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C of Gaßy
“The Right Way”
Carre ut Ached tiles, Corrected to Data
Central Tine.
From Savannah, Augusta
Atlanta and Macon ....* 7:B# 9 m
From Columbus and in
termediate points B B
Firom Lockhart, Dothan,
Albany, Troy and Mont
gomery * 10:49 p a
From Lockhart, Dothan,
Albany, Troy and Mont
gomery • 2:05.pu
From Atlanta and Macon * 2:10 p a
From Augusta, Savannah,
Atlanta and Macon * 6:20.a.a
From Columbus and In
termediate points 1 7:10 p a
From Columbus and in
termediate points ...... 11l :S0 a a
From Albany and Jack
sonville • 1:66 a a
From Albany * 6;3s a a
I RA INS DEPART.
For Macon, Augusta and
Savannah ..* I:h a a
For Albany, Dothan,
Lockhart, Troy and
Montgomery * 6:20 a a
For Albany, Dothan,
Lockhart, Troy and
Montgomery * 2:10 p a
For Macon and Atlanta...* 2:05 p m
For Macon, Atlanta, Sav
annah and Augusta ....*10:40 p ■
For Columbus * 8:45 p a
For Columbus 1 8:00 a a
For Columbus, Birming
ham and Chicago * 8:55 a a
For Albany * 7:80 p a
For Albany and Jackson
ville 12:80 a a
“Daily ! Except Sunday.
Sleeping cars between Americus and
Atlanta oa trains leaving Americus
10:45) p. m., arriving Atlanta 6:25 a. m.
Connects at Macon with Bleeping cars
K) and from Savannah.
Pullman sieep'ng cars between Chi
cago. St. Louis and Jacksonville on
“Seminole Limited,” leaving Americus
lor Jacksonville 12:30 a. m. leave*
Americus for St. Louis and Chicago,
via Columbus and Birmingham at 3:55
s in.
For further Information apply to S.
H. Ellis, Ticket Agent, Americus, or
John W. Blount, District Passenger
Fgent. Hu t. <1» advt
IS YOUR
MONEY
INVESTED
WELL ?
Next Co having money th*
moa. i.j'pc riant thing is how to
*At« of It— how beat to In
vest ft
A Banking restitution of thin
Sind cannot only care for your
Ptnaa/Gl Interests ta> a careful,
cons^ttaiim way—giving yos
ahrndatt banking facilities—
hut can also give you valuable
aid and ai . ice shout Investments
and socaritlea Open au account
«ltJh. iJtus
Sn& of Sathtesfem Georgia’s
Savfag Deportment
Cotton
lOe a
Pound
Means prosperity for the
South. But even at 6c a
pound few have to deny
themselves the genuine
enjoyment of
(tsetfSa.
The great National Drink
that is so cheap and so
good and thirst-quench
ing.
SE VERYWHEREg
AMERKOS
cocuou BomiNG co
l T. I4BBEJI, Hiuger
WAR ODDITIES
Low-Down Shooting.
Paris, Sept. 29.—Soldiers from the
: front show one reason why so many
of the British and French are wounded
la the feet and legs is that the Germans
aig their trenches so deep their rifle
men shoot right along the ground.
Out of Frying Pan.
Rome, Sept. 29.—There is no divorce
law in Italy, so the custom has been
for men desiring to untie the marriage
j knot to become natural Hungarians.
| Many took this step just before the
war broke out and have since been
compelled to join the army of the-r
new country.
Rapid Transit.
London, Sept. 23. —An automobile
used for recruiting purposes bears this
sign: "The cuPkest route to Berlin
is via the Wimbledon recruiting office.”
Their Boyhood Taste.
London, Sept. 29.—Jam is in great
demand at all hospitals where wounded
IN DEMNI TIES PAID B Y
DEFEATED NATIONS
When Erasmus described war as
“the malady of princes’’ her was not
so accurate as would at first appear.
It may be the princes who are ill,
but it is the people who suffer the
consequences and foot the hills. The
cost of the present war has been est 1 -
mated many times, but when it is
over the losers in the indemnities of
money and land which will be ex
acted from them, says the New Yoik
Sun.
At the end of the Franco-Prussiau
war in 1871, Bismark demanded an
indemnity which staggered the world
Nothing of the sort had been dream
ed of before. Not only did France
lose Alsace and Lorraine, two of her
best provinces, but she had to pay in
cash the stupendous sum of 5,000,000,-
000 francs, or $1,000,000,000. This
vast sum of money was obtained only
by the loyalty of the French peop'e,
who in thousands of cases gave up
j their jewelry and silverware to help
i make up the amount. The lost terri-
I
| tory and hardships caused by the huge
i levy have never been forgotten, an 1
the defeat of the Kaiser will mean
that France will ask for a return of
both. Should she ask for interest on
the $1,000,000,000 for forty-four years
it would make an almost impossible
sum.
The exacting of a tribute in
or laad or both from a defeated enemy
is as old as war itself, and there a. - e
a number of interesting examples i.i
recent times. When the American
| colonies achieved their independence
they won the ownership of their own
territory as the result of military suc
cesses. The biggest indemnity ever ob
tained by the United States, however,
was that following the war with Mex
ico in 1847. The decisive victory wen
by the United States resulted in Mex
ico’s giving up all claims to territory
j north of the Rio Grande.
| No cash indemnity was obtained
from Spain after the Spanish-Ameri
can War, but besides the freedom -f
i Cuba this country obtained Porto Rim
and Guam outright, and the right t.
buy the Philippine Islands for $20,-
000,000.
The American Civil War brought
about a stronge condition in the mat
; ter of war indemnities. As a result
' of the naval activities of the South,
England, a nation which had had no
part in the war, was compelled to pay
lan indemnity of over $19,000,000 ’o
' the United States. This was because
of an indirect participation in the di
straction of the American merchant
marine.
When the Confederate States found
themselves actually at war with the
North they were under the enormous
handicap of having to fight without
a vestige of a navy. The powerful navy
of the federal government promptly
blockaded the whole seacoast of the
South and ma.de the importation of
supplies difficult and hazardous. Jef
ferson Davis saw that if the South was
to last any time It must have a navy
of some sort. Besides pushing work
soldiers are quartered. They seem to
be able to consume an unlimited am
ount of bread and jam.
Home is Lonesome.
London, Sept. 29.—Mrs. M. Wilins es
New Road, Chatham, has seven sons
serving in the army, one in the ropal
marines and one in the Canadian field
artillery. Her nusband is in the royal
fleet reserve.
He’s No War Dog.
Washintgon, D. C„ Sept. 29—A Pull
man conductor arriving here today toil
of a distressed woman, owner of a
highly nervous Pomeranian dog, which,
she insisted, couldn’t be placed in the
baggage car alone, because “the poor
dear had been through the war anl
the German guns frightened him.”
News Famine in Paris.
Paris, Sept. 29.—Owing to the cen
sorship, French newspapers are print
ing each others leading articles to fl’l
their columns.
on the few men-of-war which were in
course of construction in Southern
shipyards, he issued letters of marque
to all vessels which wished to bi
come privateers under the Confeder
ate flag.
J The plan was to retaliate for the
blockade of the South by preying on
the American merchant marine. tA
j the outbreak of the war a large num
! ber of the finest ships in the world
j were sailing under the American flag.
I The chance for prizes was so rich that
many English sea captains hurried to
join the ranks of the privateers. Not
only were vessels designed to prey on
American commerce built, equipped,
outfitted and manned in English ports,
but they used these as headquarcers,
from which to carry on their opera
tions. Before the war was over the
! fleet of privateer: had become so large
■ that the American merchant marine
was practically swept from the sea.
The three worst offenders were the
| Alabama, the Florida and the Shen
andoah. In all 169 American vessels
were destroyed or captured by priva
teers hailing from England,
j The United States made strong pro
tests to England against this viola
tion of neutrality, but they were ig
nored. The Civil War seemed to be
all the trouble that could be taken
care of at once, so that Englani
for the time sent unpunished. As
soon as the was was ended the Unit
ed States put in a claim for a pay
ment of something over
damages to the owners of ships and
cargoes destroyed by the Englisu
privateers. At first England refused
to consider the matter, and it even
appeared that hostilities might break
out. Fortunately, this was averted.
The affair then dragged along for a
period of twenty years. Finally, in
1885, England paid over the whole
sum demanded. As far as possible
it was distributed to the persons who
had owned the lost vessels. In this
way a number of families which had
been made bankrupt by the war were
suddenly restored to a position of
wealth. Supposedly neutral nations
, are now much more careful about
observing their neuetrality. Such an
indemnity as that paid by England
will probably never be necessary again.
,! Prussia, since her rise to power,
has always insisted on a course of
unrelenting punishment for the vl ;-
tims of her arms. This was showt.
in the Franco-Prussian war by th?
terrible tax mentioned above, as well
as in other conflicts. In the Seven
Weeks War of 1866 Prussia took
the field against her present allv,
Austria. Prussia was then the great
est of the German states outside of
Austria, and had ambitions to bj
come the ruling power among the
Teutonic people. The smaller Ger
man states, realizing that the defeat
of Austria would mean the loss c.f
their independence, took sides with
I the Hapsburgs.
After a brief campaign Austria wms
. entirely subdued. Byway of indera-
THE AMERICUS DAILY TISdES-RECORDER,
nity Prussia annexed Hanover, the
Elbe duchies and the electorates of
Hesse, Nassau and Frankfurt. The
old North German confederation was
also broken up and a new one or
ganized, with Prussia actually in con
trol. This great addition of ter
ritory made possible the present Ger
man Empire, as proclaimed at Ver
cailles, after the fall of Paris.
Clocely following the establishment
of the German Empire comes the
Russo-Turkish war of 1877. Russia
won a rather doubtful victory over the
Sultan, but the indemnity did not
go to the Czar himself. However, it
meant a decided blow to Turkey. The
Treaty of Berlin, which followed the
Russian-Turkish trouble, recognized
the independence of Roumania, Ser
via and Montenegro, enlarged Bul
; garia and created the autonomous
state of Eastern Rumelia. Three
small provinces were ceded directlv
to Russia by the Porte. Though
Russia’s territorial gain was small
she had accomplished her purpose
of weakeneing the Sultan.
Eight years later Bulgaria annex
ed Eastern Rumelia. Servia became
jealous and started a war of aggres
sion. Bulgaria was victorious. No
cash indemnity was exacted, but Ser
via was compelled to give up all her
claims to any interest in the annexed
state.
The Far East was the seat of the
next tw-o important wars. Japan de
feated China in 1895 and compelled
the latter to hand over the rich is
land of Formosa, as well as part of
the Liao Tung peninsula. Japan was
again victorious in 1905, when she
! fought Russia. The Treaty of Ports
mouth provided for the cefling of
Port Arthur to Japan, but called for
i no cash indemnity.
FIIIE SDNS KILLED, ONE
WOUNDED IN BATTLE
HAMILTON, Ont., Sept. 28. Staff j
Sergeant James Lindsay, 77th Kent-;
worth regiment, got many a recruit j
to His Majesty’s forces today. His j
example of patriotism drew them. For
today, sergeant Lindsay, who is far too j
old to go to the front, received word j
that site of his sons had been killed
fighting for the Union Jack at Mons
and one wounded. The last named,
Peter, wTote his father.
"Keep up recruiting for the 77th,
dad; we’ll need the Canadian boys on
the firing line.”
Lindsay comes of a fighting stock.
He has seen service with the British
all over the world, and has been sev
eral times wounded. His sons, all
members of the Northumberland Fusi
liers, were: James, sergeant-major;
John, Hugh and Henry, color ser
geants; Thomas, sergeant, all killed,
and Peter, private, wounded.
FEW FOLKS HAVE
GRAY HAIR NOW
_ l
Druggist Says Ladies Are Using Recipe
of Sage Tea and Surphur.
Hair that loses its color and lustre, i
or when it fades, turns gray, dull and
lifeless, is caused by a lack of sulphur
in the hair. Our grandmother made
up a mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur
to keep her locks dartt and beautifu’,
and thousands of women and men who
value that even color, that teautif-il
dark shade of hair which is so attract
ive, use only this old-time recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mix
ture by asking at any drug store for a
| 50-cent bottle of “Wyeteh’s Sage and
Sulphur Compound,” which darkens
the hair so naturally, so evenly, that
nobody can possibly tell It has bee i
applied. Besides, it takes off dandruff,
stops scalp itching and falling hair.
You just dampen a sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this throng!
your hair, taking one small strand a*
a time. By morning the gray hair di»
appears; but what delights the ladies
with Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur is that
besides beautifully darkening the hair
after a few applications, it also brings
back the gloss and lustre and gives it
an appearance of abundance. Hooks
Pharmacy. adsl
Making Barbed
Wire for War
Sharon, Pa., Sept. 29.—1 tis reported
that the American Steel & Wire Co. is
working on a big export order for barb
wire, which is to be used by one of the
warring countries in Europe. Officials
of the company refuse to state to which
of the belligerents the wire is consign
ed. The barbs on the wire are said to
be three or four inches long.
KAISER TD MEET
HIS FITE TODAY?
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 29. —This is the
day the Kaiser is to be killed, accord
ing to the prediction of Madamt Theb
es, the famous French seeress, wao
last year stated that Europe would tie
in a great war by the middle of 1914.
She predicted the French would enter
Germany by October 7, and the war
would end on November 7.
Special Places You Should Know Os
DESIGNED TO PLACE BEFORE THE PUBLIC THE MER
CHANDISE AND SPECIAL SERVICE OFFERED BV THE EX
CLUSIVE SHOPS AND SPECLALTY STORES NOT USUALLY
ADVERTISED.
DR. M. H. 4VHEELEB
Dentist
Office in Bell Bldg., Lamar St Just
opposite Postoffice.
Office Phone 785. Residence Phone 286.
C. P. DAYI9
Dental Surgeon.
Orthodontia. Pyorrhea
P.esidence Phone 218. Office Phone 262
246 1-2 Forsyth Street
:
: HOWELL SHEET METAL |
: WORKS :
2 Radiator fork a Specialty ]
2 Successor to W. H. «
2 R SCHROEDER. $
2 Phone 400. 126 Jack- J
2 son St. i
j Vi. L. HOWELL. PROP. \
Americas, Georgia.
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COTTON: To Farmers and Business <
Men of Sumter Co: Now that you will
have to hold Cotton for better prices,
I am prepared to INSURE it again.-,'
fire in oldest and best rated compan
ies and solicit your business.
MISS BESSIE WINDSOR, Agent.
I; Dr. Percy W. Hudson ;
\ Veterinary Hospital .•
Accommodations for :
|: all classes of domestic :
I; animals Reasonable ;
j! rates. Corner Jackson :
!: and Wheeler streets,
i; HOSPITAL ’PHONE, 278
RESIDENCE ’PHONE, 587
Seaboard Air Line
The Progressive Railway ol the South j
Leave Americus for Cordele, Ro
chelle, Abbeville, Helena, Lyons, Col
lins, Savannah, Columbia, Richmond
Poitsmouth and points East and South.
12:81 p. m.
12:25 a. m.
Leave Americus tor Cordele, Abbe
rille, Helena and intermediate point 3.
5:15 p. in.
Leave Americus for Richland, Atlan
ta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
gomery and points West aad Northwest
2:40 a. m.
3:10 p. ni.
Leave Americus for Richland, Co
umbus, Dawson, Albany and interme
diate points
10:05 a. m.
For further information apply to H
r*. Everett, Local Agent, Amnrleus,
Ga.; C. W. Small, Div. Pass. Agt.,
Savannah, Ga.; C- B **van, G, P. A„
fioriolk. Va.
FARMER SLIPPY IS HIPPY
DESPITE ALL WAR’S ALARMS
Has Plenty to Eat at His
Farm in Schley
Farmer “Bill” Slappey came to
I Americus yesterday to bring a bunch
jof cotton bales, and as he rolled up
! the warehouse receipts and put them
in his pocket Farmer Slappey spoke
wth optimism upon the situation. Up
at his farm, he said, he had a lot more
cotton, plenty of corn, oats and peas,
some meat left over from the last fall’s
killing, and a fine bunch of hogs get
| ting fat in the groundpea patch; a
( garden full of young turnips and blue
stem collards and a field of cane that
looks good for 500 or 600 gallons of
1 syrup. While sitting on bis verandah
recently, he said, ruminating on
■ whether he would have roast turkey
1 or a pair of yellow-twiged chickens for
: dinner next day, his faithful yard dog
"Kaiser,” returned from a skirmish in
' the woods, bearing in his jaws a fine
‘ j fat ’possum, the sight of which settle!
the dinner problem. “A farmer’s life
!B. & B. CAFE
For Ladies and Gentlemen. Phone 783.
Lamar Street
ORDERS SENT OUT
* W. s. Prather A. J. Kemp -I
I Doctors Prather & Kemp;;
; FBISICUtS and SURGEONS ;|
5 Offices Over Howell-Prather ■!
* ■:
Drug Store. ; j
J OFFICE ’PHONE 70 :[
* * K
F. G. OLVER
Sewing Machines and Supplies; Key
and Lock Fitting; Umbrellas Repaired
and Covered.
LAMAR STREET, NEAR WELL
H. C. FERGUSON
Electrical Contractor. House
. . . Wiring a Specialty . . .
’PHONE 674
Americus, : : : Georgia
FOR HIKE
I! FORDSIf I
I! AUTOMOBILES
ALL NEW
;i DAY CALLS—Windsor Pharma
;j cy, Phone 181. NIGHT CALLS 111
II —Phones 119 or 458. j 1
G. O. LOVING j
C. F. JONES
Phone 305—310 Cotton Ave.
Mattresses renovated with sanitary
method. Furniture repairing and up
holstering; all kinds of work guaran
teed.
Wm. L. BRYAN
ATTRONEY AT LAW
Room 3, Allison Bldg.
“A CLOSE SHAVE”
Will cost you no more than an '
ordinary shave. We employ no
apprentice, only old experience!
barbers. Those who have been
tried and found true.
Baths, hot or cold, on a mo- \
ment’s notice.
Shop on Windsor Are., next
to Howell-Prather Drag Store.
MERLIN & COOPER
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 191*
MISSISSIPPI HUNTER
DISCARDS BIRO DOGS
i '
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 29.—Georgia hunt
ers who don’t care to pay a dog tax
might adopt the plan used by T. G.
Nimmo, of Sturgis, Miss., and told by
an Atlanta, traveling man just home
from a trip in that section.
“Nimmo has two big house cats
which he has trained until they are as
good hunters as any dog you ever
saw," declares thit Atlanta traveler.
“He calls them Tom and Jerry, and you
ought to see them go out and hunt
squirrels, rabbits and quail.
“When they slip up on a covey of
quail they come to a point just like a
well trained dog, and they are not a bit
gun shy. They wait for the shot and.
then go into the brush and bring baott
the game. They are better than a dog
for squirrel hunting, for they’ll go into
the top of the tree after a dead squir
rel caught in the branches.”
for me,” said Farmer Slappey, as he
climbed upon the hurricane deck of
his automobile and shaped his course
for the Bumphead district.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
#DeMOLAY GOM
MANDERY, No. 5,
t. T., meets every Thiril
Wednesday night at 7
o’clock. All visitin*
Knights are cordially invited.
J. E. HIGHTOWER, E. C.
F. G. OLVKR, Recorder.
BOYAL ARCH MASONS
# WELLS CHAPTER,
No. 42, R. A. M„ meet
First and Third Mon
day night at 7 o’clock.
All visiting companions
qualified are cordially
invited.
LANSING BURROWS, H. P.
F. G. OLVER, Secy.
£ M. B. COUNCII*
- , LODGE, F. and A. M.,
meets every First an«s
tf'AWgvAv Third Friday night*.
/ v®y 4 Visiting Brethren in
cited to attend.
J. E. SHEPPARD, W. M.
NAT LeMASTER, Secretary.
F. and A. M.
4» AMEKICUS LODGE,
JAt F. and A. M., meets ev
rtk ery Second and Fourth
Friday night at 7
| / o’clock.
L. j. BLALOCK. W. M.
j IRVING U IDLINGS, Secy.
'
WASHINGTON CAMP, NO. 14,
P. 0. S. OF. A.
Meets on Thursday nights, Wheat
ley Building, at 7:30 o’clock. All mem
bers are urged to attend. Visitors
welcomed. C. M. WILLIAMS, Pres't.
O. D. REESE, Recording Sec’y.
NAT LeMASTER, Financial Sec’y.
WASHINGTON CAMP, NO. 24.
P. 0. S. OF A.
Washington Camp, No. 24. P O. *
of A. meets every Monday night lu
Wheatley Bldg., at 8 o’clock. Visit
ing brothers cordially invited to at
tend. T. B. BOLTON, Pres’t.
B. H. M’MATH, Sec’y.
4MEEICUS CAMP. 202. WOODMEN
OF THE WORLD.
Meets every Wednesday night in the
Wheatley Bldg., Windsor Ave. All vis
iting Sovereigns Invited to meet with
us. J. M. TOBIN, C. 0.
NAT LeMASTER, Clerk.
L 0. 0. F.
Meets every Tuesday night at 8:00
o’clock. K. of P. Hall. Visitor* al
ways welcome. W. J. BROOKS,
S. H. EDGE, Noble GradJ
Secretary.
Americus Blacksmithing Co.
Blacksmith and General Repair and
Horseshoeing. Chambliss’ Old Waro
ouse, Americus. Ga.
Visitors