys to take
part In the parade. The school girls
should get busy and have a big section
in line. Firms may have floats or
sutos decorated in the parade.
The following mayors of cities halve
been Invited to bring a large delsga
tion from their cities: Ellavllle, Bu
ena Vista, Dawson, Cordele, Leesburg.
Richland Lumpkin, Montezuma, Ogle
thorpe. Vienna, Fort Valley. Ashburn.
Cuthbert, Butler, shellman. Bronwood,
1-nadllla, Rochelle, Abbeville and Haw-
klnsvllle. Replies to these Invitation,
are expected within the next day 0.'
two.
With the large crowd that will be
here. Amerlcus can make quite a show.
The one big feature of the Fourth
that will out shine all others will be
' Ford Day." It will be a sight tt> sec
several hundred Ford cars here In one
bunch. The Amerlcus Automobll
Company, who are the Ford agents, has
kindly consented to park all Ford cars
Gerald Battle, formerly a resident >t
Amerlcus, where he w'as private sec
retary to Supt. K. B. Grtmshaw. of the
Seaboard Air Line railway, was a vis
Iter In the city Tuesday. Mr. Battle
en route to hit home in Columbus
after spending the scholastic year in
Athens, where he was a student in the
Vnlverslty of Georgia. He renewed
many former acquaintances while i.:
the city for the short visit.
everywhere they visited.
All the lithograph pictures and other
attractive advertising matter will be
distributed by Secretary Hyman tn ax.
automobile by Monday noon.
The Amerlcua Automobile Company
It preparing for a record number cf
Ford earn to be here, and will park ah
cars for the owners. The prizes that
are offered will bring every Ford with
In 100 miles to Amerlcus and this
large number of automobiles will he
worth coming to see. The Ford parade
will start promptly at 11:30 a. m., af
ter the morning baseball game ends.
The two ball clubs that are coming
ere Katsman and Rochelle, two of
about the best tn southwest Georgia,
and they will give a good exhibition
of hall here. It Is Interesting to know
thst two brothers sre csptalne of each
of these teams, and that they are oid
Casement IHgh Treason Trial.
LONDON. June 2*.—Sir Roger Case
ment. the only defense witness at hi."
trial for high treason here testified to
day. The main defense offered rests
Georgia | an argument by counsel for quashing a( b(K garage. The Ford parade
starts at 11:30 o'clock, and after the
jiarade the prizes will be awarded. The
Hat Is as follows
125.00 to the city having the great
est number of Ford cars here,
take 12 cars to win this prise.
310.00 for the largest family riding
tn a Ford, father, mother and children.
36.00 for the prettiest girl driving a
Ford.
court Is without Jurisdiction in treason
cases where the alleged treason was
committed on foreign soil.
After hearing argument the court
denied the motion to quash the in
dictment.
The defendant in his teatlmony. de
clared Hie the German government had
TWO 10010 MEN STIHO
TIE STITE BIO EM
Two Amerlcua youcg men are stand
ing the examinations for entrance U
he state bar as lawyers before Judge
Z. A. Littlejohn at the courthouse
fc rnlebed no part of the money used ,- 0# (or the fat test man driving a ( Wednesday. They are Blake Blvtns
CART BROTHERS HIVE
OPiNED MARKET
Messrs. A. B. and S. W. Cary have
opened up the A. B. Cary A Bro. Cas'i
Meat Market In the stand recently oc
cupied by the McDaniel Meat Market,
on Cotton avenue.
The Messrs. Cary expect to carry a
good, fresh line of meats and will
strive to give satisfactory reaiilta to
their customers.
DE FACTO
CHIEF IS
SENDING
U.S.AN0TE
Carranza Bringing
Troops Near
Pershing
LINES OF COMMUNICATION
TO EXPEDITION WATCHER
Rodgers Wires
That He Expects
Note Today
ELIZABETH MATHER COLLEGE
A NEW SCHOOL TOR ATLANTA
Miss Selma Martin, representing the
Elizabeth Mather college, was in
city for a short time today. This is a
new educational institution that is to
be established In Atlanta and will open
about September flrat. It Is to be
college of practical arts, where young
women and girls may secure special
ised Instructions In the various
branches of an education
in the Irish uprising. He denied also
that he had received financial-aid from
individual Germans and asserted tbat
ell the money he used in support of
the movement came from Ireland.
Ford.
$5.00 for the oldest Ford in line.
And many more prizes tbat the com
mittee will announce later.
At nleht there will be a Masquerade
rather than any <«' n ‘
part ef lwcl > «*P erl « nced
I** reoufrtai Immediate repud- acroea."
tattoo.
Special Agent Rodgers' statement
that Carranza officials are "Investigat
ing the Carrlzal clash" apparently Is
Interpreted here as Indicating that
the de facto government In Its replv
renew former ‘| proh . lloI », hall player.. On nm*
1,1c for the clash,
change in attitude upon the
'the Mexican authorities. Senor Arre-j ■. '
xlondo elated this afternoon that he has, .. rn | iru mrnr
rceived no recent word from General {jQMEWHERE
Carranza regant.n* the state of the
pending negotiations.
Meilcaas Drive. ^ A telegram from Somewhere
NOGALES. Aijlz., Mexico.' 1 was received here from M»-
Mexlcan soldiers tried to cr | ■‘■riot, to hie brother, T. M
international boundary her. this morn-, ^ wlre
and »cr« driven back * ^ unary b^quar-
-zrszj: th. r v : ---rr M :
croselng. MaJ^ooks or^ hl. men ^ OT , rland . Max
to "drop anybody you eee a * „ vltb th , .apply department
Plcmusly- „a..n,l..bo , co-'-; iin ^ ^ ^ ^ _-
over there, we w | oI lrou |,i,.
IIFIIIT
IEE WIT TO IMERIC05
From Lieut. Benj. C. Hogue
The editor of the Times-Recordgr acknowledges with pleasure the
following letter received last night from Lieut. Benjamin C. Hogue, who
is recruiting officer for the Americus Light Infantry, and now stationed
at the armory: .,**•' !
♦ J * " Amerlcus, Ga., June 2*. 1WI.
"Mr. Cranston Williams,
"Editor Amerlcus Ttmes-Recoider.
"Dear Sir:
"I wish, In behalf of the Amerlcus Light Ijifantry (Company I 2nd
infantry), to thank you tor your editorial of today. And 1 wish to state
that I think It Is one of the stronger appeals that 1 have ever seen
written on this particular subject. 1 cannot conceive of how any true
American mother can longer retrain her son from enlisting In 'Ameri
ca, Own Company.' and answering the call of hi. country after having
reax] this article. I truly hot* that .11 the mother. In Amerlcua who
have not read the article will hasten to do so.
"Allow me to araln thank you for your kindness In writing this arti
cle Also for the many other kindnesses you have shown our organtza-
tlon. And I truly think that your work along this line that you are do
ing I. really of more benefit to our country than If you your«lf would
Respectfully.
BENJAMIN C. HOGUE,
2id Lieutenant. Co. I. 2nd. Inft. W. R. O.
and laewis Ellis. Tba examination
questions were sent to Judge Little
john, and the many friends of tfc<
young men hope that they will be auc
ctssful.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 28.—
Special Agent Rodgers, ai Mexico City,
in a two-sentence telegram dated yes
terday status he expects to recetov
Gen. Carranza’s reply to American noto
teday. The telegram was received ai
the state department early tills mora-
Irg, and is the first word from Rodgera
since he reported delivering Secretary
Lanlsng's note.
Today’s brief communication merely
•ays that he believes the Mexican au
thorities are Investigating the Carrlzal
affair, and gives no indication as te
what reply will be made by the de facto
Mexican authoritico to the Americas
demands. Conditions at Mexico Clt/
today are quiet, but anti-Amerlcaa
sentiment continues on the increase.
COLUMBUS, N. M.. June 28.—Largi
force* of Carranza cavalry are gath
ering today near Gen. Pershing’s com
munication lines between Colonla Dub
lin and El Valle, according to army
truckmen arriving here today.
American mlitary commanders are
observing every precaution to prerew*
a premature break with Mexico, bir.
are preparing against surprlae at
tacks.
go to the front.
J. 1. BUTTS KILLED
HIMSELF NEIR HERE
J. L. Batts, a prominent farmer at
Smlthvtlle, committed suicide late
Tueeday afternoon, according to tnfoi-
pialko received here today. He used a
revolver and shot himself In the tem
ple, dying Instantly. It Is said that 111
health was the reason for Batts' rash
act.
He was a farmer and about 70 years
of age. He Is survived by several
children and a number of telatlvss.
and
Street Ball, and plenty of music
fun for all.
The publicity committee, headed by
Secretary Hyman, will make several
trip, to surrounding country the last
of this week and scatter out lltho
graphic pictures, folders and pan
nante to the people of the towns In
vited.
Seas Peaceful Settlement Abend.
NEW YORK, June 28.—Senor Naan,
the Argentine ambassador at Washing
ton, who la in Washington today. Is
sued n statement this afternoon aaytag
he 'In candor is confident the present
crisis will be peacefully eettled." Tbn
Argentine diplomat has made no odor
to mediate In the Amerlcan-Meiicma
I differences.
Nl> Bandits Caagbt and Killed.
COLl'MBl'S. N. M.. June 28.—Mna-
Iran bandits who murdered William
Parker and his wife, near Hachtta.
were overtaken by a posse on the
American elds of the border today and
six of their number kl.'ed. Army offi
cers are Investigating the reported ee-
enrrence thle afternoon.
It Is reported here that the Diamond
A ranch wa* raided and several be-see
stolen while cowboys from the ranch
sere hunting the Parkers' slayeis
Information of the raid reached here
through cowboy couriers from the Dia
mond A and C-Bar ranches sent tn
Hachtta. These couriers report th*
ccwbxxy posse had located a "hot trail"
and were following the bandits tn Mnt-
kc. Fresh complieationa, tt la feared,
will grow out of the raid and the pur-
,ult of the bandits eooth of the bor
der.