Americus times-recorder. [volume], June 14, 1918, City Edition, Image 1

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DAILY
CITY
EDITION
FORTIETH TEAR
AMERICAN EAST COAST A DANGER ZONE
WILSON UPHOLDS RIGHTS OF UNION TELEGRAPHERS TO ORGANIZE
AUSTRIAN WOMEN FORCED BY HUNGER TO FIGHT IN TRENCHES
RAIDS BN AMERICAN
COASTWISESHIPPING
WILL BE GONTINUEO
PIRACY NOW PRACTICED IN EU
ROPE WILL BE TRIED OUT IN
COASTAL WATERS OF UNITED
STATES.
AMSTERDAM, June 14.—The Ger
man admiralty intends to declare the
whole east coast of the United States
from Mexico to Canada a danger zone
and will war on all neutral shipping
found there, according to a report
from Berlin received here today.
If the report proves true, it will
result in the promuscuous strewing of
mines in the coastal waters of the
United States along the whole Atlantic
seaboard, and submarines operating
in those waters will attack neutral
and enemy shipping alike, without
warning.
FIGHT ON SHOE
MACHINERY CO.
NOT YET ENDED
. c,*—
WASHINGTON D. C„ Jun? 14.
Declaring that the Supreme Court’s
decision in the United Shoe Machinery
Company case offers an avenue of
escape from the provisions of the
Sherman anti trust law and again
surrounds with doubt the limitations
of the patent grant, the government
today petitioned the court for a re
hearing of he case.
ONLY LOCAL ACTIONS
ON OISE RIVER FRONT
PARIS, June 14.—Fighting on the
entire Oise Marne battle front has
simmered down to local actions, the
French war office reported today.
One German attack failed in the
center of the Oise area last night.
There is active cannonading on' a
twenty mile front between the Villers
Cotterets forest and ChateqtT Thierry
today, and elsewhere only'raiding op
erations are reported.
SPECIAL SALE ON
MEN’S LIGHT WEIGH!
SL'MMEH SUITS
Saturday, June 15
Big lot of Men’s Regular $8.50
feather weight Kool Cloth Suits, on
sale, special at ?
,$5.98
Special values in Men’s soft Dress
Shirts, at',
' $1
CHuRCHWELL'S
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tion with the gloves. In the foreground their instructor, “Spider” Roach, is boxing with Joe Greggains, son
of the veteran boxer, Alex Greggains. Photo from Underwood & Underwood.
W. E. BROWN NEW
FOOD FIXER FDR
city MHBIW
PROMINENT RETIRED MERCHANT
AND FARMER NAMED TO SUC
CEED FRANC MANGUM AS HEAD
OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATION.
Announcement is authorized this as
ternoon of the apointment of W. E.
Brown, of Americus, as food adminis
trator for Sumter county, to succeed
Fr inc Mangum, who organized the
administration here, and has directed
its activities since its instituton. An
nouncement of the appointment of Mr.
Brown was authorized by the State
Food Administration, Dr. A M. e oule
advising Mr. Mangum of |he naming of
his successor.
Mr. Brown is one of the best known
residents of Americus, and a business
man and farmer of wide experience.
He has served several terms in the
city council of Americus and has long
been interested in civic and political
affairs in this community, and it is felt
that his appointment will give univer
sal satsfacton. The office is without
remuneration of any kind, save in the
knowledge of a patriotic duty faith
fully performed, and entails consider
able clerical work, the records of the
administration having already assumed
voluminous proportions.
Following receipt of information
that Mr. Brown had been appointed to
succeed Mr. Mangum. The Times Re
corder endeavored to get into commun
ication with him. but it was learned
be had gone out to his fine farm in the
Andersonville neighborhood, and
was not expected to return to the city
I until late tonight. Until he returns
j here, it is impossible to say whether
i he wil accept the apointment but in
' view of the excellent opportunity to
i perform a nedful patriotic ccrvice,
|it is not anticipated that he will de
i cline to serve as the new food adnir.
I istrator.
; REV. P. T. HOLLOWAY TO
BF. AT FIRST METHODIST
Friends of Rev. P. T. Holloway who
has recently ben appointed to Army
Y. M. C. A. work in France, and ithol
will sail about the first of July, will
preach at the First Methodist church
gunday night. Mt. Holloway was rec
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 14, 1918
BEY DHENPOBT '
JU SPEIK SUNDAY
FORMER AMERICUS MAN WILL BE
HERE FOR TWO SERMONS ASD
LARGE CROWDS ARE EXPECTED
TO HEAR HIM.
An announcement of interest here is
that Rev. T. E. Davenport, of Ashburn,
will fill the pulpit of Lee Street Meth
odist church Sunday morning and ev
ening, speaking at H and 8:30 o’clock.
“Tom Ed" Davenport, as he is best
known in Americus, where he spent
his youth, is a preacher of acknow
lodged ability a»d eloquence, having
held many important charges during
his long connection with the South
Georgia conference, and it is antici
pated large congregations will be
present to hear him on the occasion
of his visit here Sunday.
Rev. S. E. Jenkins, pastor of the
Lee Street church, is now absent on
his vacation and will be away proba
bly two weeks, and the congregation is
to be congratulated upon securing
such an able speaker as Rev. Daven
port to occupy the pulpit in his ab
sence. The choir and congregation
are preparing an interesting program
o r service for Sunday, in honor of his
coming, and arrangements are also
being perfected to have the edifice
perfectly’ ventilated throughout the
day\ so that all who attend may be
comfortable throughout the service.
Rev. T. E. Davenport has a large
family connection in Americus, being
a brother of Messrs. James A. and
Fred Davenport and of Mrs. Florence
Hollis and Mrs. Lawson Stapleton, of
this city, as well as the father of
Mrs. Walter Rylander and his many
friends here will extend ti him a warm
welcome during the continuance of his
stay in Americus.
I
ommended by this church for his li
cense to preach. Hhe is one of
Americus’ very own, and all of his
friends are invited to hear him.
.
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♦ WEATHER FORECAST. ♦
A 4 ,
♦ PROBABLY RAIN TODAY * I
♦OR TOMORROW: UNSETTLED >
♦ ON COAST. WITH I IGHT VA 4
RIABLE WINDS IN INTERIOR ♦
BUENA VIETA LAD
OAOLY WBUNDED
FIGHTING IT FRUNT
LEONARD G. RUSH AND WILLIE
COUCH, THE LATTER OF NEW
NAN, ARE ONLY GEORGIA MEN
AMONG DAY’S CASUALTIES.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 14.
The war department today issued a
casualty list containing one hundred
names, divided as follows.
Killed in action, 29
Died of wounds, 5.
Died of disease, 6.
Died of aCidents or other couses, 3.
Wounded severely, 70.
Wounded, degree undetermined, 1.
Missing in action, 5. . ■
James G. Floyd, Rogersville, Tenn.,
were killed in action; Willie Couch,
Newnan, Ga., and James Dodin, Chat
tanooga, Tenn., died of disease, and
W. C. Kemp, Crump, Tenn., and Leon
ard G. Rush, Buena Vista, Ga., were
severely wounded.
Sixty Two Marine Casualties.
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 14.
Sixty two more marines were placed
on the country’s roll of honor today as
the result of fighting in France. Their
casualty list today recorded eight kill
ed in action, six died from wounds,
and forety eight others severely
wounded. Corporal George Alex Min
eey, of Ogechee, Ga., was killed in ac
tion, and Albert Ciscero Kudlow, At
lanta, Ga., and Lee Morris, Palmetto,
Ga.. severely wounded
577,288 BALES
COTTON USED.
DURING MAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 14
Cotton, exclusive of linters, consumed
during May, amounted to 577,288 run
ning bales, against 615,412 bales in
May, 1917, the census bureau an
nounced today.
The increase in consumption proba
bly is accounted for by larger exports
of munitions and the yise ol cotton
’ y army aDd navy departments.
DYKES ANNOUNCES
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO
B. C. 11l DISTRICTS
$9,417 OF TOTAL RAISED SENT TO
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND
$3,145 GOES TO ASSIST VARIOUS
CHAPTERS IN COUNTY.
Chairman W. W. Dykes, of the sec
ond Red Cross war fund drive, has
just finished the work of compiling
subscriptions to the fund by districts
and these are formally announced to
day. Americus district, of course,
lead in the amount subscribed, giving
$8,138.84, while Plains district, includ
ing the 17th district and all of the
26th district west of Muckalee creek,
came second, donating $1,500. The
Leslie, De Soto and Cobb districts are
third among the contributors, with to
tai donations of $l,lOO, while Hunting
.ton, Sumter City, Andersonville,!
and Twenty Eighth districts came in
the order named. The Colored Red
Cross Association for Sumter county
; gave $650.54 to the fund, the total
$12,562.43.
Subscriptions by districts were as
follows:
The Americus District with
all that part of the 26th, east
of Muckalee creek $8,138.84
The Plains District, together
with the 17th and all the
26th west of Mutekalee
creek 1,500.00
Leslie, DeSoto and Cobb dis
tricts 1,100.00
Huntington district .... 4 .... 357.00
Sumter City District 300.00
Andersonville District 298.55
Twenty Eighth District 217.50
Colored Red Cross Association
for Sumter County 650.54
Total $12,562.43
Os thi s total $9,417.43 was deposited
in the Bank of Commerce, the Planters
Bank, the Commercial City Bank, the
Plains Bank and the Bank of Leslie to
the credit of the “Second Red Cross
War Fund, W. G. McAdoo, Treasurer,”
and $3,145.00 was turned over to O. S.
Pace, chairman of the local Red Cross
chapter, for war relief work, for dis
tribution between all chapters and
auxiliaries of Sumter county. A com j
parison of these amounts reveals that ’
the campaign was conducted in this
county without expense of any kind,
every cent collected being turned over
to the agencies for its distribution
among Red Cross ow’rkers
HEADS OF GHEAT
TELEGRAPH CON
CERNS MUST BOW
DECISION OF WAR LABOR BOARD
IN CONTROVERSY BETWEEN EM
PLOYEES AND COMPANIES MUST
BE RESPECTED. ...
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 14.
President Wilson has come out flatly
in support of the National War Latyir
board’s decision that the right of
union organization in the big tele
graph companes of the country should
be adhered to.
In a letter to Newcomb Carleton
Western Union and Postal companies
today, he urges that they abide by
the War Board's decision on the
(threatened telegraphers’ strike.
President Mackay, of the Postal
Company, has already wired the presi
‘ dent his acceptance of the principles ,
I involved
FRIDAY
QKK MXAX O’' s
WHEATLESS
I'T BREAD, CBACKEIBLS, w|l|T
EAmnf aa f.reakiast rxjos WsJl" *
CONTAINING WHEAT '
SPURBED TO TASKS
BY HUNGER WOMEN
BF AUSTRIA WORK
WOMEN AND GIRLS OF ALL AGES
FORMED INTO BATTAI,ION FOB
WORK CLOSE TO FRONT LINE
TRENCHES.
GENEVA, June 4. —Austrian women
have been incorporated into the army
and are holding positions near the
front line.
Austrian females Including women
and girls of all ages, have been forced
through hunger to join the woman’s
battalions now working close to the
trenches, according to reports from
the Austrian Tyrol today.
These reports say the misery being
endured in Austria is positively inde
scribable, and that the women reached
a miserable degree of poverty before
they would consent to perform the
work required of them by the military
authorities.
CALLS FOR HELP
ARE HEARD NEAR
ATLANTIC COAST
AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 14.
An American steamship arriving here
today from a Cuban port reported she
received an S. O. S. call from a ship
being attacked by a submarine Tues
considerably nearer the shore than
the vessel which docked today was
traveling, and is believed to have been
a decoy sent out by a lurking sub
marine.
EARLY SENATE
SUFFRAGE VOTE
IS ANTICIPATED
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 14.-
Upon the ground that President Wil
son has come out for woman suf
frage as a war measure, Senate suf
frage leaders announced today they
will demand an early vote on the meas
ure giving the vote to women in the
United States
SPECIAL FOR FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY
June 14 and 15th.
All Men’s Straw Hats .consisting of
Panama, Bankok Leghorns and Hard
Straws on sale at •
1-4 Oft
$6.00 Hats for $4.50
5.00 Straws for 3.75
4.00 Hats for 3.00
3.50 Hats for 2.63
3.00 Hats for 2.25
2.50 Hats for 1.88
CHURCHWELL’S
NUMBER 141