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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-14
Reconstruction Needs
OfEurope" Theme Of
Chaplain Smith
DISTRICT WORKERS
HOLD CONFERENCE
Session To Close With
Gathering Held This
Afternoon

MACON, August 14.-Hundreds
of Baptists are here today attending
the conference of Georgia Baptists
in the interest of the movement to
raise $75, 100000 for missions, a
movement even larger than the great
Centenary movement just success
fully consummated by the Meth
odist church.
Plans for reaching the $500 white
Baptist churches of Georgia the
drive to raise Georgia's quota of ST.
100000, were outlined yesterday at
three sessions of the 26O Baptist
leaders from all parts of the state,
gathered here for a two-day confer
ence on the campaign.
DR.. L. r. Scarborough, director for
the Southern Baptist convection; DR..
Arch c. Cree, state director; Mrs.
jamie Cree Bose, state director for
women; John Jenkin, state director,
ely r. Galloway, associate director,
ard ! ouie Newton, director CT pub
licity; were speakers at yester loy
sassiOn.
Tie conference will close with sew,
eral meetings today, among them
general meeting for men at Ii 80 in
Mercer University, meeting for
women at the same hour, and a con-
fererce of district workers at , 81
this afternoon, closing the session.
The program for today began with
breakfast this morning at O'Clock
at the Mercer dining hall, where all
of the meals are being served. The
special cars were in front of the
Lanier Hotel promptly at $50 to
take the folks direct to the universi-
ty
At 10 o'clock this morning the
days regular sessions opened with
devotional service led by DR.. j. C.
Brewton of Mt. Vernon.
At 1890 the body broke into sec
ton conferences. The organization
men met with John w. Jenkins.
state organizer, presiding. The pub
llClIy ulESCIOIS VI IIlS dSSDCld IlOlS
met with Louie Newton, state pub
licity director presiding. The wom-
en- met with Mrs. Katie Coleman
Wakefield, state director, presiding.
At these special conferences a
number of important details were
outlined for these special DEPART
ments of the campaign as the lead
ers go back to their people,
At 11:30 the men gathered in the
chapel for an hour which proved to
be one of the greatest moments of
the Macon meet. Four leading nen
of the denomination in Georgia
spoke at that hour.
DR.. F. C. Mcconnell on "The Call
of a Lost World"
Chaplain A j. Smith, just home
from France, on 'Reconctruction
Needs in Europe"
j Tred Eden, Jr., on Enlistment
Possibilities Of the Campaign"
Dr W. H. Faust closed the houI
with an appeal using as mis- theme.
"We Can and We WILL"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-14
RETREAT OF KOLCHAK
IN URALS CONTINUES

LONDON, Aug. 14.-(By Asso-
ciated Press. 1.-THE retreat in the
Ural mountains of the forces of Ad-
miral Kolchak continues, according
to news received here today. South
Of Uralsk, at the southern emf Of the.
Urals, the Bolsheviki have driven
the Cossacks back so miles and are
endeavoring to separate rheY. from
the main body of General Kolchak's
forces.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-14
Georgia Solons Get Busy
Getting Together Be-
fore adjournment
AGGE SCHOOLS
GET $4,000 LESS
Cent and a Half Tax Put
On Gasoline Sales By
Good Roads Bill

ATLANTA. August IA, = With
several important measures to be
passed as the hour of midnight near
ed last night. the hands of the big
clock in the capitol building here was
held back. while the legislative ses-
sions continued.
The solons were dog tired for the
past week has been a strain, but
they stuck by it and wound up the
1919 session with a great flourish.
Some had taken advantage of the
situation and were trying to snatch
short nap when the hour of adj
journment approached. Songs and
cheers woke them up and the 1919
legislature passed into history in
the usual legislative manner.
Jointly the House and Senate did
remarkable legislative work in yester
day afternoons session and by six
o'clock had so far cleared away con-
tested points by well handled con-
ferences that there rema'neJ only
two or three major differences to be
adjusted in the night session. The
conference on the bill to create a
new Highway department has held
its session lasting nearly three hours
and has reached an agreement, to
be submitted but that had not been
read at 6:30 p. m.
The conference on the motor We
hicle bill, no which was the widest
kind of disagreement brought thru
a recommendation that the original
House bill be adopted but il form
that would reduce the license tag
fees 25 per cent, this in lieu of the
L. C. Brown schedule which the Sen
ate adopted and the cent and half
gallon gasoline tax. The House
adopted that.
The conference on the railroad
commission salary bill reached a
compromise that the salary Of the
chairman be fixed at $4,000 and each
of the four other members at S3,-
600. The House agreed which was
an increase of $500 for the latter
four on its bill and drop of S4OO by
the Senate. On the appropriation bill
where there were eleven disagree
ments all of these have been ADJUST
ed by a give and take process and
the House has adopted the report IN
one particular which was ruled out
Of order.
The House accepts the Senate Uni
versity appropriation of $4,000 and
the Georgia Tech of $125,000. The
Senate Yields $4,000 on the College
of Agriculture $4,000 on each of the
10 district agricultural schools and
$4,000 on the extension work
though the House agreed to make
this appropriation $4,000 instead
of S1O7, 500 as it passed the House.
The agreed to the $4,000 added by
the Senate for the agricultural de-
partment's statistical work and the
Senate yielded all of its $4,000 cat
tie tick appropriation. The House
accented the $4,000 for new de-
partment at the University Hospital
in August, which the Senate had put
on. and the $4,000 for the veneral
disease work for the state board.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-14
SUPREME COUNCIL MEETS;
CONSIDER RUMANIAN REPLY

PARIS. Aug. 14.-(By Associated
Press. THE Rumanian delegation
sent to the peace conference today
the text of the answer of the Ruman-
ian government to the notes sent by
the conference on the situation in
the Balkans, and the supreme council
will meet this afternoon to discuss the
Rumanian reply.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-14
RUMANIANS PREPARING
TO LEAVE BUDAPEST

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 14.-(By As
sociated Press. )-Rumanian troops
are about to leave Budapest, in con
sequence of the note sent the Ru-
maninan government by the peace
conference, according to wireless dis
patch received here from Vienna to-
day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-14
HUGE SUM APPROPRIATED
TO FIGHT PROFITEERING

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-By
Associated ess.)-Appropriations
totalling nearly 100000 with which
to help carry out President Wilson's
suggestions for reducing the high
cost of living were asked of congress
today by the department of agricul-
ture.
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WEATHER

For Georgia.-Partly cloudy to-
night. Friday, probably showers or
thundergtOruns.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-14

Out of 22,0O photographs of pretty
girls, submitted when the War De
partment needed posters to inspire
its soldiers and sailors, that Of Miss
Frances Jordan furnished .he in
spiration. She was chosen as a mod
el. Now she is Mrs. Frank G. Hun
toon, bride of Lieutenant Command
er Huntoon, U. S. N. The War De-
partment's prettiest girl and hcr
navy husband are on their roray-
moon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-14

4 Southern
NeWSP0Pe eF +oF
5outhern People
Evening journal., 1919-08-30
FISH'S VIEW OF 1T

NEW YORK. Aug. 20 President VIII
son should now, as promised nearly
ten months ago. accept the Judgment OF
his fellow counirymen TO whom he
yainly appealed for a Democratic Con-
gress in message to the American
people last October, is The opinion OF
Stuyvesant Fish, secretary OF the
League for the Preservation OF Amer
lean Independence.
Mr. Fish says his opinion Is based on
the results of the last congressional
election. as compared with those OF
tile Presidential election Of 1916. in both
7of which the Presidents foreign policy
was the issue.
The figures gathered are taken from
the Worlds Almanac Of 1917 and 1919,
according to Mr. Fsh's analytical study
OF the number of votes cast in these
elections, the American people do not
approve Of the Presidents European
policies, particularly his League OF
Nations Covenant as now drafted.
Briefly. the analyses. as made by Mr..
Fish which were published i'm the New
York SUM- include the following salient
features Of the last two political elec-
tions.
"The World Almanac, 1919. at page
is9, in a table entitled, "The SiXty-siXth
Congress Begins March 4, 1919, and
Ends March Z, 1921 gives a list OF the
Senators from each Of the fOrty-eight
States, showing that seventeen OF them
are represented by two Republicans,
fifteen by one Republican and one Dem
ocrat, and sixteen by two Democrats.
That Almanac also shows forty-nine
Republican and forty-seven Democratic
members Of the Senate.
"In view OF Mr. Wilson's pre-elec-
tlon appeal TO alb voters let us see how
each Of these three numerically nearly
equal groups of States stands as TO
votes cast in the last Presidential cleo
iion in 1916, when the total for all can
ddates amounted TO fS53S.2is. (See
World Almanac 1911 page S30).
AT the last Presidential election in
1916 i'm the seventeen states OF Connec-
iicut. Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Kansas,
Maine. Michigan, Minnesota, New
HAMPSHIRE. New Jersey, New York,
North Dakota. Pennsylvania, Vermont,
Washington. West Virginia and Wis
fNllSlIs Ehtll ti NiAlill - represented nf
two Republican Senators. there were
cast iO.3297i9 votes. being flfty-ilve
and seventy-two hundredths per cent.
,55.72 per cent? Of the total in all
States
IN the fifteen States Of California,
Colorado. Delaware. Idaho, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska,
New Mexico, ohio. Oregon, Rhode ISL
and. South Dakota. Utah and Wyoming,
each Of which is represented by one
Republican andaone Democratic Senator
there were cast 5,253,7S3 votes. being
tweniy-eieht and thirty-four hun
dredths per cent 1881 per cent? OF the
total in all states.
And in the sixteen States Of Ala
bama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia kentucky. Louisiana. Missis-
sippi, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina,
Oklahoma. South Carolina, Tennessee, ,
Texas and Virginia, each Of which is
represented by two Democratic SEN
Evening journal., 1919-08-30
Appreciation of Boy Scout Movement
BY THE REV. PAUL A. MUEHLMAN
Milwaukee Commissioner of Catholic Boy Scout Troops

ful vices Of alley life bulwark oppos-
ing the insidlOus influences Of bad COM
panlonship; a remedy against idle
hands. and the folly of an empty head.
Moreover the Scout Movement is
truly religious, for a Saint is taught to
be revercnt to God, TO be faithful TO
his religious duties, and to respect the
convictions OF others in matters that
pertain TO custom and to religion.
How much there is in the Boy Scout
Movement that recommends II to our
appreciation and use Nowhere have
the home, the school, and the church, a
more willing and efficient ally in pro-
noting their beneficient purposes than
In the Scouting movement.
During the past decade, the establish
ment Of Catholic Boy Scout troops has
met with favor from many prelates Of
the church. notably from their Emil
nences Cardinals Farley and O'Con-
nell, more recently from Archbishop
Hanna, Of san Francisco, and from the
Bishop of Toledo, Cleveland and Tren-
ton. In the diocese presided over by
these prelates, as well as in many
others, flourishing troops Of Catholic
Boy Scouts are to be found.
only last year Archbishop Hanna, Of
san Francisco, wrote as follows to
Father Hunt, chaplain OF the Catholic
Boy Scout troops: Il fully approve OF
the plan that you have placed before
me for the organization OF Boy Scouts
and l commend you and your great
work most heartily to the clergy OF
the archdiocese. At any time the move
menl, as outlined, would merit every
commentator, but in the present ma
tlonal and world-crisis the movement
ought not only to be cOmmendable, but
deemed a necessity"
BasIng ones judgment upon the
moral, educational, and physical ad-
vantages Of Scoutcraft, the national
character of the movement, as well as
upon the high esteem in which this
movement is held by many prelates OF
the church, it must be deemed very de-
sirable that the advantages Of Scouting
come within the reach of our Catholic
boys by the establishment OF strictly
Catholic troops of Boy Scouts under
Catholic leadership and supervision.
As Catholics we hold very strict
teneis with regard to the. fulfllment of
our obligations to God. We entertain
no uncertainty about our obligations
to our country and to our fellowmen.
10 is al. all times matter Of duty to
maintain ourselves physically strong.
mentally awake, and morally righteous.
Now all this is demanded Of the Scout
under the obligations Of his oath, a
circumstance that recommends Scout
ing very highly to Catholic.
Finally the organization Of our boys
in this city and throughout the land
for the great common purposes Of
Scoutcraft-namely, at all times TO do
their best to comply with their duty
towards God and their country; TO
obey the Scout law: 90 help others: TO
keep themselves physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight
must engender a feeling among all of
mutual sympathy and respect, and
serve TO sweep aside all remnants Of
religious prejudice, contempt and sus-
piclOn.
Evening journal., 1919-08-30
, san o,iEsfioN

r, HALL The bodies Of tens Of thousands Of American
y soldiers be brought home from France for reburia
The custom Of the United states Government has been
deliver the dead whatever distance TO the earth
OF the mother land.
But now, with tens OF thousands OF our boys lying
along the old battle fronts and scattered here and there
the sites Of former hospitals throughout France the
undertaking would be gigantic and costly.
Expense it would be unseemly to reckon, but General
Pershng and the French Government oppose the
ton Of removing American dead for several reasons.
The French TO perpetuate their gratitude by
providing noble resting places for Americans who died
her soil
The process Of opening old scars Of earth to remove
wholesale scale the pitiful bones which loving
Eye be permitted TO behold, is repellant to
French sentiment.
national ceficters FOR american dead IN beautiful
countryside which they died to is appealing
Evening journal., 1919-08-30

or all the movements inaugurated
during the last quarter Of century
to meet, and cope with, the difficulties
OF te boy problem. none have met
its demands so equarely as the Boy
Scouts Of America.
No organization founded on a basis
Of natural ethics bas been able so sue
cessfully TO coordinate all the varied
activities and interests Of the adoles-
cent period-fOr the development Of
character; the equipment Of a career (;
the training in the service Of others /;
the fostering Of physical health; the
inculcati0n OF intelligent citizenship,
the love Of country. and fdelity TO God
-as that Of the Scout Movement.
The trend OF today towards city life
works distinct harm 10 the growing
boy. He Is by nature adapted TO the
out-0f-doOrs, which, If he seeks within
the cramped confines OF the city, fre-
qnetly leads to precincts OF The ju-
yenile court. True, many sympathetic
municipalities have made whole
hearted attempts to meet the dimcul-
ties OF the boy problem by establish
ing Fairgrounds, but at best these
agencies only partially solve the dili-
cuties.
In the past, attempts have been made,
both in this country and abroad, to
bring the adolcscent boy into healthy
contact with the outdoor world, and at
the same time promote habits Of obedi-
cncr, reverence, discipline, self-rcspeOt,
true manlincss and gOOdliness. The
basic ideas Of these organizations have
influenced, in a. large measure. the cs-
tablishmenl Of The Boy Scouts, which
so ably blends the outdoor life with
the inculcation Of those virtues that
are the backbone Of sturdy Christian
manhood.
The difficulties Of raising a boy under
the conditions prevalent in a large city
are a matter that demands painstaking
study. TO nnd a solution for the veX-
ing components Of the problem is
worth the while Of everyone interested
in the growing generation Every
agency that is designed so 10 direct and
influence the inborn energies and inter-
ests Of the boy. as 30 make them aids
and factors in his development. de-
serves enthusiastic moral support and
encouragement. 10 function as such an
agency is one Of the salient features OF
Scoulcrafl
Conservation has been the watch
word OF our day and hour. and so has
preparedness. From both these points
Of view, Scouting deserves our appre-
citation and recommendation. 10 con
serve a boy for clean living, honorable
conduct respect for law love for par
cnts, reverence for God, is at all times
a duty Now the very epitome of the
Scout Movement is conservation. There,
conservation means the molding Of
boy's character; arousing his initiative,
handinesss ,seif-reliance fostering The
ideals of responsible citizenship; be-
slowing health. strength, contentment; !;
intoxicating the wisdom Of purity and
iiidclily To God; and bestOwing the
clear eye and the healthy tan Of wood
and stream.
Likewise Scoutcraft means prepared
ness Preparedness against The hate
Evening journal., 1919-08-30

Governor Cornwell, Of West Virginia,
some time ago, wrote to the governors
OF other States, calling attention to the
loss in tax receipts which the States
would suffer IL the Plumb plan were
adopted. He estimated the yearly loss
for his own state at S3,000OO0. His
action was criticized by the officers Of
certain labor unions at Huntington, w.
Va, TO whom he thereupon wrote the
following letter:
Charleston, August II, 1919.
"Nfr. z. Brennan, President,
"Mr. ]. II. Williams, Secretary,
Federation OF Railway Employees,
Huntington, w. Va.
Gentlemen: or course l regret that
any Of my fellow citizens should dis
agree with, or feel aggrieved with me
because Of my views upon any public
question, but that cannot deter me
from having and exercising the same
freedom of opinion that you have.
When you asked for an eight-hour
day | was with you, heart and soul
Il was then and am now, in favor
Of your securing not only fair, but
a liberal wage, but when you ask the
farmers and the laborers in other lines
OF work to go in debt twenty billions
OF dollars through the medium Of the
Federal Government to buy the rail-
roads and give them to you to operate
for your benefit and to use as you
please, you are making a proposition
that is neither sane nor fair.
ITO me it is little short Of amazing
that men possessing the Intelligence
Of the train men ] meet should be
gulled into making such unreasonable
and outrageous demands.
III the people bought the railroads
and gave them to you TO run for your
Evening journal., 1919-08-30
Boyd Business
College

The Boyd Business College closes It's
first year, having prepared over 100
students for good positions. some Of
them in 30 days. It begins its, second
year with new attractions. To the reg
ular Course Of Stenograpny, Typewrlt-
ing and English will be added a course
in Bookkeeping and Commercial Law
The tuition for the new course will be
$40 after September 10, or later, $50 To
all students who enroll for the first
course before that date will be offered
the new course free of tuition We give
individual instruction, and special at
tention to English. Day and night ses-
sions. We guarantee that you car
learn the course. II you want to know
for whom our students work and what
their employers say Of their efficiency
and of our system of Stenography
write d. E. L. Cross. 9Ot Washington
street, for a catalogue.
Our College will save you months o.
time and hundreds of dollars.
Evening journal., 1919-08-30
West Virginia Governor Gives
His Opinion of Plumb Plan

benefit, telephone and telegraph en-
ployes would demand the same thing
Of those properties. They have as much
right 10 il as you have. Then the coal
miners would demand that the mines
be purchased and given to them, and
they have as much right TO make that
demand as you have.
Then the farm laborers, with even
better right would say, We produced
the food you live On-buy the farms
and give them TO u.s. Then we have,
not Socialism, but chaos. They are try
ing to run things that way in Russia,
and we know the result.
Il intend to try to present TO tho
people OF the State what this plan
means. First, as to the shifting Of the
burden OF taxation, or some four mil
lion dollars OF II, in West Virginia
from the railroads on to the farmers
and home owners IL the Plumb plan
were to go through. 10 would make
Cabel, Wayne, Mcdowell, Mercer and
MingO counties unable 10 pay the debt
they are creating to build public roads.
1t would stop road building, building
Of school houses and all public i'm
prOyements.
II have been laboring man myself
carried a dinner bucket-for a dollar a
day. My labor now is not regulated by
eight, ten or twelve hours, but often
sixteen and sometimes eighteen. I am
not now and never expect to be a capi-
talist but am an American, not a
BOlshevik. / stand for law and order
and | am not asking somebody TO buy
property and give II to me, but want
10 work and give honest service for
every dollar / receive.
Very truly yours,
(Slgned) JOHN j. CORNWELL,
oCovprnoru -
Evening journal., 1919-08-30
PLOT TO BURN GERMAN CAMP.

LONDON.-It has come to the knowl
edge Of the military authorities that
plot was on foot to burn down huts
in the German internment camps.
The German officers who are respon-
sible for the conduct Of their men have
been informed that If anything Of this
sort occurs no facilities will be pro-
vlded for the housing Of the men whose
huts are destroyed. and that they viii
have to sleep and live out of doors.
Most of the trouble is attributed TO
the officers OF the scuttled fleet who
came from Scapa Flow TO be interned
at Oswestry.
Evening journal., 1919-08-30

ators. there were cast 2.9ji,7iG votes,
being fifteen and ninety-four hun
dredlhs per cent. 1885 per cent? Of
the total in all states.
"That is to say, more than one-half
Of all the votes cast in 1916 Ito be eX-
act 81. - per cent? were cast in States
represented by two Republican SEN
ators; more than quarter Of all the
votes to be exact 2S3i per cent? were
cast in states each represented by one
Republican and one Democratic Senator
and less than one-sixth OF all the votes
Ito be exact 1891 per cent were cast
in States represented by two Democratic
Senators"
Evening journal., 1919-08-30
SUPPORT THE FAIR.

ONE Of the largest and most useful Of Delaware's
~ educational and recreaonal institutions Will open
on Monday.
We refer 10 the Delaware state Fairl
The exhibit this year viii be the biggest and the best
in. the history Of the association. .to trrt
It should be patronlzed by everyone within the zone
Of its influence
The hing itself is Of such vast communal benefit that
attending and spending Time and money i'm supporting
it should be looked upon patriotic duty
Those in charge Of The Fair have exhausted their ut
most efforts 10 have each department size up to public
expectation We hope that public appreciation, supported
by large attendance will reward those efforts.
No one should hesitate 10 attend the Fair, because no
one can attend it without derisns from It both educa-
tional and rccreational benefit
Go early. and ofien
The Fair is good for the state good FOR The city and
good for The public
Each individual should experience pleasure in con-
rbuting to rs success.