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Americus Boy Slips The K.
O. To His Ring Challenger
And now Americus claims the bay
champion boxer of the South in Ralph
Rodgers. This youngster slipped the
sleep-punch to his challenger from
Cordele Friday, and is now the un
disputed champion of Georgia, and
probably of the South, because in re
cent mills he has whipped the cham
lions of Florida, Alatoama and Missis
sippi.
His opponent, Frank Wells, weighed
138 pounds, while young Rodgers tip
ped the beam at 132. The Cordele
boy had the reach on young Rodgers
and for the first ten rounds succeeded
in making the Americus youth see
quite a number of stars. After that
round, however, Rodgers pounded his
heavier opponent for the limit and ear-
Ame r ican Dollar is Choice
Possession in Austria-Hungary
VIENNA, Dec. 2. —(Delayed by cen
sor until April 3.) —Formerly the ■
American dollar was worth here 4.96 ■
crowns; today it sells at 7.16. Even
the money of Austria-Hungary’s allied
states is much above par. Normally.
100 crowns cost 80 marks, while today
one may buy them at 70. The Bulga
rian lira, which in times of peace was
cheaper than the Austro-Hungarian
crown, stands at an average of 100 to
104, and the Turkish pound is worth
about 27 crowns, where formerly it
was only 21.
This depreciation of the crown, in
some cases nearly 40 per cent., would
be a serious matter for Austria-Hunga
ry were the causes of an economic
nature related to peace, instead of war
time conditions. The Austro-Hungar
ian crown is low for the reason that
the paper currency of the country, bas
ed principally on the national gold re
serve, is being deprived of its base by
the many purchases the country has
made in foreign markets for which the
actual metal, gold, had to bo ex
changed. With her allies, Austria-
Hungary still trades on the normal
basis of credit, resting on an exchange
of merchandise, but in buying from
neutrals and through neutrals from
the enemy even, nothing but the ac
tual transfer of gold suffices. So far
Austria-Hungary has been obliged to
deplete her national gold stock and
reserve to exactly what the average
depreciation of the crown indicates, or
roughly speaking, 29 per cent.
The case is analagous to that of
Great Britain in her trade relations
with the United States. After having
realized as much credit as possible by
a transfer to American holders ot
much commercial paper owned in
Great Britain, the value of the pound
sterling is being kept up by shipping
specie to New York. Austria-Hungary
has been doing the same thing, though
.not with the same success, because her
gold reserve was never nearly as great
as that of Great Britain.
The exchange in the Austrian min
istry of finance, made day before yes
terday, is directly related to the prob
lem of bettering the standing of the
crown. Os the word towards this end,
the limitations of imports for which
gold must be surrendered will be an
important part. At the outbreak of
the war not enough attention was giv
en this, it is said. A stiffening up by
Austrian banks would have keept much
gold in the country, but this would
have taken a financial organization
which Austria did not have. The new
minister of finance, Dr. Leth, is look
ed upon as the man who will supply
this. Having successfully managed for
years the Austrian postal savings insti
tution, floated a number of large Aus
trian loans in the United States, Eng
land and France, and recently manag
ed the three war loans which the coun
try has raised, he has not only the con
dence of his own people, but also a
high standing in foreign money mar
kets, it is said.
Just what tactics he will employ is
still unknown, tout it is xpected that
one of his first moves will be to close
the Austrian border to foreign ship
ments for which specie is demanded. In
ly in the nineteenth round walloped
the Cordele fighter with a punch on the
jaw that sent the Crisp county boy
down for the count.
Competent experts who have seen
Rodgers work-out are unanimous in
saying that he possesses all the requi
sites that go to make a champion, and
with the addition of ring experience,
he should prove quite a success in the
pugilistic world. He at all times keeps
in perfect training, and as a result he
is always able to wear out his oppon
ent. Rodgers, since his debut, has en
gaged in eight bouts, and in six of
them, he readily gained the decision
over his opponent. A handsome belt
will be given the youthful pugilist in
token of his victory.
this way “supply” would become more
eager for business than “demand.” In
other words the foreign seller would
find the Austrian buyers less inclined
to do business on a “gold exchange"
basis. Hand in hand with this would
go a partial reorganization of the coun
try’s commerce and industry. The re
cent change has placed a very capable
man at the head of the Austrian min
istry of commerce, and the first es
sentials for the work to be done have
thus been secured, it is thought
Whatever the other details of the
program may be, one thing is certain
and that is that the new chiefs of fi
nance and commerce will strive tj
make Austria, and by co-operation with
and on the part of, the Hungarian
government, Hungary, more econom
ically self-contained than they have
shown themselves in the course of
the war. By doing this the gold stock
will be kept in the country, and the de
mand for foreign money and credit will
be decreased to such an extent that a
further depreciation of Austro-Hungar
ian paper will be warded off. Since
the dual monarchy is financially sound
internally, as the raising of the third
war loan has shown, the task is one
which a few remedial measures of the
nature indicated above will meet, ac
cording to the judgment of interested
circles.
U. S. Soldier
See Service
In The City
Several members of the noble Amer
icus Light Infantry are under the im- 1
pression that war in all its different
courses*can be served right here in
Americus, and served in a la Villa
style, without traveling to the wild
and woolly where the greasers and
cactus flourish. Two at least have
had their share of what Sherman so
aptly described without leaving the
land of hog and hominy.
Friday Patrolman Rigsby spied a
dusty son of Ham, who seemed con
tent to parade the stanmping ground
around the monument with his gloves
off,. The officer Immediately man
euvered to arrest the tipsy darkey, but
the negro couldn’t see it that way at
all. A lively tussle ensued in which
Officer Rigsby tapped the coon several
times on the bean, but the "billy” was
absolutely unable to effect the dome
of the dark one. The negro finally
broke loose from the officer and made
a break for the tall timber. He hit
for the west and passed the recruiting
station on the corner of Forsyth and
Windsor avenue. Two militiamen,
Private James Gartner and Sergeant
Robert MceLod, Jr., say the sprinting
they soon had him cornered. The
aarkey made a last break for liberty,
but Gartner, who in 1913 was the best
tackler the Americus High school pos
sessed, made a flying leap for the ne
i gro and the coon took the count.
Saturday the desperado was shifted
i to the gang and is now doing his share
toward keeping Sumter’s roads the
i best in the state.
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Apple Growers Urged To
Spray Trees Thoroughly
Atlanta, Ga. —A call to arms has
been issued by the State Department
of Entomology to all apple growers of
Georgia. They are urged immediately
to arm themselves with hand sprays,
barrel pumps, and heavy artillery gas
oline pumps where necessary, for a
general slaughter of the enemy.
The orchard pests are afield, as
■usual, in full force, led by that battle
scarred old veteran, General Apple
Worm, and the more of them you kill
the better off you will be when the
time comes to gather the crops.
The principal enemies against which
apple growers have to fight in Geor
gia are the coddling moth or common
apple worm, apple scab, apple leaf
spot, and bitter rot.
Apple growing is becoming a great
industry in Georgia, but spraying
against these pests is absolutely nec
essary, for the man who wants to
make a success either with one tree
or with thousands of them. Spraying
is as essential to fruit growing as
plowing is to farming.
The most destructive insect pest
found on apple trees in Georgia is the
coddling moth. It need not be de
scribed, for it is known to every apple
grower simply as the “apple worm.”
This insect is best controlled by
spraying with a solution of arsenate
of lead, in the proportion of two
pounds to fifty gallons of water, to
which is added a milk of lime solu
tion made from three pounds of stone
lime. The first application is most
important and should be made within
a few days after the shedding of the
bloom in order that the calyx cups
may be filled with the poison. The
second spraying should follow a wefek
or ten days later than the first. Weak
trees should not be sprayed more than
twice, but when they are strong and
healthy three sprayings may be ap
plied to advantage.
The best results can be obtained
with the apple only by using a nozzle
throwing a heavy, coarse spray under
high pressure of 200 to 300 pounds.
This arsenate of lead treatment has
an additional advantage in that it is
also a protection against the plum
curculio, best known in Georgia as
"the peach worm,” but which attacks
apples as well.
Taking up the fungus diseases of the
apple. State Entomologist Loe Wor
sham recommends a lime and sulphur
solution as the best treatment against
Japan Thinks of Effect War
Will Have on Her Economics
TOKIO, April 3.—Japanese econo
mists are interested in the economic ef
fect of the war upon labor conditions
in Japan. The investigation made in
the representative parts of the em
pire show that during the months im
mediately following the beginning of
the war the business depression was so
marked that many manufacturers were
obliged to discharge laborers, whereas
later on the conditions made a sudden
turn for the better and a boom in bus
iness largely resulting from the heavy
orders for war munitions made a big
increase in the demand for laborers.
Generally speaking, the national in
dustries felt a shock at the outbreak
of the war in 1914 and during the
four months, from August to Novem
ber of that year, business was in a
condition of depression of a kind that
had not been experienced for many
years. Statistics taken in the import
ant manufacturing center of Osaka
show that a decrease of workmen in
the four months following the begin
, ning of hostilities was a little over 12
per cent. The decrease was especially
marked in those industries making
goods for purposes of exportation. The
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apple scab and apple leaf spot. These
destructive diseases seriously affect
both trees and fruit, but can be effect
ively controlled it directions are fol
lowed. The first spraying should be
made with a carefully prepared lime
and sulphur solution (not the home
kind) at a strength of two gallons to
fifty gallons of water, just before the
cluster buds open. The second spray
ing should take place two or three
weeks later, with the same solution
at a strength of one and one-half gal
lons to fifty of water, and the third
spraying with this same weaker solu
tion three weeks later still. The best
results can be obtained only by mak
ing sure to apply the first spraying
just before the cluster buds open.
Two birds can be killed with one
stone by adding two pounds of arse
nate of lead for the last
two sprayings for scab and
leaf spot, as the spray will
then also control the coddling moth.
Fertilization and clean cultivation
will always render trees more resist
ant to fungus diseases.
Bitter rot is another serious dis
ease of the apple, and is more difficult
to control than leaf spot and scab. It
is also of a fungus nature, and causes
the apples to rot before maturity,
usually beginning in July. It can be
remedied by the same lime and sul
phur solution applied as before de
scribed, but for the most effective
control of it Bordeaux mixture should
be used late in the season, from July
1 on. The Bordeaux mixture is made
as follows:
Dissolve three or four pounds of
copper sulphate (bluestone) in a wood
en vessel containing twenty-five gal
lons of water. The bluestone should
be placed in a bag and suspended in
the water so it is just submerged. In
another vessel, slack four pounds of
lime by adding a little water at a
time. Then strain the lime and dilute
with twenty-five gallons of water.
Then pour the two mixtures together,
letting them mix as they fall into the
receiving vessel. A small hand spray
may be used if there are only a few
trees, but where there is much spray
ing a barrel pump holding fifty gal
lons is better.
The State Department of Entomol
ogy will be glad to furnish further
full detailed information about the
care and protection of apple orchards
on request.
•most marked percentage of decrease
was observable in brush-making, but
tons, towels, soaps, pipes and cast
ings.
. In Nogaya, which is the great watch
and clock manufacturing center of
Japan, the production of time-pieces in
October, 1914, showed a decrease of 40
per cent, over the month of July, just
before the beginning of the war. A
similar influence was shown in other
industries, especially cloisonne ware,
braids, straw hats, embroideries and
raw silks. The decrease in cloisonne
! was 68 per cent, and the decrease in
stray hats which are very heavily ex
ported by Japan reached 55 per cent.
The Japanese make a straw hat of very
fine texture which resembles the Pan
ama hat, and which is sent to all parts
of the world.
I After the first four months the sit •
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I uation suddenly and sharply improv
ed as foreign nations began to feel the
.need of those necessities which were
] manufactured in Japan and began to
i make a call for war supplies, especial
ly woolens, leather, boots, bandages,
! soap and other incidentals. The boom
which set in was sr» marked that man
ufacturers (began to feel the scarcity
of skilled labor.
The Japan Foreign Trade associa
tion which is composed of leading mer
chants of the empire has collected sta
tistics showing the labor conditions in
Osaka at the end of November, 1915, as
compared with the period just prior to
the war. The industries showing the
greatest increase of workmen are those
connected with the export trade for
the manufacture of goods used as war
supplies by Japan’s allies. In ship
building at Osaka the number of work
men increased from 2,400 to 3,300.
In view of a recent report from
Washington that Japanese manufactur
ers have captured the American cotton
good trade in China, it is interesting
, that at Osaka alone the number of
men employed in the spinning industry
I
i showed an increase of over 4,000. The
! general prosperity in Japan continues.
; The boom is especially noticeable in
Ithe shipping Industry. During one week
pin Japan seventeen vessels changed
hands, three of them being chartered
by foreign firms. The prices asked
were so high as to find no parallel in
the history of the trade in the Far
East.
At the semi-annual meeting of the
shareholders of the Bank of Japan,
which declared a dividend of twelve
■er cent for the last half year. Viscount
Mishima, the governor of the institu
tion, remarked the same favorable ec
conomic effect of the war. Pointing
out that the exports last year showed
an excess over imports of 175,000,000
yen, he said that this was a result of
unprecedented prosperity in the his
tory of the country's foreign trade.
This excess was caused not only by
heavy orders of war supplies for the
Entente Allies, but also by an increase
of exportations to the United States
and South America, China, the South
Sea Islands and other non-belligerent
countries, whose importations from
Europe had either been reduced or cut
off entirely because of the war.
THE OPERA HOUSE
The Opera House continues to draw
big crowds, but you could hardly ex
pect otherwise when pictures the like
t>t which have never been seen in
Americus before. This week Manager
Dudley has four shows, Monday, Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday, the
weak ones have been eliminated, and
only the very cream of the business
will toe shown.
Rather than show a pacture that
hasn’t the vim or the punch, or just
a mediocre .picture, he prefers tips
house dark. By this policy he has built
up a business with patrons that know
when a show is on at the Opera House
(they can depend on it that it is the very
Ibest that can be had on the market.
Monday we open up with the World
features. Come out and see “Bought.”
It's a Shubert feature, and one that is
sure to please. Tuesday a Blue Bird
photo play, “The Wrong Door”; Thurs
day is William Fox Day, “A Woman's
Past,” is the offering and Nance
O’Neal is featured. Saturday “The
Strange Case of Mary Page” which is
drawing bigger and better crowds each
Saturday.
THE ALCAZAR
“The Tongue of Men” is the feature
Oliver Morosco picture at the Alcazar
Monday when Constance Collier is
presented.
Jane Bartlee is played by Constance
Collier, and she is not a vampire. In
a sermon on the evil of the theatre the
Rev. Dr. Penfield Sturgis, rector of
fashionable St. Martins-in-the-Lane,
refers directly to Jane Bartlett and
the grand opera "Zaporah” of which
she is the star. Stung to the quick
she accepts the challenge he has giv
ee and determines to make him “eat
his sermon, word for word.”
On the strength of the rector’s ser
mon the Mayor closes the opera but
the Rev. Dr. Penfield having had a
chance to study Miss Bartlett at
close range, realizes her bigness. He
discovers that out of the goodness of
her heart she has been quietly educat
ing a number of poor girls, feeding
hungry composers and lending a
ikindly ear to the downhearted.
Repentant, he decides that he owes
her an apology which he makes in
an open letter to the newspapers. At
this his congregation rises in arms
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We repair "blowouts”, rim-cuts,
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Trains Arrive,
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•Dally. ! Except Sunday.
4vtv. JE. HIGHTOWER, Ageat.
and to preserve his dignity the young
rector offers to marry the prima dou
ha. She accepts, thus having eavrtei
out her threat. At this point the story
takes an unexpected turn; why no*
see the play and enjoy it for yourself?
The showing of this picture will be
accompanied by specially written mus
ic.