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Newspaper Page TextMERICUS gHffr Hfffffc • 1 —^ A Southern Newspaper for 5outHerri People RDSR HEART OF DIXIE AMERICUS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 8, 1919 PRICE HAWKINS FIRM HUNS GET WINS CONTRACT SENTENC AS ENGINEERS OF ALL OF PAVED ROADS „ par,s Breaking Through Americus Man and Partner Success ful Bidders—Terms Held Secret Until Papers Are Signed. WHERE LOAN MONEY GOES [EW YORK, May 7-.—The money FORTY-FIRST YEAR—NO. 19. WEEI EDITH FIVE I TREATY 5 TERMS ARE Ol ALLIES YIELD FIUME TO ITALY AFTER 5 YEA HUNS TO SIGN, BUT BALK AT INDEMNI SUMTER FACES DISHONOR WITH HERBONDQUOTA STILLFAR SHORT Intensive Drive to be Repeated Fri day—Cards Must be Returned Tonight.. IMPORTANT. All cards in the hands ot Vic tory Bond soliciting committees MIST be turned in tonight, sa that the Immense amount ot work yet to be done to put Sumter county crer the top may not be held up. The Chamber ot Com merce will be gept open until 10 o'clock tonight, It necessary, tor the receiving ot these cards by Secretary Joseph Perkins. This is essential to the success ot the drive. , O. R. ELLIS, Chairman. With her quota In the Victory Loan drive less than halt raised, anti with the last week ot the drive already half gone, Sumter county taces the peril of going down In history as ■lacker county In the last of the peat war loans, after having made a clean and honorable record In the other four. This was made plain this morning it a spirited meeting ot Chairman Ellis’ committee workers—a limited number of them—at the courthouse. It was the unanimous opinion that something must be done—and done quickly—to save the honor of the county. And a program of quick and Intensive action was arranged which calls ror a day of preparation Thurs day and another Intensive drive Fri day, In which every energy will be bent by the workers toward bringing •Sumter county up to the expectations ot the government. "The people are not awake to the gravity of the situation facing this county.” said Joseph Perkins, secre tary of the Chamber of Commerce, who at the suggestion of President High tower, arranged to give all ot his time to the campaign until it Is successfully finished. Every Man’s Duly. "There has been too much talk about the Investment feature of the bonds.” Bald J. R. Cargill. "This la not only an Investment, "but It la the Patriotic duty of every citizen to | sale the good name of Sumter county. It Is Imperative that the danger that confronts the county and the Igno miny which we face if we fall to reach our quota, be Impressed upon every Individual." Chairman Ellis in reply to quea- tlons. stated that he had been unable 10 get reports from anywhere, except Amerlcur., and even these were Incom plete. but it was apparent that not more than $150,000 total had been sub scribed of the quota of $328,250. He declared that the delay In turning In <he cards has been a great handicap nnil that It was absolutely essential Ibat these be returned tonight, so that dew lists can be made up at once for ’be new drive Friday. He stated that *’ bad been hoped to have a list of 'be loan subscribers ready for publi- ca ’iou in this afternoon’s paper, but ’bat dltnculty In compiling the list ba l made It impossible to prepare it time, and It was announced that list would be ready In time for Publication In Thursday's Times-Re- WASHINOTON, May 7.—(By Asso ciated Press.)—President Wilson Is sued a call by cable today for a spec ial session of congress to meet Mon day. May 19. It will be Impossible, of oourse, for the President to attend. The date was fixed earlier than the leaders in congress had expected. White House officials said the Presi dent was guided largely by the advice of Secretary of the Treasury Glass re garding the necessity of passing ap proprlatlon measures. • Continued on Last Page.) the cotton MARKET; LOCAL SPOT Ccod Middling, 27 cents. NEW YOU HITCHES. I’rev. ( lose Open High Low Close , 28.45 28.40 28.49 27.85 28.10 26.77 26.75 20.90 20.35 26.60 .24.72 24.72 24.91 24.46 24.58 24A0 24.33 2450 24.00 24.11 Georgia Bale Off By Air for Mills MACON, May 7.—The big Wright bombing plane, which arrived here Monday from Washington, left at 9 o'clock this morning for that city, carrying a bale of Georgia cotton, which is to be trans-shipped by air plane at that city for Lowell. Mass., there to be made at once Into cloth anil returned by plane to Macon. The big plane is due in Washington by 5 o'clock. Poles Slay ex-Envoy of Reds at Berlin COPENHAGEN, .May 7—(By Asso ciated Press.)—Whfen the Polish forces captured Vllna recently they seized and shot Adolph JofTe, former Itusstan Bolshevik ambassador Berlin, according to Polish newspapess received here. NEW AIR MAIL ROUTE. SOOTHER FIELD, May 7.—Lieut. Alfred W. Vance and lLeut. Floyd Wilaon Hew to Macon this morning and returned this afternoon. They reported that an aerial mal) route Is o be established between Macon and Atlanta daring the remainder of the aeronautical congress, and that a Souther Field flyer, yet to be deslg- natedS would pilot the mail carrying plane. raised from the Victory Liberty loan will be used to pay for bring ing troops home from France, the cost of their demobilization, part of the war Insurance claims of the soldiers and sailors killed or In jured In the fighting and will fur nish funds for the care of the wounded and for the vocational training of the maimed and other post-war expenfees, says a repre sentative here of the Liberty loan committee. "One ot the biggest Items ot ex pense will be for the transports- Ion and demobilization of the troops, the cost of which, from the time the armistice was signed un til the army Is returned to a peace hasls, will amount to approximate ly $2,320,273,000. There were about two million men overseas when the fighting ended according to the ar my transportation experts It will cost $200 a man to bring them from the fighting lines In France and Belgium to their homes in the United States. This will make the total transportation bill 400 mil lion dollars, of which 128 mil lion represents the fare of the soldiers to France, 124 million their fare across the Atlantic and 148 million for their transporta tion from United States ports to their homes. Ten Months to Demobilize. “It will take at least ten months, the army authorities say, to com plete.the demobilization of the troops from overseas. Their main tenance In that period, Including housing, clothing and food, will amount to 1,000 million dollars, of which $279,4^8,130 will be for food. "The demobilization, transporta tion and maintenance expenses of the 1,655,000 soldiers who did not get to France will amount to about $920573.000, bringing the total for the whole army to the amount al ready stated, $2,320,273,000, which will make quite hole in the Vic tory Loan receipts. "There are about two hundred thousand sick and wounded sold iers' still being cared for in the government hospitals. The per capita cost of caring for these pa tients Is figured by the army medi- ATLANTA, May 7.—So highly en couraged are Atlanta suffrage leaders by their successful movement to vote In the city white primary of Atlanta that Jthey have now launched a move ment to vote In the. Democratic pri marles all over the state. They have had their lawyers pre pare a bill authorising white women to vote In the'Demosrstlc white pri maries and have secured the promise of the Fulton delegation In the House Representatives to Introduce the bill In the next session of the legis lature which meets the latter ‘part of next month. The suffrage leaders believe the leg islature may grant the women of Geor gia the right to participate In white primaries. This would remove CJie ar gument, advanced by opponents of the suffrage, that the negro women would become a political factor If women were allowed to vote. It would afford the women an opportunity to show their Intelligent grasp of political Is sues and would pave the way later for genuine suffrage by constitutional mendment. Train From Macon to Arrive at 2:01 Effective next 8unday, May tl. the Central of Georgia passenger train. No. 5, Macon to Montgomery, now due here at 2:17 p. m., will arrive at 2:01, according to announcement made today by Geo. M. .Anderson, local agent. (Contlnned on Page Flvt) “VELVET KIND" ICE CREAM IS PLACED ON RALE IIERL A representative ot the Purity Ice Cream Dairy Company hai been In Americus for the past two days plac ing the "Velvet Kind” Ice Cream at the city coda founts. While this Ice cream la practically new here. It la well known In the North and East for Its cleanliness and the sanitary plants at which It Is made. It la made freeh from pasteurized cow’s milk that la delivered every day at the plant. The* people of Americas will be glad to know that they can now get Ice cream that is absolutely pare, and the flavor lust right. This cream Is known for Its real food value. Yon will find it for sale at practically all the founts In the city. The firsf actual step toward the carrying out of Sumter County’s mil lion dollar federal aid road project since the .voting of the bonds was tak en this morning when the board of county commissioners awarded the contract for the engineering work to the firm of Thomas & Hawkins, of Atlanta, of which Joe Hawkins, of Americus, is a partner. The details of the terms of’ the bid and contract wero not made public by the board. It being deemed advisable not to glvo out this Information until the contract has actually been entered Into. ; it was stated, however, that of several writ ten proposals received that of Thomas & Hawkins was considered the most satisfactory. Mr. Hawkins and his partner, Knox T. Thomas, wsre both in Americas to day, and were before the board this morning, after their bid tor the work had been accepted. Mr. Hawkins will return to Atlanta today, but Mr. Thomas will romatn here until the retorn of R. L. Maynard, county attor ney, from Macon, whero he Is attend ing Federal court, and until the con. tract Is signed. “Wo expect to have probably two crews of field men on the. job here by the first of next week,” said Mr. Haw kins, "and will get busy and clean up the surveying part of the job as quick ly as possible. We will not do the preliminary” work at this lime, but will go to work and complete the drawings and plans for each project. The “prellninary” data required for obtaining federal aid can be compiled In a short time and will be prepared in plenty of time. We will open an office here from which our operations will be carried on, but more of our drafting work will be done In our At lanta office, where we have the facili ties and a force of draftsmen already employed. “The two crews of men which will be put on the job at once will consist of about six men each, or twelve men altogether at this time.” The employment of Thomas & Haw. kjns means that no delay or risk) will be encountered by the county In hav ing their engineer approved, this firm already being engaged on highway en glneertng projects to which they were assigned by the state highway depart ment. One of tl)ese, projects is the Sumter county bridge project, for which the county was recently allotted $15,000 federal aid. They also have a read project In Walger county in hand and arc preparing to bid on a num ber of other federal aid prqjects which 111 soon be ready. Last of A.E.F. tofbe Out of France by Aug. WASHINGTON, May 7.—(By Asso elated Press.)—Secretary Baker to day announced that by August the Inst men of the American expeditionary forces will have been withdrawn from France. He said that already th)i American force Is being divorced from the army of occupation. Plans have been completed to sup ply the forces In Germany through the ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam, re moving the necessity for maintaining a 700- mile line of communication from Brest. WEATHER FORECAST For Georgia.—Probably showers to. night and Thursday. , PARIS, May 7.—(By Associated Press.)—The treaty of peace be tween 27 Allied and Associated Powers on the one hand, and Ger many on the other, was handed to the German plenipotentiaries at Versailles today. It Is the longest treaty ever drawn and totals eigh ty thousand words, divided Into fif teen main sections, and represents the combined product of over a thousand oxperts working since January 18. Tho treaty does not deal with the questions affecting Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey. Following tho preamble and dis position ot the Powers comes tho covenant of the League of Nations ns the first section; the frontiers of Germany in Europe are defined ' In the second section; European political classes are given In the' third; military, naval and air terms; prisoners of war and mili tary groves; responsibilities, rep arations, financial terms and eco nomic terms nro covered In sec tions four to ten. Then comes the aeronautic section, the ports, wa terways uhd railways section, the labor covenant, the section on guarantees and financial clauses. Restores Alsace-Lorraine. Germany by the terms restores Alsace-Lorraine to Franco, ac cepts Internationalization of tho Saar basin temporarily, and Dan zig permanently; agrees to terri torial changes toward Belgium, Denmark and Blast Prussia; cedes most of Upper Silesia to Poland; renounces all territorial and polit ical rights outsldo of Europe us to her own or Allies' territories, es pecially to Morocco, Egypt, Slam, Liberia and the Shantung ponln- sula. and also recognizes the total Independence ot German Austria, Czecho-Slovakla and Poland. Her army Is reduced to 100,000 and conscription is abolished. All German forts for fifty kilo meters east of the Rhine will be razed. The German navy will be reduced to six battleships, six light cruisers and twelve torpedo boats, without submarines, and a personnel of not over fifteen thou sand. Germany Is forbidden to build forts controlling the Baltic and must demolish HellgOlsnd, open the Kiel canal to all nations and surrender fourteen submarine cables. # Germany accepts full responsi bility for all damages caused the Allied and Associated' Govern ments and nationals and agrees to an Initial payment of twenty bil lion marks, snd subsequent pay ments secured by bonds. Pay 20 Billions. Germany is to pay for shipping damage done on a ton-for-ton ba sis by cession of shipping and new construction. She agrees to return of the 1914 most favored nation tariffs without discrimina tion of any sort and to accept highly detailed provisions as to pre-war debts and other economic and financial clauses. Germany agrees to the trial of the ex-kalser by an International high court for his supreme of fense against International moral ity. Holland Is to be asked to extradite the kaiser, Germany be ing responsible for the delivery, of others who will be put on trial* In connection with the war. The League of Nations Is accept ed by the Allied and Associated Powers as operative and by Ger many In principle, but without membership. Similarly an international la bor body Is brought into being with a permanent office and an nual convention. A great num ber of International bodies of dlf- ‘ ferent kinds for different purposes are created. Certain problems are leR for so lution between Allied and Asso ciated Powers, notably the details of the disposition ot the German New Pact, Which Will Not be Seen Said to be Included in Treaty. PEACE TO BE SIGNED INSIDE MONTH, SAYS PARIS EDITO Orlando and Sonnino to Resume' Relations With Allies. FARIS, May 7.—(By Pro3S.)—Tho German delegates I pcaco congress declare they tbs psacq treaty, but that will not pay an Indemnity. France, the United States and ( Britain have concluded nient giving supplemental 1 ; for France and security for the ; treaty, tho Echo De Paris says it learned. It adds that Premier i raonceau, Premier Lloyd George President Wilson will be at a mo this morning to draft In final this additional pact, which will not I secret. As a basis ot resuming participation In tho peace negotiations. Premlsr Or lando accepted the proposal that Italy administer Flume as a mandatory of the League of Nations until 1923, afte: which Flume will revert to Italian sov ereignty. Tho Petit Parisian says there will ho n maximum delay of one month b«- foro tho signing of the peace treaty. ORLANDO AND SONNINO ARRIVE IN PARIS. PARIS, May 7.—(By Associated Press.)—Italian Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino arrived la Paris tilts morning from Rome. Governor Patterson Here for Lecture Former Governor Malcolm ;t. Pat-, terson, of Tcncsscc, arrived In cus tilts afternoon from Balnbrfdga I tho purposo of delivering u free le turo to tho people of Americus at First Methodist church tonight, meeting will begin at S:30 o'clock i Governor Patterson wilt to ‘ntroduced by Dr. LcRoy Henderson, pastor tho Presbyterian church. It was stat. cd tills afternoon that prayer i fn the various churches will bo hold early or abandoned becau ot the lecture. Governor Patterson, once one of I greatest defenders of the liquor . fie, has for tho last five years t ono of Its bitterest enemies, talk here Is being given under the au pices of the Anti-Saloon League America. American Legion Delegates Gathe \meri for- and ST. LOUIS. May .. - t By Associai Press.)—Hundreds of de cd today for a three day the American Le ' morrow. Plans organization Into mulatcd. More expected to Join fleet, cables, the colonics and values paid in r tlon. Certain other problei left for earl; tlon.

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1917-1922, May 08, 1919, Image 1