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CARRANZA RELEASES U. S. PRISONERS WEEKLY TIMES=RECORDER. v.kighth teak. 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 ■ ii rl 4 ************** 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. ♦ 1 Lll 1 +♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 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.