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THIRTY-SEVENTH TEA*
ATTEMPTS MADE
TO SMOOTH THE
BOILING STRIFE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 2.—Ad
ministration, leaders are endeavoring
to allay the opposition in the demo
cratic caucus to the re-election of Sen
ator Clarke as president protempore.
Senator Pomerene is an avowed can
didate.
The opposition to Senator Clarke is
based on his opposition to the admin
istration on the ship purchase bill at
the last session.
A vigorous fight is also expected to
develop on the proposition to adopt a
cloture rule, thereby eliminating fili
busters
Senator Hardwick, of Georgia, was
another senator who opposed the ad
ministration’s measure. Senator
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, voted against
a resolution which opposed the ad
ministration, but he later came back.
Senator Hardwick, it is thought, is al
so opposed to the proposed cloture
rule.
FIRE DESTROYS THE
ELLAVILLE DEPOT
IND LOT OF COTTON
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ELLAVILLE, Ga„ Dec. 2.—The de
pot of the Central of Georgia railway
here was totally destroyed by fire this
morning. The flames began eating
their way through the structure about
4 o’clock.
Between 75 and 100 bales of cotton
weie lost in the conflagration and the
building, with all contends was a to
tal loss.
Il is thought by some that the build
ing ignited from the sparks of the
Seminole Limited, which passes
through Ellaville about 2 o’clock in
rhe morning.
ARBOR DAY WILL BE
OBSERVED ST LESLIE
LESLIE, Ga., Dec. 2..—" Arbor Day”
v. ill be observevd by the school child
ren of Leslie Friday afternoon. A short
program suitable to the occasion will
be rendered, after which something
over two dozen trees will be set out
on the school grounds.
$5.50 BEGINS THE EMPTY
STOCKING FUND WHICH NO
ONE CAN FAIL TO DONATE
The glad Christmas season is hefe!
In a few short weeks the greatest
day of the year will have brought its
day of joy and glad time of merriment.
But there are some who will know
nothing of the glad joys of Christmas
unless you—who are able, contribute [
t 0 the funds which the Associated
Charities are raising in their behalf.
The Americus Times-Recorder ini
tiated the movement, of the "Empty
Stocking Fund,” and each year it has
. ielded a large sum to assist in the
a ring for the poor.
The first contributar to the “Empty
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4 WINS OUT IN ATLANTA 4
4 ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 2.—Oscar 4
♦H. Williamson defeated Joseph 4
4 Loewus as councilman from the 4
4 Second ward in Atlanta by a vote 4
♦ of 1,927 to 960. The winner car- 4-
4 ried nine of ten wards, and waws 4
4an anti-Woodward candidate. 4
4 Loewus had a platform in oppo- 4
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MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 2.—Joe
McCrane, aged 19, has confessed that
he killed Sam Grant, of Greenville,
Ala., a chauffeur, on November 20th,
according to officers.
He said he struck Grant with a bar
in a dispute when he was charged with
using the car. The prisoner was
brought here when threats of lynch
ing were heard.
ACQUITTAL INIS
VERDICT TDDAV
ETHRIDGE CASE
GRAND JURY HAS COMPLETED ALL
DUTIES
In Superior court today the jury in
the case of the state against G. W.
Etheridge, who was tried upon the
charge of larceny after trust in having
abstracted the sum of $135, returned
a verdict of not guilty. The case was
entered upon Wednesday, and because
of the unusual features connected
therewith, the trial created considera
ble interest.
The remainder of the morning ses
sion was taken up in the trial of the
negro. Comer Jones, charged with a
statutory offense, the jury finding him j
guilty.
It is believed that all criminal bus
iness will be concluded today and to
morrow. and an adjournment next
week for the term is quite probable.
The grand jury completed today all
business before that body and it is
quite likely that an early adjournment
will follow. The grand jury has been
in session only four days during the
current term.
Committees from that body were
making investigations and reports this
morning.
Stocking Fund,” is Miss Maude Sher
lock, of Americus.
With this the Times-Recorder adds
$5.00.
Will you be the n«xt?
Any sum is acceptable and will be
appreciated.
From day to day the Times-Recorder
will publish the amounts received and
the persons who donated.
Today the fund has:
Miss Maude Sherlock $ .50
Americus Times-Recorder 5.00
$5.50
AMERICUSTIMES-RECORDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SHOPPERS COMF
WITH CHRISTMAS
MONTHJECEMBER
AMERICUS STORES ARE GETTING
BETTER BUSINESS.
With the coming of December, the
"Christmas month,” along with perfect
weather for Xmas shopping Americus
stores are more than ever centers of
interest and attraction. This fact was
decidedly noticeable today in the
large number of shoppers—not o nly
Americus people and those of the coun -
try round about, but in the presence
of delegations from Smithville, Al
bany, Dawson, Montezuma, Cordele
and other nearby towns, who come
here to make purchases.
The Times-Recorder has urged the
wisdom of early shopping, and there
is abundant evidence right here in
Americus this season that a more gen
eral response is being made to the
appeal for early buying of the pur
chasable things that go to make
Christmas.
The Christmas shopping got under
way here some days ago, in fact, and
it is now proceeding after the fashion
i known as “full blast.”
The practically unanimous public
■ decision to enforce the “shop early”
■ regulations laid down by all reasona
ble people, found Americus merchants
in readiness. In fact, the all-around
drawing power of the yuletide dis
plays that have been set out has done
as much as anything else to quicken
! the impulse to “do it now.”
The Christmas atmosphere pervades
1 the shopping district, and this was
enhanced yesterday by the touch of
winter in the air. To some it seems
nothing short of barbarism and treason
to go in search of Christmas things
without being duly adorned with over
coats, furs, mittens and other Icelandic
paraphernalia.
They had their chance yesterday and
turned out for the frolic, artistic tem
perament and all.
In addition to the trade in the arti
cles that are essentially of and for
Christmas, local merchants are finding
a most satisfactory demand for the
more permanent things that winter
demands. Clothing merchants report
a continuation of the steady business
that took strong headway several
weeks ago.
WATSON JURORS FAIL
TO AGREE ON VEDBIGT
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 2.—A mistrial i
was ordered in federal court here last
night in the case of Thomas E. Wat
son ,of Thomson, charged with having
tent obscene matter through the mails.
The jury which had had the case be
fore it since Tuesday afternoon, re
ported it could not agree upon a ver
dict.
Judge W. W. Lambdin presiding had
called’the jury into court after a con
ference with counsel for both sides in
which it was agreed that should a ver
dict not be reached last night a mis
trial order should be taken. C. E.
Brown, of Tennille, foreman of the jury
stated in court that it was impossible
for the jury to reach a verdict, and
on the judge’s questioning other jur
ors, J. A. Crawford, of Martinez, rose
in the jury box and declared: “Your
honor, this jury might remain here for
thirty years, and it would never reach
a verdict.”
Judge Lambdin then ordered a mis
trial, and court was adjourned. Watson
[returned to Thomson before the jury
v as called in.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 2, 1915
TEUTONS PLAN I
CAMPAIGN WITH
TOE CZAR’S MTN
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LONDON, Dec. 2.—Military events
in the Balkans are in a transitory
stage which may preface another Ger
man offensive, but nothing has hap
pened to indicate whether it will be
against the Franco-British forces hold
ing what is left of Serbia, or against
the Russians, should they launch an
attack against the Bulgarians in the
east.
Some interpret the withdrawal of
German troops from the Serbian front
to Bulgaria as meaning the latter al
ternative.
Austro-Germans and Bulgarians offi
cially announce the completion of the
Serbian campaign.
Vienna reports that 60,000 Serbians
v. ere captured in November alone.
Moreover, it is believed that the Serb
ians abandoned much equipment in
their retreat through the Albanian
passes, encumbered by civilian ref
ugees, and hampered by winter.
The Germans are engaging the
Montenegrins on the Montenegrin
frontier, and at heavy losses have pen
etrated some distance from the borde".
It now seems clear that Greece
neither intends to demobilize or to
withdraw troops from Saloniki.
No significant change has been re
ported on either the eastern or west
ern fronts. ’4T*
No Entente For China.
PEKIN, Dec. 2.—China has formally
denied that it considered joining the
Entente Allies, or had been requested
to do so.
Marengo is Stranded.
LONDON, Dec. 2.—The liner Ma
rengo, bound from New York for
Hull, has stranded on Goodwin’s
Sands. Life boats have gone to her
assistance.
Italian Troops in Albania.
PARIS, Dec. 2. —Italian troops land
ed at Avlona, Albanian, Tuesday, ac
cording to information from reliable
Athens sources, says a news dispatch
from Athens.
Wants to Know Something.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 2.—The
Austro’Hungarian government has in -1
quired through Ambassador Penfield
concerning the statement recently is
sued by the department of justice,
which is considered by the Austrian
embassy here as confirming the
charges made by Dr. Goricar, forme;-
Austrian consul. Goricar charged
that Austrian consuls directed by the
German embassy were connected with
the conspiracy to destroy ammunition
plants.
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DB.t.H. JOHNFON IS
MADE ICW HEAD
OF EMORY COLLEGE
EMORY COLLEGE, Oxford, Ga.,
Dec. 2.—Chancellor W. A. Candler has
announced to the faculty and student
body of Emory college, the school of
liberal arts of Emory university, that
Dr. Edgar H. Johnson has been ap
pointed acting-president of the col
lege, and that he will fill the office un
til the meeting of the board of trus
tees in June.
Dr. Johnson, who succeeds Dr.
James E. Dickey, now pastor of the
First Methodist church, Atlanta, is a
native Georgian and an alumnus of
Emory college. His academic history
is as follows: S. 8., Emory college,
1891; student, Johns Hopkins univer
sity, 1893-’95; S. M., University of
Chicago, 1899; A. M., Harvard uni
versity, 1903; Ph. D., University of
Chicago, 1910. In addition to holding
the chair of history and political econ
omy, in Emory college, Dr. Johnson
has for a number of years been vice
president of the institution. He is the
first layman in the history of the col
lege to fill the office of president.
On taking leave of former President
Dickey, the student body presented him
with a handsome loving cup. Charles
Candler, of Atlanta, represented the
students in a happy speech of pre
s< ntation, to which Dr. Dickey feel
ingly responded.
While Dr. and Mrs. Dickey and fam
ily were taking dinner with Professor
and Mrs. M. T. Peed, all the members
ct the faculty, with their wives, give
them a surprise visit and presented
Dr. and Mrs. Dickey a beautiful silver
pitcher. Dr. Johnson presented the
pitcher in a brief, elegant speech. Dr.
Dickey responded as well as a man
can when almost overcome with a
sense of the affection and esteem which
he and his family are held by their
former friends and associates.
In a brief address, at the college
cl apel, Chancellor Candler stated that
Dr. Dickey, the twelfth president of
Emory, has filled the office longer than
it was held by any of his predecessors,
and that he has raised more money for
the institution than has ever been
raised by any other one man.
DUCKTOWN COPPER IS
STILL IN THE COORTS
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 2.—Attorney
General Clifford Walker is now in con
sulfation with Attorneys J. A. Drake
and Lamar Hill, of Atlanta, and At
torney T. H. Crawford, of Blue
Ridge, who were appointed by Gov
e’r.or Harris as special assistants to
the attorney general in presenting the
state’s interests in the litigation with
ti e Ducktown Sulphur, Copper & Iron
<j;.mpany, of Ducktown, Tenn.
Attorney General Walker has made
an exhaustive study of the situation
and litigation and the interests of
Georgians will be presented with
greater strength than ever before in
this case, which has been unsettled for
several years.
The litigation grew out of com
plaints of Georgia farmers that fumes
from the copper company’s plant drift
ed across the Tennessee line and did
terrible damage to the crops and to
the forests.
Last April the attorney general ob
tained a decree from the United States
supreme court enjoining the copper
company from discharging more than
a stipulated amount of its fumes
across into Georgia, but the farmers
say they have experienced no relief.
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* IN THE COAL BUNKERS. 4
4 NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Federal 4
* and city detectives are working 4
4 as coal trimmers on ships load- 4
* ing munitions for the Allies, be- 4
4 cause it has been reported that ♦
4 certain chemicals have been plac- 4
4 ed in coal to cause spontaneous 4
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SEATTLE cum
IN DELAYED GOnDH
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 2.—Expxort
ers began negotiations for warehouse
space for thousands of cars of cotton
tn route here from the South for
shipment to Vladivostock. Because of
the scarcity of ocean tonnage, cotton
may .have to lay here several weeks.
Cotton shipments through here for
Russia are said to be unprecedented.
SUMTER MAN IS
COUNTED ON FOB
SENATE'S PREXY
Sumter's time to elect the state sen
ator from this district has given rise
to many queries -in political circles.
There have been no definite devel
opments in the district itself, so far as
is known for publication, but rumbl
ings from the outside are heprd.
John W. Hammond, the astute cor
respondent of the Macon Telegraph
and Augusta Chronicle in Atlanta, had
the following to say in the Macon
Telegraph of Thursday, which refers !
tq Crawford Wheatley, one of Sum-;
ter’s representatives in the lower [
house of the general assembly:
“There is quite a little talk about
the presidency of the senate next time. 1
Ten or twelve members of the house—
maybe more—think they are certainly [
going to be state senators after the j
next general election. Chit of the lot!
there will be, unless something hap-:
pens along about election time to up
set plans, three candidates for sena- j
torial leadership will come from the
present house —Sam Olive, of Rich-1
mond Crawford Wheatley, of Sumter,
and Judge Hopkins, of Thomas. Some I
of the house members have said they;
think "Bill” Burwell ought tu go to th? |
senate and offer for the presidency, as-1
serting the strong belief that he could ;
have it if he wants it. But Burwell |
isn’t going to do that unless he
changes his mind; he has said this,
term closes his legislative career—and I
moreover, he is going to run for the I
governorship, if Gov. Harris doesn't '
run. Walter McElreath, not now in ■
the legislature, is heard of, too, as a
presidential candidate in the next sen
ate. Os course, it is entirely too far
off now to even guess on the race, but
in the present stage the strong men
in the list are Hopkins and Olive, in
that order.”
A. & M. COLLEGE
GETS AN INCREASE
The A. & M. College at Americus now
has three mail collections during each
day, due to a new arrangement made
by the postoffice department.
The new feature has already been
tried out, and affords a greater con
venience for the faculty and students.
A rural carrier collects the mail in
the morning, again at 2 o’clock in the
afternoon, and another collection Is
made later on in the afternoon.
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PHOSPEHITY HAS
SPREAD HER SAIT
ANO UNOEfI WAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 2.—Re
ports from federal reserve agents in
all parts of the country show business
conditions in the main as improving,
according to an announcement from
the federal board.
The Atlanta district reported a con
tinuation of the improvement already
noted. Boston reported economies of
the past few months are no longer be
ing observed, and that the public is
spending money very freely.
Reports From Everywhere.
The Associated Press has carried ar
ticles during the past several days
showing the increased business condi
tions.
Everywhere is heard reports of ab
normal business, stating that the coun
try has more money than at any time
since 1.ff06, while the merchants are
enjoying the best business they have
ever had.
CAPTAIN THINKS
HE HAMMED AN
UNDER-SEA DUG
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 2—Cap
tain Glassen, of the. British freighter
Inverkip, today said that he believed
he unknowingly rammed a submerged
■ submarine near Gibraltar on Novem
i ber 6th. He struck something and im
: mediately oil arose on the top of the
water. He says that the damage to
1 is ship in dry dock here indicates he
struck a submarine.
Such * reports have been frequent
since the beginning of the Teutonic
under-sea war. Various reports have
been received and published where
vessels actually rammed and sank
submerged submarines.
ND PASSPORTS TO
HENRY FORD AND
HIS PEACE PARTY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 2^—Sec
retary of State Robert Lansing has
announced that he would refuse pass
ports for the belligerent countries to
members of the peace party expecting
to sail on the ship chartered by Henry
Ford.
He stated that he could issue pass
ports to belligerent countries only
when shown that business made it ab- v
solutely necessary to visit such coun
try.
AUTOMATIC ALARM IS
FALSE TO ITS TRUST
The automatic fire alarm in the
Council warehouse on North Jack
ton street (vent off early this morn
ing and brought a response from the
city fire department. It proved to be a
I rcma'ur? melting of the alarm sys
tem, and .o fire or damage resulted.
NUMBER 293.