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HUNGARIAN LEADER SAYS A
EACE MOVE WITH WILSON’S
MAY GOME IN WINTER
WEEKLY TIMES=RECORDER.
A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 16. 1916
LAV n> DISPATCH FROM BERLIN
,IVKS ACCKm OF AN INTER-
VIEW' WITH (TREAT TEUTON—
KNOWS of no reason why
RESIDENT WILSON SHOULD
>01 BE INTERMEDIARY.
BERLIN. Nov. 13.—(Delayed by cen-
i -The beginning of peace negotia-
* between the Central Powers and
Entente Allies may, pernaps, be ex-
ted. with fair prospects of success,
ing the coming winter, In the opin-
of Count Albert Appoyni, Hungar-
parliamentary leader and former
iparian premier. The opinion was
pressed by Count Appoyni in an in-
w with an Associated Press cor-
indent.
The beginning of formal negotiations
not be expected, however, accord-
sg to Count Appoyni, until the Teu-
mic Allies have completed their Ru-
lanian campaign. That this is near-
finished he also believes, and is ot |
i opinion that Rumania will have
■n finally and effectively crushed
hen this campaign is concluded,
ount Appoyni declares that states-
n of the opposing camps are draw-
ig closer together, and in this con-
tion points out that the British no
inger talk of ‘'crushing Germany,”
hile the agitation for annexation of
cupied territory in Germany is dying
t rapidly.
With the statesmen of the belligerent
rnments thug coming nearer to
iler concerning cardinal points upon
hich peace may be established, Count
ppoyni saw no reason why neutral
in should not be welcomed at
e proper moment. An interesting
lire of the interview is found in
statement of Count Appoyni that
sees no reason why President Wil-
in should not be the final intermed-
MORE NOTES FROM
0.
INCREASE IN GINNING
FOR SUMTER COUNTY
Twenty-eight thousand, nine hun
dred and twenty-one bales of cotton
have been ginned in Sumter county
for the period of the 1916 crop ending
November 1st, according to the state
ment of W. P. Persons, the govern-*
rr.ent agent for this county. This com
pares with 24,627 bales ginned for the
same period in 1916.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15.—Fur
ther negotiations between the Ameri
can and British governments over the j f |
British trade blacklist is considered
certain this afternoon.
The placing of American firms on
this blacklist has been objected to by
the American governemnt, and in a
note recently received from London,
the British government upholds its
position, but it is indicated the re
ply from London will not be accepted
an satisfactory by the WUson admin
istration.
HIE OF HOI
IN TO! HINDS
OF
(From Wednesday’s Times-Recorder.)
The future of the Carnegie Library
in Ameridus is dependent on the sud-
cess of the library board, the city
council and the people in getting to-
, FIRE IS
BY TEUTON
THEIR ATTACK
(From Wednesday’s Times-Recorder.)
PARIS, Nov. 15.—The Germans op
ened an important counter-offensive,
using liquid fire, at 6 o’clock this
morning against the French south of
the Somme between Ablalncourt and
Ch&ulnes Wood. The action was pre
ceded by a three days* intense bom
bardment
The Germans were repulsed every
where throughout the region, except at
Pre8soire, where they reached a group
of ruined houses, said the war office
statement.
Ilf BE
T B! TIE CUT
(Fr
Wednesday’s Times-Itecorder.)
V isions of a motor pump on
truck to throw one thousand gallons of
water a minute in three streams, loom
ed high over the horizon last night at
the meeting of the Mayor and City
Council when Chairman I. J. Kalmon
arose to announce that “Morgan,” the
venerable veteran horse of fourteen
years at the fire department, dropped
dead late yesterday afternoon.
Fireman Naylor was riding the horse
for exercise when he began to stagger
and suddenly dropped. Naylor was
slightly bruised in the fall.
The cost of replacing a horse;
pairing the hose wagon and
Fighting Heaty In West
(By Associated Press.)
With the battle between the British
and Germans raging around Ancre
gether on a plan in caring for tliepast brook ’ “ le . Germ f n * hav « tho
indebtedness of the institution, and
M’NULTY SELLS LAND AT
PARKER’S CROSSING
It. E. McNulty, of this city, has sold
X'O acres of land at Parker’s crossing
about ten miles from Amerlcus to J.
K Kennington, and sold 100 acres of
lend to E. D. Young at the same place,
The purchasers live at the crossing,
and the considerations were not made
pLblic. The deal was handled through
F. L. Allison.
PAVING MA
CITY COUNCIL TO
CARE FOR PEOPLE
promulgating a sound plan for carry
ing on the work in the future.
The committees named for the con
ference to report as soon as possible
From the city council, Aldermen
French a hard blow at the other ex
tremity of the Somme front, though
Paris declares the Germans gained
at only point there.
Latest information from the Ancre
region says the British are pressing
Kalmon, Horton and Poole; from the I on ’ be >' ond the villages of Beaucourt-
llbrary board, Chairman Crawford I Sur-Ancre. London announces that
Wheatley, Captain John A. Cobb and more than flve thoU8and Te '‘ ion P rb >-
oners have been taken, while Berlin I
the European belligerent, aniaunt of rebate on the old engine at
negotiations are formally
ARON kl KRTHY IS FOOD
DICTATOR FOR HUNGARY
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Nov. 15.—
appointment is announced of
n Kuerthy to the newly created
•sition of Food Dictator for Hun-
The new official, whose post is
yarded as of almost equal import
i t0 that of a cablncnt minister, is
■tically unknown in the capital,
has held for some time past the
ition of governor of a Northern
•nee. where his work won the ad-
iration of Count Tisza.
DRIFT* FRANCIS HERE
WITH NEW STOCK OF JOKES
James Washington “Snowdrift*
antis was in Amerlcus today, mlngl •
"Rh his many friends and telling
jokes as he goes along . Than
nowdrift” Francis there is not a
popular man on the road. He is
a welcome at the hotels, and
»kes all around him glad to see him,
they love to hear him sing, play
Mano and tell jokes. He puts new
verybody he is around, and
fybody that knows him is always
Kive “Snowdrift" the glad
the department, figures up almost
enough to make the first payment on
the proposed truck, which created
much interest several months ago in
the council meeting.
Alderman Horton made a motion
that Chairman Kalmon be requested to
secure data, so as to report at the
next meeting on the cost of the truck,
the terms, the additional advantage
for fire insurance rates, and ascertain
what will be necessary to give Ameri-
i us a first class rate.
IJIOIESISKII
HELP OF PEOPLE
R>f R LANDS CONTRACT TO
"IKK CHURCH AT MONTEZUMA
T Turner, of the Turner Electri-
Company, left today for Monte-
l - w h*re he has accepted the con
1 to do the electrical work for the
Mithodist church, nearing eom-
>n toere now. it is said that the
edifice when completed will be
the prettiest in this section of
state.
1 >M> IS FATED WITH
^'KTIAL POTATO SHORTAGE
Have you bought a ticket for Georgia
Troducta Dinner to be eerved at the
Amerlcus Light Infantry armory, on
next Saturday, from 12 o’clock, noon,
to 1:30 p, m., and from 6 o’clock In
the evening to 7:30 o’clock?
The tickete are on sale at the Cham
ber of Commerce, and the ladles of the
Amerlcus and Sumter County .losplts'
Association, which will prepare and
serve the dinner are anxious for the co
operation of the people In this great
event for the prosperity of Sumter
county, and the state of Georgia. The
Prof. J. E. Mathis.
The pointed situation has arisen fol
lowing a visit of Miss Susie Lee Crum
ley, of the Carnegie corporation, in the
interest of the library, and in an ef
fort to make effective immediately the
contents of the contract entered into
by the city in 1908. It was stated that
the contract Is thoroughly legal and Kround receutl )' won at Sa "" ael facll ‘-
bindlng. but Instead of law suits, the! tated thelr °P c,atlon8
Carnegie authorities were adopting the
admits the British have occupied
Deaucourt, but assert that the attacks
were broken down at other points.
North of the Somme, Paris dis
patches state the French made prog
ress in the &t. Pierre-Vaast Wood re
gion, whede possesison of the high
Petrograd announced that Rumanian
..ore effective course of not allowing I ,roo P s ln Tiergujluly, Alt and the Ijul
• iher Institutions to be erected In ! valle V '' ere ,orced baclt >'' s,erda V ^
ieorgia until Amerlcus straightened | the . Teutons ’ who had r « elved heav ’’
jlit her affairs.
I reinforcements.
The Mayor and City Council of 190S
Russian attacks yesterday, south-
(From Wednesday's Times-Recorder.)
On Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock,
November 28th, the Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia will hear a petition of
the Amerlcus Public Service Co., ask
ing for the permission to raise the
rates on gas and electricity. The le
gal notice is being made, and at the
regular meeting of the Mayor and City
Council last night the notice received
by that body from the railroad commis
sion was read.
Alderman I. J. Kalmon called the at
tention of the body to the fact that the
city’s representative, Frank Sheffield,
on the trustee board, had made no
statement as to what was intended. The
only notice which the council has
comes from the railroad commission,
and after a discussion, which at times
became very interesting, especially the
interrogation of Alderman J. Elmer
Poole, who is also a trustee, having
been elected by Trustee Sheffield, of
the city, and Trustee Charles M. Coun
cil, of the bondholders.
A motion was made by Alderman 1.
.1. Kalmon and passed that Mayor
t I1CFEBK OF couor
TH..GSES TO TRIAL ON
(From Wednesday’s Times-Recorder.)
Within another week the paving on
Lee street is expected to be finished,
and then the city officials, according
to Chairman E. L. Bell, of the street
c< nmiittee, intend to lay water mains
and piping to the Third District A. &
M. College for the school and the clr
cub grounds. It was suggested that
the county commissioners dig the
ditch, and the matter will be investi
gated further.
The city only has eleven convicts
row, and it was announced at
meeting of the Mayor and City Coun
cil last night that three of these sen
tences expire within this week, which
leaves only eight. Together with thi
paving conditions, the necessary street
work in other portions of the city, and
tho laying of the water mains, the
street department of the city is flooded
with work.
The next section of paving to be
taken up is on Church street, between
Lee and Jackson streets. It is said
that the financing of this section has
been arranged by Mayor L. G. Council.
A striking shadow fell across the
future paving for the city under the
present arrangement when Mayor
Council announced that he would not
finance any more of the work after the
completion of Church street, and this
was done thus far to keep his promise.
Every indication was that Mayor Coun
cil did not desire to place himself and
the city council in line for any more
unjust criticism. He stated that no |
ad seen Lee street paved from Lamar
street almost to Dodson street.
It has been planned to pave Taylor
street, and this will be done, if the
Council name a committee, including
the mayor and City Attorney Niabet, toj proper financial arrangements
look into the situation in the interest niade.
be
ade the contract and no body since; east ot L emljer K- Galicia, were repula- ( th e we |f are Q f the city and the peo-
tliat year has fulfilled the requirements
ed, the German war office announced
pie, using their judgment as to the
j manner and means, and even go before
of that instrument. The present Mayor j _ _
and City Council, according to thej T* 10 R ,,rna * ans announced the °c c *>-j the railroad commission to protect tho
statements of both officials and library! rat,on °* Boaslc * ,n th ® province of| c j ty an( j the citizens. The committee
| Dobrudja, by Entente forces today.
MORE NOTES
on the important matter is Mayor
Council, Aldermen E. L. Bell, Alderman
1 J. Kalmon, selected as chairman, and
City Attorney E. A. Niabet.
There was an evident opposition to
raising the rates. The council care
fully weighed the matter and decided
to take the course of allowing the corn-
folks, is paying more than any prev
ious body.
The committee from the library ap
pearing before the Mayor and City Teutons Alin on Two fronts.
Council at their meeting last night was BERLIN, Nov. 15.—The war office
Crawford Wheatley. Miss Susie Lee announced the successful Teutonic
Crumley, of the Carnegie corporation; j invasion of Rumania began yesterday,
Miss Virginia Gunn, the librarian, and j wRen more than eighteen hundred
Cupt. John A. Cobb, a member of the? | prisoners were taken in battles along mlttee to handle the situation. Some
library board.
The committees appointed will thor
oughly investigate the matter and
make known their findings, especially
for action by theVlty authorities.
There is a deficit created by the fail
ure of previous councils to live up to
the contract, according to the general
consensu* of opinion expressed By
both sides. It was said last iight that
the contract wag signed by the city in j ...
li'08, amid the presence of a largo LONDON, Nov. 15.—Slightly more
Alderman Horton volunteered to act
with Chairman E. L, Bell in looking
alter the matter of purchasing material
for further paving w f ork, promising to
look into every avenue In an effort to
get it at better prices, or then set
at rest all statements and rumors to
the contrary.
HIG CITY COURT IS
HELD ON WEDNESDAY
HUNTSVILLE. Ala., Nov. 15.—The
famous trial of David D. Overton, for
mer clerk of court, has opened at
Huntsville.
The finding of the body of Probata
Judge W'. T. Lawler in the Tennessee
river near Whitesburg Ferry, Ala., on
the morning of June 17, 1916, was fol
lowed by the suicides in tho next week
oi Shelby Pleasants, a Huntsville at
torney, and Robert Phillips, sheriff of
Madison county, who, it is alleged, kill
ed themselves because they believed
they were suspected in connection with
the Lawler killing.
In May preceding the murder. Judge
Lawler was elected probate judge over
David D. Overton and Sac Drake, in
what was one of the bitterest political
campaigns in this section of the state.
The election was contested, and an in
vestigation into alleged violations of
the election laws was ordered. A spec
ial grand Jury was about to report the
day the body of Judge Lawler was
found.
Judge Lawler disappeared from
Huntsville the night of June 14. Hi
left his wife at a Chautauqua meeting,
telling her he was going to "meet a
man” down town. It was alleged he
eived a note from someone to meet
him at the courthouse. When he part
ed from his wife tftls was the last time
he was seen alive. The first intima
tion friends of the Jurist had of his
disappearance was the next day when
his automobile was found in front of
the courthouse.
Two days before the body was found
Sheriff Phillips received a« anonymous
.ote saying “something” could be found
in the slough of the river near Whites-
burg Ferry. The body was found
weighted down In the slough with
heavy heavy railroad Irons and tied
v ith ballings wire. Bullet wound
were found In the chest and the skull
had been crushed with some blunt In
strument.
The news of the murder spread ■!-
multuneoualy with the report that
David D. Overton had disappeared, and
ciowds of men and young boys gather
ed about the streets of Huntsville, and
Mayor Council presided at the re- hints of lynching were circulated. The
corder’s court Wednesday because of j tear of disorder grew to such propor-
the enforced absence of Recorder , tlons that the state militia was ordered
j the road into Wallachia, southwestern sa id that they were in favor of raising; Marshall, and the net fines for the of- here, and two companies of guardsmen
Rumania. the rates to carry through the scheme! tenses on the docket tried totalled the j remained on duty for about a week.
| which would finally make the property ®»m of $53. J Gn June 20 the body of Shelby Plea*-
I become an asset of the people, but — ; ants was found in his office. He had
since this plan had failed that they) killed himself with a pistol, and left
were now opposed to raising the rates fl fl I O IA IT J| T" I I |^i H nole 8ay * nK he c °uld “stand the
in the interest of the stockholders and I . 111 II ifllPil I H P n I T strain no longer.’ Three days later
21-2 P. CENT
SHIPPING IS LOST!
tract faces the present crisis.
bondholders, against the interest ofj
tho people.
It is expected that this committee
from the city council will meet with i
the trustees, as Alderman and Trustee
Poole stated he thought it could be,
tout tonniMte ot " Britto'u''merdun.! » nd ,urthermorf ' » rr “* e
chip, of a thousand ton. or more lt ! »»Uer without a conte.t before the
.i . < < § *i „„ . » „„ railroad commission,
the beginning of the war has been; ....
. . . . .. , a _ * The members of the city council
destroyed from all causes, up to Sep ,
. . OA4 . . , , present during the discussion were
tember 30th. Official announcement * ^ *
. . . _ . a * a . .1 Mayor Council, Aldermen Bell, Horton,
to this effect was made today in the ' , ’ .
, . . „- i i a , i Kalmon and Poole,
bouse of commons by Financial Sec 1
rclary McNamara, of the British ad
tbiralty.
number of prominent people promising j than two and one-half per cent, of the}
and pledging to help the cause and as
suring the city government that it
would only have to pay a small part
i the yearly promise. All of this has
faded away now—and the cold con-
TO DEFEND 8-HOURS
WASHINGTON, D, C., Nor. 15.—At-
ti.rney General Gregory haa decided
price of the dinner tickets are 75c each. (h#t (he depar i men t of Justice will de-
Morgan Had Fine
Record^ Of
Service
ALLISON CLAIMS 8
DEAL
The ladles will be glad lo hare the
assistance of the people of the county,
especially the fanners. Already a
number of ladles and their farmer hu«-
bands have donated Jams, Jellies and
other feature*, which will be carefully
advertised by the ladles on the day. and
full mention given for the .pint of the
people in the event.
It is planned to have the great ma
jority of the courses on the menu
tend all suits of railroads against
fc rcement of the Adamson eight-hour
law, announcement of the decision be
ing made today.
The acherae of defense to be fol
lowed, will be worked out without de
lay between department officials and
j F. L. Allison, a real estate agent,
has turned over a claim of $4,500 as
! alleged commission, to his attorney,
Not a single day off duty in four- (
teen year, of servlce-and yielding up R L. M.yn.rd, for collection from
his life in the performance of duty and Morgan H. Grace, the wealthy owner
rot in his stall, is the record of Mor- 0 f the Arles Plantation. It is said
gun, the old horse at the fire depart-j t f, at %j r Allison made the terms of a
ment, who paeeed away late yoterdayl ^ of the p| . BUUon to T B Hook ,
HEAVY OVER TOE
T
Sheriff Phillips killed himself by shoot
ing in a bedroom In the city jail. In a
note to his wife and children, the offi
cer stated he “could not stand the sus
picion” any longer. It Is alleged the
sheriff had been severely censured and
was accused of allowing Overton to es
cape.
After the three tragedies, search for
the missing Overton was commenced,
and the man-hunt was carried into
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15.—A, t a
■. „ .. practically every Southern state, and
cold wave extending over all districts ' • a
cast of the Mississippi river and with | i arl * ° Cana *•
In the meantime, C. M. Nalls, who
succeeded Overton as circuit clerk of
afternoon while out for exercise. His
Son. of this city, according to trie
district attorneys In districts where; duys of usefulness at the department
such suits are likely to be filed. bad been numbered, as the loss of one | proposition as laid down by Mr. Grace,
Unless the railroads offer to mak** eye had already Impaired his service, land that after the deal was ready for
cne suit a test case, the department
planned today to defend each of the
n UN, Ireland, Nov. 15—tr.tand' come from Sumter county. The dinner
ar *d with partial failure of it* all-1 will be localized to the extent te al j niany 8 „it a lively to be filed.
Wr ' a iu potato crop. The official ] Sumter will take her ptaM «>»_
The boys at the fire station feel that^ na | consumption Mr. Grace refused
a life-long friend has departed, an,i | t0 ra tify It.
they miss the sight of the old stand-by. .
_ . . , . . . . It is possible that the matter
Prince remains, but be does not seem [
the same since yesterday. Tod.y he I, aettled without a court contett as It la
out of the station, mourning the loss of | now in the hand* of Attorney Mayn-
al.normally low temperatures, except
in southern Florida, ia being expert- . „ , w
.nnortnii Madison county, when tho latter
enced today. Freezing was reported t _ 4
as far soutn as the Gulf early this
morning.
Bismarck, .North Dakota, with the
thermometer at zero, was the coldest
point In the country.
At New Orleans, the official ther
T'omcter registered 34; at Atlanta it
went to 24, and at Nashville, 18 above
zero.
Indications this afternoon are that
the cold will increase in intensity to
night, and cold wave warnings were
issued for northeast and central Flor
ida, and the Georgia and South Caro
line. coast.
signed in January, 1916, to enter the
race for probate Judge, was arrested,
charged with complicity. Two days
previous, Percy Brooks, a ferryboat
keeper on the Tennessee river, was
taken Into custody. Detectives charg
ed that Brooks was discovered trying
to paint out blood spots on the Whites
burg bridge.
Overton was arrested Sept. 25, 1916,
near Smithville, Tenn. Though he ad
mitted antagonism had existed between
himself and Judge Lawler, be main
tains that he was not connected is any
way with the murder of the jurist.
PROF. AGNEW GOER TO
niates Indicate a yield of at least' own products in the great day for the ber Qf Commerce , the fact that the Is
land probably a half less than! state of Georgia. !dies of the Hospital Association are . w u w
year. The io88 j 0 farmers Secretary P. A. Fenimore, of t h « (ente ring tfca contest for one of the his comrade, and seeking the company ■ ard. who has been correaponding with
° u *h thr damage to notatces lx Chamber of Commerce, ha* received Btate prIiet on that day. of another companion. Mr. Grace.
1 knowledgement from the State Cham- —————— ———■—
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ATHENS ACCOUNT DEATH ♦ DAILY WEATHER FORECAST. ♦
, ♦ WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15. ♦
Commandant Edwin H. As new, of the ♦ —The weather bureau forecast ♦
Amerlcus High school, left last night ♦ for Amerlcus and Georgia saya: ♦
tor Athens, because of the death of his' ♦ Probably rain on the coast and ♦
ill be | grandfather In that city. His many ♦ rain or snow in interior tonl^bt. *
friends here will be grieved to learn of ,♦ Colder tonight, possibly freezing ♦
the bereavement. j ♦ temperature. Thursday, partly ♦
During Mr. Agnew’s absence, hl»! ♦ cloudy on coast; moderate north +
classes and military instruction will be 4g&lee. ♦
in chargj of Prof. R. M. 8mith. 444444444444s*
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