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MONDAY, MAY 7, 1917.
AMERICUS FISH 8 (lISTLH MARKET
216 FORSYTH ST., WEST
Phone 778 N. BOLDE & CO., Prop.
We are in receipt of a fresh shipment of Spanish
; Mackeral, Trout, Red Snapper, Crockers, Mullet and
! all kinds of mixed fish. We will dress them if you wish.
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Notice to the lax Payers
I will keep this tax books open until the night of
the 10th of May I had rather lose 10 days than to be
cause of a single man being entered on tne tax book as
a defaulter. So come on and return your property at
once.
Yours Respectfully,
GEORGE D. JONES, Tax Receiver, Sumter County.
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scription Department i
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We bend every energy of our entire force to perfed- !
ing the prescription department of our store. Be as
sured that the proper mixing of pure drugs comprises I
the leading feature.
When’you get a prescription from our store we have
special pride in telling you that it is right.
No matter when you plant or what you plant remem- ;
her we handle seed of fird class quality grown by repu- ;
table seeed houses. Give us a trial on your next seed or
der.
! Allen’s Drug & Seed Store
Phone 148, Forsyth St.
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New Fast Train
Between
MACON AND ATLANTA
Effective May 6th.
Lv. Macon 11:05 a.m.
Ar. Atlanta 1:55 p. m.
Three stops, Forsyth, Barnesville and Griffin •
Central of Georgia Railway
THE RIGHT WAY
P 0 BOX 1223. Phones, Ivy 4531, Ivy 3250. LONG DISTANCE 9922
C. H. ARTHUR
303-304-305 CANDLER BUILDING, ATLANTA, GA.
ORDERS EXECUTED ON:
Correspondent of New York Stock Exchange.
A. A. HOUSMAN & COMPANY, New York Cotton Exchange.
Established 1884. New York Produce Exchange.
20 Broad Street. New York Coffee & Sugar Exchange.
NEW YORK. Chicago Board of Trade.
FOR RENT
5-room bungalow in 7-acre grove; 3 acres open
land- 21 acres under fence with branch through it. All
for sls month. Here is your opportunity to hedge
against the high cod of living. See me at once,
A. C. CROCKETT
Office—Windsor Hotel
AMERICANS 00 010
WORK WHO FORCES
II IRE MT WAR
NOTE—Following is the third story
in the series written by F. A. Mc-
Kenzie, a prominent Canadian news
paperman, describing Americans
who have been and are now fighting
with tlje Canadian army.
BY F. A. MCKENZIE.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
THE FIELD, May 7.—1 asked a hard
bitten Westerner what had induced
him to join the British ranks. “I al
ways hated ‘Greasers’ (Mexicans) and
Huns,” he replied. ‘‘l can’t kill ‘Greas
ers’ or I’d be hanged. But I jumped
at the chance of killing Huns, and
I'm right on the job.” I ashed a sec
ond, a quiet spoken Maine boy, who
has won the Military" Medal for gal
lantry on the field. “I thought from
the first that this was a fight in which
all ought to take part,” he said, “and
so I came.”
The second is the prevailing .type of
the Americans who have come here to
France. They have thought out the
matter, have come to a decision, and
have joined up for neither fun, frolic
nor adventure. Often enough, they
coldly hate and despise the German,
and when they let themselves go, their
eloquence about the Hun leaves their
■less nimble-tongued neighbors admir-
I ingly envious. “Gee if I could only
talk like that.” said one Alberta boy
after an ex-Texan cowboy had spoken
his mind for five minutes on the Hun
as he really is. He never used the
same adjective twice, and each adjec
tive was like an added, drop of vitrol.
They are are of varied types. There
is for instance, Lieutenant Larrabbee,
a West Pointer, who broke his course
to join as a private. He earned the
D. C. M. for special gallantry in res
cuing wounded, and had his commis
sion soon after. Shepherdson, a not
ed sniper, in one infantry battalion,
was in the old days a very well-known
Western cow puncher. W. H. Harton.
now a Canadian rifleman, was, when
a member of the National Guard of
New York, a champion pistol shot, and
one of the competitors for the Elcho
Shield. He was wounded at Zillebeke.
Williams, of Indiana, was a captain
in his state militia. He joined the
French Foreign Legion and won the
Medille Milltarye. Then he was trans
ferred to the Canadians, was wounded
and decorated with the British Mili
tary Medal. The story of Rogers, the
American boy who acting as a runner
was wounded and won the Military
Medal on the Somme, and then was
claimed back by the American auth
orities is well-known. He didn’t want
to leave, and officers and men in bis
old regiment have nothing but good
to say of him.
Good as a Private.
Hre is a record Os a different kind,
and greatly as it is to the credit of the
man, I do not feel that I ought to give
his name. A brilliant young officer in
the U. S. Army resigned and was giv
er. a commission with the Canadians.
He occasionally drank too much, and
as a result was advised to resign. He
did so but immediately re-enlisted as
a private. "If I can’t keep sober as
an officer, I’ll have to when in the
ranks,” he said.
He was sent to the front, where he
scon made a fresh record, this timi
for gallantry. He was attached to
the Machine Gun Corps, and won
promotion to sergeant and the Military
Medal. After one heavy fight, in
which he stood out as a born leader,
ha was offered another commission,
which he accepted. His old old weak
ness had been conquered. When
there is a bit of daring he is
the man for it. Everyone admires and
likes him. “I'd rather have a man
who’d tripped up and recovered than
one who hadn’t enough blood in his
veins to feel the force of temptation,”
said one experienced General to me.
“I've no use for the second kind.”
Sergeant Martin is another Amer
ican who won a D C. M. At the fight
for Observatory Ridge, there was aj
great deal of wire obstructing our
advance. The whole front was swept
by shell fire, machine guns and snip
ers. It seemed certain death to go
out. Martin crept from our trenches
in broad daylight, stealthily approach
ed the German wires, cut quite a
quantity and returned. Incidentally,
he was wounded. “He showed a very
fine example as a soldier,” says his
superiors.
Private G. Sale. another young
American, won a Military Medal in
the same advance. Although wounded,
he insisted on going back into the fir
ing line, as soon as his wounds were
dre-. ed, carrying a load of grenades
with him. He was then wounded a
second time. Lieutenant J. L. Macfar
land of San Francisco, was Machine
Gun Officer for a battalion of Pioneers !
He had earned his promotion from the
ranks. He died at Maple Copse.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
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TX7E extend to the ladies of
’ ¥ this city a most cordial invi
tation to visit our display room
during this week, National Gas
Range Week
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The demonstrator in charge
will be glad to answer any ques
tions concerning gas ranges and
their operation.
AT YOUR SERVICE
Americus
Lighting Company
FRANK ISBELL SUPPLIES
MAJORS WITH HUSTLERS
BY H. C. HAMILTON.
NEW YORK, May s.—Frank Isbell,
the bald eagle of baseball, s dividing
his minor league time between sitting
on the bench running his ball club and
making pitchers for the major leagues.
Since Izzy departed from a first class
job at first basing for the White Sox
he has been roaming around in the
Western league, owning a team here
and there and piloting one or another
the rest of the time. He has settled
variously in Pueblo, Wichita and Des
Moines, with the balance resting in
favor of Des Moines.
When Izzy first came into the Des
Moines club he had pitching for him
Joe Benz, Red Faber, Claude Thomas
and a few others of lesser importance.
Faber and Benz have become stars. A
little later the Minneapolis American
association club grew tired of carrying
George Mogridge around and ne was
sold to the Des Moines club. Izzy
promptly began teaching George some
pitching tricks and sold him to the
Yankees. His recent no-hit perform
ance against the Red Sox shows
whether he learned anything.
Pitchers seem to be Isbell's spec
ialty. but he also has donated oth
ers to the national -astirne. Connie
Mack has one of Izzy’s former payroll
burdens or blessings in Pat Haley,
catcher, Bruce Hartford, now with the
White Sox, is a former pupil of the
bald eagle. Carl Sawyer, who sup
plied the American league with its
laughs last year, grew up under Frank
Isbell’s instructions. Joe Leonard,
Washington’s third baseman, did most
of his early work under the watchful
eye of the former American league
star.
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WE do not offer occasional bargains in furniture for
the purpose of getting rid of undesirable stock,
but at all seasons of the year we sell the sort of home
comforts that la& a life time at prices you are very will
ing to pay. We invite you to open an account with us.
Beginning on May the fir&, we will give our PROFIT
SHARING COUPONS to all customers settling their accounts by
the fifth of the month, or on any part of the account
that is paid by that date. Your account is welcomed
here.
Allison Furniture Co.
J. w. RENFROE, Mgr.
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