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KRIRTY-NINTH YEAR.
BLOOD! BIOT ST
HOUSTON HMONG
NEGRO SOLDIERS
HOUSTON, Tex.. August 24.—Hous
ton is now under martial law, with
white regular soldiers in charge ot
enforcement of order. The city is
quiet this morning, however, following
an outbreak last night in which one
hundred and fifty negro regulars at
tached to the Twenty-fourth Infantry
participated.
Last night’s disturbance, which start
ed with the arrest of a negro woman
by police authorities, resulted in the
death of fifteen persons and the wound
ing of probably a score of others. A
negro soldier with the woman at the
time of her arrest protested and was
himself taken into custody. News of I
the affair reached the negro soldiers
guarding Camp Logan, which is being
: made ready to receive recruits drafted
into service of the new national army,
they immediately became ugly.
Seizing a quantity of ammunition, and
- '■carrying their army rifles, the negroes
marched into Houston, firing in many
| houses as they passed by. They also
■ fired into a squad of policemen with
Eg out warning, killing four of the offi-
H <-ers and wounding two others.
When Capt. J. W. Mattes, of the Sec
ll or.d Illinois Field Artillery, remon-
B? st rated with the negroes and attempted
i tJ assert his authority over them, the
J mutineers seized and killed the officer,:
k’ his body being so horribly mutilated
■ until the corpse was not longer recog
i nizable. Seventy of the mutineers dis-
; appeared following the disturbance,
I and have not yet been apprehended.
Others participating in the affair are
held here under heavy guard.
Situation Regarded as Delicate.
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 24.
East night's rioting at Houston, Tex
I has served to accentuate the delicate]
question of mobilizing negro troops ini
the South, officials here believe. Offi
cial reports of the affair sent in by the
commanding general of the southern
department are being rushed to the
secretary of war as fast as they ar-
■ rive.
No Immediate Action,
WASHINGTON, D. C„ August 24.
After a conference with Secretary Ba
ker, Senator Sheppard, of Texas, said
the negro troops would be withdrawn
from Houston at once, but later said
no action would be taken until after a
full investigation by the war depart
nient. The affair, it is stated, will not
alter the department’s policy to train
negro soldiers of the national army in
the South.
iLi’mi died
HERE TO TOMI
Henry Clay Horton, one of Ameri
cus’ most respected citizens, passed
away this morning at three o'clock at
his home on Felder street, after an
illness of a week, following a paralytic
stroke. Mr. Horton was seventy years
of age, having resided in Americus for
twenty-six years. He was a veteran
engineer on the Seaboard Air Line
railway, having served this company
faithfully and efficiently until about
•wo years ago, when he retired from
the service.
The deceased was a member of
Americus Lodge, No. 13, F. and A. M.
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers, and Camp Sumter, U. C. V.
For several years past he has been a
member of the Police Commission of
Americus. He is survived by his wit?,
four sons, W. D. and W. H. Horton, of
Mcßae, Ga.; H. D. Horton, of Char
lotte. N. C., and R. H. Horton, of
Americus, and two daughters, Mrs. I.
Odum, of Americus, and Mrs. Joseph
L. Brown, of Columbus.
The funeral service will be held
from his late residence tomorrow
morning at 10:30 o’clock and will be
in charge of Americus Lodge, No. 13,
THE NEWS WHILE IT IS NEWS—COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL AND TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE—THE HOME PA 1 ER PAR EXCELLENCE
I AMERICUS TIMES-fiEMQER
JAPAN'S MISSION
11151T5 PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 24.
Viscount Ishii, special ambassador and
head of Japan’s mission to the United
States, presented his credentials to
President Wilson late yesterday, and
with them an autograph letter from
his emperor congratulating the presi
dent and the people of the United
States upon their decision to enter the
war against Germany.
The ambassador told the president it
is a source of pride to every Japan
ese that the United States is fighting
with Japan for a safe and enduring
place based on respect for the smallest
state and on contempt for the arro
gance of materialistic force; on rever
ence for the p edged word.”
Last Viscount Ishii and the mem
bers of his mission were the guests of
| the president at a state dinner at the
| White House, closing a day of formal
calls of courtesy preceding the im
portant conference at which the busi
ness of the visitors vas discussed.
Viscount Ishii to Address Senate.
WASHINGTON, D. C-, August 24.
Arrangements were perfected this af
ternoon for Viscount Ishii, head of the
’ Japanese mission to the United States,
ito address the senate Thursday.
HDW IB HARYEST
PEANUTS WITHOUT
LOSS TOJIOMEBS
Just what the best method is Tar
harvesting peanuts is the problem that
confronts a number of farmers in this
section at this time.
Various methods have been tried with
] more or less satisfactory results. The
| peanut being a legume is by nature a
| soil builder, but if the entire plant is
I pulled up roots and all, and removed
from the land, the soil fertility is
greatly depleted, the ground being left
bare of any foliage, and devoid of any
roots to form humus and add nitro
gen, and it is for this reason that we
want to use a plow, so constructed that
it will clip off the tap root just below
the nuts and leave the roots in the
ground.
The nitrogen stored in the nodules on
the roots of an acre of good peanuts
amounts to some fifty or sixty pounds,
which at the present price is worth
at least ten or twelve dollars, if left
in the soil.
There are several plows on the
market designed for harvesting pea
nuts that will do good work.
If you don't care to Invest in one of
these machines, a two-horse turning
plow with the wing taken off will an
swer the purpose very well.
Immediately after the nuts are
ploughed up they should be stacked on
short poles set tip in the field, and
allowed to remain there from four to
six weeks until the nuts are thorough
ly cured out.
These poles should have two cross
pieces about four feet long tacked
about a foot from the ground to hoi.l
the vines up. Make the stacks with
the nuts to the pole and cap them off
with a handful of grass, if convenient,
to protect the nuts on top. Never let
it rain on the vines, after they are
ploughed up until they are in the
stack.
The best time to gather Spanish nuts
is when they have reached their full
est development, when just a few o:
I the oldest ones are beginning to sprout.
IBy waiting as long as possible a
great many young nuts will develop
that would be lost if gathered sooner.
W. J. BOYETT, County Agent.
I’. S. —Farmers’ Bulletin 431 deal*
with every feature of peanut culture.
Can be had for the asking, or by call
ing at the Chamber of Commerce. I
have quite a supply on hand.
i
■F. and A. M. Rex. J. A. Thomas, for
merly pastor of First Methodist church
(here, will officiate, assisted by Rev. R.
L. Bivins. The interment will be made
jin Oak Grove cemetery. The pall
bearers will be chisen from the local
lodge, B. of L. E.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 24, 1917
FRENCH ADVANCE
ONVERDUNFRONT
IN HI ATTACK
NEW YORK. August 24. (Compiled
by the Associated Press from European
cables during the day.)—ln a brilliant
attack this morning on the Verdun
front, French troops took Hill 304, one
of the most bitterly disputed positions
in the war, and in the struggle for pos'-
. session of which thousands died. The
French advanced to an average depth
of one and a quarter miles over a sec
tor between Avocourt Wood and Dead
Man’s Hill, and also took other forti
fied works.
The first great French offensive
■ begun a week ago and which was con
, ducted successfully, failed to result in
the obtainence of all their objectives,
today’s attacks being doubtless intend
ed to complete the work begun then.
The British report that they now
hold important trenches immediately
south of Lens, after bitter night fight
in?, and that Portuguese soldiers in the
north of France beat off Teuton attacks
during the night.
The Petrograi official statement fails
to mention fighting on the Riga front
which was considered so menacing yes
terday.
Rome reports that the Italian offen
ive continues successfully.
LIGNITE FEU DS OF
HOLL I ND TO BE WORKED
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands. Aug. 24.
—According to experts, the lignite
fields in the vicinity of one of the State
coal mines near Brunssum, in the
southern province of Limburg, are
large enough to provide the entire
country with fuel for twenty-five years.
A concession for their working has
' been granted, and a mining company
formed.
TESTING FIRE FI I GS IN
ALL SECTIONS OF THE CITY
Every fire plug in the city is being
tested by the firemen, who will com
plete their work, probably this after
noon. No defects have been discov
ered thus far. The somewhat discolor
ed condition of the water from the ser
vice mains may be attributed to this
testing operation, but no alarm need
1 e felt by local residents for the pur
ity of the water is unaffected.
Austrians think
PEACE OK 5001
COPENHAGEN, August 24. An in
telligent Austrian traveler arriving
here from Vienna today, said the peo
ple of Austria would rise in revolt, in
the event reasonable peace offers are
rejected. He said that before comin?
to Sweden he conferred with represent
atives of the German foreign office in
Berlin, and stated that he believed
eace is com.ng before winter sets in.
ARREST AMERICUS
MIN INJBMI
R. 11. Anderson, of tnis city, who for
the past several weeks has been oper
ating a garage i.-u Jefferson street in
the rear of the building formerly oc
cupied by the Southern Express Com
party’s office, was arrested this morn
ing in Montgomery. Ala., charged with
the theft of a Ford automobile belong
ing to M. L. Bagley, of Carter’s, Ga.
Mr. Bagley arrived in Americus yes
terday, having motored down from his
home in north Georgia to attend to
some business matters in this city. He
placed his car in Anderson's establish
ment. but was astounded this mi ming
when he found that the machine had
disappeared, along with the proprietor
of the garage.
The authorities were at once advised
of the affair and investigations start
ed. telegrams being sent to various cit
ies in this section of the South. The
-♦ ♦ ♦
♦ RUSSIA GETS ANOTHER ♦
♦ HI XDRED MILLION LOAN ♦
♦ WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 24. ♦
♦ —At the treasury department to- ♦
♦ day announcement was made of ♦
♦ the transfer of a second $100,000,-*
♦ 000 to the credit of the Rusisan ♦
-* provisional government by the *
♦ United States. ♦
PRESIDENT TO SO
BEFORE CON6RESS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ August 24.
President Wilson, it is announced to
day, may decide to address congress
on the subject of peace at the samt
time a reply is sent to Pope Benedict’s
peace proposals. There were no in
dications regarding the president's
plans at the white house this after
neon, but at the capitol the probability
of his expressing the administration’s
views on peace just before congress
adjourns is being considered.
FORMER RESIOENT OF
AMERICUS BURIED TODAY
Andrew J. Pipkin died Wednedsay
afternoon at 3 o’clock at his home at
Bluffton, Ga., after a short illness.
Mr., Pipkin was 68 years of age, a
member of the Methodist church, and
■ highly esteemed by a host of friends.
He was formerly a resident of Sum
er county, moving from Maddox to
Bluffton about five years ago.
He is survived by his wife, two sons,
Fred and John, of Bluffton; three
daughters, Mrs. W. H. Trippe, of
Blakely; Mrs. R. P. Burnam, of Cor.
dele, and Mrs. J. W. Barwick, of Les
lie; three brothers, John Pipkin, of
Reidsville, N. C.J Elisha Pipkin, of
Texas, and Speer Pipkin, of Lamar. S.
C., and one ' sister, who resides at
Bennettsville S. C.
The funeral was held at the resi
dence and interment was in the ceme
tery near Bluffton Thursday afternoon
WISER REFUSES TD
AGREE TD DEMANDS
ZURICH, Aug. 24 —-Germany has re
plied to the Argentine note which de
manded compensation for the torpe
doed Argentine ship and a pledge
from Germany that she would abstain
from torpedoing Argentine vessels in
the future. It is officially announced
from Berlin that Germany has not con
ceded these demands but the possibility
of an amicable settlement is not ex
eluded-
The Argentine Goverment on August
bein? dissatisfisd with the progress
of negotations which were being con
ducted with the German minister of
Buenos Aires growing out of the sink
ing of the Argentine steamer Toro,.sent
a categorical note to Berlin requesting
a clear and final reply tp the Argentine
demands within a reasonable time. It
has been the gereral belief in Argen
tina, according to dispatches from
Buenos Aires, that diplomatic relations
with Germany would be broken if the
response of the Berlin foreign office
was negative.
GERMINS ESTABLISH
OFFICIAL MARRIAGE BI REAI
LONDON. Aug.ust 24.—A novel in
stitution called the “Official Matri
monial Bureau” has been created in the
Madgeburg. Germany, under the au
spices of the authorities in the Pro
vince of Saxony, according to advices
received here. At Madgeburg a cen
tral bureau keeps the records and ar
ranges war-widows desirous of re
marrying and likely husbands among
those whose wounds unfit them for
further active service.
result was the arrest of Anderson by
the Montgomery. Ala., police.
Sheriff Harvey left this afternoon for
the Alabama capital to bring Ander
son and the missing car back to Amer
icus. He was accompanied by the
owner. Mr. Bagley.
$25,000 DAMAGE
SDIT FILED FOR
PAINTER'S DEATH
A suit for $25,000 damages against
the International Agricultural Corpor
ation was filed here this morning by
Shipp & Sheppard and Hixon & Hawk
ins, representing Mrs. Eva Slappey,
widow’ of Ernest Slappey. who was.
killed on July 3, 1917, when a paint
er’s scaffold on which he was working
on the plant of the defendant company,
fell to the ground, a distance of 85
feet.
Slappey was almost instantly killed,
while Charles Gammage, Phil Suber
. and Ike Hudson, who were also work
ing on the scaffold, were seriously in
jured.
The allegation filed this morning de
clares that Charles R. Gammage secur
ed a contract from R. L. Parker, super
intendent of the International Agricul
tural Corporation’s fertilizer plant ini
this city, to paint the structure, and
that he employed Slappey, Suber and
Hudson for the job. It is claimed that
Mr. Parker would not permit the paint
ers to use the ordinary method of
hanging their scaffold by means of
hooks fastened in the roof "the build
ing, but insisted on ropes being tied to
beams and the hooks slung through
loops in these ropes.
The plaintiff also alleges that the
superintendent of the defendant com
pany furnished a rope which was used
to hold up one end of the scaffold, and
that this rope broke after the scaffold
had been raised about 85 feet up the
side of the building. It is claimed that
the rope had been made more or less
brittle and unsafe by having been stor
ed in the proximity of sulphuric acid,
which is used in the operation of the
fertilizer plant, and which is kept in
considerable quantity at the estab
lishment.
It is claimed that had the painters
been allowed to use their caffold
hooks on the roof of the building and
to use their own ropes entirely, the
accident, would not have occurred. The
plaintiff alleges that the death of her
husband was caused through no fault
or negligence of his own and that the
International Agricultural corporation
is liable for $25,000 damages, because
of his death.
The case is “xpccted to be tried at
the January term i _ ! jf. City court.
GOIFW THAT
RUSSIA IS SAFE
WASHINGTON. D <’ . August 24
Complete confidence in the stability o‘
the Russian government is expressed kt
' the state department today. Secretary
Lansing formally denied this afternoon
that news from Russia had caused this
government to take a pessimistic view
■regarding the Russian government.,
The provisional authorities, he de
clared, have a stronger hold on the
■ situation today than ever before.
DENT HARDWICKS
REDDEST ON BILL
WASHINGTON. D. C . August 24.
I After a heated debate today the senate
i military affairs committee declined
] the request of Senator Thos. W. Hard
wick. of Georgia, to order public,
hearings held on his bill to prohibit
the sending of American soldiers to
j France without their consent. The
i committee in declining to order the
hearings held, agreed to listen to Sen-|
1 ator Hardwick foi one hour during
■next week, but refused steadfastly to
j receive a delegat’on of Georgia peo
■ ; le. which Senator Hardwick desired
HO ha\e appear before the body.
♦ WEATHER FORECAST. ♦
♦ ♦
'♦ GENERALLY FAIR TONIGHT *
♦ AND SATURDAY *
riTv
EDITION I
FINE DURDC HOGS
TO BE SOLD AUG.2S
On Wednesday, August 29, -at the
Arles plantation just north of this city, ■
there is to be held one of the largest
sales of Duroc-Jersey hogs ever sched
uled in this section of the state.
W. T. Calhoun, manager of the
plantation, has prepared to offer at
public auction at this sale, about 100
of the best blooded Durocs, all regis
tered and of the best strains.
Two of the best known auctioneers
in the country are to handle the sale
and lunch will be esrved on the second
floor of the sale pavilion just before
the auction begins.
The extremely high price of meat
provides a strong incentive to the
farmers of this section to increase the
strength of their herds by the infusion
of new blood, while those who "nave not
yet taken up hog raising very exten
sively are afforded an opportunity to
establish a foundation herd which
should bring excellent financial re
turns.
Further announcement of the sale at
the Arles plantation will be made in
a day or two.
PINK 80LI WORM
FOUND IN WIDER
AREA IN MEXICO
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 24.
■That the pink bollworm is becomin
widely •distributed in Mexico, and
through shipments of infested seed is
likely to appear much nearer JJie
'Texas border this year, is the report
: brought back from Mexico by a rep
resentative of the Federal üßreau of
Entomology, who recently explored the
] territory in northern Mexico now in-
I tested by the bollworm,
j Near Eagle Pass, Tax., on the Mex
. ican side, the representative found a
■ field of 6o acres of cotton planted with ■
i seed obtained in the Laguna region of |
Mexico. This region of Mexico is now!
] w jdely infested with the insect, and it.
I is considered likely that the pesj, will:
i become established much nearer th>
Texas border as the result of planting.-,,
'or infested seed. Such seed has been:
planted at Morales near the town of
Allende, about 50 miles from Aaglel
Pass and even nearer the United States
'a' a point opposite Del Rio. Agents I
lot the United States Department of!
I Agriculture are keeping a close watch I
iof the territory along the Mexican;
side and will endeavor to stamp out I
any outbreaks which may-occur this]
1 season.
The wide distribution of the pest in
the Laguna region was shown by sam
: pies of seed obtained by the entomolo-j
gists. Os 40 samples collected through ]
out this region, 30 were infested. l:i
' some parts of the Laguna section the ]
new pest has not attracted much at J
tention, the specialist reports, perhaps:
because its seriousness is not yet ap-]
■predated. In other localities, nota ]
j bly the southeastern part of the La-,
• guna, it has reached such numbers ask
to interfere seriously with the culti-'
I vation of cotton.
. The rapid spread of the pink boll
! worm in Mexico probably is due to
the wide demand for seed of the ■
Egyptian variety in which the pest was
carried to this continent The pink
bollworm was fiist introduced in Mex
ico in 1911 through the rtation of
125 sacks of Egy tian s cd, which
were planted in the vicinity of Mon
terey. The plantings from this seed
yielded well and a demand arose for
the setd. Much of it wa- sent to the
planters in th I ua cisi-iet.
“ - —»
(ORREUTIOX.
In a news story published in Thurs
day’s Times-Recorder, it was stated I
that the loss to planters through hav
ing their cotton ginned before being |
| thoroughly dried, W’as at least SSO pee ■
] bale. This was a typographical error,
and should have read $5 per bale. The
Tihies-Recorder does not wish to ex
aggerate conditions, and takes this op
portunity of correcting the impress
ioa
i
RAPID PROGRESS
MADE IN PLAN TD
Ell COAL PRICES
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 24.
Government control of the coal indus
try has been made almost complete
by President Wilson's appointment of
Dr. H. A. Garfield, president of Wil
liams’ college, fuel administrator, fix
ed anthracite prices for producers and
jobbers, and set a limit on profits to
be made by bituminous wholesalers.
The next and final step will be to
make regulations for coal distribution
and to fix anthracite and bituminous
retail prices. This will be done when
a distribution program is perfected.
The anthracite prices fixed, effective
September 1. are virtually the same as
those charged at the mines under a vol
ntary arrangement made by producers
with the Trade Commission. The prices
that may be charged by jobbers, how
ever, will reduce present costs sharply.
Bituminous jobbers profits, too, will be
cqt by the new price scale set ' for
wholesale transactions.
Bituminous profits for jobbers are
fixed at 15 cents a ton of 2.000 pounds,
and the same restrictions that govern
dealings by a number of anthracite job ■
bers apply to bituminous transactions.
The president’s order forbids railroad
owned mines from ’selling to other
mines and prohibits dealers from sell
ing crial produced by railroad owned
mines on a basis of prices fixed for
other mines.
The bituminous jobbers’ prices be
come effective immediately.
The coal administration will be or
-anized as soon as Dr. Garfield has
completed his work of recommending
to the food administration a govern
ment price for the 1917 wheat crop. A
price will be announced in a few days.
Dr. Garfield announced last night
he would institute a licensing system
for all coal dealings from the mines
to the retailer, and that if prices were
fixed for retailers licensing would be
extended to cover retail dealings.
Fan Take liver Mines.
: Under the law giving the president
of fuels the government can
take over and operate any mines failing
|tx observe regulations prescribed. A
i corporation similar to the wheat cor
i poration of the Food Administration
' was suggested last night as a possibil-
I ity to prepare the government to han
dle the situation if the price-fixing
I plan does not work out satisfactorily.
| The last resort under the law is gov-
I eminent requisitioning the output of
jail mines and the sale of it to the
: public.
| Fixin of retail prices presents a tan
] gible problem. Price costs are not the
isame in any two cities and a flat gross
margin that will assure equitable pro
i profits will be hard to fix. On the
other hand, a percentage profit plan
■ would present even more difficulties,
■because of trouble in keeping track of
bookkeeping methods.
The biggest problem ahead of the
Coal Administration as seen by offi
cials who have studied the situation is
the labor situation. The general re
duction of prices in the bituminous
fields, probably means that labor will
be disappointed in many requests for
wage increases based on the high
prices producers have been receiving
for their output.
If there are strikes and production is
reduced, the government can take over
and operate the mines, but it has no
power to compel labor to work. Offic
ials of the government and labor rep
resentatives are conducting negotia
tions over this problem. Some opera
tors have declared it impossible for
them to grant wage increases under
the new scale of prices.
Early extension of government con
trol of fuel oils was predicted today
by officials. Power to fix prices of
oils and to govern their distribution
and sale is given tl e president in the
coal clause of the food bill.
I.
I HEIGHT RATES (IN KIRN
REDUCED BY MEXICAN ROADS
MEXICO CITY, August 24.—T0 aid
in the effort to make good the short
age of corn throughout Mexico, the
constitutionalist railawy lines have
reduced the freight rate on corn im
ported from the United States thirty
per cent.
NUMBER 202.