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Newspaper Page Textm m ».%wwww TRAILING THE NEWS OF THE DAY Remember the great colored cir cus posters, dated back to thirty years ago, bearing the portraits of the five Ringling Brothers, ^ their profiles side by sidet The f third of the Ringling Brothers, the lads who from a back lot in Bara- boo, Wis., developed into the greatest showmen the world has ever seen, dominating the circus world for the last ten or twenty years, is dead. Here is what the telegraph wires said last night,' under a Dover, N. J., date line: “Alfred T. Ringling, head of the Ringling Bros., circus owners, died at his Oak Ridge estate today. He was 66 years old. Mr. Ringling was born in McGregor, Iowa, and is survived by his widow, a son and two brothers, partners with him in the show business.” • • • Because be refused to leave his work in a power plant to go to a celebration at Ada, Kans., the oth er night and receive a citation and Distingushed Service Cross, Wil liam H. Fuller was decorated in overalls the next day by Col. J. L. Peatross, of Witchita, who took the medal to him. Fuller rescued a comrade under fire in the Argonne while serving in Company M, 137th Infantry. He insisted that he was not es- specially deserving of honor and would not appear in public to re ceive it. • • • The personnel of the British navy will be reduced to 60,000 men when the United States rati fies the peace treaty, it is stated by the London Evening News on what it declares to be authorita tive information. The number of marines, it declares, wjll be cut to 10,000. The pre-war strength of the British naval personnel, as shown by the figures of 1914, was 114,- 236 officers and men. The num ber of marines in the same year was 18,042. THE feafl PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF PIXIE [fcTa? WEEKLY EDITIOI FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NO. 42. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 23,1919. PRICE FIVE < Labor Forces Reading of Wilson Let SOUTHER FIELD TO BE LEFT ALL BUT DESERTED More Officers Will Go At Once—Men To Be Cut To Four. V. Declaring that a confessed I. (V. W. ..had no standing in the courts of the United States, Civil Judge A. J. Hedding, of Milwau kee, one of the vilified American cities during the war, has set aside a verdict which had been rendered by a jury in favor of a member of that organization. The man was J. H. Lane, a Finn, who was awarded $160 last week by a jury in Judge Hedding’s court which heard the evidence in Lane’s suit against Gust Psihogios, whom he charged with assault and battery. e • e Demand of the public for new paper money to replace that which has lost its fresh crackle has be come so great that government of ficials are determined to stop it, says a Washington dispatch. The demand now has amounted to the enormous turn of eleven mil lion dollars dally as compared with the seven million dollar capacity of the bureau of engraving and printing. * * « Footwear prices are due for a tumble—in fact they have dropped 20 per cent since August 15 nnd are going to take still another drop after Christmas. J. Frank Mc- Elwain, j resident of the Notional Boot ani Shoe Manufacturers Association, said in an address be fore the Middle States Shoe Wholesalers’ Association in l ew York. Mr. McElwain said the consum er should notice these declines be ginning next April os the shoe now being manufactured will not be marketed until that time. He said a falling off in the demand from Europe partly was responsible for the reduction. • • • The helmet worn by General Pershing under fire in France and the starred flag which accompanied him everywhere, have been placed among the ttreasuros of ihe Agora Society, one of the fraternities of Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. They were given to the so- iety by General Pershing, who is an honorary member of Agora. Mrs Pershing, who was trances E. Warren of Wyoming, was a member of the society, while at Wellesley in the class of 1903. Agnes Scott Drive Seems ;ging t Says Chairman ^Lagging, Says < Mrs. L. G. Council, chairman of the Agnes Scott endowment fund cam paign drive, said today that while some of her committees hsd met with success in their efforts others had not. . ... “We know that Sumter county will give its quota, and if the committees have overlooked any one, please ’phone me,” she asked the Tlmes-Re- border to say. Thne are many who exnect to give, and it will »ve the ladies a great deaj of work if we sr * notified, so that one cf the solicitors can be sent. "The campaign seems to be dragg ing just a little. Let’s all of us pull together tomorrow and finish this ef fort for Southern womanhood.’’ With the discharge of five officers, the resignation of one and the trans fer of another, Souther Field will be reduced to a total of seven officers, effective not later than next Monday. The camp is also nndcr orders to be reduced from an enlirted person nel of 62 men, the number now at the camp, to four, consisting of three privates and a non-commissioned of ficer. The date for carrying this or der into effect, however, has not been issued; This was the information obtained t'.day from the office^ at Souther Field. It was said that the order transferring practically all of the en listed men was believed certain to be put into effect sooner or later, and along with it probably would come an order transferring several of the remaining handful of officers. "Souther F'eld is to be left ‘bone dry, apparently,’ was the way one officer expressed himself. However, it was said, otli-r flying fields are vm.er similrr orders. The discharge of the half dozen offi cers set for not later than next Mon day, is in compliance with .orders is sued a few weeks ago from the Air Service headquarters at Washington. It takes from the army some of the best men remaining in the air service and at the same time some of the old est active men in the army organiza tion—old time regulars, who have done little else except military duty during their adult life. Not Picked By Commanders. The selection of the list was not left to the commanding officers of the various posts, bu to the contrary, commanding officers were Ordered, in connection with the submission .of the lists for discharge from the va rious posts not to make any effort to have the lists revised. Which order has led to the belief, at least among some of the men slated for discharge against their desires, that politics in Washington had something to do with the making up of the lisfk for reten tion and for dischmge. When Roosevelt Honored Georgia With U. S. Fleet “GEORGIANS sometimes forget that Teddy Roosevelt was a close friend of this state,” says Crawford Wheatley, chair man for Sumter county of the drive, being conducted this week, for the raising of $50,000 in Georgia for the 5 million dollar Roosevelt Memorial fund. "The fact is, Roosevelt was very fond of Georgia, because of its being the girlhood home of his mother.” said Mr. Wheatley. “I recall that at the Jamestown exposition one day was set apart as Georgia day. Up to that time Roosevelt, who was then president, had not visited the exposition, but he not only came to the exposition on Georgia day in the presidential yacht Mayflower, but sent the whole North Atlantic fleet as well. The beet was in command of ‘Fighting Bob’ Evans. George Cooper, a former Americus boy, was commander of the battleship Indiana. Oi\ that occasion the state of Georgia presented the $10,000 silver ser* vice to the battleship Georgia. Yes, Teddy was always a friend of Georgia, and Georgia was a friend of Teddy, despite the fact that it did not always agree with him in politics. However, Georgia will do her part in this memorial campaign. All the state is asked to raise is $50,000, and we are to get $500,000 back for turning Bulloch Hall, at Ros well, into one of the two Roosevelt memorials." PREPARATIONS FOR TRIAL OF EX-KAISER UNDER WAY LONDON, Oct. 22.—(By Asso ciated Press.)—All necessary prepa rations for the trial of former Em peror William are being made, it was announced in the house of commons today by Andrew Bonar Law, gov ernment leader. He explained that the request to the Netherlands for surrender of the ex-kaiser would not bo made until all the powers had signed the peace treaty. PACKING HOUSE EXPERT TO TELL If OFCHANCEHERE Renounces German Citizenship To Regain Fortune in America Every Sumter Man Urg ed To 6 O’clock Smoker Thursday Evening WORLD LEAGUE MEETING TO BE CALLED OCT. 30 PABIS, Oct. 22.—(By Associat ed Press.)—Formal ratification of the peace treaty probably will be accom plished Oct. 30. A call will be is sued on that date for. the firat meet ing of the council of the League of Nations, to take place wtthjn ten days. Directly the peace treaty comes in to force many of its clauses will be- Only'one change In the original I f®”* „ cfrectl 'f e : C !] icf 8mon * ‘ heao scharge lists sent to Souther Field ^ ( j eT T ny A *! K 100 billion marks for bonds for the discharge is said to have been made, and that concerned Major E. S. Schofield, sec ond ranking officer at the field. Major Schofield has been in the army for many years, formerly being in the cavalry, and later a master Bignal electrician, the highest non-commis sioned office in the army. When the expansion of the army took place with the entry of America into the war, he was given his commission. For several months, from the time of the establishment here of the aviation general supply depot he was in charge of it as commanding officer. When it was mergej with Souther Field he was transferred into the general air service. Major Schofield is under stood to have taken his appeal for re tention in the service direct to Wash ington, and as a result his name has been stricken from the list for dis charge. Old -Army Men To Go, Among the officers who are,to be discharged next Monday arc First Lieut. James Carey, who has 1 been In charge of the detachment at Souther Field, and Second Lieut. Percy Whit ney, post quartermaster, both regu lar army men of long standing, who will now bo sent back to civil life, and if they wish to continue in the army, must each rd-cnlist in the regular force, where they might be given non-commissioned ranks. The other men slated to leave the service by Monday arc Second Lieu tenants Wallace T. Clark, depot sup ply and disbursing officer, and J. D. Brennan, maintenance officer. Of the officers listed for retention, one, E. A. Burgtorf, engineer officer, has already resigned. Another, Rob- ert Cronau, assistant depot officer, en urunou, BOOIOW* r has been transferred to Dorr Field, ■Arcadia, Fla., from which he came in mid-summer. This leaves the ifol lowing list of officers who will be at Souther Field af/r Monday: Lieut. Colonel Ira A. Rader, com- mantling officer. • # Major E. S. Schofield, executive of- fiC Lieut A. B. McMullen. Lieut. Perry W. Buckler. Lieut. W. B. Warde. Lieut. John Wya *. port Lieut B. D. Henderson, port our- goon. GERMAN OPERA WILL BE STAGED CITYISENJOINED NEW YORK, Oct 22—(By Asso ciated Press.)—Supreme Court Jus tice Bijur today granted a temporary injunction restraining the police and city authorities from interfering with the production of German opera in the Lexington theatre. It was an nounced a performance would bo giv en tonight. The police are prepared for trouble. reparation of devastated territories. Other provisionr of the treaty which will become effective immed iately with the deposit of the process verbal require: Destruction of unfinished German surface warships. Disarmament of auxiliary ships of war, four of which are in neutral parts and twenty-eight iri German ports. Formal surrender of German sur- Charley’ Morris, Taken Ill At Reunion, Dead The men of Sumter county will have explained to them by the high est expert to be obtained anywhere, at-the get-together smoker at the Carnegie library Thursday evening from 6 to 8 o’clock, the possibilities of a packing plant for Sumter coun- 1 ty what it will mean and how to go 1 about it to get it. | The authority will be C. L. Brooks,' •f Macon, Southern manager for the ' Allied Packers—the organization ' which embraces all of the important packers of the United SUtes, and which has recently taken over the plant of the Macon Packing Com pany. Mr. Brooks, formerly of Chi cago, is the man who organized and put over the important pa«king plants at Moultrie and Tifton, Ga., which have since been acquired by j the big packers, whom he represents, i and at Andalusia, Ala. Mr. Brooks last evening assured the Chamber of) Commerce, which will sponsor the smoker, that he would be glad to be here to present the subect to the men of the county. Every Man Wanted, At a meeting of the committees of GROUP BEGINS CLOSED PARLEY T0F1XC0UI President Says PubGfl Expects Every Effort To Agree WASHINGTON, Oct 22— (Sg Associated Press.)—All the membaiij of the labor group will return to th conference at 2:30 q’clock this ternoon, Secretary Morrison snn< cd after a private conference tho labor group. BARONESS SPECK VON STERN BERG. Baronets Speck von Sternberg, formerly Miss Lillian May Langham, the Chamber of Cornmerne in chaw ° f wil ' sail f ™ m G ° many of the smoker, of. which J. Ralston 1 early *5 November. She has re- Cargill is general chairman, it wa. | “ agreed that a strenuous effort should *° rdcr to /****? be made to bring to the meeting all, 9 f the substantial me 5 of tho coun-1 W*„X h ! ty who are not now members of the von . ste ™ be, J? iornicrlywasGerman Chamber of Commerce. To this end, ambaMador to tho Unltod Statcs ‘ a number of men volunteered to; make it their task to extend personal rATTAM A T srs^T3-rt^*Wllull Al Jol, the meeting. It was made plain that the representative men of Plains, Leslie, DeSoto, Cobb, -Sumter Cify, Huntington and Andersonville, as well as from ail the rural districts, are not only welcome, but their pres ents is considered of great impor tance at this time, which is recog nised as the turning point in the af fairs and future of Sumter county. -No Solicitation. It was also made plain at this TWODAY’S SALES TOTAL $320,000 Spot cotton reached 36 cents in Americus today, with a small amount of extra grade bringing 36 1-8 cents. Warehouses today reported a to- Chaa. D. Morris, known to a large circle of Sumter county people aa “Charley,” a familiar figure" about Americus, which had been his home fir 40 years, died at 9:30 o’clock last night at the city hospital. He was 72 years of age, and was born and reared in Suirter county. He was a veteran of the war between the states, and a member of Sumter face” warships* inter*n cd taADW "and N °' « 42 - U ' C ' V ' . Heattend- r ._ ed the Confederate reunion in At- r 8 lanta two weeks ago, and there con- Deiiver7 of .il German military ‘™«ed the illness which caused his and naval aviation materials, includ- dc “™' . . . . . ing dirigibles, except one hundred un- Mr - Rogers, who is * ul 7 ved by n ° armed seaplane, to be retained as a near reUtives, had madc hia home at p^of the German mine sweeping up town. He was a conspicuous figure meeting that there ia to be no raising tal of about 1,800 bales sold yeiter- of funds, no solicitation, and no sub-1 day and today, practically all of it scription-taking for any proposal at 36 cents or better. A consider- whataoever. The meeting is to be able amount went today at 36 cents, purely a vehicle for affording a bet- Among the sales were several lots ter acquaintanceship and feeling of holdover cotton from last year’s among the men of the community, crop. and at the same time offering every The total of approximately 1,800 man interested in the future welfare bales includes a number sold after of his home county an opportunity yesterday’s -published total of 860 to know what is going on, and what bales had been reported by the waro- is being proposed to promote that houses. Sales today were slightly -'Washington, Oct. 22—<; _ Associated Press.)—Organized to- bor’s representatives in the Nai Industrial Conference today fi the reading of the letter Prea Wilson yesterday dictated from sick bed and in whi-Jt he declared public expected tho conference stay together until every means had been exhausted to lish a “surer and heartier co-opei between all elements engaged ia to- dustry.” Immediately after the letter read the conference recessed and labor group went into ^private sea to determino its future course, members were plainly impatient some of the public and capital < gates seemed doubtful whether t labor representatives would contto in tho conference. The president’s letter said that tho nation’s jndustrln\ leaders workers arc to be without faith each other, constantly gling for advantage, and naught but whaJLthey are com] to do, tho situation thus creates “would be a national disaster.” Before the recess Samuel Cam pers, chairman of the labor gran* declared a motion by John Sparge of the public group, that the confer ence give President Wilson a “sai- cmn pledge, binding in -v-ry g-mra, that nothing would !:e left undoart* to solve tho problems before the body would be “most unfortunate.” Tho motion was withdrawn Inter. Pickaninny To Get Scrubbing In Public force, Destruction of the armament of all military forces situated within fifty kilometers from the German coast. Notification of the number, cali ber and types of guns forming the armament of the land and sea fort resses which Germany is allowed to keep. Immediate dissolution of military and quasi-military organisations, as sociations or clubs in Upper Silesia, and the establishment of an inter national committee in Upper Silesia and an Inter-Allied military occupa tion of the country. That no armed forces be maintain ed or collected and no fortifications constructed on the left bank of the Rhine within a distance of fifty kilo meters cast of the river. Striking Dock Workers Break Return Promise NEW YORK, Oct. 22—(By Asao- dated Press.)—No longshoremen went to work on the Chelsea, piera in response to the 7 o’clock whistles this morning. Although hundreds of dock workers congregated in the vicinity at an early hour, their promises of yesterday to return to work in the Chelsea district brought no result. It was on the word of Chelsea long shoremen that officials 'based their prediction of a break In the strike her*. . •„ . , .. ■. . . , ' « wherever there were any activities that concerned the‘Confederate veter ans. always being present with his badge and colors proudly showing. The funeral was held at 3 o’clock this afternoon from the chapel of the A mcricus Undertaking company, con ducted by Rev. A. J. Hutchinson, chaplain of the veterans’ post, as tistad by Rev. Guyton Fisher. In terment was in Oak Grove cemetery. Negro Held For Theft Of Bike On Circus Day Tom Hodge, a negro, was arrested today by Officer Forrest on a warrant taken out by D. R. Andrews, of the Rylander Shoe company, charging him with the theft of a delivery boy’s bicycle from the Rylander store on circus day. Hodge is said to have taken the stolen bicycle to the Free man repair shop on North Jackson street, for repair, where it was identi fied, and where the warrant was awaiting him when he came for tho wheel. WILSON PASSES GOOD NIGHT. WASHINGTON, Oct 22—(By As sociated Press.)—President Wilson had one of the best night’s rest last night since he became ill, his physic ians’ bulletin said today. welfare. Many men believe the pack ing plant idea is the greatest that has been suggested in the history of the county, and that its realization would mean' more for the farmers of this section than any other one enter prise. To solidify and clarify the thought of the community on this subject is one of the prime purposes of the meeting. Starts at 6 O’clock. The meeting will begin at 6 o’clock and will be over by 8 o’clock at the latest. Light lunch of sandwiches and drinks, with smokes for those who indulge, will be supplied with out charge by the Chamber of Com merce. President John Sheffield, of the chamber, issues a personal invitation to every man In Sumter county to be present at thid vitally Important meeting and that he let nothing in terfere to keep him away. Under yesterday’s figures. The total market value of the cot ton hold here in the last two days is approximately $320,000. LOCAL SPOTS. Good middling 36 1-8—36 cents. NEW YORK FUTURES.. Prev Close Open H*gh Low Close Dec. 35.16 36.46 36.06 36.46 36.86 Jan.. 34.94 35.30 35.77 35.S0 35.6^ Mch. 34.72 34.40 35.62 34.40 36.37 May 34.65 36.52 34.84 36.76 A novel window demonstration, to - show the workings of the Ruud in stantaneous water heater, is planned beginning tomorrow by the Ameri cas Lighting company. A bath tab, with the connection with an in stantaneous heater, has been set up ni the company’s window, and a pickaninny will be given a scrubbing at intervals during the -day—prob ably the beat washing in 'his whele life. J. Forrest Witten, representing tho Ruud Manufacturing company, ia in Amerieua arranging a campaign for introducing here the heater which is so well known in the north. Ac cording to Mr. Witten, there are now 300,000 of these heater* in use. Of the 60,000 installed in' tho city of Pittsburgh, 14,000 have been in uae at least 22 years. Consul General Stewart Home From Long, Trip Arrest Of Autoist Who Hurt Booth Expected Officers arc seeking the identity of the driver of a large automobile which last Saturday evening struck J. J. Booth, a farmer living Just beyond the poor farm, as he was walking along the road near Scarborough’s store on the Plains road, hurling him against an embankment, bruising his head and breaking and mangling his leg. He told officers who were call ed to look after him that he was against the embankment, trying to avoid the ear when struck, and that the driver did not stop or offer an assistance. He was taken to hit home where his wounds were attended. tl was staled today that an arrest in the case might be made shortly. Nathaniel B. Stewart, American consul general at large, arrived in Americus last night for a short visit with Mrs. Stewart, who has been re siding with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cobb. Mr. Stewart has Just left Canada, where he had been on an extensive trip for the government He has traveled all over the world in his many years of work in this o&i and was In Russia for some tim/dt Ing the revolution there. His duties have carried hini Into all parts of the world except South America. Economy May Wreck British Army Program THE WEATHER For Georgia—Thursday showers. LONDON, Oct. 22—(By Asso- dated Press.)—Economy is the watchword of the session of parlia ment which opens today. Efforts will be made by tho house of commons to morrow to throw into the discard the I military program outlined in the last budget, the nevfl education scheme "land the proposal to construct thojis-jh ands of homes for working men 1 A CORRECTION. In yesterday evening’s edition Tbe Timcs-Rccorder carried an adver tisement concerning the demonstra tion of the Ruud Automatic Water Heater in the salee room of the Americus Lighting Company. TWa advertisement should have read THIS WEEK instead of next. This week ia Rudd demonstration week. A Ruud fatcory-trained water heater expert will bo at tho show room of tho Americus Lighting Com pany all week for the express pur pose of showing you how the Ruart operates, and just what it will do to ward leaking yopr homo the beet place to live in. No sales win be made during thia week. No obligation attached to yew by coming in. Don’t let the week go by without seeing this wonderful appliance. Opera House Re-Wired; Fans To Be Operated Manager Dudley said today tjnrt all of the re-wiring in the opera harms had been finished and that th* lights and electric fans would be runni^ Thursday night for the performanea of “So Long Letty.” In complying with the rules of spea- ifleations of the fire insurance und writers, Manager Dudley has i cd more than $500 in re-wiring house. This he has done to safety doubly safe, ha says. . .

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Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1917-1922, October 23, 1919, Image 1