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The Americus Times-Recorder
fHIRTY-FIFTH YEAR.
ENVOY BALE CONFERS
WITH REBEL LEADER
WILSON Will
LEARN VIEWS
OF REBEL CHIEF
AS PRESIDENTS REPRESENT.*- I
TIVE HALE VISITS CAMP OiH
CONSTITUTIONALISTS AND
CONFERS WITH CARRANZA.
AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS
WILL PROTECT AMERICANS
The White House Still Remains Silent
As to Mexican Policy—Say They
Are Waiting For More Information
Washington, D. C., Nov. 12.—Con
ferences now being held between
Win Bayard Hale and General Ve
nustiano Carranza at Nogales are
interpreted in officials circles here as
the first open move by the United
States government to show its in
terest in the constitutionalist move
ment in Mexico.
No officials commented today oo
Mr. Hale's exact status, but on a
previous occasion, when he spent
three months in Mexico City gather
ing information. President Wilson
let it be known that Mr. Hale was
there as his personal friend. Mr.
Hale transmitted reports, however,
and took part in conferences with
John Lind and Rear Admiral Fletch
er. Little doubt exists in diplomatic
circles that while Mr. Hale retains
* the character still of unofficial en
voy, he is furnishing the Washington
government with information for of
ficial purposes.
It was pointed out by some observ
©rs that Mr. Hale’s conferences were
not necessarily a forerunner of
recognition, but might be an impor
tant factor in determining the future
attitude of the Washington govern
ment toward the constitutionalists.
Mr. Hale probably will report on
the personal characteristics of Gener il
Carranza, whether he has the unite 1
support of all constitutionalists, or
revolutionists, or whether, if success
ful by arms, he would establish a
provisional government that would
guarantee fair and free elections.
There is also a possibility that the
Information he gathers may be useful
to the state department in its ex
changes with foreign diplomats her ».
The diplomatic corps in Mexico City
is said to be at a disadvantage in mak
ing reports on the constitutionalists,
as its only source of information the *e
is the Huerta government ,
The~e were no announcements here
today as to the future steps in the
American policy. News of the arrival
at Nogales of Mr. Hale gave rise ..o
the suggestion that Washington was
waiting for more information about
the constitutionalists before proceed
ing.
AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS
TO PROTECT AMERICANS
Mexico City, Nov. 12.—The Mexican
federal garrison at the port of Tux
pam in the state of Vera Cruz, has
asked the war department for re-in
forcements to defend the city against
k the attack being made by the larges
A force of rebels commanded by* Candldo
Aguilar. The gar~isou numbers only
260 men. The«. war department replied
that the reinforcements were n>t
available. <
Last night's dispatches from Vera
Cruz quoted Arthur O, Payne, the
United States consul at Tuxpam a9
estimating the attacking force to
number 1,000 men. There are 26
ADIEUS PARTY
NOW CONFERRING
ON UGHT PLANTS
WITH HEW Tllll INTERESTS
End in View the Merging of
Plants Here
Representatives of the Americus
Power Co., and of the Americus coun
cil are in New York today in confer
ence with the holders of securities of
the Americus Gas & Electric Co., rela
tive to the proposed consolidation of
interests of the two electric lighting
and power plants in Americus, a prop
osition discussed for some time here.
The Americus party includes Messrs.
Frank Lanier, FYank Sheffield, Lee Al
len and Attorney W. P. Wallis. The
party arrived in New York yesterday,
and will remain several days in the
metropolis upon their mission.
The proposition under consideration
is very generally understood, and need
not be repeated hare. Briefly, it has
in view the consolidation or merger of
interests and closing down of one cf
the plants here, upon a basis to be
agreed upon by stockholders of the
two companies. This basis of agree
ment will be announced later.
The matter, a very important one,
has been before the public for some
time and may be disposed of satisfac
torily at the conference of interests
now in session in New York, where
all of the stock of the Americus Gas
& Electric Co. is held.
IK EMMETT MURRAT
WIKSJHIRD PURE
The third prize in The Times-R.-
corder All-Sumter menu contest was
won by Mrs. Emmett Murray, of Amer
icus. Mrs. Murray submitted a menu
that Delmonico or Churchill would be
glad to serve. Mrs. Murray submit
ted the following menu:
Vegetable Soup
Bread Sticks.
Roast Turkey Chestnut Dressing
Sausage
Candied Yams. Stuffed Peppers
Creamed Potatoes Sliced Tomatoes
Cold Sliced Ham
Chicken Salad on Lettuce.
Radishes Artichoke Pickles
Pear Pickles Peach Pickles
Hot Rolls Sumter Couuty Butter
Salted Pecans
Pound Cake
Elberta Peaches (Canned) Whipped
Cream
Artesian Water Sweet Milk
Buttermilk.
Americus-Made Cigars.
Americans in the town all of whom
were reported safe up to yesterday
afternoon. The United States battle
ship Louisiana and the gunboat
Wheeling are at anchor In Tuxpam
harbor, which is 135 moles northwest
of Vera Cruz.
JAPAN* MILL SEND
BIG CRUISER TO MEXICO
Tokio, Japan, Nov. 12.—The Japan
, ese government decided today to sen-1
i the armored cruiser I sumo to Mexi
i can waters for the protection of
I Tap&nese subjects In Mexico,
AMERICUS GEORG
PRETTY WEDDINIi
SHEFFIELD HOME
WEDNESDAY EVE
BACON - KIRCHER WEDDING
Beautiful Event asd Largely
Attended
The Wedding on Wednesdty after
noon of Miss Lula Bacon and Mr. Jos
eph C. Kircher, of Albuquerque, Ne>v
Mexico .was one of the loveliest social
affairs of the season, occurring at the
home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. E. D.
Sheffield, on Church street.
The guests were limited to the rela
tives and very close friends of the]
contracting parties.
The house was attractively decorated
with ferns and palms and quantities
of chrysanthemums; yellow ones be
ing used in the hall. In the parlor,
where the ceremony was performed,
the mantle was banked with white
chrysanthemums and pink and white
ones were arranged in tall vases, and
in the dining room only lavender
were used.
The time for the ceremony was five
o'clock and at that hour as Mendelss
ohn’s wedding march was played by
Miss Elleighfair Muse, the wedding
party entered. Miss Sara Sheffield, as
rnaid of honor coming first. She wore
a pretty lingerie dress with pink slip
pers and stockings and carried pink
carnations.
Next came the little flower girl,
Miss Louise Osborne, carrying a bask't
of rose petals, which were scattered
before the bride, who entered alone
and was radiant and lovely in her wed
ding gown and misty veil, caught back
from her face with a wreath of orange
blossoms. The groom canie in with
his best man, Mr. James F. Mullen, cf
Albuquerque, and joined he bride be
fore a background of ferns and palms.
Rev. R. L. Bivins performing he cev >-
*
mony.
The bride’s wedding gown was a
beautiful creation of white chiffon,
made over liberty satin, and having
tunic and bodice of exquisite shado v
lace. A garniture of pearls finished
the low square neck. Her flowers weie
valley lilies in a shower boquet.
After the ceremony an informal re
ception was held. \
The bride's table was most attract
ive in its decorations of pink roses
used with delicate fern. The center
piece was a large silver basket filled
with pink rosebuds and single candles
with pink-lined Bilver fllagre shades
were placed at intervals. Full blown
pink satin roses held the bonbons and
the napkins were held pith pink satin
covered rings, with a roselbud of the
satin.
The wedding cake was in the shape
of a heart and embossed with pink
roses, with the initials of the bride
and groom in white icing, and the lit
tle individual cakes were just the size
of the pink icing rose on each one.
Seated at the bride’s table were Mr.
and Mrs. Kircher, Mr. James A Fort,
Miss Elleighfair Muse, Dr. A. S. Bacon,
(Continued on Page Five.)
Fitzgerald Will Try
To Stop Muckalees
The Fitzgerald football tram will
try to stop the victorious Muckalees
Friday afternoon. They will come to
Americus flushed 'with recent victor
ies and determined to put a crimp tn
the winning streak of the local squad.
Coach Reeve has his men again
rounded into shape, after the har-l
game Saturday, and they are going to
play like they never played before.
Every single man will play his hard-
A THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 13. 1913.
FAMILY TO LEAVE HOME
WITH DEATH OF MOTHER
Members of Lockett Family
Go Elsewhere
The U. S. Lockett residence, one of
the best known in Americus, will no
longer be occupied by members of
the family, several of whom reside «it
distant points, since the death of Mrs.
U. S. Lockett Three of her daugh
ters, Mrs. Eula L. Hollis, of New Yor <,
Mrs. D. F. Brown, of Concinnati, and
Mrs. E. T. Maultsbjr, of Albany, called
here by her recent illness, have re
turned to their respective homes. Miss
Nettie Lockett willhave apartments at
the home of Mrs. John W. Shiver. A'l
| of the property of the Lockett estate
will be kept intact.
I
EMPIRE STATE
] STILL GROWS
Columbuß, Ga., Nov. 12.—The Indus
trial Index says in its issue for this
week:
| “Many kinds of construction work
and varied manufacturing enterprises
are represented in the building and in
dustrial news for the week.
“A public utilities corporation to
operate a gas plant and electric light
and power plant has been organized
with capital stock of $200,000 at
Americus, Ga.
“At Atlanta, Ga., a company has been
formed with capital stock of $400,000
to develop an extensive tract for res
idential purposes, It being proposed to
build a tourist hotel, construct paving
and sewer and waterworks systems
and do other work.
“An issue of $152,000 of bonds for
building an armory in Jacksonville,
Fla., was voted by Duval county.
"Moultrie, Ga., will vote upon the
issuance of $59,000 of bonds for pav
ing, sewers and school buildings.
"Dade county, Florida, will erect a
high school building at Miami anJ
three districts In the state will vote
upon the issuance of bonds for erect
ing school buildings.
“Twenty new corporations were
'• formed with minimum capital stocks
aggregating $1,001,000.
“Among the items of construction
York to be done as reported this week
are:
“Apartment house, twelve stories,
Miami, Fla., and Birmingham, Ala.;
warehouses, Atlanta, Ga., and Birm
> ingham, Ala.; Y. W . C. A. building
i construction to be begun, Atlanta, Ga.;
cburch buildings, Mobile, Ala., Jack
sonville, Fla., and Comer, Ga.; library
building, Ocala, Fla.; two steel bridges,
■ Whitfield county, Ga.; railway passen
ger station, Thomasvllle, Ga.; factory
> building, Americus, Ga.; site has been
: secured for municipal and county hos
: pital building at Columbus, Ga.; a
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♦ THE WEATHER. *
♦ For Americus and Vicinity.— 4
4- Fair and Warmer. ♦
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Thls will be the last game of the
season on the home lot It’s up to
the fans to turn out and help the
boys along. So far the locals have
not been defeated on the Americus
grounds this year. It’s up to tire fans
to help them keep up this record.
The game will be called promptly at
3:30 o’clock and the admission will be
25 cents.
AMERICUS MILLS
BUY QUALITIES
OF COTONSEED
PRODUCT NOW BRINGING $25
Short Crop in Texas Will in
crease Price
Americus oil mills are hav ng an ex
cellent season of business and both tin
large plants hero arc being operated
upon full time. Mills throughout this
section of south Georgia are alike
prosperous, and while the price of seed
has advanced sharply quite recently
the mills find little difficulty in keeping
on hand sufficient supply for all the r
needs.
Quite recently the price in Americus
has advanced from $22 to $23 per ton.
Last season seed sold here at one time
as high as $28.50 per ton, but later in
the year dropped to S2O.
In the agricultural papers cne reads
so much about cotton seed only found
valuable in recent years. That is an
error. Many years before the war,
the Georgia farmers used them as fer
tilizers for corn. Indeed, they were
sought after.
Years ago farmers in this state at
tended sales and gave 10 cents a bush
el for them to ugo on corn. And in
winter fed them in small rations to
cattle. They were never regarded as
a nuisance in Georgia.
Os course today they are more val
uable. The oil mills and the fertil
izer plants discovered their great value
' and cotton seed meal is the chief
of nitrogen in commercial fer
tilizers, and the meal is shipped across
the Atlantic in large quantities for
feed for stock, cattle and horses. And
the oil is also now valuable for hu
man food.
Today the seed are worth one-sixtl
ot one-seventh as much as the lint
and their value is advancing. But
many years before the war the value
cotton seed was recognized by all
Georgia planters.
Awning at Store Front
Fired By a Cigarette
A blazing cloth awning in front of
the Pearlman store on Lamar street,
caused the sounding of a fire alarm at
6 o’clock yesterday evening. A lighted
cigarette thrown from a window above
may have started the fire, which was
quickly extinguished.
Sumter County, Americus
And The Times-Recorder
All Get Free Advertising
The pu/bliclty bureau of the State
Chamber of Commerce is furnishing
"copy’’ to the state papers every day.
They send out live “dope” that the pa
pers gladly'use. The current article
sent out by the publicity bureau of
the booster organization v ill hdi)
Sumter county, and th:
T.mes-Recorder quite a lot. We re
produce the “lead”, or Introduction,
and omit the menus, as they have al
ready been published in The Times-
Recorder.
Today papers all over the state an
carrying the following story.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 13.—(Special.) -
Sumter county is entering heartily in
to the Georgia Products Day dinner
idea and intends to have at Americus a
spread that will linger long In tin
minds of the people of that section. In
hrder to encourage a proper idea of
the multiplicity of Georgia products,
in the way of foodstuffs' the energetic
ADMINISTRAMWILL
WIN CURRENCY FIGHT
GREAT SUCCESS
ATTENDED SALE
OF SUBDIVISION
FIFTY LOTSIpCKLY SOLD
By Carolina Development Co.
At Good Prices
The most successful sale of Ameri
cus realty and one In its results re
flecting values here and wonderful de
velopment as well, was that of t he
Hooks-Andrewß sub-dlvlsion of the
James Ansley property yesterday af
ternoon. Fifty residence lots, beauti
fully situated, were sold within the
brief time of 104 minutes by the Caro
line Development Co.
The situation the property made
sales easy and this fact, connected with
the modern methods employed by thi
Carolina Development Co., made the
lots go just as rapidly as they could
be put up and cried by the rapid-fir 3
auctioneers.
The large crowd attending the sale
was most gratifying and evidenced the
interest in the sale of Americus prop
erty. Hundreds of Americus’ very best
people were present to enjoy the fin®
band concerts, and these quickly be
came interested In the bidding for
Tots and became home buyers upon the
attractive terms offered.
Fifty desirable residence lots were
sold, among the purchasers being
Judge J. A. Hlxon, Messrs. Geo. Oli
ver, J. E. D. Shipp, O. J. Passmore, .T.
L. Westbrook, W. E. Parker, Ned Saw
yer, Dr. J. R. Scully, City Engineer J
B. Ansley, G. L. Mathis, W. A. Cleve
land, J. C. W r obb, W. D. Bailey and
many others whose names cannot be
recalled at the moment.
That the purchasers were highly
pleased and satisfied customers was
evidenced by the fact that several of
them, after the sale, declined to sell
their lots at a good profit. The lota
are in a locality which is bound to
grow and develop rapidly, and every
lot sold was a good purchase.
Messrs. Hooks and Andrews hav
conducted several similar sales her#
most successfully, and as developers of
Americus and Sumter countv real es
tate are live wires indeed.
editor of the Tlmea-Recorder, deter
mined to go the Georgia Chamber o'
Commerce one better and, instead of
offering prizes for the best all-Geor
gia menus, limited the contest to Sum
ter county, announcing publicly that
none would be considered that con
tained any item that was not grown or
produced in that county. The result
so pleased Managing Editor Melton
that after he had awarded the first,
second and third prizes, he sent th *
menus to the Georgia Chamber of Com
merce, to run in the all-state contest.
And Acting State Manager C. D. Mc-
Kinney is so delighted with the enter
prise of Sumter county that he wants
all the state to read them as a sample
of what one county can do In the wav
of feeding itself, If so minded, without
help from others. Below are given the
three best menus from Americus, with
names of the winners. The dinners I',
each case are distinctly of home-rais
ed stuffs.
WILSON WILL
WIN OUT m
IMPORTANT SILL
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS DfXATMM
ACTION ON THE REQUEST OF
THE BANKIN« COMMITTER
SIX MEMBEBS ASE IN
FAVOR OF THE MEASOK
They Ask Further Time In Whit* T*
Consider The Imwic Ben a tor
O'Gornum Talks.
Washington, D. C., No*. 11.— *
Mark<-d progress toward an agree
ment on the adminißtratkm carraacy
bill by six of the democratic member*
of the senate banking committee ***-
sultx-d in a request that action by the
democratic caucus called so today be
delayed.
The six democrats, Senator O’G**-
man said, were reaching an agree
ment by mutual concessions, -and he
said the confewaca would be asked to
leaves the question to the committee
members in the hope that the MU xa
form approved by President Wilee-ft
might be held to the aconite, signed h#
the six democratic members at aa
early data
Senator Hitchcock, at Nebraska, *ar
the only democratic member of the
committee not in today's conference
of committeemen. The other six
democrats prepared to ask the confer®
ence to allow them farther time.
Washington, I). C., Nov. 12.—Senate
democrats in a party oenJereooe to
day, took up the currency Bituatlow
with (he plan of bringing the ad ad Hr
iHtraUon bill out of the compiexttie*
which hare grown up about it to fiM
banking committee and putting the
measure on the way to passage in a
form acceptable to President Wilson.
Before the conference met the demr
t
nc rats of the committee met again In
an effort to agree upon a report pro
nerving the fundamentals of the honso
bill for which the president contends,
and embodying those amendment*
agreed upon tor its perfection.
Senators Owen, Pomerene, Sharoto
and Holy*, who have stood behind tha
house bill in the long committee fight,
were prepared for a report and ad
ministration supporters believed Sen
ators O'Gorman and Reed, who hava
been opposing some features, would
swing into Itae when the bi*l became
n party measure.
None expected, however, that Sen
ator Hitchcock, the so-called insurgent
democrat of the committee, wouH
join them. He has announced that h*
would decline to abide by any decision
of a caucus, should one be called.
Senators Otlormtn and Reed west
into the committee meeting, but Sen
ator Hitchcock dW not attend. A com
promise was affected between the
twelve regional hanks of the bouse bUI
and the four voted in by a majority ®?
the senate committee. The democrats
agreed to recommend eight. v ' '
Bank ownership ot stock to the reg
ional banks wan taken up, bat the ad
ministration senators refused to yield,
and it was practically agreed that the
house provision on that point should
stand. A similar controversy arose
over control of the banks, but the ad
ministration supporters Insisted that
the house provision be adopted, pro
viding for six directors elect »d by the
hanks and tkre* appointed by the gov*
eminent.
HUMBER 27*