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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1916.
MONEY
Remember when you
want to borrow money on
your improved farm on long
lime that I can get it for you
•at Six per cent interest.
The contract carry 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
FOR SALE!
One thousand bushels Lewis
63 cotton seed,at $1.75 f.o.b.
Lumpkin, Ga. Raised un
der the supervision of Prof
A. C. Lewis.
W. M. Humber
The
Mutual
Benefit
Life Insurance Com
pany is the best for
the policy holder.
Every policy hold
er perfectly satisfied.
Annual dividends.
I J. 1. DAVENPORT
Atent
AMERICUS STEAM LAUNDRY
AUTO CONTEST
CLOSES
DEC. 6TH, 1916
The final awaiding of
$1500.00 IN AHO GIFTS
One 5 Passenger 1917 DODGE
AUTO First Gift, $850.00
1 FORD 1917 RUNABOUT
Second Gift, $395.00.
Votes are secuied in following manner:
Payment of Back Acc’ts.
Advance Payment on Acct.
Cash Patronage.
Votes 1 hat Won Gilts July 6th, 1916
NOT TRANSFERABLE
STANDING OF CONTESTANTS
MISS I. B. J0HN50N1,906,594
HOSPITAL NUR5E51,296,699
W. T. MAYNARD 1,275,235
FOURTH 421,205
FIFTH • • 399,000
SIXTH 305,545
ROYAL CAFE 204,995
EIGHTH 210,020
MERRITT LOWE 183,485
FRED KLECKLEY 113,322
H. C. MILLS 80,974
FREDERICK BROS 11,.867
R. E. BROWN 6,231
MILTON CAMPBELL 5.594
CASH MARKET 4,743
T. J. SHEPPARD 2,426
A. M. BARLOW 2,010
T. E. CARTER 1,085
G. C. PERSONS 1.037
Contestants who have not furnished us your
name please do so we kly, also number votes you
hold
CIRCUS TO HAVE 1
GREAT MANY THINGS
John Robinson’s Ten Big Shows are
billed to pitch their big tents in Amer
icus, November 22nd, and on the above
date give performances afternoon and
night. The show travels by its own
special trains, and carries an enorm
ous amount of paraphernalia, hundreds
of people, beautiful horses and rare
animals of every kind. A splendid
street parade will be given, with four
bands, many golden chariots, open
dens, elephants, camels, knights in
glittering armour, etc., etc.
The performance in the big tents
comprises the world’s best male and
female riders, great herd of perform
ing elephants, troupes of acrobats,
aerialists, trapese artists, athletes and
tumblers, while twenty funny clowns
will keep the audience in roars of
laughter.
Among the special features are
“White Cloud,” the ?25,000 Arabian
stallion, most highly educated horse in
the world. Major Littleflnger and wife,
smallest living couple of human beings.
■A troupe of native Central American
Marimba players, Shumatos Royal Jap
anese, and hundreds of other features,
artists, curios and strange and rare
specimens from the far ends of the
earth.
No one should miss this opportunity
of seeing this famous show, for the
rame of John Robinson has stood for
the best in the line of tented exhibi
tions in Europe and America for nearly
a hundred years.
"THE PEACEMAKER” IS
A MOVIE THRILLER
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—“ There isn’t a
thing that the beggar can’t do,” sings
Kipling in his famous eulogy of the
Marine, and it will be affirmed by
thousands who see the new movie
thriller "The Peacemakers,*’ showing
the busy United States Marine in all
phases of his everyday life—from op
erating big guns on a battleship to an
actual brush with rebels in Haiti.
The new picture soon to be shown
from coast to coast will not be ex
ploited as a box-office attraction, but
as a timely educational fature and is
being loaned to the theatres free of
charge by the Marine Corps Recruit
ing Service. The Marines say their
first mission is to let the public find
out who they are and what they do,
and ohe screen is the thing.
'GEORGIA SHOWS A
j VEBUOW RATING
■ (By J. L. Brien, School Extension
! Agent, U. S. Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior.)
I School attendance is an essential sac-
* tor in the actual length of the school
1 term. How to make compulsory school
attendance effective is one of the most
I perplexing problems confronting law-
• makers and administrative schol of-
I fleers. Prior to 1890 only 27 states and
I the District of Columbia had com
l pulsory school laws and many of these
’ were optional and therefore inoperat
ive. Now 7 all the states except Mis-
i sissippi have either mandatory or
| optional compulsory school attend
ance laws. School attendance in per-
I centage of children 6to 14 years of
age is as follows, according to the
| bulletin on Compulsory School At-
I tendance published by the Bureau of
I [Education in 1914:
High—9o and Over.
I Connecticut, lowa, Massachusetts,
i Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
i New York and Vermont.
Medium—SO to 90.
California, Colorado, Delaware, Id
aho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine,
Maryland, Minesota, Missouri, Mon
tana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Da
kota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota,
Utah, Washington, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, Wyoming.
Low—7o to SO.
Kentucky, Mississippi, New Mexico,
iNorth Carolina, Texas.
Very Low—Below 70.
Alabama, Arizonia, Florida, Geor
gia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Vir
ginia.
No law can be effectively enforced
i unless public sentiment is back of it.
One of the most effective agencies in
the enforcement of compulsory school
law's is found in an act of the Ne
braska legislature for 1915, which
provides that three-fourths of the
[state school fund shall be distributed
to the several districts pro rata ac
cording to the average daily attend
ance last returned by the directors of
the various districts. Such a law is
not only fair, reasonable, and just,
but it immediately appeals to the en
lightened selfishness of the people
themselves. Under such a law as
this, public opinion will demand that
all pupils of school age who are with
out a reasonable excuse shall give
proper atendance wffiile school is in
session. It is much more equitable to
apportion school money upon the at
tendance of pupils at school than it is
to make such apportionment on tehir
non attendance. To equalize the bur
den of a reasonable school term, Ne
biaska apportions one-fourth of her
state school fund equally abong the
seevral districts of the state, and
where a school district votes the
maximum school tax and conducts its
business properly, the state comes to
its assistance by direct state aid in
sufficient amount to provide a min
imum school term of seven months.
"NOW WE’RE FOB WILSON.”
(Sung to tune of “Are You From
I Dixie.”)
I Now, we’re for Wilson; for dear ole
Wilson;
For he’s the best president of the
land. ,
He’s not’for war, and he’s for our
prohibition law—
Away with Charlie Hughes,
To elect him we refuse!
We’re just for Wilson; Hurrah for
Wilson,
Cause we’re for Wilson, too;
—By Miss K. L. T., Americus, Ga.
A GOOD ERIEND
A good friend stands by you when in
need. Americus people tell how Doan’s
Kidney Pills have stood the test. Mrs.
Cobb endorsed Doan’s over eight years
ago and again confirms the story. Could
you ask for more convincing testimony.
Mrs. Alice L. Cobb, 630 Forsyth St.,
Americus, says: “I was subject to at
tacks of pain across the small of my
i back. Sometimes I had dull head
’ aches, felt languid and had but little
I energy. I was advised to try Doan’s
I Kidney Pills and since using them,
: have been feeling much better. They
; relieved me of the pain in my back and
imy kidneys became normal.” (State
ment given March 28, 1908).
Lasting Results.
On May 4 ,1914, Mrs. Cobb said: “No
lore could be more glad than I to
again recommend Doan’s Kidney Pills.
I haven’t needed any since they last
; bepefitted me.”
I Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Cobb has twice publicly recom
mended. Foster-Milburn Co., Props.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
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flooded soil of \ irginia and North Carolina
yields the finest-quality cigarette tobacco WW
that grows anywhere. :11
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Virginia-Carolina tobacco. Golden and
mellowed by the sunshine of the south. L ’A
Look for that agreeable liveliness and The tobacco leaf in alHti glory,
zest in Piedmonts, that is called character— jgg in a ,ypicat VirginiafieU
because Virginia-Carolina tobacco is the only
kind that can give a cigarette this character.
VIRGINIA-CAROLINA TOBACCO PAYS NO
DUTY—ALL THE VALUE IS IN THE CIGA
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“A package of Piedmonts, please’.
\fpiedmont Ifikiß
The Cigarette of Quality
«||l NOTE: —It is impossible to sell a package of 10
WZ cigarettes of all Turkish tobacco for sc. Not that
this Turkish tobacco costs more than Virginia-Car
-1 Ft/* olina, but because duty, ocean freight, marine incur-
l\z lOT ance and expensive handling charges must be added
B§g., to the cost of all Turkish tobaccos. But Piedmonts,
J-** ,Xx f made of highest-grade Virginia-Carolina tobacco,
20 for have none of these valueless expenses. All these
value in each cigarette.
C.of Ga Ry
“The Right Way"
Trains Arrlte
From Chicago, via
Columbus * ] ;00 a m
From Columbus *10:00 a m
From Columbus ! 7:15 p m
From Atlanta and Macon . .* 5:29 a ni
From Macon * 2:11 p m
From Macon * 7:35 p m 1
From Albany * 0:40 a m
From Montgomery and I
Albany *.2:11 p m
From Montgomery and
Albany * 10:39 p ni
From Jacksonville, via
Albany * 3:10 a m
Trains Depart
For Chicago, via Columbus * 8:10 a m
lor Columbus I 8:00 a m
For Columbus * 3:00 p in
For Macon * 6:40 a in
For Macon and Atlanta * 2:11 p m
For Macon and Atlanta ...*.10:39 p m
For Montgomery and
Albany * 5:29 a m
For Montgomery and
Albany *2 11 p m
For Albany * 7:35 p m
For Jacksonville, via
Albany * 1:05 a m
’Daily. ! Except Sunday,
advt J. E. HIGHTOWER, Agent.
Seaboard Ait Line
Fhe Progressive Railway ol the Som b
Leave Americus for Cordele, Ro
chelle, Abbeville, Helena, Lyons, Col
lins, Savannah, Columbia, Richmond,'
Portsmouth and points East and South
12:31 p in
2:30 a in
Leave Americus for Cordele, Abbe
ville, Helena and intermediate points
5:11 p ni
Leave Americus for Richland, At
lanta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont-1
gomery and points West and Northwest
8:08 p ni j
Leave Americus for Richland, Col
umbus, Dawson, Albany and interme
diate points
10:00 a ni
Seaboard Buffet Parlor-Sleeping Car
on Trains 13 and 14 arriving Americus
from Savannah 11:25 p. m., and leav-|
ing Americus for Savannah 2:30 a. m.
Sleeping car leaving for Savannah at
2:30 a. m., will be open for passengers
at 11:40 p.m. |
For further information apply to H.
P. Everett, Local Agent, Americus,
Ga.; C. W. Small, Div. Pass, Agent,
Savannah, Ga.; C, B. Ryan, G. P. A.,1
Norfolk, Va. i
DIG GERMAN PLANT
EHOES THEIR TAX
FRANKFORD-ON-THE-MAIN, Ger
many, Nov. 11. —Beating the govern
ment out of taxes by the more or less
simple process of changing the char
acter of one’s business —from a lim
ited liability corporation to a partner
ship and back again as tax day ap
proaches—is the latest wrinkle in tax
dodging.
One firm in Muehlheim-on-the-Main,
the owner of which is a resident of
Frankfort, has pursued the plan so
successfully that he is alleged to
have cheated the government legally
out of between two and three million
marks since the beginning of the war.
To prevent him from further evad
ing the mayor of Muehlheim has pe
tioned the Hessian legislature to en
act some emergency legislation which
shall prevent him from again altering
the character of his business and
escaping once more with his war
profits intact.
The man in question owns a plant
that originally made steel screws,
and that with the beginning of the war
was .commissioned by the government
tn repair broken parts of guns and
cannon. At the end of June, 1915, the
firm, then a corporation, had made a
net profit of three and a half million
marks.
On the basis of these profits, the
firm was assessed for a total of 337,-
(JoO marks on its prospective business
between Aprill, and March 31, 1917.
To evade this payment, the proprietor
liquidated his business, had himself
appointed a receiver—and blossomed
out as a partnership. By the time the
authorities discovered this, and also
MISS BESSIE WINDSOR
, ■ Insurance . .
Fire, Accident and Binds. 01-
flee Forsvth St. ’Phone 313
ALPIIEUS CASTELOW
Representative
ATLANTA JOURNAL,
PHONE 27.
Dally and Sunday per Week 15c
found that the old firm against which
prospective taxes had been assessed
was no longer existent, the profits had
increased, it is estimated, to some
thing like eighteen million marks.
Now there is in prospect the possibil
ity that the partnership will be dis
solved in a timely way so that again
there will be no firm to levy against.
In his petition to the Hessian leg
islature the mayor of Mushelheim
For Sale at Auction! I
152 12 acres of land, more or less, known ■
as the Jost ph Hagerscn place, situated about
one mile from Concord church, to be sold to the
highest bidd< r before the court house door on
the first Tuesday in December, 1916.
For further information apply to
W. W. HAGERSON I
Americus, Georgia
ANNOUNCEMENT!
I wish to announce to my patrons and the general public, that I have
recently secured control of the Leslie Auto Co., on Jackson street, I
formerly the Stapleton Auto Coo., Mr. Si Jones, who has been in i
charge of the Leslie Auto Co., having released his interest in same.
Since assuming entire control of this Garage, I feel sure that I
can better serve the public for anything they may want in the auto re
pairing line. I will carry a co mplete line of teupplies and Aiuto
Acessories.
Remember when your Automobile needs repairing, you had better
let an experienced man do the work; it will save you money in the ‘
long run. With a number of years’ experience in the Auto repairing
service, I feel sure that I can give you satisfactory results.
It will be to your advantage to let me make you an estimate on
your next overhauling job. Soliciting your further business and thank
ing you for all past favors, I am.
LAW REES
PHONE NO. 4.
bitterly condemns the practice of *
successful business firm of dodging
taxes at a time when they are so nec
essary, and at a time when those leas
able to pay are nevertheless obliged
to bear increased burdens. By a co
incidence there is no existing law to
prevent the alteration of the partner
ship to some other kind of a business.
lter.ee the appeal of the mayor for an
emergency law.
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