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BUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1916
$ 1,500.00 : GIVEN AWAY : $ 1,500.00
First Grand Gift: Dodge 5 Passenger Touring Car, n* a* i H t n« n . .
- BY ~ District fleciscy Town Prize Contest
number contestant s votes secures this gift. 1 A IT&YINTYXZ Ist Gift: $50.00 Victrola, purchased of W.H.C. Dud-
jss&ssam AMERIiUS STEAM LAUNDRY ....
awarded December 6tb, 12 noon, 1916. Second highest ’
number contestant votes secures this gift. 2nd Gift'. $50.00 in Gold to be awarded Dec. 6, J 2
oX'SXJS X Benzol Dry Cleaning and
fssaag - r. w .
Fourth Gift: $25 00 Victrola, Purchased of Will J ’’ V ’ ber contestant's votes in this class secures this gilt.
E > “ d ,' e V< l A“ e ’? us ,’ F a 'i To be awarded July 6th, 12 -frft 3Di count Coupon Books, value $15.00, to
noon, 1916, sec nd highest number of contestant votes AmpririlQ Ce>nrrrio be awarded Dec. 6, 12 noon, 1916. Fourth highest num
in this class secures tins gift. I\ lilv VICUS, kjCOrgld ber contestant's votes i* this cla s secures this gift.
STRII Tl Y RDIIKT Object is to aftiact CASE PATRONAGE. This contest is far reaching, covering a n dius of a hundred or more towns, Americus being the hub or
U lIIIU iLI nil nITILIIiUUU DUIIU I basis of operation. By this method wc are drawing people to Ameiicus who have access to other lines of business i s well. 7 his contest is owned c n
trolled and managed exclusively by W. C. Carter, Prop. Americus Steam i aundry.
w ILL C CARTER, Contest Manager
Ist. There will be no nominating candidate coupons.
2nd. Each cash customer of the Americus Steam Laundry, are entitled
io votes with each cash purchase, such customers are recognized as con
testants.
3rd. Contestants must turn in vote; the last week of each month for
which contestants will receive vote certificate.
4th. Contestants may withhold their name and not publish it until
July Ist, just five days before the closing the third and fourth gift con
test.
Americus High School Stars
Begin Practice For Baseball
(By Cliff Wheatley.)
The first base-all practice of the
season for the Americus High school
has been held at Dudley Field and
from the showing made by those in
uniform the prospect for a team is the
best the school ever had. Twenty-five
would be members of the team as
sembled on the ground where Jay I
Kirke and Hank Gowdy used to bust I
them over the fence and the sounds of’
the horse hide on the willow brought
out quite a number of fans from their,
winter quarters up on ‘ The corner.” I
From the present look of things, this
bunch of youngsters seems to be
Americus’ one best bet on the diamond
this esason and the boys go after the
pellet in a business like manner. Os
course, Coach Holst is unable to defin- 1
itely know how his team will stack up
with the rest of the teams around!
here, but one thing is certain he has
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the material to develop a winner ano
the boys s.?em to have the main re
quisite ‘‘pep."
The management of the team has
nothing sure to say about the schedule
of the bunch, tut every day some in- j
quiry is made by other teams in re-,
gard to games and the manager is
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Sil-
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VALESHA SURRATT,
Who Comes to Hie Opera House Friday
Marcli !!!!!> in "The Soul of Broadway,”
under Direction of William Fox.
reasonably sure of arranging games
with the follownig teams: Albany,
Cordele, Columbus, Macon, Fitzgerald,
Moultrie, Vienna, Montezuma, Fort
X alley, Buena Vista, Shellman, Valdos
ta, Thomasville, Tifton, Douglas, Daw- ■
son,, Bainbridge and Eufaula, Ala.
The Financial End.
As to the finances, the authorities in
charge of the school team are depend
ing a great deal upon the fans of the
city and they expect a much better
support from them this season, be
cause it seems certain that the city
will be without any other representa
tion in this particular sport, and the
High school means to have out a good
team. One that the people of the city
will be proud of and one on which
their school can depend to produce
the championship.
But to return to the practice we have
only to say that the boys conduct
themselves in a manner that would
surprise some of the players who
hold that it takes some time to drive
out th, 2 ravages old winter made. In
fact they didn’t seem to mind a bit of
soreness and they kicked when dark
ness made them quit. Mr. Holst can
not, of course, give out any thing of
ficial about tire work of any particular
individual, but he does say that the
team will be hard to select on account
[o, the goods displayed by them all.
! He has two teams active and the idle
1 ones are being put at work getting
out all the kinks caused ty the win
ter. He does this by having them do
several turns about the track and the
logic of his system is seen in the
improved endurance of those trying
for the team.
The Pitching Staff,
Three pitchers are at his command
and every one of them is showing
more stuff than is usual in the school
’ ey. Roy Johnson, for several years
the first string tosser of the Leslie
icliool, is a candidate for a berth on
he local team and his work was very
rood in the initial practice. Chris
Sherlock is another pitcher and he
shows considerable improvement over
’ils work as a ‘‘street team” twirler.
Webb is the only pitcher left over
rem last year’s team and he is quite
an improvement over last year’s mod
ed. George Lumpkin is the only south
paw in the squad and while he has
never been out for the school team,
I ’■/> has displayed his prowess several
I times in the heated games between
his Taylor street team and their most
dreaded rivals, the Lee Street Boys.
Bill Dodson, Horne and Edward
Mathis will hav.e a merry little scrap
over the catching berth and this prom
ises to be the most hotly contested po
sition on the entire team.
Trying for Infield.
Among the infielders trying for the
team are: Bolton, a last year’s man;
Andrews; Chambliss; R. Rodgers; M.
Rodgers; Brown, an Alabama boy who
played third base for the Midway
(Ala.) High School team; eßlcher, an
oiher Alabama ball tosser; Morgan;
Henry Lumpkin and Owen Poole.
So far nothing has been said of the
outfield, but it was not because they
did not deserve to be named among
the first. Coach Holst is of the opin
ion that he never coached such a
promising bunch of outer garden
artists. Arnold McGillis will be back
this year at his old position in the
outfield; Walker, Comer, Merritt,
Allen, Smith, Davenport, Clark, Ter
rell, Webb, and Frank Harrold are
some more candidates for the outfield
who’ll make things hum.
In all, twenty-five young players
are trying for the team which it
is hoped will land the state school
championship for Americus. Every
boy on the squad sterns to believe that
the success of the entire team rests
on his shoulder and they are determ
ined to do their best for the school,
but most of all he hopes to help
Americus.
Thrift Moves
Begin By The
Duma People
PETROGRAD, March 4.—A com
'mittee of members of the Duma have
begun a thrift campaign, and are
urging the government to support them
by prohibiting importations of luxur
ies and by using every means in its
power to turn the stream of unfruitful
expenditure into the channel of na
tiional war effort.
The committee urges that the rail
v.t’ys should cease to carry anything
but the necessaries of life, and pro
tests that flowers and mineral waters
have in some cases been given prece
dence over flour and coal. The Min
istry of Railways has just announced
that passenger traffic on the if**
Petrograd to Moscow will be stopped
for a week, in order to allow the ac
celeration of freight and war traffic.
An increase in the tax on theatre
tickets is olso being urged, although
the tax already amounts to about 25
per cent of the price.
THE AMEKICUb DAIL> I FAOtUJtJ'
RULES OF THE CONTEST
sth. Contestant VOTES .that are cast for the third and fourth
gift contest closing noon July 6th, 1916, will apply in the first and sec
ond Grand gift contest closing Dec. 6th, 1916, noon, that is they are count
ed in making up the total votes in final awarding of gifts.
6th. Contestants and their frieends are not restricted to gift
votes in their own district, but may secure them any where.
7th. No employee or member of family will be allowed to participate
in this contest. ‘
The Public
Safety Valve
Editor Times-Recorder:
Observer took a few days off to let
ourselves think. You know that is one
of the serious hindrances to our
growth and progress, not thinking;
not counting the costs as it were.
There is always a consequence; a re
sult of everything we do, and whether
we will to pay the cost o four acts
or not, we must pay it. This is one of
the economies of nature. Reaping
what we sow.
A few days ago, there appeared in
your columns a copy of a resolution
adopted by the ladies of several
churches calling attention to the grow
ing disregard of the Sunday law in
our city. The law of Georgia, as well
as the law of economy forbid that we
shall pursue our calling on the Sab
bath day. It is just as much a viola
tion o fthe law for one to carry on his
business on the Sababth day, as it is
to gamble, steal, rob or kill, but of a
different grade of offence. As to all of
these the law declares ‘‘it shall be un
lawful;’’ ‘‘thou shalt not.’’
When those who are carrying on
their business on Sunday decided or
concluded that they would do so, did
they think; did they consider If so,
the gerater the condemnation. It is
then nothing short of a wilful determ
ination to disregard the law, and to
violate it. Observer is unable to
make up his mind that our merchants,
who keep open on Sunday, would de
liberately conclude to violate the law.
Oh; that our people would think;
would consider.
That letter of resolutions of the la
dies had a good ring to it, and Mr.
Merchant, if you are guilty of carrying
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oa your business on the Sabbath day, l
you may as well take notice and be
warned that you shall not always do
| thus. When the good ladies of our town
take up the fight for Sabbath observ
ance, you may rest assured that some- !
thing will be "doing.” Det’s encour- j
age the good women in their demand
for law and order in our City.
When the w omen are given the right
to vote (and this day is not far dis
tant), we will understand better than
now, just what the trouble is. as to the
enforcement of the law in our city. If,
the ladies have knowledge that the '
Sunday law' is being constantly violat- i
ed, isn’t it strange that the officers— 1
charged with the duty, yes, sworn to
uphold the law’, do not see these viola-1
tions of the Sunday lows. It may be
that, because of our desire to fully ob-
I
serve and obey the law, our “officers
of the law” stay at home and go to
church and Sunday school on Sunday
and otherwise "Keeps the Sabbath Day
Holy.”
If the Sunday laws are being violat
ed as was Indicated in the resolutions
ladopted by the ladies, there is trouble
with the machine somewhere. There
must be a elak in the valve, or the
spark plug burned out, or the current
is short circuited. There is trouble
somewhere. The machine won’t run.
Will some good friend show us the
trouble.
Some of these days, Mr. Editor, if
you will permit, we will say a few
words about respect for law. We want
to look up the matter and see just
what it is, th?n we will write you
again. OBSERVER.
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Sth. Contestants must agree to accept all rulings of contest manager
and his decision will be final in all rulings.
9th. Any question that may arise between the contestants not cov
ered by the rules will be determined and settled by contest manager.
10th. It cost you nothing to enter contest, you are only required to
be classed by management as cash customer to be contestant.
Votes will be issued in payment ct back accounts.
Now is the time to begin, save your and your friend’s votes.
CtKIHI HOUSE NOfES
One’s true estimate of supreme hap
piness is vividly set forth this morn
ing. Os course, the court house is
officially closed by virtue of it being
.the sabbath—but perchance, you meet
a county official who is unopposed in
the primary on March 15th, he will be
thankful that there was such a day as
March 4th, and that day passed Satur
ay.
Although it was felt almost assured
that no candidates would enter the
race after the apparent crisis had
been reached about two weeks ago.
Still the anxxious bench was kept
warm—for as long as their was an
opportunity for a candidate, there was
certainly a chance.
Those Automobile Tags.
Every person in Sumter county who
drives an automobile and rides a mo
torcycle has had far warning of the
new law' which became effective March
let. Therefore, the following interest
ing item is from the Atlanta Constitu
tion of yesterday:
“It appears from telegrams coming
in to the office of Secretary of State
Phil Cook that sheriffs all over the
state are enforcing the new automo
bile tax law dilligently. Some of these
telegrams are from car owners whose
cars have already been held up by
sheriffs and deputies and ask the sec
retary of state to rush tags with all
possible speed. - •*'
Other telegrams are from sheriffs
asking whether they shall enforce the
law at once or wait. To these Serce
tary Cook has replied that he has no
authority to authorize any sheriff to
modify the law, and that the law is
plain that no cars shall be allowed on
the public highways without 1916 tags
after March 1. He further states that
PAGE SEVEN
I Lit office is doing everything possible
to get all 1916 tags applied for mailed
with all possible speeed. A large ex
tra force of clerks has been employed
set the last week and the office force
has been working late into the night
every night.
So far about 21,000 tags have been
i issued and the eecretary has now on
i band about 3,000 applicants with more
'coming in on every mail. Tags are
being sent out at a rate of 2,000 per
day. It is expected that the total num
ber of tags issued this year will run to
30,000 or more."
| AMERICUS SHOWS
ALCAZAR. .
Monday.
Lou Tellegen, in "The Unknown,”
5-act Paramount.
Tuesday-
-ma Maison in "A Daughter of
Penance.” 3-reel drama.
“Cupid at the Polo Game.”
, Wednesday. .
Beautiful Cleo Madison in “A Soul
Enslaved.” 5-act Broadway feature.
Thursday.
Fanny Ward in “The Cheat.” 5-act
Paramount picture.
Warren Kerrigan in “Son of Stars."
?-reel drama.
Friday.
j “Red Circle,” chapter 7.
William Garwood in “Lord John’s
Journal.” 3-reel drama.
"When Aunt Matilda Fell,” comedy.
Saturday.
“In Dreamy Jungle Town.”
King Baggot in "The Soul Mon."
"The Wise Man and the Fool.” 2-
rcel drama.
The people whose advertisements
you read in this paper are ou the level.
They’re not afraid of their goods.