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17 PER CENT SPENT
I! HUM HERE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. s.—Dur
mg November, 1915, Southern Railway
ensnpany distributed for labor, mater
ia], supplies and other purposes, $4 -
325.324, Os which $3,764,571, or 87.01
per cent., was paid to individuals and
industries located in the South. This
asnount represents more than 89 per
cent, of the moneys paid tc the com
pany for transportation by those lo
cated on the lines, according to flg
wes announced today by Comptroller
A. H. Plant, showing the results of op
eration of the company for the month
«£ November, 1915, and for the five
juauths ended November 30, 1915, com
pared with the same month and period
Sa 1914 and 1913, exclusive of interest,
sntals and other income charges. The
comparison with 1913 is made for the
season that in 1914 the effect of the
Business depression was reflected
through the revenues of the company.
Cross revenue, November, 1915, $6;-
•69.147, an increase as compared with
3314 of $962,684, od 19.08%, and a de
crease as compared with 1913 of $303,-
•25, or 4.18%.
Operating expenses, taxes and un
collectible railway revenues, Nov.em
fcer, 1915, $4,065,795, an increase as
compared with 1914, of $192,496, or
<.97% and a decrease as compared with
1513 of $449,845, or 9.90%.
Io addition to the foregoing operat
ing expenses, the company spent in
JtoTember, 1915, for improvements to
its roadway and structures, $624,927.37,
as against $993,182.43, during Novem
•er, 1914, and $262,211.68 during No
'rernfcer, 1913.
Corresponding results for the five
■nanths period are as follows:
Cross revenue this year $28,177,823,
sea increase as compared with 19144, of
$596,496, or 2.53%, and a decrease as
eempared with 1913 or $2,201,024 or
«5%.
Operating expenses, taxes and un
•ellectible railway revenues this year
>20,026,972 a decrease as compared
With 1914 of $1,768,579 or 8.11% and as
compared with 1913 of 02.251,818, or
20.11%.
In addition to the foregoing operat
feg expenses, the company spent dur
ing the five months this year, for im
provements to its roadway and struc
fcsres. $2,787,764.72 as against $3,590,-
356.71 during the same period in 1914,
and $1,290,140.78 during the same pe
xSnd in 1913.
You may have good safe
Insurance but until you
«et a
Union Centra)
Policy
you haven’t the best It is
best because it gives you all
that is good in I ife Insur
ance protection, and gives
it to you for less
MN CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE CP.
IXE M. HANSFORD, General Agent,
Roixn 18, Plantera Bank Bldg.
Great Annual Dividend Payer,
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That Eugenic
Stuff Will Be
Pulled Here
ATLANTA, Ga„ Jan. 5. —Georgia will
have a chance to say at the next
session of the legislature whether or
not she wants a eugenic marriage law
like that of New Jersey.
Colonel Walter P. Andrews, Fulton
county representative, was so im
pressed with the film presentation of
the Brieux drama “Damaged Goods”
jvhich deals with the effects of terrible
diseases, that he has announced he
will introduce a medical certificate
bill or “eugenic marriage law,” at the
coming session.
The substance of the bill, like that of
New Jersey would simply be that the
state would require a certificate of
physical fitness before issuing a mar
riage license to anybody.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
REPORTS FDR FIRST YEAR
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. s.—hTe formal
statement of the federal reserve bank
of Atlanta shows that for the past
year I lie first of its existence, it earn
rt exactly $82,532.39.
its gross earnings for the year were
$236,460.37, while its expenses were
$153,532.39.
The earnings of the bank are rep
esented by discounts on bills discount
ed; on bills purchased; earned inter
est on investments (warrants); earned
missions and earnings from other
sources.
Included in the expenses is the sum
of $23,579.22 for organization. This
expense would not be incurred except
in the first year of the bank's opera
tion.
I. G. WILLIAMS IS
REPORTED VERY SICK
The many friends throughout this
section will regret to learn of the se
rious illness of T. G. Williams, of the
17th district. Mr. Williams is one of
the county’s wealthiest citizens and is
president of the Bank of Smithville.
His friends hope for his early re
covery.
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Chalmers' '&W
Gelatine
A WHOLESOME DESSERT
F. G. OLVER
Sewing Machines and Supplies; Key
»nd Lock Fitting; Umbrellas Repaired
and Covered.
LAMAR STREET NEAR WELL.
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER
11l DAYS OF GOLD
Immense Output Follows Discov
ery of Metal in California.
For Eleven Years, From 1850 to 1861,
the Yield Was Prodigious, Amount
ing in 1852 to Over
$65,000,000.
Washington.—“ The historically im
portant discovery of gold in California
was made in January, 1848, at John
Sutter’s mill on South Fork of Ameri
can river, near Coloma, a point only
ten or fifteen miles southwest of the
town of Auburn,” says a statement by
the geological survey.
“From 1850 to 1853 the greatest
yield was derived from the gravels,
and the largest annual output for
this period was more than $65,000,000 |
in 1852. There was some reaction in
1854, due to previous wild speculation,
but a production of about $50,000,000 a
year, chiefly from placer mines, was
maintained up to 1861.
“At first the gold was won chiefly
from the gravels along the present
streams. Those who first got posses
sion of the rich bars on American,
Yuba, Feather and Stanislaus rivers
and some of the smaller streams in
the heart of the gold region made at
times from SI,OOO to $5,000 a day. In
1848 SSOO to S7OO a day was not un
usual luck; but, on the other hand,
the income of the great majority of
miners was far less than that of men
who seriously devoted themselves to
trade or even to common labor.
“The gold pan, the ‘rocker,’ the
‘tom,’ the sluice and the hydraulic
giant, or ‘monitor,’ named in the order
of increasing efficiency, were the tools
successively used by the miners. Into
the ‘rocker’ and the ‘tom’ the miner
shoveled gravel or ‘dirt,’ rocking the
machine as he poured in water and
catching the gold, often with the aid
of quicksilver, on riffles set across the
bottom of his box. Sometimes a stream
was diverted into a flume to lay bare
the gravel in its bed so that the miner
could get at it.
"In sluicing, the gravel was shov
eled into a similar but much longer
box through which a stream of water
was allowed to run.
“The hydraulic giant was employed
to wash into long riffle-set sluices im
mense quantities of gravel, especially
from the higher (Tertiary) deposits,
much of •which was too lean to work
out by hand. Water was brought for
many miles in ditches and flumes from
the high Sierra and conducted under
great head to a nozzle, from which it
was projected with tremendous force
against the gravel.
“It was the vast quantity of refuse
washed into the streams by these hy
draulic operations that brought about
the conflict between mining and agri
cultural interests, finally ded.'id in
favor of the farmers.”
BIG HAUL FOR “CRIPPLE”
This Beggar Kept Record of Receipt*
—Gives Police Hard
Battle.
Allentown, Pa. —William Newbeck
er, a perfectly healthy man, who can 1
twist his arms so that he looks crip
pled, did such a prosperous business
begging in Allentown that he went on
a spree and he was locked up, giving
the bluecoats a fight before they land
ed him in a cell.
At court it was found out that he
had a roll of several hundred dollars.
Newbecker, who covers the entire
East, kept a book showing his daily
receipts. His best day here brought
$14.50, and the average for some time
past was $lO a day. He was fined $5
for drunkenness and told to leave
Allentown.
NO NEW JOBS AT PANAMA
Canal Office Warns Unemployed Not
to Seek Work at
Isthmus.
Washington.—The blockade of the
Panama canal by earth slides has not
created new work for Americans in
the Canal Zone, and the canal office
here issued a statement in an effort
to counteract published reports which
have drawn many Americans to the
isthmus in search of employment.
“General Goethals indicates,” the
statement says, “that the number of
men continually being laid off on ac
count of reduction of force is in excess
of the vacancies which were temporar
ily created by the work on the slides,
and the influx of men looking for em
ployment on the isthmus is entirely un
warranted.”
They Rescued 4 ‘Tige.”
Huntington. Ind. —A dog belonging
to William Wilcox, living west of An
drews, followed a coon into a ten-inch
tile ditch recently. Hunters spent
hours in trying to call the dog back,
but got no response. The owners dug
up the ditch at s?veral places and
finally located Tig > forty rods from
the opening and in an eight-inch side
ditch. The dog was exhausted, but
still alive.
Burned Tommy and All.
Appleton, Wis. —Desiring to see a
tomcat burn, a seven-year-old boy liv
ing on the outskirts set fire to the
animal, the aftermath being the de
struction of a carpenter shop. The
blazing fur of the feline communicated
to shavings in the building, and the
structure was converted into ashes
within a few minutes.
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$3.75
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$7.50
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Nice—Who Said
Opposition
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 5. —Governor
Harris has re-appointed Dr. L. G.
Hardman, of Commerce, the member
of the board of directors of the Geor
gia I- xperiment Station from the Ninth
congressional district, and named A.
S. Ch am lee, of Bartow, Washington,
count}', to succeed. M. G. Gamble, of
Louisville, as the member from the
Tenth district. Both are appointed for
five-year terms, beginning January 5,
1916.
LATHROP WANTS TO
LOCATEJN SUMTER
Sherman Lathrop, a prominent citi
zen of Hartford, Conn., has been in
AmericuS for several days with a view
to locating in Sumter county. Mr.
Lathrop has been prospecting through
the South for some time, and after
traveling over many states has come
to the conclusion that Georgia and
Sumter county, have advantages that
excell those of any other section vis
ited and will consequently locate here.
5100 IS ENOUGH FOR KISS
JURY IN ARKANSAS HOLDS
FORT SMITH, Ark., Jan. 5.—A jury
in the Circuit court found a verdict for
the defendant in the suit of Mrs. Della
M. Gortz against Sam Stuart, a weal
thy property owner, wherein the plain
tiff sought. $5,000 damages on the
ground that Stuart attempted to kiss
her.
Mrs. Gortz told the jury Stuart’s ad-,
vances caused her to lose her reason
temporarily.
Stuart, who is 71 years old, alleged
he had paid Mrs. Gortz SIOO and that
she signed a waiver of all damages
against him. The jury held that Stuart
had paid enough.
RETAIL MERCHANTS
CALL FOR MEETING
President T. C Tillman, of the Re
tail Merchants’ department of the
Americus and Sumter County Cham
ber of Commerce has called a meeting
of that body to meet Friday afternoon
at I o'clock. A full attendance Is
urged.
WANT ADVERTISEMENTS
* BATES. 4
One a word each insertion.
Minimum charge of 25c.
No classified advertisement will be
charged to any one unless their name
appears on our subscription books.
All advertisements for “HELP or
SITUATION WANTED” will be in
serted one time free.
When number of insertions exceeds
two -4 cent a word.
When number of insertions exceed
four weeks 1-2 cent a word 1 .
WANTED—Miscellaneous
WANTED—A good boy about 16
years old for assistant in press room.
Write X. Y., Box 145. 4-ts
WILL RENOVATE, furnish new’ tick
and make old mattress new from $2.50
to $4.50. Pope Mattress Co. Phone 120.
FARM LOANS—Can give good
terms on farm loans; money plenti
fu'. W. W. Dykes. ig-a
LOANS made on farms at Six Per-
Cent Interest. J. J. Hanesley.
FARM LOANS—at 6 per cent, inter,
est. Terms satisfactory. R. L. May
nard.
Before buying lands, get a report or
the title from The Americus Abstrac
Company. We have already looked it
up. AMERICUS ABSTRACT CO.
When needing Are Insurance, cal’
on The Americus Abstract Company.
FOR RENT
FOR RENT—Rooms for light house
keeping. 227 Brown St. Phone 660,
4-2 t
BUNGALOW FGR RENT— 5-rooH
bungalow on Jackson avenue for rent
D. R. Andrews, Phone 67.
FOR RENT—House and lot 155 Tay
lor street, now occupied by J. T,
Stukes. See R. E. McNulty. g-tl
FOR RENT—House and lot oil
Prince street; electric lights and sew
erage; $lO per month. See Mit Ed
wards. 4-« g
FOR RENT—Nice desirable resi
dence on Lee street, close In. See C.
a Chambliss o- Mrs. C. P. Payne.
Phone No. 690. 13-ts
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FOR RENT 6-room house, Brannon
Axe.; modern conveniences; posses
sion at once. See Herbert Hawkins.
12-rt.
FOR SALE
FOR RENT or SALE: House, 220
South Jackson Street. Possession im
mediately MRS. S. J. REES.
sti ,
DIXIE GEM—Best JELLICO Coal
in Americus. Spot cash price Six Dol
lars per ton. Your money back if not
satisfied, Telephone 303. C. J. CLARK
7-ts
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE
-679 acres good land in Terrell county
at a bargain and on easy terms; in
good state of cultivation, fair improve
ments, etc. Ask for particulars. G. R.
Ellis.
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE
-1252 acres good land in Calhoun county
at bargain and on easy terms; good
buildings, good state of cultivation;
flowing artesian well. Ask for partic
ulars. G. R. Ellis or G. C. Webb.
Come get your cabbage plants now;
20c per hundred; 75c per 500. Choice
fruit trees, 10c each, while they last.
R. D. Stewart. Phone 705; next to
Poole’s Grocery.
SUMTER COUNTY GROWN seed
rye, oats and wheat for sale. Sunny
Hill Farm, Americus, Ga.. Lee M
Hansford, Propr. 1-ts
Goodness Worth Searching For.
How much human goodness lies hi&
den and unsuspected In Jives and con
dltione the most unpromising and un
congenial to Its development! To find
these flowers of goodness where least
expected forms one of the happiest
surprises of human experience, and la
a discovery which warms and Inspirit
the heart; —The Christian Register,
What’s to 6e Dona?
sters live longer than married women.
Married men are also said to live
longer than bachelors. But if all men
were married, there would be very
few spinsters, and if all women were
spinsters, there wouldn’t be any mar
ried men. What are we going to do
about it?—New York World.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5,19 i
MONEY
Remember when you
want to borrow money on
your improved farm on long
time that I can get it for you
at Six per cent interest.
The contract carry with
them the privilege of paying
SIOO, or any multiple there
of, or of taking up entire
loan, on any interest day,
without bonus.
J. J. HANESLEY
Lamar Street
\mericus, :: Georgia
F. and A. M.
A AMERICUS LODG®
F. and A. M. meet* ev-*
ery Second and Fourtk
Friday night at 1
/ • O’clock.
S. A. JENNINGS, W. M
CLOYD BUCHANAN, Sec’y.
£ M. B. COUNCIL
A LODGE, F. and A. M,
meets every First and
.Third Friday nights
* Visiting brothersc U
viced to attend.
W. F. SMITH, W. M.
NAT LeMASTER, Secretary.
AMERICUS CAMP, 202, WOODMAN
OF THE WORLD.
Meets every Wednesday night in tin
Wheatley Blig., Windsor Ave. AH via-
Ring Sovereigns invited to meet wli*
us. J. M. TOBIN, c. c.
NAT LeMASTER, Clerk.
WASHINGTON CAMP, NO. 14,
P. 0. S. OF A.
Meets on Thursday nights, Wheat
ley Building, at 7:30 o'clock. All mem
bers are urged to attend. Visitor*
welcomed. E. F. WILDER, Pres’t.
O. D. REESE, Recording Sec’y.
NAT LeMASTER, Financial Sec’y.
I. 0. 0. F.
Meets every Tuesday night at I
o’clock. K. of P. Hall. Visitors al
ways welcome. R. W. BUCHANAN,
S. H. EDGE, Noble Grand.
Secretary. J
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C. P. DAVIS,
Dental Surgeon.
Orthodontia, Pyorrhea.
Resident Phone 218. Office Phone 81$
Allison Bldg.
DR. M. H. WHEELER,
Dentist
Office in pell Bldg., Lamar St. Just
spposlte Postoffice.
Iffice Phone 755. Residence Phone 2St