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r* I will HI SHf Ivr BHn the leading and most progressive merchants of the city. From a dollar and a cents motive it will pay you to read the ad -1 M. mvt m. ViIVIU A veitisements in today’s Times-Recorder. It’s the advertising merchant alwa>s who CAN and DOES sell goods the cheapest The Americus Times-Recorder fHIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. FAIR CONTINUES TO DRAW BIG CROWDS TODAY IS MASON’S AND CANNING CLUB DAY AT BIG FAID VISITORS ALL PRAISE THE EX HIBITB /AND OFFICIALS ARE WELL PLEASED—BIG CROWD ON HAND IN SPITE OF THE BAD WEATHER. MASONS WILL BE ADMITTED FREE lauding Club Girls Are Being Enter tained by Macon Women—Alfalfa Meeting Will Be Held at Chamber of Commerce Building Tonight. STATE FAIR GROUNDS, Macon, Ga., Oct., 27.—Monday was Farmers’ and Educational Day at the state fair. though there was no special pro gram assigned, the fair itself proved attraction to bring out twenty thousand people. The splendid agricultural exhibits were, of course, the center of attrac tion, and agricultural hall was crowd ed almost from the time it oepned, . but the other displays did not suffer “ for lack of attention. Masons To Be Guests. Tuesday is to be Masons’ Day, and -also Canning club day at the fair. All Masons will be admitted without j . charge, provided they first secure the,r j cards from the grand lodge headquar ters. It is expected that fully 1,500 Masons will be the guests of the fair association. The girls of the various county clubs arrived by the scores this morn ing and are being assigned to the homes of the ladies of Macon, who have volunteered to take care of them. These girls will give a demonstration tomorrow morning, under the super vision of Miss Mary E .Creswell, ol the State Agricultural College, of their proficiency as preservers of fruits and vegetables. Boys and Girls Prists. The prize winners will be named "Wednesday. The boys and girls will be given badges that will admit them to the fair grounds, and wi’l also b; DON’T WEEP Just because you have LOST some thing. Call the KANT DEFT. 4 - of the Times-Re corder, phone 99 THAT’S ALL instructed about a meeting that is planned for them in the corn club ex hibit building. Alfalfa Meeting. There will be a meeting at the chamber of commerce auditorium to morrow night of those farmers who are attending the state fair and are interested in the culture of Alfalfa. This meeting will be presided over b/ Loring Brown, of Smyrna, president of the Alfalfa association of the state. It was planned to have this meeting at the fair grounds Satui day, but there were so many conflict ing features that it could not take place. All farmers who are inter ested in alfalfa are urged to be pres ent. AMERICUS FOLKS ENDANGERED DY BLAZING CANVAS AT BURNING OF THE CIRCUS Serious Mishap to Big B. & B. Show Several Americus people attended the Saturday performance of the Bar num & Bailey circus at Columbus, the jmain tent of which was partially de ' strcyed by an accidental fire at the ! afternoon performance, and these re lated yesterday thrilling stories of the stampede when the fire was dis covered and 10,000 spectators, as one man, attempted to get out of the show. Hobble skirts didn’t hobble a little bit and were instantaneously trans formed into ‘ splits” of most pronounc ed type as the fair wearers hiked for the open ozen. It is believed that a negro boy light ing a cigarette accidentally set fire to the canvas. Severay thousand people under the tent watched the leaping flames with a sort of fascina.tion as they climbed to the top of the tent and for several seconds there was not a movement among the spectators. Then a rush started toward the main exit. A serious disaster would have occurred had it not been for police offi cers, circus officials and cooler headed citizens who shouted that there was no danger and kept the situation in hand for the time being. Just at the critical humanity to the main exit was about to begin, cir cus employes who had worked with marvelous rapidity rolled up the tent in several places .opened several tic's of seats and let the multitude out. Many people jumped from the high seats in the rear to the ground and others were bruised by being knocked down. Children were separated from parents and screamed in fright. Num bers of ladies when safe, fainted and there was general confusion. The site department soon extinguished the flames. The tent connecting the animal de partment with the main show was pulled down by trained employes In incredibly quick time and there was no pnnic among the animals. The show left Columbus without giving j night performance. AMERICUS. GEORG AMERICUS HAS RECEIVED TWO THIRDS CROP 22,000 BALES RECEIVED Fanners Busy With Balance of Crop Americus warehouses have received to date more than 22,000 bales cotton, or practically two-thirds of a normal crop, locally, and the belief is ex pressed that the crop total will easily reach 35,000 bales. Such receipts, at current high prices, is worth more than 40,000 bales at the price paid for the staple last season, which was three cents per pound, or sls per bale, under quotations today. There are still many white fields in this section of south Georgia, and farmers are busily engaged gathering the remainder of the crop while the weather remains fine. This week does not promise to be a lively one in the local cotton market. Today and' Saturday both are legal holidays. This leaves only four days otf trading. The tendency hardly will be to increase commitments, except on a moderate scale. With one census bureau report on ginning out of the way, the trade soon will be facing another, as Friday ends the present period in the schedule of ginners’ returns. These statistics are increasing in importance and may become a power ful influence on the market. Outside of the ginning statistics, the trade will be concerned in the size of the crop, state of trade, spot demand, possible n ill takings, consumption for this sea son. etc \\ ith the first killing frosts already experienced and important ginning •’aia to work on, there will be a num- N: us crop estimates in the near Tn ti.*e w, :ch may influence prices. WiTf f f f f f p-f w»**«*»»*w»********w*«*w*w Vice War a Success Sags Frosts Magazine Atlanta, Oct. 27.—That the vice war ] which has resulted in success in At- ‘ lanta is a state problem as well as a 1 ( municipal one, is set forth in a strong editorial in the current issue of Frost’s f Magazine, “The Call of the South.” ] “No discerning citizen of Atlan:a ( can escape the fact that morals as the < city and the general atmosphere of the city have been considerably cleared b" 1 the vice war,” the editorial says, and ' then goes on to comment on the state- I wide effect. “It should be remembered that it is 1 a state problem as well as a city i PROGRAM FOR TODAY 9:00 A.M. Grand Band Concert, Saracina’s Virtuoso Concert Band., Third and Cherry street. 10:00 A. M.—Gates ofFairGround K 10:00 A. M. Gates cf Fair Grounds opened to public. 11:00 A. M. Canning Club's Show in Canning Club's building. 12:00 M. Big free Concert by Saracina’s Virtuoso Concert Band. 12:30 P. M. Midway opens with g-and parade and free exhibitions. 1:00 P. M. Midway’s Big Free Attractions. Lunch hour. 1:30 P. M. Live Stock D,splay at Stock Barns. 2:00 P. M. Harness Races on Track. 4:00 P. M. Saracina’s Virtuoso Concert Band in Grand Stand. 6:000 P.M. Illumination of Grounds and Midway. Supper. 6:30 P. M. Midway opens with Graand Free Concerts on Exhibitions, 8:30 P. M. Grand Band Concert at Hippodrome by Saracina’s Virtuoso Concert Band. 9:00 P M. Free Fireworks Display in Hippordrome. 9:30 P. M. Parades on the famous Midway and Confetti Battles. 12:00 P. M. Grounds close. t See Auto Pouo every afternoon and evening in Hippodrome. [A TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 28, 1913. SUMTER’S CLUB HOPES TO WIN VALUADLE PRIZE OFFERED BY CENTRAL OF GA. : Valuable Horse to Be Award ed Corn Growers Sumter’s Boy's’ Corn club may be the winner of a valuable and much covet ed prize to be given the corn club i:v ! Georgia showing the best results. The prize, a beautiful Percheron mare, is to be awarded by the Central railway, which is greatly Interested in the work , ot the boys corn clubs, and in many i ways is fostering this important do- 1 velopment. I Two high grade Percheron mares will be awarded as special prizes oy , the Central of Georgia railway to the ] two boys who obtain the best results ] in the 1913 corn contests conducted in Georgia and Alabama. One of the mares will go to a Geor gia boy and the other to an Alabama boy. The aw'ards will be made in a short while, as the corn crops will soon be harvested. The mares are on exhibition at the - state fair in Macon. In addition to these two special prizes the Central will give a $25 Bershire pig to the boy who makes the best showing ia , the corn club contests in each of the 78 counties traversed by the Central in Georgia and Alabama. i Next year the contests will be con ducted differently. Prizes of even greater value than the mares and pigs will be awarded to clubs for four crop ; contests covering tracts of three acres as follows: One acre in cotton, one ■ acre of corn and one acre of winter oats, followed by cowpeas. problem, and that the moral status of all the surrounding communities ! s improved whenever the moral status of a large city is improved.’ The magazine is very strong in its support of Police Chief Beavers and his policies. It believes that to him is due chiefly the credit for the success of the vice crusade. The article also takes up the prohi bition question and says that the whole city is now prepared to admit that since open bars where whiskev was sold were cleared out there has been a very perceptible improvement in morals. MRS. KING IS ON TRIAL FOR LIFE IN JONES COURT SHE IS CHARGED WITH PLANNING THE MI’RDER OF HER HUS BAND BY NICK WILBURN LAST DECEMBER. EARLY VERDICT IS EXPECTED She Confesses Relatoins With Wilburn, A Farm Hand—Eleven Jurors To Try The Case. Grays, Ga., Oct. 27. —Mrs. Kate King, a frail little woman, less than 90 pounds in weight and under 40 years of age, is on trial for her life in the Jones county superior court here to day. She is charged by the state with having instigated the murder of her husband, Jim King, by Nick Wilburn, a farm hand, with whom she confesses to having had an illlct Intimacy. The trial was started this morning at 8:30 o’clock, Judge Park presiding, with a court room only half filled with spectators. There appears to be less interest in her trial than in the trial of Nick Wilburn, who was found guilty Saturday and is now under sen tence of death. ' w The panel of veniremen was exhaust ed when only 11 jurors had been se lected, but the attorneys agreed to proceed with the trial with a vaca it seat in the box. FUNERAL OF LITTLE ONE WAS HELD ON SUNDAY Son oi Mr. and Mrs. George Rogers Laid to Rest The funeral of little George Rodgers, the baby son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Rodgers, aged two years, was he d Sunday afternoon from their residence cn Jackson avenue and attended by many friends of the distressed parents. The little one, their idol, was ill but a brief while, and in their anguish and sorrow the stricken parents have the sympathy, of all here. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. A. Thomas, pastor of First Methodist church, while the pall bearers were Messrs. Hugh Page, W. P. Page, Leon ard and Will Page, uncles of the de ceased. Many handsome floral offer ings were upon the little casket as it was borne to its final resting place. FORMER NAVY CHIEF CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Hingham, Mass., Oct. 27. —John D Long, former governor of Massachus etts and Secretary of the Navy during the war with Spain, was seven ty-fl"<* years old today and the occasion was marked by the recipt of a number of congratulatory messages from various parts of the country. His fellow townsmen proposed to have a public observance of the anniversary, but oit of respect to the wishes of Mr. Long the plan was abandoned. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ THE WEATHER. * ♦ ■ ♦ ♦ For Americas and Vicinity.— ♦ ♦ Rain, followed by Cool Spell. ♦ •f-f-f-F-f'f-f'f'f'F-f'F WILSON SPEAKS AT MOBILE CONVENTION REP. C. R. CRISP AGAIN AT HOME FOR BRIEF STAY HOUSE IS STILL INACTIVE And Members Are Granted Leave nf Absence Congressman Charles R. Crisp, of the Third district has come ftom Wash the Third district has come from Washington to spend a few days at his home in Americus and to attend to j bi.f.no.'s of importance, there being absolutely m-liing In the way of offi ! ciu' bus toss *: this time warranted to I .keep nict'ih. rs of the house closely con ! fined In Washington. Judge Crisp, with many others of the house members, have left the capital for a visit to their homes after having | conferred with Mr. Underwood, the house leader, who advised this course, 1 in view of the continued hold-up of all business by the senate. “Our body,” said Representative Crisp, “having long since passed the currency bill and referred it to the senate, can do absolutely nothing up on that measure. Our hands are tied and we can only sit in enforced re cess and wait until the senate acts 'upon the bill. “For several weeks we have been thus unemployed, answering roll call at intervals and preserving a working quorum, but Mr. Underwood has will ingly released from such service all | who so desired and will call us back to Washington when wanted. Such enforced idleness, you may be sure, is very disagreeable. “I had a talk with President Wilson a day or two ago,” continued Judge Crisp, “regarding the possibility of 'early disposition of the currency bill by the senate, and he Is sanguine of some action before the beginning of the next session on December Ist. “The currency bill is as yet in the hands of the senate committee, and there Is no telling when the bill will be reported by the committee to that body. Even after a report is made, the bill will probably be debated for a > long time, ere it is sent back to the house. I fear that it is still far from actual passage.” Judge Crisp will be in Americus a*, points in the distant during the week, and will probably remain at home u l til summoned back by House Leader Underwood, as the latter has sug gested. IN AMERICUS ON THEIR HONEYMOON Mr. and Mrs. John B. Cox, of Bir . miingham, Alabama, are visiting their sister, Mrs. Dr. Thurman, on Jackson street. Mr. and Mrs. Cox arc a bride and groom of ten days and this is the last lap of their honeymoon. They will spend several days with the • Thursmans before returning to their • home in the Pittsburg of the South. HE OUTLINES HIS POLICY BEFORE CONGRESS THERE 1 SAYS THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT SEEK ANY NEW TER. , RITORY BY CONQUEST. ! DOES NOT MENTION MEXICAN SITUATION 1 His Remarks Are Construed to Refer To That Country—Asks That Mor ality, not Exepdieney Guide The Country. I ( Mobile, Ala., Oct. 27.—President Wuson announced to the world today that the governing motive of the United States in its relationship with the countries of this hemisphere would be "morality and not expe diency.” B “I want to take this occasion to , say,” he declared, “that the United ] States will not again seek to secure one idditioaal foot of territory by B conquest." 3 The president in a speech before 3 the Southern Commercial congress . delivered an attack upon what hi ] termed the “material interests” that . had influenced the foreign policy ot 3 some governments In their relation* with the nations of Latin America. , Though Mr. Wilson did not men -1 tion Mexico as the afflicted country, , toe devoted his entire speech to a d-»- . scription of degrading influences 1 which foreign concessionaires had t upon the internal affairs of some of 3 the Latin American countries. With the Mexican situation upper most in the president’s mind at this , time, his address was interpreted as , an arraignment of those financial influ f ences which it had been charged have 1 secured in some cases, recognition of e the Huerta government, f The president declared that it would be the duty of the United j i States to assist the nations of this i, hemisphere in an “emancipation'* I from “the material interests of other [ nations,” so that they might enjoy constitutional liberty unrestrained. , The president spoke extemporan , eously. , “I came,” he said, “not to speak for the south, because the south has the . gift of speaking for herself. I came here because I would speak of our . present and prospective relations r with our neighbors to the south. Tho . future is going to be very different for this hemisphere from the past. Those states lying to the south which have-, always been our neighbors, will be drawn closer to each other by common ties of understanding. Interests do I not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy an.l understanding do bind them together’ * - SHE FINALLY ACTED r SENSIBLY AND WED* o ' * e Elkins W. Va„ Oct. 27.—Katherlna y Elkins, daughter of the late Senator e Stephen B. Elkins, was married hero r this afternoon to “Billy” Hitt, a so ciety man of Washington. NUMBER 257