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• HIRTY.EIGHTH TEAR.
THE BULL MIL
CLUBS FORMING
BEST OF SPIRIT
J. G. Oliver, with headquarters in
Americus, in charge of the campaign
against the boll weevil on the part of
the State College of Agriculture and
the federal government, returned yes
terday from several days spent in
Stewart and Marion counties, where
801 l Weevil clubs were formed. In
these counties .intense interest wa»
shown, and Mr. Oliver states that the
work is progressing finely.
C. B. Burley, an assistant in the
work, with offices at Albany, accom
panied Mr. Oliver.
The following outline of the pur
pore and need of the clubs has been
furnished by Mr. Oliver:
Purpose.
I. To grow cotton in spite of boll
weevils.
11. To make Georgia feed herself.
I. To Grow Cotton. How?
(1) Do not over-crop; best results
have been obtained on six to eight
acres to plow, until labor is thorough
ly trained.
(2) A good seed bed. Break soil
well; horrow thoroughly as far in ad
vance of planting as possible.
(3) Good seed of best varieties for
weevil conditions, and enough to se
cure perfect stand.
(4) Judicious fertilization. All
commercial fertilizers mixed well with
soil before planting. Use all barn
yard manure possible. Put cotton
behind a good crop of velvet beans or
Iron or Brabham, cowpeas.
(5) Cultivate often and continue
until crop begins to open. Keep it
green and fruiting until frost.
(6) Kill all old weevils possible af
*er chopping until it begins to fruit. I
Then pick and burn every fallen and
punctured square once a week until
the first to the middle of July.
(7) Select seed and get out crop
early. Cut and turn under stalks
four inches deep three to four weeks
before frost.
8) Clean up premises; burn out 1
hedge row's, ditch-banks, swamp
heads; house hay and fodder, and
haul straw into barns. Get rid of all
stumps.
11. To make Georgia feed herself.'
How?
(1) Have one or tw’o other cash'
crops than cotton—peanuts, sugar I
cane, tobacco, water melanh, peaches?
etc.
(2) Put some acres that have been to
cotton in a permanent pasture. Ber
muda, Lespedeza, Bur Clover, Vetch.
(3) Grow continuous grazing crops
to produce cheap meat. It is possible
to have twelve months grazing.
(4) Fix cropping plan so as to
grow more feedstuffs, and then in
crease livestock, cattle, hogs and colts.
(5) Increase the floc 1 : of chickens
and feed so eggs may be plentiful.
(6) Let some OQe else help the wife
to have a garden twelve months in the
fear. Start a home orchard.
(7) Use more horse power and
less man laborers.
18) Potato crops. Give the legumes
—velvet beans, peas, clovers, a placel
to work while you are asleep.
The Neew.
1. To grow cotton. Why?
(1) In order to encourage against
extremes, especially in acreage. One
thinks there is nothing to it, he will
plant more acres than ever. Another
who has had a taste of the damage
that can be done will declare it cannot
be grown and will want to quit alto
gether. Both need sympathy and en
cciragement.
(2) To help select an encourage
the men who will take the right acre- ■
age and grow it in spite of the wee
vil.
(3) To get the business men and,
farmers to work together for their j
common good, and both to back the
agricultural agent in his efforts at
getting past expediences improved
upon.
(4) To prevent panic conditions byi
closer co-operation and a better un
derstanding between business men
and farmers. Both have equal re- I
'sponsibility in this fight.
(5) To encourage and sympathize
with labor. Take some of the be it
negroes into each club. All need help;
THE ONLY PaIER PUBLISHED IN AMERICUS AND THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT VVIiH TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
11 RE BOYS HAD A RUN
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
The fire laddies responded to an
al lrm at 11 o'clock Sunday night, at
the home of Wick Wheeler, on Dodson
street. Furniture in the dining room
liad become ignited, supposedly from a
match with the "work of a rat. The
damage is said to have been slight.
FUNERAL OF MISS
IM HELD HERE
The funeral of Miss Mary A. Taylor,
who was killed in the automobile
train collision at Fitzgerald late Sat
urday afternoon, was held in Ameri
cus Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock
at the residence of Miss Taylor’s sis
ter, Mrs. W. S. Andrews, on the cor
ner of College and Furlow streets. The
service waswconducted by Rev. J. A.
Thomas, pastor of the First Methodist
church, who paid a pretty tribute to
the life and work of Miss Taylor, a
beautiful character, who was cut short
in the prime of a useful life.
The interment took place Monday
morning at 9 o’clock in the Ellaville
cemetery, the old home of Miss Taylor
and her family. Six young men acted
las pallbearers on the sad occasion.
The funeral arrangements wer in
charge of J. H. Beard, of the Allison
Furniture Co.
Miss Taylor is survived by her
mother, Mrs. Alice Taylor, on Prince
street, a sister, Miss Finis Taylor, of
this city, who is teaching school at
Seville; three half sisters, Mrs.
Thomas Walker, residing on the Amer
icus-Ellaville road; Mrs. W. M. An
drews, and Mrs. W. S. Andrews, of
Americus.
CRAWFORD WHEATLEY
IK AN MITO WRECK
Crawford Wheatley, of this city, was
in an automobile accident Saturday
, night near Lawrenceville, Ga., en route
I to Atlanta after the GeoMjg-Tech foot
, ball game in Athens. He was not in
jured.
William D. Alexander and Ed Cren
j shaw, of Atlanta, were more or less
, injured. Besides Mr Wheatley and the
, other passengers in the car were Em
: mett Houser and Dr. John Hurt, of
Atlanta, who were not injured.
| It appears that the car hit a tough
place on a straight stretch of road
near Lawrenceville, overturning the
machine, and according to accounts, it
was a narrow and miraculous escape
for the party.
UOTTON GINNINGS ARE
PUBLISHED BY COUNTIES
Director of Census Rogers has an-'
nounced ’he ginning report for oales I
ginned prior to November Ist, 191’5,1
as compared with 1915 in counties in |
Georgia. The report for this section
is: 1916 1915
COUNTIES—
Ben Hill 11,323 8,493
Clay , 3,719 7,161
Crisp 19,488 18,152!
Dooly 35.448 30,703
Lee 9,349 8,860 j
Marion 4,080 4,981
Quitman 1,060 2,621!
Randolph 10,955 13,674 j
Schley 4,941 4,783 j
Stewart 7,054 9,636'
Sumter u. 7,054 9,636 i
Taylor 7,755 6,520
Terrell 23,206 22,292
Turner 19,675 17,082
Webster 2,471 3.405
Total for State.. .1,436,186 1.428,250
we need them; they need us.
11. To make Georgia feed herself.
Why?
(1) We need the money that has
been paid for the privilege of having
our smoke-house and corn-crib in the
west.
(2) To engender pride enough into
I even the most backward to cause him
to grow' feed for his livestock and
family at home. It can be done.
(3) To discourage the need for
J credit for the things we can grow, but
to encourage help to secure improve
ments on the farm. Wire fence, brood
mares, stock hogs, breeding cattle.
AMERICUS TIMES-REEORUER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOMAN BREAKS
FETING RECORD
IN AN AEROPLANE
| NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Ruth Law, a
woman aviator, ended a record-break
ing airplane flight at Governor’s Is
land here, at 9:45 o’clock this morr.-
■ ing. She left Chicago yesterday, and
stopped en route at Hornell and Bing
hampon, New York. Her actual flying
* time for the 832 miles covered was
nine hours, 1 minute. She made 152
miles of continuous flight from Bing
hampon to Governor’s Island in 2
1 hours and 20 minutes.
TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS RAISED
FOE CHARITIES IN BRITAIN
■
LONDON, Nov. 20.—Estimates com
pleted for the first two years of the
war show that the enormous sum of
1 $250,000,000 has been raised in the
British Empire for charities growing
out of the world conflict.
' Os this amount more than $100,000,-
I 000 has been contributed for the re-
| lief of distress and the re-establish
' I ment of men returning to civil life.
The Prince of Wales Fund is, perhaps,
1 the greatest of the public charities
dealing with distress. About $60,000,-
000, however, has been raised in sac
; tories, banks, offices and various busi
' ness establishments through weekly
contributions for the assistance of
families and dependents of employes
who have gone to the front. Part of
such funds is, of course, being re
served for relief work after the war.
For sick and unwounded soldiers
and sailors the contributions are esti
mated at $30,000,000, most of which
has been raised and administered by
the British Red Cross. Another $30.-
(00.000 has been spent for soldiers’
“comforts,” such as tobacco, mufflers,
pipes’, socks, mittens, gloves, sweat
ers, safety razors, insect powder, nee
dles, sewing cotton, writing materials,
chocolates and sweets.
It is estimated that fully $50,000,-
000, contributed by the Empire, has
gone for relief work among the Allies,
the largest amount going to Belgium.
Relief among the Belgian refugees in
Great Britain also has called so? large
. expenditures.
RUMANIANS RETIRING IN
JIUL VALLEY’ BEFORE TEUTONS!
PETROGRAD, Nov. 20.—Roumanian 1
troops in the Jiul valley region are
retiring today before the invading Teu
i tonic forces said the war office.
REUBROWNCALLED
in wanci
Rev. George F. Brown, pastor of the
Immanuel Baptist church, of Savan
nah, has been called to the pastorate
■ by a unanimous vote of the Furlow
Il.awn Baptist church, to succeed Rev. >
R. L. Bivins, resigned.
The decision came Sunday morning
I
at a conference of the members, after:
; the committee cn securing a pastor,
I had made their report.
: Rev. Brown delivered two powerful
sermons at the Furlow Lawn church
on Sunday, November 12th. and the
evidence of the appreciation of the
church was voiced in the call of Rev.
Brown to the pastorate of Furlow
Lawn.
The committee was requested to not
| ify Rev. Brown of their call, and make
; known the decision of the Savannah
I minister at the first possible moment. I
Rev. Brown has many friends here
who trust that he will consider the,
matter favorably for Americus.
AMERICAN STEAMER SIBERIA
STRANDED AND CALLING HELP
BERLIN, Nov. 20. —’Wireless to Say
ville.) —The American steamship Si
beria is stranded on the East Gorgwin
sands, near Dover, according to wire
, less reports received here, and is ask
ing for help. Heavy seas make it Im
possible to launch life boats, say the
’-rnorts.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 20, 1916
LABOR LEADERS IT
WHITE HOUSETDDAV
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 20.—Tne
heads of the four great railroad broth
erhoods, the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers, the Order of Railroad
Conductors, the Brotherhood of Rail
road Trainmen, and the Brotherhood
cf Locomotive Firemen, made an en
gagement at the White House to con
fer with President Wilson late this af
ternoon. The spokesman for the broth
erhood heads insists that the engage
ment was arranged merely to “pay
their respects,” but it was expectea
the eight-hour day fight and probably
plans for the co-operation of the four
brotherhoods with the American Fed
eration of Labor fight would be dis
cussed.
After seeing the brotherhood repre
sentatives this afternoon, the pres
ident will confer with Representative
Adamson, of Georgia, author of the
present eight hour law, it was an
nounced late today.
MPT. COBB’S HEPHEW
FOUND DEAD IN GED
The news of the death of Andrew
Cobb, 27 years old, at Athens, early
Sunday morning, was conveyed in a
telegram to his uncle, Captain John A. I
Cobb, of this city. Mr. Cobb was un- I
married and the funeral and interment !
was held in Athens today. The fol-1
lowing dispatch refers to his death: I
ATHENS, Ga., Nov. 20. —Andrew I
Cobb, aged about 27 years, second son I
of Judge Andrew J. Cobb, was found!
dead in his room at his father’s home I
Sunday morning when the family ,
arose. He had been dead for several
hours. He had been in miserable
health for months, having given up his
position in Atlanta and come home to
recuperate, if possible.
NEGRO SIH SHOOTS HIS
BBOTEtERJN THE ARM
Virgil ’Williams, a negro boy sixteei
years of age, was shot Sunday after
noon in this city by his brother, Cha"-
lie Williams, with a double-barrelled
shotgun, the load taking effect in the
boy’s left arm. The shooting is sup-1
posed to have been accidental. The
boys are said to have had the gun out!
in the yard, playing with it, when it i
was discharged. Only a year ag?, !
Virgil Williams lost the use of hisi
right arm from a fall received while'
Wrestling. He now loses the use of
his other arm, as it is stated the ac
cident of Sunday will make amputa
tion necessary. Both of the negro
boys are said to be industrious negro
youths.
CITY ELECTION IS
ON DECEMBER 13
The city election to elect a mayor,
three aidermen, a clerk and treasurer
and two police commissioners will be
held on December 13th. It will be a
ratification of the choices of the recent
primary.
The registration books for this elec
tion close on December 9th, and ail
taxes must be paid for 1916 to partlct
pate in the election.
SELLS LOT OF COTTON
AT 201' FOR THE ROUND
The Arles Plantation sold 525 bales
of cotton today through L. G. Council
at 20c per pound, for the round lot, at
round weights. At SIOO per bale the
deal figured at $52,500.
The plantation is managed by W. T.
Calhoun and owned by Morgan H.
Grace, a wealthy New York million
aire.
COTTON OPTIONS FOR THREE
MONTHS ABOVE 21 CENTS,
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—March. May
and July cotton futures sold above
21 cents per pound here today withl
the latter month the highest, being
quoted at 23.3 cents. July reached
21 cents in New Orleans.
ORDERS TEUTON
OFFICIALS OUT
OF GREECE SOON
LONDON, Noy. 20.—Vice Admiral
Dufournet, commander of the Entente
Allied fleet in the harbor at Piraeus,
Greece, has informed the German
Austro-Hungarian, Bulgarian and Tur
kish ministers to Greece that they
must leave Greek territory by Wed
nesday. News of the order to the min
isters of the Central Powers to leave
Athens was received here today in a
news agency dispatch from the Greek
capital, and is accepted as authentic.
Entente Success in Macedonia.
By Associated Press
After occupying Monastir, on the
Macedonian front yesterday, French
troops moved north from the city, oc- ■
cupying several villages and captur
ing six hundred and twenty prisoners
and a large quantity of war materials,
the Paris war office announced to
day. The statement said the Entente
Allies were victorious along the entire
front from the river Cerna to Lake
Presba.
Berlin announced that the Teutons
in Macedonia had occupied new posi-
I tions north of Monastir, without pres
| sure from the Entente forces, and sa’d |
I that Serbian attacks in Monglencia ■
I were repulsed. The arrival of fresh j
German troops on this front was also
I announced.
Entente military writers looked upon
I the capture of Monastir as of notable
! political importance. Opinion appear-
I ed divided, however, as to whether it
! will be followed by sweeping military
developments. In some quarters it was
predicted that the Entente forces would
| soon advance toward Prilop, and from
there toward Negotin, with the object
of outflanking the Bulgarians and open
ing the passes northwest of Saloniki.
British attacks on the Somme front,
i between Serre and Beaucourt, and
I south of Miraumont failed, according t >
Berlin, while London and Paris an
nounced that nothing important oc
curred on that front.
Teuton Retreat Turned in Rout.
LONDON, Nov. 20.—The Teutonic re
treat from Monastir toward Prilep
(Serbia) has become a rout with En
tente forces continuing their pursuit
and occupjing villages north of Mon
astir, according to a Rome dispatch I
to tlie wireless press bureau. The dis-1
patch said the Serbians delayed enter- ’
ing Monastir because of fires and ex
plosions which had virtually destroyed
the city.
J. C. DIE PASSES
■THMIIIIIIG
SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 20.—J. C.
Haile, passenger traffic manager of the
Central of Georgia railway, with head-!
Quarters at Savannah, died suddenly'
this morning at his home, apoplexy be- !
ing the cause of death. Mr. Haile had
t een associated with the management
of the Central of Georgia during the
past twenty-five years and numbered
thousands of friends throughout Geor
gia who will learn with regret of his
demise. He is was recognized as an
authority on railroad traffic matters,
and was one of the most progressive
operating officials connected with thel
Central lines. Before coming to Sa
vannah, Mr. Haile was located at Col
umbus.
FAIR WEATHER FORECAST
FOR GEORGIA THIS WEEK
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 20.—The
weather forecast for the week ending
November 25th, for the South Atlantic
and east Gulf States, sent from Wash
i rigton, follows: Generally fair weath
er will prevail until nea rthe close o’
the week, when local rains are proba-
I Lie. The temperatures will be mod
erately low. with frosts, except in
southern Florida, during the first half
of the week; warm weather probable
after Wednesday.
JOY RIDERS ON SPRING STREET
WRECKED CAR AGAINST POLE
Several young men riding out Spring
street in a Studebaker car Sunday
night, ran into a telephone pole, the
car being pretty badly torn up, and
being carried to a shop for repairs.
None of those in the car were hurt in
the accident.
MOSE SPEED DIED
IN FLDDIDA SLINOfII
Mose Speer died Sunday afternoon
at 2 o’clock at his home in Jackson
ville, Fla.
News was received in Americus Sun
day by relatives of the death of Mr.
Speer, and while he had been sick for
only a short while his death was not
unexpected, as he had been sinking
gradually for several days.
Mr. Speer was a son cf the late
: Judge Amos Speer, for years ordinary
|of Sumter county. He was reared in
Americus and for the past fifteen years ;
Lad been living in Jacksonville.
Mr. Speer was fifty-eight years cf,
age. He leaves a wire and three sons, I
Russell C. Speer, of Americus; Fred,
and Charles Speer, of Jacksonville; I
two sisters, Mrs. C. A. Cchneider, of
Americus, and Mrs. P. L. Chambliss,
of Florida; also one brother, Dave'
Speer, of Florida. He was a member
iof the Baptist church, and a man in
whom everybody had confidence.
He will be buried in Jacksonville j
this afternoon. The sympathies of th' |
friends of the family are extended
them in their bereavement.
FIRST DOLLAR FOR
THE STOCKING FDAiO
The first dollar for the Emprv'
Stocking Fund came in this morning,
with just a statement:
"Cash, $1.00.”
The fund is for charity to be used by
1 the Associated Charities, and at a
later date the Times-Recorder will
open the campaign with a vim, trust-,
ing that the time-honored custom will i
receive the co-operation of the peo
ple.
LONDON HOUSEWIVES USING
NEW FOUND “MILK IMPROVER.”
LONDON, Nov. 20. —To avoid hard- I
ships arising out of the higher price of I
milk, the Housewives’ War League has!
put on the market a so-called "milk-;
improver.” It is a white powder, with ,
the correct combination of bone and
flesh-forming constituents. A penny s
worth, mixed with a pint of water, is
added to a pint of cow’s milk, and the
housewife has a quart of ’ just as
rood.”
I’EV. QUILLIAN FILLED
PULPIT SUNDAY NIGHT
Rev. A. W. Quillian, pastor of the
Lee Street Methodist church, filled the
pulpit of the First. Methodist church
Sunday night, delivering a strong ser-|
mon to a large congregation. Rev. J. I
A. Thomas, the pastor, attended the
service, but during the afternoon he
had conducted the funeral service of
Miss Mary A. Taylor, killed in the
automobile wreck Saturday at Fitz
gerald.
A meeting of the members of the
Lee Street church on next Sunday atl
3 p. m., has been announced, and
special emphasis placed on the prayer
meeting for Wednesday.
FIRST TRAIN OVER NEW LINE
INTO SAVANNAH ON SUNDAY
SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 20.—De
pite that the bridge over the Broad
river will not be completed until Jan
nary, the first passenger train ser
i vice over the Charleston-Savannah ex
tension of the Seaboard Air Line rail-!
way was operated into Savannah
Sunday afternoon. Aboard the special
was a party of fifty bankers from
New York. President W. J. Harahan !
of the Seaboard, and other officials. I
Arrangements have been perfected
with the management of the Savannah
hotel, and the visitors will be guests
of that hostelry while in the city. A
ferryboat conveyed the travelers
Rcrngc the Broad river, while a spe>
CLKY
! CITIZENS ENTER
ENTHUSIASM AS
CAMPAIGN OPENS
I
All classes of business and pro
fessional men welcome the announce
ment that the Americus and Sumter
County Chamber of Commerce is to
be rehabilitated and placed upon a
solid basis, which will allow it to take
i its place among the leading civic bod
. ies of the country. Every citizen in
terviewed on the subject expressed
. himself as convinced that now is the
i time for this great community uplift
J and it is the intention of President
Carr S. Glover and the commissioners
to leave no stone unturned to bring
the campaign to a successful conclus
ion. Not the least important of the
items of improvement will be the
maintenance of the agricultural de
partment at a hi§fi point of efficiency,
■ fostering and protecting the interests
of Sumter county at all times from
I which Americus automatically re
ceives great benefit.
As has been stated by Thomas Rich
ardson, one of the greatest community
builders in the country, who for many
' years headed the Oregon Development
League. “Build up your back country
and your trade territory and you won t
, have to worry about the growth of
I your city.” True words, these.
President Glover stated this morn
ing that the structure of the Chambe.-
of Commerce in the future will paral
lel that of the largest cities in the
country, permitting the exercise of ac
tivities and the accomplishment of ci
vic ambitions by means of the increas
ed membership, which will mean the
assured perpetuity of a great, cen
tralized, democratic body in this city
i and county. Americus is the leading
city in southwest Georgia; the repre
sentative civic body must be—and will
, be—a leading organization. Men make
| cities, and Americus men are deter
mined to make Americus stand at the
head.
As Kipling says:
, “It ain’t the guns nor armament, nor
funds that they can pay,
I But the close co-operation that makes
them win the day—
. Il ain’t the Individual, nor the army
as a whole,
But the everlastin’ teamwork of every
blooming soul.”
GOLF FA( ILITIES ATTRACT
MANY TRAVELERS TO SOUTH
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 20.—That
the facilities offered by the South for
lovers of golf is now one of the
‘trong attractions inducing winter
tourist travel to this section of the
country is indicated in a folder just
issued by the passenger department of
the Southern railway which shows a
list of 114 golf links on or reached
by the lines of the Southern. The di
' rectory gives the links in the different
Southern states, according to each
state, the number of hples and length
. in yards of each.
The golf directory is but one of the
features of the folder which is enti
tled "Where To Go This Winter,” and
which is issued for the purpose of
calling attention to the South as a
place for the tourist and visitor to
j spend a pleasant winter and find en
' joyable winter sports.
1 The folder has ninety-one illustra
tions besides those displayed on the
cover and contains information in re
: gard to the various cities and points
of interest in the territory reached by
■ the Southern, and describes the splen
did through train service provided for
; the winter tourist season of 1916-17.
There is also shown a complete hotel
directory giving the names of resorts,
accommodations and rates, which will
make the folder of especial interest
and value to the Southern vilstor.
♦ DAILY WEATHER FORECAST ♦
4- ♦
' ♦ The weather forecast for Amer- ♦
■* icus and vicinity follows: ♦
Fair tonight and Tuesday; ♦
♦ warmer tonight. ♦
ial out of Savannah will be waiting
NUMBER 287,