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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR
> UNCLE SAM
SCORESCOTTDN
00.3 ffl CENT
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., July I.—A to
tal area of 30,535,000 acres of cotton
is under cultivation in the United
States, according to the preliminary
estimate of the department of agri
culture, announced today. That com
pared with 37,406,000 acres, the revised
estimate of acreage under cultivation
a year ago; 36,832,000 acres picked last
year; 37,089,000 in 1913, and 34,283,-
000 acres in 1912. Abandonment of
acreage planted during the season last
year amounted to 1.5 per cent, of the
planted area and for the past five years
it has averaged 1.8 per cent, of the
area planted.
The acreage for Georgia is given as
4,684,000, and the crop condition as
.70 per cent, of normal.
There has been much interest in
cotton and textile circles concerning
the area planted to cotton this year in
view of the record crop lasts year, the
curtailed foreign takings because of I
the European war and the low price J
of lint early this season, which were
believed to have influenced cotton
growers to reduce their acreage and
put in some of their land in grain and
other crops. The extent of this reduc
tion had been variously estimated un
officially at from 10 to 20 per cen*. i
The condition of the growing crop
on June 25 was 80.3 per cent, of a
normal, as compared with 80.0 per
cent, on May 25, this year, 79.6 per
cent, on June 25 last year, and 79.9 per.
cent, the ten-year average on June 25.
The average change in condition from
May 25 to June 25 during the past ten
years has been an increase of 0.4 per
cent.
Growing conditions generally were;
favorable throughout the month sincej
the last condition report was canvass
ed. Precipitation; during the first
week in. practically all partions of the
belt furnished sufficient moisture for
the time being, and the crop made sat
isfactory growth. Late plantings in
Texas are coming up and a good stand
reported. Exceping in portions of Ok
lahoma, Arkansas and some of the j
more eastern sections of the belt where.
the soil was too wet, cultivation pro
ceeded satisfactorily.
Cultivation and satisfactory growth;
in all excepting a few districts, was
favored during the second week by
the moderately warm weather, with:
general absence of continued rain. Wet
weather delayed cultivation and caus
ed some damage by flooding in north
ern Texas, Oklahoma and the Carolinas
where fields were becoming grassy.
In most other sections, however, the
crop was well cultivated and fields
clean.
Continuation of moderately warm
weather, with local showers sufficient
for requirements, greatly favored cot
ton growth during the third week in
all portions of the belt. Delay in cul
tivation permitted fields in a few sec
tions to become grassy, but over most
i districts cultivation proceeded satis
factorily, the fields were clean and the
crop continued in good condition.
Rapid growth was forced during the j
final week of the month by continued
warm weather, with sufficient mois
ture, and the crop was in good con
dition and well cultivated in nearly a 1 !
districts. Some retardation of growth
was reported from Oklahoma and ad
joining sections, and grassy fields oc
curred locally, with boll weevil re
ported as active in portions of Ala
bama, Mississippi and Texas. The crop
was fruiting in southern districts and
some bloom was reported as far north
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4 MEXICAN FILIBUSTERERS’ 4
4 HEARING IS POSTPONED 4
4 (By Associated Press.) ♦
4 EL PASO, Tex., July I.—The 4
4 hearing of charges against Gens. 4
4 Huerta, Orozco and four others 4
4 arrested in connection with an 4
4 alleged attempt to inaugurate a
4 new revolution in Mexico, set for 4
4 today, was postponed until July 4
4 2th. All of the prisoners assert 4
4 their innocence, and denounce the 4
4 charges as groundless. 4
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CITIZENS RIOT.
SOLDIERS FIGHT.
IN MEXICO CITY
OFFICIAL WASHINGTON DISTURB
ED BY LATEST NEWS FROM THE
GREASER CAPITAL—MOBS LOOT
STORES AND RESIDENCES
Citizens Endangered by Fighting in
The Suburbs—Hostile Armies Turn
Cannon on Capital City.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., July I.—The
department of state this morning re
ceived official dispatches from Vera
Cruz to the effect that conditions in
Mexico City are entirely unfavorable
to foreigners still living there, Chaos
reigns supreme even on the streets of
the Mexican capital.
Mobs of starving people are rioting
and looting the stores, and in some
instances, the homes of foreigners.
The two armies fighting in the su
burbs have trained their guns on each
other without considering the damage
that may be done the city itself for
which both factions are fighting.
Several citizens are reported as
having been killed by stray bullets and
in one instance a cannot ball that ex
ploded on one of the principal streets
of the city killed five persons.
ZAPATA’S OFFICERS INCITING
HUNGRY MOBS TO VIOLENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July I.—Dis
patches from Mexico City, dated June
2th and reaching Vera Cruz by cou
rier, were cabled to the state depart
ment late today. These dispatches as
sert a condition of anarchy exists in
Mexico City, and that Zapata officers
who are in authority there are inciting
mobs of hungry people to acts of vio
lence.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
SILL INTRODUCED
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
ATLANTA, Ga., July I.—The 'wo
man suffrage” bill, long heralded as
one of the bones of contention to be
fought over in this summer’s legisla
ture, has been thrown into the arena.
It- is a brief bill, in fact, one of the
startest ever penned in the form of
an amendment to the state constitu
tion, introduced by Mr. Wohlwender,
of Muscogee, and reading:
“The right of citizens of this state
to vote shall not be denied or abridg
ed on account of sex.”
This is the measure which the suf
fragettes will rally around. It has
already met with serious opposition,
and so far as things look from a sup
erficial observation of sentiment in
the house, it has little or no oppor
tunity to pass.
as North Carolina.
The next report will show the con
, dition of the crop on July 25 and will
I be issued at noon, Monday, August 2.
AMERIEUSTtMEStREEOROER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
Uncle Sam Wants Details of Sinking
Freighter Before Announcing Policy
THREE HUNDRED
CARS PEACHES
60IE JLHEIDY
SEASON IS OPENING UP IN PEACH
DOMAIN.
Americus people at Fort Valley and
Marshallville this morning report the
greatest activity in shipment of
peaches from those towns, the largest
peach shipping points in the South
Three hundred carloads, including
shipments made today, have gone
forward by fast freight express, and
the number of cars shipped daily, will
increase from this time until the sea
son ends in August. Splendid profits
are being made by the shippers, as
Carmen peaches are selling in New
York at four dollars per crate. Hun
dreds of packers and pickers, who
come from all sections to work about
Fort Valley and Marshallville, are
much in evidence, and the payroll
exceeds thousands of dollars weekly
The Central railway is affording the
shippers every desired facility for ra
pid handling of peach shipments, the
fast express-freight trains running for
ty miles an hour having the right-of
way over all others.
FIREMEN ENJOY WATERMELON
FURNISHED BY I. J. DERISO, SB.
Chief Parser and his fire laddies this
morning held a big watermelon cut
ting at the fire hall. The luscious
melons for the feast were furnished by
Mr. A. J. Deriso, Sr., of Leslie, and
everyone from the chief down enjoyed
the “cutting.”
GATH FUR MURDERER
CONDEMNED TO DIE
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, July I.—The jury in the
case of George Joseph Smith .charged
with murder, today returned a verdict
of guilty, the defendant being sentenc
ed to die by hanging.
George Joseph Smith was arrested
several weeks ago on charges that he
murdered three of his numerous wives,
the impelling cause in each instance
being the collection of life insurance.
It was asserted at the time that Smith
secured many thousand dollars by
this means, and much interest has been
manifest in the case from the start.
HOKE SMITH OFF
FOfIJEA ODIST
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
ATLANTA, Ga., July I. United
States Senator Hoke Smith left At
lanta unexpectedly yesterday for At
lantic City, to join Mrs. Smith, who
is not yet in good health, and whose
condition demands the sea air. Sena
tor Smith had already leased a subur
ban home at Decatur, in DeKalb coun
ty for the summer, and was planning
to spend the entire summer there,
but was compelled to change his ar
rangements. How long he will re
main at Atlantic City will deend on
Mrs. Smith’s condition.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 1,1915
VESSEL LOADED WITH MULES FOR
FRENCH ARMY SENT TO BOTTOM
OF ATLANTIC BY SUBMARINE
Twenty-Nine American Negroes Are
Drowned When Vessel Sinks—Cargo
Contraband of War.
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4 U. s. OFFICIALS SEEKING 4
4 DETAILS OF LOSS OF LINER 4
4 (By Associated Press.) 4
4 WASHINGTON, D. C., July 1. ♦
4 —United States officials today are ♦
4 trying to obtain details of the *
4 torpedoing of the British freight 4
4 steamer Armenian, sunk off the 4
4 Cornwall coast Monday by a Ger- 4
4 man. submarine. Twenty-nine 4
4 victims of the disaster were most- 4
4 ly American citizen, and notwith- T
4 standing these Americans were ♦
4 all negroes, the incident is likely 4
4 to further complicate the corres- +
4 pondence between the Washing
-4 ton and Berlin governments rer- +
4 garding submarine attacks on 4
4 vessels carrying non-combatant 4
4 citizens of neutral nations. 4
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(By Associated s Press.)
AVONMOUTH, Eng, July I.—Ad
ditional details of the i sinking of the
Dominion line freighter Armenian by
a German submarine late Tuesday,
reached Avonmouth d&rly today, 'be
ing brought by survivors of the dis
aster who managed to get into small
boats before the German warship sent
the big liner to the bottom. Eleven
Americans belonging to the crew of
the Armenian were sacrificed in the
sinking of the steamer, besides twenty
six negro muleteers employed for the
voyage at Newport News, who were
drowned. Several members of the
crew of the Armenian were killed out
right by shell fire from the attacking
submarine.
Freighter Attempts to Escape
The Armenian, carrying a cargo of
1422 American mules, left Newport
News, Va, four days ago bound for
Avonmouth, the mules being intended
for the use of the French army on
the continent, he vessel’s crew num
bered seventy-two sailors, besides
whom ninety-six Americans negroes
were on board, the latter being em
ployed in the capacity of muleteers for
the voyage.
The man at the Armenian’s wheel
sighted the submarine before the
German commander saw the liner and
immediately efforts to escape were
made. The submarine, however, cir
cled the big freighter, which was able
to proceed only at a low speed owing to
the heavy cargo on board, and ordered
the British ship to surrender. The
command was disregarded and the Ar
menian’s skipper began steering in a
zig-zag course as ordered by the Brit
ish admiralty in the event of subma
rine attacks.
Shell Explodes in Engine Room.
The German commander thereupon
opened fire on the British freighter, a
well-directed shot from a five-inch
gun mounted on the submarine being
sent into the engine room of the Ar
menian. This shell, exploding insidn
the bowels of the freighter, created
great havoc and started a panic among
the thousand or more mules on board.
Several members of the crew who hap
pened to be in that portion of the
ship, were killed outright by flying
particles of the German shell. Follow
ing the disabling of the Armenian’s
engines, the captain of the ship for
mally surrendered, the crew and mule
teers being ordered into the boats at
once.
Only a short time was permitted the
CROPS SUFFER
FROM BURNING
. DROUTHS HEHL
THE COTTON AND CORN SUFFER
ING CONSIDERABLY.
The advent of July today brought
Ibtit little hope of relief for the crops
about Americus and throughout this
territory, where there has not been a
general rain in more than a month. In
the Croxton neighborhood, and south
ward to Cuthbert, there was a rain
three or four days ago, but around
Americus for a distance of several
miles a Sahara-like condition still
prevails. Even the cotton fields,
which usually withstand a drought
well, show the effect of continued dry
weather. Many farmers have not yet
been able to plant peas in their oat
fields, due to the continued drought.
The large corn crop needs rain badly
and will suffer annihilation unless
relief comes shortly. Gardens here in
the city are a memory only.
crew and muleteers to leave the Ar
menian, and while one of the last of
the boats was being lowered a shell
from the submarine cut the davit-ropes
participating all of the occupants of
the frail craft into the sea. Nearly all
of them were drowned. Five boatloads
of survivors escaped from the sinking
Armenian without injury, these being
landed here by steam trawlers who
passed the scene of the disaster sev
eral hours later.
The final destruction of the Armen
ian was accomplished by exploding a
torpedo amidships the big freighter,
which disappeared within thirty min
uses after being torpedoed. The panic
among the imprisoned mules after the
torpedo was exploded beneath the Ar
menian, is described by survivors as
terrible and heartrending, the poor
beasts being drowned like rats, and
struggling fiercely to escape from their
prison, their cries were most pitiful.
SINKING OF ARMENIAN
JUSTIFIED UNDER RULES
OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
WASHINGTON, D. C., July I.—The
Dominion line freighter Armenian was
engaged on Admiralty business wheu
sunk by a German submarine, Ambas
sador Page reported today to the state
department, the report being based on
official information furnished the
American, diplomat by the British gov
ernment.
Consul Sting, at Bristol, communi
cating with Ambassador Page early
today, informed that twenty-one of the
twenty-nine persons who lost their
lives in the sinking of the Armenian
were American negroes. Consul Sting
also informed the ambassador that ac
cording to authentic information he
had been able to gather the Armenian
failed to obey the command of the
submarine commander to stop, en
deavoring to escape until finally stop
ped by a shell, and the subma
rine complied in all respects with the
rules of international warfare, as em
bodies in the terms of The Hague con
vention.
Unofficial advices from the scene of
the disaster confirm this information
as well, and it is generally conceded
here that no reason remains for the
United States to take up the subject of
the sinking of the Armenian through
diplomatic channels.
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> * EVELYN WON’T TESTIFY 4
* AGAINST HARRY THIS TIME 4
1 4 (By Associated Press.) *■
* MALONE, N. Y., July I.—Ev- 4
4 elyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of Harry .4
4- K. Thaw and central figure in the 4
4 sensational murder of Standford 4
* White, today declined to honor a 4
4- suhponae requiring her to testify *
4 In behalf of the state in the hear- 4
* ing now in progress to determine -4
4 her husband’s sanity. 4
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SUPREMEGOURT
GLOSES SESSION
FOB THIS YEM
—— < *
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., July I.—Ad
journment of the Supreme Court for
the summer months marks the com
pletion of twenty-five years operation
of the present judicial system, insti
tuted by the Evarts law of 1890. ThU
law created the nine circuit courts of
appeals, which virtually became a sort
of sub-supreme courts to relive the
highest tribunal of the great pressure
of cases which were congesting its
dockets and contributing to the law’s
delays. •
At the openipg of the new system
the Supreme Court was three years be
hind in its work, and much more time
elapsed before cases were decided.
Three years passed between the time a
case was docketed there and the time
it was presented, complete, to the
justices for decision.
Today, the Supreme Court is only
one year behind on its work. During
the 25 years, 10,766 cases have been
filed there—an average of 430 a year,
moer than one for every day. During
that time the court has disposed of 11,-
419 which included 1200 waiting when
the new system went into effect. But
for the latter the court now would be
abreast of its work.
During the court year just ended,
528 cases were filed and 539 were dis
posed of and the docket now contains
535 the smallest number during the 1
last six years. Only three years in the 1
court’s history show more cases dis
posed of. They were 1890, 1912 and 1
1913. • ‘
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WESTBROOK IS HIDE MANIGERI
IMEOIGUS BELL COMPANY 1
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Manager Ernest Tullis, of the Amer
cus Exchange of the Bell Telephone ,
Co., having resigned that position. .
which he has filled most acceptably (
during a long period of years, is suc
ceeded as manager by Paul Westbrook,
until recently with the Cordele ex
change and who is well and favora
ble known in Americus, his former
i
home. Manager Tullis purchased re
cently the Statham Garage here, and
resigned the management of the tele
phone exchange in order that he might
devote his entire time to his new en- I
terprlse. The change of management
was effective today.
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4 BECKER GIVEN NEW LEASE 4
4- ON LIFE BY WHITMAN 4
4 (By Associated Press.) 4
4 ALBANY, N. Y., July _i.—Gov. 4
4 Whitman after a hearing today 4
4 granted Charles Becker a re- ♦
4 prleve until July 26th. Becker *
4is under sentence of death for 4
4 participation in the murder of 4
4 Herman Rosjinthal by gunmen 4
4 a year ago. 4
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RUSSIAN RETREAT
CONTINUES IN
SOUTH POLAND
(By Associated Press:)
LONDON. July I.—The Russians
continue to retreat today In northern
Galicia and southern Poland before the
Teuton horde, which seems at this
time endeavoring to clear the way for
an Austro-German drive toward War*
saw from two directions. Two strong
columns of Teuton troops are now bat
tling their way toward the Polish cap
ital, one moving from the southwest
and the other from the north, with
Von Hindenberg’s army entrenched df
rectely west of the Russian strong
hold.
The immediate objective of the Teu
ton drive is believed to be Ivangorod,
and dispatches from the near east in
dicate the probable . success of the
movement. Petrograd dispatches ad
mit a continuation of the Teuton of
fensive along a tremendous battle
front between the rivers Bug and Vl
perz, and this confirms forecasts by
newspaper correspondents that Ivan
gorod will fall before the attacks of
the invaders.
An attack by German warships on
Windau, an important Baltic port, fs
reported from Petrograd, but details
of the alleged success are deleted and |
latest reports may not confirm the
assertions sent from Petrograd Today.
The presence of a German fleet beofre
Windau i s important, however, show
ing that the great fleet of warships
heretofore assembled at Kiel and Hel
igoland ihas been divided and that ac
tive patrol of the Baltic is being un
dertaken by the Germans.
In the western tneatre of the war
huge masses of French troops are re
ported as assembling in the vicinity
north of Arras, where a resumption of
the recent violent French offensive is
anticipated hourly, and even now may
be under way. Fighting in Belgium
and in Flanders before the British
trenches today is of desultory nature
only.
Meagre news concerning operations
on the Peninsula of Gallipoli and along
the shores of the Dardanelles, indicates
the Anglo-French forces in the far east
are planning a mighty attack upon the
defenses of the hill known as Achibaba,
which position effectually commands
the entire country south of the Nar
rows of the straits. With these bat
teries in their possession, the attackers
it is stated, would encounter little
difficulty in sweeping the straits clear
of mines and forcing a passage past
the remaining Turkish forts, all of
which are reported as badly damaged.
No decisive result has yet been reached
in the fighting, how’ever, and great in
terest centers in the outcome of th®
assault now in progress.
Along the southwestern front, the
Italian army continues to assault the
Austrian positions violently, but little
authentic news from that region; has
been released by the censor today.
SHELBY MYRICK ILL
WITHJIPPENDICITIS
ATI ANTA, Ga., July I.—Col Shelby
Myrick, of Savannah, a member of the
Georgia house of representatives from
Chatham county, is seriously ill of
appendicitis at St. Joseph’s infirmary..
Offered by his colleague, Mr. Shup
trine, a resolution was adopted by the
house expressing sympathy and hope
for quick recovery.
Mr. Myrick, younger than the aver
age of the house by far, is .howeve.-,
one of the leading members.
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