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ALLIES ARE DRIVEN
FROM SEBASTOPOL
NAVAL BASE IN THE CRIMEA IN
THE HANDS OF REVOLU
TIONARY COMMITTEE
ARMISTICE PRECEDED FALL
Allies Greatly Outnumbered And Are
Being Continuously Pressed
Back
London. —Sebastopol has been evac
uated by the Crimean government,
■which is proceeding to Constantino
ple. The government of Sebastopol
is now in the hands of the revolufcion
«ry commit lee.
This announcement is made in a
.Russian win ess dispatch, which adds
that after negotiations with the al
lied command, an agreement was
reached for an eight days’ armistice,
expiring April 25. ,
Early in April the allied troops were
’driven back in ( rimea when the An
archist forces captured Perekop. The
isthmus of Perekop had been forti
!fled by the allies for the protection of
the Russian naval base at Sebasto
pol, but the allies were greatly out
numbered and have been continuous
ly pressed back.
One report said recently that a
(French squadron was on the way to
the Black sea. presumably with the
-cbject of saving the great naval base.
17 reported the Soviet forces advanc
ing in the direction of Simferopol,
the capital of Crimea.
Ukrainians Take Boisheviki Army
London.--The first Anarchist army,
operating in the region of Hoinel,
along the Pripet river, has surrender
ed to the Ukrainians, according to
a statement issued by the Ukrainian
press bureau and forwarded from Vi
enna to the Central News. Up to the
time that the report was forwarded
20,000 rifles, 35 guns and 200 machine
guns had been handed over to the
Ukrainians.
NEW ENGLAND PHONE
STRIKERS HAVE GONE
BACK TO THEIR WORK
Confarence Of Strikers And Company
Officials Arrive At Amicable
Ad justment
Boston. - Tlie telephone strike has
ended. Several thousand operators
employed by the New England Tele
phone and Telegraph company and
the Providence Telephone company,
who walked out recently, have return
ed to work.
Although no formal announcement
was made of the terms of the agree
ment reached, strike leaders said
that they had won their contention
for the right to deal directly with the
company officials, even while the
wires are under government control,
and they have been granted an in
crease of $3 a week in the maximum
pay.
The agreement was reached after
two days of conference between the
strike leaders, company officials, May
or Peters and Assistant Postmaster
General John C. Koons. Its basis
was laid when Mayor Peters visited
and persuaded Postmaster General
Burleson to send Mr t Koons to this
city with full power to act.
AFTER KILLING THREE
PERSONS INSANE MAN
THEN KiLLS HiMSELF
Two Women And Man Victims Of
Infuriated Madman's Infuriated
Desire To Kill
Laurel, Md. —Three persons were
ighot to death on a farm near Lau
rel by Joseph F, Englehart, a farm
er, who later killed himself. The
shooting occurred when Englehart,
,who is believed to have been tempo
rarily insane, returned home from Bal
timore. He first shot his sister,
Mrs. Annie Sloates, aged 45, then
turned the revolver on Thomas
Smythe, aged 50, a boarder at his
sister’s home, and when Mrs. Brad
ley Allen, a neighbor, called at the
(house a few minutes later, discovered
the murders and attempted to flee.
Englehart pursued her and shot her
to death when she had reached the
gate of her own home. Mrs. Allen
(leaves nine children.
U. S. Casualties On Archangel Front
Archanagel. —Since landing on the
Archangel front last September, the
Americans have suffered 528 casual
ties. Of these 196 were fatalities,
ithere having died of disease or been
killed 9 officers and 187 men. The
tnen wounded consist of 12 officers and
,3230 men. The losses of Americans
on the North Russian front during
the past month have been extremely
light, as most of the recent fighting
■1 as been done eby the newly-foriued
troops.
PROGRESS NEWS NOTES.
Listen ! Cdtton planters are be
gineing to boused.
The man who is as independent
as a hog on ice generally gets a
cold reception.
Everything that goes up must
come down —except the cost of
living. v
Where will they find umpires
when the “League of Nations”
starts ?
Mr. Lovick Johnson is very of
ten seen motoring around with
his “Push Mobile” lately.
Mrs. W. S. Foster with Messrs.
E. H. and M. E. Foster made a
business trip to McDonough last
Thursday.
Mr. G. M. Adamson and family
made a business trip to Atlanta
Thursday.
The entertainment given by
Misses Annie and Mary Adamson
Saturday night was surely enjoyed
by all present.
Everybody remember the picnic
at Progress school house Satur
day April 26. You are all invite.d
tojcome and bring well filled bas
kets and well changed purses.
Keep the elephants off them, C?
They say the Keys Ferry roads
aie “sho nuf” roads. The Sixth
district roads are “sho nuf holes.”
Mr. J. S. Barnett and family
called on Mr. J. W. McCullough
and family last Sunday.
Don’t forget the picnic at Prog
ress school house next Saturday,
April 26, 1919—A. D. TOMMY.
Air Service Plans Aerial Mail Routes
Atlanta. —Announcement of plans
now in the hands of army officials of
this city was made concerning steps
to be taken in the near future leading
to the establishment, of aerial mail
service for Georgia and this section of
the South. Several days ago the
air service, co-operating with other
’■'•anches, agreed hv letter from Major
Earle S. Schofield to Colonel Bailey,
to dispatch several aeroplanes to this
section of the country to stimulate
recruiting and aid generally in ac
quainting the public with that inter
esting branch, providing suitable land
ling fields could be Major
Schofield 'txplaned the landing field
situation thoroughly to Colonel Bailey
,and the latter set to work immediately
to enlist the aid of the cities of south
tern Georgia to furnish the fields.
Soda Fountains Were Poisoning Fish
Cordele. —At the request of the state
|game warden the local bottling plants
[have made such improvements as will
Inot allow the soda drainage from their
cleaning tanks to go into Gum creek
in such a way as to destroy the fish.
,A representative of the game ward
ten’s office who was in Cordele recent
ly in' the interest of this change, ex
pressed delight at the ease and wil
lingness with which the request had
(been met. It is believed that the im
provement will mean the saving of
in any fresh water fish w'hich are
icaught from this stream every sea
son.
Georgia Doctors Hold Convention
by perhaps the
largest assemblage of physicians that
ever gathered at a similar meeting in
the history of the state, the seven
teenth annual convention of the Geor
gia Medical association held a three
days’ conference at the Wesleyan
Methodist church here.
Dorsey Chairman Of Dixie Governors
Atlanta. —Governor Hugh M. Dorsey
lias been notified of his unanimous
(election as chairman of the House of
Southern Governors of the Southern
Commercial Congress, to succeed Gov
ernor Richard 1. Manning, of South
[Carolina, whose term has expired.
Interned German Released on Parole
! Macon. —Gustav Polenz, the only
Macon German interned during the
,war, has been granted a conditional
parole and has been placed under the
supervision of Robert C. Newman,
special agent for the department of
justice, to whom he must report at
regular intervals. He was required to
furnish bond to insure against viola
tion of his parole. Polenz was out
spoken in iavor of Germany at the
tune war was declared. He has a
vile residing here.
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY", McDONOUGH, GEORGIA
8,000 Government
HORSES and MULES
AT AUCTION
FARMERS--BUYERS-ATTENTION!
Keep this advertisement. Remember the dates! Attend the sale or sales nearest
you, or attend them all. Over 11,000 well conditioned animals to be sold AT ONCE!
If you need fine farming or draft stock, you will get bargains.
Camp Wheeler
Macon, Ga.
April 25
400 Cavalry Horses, 750 Artillery
Horses, 350 Draft Mules.
For information write Lt. Col. H. C. L.
Jones, Remount Depot, Camp
Wheeler, Macon, Ga.
Camp Gordon
Atlanta, Ga.
May 5
177 Artillery Horses, 330 Cavalry
Horses, 160 Draft Mules.
For information write Lieut. L. L.
Evans, Q. M. C., Remount Depot, No.
316, Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.
Other Sales Will Be Held As Follows:
April 25 —Camp McArthur. Wac, Texas. May I—Campl—Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas.
April 28—Camp Upton, Yaphank, Long Island, N. Y. May I—Campl—Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss,
April 28—Camp Dodge, Des Moines, la. May 2 —Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass,
April 28—Camp Travis. San Antonio, Texas. May s—Camp Sherman, Chillicothe. Ohio.
t April.3o—Camp Dix, Wrighstown, N. J. May 7—Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky.
For further information write Commanding Officer, care Remount Depot, at the foregoing camps.
These animals are all prime, fat and in good condition. They are excep
tionally fine farming Sales will be held always at REMOUNT DEPOTS,
rain or shine—under cover, if necessary, and to Highest Bidder. Lunch on
grounds.
TERMS: CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK
Sold singly, in pairs, or car lots, to suit purchaser. Halter with each ani
mal. Railroad Agents will be on the grounds. Come! It’s your and be&
chance!
Afregular ad. in The Henry County Weekly is a
Good/Thing for Real Live Business Men.
Sales At The Following Camps:
Camp Hancock
Augusta, Ga.
April 30
300 Cavalry Horses, 450 Artillery
Horses, 75 Draft Mules.
For nformation write Major T. E.
I rice, Remount Depot, 308
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.
Camp Wadsworth
Spartanburg, S. C.
•April 28
400 Cavalry Horses, 900 Artillery
Horses, 450 Draft Mules.
For information write Capt. P. S. Bur
dett, Q. M. C., Remount Depot,
Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C.
Camp Sevier
Greenville, S. C.
May 2
575 Cavalry Horses, 550 Artillery
Horses, 350 Draft Mules.
For information write Capt. Oliver L.
Overmeyer, Q. M. C., Remount
Depot, Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C.
Embarkation Depot
North Charleston, S. C.
May 7
30 Cavalry Horses, 350 Artillery
Horses, 250 Draft Mules.
For information write Major Albert
Kalb, Q. M. C., Embarkation
Depot, Charleston, S. C.
