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TUESDAY, JUNE 19. 1917
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111 South Lee Street
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and
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Fount
Phone 406
Prompt Service
J. I. GIDDINGS
Druggist
Forsyth St & Cotton Ave.
Save Your
Shoes
There’s months of wear and
lots of good service in many
a pair of shows thrown away
Don’t do it. Bring your old
shoes to us and let us fix
them for you at a fraction of
what a new pair will co£t.
We call for and deliver
your shoes.
REX SHOE SHOP
E. Breetlove, Prop.
101 Lee St. Artesian Corner
For Sale
80 ACRES south of Plains, for
quick sale, $lO acre.
100 ACRES, 5 miles of railroad;
rent 4 bales cotton, $25 acre
250 ACRES, 5 miles of railroad.
Lee county, sl6 acre.
1100 ACRES, 4 miles of railroad
station, $8 acre.
" H(SuSE AND LOT, 5 rooms; in
good condition, Jackson ave.
$1,500.
5-ROOM HOUSE, large lot, nice
home; Furlow St., $2,000.
5-ROOM HOUSE, large lot, For
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If you want to buy, sell or
rent, come to see me.
P. B. Williford
Ot'tice West Side Main Entrance
Windsor Hotel.
Legal Advertisements
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Libel For Divorce.
Dawson Perry vs. Gertrude Perry,
j Libel for Divorce. In Sumter Superior
Court. Returnable to November Term.
1117.
! To Gertrude Perry: You are hereby"
required personally or by an attorney,
to be and appear at the Superior court
to be holden in and for the county of
Sumter on the 4th Mondaj’ in Novem
;ter, 1917. then and there to answer the
plaintiff’s complaint, as in default
thereof the court will proceed as to
justice shall appertain.
Witness the Honorable Z. A. Little
john, judge of said court, this the 29th
day of May, 19917.
S. R. HEYS,
Deputy Clerk Superior Court.
For Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA —Sumter County.
Whereas, Mrs. Fannie L. Stubbs, Ad
ministratrix of R. W. Morgan, repre
sents to the Court in her petition duV
filed and entered on record, that sh<-
has fully administered R. W. Morgan’s
estate: This is therefore to cite all
persons concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause if any they can,
why said Administratrix should not be
discharged from her administration
and receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in July, 1917.
This June 4th, 1917.
„ OHN A. COBB. Ordinary.
.Sheriff's Sale.
GEORGIA —Sumter County.
Will be sold before the Court House
door, in the City of Americus, said
State and County, between the legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in
July, 1917, the following described
property, to-wit:
“One vacant town lot situated on
Jackson Street, in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., and bounded as follows,
On the North by house and lot of Geo.
Henderson, on South by house and lot
of Ab Jackson, on the East by proper
ty of Missouri Roberson, on the West
by property unknown to me.”
Levied upon and will be sold as the
property of I. A. Harris, to sat’isfy a
certain City Court Fi Fa, issued from
the City Court of Americus in favor of
M. J. Stevens vs I. A. Harris. Tenant
in possession notified in terms of law.
This 6th. day of June, 1917.
LUCIUS HARVEY, Sheriff.
Guardian’s Sale.
GEORGIA —Sumter County.
Under and by 1 virtue of order of the
Court of Ordinary of Sumter County,
Georgia, will be sold before the court
house door in the City of Americus.
Sumter County, Georgia, on the first
Tuesday in July, 1917, between the
legal hours of sale the following prop
erty to-wit: Two certain vacant city
lots in the town of DeSoto, Ga., each
lot fronting on the South side of De
pot Avenue fifty feet and having a
depth of 110 feet and bounded as fol
lows: On the north yb said Depot
Avenue; East by the property of J. W.
Bagley; South by an alley and on the
West by the property of E. A. Luke.
Said property sold for the purpose of
distribution among the wards of J. N.
Smith as guardian for Bessie, Ethel
and Mattie Lee Smith.
J. N. SMITH.
Guardian for Ethel, Mattie Lee and
Bessie Smith.
Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA —Sumter County.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in
July, 1917. between the legal hours of
sale, before the court house door in the
city of Americus, said state and county,
the following described property: Lot
110 Church street, city of Americus.
Said lot bounded on north by Church
street, on east by lot of Barlow Coun
cil, on south by lot of Barlow Council,
and on west by lot of Miss Sarah
Wheeler. Said lot is 60 feet wide on
Church street and of a uniform width
running back south 90 feet. Being the
same property conveyed to Robert G.
Christian by Mrs. Mamie F. Tower by
warranty deed, dated Feb. 23, 1915, and
recorded in Book 00. Page 260, rec
ords of deeds Sumter county, Georgia.
Levied upon as the property of said
Robert G. Christian by virtue of a fi fa
issued out of City Court of Americus
in favor of the Calvert Mortgage Com
pany versus said Robert G. Christian.
Notified tenant in possession this June
6th, 1917.
LUCIUS HARVEY, Sheriff.
Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA—Sumter County.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in
July, 1917, between the legal hours of
sale before the courthouse door in the
city of Americus said state and county,
he following described property: A cer
tain tract of land, with all improve
ments theeron, lying immediately south
of the city limits of Americus. be
ginning at a point 520 feet west of Lee
street, in the center of a proposed new
street, on the south side of the we 8:
extension of Edgewood avenue, and
running thence in a westerly direction
U a PROM
OF ACTIVITIES IS
EXIBEMELI SIMPLE
WASHINGTON, June 19.—Simplicity
marks the daily routine of President
Wilson in these busy war days at the
Capitol. There is plenty of work for
the chief executive but an order of his
physician the President devotes a cer
tain part of each day to “keeping in
trim.”
Eleven holes of golf in the morning,
a theater two evenings a week, a short
automobile ride in the afternoon and
an occasional close friend at luncheon
or dinner constitutes the recreation
that provides a half way relaxation
from the strain of executive problems
President Wilson is a man of unus
ual concentrative powers. When he
considers a legislative measure it is
weighed from every possible angle.
All else is excluded.
He plays just as hard as he works.
This, it has been said, enables him to
get more benefit from his limited
amount of exercise.
On the links every fibre is concen
trated on the immediate drive or putt
be is executing. At the theater, the
performance either holds his undivid
ed attention of bores him to distraction
A well-trained animal act or a rollick
ing comedian are always rewarded by
hearty applause and true ringing
laughter from the presidential box in
Washington’s vaudeville theatre.
Appointments with the president arc
arranged a day in advance. Policemen
are stationed at every entrance and
only those who have appointments arc
allowed to enter the White House
gt ounds.
Recently a blood relative of the
President, here for a short stay, found
it impossible to call at the White
House.
Fifteen minutes is the usual time al
lowed for interviews but it is seldom
that they last that long.
The secret service guard has been
doubled. When the President goe-s
tor a walk they go with him. When he
attends the theater they scatter on
every floor of the playhouse. The
Secret Service automobile follows the
President’s car at two lengths and the
crowd which congregates when the
machines stops is closely scrutinized
before the President alights.
These precautions are voluntary on
the part of the secret service men. The
President has never requested extra
protection. He does not delay step
ping from his automobile until the
service men have sized up the crowd.
Not the slightest trace of nervousness
on the President’s part is ever notice
able in public.
The wiseness of not neglecting ex
ercise and recreation shows in his
personal appearance. Despite the stress
of war problems, the President is
“Looking fit as a fiddle.”
WANTED EXEMPTION FOR MAN
WHO INCREASED BUSINESS
LONDON, June 19.—Appearing be
fore an army tribunal recently a firm
of munition importers claimed exemp
tion for a man 28 years old because of
indespensibility. The importers as
serted their business had been increas
ed $20,000,000 by the war, partially
through the efforts of the man for
whom they claimed exemption.
“How much do you pay this man?"
asked the magistrate. “We pay him
$1,250 annually,” answered a member
of the firm.
“The salary hardly corresponds to
the profits" grumbled the magistrate
"If we grant this man an exemption
and he asks for an increase of salary
will you give it to him?”
“I really don’t know.” replied the
employer.
“Well, suppose he should meet with
ar. accident what would you do?’’
queried the magistrate.
“That would be only temporary.”
“So is the war," fairly yelled the
court and ordered the man to join up.
579 feet, thence north 546 and 1-2
feet to a stake, thence west 2860 feet to
the right of way of the Central of
Georgia railroad, thence south along
the east side of said right of way 620
feet; thence due east 3,490 feet to the
canter of said new street; thence north
along the center of said new’ street 27 i
feet to starting point. Said tract con
sisting of a portion of lots of land Nos.
205 and 206, in the 27th district of
Svmter county, Georgia, located on
the north side of said two lots, con
taining 53 acres of land by actual
measurement Levied upon and wiH
be sold as the property of J. D. Ded
man, to satisfy a certain execution is
sued from the City Court in favor of
R. F. Sams and transferred to F. W.
Alney. Tenant in possession notified
in terms of the .’aw. This 6th day o*
June, 1917.
LUCIUS HARVEY, Sheriff.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEFL
TRENCH TALES ♦
♦ ♦
♦ “No. there's very little bay- ♦
♦ onet work done by the Boches,” +
♦ said a Scotch sergeant discussing ■t
+ Geran methods of fighting . “I’ll ♦
4 tell you a queer thing that hap- >
♦ pened to a chap in my lot. Some +
♦ wounded got left in a village we T
♦ got into. Some of us went up to ♦
♦ bring the wounded back on ▼
♦ stretchers. When we were just ♦
+ outside the village, the Germans ♦
+■ put over a barrage—something ♦
♦ terrible, it was, and w r e ran ♦
4- back to a trench. This chap I’m +
♦ talking about jumped down into ♦
♦ it without looking out, and the ♦
♦ first thing he knew was that *
•T something had shot through his ♦
♦ leg, and he saw the point of a ♦
♦ bayonet sticking out of his *
♦ thigh. The trench was full of *
♦ our reserves and he had jumped *
-*■ down onto a man’s bayonet. AU ♦
•t the chap that owned the bayonet ♦
+ said was ‘A blighty one for you, ♦
♦ mate!’ I’ve seen that chap since ♦
4 and he said the doctor at the ♦
♦ clearing station told him it was ♦
only the second bayonet wound ♦
4 he’d seen during the war.” ♦
+ > > 4.4 > + f f f
W ASHINGTON IS A CITY OF
PATROTISM ENTHUSIASM AND
OF ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE
WASHINGTON. June 19.—Washing
ton as a war capital is a city of patro
tism, enthusiasm and obsolute con
fidence.
It is like a big college town on the
eve of an important football game, in
which everybody is positive the home
team will win.
As yet it has none of the darkened
streets and bereaved homes of Lon
don and Paris, none of the food regula ■
toins and casualty lists of Berlin and
Vienna and no hint of the anarchy
and riots which have hit Petrograd.
The city is aflutter with flags, and
at night searchlights pick out the
Stars and Stripes floating over many
of the downtown buildings. The thump
of the war-drum is frequently heard.
The crash of martial music stirs his
toric Pennsylvania Avenue. Soldiers
and sailors mingle with the crowds,
but they attract little attention. Bugles
sound, the shrill fife rings over the
noise of traffic as the citizens go
about their “business as usual.”
In the midst of the most important
period since Southern armies smashed
at the capitol’s defenses 50 years ago,
Washington refuses to believe there is
cause for anything more than a feel
ing of implicit confidence that with
every man and woman “in the play”
the Kaiser will be soundly thrashed
and war’s darker side will never throw
a shadow over its gay street.
There are guards at the Govern
ment buildings, where official passes
or permits are demanded. This about
sums up the war atmosphere visible to
the casual observer in Washington.
Underneath it all there is the real,
grim push of preparation for the tin
tatic conflict, but these activities do
not rop out on the surface. The peopL
radiate confidence. Their attitude to
wards the great army now in process
of organization is: “Eat ’em up boys,
and get home soon. We’ll wait for
dinner."
ATTENTION PROPERTY OWNERS;
TAX BOOKS CLOSE JULY FIRST
The city tax books of the city of
Americus will close July Ist. All de
linquents are Subject to double tax;
property owners are urged to make
their returns before above-namde date.
E. J. ELDRIDGE,
Clerk and Treasurer.
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11l “IMF TIP”
ON THE OPERATION
OF I BRITISH TANK
PARIS, June 19. —How does it feel
ar.d sound in the "innards” of a Brit
ish tank in action?
Bullets clattering against the steel
covered sides of the newly invented
Mar machine sound like myriads of
hailstones against the window of a
moving train. A direct hit by a shell
shakes the monster from stem to
stern and rattles your teeth but in
tanks like this it merely tickles their
ribs and they wallow on.
A first hand description of a tank
fighting was given here today by one
of the crew’ of H. M. Landship “Ich
thyosaurus.” He speaks from inside
information.
“You need your sealegs to ride a
tank," the land seaman said, describ
ing the slow rolling ride towards an
enemy machine-gun “nest” somewhere
on the Somme. The tank approachei
the German wire—brown rusty en
tanglements in multitudious rows. It
slides down an old mine crater and
waddles up the other side. It cuts
through the forest of wire with
scratchy crunching sounds and just
ahead is the “nest,” piles of white
sand-bags with little loopholes here
and there.
“We fire without ceasing hand on
gun and eye glued to the loophole
pierced in the steel with sweat pour
ing dowm our forearms.
“A thud; a powerful panting, a last
and almost imperceptible stop. The
nose of our tank scatters sand and ce
ment bags throwing them right and
left as if it were ploughing up a field.
Then comes another violent shock, and
heavy blow and a crashing. We are
going straight through a wall and
are pulverizing machine-guns. Gren
ades burst upon the tank’s armor. We
are in the midst of the “nest.” All at
once enemy heads with terror on their
faces appear on both sides of us. Now
is our turn. Our machineguns crackle,
our bullets whistle into the German
trenches which we are enfilading and
we throw lead into the underground
passage leading from the “nest" to
the rear. The Germans are in the
greatest disorder. They throw them
selves flat on their stomachs, they
raise their arms to heaven and some
of them try to run away.
“A whistle sounds in the tank and
we stop. Then wild cheers come
faintly to our ears. The Tommies are
just behind us. They take possession
of the “nest” and gather up everything
living which remains."
SAYS PRETTY CLOTHES
ARE FOR WOMEN AT ALL TIMES
ROME, Italy, June 19.—Regarding
editorial criticisms of women who
continue to wear fine clothes, despite
the war, Miss Elvira Spina has pro
tested to the editor of the Gironale
D'ltalia in a letter as follows:
"The simple and sad truth is that it
does not pay to be a modestly dressed
woman. Let me make a confession.
The woman who forces herself to live
quietly, to dress unattractively, goes
unobserved. The other woman who
makes an elaborate toilette, who wears
flashy clothes, is admired, couted, lov
ed, married. These days husbands
are scarce. So what are we to do,
how can we resist temptation? Peace
time, war time, men are the same.
Change the men and then we too will
change.”
Two to One
in Quality
and Quantity
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‘ J at the price, tell the man who
sold it to you and he’ll give you
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
Between
MACON AND ATLANTA
THE RIGHT WAY SERVICE
Leave Arrive Leave Arrive
MacOn Atlanta Atlanta Macon
»*3:00 a m 6:25 am ♦ 8:00 a m 11:15 a m
♦3:58 a m 6:45 a m *12:30 p m 3:40 p m
*4:30 a m 7:40 a m *4:00 p m 7:20 p m
♦7:30 a m 10:45 a m *8:25 p m 11:22 p m
11:05 a m 1:55 p m *10:05 p m 1:00 a m
*1:30 p m 4:20 p m *10:30 p m 1:40 a m
*5:00 p. m. 8:10 p m **11:50 p m 2:45 a m
NOTE: *Carries coaches, parlor or sleeping cars. **Carries local
sleeping car between Macon and Atlanta open for occupancy 9:00 p. m.
at both terminals, and may be occupied until 7:00 a. m.
New Train No. 9, leaving Macon 11:05 a. m„ stops at Forsyth,
Barnesville and Griffin. Connects at Macon with Central of Georgia traif
No. 8 from Albany and Americus. Connects at Atlanta with A. & W. 1,
train No. 39; S. A. L. train No. 18 for Abbeville,_S. C„ and train No. 23
for Piedmont, Ala.; Southern Railway train No. 3.0, for Charlotte, Wash
ington and New York, an itrain No. 16. for Rome. Dalton, Chattanooga,
Gadsden and Attalla.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
THE RIGHT WAY
Americus Taxicab Company
DODGE and BUICK CARS
WillSAnswer All Calls Promptly
PHONE 825
Compton & Vaughn
The Wagon You Can't Overload
In this day and time with graded roads throughout the
country, it is not a question of how much can my mules
pull, but “How Much Will My Wagon Carry?” We have
used four of these famous wagons in our business for the
last eleven years without even having to shrink a tire.
• Call and see our complete stock of the numerous mod*
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HARROLD BROTHERS., Agents
“Ask the Man Who Owns a Mitchell.”
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