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DAILY FORTIETH YEAR. HOG SHE WAS REGDRD MAKES FOB THE SOUTH •“ 11 ARLES PLANTATION SELLS 137 HEAD OF IMMPSHIRES FOR $14,- 150 HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL PRICE WAS $307.50. Hogs to the value of $14,150 were sold in Americus yesterday afternoo... making a record for being the largest hog sale consummated by a dealer in the Southern states. The Arles Plantation sold privately to a Chattanooga firm a solid carload of Hampshires ofr $6,000, and at pub lic auction 77 head were sold for SB,- 150. There were 60 head in the car. of the 137 hogs were bred on the Arles Plantation. The highest price paid at public out cry was $307.50. A dozen were sold for more than $260 a head. The sale was attended by breeders from all sections of the South. immlTbe SOLO TO FARMERS COUNTY FARM DEMONSTRATOR MARSHALL NOTIFIED BY GOV ERNMENT HOW TO DISTRIBUTE IN THIS COUNTY. Notice has been given to George O. Marshall, agricultural agent for Sum ter county, that the United states de partment of agriculture will sell at cost a supply of nitrate of soda to farmers in Sumter county. This nitrate was purchased through the War Industries board under the authority of the food control act as a part of the program for stimulating agricultural production. It will be un loaded at Atlantic ports and the price will be $75.50 a ton, free on board cars at port of arrival. Farmers are to pay in addition freight from port of arrival and the state fetilize tag fee. Applications so a part of the 100,000 tons of nitrate bought by the govern ment will be recieved only from actual farmers or owners or holders of farms for use on thei land, and may be made through County Agent Geo. O. Marshall, or through any member of a ideal committee consisting of Frank Sheffield, C. C. Hawkins and Rob. prown. No money will be required with the application, but upon notice from the cr.untv prent, farmers who have signed applications must deposit with a local bank, association or individual, desig nated by the secretary of agriculture to act as the farmers’"agent for that purpose, money to cover the cost of the fertilizer, except the freight charge. After the money is transmitted to Washington the nitrate vill be ship ped to the farmers. If applications for the nitrate exceed the supply of about 100,000 tons, the government will allot the supply on a pro rata basis among those who applied. Ap plications must be received by Febru ary 4 th. County Demonstration Marshall in calling attention to the fact that February 4th is the time limit for the filing of applications, desires to im press n on farmers that the committee is anxious to get all applications in by February Ist. Therefore, Sumter county farmers a urged by him to see one of the committee named above by February Ist and file their applica tions for as much of the nitrate as they will require. ANOTHER uAR OF COAL RECEIVED HEBE TODAY Another car of coal reached Ameri cus this morning, being consigned to tile Council company. Harrold Brothers received a car the other day, but had orders on file for eve r y ton of it. The fuel situation here is somewhat re'icved. and there is not as much complaint as was heard ten days ago. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER "LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA." PEOPLE COOPERATE WHEN NEW DELIVERY SYSTEM EXPLAINED Americus grocers and butchers to day- report that their customers are generally acquiescing to the new deliv ery system, and that what protests have been made were due mostly to misunderstanding. The spirit of the customers is to co operate with the grocers, various deal ers state, and when the facts are ex plained, there are no more kicks. The grocers and butchers are in mu tual agreement to make only two de liveries a day, and so far it is declared that there has not been a single vio lation. The idea is to reduce operating ex penses, consistent with the decline in the price of many groceries that re sulted from enforcement of the food control law here. In Moultrie and other towns of; Georgia, the delivery system has been abandoned. The storekeepers here, however, have no intention of going that far. But they are going to stick by their twice-a-day method, and they are gratified! at the co-operation they are receiving from the public. Some of them report protests, but state that when the facts are made clear the customers invariably pledge their assistance. HAMPSHIRE MEN IN CONVENTION HERE YESTERDAY The Georgia Hampshire Breeders' Association held its annual meeting in» Americus yesterday afternoon and last night, in connection with the big sale at the Arles Plantation. A membership of 100 was reported. Last night the members enjoyed a banquet at the Hotel Windsor as the guests of the Arles Plantation. The following officers were elected: S. J. Carter, Parrott, president. W. T. Calhoun, Americus, vice pres ident. C. S. Glisson, Hawkinsville, secre- I •» tary and treasurer. 4 HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROTESTS AGAINST NEW DELIVERY PLAN The Times-Recorder has received the following: Dear Sirs: It was with regret that we read in your paper yesterday of the ladies being “Up In Arms’’ about the delivery. In justice to our many customers, we want to say we have rot had a complaint or a criticism Not one has seemed angry- at our fail ure to deliver, but all have given their hearty approval and all seem anxiou? to co-operate. Assuring you we appre ciate the many kind expressions and heaity co-operation extended us, we are Yours very truly, MORGAN & CO. DEMURRAGE RULE BN CARS NOW IN FORCE Under orders of Director' General McAdoo, who is operating the rail roads of the country, the new demur rage rules became effective monday. ! Their object is to keep cars moving. | They are so rigid that it will cost! the value of the contents of some ship. I medts to leave them in cars very long. The charge will be three dollars a car I for the first day and a dollar extra I up to the eighth day when the rate will I be $lO a day for each day that cars are left unloaded. To leave a car un ! loaded for ten days under the new : rules will cost $72, with $lO a day for each day thereafter. The old “aver ge agreement" by which credit is giv en on one car for prompt unloading of another car is cancelled. Every car is i to be kept moving. AMERICUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 24, 1918 GOVERNMENT NO 111 OUfIL ME IS NOW ASSURED WALTER S. COLEMAN, REPRESENT ING DEPARTMENT OF THE LN TERIOR PAYS OFFICIAL VISIT TO AMERICUS. Walter S. Coleman, of Cedartown, for twenty years president of the Georgia Weekly Press Association, is in Americus today, representing the Department of the Interior in an en deavor to bring relief here in the mat ter of fuel. Mr. Coleman is a special commis sioner to the Indian territories, but at the request of Hon. W. J. Harris ,ho has been temporarily transferred I to the interior department and sent to Georgia to investigate the coal situa tion. He had a conference today with all the local coal dealers, and made ar rangements whereby they will be able to obtain more coal in the future. Mr. Coleman is going to every town and city in Georgia where there is an acute coal shortage, and is formulating .a plan whereby, through government aid, relief may be had. GOVERNMENT WILL CONDUCT CAMPAIGN ON SHINE MAKERS WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 24. The discovery that the manufacture of “moonshine" whisky is increasing rapidly in some dry states and that , quantities of liquor have been sold il licitly to soldiers in Southern camps, especially those at Greenville, Colum bia and Chattanooga, caused Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper to an nounce today the beginning of a na tionwide campaign against illicit dis tilling. The campaign is to be un dertaken in co-operation with gover nors in various states. ALL REGISTRANTS ARE CARD-INDEXED The local exemption board has re ceived instructions from the provost marshal to prepare a complete card index system, covering eyery detail of the information on each 'question naire. Each registrant is given a card and on this must be put in the proper columns his full history from registration to filing of his answers on the questionnaire. Members of the board estimate that it will re l quire an average of 90 minutes to the j card. These cards will be sent to the < ffice of the pioyost marshal general for use in making future drafts. An explanatory circular sent with the in struction covering this new work says that it is the purpose of the index j system to enable the war department Ito locate quickly men skilled in cer- [ I tain lines of work. In the past men were sent to training camps with no reference to their respective abilities and it there became the task of mili tary authorities to sort them out. Un der the new system if the department wants a mechanic they can refer to [ the index for that particular trade and find the men needed. The filling in of these cards will require an infinite amount of clerical work. I ■■■■■■ —■ ITALIAN TERRITORY BEING EVACUATED ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, in Northern Italy, Jan. 23. (Delayed.) j —The enemy has successfully evac -1 uated all of the territory on the nor [ them mountain front behind Monte I Tomba and ext»nding from the Piave I river weastward. Mrs. Lee Allen HL The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Al len will learn with great regret of the serious illness of the- latter. Mrs. Al- I len has a severe attack of pneumonia. RUSSIA GIVEN FINAL NOTICE BI THE_KAISEH PETROGRAD, Jan. 23.—(Delayed.) —Russia must give up all of Courland and the Baltic provinces, or the Ger mans will resume military operations and occupy Reval within a week. The German delegation at tne Brest- Litovsk negotiations informed the Russians at the last session to this ef fect. Following this an adjournment of the conference was taken until Jan uary 29th, to permit the Russians time to consider the German terms. Forty Killed During Riots. PETROGRAD Jan 24 —Forty persons were killed and two hundred others wounded during riots in Moscow en gendered by demonstrations celebrat ing “Bloody Sunday” there. CHAMBERLAIN TO DEFEND HIMSELF ON SENATE FLOOR ’ ■ • WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan: 24. Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the senate military committee, rose to a question of personal privilege today and replied to President Wilson’s re cent statement that Senator Chamber lain, in his speech before the senate had made an “astonishing and abso lutely unjustifiable distortion of the truth.” IMPURITIES” FOUND IN CANDY FOR NAVY WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan. 24. The discovery of “impurities” in can dy supplied to canteens on naval ships today caused the issuance of an order suspending the sale of candy to navy men, and also the (purchase of addi tional candy‘supplies, pending an in vestigation. Officials hero are care ful not to say wha* the “impurities” were, but there is a recurrence of re ports that .powdered glass has been discovered. No cases of sickness have been reported as a result of the dis covery. • RAILROAD MEASURE FOR LENGTH OF WAR WASHINGTON, D. C;, Jan. 24. The administartion railroad bill has been modified to stipulate expressly that federal operation is undertaken as a war emergency measure, but this shall not prejudice the future policv of the government toward ownership of the roads. No specific time is fixed for the return of the roads to private owners, however. FORMER GERMAN SHIP SUNK BY SUBMARINE AN ATLANTIC PORT, Jan. 24.—The American steamship Owasscop former ly the German steamer Allemannia, seized here when the United States entered the war, was sunk by a sub marin early in December, off the Spanish Mediterranean coast- Ac cording to a survivor who arrived here today, two members of the crew were lost. FAIR AND WARMER IS THE FORECAST Here is good new-s, indeed! It is going to be fair and warmer real ly! The weather man says so. REMAINS OF MRS. ' HORNADY BURIED IN OAK GROVE CEMETERY Mrs. Sarah E. Hornady, widow of the late Dr. Albert Hornady, who so" years practiced dentistry in Americus, died Wednesday at the residence of her son, W. P. Hornady, in Dawson, Ga., where she had made her home for thb past several years. Mrs. Hornady was in her eightieth year, and was a consistent member of the Methodist church. I She was lov ed by all who knew her for her kind ness and the good she did for human ity, being a devoted worker in the interest of her church. She is survived by two sons, fc. B. Hornady, of Buena Vista, and W. P. Hornady, of Dawson, Ga.; by two daughters, Mrs. Leila DeWolfe, of La redo, Tex., and Miss Mary Hornady, of Dawson, Ga.; three brothers, B. F. Green, of Ellaville; G. M. Green, of Americus, and C. J. Green, of Shell man, Ga.; three daughters, Mrs. R. F. Williams and Mrs. T. R. Strange, of Ellaville, and Mrs. B. F. Crittenden, of Shellman, Ga. The funeral party arrived on the 2:11 train from Dawson, and went to Oak Grove cemetery, where the ser vices and interment followed. Rev. W. P. Dennis, of Montezuma, officiated. To the bereaved ones the sympathies of all are extended. SHORT MEASURE COMPLAINT WILL BE INVESTIGATED Food Administrator FVanc Mangum announces that he and his advisory committee are going to make a thor ough investigation of the complaint) that have reached him in regard to short measures and weights. The complaints have not been num erous, but some have been tiled, most ly on the ground that short weight was being given in meal, sugar and other leading commodities. If dealers are found to be system atically giving short weights or meas ures, they will be reported to the na tfonal administration for’ punishment. The penalty is blacklisting the offend ing store by prohibiting wholesaL. grocers to sell it anything. Results this week indicate generally a determined spirit on the part of the grocers to obey the spirit and the let ter of the law. In fact, It is stated that the grocers are really doing more than the public to keep within the law Many of them are asked every day by customers to do things that the law does not allow. HOARDING OF HIDES IS ONE REASON WHY SHOES ARE SO HIGH WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan. 24. The hoarding of hides by meat pack ers while shoe prices have been climb ing giving excessive profits to pack- I ers who practically control the hidq I market, are charges contained in the ! report of the federal trade commis i sion submitted to congress today. JUDGE LITTLEJOHN UP AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS Judge Z. A. Littlejohn, wfio has been ■ confined to his home recently with an attack of rheumatism, is able to be I up again and today greeted his many !ft lends upon the streets. He is now ; engaged in a study of the evidence and arguments presented in the hear ing of a motion for retrial in the Chap- I man fuse, an it is anticipated his de i cision will be announced withn a few i days. Goal Shortage Relieved. NEW YORK, Jan. 24. —The shortage of liunk-r coal which a few days ago I was hampering the fueling of vessels |hi tl-e ha’bor has been “entirely re lieved.” according' to a statement todav ty J. E. detailed by the Unit j ed States shirping board to supervise j bunkering ships at this port. • Ci i I EDITION NEW CONIRffI WITH LIGHT CB. BAS BEEN MADE MEANS AN ANNUAL INCREASE! EXPENDITURE OF $3,800 FOB THE CITY—COUNCIL RATIFIES AGREEMENT. The city and the Americus Lighting Company have reached an agreement about the annual charge for services at the pumping station. There has been a disagreement ofr some time, and it seemed once that the railroad commission would bo asked to straighten out the tangle. Heretofore the city has paid $10,500 to cover all costs. The light company presented figures to show that this was a losing proposition for them, and they asked that they be at least reim bursed for their actual expenses. The new contract provides for the same (payment, but also that the city shall furnish all labor necessary for the operation of the pumping statioh. This means an increased expenditure of about $3,800 a year for the city. City council ratified the contract at’ its meeting this week. iklnuunii is tm HERE DR, &J. BAYFIELD WILL MAK* AMERICUS HEADQUARTERS FOB FIVE COUNTIES—HAS PLENTY OF SERUM. Dr. S. J. Rayfield, assistant state veterinarian, has been stationed tn i Americus as headquarters for th© counties of Sumter, Lee. Dougherty, Terrell and Schley in the govern ments work, qf co-operative hog chol era control. Tie has offices at the Chamber «t Commerce. Dr. Ray field has been at Smith ville, but thrqugh the services p£ Mr. W. W. Dykes, the state veterinarian, Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen, was induced te assign him here. He has a supply of serum on hand and administers what is known as the double treatment. Farmers having cholera among their hogs are advised to consult with him. io reougelFle OF WT FLDUR GROCERS TO BE STILL FURTHER RESTRICTED AND CONSUMERS LIMITED SO THAT ALLIES CAN BE SENT MORE. WASHINGTON,- D. C., Jan. 24. To create a large export surplus ©f tour for the allies the food adminis tration is considering a plan of forced reduction in flour sales all the way from the mills to the consumer. All dealers from millers to bakers, are tn be reen’red to hold their sales of flour to 75 per cent, of the total amount n iw handled by them. FLOUR SHORTAGE IN AMERICUS AVERTED A probable flour shortage in Amer icus will be averted thiough the agen cy of the food administration. This morning the Moreland-Jones Company advised Food Administrator Mangum that a carload of flour ship > .ped to them from Nashville three weeks ago had be.n held up in At lanta since January 14. Mr. Mangum at once took up the matter with thd state administration, and was notl i fled later in the day that the «ar i would be moved at once. It w’’l doubt less reach here within the next 48 ’ hours. Only one wholesale dealer here has * any flour now, and his supply is lim i ited. NUMBER 21.