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> HIKTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
ROBINSON'S CIRCUS
WILL WINTER HERE
IF S. A. L HAS TRACK
Fair Grounds Are
Offered The
Show Folks
TELEGRAM HAS GONE
[0 OEFIGIH. LAKE
Will Mean a Great
Pay Roll For
The City
It’s up to the Seaboard Air Line
railway as to whether John Robin
son’s circus will winter here. And it
is confidently believed that the rail
road will furnish the necessary side
track facilities for this great attrac
tions.
George C. Moyer, the general agent,
and William J. Lester, the advance
agent of John Robinson’s circus, are
in Americus today, going over the
grounds, railroad sidetrack facilities
and other conveniences necessary to
have the Robinson shows winter here
during the coming season.
The two representatives of the cir
cus were in company with Frank La
nier, president of the Third Agricul
tural District fair, prominent whole
sale merchant and commissioner of
the Chamber of Commerce, during the
morning, and important announce
ments connected with the final decis
ion expected within a short time.
President Frank Lanier of the fair
association, has offered the fair
grounds and the buildings for the win
ter quarters. It is necessary that
sidetrackage be available for the forty
cars of the show, and it is said that
the Seaboard would only have to pro
vide an additional hundred feet of
track.
President Lanier telegraphed C. S.
Lake, general superintendent of the
Seaboard Air line at Norfolk. Va., to
day. requesting the permission for
use of the sidetrack beyond the shops
and adjacent to the fair grounds. It
it anticipated that Mr. Lake will com
ply with the request, as the show will
be here for five months and the rail
road will derive a good deal of rev
enue therefrom.
It is said that the pay-roll for the
show is an enormous sum, and five
months of the year is spent in the
winter quarters. There is work for
the carpenters and painters, and great
amounts of foodstuffs are necessary
for carrying on the show's life and in
dustry.
Americus is rejoicing over the pros
pect of securing the show. It will
be amusement during the winter that
is, it will be a mecca for sight-seers.'
Americus will be a center for south-*
west Georgia in the visits of the peo-|
pie to see the animals and all the
curiosities of the great show.
Telegram to Lake.
The following telegram was sent to!
General Superintendent signed!
by Mayor Lee G. Council and Frank
Lanier, Carr S. Glover and Crawford
Wheatley, for the Chamber of Com
merce:
"We want Robinson's shows to win
ter in Americus. The whole of our!
city is delighted with the idea. It
means a lot of business for your road j
and our town. Mr. Everette has just*
been over all sidetrack facilities, and j
it can be arranged easily. You will’
have to take care of forty cars as;
they are to park in the fair grounds, I
agricultural college. Our entire peo
ple are greatly interested and your (
answer will mean much to all of us in
terested. It is up to you, and we want
you to say yes. A quick answer nec-j
essary, as other towns are bidding for
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Macon in the Fight
Macon is in the contest to get Robin
son’s circus to make Macon their win
ter quarters, as is shown by the fol
lowing article in today’s Telegraph:
George C. Moyer, manager of the
John Robinson and London circuses,
was in Macon yesterday for an inspec
tion of Central City park, where he in
tends to establish winter quarters, if
satisfactory terms can be made with
the city officials.
Mr. Moyer was shown over the city
by Aiderman Miller and W. H. C. John
son, and stated that he thinks Macon
an ideal place for the location of win
ter quarters. It is not known whether
the circuses can be taken care of, as
the city at the present time has a con
tract with the Sun Brothers shows.
VILLA BAID HOLDS
UP CARRANZA Tffl
CHIHAUHUA CITY, Mexico, Nov. 2.
—Villa bandits to the number of about
two hundred..held a passenger train
which left Juarez during Monday, kill
ing twenty-nine Carranza military
guards and robbing the passengers, as
well as mail and express cars. The
outlaws took practically all of their
clothing off several women passen
gers, leaving them amost naked.
One German passenger who was
mistaken for an American, was
struck violently upon his head with
the butt of a gun and otherwise mal
treated. The notorious Murga broth
ers and Silvestre Quevedo, long iden
tified with Villa in northern Mexico,
were in command of the outlaws.
gross county flyer
HO DESCEND
ERIE, Penn., Nov. 2.—Victor Carl
strom, who started from Chicago this
morning on an aeroplane flight ot New
York, descended here at 11:30 o’clock.
The descent was caused by engine
trouble, which developed during the
flight from Chicago. Carlstrom, early
this afternoon was unable to say how
long he would remain here, but anti
cipated resuming his flight as soon as
repoirs are effected. He carries a
sack of mail destined for parties in
New York city.
When Carlstrom reached Erie be
fore descending he had established a
new American non-stop flying record.
MILSON LEADING IN
THE REXALL VOTES
Through October 31st. the nation
wide poll of the Rexall stores shows
that Wilson has 281 electoral votes,
and Hughes has 250 electoral votes in
the college, which is a decided advant
age shown for the democratic nominee.
It requires 266 electoral’votes to
elect.
WILSON DISCUSSED PROBLEMS
FACED BY OUR NATION TODAY
NEW YORK. NoV. 2.—President
Wilson discussed the problems facing
the nation at the luncheon of the
Wilson Business Men’s League here
today. The address before the league
was the first of four speeches deliv
ered by the president here during the
day.
IMPORTANT MEETING OF
P. 0. S. OF A. TONIGHT
An important meeting of Camp No.
14, P. O. S. of A., will be held this
evening at 7:30 o’clock at the regular
meeting place. Besides new members
for initiation, other matters of inter
est will come before the camp.
All officers are especially urged to be
present as well as all members.
AMERIEUS TIMES-RECORDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT M QUIT
AT VERDUN SAYS
GERMAN OFFICE
BERLIN, Nov. 2. —Fort Vaux, on the
Verdun front, has been evacuated by '
German troops, the war office an-!
nounced early today.
French troops gained ground in the!
Lesbosufs and Rancourt sectors, on
the Somme front, during yesterday,
while a British attack north of Cour
celette was repulsed, the statement
said.
Situation as Seen Generally.
(By Associated Press.)
With the fall of Fort Vaux, which
the Germans announce they have evac
uated, virtually all of the important
ground taken by the Germans on the
east bank of the Meuse, during their
winter and spring offensive in the Ver
dun region, has been lost again, and
the army of the Crown Prince now re
mains practically where it was before
the movement began, having lost
thousands of its ablest troops in the
effort that failed.
| Shortly after Fort Douamont had
j been taken and the wide stretching
front in that region regained by the
French on October 21st, it was pointed
out that Fort Vaux had been put into
a perilous situation The French then
pushed well beyond the fort on east
side,
The German garrison evacuated Fort
Vaux during the night without hind
rance from the French says the official
report, though the French continued
! to pour a heavy fire into the position
I after its abandonment.
The French report last night an-
I r.ounced advances in the Lesbroufs
jand Rancourt sectors, was partly con
, firmed by Berlin today, the German
i war office recording French gains
I northeast of Morval and on the edge
cf St. Pierre and Vaast woods.
No important advances on the north
western Rumanian frontier were an
nounced by Berlin today, although the
Teutonic pressure there has apparent
ly been continued steadily.
Military critics generally expet some
definite news from Dobrudja soon, the
Rumanian armies there having re
cently received additional Russian re-
I iiiforcements.
On the Stokhod river in Volyhnia,
the Berlin war office announced that
the Russians were defeated today south
lof Witoniez. The Germans claim to
I have taken fifteen hundred prisoners
in that region.
DH. BAKED ASKS FOR
ANOTHER WEEK NOW
Lee Allen received a telegram Thurs
day morning from Rev. C. Ross Baker,
of Birmingham, recently called by the
congregation of First Baptist church
to the local charge, asking that he be
given another week in which to con
sider acceptance of the call. The tele
gram states that Dr. Baker is for
warding by mail a more complete ex
planation of his reasons for request
ing further time in connection with
the matter.
At the prayer meeting tonight, Mr.
Allen will attend and present Dr.
Baker’s telegram to those attending.
At that time he also hopes to be in
possession of the expected letter, and
this will also be read before the as
semblage for the information of those
present.
TWO NEGROES BOUND
OVER IIN MURDER HERE
Sherman Boone and Frank Moss
were bound over on a charge of mur
der before Justice of the Peace W. f.
McMath today at a preliminary hear
ing. They were charged with being
connected in the death of Jerry Wa
ters last Friday night, in the 28th
district, when Waters dies on Satur- j
day, after being cut and shot. James j
Boone, a brother, also connected with'
the affair has not been caught.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 2, 1916
WILSON FUND COMES
TO AN END TODAY
Today is the last day of the Wilson
campaign fund talk. It’s all over—
but your contribution will be appre
ciated this afternoon.
Previously subscribed $164.25
Mrs. I. T. Hines 1.00
Total $165.25
UNCLE SAM NOW
WAITS ON WHAT
THE KAISER SAYS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 2.—State
department officials today continued to
await receipt of the German version
I of the sinking of the British steamer
i Marina, which it is expected will be
i transmitted through the American em
bassy at Berlin shortly. Affidavits ot'
survivors and other data gathered by
Consul Frost and Conusl Skinner were
also anticipated.
Great importance 4as attached the
the Athens news dispatch received last
night, saying the Greek government
had been formally notified by Germany
that henceforth the Berlin government
intends sinking without warning all
ships carrying supplies to the Entente
Allies, but so far as could be learned
this afternoon, the United States gov
ernment has received no such notifica
tion. It is generally presumed, too,
that the Imperial German government
would scarcely send! such notice to
Athens and omit the delivery of a sim
ilar declaration at Washington. In any
event, it is stated, tie United States
would regard such procedure as di
rectly contrary to German pledges giv
en the Wilson administration early
during the recent submarine contro
versy, when solemnly pledg
ed itself not to attack certain ships
except after adequate warning had
been given and provision for the safe
ty of passengers and crew provided.
31 PEOPLE IS TOLL
FMSTMEEIS
CHICAGO, Nov. 2.—Thirty-one per
sons, including both sexes and several
women and children, besides men,
were killed here by speeding automo
biles during the last six weeks. An
nouncement of these figures was made
today at the office of the coroner of
Cook county.
Two deaths, the result of automobile
accidents occurred yesterday, being
the culmination of a seeming wave of
accidental deaths and injuries which
swept over this community within the
time embraced in the period named.
DEUTSCHLAND IS
HID FROM VIEW
NEW LONDON, Conn., Nov. 2.—The
German merchant submarine Deutsch
land continued to be closely guarded
at her pier here today. Captain Koenig
stoutly refused to grant a plea that
the public be allowed to view his craft,
announcing that none but government
or city officials would be allowed to
enter the enclosure where the little
vessel lies today.
Several bags of mail brought over
by the Deutschland were brought
ashore this afternoon, but little work
has been on removing the general
cargo. Captain Keonig late today ac
cepted an invitation to a dinner given
in his honor by the New London
Chamber of Commerce.
HURTSBORO PREACHER
TO BE HEBE SUNDAY
Rev. J. G. Dobbins, of Hurtsboro.
Ala., will fill the pulpit at the Furlow
Lawn Baptist church Sunday, preach
ing at the morning and evening ser
vices. He is a well known minister
and large congregations will meet him
at both services.
SUMTER COUNTY
PIGS ATTRACTS
PEOPLEJIT FAIR
The winning pigs of the Sumter
County Pig club are attracting atten
tion, in Macon, where they were car
ried for exhibition at the Georgia
State Fair, which opens today.
Demonstrator J. G. Oliver has charge
of the porkers, and the Macon Tele
graph this morning has this story:
J. G. Oliver, of Americus, was in
Macon yesterday, bringing with him 13
pigs from the Boys’ Pig club of Sum
ter county, which will be placed on
exhibition at the Georgia State fair.
A contest was held in that county to
select a lot to be placed on exhibition
the animals selected ranging in
weight from 250 to 325 pounds. About
54 pigs were entered in the contest.
“The club boys in Sumter county
have done excellent work this year,”
said Mr. Oliver, “and will do much
better next year, as a man has just
been appointed who will stay in the
county and devote his entire attention
to this work.”
Mr. Oliver has just been assigned to
take care of a campaign in Sumter
against the boll weevil, which is to be
conducted by the Georgia and United
States departments of agriculture.
“We are to start the campaign soon,
beginning with stereopticon views,
covering the counties in all of south
Georgia,” said Mr. Oliver.
“Agents in the various counties have
been conducting meetings locally and
thia is to lend additional weight to their
effort in bringing the farmers to know
that cotton can still be grown, if they
do the things necessary in the way of
destroying stalks, cleaning up the
premises and picking tne weevil infest
ed squares in the spring, and that in
order to make cotton the cash crop as
a surplus, the best thing he can do is to
arrange to grow crops to sustain a
greater number of live stock on the
farm, especially hogs and cattle.
“This campaign will be to serve both
purposes, to give instructions for the
care of live stock as well as detailed
information as to what will have to
be done if we grow cotton with wee
vils.”
BREAD 15C A LOAF
IN HELENA, MONT.
HJELENA. Mont., Nov. 2.—Baker’s
bread hold here today at fifteen cents
a single loaf, or two loaves for twenty
five cents, l;>e i.e. rease in price being
uniform with all local bakeries. Here- \
tofore the prevailing price for this!
quality bread in Helena has been ten
cents a loaf, or three loaves for
twenty-five cents.
REV. A. D. KENDRICK TO SPEAK |
HERE SUNDAY AT FIRST BAPTIST
Rev. A. D. Kendrick, pastor of the
Baptist church at Vidalia, has accept
ed an invitation to fill the pulpit of
First Baptist church here next Sun
day, preaching morning and evening
at the usual hours. Rev. Kendrick is
recognized as one of the strongest
preachers in the Baptist ministry, and I
those who hear him Sunday will not
regret going. He will arrive in Amer
icus Saturday afternoon.
Republicans Make Attack On
Some of Democratic Electors
The fourteen Democratic electors on
the official Georgia ballot for Novem
ber 7th are under fire —by the Repub
lican!,
The irregularity in the original bal
lot was questioned by the editor of
the Times-Recorder, which started an
investigation that has not yet been
fully decided. Chairman J. J. Flynt
has ordered the alternates’ names
stricken from the ballot of electors.
The latest sensation is told in the
following news dispatch today:
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 2. —It is under-
I M’MANNUS, AMERICAN AVIATOR,
KILLED IN RUSSIAN SERVICE
BALTIMORE, Md.. Nov. 2.—Anthony
McMannus, an American aviator, was
killed in the Russian flying service on
October 12th, according to a dispatch
received here today. Details of the
death of McMannus have not yet been
received.
SSOJOF GIVEN
BY MASONS AS A
START OF SCHOOL
MACON. Ga., Nov. 2. —The Grand I
Lodge of Georgia Masons came to a
close last night, with the installation'
of the new officers. Frank O. Miller,!
of Fort Valley, was elected as grand i
master, which is in accord with the
newspaper forecasts. The installation!
' exercises of the newly elected officers ’
were held last night by Grand Marshal
Robert L. Colding, of Savannah.
Other officers chosen by the grand'
lodge were.
Deputy grand master. Dr. William G.'
England, Cedartown; senior grana j
warden Rev. Charles L. Bass. Atlanta:
grand treasurer, J. M. Rushln, Boston;
Igiand secretary, Frank F. Baker. Ma-!
eon; grand marshal, B. L. Patterson,!
Lawrenceville; senior grand deason |
, Joseph C. Greenfield, Atlanta; junior j
grand deason, Dr. Joe P. Bowdeni
Adairsville; first grand steward, Clif
ford L. Smith, LaGrange; second grand j
steward, Joe H. Fields, Bainbridge;
third grand steward, R. J. Travis, Sa
vannah.
During the final session yesterday
afternoon the Grand Lodge appropriat
ed $50,000 to be placed in the hands of
the board of trustees of the Masonic
. home in Macon, to be used in improv
i mg the property and building an in
i dustrial training school. This will
come out of the $300,000 fund to be
raised by the Grand Lodge as an en
dowment fund for the home.
As Grand Master N. H. Ballard re-|
tired from office he was presented with I
a beautiful Masonic emblem, one ofi
the finest ever given a retiring grand
master by the Georgia Masons. It cost.
SSOO and a big diamond flashes from
its center. The presentation speech |
on behalf of the Grand Lodge was j
made by Jlayniond Daniel, of Atlanta. ,
J. K. Orr, of Atlanta, presented the;
Grand Lodge with a gavel made of I
historic wood and bearing a silver!
name-plate
SODN BE READY FDR !
I THE MEXICANS MOVE'
An interesting news bit from the
| borderland comes with a letter to the
I Times-Recorder from Lieut. J. E. B.
j McLendon, of Company I, Second Geor
gia regiment, now stationed at Camp
Cotton, El Paso, Texas. He wants the
T.-R. to come to him regularly, and in
bis letter he said: "We reached here
early Friday, and the old Second has
been a busy bunch getting our camp :
in shape, but we have a nice camp and
all of the boys are glad to be here and
in the best of spirit, and if the Mexl-
I cans will just stay on their side of
the fence until we have been here
awhile and get a line on the situation. 1
' we will be alright and ready for them.”
stood that members of the republican
party in Georgia who have been in
vestigating the status and qualifica
tions of the nominated democratic
presidential electors, hold among
themselves that five of the 14 mem
bers are probably ineligible. Who
they are cannot be ascertained, but
it is known that the republicans
have for some days been making
minute examination in the effort to
find something on which they will
be able to bring a contest on the
Georgia vote in event of the presi
dential election being close.
C££Y
ANOTHER EFFORT
GOMES TO RAISE
THE RATE IN CITY
j The electric light question as to
rate, plus the gas rate, is up for dis
cussion again.
It was announced from Atlanta late
yesterday afternoon that the Ameri
cus Public Service Co. had filed a pe
tition with the state railroad commis
sion requesting them to allow a raise
ir the electric and gas rates for the
c:ty of Americus in the following way;
Lighting—From 9o to 10c per kil
lowatt hour.
Power—From 6c to 7c per kilowatt
I’.ouL
Gas—To a flat rate of $1.50 for il
luminating and lighting, which is an
increase from $1.40 for illuminating,
and $1.25 for fuel.
The petition is made by the trustees
of the public service company— Frank
Sheffield, C. M. Council and J. Elmer
Pool!.
It is expected that the petition of
the public service company will be
met with a counter petition when the .
bearing is held before the railroad
commission. There is a determined
opposition to a raise in rates in Amer
icus. as was shown some time ago,
when a large body of citizens and con
sumers organized and sent Attorney
W. A. Dodson to Atlanta to fight the
proposed increase. It is confidently
expected that this same situation will
result when the second hearing ia
held.
The following Atlanta dispatch this
morning to the Times-Recorder tells
of the petition being filed with the
commission:
ATLANTA. Ga., Nov. 2.—A new peti
tion asking authority to increase its
rates for lights and power has been
filed with the state railroad commis
sion by the Americus Public Service
company. This time the petition asks
for increases on the ground that it ts
not earning sufficient money to pay it*
fixed charges. Some time ago this
company petitioned for the right to
raise its rates to an extent that it
would be enabled to pay off its bond
ed indebtedness of $225,000 within
twenty years .after which, under an
agreement with the city of Americus,
the property of the company would
i evert to the city.
Tfie railroad commission held at that
time it could not authorize rate
changes for the purchase of the plant
which is being managed by three trus
tees, Frank Sheffield, C. M. Council
and J. E. Poole, who also petition for
authority to change its rates for gas.
It desires to fix a flat rate for gas for
loth fuel and illuminating purposes
at $1.40 per 1,000 feet, whereas the
present rate for illuminating gas is
$1.50 and that for fuel is $1.25. The
increase from 9 to 10 cents per kilowat
hour for electric rates is asked and
cne from 6 to 7 cents per kilowat hour
so? power.
MOTOR MAIL SERVICE TO
BE EXTENDED DECEMBER IST
Plains, Preston and Richland wii!
have an auto mail service from Amer
icus, beginning December Ist, making
one round trip daily. The motor car
will leave Americus in the morning
between the arrival of the southbound
Central of Georgia train at 5:29 a. Al
and 7 o’clock. The route is 28 1-2
miler, long.
The sealed bids for carrying tbi*
service will be received until No
vember 14th, and a bond of $1,900 is
required with each bid.
The new service affords convenient
mails for the people served in the
sections of Plains, Richland and Pres
ton.
THIRTEEN CHINAMEN HELD
ON BOARD SHIP AT SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga„ Nov. 2—Thirteen
C hinamen are under arrest at the re
, quest of Captain Harris, of the steamer
I Netherpark. They will be held until
I the steamer is ready to leave. If a
[ Chinaman escapes from a foreign ship
jin the United States, the skipper of
that ship will be responsible for a fine
'o’’ SI,OOO. Rather than take a chance
I on having to pay the fine. Capt. Harris
. had his men locked up until he is »
ready to depart.
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