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tH IRTYoSETENTH YEAH
HAMILTON’S REMOVAL
EXPECTED TO CAUSE
RENEWAL OF ENERGY
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Various Meanings Placed Upon The
Change of Commanders of The
British at Dardanelles
PREMIER ASQUITH HAS
BEEN TAKEN VERY ILL
The Allies Will Send More Troops to
The Balkans, According to Advice
Given Greeks
LONDON, Oct. 19.—Italy has de
clared war on Bulgaria, but whether
she will send troops to join the Brit
ish and French expeditionary forces in
Serbia is very obscure.
Ae the result of fighting in hte east
Serbian frontier, the Teutonic armies
appear to have advanced over fifteen
miles south of Belgrade.
The outcome of the fighting between
the Serbians and Bulgarians along the
Saloniki-Nish railroad can not be
summed up so easily.
At Vranyia, the Bulgarians assert
that they have reached the railroad,
tliat the southern Serbians have been
driven back.
Athens and Paris dispatches main
tain that the Anglo-French troops have
taken Strumitza, Bulgaria. No official
reports have been received and none
are expected until the figfhting is
more conclusive.
The removal of General Sir lan
Hamilton from command of British
troops at the Dardanelles is received
with mixed feelings, coming on ru
mors of the possible withdrawal of the
campaign now being waged by the
Allies at the Gallipoli peninsula. In
the best®informed circles it is inter
preted to mean, that the appointment
of General Sir Charles Munroe to suc
ceed General Hamilton is an indication
that the campaign around the Helles
pont will be renewed with energy.
Premier Asquith Sick.
LONDON, Oct. 19—Premier Asquith
is suddenly ill. He Is compelled to
withdraw from public activities for a
few days at least.
Allies Go To Balkans.
LONDON, Oct. 19.—The Exchange
Telegraph in, an Athens dispatch says
that the decision of the entente Allies
t j send large reinforcements to the
Balkans is communicated to the Greek
government.
Italy Mars Bulgaria.
ROME, Oct. 19.—Italy has declared
var on Bulgaria, announces the Stef
fani News Agency.
French Repulse Germans.
PARIS, Oct. 19.—Three German
hand grenade attacks were repulsed
last night northeast of Souchez, says
the war office.
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4 ( ASE AGAINST THOMAS
4 TAGGART IS DROPPED 4
4 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 19. 4
4 The case against Thomas Tag- 4
4 gart, charged with election con- 4
4 spiracy, was dismissed on> motion *
4 of the prosecutor. ♦
MEXIC BANDITS
HOLD UP AND ROB
J FRISCO TRAIN
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Oct 19— Mex
ican, bandits held up and robbed pas
sengers on the 'Frisco railroad, near
Olimite, seven miles north of here
early today and killed three and
wounded five persons.
The bandits pulled the rail causing
the engine and baggage car to derail.
About twenty Mexicans composed
the party which looted the train and
lived the trestle near the scene, which
was almost destroyed.
The passengers state that the rob
bers shouted “Viva Pizana,” Pizana be
ing the leader of the so-called Texas
revolution. The sheriff and a posse
v ent to the scene in automobiles, as
soon as they learned of the hold-up.
Two companies of infantry went on
a special train, a troop of cavalry and
a detachment of infantry will be seen
soon.
The bandits claimed to be the fol
lowers of Luis de la Rosal, who is a
co-leader with Pizana in the so-called
Texas revolution.
Fmf cents
LOOKS DISTANT;
FARMERS THINK
COTTON NOT HEAVING THERE AT
RAPID KATE.
While cotton has sold in the Ameri
cus market recently at topnotch figures
it has not reached fifteen cents —or
even near that coveted price—there
are many here who are of the firm be
lief that it will go to fifteen cents and
perhaps higher, eventually, and are
holding some of their few remaining
bales for an evein swap, when it does.
Just now the cotton market, while not
sagging, is certainly not ballooning to
any degree, and holds
steadily around the twelve cents notch.
Demand is fair, but even at twelve
cents there is little cotton offering in
Americus. The crop in Sumter is well
migh gathered and the last bales will
soon be hauled to market—or stored
in the ginhouse at home until the mar
ket goes higher.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
THORPE SHOOTS
OEIDLT BULLET
THROUGH BRUIN
. ...
News reached Americus yesterday
evening of the tragic death at his
home in Savannah of A. J. Thorpe,
v, bo was very well known in 9mericus,
as Li. his home city. Mr. Thorpe end
ed his life by blowing out his brains
with a revolver, the tragic deed, hav
ing been committed in the bathroom
of his residence. His wife and two
children were at home at the time, and
were prostrated by grief at his act.
Death was not instantaneous, the
(patient breathing unconsciously for
two hours.
Mr. Thorpe was district manager in
this territory for the Singer Manufac
turing Co., and in that capacity made
very frequent visits to the company's
Americus office. In this way, during
the past year or two he became well
known here.
The subject of his tragic death was
very generally discussed here last
right, and is regretted.
Worry about unsatisfactory business
conditions and ill health were the
reasons that ■were assigned by the
members of the family for the suicide.
Mrs. Thorpe was in the house at the
time.
No notes were found in the man’s
effects which would shed light on his
act. It is thought it occurred to him
suddenly and he, with his characteris
tic impulsiveness, committed the act.
He had not taken time to unpack his
suit case after he reached home and
his wife thought he was going into the
bathroom to take a bath. She was
startled at the sound of the shot.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Effie Thorpe,
he is survived by two sons, Leslie R.
and Rudolph E. Thorpe, both of Sa
vannah, and two brothers, J. E.
Thorpe, of Savannah, and C. D. Thorpe,
of Asheville.
STEWCOSI
BEGAN SESSION
MONDAYMORNING
MEMBERS OF AMERICUS BAR IN
ATTENDANCE
The Americus bar is well represent
cd at the fall session of Stewart court,
which opened yesterday at Lumpkin,
with Judge Z. A. Littlejohn presiding,
and Solicitor General J. R. Williams
looking after the malefactors indicted
by tre grand jury. The current week
v ill be devoted largely to ihe trial of
civil cases, but the criminal docket
will be taken up should conditions
warrant it. There are a number of
negroes held upon blind tiger charges,
and these, with other criminal cases to
be tried, will make up a busy session
of Stewart court.
SAVANNAH MAN
BUYS TIMBER TRACT
VIDALIA, Ga., Oct. 19.—1 tis re
ported here that F. R. Durden of Sa
vannah has secured the tract of tim
ber near Superton, known as the Gil
lis tract, including more than 1,000
acres of virgin pine growth. A large
mill will be located somewhere on
the tract and a tram built to the rail
road either at Norristown on, the Cen
tral Railway or to Soperton on the
Macon, Dublin and Savannah.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 19, 1915
Richest Titanic
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Mrs. George D. Widener, richest of
the women who lost their husbands
when so many wealthy Americans
were drowned on the Titanic, has
married Dr. Alexander Hamilton
Rice, of Boston. He is noted as a
surgeon and explorer. In getting the
license he gave his age as forty and
that of Mrs. Widener as forty-sojen.
Mrs. Rice was the daughter of William
I. Elkins, the Philadelphia traction
magnate, who left a very large for
tune.
BANDITsIoLD
UP TRI NEAR
NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Six armel
bandits held up and robbed two freight
>ains and attempted to rob the Ameri
can Express on the West Shore rail
road at the entrance of the tunnel be
tween Congers and Havester streets in
New York.
In automobiles, loaded with the stol
en packages secured from the freight
trains, the robbers escaped.
The engineer of the express train
pulled out when the robbers failed to
guard him. The signa] light was tam
pered with in order to stop the train.
GENERAL CARRANZA FORMALLY
RECOGNIZED AS FIRST CHIEF OF
MEXICO BY SECRETARY LANSING
Very Likely That Henry P. Fletcher, Now Ambassador to Chile, Will Be Choice as Envoy to
Mexico -Formal Letters Are Exchanged by All Parties to Pan-American Conference.
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Oct. 19.—The
formal recognition by the United
States of the defacto .Mexican govern
ment with General Venustiana Car
ranzza, as chief executive, was accom
plished at epon.
A messenger carried the letter from
Secretary of State Robert Lansing to
Elisio Annedondo, the representative
of General Carranza, at the Mexican
embassy. Similar letters were also
sent the other Pan-American con
ferees.
Annedondo will start Wednesday to
Saltillo, Mexico, to meet General Car
ranza.
Henry P. Fletcher, the ambassador
to Chile, is most likely the choice as
ambassador to Mexico from the United
I States.
DRUGS SDfiRING;
OUININE PILLS
M BALLOONING
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Americus folks cannot afford to tan
gle up with the doctor at the present
high price of drugs, for even the priv
ilege of shaking with a chill can only
be afforded by the rich. It has been
known for some time that all drugs
"made in Germany” had gone out of
sight to prohibitive prices, and sup
plies cannot be replaced. Now, very
many drugs used in prescriptions are
away up yonder, and the man with the
pestle and mortar must advance his
prices in proportion.
Today, quinine is selling in Ameri
cus at two dollars an ounce. Nicety
days ago this old chill chaser cost only
25 cents an ouncec. And even at $2 an
ounce quinine is not plentiful.
“Don’t let it shock your nerves
when you find that the bromide that
you have been accustomed to buy has
gone so high as to make a 10-cent
purchase almost useless, for the
wholesale price is about seven times
v. hat it was before the powder burn
ing began in Europe.
“The little bottle of glycerine tha f
sou bought to make a cough syrup
must go up; the yeast cake has been
working in glycerine, too; it has risen
to about three times is former whole
sale price.
“The prices of many other drugs
ore up. Phenactine, one of those
m common use, costs nearly three
t’mes the price of a year ago, whole
the dearly beloved and promiscuously
taken aspirin has shown its ability
to rise, but has not yet reached the
dizzy heights from which some others
look down upon it.
Quinine is higher today than it has
been since prices adjusted themselves
thirty o r mor e years ago, following the
high prices during and after the civil
war.
“THOU SHALT NOT
KILL'JURE SHOW
ATIA.NTA, Ga., Oct. 19.—Atlanta
theater-goers saw at the Forsyth
theater last night the remarkable war
drama, “Thou Shalt Not Kill,” which
created a big sensation, and which
brought Henrietta Crossman to Atlan
ta for her first vaudeville appearance
here. Her engagement lasts the rest
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MANY BAPTISTS
ATTEND SESSION
IT MUM
AMERICUS CHURCHES ARE REPRE
SENTED THEE.
Americus Baptists are much inter
ested in the semi-annual convention of
Friendship Association, which opened
this morning with the church at Bron
wood. Both the Americus churches
are largely represented, as are those
of other towns in Sumter and sur
rounding counties between Oglethorpe
and Cuthbert, on the Central railway;
Lumpkin and DeSoto on the Seaboard,
the association including more than
a half hundred churches. Rev. R. L.
Bivins, of Americus, is presiding as
moderator at the Bronwood conven
tion, which continues through three
days, closing Thursday evening, next.
FRUIT A TRIFLE SCARCE
IN MARKET AT PRESENT
”BANANS” AND GRAPES THE BEST
OFFERINGS.
The Americus fruit market seems a
bit depleted at present, and the fruit
stands do not show up fan, great variety,
though what is offered is of best qual
ity. Purple grapes and California
peaches are to be had, while the al
ways handy “banan” Is plentiful as
well. Only one shipment of rather
poor Florida oranges has arrived. Up
to this time the California orange has
sufficed, but orange lovers will tell
you that there Is only one kind that
fills the bill, and that is the Florida
product. Usually the appearance of
this fruit is one of the signs of winter
and comes along with delicious grape
fruit and other varieties.
of the week.
The war correspondent, Maulrice
Campbell, wrote “Thou Shalt Not
Kill.” Mr. Campbebll, probably, Is
test known as a manager and pro
ducer, and is the husband of Miss
Crossman. During the Spanish-Amer
ican war he was correspondent for the
New York Herald. Miss Crossman is
one of the widest known of stage cele
-1 Titles. She is probably the best
known “Rosalind” that ever played
that Shakespearean role.
'CONVICT FORCE
TRIHEFEBRED TO
PLAINS DISTRICT
A squad of forty-five able-bodied
convicts are to be transferred today
Io the western section of Sumter, and
will again be employed there during
several weeks. The Barnes Trail road
is to be improved frorii Plaine south
ward, and other roads in the vicinPy
of Plains will also be re-surfaced and
iut in even better condition than at
present.
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YOUNG FARMERS
GAN RAVE GAIN
ON RIGHT SIOE
One of the ineresting exhibits Sat
urday at the Boy’s Corn Club contest
at the Chamber of Commerce was an
exhibit of corn, oats, pea hay and cot
ton grown on three acres this year by
Carlisle Buchanan. He was one of the
members of the Four Crop club which
is being fostered jointly by the Central
railroad, State College of Agriculture
and the Third District A. & M. school.
This young farmer produced yields
as follows: Corn, 60.26 bus., at a cost
of $19.31; oats, 30 bus., at a cost of
$6.30; pea-hay, 4250 lbs., at a cost of
$5.95, and cotton, 746 lbs cotton, at a
cost of $20.15. Allowing a dollar per
bushel for corn in the crib, seventy-five
cents for oats threshed and sacked, one
cent a pound for hay baled, and three
cents a pound for cotton in the seed,
these crops will show a profit or loss
as follows:
Corn, net profit of $35.96; oats, net
profit of $11.20; pea-hay, net profit of
C 36.55; and cotton, a loss of $2.77;
making a total net profit on the three
acres with the four crops of $50.93,
v. Lich. with the adverse weather condi
tions that have prevailed during the
year is not bad farming at all. One of
the most valuable things connected
with this undertaking is the fact that
the young man has kept an accurate
E.ccoumit all during the year of his op
erations, and it is no guess work with
him as to what he has made.
Mr. Oliver, the demonstration agent,
is now organizing the Four Crop club
foi another year, and he expects to
have one hundred young farmers in
this club. He wishes us to say that if
there is airy boy between the ages of
ten and twenty-one who wants to take
three acres jot land and grow the four
crops on It for another year that ha
1 as not. already seen, that he desires to
have the boy write him at once, care
of the Chamber of Commerce to that
effect. He is getting around as fast
as possible to the schools, but it is al
ready getting late to get in oats for th e
best results, and for fear that he may
not get to see some In time he wants
jou to fill out the blank at the bottom
cf this article and send it to him at
once, and he will mail you instructions
for getting in the crops and will get
to see you as soon as he has the oppor
tunity. If there is a boy who does not
attend school it does not hinder him
from becoming a member of either the
one-acre club to corn, or the four-crop
club, with three acres. Let him hav;
your name at once, on the blank fal
low:
This is to certify that I wish to be
come a member of the Four-Crop Club
of Sumter County for the year, 1915, or
the One-Acre Com Club of Sumter
County for 1916.
(Signed) _
Postoffice
School Community
(Cross out the one you do not wish
to join.)
STEALING AN AUTO
BAD AS A ROUSE
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 19.—Henceforth
the man who steals ar automobile will
be nearly as bad off in, Atlanta as the
man who steals a horse. While horse
stealing is a felony and auto stealing;
only a misdemeanor, Judge Calhons
has announced that from this time oa
he will inflict the maximum of a year’s
imprisonment without the alternative
of paying a flue.
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