Americus times-recorder. [volume], November 22, 1918, City Edition, Image 1

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DAILY
CITY
EDITION
-- t OUI SETH YEAR
“FLU” BAN TO REMAIN ANOTHER WEEK
PRESf WILSON TO SAIL IN KAISER’S SUITE
COTTON SCORES GOOD GAIN, THEN SAGS
HEALTH BOARDS
REFUSE TO LIFT
ORDER NOW,BUT
DISEASE WANES
At a joint meeting of the county and
city boards of health held this morn
ing for the purpose of considering the
influenza situation and the advisabil
ity of permitting the re-opening of
the public schools next week, it was
decided to allow tne ban to remain
for anather week. At the expiration
of that time, if the, siuation shows a
coninued improvement, it is regarded
as likely that schools and churches,
and perhaps other public places, will
be allowed to resume operations.
It was brought out that the clos
ing order remains in force merely as «
a precautionary measure against an
other serious outbreak of contagion.
The rumor appears to have reached
outlying sections that the disease has
reached extremely serious proportions
in the city of Americus. This report
is entirely untrue. The new cases
reported daily have dwindled to amos'
a negligible number, and deaths hav_
been extremely few. It is blieved the
epidemic has been all but compltel
stamped out here, and that normal
conditions ’’•ill prevail soon again.
In announcing the decision of <ne
joint meeting of the boards of health
Dr. B. F. Bond, public health officer,
issued the following statement:
“Churches, schools and other places
of public gathering in Americus will
remain closed for another week. Con
ditions are improving but will not jus
tify removing the ban yet.
"I regret exceedingly the necessity
of this precautionary measure, but
recent decelopments demonstrate con
clusively that influenza is highly in
fectious. (One incipient case inocu
lated more than seventy pe r cent, of a
small social gathering.)
“Many of our sister Cities have
t again put the lid on after removing
the ban for a few days. We should
be governed by our conditions and
believe we are acting judicially.
••Of course, I realize that many are
being deprived of their vocational
earnings, and our children are out of
school, but if we can prevent one case
of influenza with its complications and
death who should murmur at the finan
cial loss or temporary suspension of '
school?
“The public generally have co-op-1
craftd in a very satisfactory manner.,
b..t we have been too lenient with |
our -ocial gatherings; also some busi- ;
ness establishments have ben crowd-,
ed and ventilation has been poor. Will .
you who are permitted to continue,
whether your business is wholly es
sential or not. make sure that .
sanitary conditions are as good as pos
sible and thereby assist in the pre- j
vertion and spread of influenza, and
enable your less fortunate neighbor
to open his door?
“It is, indeed, a pleasure to have
>he indorsement of the City Board of 1
Hea’ih."
20 MORE SUBMARINES <
HANDED OVER BY HUNS
HARWICH, England. Nov. 22 —,
Twenty more German submarines j
were surrendered to the Allied fleet i
oft this port this afternoon, bringmg,
the total given up to 63.
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PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE.
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“Who is Scott Nearing and to what
regiment does he belong ’’ is the sole
campaign argument of Major Florello
H. LaGuardia of the American Avia
tion Corps, in charge of our airmen
on the Italian front. Major LaGuar
dia, while in America on a special mis
sion. is paying little attention to his
campaign for re-election as membe
of congress from the Fourteenth New
York district. He is both the Repub
lican and Democratic nominee. His I
only opponent is Nearing, Socialist,
and his election is undoubted. Major 1
LaGuardia has proven himself a dar
ing flyer.
CAPT. TAWNEY
DIESINNORTH
Mrs. H. O. Jones is in deceipt of a
telegram announcing the death from
pneumonia of Captain James M. Taw- ;
ney, which occurred at 10 o’clock
Thursday night at Valparaiso, Ind..
[ where Captain Tawney was stationed. '
Captain Tawney was commandant.
of the cadets at Souther Field during
: his stay in Americus, and while here j
‘ Capt. and Mrs. Tawnev were guests i
; of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Jones at their <
■ home on Harrold avenue.
Captain Tawney was very promin
ently connected in the north, his;
father being at one time congress-1
man from the Minnesota district
; near Winona, and wa g chairman
of the appropriation'committee under
. Roosevelt’s administration
The funeral of Captain Tawney will
:be held at Winona, Minn. ( where his
family resides.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 22, 1918
RADICALS OPEN
NEW REVOLT AT
KIEL TO OUST
EBERT REGIME
LONDON, Nov. 22.—A new revolu
tion has been started at Kiel, Ham
burg and other German ports, ac
cording to an Exchange Telegraph dis
patch from Copenhagen this after
noon.
Counter revolutionists are report
ed to be attempting to put radicals in
control of the government.
There are n 0 details of he move-t
ment, but it is believed the Bolshe
viki element aie attempting to oust
Premier Ebert and his moderae col
leagues.
SON OF J. E. SHEPPARD
IS VICTIM OF LOCKJAW
The home of Mayor-elect and Mrs.
J. E. Sheppard, at 312 East College
street, was saddened by the death at
5 o'clock this morning of their 8-year
old son. William Thomas, who suc
cumbed to tetanus, or lockjaw, as a
result of an accident earlier in the
week.
While at play a few days ago the
little fellow stepped upon a nail,
which penetrated his foot. While a
painful wound resulted, no infection
was apparent for several days, and
the hurt seemed to heal. Early
Thursday tetanu s developed, however,
and, in spite of all that medical skill
could do death ensued this morning.
William Thomas is survived, besides
his father and mother, by two sisters
Mrs. J. R Holst and Miss Elizabeht
Sheppard; and three brothers. John
Edgar. Fred Shipp and Elza.
The funeral services will be con
ducted from the family residence Sat
urday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Rev
George F. Brown, of Central Baptist
church officiating. Burial will be in
Oak Grove cemetery.
The pallbearers will be .1. E. 1).
I Shipp. Edgar Shipp. Judge Z. \.
■ Littlejohn. J. E. Mathis. Dr. T. M.
i Merrit and H. R. Johnson.
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MACKENSEN IN BERLIN.
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 22 —Field Mar.
shal Mackensen and staff have arriv
ed in Berlin from Roumania. says a
dispatch received from Berlin today.
, During the crossing of Hungary, Mack
efisen’s forces had several fights with
! the embittered Hungarians, but their
losses were small.
KICK!
Call Phone 99!
If the Carrier Boy fails to leave
your paper. KICK!
Just call 99—before 7 P. M.—
and a paper will be sent by
special messenger.
You pay for your paper Nud
you are entitled to it EVERY
DAY.
Unless you KICK we cannot
know that the paper failed ti
arrive.
THE TIMES-RECORDER
DeWitt Glover.
Manager Circulation Dept.
29C REACHED,
BUT WEAKNESS
CAUSES A DROP
BACK TO 2814
Cotton appeared bound for 30 cents
a pound when it yas quoted at about
29 cents shortly after noon today,
but a weak close in Liverpool and
New York caused a bad slump, and
the spot market here dropped to
28a28 1-4, barely up to yesterday’s
close.
The futures market was strong all
day until a few minutes before the
close of the New York exchange. De
cember reached 29.42 in New York
at 2:15 o'clock, according to advices
reaching the Commercial warehouse,
be I sagged off nearly three-quarters
of a cent at the close, to 28.74.
The strength of market early was
wonderfully good news to Southern
producers, who have been watching
the sagging market nervously, even
though with faith in its ultimate swing
upwards. Every cent per pound rise
means millions of dollars to the farm
ers of thi 8 section of Georgia, who
have been holding every pound pos
sible, refusing to sell at or under
30 cents.
Today’s high quotation was an ad
vai/cp of more than 2 1-2 cents per
pound since Tuesday, when a low
mark of 26 1-2 cents was reached on
the local market.
It is confidently believed by market
observers that better prices are in
prospect for cotton. The embargo on
exports to all except enemy rations
wa s removed byVthe government this
week, and this has had a stimulating
result, qreating an immediate in
creased demand. Many cotton men
are looking for a price well above 30
cents in the not far distant future.
NEW YORK COTTON HTVRES.
Previous
Close Open 12 pm (lose
Jan 28 P 25 28.25 28.32 28.05
March 27.78 27.65 27.81 27.42
May 27.55 27.50 27.58 27.12
Dec 29.00 29.00 29.03 28.73
HUN AMMUNITION TRAIN
LETS GO; 1,500 VICTIMS
IAINDON, Nov. 22.-—Fifteen hundred
to 2.000 persons were killed or
wounded in a great explosion caused
by the blowing up of a German am
munition train near Hamontßn Mon
day night, says a Central News dis
patch from Amsterdam today.
The explosion is reported to have
been caused by bonfires set by child
ren.
GERMAN LEADERS TO
SHAPE GOVERNMENT
LONDON. Nov. 22. —Representa-
tives of the German free states have
been summoned to a conference a>
Hie home of Premier Ebert in Ber
lin on Nev. 25 for the purpose of de
t-miming the future federal adrtin.-
;istration of Germany, according tc
a news dispatch reaching here tod iy
fr-m 1 erlin.
SNOW IN CHICAGO.
| CHICAGO, Nov. 22.—Chicago experi-
I enced the first snow of the sea jon to
• day. j
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Catch Thief In
Negro s Store
—Almost
The burglar that has created con
ternation in recent weeks among dark
town merchants was corraled last
night—it was thought for a time, by
one of the worried merchants. But
this is what really happened:
Along about 10 o’clock last night,
when all was peaceful, Homer Patter
son, who conducts a little store at
the forks of Forsyth and Henkle
streets, breatlehssly hailed Chief Nay
lor of the fire department.
“Find a policeman! Find a police
man! I got him caught. 1 got him
caught. Right down there in the store
now. Hurry. Got him caught. Hurry
and get a policeman!”
Chief Naylor “hurried’’ and found
Officer Redman and the two accom
panied Patterson so the store. There
they found a small cordon of negroes
thrown about the place, faithfully
watching so that the burglar, whom
Patterson said be had heard inside
the store, could not escape until the
hand of the law had him by the coat
collar.
While the guard continued to watch,
Policeman Redman and Chief Naylor
tip-toed to ihe door. The tried the
latch and found the door barred from
the inside.
“Aha!” they exclaimed. “Mr. Bur
glar is pretty foxy, eh. Gone and
barred the door from the inside so we
can’t get in. Well, we’ll fix that.”
Ry inserting a splinter through a
crack in the door, the bar was grad
ually pushed aside and the door
swung open.
It was dark as pitch. Someone
struck a match. Nobody in sight.
“Hiding, eh?” Then the hunt for
the burglar started, every man breath
less, expecting a shot from the dark
t any moment.
Right in the midst of the hunt a
huge Tom cat gave a territiv bound
and disappeared with a raucous yell
out of the door and into the night.
In the direction from which the
came the searchers discovered the
source of the clatter that had at
tracted the attention of the owner <
he store and caused him to believe
a burglar was in the place. It was
a half dozen bottles of pickles lying
scattered about the floor that Sir
Thomas had carelessly knocked from
a shelf in chasing a rat for his
supper.
DUTCH ARE WORRIED BY
KAISER ON THEIR HANDS
LONDON, Nov. 22—In dealing wi>h
the situation arising from the pres
ence of the ex-kaiser and ex-crown
prince of Germany on Dutch soil,
Dutch newspapers are suggesting that
1 they be expelled, says an Amsterdam
dispatch received here. There is gen
eral uneasiness in Holland over the
presence of the ex-kaiser.
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30,000 SHIPYARD EMPLOYES
TO RECEIVE BIG BACK PAY
✓
SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 22.—0 n a
t ray believed to not be far distant 30,-
7 000 shipyard workers in Seattle will
have $1,620,000 in change in their
pockets. The day will come when
they receive the checks for pay in
(cerases allowed by the War Labor
Adjustment Board dating from Aof
uit 1.
LOCAL SPOT COTTON
MARKET
Good middling 28 i 28 1-2 cents.
PRESIDENT TO
LEAVE DEC. 24
FOR EUROPE TO
AID IN PEACE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. Com-
plete details of President Wilton’s trip
to Europe to attend the world peace
conference are almost ready for an
nouncement.
The president is expected to leave
Washington December 24 for New
York .where he will go aboard the
liner Aigamemnon, formerly the Ger
man liner Kaiser Wilhelm 11. The ves
sel, which was one of the seized in
terned ships lia s a special suite bii'.lt
especially for the private use of the
Kaiser. It was reconstructed for use
as a transport by the Allies, and only
recently refitted. The president win
occupy the Imperial suite on the ves
sel.
The new congress will meet De
cember 2, but it is not expected the
President will deliver his annual mes
sage until noon of December 3. He
i has not yet begun work on the
mesage.
HENRY FORD RETIRES
TO PUBLISH WEEKLY
DETROIT, Nov. 22.—Henry Ford,
who h**s made millions from his fam
ous automobile, announced today that
he will retire from active participa
tion in the affairs of the Ford Motor
Co. He will devote much of his time
and energies to publishing a
national weekly newspaper from his
home town, Dearborn, Mich.
Edsel, son of Henry Ford, will take
his father’s place in managing the
affairs of the motor company. The
Fordson farm tractor will continue to
receive the attention of Mr. Ford,
who will divide hi 8 time between it
and his weekly newspaper.
“I have definite ideals which I be
lieve are practical for the good of
mankind,” said Mr. Ford in announc
ing his retirement, “and I intende to
give them to the public without hav
ing them garbled, distorted or misrep
;< sen ted.”
PLENTY OF COAL NOW,
SAYS FEDERAL REPORT
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.—There wul
be no shortage of coal this winter
in the opinion of the railroad admin
istration.
A report by Hale Holden, director
of railroads for the Central West, coh
ering October, states that the coal out
: look is better than at any time since
; 1915 The country is stocked up with
a greater supply than ever known, he
i says, and the mines are producing
more than ever before. The railroad
administration is confident that trans
portation facilities this winter will Off
■ ample.
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