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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
•'HIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
» GAME WARDEN IS
PUSHING CASES
UNDER THE LAWS
Ten warrants have been issued in
the past two days charging violations
of the Georgia game laws in Sumter
county. They are pushed by Game
Warden W. T. McMath. Three of the
warrants were issued yesterday after
noon against white people on three
counts —hunting without permission;
hunting without a license and killing
squirrels out of season.
The squirrel season opened Sunday,
October Ist, and close March Ist.
Many reports have been received by
the game warden charging violations
of the law and they will be strenuously
urged by the officials.
Some of the Laws.
The section of the law governing
hunting without permission is:
"No person shall hunt or fish upon
the lands of another with or without
license without first having obtained
permission from such land owner. Any
person violating this section is hereby
declared to be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be punished as prescribed in
section twelve of this act.”
Another section which tells of the
birds and animals which are deemed
game is:
"The following shall be deemed as
e game birds and animals: Quail, com
monly known as Bob White Partridges;
doves, snipe, woodcocks and curlews,
wild turkeys, grouse, pheasant, deer,
squirrels, duck and marsh hens. Pro
vided, that nothing herein contained
shall prohibit the hunting or sale of
migratory ducks, provided that no one
person shall kill more than fifty ducks
in any cue day, and the season for
shooting migratory ducks is between
September Ist and April 20th.”
Calendar of Seasons.
Here is the official game calendar
for the state of Georgia, just issued by
the state game warden. Sportsmen in
Georgia and other states are requested
to clip the same and keep it for future
reference. The calendar follows:
Quail —November 20 to March 1;25
ii> one day.
Doves —August 1 to 31 and November
2o to March 1; 25 in one day.
Cat Squirrels—October 1 to March 1;
15 in one day.
Summer or Wood Duck—September
I to January 1; 25 in one day.
Migratory Duck —September 1 to
April 20; 50 in one day.
Woodcock —December 1 to January
1; 25 in one day.
Plovers —November 20 to March I;
25 in one day.
Marsh Hens—No closed season, but
one day’s kill limited to 25.
Snipe—December 1 to May 1; 25 in
one day.
Wild Turkey—Either sex, November
20 to March 1; 2 in the season.
Deer—Either sex, October 1 to De
cember 1; 1 in the season.
■x Another section which is brought to
the attention of the people is: “Any
person who shall at any time kill jr
capture or wound any game bird or
onimal by the use of pitfall, deadfall,
snare, trap, pen or other device, or by
the use of any poison, drug or explos
ive, or who shall hunt, catch, or kill
any game or animals at night, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction, punished as prescribed in
.section.l2 of this act.”
The Non-Game Birds.
The law says what is non-game, and
also refers to the outlaw birds in the
following section:
“It shall be unlawful for any person
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THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED IN AMERICUS AND THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WITH TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
NEGRO ARRESTED ON A
CHARGE OF LARCENY
Willie Williams, a negro drayman in
the city, was arrested yesterday after
noon on a charge of larceny from the
house. His bond was assessed at $l5O.
I: is said that a young girl, Elar Mayes,
charged tjiat Williams had possession
of some of her furniture.
EXTRA POLICE ON
DOTI US ATLANTA
SUFFERS STRIKE
(BY QUIMBY MELTON)
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 30.—Following
agitation continued during several
days recently a general strike of street
;r employees on the lines of the Geor
gia Railway & Electric Company here
was called to begin Saturday after
noon at 5:30 o’clock. Promptly at
that hour many men left their cars,
but the number of desertions has not
yet seriously affected the service.
Officials of the operating company,
who had anticipated such a move were
prepared to handle the situation, and
the places of strikers were all prompt
ly filled.
Soon after the strike was inaugurat
ed, the police reserves were stationed
throughout the downtown section of
Atlanta and early tonight kept close
watch on developments there. Mayor
Woodward called a meeting of the po
lice commission early this afternoon,
and at this meeting plans for keep
ing down violence were worsed out.
Strict orders were given patrolmen j
and reserves to handle rioters with
the utmost dispatch and a public state
ment issued by authority of the police
department says that rioting is to be
suppressed at all hazards.
Labor leaders claimed tonight that
the strike is developing satisfactorily
and that the tie-up will become com
plete before Sunday night, but this'
claim has not been borne out by the i
interruption in service claimed to
has been caused. Cars are moving
tonight, apparently, as usual, and offi
cers of the Georgia Railway & Power
Company, assert that little inconven
ience will be suffered by the public as
a result of the strike.
TWO BOYS SELECTED
is Flirt’s guests
Austin Greene, of Route 2, Plains,
and Willis Hollman, of Route 2, Leslie,
are the two Sumter county boys who
will visit the Southeastern Fair in
Atlanta in October, as the guest of the
organization. They were the Success
ful boys of fourteen contestants in
the examination Saturday in the offices
of the Chamber of Commerce. The
questions were prepared by Agent J.
G Oliver, and the judges were Agent J.
N. Mcßride, of the Seaboard Air Line
railway, and Secretary P. A. Feni
more, of the Chamber of Commerce.
The necessary sum of $lO to partic
ipate in the fair was given by the editor
of the Times-Recorder and the South
Georgia Progress.
PASTOR FOR CHURCH TO
BE CALLED SUNDAY
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, at
First Baptist church a conference will
be held for the purpose of calling a
pastor to succeed Dr. Lansing Bur
rows. A full attendance of the mem
bers of the church is especially desired I
I
at this conference.
A PAPER FOR ALL THE PEOPLE
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 1, 1916
BUSINESSMENTO
FARMERS IS THE
LETTERJENT OUT
Business men of Americus, Plains,
Leslie arm Cobb have sent personal let
ters to their friends and customers in
Sumter county regarding the future
position and situation of the county
because of the presence of the boll
weevil.
Agricultural Agent J. G. Oliver has
prepared a letter which is sent with
the business men’s letter, and it tells
of the things necessary to grow cot
ton with the weevil.
The letter of the business men is
The appearance of the boll weevil in
Southwest Georgia brings us face to
face with a condition that seriously
threatens the most substantial pillar
ir. the foundation upon which we. have
built our business an® to which we
owe our present prosperity.
It is folly for any of us to rest se
cure in the belief that we are to es
cape the disastrous consequences vis
ited upon other sections by this pest,
| for the 801 l Weevil is here now; it is
I scattered throughout Sumter and ad
| joining counties to an extent that
presages grave consequences to all of
us next year unless we act the part of
wise men and take immediate action to
control the situation by the adoption
I of methods that have proven success
ful elsewhere.
If every planter will be guided by
the experience of others and prepare
now to adopt his plantation manage
ment to the necessary changes, the less
his loss will be.
Experience proves that cotton that
cotton can be grown under weevil con
. ditions on a reduced acreage, and per
haps at a reduced profit, but the i
amount you can grow, even by reduc
ing your acreage per plow depends on j
your wilingness and determination to
begin the fight now.
The planter cannot fail to realize
that his interests are so closely allied
with the interests of the bankers and
business men that it is necessary for
the general welfare to take measures
that will tend to our security, and at
the same time your future prosperity;
I and we, recognizing the need for im
mediate action, urge you to profit by
the experience of others and follow
the advice and instruction of the Agri
cultural Department of the United
States and the State College of Agri
culture.
The enclosed instructions, furnished
us through Mr. J. G. Oliver, our Dis
trict Agricultural Agent and indorsed
by the undersigned, should be strictly
followed and we hope to be advised
that you have decided to adopt them.
Yours very truly.
Americus, Ga.
Planters Bank, by L. G. Council;
Bank of Commerce, by Frank Sheffield;
Commercial City Bank, by Crawford
Wheatley; Moreland-Jones Co., by W.
M. Jones; Sparks Grocery Co., by C. C.
Williams; Tennessee Chemical Co., by
Tracy Cunnigham; J. W. Harris; E. C.
Parker; Harrold Brothers; The Gate
wrnod Grocery; Glover Grocery Co., by
C. S. Glover; Americus Grocery Co., by
Frank Lanier; J. H. Poole & Sons, by
J. E. Poole; Commercial Warehouse, by
C. H. Burke; Georgia Chemical Works,
by T. F. Gatewood, Jr.; W. E. Brown;
G. E. Buchanan; Buchanan Grocery
Co.; J. S Bolton. •
Plains, Ga
Plains Bank, by W. L. Thomas; Cit
izens Bank, by N. V. Timmerman;
Plains Warehouse Co., by B. W. Ba
con; Oliver-McDonald Co., by R. S.
Oliver.
Leslie, Ga.
The Bank of Leslie, by W. T. Ander
son; Griffin & Wallace; Johnson-Wil
son Co.; W. J. Hill, Cobb, Ga.; Vir
ginia-Carolina Chemical Co., by W. El
lison Richards, Georgia Sales Manager.
Oliver’s Instructions.
The letter of Agent J. G. Oliver is:
Fall Work.
1. —Get our crop as early as possible.
Turn under the stalks not less than
four inches deep three to four weeks
before frost, if stalks cannot be turn
ed under deep enough rip them up, rake
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STALKER BUILDING A
HOME FOR M’DONALD
E. T. Stalker returned Saturday af
ternoon from Sumter to spend the
week-end with his family here. Mr.
Stalker is now engaged in building a
handsome six room residence for
George McDonald, near Sumter. The
residence will be finished in a few
weeks and will be a very pretty home.
SECOND YEAR OF
THE AFTERNOON
DAILYOFTHET.-R.
Today marks the second anniversary
of the change of the Americus Timee
| Recorder from a morning daily to an
afternoon newspaper.
On October Ist, 1914, the Times-Re
fcorder was changed from its publica
tion days of every morning, except
Monday, to every afternoon except
Sunday. In October, 1915, the Satur
day afternoon daily was discarded and
the Sunday morning Times-Recorder
begun again.
These are interesting facts which
mark the rapid strides of the Times-
Recorder during those two years when
she changed from the morning paper
to the afternoon daily. The most im
portant event coupled with the change
was the membership of the Associated
Press w'hich the paper assumed on the
day of the change in October, 1914.
Since that time the old reliable news
service has been steady in its dispensa
tion of all the news of the world. With
the European war raging;- the United
States undergoing the most serious
events in her history; and the entire
world aglow with interesting happen
ings—it has been necessary to have
telegraphic service. When the Times-
Reocrder was a morning paper
through the entire week, it had to de
pend on the state press and special
correspondents Today, she has joined
hands with the greatest American pa
pers in the co-operative plan of gath
ering news under the name of the As
sociated Press. To say that having
the A. P. is indispensible is speaking
tut mildly.
The progress of the paper in circula
tion has been steady, although the new
ness of the change in its early days
caused the public to accustomize
themselves to the afternoon paper. The
Times-Recorder in the afternoon has
the field clear before any other paper
by three and one-half hours. It car
ries the news which is found in the
early editions of the outside morning
papers, known to the newspaper fra
ternity as "bull-dogs.”
Just glance through today’s Times-
Recorder and see what it means to be
coupled with the outside world by
telegraphic wires, always on the alert.
And, the Times-Recorder is the only
paper in the Third congressional dis
trict with telegraphic service.
"wmciFis brink
ARfIUNO THE CITY
"Whackum” is the latest.
It’s a concoction of extract of ja
miaca ginger and other things with a
strong tendency to furnish just such
an effect as whiskey. It is the thing
which is worrying the police and sev
eral parties have been arrested with
‘ whackum” on them.
Lemon extracts is another beverage
which is being used by people whom
the police have come in contact with.
Steps are being taken by the officials
to break up this wild drink and other
things which will be awaited by the
public.
SEVERAL EVENTS
FEATURE DAY'S
NEWSINTHEWAR
Heavy fighting continued Saturday
on the Somme front. The French war
office reports further progress north
of Rancourt by means of grenade at
tacks. while the British report states
Jbe fighting was unusually heavy dur-
I • e
I in yesterday. An interesting announce
ment in connection with the fighting
Ms the statement that one division of
I a new British army was engaged for
the first time. British troops during
Saturday entered the German trenches
south of Neuville St. Vaast and took a
number of prisoners.
Morgan Arranging Big Loan.
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—J. P. Mor
gan, head of the banking house of J.
A. Morgan & Co., who are financial
agents of the British government in the
United States has engaged passage on
the American liner New' York, which
failed today for Europe. It is report
led that Mr. Morgan will visit Europe
to arrange details for floating another
$250,000,000 British loan in this coun
try, the loan to be secured by Amer
ican securities placed in trust with
Morgan & Co., at New York.
Berlin BP-ter Against Americans.
BERLIN, Sept. 30.—Prictically all of
the Berlin newspapers today contrib
ute bitter criticisms to those Ameri
cans serving in the French army, the
reported death of Flight Lieutenant
Kiffen Rockwell, of Atlanta, Ga., pre
cipitating a storm of hostile criticism.
The Post, an influential afternoon pa
per, declares the presence of Rockw’ell
and other Americans in enemy camps
cannot be regarded as the acts of indi
viduals, but declares emphatically that
American is not neutral toward Ger
many, in that it sends its own citizens
to fight in armies of the Entente.
September Losses Enormous.
LONDON, Sept. 30. —British losses
during September were at the rate of
more than 3,800 daily. Casualties on
all fronts reported to date number 5,-
439 officers, and 114,110 enlisted men
and non-commissioned officers.
Germans Beat Roumanians.
BERLIN, Sept. 30. —Troops under
General Von Falkenhayn, former chief'
of general staff of Germany, defeated
strong sections of the first Roumanian :
army at Hermannstadt, Transylvania,
announces the German war office.
The Bulgarians claim the capture of
a Serbian trench in Macvedonia. This
is the only important event recorded
in Macedonia. Dorudja or the Russia
fronts.
Drops Bombs on Sofia.
PARIS, Sept. 30. —The war office an
nounced that a French aviator flew
from Macedonia to Bucharest, Roum
pnia, passing over Bulgaria and drop
ping bombs on Sofia, which K the cap
ital of Bulgaria.
U-Boat Did Not Strike.
BERLIN, Sept. 30.—A cemi-official
news agency announced today that ■
“competent authorities” stated that:
neither the British steamers Kelvinia,
nor Starthay, were attacked by German
submarine.
The American embassay in London
last week notified the state department
at Washington that the British admir
alty had decided that the British
steamer Kelvinia. which had twenty
eight Americans on board, was struck
by a mine.
The British steamer Strathtay bound t
START $55,000 FUND
AS STRIKE BENEFIT
NEW YORK, Sept 30—The officials of
the street railway employes union be
gan distributing a $55,000 strike bene
fit fund among the men striking here.
The action of the officials said that the
strikers were returning at the rate of
• about fifteen daily.
THE LEE STREET
CHURCH TH OPEN
ONSUNDAY NIGHT
The new Lee Street Methodist
Cnurch will open this evening at 7:30
o’clock, with Rev. J. A. Thomas, pastor
of the First Methodist church, occupy
ing the pulpit. From this evening on,
revival services will be held at the
new church with Rev. Ira Brown, of
Shellman, assisting the pastor, Rev. A.
W. Quillian.
The new church has not been fully
completed. The furnace has arrived
and will be installed within the next
few days. The pews will not arrive
until about November Ist, and com
fortable chairs are now be-irig used
The handsome edifice was er.ected at
a cost of $12,000, and has a seating ca
pacity of 600 people. The main audi
torium will seat about 350 people.
So far as is known this is the only
Methodist church in the history of the
organization which has been built with
out a membership. Not a single
church member is identified with Lee
Street Methodist church, and the mem
bers are expected to be gained through
the revival, and transfers of member
ships from the First Methodsit and
other churches.
The committee in charge of the erec
tion of the building is John Sheffield,
chairman; Sam R. Heys, treasurer; T.
M. Furlow, H. M. Stokes and D. R.
Andrews.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the services to be held in the
new church, and the dedication service
will be announced at alater date .
TH AW ARE
GETTING MATERIAL
The Central of Georgia railway at
Americus is now receiving the mater
ial to begin work on the improvement
of their passenger station. The Sea
board Air Line railway will soon get
their materia) to start work on their
passenger station.
Besides the depot improvements, the
Central of Georgia is preparing to
construct a concrete viaduct over the
Jackson street pass, and is now dou
ble-tracking their road from the pas
senger station to the Columbus junc
tion, a distance of about three-quarters
of a mile.
The work involved in the improve
ments by these two roads will require
some time.
'snow FELL AT GADSDEN.
ALA- FRIDAY NIGHT
GADSDEN, Ala., Sept. 30. A light
snow fell here Friday night. It melted
ae fast as it fell and was the first of
the season.
from New York for Havre, was sunk
September 6th. Two Americans were
among the crew. It. was reported to
Washington that she had been tor
ipedoed.
COMMANDANT E.
H.AGNEWWRITES
ON THE INTEREST
The new military feature of the
Americus High School is proving very
interesting, and a fine spirit and splen
did progress is being shown.
Ninety boys form the corps of the
school, and about seventy have receiv
ed their uniforms.
Commandant Edwin H. Agnew, of
the school, has written the following:
article for the Times-Recorder:
BY E. H. AGNEW.
Commandant A. H. S.
With the arrival of sixty-nine cadet
uniforms and the unpacking of seventy
five Kragg carbines the military feat
ure of the Americus High school be
gins to take on a business-like aspect.
The boys of the High school are in
tensely interested as is plainly mani
fested by the great numbers of ques
tions daily asked concerning rifles,,
uniforms, drills, etc.
The introduction of military training
into southern high schools is, at
course, an innovation, but bids fair tw
soon become popular in the best high
schools-because its introduction has
marked the beginning of a new era of
progress in those schools which have
included this feature.
Naturally, there are both advantages
and disadvantages to be derived from
military training in high schools but
we, of Americus, need not question the
advisability of the project when we
remember that our Board of Education
which is composed of level-headed and)
conservative, yet progressive citizens,
has deemed it wise to include this,
feature in the school system. It suf
fices to say that we should now be
concerned only with the success of
this feature, since it is an evident
tact that with the proper handling of
the corps of cadets the principles of
neatness, personal pride, friendly riv
alry, obedience, attention, real patro
tism, gentlemanly conduct, and respect
for authority, law, and order will nec
essarily be more deeply instilled into?
the lives of our high school boys,
only a small per cent of whom would
ever get this training in a higher in
stitution of learning. The actual
knowledge and handling of firearms is
ol minor importance, yet valued within
itself as well as conducive to the in
stillation of the greater principles.
More interest and a finer spirit was
never shown in any institution than is
now being exhibited by the boys of the
Americus High school, and the pro
gress they are making seems phenom
enal when the limited time allowed
for instruction is taken into consider
ation. The credit for this progress
goes to those boys who are really In
terested and doing their very best.
However, much credit and many thanks
are due Sergt. Barksdale, of the Re
cruiting Station, for his faithful and
untiring assistance during drill per
iods.
Military discipline, proper, has not
yet been introduced; but with the
donning of uniforms, the Issuing of
guns, and the appointment of tempor
ary cadet officers, all of which will
probably take place within a week,
dreams will begin to materialize and
the work will be well under way..
Whispers of an encampment at Ma
con during the state fair and a trip to
Washington for the inauguration are
things that will be determined by the
conduct and progress of the corps,,
coupled with other deciding factors:
that will naturally arise as the dates:
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