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RIO DE JANERIO, March 24.
There are twenty-eight German mer
chantmen Interned in this and other
Brazilian ports today which, rumor has
it, would become raiders of American
shipping in case of war between the
United States and Germany.
These ships total about 110.000 tons
£nd are valued at $0,000,000. Half of
them are in this port and the other
scattered about Brazilian ports.
With two exceptions all these ships
are at liberty to put to sea at any
time. Ever since Brazil’s protest to
Germany over the submarine blockade,
attention has been focused on the Ger
man ships by persistent stories that
several of the interned steamers were
waiting a favorable moment to make
their escape.
Anchored in an open part of the
bay. well under the surveillance of
the harbor’s forts and the Brazillian
fleet, these fourteen ships form a list
less and desolate group.
Os the ships interned here the “Sier
ra Salvada” is the largest with 4,9511
tens net register. The others are the
“Edenberg” (2,782 tons), "Cap Roca
(3.690 tons, "Coburg” (4,200 tons).
• Hohenstaufan” (4.086 tons" "Rol-'
and” (4,255 tons), "Henriette" (1,921
tons) “Alrich” (4,265 tons) ’Carl Woer-I
matin” (3,490 tons), “Posen” (4,094 j
tens). "Gertrude Woermann” (3,969
t • s), "Arnold Ansinck” (2,896 tons),!
‘ r.truria” (2,885 tons, and the "Frank- j
I n (3,22 tons.) 3 [
Besides these there were the “Mn-i
ansa” (3,783 tons), which entered on 1
Am ust 19th, 1914. but sailed a few days
la. r for Buenos Aires and is at pres-I
e interned in Chile, and the “Prus-!
s. “ which entered August 20th, sailed]
fi Santos five days later and did notj
a'rive at that port for a month in
s te of the fact that it is but a day’s
trip. An inquiry undertaken by port
a horities for the purpose of finding
tl.e cause of this mysterious month’s
d apearance did not establish any I
d inite results. It’s an easy guess]
1. .ever that the "Prussia” did not risk I
ca ture by the British cruisers on a
mere pleasure trip, and that some raid
e- ship benefited in supplies during her
di.' sapearance.
'.noth er ship that broke the mon
otony of internment by venturing into
tie open was the "Edenburg,” which'
as >r twenty days of lying idle sailed
f z Santos, where she never arrived.
(. e month later the "Edenberg” re
tt ied calmly to Rio. dropped her
a < hor and landed the crew and pas-'
s . gers of the "Indian Prince" which I
had been sunk by the German cruiser
' Kronprinz Wilhelm.” which itself in
te 'ied later in a North American port.
Fi r this adventure the "Edenburg”
was ordered under guard by the Braz
ilian government.
Cutside of the "Prussia” and the
‘ Edenburg” any of the interned Ger
man ships have the right to leave the
harbor at will.
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SAVANNAH, - - - GEORGIA
AMER'GUS SHOWS
OPERA HOUSE.
Tuesday.
Clara Kimball Young in "Deep Pur-
' pie.”
Wednesday.
"Heartches.”
Thursday.
I Bathe Gold Rooster.
Friday.
"Hans and Fritz,” big musical
comedy.
Saturday.
Announce later.
Alcazar Theatre.
Monday
Paramount. “The Reedeming Love.”
—Five Acts.
Tuesday
Metro. "The Barricade.” —Five Acts.
Wednesday
Triangle, “The Female of the Spec
ies.” —Five Acts.
Two Reel Comedy.
Thursday
Paramount, “The Slave Market.” —
Five Acts.
I Friday
“The Glory of Yolanda.”—Five Acts.
Chapter 7 of “The Secret Kingdom.”,
Saturday
Triangle, “The House Built Upon the
Sand.
Two Reel Comedy.
Statement of the Condition of The
PEA ATE RS BANK,
I Located at Americus, Ga„ at the Close
of Business, March 20th, 1917.
Resources.
I Demand loans $ 67,580.65
] Time loans 592,391.80
I Overdrafts (secured and un-
I secured) 6,310.44
| Banking house 21,961.34
I Other real estate 6,448.51
I Due from banks and bank-
ers in this state 87,487.22
i Due from banks and bank-
ers in other states 142,977.05
i Currencys34,sss.oo
I Gold 5,397.50
Silver, nickels,
etc 8,824.41
Cash items .... 10,727.48
Clearing house . 7,314.96
Advances on cot-
ton 84,501.67 151.321.02
T0ta151,076,478.03
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid in $ 50,000.00
Surplus fund 100,000.99
Undivided profits, less cur-
rent expenses, interest
and taxes paid 79,300.89
Due to banks and bank-
ers in this state,.. 19,565.39
Individual deposits, subject
to check 554.592.33
Demand certificates 1,836.82
Time certificates 271,182.40
Total $1,076,478.03
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Sumter County.
Before me came H. S. Council, cash
ier of the Planters Bank, who being;
duly sworn, says that the above and
foregoing statement is a true condl-■
tion of said bank, as show n by the
books of file in said bank.
H. S. COUNCIL, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 24th day of March, 1917.
E. B. EVERETTE, N. P„ S. Co., Ga.
NEWS FROM AMERICUS SCHOOLS
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♦ GRAMMAR SCHOOL. ♦
♦ ♦
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF—
Elizabeth Sheffield.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS—
Hallie Walker.
Frances Sparks.
Susie Johnston.
Courtney Ivey.
Marvin Giddings.
Norman McLeod.
We haven’t had very inviting weath
er for the last week. It was rather
cold Monday, cloudy Tuesday, raining
Wednesday, and the other two were
none too good.
Mr. Smith, our well known manual
training teacher, has gone off to a
wedding (not his own), so we don’t
expect we will lose him. Miss Eliza
beth Brown is taking his place while
I he is away, but she doesn’t teach man-
I ual training much, and only lets them
study.
I We have started voting for a can
' didate in each seventh grade for "May
Queen.” The lucky candidate will be
i crowned queen at the May day festival
here at the Grammar school.
We had quarterlies Friday. Don't
you all pity us? You need not pity ail
of us though. Most of us got a holiday
except those who hadn’t studied
enough (that doesn’t mean that we
had studied so hard ourselves) but j
perhaps our lucky stars decided to j
shine on us or anyway some of us es-■
caped the horrors of exams.
Last Wednesday, we cooked some-1
rhing you eat almost every day of
your life. In other words, biscuits.
They were very nice and we cleaned
the pan.
The girls didn't have a basket ball
game last Friday because the quar
terlies were going on.
. Miss Martha has started us on
working up advertising posters of
many different things, Some candy,
others domestic science, manual train
ing. shoes, hats, the High School Meet,
autos, etc. We have to sketch them
with chalk first and then paint them.
Some of them are very attractive.
All of us were very sorry to hear
that Norman McLeod, one of our ed
itors, is very sick with typhoid fever.
He was taken to the hospital m
Thursday and has had high tempera
ture, but we hope he •will soon be
well.
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♦ HIGH SCHOOL. ♦
(BY FRANCES M’MATH.)
A High school debate between
Americus and Cuthbert was held Fri
day evening. The Americus affirma
tive and the Cuthbert negative teams
were the contestants, and Americus
was the winner. Cuthbert got one vote
of the three, but the Americus team,
composed of Geo. Lumpkin and Henry
Allen, held the clear title to the vic
tory. We can but hope that a similar
victory was won by the negative team
which went to Cuthbert to debate.
The debate was the first contest of
the district high school meet. The suc
cess that we have met with in this line
of work makes us more hopeful that
we may win first place in the coming
event. The other contests will be held
here the 13th and 14th. Every repre
sentative of our school is practicing
steadily and diligently.
The play, “Lost, a Chaperon.” will
be presented next Friday evening bv
the Sesior class.
The literary program, prepared by
Second Year A class, March 23, fol
lows :
Music—Mary Eva Gnosspelius.
Declamation—Charles Culpepper.
“The Life and Works of Jacob Ruys
dael”—Agnes Gatewood.
Debate: “Resolved, That the Works
ot Nature are More Beautiful Thai
the Works of Art.” Affirmative, Irma
Cannon, Lois Capien. Annie Cawood;
negative, Emily Edwards, Annie El-
, THE BIG MUSICAL COMEDY OF THE YEAR n n/ifW!
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I SCENE IX “HANS AXI) FRITZ” AT THE OPERA HOUSE, MARCH 30TII.
lis, Mary Belle Greene.
Music—Girls’ Sextette.
“A Trip to Savannah”—Finis Dun
raway.
Declamation—Frank Easterlin.
A. H. S. Dots—Charles Lanier.
Current Events —Marion Hargrove.
Music—Frances Harper.
Report of Critic.
Adjournment.
Alcazar Theatre.
Kathlyn Williams in “Redeeming
Love” is at the Alcazar Monday.
“Redeeming Loce,” a Morosco-Para
mount picture which is the attraction
at the Alcazar Theatre Monday, marks
a double stellar debut. Kathlyn Wil
liams, one of the most popular stars on
the screen, makes her debut as a Mor
osco player and Thomas Holding, who
co-stars with her, appears for the first
time under the banner of that produc
ing company. In the case of Miss
Williams, the picture represents her
first appearance on the Paramount pro
gram but Mr. Holding has been iden
tified with Famous Players productions
ever since he appeared in support of
Pauline Frederick in an adaption of
Hall Caine’s "The Eternal City.” Other
important members of the cast are
Herbert Standing, Wyndham Standing.
Helen Eddy, Jane Keckley and Don
Bailey.
"Redeeming Love” is a powerful
drama relating the story of a country
girl whose beauty fascinates a gambler
who comes to her town to rest. She
falls in live with him and finally goes
to the city where she plunges into the
life of a gambler and becomes so im
bued with the spirit of the gamester
that the getting of maney becomes her t
only religion in life.
1 -
Hooks’ Pharmacy
Now Handles
Elmer’s Chocolates
This up-to-date, progressive drug store has
just been appointed agent for the famous Elmer
Chocolates in Americus. From now on these
fine candies can be obtained at this drug store
only. By this arrangement this drug store is able
to offer its customers the best candy on the mark
et, fresh by express every day and the manufac
turers of Elmer’s fine candies obtain one of the
leading drug stores of the city to represent them.
CHOCOLATES
are the “new” kind. They not only have the
quality and flavor of the average high grade candy,
but they are “different.” They are the last word
in style, in originality of flavors, in appearance.
They are ju& the sort of candy that the modern
young man or woman wants to eat. 60c to
$1.25 the pound.
Remember—they come to you
Fresh Daily By Express
“GOODNESS KNOWS THEY’RE GOOD.”
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