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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-31
RED CROSS wURN Is
NOT YET COMPLETED

The American Red t.rosi ever
ready Ia an emergency, T. confront
eel with n Tfacr-timc Lhdrriakiug
u al will lrs "a organiya TON almost
~ thurouslily a. war itseif. In this
instance Il must specialize as never
before beclus" of the si1gila prob
lems involved - the problems of
families Of soldiers and sailors who
must remain in service for an indcf-
Unite aeriod.
The nation owes a duty to the rel
atives of ~ soldiers II stands ready
Ia pay this debt This debt cannot
he liquidalcd haphazard system
and understanding of the numerous
problems Is necessary. The Ameri-
cen Red Gross. which has been dcs-
iinaied as the agency through which
the nation viii display ils gratitude
10 the fighting men and their FAINT
lies, Is training wQrkers IN the
Mountain Division 10 eXpcrtly cope
withthcse. problems, through the
Home Service section
Hupie Service institute, of six
weeks duration will be- held IN Salt
Lake City. beginning February 2; In
Denver. beginning February a.; IN
Albuquerque. beginning February
n. The Red Cross looks 10 this re-
siun for several students. Funds
may be- expended by the local Red
Gross organizations io dcfray ih"
expenses Of students during the in
,ulute. An up-to-daie Red Gross
chapters are expected Ia have at
lcast one worker with institute
training.
Many people possess the notion
that Home service entails the Civ
ing of financial and only. This Is
hut one of the thousands Of way -
In which the government through
the Red Cross, Is helping the fam
ilirs of soldiers. Here are iWo Typ
zeal examples of Red Gross Home
/ service:
\ .Adicr's wife The mother nj u
small child in the mountains ol
this state was In desperate straits
because Of the non-arrNal of GOV
crnment money. Moreover, she had
no means of travel between her
home and the nearest store, fifteen
mi. distant. The ned Gross learned
1T hrr plight \ Home service
wor ser on horseback carried proNls-
IONS Ia The stranded family and
thereafter looked after ITS "'f"T
needs until the long looked for gn' e
crnurni allowance arrived
\ soldier at camp custer thrrn'
enrd IA desert when he lenrn, I h'
wife aud baby were Ill with pa"n'
mnnin. The Red Cruss coirp man
irlrst. phed io the HON" S'rvi''
s,,.'inn nearest the nome ol the wiI'
and rhild. \ Home SerVi'c worker
n.n,,c a long tourney Ia another
count, IN ord,r to ns' a stag f.
the home. which was 30 miles IRON
tie nearest railroad, telegraph NJ
lelrphone. The worker arranged iol
ptuper medical attention and pre-
yided all ncccssarics, aiierwar'
sending telegram ASSURING lh'
the worried soldier that he woul'
have no further cause for worry.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-31
INCOME TAX PUZZLE ~
soon TO APPEAR AGAIN

Forms for reporting income taxes
of lesss than 5000. Il was announc-
I'd yesterday by Commissioner "
Internal Revenue Daniel e.. Roper.
are expected Ia be- IN the hands Of
the collectors for distribution among
tie taxpayers not aier than the isi
Of February.
1T may be- Definitely stated.
-aid the commissioner, that taxes
Tor the calendar year of 1918 will
be- collected under the provisions Of
the pending hill ~ finally enacted
and not under the provisions oi the
act of October 2. 1917
Commissioner Roper said that the
cnnfrrccs on the revenue bill have
made sufficient progress Ia warrant
the bureau proceeding at once to
print and distribute forms for the
collection of the income tax of 1918
and m order lo iaciiiiate the work
of the bureau the coniercccs are
disposlng as rapidly as possible oi
those provisions Of the hill directly
affecting the form for reporting in
comes Of less than 5000 prcpara-
tions of the other forms is pro-
crrding concurrcnily with The
work of the confcrccs and II will h'
possible, II was stated, lo have then
ready shortly after the enactment oI
the Law.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-31
sTOCKMEN TAKE NOTIcEi

There will he no stock watercd ON
my place after March ist. 1919.
The tank will be drained and the
locked l must do this to
protect the crop that will be grown
on my place this year
Respectfully,
MRS. W. ID. CLOSE.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-31
THOMAS G.. LAKELAND
FINALLY HEARD FROM

Al last word has been received
from Capt Thomas = l.acklnnd. lie
Is on the move into the interior oi
Germany. llc says he wa, in lh"
city Of All-Tricr, Germany, for five
days, aud is seeing many very in
lcresting places. Hc did not say any
thug about when he would be like
" to return.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-31
4. N. CASE. DICHARGED;
RETURNS 10 COLUMBt =

l.. NJ. Case returned lo Columbus
last Sunday after AN absence dating
back 10 the declaration Of war He
was in cavalry regiment for a
while. but the cavalry was convert
ed inlo artillery. lie was discharged
as first sergeant, at Camp Jackson
His commanding officer was a man
that many people here will remem-
ber-Jack Diamond. He was COOK
in the 18th Cavalry hand while sta
toned here. When that regiment
put on minstrel show he always
acted the part of impcrsonatine a
woman.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-31
cOLUMBUs HAS ANOTHER
SMALL BLAZE

There was fire In town Monday
evening which destroyed the small
frame residence being occupied by
Sergeant Carter of the 2tth lnfan-
try. The contents Of the buildins
were destroyed No effort was made
To save the house, a. II was too far
gone when the alarm was given.
The chemical engines belonging TO
the city and also the camp did e.
feciive work In saving the adloiu-
ing buildings The house was the
property of A. Ambrose.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-31
ARMENIAN RELIEF SUNDAY"

February Will be- observed in The
churches throughout the south
west a. Armenian Helief sunday"
Ministers are being urged 10 devote
the whole or n part of their SER
mon on this day to a consideration
of the needs of the starving. homc-
less war refugees In the Near East
The actual drive for funds begins
the next day. February 2. In most
districts NJ the Southwest. and CON
iinues for one week. In other dis
iricts the campaign has been post
poned 10 February i0-iI
The statement issued 10 pastors
priests and rahhis ny the Armenian
Relief publicity bureau for the
southwestern states follows, IN part:
"Mill you not devote the whole or
a part Of your sermon on that Sum
day to a consideration Of this cam
pdipu and the needs Of these dcsli-
luie war sufferers? On account ~
the difficulty oi reading each oi
the pastors by a personal note, am
taking this means of asking you to
help us IN giving publicity to M"
biggest, aud what We hope will boz
the last financial drive necessary for
these stricken people. As you pro-
hahly know a generous over-suh-
srriptiun of the Si0.WmWO asked will
enable the Armcnians and Syrians
to become sclf-supporting within a
year
To the ministers and SUNDAY
school workers who have already
given 50 largely Of their time and
money To this cause We extend our
hcarticsl thanks and best wishes
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-31
RED CROSS WORKERS NOTICE

The local military hospital is call
ing for 1000 surgical dressings per
month, nad 10 meet this demand the
red Cross ladies are requested TO
meet each week, ON Tuesdays and
wednesdays, al their workroom'
Doors will be open at 900 o'clock
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-31

Mrs. ]. !. CLARK has returned io
Columbus and taken charge of the
Clark Hotel again, relieving Mr.. aud
Mrs Il u Cox. who have moved Ia
their own home near the Methods,
Church.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-31

Tho Ladies Aid Of the NJ. r.
Church will hold their regular
monthly business meeting at the
home Of Mrs. Weld, February ., at
800 o'clock.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-31

r.. G.. kniffcn returned Thursday
evening from an extended business
visit to N paso.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-01-31

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15
CARS COLLIDE IN ROAD
BUT DAMAGE is SLIGHT

While going to his farm south of
Americas this morning and just be-
yond Councils mill at the foot of a
hill, Chas. L. Ansley, driving his big
Cole car, collided with a Ford being
driven by a farmer named johnson
but luckily both parties escaped with
no more serious results than broken
front wheel for the Ford. Mr.. Ansley
was going down hill and Mr.. johnson
whose car, coming along an intersect-
ing road could not be seen until they
were almost together, was travelling
very slowly, having just started af-
ter having run out of gasoline. Had
he been going faster, it was said, his
car would have been hit full in side
by the heavier car and the accident
might have been serious. Mr.. Ansley
who was accompanied by W. T. Cal
houn and others drove back to town.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15
Committee Members De-
clared Hostile To
Consulting Wilson.
NORRIS EXPOSES
SHANTUNG PACT
Says Ratification Would
Write Black Page
Into History

WASHINGTON July 15-(By AS
sociated Press) indications that
President Wilson would not be asked
to appear before the senate foreign
relations committee for discussion of
the peace treaty were said today to
have been received in administration
quarters.
High administration officials inti-
mated they had been informed by
some members of the committee that
the majority of that body seemed hos
tile to suggestions that the president
be asked to appear or that the COM
mittee confer as a body with him at
the White House.
Should the committe finallyJ de-
eide not to invite the president to APP
pear before it Mr.. Wilson might be-
gin his tour of the country earlier
than he had planned. The general
understanding had been that the
president was withholding decision
regarding his itinerary and the date
for beginning his "swing around the
circle" until the foreign relations
committee should decide whether 1T
desired to discuss the treaty with
him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15
SHANTUNG AGREEMENT
EXPOSED" BY NORRIS

WASHINGTON July l5-(By As
sociated Press)- A charge that Ja-
pan secretly secured pledges from
Great Britain, France, Italy and Rus
sia early in 1917 that in peace set
tlement Shantung peninsula should
for certain considerations, be turned
over to the Toxic government, was
made in the senate today by Senator
Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, who
produced what he declared to be cop
les of diplomatic correspondence eri-
bodying the promises of Great Britain
and France.
These pledges, the Nebraska sena-
tor declared, fully explained the pres
sure which resulted in Shantungs
transfer to Japan under the Versaii-
les treaty, whose ratification by the
senate, he asserted, would write "t1e
blackest page in the nations history" "
Great Bri5ain's influence in the
matter, he charged, was secured by
Japan's support of British claims to
Pacific islands south of the equator
while Frances aid was purchased by
a promise Of the Toxic government
to help draw China into the war So
that German shirs in Chinese harbors
would be available for carrying
troops and provisions to France.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15
u. S. ACTION
in MEXICO is
COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, July 15.-Ambas-
sador Fletcher, who IS now here, is
known to be preparing data on Mexi-
can conditions for highly import
ant conference with President Wilson
to be held within few days.
Fletcher is greatly dissatisfied with
onditions beyond the border and with
the Carranza regime, and it is known
that acting Secretary Polk shares
these views.
While the state department is not
talking of intervention there is no
end of talk about ample protection of
American lives and property in Mex
leo. Withdrawal of American recog-
milton of Carranza's government will
probably be followed by putting arm
ed forces into Mexico to protect prop
erty and life. The first step will be
to put an end to the constant threat
Of Carranza to seize American oil
property at Tampico and wherever
it may be necessary to assure secur-
ity the American armed forces will
be sent into the interior.
This will all be done not as inter-
vention, but merely as the rightful
protection of American lives and
property in the absence of any gov
ernment in turbulent Mexico
Whether President Wilson will ap-
prove of such course remains to be
seen but it is known that both France
and Great Britain have urged this
country to protect their interests in
Mexico and this may have an import
ant bearing upon his final decision.
Evidence of the stiffenng of the
policy of this country toward Mexico
is apparent not only in the state de-
partment but in the army and navy
as well.
The administration is coming to
believe that the Mexico question is
fast assuming shape where it may de-
velop into one of the issues of the
coming national campaign unless or
yer is soon restored across the Rio
Grande.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15
MONDAY HOTTEST DAY OF
YEAR? CERTAINLY NOT!

mo, you're mistaken" said j. NJ.
Bryan, official weather observer, to
the sweltering reporter, "about yes
terday being the hottest day of the
year, for it wasn't anything of the
sort. 1t was only "a degrees, and it
was 95 degrees on two previous days.
And both were Sundays, the first
one June % and the second July g."
Indications this morning were that
today would be fully as hot as yes
terday, but merciful clouds appeared
shortly after noon and, after OBJ
scuring the sun, let fall light show
er which served to cool the atmos-
phere several degrees.
~N~-~~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~ - s~~~-0~~r~~~~>Nrs~.
tional joint commission today by Pres
ident Wilson succeeding the Late
James A. Tawney, of Minnesota.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15
PHOTOS OF CORPSES OF
GERMANS PROVE POPULAR

Ernest Pantone, of the 28th Engin-
eers, who landed a few days ago
after two years in France, returned
to the home of his parents in Amer
icus Sunday, and yester iay and today
was renewing acquair tanc9s about
the city. Today he spent an hour or
two at the fire station swapping war
stories with the firemen half dozen
of whom saw service, several of them
overseas.
Mr.. Pantone proudly exhibited a
number of kodak pictures taken at
the front by him and his "buddie".
Among them were pictures of ruined
French villages at the front. many
of them snow covered, which led
Roach Brooks, formerly of the 31st
division to remark that the scene
looked unpleasantly natural, his most
vivid recolections of France having
to do largely with the cold weather
of last fall and winter, which was
spent almost entirely without fuel in
the most meager shelter.
Several pictures showed the corpses
of German soldiers, and these were
the most popular of all his pictures,
giving great satisfaction wherever
shown.
Mr.. Pantone was asked if he was
going back to railroading here. %
''No, I'm going to go to farming"
he said.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15
SAMBO FOUND BARGAIN
BUT HADN'T REALIZED 1T

A negro from the country appear
ed at the office of Capt. Cobb, county
ordinary and official distributor of
marriage licenses, yesterday, and the
following conversation was over
heard:
"Cap'n., does you sell marriage
licenses here?"
"Yes."
How much is they?"
1.-TWO dollars and a quarter"
Huh? They used to be a dollar
seventy-fve. How come they's fifty
cents MOI"
"Well, in the first place, the law
allows charge of $2.75 for mar
riage licenses. In the second place,
when they cost $1.75, it took ten
chickens to buy one. Today at 1925
1t takes only two chickens to get one"
"Yassa." And the negro bought
the license, grinning, realizing that
he had found real bargain, after all.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15
ATLANTA HOSPITAL CREW
STRIKES FOR HIGHER PAY

ATLANTA, July 15.-The colored
employees of Grady hospital, includ-
ing cooks, walters, janitors, laundry
men and orderlies, went out on
strike for higher pay yesterday stat
ing that they would not return to
work unless they were given an in
crease of fifty per cent.
The hospital, while crippled by the
strike. is operating as usual. and "a
hurry call for financial assistance WIS
made to Mayor Key, who will present
the matter to general council WITH
the recommendation that it be attend
ed at once.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15
PERSHINC GIVEN
BIG RECEPTION
VISITINCIBRITAIN

YLONDON July 15-(By Associa-
ted Press)-General Pershir.g a.riv-
ed here with his staff this morning to
participate in the peace celebration.
He was met at Dover by General Sir
Henry Horne and guard Of honor.
At Victoria Station General Perish
ing was welcomed by Colonel Winston
Spencer Churchill, secretary of state
for var, and officers representing
Fie MARSHALL Haig and Sir Henry
Wilson, chief of the imperial staff.
Later the party drove to the hotel,
warmly cheered by crowds along the
route.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15
FLORIDA SHORT ROUTE TO
BE FIXED TEMPORARILY

A call has been issued by Secre-
tary Spivey of Columbus, of the Flor
ida Short Route association, for a
meeting of the executive committee
in Admission, Ala, Tuesday, July 20,
at $3.50 p. M, for the purpose of fix,
ing the route temporarily, to be fol-
lowed by further business meeting
at 8, o'clock the following day. Joseph
Perkins, of the chamber Of commerce,
is the member of the committee from
Sumter county, but he stated today
that he was uncertain yet as to
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15

BOCHE
DRIVEBEGAN
YEAR TO-DAY

Today, July Is, is the first an
niversary of the last great drive
of the German army.
Shortly before midnight of July
IA, the Germans began their ar
tillery preparation for the often
sive launched the morning of July
Is, with a great infantry attack
between Scissors and the Argonne.
Three American divisions helped
repel the German blow in less than
three days of fighting.
The following, taken from the
Times-Recorder of July Is, 1918,
will recall something of the feeling
of grave alarm that gripped the
public that day:
"The German offensive was re-
sumed this morning on fifty-mile
front extending from Chateau
Thierry westward into the Cham
pagne region.
early indications are that the
enemy is combining the drive to-
ward Paris with a desperate ef-
fort to capture Rheims, and elm
mate that city as an obstacle to an
advance in the Champagne sector,
thus linking up with the Flanders.
Picardy and Marne fronts and
forming a battle front of nearly
$50 miles extending from Main De
Massiges in the Champagne region
to Ypres, in Flanders.
"At last two distinct American
forces are involved in the new
drive. There is a heavy American
force west of Chateau Thierry anS
eastward from the Marne river to
Jaulgonne, front about ten
miles, while other American troops
are known to have Deen in the line
near Butte du Mesnil, four miles
west of Main De Massiges, quite
recently.
"The bombardment Of MeuX.
told of in dispatches from the
Americans on the Marne, lends
weight to the theory that the new
German drive is intended at least
in part as a resumption of the ad-
vance on Paris. Meux is % railes
west and south of Chauteau Thier-
ry, and less than that distance
from Paris.
''In the path Of the drive lie the
important cities ef Epernay, *
miles south of Rheims, and Chal-
ons-sur- Marne, 4 miles southeast
of Rheims.
Teutons Cross Marne.
"PARIS. - The Germans have
crossed the Marne river at several
points in their new drive, it is
learned authoritatively here this af
ternoon. French positions at the
river have been penetrated at some
points to a depth of 5000 yards
over a front of miles and sew
eral small villages have been taken
by the Teutons."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15
GREAT DAMAGE DONE IN
IDAHO BY FOREST FIRES

BOISE, Idaho, July 15.-(By Asso-
ciated Press. The forest fire which
has been raging three weeks in the
yellow pine district of the Thunder
Mountain section of Central Idaho,
threatens to equal in destruction the
great fires which swept Montana and
Idaho in 1919.
The fire has wiped out six square
miles Of timber and done serious dam
age over an equal area.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15
u. S. WINS FIRST
ROUND In FIGHT
ON2 3-4PCT. BEER

PITTSBURG, July 15.-(By Asso-
ciated Press s.)-The government won
its first point in the fight against the
sale of beer containing two and three
quarter per cent alcohol when Fed
eral Judge Thompson today overrul-
ed demurrers of the officers and di-
rectors OF the Plttshurg Brewing Co.,
to charges of violation Of the war
time prohibition act.
Each of the nineteen defendants
were held in 81, 900 bail.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-15
IS To &C. Per Cent. OF
Bolls Punctured in
Some Fields
USE OF ARSENATE
ADVISED BY AGENT
Total Loss in Some
Places Unless Prevent
ed Now

That the boil weevil is beginning
to get in its work in the cotton fields
of Sumter county in earnest was re-
ported today by George 0. Marshall,
county farm agent, who has just COM
pleted examination of several badly
infested fields.
Yesterday and today l have ex-
amined one 10-acre and one 3-acre
field" said Mr.. Marshall, "in which
| found rs to 85 eper cent of the
bolls punctured, this being an aver
age for the entire field In some spe-
cially bad spots in these fields prac-
tic&lly every boil was punctured.
This condition has suddenly devel-
oped because Of the fact that the
young weevils,, Matched from the first
squares that CROPPED to the ground
and were not picked up and destroyed
are just now developing and attack
ing the cotton. In two more weeks
the migration period will have arriv-
ed, and then we will see the weevils
spreading in many places where they
are not now found.
Indications in some of the places
! have examined are that no cotton
at all will be made. 1t can readily be
seen that this will be true when prac-
tically all of the bolls have been pune
tured already, with the migration
and spread of the weevil only two
weeks away. In such cases am rec
ommending the use of calcium arsen-
ate in the hope that some of the crop
may be saved. believe it is worth a
chance, and better to spend 81 or $8
per acre with the hope of getting a
partial crop from the late blooms
rather than to spend nothing and be
certain of a total loss.
There is some early cotton, in
which many of the bolls have passed
the stage of danger from weevil, and
these will make fair crop. Other
fields have not yet become seriously
infested, and may be far enough
along before August /, when the
weevils will come. to minimize the
damage. However, the general out
look as it has developed during the
last day or two is not encouraging.
Mr.. Marshall administered the sec
ond application of calcium arsenate
last night to the experimental acre of
cotton on Neill A Rays farm east of
the city, where demonstration was
given two weeks ago. He will make
other dustings at proper intervals du-
ring the season.
81 have daily inquiries" said Mr.
Marshall, "as to the result of this
experiment, but it will be impossible
to tell what has been accomplished
until cotton picking time, for the
reason that results are measured
by the amount of cotton produced on
the treated acre as compared with
that adjoining WHICH is not treated
Of course, if the treatment is effe1-
tive, it will be possible tc tell some
thing Of whether we are getting re-
suits or not, but this will be only
general information. and it will be
impossible to tell how effective the
work has been until the production of
the field has been measured"