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BLOW YOUR WHISTLE AT 7:30 TONIGHT
Make the old town fairly shake tonight for it is the night of all nights. The Booster parade forms at 7 o’clock, and will
begin at 7:30 on the dot. The ghastly, sullen, horrible and good-for-nothing remains of Mr. O. U. Knocker will be interred
immediately following the parade in front of the City Hall. Join with the good folks—the kind that make cities and the
people who are built according to a plan in accomplishing something good. Phone No. 8 right away and order your ticket
for the Dollar Dinner. This is a night to make history, and assist—do your part. THERE THE HONOR LIES.
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V/EDITION JL
THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAH
GERMANS MENACE THE
ROAD TO PETROGRAD;
TURKS BURN VILLAGE
LONDON, Sept. 14.—Field Marshal
Von Hindenberg’s drive near Dvinsk,
where the railroads leading from Folna
to Petrograd has been reached, has
again menaced railway communica
tions with the Russian capital.
There are comparative successes in
other sections in the last fortnight,
however, it causes the Russians to
view the latest threat against Petro
grad with no great alarm.
British opinion is that the Court
land campaign is costing the Germans
heavily in men and supplies and likely
to fail unless the Russian offensive on
the other extreme along the front car.
be stopped soon.
In latest attack in eastern Ga
licia, the Russians are reported to
have penetrtted the Austro-German
trenches in the face of a heavy artil-'
lery fire.
To the north the Russians are with
drawing steadily from that dangerous
Nieman salient, opposing the German
advance by stubborn rear guard ac
tions.
The tremendous due] of big guns
still marks the operation along the
French-Belgian and Italian fronts.
There is very little infantry activity
on either side.
From the near east comes the reporc
that the Turks are firing villages on
the Asiatic shore of the Dardanelles
and it is suggested that they might be
preparing to abandon the straits.
It is also reported that the Turkish
shore batteries on the Asiatic side
Jjave almost been reduced to silence.
No Talk of Arbitration.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 14.—The
United States government is not yet
ready to discuss with Germany the
question of arbitration in connection
with the sinking of the Arabic.
It is learned from a high government
official that “the question of arbitration
is not an issue.”
Count Von Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, has sent the views of
President Wilson to Berlin. The dis
position of the United States govern
ment is to giv e Germany adequate ti ne
to consider the viewpoint of he Unit
ed States.
Some believe that Germany will dis
avow the act as the United States
wishes when she gets the evidence of
the United States as submitted to the
German ambassador.
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♦ THREE DEAD MEXICANS *
4 FOUND NEAR BORDER, ♦
4 BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Sept. 14. 4
4 —Three bodies of Mexicans were 4
4- found in various places in this 4
4 section. It is not believed that 4
4- they participated in yesterday's ♦
4- fighting. No further disturbances ♦
4 have been reported.
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Duniba Wants to Go Back.
LENOX, Mass., Sept. 14. —Dr. Dumba,
the Austrian ambassador, has announc
ed that he requested his foreign office
to recall him on a leave of absence so
he might make a personal report on
the situation leading up to the United
States requesting his recall.
Another Raid Over London.
LONDON, Sept. 14. —Another air
raid occurred last night over the east
coast, according to an official state
ment which says that only one Zep
pelin appeared, and there were no cas
ualties.
The Star says that the casualties
from the raids during the past seven
days total 136.
FUNERAL OF MRS. MULKEY
IS HELU THIS AFTERNOON
WOMAN MUCH ESTEEMED IN
AMERICUS LAID TO REST.
The funeral services of Mrs. H. V.
Mulkey, who passed away on Monday
afternoon at her home, 402 Lee street,
were held this afternoon at 4 o’clock
from the residence, conducted by Rev.i
Lansing Burroughs, of First Baptist
church, of which the deceased had for
many years been a member. A large
concourse of friends attended the fun
eral exercises, and the floral offerings
were numerous and very beautiful. The
friends who bore the casket to its final
resting plac 6 were Messrs. E. Y. An
drews, T. F. Gatewood, C. C. Hawkins i
E. L. Carswell, C. A. Pope and Lee,
Allen.
AGGIE COLLEGE OPENS
WITH DAMN ER NUMBER
ATHENS, Ga., Sept. 14. —Registra-
tion of students for the College of
Agriculture for the year 1915-16, has
begun with a rush and the indications
are that a banner attendance is to be
recorded in spite of the adverse agri
cultural conditions that have prevailed
in Georgia during the past year. The
indications are that the accommoda
tions of the institution will be heavily
taxed to care for the Increase. A good
percentage of old students are re
urning to complete their work.
ANARCHIST RECEIVES
MEOAL FOR BRAVERY
ROME, Sept. 14.—The anarchist
leader Sbarra, who was one of the
leaders of the strike at Ancona in
June, 1914, and who is now serving at
I the front, has been named for the sil
-4 ver medal for bravery on the field.
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4 PAN-AMERICAN DELEGATES *
4 TO MEET AGAIN SATURDAY 4
4 WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 14. ♦
4 —The Pan-American conference 4
4 is to re-assemble here Saturday ♦
4 and will take up the answers of 4
4 the leaders of the Mexican sac- 4
4 tions to the peace proposals. 4
♦ Some representatives are in- +
* dined to accede to the confer- *
4 ence with General Carranza’s +
4 representatives on the interna- 4
4 tional on the international aspects 4
4 of the situation. 4
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METHODISTS BEGIN A
REVIVAL SUNDAY
A revival meeting will begin Sun
day, September 19th, at 10 o’clock, at
th e First Methodist church, Rev. J. A
Thomas, pastor.
The pastor will be assisted in the
conduct of the services by Rev. Arthur
J. Moore and Charlie D. Tillman. Both
of these church men are well known
evangelists.
The services are announced at 10
o’clock in the morning and 7:45 o’clock
in the evening.
381,000 BRITISH LOST
SINCE THE WAR BEGAN
LONDON, Sept. 14.—1 tis officially
announced in the House of Commons
that the British casualties since the
war began is 381,000 officers and men
killed, wounded and missing.
The losses are not so heavy during
the summer as in April and May,
which is probably due to the compara
tive inactivity of the troops on the
western frint, and it is assumed that
most of he casualies of the summer
were at the Dardanelles.
MR. CRISP HAS RETURNER
FROM VISITING QUITMAN
Representative Charles R. Crisp re
turned to Americus this morning front
a visit in southwestern Georgia, hav
ing addressed a large assemblage of
the citizens of Georgetown and Quit
man county yesterday. Mr. Crisp is
very popular in that section as else
where in hi s district, and his address
yesterday created a most excellent im
pression.
NEPHEW DE KITCHENER
RECEIVES COMMISSION
LONDON, Sept. 14.—Lieutenant H.
|H. Kitchener, whose commission has
i just been announced in the Official Ga
| zette, is a nephew of Lord Kitchner.
Like his uncle, he has begun his mil-
I itary career with the Royal Engineers
' He has just completed a course of hard
I training in the North of England, and
has gone to earn his spurs in France.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 14, 1915
PORTUGAL IS IN
REVOLUTION NOW
IN MARTIAL LAW
PARIS, Sept. 14.—A news dispatch
from Madrid says that a new insurrec
tionary movement has broken out not
only in Madrid, but in the principal
provincial cities.
Martial law has been proclaimed ii
northern Portugal since August 29th,
to suppress the monarchy government
movement.
soutT CAROLINA 15
BALLOTINC TODAY
LIQUOR JESTION
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 14.—South
Carolina is voting on statewide prohi
bition today with the prospects of the
vote not being as heavy as in the last
primary.
Fourteen of the forty-four counties
now have dispensaries.
STILL PAYING THE DIME
FOR COTTON IN AMERICUS
The cotton market today continues
strong and steady, at a sharp advance,
even over yesterday's quotations. Ten
cents is being paid freely in Americus
for the finer grades and sales are
numerous.
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* FORMATION OF PARADE. 4
4 Place: Seaboard depot. 4
+ Time: 7 o’clock. +
+ Line of March: Up Jackson 4
4 street to Lamar street; thence *
4to Lamar street to Cotton 4
* avenue, to Forsyth street; up +
4- Forsyth street to Jackson street;*
* on to Lamar street; thence La- *
* mar street to Lee street. *
* Stop: Front of City Hall. ♦
* Interment: Mr. O. U. Knocker. *
* Pall-bearers: Olin S. Pace, W. *
4- C. Jeter, Sam Perry, Dr. Frank 4
4 Lawson, Roney Stallings, Leroy 4
4 Murray, John M. Flournoy, Wai- 4
4 ter Phillips W. T. Jones, A. R. 4
4 Royal, John Ed Chapman, Dr. M. 4
4H. Wheeler. Cranston Williams. 4
4 Order of March 4
4 Platoon of Police. 4
4 Chamber of Commerce Band. 4
4 14 pall-bearers bearing the re- *
4 mains of Mr. O. U. Knocker. 4
4 Americus Hospital Nurses. 4
4 City Officials. 4
4 County Officials. *
4 Kirmess Dancers. 4
4 Merchants of Americus, Leslie, 4
4 DeSoto and Plains. 4
4 Manufacturers. 4
4 Secret Orders. 4
4 Other Citizens. ♦
4 Boy Boosters of Americus. ►
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4 KAISER DISMISSES 4
4 GENERAL VON KLUEGE 4
4 LONDON, Sept. 14.—An Ex- 4
4 change Telegraph dispatch from 4
4 Amsterdam says: • 4
4 “Emperor William has dismiss- 4
4 en General von Kluege, comman- 4
4 der of the Eighth division, who 4
4 was held responsible for the 4
♦ Austro-German check by the Rus- 4
4 sians on the Sereth river in east 4
4 Galicia. 4
4 “General Kluege, according to 4
4 the German newspapers, retired 4
4 from the service at his own re- 4
4 quest and with a pension." 4
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HOLDING TIGHT
WHILE FLEECI
STAPLE SDABS
SOME FARMERS AND MERCHANTS
IN GOOD FIX.
Some Americus supply merchants
and not a few long-headed farmers of
this immediate section are viewing
with feelings of intense satisfaction the
steady advance in cotton values. For
they have the goodly bales, and will
turn them loose when “the price gets
right,” which will be around 12 1-2
cents ere Santa Claus comes. Os this
they feel sure, and are merely “not
rocking the boat.”
Two weeks ago the price of cotton
in Americus was at 8 cents ,and not a
few farmers, thinking the price just
fair, sold a portion of their holdings.
Last week the price advanced to 9
cents, and others sold. Yesterday the
price touched 10 cents, but holders
seemed in no hurry to hunt up the
buyers.
That the price will continue to ad
vance is the firm opinion of many
here in the cotton trade.
This advance will have the effect o'.
bringing to sale the surplus of las:
year’s crop carried over, and of this
old crop Americus warehouses held
probably 5,000 bales at the opening
of the new season. Besides the sur
plus stuff carried in the warehouses,
many farmers of Sumter had cotton,
stored under sheds at home. This cot
ton is now being marketed.
The phenomenally short crop in
Sumter this year will not be half-wav
made up by the surplus bales carried
over. Prices should advance a great
deal more right now.
Sumter’s normal crop is 50,000 bales.
The crop this season will fall under
25,000 bales. Add to this number the
5,000 bales carried over from last
season and the total in sight is only
30,000 bales, or fully 20,000 bales short
of a normal yield. This being true
spot cotton should readily bring 12 1-9
cents, and it will do this within ninety
days, in the opinion of well-posted
cotton dealers.
One far-sighted Americus man who
carried over 1,200 bales from last sea
son, has, it is said, added 600 bales of
the new crop thereto, and will “make a
killing” when he gets ready to sell.
He believed cotton was worth a good
price and has backed his faith by
swinging with bulldog tenacity to his
bales.
NEWS ITEMS FROM
THE CITE CITI IN
SEPARATE STDBIES
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ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 14.—The pub
lic schools opened yesterday in At
lanta with an attendance of 25,000 as
compared with 19,000 in September,
five years ago.
The comparison is easy to find, as by
a co-incidence an Atlanta paper in
its "News of Atlanta Five Years Ago”
column printed yesterday the figures
for September 13, 1900. They were
exactly 19,062.
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Teacher Asks For Pension.
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 14.—Miss Mar
tha Andrews, who has taugnt in the
public schools here for 41 years, has
made application to the city for a pen
sion, which will probably be granted
at the next regular meeting of city
council.
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Woman Prominent in Toils.
j ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 14.--Mrs. An
nie Stowe, whom President Wilson
pardoned from a term in prison so”
white slavery, and who was re-arrest
ed last night by the Atlanta police, has
been released on her promise to leave
, town immediately,
I . •
I Atlanta With Grand Opera
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 14. —Atlanta
positively will have its regular season
of Metropolitan grand opera next
spring. Rumors from Birmingham to
the contrary are officially denied by
the Atlanta Music Festival association
after telegraphic communicaion with
the Metropolitan directorate in New
I York.
110 NAME THEATRE
OPENS WEDNESDAY
Americus’ new moving picture
. theatre opens Wednesday afternoon
The new show is situated next to
Kress’ store, on Jackson street.
The feature attraction for the open
ing day is “Mignon,” with Beatrice
Michelena playing the title lole. The
picture is taken from the celebrated
opera, and is presented in five acts.
i Th unique show will make its de
but as the “No Name Theatre," but in
a few days it will be dubbed by some :
enterprising and bright guesser. In
the advertising columns of this pape ■
will be found an announcement con ,
cerning the name and the prize.
JAPANESE UFFICIALS
; COMING TO 11. S. MEET
TOKIO, Sept. 14.—Dr. M. Kondo, In
spector-General of Ordinance in the
navy and Engineer-Lieutenant T. Fur
uichi have been ordered to the United
States to attend the international
technical conference at San Francisco
They are among the leading experts in
the Japanese navy.
CITV
edition!
FINISH IS HERE
FOR TREASURERS
HAGE TOMORROW
With today the hotly contested cam
paign for county treasurer of Sumter
came to a close, the nine candidate!
are in the trenches, and the battle of
ballots tomorrow will be warmly wag
ed until the finish at nightfall. The
race, while a short one, comparatively,
has been conducted with such vigor
that it is “anyman’s race” with the re
sult in doubt, and not until the bal
lots are counted can anyone pick the
winner.
The election is to fill an unexpire 1
term of sixteen months, and the race
for the place has been conducted with
vim and vigor.
The nine candidates who will make
of it a finish fight are A. E. Lockett,
John Ed Chapman, Henry R. Johnson
S. M. Clements, Cy Ross, H. Watts,
George D. Jones, S. H. Young,
Charles C. Sheppard. Another J. D.
Stewart, quit the race yesterday, for
reasons assigned.
The voters list contains the names
of more than 1900 registered white vot
ers, and that a large vote will be poll
ed tomorrow seems quite assured. The
polls at all the eight county precincts
will be open from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m ,
while at the county courthouse here
the polls will be open from 1 a. m. to
6 p. m. A heavy vote, as usual, will
be polled at the courthouse, as will be
at all of the eight county precincts.
The election managers here will be
W. T. McMath, E. J. Eldridge, J. N.
Carter, with R. T. Hawkins, W. M En
glish and T. O. Marshall as clerks.
TENNESSEE COUNTY
WORKING ON DIXIE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 14.—8 y a
vote of nine to one, the county com
missioners of Loudon county in a
special session voted to issue $12,000
in warrants for the construction of
the remaining portion dr the Dixie
Highway to the Knox county line.
Knox county, with a part of the pro
ceeds from their $500,000 bond issue
is now at work building a new roa I
road along the Dixie Highway to con
nect with Louhon county. Rhea coun
ty, with a fund of $250,000 in hand,
is now engaged in building the remain
ing eight miles of road necessary to
provide a good road between Chatta
nooga and Knoxville along the Dixie
Highway.
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4 BRITAIN CONSIDERS *
4 CONSCRIPT MEASURES 4
' 4 LONDON, Sept 14.—According 4
4 to an official, the English cabinet 4
4 is seriously considering conscrip- 4
4 tion, is the announcement made 4
4 public for the first time In the 4
4 House of Commons. Premier As- *
4 quith is expected to give a gen- 4
4 erai review of the military and fl- ♦
4 nancial situations tomorrow. 4
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