Americus times-recorder. [volume], September 19, 1915, City Edition, Image 1

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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAH
• MW RAILROAD IS NAMED AND
WORK ON CONSTRUCTION WILL
BEGIN IE NEXT THIRTY DAYS
Meeting of Chamber of Commerce Call
ed For Tuesday Night at 8 p. m., When
Matters of Urgent Importance Will
Be Brought Up
The new railroad is the Americus
Hawkinsville and Eastern railroad. It
will be known as the “Ocmulgee Rive?
Route.”
The entire amount of money neces
sary to build the railroad has been
secured from Western capitalists.
The actual construction on the new
railroad will begin within the next ’
thirty days, and every penny spent on
supplies will be expended among the
merchants of Americus.
All of these developments came in i
a conference held during Saturday as- ’
ternoon by J. S. Morton, president of
the Georgia Lumber Company, and
i
Secretary-Manager E. H. Hyman, Oi .
the Chamber of Comnferce.
Mr. Morton reached Americus pre- ,
pared to build the railroad, and it is
no longer a dream, but springs forth
into a brilliant reality. ,
A meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce is called for Tuesday night, at
8 o’clock, to consider the final plans
of building the new railroad in the
next thirty days.
It is urgent that every member of
the organization lay aside all other
engagements for Tuesday night, and
be present at this meeting, which
means more to Americus and Sumter
county than any other similar event
in years.
The question is squarely up to the
people of Americus and Sumter coun
ty. By their action, it will be known
whether they want the railroad.
The Americus, Hawkinsville and
Eastern railroad will mean much to
Americus, because of the enforcement
of the railroad rates which provided
an increase of rates from 5 per cent
to 50 per cent., except where cities
have direct water connections, and
can issue water and rail rates com
bined.
By reaching Hawkinsville with the
new railroad traffic arrangements will
be facilitated whereby freight may
move via Hawkinsville and Bruns
wick, on the Ocmulgee river.
One item is where Americus would
save sl-25 on each bale of cotton ship
ped to the Carolinas, whereas todav
the markets are closed to this city.
At the meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce called for Tuesday night a
detailed statement will be presented
at the meeting relative to the building
and operation of the new railroad.
A feature of the conference was the
promise of Mr. Morton to Secretary
Manager Hyman that every dollar of
supplies will he purchased from the
Americus merchants.
Ten miles of the proposed railroad
is built from Games to within one mile
of Byromville. From Games to Una
dilla is a distance of twelve miles,
which the citizens of Unadilla have
promised to construct.
The new road has a right-of-way
from the City of Americus and the
County of Sumter.
Americus stands on the brink c.
opportunity, and her citizens are ex
pected to speak their wishes at the
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday night.
THE AMERICUS TTMES-RECORDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRISONER LEFT
BEFORE SHERIFF
REACHED SCENE
QUEER STUNT DONE BY MISSISS
IPPI OFFICER.
Deputy Sheriff Lucius Harvey will
return to Americus this morning from
a long and, unexpectedly, fruitless
trip to Meridian, Miss., where he went
Friday morning to bring back Jim
Fitzgerald, baseballist, who posed as
second baseman on the “Muckalee’
bunch this summer. Fitzgerald was
wanted in Americus upon a warrant
sent to Meridian, charging larceny af
ter trust.
But he never came back, and prob
ably never will.
The warrant was issued because o'
the alleged appropriation of a hand
some gold watch and a ring, the prop
erty of a prominent young lady here
whom, it is alleged, entrusted the jew
elry to the baseball luminary.
Fitzgerald, it is claimed, pawned
the watch and gold ring, and then
flew away to other diamonds —and
trusting maidens.
Fitzgerald was located recently in
Meridian, where Sheriff Fuller sent
the warrant after having been noti
fied of Second Sacker’s apprehension
Officers there wired that Fitz would
come back without requisition papers,
and Deputy Harvep went for him, ar
riving in Meridian Saturday morning.
To his great surprise, upon arrival,
he was informed that the ball tossc
had made bond and been released from
custody. He could not be located in
Meridian yesterday so Sheriff Harvey
wired, and that officer will return
without him. Just how a prisoner
wanted in Georgia could give bond in
Mississippi and be released from
custody is puzzling to officers here.
The young lady’s watch was found
here, where it had been pawned, while
■the ring was located in a Birmingham
pawnshop. Fitzgerald got into trouble
in Americus over an alleged unpaid
board bill, while on the Muckalee
team and was locked up, local fans
afterward raising the money demand
ed and securing his release from dur
ance vile.
New Circulation Man With
The Times-Recorder Now
Mr. L. H. Kimbrough, well known in this section of the state and
an experienced newspaper man, is now with the Times-Recorder in the
circulation department. He will have exclusive charge of circulation,
collecting and soliciting for the Daily and Weekly Times-Recorder.
Mr. Kimbrough has had years of experience with prominent South
ern newspapers in the circulation end, and the Times-Recorder consid
ers itself fortunate in securing his services.
The Times-Recorder has begun a campaign to bring subscription
list up to the highest standard, and some time in the near future Mr.
Kimbrough will call on the public for renewals and new subscriptions.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 19, 1915
SELLING THEIR
DISTRESS BALES
HANDSOME PRICE
AMERICUS HOUSES TURNING
LOOSE THE “BUY A BALE.”
Americus merchants and corpora
tions here have put back into their
money tills the past week several
thousand dollars which, last fall, they
patriotically invested in cotton during
the “buy a bale” movement. This cot
ton was bought with the idea that it
would aid the farmer who, at the
tithe, found it next to impossible to
sell his cotton even at six cents. Manv
Americus business houses bought from
one to a dozen bales, which were
proudly displayed in store windows as
ebidence of their patrotism. This
cotton, much of it, was bought at ten
cents, and is now being sold at 10 1-2
cents, a profit of $2.50 per bale on the
finer grades.
YOUITINJURED
BY AUTOMOBILE
SENT HOSPITAL
KNOCKED DOWN ON COTTON
AVENUE BY CAR.
William Heath, a young farmer liv
ing near Americus, was painfully in
jured late yesterday evening on Cot
ton avenue when a car driven by Eulis
Dempsey, a negro employed by the
Rylander garage, knocked him down.
Mr. Heath was carried to the hospital
anfi his injuries given attention.
Dempsey was locked up, but was re
leased at 9 o'clock last night to ap
pear in recorder’s court tomorrow. Cot
ton avenue was crowded with teams
and people at the time, and the collis
ion with Mr. Heath is thought to have
been wholly accidental, as, it is said,
the speed of the car did not exceed
6 to 8 miles an hour.
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4 TOLEDO, O„ Sept. 18.—One 4
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4- loss suffered from the explosion 4
4of two cars of gasoline at the 4
4 plant of the Hickory Producing 4
4 Co., manufacturers of gasoline. 4
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SMASHED ADTO
MB ARRESTED
DPOIJHARGEE
LANIER CAR WRECKED ON MID
NIGHT JOY RIDE.
Charles Clark, who is employed a*
Stanley’s garage on Cotton avenue,
was locked up yesterday upon a city
charge of drunk and disorderly, while
later two warrants were issued at the
instance of Proprietor Stanley, one
charging simple larceny, and the oth
er for using an automobile without
the owner’s consent.
Both warrants are returnable to the
city court of Americus.
Clark, it is alleged, took from the
Stanley garage a Cadillac roadster
belonging to Mr.’ Frank Lanier and
went for a midnight joy ride, all by
his happy self.
The car, badly wrecked, was found
early Saturday morning at Salem
church, six miles from Americus,
where the merry and, doubtless, mel
low, driver had abandoned it. One
wheel had been wrenched off, the
windsheld smashed, and other serious
damages inflicted.
Clark was still held in the polilce
barracks at a late hour yesterday, and
will be given a trial Monday.
GDMMISSIONAND
BAKKEBS ABOUT
ARRANGED LOAN
NEW YORK, Sept. 18—The Anglo-
French commission and bankers nego
tiating the mammoth credit loan for
Great Britain and France has held an
othed secret session. They are trying
to adjust the differences over whether
the credit shall include the payment
for war munitions. The commission
ers want the loa to do so.
Many bankers think that other
means should be found to pay for
munitions. The so-called pro-German
bankers are willing to subscribe lib
erally if the munitions matter is left
out.
An agreement has been reached con
cerning the duration, the nature of
the loan, and that the interest is not
to be over 5 per cent.
The commission is holding firm to
the point that the loan be open to
subscriptions of bankers and investors
alike.
MEXICAN FIGHTING
15 QIIIH W
BROWNSVILLE, Texas., Sept. 18.—
There is a complete lull in the fight
ing across the Rio Grande river, ac
cording to reports today.
Colonel Blocksome went to Dona to
investigate the reports that 17 Mex
icans were killed yesterday in a fight
with twelve American cavalrymen.
CREMATORY IS
COMPLETED ANO
BEINGOPERATED
PLANT MUCH NEEDED NOW IN
FULL BLAST.
The modern crematory or inciner
ating plant, purchased recently by
city council, has been finally located on
Plum street in rear of the old and
unused ice factory. The work of put
ting up th e building and machinery
was finished yesterday, and the first
dump of garbage from the streets had
already been disposed of even before
probable “kickers” knew anything at
all about it.
Some difficulty was exeperienced in
getting the plant located, owing to
needless protests made by property
owners in other localities selected, but
the plant is fully equipped for opera
tion now, and will not be found ob
jectionable.
The incinerating plant cost the city
$3,500. It is entirely odorless and un
objectionable from any viewpoint,
notwithstanding the fact that carcass
es of all animals dying here will be
burned there, along with trash from
the streets and general garbage. Oth
er cities have similar plants, and they
are said to be entirely odorless and
unobjectionable.
All odors all elliminated in th
burning process. The city will re
ceive a fee of $5 for all dead animals
disposed o fthere, which is less than
cost of hauling the carcass away and
dumping it upon someone’s land, a
menace to health and a nuisance gen
erally.
BIG CRIMINAL
DOCKET AWAITS
CASES ASSIGNED FOR TRIAL
SECOND WEEK.
Judge William M. Harper, of the
City Court of Americus, Saturday
morning called the criminal docket for
the September quarterly term and as
signed cases for trial for the week
beginning Monday 27th. The docket
is an unusually heavy one, and con
tains about all the charges for mis
demeanor offenses in the category.
During the sitting of the court yes
terday a bunch of fourteen black and
tan jailbirds were marched in and had
counsel assigned. The session be
gins Monday next, 20th, with the trial
of civil cases.
weekleTelected
JUSTICE J PEACE
ELECTION HELD SATURDAY IN
789TH DISTRICT RESULTS IN
VICTORY FOR ROSS AND HEN
DERSON AS CONSTABLES.
In the spirited election for justice
of the peace in the 789 tr district, which
Includes the City of Americus, W. T.
Weekley was elected with 371 votes
over C. R. Winchester, with 135.
The constables chosen at the same
election were Cy Ross and C. W. Hen
derson, the entire vote being:
Cy Ross 313
C. W. Henderson .....283
J. M. Kleckley 222
E. E. Rogers .136
JAGOW CONSIDERS
SUBMARINE QUESTION
IS SETTLED WITH US
. ■
Reports Say That The Germans Are
Sending a Great Army to Assist
- The Turks
GERMANS ARE TO ANNEX
FRENCH AND BELGIUM LAND
BERLIN, Sept. 18.—Foreign Min
ister Von Jagow in an interview with
the Associated Press last night said
that the German government had giv
en careful consideration to the evi
dence concerning the circumstances
which brought about the attack and
the sinking of the steamship Arabic
submitted by the United States gob
ernment through Ambassador Gerard
and he expressed confidence no more
complications from submarines would
arise.
Prohibition in London.
LONDON, Sept. 18.—The military
authorities have decided that prohi
bition treating in the metropolitan
district of London should be under a
board of controls, and it is expected
that the order will be issued next
Americus Schools Open
Monday Morning With An
Address By Gunby Jordon
All of the teachers answered to rol.'
call Saturday morning at a meetin?
with Supt. J. E. Mathis to discuss mat
ters incident to the opening of the
fall term of the public schools on
Monday, September 20th.
President Burrows <vas present to
meet the new members of the faculty
and to extend words of encouragement
to them all.
After the classes have, been organ
izzed and lessons assigned the teach
ers in all grades with the pupils of
th € sixth and seventh grades of the
grammar school ,and all the grades of
the high school will assemble at the
high school auditorium to hear an
address by Hon. Gunby Jordan, of
Columbus, Ga.
In order that the parents and the
friends of the schoo' generally may
have an opportunity to be present to
hear Mr. Jordan, the time has beer
deferred until ten o’clock.
Supt. Mathis is exceedingly anxious
to have as many grown people hear
Mr. Gunby Jordan, of Columbus, as
possible, because he is in the first
place a most pleasing speaker and in
the next place because of the splen
did work he has done as President of
the Board of Education of the public
schools of Columbus. He has a mes
sage which will be instructive. Being
one of the very successful men in
the development of Georgia he has
had a hundred opportunities to know
the needs of the schools and the train
ing demanded of them.
You will miss something if you are
not at the high school Monday morn
ing and you will be glad you came If
you are there.
The Board of Education will at
tend in a body and join the teachers
in extending to you a most cordial
Tuesday.
Germans Going to Turkey.
BERLIN, Sept. 18. —The Overseas
agency gives out a message from Con
stantinople quoting the Turkish war
minister, Enver Pasha saying that a
great German army was going to
Turkey.
Germans to Annex Territory.
GENEVA, Sept. 18.—The Lausanne
Gazette says it has learned that the
Germans have decided to issue a dec
laration annexing the occupied ter
ritories in France and Belgium.
Turks Position Destroyed.
PARIS, Sept. 18.—The war office
announced the destruction of a Turk
ish position on the Gallipoli penins
ular.
welcome.
We all know how many demands
Monday brings to both father and
mother, but we know of nothing which
has a greater claim on you than your
children. Manifest this interest by
coming out on the opening day to en
courage them as they begin the year’s
work.
The faculty for the schools for tho
scholastic year 1915-16 is:
Primary Department Miss Sara’ l
Cobb, Miss Annie Ansley, Miss Annie
McLaughlin, Miss Anna Keith.
Second grade—Miss Cordelia Thorn
ton, Miss Genevieve Morgan, Miss
Claud McLaughlin.
Third grade—Miss Nannie Sue Bel'.
Miss Clebe Kemph, Miss Olive Boyd.
Grammar Grades—Miss Elizabeth
Johnson, Miss Ruth Wynn, Miss Annie
Plumb, Miss Mary Mathis, Miss Liz
zie McLendon.
High School—Prof. Lambert, Mr.
Hale, Mr. Deßruyne, Mr. Clements
Mr. Witt, Miss Lola Keatley.
Departmental Work—Music, Miss
Hardy; Drawing, Miss Martha Wheat
ley; Domestic Science, Miss Nina
Chambers McKean; Manual training.
Mr. John G. Holst.
QUMTERLY CONFERENCE
AT LESLIE FRIOAY
LESLIE, Ga„ Sept. 18.—The fourth
quarterly conference of the Americus
District, Leslie charge, will be held
with the Leslie Methodist church Fri
day, September 24th. The presiding
elder, Dr. T. D. Ellis, of Dawson, will
have the meeting in charge.
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