Americus times-recorder. [volume], November 15, 1917, City Edition, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3

About Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current

Image provided by: Digital Library of Georgia, a project of GALILEO located at the University of Georgia Libraries

                
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1917.
EAST SIDE STORE HOFFMAN BROS. ™ cotton avenue
Across Street from Buchanan’s Hardware Store
Greatest Reduction Sale
QI This Year Will Commence FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16th And Continue lor H Days
Dwino tn niir Parlv biivincr for cash through our New York buyer, we are able to offer everything in Ladies’ Ready to Wear,
Owing to °^ e ™™y and Dry Goods at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES during this sale.
It Will Pay You to Visit Our Store During This Sale. Come and Be Convinced
Come Hoffman Bros. Come
107 Cotton Avenue. Across the Street from Buchanan’s Fiardware Store. Americus, Georgia
BRAGG’S MARKET
For choice cuts of Beef or Poik in Steaks, Roasts and
Stews. Good Sausage Meats, Liver, Steak, Brains,
Vienna Sausage, Sliced Hams and Bacon.
Butter, Eggs, Fish and Oysters.
BRAGG’S MEAT MARKET
123 W. FORSYTH ST. PHONE 181
Not how cheap, but how good we can make your
Photograph, Portraits, Commercial Work, Kodak Fin
ishing. Films developed free. Prints 3c to 5c each.
Satisfaction or your money refunded. Send us your
films; we pay return postage.
L. A. McPheeters For Sy k 2s street
Br - r - r - r
when you jump out
of bed these cold
mornings! You shiv
er —br-r- r-r. What's
the use? One of our
little gas heaters will
make you perfectly
comfortable. Turn it
on, instant heat —turn
it off, expense ceases.
$6.00 and $7.00
wrrrn IWIIIIII IM Bl TXriHiTT
I
Americus Lighting
Company
gin our auto insurance you obtain
Safe Protection
of excellent character —the kind of in-
protection that covers all the
essentials and is backed by a strong,
sound company.
Herbert Hawkins
BREAD CARDS ISSUED
TOJWLE DE PARIS
PARIS, NOv. 15.—Bread cards have
been issued to the housewives of
Paris, though the regime has not been
instituted. The ration which was
fixed at a pound per day per head by
the preceding Minister of Provisions,
will probably not be a half pound per
head. Bulgaria, whose principal re
sources are agricultural allows a
pound a day Bread rations to civil
ians in belligenrent and neutral coun
tries to date are as follows:
Bulgaria, 16 ounces; Denmark, 10
German, 9 ounces; Austria 9 ounces;
Sweden, 8 1-2 ounces; Holland, 8
ounces; England, (restaurants) 7 1-2
ounces; Turkey, 5 ounces. Bread is
made in German containing 94 per
cena of wheat, in Austria the flour is
90 per cent, while 84 per cent is used
in France.
Coal Prices in Savannah.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 15. —Coal
prices have been fixed in Savannah.
The ton used shall be 2240 pounds;
the city will weigh the coal, and the
prices are: Bitumnous, $9; Anthracite
sl2; Steam, $7. Fuel Administrator
Dixon says dealers found charging
more than the retail price given above
will bo
AVIATION STUDENTS ARE
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS
ATLANTA. Ga., Nov. 15.—The avia
do students at the government’s fly
ing school in Atlanta are making very
satisfactory progress, according to
signal corpsehETA OSHRDL HRD L
Major George O. Squ'ers, chief of the
signal corps of the United States army
who completed an inspection of tho
embyro flyers yesterday.
Some two hundred or more select-
SEED
wwwvwvwvvwwvrwwwwwwwwwrwwww
Things You
Should Plant Now
Radishes
Onion Sets
Potato Onion
Cabbage ■
Lettuce
Beets
Turnips
Mustard
Rape
Pho ie 542
PIASTERS SEED CO.
AMERICUS, GA.
KINKY
i'
ft® /SX
Ha,r //W\
Grows L.niJ, SoEf, |
Silky, by usiv* aFI I
EXELENTO I. I
QUININE POMADE / I
which is a Hair Grow-\ W JsS !
cr and which feeds \ 'W SJJfW
the scalp and roots of \ w |
the hair end makes »
kinky, nappy hair ;■>/ I I
grow loiiK, soft and I ;
silky. It cleans dandruff and stops fall- B ;
ins hair at once. Guamtecd todoas we I :
say or money back. Price 25c by mail ■ I
on receipt of stamps or coin.
AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE g I
t ® Write for Particulars f
( EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., ATLANTA. GA. fl
■hm J a
■BMMMMMMBNBMMRWM EVI I IUuUIAA*
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
& How they hurry
down to breakfast I
■> when the aroma of I
I this coffee steals
in their bed room J
doors!
I
I MAXWELL!
| HOUSE
| COFFEE
is nothing more in-
S viting than the odor of good
coffee. Askfor Maxwell House
and you’ll get it. At grocers,
■ always in sealed tins.
CHEEK-NEAL COFFEE CO.
Nashville, Houston, Jacksonville. Richmond
ed young men are learning the theory
of aeronautics, gas engine construction
raachie gun operation, wireless teleg
raphy and other things that an aviatd,
has to know. After completing ther
course in the theoretical side they
will take the finishing touches at a
flying school where flying is done un
der actual war conditions.
While n the cty General Squers al
so inspected the flying corps at Camp
Gordon, the cantonment near here,
where more than 40,000 troops of the
national army are being trained.
ORANGE
CRUSH
The immediate popular
ity attained by Orange
Crush is the finest testi
monial to the merit of this
new drink which is flavor
ed with the fine juice of
crushed California Or
anges. People like it be
cause it is
GOOD
PURE
HEALTHFUL
5C The
Bettie
AMERICUS
Coca-Cola
Bottling Co.
J T. IH’T If, lacsjcr
Sugar Shortage.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 15.—The '
sugar shortage will be relieved soon
in other parts of the country, accord
ing to President B. A. Oxnard, of the
Savannah Refining Corporation, who
is back again in the city after an ab
sence of several weeks. The loss or |
the Louisiana crop by freeze will b«. j
made up by the new Cuba crop which i
is ten times as large, he said. The re
finery at Part Wentworth will open
up again as soon as the new Cuban
crop comes in. In case Louisiana pro- |
duct is available the Savannah re -,
finehy will open soon. The Cuban
crop is due around the first of the year.
There is no shortage of an alarming
nature here. • I
$965
The Grant Six
Is The Best Seller
This popular priced car is one of the most numerous on
the streets of Americus. It is one of the most attractive
of all automobiles, and while built on substantial lines it
has a classic finish and a light, smooth running quality that
makes it the ideal car.
i
/ WxWjwBMHHfIMjHHMM/f nJ
$965
Our garage is now open, day or night, for all automobile
trade. A force of experienced mechanics will give you
prompt, expert attention. We also carry all automobile
accessories. i
J. D. HOOKS MOTOR CO.
Lamar Street
A number of young men from this community have already feeea
assigned to duty in our army, and some are now in service ‘'some
where” in foreign countries.
It is quite likely that many more will go.
The occasion may arise for someone in this community to remit
funds to relatives of friends who are in service in foreign fields.
We are enable, through our bank corresponts who have brute*
banks in foreign countries, to effect payment of such remittances
by a safe and direct method, and we offer our facilities for each
purposes to the people of the surrounding community.
The Bank of Commerce
PAGE THREE