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DAILY
fWIRTY-NINTH YEAH.
FAIR ASSOCIATION TO BE REORGANIZED
MERCHRNTS IN:
FAVOR OF BIG
FAIBJN 1818
STIRRED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT ALBANY IS PLANNING TO
HAVE PERMANENT FAIR-WILL
HAVE MEETING SOON.
Americus business men', particularly
those interested in the Third District
fair, are stirred by the announcement
that Albany is making plans to es
tablish a fair on a big basis.
As a result, a re-organization of the
local fair association is certain.
Secretary Fennimore of the Chamber
of Commerce, this morning sounded
out many merchants along the line of
re-organizing the fair and planning for
an exhibition next year.
It ig recognized that the fact that
Americus already has buildings, an
association and sufficient pledges to
justify immediate operations should be
enough to -keep the project alive and
put it on its feet.
By many there is sincere regret that
the fair was not heltl this year, as it. is
believed that this would have been a
most auspicious time.
It is realized that if Albany starts
a big fair, it will be a trade-puljer
from territory legitimately belonging
to Americus, and that it will give this
city a black eye commercially.
It is very likely that at an early
a meeting of all the stockholders of
the Third istrict fair will be called, of
ficers elected and a definite decision
reached.
At present, there is no president of
the association. Mr. G. R. Ellis agreed
some time ago to become president if
eartain things were done, but nothin?,
was ever done in support of him, and
in consequence he did not assume lead
ership of the enterprise.
If there is a re-organization it is
probable that steps will be taken to
make it a Third district fair in fact, as
well as in name, and that every coun
ty in the district will be asked to co
operate.
COLUMBUS MAN HAD
A NARROW ESCAPE
COLUMBUS, Ga.. Oct. 11.—M. F.
Reed had a very narrow escape from
death here yesterday when hig automo -
bile collided with a switch engine oi
the Central of Georgia railroad, throw
ing him out and literall ysmashing hi',
car to pieces.
The accident occurred at the Second
avenue crossing. Reed was x only
slightly bruised up, but that he es
caped alive was a surprise to the
train crew and others who were in the
vicinity.
Cotton Stalks Seven Feet
High Have Only Few Boll?
During to Weevil Ravages
Mr. J. W. Johnsen, of Huntington,
has brought to the Times-Recorder
several cottons talks that are really
unique.
Each is about seven or eight feet
tall, with a luxuriant growth of leaves.
As seen from the road, they would
give the impression of being a phe
nomenal yield.
i How’ever, the boll weevils have
eaten the cotton so that each stalk
only has about five matured bolls.
MEXICAN LIBERS RUE
RETURN TRIP GUARANTEED
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 11. The De
partment of the Interior has sent a
circular letter to all the emigration
inspectors stating that the inspectors
must demand that all contracts with
American companies taking Mexicans
out of this country must contain a
clause providing for the return of
the workmen to Mexico at the cost of
the company.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
MEDAL AWARDED PRESIDENT WILSON
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President Wilson has received from the Humanitarian cult its firs; annual
medal, awarded to him by an open vote of the members of the cult as the
"Humanitarian of the year 1916.” The medal was presented to the president
by a committee headed by the cult’s founder, Misha Appelbaum.
HIGHER FOSTALITES
EFFECTIVE BEMBER 2
POSTMASTER DAVENPORT RE
CEIVES OFFICIAL NOTICE OF
CHANGES IN RATES MADE BY
MAR TAX BILL.
Postmaster Davenport has received
from the postoffice department at
Washington official notice of the in
crease in postage rates, which become
effective at midnight November 1. The
information received referred only to
the increase in the rate of first class
mail matter.
Effective at the time mentioned, the
rate on all first-class matter will be
three cents for each ounce or fraction
thereof. That means tbata letter
weighing on ounce or less, will require
three cents postage, two ounces, six
cents, ec. The price of postal cards is
increased from one to two cents. No
mention whatever is made of any
changes in second, third and fourth
class matter.
The present Kates of postage, how
tver. will continue on drop letters.
In notifying the larger patrons of his
office of the increases, the following
i letter was sent out to a number of bus
i iness houses by the postmaster to-
“Effective at midnight, November 1,
I rates on all first class postage will be
I increased from one to two cents per
I ounce or fraction thereof. This means
| that a letter weighing one ounce will
! require three cents ..postage; two
I ounces, six cents; three ounces, nine
| cents, and so on.
I “No increase is made in the rate on
drop letters and the present rate of two
I cents per ounce will prevail. Drop let-
I ters include all those mailed at this
j office for delivery from tills office,
I either in boxes, by city carrier or on
i ural routes.
“An increase has been made in the
price of postal cards from one to two
: cents.
“This office is now prepared to or
der for its patrons special request en
velopes of all stnadard sizes bearing
the three-cent stamp. The prices of
these envelopes will be the same as at
present, with the cost of additional
postage added.
“The postmaster or any member of
the force will be glad to furnish you
any further informtaion desired.”
EXPORTATION DE PAPER 15
PROHIBITED ST JAPANESE
xTOKIO, Oct. 11.—A government de
cree prohibits the exportation of purp
for paper manufacture, printing paper,
excepting coarse papar for newspaper
printing, sulphate of ammonium and
fertilizer from sulphate
of ammonium, super-phosphate of
lime, or nitrate of soda unless special
permits are obtained, This is intend
ed to control the abnormally high
prices for commodities in Japau.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 11, 1917
GEfIMAN INTRIEU E
STIRS ARGENTINA
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DIS< Li SED TH AT GERM AN 1 BA( h-
ED PLOT TO START WAR AMONG
SOlT t . A. ..Ah’, PEOPLE
ARE AMO I’Si. D.
BVFN’OS AIRES, Oct. 11.—There is
much concern among the people of
Ar -fentina over the disclosures of
German intrigue to bring about a con
flict between Argentina, Uruguay ami
Brazil.
A former Argentine minister of fi
nance declares in a published state
ment that one of Count Luxbergs dis
patches has not been made public, an i
that it refers to German intrigue in
Argentine and southern Brazil.
The government is expected to take
immediate measures against the neu
trality demonstration staged here Fri
day, it being reported that it was fi
nanced with German money.
GOING TO MACON FOR
FOOD CONSERVATION
Mesrs. Crawford Wheatley, district
chairman; P. A. Fennimore, secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce; Miss
Rowena Long, home economics demon
strator. and G. O. Marshall, county
farm agent, are going to Macon to
morrow to attend the conference in
behalf' of food conservation. They
will make the trip by automobile.
•Several others may go also.
LINEUP OF ELEVEN TO
ENGAGE ALBANY TOOAY
The line-up fcr the A. & M. eleven
that will play Albany here this af
ternoon. i s as follows:
Rilen, center; Hammond or Bivins,
right guard; Merritt or Ray, left
guard; Godwin, right tackle; Webb,
left tackle; Harden or Williams, right
end; Allen or Bolton, left end; Smith,
quarterback; Andrews, left half; Hol
liday. right half; Monahan, fullback.
JAPANESE SOUTH AMERICAN ;
TRADE INTERESTS INCREASE:
TOKIO, Oct 11—Japan i s planning j
to establish a legation at Beunos j
Aires, on account of the increasing I
Japanese interests there. Argentine (
affairs are now handled by the lega- |
tion at Santiago, Chile.
Also, in view of the growth of Ja
pan's trade witA South America, it
is likely that several new Japanese
. ou-ulates will be established.
“ THE LI VEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA"
mite to
USIHHIS cm
MISS MAUD younger, one of a
PARTY NOW TOURING SOI i’ll-
WILL BE HEARD HERE ON OCTO
BER 23.
/ During the month of October, Geor
gia will be visited by three prominent
suffragists who will "stop at all of the
important towns beginning at Savan
nah pn October 19, and visiting At
lanta, on the 30th. They are: Miss
Maude Younger, of California; Mrs.
Howard Gould, of New’ York; and
Miss Ketherine Mullen of Connecticut ,
The principal spaker be Miss
Maude Younger, a California voter,
who will make a special appeal to the
South in her address "Real Democracy
through the Democratic party.”
Miss Younger is a brilliant speaker
and wa. s a close friend of Inez Mil
holland, the young suffragist who
died recently, and whose last words:
‘How bong Must American Women
War for Liberty ?” have becme the
, the slogan of the woman’s party
Miss Younger became interested in
' equal suffrage because of her welfare
i work in the slum s of New York and
of San Francisco.
' Far from being against the admin
istration, she believes that the stand
' on woman suffrage taken by the party
■ now in power, will have much to do
with the next national election, where
I women in nineteen states will vote
for president.
Miss Younger will show’ that the
suffragists are looking to the president
and his party to make one of the °reat-
I esit step towards full deinocracy by
j enfranchising the women of the no-
■ tion through the federal amendment.
1 Anothe member of the party will be
Mrs. Howard Gould of the famous
i New York family, who will motor
| through the state and also speak lier
j self. Mrs. Gould has become enfran
lehised through taking up her resi
dence -in Calt/irn’i.-’jr
Coming from New York, she will
have much to say in explanation of
: the fact that Dudley Field Malone
gave up his position under the demo-
I -ratio party, to devote his time to the
■ cause of universal suffrage.
I The third memffer of the party, Miss
Mullen, is now in Georgia preparing
■ for the speakers’ tour. She repre
; sentg the wage-earning women. She
i was formerly a school teacher and has
; recently conducted a big campaign
■ for Saturday closing i nthe retail
I stores of She was a
i worker for teachers' pensions in the
■ New Haven Teachers’ League, and
i last session, was an active member
iof the Congressional lobby in Wash
; in-ten city. She js now- devoting her
| every energy to winnig equal suffrage
i s a war measure. She takes the place
lof Miss Lucy Branham, of Rome, Ga.,
I who was to have been a member of
the touring party but is now serving
i a sentence in Occaquon prison, having
I been arrested for carrying a banner
i inscribed: "Mr. President, You Say
j Libert/is the Fundamental Demand of
the Human Spirit.”
’ These three women, representing as
I they do. the women cf society, those
i; 1 the welfare workers and those of
the wage-earning class, form an in-
1 teresting combination. They are tak
ing it with special care, the homes
lof the congressmen, and will speak
in the open air. in auditoriums an.l
at luncheons if arranged for them by
iccal organizations of women.
This trip will represent much that
jis novel, in the‘South. Mrs. Gould’s
I car is trimmed with colors, purple.
I white and gold of the Wamn’s party,
and the open air speaking of the street
< orner kind will be an innovation.
Their Southern tour • has already
I begun in Virginia, where the speakers
I were received by the governor at
I Richmond, and where official recog
j niticn ha s been promised them from
I the mayors of the various cities of
! Virginia.
I Miss Younger will speak in Amen
jeus on October 23.
i The frontier line between Canada
land the United States is the only “un
| defended” frontier in the world.
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GERMANS’ PEACE
TERMS OUTLINED
SAYS SUBMARINE WARFARE WILL
BE CONTINUED—THE IMPERIAL
CHANCELLOR MAKES STATE
MENT OF TERMS. x
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 11.—The Ger
man chancellor, Dr. George Michael
is, in speaking of peace, said, accord
ing to advices reaching here today,
that as long as Germany’s enemies
deinanded any German soil, as long as
they tried to drive a w’edge between
the German people and their emperor
peace wag impossible.
“As long as our enemy confronts
us w r ith demands which appear unac
ceptable to every single German,” Dr.
Michaelist said, “as long as our op
ponents wish to interfere with our
frontier posts, as long as they demand
that we shall yield a piece of German
soil, as long as they pursue the idea
of driving a wedge between the Ger
man people and its emperor, so long
shall we, with folded arms, refuse the
hand of peace.
"We can wait. Time is working for
us. Until our enemies perceive that
they must reduce their claims, so long
must the u-boats do their work. Our
peace will yet come.”
ITOIS DRAFT;
GETS 20 MS
IOWA SPEAKER WHO OPPOSED
CONSCRIPTION IS SENT TO FED
ERAL PENITENTI ARY I PON CON
FICTION.
DAVENPORT. la.. Oct. 11—Daniel
H. Wallace, who was arrested on a
speaking tour that he wa s making in
opposition to the selective draft law,
was convicted in the United States
court here today of violating the es
pionage law. and was sentenced to
serve twenty years in the federal pen
itentiary.
Wallace is the first man to be con
victed for utterances against conscrip- !
tion. but it i s believed now that other I
prosecutions will follow.
15 IS NO BAR
TO MG PEACE
GERMAN DEPUTY DECLARES IN
REICHSTAG THAT GERMANY
WILL GIVE UP BELGIUM SAYS
BARS ARE DOWN.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. ll.—ln yester
day’s reichstag debate ! n Berlin, Dep
uty Houseman said that the declara
tion of the foreign secretary, apart
from consideration of the disposal of
Alsace-Lorraine, proved there was no
bar to a peace agreement. He said that
the statement was tantamount to a
definite understanding that Belgium
would he given up, and that "it shoul 1
be heralded through all nations.”
IRON BOX WITH $23,000
DROPPER INTO ADRIATIC
LONDON, Oct. 11. -An iron box con
taining $23,000 in silver sent for the
selief of the Serbian army alter its
march across country to the Adriatic,
fell into the sea at Durazzo, when be
ing landed. Announcement of the
loss was made by a ware office official
in giving evidence before the commit
tee of public accounts. Divers were
s< nt down in an effort to locate the
treasure, but failed to find it.
ENGLAND MAY ESTABLISH
COLONIAL COINAGE SYSTEM
LONDON Oct. IL- The presence of
so much Colonial silver in circula
tion here just now has led to the move
niment for the establishment of a
British Empire coinage, whereby coins
minted in England, Canada, Aus
tralia would be negotiable anywhere
FEDERAL GOURDE
ODER FODDSTDFFS
PRESIDENT ISSUES PROCLAMA
TION DECLARING GOVERNMENT
REGULATION OVER EVERY ABTI
CUE OF DIET.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. IL—Gov
ernment control of foodstuffs is ex
tended to take in virtually all the es
sential articles of diet by a proclama
tion issued last night by President
; Wilson directing the food administra
tion to license after November 1 the
manufacture, storage and distribution
of some twenty prime commodities
Many small dealers are exempted, as
are farmers, who were especially ex
cepted in the food control law.
The move was forecast in a state
ment previously issued by the food ad
ministration declaring it was necessary
Ito prevent unreasonable profits and
! to stoy hoarding and speculation.
After quoting the food control acL
' under which the action is taken, the
■ president’s proclamation says:
j‘ ’lt is essential, in order to carry
| into effect the purposes of said act, to
[ license the importation, manufacture,
storage and destribution of necessa
ries to the extent hereinafter ipeci
fled.
All persons, firms and associations
engaged in the business of either (1)
operating cold storage warehouse for
the purpose of this proclamation being
defined as any place artificially or
mechanically cooled to or below a tern
perature of 45 decrees Fahrenheit, in
which food products are placed and
held for thirty days or more); (2) op
erating elevators, warehouses or other
| places for storage of corn, oats, bar
I ley, beans, rice, cotton seed, cotton
I seed cake, cotton seed meal or pea
. nut meal; or (3) importing, manu
facturing (including milling, mixing
lor packins) or distributing (includ-
I ing buying or selling any of the
I lowing commodities:
I “Wheat, wheat our, rye or rye
| flour.
I "Barley or barley flour.
I "Oats, oatmeal or rolled oats.
"Corn, corn grits, corn meal, hom- |
I iny. corn flour, starch from corn, corn
I oil. corn syrup or glucose.
; "Rice, rice flour.”
SUNDiY SCHOOL DRY
ON NOVEMBER FOORTH
(WILL BE OBSERVED IN AMERICUS
AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE—
FLAN FOR LARGE ATTEND-
A M E.
It. will be of interest to the Sunday
j schools of Americus and throughout
out this section, which have always en
tered heartily into it s celebration, to
know that "Go To Sunday School Day”
I wlflch has ben observed in Georgia
for the past three years in February
will b e observed this year on the first .
I Sunday in November, in order that the
I state may be a part of the interna-;
■ tional movement. Another reason for
making the change is that better
weather can be expected in November >
| than in February.
Tile principal aim of the day is to j
, have a record breaking attendance in j
'the Sunday schools of all denomina- ;
tions in America, and to try to make I
;the lessens and sessions unusually at
: tractive by having a special program, I
,with the view of creating more inter
est in the Sunday schools and secu>’
ing a larger regular attendance. Large
posters ar e to he put up in the Sunday
schools advertising the day, and th.' '
international program will be furnish
ed free on request by the Georgia Sun
day School asosciation, I'l9 Hurt Bldg.
Atlanta.
Sunday. November 4th, as "Inter
national Go To Sunday School Day.’
will be observed in the states of the
tyiion and the provinces in Canada, it
is an interdenominational movement
which started several years ago, an.l
became so ppoular that the Interna
tional Sunday School association cor
responded with the Sunday school
leaders in the various states with the
result tht iat was decided to make ‘t
an international movement.
in the British empire. The subject is
to be taken up at the next meeting of
i the Imperial conference.-
CITY
EDITION
NEW YORK WINS
FOURTH GAME
OF SERIES
WITH SCHUPP PITCHING AGAINST
THEM—CHICAGO NEVER HAD A
( HANCE—TEAMS GO BACK TO
CHICAGO.
NEW YORK, Oct. 11. —The world’s
i series i s now’ tied, both New York and
Chicago having won two games.
Chicago won its games on homo
i grounds, and New York did the same
thing.
The opposing pitchers today were
Schupp for the Giants, and Faber for
. the White Sox.
New York scored one run each in
the third and fourth innings, and three
runs in the seevnth and eighth when
Faber blew up.
There was an attendance of over
30,000, notwithstanding that the weatb -
er wa£ very threatening.
The victory of New’ York today gives
the local fans great confidence. They
say that Chicago now has no pitchers
who are a puzzle to the Giants, and
that McGraw still has two good men
to use.
Score by innings: R. H.
New York 000 110 120—5 10 1
I Chicago 000 000 000—0 7 t>
Batteries—Schupp and Raridan; Fa
i ber and Schalk.
Benny Kauff got two home runs for
New York, and Zimmerman hit a
three-bagger, his first hit of the series.
: Fletcher’s throw from center, cutting
off a runner at the plate, was a feature.
: Th e following is the box score of
! yesterday’s New game:
The box score:
Chicago— a b r h po a e
J. Collins, if 4 0 O 1 0 2
McMullin, 3b4 0 0 O 1 0
E. Collins, 2b4 0 2 3 2 0
| Jackson, rs, 4 0 0 0 0 0
Felsch, cf 3 0 1 5 0 9
Gandil, lb 3 0 0 6 0 «
i Weaver, gs, .3 0 2 0 2 9
I Schalk, 3 0 0 9 0 0
Cicotte, p 3 0 0 0 11
■ Totals ...31 0 5 24 6 3
New York— ab r h po a e
Burns, If 4 0 11 0 J
I Herzog, 2b, 4 0 11 1 9
■ Kauff, cf. r 4 0 0 0.0 0
; Zimmerman, 3b4 0 1 0 3 9
Fletcher, ss, 4 0 0 1 4 i
, Robertson, rf4 1 3 1 0 0
IHolke, lb 4 11 15 0 1
Rariden, c 0 11 7 4 0
Benton, p, 3 0 0 1 2 0
|
Totals 33 2 827 14 I
Score by innings: • R.
Chicago 000 000 000 —tl x
New York 000 200 OOx—2
Summary Two-base hits, Holkt*,
Weaver; three-base hit, Robertson;
Fstolen bases, Robertson; sacrifice hit,
Rariden; double play. Rariden and
Herzog; left on bases, Chicago 4, New
: York 8; first base on errors, New York
12; earned runs, off Cicotte 2; struck
'out, by Cicotte t>, by Renton 5. Um
pires: At the plate, lemm; first base,
iO’Loughlin; second base, Evans; third
; base, Rigler. Time, 1: 55.
j The total attendance today as offi
jeially announced was 33,616. The re-
Iceipts and their division were as fol
lews:
Total receipts. $73,018.
National commission’s share, $7,-
308.10.
Players' share. $39,463.74.
Each club’ s share, $13,154.58.
GM ftLSO FOUGHT
' CELEBRATION OF PEACE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 11.—Ger
many financed an Irish-American
propaganda in the United States n
1915 to combat a movement for a cele
bration of one hundred years of peace
between England and the United
States, the 'president learned todaj
from John Stewart, of Ne wYork,
chairman of the American branch of
the centenary committee. A lobby
was even mainiaiiied against a bill
in the New York legislature which pro
vided funds for the celebration
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