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'V - Americus times-Recorder “ THE LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA" ■|) TEA#- AMERICUS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 13, 1917 NUMBER: IffiLL MS FI ISO [SiDj.Ci.BP10 iiloMlwIiill LKSLIK, Ga., Sept. 12.—Leslie High school opened September 10 with bright prospects for a successful school year. The large crowd present at the opening session was most gratifying to the faculty and school authorities, tlu auditorium being crowded to its ca pacity. The greater part of the first session was spent in the delivery of addresses by members of the board of education and the members of the fac ulty. Several ministers present also participated in the exercises The prospects for the coming year are excellent, and it is expected the various classes will be larger than ever before in the history of the lo intimation, pull a pUtol and shoot Walter Wade through cal schoo. All of the teachers were he head* she was relating an every day occurrence within her recol • ried to Prevent the Shooting, and JThat Warren Offered to do it if Dr. Chapman Wouldn’t-Her Practically the Same as in Other Two Trials. d time, Mrs. Yeartle Howell haB told a Jury in the Superior county that she daw Dr. C. K. Chapman deliberately and Howell coolly, without change of composure or a falter In her . tllt . witness stand this morning and swore again that she P murder of the young Leslie man. nnd that she even tried to Implicated Warren 1. Johnson to a greater extent this time previously done In her testimony. r chapman trying to get something out of tills pocket, she hainv told Wade to stqp the car. He was sorter fumbling idldn’t know it was a pistol. Wien he pointed It I tried to he lired. and Walter Wade fell over on the steering wheel, haeman, who was on the front seat, sitting between John 1 Wade, took control of the car. While Dr. Chapman was get- ,1 put, Warren Johnson said: "If you won't ikll hint, give and let me do it!” man followed the woman’s testimony closely, hut at times he fctht a' her temarsk, inliratlng that he thought some of her iiileulously untrue. •1RPMW 1 ^ ! KMiniinut ion. Mng cross-examination ducted by Attorney Howell never va- ain story. She repeated testimony in the Ihe renicmebred clearly was done or said that the killing or after- recollection about oc her nights, and at other about the same tiro® very faulty. Time and il say. “I don’t remcm- a defiant witness when v the defense, ought to make her ad- night of August 17th ing with Hollis Hurley, d Mi^s Willie Bridges, hat the ride with these n «•; the Tuesday night lenied that there had' y between she and Dr. dinitted that she was s son. Charlie. When d been criminally inti- atvr. she declined to the state expressed h the result of the n However, the at- defense declared they > well pleased. They weight of other testi- ld brea kdown Mrs. tail of th cevents of h Walter Wade disap- Ing first the ride taenk Ige and Charles ('hap paiiy with Miss Wll- * stated when they is trip she went with •• Jr.. in an automo- !>r. Chapman, John Johnson and Walter ‘ on north Jackson dm son. she said, was hut did not enter the u hit h the others were started out tho An amination, Attorney to elicit from 1 she had a pecuniary case. that ihe father-in-law liven her a check for «he said that was all had received, and that ‘ her to influecno ln . any particular. She p w as not associated detective, in working that she had not re- V from him. The Scene. point just beyond tho lle y place, in what Is Wheatley bottom, the !<1 that I)r. Chapman Was driving, to stop f would all g*t out and ,r Chapman, the wlt- l * s|; tlng on the rear between her and W. i. Johnson. Mrs. Howell asserted that as Wade bent over to pull the levers to stop the car, Dr. Chapman pulled a pistol from his pocket, half rose from his seat and fired two shots into Wade’s body from behind. Wade fell forward, she said, and Charles Chapman. Jr., who was sitting beside him on the front seat, took the steering wheel and guided the car out of the main road into a small pine grove at the side. Walter Johnson with anothe rman on the seat beside him, then drove up be side the big car in aFord and Mrs. Howell was told to get into the smaller machine. The witness claims she was given a hypodermic Injection of some drug by Dr. Chapman at this point and then both cars turned back to the main road and proceeded northward toward Andersonville. rMs. Howell stated that both cars carrying the entire party and the dead body of Walter Wade ekpt on until the Flint river bridge between Oglethorpe and oMntezuma was reached, when the Ford car driven by Walter Johnson and arrying the other unidentified man and Mrs. Howell, stopne dat one end of the bridge and waited until the large car came bae.k after driving some distance on the bridge. The witness went on to describe the return trip to Americus. stating that the cars stopped at a point on the road and she heard some of the men ask if “those thin vs” had been thrown out. They then came on to Americus, she said, and stopped again ut a house on North Jackson street, where the party gout out of the big car, and Charles Chapman. Jr. took it away and came bac kon foot after a few minutes. He then took her home in the Ford car she declared. Mrs. Howell asserted that some time after this occurrence she was asked U go on a fishing trip to the Flint river by W. I. Johnson, but declined, as she was afraid. Vnder cross examination, Mrs. How ell maintained her composure and stat ed that She was not certain whether or not on the auto ride with Etheridge and Charles Chapman. Jr., they turned Into |ec street from Lamar street. They traversed Lee street at some point, however, she said. Lee street, at the time of the inci dents testified to, was closed on ac count of paving operations. With Mrs. Howell a testimony, the state closed Ita case, and when cour re-assembled after the noon recess, At torney Hollis Fort presented the de fendant's case to the Jury, the examint-J tlon of witness® beginning “tnedtate ly. The first witness was 1). U of Macon, who testified he s.w VNarre* Johnson In that city on the night Wade la alleged to have been killed. At h^t-paat three o'clock the exam ination of wltneiaea continued, w about seventy-live yet to testify. IESLIL HIGH SCHOOL m great prospects present at the opening, and enthus iastic over their work. The curricu- um this year will be of unusual inter est, several new features having been introduced. The new principal and his corps of teachers are putting forth every ef fort possible to raise the standard of the school here, and the people Leslie feel grateful at being able to again secure such an efficient music- teacher as Miss Helen Ar*o, of Amer icus, who will be with the school an- o*her year. The present faculty is composed of seven members, and is as follows: Prof. V. L. Broyles, of Knoxville, Tcnn.. principal; assistants. Misses An nie Clair Ranew, Lucile Green, of Les lie; Miss Nettie McCartney, of Tifton; Miss Lettie Frier, o Rochelle, and Mrs. J. J. Taylor. SAYS ENTRY IF I. S. SALVATION OF AlllES LONDON, Sept. 12.—Boar Law at luncheon given today to Medlll McCor mack, congressman-at-large from Illi nois. said: “In every military feature, tl.e Germans have shown remarkable results* amounting even to genius, but in dealing with questions affecting hh- man nature they have repeatedly made mistakes, which have been the salva tion of the Entente. No mistake was so great as that which drove the I’nited States into the war. Without the financial assistance of the United States, the Allies would today ben a disastrous condition.” IS. J.6. COWAN DIED SUDDENLY LAST EVENING Mrs. J. G. Cowan died al he resi dence on West Furlow street Tuesday night at 11:40 o’clock. She awoke and told her husband she was in pain, and he at once called a physician, but she died before medical assistance arrived. She bad been ill for several days and, nont." a baby Just two weeks old IS IN THE SENATE HIS AMENDMENT TO ALLOW SOLD. IEK.S TO VOTE ON FOREIGN SER VICE IS DENOUNCED HV THE COMMITTEE. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 12.- The senate military committee did an unusual thing today when, in adverse ly reporting an amendment, it varied from the formal language of the ordi nary committee report sufficiently to denounce In unmeasured terms the pur poses of the amendment. The amendment was one introduced by Senator Hardwick, of Georgia, pro viding that the consent of all draft ed men should be obtained before they are sent abroad for military duty. In reporting down the amendment, the committee said that the effect of its proposal was calculated to have was bad, and added: “A situation arising which would en courage opposition to the selective draft act will place our country In ex treme peril at a time when all should be united in a common cause.” No such rebuke for any senator is recalled as ever having ta^nk place in congress before. NEXT DRAFT FOR WHITE MEN ONIY GREAT WAR CROPS IS FORECAST OF REPORTS ENORMOUS INCREASE IN CORN AND WHEAT INDICATED—VlELD OF CORN WILL DEPEND UPON FROST. WASHINGTON, September 12.—The great war crops of the United States continue to boom September estimates announced by the government today shows gains over the forecaster Aug ust 1st in ail grains. The entire wheat crop promises to bring 667,000,000 bushclB as compared with 640,000,000 bushels last. The promise 1 corn yield of three and a quarter million bushels is de pendent upon escape from an early frost, but in all events the yield will be largo. The Increase in spring wheat esti mates of 14,000,000 bushels over the August forecast Is based upon greater yields resulting from threshing in Minnesota and Iowa, than had been expected. Fruis—apples and peaches—show a falling off from the average. AMERICUS DARK CASES WILL BE TRIER SDDN It is announced from Macon that the Americus bank cases will be tried at the next term of the United States court, with Judge Evans presiding. The ould will not be held in several weeks. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 12.—There will be no negro selectmen included in the 40 per cent, of Georgia's quota, which will begirt 1fndvcmr«»* 'to Camp Gordon on the 19th of this month. Ev ery white man in Georgia, though who has been drawn and not exempted by the local or district board will go to camp either on the next 40 per cent, call or the final 15 per cent, order. Chances are that practically every on® or them in Georgia will be directed to|g ( . t ) ier w jth the scarcity of cotton- report for service the five days be* j picking labor, has had tho e{Tect of re ginning on the 19th of this month. j during the receipts for the season. The state military department,! ■ — — through which the system of bringing the men to camp is being handled, has 5.000 BALES ARE SOLDJERE SB FAR Fifty-five hundred Sumter county raised bales of cotton have been brought to the local warehouses dur ing the present season. The tecelpts are as fallows at the vurious warehouses: Council's 2,600 Harrold’s .* 514 Parker's ....-• 750 Dudley’s 47 Commercial 1,510 The decline ln the cotton market, to- received the following direction by j wire from General Crowder: “Send 40 per cent, of your quota to mobilization as oriignally planned, be-j ginning Sept. 19. This installment is; t-i he made up exclusively of wtiltej PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH The following is the program ranged for the meeting at Central Bap tist church Thursday night at 7:45 (■'clock: Organ prelude Hymn, “Onward Christian Soldlera.” Prayer. Reading by Miss Ruth Britton.. Resume of work done by R. L. May- rard. . , , , Hymn, “I love Thy Church, Oh ' Till- means that the state of Georgia j „ Surviving her are her husband and; must supply 40 per cent, of IS,32. rnenj Ta|k ^ j rtheppar d. two children, one girl and one boy,jin nvt (lays, beginning Sept. 19. To, ^ ^ to any ono. mother, Mrs. M. F. Harper, of Atlanta; | make up that required Installment and j ()frer|n! , brothers. Al Harper, of East St. meet the conditions which obtain In a Bi , ned|ct , on _ men. To compensate for oral boards j in which the proportion of negroes far predominates as to prevent send-: Ir.g 40 per cent, of their quotas addi-j tional white men must be sent fronr other boards, completing the 40 per- cent, of the quota for the entire statoj cr» the scheduled dates of entrain- I amis, HI.; Frank Harper, of Belle ville, Kansas; Nesbit Harper, of 1.1- thla Springs, Ga.; Henry Harper, of Atlanta. Ga.; George Harper, of Char leston, S. C.; Herman Harper, of Ha vana. Cuba; six sisters, Mrs. G. G. Weird, of Albany. Ga.; Mrs. J. T. Ham- brick, of Abbeville, S. C.; Mrs. T. R. Whitler and Mrs. S. Abercrombie, o,' Douglasvllle, Ga.; Mrs. O. P. Heeley, or Andrews. N. C.; Mrs. C. 1). Mayfield. Cupper HiU. Tenn. The remains were carried to Jones- boro on the 1:40 train this morning for Interment in Jonesboro cemetery. Mrs. Cowan was 33 years of age, a most lovable and Christian woman, and during her short residence in Americus has made many friends who deeply sympathlxe with the grief stricken rel atives in their, their sad hour or trouble. Finch With Allison FaruMnre Uo. j F. Finch, who has been connected with the Dudley Bonded Warehouse here, has resigned his position with this concern to accept a place with fhe Allison Furniture Co., taking up his new duties today. Many friends wish him successful service with his new employers. Mad Dog Killed. A dog snapping and foaming at the mouth, with every Indication of having abies, was killed by Policeman Lowrey late Tuesday afternoon on east For syth street. So far as Is known the dog had not bitten any one, but those number of counties, there will be nec. | MuhI( . refreshments and soeial esslty to mack the allotment come trom !| lour the state as u whole, without confine ment to county lines. The compilation will be made so that the department will not send to the comp or. this call white men In any cases where there Is an clement of doubt that they would have to go Into the service at this time, because of their number being very far down the list. If the pending and undisposed of exemption claim cases would change that status when passed upon. In making up the next 4# per cent. though, It will require practically ev- ery certainly available white select man left In the state. The reason for making the compila tion fro mthe slate os a whole, In stead of on the basis of 40 per cent, from each county. Is Illustrated In the irstance of Chatham county, where Jiearly 90 per cent, of the remaining men drown and passed puon arc ne groes. This being the case—and it is sc. In a good many of the counties In the lower part of the ntate In less de gree—the difference will be made up by drawing more heavily on counties U the upper section of the state for white men, thus In a way dliregardlng TO | ADVANCE ON PETROGRAD; HIS TROOPS UNABLE TO RETREAT Russia is on Verge Bloody Civil War-District of Moscow^ He dared to be in State of War—Komiloff Makes Pr ockna tion; Says Provisional Government Controlled by, Ceiraans I’ETROGRAD, Sept. 12.—It Is unofficially announced that Kerensky himself Is going'to become commander-ln-chlef of the armies, taking the field In active command. PETROGRAD, Sept. 12.—In the first contest between the rebeUlma troops tinder General KornllolT, who Is trying to seize control of the «*—- slan government, and the soldiers of the provisional government the were victorious. The provisional troops outmancuvered the Kornlloff troops by ad vancing on Petrograd and cutting off their retreat. Tho Associated Presa correspondent Is unofficially Informed that Use towns of Pakoff and Ducas are In pos- sesslbn of the Kornlloff soldiers. It Is reported that one of the array commanders who attempted te lead his men Into the Kornlloff revolution has been arrested. MaJ.-Gen. Bonch Bruvovltch has been named commandor In -*4rf succedlng Kornlloff. Alexander GuchoR, former minister of war, has arrived at Moscow and addressed the municipal council there, urging the people to defend tha- provisional government. , General ValuvenoR, commander on the western front, has joined Get. KornlloR In n proclamation published yesterday. KorniloR says that the provisional government Is under the influence of the German general staR. He savs he wants nothing for himself. —* that he has the support of the higher commanders. A state of war has been declared In the entire town and district of Moscow! The central committee of the Constitutional Democratic party haste- formed Kerensky that Its members have agreed to joining a recons cabinet In roder to avqld a bloody civil war. LIEUT. JEROME PICKETT U. S. TROOPS IN FRANCE MAKES REMARKABLE RISE SEE BIG SHAM BATHE Sumter county friends and relativos HEADQUARTERS OF THE . of Jerome Pickett, son of Mr. and Mrs. , CAN , ARMy Jn Francc a _ M. P. Pickett, of Hattiesburg, Miss , 1 -. . , . will be Interested to learn of his ,u -! TherC W “ not “ ,ln8,e American Sma rts* In the army. | n 'y toda Y who wasn '« willing to ate» Enlisting four years ugo in the regu- right out under French gun (Ire aaad lar army as a private, ho Is now a first go at the Germans. Yesterday'S ea- lleutenant, and has been sent to h | blt | on of Fronch artillery fire rate France. I a deep improselon on the men. All of Lieut. Pickett s grandparents i were prominent In this county. Hls| Thousands of American soldier, art maternal grandfather was tho late ° n the rim of a mammoth amphStaa flap!. Samuel McGarruh and hla pater- tre and watched French guns 1 tl crandfather was the late Major M. « big section of the peaceful ca Pickett. [side In what was probably the i Lieut. Pickett has a number of rcla-■ . , ... .... .. ... .. i .i-.. est mock artillery battle ever i tives in this section. Hla unusual rise it. the army, going from tho ranks to Stretching across a valley a j ar " an officers' place and making a distlnc- wide, through alternating ereess tlve record all along the line Is very brown stripes like a carpet wens gratifying to them. “Mackenson,” “LudendorR’’ and ‘ .. ~ ~ preclit" trenches. When the i Red ( mss at Kllavllle. | y ... Wednesday, September 12th, Is Red bind the 'American ilnps Cross Day In Kllavllle, Mayor Rogers, rear, the trenches were hidden bal Williams lias called a mass meetinga t geyseys of smaoke and shattered ■ the courthouse In Kllavllle, to be held j General sibert and other Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, at and French generala observed the which Red Cross addresses will he! bombardment from a point near ■ made and the work thoroughly outlln-1 field telephone, where messages to tee cd nnd discussed by Red Cross work- j batteries were sent, demanding aas Stephen Pace, of this city, will ever-increasing fire. be present and make an address, and will bo his desire to carry other Red Cross workers wilt him to the meeting to help In the enthusiasm of the gatherin'?. Kllavllle School Opens Sept. I*. BLLAVILLE, Ga., Sept. 12.—The El- Ipville school will open Sept. 17. The new building will be ready then. The approachidg school year promises «»i, M “7 t ' w „ noted one aUke of he a banner one In every respect. A| who saw him are convinced the animal! curse In domestic science and arts will was mad. be one of the new features of the! The American soldlera only ed the "front” end of this Rat. The guns themselves wens tloned ln a forest, hidden from eyes. The American did see on of the artillery warfare when nition limbers, deceptively ed, scurried along a nearby road. Interest of the troops In the bardment was Intense. Toward county lines. Beginning, on Oct. 3, and running five days thereafter, another call will be made for 40 per cent. and on that al- lottment there will be sent to camp negroes only, this plan being designed to work ou the entire colored contin gent of selectmen and throw them Into training at ons time. That leaves to be supplied by the state only the re maining 15 per cent., which will take In the few remaining white men and the negroes as well. When that 15 per cent, is directed to report for duty th? order or movement will be such that the negroes will proceed to Camp Gordon on one day and the white men on a different day. HI bool this year. The addition of an eleventh grade gives EUaville a four- year course In high sehool. Cold Snap Not To r«ntlnne. WASHINGTON, I). C.,' Sept. 11.— A cold snap extending from the Miss issippi lo the Atlantic seaboard as far north ae Virginia, Is expected to moderate tomorrow. Rising tempera ture Is predicted. entanglements remained untouched. 4 command was telephoned to tea fm ners. Another single roar—and te stake and Ita tangled wires vanished- COUNTY CAME KIRK M'MATR REAPPOINTED ♦ THE WEATHER. Jndge W. T. McMatb has reeefvad •f e bis re-appointment ae game «*4 Vfoi Sumter county. f 1 bTo appointment Is a flattering * FOR AMERICU8 AND VICIN- ♦,as Judge MpMath had not applied I ♦ 1TY: FAIR TODAY AND TO- ♦ the position. The notice came CraaaI ♦ NIQHT. 4 new state game warden. W. J- HW. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ + 444 Colombo*. ALlTHE (NEWS OF AMERICUS AND SUMTER COUNTY
