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THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAH.
FARMERS
IS NEED IN
SAYS MR.
Mr. Arthur Ry-|
lander Recites-
Some of Reasons
For Move
FARMERS THINKING
THE QUESTION OVER
Likely 1 hat Im
mediate Steps Be
Taken for Ex
change.
Speaking of a market for diversified
crops, Mr. Arthur Rylander feels that
there is a need ofr a movement in this
direction, more, perhaps, than almost
anything else at this particular time.
He is a large farmer who makes about
a bale of cotton to the acre on all the
land that he put to cottom This past
year he put a larger acreage to corn,
oats, hay, etc., than usual, and now
has his barns full of feedstuffs, more
than he needs for home use. Mr. Ry
lander feels that there is away that
could be made to take care of these
crops on a cash market the same as
cotton, and this way is by .either an
individual or an, association of individ
uals with enough capital behind the
effort to be able to afford giving the
market prices for all crops produced
on the farm when these are put in
proper shape.
To do this successfully, it is neces
sary to have the very best man for
the place in charge as manager. In
fact, Mr. Rylander, as well as others
who have mentioned it, think only two
things are necessary to establish here
it; Americus a Farmers’ Exchange.
First, capital, of course; and, second,
the man to be placed in charge. The
business of this manager should be
tOW-fold, To either require that gU
farm products offered for sale shall
be put up n mhrketable shape, or be
prepared to take theft in rough
state ahd put then! lit shape be
fore tjifey are offered' to the market.
The other duty should be to keep in
touch with different markets of the
country, and know where to place the
g'Obds in order to secure highest prices.
As such an enterprise would grow men
in the field could look out places
where crops of every description could
be marketed to best advantage.
King’s Name
Mentioned For
High Bench
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 7. —The name of
Alex C. King, one of the most distin
guished attorneys at the Atlanta bar,
has been mentioned as successor to
the late Supreme Court Justice Joseph
R. Lamar, who died in Washington re
cently.
Five years ago, when President Taft
considered Judge Lamar fe,r the office,
Mr. King declined to periti’tt the sub
mission of his name, to Washing
ten to personally appointment
cf Judge Lamar, /
EXCHANGE
AMERICUS.
RYLANDER
lIHUHI
SHUS II
PIHHE
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. —One hundred
and seventy-sevven passengers of the
Greek steamer Shessaloniki, abandoned
at sea, arrived here today aboard the
Greek steamer Thessaloniki, abandoned
The passangers, including many wo
men and children, all relate exciting
stories of the battle against the waves
and the plight to which those on board
The passengers, including many wo
help was secured.
The first serious leak was discover
ed tarly on the twenty-first of De
cember while the Thessaloniki was
practically in mid-ocean and almost
simultaneously with the springing of
the leak, rough seas began to be ex
perienced. As the weather increased
in intensity, the Thessaloniki began
to wallow in the trough of the sea.'
this continuing until the afternoon of
December 26th.
The passengers had for two days
priod to that time begged the captain
to send out wireless calls for help, an.i
in this request members of the crew
also joined. Finally, on the evening
of that date the first officer of the
distressed ship ordered S. 0. S. calls
sent out over the protest cf the cap
tain. By this date the meat supply on
board had been completely exhausted,
and the supply of water had been re
duced to only a few gallons. Passen
gers and crew were ordered on short
rations, and the ship’s officers por
tioned out to each person on board the
supply of foodstuff allow ed daily.
When the Patrios, responding to the
S. 0. S. calls sent out, reached! t he
Thessaloniki, those on hoard were
prctically facing starvation as well as
death by thirst, the ship’s engines be
ing totally disabled and the flooded
condition of the boilers being it impos
sible to operate the condensers.
NIB. AMBUBIEO
INIMHL FRIDfIV
The interment of the remains of
Mr. Ralph G. Ansley, who died Fri
day of last week at El Paso, Texas,
took place Friday afternoon in Oak
grove cemetery, Americus, with. Rev.
J .A. Thomas officiating.
Mr. Ansleys’ remains were accom
panied from El Paso by his wife and
little daughter, Mary Caroline. The
funeral party was met at New Or
leans by Mr. Carl Ansley, of Americus,
the only surviving brother of the de
ceased.
Several years ago Mr. Ansley went
west on account of his health, and.
had a fine position with the Rio
Grande Valley Bank & Trust Co. He
n ade numerous friends wherever he
went, and these extend their sympa
thy in this hour of bereavement.
The pallbearers were Charles U.
Rogers, I. B. Small, E. B. Council, F.
1 Arthur, Will Page and E. B. Ev
erett.
The funeral was in charge of the
undertaking department of the Alli
son Furniture Co.
AMLRICUSTIMES-RECQRDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
VERDICT IN THE
NEW HAVEN EASE
IS LIKELY TODAY
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. —Eleven former
directors of the New Haven raiload
expect to know their fate today, after
having been on trial nearly three
months, charged with criminal viola
tions of the Sherman anti-trust law.
The taking of testimony in the case
was concluded early Thursday, the
day’s session being consumed chiefly
in the arguments by counsel for the
government and attorneys represent
ing the deefndants. The last of these
arguments was finished shortly be
fore noon today, and the only thing
remaining to be done before the case
is given to the jury is the delivery of
Judge Hunt’s charge.
This charge, which will consist of
a resume of the evidence adduced as
well as instructions concerning the
law covering the alleged criminal
practices indulged in, is expected to
consume at least tw r o hours. A ver
d’et may be rendered before night.
SID DLMEIH S.
JOHNSON, HIT Bl 1
0. OF DI. Hl. TDllli
DE SOTO, Ga., Jan. 7.—News reach
ed Mr. Allen S. Johnson, of DeSoto,
that his twin brother, Edgar Simmons
Johnson, was run over and instantly
killed by a train near Holt’s Station,
in the vicinity of Leary, Wednesday af
ternoon. Mr. Johnson was a young
man and one of the sons of the late
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Johnson, of Leary.
His mother was Miss Minnie Simmons,
of Americus, before her marriage. He
leaves three brothers; N. B„ Allen and
Walter Johnson, besides numerous rel
atives. A host of friends join in ex
tending sympathy to the bereaved ones.
Story of Tragedy.
ALABANY, Ga., Jan. 7.—Ed S. John
son, 24 years old, of Holt’s Station, fif
teen miles west of Albany, was struck
by Central of Georgia passenger train
No. 16 Wednesday night at 8 o’clock,
the engine and tender passing over his
body. He was picked up by the train
crew, in charge of Conductor Charley
Johnson and Engineer T. B. Gibson,
and brought to Albany. He died! <1
few minutog after his arrival here.
The train was just pulling out from
Holt’s Station, it is reported, when the
engineer noticed the form of a man
lying between the rails ,but was un
able to bring his train to a stop before
the engine and tender had passed over
him.
The young man was a farmer and
o! a prominent family of the Holt
neighborhood. He is survived by three
brothers, W. S. and M. L. Johnson, of
Holt’s, and A. S. Johnson, of DeSoto.
YOUNG WOMAN
JSJllffll ON
A young woman giving her name as
Florence LaWratt, and stating her
home is in Blue Ridge, Ga., was
discovered this morning on the blind
baggage of the Seminole Limited train
and put off in Americus. It is said
that she rode in this way from Tifton
to Americus, and it is also stated that
si e was addicted to a “dope" halbit,
and as there is no place here for the
treatment of the habit, she was pro
-vided with a ticket to another city and
left on the afternoon train.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 7, 1916
♦ MAXIMUM OCEAN BATES ♦
♦ FIXED BY THE BRITISH ♦
♦ NEW YORK, Jan. 7 —Two dol- ♦
♦ lars per hundredweight has been
♦ fixed as the maximum for cot- ♦
ton shipments between the Unit- ♦
"*■ ed States and England for cot- ♦
"F ton transported aboard British ♦
♦ vessels, by the British admiralty. ♦
♦ Confiscation of the ship charging *
♦ above this maximum has been ♦
♦ fixed as a penalty for violation ♦
t of the order. ♦
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
PEiilmc
STILL SUBJECT
HE INVESTIGATION
%
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 7.—The
investigation under way to determine
the agency which sent the British
liner Persia to the bottom of the Med
iterranean a week ago, continues to
day, but little progress has yet been
made. Twenty-one affidavits, includ
ing one made by Charles 11. Grant, an
American survivor landed at Alex
andria, have been forwarded here by
United States Consul Garrels from
Port Said, but none of these give ad
tional light on the subject. The con
sul wired the state department this
morning that all of the affidavits he
hag yet been able to secure confirm
previous statements to the effect that
“n o warning was given and no vessel
seen.”
Ambassador Penfield, at Vienna,
communicated the result of his inqui
ries to authorities here today, but as
yet the Austro-Hungarian foreign of
fice is without information concerning
the sinking of the Persia. Replying to
pertinent inquries on behalf of the
United States, Baron Burian, the Aus
trian secretary for foreign affairs, has
definitely informed Ambassador Pen
field that his government “is without
knowledge concerning the incident."
British Submarine Gone.
LONDON, Jan. 7. —The British ad
miralty today officially announced the
sinking of a British submarine off
Texel Island, one of the Frisian group,
near the coast of Holland. Details
of the ship’s loss are withheld by the
admiralty. The crew of the submarine
numbering thirty-five, were rescued
by the Dutch cruiser Norod Bradant,
and taken to Helder, Holland.
Report From London.
LONDON, Jan. 7. —Fighting along
the whole of the eastern front, partic
ularly along the southern end of the
battle line, has materially decreased
in violence, according to Vienna offi
cial advices late today. The Russians,
acocrding to the Austrian statement
ceased to attack vigorously during last
night, along practically the whole of
the line between the Pripet marshes
in Poland, and the Besserabian fron
tier, where the fighting has been heav
iest recently.
Petrograd continues to maintain that
impenetrable silence that has charac
terized the Russian offensive movement
since its inauguration, and the only
substantial Slav advance conceded by
the Teutons was that maintained dur
ng yesterday in the vicinity of Czar
tcrysk. This section has been the scene
o' a most sanguinary struggle during
nearly a fortnight, but the dogged* per
sistence with which the Russians pur
sued their objective there has admit
tedly been successful. The Austrians
before retreating beyond Czartorysk
defended one position in the midst of
a cemetery stoutly, the fightng there
resulting n bayonet encounters, in
which the Russians displayed great
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NEWSPAPER MEN
NIT ALLOWED TO
SEE EXECUTION
OSSINGING, N. Y. Jan. 7. News
paper men were excluded from the ex
ecution of Antonio Ponton, at Sing
Sing prison here this mornng. Ponton,
a young Porto Rican, was electocuted
following his conviction of the murder
of Miss Bessie Kromer, a school teach
er at Schnectady.
Following electrocution of Ponton
M arden Kirchwac, who wab himself
absent from the death house, issued a
♦
statement saying lie had declined to
permit reporters to attend the execu
tion because >he does not believe in
capital punishment and further thai
does not Wish to advertise the execu
tion of convicted criminals any more
than can be helped.
The execution of Ponton, is, proba
bly, the first instance in the history of
New York’s electric chair in which
the extreme penalty has been exacted
where the event was not witnessed by
representatives of the press.
OEWTIFPLINIiNC
FOR THE EDITORS
Os WEEKLY PRESS
DECATUR, Ga., Jan. 7. —Extensive
plans will be made by Decatur for the
entertainment of the convention of
the Georgia Weekly Press association
in Decatur next summer. The Decatur
Board of Trade has appointed commit
tees on entertainment and arrangement
which will work in conjunction with
Messrs. J. A. Hall and P. F. Callahan,
who ds publishers of the DeKalb New
Era, will be hosts for the big meeting.
tl is expected that between 250 and
300 editors will be in attendance, and
the occasion will be one of the greatest
meetings ever held in Decatur.
The convention was invited to De
catur by Editor Callahan, the city of
Decatur, and the Decatur Board of
Trade. The committees appointed by
the Board of Trade to assist in the
I lans for the convention follow:
Arrangements Committee: P. F. Cal
lahan, chairman; H. M. Stanley, J. A
Hall, J. E. Bodenhamer, L. J. Steele,
John F. Green, J. 0. Bell.
Entertainment; George R, Jones,
Chairman; C. D. McKinney, Bayne Gib
son, Scott Candler, R. C. W. Ramspeck,
John S. Candler, E. E. Treadwell, R.
J. Freeman, B. H. Burgess, J. A. Mc-
Curdy, R. J. Carroll, F. T. Hopksin,
W. J. Dabney, Wiley S. Ansley, E. H.
V. ilson, Frank Ansley, Hooper Alex
ander, George M. Napier, T. S. Hodges,
J. B. Johnson, T. R. Massey. R. 3.
Lewis, D. W. Webb, J. C. Johnson, T.
C. Jackson, Leon O’Neal, P. L. Weekes,
J. R. Black, R. C. Event, W. H. S.
Hamilton, Dr. Louis Estes, A. S. Allen,
Thomas L. Cooper, W. H. Weekes, W
C. McLean, Guy Webb, R. B. Scott,
James R. George, C. E. Patillo, J. O.
Norris, 0. C. Burgess, G. A. Harbour,
A. L. Brooks, J. A. McCrary.
SPECIAL SERVICE
METHODIST CHURCH
A special service of interest to all
Methodists will be held at the First
Methodist church Sunday morning
with Dr. T. D. Ellis, presiding elder
of the Americus district, occupying the
pulpit. It will be in the interest of
the advance of Methodism in Ameri
cus.
FAIR COMMITTEE HAS
BEGUN PLANS FOR THE
BIGGEST EVENT 1916
DUNCAN DAVIS IS
EXONERATED DT
THE 11, S. COURTS
Deputy United States Marshal Dun
can Davis, of Albany, has been com
pletely exonerated of the charge of
murder in the courts at Albany, for
hi 8 act in shooting Peter Reid, a negro,
who strenously resisted arrest Wed
neseday afternoon in Americus, and
was shot by Mr. Davis.
Peter Reid, the negTo charged with
sending an obscene letter through the
mails, died about six o’clock Thursday
night at-Albany, wher.e he -had been
taken, following the shooting in Amer
icus Wednesday afternoon.
The bullet which passed through his
jaw, is believed to have lodged in
the negro's brain, but was never lo
cated. Reid made no statement be
fore his death.
A S. Staley, Sr., a prominent negro
school teacher of Americus, witnessed
the shooting affray, and has was sum
moned as a witness in the trial of Mr.
Davis, which was only a formality, be
cause Mr. Davis shot in self-defense.
Deputy Davis was in Americus early
Thursday night, and talked with a rep
resentative of the Times-Recorder. He I
requested the newspaper men to thank
the people of Americus for their atti
tude toward the situation which arose
following the shooting. Mr. Davis
came here to summon Staley as a wit
ness.
Immediately after the shooting Wed
nesday afternoon Mr. Davis rushed to
a telephone to secure medical assist
ance for Reid, and then called the po
lice department. Every attention was
given Reid, but his life was despaired
of as soon as his condition was seen.
They Know
Now How It
Feels to Vote
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 7.—Atlanta suf
t
fragettes know now how it feels to
vote. They haven’t yet been granted
the ballot by the state, and may not ,
be for a long time to come, but they ]
have just gone through an exciting j
election of theri own, in which they ,
had tickets, ballot boxes, campaigns
and everything else which is supposed ,
to go with a “regular” election.
After a spirited contest ,Miss Elea- (
nor Raoul has been again elects head
of the suffrage branches of Fulton and
DeKalb counties. ,
WHEELER WILL STAT ;
WITH THE S. A. L.
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The friends of W. C. Wheeler of the (
Seaboard Air Line here, will be inter ,
ested to know that he will not accept
the position of master mechanic of
fered him by the Atlanta and St. An- ,
drews’ Bay railway at Dothan, Ala. He
has had the offer under consideration
for some time, and while the position (
h a lucrative one, he will continue as ]
inspector of pumps of the Seaboard, j
with headquarters in Americus. I :
CITY
EDITION
'Selects Ellis As
Head of Commit
tee of Citizens
JUDGE HOI MOE
IIEIIIEHIIIIIinEE
Bell and Daniels
Give Loving
Cups As
Prizes
At a meeting of the officers ax
board of commissioners of the Ameri
cus and Sumter County Chamber of
Commerce held Thursday afternoon at
•t o’clock in the offices of the organi
zation, George R. Ellis, was chosen aa
chairman of the committee to arrange
(for the Third District Agricultural
fair, to be held in Americus next fan,
with the tentative dates announced as
October 2nd and 7th.
Judge J. A. Hixon was elected as *
member of the committee, and the re
maining members are Frank P. Wim.
rt ld, C. H. Burke, John M. Flournoy
E. L. Carswell, Jahn A. Cobb, Walter
D. Phillips, S. A. Moses, Dr. Percy W.
Hudson, E. H. Hyman.
As soon as the committee can ar
range for a meeting, plans will be rab
idly formulated for the construction
and development of the fair, whirt
will undoubtedly mean much to Sum
ter county and the counties of the
Third Agricultural district.
The drawings for the fair ground*
in blue prints are being made by John
F. Ansley, city engineer, and it is
learned that they will be beautiful
drawings of the ideas which will be de
veloped into the grounds and fair for
1916. Mr. Ansley Is giving much
thought to the arrangements, and in a
few days will turn the blue prints over
to the fair committee.
Interest is already being aroused in
the Fair association. Silver loving
cvps have been donated by two of
Americus’ jewelers, Thomas L. Ben
and S. A. Daniels. These cups have
been given to be awarded at the pleas
ure of the fair committee. The enter
prise of these gentlemen is to be com
mended.
The Edwards & Loomis Co. have do
nated a loving cup and 1000 pounds of
poultry feed for caring for the birds az
the fair .exhibit.
One Heart—One Purpose.
Americus and Sumter county are
recognizing the necessity for this fea
ture of Georgia’s industry. The citi
zens are working at the plans with one
heart and one purpose—the success 01
the fair.
The plans have already been tenta
tively arranged, and as soon as the
committee can meet and enter into
other problems, the work will be push
ed. -
It is planned to have one week in
tervening between the dates Os
Third District Agricultural fair
State fair, to be held at Macon.
wil] be held in conjunction... wjjjU
other, the intervening week- ■-
lowed for the arrangement Qy
District fair exhibits to
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