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AMERICUS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 1, 1919
PRICE
^(HARDWICK BOMB PART OF WHOLESALE PD
CONFIDENCE IS
VOTEDORLANDO
AND DELEGATES
Booze Substitute
In Atlanta Cafe
ROME, Italy, April 29.—(Tuesday.)
—(By Associated Press.)—Premier
Orlando's government was given
vote of confidence in the Italian sen*
rte tonight, following a vote of confl-
dence given him In the house of dep-
*tle»- A great demonstration fol
lowed the premier's address.
See Effect on Wilton.
ROME, April SO.—(By Associated!
Press.)—The newspapers commenting
on Premier Orlando’s speech before
parliament and the vote of confidence
given him declare that, now that the
Italian people and parliament have
voiced their eolidarlty with the govern-
ment, it remains for the Entente to
revise Its decision regarding the Adri
atic situation. The view la taken that
this action is bound to have an effect
on President Wilson’s attitude.
Bll.MANS APPEAL
POIt RESTORATION.
BRUSSELS, April 29.—(Tuesday.)—
(By Associated Press.—The enate to
day adopted a resolution appealing to
the parliaments of the Allies for tbelr
"powerful support and intervention to
uphold Belgium’s legitimate claims
for the restoration of her country.'
tLANTA, April 36—Therhubsti-
tutes for whisky continue to
be discovered, and many new li
quids with the proper “kick". It
not the genuine taste, are being
tried out by the “boozo artists’’ In
Atlanta, but tho latest substlttuto
Is cake. Now, wait a minute. Don’t
atop reading yet.
It Is a new kind of cake alto
gether—rum cake, which an en
terprising cafe proprietor In At
lanta discovered all by himself.
The flavoring le a very generous
portion of fire water, and that the
“kick" Is sufficient le evidenced by
the number of persons who have
developed a sudden fondness for
the particular kind of cake sold in
that eating emporium.
“It le just as good as It It had
fallen Into a bucket of rum," Is
the opinion offered on It.
PEACE TREATY NOT TO
WAIT ON ITALIANS.
PARIS, April 30.—(By Associated
Press.)—It is planned la peace con-
krence circles to go ahead with the
treaty of pence without regard to
4n >' action by Italy, as It le coneld-
rred probable the Italian delegation
*IH not return, and certainly not
within the present week.
The first meeting with the Germans
rrobably will tako place Friday af-
ternoon or Saturday, when the pact
*111 be presented. Reports from Ber-
Hn reaching the American delegation
“re somewhat contradictory concern-
l"e Germany’s purposes. Some of the
'"'Ports indicate the early signing of
•he treaty to be probable while others
u '-y it Is doubttful If peace will be
•letted at alL
A formula for a eolation of the pro-
Ar" m of Knlo Chau, which It le hoped
^vttl remove all possibility of a definite
U.S. UNLEASHES
GREATEST ‘DOG
OFWAR’KNOWN
NEW YORK, April 30.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—The world's most
powerful battleship, the superdread-
naught Tennessee, was successfully
launched today. It was christened by
Miss Helen Roberts, daughter of the
governor of Tennessee. More than
75,000 persons gathered at the ship
yards to witness the ceremony.
The vessel, a 32,000 ton monster,
will have cost 3155,000,000 when com
pleted.
FEE ASKED FOR I
ROAD ENGINE
SHOCKS BOARD
break and prove mutually acceptable
to the Chinese and Japanese, has been
reached by the Powers, It was stated
In authoritative quarters today.
The Council of Three met this morn
ing half an hour earlier than usual,
ei d It Is believed the Itslii.t situation,
as developed by the parllanrn xrv en
dorsement of the Italian dclcitu’.on's
position, was lo be considered, and
discussion of Kalo Chau ro'itucd.
Action will bo taken by the board of
commissioners of Sumter county' at
thoir regular meeting next Monday on
the employment of an engineer to bo-
gln preliminary work on the county’s
million dollar federal aid road par
ing program. This was “decided at
a special meeting of tho hoard to
day at which W. R. Neel, state high
way engineer, and several other en
gineers, were present Between now
and that time the various members of
the board will give consideration to
the problem of whether the engineer
■ball be employed on commission or
oo salary. "
Mr. Nsel startled the members of
tho board when. In answer to ques
tions, he stated that the government
and etate had approved a fee of
per cent, of the total cost of the pav
ing as (sir compensation for a com
petent engineer. Thlp would amount
to 350.000 for the job in Sumter coun
ty, and at first the commissioners
were Inclined to consider the figure
exorbitant. However, It was
plained by Mr. Neel that this figure
embraced all costs to the county for
engineering work, Including the test
ing of material, which would amount
at least 3200 per mile. He quoted
figures showing thnt states which bed
employed engineers on a salary basis
hsd found the cost higher than 6 per
cent., the figures running from tf.7 per
cent. In Ohio to 10 pfcr cent, la New
York .
He admitted cheap engineering
could be found, but warned the board
that the work would have u
all the government requirements,
which were very rigid, before It would
l>-> accepted. It was also pointed out
that the chief engineer would have to
emp’oy a number of men for ill-- job
fnt a considerable period of tune to
handle the volume of work.
Mr. Neel expressed no personal
preference, declaring that he repre
sented the state and the counties, and
that It was only good business to get
the work done ss economically as pos
sible, not forgetting the quality of
work required. He stated, however,
that he had Investigated the subject
thoroughly, and considered 6 per cent,
a fair and reasonable price to pay for
in $15,000 BLAZE
,u ON HEYSFARM
KILLS 16 MULES
AND 20 HOGS
Barn Destroyed With Live Stock and
Large Quantity of Feed
Stuffs ,
Sixteen heavy mules, one hone,
twenty head of hogs, and other prop
erty, all to the value of between 312,-
000 and 115,000, were wiped ont by
fire which burned the large barn on
the farm of W. B. Hayes, three and
one-half miles east of Americas, short
ly after ( o’clock last night The only
Insurance was reported to be less than
31.600 on the barn.
The Uve stock was owned Jointly
by Mr. Hayes and his son Gordon,
who lives close by and who is farm
ing the 60 acre tract The barn woe
two-story structure about 30x80 feet,
with a shed on each side. Besides the
stock lost were seventeen sets of har
ness, between 300 and 400 bushels of
corn and considerable quantities of
hay and oats. A thousand bushels of
corn were stored In -the barn, but
Chief Naylor and several men of the
city fire department went to tho sceno
with, the big auto pump and hose and
connectilng with a sunken limo pit
near tho barn which was filled with
water pot a stream on the ruins which
resulted In the salvaging of more than
500 bushels of tho .grain.
It was stated today by members of
tho Hayes family that there was no
intimation qs to the origin, of the fire.
Mrs. Hayes had been On the back
porch of her homo, which Is-100 yards
from where tho barn stood about 9
o’clock. Shortly .therafter screams
were heard coming from tho negro
quarters, and, thinking there was a
fight, Mr. Hayes rushed to the back
door. The whole country-side was
lighted up by tho flames, and tho barn
was ready to fall In, It having burn-
~ quickly. The stock was locked In
side the structure and not one animal
was able to make Its escape.
The news of tho fire soon spread
everywhere In that section and before
o'clock this morning neighbors and
friends had brought 10 mules and
turned them over to Messers Hayes to
used In their farm work until they
conld replace their own which had
been lost. The loss was most serious
coming at this season with 400 acres
under culUvattoif and tho crops up and
requiring the attention of the plows
constantly from this time for many
Veek*.
The firemen remained at the scene
of the blase until the smouldering em
bers had all been extinguished when
they returned to the city, and they
found waiting for them at the fire
■tation a hot super sent to them with
the compliments of Gordon Hayes.
SUMTER READY
TOGO OVERTOP
AS NATION LAGS
ON VICTORY LOAN
Great Rally Thursday at Chautauqua
Tent-Cenvass to Come
Fjiday.
WASHINGTON, April SO.—(By
Associated Preie.)—Subscriptions
to the Victory Loon officially re
ported to the treasury today pass
ed one billion dollars, or less than
one-fourth of the total, with the
campaign nearly one-half over.
Chairman Ellis
Calls 6n People
to ‘Volunteer’
With the Victory Loan campaign
nearly half over la the United States,
and less than a quarter of the amount
raised, Sumter county prepared today
to go over the top In one day Friday
—and before Friday, if possible.
Although Chairman Ellis today com
pleted bis Rets of committees, which
will make the canvass Friday, and
which he will announco Thursday, all
activities were centered today upon
tho great mass meeting Thursday af
ternoon at tho Chautauqua tent, where
the Seaboard Air Line railroad hoe
bought” the Chautauqua for the af
ternoon, and will throw the tent open
to tho publl cwltbout admission, and
add a program of entertainment of Its
own to tho regular program of the
afternoon.
The Thursday afternoon rally will
bo a Seaboard affair, every Seaboard
employee being expected to bo V —
as Is shown nv the terrain put
ed at the bottom of this page, received
this morning by Guthrie Allison, of
tho claim department, and H. M.
Sellers, agont here, from W. L. Stan
ley, assistant manager for the lines.
Mr. Stanley will be hero In poraon
with two special entertainers, 1
Little, tho Red Cross nurso, and Lieut.
Richards, the wounded officer. How
ever, It will not be exclusively a Sea
board affair, and the entire public Is
not only Invited, but I* asked to be
present, the rally bolng staged pri
marily for the benefit of the Victory
It was announced this afternoon
Mr. Allison that Miss Dorothy Deyo
would sing at tho Thursday afternoon
gathering, accompanied by Mr*. J. E.
Johnson.
Airmen from 8outher iFeld will put
on a great aerial circus Just before
the meeting begins.
Chairman Ellis today Issued an ap
peal to the people of the conununlty
not to wait to be solicited for the
Victory Loan subscriptions, but
come afterward voluntarily and do the
duty that Is theirs.
22 Men Dead in
Birmingham Mine
BIRMINGHAM. April 30.—(By As
art latcd Press.)—After a careful
•nreb, the death toll from the ex
plosion In the Majestic coal mine near
licrr yesterday. Mood at 22 l.iuay two
of whom are white. Eight men acre
errlously Injured.
the engineering work.
PreltnUhhry engineering work, de-
Uillng the projects upon which fed
eral aid is asked, Is necessary before
the government begins to share the
expense of permanent road building,
even after the funds are allotted by
the state highway commission, and It
the purpose of the county board to
employ an engineer at once and get
this preliminary work started, so that
actual road building may be under
way as soon ss possible.
$12,000Warehouse
Firm for Leslie
O. R. Ellis, chairman of the Vic
tory Loan campaign for Sumter coun
ty, today Issued the following appeal
to the public for voluntary subscrip
tions to the Victory Loan before the
committees begin work Friday morn
ing:
I agreed to act as county chair
man of the Victory Liberty Loan
because I have faith In tho people
of Amerlcus and Sumter county.
Better people cannot he found.
These people prompted by their
patriotism and their desire to
keep faith with tho hoys who serv
ed In France, and their govern
ment, will do their duty. I am
sure this is their Intention. They
cannot afford to do less.
This being true, all subscrip
tions for tho Victory Liberty Loan
should be voluntary, as the per
formance of this duty. I cannot
understand why any ono should
withhold doing what his patriot
ism and his common honesty dic
tate, and what ho Intends doing
when he le solicited by a commit
tee, unles he has overlooked the
fact that his subscription Bhould
be voluntary, and Is simply wait-
log for tho committee to visit him
as has been tho custom. It Is
probable that the fact that tho
time of committeemen ip vauablo,
and that the only compensation
which they (and I might Incudo
myself) receive Is tho pleasuro
flowing from discharge of duty.
It would bo a nobio and a beau
tiful thing for the people of Sum
ter county to vountecr their sub
scriptions to tho Victory Liberty
Loan, so as to raise tho quota of
Sumter county In a manner that
woud deserve and receive the
Praise of Ihe people throughout
tho country. To -this end I am
publishing this notice simply for
tho purpose of bringing to tho at
tention of tho pcoplo of tho coun
ty that tho subscriptions can, and
as a mattor of fact, shoud be made
In this way, and that I would bo
glad for every ono who Is ablo to
subscrlbo much or little to con
sider well his ability and then to
make his subscription vountarlly
for as much as posslhlo. Tho
drive le to bo put on Friday of this
week, but I would bo glad to re
ceive the voluntary subscription
of overy nun, woman and child
before that day, as an expression
of their faithful performance of
duty and lore of service to their
country.
These subscriptions can be
modo at any bank In the county,
the Chamber of Commerce, or my'
offlce - 0. R. ELLIS.
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BOMBS FOR
OFFICIALS
RICH MEN.]
IN POSTOFJ
Infernal Machines Mailed at
York Undelivered Because of
. Short Postage.
BURLESON, PALMER, HYLAN,
JOHN D., MORGAN,
Mrs. Hardwick Has Narrow
Maid Loses Both Hands—
Anarchists Blamed.
WASHINGTON, April 30.J(By
soeiated Press.)—I’oatofflce
In New York City reported today
discovery there of seventeen
machines put Into the mall and
dressed to prominent officials,
log cabinet officers. All were
lar to that sent to Senator
lit Atlantia, and bore labels of
Bel Bros.’ store, but did not have
llclcnt postage. The officiate to
they were addressed Included
master General Burleson,
General Palmer, Commissioner
cral Caminctti of the imi
reau; Jbhn D. Rockefeller, J. P.
Mayor llyiau, Chief
Holmes, of the supreme
othprs.
Attorn?
ATLANTA, April 1
ed Press.)—Federal authorities
busy today seeking clues to the i
of the Infernal machine which
ploded In tho home of former I
tor Thomas W. Hardwick fete ;
day, seriously injuring Mrs.
wick, whose face was burned and <
and the negro maid, both of
hands were blown off. Mr.
expressed the belief that the alt
was the work of anarchists,, but
at a loss for a motive.
Yanks in Russia
Repulse Bolsheviki
ARCHANGEL. April 2d.-(Monday.).
• By Associated Press.) 1 he Amerl-
| p r<* and British troops at Kurgoman,
, ... , .. on ‘ h « ri*bt bank of the Dvina, re-
LESLIE, April 30.—A new cotton pulsed a strong BolsffetIk attack Bun-
warehouse has been organised at Lee
lie to be known as the Sumter and
Lee \yu-ehouse Company, capitalised
at 312,000. All the atoek has been
subscribed, and a charter has been
applied tor. The site has been pur
chased on the north side of the S. A.
L. railroad here, and the warehouse
will be erected before next eeaion.
fHE COTTON MARKET
LOCAL NCPOT.
Good Middling 27 cents.
day night, taking 13 prisoners.
Rede Lose Two Tonne.
LONDON, April 30. —(By Associated
Press.)—Bolshevik successes on the
southern front have been counter bal-
nnced by reverses on the western
front, according to a Russian wireless
message reporting the Rueelna official
statement of Sunday. It says thnt on
tho western front the Bolsheviki have
abandoned Serglevsk and Christopol.
NEW YORK FUTURES
Prev. High
Close Open Low Close
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July ........26.98 28.97 26.10 20.15
Oct 25.06 24.96 24.27 24.48
Dec 24.60 24.38 33.84 34.00
NO PAPERS IX PARIS.
PARIS. April 30.—(By Associated
Press.)—The directors of the newspa-
pen of this city met today and de
cide that no papers would be pub-
llehed Thursday.
Thursday Is May* Day. and will be
the occasion of a genera! strike for
34 hours.
ATLANTA, April 30,-Mrs. Maude 1
Hardwick, wife of former l
Slnles Senntor Thomas W. Hard
was painfully Injured and her
maid suffered the loss of both 1
In the explosion here Tuesday
noon of an infernal machine
through the malls lo the home of the-
formor Georgia senator. He was at;
his law office at tho time.
The package, which came In a paper
wrapper boro a New York CUy poet-1
mark and had been mailed to Senator*
Hardwick's former home at Sanders--
'Hie, Ca. Postoffice officials there had ‘
forwarded it to hls uparttment her
Pcachtrco street. The package
about six inches long end some three'- ■<
Inches wide. Mrs. Hardwick, the sen
ator said, decided that It was a sample
of pencils, anil told the maid to open
What the police believe to have 1
nitric ncld was exploded by
with eomo other acid when the 1
Ethel Williams, unwrapped the parcel.
A number of metal Bings added to the'
effect of tho explosion, which literally
blew tho maid’s hands off. Mrs. u—f .
wick was burned about the face and ’
t pper part of tho body. A piece oft-
metal niado a severe cut across her-
upper lip and loosened some teeth.
Kitchen Wrecked.
Mrs. Hardwick and the maid were hr
tho kitchen of the apartment at the
time of the explosion and the kitchen
cabinet was wrecked and other 1
of furniture damaged. A
the time caused neighbor
that lightning had
iucl
Belli tho former sets
pu'Ico and federal
H e belief that the
(Continued
Savannah, April 30-Guthrie Allison and H. M. Sellers: Seaboard Railroad has arranged for big ce l e b r a tion h
Americus Thursday. Tell every Seaboard Air Line employee I am expecting every man to meet meat the Chai
tauqua, tent in the afternoon. We have taken over the big tent for this occasion. They and our friends are
meet us there and I want every one of our men on hand to assist me in the great victory celebration. W. L.STAN1