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THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER.
(Member Associated Press.)
Established 1879.
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OFFICIAL ORGAN for City of Amerlcus, Sumter County, WeDster County,
Railroad Commission of Georgia 'or Third Congressional District, U. S. Court,
Southern District of Georgia.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 16, 3915.
HOME FOR DELEGATES
In yesterday’s city edition we published a communication from Mr.
Gatewood, chairman of the reception committee of the state Sunday
school convention. In this communication he announced that after a can
vass of the city homes for only 600 delegates had been secured, while
the need was for 1,000 or even more.
The state Sunday school convention is a big event and the city that
entertains it reaps a harvest of publicity. Last year Milledgoville enter
tained over 11,000 delegates at the convention, Every delegate went
home an enthusiastic Milledgeville booster.
Two weeks ago Dothan, Alabama, entertained the Alabama state Sun
day school convention. Seventeen hundred delegates were in attendance.
To a man, the seventeen hundred left Dothan singing the praises of that
city.
Amerlcus can expect fully 1,000, if not more, delegates. In fact, Sec
retary Sims of the state association, states that he looks for fully 1,500
people to attend.
Americus must take care of them. We have the chance to convert
them into Americus boosters. Fifteen hundred people from all sections
of the state talking Americus will be a great advertisement for this city.
But we must provide homes for these delegates. Every family in the
city of Americus must do its duty and take their delegate, or dele
gates. Americus cannot afford to fall down, on this important feature of
the convention.
If you haven’t already made arrangements to care for delegates,
’phone Mr. Gatewood and tell him how many you are willing to entertain.
ON WITH DIXIE HIGHWAY
Says the Atlanta Constitution:
Fourteen directors, representing the seven states through which will
pass- the Hoosierland-to-Dixie Highway, have all been named, and are
ready to take hold of the work of selecting the route. There will be no
time lost by the directors. Governor Ralston, of Indiana, has already
suggested a meeting within a week: everybody is eager to get to the point
of construction.
With keen rivalries on every hand between two and sometimes three
or four different routes, the directors face no easy task; they must ex
amine and weight the claims and merits of each, yet expedite their decis
ion in selecting that route which offers the best in improvement, couple!
with the maximum of interest.
Governors of the seven states which the Dixie Highway will traverse
have named a board of directors, who are full of enthusiasm for the pro
ject and will give their best effort abundantly to its success. They will
work quickly and well that this highway may the soonest be an institu
tion of splendid service to every community which enjoys the good for
tune to be upon it.
That was the spirit of the Chattanooga meeting which resulted in the
creation of this board: Build the Dixie Highway, and build it quickly and
build it well. This is the spirit in wlich the directors are going to work
immediately, confident of active and complete co-operation on the part
of every county and every community upon the chosen route.
The directors, by themselves, carnot, of course, build this highway. It
bust be done by the construction department of each interested county.
County action and co-operation are what will count most, and one or
two backward, inactive and indifferent counties might result in the selec
tion of a route which would not on'y omit them, but similarly punish
some of their more enterprising and enthusiastic neighbors. The Chat
tanooga gathering with its 4,000 live wires, representing every state and
almost every county interested comes pretty near to furnishing assurance
of prompt and unanimous country action upon the entire route. Not only
that, but it was indicative of the fact that counties upon those routes
* which may, for one reason or another, lose out in the selection, will
build anyhow, and enter into active competition with the established
Highway.
There is thus every indication that the directors will have a com
paratively easy time in securing the necessary county pledges. It should
not and doubtless will not require more time than is necessary for the
various county road commissioners to hold their respective meetings and
give favorable reply. While almost a year was required to secure every
necessary county pledge for the great Lincoln Highway across the conti
nent, there is every reason to believer the Dixie Highway agreement can
and will be closed up within a much briefer period, and that the present
year will see construction work well under way.
The Hoosierland-to-Dixle Highway is not only assured, but in sight.
The Chattanooga meeting made it a certainty. The machinery, with the
exception of the board, has now besn set in motion. It will not stop un
til Chicago and Miami are connect* 1 ! by one of the nation's most magnifi
cent and most traveled roads.
“Clean Up and Paint Up.”
By WALLACE GOLDSMITH.
Os course, it is not as important as announcing a society wedding,
but still we are prone to state the picnic and red-bug season is at hand.
NOTE TO MAKE UP MAN—Let head “Submarine Sinks English Ves
sel” stand. Can be used each day.
Vic Huerta denies that he caused the Madero murder. One hardlv
knows what to believe from Mexico these days.
POTATOES RAISED TOR HOOKA
USED BY POLISH HOUSEWIVES
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, April 16—“ The prohibi
tion of the use of vodka in Russia sav
ed the people of Poland from starva
tion by releasing for their use the
enormous potato crops planted for the
distilleries,” in the opinion of Ernest
P. Bicknell, who has just returned
from Poland where he went on a tour
of investigation for the Rockefeller
Foundation War Relief Committee.
The greater part of the Russian po
tato crop was planted by the distillers
for making vodka, and when the ukase
of the Russian government put an end
to this, it was predicted that the phe
nomenal potato output of this year
would be a dead loss to the growers.
The best potato land in Russia is in
Poland and the crop was being gath
ered when von Hindenmurg began his
rush on Warsaw, in the course of
which the country was laid waste for
miles. Fortunately for the Poles, the
ravages of war did little harm to the
great stores of potatoes safely stowed
away in underground caches. This
store now provides practically the
staple food for the Poles, and those
parts of Poland which raise no pota
toes are being supplied by an effective
system of distribution arranged by
the Germans.
Hightower’s Book Store
Americus, Georgia
Engraving a Specialty
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER
FOOTBALL PLAYERS
SLOW TO ENLIST
IN KINO’S ARMY
LONDON, April 16.—-Only 122 pro
fessional football players out of some
1,800 in the league teams have enlisted
in the Football Batallion, which was
organized for the express purpose of
bringing this class of professional
athletes to the colors and of breaking
up a sport which is supposed to have
a bad effect on the recruiting cam
paign.
’’The laxity of football professionals
and their following has amounted to
(almost a public scandal,’.’ states Col
onel C. F. Grantham, commanding the
batallion, “I am aware and have proof
that in many cases directors and
managers of clubs have not only given
no assistance in getting these men to
join, but have done their best by their
action to prevent it. I will no longer
be a party to shielding the want of
patrotism of these men by allowing
the public to think they have joined
the Football Battalion.”
DRINK
IN BOTTLES
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There are hundreds
ot imitations of Coca
Cola, but there are
none that have ever
reached within hail
ing distance of the
“Old Reliable” as a
public favorite.
AND
THERE’S A
REASON
Alv\ ays pure, always
fresh, always whole
some. Accept no
substitute.
AMERICUS COCA COLA
BOTTLING CO
J. T. Warren, Mgr.
ELECTRIC PUMPS
WILL BE PLACED
IT THESTATIBN
CITY COUNCIL FINDS WAY OUT OF
A DILEMLA.
The huge electric pump, which was
ordered built last fall by the city
council, as then constituted, at a
cost of near $7,000, is to be shipped to
Americus and duly installed at the
plant of the Public Service Co. with
out further delay. Council has found
away out of the delimia anent the
pump purchase, and as the new equip
ment is greatly needed the manufac
turers will be instructed to ship the
pump without further delay.
This action has been taken at the
instigation of the Public Service Co.,
through its officers, who have propos
ed to finance the deferred payments as
they become due.
When the Public Service Co. began
operating thq city’s water plant un
der terms of the existing contract the
steam pumps in place there were con
tinued in service until the electric
pump could be installer. «:nce that
time the cost of operation has been so
great as to entail a loss upon the con.
tracting company, which is now pump
ing the city’s water supply at total
cost of approximately $8,500 per an
num.
The company, it seems, has the
power to increase this cost, but under
terms agreed upon with city council
at the recent meeting the contracting
company will finance the deferred
payments upon the electric pump in
order to get the use of it, and will
pump the water supply at current
rates for three years, a very advantag
eous offer for the city.
I OPEN NOSTRILS! END I
A COLD OR CATARRH |
How To Get Relief When Head i
and Nose are Stuffed Up. a
Count fifty! Your cold in head or
catarrh disappears. Your clogged nos
trils will open, the air passages of your
head will clear and you can breathe
freely. No more snuffing, hawking,
mucous discharge, dryness or head
ache; no struggling for breath at
nigbt.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply a
little of this fragrant antiseptic cream
in your nostrils. It penetrates through
every air passage of the head, sooth
ing and healing the swollen or inflam
ed mucous membrane, giving you in
stant relief. Head colds and catarrh
yield like magic. Don’t stay stuffed-up
and miserable. Relief >s sure. Hooks
*
Pharmacy. advt
L. G. COUNCIL, Pres’t Inc. 1881. H. S. COUNCIL, Cashier.
C. M. COUNCIL, Ylce-Pres. T. E. BOLTON, Asst Cashier.
Planters’ Bank of Americus
CAPITAI, SURPLUS AND PROFITS $210,000.00
__—With twenty years exper-
P i ence ‘ n successful banking and
| ffMMf with our large resources and
§• close personal attention to
• jig N '# fi iB la Mil every interest consistent with
;g rrj ggliig §‘:|§ ijj|| sound banking, we solicit your
patronage.
Interest allowed on time
iw £1 /i* 'jjjMg! certificates and in our depart
' ment for savings.
Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating. We want
your Business.
No Account Too Large and None Too Small.
MONEY LOANED
We make farm loans at 6 per cent interest and
give the borrower the privilege of paying part of
principal at end of any year, stopping interest
on amounts paid, but no annual payment of
principal required.
G. R. ELLIS or G. C. WEBB
THE ALLISON UNDERTAKING COMPANY
. . . FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS . . .
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253 80 and 106
J. H. BEARD, Director, Americus, Ga.
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MR, NAT LeMAS TER, Manager.
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CAREFUL DRIVERS
All City Calls - - . 25c
OUT OF TOWN CALLS AT REASONABLE RATES
PHONE L. L. COMPTON phone
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In summer you can have hot wa- 1
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cost. Makes the man happy at bath
and at shaving time. Is a necessity W
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Very durable. Prices low.
AMERICUS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
HERBERT HAWKINS
Insurance And Surety Bonds.
Specialty-Autos at 2 per cent
PLANTERS BANK BLDG. Pbone No. 166
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 191*