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TIUETY-SEYENTH YEAH
GERMANS CAPTURED
THE CITY OF PINSK;
BRITISH LOSE E-7
AT DARDANELLES
Bulgaria Has Asked Greece and Ru
mania Why They Are Assemb
ling Troc>ps on The Bulgarian
Frontier
ITALIAN SUBMARINES SINK
TWO AUSTRIAN DESTROYERS
BERLIN, Sept. 16.—Army head
quarters have announced the capture
of the Russian city of Pinksk, about
one hundred miles east of. Brest
Litovsk by the Teutonic forces.
Nearly 100,060 Been Lost.
LONDON, Sept. 16. —The British cas
ualties at the Dardanelles to August
21st, were 87,630, and of these the
killed were 17,608.
Italians Sink Two Ships.
TURIN, Italy, Sept. 16. —The cap
tain of the steamer Concettina, ac
cording to an Acona dispatch to
Stampa, says the boat was chased by
two Austrian torpedo boat destroyers
off the Cargano peninsula. An Ital
ian submarine appeared and sank the
two destroyers.
LONDON, Sept. 16. —The Russian
armies show an increasing disposition
to reassume the offensive at many
points on the eastern front. They are
not only pressing attacks against the
Austrians in Galicia, nut for the most
part are holding up the German rush
in mid-Poland.
The Russians also assert they have
thrown back the invaders near Svien
tsyany, where the German cavalry cut
the Petrograd railway betv/een DVinsk
and Vilna.
The Germans are battering the head
of the bridge near Dvinsk, and in the
continued fighting the Russians are
apparently holding them in check.
Counting the captures in Galicia, the
Russians have lately been taking more
prisoners than losing.
Watching Bulgaria Anxiously.
LONDON, Sept. 18.—The Balkan sit
uation has not reached a settlement
The British press is viewing the atti
tude of Bulgaria with anxiety.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 16.—An imperia'
ukase from Czar Nicholas issued to
day calls to the colors the reserves in
the territory of Amies. The senate
has instructed the officials to deter
mine the ages, numbers of reserves
and districts from which they shall be
be called.
Meeting of Business Men
Called In the Interest
Os the K M. C. A.
There will be a meeting at the
Y. M. C. A. building, Friday, Septem
ber 17th, at 12 o’clock, and every
business man in Americus is urged to
attend.
This meeting will determine whether
4 BRITISH LOSE E-7. ♦
LONDON, Sept. 16.—The ad- ♦
♦ miralty has announced that the .♦
♦ British submarine E-7 has been >
♦ probably sunk off the Dardanelles ♦
England is Hoping.
LONDON, Sept. 16. —In England the
hopes are rising that Earl Kitchener
did not make an incautious prediction
when he declared that Germany had
"shot her bolt.”
It is said here that Field Marshal
Von Hindenberg’s drive is losing vi
gor, while Field Marshal Vo.i Manck
ensen is striving to overcome the
marshy country.
The Austrians appear tot be unable
to regain the upper hand in Galicia,
where reports for the past several days
have been favorable to the Tsar’s
forces.
ROME, Sept. 16. —Because of concen
tration of the Greek and Rumanian
troops on the Bulgarian frontiers, the
Bulgarian foreign minister has in
structed the representatives of his
government at Athens and Buchares*-
to request an immediate and definite
explanation, according to a Sofia dis
patch to the Giornale Dux Italia.
French Boat Goes Ashore.
MARSEILLES, Sept. 16. —The liner
Eupharites, owned by Messagaries
Maratine, has gone ashore on Sovoco
tra Island, and is probably a total
loss. Passing steamers rescued the
passengers and crew.
Enormous Number Prisoners.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 18. —La
Suisse estimated that 2,571,150 Rus
sians have been taken prisoners by the
Germans and Austrians since May
Ist. The figures are taken from Ber
lin and Vienna offiical reorts.
The Russian war minister told the
Russian Duma that the total number
of troops at the front since the war
started was 5,060,000, consequently the
present total of Russian forces is 1,
093,650.
the Y. M. C. A. will continue to oper
ate or close its doors.
Display your interest by attending
the meeting.
GLENN M. COLBY’,
/ Secretary.
AMERMSWMMROER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
DDES EG ATTEND
THE BOLL WEEVIL
CONFERENCE LT
THOMASVILLE, GA
Capt. Jno. A. Cobb, a member o£
the state board of entomology and
president of the Georgia Agricultural
society, and Thomas G. Hudson, for
mer commissioner of agriculture and
a prominent farmer of the state, left,
today for Thomasville, where they
will attend the conference concerning
the plans to meet the attacks of the
Mexican cotton boll weevil, which will
be held Friday, September 17th, at
10 a. m.
The meeting was called by the state
board of entomology and the Thomas
ville Commercial association, follow
ing a general sentiment throughout
south Georgia that some concerted ac
tion he taken to counteract the effects
of the invasion of the pest.
State Entomologist E. Lee Wor
sham, and his assistant, W. V. Reed
will be present at the meeting. Th*
United States department of agricul
ture will be represented at the con
ference.
Dr. W. E. Hinds, state entomologis:
of Alabama, and a well known expert,
will be present to give information as
to what steps should be taken to in
sure the growing of a profitable cot
ton crop in spite of the presence of
the weevil, which is now in Georgia
and the authorities state, here to
stay.
The conference is for farmers
merchants, bankers and professions.
men, for the boll weevil is vital to
the interests of every citizen.
EMORY’S OPENING
PROMINENT EVENT
IN COLLEGE WORLD
EMORY COLLEGE, Oxford, Ga,
Ga., Sept. 16. —Emory College, the
school of liberal arts of Emory univer
sity, opened auspiciously Wednesday
morning. Ahe devotional exercises
were conducted by Rev. Mr. Walker, of
the Memphis conference. A powerful
address was delivered by the chancel
lor, Bishop Warren A. Candler. The
chancellor made clear the important
position now occupied by the educa
tional institutions of the South, and
the splendid opportunity Emory uni
versity has in the educational world.
Dean W. S. Elkins, of the Atlanta
Melical college, made a special talk
to the more than thirty pre-medicai
students who have already arrived.
The enrollment of students will nol
be finished before Thursday afternoon
hut there are already forty to fiffty
more new men than there were at the
opening session. The acadamy has al
ready enrolled about fifty stulents.
Among the visitors who attended th?
opening exercises there were the fol
lowing Atlantans: Miss Isrna Dooly,
of the Constitution; Dr. and Mrs. W.
S. Elkins; Walker White, treasurer of
the university; and Rev. Frank Eakes.
of the Wesleyan Advocate; and H. Y.
McCord.
Visiting ministers were: Rev. W
T. Hamby, of the Augusta, district; Dr
B. P. Allen, of the Athens district,
Rev. B. F. Fraser, of the Oxford dis
trict; Rev. Atticus B. Sanders, of
Maysville; Rev. T. E. Darley, of Mar-,
shallvllle; Rev. H. M. Strozier, o’
Kingston.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 16, 1915
BRITISH PRIZE
CDURT CONDEMN
0. S. CARGOES
LONDON, Sept. 16.—The British
prize court has condemned and confis
cated the greater part of the Ameri
can products forming the cargoes of
the Norwegian steamers Kim, Alfred.
Nobel, Blafornstjerne, Blfornson ana
Fridland. The meat cargoes are worth
ten million dollars. The steamers
were seized last November.
Sir Samuel T. Evans, president ot
the court, in a lengthy argument said
these ships were carrying towards Co
penhagen thirteen times the amount
of food which under normal conditions
would be taken to that port. That fact
gave practically overwhelming assur
ances that the goods were intended for
Germany, although it didn’t prove con
clusively that they destined for an
enemy oT Great Britain.
He stated that the exports from
America to Copenhagen alone multi
plied twenty times, three weeks after
the war started.
11. S. TROOPS LT
BROWNSVILLE TH
STDPJHSOHDER
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Sept. 16.
Four thousand United States troops
are ready today to answer hurry calls
to any section where demonstrations
against Americans might arise as a
result of the Mexican celebration of
their independence day.
The preliminary celebration yester
day passed without any untoward in
cident.
The authorities of General Carranza
have announced that they have taken
measures to quell any demnostrations
that may arise on their side of the
river.
HL WILL TAKE YOU
IN IE OPEHft HOUSE
The Opera House has an attractive
program on for today, September
16th. All boys and girls under 14
years of age will be admitted if thev
present a copy of the Times-Recordcr
of today, September 16th.
If you don’t take the limes-Re
corder, see you have missed some
thing, but there’s away out —sub-
scribe for the paper, or you can come
and buy the paper.
See the Opera House advertisement
on the last page of today’s paper.
METHODIST REVIVAL TH
BEGIN SLiNDAV I. M.
The revival meeting at the First
Methodist church, by Rev. J. A.
Thomas, the pastor, and ably assisted
by Rev. Arthur J. Moore, the evan
gelist of the South Georgia conference
will begin Sunday morning at 11
o’clock.
The singing will be under the direc
tion of Charlie D. Tillman, well known
as a composer and singer.
During the week days the services
will be held at 10 a. m. and 7:45 p. m
FREIGHT BBREAU
INSTALLED SOON
AS FDNDS PERMIT
A much needed department in the
Chamber of Commerce will be in
stalled as soon as the funds of the
organization will permit. This will al
low for the employment of a competent
freight traffic manager for the freight
bureau.
This department will prove a great
benefit to the merchants and manu
facturers of the city, because of the
enormous differences in Americus'
rates with other cities which will be
brought to light and rectified.
The new members who come into
th e Chamber of Commerce at this time
will be of assistance in raising the
amount of yearly subscriptions so as
to enable the commissioners to in
stall this department.
If you are not a member of this body,
’phone or see one of the ten members
of the Booster Membership Commit
tee.
Each and every business, profes
sional and manufacturing man in
Americus should be a member of the
Chamber of Commerce, and they will
be given an opportunity to join when
the membership committee comes 11
see them.
The Times-Recorder will from day
to day bring to light gross differences
which now exist in freight rates to
Americus and compared with cities all
around us.
NEWS ITEMS FROM
THE SITE CITY 111
SEPARATE STORIES
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 16.—The Geor
gia songbirds which inhabit Druid
Hills are gradually becoming tame
and no longer afraid of human beings.
The remarkable phenomenon is due to
the strict enforcement for several
years past of that rule that no bird
of any kind may be molested in any
way in this most beautiful of residen I
tial parks, and the result is that hun
dreds of mocking birds, red birds,
thrushes and other sweet-singing birds
find it a happy place of refuge.
Known as the "millionaire colony’’
of Atlanta, because it abounds in sc
many handsome residences and spac- ’
ious grounds, Druid Hills has unusual
natural beauty as well as that which
the landscape gardeners have added.
All wild plants and wild flowers and 1
shrubbery are protected just as the
birds are, and it is against the law 1
to pick wild flowers ar leaves of any ■
kind.
Be Careful What You Say.
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 1, —Scientists 1
have invented a new machine to catch
liars with, and speculation is rife over
the prospect of experimenting with it
in Atlanta.
It is a delicate instrument that re
cords blood pressure by means of a '
needle and dial when placed in contact
with the wrist of the person question
ed. The normal blood pressure point
for the needle on the dial is 120, and
it is claimed that if a lie is tcld during |
the questioning the slight mental ex- I
citement attendant thereto increases
the blood pressure to 130, while if a
sure enough "whopper” or a He of far
reaching consequence, is told, the
blood pressure may run as high as
■l4O.
BUFFET LUNCHEON TENDERED
BY MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
FRIDAY AT LUNCH HOUR
IMPORTED COTTON
FUMIGATED AFTER
FEBRUARYJ, ISIS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 16.—Th?
acting secretary of agriculture has
signed a regulation requiring that af
ter February 1, 1916, all imports of
raw cotton must be fumigated at the
port of entry before it can be release 1
by the custom officials. The purpose
of this is to make certain that the pink
bollworm found in Egyptian and other
imported cotton, and other destructive
cotton insects found abroad, shall not
be introduced into American cotton
fields. The danger from the pink
bollworm is especially great, as this
insect may infest seed left accidental
ly in the bale through faulty ginning.
If this seed should become mixed with
seed used for planting, or be planted
accidentally near growing cotton, th?
pink boll worm might get a foothold
and cause the great damage in this
country that it does in foreign cotton
fields.
Fumigation is required after a thor
ough study and after hearings on the
subject by the department, which es
tablish clearly that hydrocyanic acid
gas, properly used, will kill all insects
in the bale without damaging the qual
ity of the cotton. The department has
worked out a method whereby whol Q
bales can be fumigated in a vacuum
tank quickly and without danger to
the operators.
The requirement of fumigation wi’l
be in addition to the previous regula
tion still in force, which requires tha*
all mills using foreign cotton screen
their buildings completely and burr
all seed found in the foreign bales.
AMERICUS CREEK FINED
FOB SPEEDING IN LEE
LEESBURG, Ga., Sept. 16.—Mike
Salebree, a Greek, who resides in Am
ericus, was arrested in that city last
night by Sheriff Coxwell, of this
place, who brought him to Leesburg
and placed him in jail, charged with
exceeding the state speed law.
Pedestrians of Leesburg were given
a scare yesterday afternoon when
Salebree passed through this place en
route home from Albany in an auto
mobile at what is charged was a very
high rate of speed.
It is alleged that several persons
came near being struck by the car. An
effort was mad e to have the car in
tercepted before it reached Americus,
but without avail.
This morning Salebree was taken
before Judge Ware D. Martin, of the
city court, where he pleaded guilty
He was fined SIOO an<| costs, which
totaled $142.25. The fine was paid.
SERVICES AT EPISCOPAL
CHURCH FRIDAY NIGHT
a*
Rev. J. B. Lawrence will return to j
Americus to conduct services at the
Episcopal church Friday evening.
CjnniTONY
A determination crystallized at the
Dollar Dinner Tuesday evening to
increase the membership of the Amer
icus and Sumter County Chamber of
Commerce is. being waged and further
ed by th e volunteer committee of ten
citizens who are campaigning among
every business house and citizen in
Americus.
The committee will give a buffet
luncheon Friday between 12 and 2
o'clock, during which time every mem
ber of the Chamber of Commerce will
be expected to drop by the offices and
spend ten or fifteen minutes among
the members of the committee, when
the plans and purposes will be made
known to the business men.
Over twenty new members have al
ready been secured for the Chamber
of Commerce since the "booster meet
ing” at the Dollar Dinner.
Th e following invitation will be sent
every member of the organization:
“The Membership Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce takes pleasure
in requesting your presence during
your lunch hour from 12 to 2 p. m..
Friday, September 17th, to partake of
a complimentary buffet lunch. We de
sire during this time ten or fifteen min
utes’ heart-to-heart talk with you in
an earnest endeavor to swell our mem
bership roll of the Chamber of Com
merce to a greater and larger work
ing force.
"Telephone your wif e you will not
be home to lunch, but that you are
going to stop by the Chamber o’
Commerce and eat with the boys, just
to see how it feels to rub shoulders
and talk shop. Yours very truly,
“BOOSTER MEMBERSHIP COMMIT
TEE, H. E. Allen, Chairman; John
M. Flournoy, Secretary; Cranston
Williams, S. A. Moses, J. W. High
tower, T. O. Marshall, A. B. How
ard, Fred B. Arthur, Capt. Jno. A.
Cobb, Lee G. Council.”
The entire membership of tlw
Chamber of Commerce will be publish
ed from day to day, and the results of
the campaign being waged directly by
the Membership Committee will be
made known to the public.
Co-operate with the committee to the
extent of being present just tor ten or
fifteen minutes at the buffet lunch. It
means dollars to you.
JUSTICE PEACE
ELECTION HELU
NEXI_SAT»Y
ROYAL RACE FOR THE JAY PEA
OFFICE.
Ere Americus voters mop their
beaded brows from yesterday’s ex
citing election for county treasure'-,
they will go back to the trenches aim
shell the woods again next Saturday.
For the “Jay Peo” election is staged
for that date, and interest in the
race, with two sprinters on the track,
is running high. Mr. W. T. Weekly
and Mr. C. R. Winchester aspire to the
ermine of the justice of the peace court
for the 789th, or city district, and the
contest promises to be close and sharp.
Both candidates are making a close
canvass of the voters and the jay
I pea race is not going to be second to
i any other interest and general style.
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