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THIBT^f-SEVENTH YEAH
REV. TI ELLIS
IDEA UMBER
NASHVILLE BODY
URGE NEXT QUADRIENNIAL CON
FERENTE FOR SAVANNAH.
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The Rev. T. D. Ellis, presiding el
der of the Americus district of the
Methodist church and formc-r pastor
of Wesley Monumental, has been add
ed to the committee that will repre
sent the Methodists of Savannah be
fore the general conference commit
tee at Nashville to urge that the next
quadriennial conference meet in Sa
vannah.
This was done by the Methodist
Pastors’ association at its weekly
meeting when final details of plans for
the committee to leave for Nashville
on April 21 were discussed.
Dr. Ellis is a member of the confer
ence committee on appeals which will
meet in Nashville at the same time
As soon as it was learned he would be
there he was added to the Savannah
< ommittee, which also includes Dr. W.
N. Ainsworth, of Macon.
LOCAL'TM 7
DRAWING FINES
FROM RECORDER
I
MANY BLACK BOOTLEGGERS SENT
TO IHE CITY CHAINGANG
That it is the purpose of Mayor L.
G. Council to ferret out and punish \
in recorder’s court, the numerous peri
patetic liquor sellers is reflected in
the number of convictions recently
and the fines and city chaingang sen
tences imposed. The extent of juris
diction of this court is the prosecu
tion of defendants who ’‘offer for sale '
whiskey, the other courts handling
those arrested upon the charge of
selling or otherwise violating the stats
prohibition laws. The Americus policy
are going after the "bootleggers” all
right, and already have rounded up a
half score of these booze peddlers. The
latest one caught, John White, who is
black, was sentenced yesterday to pay
the fine limit, or serve the full time
limit in the city chaingang. This ef
fort to break up whiskey selling has
caused consternation among the
worthless class of negroes and whites
engaged in the bootleg traffic.
NATION TO HONOR
LINCOLN BIRTH!
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 14. j
President Wilson today signed an ex-j
ecutive order which directs the ob
servance during tomorrow of the an
niversary of President Abraham Lin
coin’s death, and the executive and
administration offices of the various
government departments will be closed
throughout the day.
Flags will be placed at half mast on
all federal buildings, at army and navv
posts, by direction? * the president.
Warships, at home and abroad, embas
sies and consulates in foreign coun
tries, will display the national emblem
at mourning height, and America 1
merchant ships throughout the world
are requested to carry the sLars and
stripes at half mast during the day as
a mark of respect to the nation's mar
tyred president.
AMERIffiLfiMESfREEOROER
COTTON EXPORTS
SHOW INCREASE
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 14.
Marked activity in manufacturing and
heavy exports were features of the
’ March cotton statement issued today
by the Census Bureau. Manufactures
during March consumed 423,959 bales,
exclusive of linters, which establishes
a new monthly record fpr domestic
1 consumption. Cotton exports amount
ed to 1,208,575 bales, being almost dou
ble the exports during a correspond
ing period last year.
AMERICUS ILL
ENTERTAIN THE
STATE BANKERS
HUNDRED ABLE FINANCIERS COM
ING HERE TUESDAY
NEXT.
Americus on Tuesday next, 20th, will
be host to the Georgia hankers consti
tuting Group Four of the Georgia
State Bankers’ association, who meet
bere again in annual convention. It m
expected that fully one hundred bank
ers "frill attend the Americus conven
tion, and the local bankers are com
pleting an interesting and pleasing
program of entertainment, as is al-
J ways done upon these occasions,
j The visiting financiers will hold
| their executive session in the morning
lof Tuesday next at the Carnegie Li
| brary, and afterwards will be enter
! tained at luncheon at the Country Club
| as guests of the Americus bankers.
Group Four includes the banks of
all cities in western and southwestern
Georgia from; West Point and La-
Grange in the north to Albany in the
south, including all towns and cities
within these confines. Americus has
i twice, in recent years, entertained
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Group Four, and the occasion on Tues- \
day next will be one of the most inter- >
estin® of the series here. Group Four ]
met in Columbus last year.
There are five groups in the state
association and every year each of
them holds a meeting in advance ■f 1
the( annual convention. The conven- J
tion of the state association will be j
held in Savannah May 27-28-29. Most
ly routine business is transacted at J
the meetings of the various groups
This year Group No 1 meets in Way-;
cross, Group No. 2 will meet in Athens j
on April 23, Group No. 3 in Rome on
April 22, Group No. 4 in Americus on |
April 20, and Group No. 5 in Macon j
on April 21.
BOSS BE THE NAVY
WILL INVESTIGATE
iCQNIITIQNCRUISEH
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April i,. -
I
Secretary Daniels today directed Rear
Admiral Beatty, commander of the
Norfolk navy yard, to designate as a
board of survey to examine the Ger
man sea raider Kronprinz Wilhelm me
same officers who passed upon the case
. of the Prinz Eitel Frederich. The
findings of the hoard will he carried
- on wi’- the same secrecy as the Eitel
i Frederich findings. Repairs needed,
i amount of coal and supplies necessary
i | to take her to the nearest home port
1 are matter to be decided by the board
? of survey, and the Kronprinz Wilhelm
will remain at Newport News until
1 these questions are adjudicated.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 14, 1915
EMPEROR FRANCES JOSEPH WILL MAKE
CONCESSIONS TO ITALY IF KINGDOM
WILL JOIN AUSTRIA IN DIG CAMPAIGN
CUTTING CROP
MATERIALLY IN
SOUTHJiEORGIA
About Americus and throughout this
territory the cotton planting season is
at its height, while on many planta
tions the entire crop has been planted
and only needs a rain now to cause
the seed to germinate. Very little cot
ton is up so far, though this is the
case in some sections here, where the
farmers planted after mid-march.
Many of Sumter's substantial farm
ers declare that the cotton acreage
has been reduced here fifteen to twen
ty-five per cent.
It is unusually difficult to arrive
at any definite idea regarding the acre
age.
About the only thing that appears
assured is that the reductiou will be
very irregular, most farmers will cut
the cotton acreage in order to put in
more food and forage crops. Some
will also reduce owing to the lack of
fertilizer. In other cases it seems that
about the usual acreage will be plant
ed.
If another moderately full crop is
grown, say 15.000,000 bales, the un
sold surplus would run the year’s sup
ply to 19,000,000 bales. The situation
would be worse than it was last fail,
and the farmer could hardly expect
more than 7c.
On the other hand, if the production
is made 30 per cent, less, then the crop
would be only about 10,500,000 bales,
and in this event the price would prob
ably reach 12c or more.
The farmer says he has got'to make
cotton. Very well, probably he has.
But in place of planting, he and his
tenants, for 100 bales, suppose h»
plants for only 70 bales. At 7c, lilt)
bales would bring in about $3,500; at
12c, 70 bales would fetch $4,200. In
addition there would be the produce
in other crops from the acreage cut
out.
To Visit Fair
In Motor Boat
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
ATLANTA, Ga„ April 14—\\ bile hun
dreds and thousands of Georgians are
planning to visit the great Panaipa-
Paeific exposition by the usual routes,
William Castle, a pattern-maker with
an inventive turn of mind, is com
puting a home-made motor-boat in
which be proposes to travel all the
way from Georgia to San Francisco
by water and back again. If he suc
ceeds, his visit to the fair will attract
national interest. The little boat is
being built in Dalton, and when com
pleted this summer, it will be shipped
to Chattanooga and launched on the
Tennessee river. From that point Mr.
Castle hopes to make his way entire
ly by inland waterways, by the Gulf
of Mexico, by the Panama canal and
thence along the Pacific coast, all the
way to the Golden Gate. He is con
fident that by hugging the shore close
ly when he reaches salt water he can
safely make the trip. Os all the Geor
gians who plan going to ’Frisco and
they are many, Mr. Castle's trip is the
most extraordinary and the most in
teresting.
AUSTRIA ill
GIVE TERRITORY
TO HERJIGHBOR
AUSTRIA ANNOUNCES THAT HUS
SI ANS HAVE BEEN CHECKED IN
CAR PATITIA N S—COSSACKS UN A
RLE TO FORCE WAY THROUGH
USOK PASS
Rome Relieves Report From Austria
Is Only a Rumor—Doubtful as to
Whether Italy Will .loin German-
Austrian Alliance Even If Austria
Gives Up Adriatic Possessions.
(By Associated 1 ress.
-VIENNA, April 14. —Rome advices
late today quote an Austrian official I
there as saying a state of siege prob
ably will be proclaimed throughout
Austria, on account of popular unrest
occasioned by the advance of the Rus
sians through the Carpathians, and
the same source reports Emperor
Francis Joseph as having definitely
decided to make territorial conces
sins to Jtaly, provided that nation
takes up arms for Austria and Ger
many. The report, however, is not
generally credited in Rome.
GATE CITY TO SEND TOLL
DELEGATION TD CONVENTION
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Dr. Yjirion Mc-H. Hull.
ATLANTA, Ga„ April 14.—The At
lanta Sunday school superintendents
had a meeting Tuesday night, April
13th and among other things discuss
ed “How to' Get a Full Delegation
From Atlanta at the State Convention
at Americus." A large number of su
perintendents present stated that they
expected to go and that a lange del
egation would go from their schools.
Different ones agree to do what they
could to boost the matter and the
prospect is that more delegates will
attend the state convention at Ameri
icus than were in Milledgeville last
year. The Atlanta people had a spec
ial train last year which took 105, but
because of the splendid four-train ser
vice a special train does not seem
necessary to the Atlanta superintend
ents. The majority of the At lam a
delegates will leave Atlanta »t 8 a. m,
Tuesday, 20th. Inst., arriving at Amer
AUSTRIAN AND RUSSIAN
CLAIMS DIFFER WIDELY
(By Associated Press.)
ROME, April 14. —The Austrian au-
I nouncement that the Russians have
J been checked in the Carpathians is
I disputed from Petrograd, where it is
| aserted further Russian advances have
| been made.
Uziok Pass, apparently, holds the
key to the situation in the Carpathian
region, and this point continues to
successfully resist the Russian as
saults. A tremendous body of troops
is now pounding upon the Austrian
defense there, however, and momen
tous results are likely to ocucr at any
time.
LONDON, April 14. —After a pro- j
longed lull, operations against the
defenses of the Dardanelles have been 1
resumed on a small scale. The bat
teries at the entrance to the straits
were bonlbarded throughout yesterday
one cruiser and a destroyer being sunk
by Turkish fire during the engagt
ment. Details of progress made or
damage inflicted upon the forts are
unobtainable.
LONDON, April 14 —The British par J
liament assembled today, and the big ;
issue to be decided appears at thi r , i
hour that of prohibition. The govern
ment has been seriously considering
the situation during the past fort
night, and may soon announce a decis
ion favoring prohibition. This would
mean the speedy enactment of “dry’’
laws throughout the United Kingdam.
| icus 2:07 p. m.
Among the Atlanta people who take
' part on the program is Mr. Jno. Spald
ing, superintendent of the Baptist
Sunday school. He is a prominent
business man and a live superintend
ent. Md. Spalding is also president of
the Atlanta Superintendents’ congress.
Dr. Marion McH Hull, superintendent
of the North Avenue Presbyterian
Sunday school, is to speak at the con
vention on “Special Dhys in Sunday
School.” The North Avenue Sunday
school is almost double since Dr.
Hull was made superintendent about
2 yerars ago. It will be remembered
that he writes the Sunday School Les
sons for the Atlanta Georgian each
week. Mr. J. B. Wellborn, treasurer
of the State Sunday School asosciation
is superintendent of the Grace Metho
dist Sunday school, and is connected
with the firm, Davidson-Paxon-Stokes.
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JOHN BULL WILL
ill WOT M COTTON
(By Associated Press.)
(LONDON, April 14.—1 t was announc
ed in the house of commons this af
ternoon that the British foreign office
had decided after careful considera
tion that military advantages to be
jtained by declaring cotUm contra
band of war were insufficient to rea
der such a step expedient, and that
e cotton has not been placed on the con
s i traband list.
B j The effect of this decisions is not
a yet plain, but in some circles is look
’ ed upon as forecasting the authoriza
e tion of cotton shipments between
1 'American ports and Germany by the
1 British government.
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jCOMEBCUL ill
SEES 8008 TIMES
: FOR CITY AMERICUS
i
r E. H. HYMAN, REST KNOWN ( HAM
t HER OF COMMERCE SECRETARY j
IN THE STATE, SPENDS SEVERAL
DAYS IN CITY—WILL HELP RE.!
. ORGANIZE LOCAL TRADES BODY.
Merchants and Bankers or CJfj Anx
ious to Rehabilitate Chamber of
Commerce Along Lines Prepored by
: Mr. Hyman—Prospeets For Good Or
-1 j ganizatinn Excellent.
’ Mr. E. H. Hyman, of Macon, was in !
Americus this week, and some of our
business men asked him what this cty j
1 could do to establish a commercial oi
t
ganizal.oii that would be in keeping I
’ with the other progressive cities of j
1 Georgia.
In speaking of the prospects of
Ame ricus for such an organization, Mr. j
Hyman brought out the fact that to |
(quip a real commercial organization*
tr Chamber of Commerce, cash was |
needed to carry on the work as the
first point. To run an organization of |
any kind, it takes money, and the
Chamber of Commerce being a clear
> ing house for the entire city, it of
course, should have cash to back up
t its many and various projects that will
t be undertaken by your citizens.
-j Said Mr. Hyman: ‘-Jfou business
people should provide an offieec on
. the ground floor and this office should !
: be furnished in keeping with the other!
i 'progressive places of business, of
■ which your city has many.
“A first class freight bureau should
> be established looking to the welfare
. of the many shippers of this city and
t a capable traffic manager should b 3 j
1 provided for this position, when the!
time arrives. You should by all means!
i have a credit-rating bureau, whose j
• information given out to the merchants |
i should be reliable and that they could j
| depend upon to use as a basis of es
; tablishing credit with the new people
1 that come to your city.
Real aggressive work should be un- j
dertaken of a substantial nature, and
I
that will mean something to your mer- j
chants and others. What is the matter j
with the project of getting the rail
road from Byromville to come byway
of your city? Matters like this can be
fostered wjth much success if you lia-e
j a real business organization. Yous
j merchants and bankers have experi
* mented a plenty, now to get down to
business and do something.
“Americus is one of the prettiest
cities in Georgia and has wonderful
resources, and her people can find
many things to boost her up with. You j
must learn to think and act that Amer- j
! icus is tfie best of them all and tell j
' others about it. Don’t think of what
Jhas gone before in the work; think t
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AMERICUS WILL
ENTERTAIN GOOD
ROADS ENTHUSIASTS
DELEGATES ALONG ANDERSON
VILLE-THO.MASVILLE HIGHWAY
WILL MET IN AMERICUS TO
PUN CAMPAIGN FOR DIXIE
HIGHWAY
Good roads enthusiasts from all sec
tions of South Georgia will be m
Americus tomorrow in attendance at
the Dixie Highway conference, called
by Mayor Council. Over a hundred
delegates are expected to attend the
meeting and help plan the campaign
to land the Dixie Highway for this
section of the state.
The call of Mayor Council, issued
several days ago, struck a popular
chord and the cities along the Ander
j sonville-Thomiasville route have all
J signified their intentions of having
j delegates on hand.
That the Andersonville-Thomasville
Highway is the logical route for the
Dixie Highway is the belief of these
good roads enthusiasts that will
i gather here tomorrow. They will or
»
j gamze for a concentrated campaign to
i land the big highway.
Some time ago it was announced that
; Howell and Anderson, the Georgia
\ Dixie Highway commissioners, would
be here at the meeting. At a late
hour it was ascertained that these
! gentlemen could not be here. But their
places will be taken by others who
j will keep interest from lagging.
The public in general is invited to
attend the meeting at the city hall
| promptly at 10 o’clock.
UNCLE SAM RETED
WCEITIS ALIEN
ERDOS STATUTES
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, April 14.—Sixty-nine
men and eight women, comprising vir
tually the entire force of stewards and
stewardesses aboard the American
liner Kroonland, were placed under
arrest today by immigration officers
and a warrant served upon the cap
| tain of the vessel charging the Red
j Star Line, owners of the ship, with vio
lating the alien contract labor laws. •
The warrant served upon the cap
tain charges that seventy persons were
brought here on the Red Star liner
j Findland last January, being trans
ferred to the Kroonland in accord
ance with a previous agreement, and
in violation of the federal statutes,
j Conviction on the charge preferred
j against the officials indicated carries
ja fine of SI,OOO for each alien em
-1 ployed.
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RUSSIANS CIPTURE
MOUNTI PUSS
LEMBERG, Galicia, April 14.—Rus
sian troops operating in the Carpath
ians late today successfully stormed
another section of the mountain bar
rier between Galicia and Hungary, and
now command all but two of the gate
ways into the Hungarian plains. Hard
fighting preceded the final retreat of
the Austrians, but details of the battle
j have not yet reached here.
,of now. Get into the game and help
make her what she should be. The
best city in South-West Georgia.
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