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W. W. Waits, superintendent of In
man Yards, estimated Monday that
the damage from the big fire Sun
day night would amount to $1,000,000.
One hundred loaded cars and 25
empties were destrpyed completely.
The empty cars were valued at $2,000
and the loaded cars with their con
tents averaged $5.000 apiece, said Mr.
Waits, making the total mount up
to $750,000. The rail and property
loss he estimated at $250,000. The
‘origin of the fire still is unknown.
Wrecking crews were on the scene
Monday removing the debris. Four
or five days will be required to ac
complish this task. Traffic on ad-
Joining tracks was not held up.
« Yards in Ruins.
Early Monday morning the north
section of the yards, from the big
bridge half way to the office of the
superintendent, was a mass of ruins.
The crossties and goods that had
been in the cars were still smolder
ing thickly, and small patches of
flames were still to be seen among
the ruins. The heavy rains that
started about 9:30 o'clock extinguish
ed the last vestige of fire, however.
Seven or eight tracks adjacent to
the transfer office were torn away
from their bed, and several were bent |
almost .double. Only the blackened
trucks showed where the freight cars
had stood. The burned area extend-+
ed about the length of a city block
and more than 50 yards wide.
Mr. Waits said that he first saw
the flames when he went from his
office at 5:15 o'clock Sunday after
noon. They were bursting through
the roof of the transfer station, and
had already gained good headway.
The transfer office was 126 feet long
and 26 feet wide, and two stories in,
height.
With nothing to check its headway
the fire spread quickly to the two ad-
Jacent platforms, and thence to the
freight cars, which were lined up
to be uniloaded. Mr. Waits said that
the ®ars contaiped all kinds of mer
chandise imaginable, from groceries
to iron beds and wire fencing.
Yards Deserted.
The yards were practically desert
ed when the fire was discovered, 200
negro roustabouts having Been laid
off, as the freight could not be han
dled without clerks to make trans
fer records. The yards were filled
with congested freight that had laid
there sifice the strike,
Mr. Waits telephoned the city fire
department, and two trucks were
sent, although the fire was fully two |
miles from the city. Platforms on the
east side @f the transfer office were
saved.
The firemen worked practically le
entire night. It was several hours
before they got the flames under
control. Neighbors rendered all as
sistance possible, and several of them
served coffee and sandwiches to the
firefighters while they worked.
All records were destroyed. These
~ can be replaced by having duplicates
sent from the original shipping
points. Cash taken in at the vards
was safe in a vault,
. The loss will fall upon the (Gov
ernment, which canceled fire insur
ance formerly carried on all ship
ments of the Southern Railway.
.
Tractor Demonstration
.
Of 1920 to Be in Full
MACON, March 17.—1 tis probable
that the second annual Dixie gmimnl
Power Farming demonstration in 1920
‘will be held in Macon, The show wiii
be given in the fall instead of the spring
80 as to avoid rainy weather. While
the tractor manufacturers were pleased
with the show and entertainment uf
forded them here, they declared before
they left for their homes that they
were particularly anxious to return next
year so they could give a complete
demonstration. This was Impossibie
last week because of the wet grounds.
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Macon Plans to Hold
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Centennial Exposition
MACON, March 17.—Plans are on foot
to hold an exposition in Macon in 1923
in celebration of Macon’s centennial.
Many leading busimess men and others
have Indorsed the proposition, and it is
probable that in the near future a cen
tennial commission will be selected. It
is proposed to hold the Georgia State
Fair and the exposition Jointly,
.
Macon Shriners Buy
.
Site to Erect Temple
MACON, March 17.—-The Al Sihah
Temple of Shriners has urchased a
site at Cotton avenue and Bopl:\r streei
for $30,000, and will commence the erec
tion of a temple there in the near fu
ture, The lot has a frontage of 157 feat
¢ and is almost directly opposite the
City Hall. The owners trangferring the
mwrty are W, GG. Johnson, %, of Bt.
is; Elnora Ziegler, of Wayne Coun
tg, Indiana; Gussie Jones, of Q#eens‘
ounti'. New York; Emil Webb, Fliza- |
beth Dishroom, Robert Rogers, Lillian
Reld and Leila Johnson, of Bibh County,
Bartender Is Burned
.
Badly by Bandits
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, March 17.~Louis Mey
ers, bartender in the saloon of Nel
son Olson, was probably fatally
burned early today by three bandits,
who held firebrands made of paper to
his teet and arms in an effort to make
him tell where SSOOO was hidden in
the saloon,
Although horribly burned about the
arms and feet, Meyvers refused to tell
where the money was hidden.
C. OF C. ELECTS OFFICERS.
FITZGERALD, March 17.—Fitzger
ald’s Chamber of Commerce chose a
new set of officers at its annual meet
ing, electing J, H. Mayes, superin
tendent of the Fitzgorald Cotton Mills,
president, and W. A, Adams, post
master, secretary for the ewrrent
vear. President Mayves will imake a
special effort to secure a bhond elee
tion for permanent roads for the
county, and in this movement has
been assured the hearty co-opera
tion of the citizens of Fitzgerald. The
new board of governors assisting the
president this year are Messrs. N, N,
Littlefleld, J. O, Brewer, 1. Gelders,
8 O Pryor, Jr., L. O, Tisdel, J. C.
Glover, C. A, Newcomer and former
President L. L. Griner,
ALBANY ELKS ELECT.
ALBANY, GA., March 17~«The Al
bany Lodge, No. 713, B, P. O, E, has
elected the following offieegs for uw‘
ensuing lodge year: D. W, Brosnan,!
exalted ruler; L. N, Sterne, esteemed
leading knight: L. G. Ehrlich, esteomed
loyal knight: B. 1. Collier esteemed
lecturing knight: R. L. Kearsey, gecre.
tary:; W, M, Baldwin, treasurer; J. T |
Barnes, tiler; John H. Mock, trustee
for three vears. Past Exalted Ruler
D, W, Brosnan war named as a dele
gate te the grand lodge convention
wnd John H. Mock as alternate repre
sentative.
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BY JOHN HOLLOCK.
(Exclusive Gable by the I. N. 8. and
London Daily Express.)
HELSIGNFORS, FINLAND, March
14 (via London, March 17).—The
Russian Bolshevik Government is
sending $175,000,000 into Germany to
finance the revolutionary organiza
tions, it was learned today from an
authoritative source.
' This is further proof of the conten
tion that a general Huropean Bolshe
vik conflagratior can only be averted
by the crushing of Bolshevism in
Russia and by using a strong armed
force to capture Petrograd, it was
said.
The establishmment of a Polish
buffer state against Bolshevism is
believed in some quarters to be fore
doomed to failure.
There is now grave danger that
Esthonia is contemplating a separate
peace with the Soviet Government.
Fifteen American Food
Ships Reach Dantzig
(Exclusive Cable by the International
News Service and The London
Daily Express.)
LONDON, March 17.—Fifteen Amer
ican food ships have arrived at Dant
zig for relief of the Poles, said a
dispatch to The Daily Express. Dant
zig is described as a city of the dead
80 far as business is concerned. It is
on the edge of a volcano, with the
Spartacides threatening to rise up.
This is imperiling the most eflicient
work of the American food commis-|
sion. ‘
A meager meal at Dantzig costs 30
marks. There is no scap nor tobacco. |
Cigarettes and eigars are made of,
dried cabbage leaves ‘
Many Women Among ‘
Executed Spartacides ;
BY H. J. GREENWALL.
(Exclusive Cable by the I. N. S, and
The London Daily Express.) \
BERLIN, March 16 (via London,
March 17).—F'ifteen hundred “Spar
tacides, including many women, have
been executed at Moabit prison in
four days and it will take another
week to Kkill all’ of the Spartacide
prisoners under sentence of death,
it was stated today by Captain Dela
voche, who is in charge of thé exe
cution,
“The Battle of Berlin” came to an
end on Friday.
It is expected that the city will
remain quiet until the end of the
month, when there may be another
outbreak of excitement over the pros
pect of an early peace.
The Government round-up for pris
oners and arms in Berlin is being
carried out systematically. Posters
announce® that at a certain hour a
house-to-house search will be made
in the'barricaded distriet and that all
inhabitants found in any house where
arms are concealed will pay the deat
penalty. When the search is under
way if ten or less prisoners are taken
i any one house they are unm(-di-‘
ately stood up in the courtyard and
shot on the spot. if more are found
they are marched off to Moabist pris.
on, where they are killed with ma
chine guns.
Anticipating trouble when the peace
terms come, the authorities have be
gun to close some of the dance halls,
but many are operating clandestinely,
Many cartridges and grenades that
failed to explode in the recent. fighting
were found filled with sand. They
had been made by Spartacist sympa
thizers at the Spandau arsenal,
600 Spartacides Killed
e . .
In Last Fight in Berlin
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, March 17.~8ix
hundred Spartacides were killed in
the last burst of fighting with Gov
ernment troops in Berlin, said a dis
pateh from that city today. quoting
The Lokal Anzeiger,
German Government headquarters
are being removed from Wesnar to
Berlin. Martial law has been pro
claimed throughout Saxony. ™
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Thousands Hear Atlanta
» . .
Boy Sing at Auditorium
Early Linter, 10-year-old Atlanta boy,
entertained the big Auditorium audience
Sunday afternoon with songs, Hustrat
ed with lantern slides on the wsereen.
Physical Director Metee, of Camp Gor
don, gave an Indian club exhibition, and
Mrs., Isma Dore Young and Jimmie Me-
Gowan sang
The usual thousands of persons socked
to the Auditorivia for the entertain
ment, which was directed by Jullan V., |
Hoehm It was announced that next
Sunday's concert will he omitted u‘.l
ing to preparations for entertaining a
mnvomfoo At thé® Auditoriuy,
Here Is Procedure for
Obtaining Bonus of S6O
Allowed Discharged Men
I To make clear the exact procedure
to be followed by men already out of
the service in obtaining the S6O bonus
provided in the new revenue act, the
War Department, the Navy Depart
ment and the Marine Corps, each for
its own branch of the service, has
issued the following instructions:
THE ARMY-—Papers required from
soldiers are:
A.—Statement of their service since
April 6, 1917, with date of last dis
charge and their present address, The
statement need not be in affidavit
form, the soldier’s simple written
statement is sufficient.
B.—Discharge certificate or military
order of discharge, and both, if both
were issued.
Both A and B must accompany the
written claim for the bagnus, which
must be addressed to the Zone Fi
nance Officer, Lemon Building,
‘Washington, D. C.
The following form is suggested:
88, 00l AW L e
To Zone Finance Officer, Lemon
Building, Washington, D. C.
Subject—Claim for the S6O bonus
for discharged soldier.
1. Herewith attached and marked
“A” is my statement of service since
April 6, 1917, with date of my last
discharge and a memorandu:a of my
present ' address.
2. Herewith attached and marked
“B” is my military order for dis
charge (and, or) my discharge cer
tificate for release.
3. The above are submitted in sup
port of my claim for the S6O honus to
‘be paid soldiers already discharged
as provided in the revenue act of
1918, approved February 24, 1919,
| Respectfully submitted:
SREOE L o vivh i Qhuanivcadoniiny soniih
RN, iot o i i Y inewee
In case of lost discharge certificates
soldiers, in lieu thereof, must forward
ceftificate of service, to be issned by
Adjutant General at Washington,
which they will secure on proper ap
plication,
~ THE NAVY-—Papers required for
sailors, naval reserves, etc., are:
A.—~Discharge, or orders to inactive
duty, w
This document “A" must accom
pany the written claim for the bonus,
which must be addressed to the Dis
bursing Officer, Bureau of Supplies
and Accounts, Navy Department,
Washington, D. C.
The following form is suggested:
Ry s i i b i
To the Disbursing Officer of Sup
plies and Accounts, Navy De
' _partment, Washington, D. C.
Subject—Claim for the S6O bonus
for discharged sailors and marines.
1. Herewith attached and marked
“A" is my discharge certificate (or)
orders to Inactive duty, together with
a 4 memorandum of- my present ad
dress, .
2. The above is submitted in sup
port of my elaim for the S6O bonus to
Harry Lauder, the famous Scoteh
comedian, was guest Monda at the
Capital City Club of the Atlanta Ro
tarians, who gave him a luncheon at
12:30 o'clock. Mr. Lauder is a mem
B&F of the Rotary Club and has heen
entertained by the Rotarians in every
large city he has visited
Mr. Lauder arrived in Atlanta early
Sunday and paid a visit to Camp
Gordon in !h‘r afternoon He ad
drassed the soldiers there at the Red
Cross chapter house, making a brief
talk on the war and its resnits before
presenting a program of his inimita
ble songs. Mr, Lauder spoke feeling
ly, for he lost his only son, Captain
John Lauder, in Flanders, early in the
war, und since then has devoted most
of his time to entertaining the wol
dicrs in their camps in France
After the viait to Camp Gordon Mr
Lander was taken to the Robert
Burns Cottage *where he was guest
of the Scottish Assoclation at tea
That association is to give a dinner
in his honor at the KimbaJl House at
6 o'clock Monday evening
Mr. Lauder was escorted to Camp
Gordon by representatives of soveral
organizations, including the Secottlsh
Association, thé Ogder of the Kastern
Star nd the War Camp Community
Servicoe He was introduced by A, A
C'ralg, chief of the Scottish Associh
tion and a childhood playmate of
Lauder in the Scotch town of Mus
selburgh,
A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes
be paid sailors and naval reserves
already discharged, as provided in
the revenue act of 1918, approved
February 24, 1919,
Respectfully submitted:
BY s edvaa i riasivbuve
TRYBEE v pov i Tots bap ihonsbu st hos wit
PRI v scsantascvinnonysbnna
In case of loss of original discharge
papers or orders to inactive duty, it
will be necessary to obtain from the
Bureau of Navigation a certified copy,
and a certificate from 4he officer by
whom final settlement of pay ac
count was made that no credit of the
S6O has been made.
M’RINE CORPS—In applying for
the 7§60 bonus enlisted men of the
marine corps should forward their
discharge certificate, accompanied by
the request of payment of the honus,
with their address, to the pay office
which handled their accounts at the
time of their discharge.
For men discharged on the Pacific
coast this simply means that the as
sistant paymaster of the Marine
ICorps, No. 36 Annie street, San Fran
cisco, Cal, will pay the bonus.
Other men who were discharged
elsewhere will direct their applica
tion to the assistant paymaster at
the place concerned.
Do not address any paymaster by
name,
The following form is suggested:
To Assistant Paymaster of the
United States Marine Corps at,.....
Subject—Claim for the S6O bonus
for discharged marines,
1. Herewith attached and marked
“A" is my discharge certificate (or)
orders to inactive duty, together with
a memorandum of my present ad
dress. i
2. The above is submitted in sup
port of my claim for the S6O honus
to be paid marines already discharg
ed, as provided in the revenue act of
1918, approved February 24, 1919,
Respectfully submitted:
B S e v e Y SRRk
B Lit i el
bL LS SOOI S R e
BRI S E s cinnn s ianieee
If a marine has lost his discharge
papers he should address the Adju
tant and Inspector, Marine Corps
Headquarters, Washington, D. C., for
duplieate papers.
~ When settlement is made by th
army, the navy or the marine (‘nrpz
all personal papers will be returned
to the applicant with the S6O check.
It is suggested that the letters con
taining the documents forwarded to
Washington be -registered, to avoid
the danger of loss in the . mails. |
It is further suggested that a r-(\pyi
of the discharge papers or other doc- |
uments, certified by a notary publlc,‘
bhe secured in each [nstance for use.
during the period the original docu- |
ments are out of the possessipn of
the soldier, sailor or marine, or to
be used in sepuring a Government
duplicate in_the event the original |
documents are lost, 1
The commander-in-chief, in the name
of the President, has awarded the dis
tinguished service cross to the following
named Southern officers and solliers
for the acts of extraordinary heroism
described after their names
Sergeant ALEXANDER STOKER
Company A, Sixth Infantry. (A”S. No
781862.) For extraordinary herolsm in
action near Bois de Chatillon, Francd
November b, 1018, Accompanied by an
other sol Mer, Sergeant Stoker advanced
Against an enemy machine-gun unit
whioh was holding up the advance of his
platoon and the company on his lefrt
He completed the capture of the posi
tion, killing three of the enemy and
routing the remaining part of the unit
thereby enabling his platoon to advance
to thelr objective k‘:»\v of kir M 1
Alexander Stoker, wife, R. F. . No
1, box 72, Dalton, (ia
Private ANDREW W. DILBECK, de
ceased Company 1, 856th Infantry (A
8 No. 3207061.) For extruordinary
herolsm in action near Poullly, France
November 10-11, 1518 Private Dilbec)
accompanied Lieutenant Murphy and
tiiree other soldiers in a flank attack
on three heavy machine guns Fired on
directly at 30 yards, #hey charged the
guns, and in the hand-to-hand fght
which followed, this soldier and two
of his comrades weore Killed Next of
kin William IDilbeck, father, Cross
ville, Ala
Heoond Lieutenant ROBERT M
BAILEY deconged 114th Infantry. For ex
traordinary heYoism naction near Ver
dun, France, October 12, MB, lLeading
his platoon agalnst an enemy position
Lisutenant Balley was fatally wounded
but refused to leave until his position
i (By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, March 17.—Practically
the entire Mississippi valley from
Minnesota to the gulf, is taking in
ventory today of the damage done by
tornidoes and heavy rains which
have swept through this region in
the last 48 hours. Apprenensjon is
still felt today in many sections be
cause of high water and lowering
clouds that threaten further down
pours. \
Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma In
the Middle West and Mississippi and
Tennessee bore the brunt of the
storm and suffered the largest dam-i
age. Because of the interruption ot‘
telegraphic communication it has|
been impossible to learn definitely the
exact number of persons killed or in
jured or to check accurately the ex
tent of the damage. Property loss,
however, will amount to millions of
dollars and more than a score of per
sons are known to have lost their
lives,
At Atchison, Kans., more than
$1,000,000 damage was done when
‘l‘luy Creek left its banks and flooded
a large area, -
' Two persons were kiiled at Porter,
'Okla, and the village of 1,000 inhabi
tantss was wrecked by a tornado.
Three persons are reported to have
been Killed in Kingfisher County,
‘K:mlan‘ and many are said to have
'been injured at Hinton, Kans.
' Heavy damage was caused by
cloudbursts - along the Kaw River
'water shed in Kansas between Salina
and Lawrence. Flood warnings are
being issued in many localities and
persons iiving in lowland districts
are preparing to leave their homes.
The Kaw and the Big and Little Ar
kansas Rivers are reported at flood
stage,
In Minnesota clear sunshiny weath
er, following heavy rains, has abated
danger of floods and normal condi
tions have been restored.
At*Memphis, Tenn., all local records
for rainfall were broken and rallway
and street car traffic is badly crippled
by high water,
Seventeen Reported
Killed in Mississippi
(By International News Service.)
VICKSBURG, MISS., March 17
With wires still down to points where
the tornado ecrossed the Missigsippl
river yesterday and tore its way
through Sharkey, Washington and
Issaquena counties, in Mississippi,
the toll of dead this morning was
placed at seventeen, with betweeen
156 and 200 injured. J. W. Johnson,
of Vicksburg, millionaire cotton
planter, who was on his plantation
at Panther Burn, was killed when
his house collapsed in the path of
the wind
K. P Green, plantation manager
for J. B. Sinal, at Gruce, was brought
here fatally injured Bight negroes
are reported to have been killed on
the place, and so far as known here
most of the other fatalities and in-
Juries occurerd among negro tenants
on various plantations,
The path of the tornado starts in
Louisiana, the wind having dune‘
slight damage in Monroe, and then
having passed between Delhi and
Faverly,
A fine cypress bhrake, the property
of Mr. Johnson, who was killed, for
which he recently refused a price of
$380,000, is reported to have heen
practically swept from the earth
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down west and north of here and the
damage can not be approximated
The eyclone cut a swath three-guar
ters as a miie in_width,
was organized and a counterattack re
pulsed Home address, Mre. Alice O
Balley, mother, Anderson, 5. C
Corporal MILE B, SEAY ‘ompany |
Thirtieth Infantry. (A. 8. No, 647500.)
For extraordinary heroism in action
near Crezancy, France, July 15, 1918,
Although wounded,, Corporal Heay con
tinued to perform his duties as runner,
and, after having his wounds dressed,
immediately returned to duty Home
address, Mre, ¢, M. Berry, annt, No
1410 Nenate street, Columbia, BC. ‘
Sergeant JOHMN W. FAUST, Machine
Gun Company, Thirty-sighth Infantry
(A. 8. No .N.‘le; For extraordinary
herolam in actioyp near Cunel, France,
October 22, 1918, After all the officers
of his company had heen wounded, Ser
geant Faust (then corporaly assumed
command, and with great courage and
bravery organized a dotachment, recap ‘
turtig two of his machine guns that had |
sullen so the enemy in a counter attack
eariler in the day. Next of kin, T W
Faust, father, R ¥, D., No. 2, Lexing
ton, N, C
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1919
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Continued From Page r
{dent Wilson’s viewpoint. On the con
trary, nowhere is the chief of the
American delegation likely to find
such strong backing in his fight this
week as from Premier Lloyd George.
The British Premier,.more than any
other non-American delegate, is sym
pathetic to the rresident's ideals and
methods,
Polish Commission Reports.
Nevertheless, it is understood that
the British delegates will require it to
be known whether the conference can
delay the preliminary peace treaty
without allowing Germany to drift
into anarchy. They are even more
insistent on this alleged peril than
are the French.
The Polish commission reported to
the council of ten today. It is pro
posed to give the Baltic port of Dant
zig to the Poles and also a strip of
land 60 miles wide, extending north
ward from the main Polish nucleus to
the port. The Germans are to be
granted freedom of transit across this
Polish corridor to, Bast Prussia.
A plebiscite is recommended for
the section south of the northern
boundary of Alenstein to enable the
thousands of Protestant Poles living
in the Mazurian Lakes distriet to say
whether they wish to join Catholie
Poland.
(Alenstein is in East Prussia, on
the Alle River, 65 miles south of
Koenigsbherg.)
Provisioning Work Siow.
The work of provisioning is pro
ceeding slowly. Over 4,000 tons of
flour and 250 tons of fats have been
delivered to Czecho-Slovakia, but 25,-
000 tons of foodstuffs are still held
up at Trieste by lack of transporta
tion facilities,
The Germans have agreed to allow
shipments to Prague (the ecapital of
(C'zecho-Slovakia) by way of Ham
lburg and the Elbe River. With im
provement in railway-carrying capac
ity put through by Colonel Ryan and
C'olonel Causinge, it is expecetd that
the acutest phase of the food erisis
in Czecho-Slovakia will be passed
this week.
’Wants G& many’s Hands
Tied by World League
~ (By International News Service.)
PARIS, March 17-—A plea for a
strong league of nations plan to over
throw the economic imperialism of
Germany is made in an open letter
which Henri de Jouvenel, editor of
The Matin, has addressed to Presi
dent Wilson. The gwriter appeals to
the President to make the leagu® of
nations covenant an instrument for
guaranteeing reparation from Ger
many The letter says:
“The applause of Paris once more
expresses France's confidence in you,
Just as Premier Clemenceau symbol
izes victory, so do you symbolize
peace. The universe agrees with your
principles and as you resume your
place at the peace conference it re
calls yvour vow not to return to the
United States until peace is signed,
“By signed do you mean guaran
teed " o
“The German empire, now re-form
ing at Welmar, bélieves it can estab
lish a population of 80,000,000 by an
nexations from Austria. Already the
Germans have begun to consider the
poor, weak countries surrounding
them, Bohemia, Poland, Jugo-Slova
kia, Roumania and Belgium, as future
colonies. Germany is preparing to
crush them with her industrial ar
mament \
If the league of nations is only a
military insurance corporation, if it
only protects the peoples against one
risk and abandons them to poverty,
it does not confer upon each the
means of life and introduce justice
in international order.
"It would not merit the name of
league of nations. A_deceived world
‘will only see in it a'new edition of
‘the old European concert. CGermany
must restore the factories she ruin
ed; her economic imperialism must
be overthrown. She must be pre
vented from reducing to servitude
the nations to which we give liberty,
“France’s unanimous cry is repa
ration.”
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Negotiations for Hun
Potash Broken Off
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March 17.—The Aallies’
negotiations with Germany for the
delivery of potash have been broken
off, said a dispatch from Rotterdam
today,
It was reported Saturday that pot
ash was expected to be one of the
chief exports from Germany when
the embargo on German commerce
w‘uu lifted.
Germans Build Planes
For Commercial Uses |
BY PATRICK DEVITTE,
(Exclusive Cable by the I. N, 8. and
The London Daily Express.)
GENEVA, March 17.—As soon as
the Allied commissioners left Fried
richshafen the Germans commenced
feverishly to eonstruet small zeppe
ling and big airplanes for commerecial
and postal use in Germany, and later
into Allied countires, it was learned
from an” authoritative source today,
(Friedrichshafen is the seat of Ger.
many's greatest alr works, The first
zeppelins were b:xm there.)
Germans Will Oppose
Wrecking of Helgoland,
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March 17.The German
envoys to Paris will strongly oppose
any interference with Helgoland, ac
cording to a dispatch from Basle T
day. The opposition to the demoli
tion of the forts on Helgoland is sald
to be due to the pressure of German
naval men, who contend that the de
struction of this German naval base
would render the Kicl canal useless
to Germany,
Dr. Jones Makes Plea
For Y.W.C. A. Support
Dr. M. Ashby Jones, at Ponce Deloon
Baptist Fhurcn Sunday, so stirred his
congregation in his appeal for support
for the ¥, W. C. A, that one listener
contributed SIOO, to pay for 100 dollar
memberships for business ‘jrl-.
Dr. Jones wpoke on “"The Larger
Menning of Motherhood.” He spoke of
conditions before the war, when 60 per
cent of working women were pald lg;b
A year for their work. He warned men
not to keep women on & wage busls like
that. He declared the true motherhood
wne not found behind four walls, be
cause a true mother must go oulside a
home and give a welcome and a helping
hand to other women. He spoke of the
Y. W. € A as the grout medium for
such help
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Young John D. Denies
Mercenary Motives in
Backing yProhibition
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March 17.—“ What do
I want with more money—or what does
my father want with more?" was
John D. Rockefeller's reply today to
the charges that the motive back of
his support of prohibition was the ex
ploitation of labor.
“My suppert of temperance s due
to an inherited habit and te a funda
mental principle based on the convie
tion that such support is right and
proper,” he continued.
Young Rockefeller declared he amd
his father had given about $360,000
in the last twenty years to further
the cause of prohibition,
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March .« 17.—
General Pershing has assigned the
Eighty-second Division to early
convoy, it was announced at the
War Department today. The
Eighty-second is composed of na
tional army troops from Georgia,
Alabama and Tennesee.
The following ambulance sec
tions also have been assigned to
early convoy it was stated: Nos,
570, 600, 501, 521, 530, 569, 599, 602
and 604, ;
A A AAN
The Eighty-second Division, train
ed at Camp Gordon, is officially
scheduled to leave Bordeaux for
home in April, according to a let
lu-r received Monday from Harry
Lewis, former sporting editor of The
Georgian, on duty with the Eighty
second. Mr. Lewis wrote on Febru
ary 26 that the division was just
leaving its old position to go to Bor
deaux, preparatory to being sent
home,
“We have received a number of of
ficial orders praising the Eighty-sec
ond,” he wrote. “But I've been too
busy to send them along. But in
closed is a_copy of a general order
received this date from headquar
ters.”
The order follows:
Headquarters Eighty-second Divi
sion, American KExpeditionary
Force, France.
26 February, 1919,
General Orders No. 10,
The following letter from the com
mander-in-chief is a source of grati
fication to the division commander,
and he knows it will be to all the
officers and men of the division, and
is puhlfsahpd with the information of
the command:
“American Expeditionary Forces, Of
fice of the Commander-in-Chief}
“France February 19, 1919,
“Major General George B, Duncan
Commanding Eighty-second Divi
sion;
“My Dear Genera! Duncan:
“It gives me a great deal of pleas
ure to extend to vou and the officers
and men of the Highty-second Divi
gion my compliments upon their ex
cellent appearance at the inspection
and rev®™w on Webruary 11, near
Prauthoy. It was gratifying to see
your troops in such good physical
shape, Qut still more so to know that
the moral tone of all ranks is so high.
It is hoped that this will continue,
even after their return to elvi) life,
“Your division is to be congratu
lated on its record in France. At the
end of June it was placed in a quiet
sector of the French line to release
veteran divisions for the battle, From
the 12th to the 16th of Septem
ber it took part in the first American
offensive at St. Mihiel, attacking and
occupying Norroy and the heights
north and west of Vandieres. In this
operation it advanced b kilometers,
In the Meuse-Argonne offensive the
divigion attack on October ; and was
engaged almost continuously for 25
days. Attacking across the River
Aire it asssisted the Twenty-eighth
and Seventy-seventh Divisions to ad
vance, and on October 9 ecaptured
‘(‘nrnny. On October 16 the strong
position of Hlill 182 was eaptured
and the towns of Bt. Juvin and Mareq
were captured, making a total ad
vance of 12 kllomemrl
“The officers and men of your divi
sion may proudly carry home with
them the gratitude of the Allies with
whom they fought and the pride of
their fellows throughout our forces, ‘
Sincerely yours,
“JOHN J, PERSHING.
“By Comamnd of Major General Dun
can:
“GEORGE E. ROOSEVELT,
“Major, Acting Chief of Staff.
“OMeia:l:
“R. L. Boyd, Major A. G. D, Ad-
Jutant.”
FARM BRINGS $30,000,
AMERICUS, GA.,, March 17.—A real
estate transaction of interest was
consummated here today, when D. K
Thrasher, of Oeconec County, pur
chased the fine farm of C, . Haw
kins, three miles west of Americus,
on the Plains road. ‘The farm, which
is one of the best Improved In this
entire section, contains 500 acres, and
the price paid by Mr. Thrasher for
the property was 330,000, Carl Huwe
kins, who now operates the farm, will|
continue to reslde there, the new own- |
er taking possession after the fall
harvest. ‘
FARMERS FIGHT TICKS, |
AMERICUS, GA, March 17 —~With!|
farmers unanimously favering the|
tick eradication, the first dippings of !
‘ruum in Bumter County under for-|
‘mul direction of the State Depart
ment of Agrieulture oecurred here to
‘dmv Dr. W, B, Martin, who s as
ststed by J. L. (Hawson and A, J.
Johnson, will remain in the county
until September, when it & planned
to make this tick-free territory,
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VALDOSTA, GA., March 18—&he
County Commissionqrs of Lowndes
County at their meeting on the first
Tuesday in April will call an election
for a half-million-dollar good roads
bond issue in this county, There is
apparently an overwhelming public
sentiment in favor of the honds, and
this sentiment Is expected to grow as
the campaign progresses. The ebec
tion will be called for the latter part
of June,
At a called meeting of the com
missioners held on Saturday formai
application was made for $500,000 of
the Federal good rvoads funds, amd
the county will be ready by the thne
this money is avallable to match it
dollar for dollar with county bonds.
The application for the Governe
ment funds now s in the hands of
State Highway Engireer W, R. Neal
If the eounty votes for bonds, as there
is every reason to believe will be
done, £1,000,000 will be put into paved’
roads in Lowndes County as fast as
the work can be done.
It is proposed to create a bomd
commission to handle the funds, and
the bonds will be sold only as needed,
or as fast as the work progresses.
The 300 miles of graded roads already
in existence will materially reduce
the cost of the paved roads, as there
will be very little grading to do, A
large number of the county's promd
nent taxpayers attended the called
meeting of the County Commission
ers and pledged their co-operation in
the good roads campaign.,
Another bond proposition that is
growing by leaps and bounds is that
for a bond issue to build a public
hospital in this city. The Lowndes
County Medical Society has just
passed strong resolutions indorsing
the movement, and many of the city's
' heaviest taxpayers and most prom!-
nent citizens express themselves in
favor of it. It is believed that $76.006
will ' build and equip an institution
large enough te meet the needs of
this eity and section, and this prob
ably will be the amount of the bond
issue if carried. At present there is
only one hospital in Valdosta, a pri
vate institution that has more bus!-
ness than it can accommeodate,
Murder Mystery of Days
.
Before War Discovered
MACON, March 17— Workmen exca
vating on a Cotton avenue lot dn up a
skeleton, the glass plate and handles es
a coffin and remains of a box that in
closed the coffin. There is some mys -
tery attached to the discovery, as a
leaden ball, of the old-fashioned musket
style, was found in the midst of the
bones. 1t Is believed that the man was
murdered, and that the body was prob
ably buried in the backyvard of the ress
idence that once stood there. It is
thought that the tragedy, if there was
one, occurred many years before the
War Between the States,
MEDLIN TO SEEK PARDON.,
MACON, March 17 —Walter 1. Medlin,
who was eenvicted several months ago
of the murder of Frank Baker, a bar
ber, formerly of Atlanta, and sentenced
to life Imprisonment, has Jlost in his
appeal to the Supreme Court and will
have to serve his sentence, Attorneys
for Medhin declare, however, that they
intend to go before the pardon board
and the Governor next in the interest of
their client.
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