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ANNOUNCEMENT
The ATHENS BUSINESS COLLEGE is
to locate a school in Americus and will
give the same instruction as taught in
Athens.
1 he 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.
! W E can supply your every want in Loose |
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Hightower Book Store
j . J. W. Sheffield, Pres. E. D. Sheffield, Cashier 1
Frank Sheffield, V-Pres. Lee Hudson, Asst. “
This bank and 64 of its friends bought
I THIRTY-SEVEN THOUSAND AND FIFTY DOLLARS I
worth of U. S. Liberty Loan Gold Bonds.
Begin now to save your money. If our country issues '
] j more Liberty Bonds be prepared to buy some of them. '
We desire to render service.
Yours very truly,
jj BANK of COMMERCE
Americus, Ga.
USE OUR WANT ADS FOR BEST RESULTS
SENDING TROOPS
10 FRANCE WITH
EVER! DISNrCH I
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WASHINGTON, D. C., July 19. j
American soldiers are going to France-,;
just as last as transports can be press-!
ed into service to take them.
Just how fast this will be is some- j
what problematical. If there were!,
enough transports available now, and t
j the situation in respect to cargo ships |
were satisfactory, it is probable the
great hulk of the regular army and
the federalized militia would be in .
France within the next few months. ,
Cargo ships are just as important i
as transports, as the amount of sup
plies that must be taken to France
for an army of any considerable size
is tremendous.
Os course, it would be more than
folly to send troops to Europe any.
faster than they can be supplied with 1
food, munitions, transport of every j
character and the thousand and one
things that go to make up the com
plete equipment of a modern army.
The war department, from the sec
retary down, is working with almost
superhuman energy to overcome what
at times seems insurmountable ob;’
stacles to land an effective fighting |
force in France at the earliest possi-,
ble moment.
Up to a few weeks ago it was not
thought good strategy to send more
American soldiers to France this year i
than was necessary to evidence our
good faith to our allies and for moral j
effect on Germany.
The allies had about given up all
hope of landing the knock-out blow j
on Germany this year.
Russia’s ability to renew an often- j
she on the eastern front wa.f doubt
ed and it was thought America could
Pest contribute to the final overthrow
of the kaiser by diverting all possi
ble shipping to the feeding of her
■, Hies and supplying them with nec
essary war material, while training
her armies here.
Suddenly Russia, contrary to ex
pectations, gathered herself together
and began to strike. Then came well
authenticated rumors of great dis
' satisfaction and unrest among the
people of Germany.
The possibility of deefating Ger
many this year again claimed the atl
tention of the allied strategists, and
it was decided to press the enemy
on every front and try to force a de
cision.
It is net to say that the
allies hope the German people are
sufficiently disheartened so that six
months' pounding on all fronts will
convince them they are doomed to
certain defeat. and cause them to
j turn against their rulers.
Under these suddenly changed con
ditions, it was decided that America
could lest contribute to the end
sought by adding to the allies’
strength cn the western front as
large an army as possible, delivered
as soon as possible.
The reason for this is only partly
military. The biggest reason is to
prove to the German people that their
rulers lied to them when they told
them America would fight only with
her dollars, and could not send more
than a handful of soldiers to Europe
in less than two years.
When the news filters into Ger
many that shipload after shipload of
American soldiers are landing in
Fiance a year and a half before the
l kaiser and von Hindenburg said they
l could, it is going to be pretty hard
1 to restore the morale of the German
i people—at least this is the reasoning
| of the allied strategists and states
! men, and it seems both rational and
] logical.
t While it is impossible to get any
i figures from the war department, it
| is probable there will be 200,000
j American soldiers in France before
i the snow flies. It is possible there
t will be twice that number.
The Pershing expedition is merely
the advance guard. Pershing has
' half a division, about 15,000 men.
I This will be made a whole division.
I after which a division of militia will
j follow, and be followed by a division
j of regulars, and so on.
It has not yet been determined in,
I what order the militia divisions will
j ho sent.
; The militia has been formally called j
I to the colors. The president's procla-j
I ination names August 5 for its formal
, mustering into federal service and
| discharge from state control. Within
i a few weeks thereafter many regi
i tr.ents will be on their way to France.
The difficulty of transport service
; will be somewhat relieved by the re
| turn to service of the German in
i tc-rred ships aggregating 600,000 gross
j tons. These will he available for
» the war department from August on.
j Some of these ships are freight car-
S tiers, vyhile the Hamburg-American
liners are peculiarly adapted to fast
transport work.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER,
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1 Legal Advertisements j
Petition to Amend Charter.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
To The Superior Court of Said Coun
ty: The petition of the Stackhouse
Land Company, a corporation of said
county, which was chartered on the
22nd day of April, 1911, respectfully
shows the following facts, to-wit: 1
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That it has and maintains its office <
in said county, at Flintside, Georgia, i
where it has so maintained same for i
the transaction of its business since ]
tfie date of its charter. i
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That at the tilne of being incorpor- ■,
ated it had a subscribed capital stock i
of 5250,000.00, of which amount $l6O,- 1
COO.OO has actually been paid in. i
111.
Petitioner would show, that having -
sold the largest part of its real estate
holdings, and all of Its personal prop
! erty owned and used in connection
jwith its farming operations, and hav
ing discontinued its farming operations
j it is in position to continue its general
corporation business on a much small
er capital stock.
IV.
Petitioner would show that it owes
no debts and has no outstanding obli
. gatiens which could be affected in any
i way by a reduction of its capital stock
V.
That on the 2nd day of July, 1917, at
: a meeting of its stockholders, its
Board Directors was instructed to
jtoke the necessary steps to reduce the
| capital stock from $250,000.00 to $16,-
! 000.00, and on same date at a Directors’
meeting, proper were
| adopted authorizing such reduction,
| copy of which resolution at the above
| stockholders’ and Directors’ meeting
| hereto attached marked exhibit “A."
I Petitioner, through its said officers find
it to be to its decided advantage, in a
more economic and successful opera
tion of its business, to so reduce its
capital stock.
Wherefore, petitioner prays that its
• charter be thus amended, by reducing
: Us capital stock fr6m $250,000.00 to
Si6.OQO.CO, the full amount of which
■ capital will be actually paid in when
’ so and that proper order of
II this court be granted as by law in such
■! cases made and provided.
s' W. W. DYKES,
Petitioner’s Attorney.
[ Filed in office this 3rd day of July,
[ 1917. S. R. HEYS.
■ Deputy Clerk, Sumter Superior Court.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
I, S.’ R. Heys, Deputy Clerk of the
! Superior court, hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true and correct copy
o', the petition of the Stackhouse Land
i Company for amendment of its charter,
i as appears on file in this office.
Witness my official signature and the
seal of said court, this 3rd day of July
. 1917. S. R. HEYS,
Deputy Clerk, S. C.
Sheriff’s Sale.
GEORGIA —Sumter County.
Will be sold before the court house
1 door in the city of Americus, said state
1 and county, on the first Tuesday in
August, 1917, within the legal hours of
, sale, to the highest bidder, for cash,
1 the following described property, to
-1 wit:
One belt feed lathe made by Creates
& Klusman of Cincinnati, Ohio. Said
: j property levied upon and will be sold
as the property of W. H. Sawyer &
•' Sons Company to satisfy a certain fi fa
! issued from the City Court of Americus
I i i-i favor of Jhe Albany Mill Supply
Company vs. W. H. Sawyer & Sons
,! Company.
Tenant in possession notified in term
! cf the law-, this 10th day of July, 1917.
LUCIUS HARVEY Sheriff. ‘
Sheriff’s Sale.
: GEORGIA —Sumter County.
Will be sold before the court house
door in the city of Americus, said state
an<j county, on the first Tuesday in
August, 1917, within the legal hours of
sale, to the highest bidder, for cash,
Ithe following described property, to
wit:
One certain house and lot in the city
cf Americus, Sumter county, Georgia,
the same being Number 110, located on
the south side of Church street in said
city and having a frontage of 60 feet
more or less on said street, bounded
| on the north by said Church street, on
the south and east by property of Bar
low Council and on the west by prop
erty of Miss Sara Wheeler, the said
lot being of uniform width of 60 feet
and running from said Church street 90
feet, more or less.
Levied upon and will be sold aa the
property of R. G. Christian to satisfy
a City Court fi fa and special lien on
said property in favor of Levy-Morton
Company.
Tenant in possession notified in
terms of the law, this 10th day of
July, 1917.
LUCIUS HARVEY Sheriff.
WELL BALANCED
PLAT SHOWN 81
SEVERAL TEAME
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NEW YORK, July 19.—That well ;
balanced and even baseball play points i
the way to the pennant has again been 1
demonstrated by the figures compiled '•
from the various averages and records |
available at the halfway mark in the
present big league contests. When the
turning mark was reached csn July 7
neither leading club in the National ,
and American Leagues was among the
first three in total number of runs or j
hits made but this mark of a finished j
offensive was more than counterbal- j
anced by strong defensive game play- j
ed by league leaders.^
In the National League the Chicago j
club was first in runs with Cincinnati j
second and Philadelphia third. Chicago
was second in total number of hits re
versing places with Cincinnati in this
respect, while St. Louis was third.
This strong offensive of the two West
ern clubs; was offset, however, by
weakness in defense. Chicago was
first in error making; had more run
ners left on bases than any other sen
ior league club an dtliird in total num- !
her runs made by opponents. Cincin-!
nati was second in errors; second in '
left on bases and more runs had been !
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scored against the team than any other
club in the league. Pittsburg, in last
place, had made the third largest num
ber of errors and had next to the larg
est number of runs scored against by
opponents. Boston was third in left
' on bases.
The compilations showed a more
' complicated situation in the American
League. Boston, the leading team on 1
that date, was second in runs scored j
but in other respects was playing close ,
and careful but not particularly bril
liant baseball. The Chicago White
Sox, right cn Boston’s heels, lead in
greatest number of runners stranded.
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’ Detroit was third in run-making;’ see
’ ond in hitting, while St. Louis led in
1 the geratest number of safe drives reg
' istered with Cleveland third* St. Louis
spoiled her hitting record by piling*up
! the greatest number of errors with
Cleveland second and Washington
third. Cleveland had more runners left
on bases than any of the other teams
, in the American league with New York
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
Mo nday, Tuesday and Wednesday
pppat $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
IN $7.50 Sport Novelties .... $4.49
SKIRTS ALL NEW old
CT* 1 00 ONE LOT 0F WHIT s SKIRTS
Ss I THAT ON TO-DAY’S MARKET
T ARE WORTH DOUBLE.
THE MIDDY SUITS CONSISTING OF A SKIRT THE SKIRT
MIDDY IS AND SEPARATE MIDDY Is
$2.50 Values, now $1.69
WORTH $3.00 values, now $1.98 WORTH
Tur DDirr $3.50 values, now $2.39 DDirir
THE PRICE ALT. NEW THE PR ICE
A FEW THEY WERE NOW
£&> $ 10»ll° E w s 3o «&gL1»10
New white _ M 9yt New white
wash Silk m Th M M M wash Silks
Petticoats JF M fWM MjLM ior Skirts
receiv’d fi 36 in., yd.
$3 E0 to $1.25
$4- 3 ° DEPENDABLE MERCHANDISE
MADE FOR
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TO imagine B. V. D. Underwear without the Red
Woven Label would be like imagining a telephone
directory with numbers but no names. There is
no such thing.
When we offer you trade-marked merchandise of any
kind, we always show you the only dependable creden
tial—the lable. We never “palm off” a substitute. If
we haven’t got what you asked for, we tel! you so
frankly.
W. D. Bailey Co.
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second and Chicago third. The New
Y6rk club was in third place notwith-;
standing that the opposing teams had;
made more runs against the Gotham-!
ites than any one of the other seven ,
combinations. St. Louis and Philadel-
I phia, the two tailenders on July 7
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j were second and third respectively in j
| this department of the records.
TAX ON ELECTRIC LIGHT
! GLOBES RUSt IN DEI) IN MEXICO
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! MEXICO CITY, July 19. —The tax of |
1 ten centavos on each electric light j
'glebe throughout Mexico has been re- :
* scinded by President Carranza and
1 leplaced by a tax of 10 percent of the
! cost of current to the consumer for
j lighting purposes. On current con-
I sumed for power purposes a tax of 3 j
: percent on the price paid by the con
j sumcr is imposed.
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1917
1 EOTTDB MARKET
Jr Ij 19, 1917.
| Good middling 26 l-4c
; Fully middling 26c
I Middling 25 3-4 c
COTTON FI TI BES MARKET.
The New York cotton futures mar
ket was quoted at the open and
, noon. Open Noon
'January 2512 24.88
I July 26.70 26.65
i October 25.30 25.03
December 26.15 24.84
Thursday’s Close.
January 24.67
March 24.82
| .July 26.50
October 24.85
December 24.65