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FORTY-FIRST YEAR—NO. 12.
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AMERICUS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 20, 1919
WEEKLY
EDITION
Germany TREATY TERMS
7 • ARE MODIFIED
AS TO CONTROL
jffl 1; OF ARMAMENT
Admiral Benson Shows That Original
Clause Committed U. S. to Oc
cupation of Germany
INCLUSION OF LEAGUE NOT
TO DELAY TREATY SIGNING
To Be No Difficulty in Meeti
Legitimate Objections,
Says Cecil
|; W8L&SS8IS ffiiEL-TftEAigg
EX-PREMIER ASQUITH MAY H""
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BOND WORKERS
BEING CHOSEN;
TERRELL PLANS
$300,000 ISSUE
Progressive Movement is Spreading
Like Wild-Fire—Colquitt County
to Vote April 16
Judge J. A. Hlxon, chairman of the
county organization which will con
duct a campaign of education to in
sure the passage of the $500,000 bond
issue for permanent roads In Sumter
county, Is busy completing his list
of committeemen in ail sections of
Sumter county who will form the
working organization. He stated that
the list would be ready for announce
ment Thursday evening.
While the permanent road Idea Is
spreading and growing In favor n Sum
ter county, the movement Is going like
wildfire all over Georgia, county alter
county lining up to Issue bonds for
the building of paved highways. Very
little opposition Is being encountered
anywhere, and least In the more pro
gressive communities. It was stated
today by a traveling salesman whose
tome Is in Albany, and who had just
arrived from there, that no opposition
whatever to the movement 1b develop
ing in Dougherty county, the people
there realizing at first glance the
great boost paved highways will give
to their county.
Terrell county, Sumter's neighbor to
the southwest, joined the procession
yesterday when ltd board of commis
sioners made formal application for
$300,000 of federal aid to match that
amount of bonds to be rated on at a
date to be fixed at the regular meeting
of the board In April.
Petitions asking the Terrell county
board to take this action were circu
lated throughout the county and re
ceived such support it was believed
the bond Ibsub would carry by a large
vote.
Terrell has been spending between
$35,000 and $40,000 annually for sev
eral years on public roads without any
permanent results, It was said, and it
has apparently dawned upon the tax
payers there, like those of Sumter,
where $060,000 Is being thrown away
each year, that the best way to save
money Is to build roads that will stand
up regardless of weather conditions.
Colqult Hard at Work.
MOLTRIE March 19.—Advocates
of permanent roads here express the
opinion that the half million dollar
bond Issue for paved highways will
carry by a big majority In the election
which comes on April 16. According
to Interviews published In a local
newspaper, voters In all parts of the
county are working for the bonds. The
rainy weather since Christmas has put
the roads In snch condition that many
section! can't be reacned by automo
bile, and this has served to increase
the number of bond supporters, It Is
said. The board of registrars will
pnrge the registration list of all dis
qualified voters within the next few
days. It Is estimated that this will
leave only abont 3,000 names on the
list and only 1,601 will have to be
polled, and if two-thirds of these favor
bonds they can be issued.
Direct Taxation
is Germany’s Plan
Capt. Stapleton
Commended By
His Commander
BERLIN, March 18.—(Tuesday)—
<Oy Associated Press.)—Preliminary
drafts of the new taxation measures
are ready for early submission to the
national assembly. Direct taxation Is
the underlying feature of the forth
coming assessments, which include In
heritance taxes and a general war
levy for the coming year. Amusements,
tobacco and playing cards also will
he taxed. A drastic levy on private
fortunes Is provided.
Capt. Frank L. Stapleton—until re
cently .Lieut.'Stapleton, who Is with
the Sixth division, quartermaster’s
corps, In France ,hos just sent home to
his parents here, Mr. and Mrs. Lawson
Stapleton, two papers received by him
which he prizes highly, and which he
feared he might lose if he kept them
there, because of the uncertain condi
tions of existence In France One of
the papers Is a personal letter from
Major General Henry L. Rogers, chief
quartermaster of the army In France,
expressing thanks for the co-operation
of the personnel of the department.
The other Is a copy of general order
containing tributes to the work and
valor of the Sixth division in the Meuse
and Argonne offensives.
The letter from General Rogers fol
lows:
"Amerlcus Expeditionary Forces. Of
fice of the Chief Quartermaster.
“January 20, 1919.
"Personal
"My Dear Lieutenant: The com
mander In chief In his report to the
secretary of war of the organization
and operations of the American Ex
peditionary Forces, thus expresses his
appreciation of the quartermaster
corps:
“The quartermaster coyps has
had a difficult and varied {ask but'
It has more than met all demands
that hRve been made upon it. Us
management and its personnel
havo been exceptionally cfilclent
and deservo every posslblo com
mendation,"
It is a great pleasure to me to con
vey to the officers and men of the
corps this valued testimany to Its high
efficiency. To' every officer and man
who has participated in this work
there Is due a share In the satisfaction
that the organization has merited the
unqualified praise of the commandor-
ln- chief. „ To each one I tender my
congratulations for the successful ac
complishment of the great service
which contributed so much to the suc
cess of the American soldier in - the
battle front. The standard of efficiency
which has been attained Is due to the
whole hearted, unselfish and loyal ef
fort of every Individual in every'rank
and grade. Without these qualities,
the excellent record of the Q. M. corps
In the American E. F., would have
been impossible; their cultivation and
maintenance are essential to our fu-
turo success. In the Important work
which la ours to carry forward here,
and in the work which awaits ns at
home when the emergency here bos
ended. I have entire confidence In the
personnel of the corps, and In Its will
and ability to maintain the excellent
reputation already earned In the Amer
ican Expeditionary Forces.
In relinquishing the office of chief
quartermaster of the American Expe
ditionary Forces, and taking my de
parture for the United States, there to
assume new duties, as quartermaster
general of the army, I extend to the
entire personnel of the Quartermaster
Corps In the A. E. F. my sincere thanks
for their Individual efforts and loyal
co-operation, which have enabled the
Quartermaster Corps to achieve the
wonderful success which I am proud
to say It enjoys, and to meet the many
demands which have been mado upon
It H. U ROGERS,
Major General, U, S. Army, Chief Quar
termaster.
"Lieut F. D. Stapleton, Q. M. Corps
•Hdqrs. 6th Division.
"A. P. O. 777, France."
The copy of the general orders, ap
plying to tho division, follows:
Headquarters, Sixth Division, A. EL
F. France, 29 January 1919,
General Orders No. 7.
L The Commanding General takes
great pleasure personally In making
known officially to the 5th Division the
following tribute by the Commander la
Chief with the added appreciation of
the Commanding General of the First
Army, on the work of the Division in
the Meuse-Argonne offensive:
"General Headquarters American
Expeditionary Forces, January 18,
1919. ,
From tho Chief of Staff.
To the Commanding General, 6th
American Division, 1 et American Army
Subject Appreclaton . of the 6th
(Continued on Lost Page.)
TWO COLONELS
FLYTOSOUTHER;
OFF TO ATLANTA
UNDERESCORT
Officers Fly 146 Miles in.70 Minutes
-Stop Over on Inspec
tion Trip
SOUTHER FIELD, March 19.—Two
colonels of the air service, on an In
spection trip and returning to Wash
ington, stopped over a few hours at
Souther Field today. They were Col.
W. E. Gilmore, chief of the supply di
vision, and Col. C. G. Hall, chief of the
procurement section. They arrived
at Souther Field from Montgomery
about noon, having made the trip of
146 miles In 70 minutes, and departed
In tho afternoon for Atlanta.
The trip to Souther Field was mado
in DeHaviland planes, but these were
discarded here for Curtiss training
planes because of the Inability of the
larger planes to land at Atlanta. They
were accompanied to Atlanta by
tree other officers.
From Atlanta the two colonels will
continue their Journey to Washington
tonight by train, and the flyers who
made the trip with them will return
with the-plane used by them.
Colonel Gilmore rode with Lieut.
Perry W. Blackler and Colonel Hall
with Lieut. A. B. McMullen, the lieut
enants piloting. The aerial "baggage 1
car" was pl’.oted by Lieut. Wilfred B
Warde, who was accompanied by
Mechanician Dale W. Smith.
Lieut. Colonel F. T. DIckman, com
manding officer, and Major Butts, ex
ecutor officer, accompanied the party
40 miles on their way to Atlanta.
Brewers Seek to
Prevent Interference
NEW YORK, March 19.—(By Asso
ciated Press)—The Joseph oilman
Brewing Co., In bringing a test suit In
tlie Interest of the United States Brew-
ors' association, today applied to the
federal court for an Injunction re
straining the collector of Internal
revenue and the United States district
attorney from beginning any proceed
ing to Interfere with the contemplated
pioductlon of beer of 2 3-4 per ceirt. al
coholic content
HASS BREWERS CONFER.
BOSTON, March 19.—(By Associated
Press.)—The Brewers Association of
Massachusetts, representing mare than
a rcore of firms, held a special meet
ing today to consider whether its
members should resume tho manufac
ture of 2 3-4 per cent beer.
Shortage of Paper
Hinders Bolsheviki
WASHINGTON, March 19.—(tty As
sociated Press.)—Russian Bolsheviki
propaganda at homo and in the adja
cent countries Is being handicapped
by a shortage of paper, according to
official dispatches today from Stock
holm. One message said that Trotsky
told the paper commissioner at Petro*
grad recently that he believed the Red
army would take Esthonla before the
end of the month, which would make
available to the Bolsheviki govern
ment several large paper factories.
Rainbows to Sail
Before April 19
WASHINGTON, March 19.—(By As
s'dated Press.)—The Forty-second
IRolnbow) and the Twenty-Sixth (New
England National Guard) divisions
will sail from Brest between March
28 and April 19, the war department
wss informed today by General Persh
ing. The Rainbow division will land
at New York and the 2*th at Boston.
Troops.of the Third Army did not relish the name of the restaurant
whero they dined on their leave trips to Neuweld, Germany, so they changed
"Hohenzollem" to a name more In keeping with things as they are in tho
Army of Occupation.
HERE’SAFAMILY
.100 PE CENT IN
PATRIOTIC WORK
Mrs. Walter K. Wheatley, of Now
York City, Is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Crawford Wheatley at their home on
the Andersonvllle road. Mrs. Wheat-
ley s the wife of Walter Wheatloy.
whoso friends in Amerlcus, his old
home, will learn with interest of his
family’s participation in war work
during the last two years.
Captain Walter K. Wheatloy, It will
be recalled, raised tho first company
of lmmuncs from Amerlcus and the
surrounding counties during the Span-
ish-Amerlcan war. He was promoted
to the rank of major and placed In
command of tho Department of Bara-
coa, his company having been placed
under Captain Sorborls, grandson of
General Ulysses S. Grant, following
the war ho served two years In the
Philippines.
When the United States entered the
European war he resigned his posi
tion as Washington correspondent for
the Army and Navy Journal and en
listed In the army. He was promoted
within a short time from a lieuten
ancy to the rank of captain and at
present Is in the historical section of
the motor transport corps.
His daughter. Miss Dorothy Wheat-
ley, enlisted for four years In the navy
on her eighteenth birthday and Is act
ing as secretary for Captain Bpottls-
wood Taylor, director of tho Division
of Publication of the Bureau of Med
icine and Surgery. Miss Wheatley haa
twice been promoted and now bolds
the rating of second yeoman.
Mrs. W. K. Wheatley resigned her
position as secretary to John Moody,
the International authority on Invest
ment values, and anthor of many fin
ancial books, to take np war work. She
enlisted In the United States Marino
Corps last August, and has been placed
ln\charge of Important work In the
statistical section of the contract de
partment of the Quartermaster Depart
ment «•
Mrs. Wheatley Is most enthusiastic
MODEN WATER
SYSTEM PART OF
PLANFORPLAINS
PLAINS, March 18.—The citizens of
Plains are very much interested in
plans for Installing an efficient and
modern system of waterworks. Mayor
McGee aid the city council are mak
ing a thorough Investigation of the
suhject, and there will be held within
the next few weeks an election to de-
tcrmtno the will of tho people qs to
floating bonds for the project An
engineer bus already been here and
surveyed the town and recommended
plans. It is hoped tho town also may
soon have electric lights in the near
future.
Basket Ball Game to
Close Season Friday
The Amerlcus High school basket
ball team will play its lost game of
the season Friday night at the local
Y. M. C. A. gymnasium when It meets
the Cordelo High school team.
The Amorlcus players are promising
the hottest and fastest game of the
year, they having vowed to get re
venge for having been defeated—un
fairly, they claim—when they played
the Cordele team In that city last Fri
day night Tho score for that gome
was 30 to 22, and was the only game
the Americas team had lost this year
In five played.
Emmett Bolton, Jr., will be referee.
Meeting All
LONDON, March 19.—There Is a
strong feeling In diplomatic and polit
ical circles in Paris In favor of Invit
ing Former Premier Herbert Aaqultb
to become the first President of the
League of Nations, according to the
Daily Mirror.
Military Terms Amended.
PARIS, March '..18.—(Tuesday.)—■
(By Associated Press.)—The military
terms of the treaty of peace have beea
amended by elimination of the clause
providing for control of Germany's
armament for an Indefinite period. Ad
miral Benson, of the United State*
navy, pointed out that the original
terms committed the United States to
virtually an indefinite occupation o<
Germany, and it was chiefly on his .
insistence that the terms were modi
fied.
Tho Inclusion of the League of Na
tions covenant In the preliminary
peace treaty will not delay the sign
ing of the treaty, which it s hoped,
will be accomplished within two weeks,
said Lord Robert Cecil, talking to the
British and American newspaper cor
respondents tonight. He said three
amendments to tho covenant had been .
submitted, and he was "sure there
would be no'difficulty in meeting all
legitimate objections."
American Labor Wins.
PARIS, March 19.—(By Associated
Press.)—The commission on interna
tional labor legislation held probably
Its last meeting today when It reached
an agreement on all points at Issue.
The American contention that each
country settle Its Internal labor prob
lems without Invoking the power of the
League of Nations prevailed.
and appreciative of the splendid cere
tho Marine Corps takes of the sick of
their enlisted personnel. After a three
weeks Illness In the Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital, whero she received
every posslblo care and attention, Bhe
has been given a furlough of thirty
days to recuperate, which she will
•pend la Amerlcus.
What Discharged
Troops May Retain
A list of articles of apparel that
honorably discharge ijf soldiers and
sailors may retain under the law re
cently passed by congress was an
nounced today by Miss Ruth Clark,
director of tho Home Service depart
ment of tho local Red Cross chapter,
Miss Clark’s announcement says:
I have just received notice from
headquarters that an Act of Congress,
approved February 28, 1919, author
izes any person who served in the ar
my or navy, Including coast guard
or marine corps since April 6,1917, up
on honorable discharge from the ser
vice and return to civil life, to perma
nently retain one complete suit of
outer uniform clothing. This one suit
of uniform outer clothing -vlll Include:
1 hat with cord, (or overseas cap). 1
flannel shirt, 1 coat, 1 pair breeches,
1 pair shoes, 1 pair leggtns, 1 slicker,
1 belt, 1 overcoat, 1 pair gloves and 1
barrack bag.”
8 German Vessels
Sail to Get Food
LONDON, March 19.—(Gy Associat
ed Press.)—Eight German steamers
sailed from Hamburg this week for
foodstuffs, according to Berlin ad
vices. It Is said the crews made a
formal demand that they should not
be removed from the vessels during:
the trip.