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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-07-04
THE BOOK OF ANN.
| Find a Friend in Morrison, Who
Was With us in Mexico

There! There! MRS. Lorimerp'
There was a queer gentleness in the
big voice. "You are just like my own
little girl, you know! So do what l
say. You sit right down there a min
ute, while l find out what the big
guy is up to-" he whispered. Then
he beckoned to the small man and to-
gether they consulted, in a most
friendly fashion, with the prescott
ing attorney.
When he came back to me Nor
rison said:
maybe you'll talk to me in a pri-
vate room, Mrs. Lorimer?"
81 must talk to you. And l want
to go anywhere away from here"
l replied. 81 only came to save dad
dy, you know"
"Sure we've got to look out for
the old man." he agreed. Morrison
has worked for Daddy Lorimer very
often and he always refers to him
as "the old man."
Don't worry! l know the state he
is in
81 wish you knew the state I'm
in, Mr.. Morrison. I never was so at
sea. l don't know my own duty"
Sometimes l wonder if l know
mine," the detective said solemnly.
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'I've been working on this case ever
since was called, twenty minutes
after Ives was shot"
Morrison drew his chair close to
mine. We were alone in small Of
flee.
"And every worthwhile clue I've
found so far leads straight to my
best friends. The key-your auto
number-and other things-involve
some member of the Lorimer family.
Might as well lead to my own home,
Mrs. Lorimer.'
"You don't need to count those
clues. can do it myself" | said
suddenly.
81 thought sop Morrison sighed
deeply. "Now Pm going to swap con-
fidences with you. This is woman
case, of course. A man might have
shot Ives from the woman's wing
of the bathhouse. A man could have
got in the plac in disguise. Some
body whose wife or sweetheart had
been intrigued by Ives. Or the wife
who made the mistake and ruined
her home might have killed her low
err
eff so, it was some simple little
woman" Morrison continued, "Some
angel gone wrong. Nobody but an
unsophisticated girl would have run
away leaving yellow satin bathing
suit and gun in the same box"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-07-04
CROPS BETTER,
SAYS CLESSNER
Former Americas News
paper Man Pays Visit
Here on Trip

Maibr ]. j. Glessner, former pub
Usher of the Times-Recorder and for
a number of years held agent for the
Southern Rurahst, of Atlanta, paid
his semi-annual visit Ito Americas
Saturday, where he greeted a num-
Der of old friends and looked over
agricultural conditions.
He reports crop conditions to have
improved greatly over the cotton belt
recently, with prospects now favor
ing a fairly good cotton crop IN most
sections.
Major Glessner has been preach
ing modern farm machinery for the
south for many years, in 1888 MAX
ing a speech before the state body
on the subject. 'It is coming" he
said Yesterday, "but slowly. The ex-
odus of the negro to the north is
proving a blessing to the south IN
that it is forcing the abandonment
of old methods. The other day from
a train between Atlanta and Macon
| counted ~ single plows and mules,
and not one modern two-horse Gull
tiVator.
"The farmers say that the negro
can not handle modern machinery.
But that is all bosh. He thinks moth
ing about teaching the negro to run
his automobile, and it is much more
complicated piece of machinery. But
conditions are forcing the change
and it is coming speedily now.
"In many instances you will hear
farmers deplore the departure OF
cheap labor was talking to one
not long ago. | asked him how many
plows he worked. He said eight.
remarked that this meant eight ne
gro men, and that | supposed they
were mostly married. He said they
were. | replied that this meant ne
had forty people to feed and clothe
before he made a red cent, which
after all, wasn't such cheap labor as
he had believed.
81 fnd," said Major Glessner that
they are discovering how to handle
the boil weevil in some places. Last
fall heard of the great crop of cot,
ton being harvested by DR.. Living
ston on his IT'S acres in Laurens
county, near Dublin, despite the Dol!
weevil. Having been around anc
seen what the weevil and wet wealth
er had done in other places, desired
to be shown. And l was shown.
saw his field in the middle of the cot
ton picking season. Pickers' reports
showed he was getting a bale pei
acre. All around his field were other
fields with fine large green stalks
without a boil on them, while his was
filled. l asked him how he did 1t. he
said he had used calcium arsenate
but it had rained so much he did moi
know whether it had done much gooo
or not. But he had religiously seer
to the picking up twice weekly of al
fallen squares, and the weevils were
prevented from developing"
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Morrison chatted about our Mex
lean experiences all the way home in
the car.
"But goshl Pm glad Pm on this
case" he concluded. / ought to be
somewhere in Mexico, but l had a
touch of fever down there. Sort of
lost my hankering for foreign coun-
tries, too. Then this happened. The
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boss turned it over to me-
AS we entered the front door of
the wide Colonial hall Of AIMS new
house, | saw small figure slip out
of the rear door. Morrison saw it
too. He shook his head sadly.
Poor little mousep' he exclaimed
after l had motioned the servant to
leave US. "God! How / hate this
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job sometimesl There's no sport in
trapping-a-a baby mouse!D
He mopped his forehead and turn
ed to me:
Don't worry herI Don't get her
Hurried! She can't get away Mrs.
Lorimer. The place has been sur
rounded for twenty-four hours %
ITO Be Continued
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Suddenly my faith in truth and
frankness as the best guides to con-
duct returned to me.
please come home. with me, Mr.
Morrison" / said Don't ask me ques-
tons. 1t isn't to see daddy. Before
l tell you what l know, I'll have to
ask the poor girls permission" l ex-
planned.
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Live Stock Exhibit, Souther Field,
July S. l-ot
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capable of meeting the demands Of
modern warfare.

capable of meeting the demands OF
modern warfare.
The Ninety-second division was
organized in November, 1917, and
was composed of the best negroes
drafted. 1t was the only negro di-
vision sent to France. Originally all
company officers were negroes. The
commanding officer and the field
officers were regulars, assigned to
the division because they had seen
service with regular negro regiments
AS the training proceeded, the
negro officers in the artillery and
engineer regiments were relieved by
white officers, because of ineffi-
cie.r.y.
The average period allotted fo1
training white troops in France wa
four weeks. The Ninety-second was
kept in the training area sever
weeks. On August 20 or thereabout
the division minus it's artillery, was
ordered to quiet sector in the Vos-
ges, where it remained one month
and then moved on to the Argonne
as part of the great ~ ;ntratior
preparatory to the last ma. n action
of the war.
With the exception of the 368tk
regiment, which was ordered to the
front line, the division was held in
reserve with the First corps. The
36Sth was assigned to the Thirty,
Eighth French corps, and directly
flanked the Seventy-seventh Ameri-
can division. When the advance was
ordered, the French and the Seven
ty-seventh moved forward on sched-
ule. The 368th broke. The French
commander and the commander of
their forces were heing attacked OF
the flanks because the negroes did
not go forward.
The negroes refused to obey Or
ders, but in several instances the
white field officers forced small
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groups of them to go forward. AS a
result of this action, thirty-one ne
gro company officers were immedi,
ately removed for cowardice and
inefficiency. Five of them were tried
for cowardice, and, while the de-
cision of the court is not available
.. it is understood that they were sen,
fenced to be shot.
The regimental commander report
ed as follows:
ain general the Second and Third
battalions disintegrated without rea-
son, and failed to 60 forward. The
Officers (negroes) and men, with ex-
ceptions, as noted, fled to the rear in
a disorganized mass. No negro off,
Ger or non-commissioned officer ex,
ercised any command at the time
and could not be distinguished from
the enlisted men.
The commanding officer of the
First battalion reported:
+ "I have worked night and day to
the very best of my ability since the
time I took over the battalion on
the goth of July, and I have con-
scicntiously tried to make a real
battalion. I am utterly discouraged
at the results. Not a single negro
officer has shown any desire to get
at close quarters with the Germans.
1t is my sincere opinion that only
with white officers in command of
every platoon can any sort of an or
ganization be made. and T am nn,lal-
ly of the opinion that the colored
troops will never be of any fighting
value. l should dread to have to
advance under really heavy fire with
the expectation of having a colored
battalion even under white officers,
follow me. The fighting spirit does
not exist among the men; they are
rank towards; there is no other word
for it,"
The commander of the Second
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battalion reported:

battalion reported:
"The condition of the individual
soldiers mentally during this time
was awful on some occasions when l
had these men in the trenches, their
one thought was of certain death
any idea of getting into the Boche
had absolutely departed from them.
They were crouching low in the
trenches, reading their Bibles and
praying. I looked into their faces
and saw an agony of fear in almost
every one. I believe this mental con-
dition has been brought on to a large
degree by the actions of the negro
officers"
The commanding officer of the
brigade made this comment:
81 gave to the training of the Off
GERS and men the very best that
was in me, and 1 was bitterly disap-
pointed"
Following this disgrace, the divi-
sion was withdrawn from the
Argonne and assigned to a quiet
sector on the Moselle. where it re-
mained until after the armistice was
signed.
This, then, is the record of the on
ly negro division sent to France. 1t
is the most shameful chapter in the
history of Americas participation in
the war. We. woul gladly have left
it behind the veil drawn over it by
the censor but to do so would merely
help make a mockery of our future
system of preparedness. Of course,
when Secretary Baker, mindful of
the large negro vote in his home
state commissioned negroes, we knew
it was a crime, and we are quite sule
that it will never be repeated 50 we
are no. particularly disturbed on
that account.
But the quality of the negro en-
listed man must be thoroughly un-
derstood. He cannot face a grilling
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THE NEGRO SOLDIER
Harvey's Weekly.

Harvey's Weekly.
Every plal proposed to Congress
as the basis for a system of univer-
sal military training contains the
War Departments estimate that ap-
proximately 100000 boys will be
available for instruction annually.
At least 10 per cent of this number
are negroes. So far as we have been
informed, the advisability of training
the negroes as combat troops has not
been questioned at the War Depart
ment or at the Capitol. Secretary
Baker has said nothing on the sub
ject. Nor have General March and
his advisers at the War Department.
Consideration of the legislation is
proceeding upon the" assumption
that ON reason exists for differenti-
ating between the races.
Much has been said and much has
been written in praise of the exploits
Of our negro troops in France. News
paper and magazine writer has found
in young Black Joe" a ready We
hicle for exploitation. Race propa-
gandists with purpose) featured
him. Estimable ladies and gentlemen
imbued with a praiseworthy desire
to min:-lize racial antipathies have
found in his patriotism the base for
many heroic stories.
We wish, these reports and stories
were accurate. We wish there were
no compelling reason for revealing
the truth. But there is. Distasteful as
the ask may be, it is essential that
the facts be presented. Legislation
based upon the hypocritical unwill-
ingness of assessing the true value of
the negro as fighting man, must in
evitably lead to waste of great sums
of government money in training
men whose record proves them in
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j. NJ. ANDERSON COMPANY,
DRY GOODS STORE

fire. He is fitted only for the stall
branches, where he will be far from
the range of the artillary. This
puch has been proved by the ex-
perience of the war.
We trust that before the Senate
committee disposes of the subject of
military training the entire question
will be threshed out. Gen.. Pershing
has all the reports. Let them be laid
before the committee. We have not
the space for them. Negroes must
of course, be trained for military
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orylce under whatever system is
finally involved. They must be al
part for which they are fitted; itl
must, be in the auxiliary branches
and not in the combat forces.
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CLOAKS.

$3.50 Cloaks, reduced to
$4,000 Cloaks, reduced to
$500 Cloaks, reduced to
$3.50 Cloaks, reduced to
S45.00 Cloaks, reduced to
sec. .9o Cloaks, reduced to -,--
-$$F7oo S Foo.o8z zg1eaks, reduced to -
$4,000 Cloaks, reduced to
$500 Cloaks, reduced to
$3.50 Cloaks, reduced to
S125.00 Cloaks, reduced to ------
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-06-01

to a campaign, as Colonel Proctor
admits having contributed TO that OF
General Wool, ami Still another
underwffii 1ttsii n $500 500, 600
the race for the count1yis highest
political hlss6a has yasIea isfbgsdAa
the Inc of decency and become a
! mere matter 81 purchase: I.
While the high water mark Of
campaign slush funds has BEEN
.srrsssae hed in the case Of Wd5d, other
candidates are equally guiEy in IN
tent if not in the gigantic proper.
'tions, of available cash. Governor
.:Iewle1,, ,of Illinois. possessor OF
contributed. nearly $500 ,9qo
oatss, cf his own pocket to pay for ms
saxnpaign expenses: Tt, is"Do WON
der. cf.ieoutee;$ that the poor man
sba:nks from PARTICIPATION! IN, IN active w,
politics when, such exhibitions q
as his 2aspfss!a :
.befcre the .eysse of the cepntry'.'--
tRicHnond ,Iimes-Dispateh:.,
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ALL MUST WORK Or

- : . 81 =
Al :agticle in, Yesterdays. Gazette
coacrniqag the present high cost OF
eisiw called. attention to thes fas !e:t
mat work. is. the only way t t., brln IsS
as,ou "a reduction in prices. 10
This is without doubt the eluX Of IF
tie matter: Statistics are aeilgss
Published daily which show thahtand
is lying idle, and production. is -on
me decrease all the time. A large
parc.nsage.c f the, residents; of our
eities. are of the bucolic class who
hav, dropped the hoe and the pillow
to participate in the satutnalia OF
high wages which has brought about
an intoxication which shows no
abatement. {. j.
Nearly nineteen hundred years ago
idle peopel were irfesting cities: The
city Of .Salo1iica which figures prom
inently III these days Of reeonstruc--
ton vas Vas knowvn as Thessaldnica in
the days. # The Apostle Paul: He
wrote tiso epistleS to disciples IN
that: place. A passage in the second
letter is. often quoted as ! rebnlse to
the u..t5Snkirg, and improviGent.. It
is as, follows; FOR even when we
were With, this ny; we commanded {! YOU,
that if an. would NC. net work, neither
shcatd she eat .sFor<we hear that
there are s. SONG ls which walk samong
you disorderly, working not at all. =.
Paul used the Greek 4 language in
his writings. 1t may not be known
to- all but, the words "work net at
all" age a translation OF ore word
in the Original which mems persons
who hold themselves above work.
What: am Indictment is this of MANY
thousands who. strangely imagine
they are placed in this world as on
lockers.
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800 r - =. = ~ : =
BIBLICAL PICTURE. THRILLS

-. ".:i' sEr ~ 49, n.
Displaying an accuracy. i'm. portray
al that is. startling in the, extreme. the
Richmond theatre, LAST, night, showed
the perturbation. of an event; IN Bible
histery. that packed the house at the
first two performances and comfort
sa3TE filled it at the last, when the
William Fox. special, "Salome." with
Theda .Bara in the title. role furnished
the entertainment. ! -: ;. j.
This well known stat, in the role Of
'salcmq, the tep'ptress, was excellent
throughout the, entire play. Events
that are, recorded in the Bible were
accurately displayed and persons swbe
have several times read the story .or
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-06-01
AN ANNOYING CUSTOM

A lady resident cf the Secdni
m,ard:<at = 't,cTcrlsEreda 70. Us Of The
pastin,e st certain EevS, and ssme
their elders. wfo amuse themselves,
generally in the cool of the evening.
by tossing baseballs I'm the streets.
The ladg..is keptsin a nervous state
fearing harS balls, generally Thrown
with strength. VIII strike small :chil-
dren -
One at the laws If the City-Cc,,n-
Gil makes tbs i imSi;$sdcmeanpotf;- on
any ctf,eir' 81 diversion which Is an an
noya.ntss Of d. daatH,@5eroius. 80 = 8
The custom which. keeps this, lady
apprehensive is not Confined to any
tqre neighhorhood, but IS in 1ndilged
in, raoreser less. in every locality.
Several weeks ago small fines were
imposed by the Police Court upon
81 ung:seerS. who bad defied the po-
20 aqa. 4Irrsistedtif. throwing balls
n streets of 'thts.SecGad. ward .lLater
+, 71uInbpr off; 1.shssS!!! were: hnuelstsia
i, court and prstar-pay small ASSESS.
n.eNrs. ~. $50 II
those who complain have no desire.
10 prohibit the aMuSements of. amy
nae. 'bat they suggest that such as
ssire.>to play baseball repair. tp
Eaeir back yards and indulge in the
port 10 -their. hearts content, but, do
not attEo%5rsss onS Who desire. TO sit
1T their sfrnnt doors now th;lt sum-
nler has: sswnc& upe.h US. -: {.
It ssheped the;policc, wflts Civ e this
Tr!;itIet THEFT. ;atteption. Z -. -.
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- II.
B.daKS 0NsPRICEa OF GAS
f(Iolnmunicated)

Z: z tConmunicated) . g..
/, Win 6 he: { editor Of the Gazette kind
| 4y. lot me write a few lines to the
lees,snittete ON lights. The Gazette
likes to go back to old times, and !
ann going back ITO, old times now.
|. We AIN knew that Columbus and
AIRED streets were named. after the
>aieMonders,, so once . when a city
father in writing a. little history of
TIC. town said: ave will now let
ccun.tqs street be named after ti
|FClaistorRer. Columbus and Alfred
after alfred the Great: That
e 41=:ehsj US, BECAUSE we are related to
F;'he .AleYanders, but gows we are
mere nearly. related, to tbs gas
mi tircs. So. imagine our feelings
''afisft months and yeans of rushing
silver quarters Through the. pipes,
T eesa'viirG- them, all with silver Innings
sr,:I getting nothing out. but nsptha
arA a bad snlell--just as the gas IS
TO. te improved. too. when: we hear
this. {t. ~. /, ~ y, a..
,"Now we. will let. the tprice Of a
tn, usand feet bes.one dollar and
eis ,:llsy certS." "Shade of the Alex
snte1s,p'. One towoulaj think they
would say, "Now: we. will let those
miserable patient gas users get
a littles return, ferAt their money? :
Do,net our taxes, pay:.fer keeping
ths Gi:nt in order? ;Isn't Nashingr
toE city going .tn.,aSk only. s1a %
70" gas? Will not REDUCTION in
.or. iTirS .-expenses Keep u: peoVie
from leaving the town ?.Are we.going
to liz gas soar to the zenith because
:ev.tiN,hlrlg scars? Il heard. Ian odd
cccrcd brother say With q beaming
.cotttenance, aNow everybody
Nt:1s," so much the worse forahin'.
! An Alexander.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-06-01
BUYING THE PRESIDENCY

The whn!e Republican prp-co,men-
cio,l- campaign has Seen reduced to a
sor5ldamcncy basis. Even the rir-
nGous and in76eccable Hiram john
son, whose Indignation at the
thought Of his competitors throwing
cssis sSfoult at; random. collected and
nsade use Of $4,000 that his MANA.
ger we're uilsbie,s 10 account nj for off
Asna' Other SUMS we're spent by
MS people locally. particularly IN
California. where it is said Il group
Of rich men went out to neutrafize
the H6ov:iri expenditures. But the
Johnson ,o;uitfiiy pales into insisn4ifi-'
canoe. IN ,Stolmp:ttfscn with, what has
been and presumably is being spent
to- further tie Wacff quest of the
presidential nomination. Even old
time politicians Il Who remember the
Mark Hanna barrel. .ln,a had part; in,
other cans7aaignls Where money Was.
henEiffuf. stand aghasf at the revs:
iations; t that have beehn made before
The Senate investigating committee.
When one MAN contributes S5fn,nOo.
sS.-S .>.tSN
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LEAPS FROM AUTO

! . ..'''aWa:lmidsEgn, 3'pel.Ss June,i: Rum
mig over aslaFge snake in the road,
whie!, was ehqownsfnto5 the automo-
bile by becoming entansled in the
wheel, wrapping Itself around her
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-06-01

ankle, caused Mrs. Edwin Calhoun
of Bridgeville, to spring from the
turning machine, sustaining serious
injuries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-06-01

RAINBOW i up iiEafly This SPRING
nd yop,rhoftica it We'll if you
.has,vsfn,t 20 .: to r.. e, Knight and Son
whs lie you gan. find, real values at:
THE g. Rain nj q eale FivesDays4M More:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-30

The municipality of Montpelier will
find that a fire department equipped
with at least one piece OF motor ap-
paratus will be better fixed for nor
NAL service than if equipped with only
horse drawn apparatus. The motor
equipment will be especially valuable
in answering the calls for long runs
from the center of the city to the
stoneshed district on Barre street and
IN the Pioneer region. That haul is
so long that it tires horses very much
to transport equipment and there is,
of course, the associated consideration
of the length of time required to make
the trip. 1t is probable that motor
apparatus could make the run from
the center of Montpelier to the Pioneer
five times as quickly as horses
could draw the apparatus; and such
saving of time is of very great ad-
vantage to the fremen. The wisdom
OF the Montpelier city council in vot-
ing to purchase piece of motor equip
ment should commend itself to the
property owners of the neighboring
city.