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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-21

spend week-ends at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Daugherty, who is an invalid.
is staying there. The shack on Paint
Creek, out in Ohio where Daugherty
and friends spent several weeks fish
ing every year, won't see him this
summer.
Will hays, postmaster general
doesn't think much of hunting and
fishing. He'd rather hunt for Re-
publican votes and angle for more
Republican publicity. "Tll spend my
spare time organizing a welfare de-
partment for the postal employees" !"
Will says.
Ed Denby, secretary of the navy,
had plans laid for trip to the Pa
cific, but Admiral Sims "jackass
speech" made it necessary to call it
off. Now DENLY looks for diversion
in meeting Sims when he answera
the hurry home" call.
Al Fall, secretary of the interior,
is one of the lucky members. He's
going to Alaska for two months.
He'll be working" of course, for it's
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an inspection tour He'll return Sep
tember l. July and August are
Washington's hottest months

an inspection tour. He'll return Sep
tember /. July and August are
Washington's hottest months.
Henry Wallace, secretary of agri-
culture, is glued to his desk by the
woes of the nations farmers. And
there's a swell little place up in the
Colorado mountains, with abundant
game and fish, that he's just aching
to see again.
Herb Hoover, secretary of COM
merce, says this isn't his year for
vacation. He takes one only every
SIX years--and he had one last
year. So Hoover will just plug along.
Jimmy Davis, secretary of labor,
is going Moose hunting. Not the an
lmals, you know, but the fraternal
order. He's chief Moose organizer.
He'll attend conventions and things,
and spend couple of weeks at the
Moose Children's Home in Illinois
Cal Coolidge, vice president, plan
ned a Pacific coast trip, too. Now
ne doesn't see anything ahead but an
lnterminable debate of tariff, taxa
tion and trouble.
running a government isn't any
1un-If you take it seriously. And
that's one thing the Republicans are
dong. Most cabinet members are still
at their desks every day hours after
the clerks and stenographers have
gone home.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-21
HOPE

"In one country we have seen lava
torrents of fever-frenzy envelope all
things; government succeeds govern
ment, like the phantasms of dying
brain = Man has walked by the
light of confagrations, and amid the
sounds of falling, cities, and now there
is darkness, and long watching till it
be morning"
This might have been written of
the Europe of today. But it was
written of the Europe of 1881 by
Thomas Carlyle. Nevertheless, Eu-
rope survived to live the most glor-
ious era of its history.
Cheer up.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-21
BOMB CARGO
RELEASED WHEN
TROUBLE STARTS
ONLY One Hurt On
Craft Burned In
Hampton Roads

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, June 81.
The naval seaplane NC-7, bomb
laden and carrying three officers and
seven men, was wrecked and burned
in Hampton Roads this morning. On
ly one man, the radio operator. was
injured
The airmen owe their escape, it is
said. to the fact that they released
their bomb cargo when they found a
forced landing was necessary. The
men were picked up by the army tug
Brittania
The naval seaplane NC-7 was big
ship of the type of the NC-4. 1t was
said she carried observers bound out
to witness the bomb tests by air. flo
tillas against a former German sub
marine off the Virginia eapes.
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ADVENTURE

Fred Schweer, a clerk, was locked
by mistake in an airtight vault Of
the Metropolitan Bank in New York.
He was taken out unconscious just
in time to save his life with pull
motor.
Revived he hurried home ate a
belated surpern and rushed off to the
movies withortg Mentioning his expe-
rience to his parents.
Probably he went to the movies to
see something exciting. That's the
way of it. Adventure or romance is
something which seems to be happen
ing to some one else!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-21
RESPONSIBILITY

The way high school girls ought
to dress is worrying a lot of folks,
mostly teachers. But the Parents
Association of Indiana recently point
ed out where reform should COM
mence, namely, in the home.
Misguided pride on the part of par
ents is responsible for the evil of
extravagamt dressing among school
girls. Mrs. Smith wants her daugh-
ter to look a. little bit better than
Mrs. Jones, and the result has been
a competition ruinous to the ideals
for which schools exist.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-21
First Baptist Picnic
Planned For Thursday

Thursday Of this week has been
selected as the day for the annual
Sunday school picnic of the First
Baptist church, and plans are being
perfected to make this outing the
happiest one in the annals of the
picnic history of the Sunday school.
Cars viii be in line at the church
from to o'clock to convey the
crowds to Myrtle Springs, where the
gay picnickers will wade and swim
in the cool waters of the pool.
Ample lunches will be provided,
and the day is being anticipated with
keen pleasure by Americus people.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-21
Autos Crash At Corner;
Two Cases Are Made

AS a result of an automobile smash
at Lee and Church streets at 6:f5
o'clock Monday evening, in which
each party accuses the other of
blame, police cases have been made
against John hinkle and Will Ivey.
Mr.. Ivey's Dodge car and Mr..
Hinkle's Ford truck collided at the
intersection and both were damag-
ed somewhat, but neither of the men
were hurt.
1t is said that Hinkle failed to
round the center of the intersection
and also failed to signal that he was
turning. He in turn accuses Mr..
Ivey was driving too fass.
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patriotic speeches, lool

patrlotlc speeCheS, look wise and
draw their pay.
Great! A four-year vacation.
Now picture it again-as it is.
Sweltering summer the mercury
hitting 105 on Pennsylvania avenue.
Congress still in session and Presi-
dent Harding and his cabinet tied
down vacationless for summer of
tariff and taxation. Congress prob
ably won't adjourn before October.
The president had hoped to make
an inspection trip to Alaska. It's
cool there. But he won't agree to
let congress adjourn until the tariff
and tax measures are out of the way.
And those-well, THAT vacations
ended, anyway. He'll make up for
it with golf and weekend trips on
the yacht Mayflower.
Here's what cabinet members
wanted to do-and what they will:
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
hopes to be able to spend some week
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-21
SHORT WORK MADE
OF FIRST U-BOAT

WASHINGTON, June 21.-Naval
bombers made short work of the for
mer German submarine U-117 off
Cape Charles lightship today in the
opening phase Of tests arranged by
the government
Just after the German submarine
was sunk Lieut.. Colonel Culver, fly
ing an army plane, crashed down
near the U. S. S. Henderson. He
and his assistants were rescued by
navy boats.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-21
COOKING

Ohio restaurant keepers, meeting
at Toledo, propose that a school for
restaurant cooks be established by
the National Restaurant Association.
1t is needed.
A restaurant too often is place
where bad cooking is entirely sur
rounded by good. For cooking in
millions of homes in this country
probably cannot be excelled any
where in the world.
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ANSWERED

Next time you meet a fellow who
is discouraged about America; who
thinks our institutions are going to
the devil; who fears America ms
yet fall fop Lenin aud Trotzky, call
his attention to this fact:
SIX MILLION AMERICANS OWN
THE HOMES THEY LIVE IN.
Americas home owners are tn
guardians Of its insurance against
Bolshevism.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-21
EARLKIDNAPED
CASTLEBURNED

CORK, June 21.-(By Associated
Press.) - James Frances Bernard,
fourth Earl of Bandon, was kidnap-
ed this morning from his residence
in Bantry, County Corr, by band
of armed men. Castle Bernard was
set afire and early this afternoon was
still burning. The earl's where
abouts is unknown.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-21
GUST BoLSHEVIK BARBER

LONDON, June 21.-Barber Jack
Glucksburg worried his customers
with long dissertations on the Bol.
sheviki and Sim Fein. His land
lord said HE was nuisance and
started suit for possession of the
barber shop. Court decided in favor
of the landlord
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-21

HEADS PLAN
SOFT VACATIONS BUT

WASHINGTON, June 21-Picture
the presidents cabinet!
Fat $4,000 salary, big office, free
auto, plenty of secretaries, social
prestige, prominence.
Nothing to do but to pass out po-
litical pie, smoke fat cigars, make
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-21
THIS .IS LONGEST DAY.

Today is the longest day in the
year. Since last December 21 the
days have been growing longer, and
from this time until December 81
they will grow shorter. By the way,
how about your next winters coal?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-06-21
IANDRU RELICS SOLD

PARIS, June 21-Furniture of the
suburban chateau where Henri Ian
dru is said to have slain 10 women
was sold at auction here. Curio seek
ers paid $4,000 for the "bluebeard's"
chairs ard tables.
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YOU AND
A DAILY COLUMN
GIVEN TO CURRENT
EVENTS AND FRANK
COMMENTS
SQUARED UP!

So King Peter of Serbia is dying.
As a king he made "a poor start, hav-
ing been elevated to the throne by the
men who murdered hie predecessor,
Alexander. But he restored himself
to the good opinion of history by
sharing with his gallant little army
all the hardships of its heroic retreat
when his country was Overrun by
Austrians.
He lived to see all scores evened
up, and all his powerful enemies
humbled in the dust, and the rapacity
of Austria avenged. Not so bad for
a minor league king!
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DAWES TO Be
BUDGET CHIEF

WASHINGTON, June 21-CharIes
G. Dawes, the Chicago banker, has
been selected by President Harding
for director Of the budget, under the
budget law recently enacted by con-
gress.
Miss Nancy Shields, o. Thomson,
is an Americus visitor.
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WEATHER. r .

Forecast for Georgia - General
ly fair tonight and Wednesday; not
much change in temperature.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
JAPAN'S REFUSAL,
MEANS WAR
Unless Cool Headed Statesmen
Displace Demagogues

Washington, Feb. 17.-Refusal OF
Japan to make any move toward dis
armament until she has completed
her battlcship and cruiser program
was declared by Representative Mil
Ter, Republican. Of WaShington. today
to mean preparation 10y Japan for war
unless the CoOl-hcadcd statesmen and
diplomats Of Japan purge the de-
magoGuc, jinGo and junkcrs that now
appear to have the public eyes and
ear"
Urging in a speech in the House the
strengthening Of Pacific coast de-
fenses Representative Miller declared
that although every day Of the world
we hear the rattle of the sabor from
across the Pacific" there was no pos
SbilitY Of war between the United
States and Japan unless the latter
made il.
1T might Just rs well be under
stood now. better than at any time
/ in the future" added the Washington
: representative, that cur Pacific coast
States Will not and shall not bocom,
AN unredccmCd Japan"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
AUTOMOBILE
CENSUS
One Car TO Every Eleven Persons
i'm United States

Columbia, Feb. 18.-An automobile
for every eleven people in the United
States is shown by figures made pub
lie today by the state highway de-
partment, obtained from statistics
gathered by the American Automobile
association. The number of automO-
biles in America i'm 1920 increased o.
114,S7O over 1919, the greatest one
year gain ever recorded. There were
in South Carolina last year Si,643 mo-
tor passenger vehicles, $500 COM
mercial motor vehicles, q total of
93.S43, together with sos motorcycles.
l.: the entire country there were
last year 9,1S0,316 passenger and com
mercial motor vehicles, of which s.
234,490 were passenger vehicles. and
approximately 945.S26 commercial ve-
hicles There were 211,230 motor
cycles registered in the United States
last year The total receipts from
registrations amounted to $99,141,-
O97. These figures cover only eleven
months Of registration for New Yorl,
and California, SO that the total mum
ber OF motor vehicles for 1920 will
exceed 100000. and the receipts
from license fees will probably reac'
s1OO,000.OO0.
New York has more motor ve-
hicles than any other state, Ohio next
and Pennsylvania third. Then fol-
low Illinois. California, Iowa, Tcaxs
and Michigan.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
FLEECE MERCHANT ON PINNED
MONEY.
Police Get Report From Clothing
Salesman.

Columbia, kNcb. 10. - Another
SWlndlinS scheme developed on Main
street yesterday morning and the DO
lice are looking for young white
man who succeeded i'm passing Il
Srccnhack for $40 which was good for
81 on one end and SO on the other
lhe two pieces We're pinned together
City police were notified that the
Young man purchased a $50 suit from
Main street clothicr and had ten
dcred three grCcnbacks in payment
J he buyer handled thc money in such
Il manner aS 10 show one $40 and two
so. The customer left the store. and
when thc clerk opened the cash reg
lister To deposit the money he dis
covered that the SO bill had been
cut and the half OF a ST bill had
been pinned To the other side. The
tflckSlcr Is described as being about
- Years old, FIVE feet ten or II
inches tan slender build. sandy hair
ana wearing faded green colorcd
SUIT Th" man obtained Il dark brown
suit in the transaction.
According TO the maniDulator's
plan, he Will have TO work the game
ON some ON" else TO gain in his
method. He now has the half Of ,
-" hiiI ANA the part Of a 81 bill
mathematics shows that the man to
"at" has used two good 81 bills and
parts of 4 $40 bill ana a ST bin. This
makes 81 for which ne received
goods valued at $50. Enough green
back is left To get goods valued at
@Io II tn" Same is worked success
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
MOVES TO EXCEPT
SOUTH CAROLINA

Washington, Feb. 11-During the
debate today on the pending amend
ment to the pOstofice appropriation
bill setting aside $lC0.000,000 to con-
t.nuc federal aid to states in high
way construction, Senator Kenyon OF
Iowa, said that he understood South
Carolina had ceased 10 appropriate
FUNDS to cooperate with the federal
government under this plan. The Iowa
senator suggested that it would be ad-
NiSabl u except from participatiou
IN the benefits of the proposed $780,
100000 such states as had withheld
cooperation
Senator Dial replied that lie had no
information leading him to suppose
that South Carolina had ceased 10 CO.
operate with the federal authori-
ties III the good roads program. but
that he was under tho contrary inn
preston, as h had only recently re-
celVed communication from the
state Highway Commissioner asking
that army tractors, etc, be turned
over to the State through the Depart
ment OF Agriculture 10 help in road
construction.
However, the senator has tele-
Sraphed Governor Cooper for positive
information with regard to the Ken
yOn statement.
Senator Dial remarked during the
colloquy that the South Carolina Leg
islature is now in session and can
take action to appropriate road funds
before it adjournS
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
SMITH RESOLU-
TION WINS
Senate Orders Investigation Into
Cotton Stocks

Washington, Feb. 11.---While favor
able action was being taken in the
senate today on a resolution demand
ing investigation by the agriculture
committee Of the stocks of wheat and
cotton on hand in the United States.
Senator Smith. Democrat, of South
Carolina, author OF the resolution,
sent letter to Secretary of War Ba-
ker asking the amount of cotton lint
ers bought by the war department
from 1914 to 1919, inclusive, and
what disposition had been made of
such purchases. The letter also ask
ed if any other grades of cotton had
been purchased.
The agricultural committee is ex-
pected to name a subcommittee to
conduct the investigation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
BALLOTS FOR
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
Rice and Townsend Withdraw
From Race

Columbia, Feb. 1S.-When ballot
ing for the associate justiceship be-
gan Friday morning Representative
Too!c Withdrew the name Of Judge
liice 1rcm the running, and the first
ballot of the second day was taken.
Without any candidate winning the
election. judge Townscnds- name
VAS then Withdrawn by RoDrescnta- =
tive Shapp, who on Thursday nomi-
mated him, and the second ballot of
the second day began. The result of
the first ballot was rs follows: Ma
zion 20, Shipp is, Carter 3S, Bon
ham 80, Townsend ,, Ruckcr Il,
ScaSc IS, McIvcr II, Moore I. Total
vote east l5A; necessary to a choice
so.
The second ballot resulted as fol
foWs: Marion 20, Shipp Il, Carter
30, Bonham 81. Ruclicr 90 Scasc IS,
MclVcr II, Moore &. Total ISL; nee
essary TO il choice 81.
The third ballot resulted as follows,
Marion p. Shipp Il, Cartcr Sc. Eun-
ham 33, Ruckcr is, Seasc 16, Nc.
Ivcr 10, Moore 6. 1t was decided /,
take three additional ballots today.
/ After nine ballots, six of them Ell
/ day the genC:al assembly is Still
! ldVadlOCked on the election of an as
soclatc justice TO succeed the lat,
Justice Gage. Jesse II. Carter, o
! Bambcrg, General NJ. l.. Bonham. O
Anderson. and Senator J II. Marion
! Of Chester, are the leading candi
dates in the running.
1t is stated that there will be .ev
cral candidates u withdraw from tn
! running when balloting is resume,
| Tucsray morning.
The fourth ballot resulted as fol
lows: Marion y, Shipp 16, Carte
SO, Bonham 81; Ruckcr 16, Seasc II
MclNcr II, Moore 6.
The fifth ballot resulted i'm the fol
lowing: Marion 20, Shipp 10. Carte
Sc, Bonham -, Euckcr ii, Sease !;
McIver y, Moore 5.
The sixth and last ballot for Fri
day resulted as follows: Marion q
Shipp Is. Carter 80, Ronham 3
Rucker Il, Seasc IS, McIver II, Moor
s.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
BRIDGEBIDS
Work Likely To Begin at Earl,
Date

Charleston. Feb. 1S-The great now
era of Il bridge across the Santec drew
a Nttle nearer yesterday with the
opening of bids here for the building
OF the structure and other details bcin.
looked over in connection with the
great highway project, at n mcctinc
OF the Santee Bridge Commission hcl
.at the chamber of commerce rooms
The Simons- Mayrant Company, ol
ms city, was lowest bidder for the
construction of the subStructuro of
the bride and the Atlantic Bridge com.
pany, Of Roanoke, the lowest biddc,
Tor the supcrStructure. Th figures ana
details submitted by each will h,
checked over by the engineer of the
South Carolina state Highway depart
mcnt before the award Of the con-
tracts are formally made.
The meeting yesterday was attend
cd Dy numerous contractors and AL
the members OF the Santcc Bridge
commission, representing of the latter
.llrcc mmDers from Berkeley, three
from Williamsburg and four from
charleston counties with Secretary
William +. Burguson. The contractors
bidding on the work were distributed
over Il territory reaching from Florida
To pennsylvania. The Simons- Mayrant
company submitted bid Of $92.S91.IU
Tor the Substructurc and the Atlantic
Bridge company bid of 4S,G94.GO for
TN" superstructurc. on a total Of $l!l,-
o8o.IO This is close, it is stated. t.
what ii had been estimated the bridge
proper would cost.
All told the bridging Of the Santcc
Will he big job and entail an out
lay OF money estimated at $S5OOOu
The approaches to the bridge will h.
across Approximately three and two
thirds miles of lOWlands. These carthcn
fills Will be 10 feet wide ut tho base.
lhltti -hN" feet high and have road
way face of thirty feet.
I'm the construction of The brid",
proper, the SimOns- -AlaNrant comIany
agrees to have its groundwork or
finished within 500 dan.
IN" Atlantic Bridge Company states
hat it can complete its part of the
WORK IN total of $50 days. Tho
.unds for the project Will br pro-
ldrd 10y the bond iSsu" Of thc Saut"c
iI'dSc District and from tn" federal
government y. IT, Moorcncld, cugi-
l""r Of the stat" lIighway drpall-
mont, ana j. l.. Parker. u member
ltr" among thoS" i'm attendance at
nc meeting yesterday
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
TRAINS COLLIDE AT
MALTA LAST NIGHT
No Fatal Injuries-Flagman w.
A. Walling Probably Most
Seriously Injured

Passenger train No. CO, MaXtOn to
Columbia. ran head on into pasSenS-
CT train No. SO, Columbia to Char
lesion Thursday night shortly before T
o'clock, at Malta. the switch about
three miles on the other side Of
Wedgefeld on the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad. Train No. 53 coming from
Columbia had reached Malta, where
the orders Of Engineer Smith read
that he was to meet train No. CO.
Eastbound 50 had the right of way
over No. GO and was waiting on the
mainline. Engineer Allen Of train
No. 60 stated that his brakes did
not hold when he applied them to
stop his train and switch it into the
sidetrack Fortunately the moving
| train was not going very fast when
the crash came. Both engines were
! incapacitated and unable to propel
themselves under their own steam.
off and the front ends of both bag
{ gage cars were badly crushed. No
cars left the rails.
Engineer Smith, Of Charleston, ana
! Engineer Allen of Sumter are two of
the oldest engineers in the service of
! the Atlantic Coast Line.
Flagman W. A. Walling of train
! No. 60 was standing at the open dool
at the front end Of the baggage cal
and in the wreck his right foot was
| horribly crushed SO that the ampu-
= tation of some of his toes may bt
necessary. l.e was carried last night
rs soon lS II was pOSSiblp to the 70.
! lumbia hospital in Columbia anC
when heard from this morning wa.
getting along as we'll as could be eX.
pected. All of the passengers of botl
trains wre very badly shaken up ant
! thrown about, some Of them recciv
nS blows and bruises and other,
cuts, but none was seriously hurt.
~ special train was rushed las
night to the scene Of the calamity
with doctors and nurses aboard jus
as soon as conclusive word was re
ceived here of the wreck Owing t
the inaciessibility of the location
where the wreck took place it wa
very difficult TO hear anything de
cisive for a number of hours afte
the occurrence of the wreck. Short
~ before midnight last night al
damaged cars had been placed on tn
siding and the mainline was in oper
alton. Two engines and Il baggag,
coach were dispatched from here at :
| little before twelve o'clock last ni"h
TO take the trains and all remainin;
passengers in the direction of thei
destination.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-02-23
Germans Murdered
American Officer

Chicago, Feb. 19.--OHcial records
ana Red Cross reports today brought
10 Mrs. Frank Kendall the story that
her son, Lieut.. Oliver j. Kendall. Of
tho United States army. was shot bv
the Germans as spy just before the
great American victory at Cantigy be-
cause he would not reveal to his
German captors the details OF the
American forces. The execution took
place, the report said. despite the fact
that Lieut.. Kendall was in full uni
form when captured between lines.
lie had crept out of the trenches to
investigate German positions.