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STOCKHOLDERS
DISTRICT FI 111
MEET THURSDAY
A meeting of the stockholders of tire
Third District Agricultural fair will
be held Thursday night June 15th ,at
the Chamber of Commerce for the pur
pose of organizing and hearing re
ports of the progress of the fair.
There will be a board of directors
elected by the stockholders, consist
ing of not less than seven, nor more
than twelve, who shall all be residents
of Sumter county. Immediately after j
the meeting of the stockholders, at
which this board of directors is elect
ed, the board will meet, and they will
proceed to elect a president, vice presi
dent, treasurer and secretary.
The by-laws, as outlined by the or
ganization committee will be adopted,
and these provide that a board of dis
trict commissioners shall be elected,
or appointed, consisting of one com
missioner from each county represent
ed in the Third Agricultural district,
with the exception of Sumter. This
commission will transact all business
for the fair that shall relate to the
counties outside of Sumter.
This is a very important meeting,
and there is not a single stockholder
who should be absent. The time has
arrived when we now must begin to
get busy and the work must progress
fast, and many details will have to be
looked after that must be brought
about by the organization.
This meeting as schedued for Wed
nesday night, but on account of the
Elks’ Flag Day exercises, it was post
poned untf! Thursday ulght ♦
ATTENTION LADIES
Summer Is here and the family will
want a comfortable bed to sleep on
during the hot summer nights, they
will want a mattress that Is made up
right and out of the right kind of ma
teria 1.
Call Phone No. 120 and talk to us
about our prices and material, and we
are sure that we will convince you that
It will be to your benefit to give us a
trial.
Pope Matte Company
The Royal Case
Tor Ladies and Gentlemen.
Just opened. Gt. .a excellent service.
The menu consists of the best the mar
ket affords and you get what you want
If It Is not on menu call for it and if it!
Is in the market you get it Everything l
new and up-to-date.
S. BANIACAS, Propr.
E D. RAMOS, Manager.
*O7 Lamar St. .. .. Telephone tSS,
MISS BESSIE WINDSOR
. . Insurance . .
Fire, Accident and Bonds, Oi
fice Forsyth St. ’Phone 313
Myrtle Springs
I THE RESORT DE LUXE
Every modem convenience—Electric
lights, finest water on earth, sanitary connec-
I tions. A large concrete swimming pool, filled
I with the purest water possible; a large pavil
lion, hard v oad floors, with water-proof roof
With dancing every Thursday night and first
class orchestra. Four cottages equipped with
electric lights, kitchen and stove with every
I cottage. Space allowed for tent campers.
I Rates most reasonable Shower baths in
dressing rooms, and toilet connections. Corps
of assistants always on hand to serve campers
I and visitors. A store, with facilities toi furn
ishing all -necessaries is maintained by the
management. Easy of access, being only seven
miles from Sumter county court house, and on
one of best roads in the county. Season now
in full swing. For particulars see
H. W. WIGGINS, Americus, Ga.
Route C., Myrtle Springs
ms BOIL
HEM! OFFENSE
MMTEOTOI
The Russian offensive against the
southern portion of the eastern front
on yesterday appeared at a point about
seventy-five miles north of Pinsk. The
Germm war office, reporting this fact,
says Field Marshal Von Hindenburg’s
forces repulsed several massed Rus
sian infantry attacks, with heavy loss
es to the attackers. The Petrograd
war office states the Russians have oc
cupied a position twenty miles north
east of Czenrnowitz, the capital of Bu
kowina. Six thousand more prisoners i
were taken by the Russians yesterday,
and Czernowitz is apparently on the
eve of falling before the invaders. The
Russians are reported to have cut the
Austrians’ communications north of the
city.
A violent artillery engagement oc
curred last night in the vicinity of
Vaux on the Verdun front, which the
Germans captured several days ago,
says the French war office. No infan
try action follow ed the artillery attack,
however. The French attacked and
cat ried a small German post near Ven
izel, east of Solssons, and a number of
Germans were captured in a raid at
Songren in the Vosges, today.
Italian troops have repulsed Austrian
attacks along the Posila line in the
Southern Tyrol, says a Rome official
statement. The Austrian attacks fol
lowed extensive artillery preparation.
GEORGIA FARM IRAN
ASSOCIATION MET IN MACON
MACON, June 14.—The annual meet
ing of the Georgia Farm Loan associa
tion was held at the Hotel Lanier in
Macon, with thirteen members present,
ccming from Savannah, Atlanta, Chat
tanooga, Americus and Marietta. The
meeting was given over to a general
discussion of farm loans in Georgia.
O. A. Coleman, of Macon, was unan
imously elected president. The other
officers are G. R. Ellis, of Americus,
first vice president; H. M. Smith, of
Macon, second vice president, and B. J.
Dasher, of Macon, secretary and treas
urer. The next convention will be
held at Tybee Island in 1917.
Mr. Coleman succeeds J. H. Hollo
man, of Atlanta, as president, while
G R. Ellis succeeds M. M. Sessions,
o. Marietta.
After all business was transacted,
the members adjourned for lunch and
later left for their homes.
CHARITY NEEDED.
Your help is requested for a deserv
ing charity. A mother afflicted with
tuberculosis needs a trained nurse. Con
tributions will be accepted at this office
for the Associated Charities.
CHICHESTER S PILLS
THE DIAMOND BRAND. A
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I*lll* in Red and Gold
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r SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
RATES NOT HIGHER
ON GEORGIA ROADS
Railroads Reply to Statement By Statis
tical Bureau Os the Georgia Ship
pers' Association
COMPARISONS CORRECT
Sh’pperg Are Asked To Suspend Judg
ment Until Commission Looks
Into Revision Question
Atlanta, Ga.—Replying to state
ments which they declare are In
complete and wholly misleading, the
following statement on the proposed
revision of freight rates in Geor
gia has been issued by Messrs. E. T.
Lamb, president of the Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantic Railway, R. A.
fourth vice president of the
Atlantic Cost Line, W. A. Winburn,
president of the Central of Georgia, J.
B. Munson, vice president of the Geor
gia Southern and Florida, C. R. Capps,
first vice president of the Seaboard
Air Line, and J. M. Culp, vice presi
dent of the Southern Railway:
“Articles and editorials have recent
ly appeared in a number of Georgia
newspapers, based upon a statement
given out by the Statistical Bureau of
the Georgia Shippers’ Association,
and purporting to show that the aver
age of the present and proposed rates
on Classes 1 to 6 in Georgia for cer
tain distances are high as compared
with the rates in Virginia, North Caro
lina and South Carolina, and pointing
out the different methods prescribed
by the Commissions of North Carolina
and of South Carolina for making
joint or combination rates.
“The figures presented in this arti
cle do not fairly represent the meas
ure of the freight charges in these
States as compared with Georgia.
“In the first place, no mere compari
son of the figures applicable in the
different States on Classes 1 to 6 cor
rectly reflects the actual freight
charges on the traffic that moves, be
cause of the widely different freight
Classifications prescribed by the
several States.
"Furthermore, the great bulk of the
traffic that moves within the South
ern States is handled under other
Class rates or under commodity rates.
“This is especially true in Georgia,
and the Railroad Commission of Geor
gia prescribes rates on commodities
that move in great volume, such as
fertilizer, fertilizer material, iron and
steel articles, forest products, brick
and melons, that are substantially
lower than the prevailing rates on the
same articles in other Southern
States.
Georgia Rates Lower
“The Classification prescribed by
the Railroad Commission of Georgia
is lower than that of any other South
ern State. The following Classifica
tion comparison is illustrative of this
with respect to some important arti
cles in the merchandise classes
(Classes 1 to 6):
South North
Georgia Carolina Carolina Virginia
Class Class Class Class
Canned Fruits and Vegetables a 5 with- 5 4 4
out p. c
Paper Pads and Tablets .... 3 2 2 3
Tinware 4 2 3 2
Brooms 5 11 I and 2
Butter 5 1 2 and 3 2
Crackers 5 4 4 4
Matches 8 11 1
Clothing, Cotton 5 11 1
Woolen Goods a 4 with- 4 11
out p c.
Bags, Cotton 6 4 5 4
Cotton Piece Goods a 6 with- b Special 5 4
out p. c.
(a) —“Without p. c.’ means that the
rates of the Class C roads —A., B.
& A., C. of Ga., S. A. L. and South
ern Ry.—in Georgia are 25 per cent
less than their mileage rates on Class
es 4, 5 and 6, respectively.
(b) —“The ‘special’ South Carolina
rates are substantially higher than the
Georgia rates.
“Therefore, while the rates on
Classes 1 to 6 in Georgia may be high
er than the same Class rates in other
States, as a practical matter, due to
the lower Classification in Georgia,
the actual rates paid by the Georgia
shippers are lower on numerous and
important articles.
“In its opinion In a case brought fcy
the Atlanta Freight Bureau against
Georgia rates, the Railroad Commis
sion of Georgia in 1904 said: ‘The
Commission finds upon investigation
that the rates promulgated by it are
as a whole lower than the rates es
tablished by the Commissions of oth
er Southern States. In the inve*stiga
tion of this case it was alleged, and
not denied, that the Classification of
the Railroad Commission of Georgia
contains items rated lower than any
other Classification, as follows: South
ern Classification 360 items, Alabama
315, Mississippi 250, Tennessee 333,
North Carolina 167, South Carolina
261, Florida 266.’ A comparison of
the Georgia Classification with other
Classifications is more favorable to
Georgia at this time than it was in
1904, because of the fewer exceptions
to the Southern Classification now in
effect in other Southern States.
Propose Thousands of Reductions
“In referring to the disparity be
tween the methods of constructing
joint rates in North Carolina and
South Carolina, as compared with the
methods in Georgia, the Statistical
Bureau fails to mention the important
fact that the railroads have proposed
to observe the long and short haul
principle in making rates in Geor
gia, which, if permitted, will eliminate
in large measure the combination bas
7HE OPERA HOUSE
The original William 1.-\ine Faus
soux to appear here Thursday night.
The announcement of the forthcom
ing engagement of Fayssoux the youth
ful prodigy, whose achievements in
mental telepathy and hypnotism have i
been the talk of the large cities ol
the country for years, will be received
with uncommon interest. His demon- 1
aerations in the occult sciences surpass j
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
Is used in making joint rates, causing
thousands of reductions, which, fairly
considered, have an important bear
ing on the reasonableness of the pro
posed Georgia tariff.
"The Bureau omits mention of the
fact that in Virginia no deduction is
required from the local ratejs of sepa
rate lines on joint hauls, which is also
true of joint rates in Tennessee.
“The Statistical Bureau also omits
to mention a feature of the present
Georgia tariff which favors Georgia
shippers, namely, the application of
what is known as the ‘break’ in ap
plying the mileage scales for dis
tances under 100 miles. Thus, in the
other States, for a haul between 20
and 25 miles, the 25 mile scale is ap
plied.
In Georgia the 20 mile scale applies
up to 22 miles. To illustrate: the dis
tance from Atlanta to Jonesboro is 21
miles. Under the rule of the Georgia
Commission, the mileage rate for 20
miles is applied, while under the rules
in North Carolina and South Carolina
the rate for 25 miles is applied, and
on the Southern Railway in Virginia
(locally and jointly between all sta
tions on the Washington, Danville
and Richmond Divisions) and in Ten
nessee (Knoxville Division), the rate
for 30 miles is applied.
Unfair To The Railroads
“Furthermore, the comparisons
made by the Statistical Bureau are
unfair to the railroads, as the rates in
Virginia, North and South Carolina
are exhibited as if they had been
established by the railroads voluntar
ily. As a matter of fact, the rates in
North and South Carolina were
established by the Commissions or
Legislatures of the States over the
protests of the railroads, and the lat
ter have no option but to apply them.
The rates of the Southern Railway
in Virginia were established many
years ago under conditions entirely
different from those existing in other
Southern States.
“Due consideration of the foregoing
facts, and the addition of the Ten
nessee, Alabama, Florida and Missis
sippi rates (doubtless unintentionally
omitted), or the rates in any one of
those states, in making the compari
sons would have led the Bureau to a
different conclusion.
“While the foregoing may appear
highly technical to the average read
er, we trust it is sufficiently clear to
show how easy one may be misled by
deductions based on a partial pres
entation of facts, using rates selected
for the purpose that the analyst was
seeking to obtain.
“After all, these illustrations merely
emphasize the notorious fact that
there exists a multitude of discrimina
tions, the outgrowth of our dual sys
tem of rate making, which, however
necessary or wise in the past, is un
suited to present conditions in this
great country. This system, and not
the carriers, is to blame for these
inequalities, and the Statistical Bu
reau appears unmindful of the fact that
the plan of the carriers is to remove
the very inequalities which form the
basis of their comparisons.
“As the result of the efforts of ship
pers of each state to secure rates low
er than the rates paid by shippers of
neighboring states, and by interstate
shippers, we have no two systems of
rates alike, and, as a consequence,
there are numerous discriminations
and inequalities, which the railroads
are seeking to remove with the co
operation of the various state regula
tory bodies.
Would Remove Discriminations
“It is for the purpose of perfecting
a rate adjustment for the entire South
east, which would eliminate such dis
criminations and discrepancies be
tween intrastate rates in the different
states, and between intrastate rates
and interstate rates, that the railroads
have proposed the readjustment in
Georgia which they are now asking
the Railroad Commission of Georgia
to approve, and, with this same pur
pose in view, they are submitting simi
lar petitions to the Commissions of
other Southern States.
“We are confident that the read
justment we are proposing would give
an harmonious and reasonable system
of rates under which every shipper
would pay like charges for similar
services, both intrastate and inter
state.
“Manifestly, such a readjustment
cannot be made without increasing
rates between points where they are
now relatively low, and on commodi
ties which do not pay their Just share
of the cost of transportation. Such
a fair and harmonious adjustment
can never be reached without increas
ing some rates since it would bankrupt
the railroads to make an adjustment
by the only other process—that of re
ducing every rate to the level of the
lowest rate in effect in any state in
the Southeastern territory.
“We think it is only fair, and we
are asking no more than justice, when
we again request that the shippers
of Georgia, and the public generally,
suspend judgment in regard to this
matter until the entire question has
been threshed out before the Rail
road Commission of Georgia.”
the most fantastic marvels attributed
to the parsos, priests and metaphysi
cians of the Hindo temples.
The human mind is to Fayssoux an
open book, which he reads with un
erring accuracy. The mind reading ex
pioits of the telepathists, spirit med
iums and other charlatans whose fakes
have excited wonder because of the
cleverness of the iraposters who have
been practising before the pubic for
years, are eclipsed by the bona fide
Traveling Equipment for the “Go Aways”
TRUNKS, BAGS, SUIT CASES
Those of you who are hurrying away should visit this baggage depart
ment. We show none but high grade luggage and consequently havenoth
mg to doubt as to quality.
All of our trunks, bags, suit cases are new and are made in the most
substantial manner. While they are built for service a certain degree of
smartness in shape and finish has not been overlooked.
Included are satchels, leather suit cases and bags, trunks, etc.
Agents for “IN DESTRUCTO" Trunks
TRUNKS $7.50 to $42.50
Suit Cases and Hand Bags - $3.50 to $20.00
CfoiA/eu&
MEMBER AMERICUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
demonstrations of the Great Fayssoux.
The marvelous exhibitions Fayssoux
gives convinces the most skeptical of
his extraordinary psychic art.
He submits to tests that prove be
yond the shadow of doubt that his per
formances are absolutely genuine and
above reproach.
SILLS SHOE STORE
BEINGJEIUIODELEO
W. A. Rembert as recently let a
contract to F. L. Granberry for the
remodeling of Sills shoe store on La
mar street.
An addition of about 20 feet will be
added on at the back of the present
store, which will add a great deal more
space, the display windows will be
made over and re-arranged, while the
fixtures in the store will be improved
and re-arranged.
Mr. Sills when these improvements
are completed, will have one of the
most up-to-date shoe stores in Ameri
PAY YOUR GAS AND ELECTRIC
BILLS.
Bills for May service are now
due and unless same are paid at oar
office by 15th, service will be discon
tinued without further notice.
AMERICUS PUBLIC SERVICE CO.
13-2 t
LOMBARD
FOUNDRY, MACHINE, BOILER WORKS
and MILL SUPPLY STORE
Augusta, Georgia.
Capacity, 300 Hands. Hundred
Thousand feet floor space. Cotton, Oil,
Gin, Saw, Grist, Fertilizer, Cane, Shin
gle Mill Machinery, Supplies and Re
pairs and Castings, Shafting, Pulleys,
Hangers, Wood, Coal and Sawdust
Gratebars, Pumps, Pipe, Valves and
Fittings, Injectors, Belting, Packing,
Hose, etc. Cast every day. One hun
dred machines and good men ready to
1o your work quick.
FORD Motor Care, Supplies and Re
pairs In Stock. : Quick Delivery
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Minimum charge of 2k.
No classified advertisement will be
charged to any one unless their name
appears on our subscription books.
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-lm
FOR SALE
FOR SALE—One E. M. F. cut-down
roadster in excellent condition; will
sell cheap, or trade for five-passenger
car. John T. Carter, R. F. D. No. 3,
Americas, Ga. i3_2t
FOR SALE—Overland touring car;
desirable for car or truck; price
SIOO.OO. R. E. Black. 9-6 t
FOR SALE—Hudson roadster; first
class condition; newly painted. Phone
535. 28-ts
LEE STREET SAND PIT—In old
Elbert Head Fish Pond. Best building
3and in Georgia. Short haul, easy tc
‘cad, 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-tJ
FOR RENT
FOR RENT Three connecting
rooms with light and water furnished,
to couple without children. Telephone
43 L
FOR RENT—One apartment on
lower floor of Johnson apartments;
immediate possession. H. R. John
son- 18-ts
WAN i ED—Miscellaneous j
WANTED: Desirable tenant fog *
premises within Hotel Windsor, now
occupied by Singer Manufacturing
Co. Apply to George D. Wheatley.
27-tL
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 19l|
WANTED Pressman and prose
feeder; open shop; give experience an j
wages with your reply. Address
"Press,” care of Times-Recorder.
12-3 t ;
V*
I have several applicants who wish
to rent houses. Let me know what you
have. J. H. PURVIS. 11-6 t
J. A. GLASCOW, Tailor—Making and
repairing. 215 Lamar Street. 7-261
TO LEND—I have some local money
to lend on desirable city property. H.
O. Jones. i7_y
FARM LOANS can give good
terms on farm loans; money plenti
ful. W. W. Dykes. x5-tl
FARM LOANS—at 6 per ©ant. Inter*
est. Terms satisfactory. R. L, May*
nard.
LOANS made on farms Jit Six Per-
Cent. Interest. J. J. Hanesley.
LOST—Suitcase; on dirt road be
tween Americus and Andersonville;:
contains evening suit. Reward, if re
turned to R. P. Stackhouse. 14-ts
IMPORTANT!
It will be to your Interest to investi
gate what we have in the Freeh Meat
*nd Green Grocery line. We will give
you value received for your money.
Give us a trial. Yon- business will be
appreciated. Freeh Meats and Grocer
ies always on hand. We have fresh
Vegetables every day and freeh Fish
especially. We are sanitary In every
respect, and we assure you of prompt
delivery when you order from us.
LEE STREET CASH MARKET
hone MAS Hudson Buildk*
WONDER PRESSING CLUB
A- HENDERSON, Prop.
Next Chinese Laundry.
Suits pressed and Cleaned 60s
Suits Pressed 250
Ladies’ Work a Specialty.
V\ ork done and delivered same day.