Americus times-recorder. [volume], November 24, 1918, City Edition, Image 2

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PEACH EXCHANGE
HAS BANNER YEAH
The Georgia Fruit Exchange, in
handling the 1918 peach crop of this
state, has completed the greatest
record of its history, according to
the annual report of President W. B.
Hunter, which has just been made
public.
The crop represented one-third of
ail the cars of peaches moving in
United States, a crop two and a half
times larger than the average of the
pieceding five years, and with one ex
ception almost double that of any
other year.
The exchange distributed success
fully more than 8,000 cars of peaches
and in selling this enormous crop
found it necessary to use only 190 of
the more than 250 cities in which the
exchange has shipping and selling fa
cilities.
Shipments from the state for the
j ear 1918 aggregated 8,052 cars, of
which the exchange handled 6,615
cars, the remaining 1,437 cars being
those of non-members. These 6,615
cars represented 82 per cent, of the
total crop, a 3 compared with 72 pe r
cent, handled by the exchange in 1917 i
and 61 per cent, as representing the I
average for the five-year-period ante
dating 1917. The increase for 1918
was therefore 21 per cent, over the j
average for the five-year period stated
and 10 per cent, over the total of the
previous year.
Average Price Lower.
The average net return on consign-,
ed shipments was $1.39 per crate, as I
compared with $1.67 in 1917. Theav-I
erage return per crate f. o. b. sales
vas $1.60 per crate, as compared with ;
$1 75 in 1917. There is a large brok
erage business in Georgia peaches and ;
re-sales undoubtedly increased the net}
price at which peaches left the state
to probably SI.BO per crate. ,
A performance which stands out
pre-eminently in this year’s conduct of i
the business and which more than any_j
other in the history of the organiza
tion demonstrates the power and in-4
flence of the exchange declares Press-;
dent Hunter, was its prevention of an'
absolute loss of probably 25 per cent,
of the entire crop through the ice
famine, the solution of which prob
lem was accomplished through the (
dose co-operation of the food ad- '
ministration at the request of the ex-;
change. i
The co-operaion of the federal rail
road administration was also respon- <
stole for the prompt movement ot j
the crop.
Another big achievement of the ex- 1
change this year was its ability to
solve the big shortage of crates which '
loomed up only sixty days before the
'■rop came on.
Shippers Increase.
One of the most significant things
appearing in the study of this year’s
business in the extraordinary increase
in the number of shipping members !
ot the exchange. In 1917, these nutn
oeivd 295 1 ; in 1918 the number of ship
ping members was 480. This repre- ■
sent - an increase of 185.
There was available thi s year for
distribution among the growers, under
contracts entered into in 1917, S9O?
145.85. This is an average of $15.25
pe r car. or .0305325 per crate. It. rep
resents commissions paid on 6,115
cars. Commissions are still to be col
lected on 500 cars, and these com
missions under the contract will he
added tc the sum available for such
distribution ir 1910. Commissions on
4,983 cars sold this year on the f. o. b.
basis aveiaged $24 per car, from
which it will be seen that the net cost
to the grower was only $8.73 per car.
Commissions on 1,632 cars sold on
consignment averaged $29.83 per car.
this making the net cost to the grower
$14.65 per car. Thi s distribution of
proles reduced the actual commission
paid by tho grower to 1.9 per cent
on f <» b. sales and 6 per cent, on
consigned shipments.
It wa a reported at the last meeting
that the executive committee had au
thorised the use of reserve funds
of the exchange for the purchase of
$25,000 in Liberty Bonds and that the
first payment of SSOO had been made.
Future payments were made as re
quired, and at the conclusion bond?
representing $25,000 were delivered.
These bonds have recently been con
verted into 4 1-4 per cent, bonds.
BESSIE WINDSOR AGENCY
Forsyth Street Americuk hone 2SO
"You can’t get insurance on ycur house after it catches fire; you
can’t get an accident policy after you have been run over by an automo
bile or been smashed up in a train wreck; you can’t geet life insurance
after you have become physically impaired.
What does all of that mean?
Simply, that insurance is one es the things you must buy in advance
of the time when you will need it.
RQjnember, not when it is convenient for you to take it; you must
get it when you don’t need it if you want it when you do need it.’’
Are You Insured? After the Fire is too Late
The War Rist Allotments
As She Is Writ
Following are going the rounds as
extracts from some of the hundreds
of thousands of letters received by
the War department at Washingto-i
from relatives of soldiers in the ser
vice :
1 ain’t received no pay since my
husband gone away from nowhere.
*****
We have your letter I am his grand
father and grandmother. He was
born and brought up according to
your instructions.
* * * * *
You have changed my boy to a leetle
girl. Will it make any difference
* * • * *
Will you please send my money as
soon as possible. I am walking around
like a bloody pauper.
* * * * «
If 1 don't received my husband’s pay
will be compelled to live an immortal
life
♦ ♦ ♦ * *
Please let me know if John has put
in application for a wife and child.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
You have taken my man away to fit,
and he was the best I ever had. Now
you will have to keep me or who In
the h —l will.
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ *
I'm left with a child seven months
old and lie is a baby and can’t work,
*****
Please send my money as I have a
little baby and kneed it every day.
« ♦ ♦ * *
To whom it may concern:
How do you expose me to live. My
husband was my sole support. Long
live the war of poverty. Long die
Germany.
*****
I have not received my son’s allot
ment and there are no symptoms of
the money.
*****
DATE OF DISCH A RAGE. I don't
know. My son was discharge for
physical abilities. REASON. That’s
what I want to know.
* ♦ » ♦ ♦
I have 'received no pay since my
husband wa s confined to a constipa
tion camp in Germany. When he was
drafted he was in the employment of
18 per week.
*****
This letter was written on the ocean
with every wave a kiss.
*•• • •
Previous to his departure we were
married to a Justice of the Piece.
*****
I was discharged from the Army for
for a goiter which I was sent for.
« * • • •
I received my insurance Polish and
have since moved my postoffice.
* ♦ * * •
Owing to my condition which 1
hav’t walked in three months for a
broke leg which is No. 75.
*****
Our relationship to him. ANSWER.
Just a mere ount and a few cousins.
*****
■ Please correct my name as I could
net and would not eo under a con-
: -.umed name.
I ■»
As Fragrant as a Breeze ;
Frcm the Tropics
REX" ROY
!i VCI.GAR&W i
] ’ Under the tropical conditions in ;
'! which the Rex-Roy Cigar is <
made, every particle of the j
!; original, sweet, tropical fra- ]
' i grance of the native tobacco is I
retained. That’s why we call it ;
!’ “A Trip to the Tropics.” Try ]
1 a Rex-Roy tigar today. Any !
;; dealer will supply you. ;
6c and 7c Sizes
The Americus Grocery Co.
Wholesale Distributors J
AMERICUS TIMES-REC< RDER.
In service with the C T . S. Ormory.
*****
You ask for my allotment number. 1
have four boys and two girls.
*****
Extract of a letter from a boy to his ‘
mother 1 am writing in the Y. M.
C. A. with the piano playing in. my
uniform.
~ *****
I am pleating for a little more time.
Please return my marriage certifi
cate. Baby hasn't eaten in three days.
Now Mrs. Wilson I need held bad.
See if the President can’t help me.
*****
Please send me a wife’s form
*****
Dear Mr. Wilsdn. I have already
written to Mr. Headquarters and re
ceived no reply and if I don’t get ona
I am going to write to Uircle Sam
himself.
*****
You have taken my man to fight and
he was the best fighter I ever had.
* * * * *
My sen is in Co. 158 Infancy. Please
tell me if he is living or dead if so
what is his address.
*****
Q. YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO
THE ENLISTED MAN?
A. lam still his beloved wife.
*****
I ain’t got no book learning and I
a writing you for information. _
• • * • •
She is staying at a disapated
house.
*****
War Wrists Insurance:
Just a line to let you know that 1
am a widow and four children.
*****
He was inducted into the surface.
*****
The war rists insurance. Dear Mr.
Rists.
*****
I have a four months old baby and
he is my only support.
*****
DATE OF BIRTH. Not yet but
soon.
*****
To pay off my depths.
25 1' AT ’Q 25< ’°
Discount A O Discount
Kassel’s Great Profit-Sharing Sale
■a—B—EeMBMB
This sale begins Monday, November 25, at 9 o’clock sharp, running
through Saturday, November 30.
Business has been off for the last two weeks. The Kasel’s Store has decided to make business LIVELY again,
and to do that are sharing their profits with their friends, on
Coats, Suits, Dresses and Millinery
Our customars and patrons have learned that we sell all our merchandise for LESS than other stores. In ad
dition to this fact, we are going to give a still DEEPER CUT from our usual low prices.
All COATS, SU ITS, DRESSES and MILLI NERY are marked in PLAIN figures, and we allow you—in
addition to our low prices—a DISCOUNT of 25 per cent on the dollar, which is a
Saving of From 45 to 50 Per Cent.
•If you are interested in this GREAT SAVING, take advantage of this splendid offer and come early, select
ing what you need from our absolutely NEW AND UP-TO-DATE SEASONABLE MERCHANDISE.
This is our first SALE this season, and we promise you ex!traordianry values.
Don’t wait too late. Call early Monday morning, and make your selections before the garments are picked
over.
In addition to our already large stock we are getting in every day by express new COATS, new SKIRTS
and NEW DRESSES.
Extraordinary Va’ues in Ladies’ and Men’s Underwear
ft ■ ; i ... ...
LADIES’ VESTS AND LADIES’ AND CHILD MEN’S UNDERWEAR,
PANTS, at 65c, 79c and $1 REN’S UNION SUITS, single pieces and union suits, re-
a Garment. , equally reduced. duced 25 per dent.
REMEMBER---The prices in this sale are for ONE WEEK ONLY.
Monday, Nov. 25 through Saturday, Nov. 30. Yours for business,
25 jo TCqqQpPq 0
Discount -tYclooLlo UlvlL Discount
MINK BIOT WATEffi
BF TOO DESHIKE A
TOST COMPLETION
Says Azo can’t help but look
better and feel better
after an Inside bath.
To look one’s best and feel one’s best
is to enjoy an inside bath each morn
ing to flush from the system the pre
vious day’s waste, sour fermentations
and poisonous toxins before it is ab
sorbed into the blood. Just as coal,
when it burns, leaves behind a cer
tain amount of incombustible material
in the form of ashes, so the food and
drink taken each day leave in the ali
mentary organs a certain amount of
indigestible material, which if not
eliminated, form toxins and poisons
which are then sucked Into the blood
through the very ducts w'hlch are in
tended to suck in only nourishment
to sustain the Jjody.
If you want to see the glow of
healthy bloom in your cheeks, to see
your skin get clearer and clearer, you
are told to drink every morning upon
arising, a glass of hot water with a
teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in
it, which is a harmless means of wash
ings the waste material and toxins
from the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels, thus cleansing, sweetening and
purifying the entire alimentary tract,
before putting more food into the stom
ach. _
Men and women with sallow skins,
liver spots, pimples or pallid com
plexion, also those who wake up with
a coated tongue, bad taste, nasty
breath, others who are bothered with
headaches, bilious spells, acid stomach
or constipation should begin this phos
phated hot water drinking and are
assured of very pronounced results in
one or two weeks.
A quarter pound of limestone phos
phate costs very little at the drug
store but is sufficient to demonstrate
that just as soap and hot water
cleanses, purifies and freshens the
skin on the outside, so hot water and
limestone phosphate act on the inside
organs. We must always consider that
internal sanitation is vastly more im
portant than outside cleanliness, be
cause the skin pores do not absorb
impurities into the blood, while the
bowel pores do.
LADIES
When irregular or delayed use
Triumph Pills. Safe and always de
pendable. Not sold at drug stores.
Do not experiment with others, save
disappointment. Write for “Relief’
and particulars. It’s free. Address
National Medical Institute. MJ’wan
kee, Wls,
AlO rest—no peace.
I e
Theres' no peace and little rest for
the one wh o suffers from a bad back,
and distressing urinary disorders.
Americus people recommend Doan’s
Kidney Pills. Be guided by their ex
perience.
Mrs. R. M .Dillard, 205 Mayo street,
says: “Last fall my kidneys gave me
a great deal of trouble. They were
weak and irregular in action and I
felt tired and languid all the time. I
had a dull ache in the small of my
back that never left me. Sometimes in
the morning, my back would pain me,
so I could hardly get out of bed, and
dizzy spells would come over me and
black specks appear before my eyes,
blurring my sight. When Doan’s Kid-
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• ®
I Mares and Mules |
• ______ •
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•
• Big lot always on hand. |
• We are the largest dealers •
J here and will trade either J
• for cash or extend terms. •
• We will exchange tine ®
J young Kentucky and Tenn- J
• essee Mules and Mares for ®
• your old stock. ®
J Brood and Drving Mares *
• See me at my new location, Cot- •
| ton avenue fronting Jefferson st. •
j J. D. HOLMAN s
SENVaY, NOVEMBER 24,
ney Pills were recommended to me I
began taking them. I only took a few
doses when they relieved me wonder
fully of this complaint. I felt a great
deal better and intend to continue
Doan’s until cured.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills —the same that
Mrs. Dillard had. Fcster-Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. adv
CITY TAX NOTICE.
< tty tax for ISIS are now due and
payable between October Ist and
comber Ist, 1918.
E. J. ELDRIDGE.
4-ts Clerk and Treas.