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A SOUTHERN
NEWSPAPER FOR
SOUTHERN PEOPLE
WEEKLY
EDITION
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 2, 1919
FORTY-FIRST YEAR—NO. L
PRICE 5 CENTS-
SHIP WITH U. S. WOUNDEDON ROCKS
CIDER STANDS
TAXED OUT OF
BUSINESS BY
LICENSE ACT
Ordinance Raises Rate From $50 to
$500—Other Lines Raised
Slightly.
Cider a tends in Americus disappear,
ed today when the new city license or
dinance, passed last night by the new
city council, went into effect. They
passed out of existence because of the
fact that their license fee was raised
from $50 to $500 per year—a tax fixed
for the purpose of putting them out of
business. The action was taken fol
lowing a great many complaints and
abuses, the police department having
come in contact with a number, of
cases of drunkenness which were re
ported to them to have resulted from
the drinking of the so-called sweet
cider sold in Americus.
The new license ordinance as pass
ed is very much the same as that In
eflect last year. In a fe wlnstances
the figures were Increased. A few new
Items were added. But It was ex5
plained that whatever changes were
made were adopted as equalizing
measures or to effect specific purposes,
the latter being the case In the change
in the cider stand rate. The license
ordinance produced slightly more than
$18,000 in revenue in 1918. It is ex-,
pected that the' uewlp'AdoiJtM 'Ordi
nance, even with the increases here
and therer will not raise more than
$400 additional this year.
Following are the Ranges, all other
items not listed statiding as under the
1918 ordinance:
INCREASES.
Barber Shops, for each chair sot
up. $6.00; old rate, $2.50.
Bicycles, repairing alone, $10; old
$6.00.
Blacksmith, per forge, $10; old $2.60.
Boot and Shoe Repair Shop, $10;
old $6.
Cafe or Restaurant, $50; old $26.
Cafe or Restaurant serving Coca
Cola or other soft drinks, $76; old $50.
Carpenter Shop, $10; old $5.
Cider, wholesale, $500; old $50.
Cider, retail, $500; old, $50.
Cotton Olnning, $50; old $40.
Bating Houses and Restaurants, for
white people, $50; old $25.
Eating Houses and Restaurants, for
colored people, $50; old $25.
Hacks, $30; old $26.
Plumbers, gas fitters, $50; old $35.
Restaurant, with sleeping rooms at
tached, $65; old $45.
ADDITIONS.
Cut Glass, not In Jewelry store. $15.
Electric light bulbs and flashlight
bulbs, not in connection with electric
light supplies and wiring, $10.
Slot Machines, Including shocking
machines, $5.00.
Sewing Machine Repairs, $1 per day.
Vulcanizing plants, $25.
Wind Mills and Gas Engines, wheth
er dealers in or resident agent for
non-resident companies, $25.
2 WAR BOARDS GO
OUT WITH OLD YEAR
WASHINGTON, Jan. X.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—Facing the new year’s
problems, which are largely those of
reconstruction, the nation today set
itself firmly to the task of getting back
o a peace basis.
The dissolution of the war indus
tries board and the capital Issues com
mittee marked the opening of the
(rear in governmental affairs. Other
tcards and committees created for the
period of the war will continue to op
eration for the time being, with their
activities more or less limited.
GREAT NAVAL REVIEW OF OUR HOME-COME FLEET
\ A section of the line of our fighting ships at the great review at New York. The Buperdreadnaught Arizona which led the fleet, is the ship In the
foreground. The others to. the right are' the New Mexico and Mississippi. .
COLD WAVE ON
WAY TO SOUTH;
GULF WARNED
Government Heralds Wintry Storm
■ For Southeast as Far as
Florida.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—Cold wave warnings
have been ordered displayed for Ala
bama, northwest Georgia and north
west Florida. Northwest storm warn
ings were also ordered for the gulf
coast from Bay St Louis to Key West
The cold wave which is sweeping
southeastward from the prairie coun
try, is expected to make itself felt In
Americus by tonight. There has bben
no indication of the low point to which
the temperature may bo expected to
drop, bnt the fact that the govern
ment has Issued the warnings for Flor
ida and for the Gulf coast as far west
as Bay St Louis and as far southeast
as Key West Indicates that the storm
is of marked intensly. If you coal
pile isn’t prepared tor a touch of
weather, better get It replenished at
once.
30 JEWS KILLED BY
POLES THEY FIRED ON
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 1.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—Polish youths raided
Jewish houses and a killed thirty and
wounded many at Posen during the
recent rioting there, according to a
Berlin dispatch received here.
The dispatch aaya that during the
dghting the Jews fired upon the Poles
firm their synagogue, whereupon the
Poles demolished the synagogue with
artillery.
Berlin papers declare that Germans
were attacked and robbed in the
streets and German houses and shops
plundered.
TWO HOUSES PROVIDED IN
NEW GERMAN SCHEME
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 1.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—The new bill for Ger
many’s legislative organization, ac
cording To a semi-official Berlin dis
patch, provides for a People’s house
and a State house. The members of
the Slate house will be appointed by
the parliaments of the federated statis.
A referendum is provided In case of
28,000 Ford Employes
Get $6 a Week Increase
D ETROIT, Jan. I.—(By Associated Press.) —A N new minimum wage
scale of $6 a day, a flat increase of $1 a day for approximately
28,000 employes throughout th'e country, was announced today by the
• Find* Nfutur coiflpkny. The ImFrfrtf’trketBf 'ttwerta
are also included in the Increase.
Edsel Ford was elected president of the company to succeed his father,
at a salary of $150,000 a year.
WILSON NOT TO
CALL ON SWISS
BERNE, Dec. 81 (Tuesday)—By As
sociated Press.)—The American lega
tion here announces that President
Wilson regrets that he will be unable
to visit Switzerland.
ROME, Dec. 31 (Tuesday.)—(By As
sociated Press.) — President Wilson
will arrive at the Italian border to
morrow morning, Jan. 2, according to
present plane. He will be met at the
border by the fling's aides, Thomas
Nelson Page, the American ambassa
dor, and others.
The party is expected to arrive at
Rome at 11:30 o’clock Friday morn
ing, where they will be met by the
King and Queen, members of the cabi
net and civil and military authorities.
NEGRO TIGERS ROUNDED UP)
$210 IN FINES ASSESSED
The county treasury was somewhat
nriched yesterday as a result of the
activity of Sheriff Harvey and Deputy
Summers in rounding up a couple oi
negro blind tigers and a negro charg
ed with receiving stolen goods. All
pleaded guilty, and were sentenced
by Judge Harper, oi the City coart.
Willie James Williams was fined $65
or 10 months on the chalngang for re
ceiving stolen goods. Ed Alien was
fined $65 or 10 months for having whis
ky in bis possession and $35 or 10
months for offering whisky for sale.
Bully Speer was fined $76 or 10 months
for having whisky in bis possession.
All the fines were paid.
A buggy which bad been seized by
Sheriff Harvey, and in which liquor
was found, was ordered confiscated by
Judge Harper.
AMERICA TO GET
4 HUN U-BOATS
LONDON, Jan. 1.—(By Associated
Press.)—The Evening Mail publishes a
statement that the surrendered Ger
man submarines are being divided be
tween the leading allied nations,
France getting 16, Italy 10, Japan 7
and the United States 4.
The Mail does not state how the re
maining 127 u-boats are to be allotted.
ALLIED BATTALIONS
IN CONSTANTINOPLE
LONDON. Jan. 1.—(By Associated
Press.)—A battalion of French troops
has been detailed to occupy the Siam-
boul district of Constantinople, while
a British battalion will occupy Para,
the European quarter, and Italian
forces will occupy another district ol
the city. 4 Iff}
U. S. TROOPS IN
RUSSIA PUSH
UNETWOMILES
Capture Village of Kadish—Bolsfievi-
Ki Marching on Reval and
ARCHANGEL, Dec. 31. (Tuosday)
—(By Associated Press.)—American
troops yesterday captured the village
of Kadish on the middle sector of the
Northern Russian front and today
pushed forward their lines a distance
of two miles south of the village In
the direction of Vologda.
RESCUE FLEET
STANDS BY AS
2,400 TROOPS
AREINDANGER
Vessel Grounds on Fire Island at
Entrance of New York
Harbor.
SEA GROWS ROUGHER AS PLANS
ARE'MADE TO TAKE MEN OFF
Transpdrt Declared Notin Dangerous
Position-May Float With
High Tide.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—(By Associated
Press.)—The troop ship Northern Pa
cific, bringing more than 2,400 wound
ed officers and men from France,
grounded off Fire Island in the thick
weather this morning. Rescue vessels
soon prepared to remove all except the
crew. It was said the ship was not
in a dangerous position and it was
hoped it would bo floated at high? tide
this afternoon. The sea was quiet and
the moderate breeze decreasing.
Later in the morning the troopship
rolled heavily ia the sea’ which ap
peared to get rougher.
The uninjured men aboard were to
bo brought ashore in breeches buoy*
while the wounded men aboard were
to be removed in tugs and small boats
of the rescue fleet which was sent ost
from Hoboken.
At noon no one had yet been taken
off the transport. Four destroyers
were standing by and the sea was
growing still rougher.
Admiral Usher was making plans to
care for the soldiers.
Thousand Wounded Arrive.
NEWPORT NEWS, Jan. 1.—(By As
sociated Press.)—Carrying 3,000 re
turning troops, the steamers Princess
Bolshevlkl Push Westward, i
LONDON, Jan. 1.—(By Associated
Press.)—Bolshevlkl troopB continue
their advance westward In Esthonla j Matolka arrived here today. They to-
and Livonia, and are marching on Re- clnde approximately 1,000 wounded,
yal and Riga, according to a Russian
wireless report received here. South
east of Riga the Bolshevlkl have taken
Bomershoi and Dvina.
PRESBYTERIANS CHANGE
PRAYER MEETING NIGHT
By a vote oi the officers and congre
gation last Sunday, the regular week
ly prayer service of the Presbyterian
church was changed from Thursday to
Wednesday night. The service, there
fore. will be held tonight at 7 p. m:,
and at the same nigbt and hour here
after till further notice.
This change was made In response
to a recent request made by the Min
isters’ Union, through Us president,
POUCE CHIEF TO JAIL
NEGRO STREET LOAFERS
Cbiet of Police Johnson announced
today that on Monday be would begin
a real “aure ’nough" cl«an-up of loiter
ing negroes about the streets of
Americus.
Complaints have been beard on ev
ery land about the Indolence of the
negroes of the community alnce the
arrival of high wages, and It has bee*
almost Impossible to secure servant*
or helpers of any kind, regardless of
disagreements between the two houses
or between the president and the
houses.
The bill says a.continuance of Prus
sia in its present form Is impossible
became Prussia ha* abandoned Ua
historical past
Rev. LeRoy G. Henderson, that all the tne wages paid. Chief Johnson say*
churches of th* city have their prayer tbit he,will not start the clean-up *»-
meetings on the same night and that ill next Monday, this being a holiday
night be Wednesday. Thus Wednes- week, bnt that action can be expected
day evening will be known as "Prayer after this week.
Meeting Night," and church peopla 1 . ,
and others who attend are asked not
to allow any other engagements that
can be fixed for other timet to inter
fere with the Wednesday night prayer
services. The First Baptist and Ine
Street Methodist churches have the
same change under consideration.
DAILY PHYSICAL DRILL IS •••
ORDERED FOR FIRE FIGHTERS
Physical drill was inaugurated to
day at the fire station by order af
Chief Naylor and will be a dally fe*
ture of the department from this tiaa
henceforth, according to the chief. I
ticipation by all the men will he
EXPRESS MESSENGER HELD
FOR APPROPRIATING WHISKY
ATLANTA. Jan. 1.—J. T. Dill, an compulsory,
express messenger running on one of | The drill Is In charge of Charlie
the lines to the east, was bound over Gtierry, * member of the ’depart meet
yesterday In the federal court on a who has Just returned from the army.
mcs -rue sof-sTom*
Of* A CAM GENERALLY
WO«K MUCH BETTER
TUAN -THE SEIF-STARTER?
charge of larceny from an Interstate
shipment, the specific allegation being
that he appropriated for his own pur
poses two quarts of whisky shipped
from Baltimore to Spartanbnrg, S. C.,
He is putting the men through the
same setting up exercises as used to
the service. The drill will be b«M
from 10 to 10:20 o’clock each morning.
Cbiet Naylor expects it to add greatly
to be used for medicinal purposes In to the suppleness of the firemen aa*
conformity with the South Carolina keep them In condition at all liana
; - • iatil . tor physical emergencies.