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Office: Allison Building, Phone 45.
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to get an average of eight hours sleep
a day; so if you are going to spend a
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Have Veates & Son do your
paint work,Ford cars $15.00
up All work guaranteed.;
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the greatest value for youi
money. Phone us at 664,
Ameiicus, Ga.
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FOUNDRY, MACHINE, BOILER WORKS
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Augusta, Georgia.
Capacity, 300 Hands. Hundred
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Gin, Saw, Grist, Fertilizer, Cane, Shin
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MONEY
kemember 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 cairy 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. HANES! EY
Lamar Street
Americus. :: Georgia*
MONEY TO LEND
We are in position to obtain
money on farm lands in Sumter
county promptly at reasonable
rates. If you •’eslre a loan call
on or write us.
las. I, $ John I. Fort
Planters’ Bank Building.
Captain Lane Leaves For The
Artic To Bring Back Party
Os Stefansson From The Not th
SCEATTLE, April 22.—Captain
Louis L. Lane, an Artic navigator of
long experience, announced here to
day he will leave Seattle for the Arc
tic Ocean about June 1 in a 300-ton
power schooner now being built here,
ard exepcts to return to Nome or
Seattle next autumn with Vilhjalmur
Stefansson and the other members of
the Canadian government expedition
that sailed from Victoria, B. C., for
the Artic Ocean June 17, 1913. Capt.
Lane plans to be at Banks’ Land, in '
the Polar Sea, about August 5, and to
meet Stefansson there. Lane, in the
power schooner Polar Bear, took Stef
ansson and two companions from I
Banks Land to Herschel Island last
August, and afterward sold the Polar |
Bear to Stefansson, who returned to |
Banks Land with this boat and the I
small power boat Gladiator, intending i
to pass the winter in exploriation of;
Hanks Land and then, on the breaking
of the ice this spring, making further
exploriation of the new land which he i
discovered last year, north of Melville I
j Isand. Capt. Lane is now in Seattle
supervising construction of his schon
er
Capt. Lane is going north, not under
contract with the Canadian govern
ment, but under a verbal agreement
with Stefansson. Lane's new power
boat, which probably will be named j
the Great Bear, will be of wooden con
struction, and the strongest ice-resist
ing vessel ever built on Puget Sound.
Lane will take with him gasoline and
I other supplies for the Stefansson fleet.
I Stefansson has asked the Canadian
government to permit his parties to j
| continue their work a year longer,
I but it is believed that on account of
war conditions the explorers will be j
ordered home. The expedition was
planned to continue three and a half
years.
Unless ice movements are unfavor
able, Capt. Lane expects to reach
Banks Land at the time fixed upon. If
he has good fortune, he will call first
a- Herschel Island, where he may re
ceive word from Stefansson. If he
does not get instructions there, he wil
proceed north to Banks Land, making
stops at points agreed upon last year,
where Stefansson may have letters or
men waiting for Lane. It may be that
the explorers will choose to return to
Nome in their own boats, the power
i schooner Polar Bear, Alaska. Mary
Sachs and North Star, but the vessels
, probably will be out of repair and un
r able to make the quick voyage that
will be necessary to elude the treach
erous ice, which comes up the coast
rapidly in early autumn. If all goes
j well, the explorers should arrive in
i
Nome soon after the middle of Sep
tember.
The Stefansson expedition from the
beginning was divided into two part
ies. The northern, under Stefansson,
planned to seek new land in the Beau
fort sea, and succeeded, notwithstand
ing the loss of the principal boat, the
whaler Karluk, which was crushed in
the ice the first winter out. The south
ern party, under Dr. Ralph Anderson,
has been exploring and charting the
delta of the Mackenzie River and the
country to the east, and also making
a geological survey of the islands and
mainland at the mouth of the great
river making geological survey of the
islands and mainland at the mouth of
for copper and coal. Copper nuggets
abound along the waterways, and the
Eskimos make their weapons and
utensils of beaten copper. Stefansson,
who discovered blue-eyed Eskimos in
the Coronation gulf country, east of
the Mackenzie, some years ago, these)
people being, he believed, descend
ants of the ancient Scandinavian set-!
tiers in Greenland, is not revisiting
■ these Eskimos during his present
jourpey. Stefansson and Anderson
have a largo amount of information
and material, and will make a complete
report to the Canadian government.
Stefansson wil] publish a book de
scribing his discoveries.
A dispatch from Christiana. Nor
way. announcing that Captain Ronald
Amundson, discoverer of the north
west passage and the South Pole, plans
(to set out on a North Pole expedition
in the spring of 1917, byway of Bering
Strait, interests Artic navigators
greatly. Amundsen intended to leave
San Francisco several years ago, sail
from Bering Strait toward the North
Pole and return between Spitzbergen
and Greenland. He abandoned his
voyage because of lack of funds. In
the years that have elapsed motorboats
progress has been rapid, and new en
gines that burn small quantities of |
I fuel have simplified Artic problems.
Amundsen will use a 100-ton power
boat.
THE OUTLOOK FOR
SUMTER’S COOPS
ARE EXCELLENT
Observation of scenes around the !
farms of Sumter county show that the'
crops have a very bright outlook.
Those who are familiar with condi
tions in this section say that the crops
of corn, cotton, oats, wheat and pota
toes, have never been in better shape.
The cotton crop is looking especially
well.
Since the cold weather the cotton
crop has progressed until now a per
fect stand is the rule, and by no means
the exception. The crop is just be
ginning to be chopped and in all in
stances the rows have been barred oft
preparatory to chopping. A perfect
: stand at this time, with any favorable
conditions at all, will result in a good
crop. And as the farmers have learn
ed well how to produce a cheap crop,
the yield will be very profitable. The
stand at present for the amount of fer
; tiiizers used is wonderful and as the
|
weather conditions are now perfect
! for farming, there is very little likeli
j hood of the crop being injured in the
' near future.
Corn in Good Shape.
As to the production of corn, it is
firmly believed by prominent planters
that a larger crop will never be pro
duced than the one now progressing.
Generally speaking, the condition of
the corn crops is very good, and the
ravage of the cut-worm has done little
to retard the development. This worm
annually plays havoc with the corn
crop all over the country, but this
crop has not been injured to any ex
tent noticeably.
The outlook is very encouraging to
those who have planted large acreage
in this grain crop. Corn always is
1 sold at top notch prices, and the mar
ket of Americus and surrounding
country is always anxious to handle
Sumter county grown corn. The crop
this year is most favorable, and if
average prices prevail, financial suc
cess is assured.
Corn in this section has mostly
; been raised for home consumption,
' but in recent years, there has been a
> decided advance in the production un
til now it forms a source df pecuniary
' t ain to the progressive farmer, who
‘ depends upon it to swell their surplus.
1. is a matter of great gratification
. to those who have the interests of the
( farmers at heart, and a matter of con
giatulation to the farmers themselves,
- that the yield of wheat in Sumter
'county will be the largest ever made
, by the exponents of “hog and hominy ’
farming methods. It will be recalled,
I that the wheat crop of 1915 wos some-
I '.hat disappointing, but the farmers
I have planted this year much more
: v heat than was cultivated last year,
ai.d as they know more about how to
produce a successful crop, the stand is
new almost perfect.
Those progressive farmers learned
' ill their lesson of preparedness for
■ any eventuality, and are now prepared
to weather any war, or any other cal-'
j amity, because their fields have wheat,
and their smokehouses are filled to
the brim with meat. The crop of this
i icney-rtiaking grain is the best on the
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
records of the county and it is now
ripening. Soon it will be ready for
market, and a quick sale of any sur
plus is assured. This crop will in
time be one of the boasts of the South
land, and it should be gratifying to
the citizens of Sumter county that
they are practically pioneers i.i
bringing this product to the attention
of people all over the South, who are
firm in believing that the only crop in
the country is King Cotton. <
The lack of moisture has hampered
the oat crop, but the recent rains did
tins crop worlds of good and it is
now rapidly coming to the front. The
plant this year is small, due to lack
of moisture, but the amount planted,
and the quality is excellent. So no
fears need be held for its final success.
This crop is very valuable as feed for
stock, and it has mainly been planted
in Sumter county for farm animals. Io
recent years, how'ever, quite a large
amount has found its way to Ameri
cus, and a ready sale has always beea
the result. The amount planted, this,
year, seems to assure Americus a mar
ket for oats of the county.
Peanuts Being Planted.
It is also a matter of comment that
tte potato crop will be excellent in
quality, and large in acreage. But
the most surprising development of
the year to those who keep in touch
with the farmers, is the large acreage !
being devoted to the production of j
peanuts in 1916. This is compara
tively a new crop added to the long
list of products capable of being made
in Sumter county, and with financial
success. Nearly every planter has a
good, big acreage in peanuts this year,
and the yield promises to eclipse that
of any other county in the state. This
is due to the fact that facilities have
been made in Americus for the handl
ing of the oil contained in this pro
duct. This oil is capable of being
made into oil-cake, which has been
proven to be of prime value as feed
I
for stock. This industry promises to
bo one of the largest in the country,
and as peanuts can be cheaply pro
duced, a large crop will mean a
bunch of money over expenses.
After everything has been consid
ered, never before in the history of
the county have signs seemed quite as
propitious for a bumper f.-t’.
Charles Chaplin
Sues As He Is
Not Funny Much
NEW YORK, April 22. —Charles
Chaplin, the millionaire movie actor,
has gone to law to protect his highly
valuable reputation as a comedian. He
has started the first suit ever filed be
cause a picture is not funny enough.
Chaplin has brought suit against the
Essaney Film Manufacturing Company,
his former employers, and the Vita
graph-Lubin-Selig-Essanay, Inc., for
iparmanent injunction against the dis
tr . ution of th.:- m 'on picture known
as “Charlie Ct aplin’s Burlesque on Car
men.” The action is in the Supreme
Court of New York.
Chaplin is now working on a salary
of $670,000 for the Mutual Film Cor
poration, which fact he cites as evi
dence of the great value of his name
as a comedian.
Chaplin’s salary is the equivalent of
(six per cent, return on an invested cap
i ital of $11,166,666, which may be taken
as a measure of the value ol his name
a a comedian.
The actor charges that the picture as
originally made by him was in two
reels of one thousand feet each and
that it is being released in four
' padded" reels of such quality as to
■seriously injure his fame.
The actor charges that the picture as
Under the terms of his contract
Chaplin alleges that the Essanay com
pany agreed that no pictures bearing
his name should be released without
his approval and final O. K. He says
tnat he made a two reel “Carmen” and
directly charges that the Essanay com
pany. after he had completed the pic
ture and left the employ of the com
pany, employed one Ben Turpin and
p ther actors to make additional pic
i tures with which “Carmen” was
11 added.
“I did not think the picture was any
'‘world beater’ when I made it in two
reels," said Chaplin in a statement
MAKE YOUR PoRCH
COMFORTABLE
BEFORE HOT WEATHER
ftp-
“She can look out, Lut you can*t look in”
trade tyudor MARK
PATENTED
PORCH SHADES
“VUDOR” Shades will make your porch an
ideal summer living room. Ask your friends
who already use them. Those who have once
used “VUDqRS” never use any others.
They are fine for sleeping porches
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BUY the large sizes of JONES’
BALSAM OF BENZOIN when your
horses are troubled with scratches
thrush, galled shoulders, swellings and
flesh wounds. Sod on the money-back
plan. Ask your dealer for it. 9-I'm
FOR RENT
FOR RENT —Two nice upstairs fur
nished or unfurnished, connecting
rooms; close in. Phone 699. J. P. Can
non, 409 Lamar street. 20-ts
FOR RENT—Eight-room house with
modern improvements, on Lee street,
No. 131; close in; possession at once.
K. E. Cato. 13-ts
FOR RENT—House and lot 155 Tai
lor street, now occupied by J. T.
Stakes. See R. E. McNulty. 8-14
WANTED—M isceilaneous
WOMEN WANTED—FuII time, sal
ary $15.00, selling guarantee hosiery
io wearer; 25c an hour spare time;
permanent; experience unnecessary.
International Mills, Ann St., Norris
town, a. P 23-lt
given out at the Los Angeles studio
where he is now at work. “But now
that it is stretched into four it can
not possibly do justice to me or stand
as my product. It is decidedly unfair
to me to release the picture in this
form, besides it is a violation of the
terms of my agreement with Essanay.
as has been set up by my lawyers in
New York.’’
WANTED—Two lady canvassers for
[Americus and vicinity. $15.00 week
salary and expenses. Bestever Mfg.
Co.. East St. Louis, 111. 23-3 t
FARM LOANS—at 6 per cant. Inter
est. Terms satisfactory. R. L. May
nard.
NASSAR GROCERY COMPANY—
This side Seaboard Depot, Clark Bros,
old stand. All kinds fancy groceries
and fruits. Phone 576. 29-lm
FARM LOANS Can give goo(
terms on farm loans; money plenti
ful. W. W. Dynes. 15-tj
LOANS made on farms at Six Per-
Cent. Interest. J. J. Hanesiey.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.—I am
now prepared to grind your corn into
the best and purest unbolted meal;
also have a special mill to grind your
corn in the shuck, cob and all into
stock feed. Grind hay, oats, alfalfa and
anything that grows on land that yon
want ground. In grinding your stock
feed you absolutely lose nothing—the
mill grinds it all. Bring your corn to
my mill, and remember I grind it up
into meal or stock feed and guarantee
prompt service and a square deal. I
have the only stock feed mill in this
vicinity. Give me your order and ee |
pleased. J. W. L. Daniel, College St,
on Seaboard Tracks.
FOR SALL
LEE STREET SAND PIT—In old
Elbert Head Fish Pond. Best building
sand in Georgia. Short haul, easy to
’rad, very accessible, 20 cents for 2
horse load at pit, or 85 cents delivered;
75c in large quantities. See Harrold
Brothers or L. G. Council. 21-ts
DON’T USE POOR OIL-For use on
sewing machines, bic> ,les and all pur
poses requiring a fine lubricant, the
best is the cheapest in the end. Gen
uine Singer Oil can only be obtained
at Singer Shops. Look for the red S
Singer Sewing Machine Company, No,
402 Windsor Block, T ac k son street.
11-13-16-w
SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1913
FOR SALE—Strawberry cups by the
dozen, hundred or thousand. Buch*
anan Gro, Co.
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FOR SALE—Two 60-foot front, va
cant lots, on the north side of Taylor
street, Americus, Ga„ being a part of
the lot known as the A. B. Campbell
home lot. and lying immediately east
of the residence of D. R. Andrews. For
terms of sale see R. L. Maynard, Ex
ecutor of Estate if Mrs. A. B. Camp
bell. 21-ts
TOMATO PLANTS—Earhan's Beau
ty, Globe, Stone; extra large plants $
weeks old, 100, 75c; 200, $1.25; 300
$2.00; sent to your P. O. box postage
paid. Sweet potato plants, Nanc»
Hall, Early Triumph, Bunch and Yel
lew Yams. 500, $1.25; 1,000, $2.00, post
paid; we fill all orders daily in April
and May. Evergreen Plant Farms, Ev
ergreen, Ala. 3-20 t
A MACHINE FOR WOMEN—Should
be the best obtainable. The Singer
Sewing Machine is acknowledged the
lightest running, most durable and
convenient of any. Look for the red
S. Singer Sewing Machine Company,
No. 402 Windsor Block, Jackson
Street. 11-13-16-w
WANTED—To cut and thresh your
grain. Griff Eldridge. 19-6 t
J. A. GLASGOW, tailor-making, re
pairing; display Mason-Hanson sam
ples. 215 Lamar Street. 5-ln
LOSI
LOST—Cross of Honor badge with
my name on it. Return to me at
courthouse. W. T. Weekly,. 23-2 t
STOLEN—Niger bicycle; blue lock
ed; in good condition; from Ebenezer
church, near Maddox Crossing. Sam
McGarrah, Plains, Ga.
Ail He Wanted.
Newly arrived from the Highlands,
Jack McT.tvlsh wandered about the
big city until fairly tired out. Long
had he hesitated about entering any
of the brilliantly lighted restaurants,
but at length he mustered up courage
and was us iered to a table. The
waiter handed him the menu card,
which was a foreign language to Mo
• avish. I naily, in desperation, he
sa!d to the hovering waiter; Ah’m no
hungry, no hungry at a’. Just bring
'>» a plate o' whisky an' a w4e
wooa!"