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FORTY-SECOND YEAR.—NO. 3.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY IS, 1920.
MARTIAL LAW FOR
HOW AMERICAN GIRL ENTERED FIUME
way engineer, was present at the in
vitation of the commissioners, that
Thomas & Hawkins, project engi
neers for the federal aid highway
paving program in Sumter county,
their contract with
COLLEGES VOTE
FOR RATIFYING
LEAGUJPCKLY
Half For Any Compro
mise Necesary For
Ratification
NEW YORK, Jan. 14 Incon,.
plete returns early today from 53
out of nearly four hundred ov’eges
and universities whore students and
faculties voted yesterday on four
questions concerning the peace treaty
and League of Nations showed that
out of a total of 41,889 votes cast,
22,643 favored any compromise
which will make possible immediate
ratification.
WESLEYAN STUDENTS FOR
UNRESERVED RATIFICATION
MACON, Jan. 14.—The student
body and faculty of Wesleyan Col
lege voted by an overwhelming ma
jority in favor of the treaty of peace
when students of a thousand colleges
in the United States expressed their
sentiments on these two documents.
Of the 349 votes cast, 305 were in
favor of the ratification of the treaty
and League without reservation. Of
thirty-one faculty members voting,
twenty-three favored the League and
treaty without reservations.
Six propositions were handed the
students, and they were asked to vote
by secret ballot for one. The vote
was proposed by the Intercollegiate —
Referendum Organization, which has Disguished as an Italian peasant girl. Miss Mazie E. Clemens, spe- j afternoon and could not be coraf- '‘ n * r,, ’ <M ' rin K contract of T
its headquarters at Columbia Univers- c * fl l representative of the NationalA’atholic War Council and writer, en- ; niunicated with. The position carries . a " "‘"L so * r a! J ‘ °
ity.. It was approved by Presidents tor *‘‘l Fillr ne while the city was heW by Oabriete d’Annunzio, despite the ia salary of $200 per month. tnree projects already begu
Hibhen, of Princeton, and Hadley, blockade. She carried necessary food and clothing in a bag and a bun- Mr. Tiedemun came to Amcricus
of Yale, and various senators on ^ t>r principle food was grapes. nearly two years ago, shortly after
both sides of the League and treaty
questions.
Thu result of the balloting will bo
wired to headquarters as soon As all
the votes have been taken. Two mem
bers of the faculty, Miss Virginia
Garner and Miss Lois Rogers, were
absent from chapel and their opinion|«, . t An o r* ,
will be sought before the result will tClWlIl lVllHT&y lNcHTlCd 47 OO. GcOTgld CotintlGS
b* sent to the intercollegiate Refer- Marshal —Formation Visited Already, He
TIEDEMAN NEW JOHN B. ANSLEY
CITY ENGINEER IN NAMED COUNTY
ANSLEY’S PLACE ROAD BUILDER
Health Service Engineer Eoard Hires City Engi-
Accepts Offer, Effec- neer To Handle Pav-
tive February 1 ing Program
Following the announcement of Announcement was made by the
the county commisisoners today that i hoard of county commissioners at
J. B. Ansley, city engineer and su- noon today, following a special meet-
perintendent of water works, had ing at which W. R. Neel, state high-
i accepted the position of county en
gineer, it became known that the city
had offered the place vacated by Mr.
I Ansley to W. D. Tiedcinan, of the
United States public health service,
j and that Mr. Tiedeman had accepted t * ,a( * surrc,u ie
I the place, to take charge of the office f!T ty tw . ‘!l e ,■“? hig „ hway
I , „ e partment, and that John B Ansley
February 1. Mr Ansley will con-ihad been employed as-county engi-
! tinue to supervise the office until Mr. neer and county warden and given
| Tiedeman takes charge. ! charge of highway construction work
• .of all kinds in this county.
■Mayor bheppard today confirmed Mr Anslt , v wl „ be pa jj s . liary
l *be information that Mr. Tiedeman . of $5,000 per year. He entered upon
; had been offered the place following j his duties Monday morning. His re-'
| the receipt hero today by a friend of ^nation as city engineer and super- •
,u„ rp; i - .. - , ,. . | intendent of water works is in 'he,
the Tiedeman fam.ly of a letter from handa of Mliyor shcppard> but he ,J
him at Camilla, where he is now on! continuing to look after ‘ho city’s 1
government work, saying that he had interests under agreement until his
decided to accept the city’s offer, but “uecessor takes charge
that he would require un/til Feb- Knox Thomas and Joe Hawkins, en- j
ruary 1 to relinquish the government tfineew, were also present beforj ih
work. It is supposed that notice of board and it
COMMANDER OF 9
U. S. AIRMEN WITH
POLES FOR FIGHT
NOSKE IS MADE
! COMMANDER IN
NEW OUTBREAK
Guards Fire Into Mob
Threatening Reichstag
Building
BERLIN, Jan. 13 (Tuesday, 8 p.m.
by Associated Press):—The govern
ment tonight proclaimed martiul law
in all sections of Germany following
mob demonstration this afternoon in
which at least ten persons were kill
ed and many wounded by machine
gun fire from guards in front of the
Reichstag building.
Minister of Defense Noske has
been appointed commander-in-chief
of the Greater Berlin district and
Brandenburg province. Street pa
rades, meetings and demonstrations
of all kinds were prohibited tonight
! Noske s troops placed riflemen
with a barbedj^vire cordon throughout
the downtown streets.
t When the Reichstag convened at 3
o’clock this afternoon the crowd
about the building was estimated at
40,000. When the mobs attempted
to rush the building guards were
forced to fire at short range and the
front of the building was soon litter
ed with dead and wounded.
The Independent Socialist plan to
ptance has been received by nieeting that the arrangement
Chairman Mashburn, of the water and ^ ar< bng their contract with the coup-
*Hight committee of council, but Mr. ** v waa ‘* n Brely satisfactory.
Mashburn was out of the city this \ ndt * r , the new arrangement, the
contract of Thomas and
the
projects already begun by them,
nil be carried out by the sta r ,? high
way ih-par
Major Cedric Fauntleroy.
Nine American aviators who fought continue tho p,an , lo
with the British, French and United | cve r t he industrf.7^ ! rhen
said by them after I States armies have arrived at War- for debate. 8 ^ 18 1lp
saw* to fight this winter with the j
Poles at Vi'rm They formed the FOUR PROVINCES EXCEPTED
....... a huve from martial law.
They PARIS, Jan. 14.—Martial law
a pur- has been declared throughout Gor-
.... -- except Bavaria. Saxony,
SHRINE PARADE WALKER RAPIDLY
ROUTE IS FIXED COVERING STATE
Kosciusco Aero Squadron
enlisted as a combat unit,
will use scout planes and act ,
suit squadron. Major Cedric Faun-< many,
tlcroy of Chicago in in command. He ' WuerUembu* and"iaden, “accord-
working through I Z,th^n/Tlm^:
establishment of Souther Field, 1 j" an.l ali' additional ,ein llieht ,l ' fTe . rL '" t . p ! an, ''“- mak'iiKOoflO I stration yesterday in Berlin two p0 .
ith Thomas and Haw- \ ed action at the fi
Organization. A large num-,
the
ber of students were also) Absent
from chapel and did not have the
opportunity yesterday to vote on
questions.
Albany Sends 6 Pet.
Places Decided
Says Here
Plans have b
u* local Shrin
put in
parade
shape by Attorney General Clifford Walker,
commit- j who had been visiting his sister, Mrs. 1
of the government’s anti-malarial, Settle
drainage work here, which elim, kins b<lyoml lhat alroady
inated the mosquito evil froiq this , H . mude throutth the state highway
vicinity. His work was so thorough department after the completion of
that his ability made an excellent im-, the three projects and (he n.,c •rtain-
pression upon the community. Lately,; meat of the actual cost, th' ir ie.niin-
with the completion of the project, eration being on the pc- rentage
here, and the unsettled policy in' basis.
Washington,
uncertain, all
and there all about South Georgia on
drainage surveys and projects. Hav-
wounded. Twenty members
^of the crowd which attempted to rush
the Reichstag were killed and forty
wounded.
, his future work has been
nd he has been sent here
Under Way At Once.
The new program means that the
county’s highway paving program
will be put under way at once. Mr.
family and preferring to re- Ansley has been given full charge
• | • ... ■ I., , .. ,, . . I main located in one place, when the construction work, J. W. I.assiter,
strc, t°, r o^Ur\ ur n nex MoMd v T , , ’ SmCC Saturday opportunity for the place here was heretofore holding the posit,on of
‘ y . txt A Uxy ’ night, left last evening by automo-1 offered he accepted as soon as he was; county warden and road overseer,
Cider Into Moultrie Jnnuar >’ 1J . the occasion of the P»l*|bile for Montezuma, intending toiuble to make arrangements with j havin * bt ‘ en mafle assistant to Mr.
grimage here of Alee temple, of Sa-1 spend a day or two in Macon county! Washington to do so. | Ansley. At today’s meeting of the
MOULTRIE, Jan. 14—Sheriff Boyd vannah nn,i tbt * sta K> n V of the big interviewing the voters while on his Mrs. Tiedeman and the children! ,,oar jJ an ar ‘ b * r was
utates that some apple cider being ceremonial at the court house. way back to Atlanta. I are now in Albany, N. Y.y-her former! ^
sold in and around Moultrie contains tj 10 p ara< | 0 committee, of which While here Mr. Walker visited sev- home, hut they will return here i
enough alcohol to make its sale a y p Shneider is chairman has nam- llul sections of Sumter county, at- soon as a suitable location is found,
violation of the law. Some of the ” ’ i tempting to cover as m^ich of it aa
cider was sent to the state chemist Kdwm Murray marshal of the pa- | loss jb|e in a short time and see as Big Power Merger At
TO FILE PAPERS »„ STB1CTE0
FOR HERO MEDAL
. had not been restored in connection
Congressman Crisp Of-|„ h dl 'n,onstrntion» before the
ff»r« Tr> Atuti p ni , Reichstag. Big procesaions passed
rer8 I O ASSISI Koy along the streets converging into the
Crabb’s Friends nigsplatz from all quarters.
Numerous factories were obliged to
Blank forms to he filled out in the A-,' ,
,• . . . _ *nt* (ienionstrators bore flags in-
application of hi* friends for a Car-. „ cribod .. We domand „„
negie hero medal for Roy Crabb, of workers’ council bill.” Numerous
Amcricus, have been received by Jos- ‘ speeches were delivered from the
eph Perkins, secretary of the Cham topM tb< ‘ Reichstag sharply pro-
.. .... ... testing against the Kill in ita w
. w>v .... „ vt ... of the
sent to the state chemist "> Edwin Murray marshal of the pa-
at Atlanta a day or so ago and when rade, authorizing him to select such many voters personally ls possible,!
the report was received back here assistants as he may see tit. The letting them know that he was in the
Tuesday morning it showed that the hour of the parade has been set for : race for governor of Georgia and as-
cidcr in question contained more than •{ o’clock, and the route announced suring them that he was obsessed on-. GADSDEN, Alu., Jan. 14.—The
cent alcohol. The cider was f or the principal streets of the city. i v with the perfect human ambition 1 Gadsden Railway, Iiiglk & Power !
The place ' “*“ l ‘ ‘ •
of Commerce, Mr. Perkins stated a K“ i "» t lh f bill in its present
. . iorm. The street car service was
men being on
10-ton pavirg * team
roller, and Mr. Ansley was instruct
ed also to arrange for the immedtat n
purchase of a rock crusher of 50 tons today, and he is preparing the papers I partly suspended” the
daily capacity, and engine to operate | for foir^rding back to the commis-! strike.
- - fl \ to ^supplement the 20-ton cni.^h^r 8ion ut Pitt.sburg for action at its I The public security police restrict-
Gadsden, Announced i al n r ; a , dy d 0 » a> ; d by %'ZZit Z'. "*•« »t which: ‘° Reich-
adam paving, the choice of materials ; “wurds will be made. The uct for
to be left to Mrs. Ansley’s judgment, which a medal is being usk for Mr,
shippe
stated.
here from Albany, it
stag witn strong forces.
demonstration n protest
Daniels’ Son-In-Law
Asks Same As Rest
,e principal Streets Of the city, ly with the perfect human ambition I (mdsden Railway, IiigMb & Power This j, , hv t of pavin(r ri ., om . Crabb was the rescue „f Miss. of EXPLOITATIONTaw
■ places of formation for the I of stepping up a bit higher In life < ompany has acquired the street rail-, mcndod by tho statP highway engi- Louise Wright from drowning in the ,,, r rL AT , ? N
i... tha ? hC " OW OC f. U . pic8 - way line, lighting system and ice and nccr ns bost suited t0 SumteFs ton ! high water last December near the wcrc „ wounded in*Be
h the jj'i.t neer bridge, at which time Miss terday when troops fired upin 7r
PCnd -,K W a^rKT. K ,i!Lr;.! n ^^ , |„ n . C i e demon,tratora who tried
parade
The band, divan and patrol,
street, between city well and Confed
erate monument
said. “Just now I am making a pre- the Gadsden Railway Company. The ed could be obtained.
\ isiting Nobles, on Forsyth street, jj m j nar y canvass of the state. Thus
towards Cotton avenue
Candidates behind visiting Nobles.
Sumter county Nobles and stunts
on North Lee street, beyond Poole’s
Washington, Jun. u.—Com-
rounder David Worth Bagley, son-in-
law of Secretary of the Navy Daniels,
has cabled the navy department re- store,
questing that his name be considered Autos will lino up on Forsyth
only for such war service decoration street, in rear of court hou:
« wus conferred on nil enptnin, of will he la.t in parade.
dentrrycrs serving in the war zone. ^ '^“nt it w'i^niarch dircctl.v'he- running for governor and what_I hope
,. _ r . hind the Sumter county Nobles. <» accomplish if elected to office. 1
Hungary To Receive The Amcricus Shrine Club will <15 nut expect to run on an "anti"
TVmFv Tomorrow "lace President S. R. Heys' car dec- platform—that is, opposing this or
I reaiy 1U,,U orated in tho parade. The fire de-; that, or the other thing—but on a con-
n.„, p , “ _. . partment follows in the roar of pn ; structive platform, standing FOR de-
ARIS, Jan. 14. The trtutj * SrUuul rndots and Bov finite thanirs. But this will come out
the
signed, and the auto dealers, Ro
to the Hungarian delegates at
foreign office at 2 o'clock tomororw ^"'e^bReii Cross and Chamber of rj Ronrf Ruvit OW
afternoon. The ceremony will not be fommor( .' 0 wi || be asked to enter »
decorated cars. Only decorated cars IVldd r arm, 409 Acres
will he allowed in procession, and
New Governor Takes all who wish to enter cars are asked Dr. B. K. Bond, county commis-
Offi In M land ‘' onfu ' t ^ ov - 9“ yton Ei»l’ < ' r I sioner of health, has just purchased
Mr. Walker is not talking cam-! refrigerating plants of the Alabama ,iitions and th
paign issues. “It is too early,” ho ; CitjtGadpden-Attulla Company and greatest value for the money
both lost their lives. Mr. Crabb leap- j t"o"'ru»h~the“^
e laying ed into the icy water and swam to protest against the exploitation law."
soon Miss Wnght who was standing on say, a dispatch from Berlin.
— he submerged buggy neck deep in, T he dispatch adda that since noon
Hie fl ood, aVl carr,ed her to a tree, er0wd » have paraded the streets of
where he held her until Reese H. Ilor- j Berlin, followed by an appeal from
ton swam to them with a safety line, i Die Freihcit, the radical Socialist or-
Mr. Crabb has received the fol- g an , for workme n to demorstrste in
lowing letter in connection with his, protest against the law
act from CongreHs (’has. R. Crisp at I
" “Mr" Roy C rabb, Amerieus, Ga. Tractors Not Subject
“Dear RoyMay I not express to To Automobile TftX
you my sincere admiration of your
, conduct in saving Mis, Wright. I ATLANTA, Jan. 14—Replying to
am proud of you, and feel honored : , i„ tt „. r'liw Mi.-u
j ilr f n * lc >' s ' atcd that K*"? 8 would 10 kno * ,hut yo “ « r * my f 7 ml '|! ell, of Martin Sectary of State S
• and 1 5^^ bt ta P e ,[i e .r:i. t : hat „l n °. tPd «• McLendon rules that farm tractor,
far I have been in 49 counties south
of Macon, and by March 1 I expect
to have visited every county in Geor
gia. After that the real campaign
will he open. I expect to return to
| Sumter later for a campaign speech
in which I will outline my platform
and tell the people the reasons I am'
purchase price was reported slightly! Mr. Ansley stated that th<
less than $1,000,000. I^ter the of paving would start just
property will be transferred to tho - as some preliminary matters could
Alabama Power Company. \ be handled by him.
“I want to see first what can oe
Mr a. TTiad Yo^ivian* i done in the matter of curing crush-
ivirs. inaa ioeraans ed Htone *. Mid Mr Ansley. “Tho
Hurt 111 Auto tnfreck! native rock which we will crush with
the two outfits will furnish a gr?at
Word has been received here that | <l«al of the material we will need, but
Mrs. Thad Yeomans, of Vidalia, was we will want to buy some material
seriously injured Sunday when the j to supplement this so that when we
car in which she, Mr. Yeomans and start we can go right ahead without
their baby were riding, was overturn- interruption.”
ed several miles out from Vidalia. To Start Grading,
Mrs. Yeomans is the daughter
Mrs. P. L. Holt, of Amerieus
The city officials, county commis-; fron) j c . Britton, of Albany, the
- ■ sinners and fire and police depart-! „| d Rj dd f arm , lying three milca weat
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 14.—Albert aro expected to be in the line.
Critcase, democrat, former state at- n f ma rch.
tomey general, was inaugurated as T k e line of march is announced as
governor of Marvland today with sim-, follows: From court house south on
Pie ceremaaic, ' Lee to College, west to Jackson, nerth
to Lamar, west to Cotton avenue,
‘Sovipf Arif’ Kiel north t0 Eorsyth. east to Jackson,
saoviei ArK units Ivies ?outb t0 x, ama r, enst to well and there
For Secret Russ Port to court house.
KIEL, Jan. IS.—(Tuesday.)—The
S. army transport Buford, with
249 Russians deported from America,
WEATHER FORECAST.
. Georgia.—Fair tonight and
left here this evening for an unnam- i Thursday. Little change in temper
ed Russian port. 1 ature.
has many friends here.
1 <i*y*
The Cotton Market
LOCAL SPOT COTTON
Good middling 39 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES
of Armyicus, and has already moved
onto the farm with his family. He
will continue his duties in the city,
coming in each morning by automo
bile.
The farm consists of 465 acres, and
has been occupied recently by A. E.
Dunaway. A considerable portion of
the place is under cultivation, and it
is Dr. Bond’s purpose, with the aid 1 Jan. 39.47 39.30 39.10 39.10 38.75' ‘ This is the h -t -elution of the
of his several sons who are living atiMch 37.45 37.39 37.19 37.17 36.90, matter.” **»id Kno\ Thomas, of the
home, to farm it and raUe live stock! May 35.60 35.60 35.23 35.18 34.961 firm, “since Mr. Hawkins has accept-
the coming teuon. 1 J«ly 33.00 33.89 33.02 33.55 33.32! ed one of the divixion engineer of-
parat.vely znmll in the paper that certain of your not , iab|c t0 the automobiIe
, amount of Trading necessary To be friends are going to apply for a „., nua „ ... i. *
11 done before the actual laying of the medal for your valorous conduct, |j n w hlch thev are us d * C araCter
I paving is begun. Und I write to Ray, if I can be of w_ ‘ ust< •
* | The three projects which had been
started by Thomas and Hawkins, and
Z Ttata fcy "eSen 1 ? w“h5l: ^.7= ! fr T f »*-*»-
they have been completed,^ the “C. R. CRISP." t’SSU
provided they paid a license.
three bridges on the Dixie Highway,
Close Open 11 am 1 pm Close 1 known as project No. 73; three miles
Jan. 38.15 38.00 38.00 37.96 37.85! of paving on the Dixie Highway
Mch 36.25 35.98 35.96 35.93 36.85 j from Amerieus, on which surveys
May 34.78 34 47 34.45 34.34 34.20 haVe been made and drawings made,
July 33.30 32.93 35.00 32.90 32.80 known as project No. 101; and three
! miles of paving on the Dawson road
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES from Amerieus. also on which the
Pret. i surveys and drawings have been
Close Open 11 am 1 pm Close ! made, known as project No. 106.
•in o r» oa on i a -in i a to n ft 1 .kk . » . n |„f| nn
, . .. Mr. Mitchell wrote that the farm-
t rvice to you or them in this matter,
, „ . .... , . ,, ers of his county were using trac-
Pica-;, command mo. Wmhmg you tho on tbe b , ic J rnad , hau , f „.
complimenLs of the Season. I am , ko „ a
your friend,
“C. R. CRISP.”
fices, because under this arrange-1
ment the division engineer here will 1 i L. C* *
carry out the work, making it urt- j v-O^TnOt 1 * Firemen 8
necewnry for uz to continue to make Union Ended By Raise
COUrMBUS. Jon. 14 —As
frequent trips here for this compara
tively small amount of work. The! , . , . , ...
arrangement entered into is entirely I granted by
satisfactory to us and, I believe, to th * clt y council last night It was an-
the county. We are co-operating nounced^ today that the city firo-
with the state highway department men's union had surrendered ita mcm-
in every way. realizing that it is al- berahip in the national OTganixstta
ways better to work in harmony with-1 and destroyed the union cards Of tin
out friction." members. __