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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-08
LADIES y PROTEST
AGAINST GARBAGE
NUISANCE BEFORE
COUNCIL TONIGHT
ALL INTERESTED IN THE MOVE
MENT ARE INVITED TO MEET Al
Y. VI. {. A. BUILDING AT ;
O'CLOCK TONIGHT AND MARCH
IN A BODY TO CITY HALL TO
OFFER COOPERATION.

The ladies of Americas are deter
mined to end the garbage nuisance
here. and to that end will go before
council tonight and offer their coop
Grafton to that body. The movement
is under auspices of the Woman's club
of Americus, and it is the hope of the
ladies of that organization thatevery
woman who possibly can will attend
the meeting and lend to the dignity
and force of the offer Of cooperation.
1t is the purpose of the ladies not
10 protest against the attitude of the
council toward he garbage nuisance,
so much as to present the enormity of
the nuisance. and the danger to
health involved. and to offer their
help in the abatement of this danger.
There is an ordinance requiring ev-
cry householder to purchase and place
il front of his residence a steel COW
eIed can, i'll which all refuse and gar
bagp shall be placed This ordinance
has been enforced very laxly during
the past few months and it is the
purpose of the ladies to call the at
tention of the police authorities to
this fact and implore council to direct
the immediate institute of certain
measures designed to result in en-
forcement of the ordinance.
(signed) MRS.J. W. HARRIS, Jr
Chairman Of Civics Committee Of
Woman's Club.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-08
LOCAL BOARD ASKS
RECISTRANTS WITH
CLERICAL EXPERT
ENCE TO VOLUNTEER

An exceptional opportunity for reg
istrants who by reason of physical
disability or otherwise, are fitted only
for limited military service to assist
in the war is offered by the Local
Board of Sumter county. Discussing
this opportunity today Secretary Mes
bit said t. The Times Recorder:
The Local Board of Sumter coun-
ty desires to report to the Adjutant
General of the State a number of
white men with Clerical experience
and competent to serve on Local
Boards. District Boards and Medical
Advisory Boards, qualified for Spec
ial and Limited Service only.
1T is desired that any registrant
in Sumter county who can qualify
as to the above will please report to
the Local Board a. the earliest pos
sible moment"
1t is the belief of the authorities
that great many applications for
this branch of service will be receiv-
ed by various local boards. and in
diyiduals who intend applying for as
signment by reason of the opportu-
hity thus offered should do so imme-
diately.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-08
IN CHAMPAGNE
SECTOR FIERCE
CATTLE RACING
GERMANS ARE RETREATING BUT
ARE OFFERING STUBBORN DE.
FENSE. FRENCH FORCES
LAUNCH A TREMENDOUS BLOW.

LONDON, October 8-Crossing the
Aisne at Berry-Au-Bac, the French
have brought new peril to the whole
German line in the Lannais and
Champagne sectors in France. This
advance by General Berthelot's men
seems to be stroke which may be
considered in the future as the first
step in the final operation designed to
hurl the Germans out of the positions
they have held for So long from the
AiIette river to the Meuse.
II the French are able to debouch
from Berry-Au-B Bach and obtain a
byidgehead on the north side of the
Aisnem, the German forces still
clinging to the Chemin Des Danes
along the ridge north of the Aisnes
further west will be compelled to fall
hack rapidly.
At the same time the Germans re-
treating before General Gouraud's S
army further to the east will. find that
the Aisne, their apparent objective in
the present retirement, is not a
refuge. 1t may on the other hand,
be but trap for the shattered forces
aow streaming back from the Ply,
Arnes and upper Aisne rivers.
General Bethelot's wedge has pen
etratcd faster than was expected by
the lay world. 1t wrested the hii;s
northwest of Rheims from the enemy,
swiftly swept the enemy back to the
Suippe river and then seemingly at a
single bound reached the Aisne and
crossed it at a vital point 1t seems
to be the most skillful blow struck
at the enemy during the past week of
fighting
In the Champagne sector General
Gouraud's French and American
troops are closely following the en-
envy, who is retreating in the direc-
ton of the Reitourne river. The sue
cess of the French further west will
probably hasten the retrograde move
ment bv the Germans, who appear to
be in a serious condition.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-08
MURRAY ATTENDING
PHARMACY BOARDS
MEETING IN ATLANTA

DR. E. l.. Murray, who is a mem
Der of the Georgia State Board of
Pharmacy, is in Atlanta, attending a
meeting of that body, the occasion
being the annual fall meeting at which
will be examined. The board is COM
posed of E. l. Murray. of Americus;
w L. Meadows, of Columbus; W. D..
Jones, of Savannah; T. c. Marshall,
of Atlanta. and Ben S Persons, sec
retary. of Macon, and during the ses-
sion which began Monday a large
number of applicants for licenses
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-08
CASE Of NUM- IS
COVERED IN ORDER
ISSUED BY SOULE
SALE Of SEED.
SUMTER COUNTY MAN WHO
BOUGHT SEED BEFORE PRICE
WAS STABILIZED MUST REPORT
DETAILS OF TRANSACTION TO
STATE FOOD ADMINISTRATION
FOR ADJUSTMENT.

The case of G. Wardlaw Num-, who
purchased a quantity of cotton seed
before the price was stabilized by the
food administration, and sold then
after a price had been fixed for the
product, was recently brought to the
attention of the state food admins
tration, at the request of Mr.. Num-,
and a ruling thereon has just been
obtained. This ruling, made by DR..
Andrew NJ. Soule, state food admins
traitor. is a general one, and covers
any similar case that may be report
ed 1t Isl given in full for the infor-
nation of all concerned, and is as
follows:
1t is hereby ordered that, on all
purchases of cotton seed made prior
to the .stabilization order. effective
September 5th, at a price lower than
the stabilized price Of $68 per ton for
wagon seed or $71 per ton in cars,
f. o. b. shipping point, be reported in
detail to the Cottonseed Division, Fed
eraI Rood Administration for Georgia,
Chamber of Commerce Building, At
lanta, Ga, not later than Thursday,
October 10th. Such reports shall give
the name and location of the producer
from whom the seed we're purchased,
the price paid for the seed, and the
quantity purchased. 1t shall also,
give the price at which the buyer sold
the seed, to whom they we're sold and
location and the date on which he
seed were sold.
This publication is to be taken as
official notice to all buyers, agents
mills of what ever kind, and prompt
compliance with the foregoing will be
expected"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-08
German Government.

AMSTERDAM, Oct S.-Commenting
upon the address by Prince Maximil-
ian, the German imperial chancellor,
the Tageblatt of Berlin says:
"All Germany, or at any rate that
great, honest and good Germany
which is imperishable, feels that
Prince Maximilian in accordance
with his duty as a man and as a SER
want of his people, has done what is
right and necessary. Why have not
we learned earlier to know our
selves ?"
A sample of Pan-Germanic com
ment may be found in the editorial
printed on Sunday by the Lokal An
zeiger, defiantly announcing that the
German people will, to the last drop
of blood, fight those whose aim is to
dictate a humiliating peace.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-08
l,4OO CASES OF
FLU" REPORTED
AT CAN'T GORDON

ATLANTA Oct Spanish infiu-
enza, which started in epidemic form
in the east a month ago, now has
spread throughout the south despite
drastic action of health officials. I'm
official reports from a score of the
larger cities in the south show more
than $4,000 cases reported among the
civilian populations, while hardly
single army camp has escaped. The
mild weather still prevailing in the
south, however, has made the dis
ease less fatal than in the east, and
the death rate is comparatively small
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-08
WILSON SEEKS
OPINIONS FROM
OTHER NATIONS
PROBABLE THAT ANSWER TO
GERMANY'S PEACE PROPOSE
TION WILL BE DISPATCHED
WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OR 50.

WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-America S
reply to Germany's latest peace pro-
posals was being formulated by Pres
ident Wilson today in accordance
with views expressed by the premiers
of the allied nations. Dispatch TO
the reply, which it is believed will
speak for all the nations opposed to
the central powers, may be expected
within forty-eight hours, it was in
dicated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-08
LOAN CAMPAIGN IS
STILL PROGRESSING
IN ALL COUNTIES
Of THIRD DISTRICT
ONLY TWELVE COUNTIES YET RE-
PORTED "OVER TIL ETOP" WITH
MAJORITY YET TO BE HEARD
FROM, AND COMMITTEES URGED
TO RE-DOUBLE EFFORTS IN BE-
HALF OF LOAN.

At the meeting of the committees
in charge of the Fourth Liberty Loan
in Sumter county, to be held this af-
ternoon at o'clock in the auditor
ium of Carnegie Library, Chairman
Council will announce that only
twelve counties in the district have
gone Over The Top although many
others report substantial progress
made, and generous subscriptions re
ceived 1t is expected, too, that an
announcement of the total of sub
scriptions in Sumter county will be
made at that time.
This county's quota has been placed
at $470,O00 or a little under half a
million dollars, and this sum is still
a long ways from being subscribed
a member of the central loan com
mittee told The Times-Recorder to-
day There have been many subscrip-
tions made here. and in some in
stances these have been in substantial
amounts, but there are entirely too
many $40 and 500 subscriptions be-
ing rendered, and solicitors also re-
port that individuals who should take
$4,000 worth of the bonds are seek
ing to avoid their duty by subscribing
for smaller amounts.
A feature of the campaign of note
worthy significance is the readiness
with which parents of young men in
France are subscribing for the bonds,
and it is a rare exception when one
of these fails to take bonds to the
limit of their financial ability. There
are of course. a few who have not yet
taken their share of bonds, and who
lave idle money they should invest in
these securities, but even these are
struggling with their consciences, anG
the committee expects confidently
that they will revise their decision ant
enlarge. their subscriptions.
In addition to being a patriotic
duty to subscribe for bonds, it may
be added that these securities are the
rest to be obtained in the world, and
when it is taken into consideration
that they require no insurance or re-
pairs. and so far as the first $4,000
worth are concerned are tax free, they
rav higher interest There are also
many attractive features, for the con
sideration of the larger investors
which ill be explained by the com
mite,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-08
ROTARIANS WILL
VISIT MACON

Fourteen members of the Americus
Rotary Club will visit Macon tomor-
row to be the guests of the Macon
club at luncheon. They viii make the
trip in autos, leaving here about nine
O'Clock.
In the party viii be: Frank Har-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-08
THIRD DISTRICT
CONVENTION MET
REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES r.
CRISP NOMINATED WITHOUT
OPPOSITION AND HARMONY
MARKED THE PROCEEDINGS
THROUGH0UT-J, 4. HElS,
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE.

The Third District Democratic con-
vention assembled this morning III
the auditorium of Carnegie Library
and after transacting the business
before it adjourned sine de.
The convention named a new exc
cutive committee, of which J. E.
Heys. of hontezuma, is chairman, and
Steve Rainey, of EllaVille, secretary
ana this committee will remain in Of
flee until the next convention assem-
bles two years from now.
representative Charles K Crisp
tContirued on Last Page.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-08

were examined The meetings Of the
board were held in the Offices OF the
board in the state capitol, and the re-
suit of the examinations will be made
at an early date.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-08

rold, George FL Franc Mangum
Joe E. Johnson, Arthur Rylander, s.
F. Howell. w L. English, w. W
Dykes, Herbert Hawkins, ]. E. High
tower, Charles Burke, w. E. Taylor,
NJ. H Wheeler. Paul Westbrook and
J. f. Mathis
The sun., 1918-08-29
Too Many Americans Abroad.

Premier CLEMENcEAU has recently
felt obliged to print a disclaimer Of
certain sentiments attributed to him
by an American visitor whose Official
character required that the incident
should be treated with the greatest
tact, which, 1t should be unnecessary
to say. the Tiger of France displayed.
The British Government recently re-
fused to permit two Representatives
In Congress to visit the battlefields
where British troops were operating,
basing its action on utterances by the
members Of Congress after their en-
barkation for Europe. These are con-
spicuous instances Of conduct intellect
tous, to put 1t mildly, charged against
American civilian visitors to the ma
lions In the war.
These incidents, humiliating to the
American people, and annoying to our
friends on the other side of the At
lantic. have n background Of well re-
strained but nevertheless obvious ir.
rltation caused by the appearance in
Europe Of too many travellers who
have no other real object there than
to see the fighting under official ee-
cort. OF these unneetled observers the
French and British have said little,
out of delicate regard for our feelings
Americans have not been so consider
ate. A number of our fellow country
men have spoken bluntly about the
abuse Of authority which has enabled
n good many visitors to fasten them
selves on the Expeditlonary Forces.
and burn up gasolene, eat food, and
occupy space sorely needed by men
and women with important business
to transact.
The British and the French Govern
ments have had to suppress persons
OF similar character. The thing for
US to do Is to tighten up the passport
regulations, which now bear heavily
on most Of us, so that they shall apply
with equal rigor to all. and to devise
plan by which nobody shall be nj
lowed to 90 to Europe, no matter
what position he occupies, unless 1t be
affirmatively shown that his going
will be to the benefit of the United
States and its aims In the war.
The sun., 1918-08-29

In the number Of guests VINO will ar.
rive on Saturday and stay over until
Monday morning, paying for FIVE
meals and two lodgings7
or course the people will give up
their Sunday, motoring, just rs they
have given up lot of other things
that threatened to hinder the war.
The really patriotic folks who have
been doing n. good deal of week day
riding will no doubt make sacrifices
without being asked. The only per-
sons who will be hurt In a way that
all will regret will be the soldiers In
the camps to which friends have been
In the habit of motoring on Sunday.
The men In khaki will miss these
visitors, with their cheer, their gifts
and their gossip. 1t would be Idle to
say that all these visitors may 90 to
the camps by railroad. While the
railroad service is as expensive and
miserable as 1t is at the present time
that will not happen.
The sun., 1918-08-29

Secretary McADoo Of the Treasury
Department has found it desirable to
deny the report circulated by German
agents that the Government might
| confiscate savings bank deposits"
This lie will deceive nobody who ex-
amines the facts and recalls the eff
forts the Government has made to
leave savings bank accounts I'M
touched In raising money to carry on
the war, but some thoughtless deposit
tors may be frightened by it. and the
Secretary's official declaration that
such rumors are wholly baseless"
should have wide circulation.
There is only one thing that can
endanger savings bank deposits now
or In the future. That Is German
success In the war, whether 1t be
won on the field of battle or in the
council chamber of diplomacy. Should
Germany achieve victory by force of
arms, or by intrigue induce the peo-
pies OF the Powers that war on her to
consent TO a premature peace, thus
enmeshing them In an agreement that
would leave Berlin free to continue
the course of action that has Inspired
Prussian statesmen for many years,
the savings and the property and the
persons Of every man and woman and
child In every free country on earth
would be constantly in danger Of
seizure by the robbers of Potsdam.
No man or woman or child would
be safe in any possession were the
civilized world to fail now to release
Itself from the menace of the bandit
nation that has attacked 1t. Not only
would the savings of Industrious and
frugal persons be seized, not only
would their tangible property be
taken from them by the Germans,
but they themselves would be doomed
to share the fate of the Belgians and
the French who have been enslayed
by the barbarlans.
The United States will defend and
preserve the property of Its people,
and those people must continue in
the future to maintain the admirable
attitude Of unanimity they have dis
played in the past in support Of Its
purpose, holding in contempt the cam
paign OF German falsehood and mis-
representation that is designed to i'm
pair their determination.
The sun., 1918-08-29
STUDENTS AND THE DRAFT.
A Plea to Let the College Boys Re-
main at Their Books.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir. While
the Congress- is considering the man
power bill, We can see II our Represent
atives are up to the great measure of
their great duty. 1t is the highest mo-
ment of our nations life. The nation is
to be ready to make sacriices-the dear
est, the highest, the most precious that
the nation possesses, 1t is the nations
sons. This has to be done and no loyal
citizen will shirk from his duty. But It
Is painful to learn that in this critical
period our Representatives are neglect
ing an issue OF vital Importance, namely
that the dragging out of colleges those
young boys who devoted years of their
lives to educating themselves with the
hope that when they would accomplish
their education they would devote all
their energy and scientific knowledge to
the service of the nation, and not allow
ing them to complete their education.
and placing them in the ranks as plain
The sun., 1918-08-29
NEW ENGLAND SHIPYARDS.
A Complaint That the Government
Does Not Make Full Use Of Them.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir:
write to inquire whether the Govern
ment Is In need OF ships. I assume
that the answer Is Yes would then
ask why Government contracts are
hard to secure by small shipbuilders
in certain sections Of New England, the
quality OF work produced In these yards
being uniformly excellent. There are
certain yards in the locality referred
to which have many times more pri-
vate work offered to them than they
can do. The owners are. nevertheless,
anxious to secure Government con-
tracts, both for reasons of patriotism
and because of the greater protection
offered to Government work. These
contracts are slow in coming. and 1t is
well known that the most successful
lobbyists among tho builders are most
likely to secure contracts. None Of
these yards Is exhausting the labor
supply at its command, none OF them
is working more than one shift a day.
The vessels constructed In these yards
are wooden and steel craft up to 1000
tons dead weight capacity and include
such types as harbor tugs. fishing ves-
sells. small schooners for tho carrying
trade, lighters, barges, mine layers and
submarine chasers.
Meanwhile a number OF Norwegian
firms--three could be named by the
writer-are offering large prices and all
possible inducements to these small
builders to build both wooden and steel
craft for Norwegian registry. Takers
for these bids have been found among
shipbuilders who have failed to secure
Government contracts.
IL 1t Is allowable for small yards to
build vessels for foreign firms. why do
1--WE hear the daily cry of ships. ships,
and yet more ships. for our own Gov
eminent?
1t is irritating to observe young men
escaping the draft by working on for
egn ships. particularly when Dame Ru-
NOR has It that such vessels are in
tended for German ownership and the
rehabilitation OF German shipping as
soon as peace shall make the transfer
to German registry possible. S. S.
SOMEWHERE IN MAINE, August 81
The sun., 1918-08-29
CHICAGO.
The Tale Told By wako, the Fox, OF
the Lake City's Naming.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--Str. About
| forty years ago was a clerk on the
Menominee Reservation In Wisconsin
This tribe is closely allied in speech to
the Chippewa. One Of the Oldest mem
bers of the tribe was wako (the Fox
OF the Sac and Fox tribe, adopted by
the Menominees during one Of their
summer excursions to the buffalo coun-
try in what is now Nebraska. Wake
asserted he was over eighty years, and
looked more than that age.
Wake told me the story in his native
tongue Of the naming Of Chicago, which
may throw some light on the contro-
versy. As Is well known. Indians look
upon all unusual acts by animals as
something supernormal. and their medi-
cine men are supposed to interpret them.
M did the ancient augurs the entrails
Of beasts.
Wake said that when he was a small
boy. and that must have been at the
end of the eighteenth century, he was
with a band of Menominees travelling
toward the West who had marched down
the western bank of Lake Michigan and
at nightfall reached the river which now
runs through Chicago and has the same
name. AS the band stopped at the river
bank and prepared to camp an animal
was noticed swimming from the further
bank In their direction. All watched It,
and just as the hither shore was reached
It died.
On picking II up IL was found to be
skunk, the Menominee and Chippewa
The death of the animal was supposed
to have some significance. but the medi-
cine man could not reveal II. The event
made such an impression that the spot
was always called Where the Skunk
Died." and was SO called when the nrst
white settlers came a few years later.
have no reason to doubt the honesty
Of Wako's statement. although It may
be only one Of many legends concerning
the neighborhood. but It fully agrees
with Indian custom. Reporting at the
time this story to an elderly citizen of
Chicago much interested In local history.
he replied that 1t was the most salts
factory explanation he had heard Of the
name. and he was one of the Oldest
settlers.
I may add that this same Wake said
that as a lad he was at the battle Of
the Thames as assistant-we should call
1t aide-de-camp--to Tecumseh. and was
by the latter's side when he fell. He
said Tecumseh was not slain by Richard
NJ. Johnson OF Kentucky, later Vice.
President as the latter always declared
but by an Indian fighting with the
American forces. Wake was always held
In great respect by his trioa. was a
man OF unquestioned truth and honor.
and believe his story.
JOSEPH NJ ROGERS.
Pun Anrr puyA August ~