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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-03
WATSON WOULD NONE lie
BILLIONS IN WAR BONDS
Senator-Elect Announce Program of Action
When He Takes His Seat On
Marc

tory paper sold during and since the
Europena war.
Amendment to tsle Federal Re
serve act, making it mandatory with
penalty claNse, upon regional banks
to loan direct to farmers, on APP
proved securities, at rate of in
terest not to exceed 5 per cent.
Another amendment to the same
act making it mandatory upon re-
gional banks to accept the approved
paper of factors dealing in staple
products the same as OF members
banks, this provision also to carry
penalty clause.
Another amendment to the same
agt making it mandatory upon re-
gionat and member banks to accept
cotton warehouse, grain elevator, to-
bacco warehouse and all storage re-
ceiptss on staple crops as securities,
upon sound and approved basis;
and providing also a penalty for re-
fusal.
Amendment to the farm land bank
act providing that a farmer, upon
approved security, as now demand
ed, shall not be required to secure
q BlOQp VI OtilS1 lQIluCIS do
dorsers, or joint borrowers-that is
to say, that the individual applicant
of loan shall be an entity, and if
his security is acceptable under the
act, that the loan shall be made
without the embarrassment of Sc
curing nine additional signatories.
Bill making it mandatory with
penalty clause upon regional banks
to loan direct upon Liberty bonds
and other government obligation pa
pers not less than go per cent of the
mar value at the same rate of inter-
est the said security is command
ing.
Joint resolution of congress call
ing upon the secretary of the treas
ury to issue for circulation the las
yet unissued) S102, 100000 in green
backs, provided for in the general
greenback act of 1865, signed by
Lincoln, and which stands today as
as unrepealed Federal statute.
Opposition to heavier burdens of
taxation, to all attempts to fasten
a high protection tariff upon the
people, and to the re-establishment
of the War Finance corporation for
any purpose.
Bill to cut down the standing ar
my in the United States to the low
est practicable minimum, thus to
meet the national deficit by econ
omy rather than by taxation.
Bill restricting all Of world immi-
grafton for a period of years, but
providing that the sitting shall be
done in Europe and not at Castle
Garden.
Measure or series Of measures not
only lifting embargoes but placing
the trade relations between the Unit
ed States and Germany and Russia
on a pre-war basis, with the proper
encouragement to these nations to
re-establish their old trade channels
between their ports and the ports of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-03

ATLANTA, Jan. 8. = Thes. E
Watson, United States senator-elect
from Georgia, announced in a
copyrighted statement published in
the Atlanta Constitution Sunday
that at the extra session of the 9th
congress he will introduce d bill to
make Liberty and Victory bonds and
other government war paper legal
tender.
Mr.. Watson also announces plans
for introducing bills to force the Fed
eral Reserve and farm loan. banks
to lend money direct to individuals
and to: require the secretary of the
Atreasury to issue the unissued green
hacks authorized by a bill signed by
Resident Lincoln, The total of
authorized but unlssued green
6asls is S102,000,000.
Discussing his. plan. to make le-
gal tender of Liberty and Victory
bonds, treasury certificates, was saw
ings stamps and all government OBJ
legation paper issued during the war
and since the war as a remedy for
what he. claims is an extraordinary
domestic crisis" Mr.. Watson declar-
Gu SUSH aSllOH WVAlu eldFS all ClCS-
trifying effect on American bust
ness life.
"Such action" he said, would not
increase the government obligation
one, dollar, but would Immediately
bring from the bank vault, private
safe, bureau drawer, tin box and
stocking billions Of dollars of cir
culating legal tender now inactive
and saleable only. at a loss and en-
able people to pay their debts to
each other; the consumer to the mer-
chant, the merchant ITO the. small
banker, the small banker to his cor
respondent and SO on"
Discussing other effects which he
said would follow such legislation
Mr.. Watson said, "all appearance of
a panic would as quickly disappear. !"
Regarding the nations financial
system he said he would introduce
bills to make it mandatory, under
penalty, for the regional banks to
lend direct to farmers on approved
security at a rate of interest not over
per cent; to repeal the section of
the farm loan act that requires a
group of ten signatures to loan
and inserting a mandatory clause
compelling such banks. to lend to an
individual applicant.
Opposition to an increase of taxes
or to higher tariff and a desire
for a re-establishment of pre-war
trade relations with Russia and Ger
many were expressed bv Mr.. Watson
in the same statement. He also ia
vored ending the war with Germany
by resolution.
Following is a summary of Mr..
Watson's program:
BillNto monetize (that is to make
legal tender, at par, for the payment
of all public and private debts) all
Of the Liberty and Victory bonds.
war savings stamps, certificates of
credit, and dl government obliga-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-03

this country, so that their rehabili-
tated merchant marine may be profit
ably loaded with merchandise in all
forward and return voyages.
Joint resolution ending the war
with Germany, and the establishment
of separate or concerted peace ne
gotiations.
Proper measure Of course demand
ing of France that she inform Ger
many without further delay the
amount and terms of indemnity thai
the latter must pay, so that the con-
quered nation may be enabled to re-
construct a definite and fixed basis,
thereby enabling her to shape her
foreign trade relations accordingly.
AS to any agreement between or
combinations of nations, Senator
Watson will favor an international
court on the basis of The Hague tri-
bunal, provided and only if it is in
dependent of the League of Nations
as provided in the Treaty of Yer
sailles.
Edwin Murray, of Fort Valley,
spent Monday here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-03
FLYERS
REPORTED SAFE
Balloonists Land In Can
adam Wilds Far To
North
Continued from Page II

CONTINUED from Page ID
tory, Ontario, latitude 51.10; longi-
tude $1,000. Lost in forest four
days. Crew safe at Hudson compa-
NY post. viii leave on first avail
able means of transportation to
railroad, which is by dogsled, and
will take about nine days. Leaving
here Monday, December 81"
The A-o59S left here shortly aftell
noon Monday, December Is. No defi{
mite. destination was planned, but til
prevailing northwest wind indicat
a landing somewhere in Canada. w
the exception of report that
balloon was seen passing over w
N. Y, late that same night, no d
mite word was received here of
progress of the fit.
The balloon carried a cra :
three men. Lieutenant Walter
s.tcif, # Belle Harbor, N. Y,
lunder Commander Albert G
Lon the ISS-4's transatlantic
Twas in chraSe. His companiJ
Lieutenants Stephen A. II ::
line officer of thl2eit ang
Kloor, of New OrleS1s.4
serve force pilot.
| The three officers were sSl
with normal rations for ten days
an emergency. They hadl fur-linE
garments and electrically-heate(
warmers to make their voyage NOR
comfortable.
Moose Factory, where the balloon
landed, is located on James Bay al
the mouth of the Moose river and i
about 500 miles distant from Nej
York on direct air line. The plaq
/ is a trading post and out-port of Il
Hudson Bay company.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-03
p Years In Public,
Through, He Asserts

NEW YORK, Jans. 3.--Alfred E.
Smith, retiring governor of New
York, ended 22-year career in pub
lie life today when he went to work
as chairman of the board of directors
of the United States Trucking As
ISOLATION. He announced that he
would never be candidate for pub
lice office again.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-03
More u. S. Aid Pledge
Europe's War Sufere|

PARIS, Jan. 3.-Assurance
American aid will continue to
to unfurtunates who are sufferin
a result of the war was given
Union of French and Allied Fam1
here todaU by Major Donald AZ
strong, assistant military attache
representative of the American d
bassv at the gathering.
During the meeting a large line
orphans marched past the rostrum.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-03
Bandits Court New
Wrinkle In PhiIIv

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. "a new
tribunal to be known as the "ban-
dts court" was opened today at the
city hall here. Only hold-up and
robbery cases will be heard before
the court, over which one 1of the
common pleas judges will preside.
Women in China dress less ex-
travagantly than the men.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-03
Koke Concerns Ask
New Coca Cola RuIiTls

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. ~ Thd
Koke Company of America, thd
Southern Koke Company, LimEedI
and other soft drink manufacturers
who are co-defendants in the suit
recently decided by the Supreme
court in favor of the Coca Cola Co.,
petitioned the court today to set aside
its judgment and re-hear the cases.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-03

TENNESSEE ASSEMBLY MEETS.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 3.-The
Tennessee legislature convened here
TODAY, with an extended program of
legislation confronting the mem
bers. d =. a. a.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-03

Edwin Murray of Fort Valley
spent Monday here.
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-27
CHOSE POOR PLACE TO REST
Traveller In Spain Not Fully Aware 40
to Just What Uses Beds Were
Sometimes Put.

An American tells Of a visit he once
made to the town of Yuste, in the
northwestern corner Of Spain. He
had sought rest under discOuraglng
circumstances, after a ride on mule
back over miles of dusty road. While
the hostess Of the inn was preparing
his dinner he proposed to himself to
rest upon the bed in the public room.
Nothing could, he says, have been
more tempting than that cool white
bed, after his labOriOus trip, and with
out saying a word to the Sonora Pa
reno, he threw himself at full length
upon it.
Scarcely had he done so when a
Shrek arose, and the little woman
flew at him like wild creature. She
seized him and dragged him off the
bed with the strength Of two men.
He was too much dazed to resist, but
retreated before her.
"Oh, DiOs milo, DiOs miOw she
shouted. "They are ruined-rulnedl /"
Whereupon she tore back the cover Of
the bed, and to the travellers amaze
ment disclosed row after row Of bis
cults They had been placed there
to rise. To rise! Down the center
Of the rows his weight had lattened
them beyond recognition; only at the
farthest edge had a few escaped.
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-27

tell himl You'd better talk to hin
before he starts raving> again"
you don't think he will live?"
ITS simply a question of hours
after his attack today" said the nurse
calmly. She had seen so many die.
Good afternoon" said the editor
as he took the wasted hand.
Edward Mcclure turned his head
and his gray eyes frightened, but
quickly darkened into a dull, dead
light. II was ashamed to come back, II
he murmured.
But here's your pension, Mcclure, "
said the editor. His voice rose.
you're to have your pension, after all.
1 have it here with me-" He was try
ing to be quite clear. The old man
seemed so dazed.
"They was marching to the grave,
of the heroes today" he whispered
They'll never go where the desertel
lie."
II have your pension" said the edi
tor again. 'D6'yOu see2"
"What fOr?" he raised himself to
ask. "a deserter get a pension? l
don't believe it" he muttered incred-
ulously. "Why do you taunt me2" he
finished bitterly.
You're to have a pension for meri-
tOriOus service, Mr.. Mcclure" said the
editor. "YOu fought in the war and
you were wounded. You deserve it
and you get it! Do you seer" He
showed him the check. almost five
thousand dollars" he exclaimed.
you'll be able to live comfortably
now. That home in the cOuntry-you
know" and the editor tried to be
jolly while the old man looked at him
searchingly. He clutched the check
with unsteady fingers. His gaunt eyes
strained with look Of intensity to de-
he had it! There were
the two words-Edward Mcclure! On
Memorial day in future years the band
would play and perhaps they would
put a flag
He turned suddenly, with a great
effort, to the editor. A gleam Of tri-
umph flashed into his sunken eyes.
"Live comfortable, editor?" he
gasped. mo. I'm not to live comfort
able. But I'll tell you what, editor
I'll die comfortable
The CLEAN left the eyes, the life had
eft the body, but the hand Of Edward
,foCIurn f.lutchpd his mansion
GO. 1881. Western Newspaper Union.)
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-27

nor crOseu MS uesK ana went 70 rnt
hotel in search of the old man.
But he had gone. They said he had
taken a chill and had left a few nights
before for a hospital But they did
not know which one "If you hear of
him." said the editor, II would like to
know at once" And the manager
promised.
Some weeks went by. One day an
official-IOOking envelope arrived at the
hotel and true to his word the man
ager telephoned the editor When he
reached the hotel he opened the long
envelope, to find that Edward Mcclure
was to receive his pension for meri-
tOriOus service. Enclosed was the
check-a big check.
The editor searched the records I'M
til at last he found Edward Mcclure
in Bellevue hospital. And there he
went.
Soon down the line he saw the face
Of Edward Mcclure. Still immaculate,
he lay there gaunt and white.
HE is often deliriOus, but very
harmless and so weak" said the nurse
as they approached his bed. "He is
dying. He caught a bad cold and he
had been so poorly nOurished that he
hadn't the strength to stand it. To
day has been a hard one for him. He
heard a band and asked us what it
meant and when he told him 1t was
Memorial day he went all to pieces.
Why it made an Impression on him
don't know. He usually raves and
cries, Shame, shame, he bounded me
down. I had to tell himl had to
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-27
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Milford chronicle., 1921-05-27

the lImping step, returned to the edi-
tors mind again and again. And a
letter to Washington was written.
Governmental investigation began.
But there seemed to be some difficulty,
for, born in the same town, with the
name of Walter Mcclure, was a man
who had deserted from the navy four
months previous to the time Edward
Mcclure Joined the army. And the
pension bureau, always suspicious,
cOntended they were the same.
The editor questioned Mcclure about
this on his next visit. But the old
man was vehement in his denials and
insisted there must be a mistake.
"Yes, mistake in the records"
agreed the editor. at will all be
Strengthened out" he said assuringly.
"SOon, Mr.. Mcclure, We'll have your
pension for you"
It was a cold March day when the
old man happened in the newspaper
office again. This time the editor had
good news for him. That very week
a man from Washington would come
with the pension.
The official examiner of pension
seekers arrived the following morning.
He remained until evening. 1t was an
hour before train time. All day long
he had questioned and crOss-ques-
toned the old man. This strange co
incidence of the other man with a
similar description and similar name
puzzled him, but the old man was not
to be shaken.
The train was starting soon. There
was no more time to be patient. He
must be brutal.
'LOOk here" he exclaimed as a last
resort. "AIr. Mcclure, you know 1
don't want to send you to Jail for per-
jury" The old man started and gave
a queer gasp. But you do know" the
official went on mercilessly, "that Wal
ter Mcclure, who deserted the navy
four months before Edward Mcclure |
joined the army, are one and the same
man. Born in the same year, from
the same town, found in the navy |
books as a deserter, in the army rec
1rds as a fighter for the Union and a
wounded soldier at Petersburg. You
know our records never make mis-
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-27

the gray eyes fill with terror. "There's
no hurry" And with look of sudden
relief the old man commenced:
II am at the Mills hotel now. /
have a room there. 1t costs me ten
cents a night. I can stay there three
more nights. After that 1 don't know
where I'll CO."
"Oh," said the editor somewhat
sharply, as he interrupted with a
cough and a turn Of his chair toward
the papers on his desk. To himself
he was thinking, what made that
stupid boy let this crank inT Here
was just another hard-luck tale.
"Well what Of the war?" he asked
abruptly.
"Yes, 1 was a-coming to that, aeon.
ing to that" repeated the old man
slowly. II wanted to fight for the
North and the Union" His voice had
risen to a pitch Of shaking intensity.
His white hair gave him the look of
a prophet.
"And then / was wounded. / was
sent to the hospital and when I was
better-all well-peace was declared.
I went home then and my old woman
used to listen to the stories I told Of
the war" On he talked with the gar
rulity Of old age.
So engrossed had he become in his
story that he had forgotten the pur-
pose of his visit-had forgotten every
thing except the glowing pride and pa
triotism he had felt in having been in
the Unions struggle.
But the editor had leaned back in
his chair long enough. There was an
editorial to be written.
"And now you want pension, chr"
''Yes, SIR" The old man had become
suddenly shy. His voice broke, his
lips trembled.
'Please, sir, I need it, sir! And I
fought, sir! It's all down on the
books. And I was wOunded-it's down
on the books, too. Edward Mcclure
that's my name-bOrn in Dunkirk, N. |
Y, eighty-three years ago come next |
April 9th; Grants birthday" he add
ed irrelevantly and proudly.
"Well," said the editor breaking in
thGt editorial to write was bOthering, |
him. 'Tu attend to it; have some
friends in Washington. And here"
he handed him a bill. "This may help
you a little until your pension comes.
You fought for 1t, you know" ne
pressed, as the old man hesitated.
Drop in next week to see me. Wen
know something then. Goodbye, sir.
Glad to have seen you"
The editor stood up with an atti-
tude Of unmistakable farewell.
'Thanlz you, thank yOu," stammered
the Old man, and was gone.
Somehow the editorial did not go
well. The strange plea, the mild eyes. !
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-27

there, but I couldn't bear to read what
the papers had to say about the
NOrth's hard fight, and 1 Joined the
army. 1 left the navy because of the
grub-all the rest of my story is true.
You know it Isl"
The official returned to Washington,
and Edward Mcclure returned to the
hotel. A brief note from Washington
to the editor told of the investigation,
and of the rule that made a pension
for a -deserter impossible. But he
tried to have an exception made, urg
ing the old mans valorOus service and
his extreme age in extenuatiOn, and
the people in Washington promised
to do what they could.
Day after day went by, but Edward
Mcclure failed to visit his friend the
editor. Finally one afternoon the ed
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-27

takes. 1 want to help you. 1 don't
want to send you to jail. But you
must tell the truthW
"Send an old man-tO JAIL" he fall
tered, ian old man who fought for
LincOlnp
SObs rent the old mans frame, and
his answer came in a thick, choking
voice. "Yes, we're the same. 1 WIS
in the navy. I was ships boy. I
jumped overheard one night because
the grub was so bad. 1t wasn't what
was used to. And then I LETT for
New York. Yes, ran away. I got
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-27


admit him. The boy, who knew how
to dismiss the most persistent visitor
and to discover the secret reason be.
hind the wish to see "the editor" final.
ly let the expectant figure through the
swinging gate. The old man, llmping
slightly, followed the boy into the
office Of the editor in chief.
He had formulated quite carefully
in his mind why he wanted to see an
editor. He wanted to talk to someone
of Importance, someone with influence,
someone who would listen.
II want my pension" he faltered.
The editor was looking at him. Tie
boy had vanished and the old man
stood there, look of fear in his face
which he failed to conceal. He seemed
a pathetic figure amid the turmoil Of
the newspaper Ofice--where men were
hurrying ito make editions" The old
mans clothes were threadbare, but
there was an impeccable cleanness
about him and a refreshing absence
Of shiftlessness which so often stamps
the tellers of hard-luck stories. He
was a strange mixture Of poverty and
responsibility.
II fought for the UniOn," he cOntin-
ued. II was wounded at Petersburg
in '64. have never had a good right
leg since. And now I want my pen
siOn."
"Where do you liveT asked the edi-
tor. 1t never occurred to him to ask
what brought the old man to him with
this plea. "And what is your name?
Why are you only asking for this pen
sion now? Tell me about it, and
take your time," he added as he saw
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-27

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Milford chronicle., 1921-05-27
In Doubt.

''FOr a chap just engaged to such q
lovely girl you seem d bit gloomy"
"Wen, I'm worried. You know Jes-
sica is an enthusiast always. Once It
was for horses, once for dogs, once
prize poultry, once Angora cats. Now
am a regular sweetheart or is she
just taking up another animal fad3"
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-27

Memorial day teaches a lesson
of patriotism that is most in
spring. It is a lesson taught by
those who have suffered and
bled that our country might live
and that all who are born under
its flag may partake of the bless
ings made certain by their sac
rifices.
Milford chronicle., 1921-05-27

UooIbLI the ONCE boy
was too eager to get back
to his dime novel to ar.
que with the latest crank
at the door, or perhaps
he wanted to see which
team scored in the eighth
inning. Or it may have
been the eager CLEAN in
the old mans eyes and
the tremble in the thin
voice that made the hnv
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-02-11
HEARST ENJO|NS FOREIGN
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES

WASHINGTONy P)su injunction restraining Secretary
in
as a
Authorize Financial For Farmers
the purchase
by the Of the
Judge Lands Is "Whn The Law
the
office baseball arbitrator
Palmer informed
today Wety introduced bill
of
Two American AviatOrs
WASHINGTON-3y P)Lieutenan Henry and
the
Lord Mayor or Be Arrest
IordM MayorO of Cork
s a of