PAGE TWO « Local News Items ♦ Jast received new line Gorham’s t Storting Sliver, ( all and see it. S. A. •artels. Miss Reva Dupree returned this morning to Agnes Scott College, at De- ( enter, to resume her studies after J amending the holidays with her par vasts here. Miss Elizabeth Hudson, of Mt. Ver asn. left this morning to resume her . work at Wesleyan college, after sjtend i>g a few days in the city, the guest of Kiss Vera Brady. i Genuine Fruit Loom Bleaching at 32 l-2c yard. Standard Dry Goods Co. 3-lt 1 Miss Rosa Gillen, of Maxeys, and £les Helen Alston, of Richland, were gsests of Miss Emily Edwards, on Church street Tuesday. Miss Gillen Sas been visiting Miss Alston at Rich- Uud during the holidays. Miss Eugenia Parker returned to her school duties at Hollins College, Hol fins. Va., Tuesday, after spending the holidays delightfully with her parents i £»re. Bound and Loose Leaf Blank Books. Migktower's Book Store. *26-tf Miss Edith Hightower will return to Agues Scott College, at Decatur to jaght. after spending the holidays at itane with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. X W. Hightower, on Lee street. Miss Sarah Hightower has returned Cordele, where she has been spending the holidays with friends. Sew Spring Suite and Dresses. Miley’s. W. S. Mitchell, of Smithville, was in Americus Wednesday on business. J. W. Clopton. of Leslie, was in Americus Wednesday, on business. $6.50 will buy any Laies’ Coat in our stock worth up to S2O, and sold up to jftat price in other stores. The styles are right; nothing wrong but the pries. Standard Dry Goods Co. 3-lt Kiss Irene Holt has returned from «a extended visit to relatives in Lump kin. MBs Estelle Holt is visiting in Lampkin. 100 young KENTUCKY mules this week at our sales stables. We can furnish you any kind of mule you want at the right price.. W. G. & G. A. NURPIN. 26-ts Mack Harvey was a planter from Uranevllle on business in Americus to day. Dr. A. S. Boyett was transacting business in Americus today from 1/raneville, Ga. Money Loaned—s 1-2 per cent inter ne See R. L. Maynard. 21-ts X S. Matthews, from Smithville, Was a well-known visitor on business in She city today. Hr. and Mrs. J. J. Wilson, from Les lie wOre visitors in Americus today. Beautiful Lawn and Voile Waists just received at 50c and 98c. Stand ard Dry Goods Co. 3-lt W. E. Hawkins, of Atlanta, arrived Tuesday, and is the guest of his moth er. Mrs. S. H. Hawkins on College St. Dr. W. J. Smith, of DeSoto, was a easiness visitor in Americus Wednes day Madame Guida closes her engage ment at the Opera House tonight. Don't toil to see her. 3-lt —— W. F. Ferguson, of DeSoto, was aniagling with friends here Wednes- W. W Hooks came up from Cobb Wednesday to spend a few hours in the eity, looking after business mat ters. Fresh Apalachicola Oysters, Al ME AAMTARY MARKET. Phone 571. 3-lt ■ Mrs. Charles Smith and little daugh er, Elizabeth, leave Thursday for in Thomasville, after hav ing" spend several weeks with her ■rether, Mrs. Emma Morgan. Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Boyette, of near Poena Vista, were in Americus Wed nesday. « 1 You make money by trading at Bell's Special Sale. John Peel, of Leslie, was in the city \\ ednesday on business. T. A. Collins, of Ellaville, was in Americus Wednesday, on business. Remnant Sale. Ansley’s. ■■■■■— Mrs. W. A. Greene, formerly Miss'. McElroy, of this city, after a visit of’ ten days to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cup pepper, returned to her home in Chat tanooga today. Mrs. George M. Niles and little son. ; George, of Marshallville, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Fort, on Lee street during the holi- ! 1 ! i days, returned home Wednesday after-! noon. , New Spring 1917 Ginghams in great' variety of pretty patterns; none but the best goods at 12 1-2 c. Standard Dry Goods 00. 3-lt' |: Mrs. D. Edw'ards, of Smithville, was a visitor in Americus Wednesday. , Miss Annie Laurie Wells, of Smith ville. was a visitor in Americus Wed- i nesday, returning home Wednesday af ternoqn. New Spring Suits and Dresses. Ansley’s. Miss Sallie Phillips, of Fort Valley, returned home Wednesday after a visit of several weeks to Mrs. C. C. Holli day. Miss Christine Blanchard, of Colum bus, is the pretty guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Blanchard, at their apart ments on Jackson street. Remnant Sale. Ansley's. W. L. Howell, the tinner, has bought an automobile and had it arranged as; a truck suitable for his line of busi ness. W. A. Dodson, Jr., J. H. Lumpkin, Thomas Harrold. Jr., and Charles Wheatley returned to the University of Georgia at Athens Wednesday after noon. Office Supplies. Hightower’s Book S l ore. 26-ts Dr. J. F. Lunsford, of Preston, and son. James Lunsford, were in Ameri cus Wednesday, the latter returning to his school work at Barnesville, and Dr. Lunsford going to Atlanta on busi ness. I Misses Jennie Mae and Alma Boy ette of Buena Vista, were in Ameri cus Wednesday, en route to the G. N. & 1. College, at Milledgeville, after having spent the holidays with their parents. Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Boyette. Remember Jeffery at the Opera House tomorrow. 3-lt Little Christine Hines returned to her home at Leesburg Wednesday af-' ter spending several days with Mr. an J Mrs. I. T. Hines, on Elm avenue. Miss Cleone Collins, of Ellaville, and Miss Ruth Sears, of Ellaville, returned to their school duties at the G. N. & I. College Wednesday afternoon, having spent the holidays with home folks. Remnant Sale. Ansley's. Misses Mary and Lucy Kate Clark, of Plains, and Miss Christine Spann, of! that place, after spending the holidays’ with home folks, returned to Bessie! Tift College at Forsyth, Wednesday. J. B. Clark and D. I. Hite, of Plains, were visitors in Americus Wednesday. 1 j We are offering for the neit ten 1 Jays, special reductions on all pattern ■ Hats. Misses Hay & Tillman. 10-ts Miss Ruth McArthur, returned to the G. N. * I. College at Milledgeville Wed-! nesday afternoon, after spending the i holidays at home. Miss Sarah Walters returned toAi drew Female College at Cuthbert Wed ! nesday. after having spent the holidays with home folks. Aew Spring Suits and Dresses.' Ansley's. J. G. Oliver and W. J. Boyett left Wednesday afternoon for Athens, : i where they go to attend the annual■ j meeting of Georgia agricultural agents. .They will also attend the farmers’| short course and a boll weevil confer-'; ence while at Athens. iUTE IS STIBRED Si CAMPAIGN WITH HOLL WEEIIIL FIGHTS ATHENS, Jan. 3. —Georgia is stir red from one end to the other and through and through by campaigns of preparedness for the boll weevil. Government experts who have been following the weevil fight say that Georgia is far better prepared for the coming of the boll weevil than any other state, by reason of the cam paigns which have been conducted with such success and by the several years’ work of county agents and ex perts as directed from the College of Agriculture and in which the federal forces have been co-operating. All the work which has been done by county agents both men and wom en, all the club work represented by the corn clubs, canning clubs, poultry clubs, pig clubs, four-crop clubs, calf clubs, etc., all the work done by traveling experts, and all the work of farmers’ schools and institutes has been preparing the farmers of the state for the boll weevil. In the territory of the state where the weevil has appeared or where it is about to appear and do its serious damage to the cotton crop, special campaigns have been conducted and are still being conducted to help the farmers who have not already done so, make their sudden changes in agri cultural activities. County Agent a Factor In these campaigns the object has been to get out into the rural neigh borhoods where the farmers live. The county agents have been holding field or group meetings of farmers in fields where crops and farm practices of a new sort are being demonstrated. The boll weevil meetings have been held at school houses in the country in preference to county- seats or towns. Real Farmers Speakers To inspire all the confidence possi ble among farmers who are not famil iar with the real service of college ex perts, farmers have been obtained from Louisiana and Misisslppi to tell how they have made a success growing cotton under boll weevil conditions. I Along with these are experts who have just as definite and practical knowledge on various crops that will grow in place of cotton in Georgia, and about livestock problems of Geor gia. Traveling Schools I Week long schools are held in vari ous parts of the state where farmers turn students again and attend school for a week to learn more about all kinds of farming. Where such schools have been held there is always the 1 greatest demand for them again. They have been the means of creating new interest, outlook and optimism on the part of farmers. Moving Picture Show The College of Agriculture has been operating a splendid moving picture outfit over all parts of Georgia, taking the show out to the school houses in the country and there putting on the screen as clear a picture as can be seen in any city. The reels tell of better farming. They have been I shown free and have been attended ■by a great many thousand people, some of whom have thus been provid ed their first view of the “movies.” 801 l Weevil Preparedness Clubs 801 l weevil preparedness clubs have been formed. Certificates of member- I ship that embrace an agreement to 'do certain things in varying farm I practices and to fight the weevil. They • form the basis of co-operation neces . sary to successfully hold the weevil in check in a neighborhood. Members ' of this club are provided buttons as an insignia of their agreement to do their duty. Business Men Campaign Believing it important that bankers and business men should have the best information possible in readjusting their relations to the farmer so that the farmer should suffer the least, the College of Agriculture has conducted a campaign among business men, the ' principal speakers being bankers and farmers from boll weevil territory in i ! Louisiana, Mississippi, who have suc- I cessfully met the issue in their re spective territories. Literature Distributed | Principally through the medium of ■ the weekly press, the College of Agri j culture has been disseminating boll ' weevil, and crop diversification infor | mation so effectively that very few farmers in the state have not been ! reached in this way. Thus the week- I ly papers have become a very great i factor in the enterprise. j Posters have been issued, special circulars, bulletins of various kinds, all of which have been eagerly snatch-! ed up by farmers. Though larger and i larger issues of such publications have I been made, it has been impossible to I supply the demand, the editions going very quickly. 41,000 Helpers Enlisted Counting demonstrating farmers and their wives, co-operating farmers, boys, and girls’ club members, traveling ex-1 perts and the college staff, there are ' 41,000 Georgia people lined up to do ‘ some definite work for the improve-1 ment of agricultural conditions in- Mrs. B. O. Easterlin left Wednesday! afternoon for Andersonville to visit Mr. Easterlin’s mother. THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. Robert Lane, who has been spend ing the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lane, returned to his school duties at Mercer University Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. E. E. Schneider, who has been visiting friends in Macon for several days, returned home Wednesday after noon. Mrs. Smith—When I travel I always feel so much at home on a sleeping car. Mrs. Brown —Why are you so af fected? Mrs. Smith —because the last thing I hear is a violent snore. —Erie Railroad Magazine. Legal Advertisements I Citation. GEORGIA —Sumter County. WHEREAS, Mrs. Mary H Campbell, Administratrix of K. C. Campbell, represented to the Court in her peti tion duly filed and entered of record, that she has fully administered the said estate of K. C. Campbell. This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to sho cause, if any they can, why said Administratrix should not be dis charged from her administration, and receive Letters of Dismission on the Ist Monday in Feburary, 1917. JOHN A. COBB. Ordinary, Sumter County. Citation. GEORGIA—Sumter County. WHEREAS, J. W. Huguley, Admin istrator of estate of George Phillips, has filed application to sell the realty situated in Sumter County belonging to the estate of George Phillips, for the purpose of paying the debts, and distribution among the heirs of said estate. This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, why said petition should not be granted, and the Administrator of said estate sell the realty belonging to said estate In Sumter County before me on the Ist Monday in Feburary, 1917. JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary, Sumter County. Citation. GEORGIA —Sumter County. The appraisers appointed to set aside a year’s support out of the Estate of W. C. Laramore, late of said County, deceased, to Mrs. Sarah E. Laramore and her five minor children, having filed their return in this office. This is therefore to notify all persons to file objections, if any they have, on or be fore the first Monday in February, 1917, and else said return will then be made the judgement of this Court. January Ist, 1917. JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary, Sumter County, Ga. Valuable Farm Land for Sale. 1 GEORGIA—Sumter County. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in the deed to secure a] debt executed by Spain C. Kelley to the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Com-! pany hereinafter more particularly re-' I ferred to and described, the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company by its! proper officer, agent, or attorney as provided by the power of sale in said deed to secure a debt, will sell at pub-' lie outcry at the court house door in Sumter County, Georgia, during the legal hours of sale, to the highest bld- ' der for cash on the first Tuesday in February, 1917 (the 6th day of FebruG ary 1917) the following described prop-' erty, to-wit: One hundred and ninety seven and eight tenths (197.8) acres of land lot number one hundred and ninety (190) ' described as follows: Begin at a point ' where the original west line of said I lot intersects with the Americus and Leslie public road, thence along said Americus and Leslie public road seven hundred and seventy seven and one third (777 1-3) yards to the original south line, thence in a northeastern di rection five hundred and twelve and' two thirds (512 2-3) yards to the orig-' inal east line of said lot, thence north along the original east line seven hun dred and ninety (790) yards, thence’ west to the original west line of said' lot; thence south along the original west line six hundred and fifty seven' and one third (657 1-3) yards to the' point of beginning; said tract of land being in the twenty seventh (27th)i I District of Sumter County, Georgia. i For the purpose of paying a certain promissory note for the sum of twenty. I five hundred ($2500.00) dollars execut-11 ed and delivered by the said Spain C. I ■ Kelley to the Mutual Benefit Life In- i isurance Company on the sth day of | 1 August, 1912, and due on the Ist day of t ! November, 1917, stipulating interest t ; from the date of said note at the rate J < I of 6 per cent, per annum, payable an- ] nually. and 10 per cent, attorney’s t fees, the interest on said note being j evidenced by six interest coupons of s the same date, one of said interest notes to become due payable on the Ist day of November of the years 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, and 1917, res pectively, said principal note stipula - ing and providing that upon failure of the said Spain C. Kelley to comply with the conditions mentioned therein, in cluding the payment of tne interest on said principal note as evidenced by said interest coupons, within thirty (30) days from the date of maturity of any one or more of said interest notes, the whole amount of said debt includ ing principal, interest, taxes, and at torney’s fees should become immed iately due and payable at the election of the holder of said note, and the said Spain C. Kelley having failed to pay the interest of one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars which became due on Nov. Ist, 1915, said interest note was paid by N. M. Dudley, as re ceiver of the Americus National Bank, and transferred to him as receiver, without recourse, subject and second to the balance of said indebtedness due to tlie Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, which said interest note re mains unpaid, and the interest note for one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars which became due on Nov. Ist, 1916, has not been paid, and more than thirty (30) days have expired since said interest became due. and the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, the holder of said note, has declared the principal and interest due on said note, to be due and payable on account of the default in the payment of the interest as hereinbefore mentioned, the amounts due and unpaid being as fol lows: Said principal note amounting to twenty five hundred ($2500.00) dolars, and Interest of one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars which became due on Nov. Ist, 1915; also interest of one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars v-hich be