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of March 3, 1879.
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President
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City of Americua
Sumter County. ■*
Webster County.
Railroad Commission- of Georgia I’or
Third Congressional District.
U. S. Court Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, Gtu, November 27, 1916.
Thursday will be Turkey Day.
Bucharest may soon be able to send
out reports on the losses.
Another U-boat is expected, and it
hardly provokes any excitement.
Chihuahua City is the city which
Villa wants, and at times it looks like
he is barely deprived.
Sumter Superior court began its
grind today, and will likely continue
through several weeks.
Atlanta’s gas threatened to be de
stroyed the other day. There wouldn't
have been any city left.
Rev. Lovick P. Winter was one ot
the strong ministers of the North
Georgia conference, and his death is
a distinct loss to the church.
We've heard about the "most dan
gerous girl,” and now comes Doc
Ainsworth, of Macon, showing us Tom
Watson as the state’s “most dangerous
man.”
Folks are planning to give Uncle
Sam the coal mines. After awhile the
states wont have a thing but the
shell—the place where things once
were.
Venizelos and his own government
have declared war on Bulgaria, which
added another something to the con
flict, although not strictly speaking a
country.
Albany is going to Thomasville in
an effort to secure the next meeting
ot the South Georgia conference. This
is a wonderful body of strong men to
entertain.
Thomas E. Watson is on trial at Au
gusta. beginning today. If Dr. Ains
worth, of Macon, was one of the jurors
we know what would become the red
headed man.
The famous Overton case in Ala
bama is expected to go to the jury to
day, and if anything saves Overton s
neck for the murder of Judge Lawler
—it’ll be marvelous.
That shortage of $300,000 for the na
tional Democratic campaign fund 's
not growing as fast as the officials of
the party think it should. In a won
derful victory Democracy and her
leaders have been sustained, and now
the people should do a small thing
along the way of success by helping
pay the deficit.
In accordance with the annual cus
tom of the Times-Recorder, no paper
will be issued on Thanksgiving, giv
ing every member of the force a day
of rest in which to offer thanks for
the mercies of a kind year. We know
you will miss the paper on that day,
but we will have it for you Friday
with renewed energy
FOR THANKSGIVING.
r
The annual day set aside for
Thanksgiving is Thursday of this
, week. There are many things for
which we owe our thanks to God an!
His merciful kindness. On the spec
ial day, declared by the President of
the United States, every patriotic and
sincere citizen should humbly join .in
the great observances over the nation
in making known their gratitude.
From George Washington to Wood
row Wilson, the day has been observ
ed. The first president of the United
States wrote the proclamation with a
quill, while the present chief of the
nation writes the important paper on
a typewriter himself—but the same
spirit prevails now as then.
The Times-Recorder will observe the
day, it being an annual custom. No
paper will be issued on Thursday.
THE GREAT DEFICIT.
The appeal that has been made F?
State Chairman John D. Walker to
the Democrats of Georgia to come to
the assistance of the national com
mittee in paying off the deficit incurred
the campaign should be met with gen
erous response.
Everyone knows now that the com
mittee told only the plain trut’ dur
ing the campaign when it gave out
statements to the effect that is work
was badly handicapped because of
the lack of money. The deficit which
it created was made in the faith that
the rank and file of the party, who de
sired the re-election of President Wil
son above everything, would make it
good. It is not the committeemen’s
fault nor the fault of the Democratic
party that money is required in bring
ing about such a desired result The
opposition spent money like water,
and it had to be met in some degree,
at least. The national committee went
as far as it dared In spending money
which it did not have. Not to do so
might have cost the election. It trust
ed to the Democrats of the nation to
buck them up when it came to mak
ing up the deficit.
This is a matter which every Demo
crat should take to heart personally.
A Democratic president has been re
elected for the first time in eighty
years. Surely, from a party standpoint
that was worth daring much to
achieve. And from the standpoint of
the people, the re-election of a presi
dent like Woodrow Wilson was worth
daring even more. Give the national
committee a hearty slap on the back
by sending in your share.—Macon
News.
AGE LIMIT FOR HUNTING.
Just as the matter of age limit has
been applied to the issuance of li
censes for driving automobiles, or in
Other words, chauffeurs, just so the
general adoption om the license sys
tem for hunting has served to operate
with regard to applicants for hunting
licenses.
In Georgia it is against the law for
any one under 16 years of age to
drive an automobile, and no license
can be issued to any one under that
age for driving as a chauffeur.
Throughout nearly the whole coun
try the license system for hunting is
now in vogue, and three restrictions
are thrown around the issuance of
hunting licenses. One restricts the
hunting license requirements for chil
dren; another refuses to issue li
censes to children; and yet another
requires children to have the written
consent of their parents or guardians
before a license will be granted. In
fourteen states children are required
to have a license, the age requirement
varying from 12 to 21 years. New
Jersey prohibits children under ten
years of age from hunting with fire
arms, but allows them between the
ages of 10 and 14 to hunt with an adult
who is licensed to hunt.
At this time, the real beginning of
the hunting season in Georgia, these
restrictions are most interesting an J
serve to accentuate the necessity of
precaution in hunting during the com
ing season. It is a foregone conclus
ion that it will not be very long be
fore Georgia, South Carolina and
other Southern states will put the age
limit clause in their hunting license
laws.—Auguvta Chronicle.
BOTH UNPRINATBLE.
,Our idea of a fellow is unprint
able —who fights the democratic
party and wants its pie.—Ameri
cus Times-Recorder.
Isn't your opinion of the fel
low who has een beating at the
democratic pie counter for years
and who turns against the party
also unprintable?—Columbus En
quirer-Sun.
And it doos our soul good to see 'em
caught trying to play both ends
against the middle.
AMEN, BROTHER!
Wilson's ambition is to do away
with class lines, and should he
accomplish this great desire he
will have a place in the world and
history next to the great Nazarene.
—Americus Timee-Recorder.
To be sure. But we don't be
lieve there is any cure for snob
bishness, except death.—Dalton
Citizen.
Editor Shope is certainly preaching
the gospel of truth with a punch.
Failure Os Proper Grading
Lost Millions In Cotton
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 27.—i
That losses to cotton growers in the
United States probably reached seven'
and a half million dollars in 1913-14
because grades were not probably
taken into account in the primary
sales, and that in spite of a tendency
toward improved conditions since the
promulgation of the official cotton'
standards of the United States the
losses due to inaccurate grading are
still great, are statements of special
ists of the Office of Markets and Rur
al Organizations of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, in Department
Bulletin 457, recently published. The 1
bulletin is based on a field survey of
cotton marketing In representative
towns In the nine principal cotton-'
producing states of the South and
Southwest, in all of which a general
failure adequately and consistently to
recognize grade differences was found.
The specialists point out that cotton
producers themselves can have a large
share in Improving these conditions.
The growers are urged to familarize
themselves with grades and to insist
that the proper classification be given
their bales by buyers. Emphasis is
also placed on the economic import
ance of securing proper ginning, ade
quate balling and covering, and proper
storage.
Great Variations Found.
The surveys conducted by the spec
ialists showed great and inconsistent
variations in prices paid for cotton of
different grades. The average of pric
es on observed transactions in Ala
bama for one month, for example, was
13.51 cents for strict good ordinary and
13.47 for strict good middling,
the latter being six grades better than
tlie former. The higher grade of cot
ton thus sold for 20 cents less per
bale than that of the lower grade,
v ben on the basis of New Orleans dif
ferences it was actually worth $7.50
per bale more. The inconsistencies
and differences were especially appar
ent among the higher grades above
middling. This, the specialists feel, is
most unfortunate since it shows a fail
ure to recognize the value of im-
American Air-Pilots Live a
Motto of “Get There and Bock
FIELD HEADQUARTERS AMERI
CAN PUNITIVE EXPEDITION IN
MEXICO, Nov. 27.—" Get there and
back,” is the motto of the punitive ex
pedition’s aero squadron. Censorship
restrictions have placed an almost im
pentrable hedge about the army avia
tors, but it may be said the squadron
has lived up to its motto.
Flights are not begun at sea level,
where the propeller blades can grip
the air, but at a height of 5,200 to 7,000
feet, where the atmosphere is thin. The
mountains, canons and sun-baked
plains plus the altitude, combine to
produce air currents and pockets that
are a constant source of peril.
In one case a pilot went through that
nightmare of all aviators, a spiral nose
dive. The machine was flying at an al
titude ot 5,000 feet, which is more than
10,000 above sea level, when it struck
an air pocket. Clouds obscured the
pilot's vision and he had no idea where
he was. When he realized that main
ipulation of his controls produced no
effect, he glanced at his compass. It
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
A LITTLE HARDER.
Old Dobrudja is getting as com
mon as Verdun. —Americus Times-
Recorder.
Yes, but it’s a darned sight harder
to pronounce.—Dalton Citiezn.
IMPROVING THE GEORGIA
COUNTRY SCHOOLS NOW
One of the 1 signs of the times" ac
companying Georgia's great prosperity
this fall woth 20 cent cotton and
the large amount of feedstuffs for the
farmer, is the tendency on the part
of many communities to spend some
of this well-earned and well deserved
money for upbuilding the coumunity
schools and for paying good teachers
to perform good work. How appro
priate this sentiment is in these com
munities may be imagined when we
turn out thoughts from the rest of the
world at war and see how much better
it is to give our money and our child
ren for the peaceful purposes of edu
cation and prosperity than to give of
our money and ot our children to the
ravages of war. There is no better
way to use and enjoy prosperity than
to make our children happy and oir
community better.
provement of cotton varieties by grow
ers and in effect puts a premium on
careless and indifferent farming.
Marked differences in the. prices
paid for cotton of the same grade in
the same markets on the same day al
so were disclosed by the survey. Thus
middling cotton of 1 1-16 inch staple
in a certain market brought 13 cents
a pound, while middling of 1 1-8 inch
staple at the same place and on the
same day brought only 10.05 cents.
The latter cotton should have brought
one-half cent more than that of tho
shorter staple bale. Therefore, if the
1 1-16 inch bale brought its true value,
he other bale sold for at least $17.50
below its real value. While all var
iations observed were not as great as
this, wide differences were found in
numerous instances in every state
where investigations were conducted.
Geographical Price Variations.
Inconsistencies in the valuation of
tinged and stained cotton also were
observed, the differences made in some
esses between two bales of cotton of
the same grade on the same market
being greater than the amount paid for
the cheaper bale.
The survey showed that for the same
grades the prices paid were on tho
whole considerably greater in the
eastern cotton states than in those west
of the Mississippi. These differences,
according to the specialists, were
much greater. than differences in
freight rates to mills alone would ac
count for. The other factors in favor
of the Eakt are bellved to have been
Uie direct purchase by mill buyers, the
existence of good storage facilities, the
availability of relatively cheap money,
and the more general knowledge of
grading among farmers due to longer
. establishment of cotton-growing in the
! section.
The Investigators found that the pro
ducers received an appreciable advant
age in prices when he was able to
make “round lot" sales of 10 or more
bales of cotton at a time. It is sug
gested that still greater advantages
can be secured by selling where possi
ble in lots of bales of the same grads.
was turned sideways, indicating that
his plane was falling with its wings at
right angles to the earth. Carefully
he reversed his controls, fearing that
to quick a reverse would crumple the
planes. Several times he did that At
last he felt them take hold.
Just then, the clouds thinned and he
saw the earth not more than 500 feet
beneath him. He had fallen like a
plummet at least 4,000 feet
Another pilot at an altitude of sever
al thouusand feet early one morning
noticed a sheet of flame shoot from
the hood of his machine. Startled, he
began to volplane down, seeking a
place to land. He throttled down the
motor and the flame receded. When
he gave the engine gas a few moments
later to regain momentum, the flame
reappeared. Several times this occur
red. Finally, ho glided to earth and
got out to inspect the aeroplane. Ev
erything seemed in good shape. There
were no signs of Are. The flame he
had seen had been the rays of the early
morning sun gleaming on the highly
polished red blades of the propeller.
The Union Central Lifes’
ieduced rates and The Un
ion Central Life’s liberal di
vidends offer you the best
insurance at a lower cost
> than you can buy it else
where.
Lee M. Hansford
Agent
Rjom 18 Planters Bank Bldg
Phone 715 Americus, Ga.
F. G. OLVER
LOCKSMITH.
Sewing Machines and Supplies; Key
and Lock Fitting Umbrellas Repaired
and Covered. Phone 420.
LEE STREET. NEAR WELL.
AMERICUS CAMP, 202 WOODMEN
OP THE WORLD.
Meets every Wednesday night in the
Wheatley Bldg., Windsor Ave. All vis
iting Sovereigns invited to meet with
□s. J. M. TOBIN, C. C.
NAT LeMASTER, Clerk.
C. P. DAVIS,
Dental Surgeon.
Orthodontia, Pyorrhea.
Residence Phone 316. Office Phone 818,
Allison Bldg.
F. and A. M.
AMERICUS LODGE
F. & A. M., meets ev
ery second and fourth
Friday night at 7
’ \ o’clock.
S. L. HAMMOND, W. M.
CLOYD BUCHANAN, Seo’y.
j| M. B. COUNCIL
LODGE, F. and A. M.,
meet s every First and
Third Friday nights.
» w Visiting brothers are
Invited to attend.
H. B. MASHBURN. W. M.
NAT LeMASTER, Secretary.
MONEYTOLEND
We are In position to obtain
money on farm land in Sumter
county promptly at reasonable
rates. If you desire a loan
csll or write us.
las. fl. S Joo. A. Fort
Planters’ Bank Building.
C?GaRy
“The Right Way”
Trains Arrive
From Chicago, via
Columbus » i-oo a m
From Columbus *10:90 a m
From Columbus ! 7 5 15 pni
From Atlanta and Macon ..» 5:29 a m
From Macon ♦ 2:11 p in
From Macon * 7 ; *J5 p m
From Albany » 6:40 a m
From Montgomery and
Albany *.2:11 p m
From Montgomery and
Albany » 10-gj p m
From Jacksonville, via
Albany * 3.40 a m
Trains Depart
For Chicago, via Columbus • B:id a m
For Columbus ! 8:00 a m
For Columbus ♦ 3:00 p m
For Macon » g«4o a m
For Macon and Atlanta * 2:11 p n
For Macon and Atlanta .. .*.10:89 p m
For Montgomery and
Albany » 5.29 a m
For Montgomery and
Albany *2 11 p m
For Albany * 7-35 p m
For Jacksonville, via
Albany • i : OS a m
‘Daily. ! Except Sunday.
advt J. E. HIGHTOWER, Agent.
Seaboard Air Line
Fbe Progressive Hallway of toe SbutD
Leave Americus for Cordele, Ro
chelle, Abbeville, Helena, Lyons, Col
lins, Savannah, Columbia, Richmond,
Portsmouth and points East and South
12:31 p m
2:30 a m
Leave Americus for Cordele, Abbe
ville, Helena and intermediate points
6:11 p m
Leave Americus for Richland, At
lanta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
gomery and points West and Northwest
3:08 p m
Leave Americus for Richland, Col
umbus, Dawson, Albany and interme
diate pointe
10:00 a m
Seaboard Buffet Parlor-Bieeping Car
on Trains 13 and 14 arriving Americus
from Savannah 11:25 p. m., and leav
ing Americus for Savannah 2:30 a. m.
Sleeping car leaving for Savannah at
2:30 a. tn., will be open for passengers
at 11:40 p. m.
For further information apply to H.
P. Everett, Local Agent, Americus,
Ga.; C. W. Small, Div. Pass, Agent,
Savannah, Ga.; C. B. Ryan. G. P. A.,
Norfolk, Va.
L. G. COUNCIL, Pres’t. Ine. 1891 H. s. COUNCIL, Casider.
J C. M. COUNCIL, Vice-PrM. T. E. BOLTON, Asst c“w".
i Planters’ Bank of Americus
CAPITAL SLRPtLS AND PROFITS $225,00000
TOTAL DEPOSITS (Sept. i 916) $749375’3
Wllb a quarter ci a century ex-
FEr J eic ! ,n successful banking
& al d cur resources anc I
£ F k£e Ftrscrai attention 10 every r
if IS IA lultrest, ccisistint with sound
r- $ RjBJ tanking ne solicit jcur patronage
. tf , lnltr£S t aliened tn time cer-
Prompt, Conservative, Accommodating.
We want your Business.
, ; No Account Too Large and None Too Small.
Member of Amerlcua Chamber of Commerce.
—1
Americus Undertaking Co.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS
Mr Nat LeMaster, Manager
Agents for Rosemont Gardens
Day Phones 88 and 231 Night 661 and 13
THE ALLISON UNDERTAKING COMPANY
. . . FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS . 1 '
Daj Phones Night Phones
253 80 and 106
J. H. BEARD, Director, Americus, Ga h
Commercial City Bank
AMERICUS, GA.
General Banking Business
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
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MONEY LOANED! '
We make farm loans at 51-2 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
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New Building
Material Business
I am now prepared to fill orders for Rough and Dressed Lumber,
Shingles, Laths, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Builders' Hardware, Paints.
Roofing, Mantels, Grates, Tiling Window and Windshield Glass, and
will promptly and cheerfully furnish estimates on building material
bills. Also have an Electrical Department, and will be pleased to maks
prices on Electrical Supplies, Wiring and Repairs, and ask of my
friends and the public a share Os their business in my line.
Yard—Plum & Hampton Streets
Office—2l9 Cotton Avenue
Phones-Office 271; Residence 240
W. W. McNEILL
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For Sale at Auction! t
152 1-2 land, more or less, known
as the Joseph Hagerson place, situated about
one mile from Concord church, to be sold to the
highest bidder before the court house door on
the first Tuesday in December, 1916.
For further information apply to B
W. W. HAGERSON I
Americus, Georgia
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27,1916.