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OFFICIAL ORGAN for City of Americus, Sumter County, Webster County,
Railroad Commission of Georgia 'or Third Congressional District, U. S. Court,
Southern District of Georgia.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 8, 1915
THE WONDERFUL COTTON RECORD
' The Manufacturers’ Record says:
As the close of the present commercial cotton year draws nearer, the
record of the cotton crop grown in 1914 becomes more and more notable.
It was the largest crop ever grown; so large that, in view of more or less
dullness in two or three of the countries of Europe which are usually the
largest foreign purchasers of the staple, a fall in price of perhaps two
cents a pound might have been expected, even with general conditions in
Europe remaining normal. The outbreak of war at the beginning of the
new season brought demoralization to the cotton market, and the inter
ference with the movement of the staple to ofreign ports was so influen
tial in prolonging the demoralization that the experts of the National De
partment of Agriculture, estimating upo the farm price of 6.8 cents a
pound as of December 1, valued on December 31, 1914, the crop at $519,616,-
000, or $305,779,000 less than the value of the 1913 crop. This estimate, ,t
was announced, was subject to revision this month. What that revision
will show is an interesting matter. Up to December 31 only 7,835,861 bales
of cotton has been 'brought in sight in the first five months of the present
season, less than one-half of the crop, compared with nearly 70 per cent of
the 1913 crop brought into sight in the same peri d in the prcc ding esaso.i
The exports in the five months were 2,478,683 hales, or 2,844,834 bales less
than in the like period in the preceding season, and the takings in the five
months by American spinners were 600,423 bales less. Just about that time
recovery in the price began, and within the first four months of 1915 in
creased by from 2 1-2 to 3 cents a pound, or $12.50 to sl3 a bale. This
rise in price was accompanied by an acceleration of the movement of the
crop into the market, the first four months of 1915 bringing 6,352,400 bales
into sight, increasing the exports by 4,706,282 bales to 7,184,965 bales, or
only 1,022,191 bales less than the exports in the first nine months of the
preceding season, and increasing the takings by American spinners by 2,-
408,823 bales to 5,215,970 bales, or only 109,071 bales less than like takings
in the same period of the preceding ssaso n .In twelve months of the com
mercial year 1913-14 the takings by American mills were 5,550,930 bales,
Such takings in nine months of the 1914-15 season are only 334,960 bales
'* less than those in the twelve-month season.
These manifestations viewed against the background of the demoral
ization of nine months ago are remarkable. They reflect a widespread
holding movement of the crop by Southern cotton growers, temporarily
detrimental in its sentimental effect upon the South, perhaps, but it is be
lieved likely to prove of advantage n the ultimate outcome by increasing
largely the aggregate afount of money obtained for the crop. They also
suggest that quite a large quantity of the cotton going to other countries
has landed in plants making explosives rather than in cotton mills. For
instance, Great Britain is the only large European country that shows an
increase—and that 87,481 bales—in the amount of cotton taken in the nine
months of the present season compared with the same period last season.
Again, in the twleve months of 1913-14 the total takings by mills in Amer
ica outside the South, such mills including those of Canada, were 2,513,621
bales, while their takings in the past nine months were 7,352 bales more
The portion of the staple generally used In the manufacture of explosives
are in the form of the minute linters taken from the seed in preparation cf
crushing. Experts claim that this year’s supply of linters has been by no
means adequate, and that, therefore, resort has been to the -nore costly
staple, accounting in part for the betterment in the general market price.
Whatever the reasons for the betterment, it should not be impaired in
the last few months of the season by overplanting, for such a thing is still
possible, and provision for its maintenance should be made by organizing,
in co-operation of growers, buyers and bankers, a reasonable system fo
handling the coming crop.
If Mayor Thompson succeeds in driving all the crooks out of Chi
cago they will find an abundance of congenial company in New Y’ork.—
New Orleans States.
A pathetic spectacle is an old beau gallant who carries a bunch of
poorly dyed chin whiskers and thinks he is concealing from the public
the ripe age of the shrubbery.
Danville, Illinois, has closed all its saloons, and as it is the home of
Uncle Joe Cannc" it will be necessary to relieve the anguish of the old
man by running a pipe line either to Louisville or ePoria.
A Denver editor says. ’Mr. Roosevelt is an unaccountable growth
on the anotomy of public affairs.” Just as soon as the Hon. Ted finds out
the names of the fellow who calls him a political wart we are willing to
bet there will be another suit for damages.
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER
Ex-Governor Sh&llenberger Coming Chautauqua
Week
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HON. A. C. SHALLENBERGER NOW CONGRESSMAN FROM NE
BRASKA.
HON. ASHTON C. SHALLENBERGER, ex-governor of Nebraska and
newly elected congressman, whose campaign was in many ways very
remarkable, Is to lecture here on the third day of the Redpath Chau
tauqua this season. Aside from his prominence In state and national
affairs, he Is a fluent and entertaining speaker, and his appearance on the pro
gram Is an event well worth while.
In the 435 congressional elections In 1914 only four Democrats won In dis
tricts that were already represented by Republicans. Mr. Shallenberger was
one of the four. After continned solicitation by the Democratic leaders of
the state he consented to run for congress with the understanding that he
would not make any political campaign for the nomination. He had already
signed a contract with the Redpath Bureau to fill a season of 1914 Chautau
qua dates, and the tour was near at hand.
Mr. Shallenberger was not in his district a day during his campaign nor
was any work done for him by any one else. Some others made a complete
canvass of the district with speechmaking, posters and literature.
When the election was held Mr. Shallenberger was at Farmington, Mo.
While there he received a telegram that he had won the nomination and that
he had received more votes than all the other candidates against him twice
over. He had defeated bis leading competitor by about three to one.
Mr. Shallenberger finished his Chautauqua tour Ui Missouri about Sept. 1.
Returning home, he jumped at once into a whirlwind campaign. He reached
every town in his district by automobile and spoke about 150 times in four
weeks. Sometimes he spoke four times In one day. He won out In a strong
Republican district over a man who had never lost a political battle before
He still has the distinction of being the only Democrat that has been able to
carry this district sor 1 congress since he represented it before.
Mr. Shallenberger has served in congress from his district before and In
190 S was elected governor of Nebraska, receiving a majority nearly double that
of his fellow citizen, William Jennings Bryan. He is the only Democrat ever
elected from his district to congress and the second Democratic governor of
Nebraska.
The female of the species is more deadly than the male, and espec
ially so when her blood is up and she has a skillet in her hand.
This is the season of the year for cyclones to muss tip the scenery in
Kansas and Oklahoma which makes the joy of living in Georgia all the
greater.
The tender tributes that the American press is paying his memory
show that in the case of John Bunny the idea that nobody loves a fat maa
has been knocked higher than Gilroy's kite.
We believe that the public will agree with us when we say that
the reports received of the operations of the Allies along the Dardan
elles strait are quite crooked.
A news item says a Minnesota man is trying to get a girl out of
prison for the purpose of marrying her. And just think that there are
thousands of the dear creatures who have stayed out of jail in vain and
abandoned hope of every picking up a husband.
It will be noted that when the Germans begin to win the advantage
in the fighting, prospects of Italy entering the war at once grow more re
mote.—Tifton Gazette.
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SHAFT 10 SOLDIERS
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(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, May B,—The first general
monument raised to the memory of
soldiers fallen in battle has just beer,
completed by reservists of the engi
neering corps near Meux. It is a
truncated pyramid of stone and ce
ment on a macadam foundation bor
dered with a mosaic of broken stone.
It bears on a marble slab in front this
inscription in red letters:
“To the memory of the soldiers of
the army of Paris who died upon the
battlefield of the Ourcq, September,
1914.”
Another marble slab bears Hugo’s
lines:
“Glory to our eternal France;
Glory to those who died for her.”
The monument stands on the ex
treme edge of the field where was
fought the battle that turned the tide
in favor of the Allies, and made pos
sible the victory of the Marne.
MONSTER MONUMENT
ERECTED TO SOLDIERS
IN PRUSSIAN VILLAGE
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, May B. —A monster monu
ment is to be erected in the little
East Prusian city of Osterode to mark
the resting place of the German sold
iers who have fallen in the east. A
huge cemetery will be laid out in a
little wooded section nearby, in th?
center of which will be the monument.
Dr. Albert Rennacher has been se
lected as the architect and has already
begun work on the stone. The names
of all soldiers buried in Osterode will
be inscribed on bronze tablets attach
ed to the monument.
Wife Has
Upper Hand
This Case
ATLANTA, Ga., May 7.—Even if a
man does earn only ten dollars a week
he must give his wife half of it as ali
mony, was the ruling of Judge J. T.
Pendleton in superior court here to
day. It was the tangled case of Louis
H. Andrews, whose divorce suit and
counter-suits have been in the courts
for several days.
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