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A Southern Newspaper for Southern People mmm I feaP PUBLISHED IN THE ORDER! WEEKLY EDITION HEART or DIXIE Paa? forty-first year.—no. 15. AMERICUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. APRiL 10, 1919 PRICE FIVE CENTS. mmmmm AMERICUS ASKED lO ENTER RACE FOR TROPHY FOR LONG AIR FUGHT New York World to Stage Contest- Plane May Carry Sumter Bale Soathor Field aviators have been in vited, through tne Aero Club of Ameri ca, in telegrams reaching Major Schofield, commanding officer at Souther Field, the. Amerlcus Aero Club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club, to compete for trophy offered by the owners of the New York World for the longest flight during May either to or from Atlantic City, N Y. The telegrams were received in Amerlcus yesterday, and Immediately action was begun to obtain permis sion for the army flyers here to com pete for the trophy. It first being necessary to secure the consent of the Air Service in Washington and the ^Secretary of War. A telegram was also sent to the New York World by Joseph Perkins, secretary of the Amerlcus Aero club, congratulating It upon the project and stating that the club would do all in Us power to have halt a dozen of Souther Field's best flyers and Instructors compete for the trophy. Following this J. E. Hightower, pres, ldent of the Chamber or Commerce, dispatched-a message saying that the Chamber would contribute a bale of cotton to be carried by airplane from Amerlcus to Atlantic City, to be sold there and the proceeds to be donated to the Red Cross. Lieut. Alfred W. Vance, flying. Instructor at Souther Field, has offered to pilot the plane carrying the bale. « i It is thought a lively friendly rival ry may spring up among the flying officers of the various government fields throughout the United States in the contests of the Pan-American Aeronautic Convention and Exhibition to be held at Atlantic City, N. J., dur ing the entire month of May. Team contests and Individual flying may bo the features. Souther Field has al ready under consideration the namfcs of a halt dozen of Its best flyers and instructors for these contests and their experience and practical demon strations would be of inestimable value to the Air Service. Expert American airmen are locat ed in some sixteen of the country's aviation fields. Most of these men, although capable, were not given an opportunity to show their skill abroad, being needed for home work and in struction, but in the Atlantic City con. testa a sample of the back bone of the Air Service, the men who gavo the ini tial start to the air heroes on the front and laid the foundation for their masterly work, will be revealed. These men as well as those who went abroad are entitled to recognition and reward for their valuable services. Following are the telegrams of in vitation and reply: . Luke Lea Tried to j Kidnap Ex-Kaiser In Dutch Castle Ex-U. S. Senator Luke Lea, Leader of Plan to Kidnap the Kaiser. In his attempt to kidnap the Kaiser from the castle of Count von Bentinck last January, he was accompanied by a number of officers. The party cross ed the'Holland border in automobiles and after succeeding In passing the guards entered the mansion. In pre paring to search for the Kaiser, a number of Holland guards appeared and the American party retired, (c) Underwood & Underwood. i GERMANY MAY ASK ALLIES TO KEEP ORDER AS REDSJNCREASE General Humbert Reported Made Commander of Allied Troops in Central Europe PARIS, April .9— (By Associated Prese.)—At the latest session of the German cabinet council the govern ment considered the eventuality of making an appeal to the-Allied armies to maintain order 1" Germany in the interest of the whole of Europe, the Zurich correspondent of Le Journal reports. Le Clair understands' that ' General Humbert, former commander of the French. Third army, will be appointed "commander of the allied troops In Central Europe.’’ A general strike has been proclaim ed In Berlin and the suburb .of Span dau, advices state. Clouds Frozen Two Miles High; Seventy Degrees on Ground ODESSA GIVEN UP BY ALLIES Step Necessitated by Food Shortage -Little Alarm Over Finns in North PARIS, April 9—(By Associated Press.)—Evacuation of the Black Sea port of Odessa by the Allied forces Is conOrfifed officially. The Invitation. "New York.—President Aero Club, Amerlcus, Ga.—Messrs Ralph Pulitzer, Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. and Herbert Pulitzer has offered a trophy for air plane competition in which the avia tors stationed in your city are Invited to compete. The Pulitzer trophy Is to be awarded to the aviator who makes the longest flight during the month of May from any place to Atlantic City, New Jersey, or from Atlantic City to any place. “Under the terms of the competition your aviators ore permitted to make as many trials for the trophy as they wish during the month of May. "Your city will obtain tens of thous ands of dollars worth of National and international publicity. Aviators can boost the Liberty loan while compet- Prevlous dispatches indicated this step was necessitated by the difficul ty of the food supply. MURMANSK DISORDERS ARE LAID TO FINNS. LONDON, April 8.—(Tuesday.)—(By Associated Press.)—Disorders on the Murmansk front in Russia, were plan ned by Finnish troops and Bolshovlkt Finns, according to an official state ment Issued by the war office today, which states that they are not con sidered of political Importance. GOVERNMENT DENONUCES THREAT OF RAIL STRIKE. BERLIN, April 8.—(Tuesday.)—(By Associated Press)—The threat of the railroad employes to add to Germany's troubles by striking, has brought arp reply from the government In which such action is denounced as a "crime toward the entire people." As surance was given the would-be strik ers that the strike would “be regarded as a breach of contract) and would be punished accordingly.” Berlin was quiet today, being strongly patrolled by government troops. The Wllhelmstrasse was com manded by machine guns from the chancellory. No strikes had been re ported up to noon. GOVERNMENT TROOPS MARCHING ON ESSEN. COPENHAGEN. April 9.—(By Asso ciated Press.)—German government troops are marching on Essen where a collision has occurred between the strikers and the Christian woik?rs or ganization, members of which desired to continue at work, a Berlin dispaten announced today. The strikers have occupied the Krupp munitions plant, tbo message adds. SOUTHER FIELD, April 9—A re markable atmospheric phenome non appeared over southern Geor gia at 10:30 a- m. yesterday. The clouds at an elevation of 2 miles became frozen, while the tempera ture at the earth was seventy. The frozen clouds generally float at an elevation of 4 miles. The extreme cold being in such close proximity to the heat, some times produces high, turbulent winds not unlike the tornado at Omaha Monday. ‘BLACKMAIL/CRY OF PARISAT U.S. Peace Delegation Not Apparently Ef fected by Bitter Denunciation Over Ship Order 3,000 U. S. Agents to Enforce Dry Law BULGABS SENT TO PUT DOWN GREEK UPRISING. SOLONIKI, April 8.—(Tuesday.)— (By Associated Press.)—Bulgarian troops have been sent to Strumitza to suppress an uprising - of Irrldentlst Greeks. lag for the Puiltzer trophy. "AUGU8TUS POST, Secretary Aero Club of America, New York City.’ The Replies. "New York World, New York.—Tho Aero Club , of Amerlcus, Georgia, in which is located the United States Army flying school of Souther Field, congratulates you upon the encourage ment you are giving tho advancement of aviation and will do ail In its pow er to have fly In the competition from this city a half dozen of Souther Field's greatest flyers and Instruc tors: -, “JOSEPH PERKINS, Sec’y. Ameri- cus Aero Club.” “Augustus Post, Secretary, Aero Club, America.—The Chamber of Com merce of the City of Americas, eGor- gla, on the Dixie Highway between northern cities And Florida, will con- WASHINGTON, April 9.—(By Asso ciated Press.)—Three thousand inter nal revenue agents working in spec ially arranged zones will enforce pro hibition after July 1* according to plans announced today. v In addition the revenue authorities plan to co-operate with the local po lice and leave the greater part of the enforcement work to the police in lo calities where the police appear effi cient Sidney Drew, Stage and Movie Actor,Dies NEW YORK, April 9.—(By Asso- dated Press.)—Sidney Drew well known actor on the stage and for mov ing picture screen productions, died today at his home here, aged 64 years. PARIS, April 9.—(By Associated Press.)—-The Matin prints an article today saying that American propa gandists, or newspaper men, knowing t).»t President Wilson hli summoned to Brest his ship to take him home, “saw In this natural order opportunity for blackmail’’ and went about the city demanding that the Frencn be “wore accommodating.” Harsh denunciation of the American peace delegation by the French-press that the ordering of the transport George Washington to come to Brest' before . its regular timej is nothing short of blackmail, has not affected the American delegates, who' appar ently were not surprised at thi news paper criticism. While the Americans repeatedly re-afflrm their belief that considerable progress has been made nl the last three days, one member remarked today that “It is not a ha I idea to .have the ship at Brest ready to return.” The first interim report of the sec ond sub-committee of the peace con ference commission on reparations, dealing with the financial capacity of the enemy states and means of pay ment. was adopted yesterday by the commission. COUNTY CASTS ONLY 78 VOTES AGAINST T01,109 FOR ISSUE OFFICIALRETURNS. For Again* Old 26th District 104 1 New 16th District 46 I 15 th District 92 36 Old 16th District 33 9 New 26th District 21 24 27th District 659 6 28th District .... 45 0 29th District 36 6 17th District 73 4 Total 1109 78 The $500,000 bond issue for the construction, with federal aid of a like amount, of permanent highways in Sumter county, won overwhelmingly today. Out of a total of 1187 votes cast in the entire county, 1109 were for bonds and 78 against. The law requires that two-thirds of the total voting must favor the issne for it to carry, and this two thirds must be a majority of the tor tal registration. The total registration for the county was I.- 650, and a mojrity would have been 826. Thus, it will be seen that the advocates of the bond issue polled 36 i more votes than were needed. All of the districts outside of Americus closed at 3 o'clock p. m., and as the returns came in to Americus it became apparent early that the issue had won by a safe majority. The Americas polls closed at 6 o'clock and the count showed 659 to 6, with 2 ballots thrown out. Within a few minutes after the polls dosed ten men appeared ready to addvotes to the majority for bonds. From Leslie came the official report of 92 for bonds to 26 against, a total of 128 out of 184 registered. Find Extravagance at Muscle Shoals WASHINGTON, April 9.—(By Asso ciated Press.)—Extravagance ln N con- nectlon with expenditures for the gov ernment nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals, Ala., has been uncovered by agents of the department of justice. It was learned today, but so far the department has not determined wheth er there is any criminal liability. 25-Hour Strike is Ordered in Rome ROME, April 9.—(By Associated Press.)—The Council of the General Federation of Labor has decided up on a general strike to last twonty-flvo hours, beginning Thursday morning at 6 o'clock. The Sumter county bond campaign _ committee was thoroughly organized In all of the districts, under the leader ship of Judge J. A. Hlxon, chairman, and workera were at the polls all day to. see that those favorable to the bonds cast their bollots, it being real ized that a vote not cast was In reality a vote against bonds, under the re quirements of tho law In bond elec tions. The heavy vote for the bonds In the 27th district was credited In large measure to the excellent organi zation work of T.M. Furlow, district chairman, and the loyal assistance re ceived by him from two score of cltl- kens who lent their cars and their services cheerfully In assisting men who lmd difficulty In leaving their occupations In getting to the polls. Business men everywhere volunteered their assistance to make certain i preponderance for bonds In the dls trlct, feeling certain that a sufficiently heavy favorable vote could bo counted on In the rural districts to carry the Issue If the 27th polled Its full strength. On hundred straight votes were polled for tho bonds In Amerlcus this morning before a break came. W. H. Scarborough was the 101st, and he cast hlq vote against tho Issue. He Business Men of Plains at Fish-Fry tribute a bale of cotton to be carried on airplane from here to Atlantic City, N. J.. In May to be sold, the proceeds to be donated to the American Red Cross, Lieutenant Alfred W. Vance, In charge of flying at Souther Field, has offered to pilot the airplane car rying the bale of cotton if permitted to do so by the air service. ’J. E. HIGHTOWER, President.” Bolshevism Here NotLaid to Women WASHINGTON, April 9.—(By Asso ciated Preas.)—The report that Bol shevist agitation in the United States was being financed by a number of wealthy- persons, particularly women, is not taken seriously by the depart ment of justice. was brought to the polling place by Joel W. Hightower, an enthusiastic bond worker, who had forgotten to en quire of Mr. Scarborough whether he favored or opposed the issue before assisting him to he polls. After his experience Mr. Hightower became a more wary bond worker for tho re mainder of the way.* British to Start on Ocean FlightApr, 16 LONDON, April 9.—The airplane of the Shorit brothers, one of the' entries for the 10,000 pound race across the Alantlc, will start for Ireland from Newfoundland on April 16, weather PLAINS, April 9,—A number of bad ness men from Plains eojatad thoroughly, a fish fry given by & L Spann, at Spann’s Mill, Webster esm- ty, Monday evening. The cars UR Plains after business hours and: ed the mill at about 8 o'clock, ing the day the fish had been i and were ready to be cooked whan the hungry party arrived. A cam* fire was soon blazing on the wataris edge find the fresh trout were cant into the hot grease by E. Tin man, Jr., and C. C. Lunsford. E cakes and coffee were prepared A. J. Timmerman, H. R. McOee a G. D. Anderson. Eggs and were prepared by J. I* Slipper- Twenty-three pounds of trout sad brim were consumed by the crowd. The party returned home at sbaaR 11:31) o'clock. Those attending wetfe G. W. lfnad gomery, Ross Dean, J, E. Harper, R. M. Andrews, Dr. B. T. Wise, CL CL Lunsford, F. F. Timmerman, merman, Jr. J. F. Plexlco, J, H. son, G, D' Anderson, H. R. M. M. Jennings, W. F. Ball, J. L Slar- pey, A. J. Timmerman. permuting. The airplane is exported to make the journey In twenty hoars. fHE COTTON MARKET] LOCAL SPOT. Good Middling 26 cents. NEW YORK FUTURES. Prev. Close Open High Low .26.50 26.58 26.60 25.86 .24.60 24.70 24.90 24 17 .22.92 23.10 23.30 22.55 .22.55 22.76 22.93 22.18