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CSEY AMEFtiaiSiIMEStHEIORDER CKLY
THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR
COTTON MOVING;
PRICES BETTER;
SOLES GREATER
AMERICUS STOCKS CONTINUE TO
BE REDUCED GRADUALLY.
While in the Americus market there
have been no sales of large lots of
cotton quite recently, the number of
sales of smaller lots, in the aggregate,
have served to reduce stock in Amer
icus warehouses considerably—proba
bly below the $20,000-bale mark. At
current prices, 7 to 8 cents, accord
ing to grade, buyers can get all the
cotton required, but there is no rush
to market cotton, thus causing a de
cline in values. This condition ob
tains in other interior markets, it is
said.
The Times-Recorder told yesterday
of the shipment of a lot of one thous
and bales from a nearby market to
Savannah, requiring a special train
to handle it. All of this cotton was
for export to Europe. Exports for the
season to date are 4,333,000, and at
the rate cotton is moving out it looks
like 5,000,000 will be reached by the
end of the month.
There is still much cotton in the
country, but it is not being pressed for
sale. Every advance brings out some
but offerings fall off just as soon as
the market turns easier. As for the
bulk of the unsold portion holders are
no doubt able to carry the cotton as
long as they wish.
Some are holding for 10 cents or
more, perhaps, a larger quantity than
most people think.
American mills will need to buy
more liberally from now on than they
have been in previous years. They
failed to take advantage of the un
usual opportunity afforded early in the
season and even yet seem to be pa
tiently waiting for the distress prices
which do not materialize.
WHITE MAN LYNCHED
BY KENTUCKY MOB
(By Assoc'ated Press.)
MAYFIELD, Ky., Feb. 10.—Thomas
Tinker, a young white man held in jail
here to answer a murder charge, was
taken from officers last night and
hanged by an enraged crowd of un
known persons. Following the hang
ing Tinker’s body was riddled with bul
lets and members of the lynching par
ty disappeared in the darkness.
Tinker, who resided near Melber, a
mall town in this county, was wanted
on a misdemeanor charge, a deputy
>eing sent to his home on Monday to j
bring him here. When the officer!
reached his destination, Tinker re
fused to submit to arrest and began j
t.ring on the deputy, killing him almost i
Instantly.
The murderer then fled into the sur
rounding swamps, but was later ar
rested and lodged in the county jail.
Excitement fololwing the murder ran
high in the vicinity of the killing, and
residents of the Melber community are
believed to have composed the mob,
as indignation there was especially
pronounced, the dead officer having
many friends and relatives residing in
the precinct.
All of the members of the mob con
realed their identity from the officers,
but an effort will be made today to as
certain the nemes of those partici
pating in the lynching, and a mass
meeting of citizens has already been
called tq denounce the 'action of the
lynchers. The governor has been tel
egraphed by prominent citizens to or
der a rigid investigation of the occur
rence, which is greatly deplored by
jie better class of residents here.
Loaf Bread
Six Cents In
New York
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Bread prices
in New York City and vicinity were ad
vanced today from five to six cents a
loaf, the action being simultaneous
among members of the Master Bakers’
association, which organization agreed
to advance prices several days ago.
Rolls, which heretofore sold at ten
cents a dozen, now cost a penny each,
while pies, cakes and other breadstuffs
have been likewise advanced. The av
erage advance is about 20 per cent, of
former retail prices.
Governor Whitman has expressed
keen interest in the situation, and will
personally investigate conditions, al
leged to have necessitated the in
crease in prices.
ANNUIIeeIg
HOLDERS SOUTH
WESTERN STOCK
Americus holders of South-Western
railway stock will be granted the usual
privilege of a free trip to Macon today
and tomorrow when the annual meet
ing of stockholders of that big system
will be held. This is a privilege ac
corded annually, and many people in
that portion of south Georgia travers
ed by the old South-Western, always
avail themselves of this privilege of a
visit to the big village on the Ocmul
gee. The South-Western, as well
*
known,' has for many years been leas
ed to the Central railway, but has al
ways maintained its own organization
and elects annually its president and
directors. A great deal of this stock
is held in Americus, as an investment.
Stock script will be honored upon pre
sentation to conductors today and to
morrow, going to Macon, and on
Thursday and Friday returning.
German Ambassador
Gives Secretary Bryan
Copy Latest Proclamation
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10.—The
German Ambassador, Count Von Bern
storff called at the state department
this afternoon and delivered a note
from the German foreign office ampli
fying the recently published proclama
tion of a war zone around the British
Islands.
GERMANS TUNNEL
UNDER JMOUNTAIN
ENGINEERING FEAT REMOVED
MILITARY FRONTIER ON .THE
FONTIER
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Feb. 10 —The Frankfurter
Zeitung reports that the Germans
have pierced the hills from Joef, in
French territory”, to Moyeuvre-la-
Grand in Lorraine to facilitate com
munications: The tunnel has been
completed in two months’ work and
cost $6,000,000. This tunneb was long
ago proposed by miners and manufac
turers in the iron mining district of
the valley of the Briey, but opposed
by the government for strategical rea
sons. The execution of the work oy
the Germans is taken as indicating a
determination on their part to hold
this rich mining country at all haz
ards.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 10, 1915.
CITY REQUIRES
TWENTY ZEBRAS
STREET WORK
ADDITION AL FORCE M ILL SOON BE
PUT TO WORK HERE.
The city chaingang, made up of
misdemeanor convicts secured from
the county, will be put to work upon
the streets of Americus within a few
day's now, as soon as the few detail*
retaining to be looked after are com
pleted. At the special meeting of the
county commissioners yesterday, Mr.
E. L. Bell, chairman of the street
committee of council, appeared before
that body in the interest of the move
ment to secure the convicts.
A force of twenty zebras will be se
cured for the city and these will be
worked under direction of a guard em
ployed by the city. Supt. Westbrook,"
of the street department, has been
amed for this place, subject to the
approval of the prison commission.
The city authorities will bear the
?ost of maintenance of all the convicts
thus employed upon the streets, pay
ing the court costs for their convic
tion, clothing and feeding them. The
cost per day is estimated at about fifty
cents. The convicts will continue to
be quartered at the county stockade,
thus insuring their safe-keeping. Such
a force as will thus be employed will
do more good-work than would twice
the number ,of hired laborers, at a
; greater price.
It is expected that the new gang
will be put to work over on Prospect
Heights next week, where the city's
hired gang has been working out the
streets since early fall last year.
INNIS LOSES FIGHT BEFORE
TEXAS APPELLATE COURT
(By Associated Press.)
AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 10. —A motion for
a rehearing in the case of Victor Innis
and his wife, whose extradition to
Georgia is sought, was overruled in
the appellate court today. The Innis’
are wanted in Atlanta on charges of
grand larceny in connection with the
estate of Mrs. Elois Nelms Dennis, who
with her sister, Beatrice Nelms, dis
appeared last June. Today’s decision
probably means the prisoners will be
surrendered to the Georgia authori
ties without delay.
CONEBESSUN BURLS
CHARGNT Wit SON
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10.—In
the house of representatives this after
noon Representative Good, of lowa
precipitated a tempestous debate by
charging President Wilson had influ
enced the recent increased rates de
cision of the Interstate Commerce
commission.
CURB LINER ESCAPES
GERMANS BY PLYING
STARS AND STRIPES
(By-Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. —Passengers
-arriving from England on board- the
' British Cunard liner Orduna this morn
ing stated the Orduna flew the United
States flag nearly 24 hours on January
. 31st while passing through the Irish
I Sea. No explanation of the incident
• was offered by officers of the steam
ship.
SENATE STILE IN
SESSION OVER
SHIP I BIEL
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The senate
fight over the ship-purchase measure
continued to occupy the spot-light in
official circles today, overshadowing
all other events in the feverish anxiety
with which the outcome of the strug
gle is awaited.
Opponents of the administration pro
gram occupied all of last night with
continuous arguments against the
pending bill, Senator Sherman speak
ing more than seven hours during the
‘ilibuster, and being relieved early this
morning by Senator Townsend, who
occupied the floor at noon, and show
ed no inclination to conclude his ad
dress.
All records for continuous sessions of
the senate during the present genera
tion have been broken by the prolonga
tion of Monday’s session. The prev
ious record was established in 1893,
when the senate 'sat continuously dur
ing thirty-eight hours. This record
was reached at 2:46 this morning and
even at this hour there is no prospect
of adjournment.
Senator Fletcher, who is in charge
of the shipping bill, marshalled the
democratic forces during the night ses
sion, while Senator Kern, senate floor
leader on the democratic side, relieved
him this morning, '.‘he democratic sen
ators have been divided into day and
night shifts for the purpose of combat
ting the republican filibuster, while
the republican leaders have divided
their forces in like manner.
NIGHT SESSION FILLED WITH
MANY EXCITING INCIDENTS
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 10.—Dur
ing last night’s prolonged senate ses
sion republicans assisted by so-called
“Insurgent democrats” made a des
perate effort to force adjournment
about midnight, the motion being lost,
forty-four to forty-four.
Following the failufe of the republi
cans to end the session, Senators
Fletcher and Stone-led a fight to pre
cipitate a vote on the initial portion of
the recommitment motion, but their ef
fort resulted in failure. During the
parliamentary duel, Senators Stone and
Penrose engaged in a spirited verbal
clash, as a result of which Senator
Penrose sustained a partial physical
breakdown, being compelled to ask as
sistance of in retiring to his ho
tel shortly afterward. His temperature
registered more than 100 degrees at
the close of the clash and physicians
were called to attend the aged Penn
sylvania statesman.
COUNT BBNI LOSES
RIS DIVORCE CASE
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Feb. 10.—A Rome dispatch
says the Rota Tribunal, the high ec
clessiastieal court of the Catholic
church, has rejected the suit of Count
Boni de Castellane for annulment of
his marriage to Anna Gould, present
Duchess of Talleyrand, who secured a
civil devorce from Count Moni in tfm
French courts a few years ago.
Hhe case of Count Boni has been be
fore the ecclesiastical court twice be
fore, and-on each occasion l was with
drawn, when rejection was inevitable.
Arguments in the third trial of the
case closed yesterday, and the court
promptly decided again the count, who,
it Is said, is anxious to secure a di
vorce In order to marry an unnamed
American heiress.
HEAVY SNOWS
HOED UP BATTEE
EASTEBNTHEATRE
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Feb. lo. —The big battle
raging in the Carpathians, and upon
which the fate of Russia’s invasion of
Hungary still hinges, is undecided to
day, though both armies claim to have
sttained minor victories. The Russians
operating in the region surrounding
Uzsok and Beskid Passes have definite
ly checked the Austro German move
ment there, and on the Galician side
of the range reverses have been sus
tained by the Teutons.
To offset these successes a Russian
retirement in western Bukowina is
admitted at Petrograd, while Austrian
despatches claim troops of the dual
j onarchy are in possession of the town
of Klmpolumg, an important village
formerly held by Russians. On the
Hungarian side of the range, Russian
progress in the direction of Mezolabo
rez is indicated, though official confir
mation of this movement cannot be
unearthed this afternoon.
Heavy Sow Storm
A heavy snow falling throughout the
entire mountain country and extend
ing over a considerable portion of the
Galician plain has greatly retarded
troop movements in that area, this dt
selopment being an especial hardship
on the German commanders, who are
supplied chiefly with motor equip
ment, which is especially trouble
some in the mushy roads and quag
mires which abound everywhere. The
Russian troopers are hardier, too, than
their German opponents and being bet
ter acclimated are enable to withstand
severe weather to a greater degree.
Both armies fought stubbornly dur
ing today, notwithstanding the handi
cap of severe weather, but neither pro
gressed sufficiently to definitely throw
the other on the defensive. Hordes of
Germans, apparently transferred from
the Warsaw front, are arriving at nu
merous points in the Carpathians and
Bukowina, many being apparently on
the verge of physical collapse, say Rus
sian observers. They are being pushed
into the front ranks notwithstanding
their conditions, according to these re
ports and only by virtue of these weary
and almost exhausted reinforcements
has the Austrian army been able to
hold the Russian Invaders in check.
In East Prussia four Russian col
umns are driving toward Tilsit and
Konisberg in the face of stubborn re
sistance. Two of these columns are
reported within 25 miles of Inscter
berg, where tremendous quantities cf
war material have been stored by the
Germans, while another is said to have
partially conquered the Mazurian
Lakes region and is investing Lotzen.
German defenders of this region suc
ceeded in inflicting great losses upon
the Russians before being compelled to
retreat.
Russians Checked.
In northern Poland, the Russian col
umn endeavoring to outflank Von Hin
denierg has encountered a strong force
of Germans, and a big battle is in
progress there, the outcome being
awaited with great anxiety, as upon the
success of either army may depend
the safety of Von Hindenberg and his
troops before Warsaw. Already on the
defensive, Von Hindenberg’s corps has I
been greatly weakened by recent with
drawals of troops sent to reinforce
German armies in east Prussia and Ga
licia. The Russians before Warsaw on
yesterday inaugurated probably the
most vigorous offensive set staged in
(either theatre of hostilities, and their
1 activity during the day has compelleJ
j a series of German retirements bedfre
I the Russian capital, that- probably in
dicates an early abandonment of Von
One Quart
At a Time
Is the Limit
1 MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. 10.—The
delivery of more than one quart of in
toxicating liquor to any person in Ala
bama is prohibited after June 30th, un
der the terms of the anti-shipping bill
which became effective today. The bill
became a law without the signature of
Governor Henderson, who permitted
the measure to remain on his desk
seven days without taking action
thereon. Under the constitution of
Alabama the bill then became a law.
Transportations companies are pro
hibited by the bill from delivering in
toxicants more than once within any
month to the same person.
deale¥think
FOOD VALUES
WILL INCREASE
HIGHER PRICES YET FOR THE
NECESSARIES OF LIFE.
Americus dealers were notified today
of another advance in the price of su
gar; not very great, but an advance,
with probability other advances to fol
low. Flour Is Btill in the skies, while
the prices of all food products, it • is
believed, will go higher very shortly.
The Sumter county farmer, with a full
corncrib and emokehouse filled with
meat, is about the luckiest fellow in
the world. Close observers se within
the next few months the price of food
cereals reaching heights never before
dreamed of, as a result of the war rag
ing in Europe. That two-dollar wheat
is coming and coming fast, corn at a
dollar and oats up to 75 cents, is not
the dream of mere visionaries, but
rather the cold estimates of men used
to calculating world supply and de
mand. Rye already is the highest it
has been in fifty years.
RUSSiIuMI
BACKS 01
TO AJAN
(By Associated Press.)
PETROGRAD, Feb. 10.—Th.” practi
cal unanimity of the Russian people
regarding the war against Germany is
reflected in a resolution passed last
night by the Duma, Russia’s house of
representatives.
The resolution, which passed with
out a dissenting vote, pledges the sup
port of the delegates to the war policy
of the nation and declares the war
should be continued until permanent
peace in Europe is assured.
Hindenberg’s original drive.
The defeat of the Turks in the Suez
couintry, apapr<mtly, has been very
decisive, and operations in that region
during today have been of practically
no importance, while a pronounced lull
in fighting prevails along the whole of
the western fighting front.
BERLIN OFFIC IAL STATEMENT
TELLS LITTLE OF CONDITIONS
BERLIN, Feb. 10—The German offi
cial statement today contains no im
portant disclosures regarding events
in either theatre of hostilities. The
gigantic operations under way in the
east are referred to as "progressing”
though no claim of even minor suc
cesses is made., \
INTERESTS HERE
SHOULD PROVIDE
FLOURING MILES
AMERICUS MILL REQUIRE. AN EX.
TERPRIBE OF THIS NATURE
Now that wheat has become an im
portant product in Sumter county and
a growing crop insures, with favor
able seasons, a yield of probably one
hundred thousand bushels in this
county alone, the establishment of a
flouring mill In Americus seems an
absolute necessity. When the farmers,
in October last, were urged to plant
wheat they were given assurance that
adequate facilities for converting
wheat into flour would certainly b«
provided by harvest time.
Within three or four months th#
wheat crop of three thousand acres,
now growing in Sumter, wilf be har
vested, but as yet no steps have been
taken looking to the establishment of
a flouring mill.
Certainly the opportunity for the
building of such an enterprise, prom
ising profitable returns to the owner,
will not be neglected. But as yet
nothing in this direction has been
done. It would cost $1,200 to $1,500
to erect a “community” mill, it w is
said, and this might suffice. If farmers
continue to plant wheat, as they
should, a good flouring mill must be
provided.
There are mills In nearby towns,
thirty or forty miles distant from
Americus, to which the farmers may
take their wheat, and have it converted
into flour, but this plan is not desir
able. Americus is the natural market
j for a large farming territory, not of
, Sumter alone but of neighboring
j counties. Thfe farmers market their
I cotton, meat, oats and other products
here, and should bring their wheat as
well. Will not our business interests
assist them?
It can safely be promised, it would
seem, that Americus will have a flour
ing mill by the time the wheat crop is
harvested.
ANNUAL MEETING
WOMANS MISSION
SOCIETY CLOSES
AMERICUS REPRESENTATIVES RE
TURN TODAY FROM CORDELE.
The several representatives for the
Americus district attending the Wom
an’s Missionary conference of the
Methodist church, in session at Cor
dele returned here this afternoon. The
conference, which has been in session
during five days, came to a close last
night. The proceedings were alike
Important and interesting, and the ses
sion was one of interest throughout
The conference was especially privil
eged in having S. B. Gordon, author of
many devotional books and lecturer of
international reputation, to speak on
several occasions.
Two hundred delegates and a num
ber of noted speakers were in attend
ance, and the session was pronounced
the most successful yet held.
The election of officers was as fol
lows: Mrs. G. W. Mathews, Fitzgerald
president; Mrs. H W Pittman. Macon,
first vice president; Mrs. Luther Me
Kinnon, Halcyondate, second vice
president; Mrs. G. E. Peabody, Way-,
.cross, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
J. M. Feagln, Savannah, treasurer;
Mrs. J. W. MaJone, Cuthbert, recording
secretary.
The next place of meeting will be
Valdosta, the date including the first
Sunday In February.
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