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KHIKTT-NINTH YEAR.
ftRTHURMODBEIS
SFRONGINPOfIER
OF HIS ADDRESS
1
Preaching from, the text, “What
Shall I Do To Be Saved?” Evangel
ist Moore held his listeners spell
hound for about forty minutes last
night, while he delivered one of his
greatest discourses against sin.
“The text, 'What Shall I Do to Be
Saved,’ has been given too many easy
interpretations,” said the speaker.
"Many people think all they have to
do to inherit eternal life is to ‘be
lieve,’ and they will be saved. I tell
you this is all wrong. Os course, every
one that is saved has to believe on
Christ, but you have got to do a lot
cf other things, too. Paul told the
jailer to ‘believe,’ because that jailer
was an infidel. He told the soothsay
ing woman to ‘quit lying,’ and he told
Lydia to ‘get rid of her pride.’ You
folks who are sinners have got to quit
getting drunk, gamblers quit gambling,
and worldly folks running with the
gang.
“You will also notice that after the
jailer was converted that he took Paul
out and washed the stripes that he had
made while beating him. In other
words he tried to undo as far as pos
sible the wrong that he had done. Now
I tell you folks that many of you
have go to do some ‘stripe washing.’
You men that have made life misera
ble for your wives, have got to beg
their 'pardon, and do all you can to
undo and make happy the many un
happy hours that you have given them.
You can’t square up by giving them
ten yards of five-cent calico. Then
some of you women with ‘nervous high
strung temperaments,’ have got to
make amends for some of the cutting
things that that tongue of yours has
said. Having good biscuits six days
out of seven that isn’t ‘stripe washing’,”
said Moore.
“You young ladies sitting out in the
congregation, who look as sweet and
winsome as possible, with your curled
hair and powdered noses; you look as
if nothing could change your sweet dis
position, but my! my! how many times
you have caused father worry, and
many a night mother has cried hei;
eyes out on account of your carryings
on. You have got to do r-ire than ‘be
lieve.’ You have got to beg mother’s
pardon, and do all that you can to undo
the harsh, cruel words that you have
used to her.
“ 'Stripe washing’ also means paying
those old grocery bills, paying that
doctor that came to visit your family
years ago in the middle of the night,
settle up all your old accounts to the
best of your ability. I wash that I
could tell you that getting religion
was just shaking my hand and ‘be
lieving,’ but it is not. You folks go
home and think this thing over, and re
member that every sermon that I
preach from now on will come right
back to this one.”
There will be no services tomorrow,
but Sunday will be a full day and an
nouncements will be made later. Ev
eryone is cordially invited to attend all
these services, and are assured of a
hearty welcome.
MIL INO 01 WE
HEAVY 111 THE CITY
A terrific 'rain and hailstorm began
in Americus this afternoon at 1 o'clock.
The dark over-hanging clouds gave
warning of something serious for dis
turbing weather, but the heavy hail
came in torrents coupled with the
rain. The rain continued, while per
iodic moments of hail came.
Tire streets became veritable rivers
ot water at times and the out-carrying
sewers were over-taxed.
On Jackson street near the Seaboard
Air Line railway depot the water ac
cumulated faster than it moved off,
presenting a sea of water.
It is feared that the crops have
been greatly damaged because of the
heavy, washing rains and the driving
hail.
RESERVE OFFICER RECRUITS
TO RECEIVE SIOO A MONTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4.—Con
ferees on the army bill late yesterday
agreed on' a provision to pay SIOO a
month to men in the training camps
seeking to qualify os members of the
officers’ reserve corps.
ROBBERS TILED
THROUCIHMERIGIJS
Three white men who robbed the
postoffice at Weston, Ga., about 1
o'clock this morning, and who were
traced to Americus by a posse made up
of officers from Preston and Terrell
county, are the object of a man-hunt
that now has included a wide territory
to the north and east of this city.
The robbery occurred shortly after
the heavy rainstorm which swept this
section last night, the safe in the post
office being blown open and between
S3OO and S4OO worth of stamps taken,
along with a small amount of actual
cash, left in the office by Postmaster
George Sims. Indications are that the
job was done by professionals.
The yeggmen left Weston in a Ford
car with non-skid tires on both rear
wheels and the posse which was quick
ly organized as soon as the crime was
discovered this morning, took up the
trail without difficulty, following it
through Terrell county and on to
Americus.
The three men stopped at the garage
of the Americus Auto Company about
4 oclock this morning, according to the
statement of E. L. Greene, night man
at the establishment, to secure a sup
ply of gasoline, then continuing on
through the city, and out on the Dixie
Highway, leading northward.
Sheriff Charles Christian, of Webster
county, and Sheriff Zach Turner, or
Terrell county, with a posse of citizens,
came through Americus about 9:30 this
morning, and left on the trail north
ward, while Sheriff Harvey got busy
notifying the authorities in the cities
and towns within a radius of 100 miles
to be on the lookout for the robbers.
LABOR MEI OF J. 8.
HAVE ARRIVED HERE
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NEW YORK, May 4.—Right Hon.
Charles W. Bowerman and J. H. Tho
mas, members of the Britsh parliament,
and H. W. Garrod, labor representa
tive in the munitions bureau, who were
appointed by the British government as
official advisers to American labor in
the conduct of the war, arrived here
today. The members of the party came
to the United States at the invitation
ot officials of the American Federa
tion of labor.
LEE SUPERIOR COURT BEGINS
SPRING SESSION NEXT MONDAY
Lee Superior court convenes in Lees
burg for the spring session next Mon
day morning, and Judge Z. A. Little
john, Solicitor General John A. Fort
and Court Stenographer Glover, will
go down Monday morning to attend, as
will several lawyers from Americus,
who have business in the court. The
session holds four or five days usually,
but sometimes holds for the entire
week.
NO CORNER ON FOODSTUFFS,
SAY ATLANTA MERCHANTS
ATLANTA, Ga., May 4. —Atlanta’s
wealthy people are ot buying up enor
mous quantities of flour, sugar, can
ned goods and other provisions and
storing them away for future use, ac
cording to one of the local newspapers
which has made an exhaustive investi
bation among grocers to find out i
whether there was any truth in reports
that such was the case.
Atlanta grocers report that the sale
of tanned goods and flour is somewhat
heavier than it would be in normal
times, but they have not noticed that
individual purchasers are buying in
I very large quantities.
Vegetables in Atlanta will probably
be cheaper this summer than in sev
eral years, owing to the fact that
I thousands of backyards have been
turned into gardens, while the truck
growers around the city are harvest
ling very large crops.
RECRUITING OFFICE FOR AMERICUS LIGHT INFANTRY IS NOW OPEN IN THIS CITY—THE NATION CALLS
AMERHSSWMSQRDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
RUSSIA FACES Al
CRISIS WITH A
■’SJEMMID
PETROGRAD, May 4.—Detachments
of soldiers have gathered before the
headquarters of the provisional govern
ment here, demanding the resignation
of Foreign Minister Milukoff. His res
ignation was also demanded by thous
ands of soldiers and workmen, who
marched through the streets of Petro
grad during yesterday and last night.
Discontent has been smouldering some
time, on account of the belief that Mil
ukoff is not fully in sympathy with
the viewpoint of the workmen and
soldiers, the present outbreak being
the direct result of the foreign office
announcement to the Allies that Rus
sia would ont slacken its efforts in the
commo struggle against the Central
Empires and would strictly observe the
engagements of the Romanoff dynasty
with the Entente.
The soldiers and workmen declared
they should be consulted before such a
communication was sent and at a meet
ing of the council of soldiers and
workmen delegates, the formation of a
coalition cabinet was favored. There
were also demonstrations in favor of
the Milukoff government.
MERRILL WHEATLEY UNDER
SURGEON’S KNIFE AT MUON
The Macon Telegraph says: Musican
Wheatley, of the Second regiment band
who has been in the Macon hospital
for an operation is out again. Wheatley
is from Americus, and is considered
one of the best drummer in Georgia.
HOCKINGHAM MEN
HAVEJEEH FOUND
LONDON, May 4. —An admiralty re
port today states that the boat missing
since the sinking of the American ship
Rockingham several days ago, to
gether with the fourteen men known to
be therein, has been recovered and the
survivors rescued.
A. & M GOT REVENGE
ON FORT miEY H. 5.
In a rather loosely played game yes
terday afternoon at the ball park, the
Third District A. &M. team scored a
victory over the aggregation from the
Fort Valley High school, thus evening
up the series between the two schools
this season.
The locals won by a 4 to 1 score,
Pantone holding the visitors to 5 hits,
i while the A. & M. boys were annex
ing 8 safe swats, mixing them in with
errors by their opponents at critical
moments. Fort Valley was credited
with 5 errors, while the A. & M. team
made 2 misplays.
The line-up of the teams was as fol
lows: A. & M.; Chappell, ss.; Pan
tone p.; Dorman, c.; Smith, cf.; Ma
thews, If.; Levie, 2b.; Chappell, lb.;
Hill, 3b.; Moran, c. Fort Valley; Mad
dox, Cowart, Murray, Hiley, Feagin,
Bartley, Muscovitz, Jones, Murray. Um
pire. Smith.
NEW WAY OF CONSERVING
THE POTATO SUPPLY
COLUMBUS, 0., May 4.—Here’s a
tip—-save it!
Did you ever notice how the eyes on a
potato are more numerous at the tip?
Someone suggested to Governor Cox
that each eye is the seed for a sprout.
The result Is that every Columbus ho
tel and restaurant, at the governor’s
request, is paring off the potato tips.
They are being distributed to backyard
gardners, thus conserving the scanty
potato supply.
Governor Cox is now trying to get
restaurant men in other, Ohio cities to
do the same. "Columbus alone is
yielding many bushels of tips every
day under this plan,” said the governor
today.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 4, 1917
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4 NATIONAL BANKS SOON TO ♦
4 MAKE REPORT TO TREASURY ♦
4 WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4. 4
4 The comptroller of the treasury 4
4 has issued a call for statements 4
4 of condition of all national banks 4
4 as of May Ist. 4
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BERLIN REVOLT
ANO GUN USED
15 THE_REPORT
AMSTERDAM, Holland, May 4.—The
newspaper Maasbore, published at
Maestricst, says serious revolts oc
curred in Berlin last weeks, and that
guns w-ere used by the authorities
against the mob. The story is uncon
firmed from other sources.
News and Postal Service Resumed.
COPENHAGEN, Sweden, May 4.
Full newspaper and postal service from
Germany has been resumed. The news
papers received here all indicate that
reports of the failure of the feared
May Day strikes were virtually correct.
badlHnSed is
MTOMOBIEE CRASH
J. E. Stewart, in charge of the
United States army recruiting station
in Americus, sustained a broken right
shoulder blade, a fractured right arm
and severe gashes on his face and
hands in an automobile smash-up
Thursday afternoon, narrowly escaping
death when he was pinned under a
Ford car as) it turned turtle about 5
miles north of Ellaville.
A. M. Ferillo, navy recruiting officer
stationed at Americus, was also a pas
senger in the Ford, but was uninjur
ed, except for a few bruises and
scratches. But for his efforts which
i succeeded in liberating Stewart from
his perilous position underneath the
overturned car. the army man would
have been choked to death, as the
steering wheel pressed against his
throat, so as to render him almost un.
conscious by the time his companion
extricated him.
The two recruiting officers had been
tc Buena Vista to examine some appli
cants for enlistment, and were re
turning to Americus when the acci
dent oeuerred.
The car was traveling about 20 miles
ar hour when reaching the foot of a
grade it struck a drainage ditch in the
road, causing Stewart, the driver, to
lose control. The machine swerved to
one side, plunged against an embank
men and turned completely upside
down, with the four wheels spinning in
air.
Both men were under the car, but
Ferillo managed to get clear and finally
tore loose the rim of the steering
wheel, which was slowly strangling
Stewart. The latter was then able to
crawl from under the machine.
Motorists passing shortly after the
accident succeeded in righting the ma
chine, and the engine as found to be
undamaged. In spite of his injuries,
Stewart drove the car into Ellaville,
where he received medical attention,
and then drove on to Americus, arriv
ing just before sundown.
Stewart expects to be relieved by
ar other recruiting officer until he has
recovered from his injuries.
NHL FURNISH 3 ACRES
OF LAND WITHOUT HEIT
I W. D. Bailey announces through the
Times-Recorder that he has a plot of
3 acres of ground which he will turn
over to some one who will cultivate
it in food products. No rent will be
charged for the use of the land, if put
to this use./
Any person desiring to take advant
age of this offer may obtain detailed
information by communicating with
Mr. Bailey.
BRIIISH AHEAD OF
TIME IN RUSH
ON WEST FRONT
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 4.—Brit
ish forces on the western front are
already a fortnight ahead of their at
tacking schedule, and have sustained
losses much smaller than expected, ac
cording to a cablegram from the Brit
ish foreign office to Minister Balfour.
Losses sustained, the cable message
said, were only half as large propor-1
tionately as during the Somme offen
sive last year.
British officials attribute this fact
to the incomparably better artillery of
the Entente forces, and the fact that
the men are not allowed to outrun
the heavy guns.
Arras Battle Still Continues.
NEW YORK, May 4.—(Compiled by
the Associated Press from European
cables during the day.)—Throughout
last night and today guns continued
tc boom without intermission on the Ar.
ras battlefield. Frequent bursts of ma
chine gun and rifle fire told of attacks
and counter attacks along various
parts of the front of the British of
fensive told how the British maintained
their hold on the village of Fresnoy
and nearby positions, which they cap
tured yesterday. The Germans deliv
ered severe counter attacks here and
also near Cherisy and on the Arras-
Cambrai road, from both of which the
British were compelled to fall back.
The British made additional progress
northeast of St. Quentin during last
night, and also northeast of Hargi
court.
NEW MINISTER IS
NAMED FOR BRAZIL
RIO DE JANERIO, Brazil, May 4.
Dr. Nio Pecan, formerly un
der secretary of state, has been ap
pointed foreign minister of Brazil, to
succeed Dr. Lauro Muller, who re
signed two days ago, saying he wanted
no friction.
RFTAIL MERCHANTS TO
DISGUSSJELIVEHIES
At a meeting of the Retail Mer
chants’ department of the Chamber of
Commerce to be held tonight at 8
o’clock at the offices of the chamber,
the question of estabishing a more ef
ficient system of delivery will be the
principal topic of discussion.
A double daily delivery is proposed
by the grocery houses of the city, with
emergency delivery in cases of urgent
necessity. This plan has been adopted
in many of the cities in this section
with good results, and the Americus
grocers are inclined to at least try it
out.
J. L. Sparks and Albert Harris have
been elected chairman and secretary
| respectively of the grocers’ groups of
the Retail Merchants’ department.
4 DAILY WEATHER FORECAST ♦
> The weather forecast for Amer- ♦
♦ icus and vicinity follows: 4
4 FOR AMERICUS: Probably 4
♦ showers. 4
4 Saturday: COOLER. 4
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GEORGIANS
IF COLD STEEL IS TO BE EMPLOYED AGAINST THE ENEMY
WOULDN’T YOU ADVANCE WITH MORE CONFIDENCE IF YOU KNEW
THE MAN ON YOUR’RIGHT AND ON YOUR LEFT HAD JOINED THE
COLORS FROM THE FIELDS OF Si MTER?
OTHER MEN MAY BE JUST A*? BRAVE, BUT THE FIRING LINE
IS NO PLACE TO EXPERIMENT.
SERVE WITH MEN WHOSE INTERESTS AND SYMPATHIES ARE
IN COMMON WITH YOUR OWN.
APPLY FOR ENLISTMENT IN
THE AMERICUS LIGHT INFANTRY,
CO. I, 2D. GA. INF.
TO PLAUE A MILLION GERMAN
CHILDREN ON FARMS IN SUMMER'
BERLIN, May 4.1 It is officially an
nounced that 1,0d0,000 city children are
to be placed on German farms this
summer, and that farmers will pay
these laborers fifty pfennig’s apiece
daily wages.
Iffl OBTAIN UNS
FOB PRIVATE USE
Member of the Sumter County Can
ning club or other private individuals
who desire to can food products such
as vegetables, fruits, etc., this season,
will be able to secure the necessary
cans in spite of the serious shortage
in the supply of these containers.
Through the efforts of the Sheffield
Hardware Company, of this city, the
American Can Company has agreed to
furnish the necessary cans of standard
sizes to canning club members and to
private individuals in this section, al
though retailers will not be allowed to
handle these cans on account of the
shortage prevailing in the metal mar
ket, making it very difficult for the
manufacturers to get raw materials.
The cans furnished to canning club
members and private individuals will
be sold at actual cost plus freight
charges, without any margin of profit
for the Sheffield Company. The cans
will be laid down, in Savannah by the
manufacturers and the freight charges
from that point to Americus will be
added to the cost, so that the price of
the cans this year will be practically
the same as in 1916, although the retail
price this year is considerably in ex
cess of the old figures.
All canning club members and other
persons desiring cans for their per
sonal use are requested to communi
cate with Miss Rowena Long, director
of home economics in Sumter county,
or with the Americus and Sumter
County Chamber of Commerce. State
how many cans are desired and what
sizes, sending in tills data at once so
that the cans may be secured without
delay.
AUSTRIAN ENVOI HAS
SAILED FDD HOLLAND
NEW YORK, May 4. —Count Tarn
owski von Tarnow, who came to this
country to succeed Count Dumba as
Austrian ambasasdor at Washington,
but whose credentials were ne't - re-j
c.eived by President Wilson, sa. ;d to-,
day for Holland with the members of,
the embassy, former Austrian consuls |
in America, and special attaches of |
that country in the United States.
71 SEIZED VESSELS TO BE
READY FOR USE IN 5 MONTHS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 4.—Sev
enty-one German and Austrian mer
ci ant ships seized by the government
will be repaired and ready for commis
sion within five months, unless con-1
coaled damage is discovered, the fed
eral shipping board estimates. They
will add 535,722 tons to America’s
merchant marine. Many of the smaller
ships can be made ready for service in
less than four months, and necessary
repair work is being rushed in private
shipyards.
I NITED STATES ARMY BASE
HOSPITALS TO GO TO FRANCE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 4.—Defi
nite plans have been completed for
send United States army base hospitals
to France, it is announced today. The
details of the plan are withheld.
CHY
'IW’ADOO CALLS ON
BANKS FOO HELP
ON THE WAR BONO
The Bank of Commerce today re
ceived the following telegram from
Secretary of tjie Treasury W. G. Mc-
Adoo:
Government will receive sub
scriptions until June 15th for two
billion dollars 3 1-2 per cent. “Lib
erty Loan.” You can render in
valuable service to your country
by receiving subscriptions and co
operating with Federal Reserve
Bank, your district. Will you
kindly do this and telegraph me at
government expense as soon as
practicable a rough estimate of
bonds you think will be subscrib
ed for by you and your custom
ers.
Our government needs funds for
war. Part of this money will be
raised by taxation, and part by a
great popular loan, to which the pub
lic will be given every opportunity to
subscribe. The United States is today
the richest country in the world. The
demands of the war are imperative.
The nation’s wealth must meet the
nation’s needs.
The American people are not yet ed
ucated to the purchase of bonds as are
the people of other countries. Less
than one-fifth of one per cent, of the
people of the United States own bonds,
and only a fraction of these are hold
ers of government securities. In both
France and England, more than eleven
per cent, of the people have helped in
dividually to finance those countries in
' performing their part in the present
war.
' The government has a sound basis
tor its belief in the patriotism of the
' bankers and the investors of the coun
try, and for its anticipation that they
will give their enthusiastic co-opera
tion in the support of this loan. In
order to assure its success, however,
this co-operation must be broad and
deep. It must extend far beyond the
ordinary channels of investment.
Thousands of persons who never have
purchased bonds, who never have been
in touch with financial houses, must
become investors in this issue. It has
an appeal, not only to patriotism, but
to reason and to business sense. The
whole nation must be quickened to a
complete understanding of the spirit
and the meaning of this investment.
■ America must enlist its wealth, as
well as its manhood.
These bonds will represent the high
jest grade of security in the world to
day, and are free of all taxes. This
bank will take some of these bonds,
on its own account, and will be glad to
receive subscriptions fiom the people
of this county. We will make no
charge whatever for our services.
Yours truly, BANK OF COMMERCE.
NAVY RECRUITS TO
JAWAITORUERSHERE
p
Young men who enlist in the United
States navy as apprentice seamen will
lie allowed to remain at home to await
orders as to where to report, accord
' ing to new orders received by A. M.
Ferillo, in charge of the naval recruit
’ i ing station in Americus.
Hitherto the apprentices have been
3 sent from Americus to the head sta
! tion in Atlanta for final examination
and then forwarded to the training
; school at Norfolk, Ya., or some other
. point. The en’.istsmcnt of apprentices
has been so brisk, however, that the
training schools are full a{ present,
and newly enlisted apprentices wil
Inow be allowed to return home from
Atlanta after their final examination,
to await orders to report at some train
ing school.
I Six new recruits were sent to At
lanta yesterday by Mr. Ferillo, three
men each from Buena Vista and Monte
zuma. They are Bob G. Butt, Alexan
der M. Smith and Charles E. Lowe, of
Buena Vista; Vernon E. Romefelt, L.
F>. Pickard and J. S. Eubanks of Monte
zuma.
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