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World By
Associated Press
FORTY-SECOND YEAR- NO. 5.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 29, 1920.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
DRYS I >EEK 62 MILLIONS FOR BOOZE KNOCKOUT
IT’S 12 MILLION.
MORE THAN COST'
0F25-YEAR FIGHT
The Cotton Market
LOCAL SPOT COTTON.
Good Middling 40 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
Prev.
Close Open 11am 1pm Close
COUNTY NURSE
HERE TO AID IN
PUBLIC HEALTH
Plan To Enforce Law. J£ b ™f 5 53 People Asked To Make
And Drive Liquor
From Hemisphere
May 34.15 34.30 34.32 34^2 34]oo
July 32.18 33.32 32.38 32.42 32.00
Use of Red Cross
Employe
Make Clean-Up Com
plete, Dr. Ramsay
Tells Stockmen
WHERE SOME OF THE 62 MIL.
LIONS WILL GO IN THE
WORLD-DRY WAR
t Knforcement of national prohi-
f fcition and a campaign to make
j Amenca safe for prohibition will
, cost the Anti-Saloon League of
| America $62,000,000 in the next
five years, according to its execu
tive secretary, Ernest H. Cher-
! rington.
Some items of the stupendous
budget are:
Special legal aid to federal and
slate officials, $500,000.
Publicity offices in 12 popula
tion centers of the United States,
$250,000.
A campaign to “tell the truth
about prohibition," to organ
ized labor, $325,000.
Special cducatfonal campaign
among traveling salesmen, *;»00,-
000.
Mass meetings to arouse senti
ment against bootlegging, $1,775,-
000.
For campaign in I atin-Amcrica,
j $6,860,300.
For world-wide
$37,000,000.
BY CARC LYN VANCE BELL.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Detec
ts? Sergeant Clarence L. Dalrym-
pK*\ chief guard at the White House,
NEW ORLEANS FUTURES. Employe Tells Stockmen \‘ u courtesy itself with all who would
Prev. ' j see the president, whether they are
Close Open 11am 1pm Close M,ss Lola Flenner, a public health! MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 28.—; madcaps or magnates.
May 35 07 35 7 28 Va'll ll'll 2JTS A “ num - bcr ° f ycars ’ «Peri-! Cittlc thk eradication in Southern! If a wild-eyed gentleman or Indy
July 33 na 32 or 33 3c 1 ™ ce ’ and reccn,,y 0 worker in child atates *" now in a somewhat critical j enters the executive offices with a
■ ---- - _” z,d4 33 - 39 i hygiene in New York city, has ar- ; condition, Dr. R. A. Ramsey, chief of I message for the president that MUST
rived in Amcricus to take up the ! tick eradication of the Department of J”' <le,iver ed in person he is invited to j
work of Red Cross rurse for Sum- ■*8 r ‘ cultur e'“ bureau of animal in-1 "“ V n c . " R .°“ t “ nd wait Just a mo-!
- - ter county. She I as already begun dustry ’ told the Southern Cattlemen’s! TP 1 . and the "ecretary will see you.”
A/\f II\ n/\w\ V7VIT/1 ! hnr ... Y Eu 4Association today and an energetic 18 * be cue for a secret service
Mil III FOR KING h R r ’ K headqUart f rB , drive, he said, should be made, espec- 1 I™ 11 wb ° proceeds to find out if an,
UUl^lLr 1 vlt 111 111] the Red Cross chapter room in the | tally in states where tick eradication 11 .™ herent 8to, T accompanies the |
postoffice building, and Stephen Pace, i '* nearly completed, to speedily fin-1 . d e Y C8, Usually this is so and the i
Ampriran Mulfi* M;11: am ! chairman of the Sumter county chan- ish the J° b - Th « possibility of politics T'"™ 18 ter »dered a trip to the Wash-1
American Multi-Million- t tod i3 d b , ; . £ interfering with the work was pointed. “n ” OSpi f 1 ’ wh J t ' rc sani *y
aire Among Guesses - c^peratL on t^n'X £ oat by Dr - ,*«-»• " c ".UTs at f I
‘ For Throne Tba .
. >«• ab °“‘ discontinuing tick eradi- b “ b ?" aC « L““ **■»’ —
WARNS OF PERIL He Guards Presidents GROUND BROKEN
IN LAST STAGES Co * 1 * ** „jV V, ’ ON FIRST COUNTY
OF WAR ON TICK Cour l esy His Slogan p R() j E(;T
by CART LYN VANCE BELL. -ga-r--.-=rm-- ****** iv» 1 11UI/LIV A
HUNGARY VOTES
BUDAPF8T 37/3. . . I Following is the text of Mr. Pace’s
HUUAIEST, Jan. 27 (Tuesday), statement:
—It is estimated that the monarchis-! |„ tro j„ dn „ M . Fl
i tic vote cast in the elections Sunday To The People of Sumter ('min
aprpoximate 95 per cent of the to-1 - - - ple - of Sumter Coun
Chairman Ray Sinks
Pick Into Highway
And Work Begins
campaigns,
Federal Bank Governor
Denies Use of .Coercion,
in health work with the Pennsyl
vania State. Department of Health
I WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—Co.r-j
cive methods have not been used by
i the Federal Reserve Board or the fed-
I era! reserve banks to compel non-;
member state banks to Join the fed
BY RUSS SIMONTON.
N. E. A. Staff Correspondent.
WESTERVILLE O.. Jan. 28.
much money will be spent I ^ nl ™ *° J °‘" , the fcd '
....... ,.r u.. .... f™ 1 ™ < ‘ rvo or ,ubmlt to the:
vania state, uepartment of Health , \ v ‘ *
and the New York Department of ! other legislation.”
Health; and she comes to us with tir Rnmsav sai
unqualified endorsements from
these two health departments, in
addition to that of the Southern di
vision of the American Red Cross:
“With her training and experi-
.. „ . - ...... . . L ivoc.,1- Bjaiciii, or suomii
•' ypar of prohibition by the board’s regulations, the senate was I cnee we nre confident Miss Flc’n-
Anti-Saloon League of America as it, informed today by Governor Harding, ner will be the source of great
aprnt m the last wet year.
in response to a senate resolution.-
With national prohibition an ac-i
complishod fact, the Anti-Saloon I was I 101 completely enforcen-
„„„ i blt \ so national prohibition cannot
i«CT- proposes to spend $C2,000,-1 b( . onforcl , d s0 , 0 , ls th „ ro ia ^
ike next five ycars. This is rounding wet territory,” said Cher-
just 512,000,000 more than the total | rington. "The Anti-Saloon League
tost of national prohibition, accord-! is thu dominant factor in the World
mg to the league’s figures, for its ”5 , L ™ K l ue inst alcoholism It has
years’fuvKt lhe number of workers and;
, K ‘ the largest treasury in additTon to j
The prohibition fight did not j the largest facilities for gathering ’
tse with the passage of the amend- ! fwnds. Therefore it must bear the !
ment. ’ Ernest H. Cherrington, execu-1 f» r ootest burden
committee secretary of the Anti
Saloo- T
less about discontinuing tick eradi-- ■ . ^ —-
nation when there are still a few >. ,co . a f, a . aRe Rouse policeman,
counties or localities or small centers J"® 1 , 1,1110 *** ^ as greeted thous-
where tick infestation exists. The 1 , ands distinguished visitors and
: w * —infestation in these centers if not I known cach or the presidents, McKin-
County T Red ^Croxs'chapter ££? «afficat° e d U glg t°21 ' ey ’ ” Ta f‘.•«- Wihon. HU
in this manner, to introduce to vmi !pread ' Furthermore, these small havTok.n"^™:
i. He has a remarkable
M .„, u „ u „„ uu __ remembering names and
county. Miss Flenner 'is' a" grad- | where these tick infested countiw stUL! tba ‘ is “ rcnI aS5Ct in
uate nurse, and for the past ten ' rcma,n ln quarantine because certain „ ,
or more years has been engaged Jtate ofBcials and livestock sanitary, . P b ?' b intercepted thousands
in health work with the Pennsvl ° mciala aaw proper to trade off tick raaks ’ man >' of the dangerous
..._?_ a “ n . W0 „ rR w,th thc ! °! ,nsyl - eradication fir a few votes on some 1 typc "’ b, : nt on stcin « »•’«’ President.
her legislation.” < rank * come 'vaves,” he says.
Dr. Ramsay said southern cattle- th; war “ lot of P-oplc! home remedies,
men could relieve men directly en-
gaged in the actual work of tick erad-1 TVAIU Hfi
licatibn of the responsibility of ob-i fllf W AK II n| Vx
Uining appropriations aud enlistingi*UVMU
the moral support of the state legisla
tors and executives. He suggested
two members of the association should
personally visit each state legislature
and discuss with the various commit-
tees and the governor the needs of 01 i t ' I -J —
I tick eradication. rciniioiuli Acres War Department As
• The work of the cattlemen’s asso- 2 Miles Out Probo fin™,
ciation, he said, had been of great as- j Vjpeilo
DAlRYMPLC
with disordered minds tried to get
the president’s ear, in order to tell of
n sure way to win tho war.
Illness Brings Many.
“After tho war was won, a lot with
crazy ideas on reconstruction tried to
see him.
The illness of the president has
excited a lot of public curiosity and
as n result there has been an ava
lanche of letters and visitors who
would have sure cures, from thought
healers down to those with simple!
$46,687 TRACT
world
bringing about |
# prohibition.” . ... __
doon League and general secretary cost of the first five years of “Miss Flenner will try to reach
the World League Against Alco- j the campaign for universal prohibi- • every man, woman and child in the
lixm, told me. ; tion will be approximately $37,000,-1 county, through the home and the
benefit to the people of the coun
ty. There are few subjects with
which we are less familiar than that
of health—living In a way and un
der conditions which will promote
health- and then knowing how to
regain good health after an attack
of illness; but we are gradually
learning that health is ^ very rela
tive condition—that the sickness
neighbor endangers our own
family—-that to a certain extent
wo must in this, as in other things,
be ‘our brothers' keeper.’
Co-Operation Is Asked
Miss Flenner will try to reach
NO BOLSHEVISM
ON POWHATAN
(From last Thursday’s daily.)
Ground was broken at 10:30 o’clock
this morning on thc first of Sumter
county's rural highway paving pro
jects. At that hour Neill A. Kay,
i chairman of the board of county com
missioners, sunk a pick into the cen
ter of the Dixie Highway just be
yond the residence of the John Coun
cil farm, as G. 1*. McKinstry, photo
grapher, pressed the bulb of his
camera. Surrounding Mr. Ray were *
tho other members of tho county
board except one, engineers, citizens,
road bosses and convicts. Immedi
ately afterward the spectators step
ped to one side and a dozen husky
convicts, each with a pick, started
tearing up the surface of the highway
preparatory to the laying of the first
paving material.
The occasion was without cere
mony commensurate with its impor
tance. The county commissioners
having been advised by Engineer
Ansley that he would break dirt this
morning, were on hand to seo the
dream of Sumter county for a year
actually under way. Learning of the
plan, several citizens interested in the
project were also present, The qnffli
missioners present besides Mr! Ray
wero Messrs. Oliver, Poole and Stat-
ham. Among thc citizens were D. R.
Andrews, Prof. J. E. Mathis, Col. J.
E. D. Shipp, E. J. Eldridgo, R. P.
Stackhouse, Lovelace Eve and W. S.
Kirkpatrick,
Convict Camp Moved.
Yesterday the convict camp had
e 0 | been moved by Mr. Anslcy’a direction
J! SeC £f!_ , E1 . drid « e • Reports Unfounded, Says 1 in™I C 2 ^hl“t ri c\°V e wheltKy"
woods, about midway of the three-
I mile road project. The arrangement
of the camp was well completed yes
terday and everything prepared for
v“ ';Uv»A. U’. •tgiSaS
•lixm, told . „
“Roughly we have three duties re-; 00rt * according to the World League’s
isining. We must see that the dry j budjret. Most of this money will be •*•••• »•»•« wunty unu cuy i Little James
nforced in the United States. , P*' nt in certain “key countries," ’ health authorities and thc physic- ! we J k bett
vheri» th<> Ipnonin nlromlv hna a inns of the ritv nnH rnunlv an.I _ _
children, a.:d will work in co-oper
ation with the county and city
Robert Stubbs was
Saturday evening.
Little James Smith, who was
... .. , 7 i ***'»•» «. unu hi iyi’w iorn. me rowhnt
W. Howard for *46,687 cash, or at | was towe.l into Halifax yesterday,
the rate of *1.,0 per acre. Immcd- The war department said reports
UW possesison » to be given I regarding Bolshevik activity by mem-
This deal, which is one of the larg- bera of the Powhattan’a crew or others
est and most important land sales in | aboard thc ship thus far had been
Sumter county in a long time gives ] proved without foundation.
Mr. Howard 1,700 acres in one tract,.
Oglethorpe ' Mowar<l L 700 “cres in one tract,
the Hundington tract adjoining land:
already owned by him. The land ac-! Cecil Gebbett, Former
uuircd by him is among thc finest q a ■ • c
farming soil in this section. | A. Llliei Here, UieS
* is enforced in the United States. s P° nt ,n certain key countries,"' health authorities and the physic- j s better ’ , (/wired by him is among thc finest! q
r « most prevent illicit traffic in R. 1 where the league already has aj ian » of the city and county, and I r ’ii Stubbs and sons will mov« * armin F soil in this section. j ^
°® n ,r °m Latin-A/nerica and must stronghold. The British empire is j under the direct supervision of a th ' e ^ t tht , rham bii«- n l«n. Thc doa l »l«o puts Mr. Howard ini
^ th. world safe for prohibition j the f,rst P 0, nt of attack, according- nursing committee of the phapter. tation in Sumter countv this week * the front rank 01 South ^ Georgia w
1 making the Old World nnd the tu Cherrington. This committee will doubtless make , whe , h . „ on “ y . planters, a position toward which ho
nort dry.’’ j “Canada is dry now," he said. “We some public announcement so soon | v _ has been forging rapidly for several! bett,
m *kirig the Old World and the
Ticnt dry." ...
Th" vast sum will come ffom the i wi *l open campaigns
• «iw vast sum will come ffom the i WUI °P‘* n campaigns in Scotland,
*n>‘ old -ources, says Cherrington, South Africa and Australia Scot-
nd tlie h-ague is about to launch an l» n d i« vastly interested in prohihi-
Pl»cal to church congregations and I "’bile South Africa has repeat-
11Vii>dK’ nsknl nnr H«qiqfnni'n With
Cherrington. a.no am win uouuucnh mase
'Canada is dry now," he said. “We i some public announcement so soon
r X sympathizers everywhere. j edly asked our assistance. With;
»f... - - these countries dry we will be able,'
Will Educate Officials.
"io league’s campaign of law en-1
foment will require, according to
the year.
Miss Beulah Pennington, A. F
Pennington and Watson Wicker wer
guest* at Mrs. Emma Williams ii
Andersonvillc Friday evening.
Misses Bessie and Eula Kitchen
and Elizubcth Dunlap and Lester
as they have formulated the gen
eral outline of the work to be un
dertaken during the immediate fu
ture. The chapter urges the ear
nest co-operation of the people and
ie»e countries ary we win oe aoie, ' ’bat you do not hesitate to call n , . .
..e hope, to force parliament to make 1 upon Miss Flenner or report to her 1 Ki} .L U C up HM ,4 *. 8 er
th.. whole United Kingdom dry.” ' concernimr matters in her lino of : gal ur d y ft T Amencua
fr rington, $16,235,000 in the next To Reform Japanese. ! work; for the present her head- w J pennimrton R J Hollownv 1 which wi, I have practically all of the ! died in Sanford, Fla., Saturday r „
^ yp;u >. This money will be spent j The key to the Orient is Japan, I quarters will be in the Red Cross ; A « p enn i neto n i D Wiekor I comfort ^ and modern conveniences' tooIc place in Savannah Monday. It
nd.ng federal and state officers in the league holds and hence will spend rooms, on the second floor of the j * , { c Wll ,K f , r ' ' Jn n '. , of the city home*. was largely attended by the friends
T^ing liquor-law violators, in ! $45,000 in Japan in 1920 and a much postoffici building. ^tu dav Wa,ktr Wtr ° ,n °K ,ethor P c of the deceased. Mr. Gebbett was
Renting public officials until theyl^r amount in 1921 and the fol- “STEPHEN PACE, Chairman." Mj n annie wicker nf Monter.. ' Suffer* Bari Cti* In j nctively engaged in raHroadirig in
‘ogni^e Whisky-selling ia as much a j lowing three years to convert the I Miss Flenner is a graduate of the! w ek Ld here w h I * . (Georgia and Alabama for
m. ... a.fi Nipponese to prohibition. South Side Hospital of Pittsburg. For ! Mr ’ ‘ P . . T .v* W,th
“The people of the United States j eleven years she was connected with!* x* an D ’ 0 ,' ,/ Wlc , er *
1st be made to understand that the I the Pennsylvania* department of * - - * s ub s a,, d George
breaking of dirt at 9 a.m. Engineer
Sheriey Hudson, assistant to Division
Engineer Caye, and Oliver Ray, his
helper, were on the job to see that
the surveyora’ stakes, set some timo'
ago, were in place. At the last min
ute it was found that some of them
had been misplaced, and there was a
delay of more than an hour while the
lines were re-established.
The work was started at "the east
end of the project, and will move to
ward Americus. At the point where
the work started about two inches of
top surface was taken off, a gang fol
lowing thc picks and shoveling the
loosened earth to the aides, where it
will be used for building up the
boulder of the pavement.
Handle Material Once.
It is the purpose of Mr. Ansley to
Word has been received here of
. —, - r —......... u«i death in Florida of Cecil Geb-
has been forging rapidly for several formerly well known railroad
years. Starting a few years ago with j man °f Americus. Mr. Gebbett was T . — w
M..all resources other than energy and i a * one time general manager of the j. . 19 th e purpose of Mr. Ansley to
ability, he has acquired this large! Seaboard from Savannah to Mont- | . * lau ' ,n K slag which is ar-
tract of valuable land, all of which he! JTomery, with headquarters here. The ! r iv,n ? b Y trainload, at once, plac-
is farming by modern methods. At! following dispatch from Savannah! 1 ”.?. lfc whe . re W *U be w»ed. This
the present time he has under con-; his death and burial: necessitate no extra handling of
slruction on his farm one of the fin- j “Th® funeral of Mr. Cecil Gebbett,
est residences in Sumter county, 1 l he well-known railroad man, Who
which will have practically all of the j died in Sanford, Fla., Saturday night
comfort^ and modern ronvenlonroa i took DlaCC in SaVAnnnh Mnmlnv It
ting liquor-law violators, in i 545,000 in Japan in 1920 and a much postomcc budding. QofMrd.v
ng public officials until they I lar R er amount in 1921 and the fol-1 “STEPHEN PACE, Chairman." 1 w- n anni
e Whisky-selling is as much a | lowing three years to convert the Miss Flenner is a graduate of the, ‘ * .
as theft or murder,” and in [Nipponese to prohibition. [South Side Hospital of Pittsburg. For M M .
,T “ : ‘id States j eleven years she was connected with | R ’ sVuhh«4 «nd r«n^.» i central, tne seaboard Air Line and
that the the Pennsylvania * department ! Stubbs were in Andersonville Friday! Churi* U. Rogers, manager of the j oth f l [ r0 *d«, occupying res|V»nsibIc
one big j henlth, ft ud later for a time with the a fter n oon. j Windsor hotel, is nursing a badly cut I P 08, tions with them all. He had
I. "Our ! New York State department of health,. Watson Wicker spent several davs wrist » reaultln R a fall down a | been ,ivill R in Florida during recent
re rapid- and recently in child hygiene work in (, t k { Athens attending the stairwra y the rear of the hotel sev- l car *- Hg mfl do a great success ir
wider New York city. ' . . R _ aiunaing me . .. . .. Sanford ns n «rrnu*«r
• uiurucr, uiiu m
^paj^nda showing the evils of li-.
and the advantage of absolute ; uiust
Suffers Bad Cut In i ., h .
C II rv e*. • j Georgia and Alabama for many
r all Llown otairway, ye*". He was associated with the
Central, the Seaboard Air Line and
•nforcement.
novel means of propaganda
H r-q U ir 0 $40,000 a year. This will
*.f* n t in spreading prohibition
Uimort among travelirig salesmen
they may in turn spread it
the business men they meet.
Tk .* nv *de Latin-America.
h r ’iquor interests are establish-
th. i- breweries and distilleries in
n America,” says Cherrington.
r ‘ an to ship liquor into the
r^ 1 States and to entice citizens
ly accepting this new and wider
viewpoint.”
The Anti-Saloon League has no in
terest save those of prohibition,
Cherrington insists.
Not After Tobacco.
“We have never raised our voices
against tobacco,” he declared. “It
has never been mentioned in our con
ferences. The rumor that the league
planned a campaign against the cig-
New York city,
Work Educational
Her work for the present in Sum
ter county will be largely educational
and experimental. She will eo-oper*
ate with Dr. B. F. Bond, county
ko stairway m the rear of the hotel sev- maac a Kreat succc
of oral nights ago in which his hand j San ^ or d as a grower of celery.*
was thrust through a pane of glass. — ' • ■ —
thc material, as it will be hauled from
the cars directly to the project and
dumped ready for the steam roller.
Four inches of this slag will be used
as the base of the pavement, to be
topped with crushed rock and hot
liquid asphalt.
A machine, known as a scarifier,
which will tear up the present hard
surface of the roads to be paved, has
been bought, and when delivered will
do the work now required to be done
by hand with picks. This will release
for ether hand work a considerable
number of men now employed dig
ging up the road in the preparatory
work.
h ’> country to their strongholds, planned a campaign against the cig-
reason and also because the j arette was started by over-zealous
r *PoMics of the western- hemis- j prohibitionists, not affiliated with the
; lo °k to the United States as I league and kept afloat by liquor in-
‘tt»*rr of government, the league I terests anxious to embarass us. We
spend $6,860,00 carrying enjhave no political interest, except to
V campaign in Central and South see that men are elected who will en-
r '< a and the West Indies in the i force the dry law and no interest in
1 years. This is in addition | free speech or labor except as free
V*'° years. This is in addition | free speech or labor except as tree
- ’0,000,000 to be spent in South ' speech involves the question of li-
rr !c.i by the churches In mission- quor and insofar as labor is affected
^ * n rk. Of finnnA tvn will hv whiskv.”
Of course we will co-op-
‘ with these missionary workers."
ot not only, say the leaders of
Anti-Saloon League, must the
hemisphere be dry if prohibi-
® to be a success in the United
. . • bot *o long as there Is liquor
■JV ny part of thc world prohl-
2" ,n the United States is men-
by whisky.
So. while the dirge for thc late-
lamented John Barleycorn still echoes
in thc halls of congress and thirst ia
the most prolific source of vaudeville
humor, the Anti-Saloon League holds
out its hand for $625)00,000 to pay
for a five-year wake to make sure
John doesn't come to life and to car
ry the new* of his-death to land*
health officer, and the city health offi
cials, assisting in school physical ex
aminations and going into the homes
of defective pupils to assist the par
ents in correcting the defects pointed
out by thc examination reports. Sho
will also be at the service of tho pub
lic at all times for calls for advice
or assistance, and it is expected that
the public use her services since she is
here to serve the public.
The county nunc idea Is a prod
uct of the broadened field of activity
of thc American Red Cross. Hereto
fore the activities of that organiza
tion have been directed to relief work
in wars and disasters, or In charity
cases; now its work embrace* the
whole public. It Is teaching public
health in its broadest sense; it Is at
tempting to show and train people
how to keep weH and avoid the nec
essity of the services of the physio*
ian.
short course at thc State College
Agriculture. - . — „
Beulah Pennington, n mem- Twenty-eight stitches were required; D. m ' J Q |i -T- ,
her of the faculty of Oglethorpe to c,0,c tbc woun d. Being without a f^eqUirea if FIOUTS 1 O
school, spent the week-end here with 1 8 ^® wa J d a * tbe Hole, Mr. Rogers was Make 130-Mile TriD' Te&cherS Xo Be Guest*
her father, W. J. Pennington. attending to some of thc duties of the lie inp lowocnio UUNU
J. D. M. Wicker is attending city: " tc * ard >f‘ e a ‘ "*;>>»• j Owing to do- It requirpd ~77 0uni for w T I At Kot&nailS ' D11101
:urt in Oglethorpe this week. fective vision, while descending the; Calhoun and C B. Griner to drive
Mrs. Bettie Walker, who was ill "taint he mistook the sixth or seventh i f ro(n Asheville, Fla., near which Th. teachers of the Americus pub-
le Walker, who was ill ' '"»»» »>e »i«n orjwvenin frojn A , beviIIe Fia.. near which . 1 ^ icacners or the Americus pub-
last week, is aboilt well again, to the! ,t ® p I *. r °7 the 'T’eTi i? 00 ji t0T tbe pIac<> th< ’ 7 ' 000 acre Calhoun plants- J lc f bioU Wll > be the guests of the
delight of her many friends. | " c «° nd "{ep, and fell headlong, sus- tion is |„ cat ,, di t0 Americu , i a ,t P n lght. local Rotanans Thursday night, Jan-
taming the Injury. _A„ .. . .. “ - uary 29, at 7 o’clock dinner in the
Measage From Mara . : Wilaon Again Appeal.
Scouted By Amencan For Loan To Starving
'130 mffi
they leaving there at 5 aar T , a t 7 o’clock dinner in thc
aching the Arles nlanta- .** Ro “. m . A number of other guests
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—There has
been no unusual interference with
wireless communication in America,
asserted Dr. E. E. W. Anderson, chief
engineer of the Radio Corporation of
America, in discussing today thc mys
terious wireless signals described re
cently in London by Signor Marconi.
He scouted tho suggestion that the
signals may come from another
use of her services; she has come to
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28—Presi
dent Wilson today asked Secretary
Glass to make another appeal to con
gress for authority for a loan of a
hundred and fifty millions to Poland,
Austria and Armenia to relieve the
desperate food situation in those coun
tries. The president wrote the secre
tary that it was "unthinkable” to him
that the United States should withhold
from the stricken people of those
countries the assistance which could
bo rendered by "making available en
p.m. and reaching the Arles plants
tion here'at 3 a.m.
"And I want to say it was raining
every foot of thc way.” was Mr.
Griner’s report of the trip. "Wo
didn't have a puncture or a blow-out
or any trouble—just kept plugging
along the best we could through thc
mud and slash.”
Mr. Calhoun and Mr.. Griner are
•Iso will enjoy tho evening’s fun,
as this is Rotary’s monthly ladies’
night, at which all of the Rotarians,
their wives and friends meet for a
good dinner and lots of fun.
Invitation has been wired to Frank
Reynolds, of the Georgia Automo
bile Association, to speak at the din.
ner. Mr. Reynolds has been requested
air. l ainoun ana Mr.. Gnner arr l,c ‘* *«»• tvcynuia» nu oein requtaiva
spending most of their time 'at the *° discuss the proposed state bond
plantation now, returning here about i ia " ne - which is of so much interest to
once a week. They will move their •** Georgians, a proposition, which If
families there later. ' — 1,1 — 11 — -* — —
WEATHER FORECAST. i mediately to ouua nara-suriaci
l cloudy to-1 highway, throughout Georgia
carried through will realize at once on
tho state automobile tax to tho extent
of making *40,000,000 available fan.
mediately to build hard-surfaced stato
ril