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A Southern Newspaper for Southern People FORTY-FIRST YEAR.— no. 245. SUMTER LEADERS UNITE FOR BIG THINGS U. D. C. HONORS MRS. HARROLD ANDMRS-M’KEE Americus Women Chos en President And Re cording Secretary Mrs. Frank Harrold, of Americus, was unanimously elected Thursday afternoon as president of the Geor gia Daughters of the Confederacy in convention at Valdosta. A telegram, apprising her husband of the news reached Harrold last night in the midst of the community rally, and the news quickly spread among her many friends, who had been certain of her choice for this position. Mrs. S. H. McKee, of Americus, was chos en secretary by the convention. Mrs. Harrold has been prominent in U. D. C. circles for a number of , years. She is a sister of Clifford Walker, attorney general of Geor gia. Mrs. McKee is the wife of Dr. S. K. McKee. She has been promi nent in Red Cross and other promi work and recently made a record for herself as superintendent of the Woman's Work department. OFFICERS ELECTED AT CLOSING SESSION. VALDOSTA, Oct. 24.—Adoption of resolutions submitted by Mrs. E. Dorothy ' Blount Lamar, of Macon, protesting against the use of the Battle Hymn of the Republic in the South and election of officers featur ed the final day of the convention of ttie United Daughters of the Confed eracy here. The election of state officers by the convention took place at the af ternoon session and resulted as fol fows: President, Mrs. Frank Harrold, Americus. First vice-president, Mrs. W. S. Coleman, Atlanta. Second vice-president, Mrs. Walter Grace, Macon. Third vice-president, Mrs. L. G. Youmans, Valdosta. Coresponding secretary, Mrs. S. H. McKee, Americus. Treasurer, Mrs. W. D. Higgen botham, West Point. Registrar, Mrs. J. T. Dixon, Thom asville. Auditor, Mrs. R. A. Grady, Sa vannah. Historian, Miss Mildred Ruther ford, Athens. I Assistant historian, Miss Lille Mar tin, Hawkinsville. Recorder of crosses, Miss Rebecca Black Depont, Savannah. Mrs. Carroll To Visit Americus Mrs. Armond Carroll, of Atlanta, will arrive in Americus Saturday ; morning, and will be with Mrs. E. J. McMath, on Church street. Mrs. Carroll, who is the state di- j rector of the Sherwood Music School i for Georgia, is making monthly visits to Americus in interest of her work in this capacity. While here, she ■ will hold a normal class for teachers who are taking the Sherwood course, and will also give coaching to ad vanced pupils in piano technique. The Sherwood course, which has been designed and written by Leo- ! pold Godowsky, Joseph Hoffman, F.mil Sauer and other of the most noted pianists of the day. is becom- I ing widely known throughout the [ state, and the normal class which ' Mrs. Carroll has established in Amer-! tens is for the instruction of teach ers from the southwestern part of Georgia who have introduced it in i their teaching. Mrs. Carroll has been known as one of the most progressive teach ers of piano in the south since the I days when, as founder and head of the Bell Piano School in Americus, she had the largest school of its kind m this section of the country. The Cotton Market ; LOCAL SPOTS. Good Middling 36 cents. NEW YORK FUTURES. Prev. Close Open High Low Close Dec. 35.35 35.65 35.95 35.65 35.70 Jan. 34.80 35.05 35.42 35.05 35.15 Meh. 34.52 34.60 34.95 34.60 34.65 May 34.30 34.45 34.69 34.20 34.29 CLOCK IN TOWER TO BE SET BACK, DESPITEGA. LAW So Old Time Will Govern Here After Saturday Night Despite the state law providing otherwise, the city of Americus will observe the repeal of the federal day light saving act and turn its clocks back an hour beginning Sunday morn ing. This became a certainty today when it was announced that the clock in the tower of the courthouse would be set back to conform with railroad time. As the tower has long been accepted locally as the dictator of local time, and sentiment appears very generally to favor this change, 1 there seems to be no doubt that the I community will follow the change. Announcement that the county would be set to follow railroad time, disregarding the state law, was made today by S. A. Daniel, official custodian of the clock, who had ask ed of N. A. Ray, chairman of the county board, a ruling on the matter and was in turn referred to County Attorney Maynard. Judge Maynard advised following the railroad time.. “I advised the setting back of the clock because it was my observation that the people wanted to go back to the old time,” said Judge Maynard today in explaining his ruling. “I think to follow railroad time will be far less confusing than to attempt to operate with two times.” Asked concerning the Barnes law, enacted by the last session of the leg islature under which the clocks in this zone would not be moved back on ' Oct. 26, and which is disregarded, by Judge Maynard’s ruling, he said: “The state law doesn’t matter. There is no penalty provided and no j way to enforce it. It is merely a rec ommendation as to what time to use.; Anyone is free to use the time he I chooses, and I am convinced the peo- j pie of this community desire the change back to the old schedule.” Asked about what effect the disre gard of the state law would have in matters involving time which might come in dispute before the law, he said there would be no effect, as legal time is the time which is in vogue in a community. On this opinion, however, Judge Maynard is decidedly at variance with Stephen Pace, representative from; Sumter county, who assisted in pass ing the Barnes bill. “In disregarding the Barnes law,” said, “not only is the effect of the law defeated, but also one of its chief purposes. The effect of the law, if generally observed, would be to give all parts of Georgia uniform time. One of its purposes was to simplify time for its effects on contracts and other papers. It was shown in the, legislature when this bill was pending | that several serous cases has arisen) in the state because of time not be ing uniform; that in several instances contracts or options which the hold ers desired to exercise just before their termination had terminated an hour before the holders were aware of it, because of the difference of one hour in time. While personally the change does not worry me in the least, it is a wilful disregard of a law.” Citizens expresses themselves in various ways as to the proposed change, but it appeared that the bulk | of opinion, especially of parents hav-} ing children in favored the | use of railroad time. First Baptist To Hold Dr. Burrows Memorial The services at the First Baptist church Sunday will take the form of a memorial to the memory of the late Dr. Lansing Burrows, former pastor of the church and until his death teacher of a large adult Bible class in the Sunday school. At the Sunday school session at 9:45 o’clock the Bible class will hold a memorial service for its dead teach er, with the following committee on resolutions reporting: S. F. Howell, W. F. Smith, Ben Worthy and Dr. Carl W. Minor. The evening church services will i also be a memorial to Dr. Burrows, ■ with Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, president I of Mercer College, at Macon, in charge. The pastor will preach at the regu lar 11 o’clock service. The public is cordia'ty invited to attend all ser vices. THE TIMFSBRECORDER fr&fl PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE ■ The Sphinx By Morris < ~ wr /SS going- / TO HAPPEN 1— 1 // t r si __ ft Z— —— — | ~— - ■ ~=— —. | ~ - / - OPERATORS AND MINERS REJECT NEWPEACEPLAN WASHINGTON, * Oct. 24.—(8y Associated Press.) —The coal opera tors and miners of the nation both to day rejected a proposal by Secretary Wilson that they negotiate a new wage agreement calculated to avert the strike called for Nov. 1. Secre tary Wilson then came forward with another proposition which, after some consideration also was rejected by' both sides. The meeting was held together while the two groups dis- : cussed separately what course to ■ take. Secretary Wilson then pledged the leaders not to break up, but to return at 4 o’clock, stating that in 1 the meantime he would get in touch i with the White House. The secretary’s proposal today pro- ] vided for a straight increase of fifteen | cents a<on for picked mining, with an increase at the same ratio for pther classes of labor, an eight-hour day “from bank to bank” and a half holi day Saturday. ANOTHER MINERS’ INVASION PLANNED IN W. VIRGINIA. < CHARLESTON, W. Va„ Oct. 23. (By Associated Press) —Gov. Corn well today sent a message to John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, charging that a second arm ed invasion of the Guyan valley was being planned by miners of the Cabine Creek coal section. He also charged that arms and ammunition were being distributed among the miners and there had been talk of shooting public officials and taking control of the government. Tifton Aggies Will Play At Aggie Here Saturday The second football game of the season to be played in Americus with a visiting team will be played at the Aggie college tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon, beginning at 3‘ o’clock, with the Tifton Aggies opposing the Third District Aggie outfit. Both teams have been well coached, and the playing tomororw afternoon promises to be fast and snappy throughout. The people of Ameri cus are urged to attend and encour age the local AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 24, 1919. Vienna Marshal Kills Negro Resisting Arrest VIENNA, Oct. 23—While arresting a country negro, Alonzo Riggins, on Thursday night, attempted to snatch the marshal’s pistol from his hand. Mr. Simmons had information that Riggins was disposing of liquor at a negro house in the city. While un der arrest the negro attempted to take the marshal’s pistol and in the scuffle that ensued, the pistol was dis charged striking the negro in the hip and leg, making wounds from which Riggins died on Monday afternoon, u. sTacquires NAVAL STATION IN THEAZORES LONDON, Oct. 24—(By Associat ed Press) —It is reported today in dispatches from Lisbon that Portugal has granted the United States a con cession in the Azores for a naval station. Lenine Captured, Says Wireless, Picked Up HONOLULU, Oct. 24.—(8y Asso ciated Press.) —Nicolai Lenine, Bol shevik premier of Russia, has been captured by anti-Bolshevik forces, ac cording to a wireless picked up by the Japanese ship T&nyo Maru, in the harbor here. No details were given. BOLSHEVIKI REPORT 3 TOWNS RE TAKEN. LONDON, Oct. 24.—(8y Associat ed Press.) —A Bolshevik official re port received by wirejess claims their troops have r’-captured Pavlo vak and Tsarsko Selo, south of Pet rograd, and also Tobolsk on the Si berian front, from Admiral Kolchak’s forces. LONDON Oct. 24.—(8y Associat ed Press.) —The Bolsheviki are con sidering the evacuation of soviet Rus sia, according to a report reaching General Denikine, a wireless from headquarters says. Gen Denikine, a wireless from head quarters says. PUBLIC GROUP TO TAKE VOTE ON GIVING UP TASK WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—(8y Associated ress) —Immediate dissolu tion of the public group, the remain ing element of the National Indus trial Conference, was proposed in a recommendation of the committee of five which will be made to the group this afternoon. If the recommenda tion is adopted the conference will end tonight. GARY’S STAND AT CONFERENCE ENDORSED. NEW YORK, Oct. 24.—(8y Asso ciated Press) —More than fifteen hundred members of the American Iron and Steel Institute meeting here today unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing the stand of Elbert Gary, chairman of the U. S. Steel Corporation, at the Industrial Conference. Judge Gary was given an ovation. LABOR OFFICIALS TO GARY’S STAND AT WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—(8y As sociated Press.)—A conference of officials of the International uniops affiliated with the American Federa tion of Labor will be held in Wash ington soon to consider the industrial dispute now in progress and impend ing. Police Commissioner Fined By Recorder Allan Chappell, a member of the police commission, appeared before Recorder Fort this morning and en tered a plea of guilty to a charge of violation of the city ordinence by stopping his automobile last night at the entrance of the fire station in such a manner as to block the fire truck in getting out, in case an alarm came in. Although he removed the car after his attention had been call ed to the danger, he paid a fine of $7.50. ? The Weather Forecast > For Georgia—Showers probably to night and Saturday; ENTHUSIASTIC THRONG HEARS PACKER SPEAK / Great Meeting Two Weeks Hence Called For Car rying Out Plans For Organization Os Packing Industry For County-New Spirit of Co-Opera tion Born. d Sumter county is to have a meat packing plant at an early helrl Wa k S , the , unm j ßtakable B P ir «t of the get-together smoker aeld las t n, ght under the auspices of the Americus and Sumter , C / mber °f Commerce and attended by several hundred of the leadmg men from all parts of the county. It was a most enthusiasts meeting from start to finish, and at the close was de clared by many who had lived here for years to have been the finest example of the spirit of co-operation and determination t®. do something big for Sumter county that has ever been seen here. As the meeting was primarily a get-together meeting, for the fostering of a better sp.rit among the men of the county, and it had been promised that no subscriptions could be called for or any solicitation for any cause whatsoever made, no attempt was made to put the packing house organization over, although the spirit manifested indicated clearly that it could have been done at this meeting, many said afterwards. However, the temporary organization effected, with Frank Lanier as chairman, was contig ued and the gathering voted unanimously, after choosing com mitteemen from each militia district, to hold a greater meeting in o weeks at which the packing house organization will be defi venien '* WaS lnd,cated : . This meeting for the greater con venience of the men outside of Americus, will be held from 4 to 6 o clock, insteadl of from 6to ft. on Thursday. Nov. 6. Because of house " nUmber eXpected ’ the meeting will be held at the court The meeting was overflowing with enthusiasm from beginning to ad journment. There were short, spirit ed* speeches, interspersed with live ly singing, and as the main feature of the evening, C. L. Brooks, head of the Macon Packing Company and manager for the Allied Packers in the South, spoke for twenty ar thir ty minutes on the advantages of a packing house for Sumter county; what it had done for Moultrie and other communities and what it could be expected to do here. He also an swered numerous questions put by men of the community. Only One District Missing. E”ery militia district in the coun ty except the new 16th was repre sented at the meeting, many of them by large delegations. The cities of Plains and Leslie were also well rep resented. Just before adjournment I the following committee was named j to spread the news of the meeting | two weeks hence among the men of I their respective districts and to see 1 that their districts are well repre sented when the packing house or ganization is undertaken: 28th—John T. Methvin. 29th—C. A. Slappey. 17th—D. P. Murray. New 16th—S. A. Rogers. I Old 16th—J. J. Wilson, i 15th—Floyd P. Jones. Old 26th—J. B. Clark. New 26th—Sam McGarrah. 27th—R. P. Stackhouse, C. C. ’ Hawkins, Gordon Keys. Dur'ng th? meeting refreshments of sandwiches and bottled drinks followed by smokes, were served by ladies for the Chamber of Commerce. The * meeting was called to order by resident John Sheffield, of the Chamber of Commerce, who announc ed that the meeting was not a meet ing of members of the chafhber, but of the community, and that its sole j purpose was to foster the spirit of working together in the whole coun j ty. He suggested the choosing of a • chairman, and Frank Lanier was j quickly nominated, elected, and es- I corted to the platform. Dykes Starts Bail Rolling. W. W. Dykes, a community boos ter and commissioner of the Cham i ber of Commerce, started the ball ; of fellowship rolling with a brief talk in which he stated the purpose of the meeting was to try to get the men of the community together in some! way. “This is Sumter county and nothing but Sumter county,” he said. “When we forget all else we will be . gin to co-operate and then we will begin to accomplish things. Wo learned in the war just past what we could do by working together. The little county fair which we have just held, with its very limited co-opera tion and means, shows what can be done if we will. It is the purpose of this meeting to get every district into harmony with all the others and to start the whole county working j together.” Chairman Lanier, after extending 1 HOME EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. a welcome to the men from outside Americus, declared that while the Sumter fair showed what can be pro duced in Sumter county, there wa» a need which followed production on the farms, and that was conservation of this production. He pointed out that, because we are not now in a position to utilize our home-grown corn to the best advantage, and con serve it, Georgia corn is worth only $1.25 per bushel, while that ship ped in from the west brings $1.75 in err lots. He mentioned the need for a eold storage for the packing of eggs in the months when they are plenti ful and cheap, and declared that if we had a place to store sweet pota toes, instead of selling our entire crop at 60 to 70 cents a bushel they could be held until spring and sold for $3. Calhoun for It. W. T. Calhoun, superintendent of the Arles Plantation, whicn made a wonderfully fine display at the Sum ter county fair, declared that if the meeting was looking forward to the conservation of farm products or a packing plant it had struck a tender spot in his heart. “I believe that Sumter county should have a pack ing plant,” he said. “I believe the I county alone can produce enough live stock to support it—that is, if the farmers put cotton where it be longs—last on the list—and produce everything else first.” R. P. Stackhouse quoted some thing which he raid Mr. Calhoun had ! told him only a few minutes before, ! but which he was too modest to tell the meeting, the speaker said. “Mr. Calhoun told me,” said Mr. Stack house, “that the Arles Plantation had been an entirely self-supporting place during the last year; that it had sold the year around enough stuff produced on the plantation to pay for everything it was necessary to buy, it hadn’t had to borrow a dol lar from the bank, and at the end of the season has 330 bales of cot- I ton and as much produce on hand as was started with at the beginning of the season. That man succeeds i best who raises his home supplies, who makes his farm the market for | what he produces.’’ Mr. Stackhouse i closed with a plea for co-operation. , “What helps Americus helps Sumter county, and what helps Sumter coun- I ty helps Americus,” he declared. Mr. Brooks, of Macon, in begin ning his talk, was asked for a brief history of the Moultrie packing plant which he organized and which has ■ worked such a phenomenal change in Colquitt county. Brooks Tells of Moultrie. “In 1913,” the Moultrie Chamber ; of Commerce, although having a live president and secretary, discovered they were not doing anything and could do nothing, without the aid 1 of the rest of the county, which they I had not been able to get. They chang- s (Continued on Page Eight.)