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'A- Americus, Ga.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The ATHENS BUSINESS COLLEGE is
to locate a school in Americus and will
give the same instruction as taught in
Athens.
The Government and Business World are
calling for stenographers and bookkeep
ers and need them more now than they
have at any time.
Send a postal to T. K. MacCARY, care
Cawood House for full information. i
J. W. Sheffield, Pres. E. D. Sheffield, Cashier
Frank Sheffield, V-Pres. Lee Hudson, Asst. *• |
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This bank and 64 of its friends bought
THIRTY-SEVEN THOUSAND AND FIFTY DOLLARS
worth of U. S. Liberty Loan Gold Bonds.
Begin now to save your money. If our country issues
more Liberty Bonds be prepared to buy some of them.
We desire to render service.
Yours very truly, '
BANK of COMMERCE I
Americus, Ga.
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RAISING RABBITS
FOR FUR GBDWING
10 BIG INDUSTRY
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 14.—The'
U. S. Department of Agriculture during
the past few months has received many I
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inquiries regarding the merits of cer- '
tain rabbits that have been extensively;'
advcertised as fur producers. Replies;
to such inquiries have stated that the >'
demand for rabbit fur is such as to]'
make it to save the pelts of do- |
mestic rabbits killed for food, but]
that raising rabbits for the fur alone
would be unprofitable with any known
breed. Some facts about the trade in
rabbit skins will be of interest in this I
connection.
More skins of rabbits are collected!
and sold annually than of all other furl
animals combined. Before the present]
war. Great Britain imported each year
from 70,000,000 to 90,000,000 skins,
while the home production added 30,-
000,000 more. The imported supply
from Australia and the nearer Euro-]
pean countries. France, Belgium, Ger
many, the United States, and other]
countries alsq use large quantities of
this fur. The bulk of it is sold in bales,'
bringing from 10 cents to 50 cents a
pound, dependent on color and qual
ity. The better class of skins sell by,
the dozen bringing from 50 cents to sl,l
that is, less than 10 cents each.
Baled rabbit furs are bought for
felting purposes, the fur being made in-,
to cloth or coarse hats, while the skins
are utilized for manufacturing glue.
Fine hats are made of; nutria (the fur,
of the South American coypu) or of.
nutris and rabbit fur mixed. The fur
cf the common wild rabbit of America
does not felt well and is in slight de
mand. Whole skins of these animals
seldom sell for more than 1 or 2 cents
each.
The better kinds of rabbit skins are
used for making fur garments, which,]
when made up, are commonly sold as'
“cony,” but often under other trade 1
names. White skins are made up in im
itation of actic fox, or, sheared, in im
itation of ermine. Gray rabbits are
dyed brown or black and become “Bal
tic black fox” or “Baltic brown fox;”(
seal-dyed, they become “inland seal,”|
“electric seal,” “coast seal,” or “near-1
seal.” Reputable furriers avoid such j
names, or; if they use them, frankly]
explain that the goods are cony or rab-|
bit. These garments, while handsome'
and comfortable, have little durability.
and are therefore cheap.
Statements to the effect that certain 1
breeds of rabbits produce pelts of high I
market value! are unwarrantable. The
long-haired breeds, such as the Angora'
and the Siberian (both white animals) ;
have poop pelts and the hairs are not]
well set in the skins. The short-haired I
varieties are much alike as to strength
of pelts, but very considerably in color.]
The English black-and-white has strik-j
frig colors that might appeal to the,
fancy cf individual wearers of fur gar-]
ments, but they are not popular in the:
fur trade. Skins of piebald rabbits of I
ary shade sell for less than those of,
| solid colors. There is also a differ- ]
I ence in quality of fur between hutch
; rabbits and those kept in the open, the]
' hitter having the better pelts.
Besides exaggerated statements as to
value of fur, advertisements of fur rab-]
j bits contain totally false claims as to
I origin of animals offered for sale. This i
j practice is not a new one, for about 60
I years ago, when the now well-known'
I Himatayan rabbit was first bred in,
(England, the statement that it origin-1
fated in the Himalayan Mountains was;
| believed by a fellow of the Zoological ]
Society of London, who described and’
figured the animal in the society’s l
journal as a new species. Rabbits re
cently advertised as fur animals are;
said to have been imported directly]
from Siberia in one instance, and from;
Mongolia in another. The further state- 1
ment that the animals exist in these
countries in a wild state is advanced.
As a matter of fact well known to nat
uralists no wild rabbits occur in either'
country and the few- species of hare#'
f und there are small gray animals that
turn white in,winter. The support of',
the fanciful testimony of an unknown ,
naturalist who claims to have resided j
in Siberia and to have observed the an
imals in the wild state does not help
the case.
So far as the “black Siberian hare”]
is concerned, any experienced breeder;
of rabbits can readily identify animals <
at first sight. They are undoubtedly 1
the common European rabbit of the 1
Flemish giant breed. In this variety]
black is a constantly recurring color I
■and sometimes appears among litters 1
of the purest bred strain. These black's
} individuals are usually regarded by J
fanciers as undesirable • and are dis- J
carded. However, if the black stock j
be chosen for reproduction. a black S
strain of Flemish giants is obtained in <
which bluish ray individuals recur
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RtCORDEFt
[from time to time, as several breeders f
in the United States have proved. Such
a strain of Flemish giants is now 1 of •
sered as a new species imported direct-
I ly from Siberia, a country without rab
| bits unless carried there as domestic
animals.
] It is net to be inferred, however, that
] black Flemish giant rabbits have no fur
value. On the contrary, owing to their
[ great size and solid color, the skins
will probably sell for more than those
of most other breeds. All known
breeds of domestic rabbits belong to a
sihgle species, the European rabbit, I
whether they are known as Belgian
hare, Flemish giant, Siberian Himal
ayan, Dutch Japanese. Kai-Gai. or any
other name, and the attempt to palm
any of them upon the public as a new'
i species imported from a portion of the ]
| world not inhabited by rabbits is '
I wholly unwarranted and to be severely
condemned.
POTATO CURING
HOUSES EXPOSED
' WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 16
■ There is no mystery about building a
i satisfactory storage house for sweet
■ potatoes. Southern farmers who are
paying large prices for patented plans
land equipment alleged to provide the
j only successful way of storing sweet
I potatoes, are being defrauded. Special
i ists of the United States Department of
(Agriculture whose attention recently
has been called to instances in which
farmers have paid as high as $750 for
' sets of plans, do not hesitate to brand
'such activities as plain humbuggery.
I Plans of houses that incorporate the
simple principles of storage and com
; men sense methods of construction,
and which have proved successful by
I years of careful trial, are furnished
1 free by the department of agriculture
I to any farmer who will ask for them.
; Because reports have been made and
; circulated in the South that storage
houses recommended by the Depart
ment of Agriculture are not satisfacto
ry, it is believed necessary, now that
. the time to provide adequate storage
-for the coming harvest is at hand, to
j correct such statements. One man
] with plans to sell has said that the
I shrinkage of sweet potatoes stored in
I houses designed by the government
] specialists is from 16 to 20 per cent,
| while in houses of his design there
is practically no shrinkage. The fal-
| lacy of such a claim, department spec
] ialists point out, lies in the fact that
i shrinkage is essential to good keeping
■of the potatoes. Sweet potatoes stored
i in’ the type of house recommended by
; the department shrink from 8 to 10 per
| cent.—in weight, not bulk —by reason
|of evaporation cf surplus moisture.
I Proper curing of sweet potatoes means
I getting rid of surplus moisture, and
I the type of house which the specialists
| suggest accomplishes this by combin
j ing the ordinary principles of good
| ventilation with common sense meth
t ods of construction.
I Storage houses built according to
| plans suggested by the Department of
i Agriculture have been in use in every
; state of the South for five or six years.
I The department has no knowledge of
i failure in any house built and operat
jed strictly according to recmomenda
| tions. Four years of investigation with
| one hundred houses under observation
i showed that the average loss by decay
. after an average storage period of 124
days, was less than 2 1-2 per cent. In
j determining this loss representatives
icf the department personally graded
i the potatoes in each house—a total of
1228,000 bushels. Every potato that had
( a decayed spot was thrown out and
; classed as decayed. In each case the
i potatoes were harvested, stored and
(cured for by farmers. In the. depart
irient’s own stcrage house at Arlington,
; Virginia, sweet potatoes stored in Oc
tober last year and removed the latter
part of June showed a loss of less than
I per cent.
Farmers intending to build storage
i houses should write to the Department
of Agriculture for Farmers’ Bulletin
43, “Storing and Marketing Sweet Po
tatoes.”
GOTO MARKET |:
July 14. 1917.
Good middling 26 l-4c.
Fully middling 26c
Middling 25 3-4 c
COTTON H’TI RES MARKET.
The New York cotton futures mar
ket was quoted at the open and
and close: Open Close]
January 26.00 25.88]
Ju1y......26.90, 27.30]
August 26.50 1
September 26.09
r December 25.88 25.811
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You Want Clothes wlme! !|»
That Dont Get Tired ■
gECAUSE of market conditions, a I | |
many cotton mixed fabrics are being ll || |fi||k
put into men’s clothfes. Such clothes lose MM I W|®B'JlM
their shape, style and fit after a little wear; ; |M||j t
yes, they get tired. ( Xi X'wl ' W
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It’s different at this store; the clothes you | j I M wwk
get here are all-wool; you cant afford to buy I IjljllMj W W
anything else but all-wool.
Hart Schaffner & Marx make these fine MH
clothes; that means expert tailoring and be£ , W ffi
style. These clothes wear a long time; they’re Iffl |ff wB X
always stylish; they always keep their shape ml W ttWVI
—they’re wide-awake* young men’s clothes, K II lllim 1
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W. D. Bailey Co. HI
Copyright Hart Schaffner & Man
Use T.-R. Want Ads for Best Results
The Average Woman
Knows a good thing when she sees it, but all of the average women do not
see an opportunity like this. The woman who does not see this advertise
ment can figure her loss in real dollars and cents
IN OUR READY-TO-WEAR
DEPARTMENT
We Have Some Real Economy Offerings for
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
CRFAT $1.50 Sport Stripes, now . . . $1.39 DOLLARS
$2.50 Sport Spots, now .... $1.98 DO
VALUES $4.00 Sport Spots, now' .... $2.98 DUTY
$5.00 Sport Tussahs, now . . . $3.39 A q
IN $7.50 Sport Novelties .... $4.49
Or
SKIRTS ALL new old
$1 00 ONE LOT 0F WHITE SKIRTS
ALL THAT 0N T 0 DAY ’ S MARKET
NEW ARE WORTH DOUBLE.
THE MIDDY SUITS CONSISTING OF A SKIRT THE SKIRT
IC AND SEPARATE MIDDY
MIDDY 1S $2.50 Values, n0w51.69 IS
WORTH $3.00 values, nowsl.9B WORTH
THE PRICE s3 ' s ° Va,UeS ’ n ° W ALL NEW *’ ’ ’ THE PRICE
A FEW THEY WERE NOW
UUU 310^*301 10
New white New white
wash Silk wash Silks
Petticoats f Jy /Tw W for Skirts
receiv’d X g in., yd.
S - 0 to sl-25
Q/l 50
DEPENDABLE MERCHANDISE
SI SDAY. JULY 15, 1917