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You'll
Soon Be
Thinking
of away to please
Father and Mother
and friends at
Christmas time.
Think of Photo
graphs. Your pic
ture as you are will
please them all.
Make your appoint
ment now before the
busy season.
McKinstry Studio
414 Jackson St.
’Phone 621
DR. R. M. WILLIAMSON
VETERINERY SURGEON
Hospital Accommodations for Horses. Mules and Dogs
Office and Hospital, Hampton St. near Ball Park.
VELEPHONE - - - - 235
OUR CAMPAIGN
FOR
Wiring Houses
Cbses Saturday, Nov 20
We are closing contracts
each day on the liberal of
fers made in this House
Wiring Campaign and no
orders will be taken at the
discounts offered after the
20th.
WE OFFER
Until T hat Time
15" „ DISCOUNT
on House Wiring and we pay your
first month's bill for Electricity.
Levy-Morton Co.
Jl3 Jackson St. Phone 46
TOOR FROM SOUTH
TO HUI WANTED
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn,. Nov. 16.
The success of the recent tour over the
western division of the Dixie Highway
proved to be such a pronounced sue
icess in arousing enthusiasm in the
I various counties through which the
' officials of the association passed, that
preparations have already been start
ed for a second tour over the highway
to take place in 1916, at which time it
is believed the construction work now
under way will have been completed
! and the road placed in passable con-
I
' dition from the north to the south. The
plans for the tour will be on an even
more elaborate scale than those made
for the first tour, by reason of the
fact that the officials of the association
expect to be able to invite, motorists
in general to accompany them on the
i tour, without any fear of encountering
sections of the highway practically
impassable. As a part of the plans
for the tour, the association expects
to interest the Northwestern Military
Academy in sending a number of ar
isored cars on the tour, just as was
done on the Lincoln Highway. These
care, equipped with rapid-fire guns and
manned by the cadets, will go through
■ banouevers at each town along the
■ highway. The members of the official
i party on the tour will carry out the
i military feature by making camp each
night, commissary trucks being a part
;of the equipment. The citizens of
Florida and southern Georgia have
started a movement to make of this
. tour a return visit of the South to the
North, starting the tour in Florida and
ending it in the Great Lakes region.
In the event that that the eastern
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMESRECORDER
SEVERE PUNISHMENT
Os Mrs. Chappell, of Five Years’
Standing, Relieved by Cardui.
Mt. Airy, N. C.—Mrs. Sarah M. Chap
pell of this town, says: “I suffered for
five years with womanly troubles, also
stomach troubles, and my punishment
was more than any one could tell.
1 tried most every kind of medicine,
but none did me any good.
I read one day about Cardui, the wo
man’s tonic, and 1 decided to try it. I
had not taken but about six bottles until
1 was almost cured. It did me more
good than all the other medicines I had
tried, put together.
My friends began asking me why I
looked so well, and I told them about
Cardui. Several are now taking it.”
Do you, lady reader, suffer from any
of the ailments due to womanly trouble,
such as headache, backache, sideache,
sleeplessness, and that everlastingly tired
feeling?
If so, let us urge you to give Cardui a
trial. We feel confident it will help you,
just as it has a million other women in
the past half century.
Begin taking Cardui to-day. You
won’t regret it. All druggists.
Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies'
Advisory Deni., Chatiano >ga, Tenr... for Special
Instructions on your case a .d 64-page book, "Home
T-a.traent f-r Women." u. p.ain wrapper. N.C. 124
division of the Dixie Hignway between
Cincinnati and Knoxville is completed,
as it is now confidently believed that
it will be, in time for the tour of 1911,
the routing will follow the eastern di
vision, in as much as the first tour
was over the western section of the
highway. The Dixie Highway work
ers in Cincinnati favor a routing of
the next tour from Indianapolis
through Dayton to Cincinnati, thenc?
southward over the eastern division,
with a special tour to cover that sec
tion of the highway from Indianapolis
north to South Bend, thence around
the Michigan Loop to Detroit and To
ledo to Dayton and back to Indianap
olis.
JUDGE IWIII MM
GT II RAGE FOR
wciMmi.
More political talk is in the air.
Ware G. Martin, judge of the city
court at Leesburg, may be a candidate
for solicitor-general of the Southwest
ern circuit, according to an article
published in the Lee County Journal.
J. R. Williams, of Americus, is sol
icitor-general of the circuit, and will
be a candidate for re-election.
The circuit is composed of Sumter,
Lee, Webster, Stewart, Macon and
Schley counties.
Politics all over the state is open
ing up at one of the earliest stages
known to the students of the game.
There is much talk concerning state
house positions .and already there are
several avowed candidates in the field
for many positions.
The race for congress from the Third
district has virtually opened with the
candidacies of Charles R. Crisp and
Thomas G. Hudson. Much comment is
being made over the state concerning
this race. Emmet R. Shaw, of Fort
Gaines, has said that he would likely
be a candidate for congress from this
district.
C of Ga.Ry
“The Right Way”
Trains Arrive.
From Chicago, via
Columbus * 1:15 a m
From Columbus *10:00 a in
From Columbus I 7:10 p ni
From Atlanta and Macon..* 5:28 a m
From Macon * 2.10 p m
From Macon * 7.30 p ni
From Albany . ..*6:38 a in
From Montgomery and
Albany * 2:05 p ni
From Montgomery and
Albany * 10:39 p ni
From Jacksonville via
Albany * 3:45 a in
Trains Depart
For Chicago via Columbus * 3:45 a ni
For Columbus ! 8:00 a in
For Columbus * 3 p in
For Macon * 6:38 a m
For Macon and Atlanta ...2:05 p in
For Macon and Atlanta... 10:39 pin
For Montgomery and
Albany * 5:28 a in
For Montgomery and
Albany * 2:10 p nil
For Albany * 7:30 p ni
For Jacksonville, via
I Albany * 1:15 a ni
• ’Daily. 'Except Sunday.
dvtv. J. E. HIGHTOWER, Agent.
SEABOARD AIR LINE
STOCKHOLDERS TO MEET
Special Meeting Will Be Held At Peters
burg to Ratify Consolidation
and Financial Plans
A special meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Seaboard Air Line railway,
held in the offices of that company
in Petersburg, Va., on Monday, the
15th instant, marked the culmina
tion of a movement which has brought
about the consolidation of two great
railroad properties in the South —the
Seaboard Air Line and the Carolina-
Atlantic and Western railway. By the
acquisition of this 331 miles of railroad
and the construction of 85 miles of new
railroad between Charleston and Sa
vannah, now under way, the Seaboard
Air Line Railway company gains en
trance into two additional important
south Atlantic ports—Charleston and
Georgetown—and gains a low-grade
main line from Hamlet, N. C., to
Florida points via Savannah, procur
ing to the Seaboard great economies
in operation and putting to its cred
it the only new railroad extension
which has been made in the-South
since the outbreak of the European
war —the 85 miles now being con
structed between Charleston and Sa
vannah. The completion of this link,
now rapidly under way, gives the Sea
board by far the shorter line from
the east to Florida and puts it in a
commanding position for Florida trav
el and traffic from the east
It is understood that the Seaboard
stockholders’ meeting will ratify the
proposed plan, which has already been
ratified by the stockholders of the
Carolina-Atlantic and Western rail
way, which becomes a part of the
Seaboard Air Line railway system.
A very large percentage of the
total capital stock of the Seaboard is
already in hand to be voted by proxy
at the special stockholders’ meeting.
Work Os Warfield.
Three years ago, S. Davies Warfield,
the Baltimore financier, a native of the
South, and closely related to its tra
dition and history, conceived and put
into execution the plan for the acqui
sition of the large holdings of Sea
board stocks then in the hands of New
York interests, Mr. Warfield becoming
the largest individual stockholder and
chairman of the board of directors.
This was far-reaching in its purpose,
not only providing for locating the
control of the stock in the hands of
the people of the South, but the in
troduction into the board of directors
of leading business men of this sec
tion, the removal of the executive of
fices from New York to the South and
the selection of a Southern-born rail
road president whose successful ca
reer insured to the system an experi
enced operating head, W. J. Hanahan
being chosen. At the head of the traf
fic department as vice president is an
other native of the South, Charles R.
Capps, who for over twenty-five years
has been identified with this property,
successfully advancing from a minor
position to the important place he now
occupies.
When this was accomplished Mr.
Warfield undertook plans for perma
nently financing the property and lib
erally taking care of its needs for the
development of the territory which it
traverses. The Southern directors are
Robert F. Maddox and Mills B. Lane of
Georgia, A. H. Woodward of Alabama,
J. P. Taliaferro of Florida, George W.
Watts of North Carolina, Fergus Reid,
W. J. Harahan and Charles B. Capps
of Virginia. In the board are also J.
William Middendorff and Townsend
Scott of Baltimore and Mr. Warfield,
chairman of the board and of the ex
ecutive and finance committees.
Scope Os The Plans
The plans which were worked out j
and prepared by Mr. Warfield and |
unanimously approved by the board of 1
directors in August last are far-reach-1
ing in their results. Not only are the |
financial requirements of the property j
cared for, but the financial structure is '
simplified. The mileage is increased 1
by 416 miles of new railroad, includ- ,
ing the entrance into two additional
seaports and a second track over an
important part of the system.
The new company to be formed by
this consoldiation will execute a mort- :
gage authorizing an issue of $300,-
000,000 of bonds, of which there will
now be issued $25,643,000, designated
as series “A.” This issue will be the
only portion of the new mortgage
brought out at this time, and leaves
over 90 per cent of the authorized
issue to take care of the future needs
of the consolidated system. This in
dicates the permanent character of
this financing.
In connection with the present issue
Mr. Warfield has brought together a
strong syndicate of investors, the new
issue of bonds being sold to a banking
syndicate headed by the Guaranty
Trust company, National City bank.
Chase National bank and Bankers’
Trust Company of New York, the
Continental Trust Company of Balti
more and other financial institutions
in New York, Baltimore, Chicago, Bo
ton, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Savan
nah, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Birming
ham, Tampa, Norfolk, Charlotte, Ral
eigh, St. Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati,
San Francisco, Milwaukee, Detroit,
Louisville, Columbus, Seattle, Denver,
New Orleans, Buffalo, Syracuse, Roch
ester, Wilmington, Newark and Al
bany.
Mr. Warfield’s plan to have the Sea
board a strong Southern property has
been followed with such success that
the wisdom of this policy is recognized
and indorsed by the investment which
these bankers have agreed to make in
this property. This is a striking and
eventful chapter in the development of
a railroad in the South attracting
widespread attention because of the
magnitude of this financial undertak
ing completed by Mr. Warfield in the
face of the conditions at the time
brought about by the European war.
Mr. Warfield’s Statement
At the time the directors of the Sea
board approved the plans submitted
by the chairman, Mr. Warfield said:
‘‘The Seaboard Air Line railway will
be consolidated with the Carolina-At
lantic and Western railway under the
corporate name of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway company. The Carolina-
Atlantic and Western Railway is a re
cent consolidation of the North and
South Carolina, Charleston Northern
and South Carolina railroads, operat
ing a total of 416 miles. The Carolina-
Atlantic and Western railway recently
acquired the Georgetown and West
ern railroad, operating from Lanes to
Georgetown, S. C., and from Andrews
to the Pee Dee river, South Carolina,
a distance of 70 miles. The Charleston
Northern railway is the line recently
completed, connecting the North and
South Carolina railroad with the city
of Charleston, giving the Seaboard en
trance into Charleston, and now be
coming a part of the main line of the
consolidated system. The new termi
nals at Charleston are admirable, both
as to location and facilities.
“The line will be extended from
Charleston to Savannah by the imme
diate construction of 85 miles of rail
road with a maximum grade of only
3-10 of 1 per cent. This new line will
also become part of the main line of
the consolidated system.
“This will give the Seaboard Air
Line Railway company—the new com
pany growing out of the consolidation
of the above-mentioned properties—a
low grade line from Hamlet, N. C., to
Savannah, Ga. By this new line the
Seaboard will reach Georgetown, S. C.,
Charleston, S. C., and Savannah; will
tap a rich and fertile territory, highly
productive in cotton and tobacco; will
admit of the Seaboard’s running time
to the South being shortened; will cre
ate a line with maximum grade of only
% of 1 per cent, as compared with 1%
per cent —the maximum grade of the
present line to Savannah —and will
permit the increase of the full train
load per cent. In effect, this
will give the Seaboard, through South
Carolina, from Hamlet, N. C., to Sa
vannah, Ga., two lines (the other lines
running via Columbia) each one self
supporting in its own territory. In this
way, also will be obviated the neces
sity of double-tracking the Hamlet-Co
lumbia line, where traffic is becoming
congested. The territory to be opened
up between Charleston and Savannah
is generally well adapted to the grow
ing of vegetables, corn, rice and sea
island cotton, and will put the Sea
board immediately into Charleston’s
heaviest vegetable-producing section.
“The Seaboard Air Line Railway
company —the new company—will
have a first and consolidated mortgage
securing an authorized issue of $300,-
000,000 bonds, of variable interest
rates and maturities. This mortgage
will be immediately a first lien on the
416 miles of main line track between
Hamlet and Savannah, via Charleston,
Lanes and Georgetown, S. C., located
on the Hamlet-Columbia line, to Flor
ence, Boston, Sumter and Timmons
ville, S. C. There will be pledged as
collateral under the new mortgage a
majority—s22,36l,ooo—of the out
standing refunding 4 per cent bonds
of the Seaboard Air Line railway.
“There will be issued presently un
der the new first and consolidated
mortgage $22,893,000 6 per cent 30-
year gold bonds. A part is to be used
in exchange for underlying bonds of
constituent companies. The balance
has been sold, the proceeds to be
used for the construction of the new
line from Charleston to Savannah; for
the retirement of equipment trust ob
ligations falling due during the year
ending June 30, 1916; for the retire
ment of the $6,000,000 3-year notes
due March 1, 1916; for the acquisition
of certain new property, and for im
provements, betterments, etc.
“It was believed to be to the best
nterests of the property to make im
mediate arrangements for the near fu
ure, as well as for present financial
equirements. In the financing of the
nations at war, interest rates have al
ready materially increased, necessitat-'
ing the procuring of large amounts of,
money for American enterprises on an I
increasing interest basis.”
. Securities Already Advanced
As outlined in the foregoing state
ment by Mr. Warfield, it is pointed out
that under the new financial plans
and consolidation all classes of securi
ties of the Seaboard Air Line railway
would be greatly benefited, not only
the bonds of the railway and its con
stituent properties, but both issues of
preferred and common stock would be
made more valuable. That this is gen
erally recognized is evidenced by the
large increase in the market quota
tions of the stocks, and all Seaboard
securities, resulting after the knowl
edge on the part of the stockholders
of the value to the securities under
the proposed financial arrangements
and as additional evidence of the man
ner in which the plans have been re
ceived by the stockholders.
/AUTO RUNS DOWN
~ { MR. CLIFFE’S HORSE
fEminent Dramatic Actor Escapes
by Good Horsemanship
’ H. Cooper Cliffe, the eminent
dramatic actor, who has just
finished the best screen work of
his career in “The Final Judg
ment,” the Rolfe-Metro feature pro
duction in which Ethel Barrymore
was starred, barely escaped death
or serious injury when a horse he
was riding was run down by an
automobile in Central Park. II s
mount was injured so badly that
it had to be shift., but Mr. C liff. 1 ,
owing to his quick wit and exc
lent horsemanship, got off w th a
few minor bruises. Mr. Cliffe lias
ridden since a youth, but his horse
■■MB
*
H. COOPER CLIFFE
became unmanageable and pranced
into the middle of the West Drive
where a long string of machines
were speeding in either direction.
When he saw he could not avoid the
accident, Mi. Cliffe leapt from his
mount and fell headlong on the
green sward at the side of the
drive.
Mr. Cliffe is one of the greatest
dramatic actors on the English
speaking stage. He is a direct de
scendant of the celebrated Kem
bles, and began his career in grand
opera. Sir Henry Irving induced
him to give that up and join him,
which he did, playing juvenile roles
in the Lyceum Theatre, London,
for three years. He was Ellen
Terry’s leading man for two sea
sons, and for three years was seen
in important roles in the old Drury
Lane. Afterward he became a full
fledged star. playing Shylock,
Richard the ITT. Cardinal Wolsey,
Benedick, Dante and other big
roles.
MRS. P T. CALLAWAY
SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS
Washington, Ga.
Aunt Patsy Poultry Feed Co.,
Memphs, Tenn.
Gentlemen:
Please ship me one ton of Aunt Patsy Mash on the 1 sth, and
two Tons on the Ist of every month.
Nothing I have ever used as feed for old or young stock,
pleases me in results as well as Aunt Patsy Mash.
Very truly,
Mrs. P. T. Callaway.
Ask youi dealer for Aunt Patsy, the egg producer, if he has not
got the feed, write Aunt Patsy Poultry Feed Co., Memphis. Tenn.,
and they will see that you get it.
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NOW IS THE TIME
Come and see our display
of dolls just opened and on r
display on first floor. ;
HIGHTOWER'S BOOK STORE
TIEBDAV. NOVEMBER 16, 1915
SIGHS OF WINTERS
GOLD «oim
111 NORIH FRANCE
BOULOGNE, France. Nov. 15—Signs
are plentiful that winter is close upon
the troops in the North of France. The
nights are already cold, far too cold
for comfort, and the characteristic
winter night-mist from the marshes is
in th eair. The trees are not yet bare,
but the leaves that remain have turn
ed to a seFe yellow, while the road
ways are covered with fallen leaves
which the soldiers here and there heap
into little piles for a fragrant warm
ing fire.
It is evident that there is to be an
other winter campaign; robbed, how
ever, of much of the horror of last
year’s ordeal in boggy trenches and
along impassable roads. In Northern
Ftance, at least, winted will find the
rival armies well prepared to receive
it. The wet mud, the ice-cold water
knee-deep in the communication
trenches, the ooze and discomfort of
the dugouts, will be the exception
rather than the rule this year. The
shelters, even in the advance trenchc
es. will generally be fairly livable,
thanks to the plentiful use of concrete
I a .d tar, and the skilfull employment
of drainage.
Moreover, the armies will be proper-
Ily clad and amply fed. The British
soldiers will again don their sheep
skins, supplemented by ample supplies
ct’ warm caps, sox and heavy boots of
rather better type than last year’s.
Many of the trenches now have brie <
floors, and practically all are drained
and protected against landslide by
timbers.
The great problem of the winter
will be the billeting of all the new di
visions which have come out since last
year. In the villages well behind the
firing lines, every outbuilding and old
barn has been requisitioned, cleaned,
repaired and made into shelter against
the wind and cold. But nearer the
firing lines most of the buildings have
• been smashed into ruins, and although
they were unsalable for housing pur
poses during the summer, they are
I lainly impossible after mid-November.
i The problem is being dealt with to
j some extent by the building of port
j able houses and huts, but the armies,
grow too fast for the carpenters.
I The work of the aeroplane observers
I gets more difficult as winter approach
i
es. The fogs of the late autumn cling
I to the ground in little patches well into
j the day, while the evening mists make
I observations difficult soon after mid
i afternoon.