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FHIRTY-NINTH YEAR.
MDDHEPREACHED
THREE TIMES UN
HORRORS OF 1
Three times yesterday, morning, af
ternoon and night, Rev. Arthur Moore
faced a large and enthusiastic con
gregations. and delivered at each ser
vice a scathing denunciation of sin.
At 11:00 a. m., the evangelist spoke
on '‘Our Debt to the Past, and What
We Owe to the Future.” The object
of this sermon was to point out to his
listeners that all this freedom which
we enjoy today, both political and spir
itual, was obtained for us by some one
else, and that we did not have to do a
single thing to live in the freedom
which we all enjoy. Taking the people
from the political side, Moore said:
■ Centuries ago, hardy men and brave
women braved the terrors of the
American forests filled with the Red
Men, unflinchingly faced the rigors of
a New England winter and settled this
country. They fought the Indian, they
built their towns and planted their
gardens, and in every way made it pos
sible for us to enjoy the security of
this great nation today. Not one of
us here did a single thing, and truly
we are living in a land for which we
did not labor.” Then going to the
spiritual side of the question, Moore
said: “In the days of Rome, men, wo
men and children were burned for dar
ing assert that Christ arose from the
dead. on Martin Luther incur
red the displeasure of the pope and
the hatred of the church of Rome for
daring assert a man could be saved
by faith. Later on John Wesley was
ridiculed and pursued by mobs for
preaching that a man could have a
witness of the Spirit. All of these peo
ple suffered for their convictions, but
today, in every nook and corner of
this great country of ours, men and wo
men are worshipping as they wish.”
Moore concluded his remarks by ex
horting his listeners to try to realize
what they owed to God today for the
great privileges which they enjoy,
when at the same time, by their own
efforts they have not helped to make a
single one of these privileges possible.
At the afternoon service, the evan
gelist preached on the subject: “Where
Shall I Go at Jordan’s Rising?” Ex
plaining that the river Jordan was lin.
ed with caves at certain places, where
the wild beasts had their dens, the
evangelist said that at certain seasons
of the year, when the floods came, that
these beasts were compelled to leave
these caves and seek safety somewhere
else. In part, the speaker said: “Some
of your people are taking refuge in the
cave of morality. Now morality is, a
good thing and us preachers do not
condemn it, but I want to tell you on
the authority of the gospel that ‘moral
ity’ will never get a man to heaven,
and that a moral man or woman has
got to be just as truly saved as the
biggest sinner in your town. Others
of you take refuge in the cave of dis
sipation. The average man and womai
of this city is not aware of the dissipa
tion that is going on here. Now and
then a fester comes to the surface, but
when Jordan rises, many of you will
be surprised and horrified. The last
cave of which I speak is that of ‘ln
difference/ Probably the most o yuo
church members are dwelling in that
cave. You used to be active in church
work, but gradually you have wander
ed away and think that if you come
to church once a month and pay your
dues that you are alright. You are
not, and this cave of indifference is go
ing to find your unprepared for the
rising of the tide.” The speaker ear
nestly begged his listeners to forsake
these caves. Asking for those who
wished to be prayed for and were not
satisfied with their present religious
life, to raise their hands, a large num
ber responded.
At Might Service.
At the night service, the evangelist
spoke on the "Judgement.” This ser
mon was a fitting climax to the prev
ious sermons of the day. Rarely has a j
more concise and truthful picture of
the judgement been shown to a con
gregation. After his introductory re
marks, Moore said: "The judgement
will be a place where everyone wi'l
• tand, where everyone will speak for
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MW FMERS TO
BMTJOffI
Many of the largest planters in Sum
ter county are preparing to replant
their crops as the result of the damage
dene by the severe rain and hail storm
which swept this section on Friday of
last week.
On the E. B. Council plantation about
5 miles east of Americus, about 200
acres of cotton must be replanted, and
other crops are so badly damaged as
to make it problematical whether or
not they will give any margin of profit.
Arthur Rylander stated this morning
that on his plantation at East Point,
the damage done by the storm will
necessitate the replanting of his en
tire cotton acreage. The heavy rains
washed the growing crops so badly
that not even the rows can be distin
guished. A fine rye patch almost ready
for harvest, was broken down to the
ground and cannot be cut even with a
mowing machine.
Many plantations in the 28th district
o? the county and several in the east
ern section beyond the Rylander place
have been hard hit by the storm, and
replanting will be resorted to as soon
as the ground dries out somewhat.
The lateness of the cotton crop in
certain sections of Sumter county caus
ec by the replanting after the storm is
expected to materially affect the yield
on account of tire activity of the boll
weevil which will have an excellent
opportunity to damage the crop late in
the season.
DELEGAriONS SO 10
BE AT CONVENTION
r Delegations from the Central Baptist
and the Presbyterian Sunday schools
of this city left this afternoon for Sa
vannah, to attend the state Sunday
school convention which opens there
tomorrow to continue through Thurs
day. f
The delegates from the Central Bap
tist Sunday school are Mss Lou Ellen
Bragg, Miss Ira Crewe, Miss Lavert
Minnick and Joseph* Perkins. Fom the
I-resbyterian Sunday school the dele
gates are Miss Louise Chapman and
Mrs. Leonard Gartner, Jr.
The First Methodist, Lee Street
Methodist and First Baptist Sunday
schools will not be represented at the
convention by delegates. The series of
revival meetings now being held joint
ly by the First Methodist and Lee
Street Methodist churches has caused
a change in the arrangements for the
attendance of delegations from the
Sunday schools of these churches,
while circumstances prevented the
First Baptist school from sending dele
gates at this time.
The convention is expected to be one
of the most successful ever held in
Georgia and the program for the three
day session includes many interesting
features.
MOVIE HOUSE IS
NEW_CUURT ROOM
CHRISTIANSBURG. Va„ May 77.
Alter the renewal of the trial of Chas.
E. Vawter, charged with the murder of
Stockton Heth, Jr., was resumed here
today, the court adjourned to a moving
picture theatre because the large
crowds attending proved a strain on
the courthouse.
Much interest centers in the trial
because of the sensational testimony of
Mrs. Vawter, who bared her own life
GEORGIANS
WOULD YOU WAIT FOR THE DRAFT AND SERVE IN A REGI
MENT WHERE SOME OF THE MEN WILL BE UTTERLY LACKING IN
THE SOLDIER SPIRIT?
DO YOU REALIZE THAT THE MOST RIGID DISCIPLINE WILL
BE NECESSARY TO WHIP THESE MEN INTO SHAPE
WOULD YOU SERVE WITH SOME REGIMENT YET TO BE NAM
ED WHILE THERE IS STILL A CHANCE TO SERVE WITH THE SEC
OND GEORGIA?
THE AMERICUS LIGHT INFANTRY.
Co. I. 2d Ga. Inantry.
RECRUITING OFFICE FOR AMERICUS LIGHT INFANTRY IS NOW OPEN IN THIS Cl IY—THE NATION CALLS
AMERBMMKMER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROND ISSUE FDR
ROAD AND BRIDGE
WORK PROPOSED
With a view of making the public
highways of Sumter county conform to
the best standards of road construction
and of providing the best possible
transportation facilities for the resi
dents in the rural districts, the county
commissioners are seriously consider
ing the advisability of putting on a
vigorous campaign for the ratification
bj the people of a SIOO,OOO bond issue,
the proceeds of which shall be used for
pt rmanent improvements.
Realizing that the roads and bridges
of Sumter county, must be maintained
on a plane of high efficiency, and that
in view of the ever-widening scope of
road construction operations in this
section, it will be impossible under the
present system tc accomplish the de
sired results, the commissioners are
convinced that bond for permanent im
provement offer the only feasible solu
tion of the problem.
At the meeting of the board this
morning, the question was thoroughly
discussed in all its phases, and the
commissioners, after considering the
matter from all angles, decided that
vigorous efforts be made without de
lay to ascertain the attitude of the
property owners in the county with re
gard to the bon dissue proposition.
One definite steps have as yet been
taken insofar as fixing the date of a
bond election, and it is not probable
that such action will be taken for some
little time. A detailed program of
permanent improvements is to be ar
ranged, so compiled as to give each
section of the county the facilities
it most needs, and in certain sections
the improvements are to be of a much
more substantial and general charac
ter than ever attempted.
The question of direct taxation for
road and bridge construction as op
posed to the bond system, was thor
oughly threshed out at today’s meet
ing, and at the special meeting held
one week ago. The results obtained
in other counties in Georgia, where
the bond plan has been put through in
regard to road work, have been care
fully studied by the commissioners and
the contrast between the two systems
has brought about the favorable con
sideration of the SIOO,OOO bond issue
for Sumter county.
Further announcement concerning
the proposed bond issue will be forth
coming within a short time.
AGED CITIZEN OF
LUNIPKINJS DEAD
LUMPKIN. Ga., May 7. —After an ill-1
ness of several months, John D. Rich- j
ardson, aged 70 years, died last night
about 10 o’clock at his home in Lump
kin. He was a veteran of the War Be
tween the States, and during those
trying times served in the Georgia re
serves. In 1871, he married Miss Geor
gia Whitten, of Smith Station, Ala., and
for a number of years he has been a
prominent citizen of Lumpkin, being
born in Stewart county. He was pres
ident of the Bank of Lumpkin, and a
members of the Masonic fraternity. Be
sides his wife, he is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. E. L. Harvey.
The funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 4 o’clock in Lump
kin.
to save that of her husband, and the
prominence of the parties involved.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7, 1917
fIftILROADS CLAIM A
LOSS IN EARNINGS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.—East
ern railroad representatives at a
bearing before the Interstate Com
merce commission here today said that
the 15 per cent, increase in freight
rates sought w-ould fall $75,000,000
short of the total of $217,000,000 in
ctease in 1917 operating expenses over
those of 1916. The statement of the
Eastern railroads which is to be fol
lowed by similar declaration on behalf
of southern and western lines say the
ccst of coal, wages and material has
of the lines cannot keep pace with the
advanced so rapidly until the incomes
increase. Shippers counsel have in
formed the commission they are pre
pared to oppose granting of the in
creased rates.
FREIoiVETD
WITHIN 6 MILES
QF LAON FORTS
NEW YORK, May 7. —(Compiled by
the Associated Press from European
cables during the day.)—French troops
1 are only siz miles from Laon, the Ger
mon stronghold. After yesterday’s ad
vance, the only formidable barrier be
-1 tween them and their goal is the Ail
• ette river valley, a deep gorge, but
’ from captured heights along the Chem
’ in-des-dames, French guns now over
look the stream.
Since April 16th, the French claim
1 to have captured 29,000 prisoners.
! Heavy German counter attacks in the
1 region of Laon were repulsed today.
! The London war office officially an
■ nounced that British troops pushed
forward west of Bullecourt, and re-
1 ports say the town was entered after
' hand-to-hand fighting.
In Germany, apparently, the recent
' suggestions in the reichstag of reform
proposals, have checked the rising tide
of popular discontent. However, the
' government’s measures to prevent the
world learning true state of affairs,
has made adequate judgement impos
sible. These reforms are said to pro
vide the curtailment of the emperor’s
power and to make the ministry re
sponsible to parliament.
PLANS FOR POTATO
CURING HOUSE HERE|
Plans have been received at the of
fices of the Americus and Sumter
County Chamber of Commerce for the
guidance of planters who desire to
erect sweet potato curing houses on
j their plantations this year.
| Only one set of blue prints and speci
fications has been received thus far,
but several sets are expected withiu
the next few days, and farmers desir
ing to secure them will be able to do
so without difficulty. The plans are
sent out by the State College of Agri
culture and have been drawn up by ex
perts who have made an exhaustive
study of the situation.
The increased production of sweet
potatoes is one of the principal fea
tures of the food production campaign
now being agitated in the South. Hith
erto the sweet potato industry has
been hampered by the lack of facilities
for successfully curing and saving the
potatoes, but with the new curing
houses on each plantation, this crop is
expected to become one of the most
profitable in this section.
UOMBS DROPPED BY
J GERMAN AIRPLANE
LONDON, May 7.—R is officially an
nounced that a hostile aeroplane drop
ped four bombs east of London during
last night.
It was announced later that one man
was killed and a man and a woman in
jured. The material damage sus
tained was slight.
TWO ALLIED WAR
RORIES 10 GARRY
ON MANY PLANS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7—A plan
is being worked out to have two al
lied war commissions sitting contin
uously, one in London and the other
here. The idea sprang from the gen
eral trade meeting in the office of Sec
retary Lansing last week.
Although not definitely decided upon
it is likely the first step of the war
commission here will be to co-ordinate
the resources of the United States and
Great Britain in prosecution of the
w’ar, while the commission sitting in
London, with representatives of all the
allies present, including the United
States, will decide upon the apportion,
meat of seaborne traffic. The commis
sion here would also manage the task
of getting supplies to the seaboard for
shipment abroad.
Another $25,000,000 is Transferred.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.—The
government of the United States has
decided to lend the government of
Great Britain $100,000,000 to meet the
needs of that nation in the United
States during May, and the second in
stallment of $25,000,000 was formally
transferred to representatves of that
government at the British embassy
here today. This amount together with
$25,000,000 placed at the disposal of
Great Britain Saturday, makes half
of the complete loan arranged.
Lahorites Plead For Ireland.
LONDON, May 7.—The Pall Mall
Gazette understands that powerful rep
resentations are soon to be made to
Premier Lloyd-George and members of
the cabinet by Laborites, as their view
of the urgency of settlement of the
Irish question.
ANOTHER RECRUIT FOR
NAVY SENT TO ATLANTA
I John L. Methvin, son of John D.
.Methvin, of the 28th district of this
county, left this afternoon for Atlanta,
to stand his final examinations for en
listment in the United States navy, j He
has passed his preliminary examina
tion at the local recruiting station, and
on being accepted at the Atlanta sta
tion, will be sent back to Americus to
await orders for transportation to a
naval training school for apprentice
seamen.
RUSSIANS STOPPED
IN LOVINGJNENIIES
PETROGRAD, May 7.—General Gur
kc commander on the Russian western
front, has ordered the fraternizing of
Russians with enemy troops stopped.
,In ordering the practice discontinues
General Gurko declares the practice
enables the enemy to learn of Rus
sian military dispositions, and by caus
ing a lull in fighting on the Russian
front permits the Germans to concen
trate troops on the French front. The
cider concludes with an appeal to the
troops to do their duty towards Russia
and Russia’s allies.
ATTENTION. P. O. 8. OF A.
Important meeting of Camp 14 to
night. rnd all members requested to
be on hand promptly at 8 o’clock. De
gree team meets at 7 o’clock sharp.
Camp 24 invited to attend.
Red Cross Notice!
TO THE YOUNG MEN OF AMERICUS AND SUMTER COUNTY:
We beg to announce to the young men of Sumter county that, if any
of them wish to enlist in the military or naval service of the United
States and are restrained from doing so by reason of the fact that they
have members of their family dependent upon them, The Americus and
Sumter County Red Cross Chapter will provide immediate and proper
care of those dependents until government aid becomes available.
STEPHEN PACE, Chairman.
I. L. I. BECRUiTING
PBOCEEOS_SMID
Although there has been no rush of
applicants for enlistment in the
Americus Light Infantry, the recruit
ing for the company that represents
this city and Sumter county in the
Second Georgia regiment, is progress
ing steadily and with good results.
The men who have thus far been re
ceived into the company as recruits are
of the best type; men who will make
first class soldiers.
The policy of picking only the best
men from the applicants for enlist
ment has resulted in the securing of a
fine contingent of recruits and when
they are sent back to join their com
pany after having received training at
the camp in Macon, the Americus Light
Infantry will, according to the offi
cers, be one of the finest organizations
in the state.
7 hus far 15 Recruits have been re
ceived into Company I, and it is ex
pected that within a few weeks all
these men will be sent back from the
training camp.
The recruits for the A. L. I. are as
follows:
Barnum Cobb, Barnum Webb, Rich
land; C. T. Pinkston, Parrott; Fred
Edwards, Green’s Mill; Davis C. Shep
pard, Zera A. Littlejohn, Americus;
1. A. Smith, S. M. Barabee, A. R.
Abell, Brooklyn. Phillip M. Jennings,
Plains; John F. Monohan, Jack C. Mc-
Arthur, Americus; Richard H. Folmar,
Daisy; R. Forest, Americus.
DIBCESE WILLHOLD
9STH HHIIII
SAVANNAH, Ga., May 7.--The nine
ty-fifth annual convention of the Epis
copal diocese of Georgia, which in
cludes Augusta and all of Georgia
south of Macon and Columbus, will be
held Wednesday and Thursday at St.
Paul's church here. Many new mat
ters are coming up, such as proposed
changes in the prayer book, and the
convention promises to be one of
great Importance and interest.
Arrangements have been made for
housing and entertaining seventy-six
delegates, both clergymen and laymen,
from all parts of the diocese. The con
vention begins Wednesday morning at
10 o’clock, with holy communion, the
annual address by Rt .Rev. F. F. Reese.
D. D., bishop of Georgia, and the elec
tion of officers. It ends Thursday
night.
The election of a new officer to col
lect premiums on and administer the
diocese's share of the recently-raised
$7,500,000 pension fund for Episcopal
clergymen will take place. Three
prominent churchmen will deliver ad
dresses Wednesday night, viz., Rev. R.
W. Patton, D. D., of Atlanta; Rev. G.
L. Tucker, of Houma, la., and Rev. C.
1.. Pardee, of New York City.
The delegates from Calvary church,
Americus, are: Rev. J. B. Lawrence,
j. D. Stewart and Thomas Harrold.
TRAINING GAMP HAS
A FEA MORE DAYS
ATLANTA. Ga., May 7. —It is an
nounced here that the time limit for
acceptance of candidates for the offi
cers’ training camp at Fort McPherson,
near Atlanta, has been extended one or
two days, in which additional applica
tions may be filed. A total of 2,300
applications have been accepted to
date, while the full quota of the camp
is 2,500 men.
C£KY
1 OLIVER TALKS ON
Hill AND HAINS
IN MTION
Even if the hard rain and hail did
do a little damage, one little good will
come from it. So many have been
frightened recently by the little black
weevils on the cotton plants, thinking
they were boll weevils. With a few
hot, sunny days after the rain these
weevils will cease their damage to
the cotton plants. But this is not true
with the boll weevils, when they come
out; they remain on the cotton, unless
picked off. The little black pea-pod or
cocklebur weevil has done some little
damage to the cotton plants. They at
tack tile plants almost any place, stem,
leaf or bud; but the boll weevil seldom
ever touches any part of the plant but
the top bud, until the squares begin
to form. Then the buds are left alone
and the squares are punctured and
eggs deposited, and new’ generations of
weevils begin to be produced.
It has been said recently that it is
not worth while to pick the old win
tered-over weevils, because if they
come out this early they will starve
before the squares begin to form, or
within twenty days, if no squares are
formed by that time. There is danger
in that statement. One had better be
very careful to get eevry old boll wee
vil that he possibly can, as fast as they
can be found after they come out from
winter quarters, if they want less
trouble when the squares do begin to
form. Get in the habit, the hardest job
will be to train yourself and labor that
this job must be done thoroughly, and
the one best way to get it done is to
begin at the start and keep up with the
weevils week by week.
Where the cotton has been damaged
too severely by the hail and rain to
have too poor a stand rather than try
ing to re-plant it with cotton it would,
doubtless, be better to replant with
corn and velvet beans, soy beans or
peanuts. Cotton planted this late, even
though it be re-plant, will, no doubt,
stand a poor chance to make a crop
with the boll weevils.
For the cotton that is left let us urge
in every way possible to get the soil
stirred around it at once, so as to
keep it growing as rapidly as possible.
There seems to be a possibility of be
ing able to get nitrate of soda just a
lii tie cheaper. In order to push the
cotton along as rapidly as possible, it
might be a good idea to put about fifty
pounds of soda to the acre, thoroughly
mixed with the soil near the urface
v. hen the cotton is sided up the sec
ond time, after chopping to a stand. Be
sure, though, that soda is used as a
late application will only tend to give
late growth, and this is too expensive
tc get from soda. The cultivation
should be rapid and shallow from now
on. Let us emphasize the fact again
that we must do all we can to push
the crop to maturity.
Let’s not forget the gardens now
though in the rush after the rain.
The crust in the garden needs break
ing about first thing. Remember this
summer's and next winter’s grocery
bill depends to a great extent upon
the condition of the gardens now.
J. G. OLIVER, Field Agent.
WEARING I. S. ARMY SHOES
IS QUITE THE FAD NOW
ATLANTA, Ga., May 7.— Wearing
, United States army shoes has become
• quite the fashion among Atlanta's up
standing young men and men. who
i stay young, in consequence of the
i adoption of these shoes by the hun
dreds who have enlisted in the army,
the National Guard, the Marine Corps
and in the training school for officers
at Fort McPherson. Men who would
like to go into the army but are pre
sented by various circumstances have .
found the army shoe the most, com
fortable piece of footwear thejyever.
wore and have adopted it.
| ► DAILY HEATHER FORECAST *
I > ♦
» The weather forecast fbr Amer
* icus and vicinity follows: ♦
♦ CLOUDY tonight. >
♦ Tuesday: Probably RAIN. *■
NUMBER 109.