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FORTIETH YEAR.
MERCHANTS HAVE
HIGHT TO REMAIN
OPEN ON MONDAYS
SENATOR HOKE SMITH ADVISES
MACON BUSINESS INTERESTS
FUEL AN NOT
ENFORCE ORDER.
Americus merchants observed yes
terday as “Heatlesis Monday” by clos
ing their places of business fight, ex
cept the grocery establishments, which
remained open until noon for the sale
of food products only. There was lit
tle complaint here where the disposi
tion to observe the spirt of the order
was general, but the fact that a loop
hole has been found for non-compli
ance with the closing order is likely
to present changed conditions here
next monday.
This loop-hole is found in a tele
gram from Senator Hoke Smith to
the Macon Telegraph, which reads:
Washington, Jan. 28.
Fuel administration official informs
me that it has no legal power to re
quire stores using no fuel to close
on Mondavs.
HOKE SMITH.
This information was brought out
only a short while before the national
food administration issued a statement
admitting the administration is with
out authority in the premises, except
to forbid the use of fuel of all kinds,
but coupled with a request that all
stores close, even if no fuel be used,
to shew conformity to the spirit of
the ruling.
Last night Dr. L. G. Hardman, state
fuel administrator, issued a statement
saying no violation of the law result
ed if stores remained open without
using fuel, and and that stores selling
food supplies only could use fuel until
the noon hour. This ruling, it is an
ticipated will continue in effect, and
next Monday will witness the general
transaction of business here.
DRUGGISTS STOP
DELIVERY OF SOFT
DRINKS FEB. IST
Americus druggits have joined the
rinks of the conservationists and an
nounce today that on and after Febru
ary Ist, they will discontinue the de
livery of soft drinks altogether, and
that after that date no drug purchases
will be delivered, except those cost
more than 25c. The increased cost of
doing business and the necessity of
cutting expense wherever possible is
the reason given for discontinuance
ot deliveries by the druggists.
M. B. COUNCIL
LODGE TONIGHT
Americus Masons have been doing
an unusual amount of degree w-ork
recently and the growth of the Masonic
organization here has been correspond
ing rapid. Tongiht there will be a
meeting of M. B-. Council Lodge, No.
95, call for the purpose of conferring
the Master’s degree on a candidate
who has been summoned for army ser
vice. This course, it is said, will be
adopted in the cases of other young
men who have volunteered, and are
now at home on waiting orders, but
in each instance a special dispensa
tion must be secured from the Grand
Master of Georgia Masons J. J.
I. Statham, worshipful master of
•Council Lodge, requests a full attend
ance at tonight's meeting .
FRED WIMBERLY IN
SERIOUS CONDITION
Fred Wimberly, a young man who
recently came to work in the mechani
cal department of The Times-Recorder,
is in a serious condition from pneu
monia at the home of his parents in
East Americus. He is an exceedinly
bright young boy, and new-s of his
serious illness will be received with
great regret by his many frienas.
Americus Times-Recorder
MINSTREL BOYS
TO REPEAT BIG
SHOW MONDAY
THREE NEW NOVELTIES WILL
FEATURE RETURN DATE.—FIRST
PRESENTATION MADE BIG HI.
The Americus Amateur Minstrels,
premier organization of Amreicus high
b< hool, will give a return date here
on next Monday night. The cast is
the same, but there are a number of
changes in the performance that add
to the attractiveness of the program.
Neal Ray, the “big boy” end man,
and Robert Slappey, the funniest
midget that ever sat on an end and
made people laugh, will both be there,
and Wilbur Giddings will again be the
star of the performance. Loring
Smith will again be the interlocutor,
a!-d all who attend are assured of an
evening’s enjoyment well worth the
price.
ITALIANS ATTACK
ON BBENTI FRONT
BERLIN, January 29. —The Italians
launched a violent attack yesterday
on the northern front in Italy, between
the Asigo and Brenta rivers, says the
official statemen this afternoon.
Raiding Planes Brought Down.
LONDON, January 29.—About 15
German airplanes, of which four or
five succeeded in reaching the city,
participated in the first of last night’s
raids, it is officially annuonced. Only
one of the raiders participating in the
second attack succeeded in penetrating
to the city. One of the others was
brought down, falling ten thousand
feet in flames.. Three of the crew
were burned to death. All of the Brit
ish pilots engaged in the exploit re
turned safely.
AIR RAIDERS
VISIT LONDON
LONDON, Jan. 29., 1:20 A. M —lt is
officially announced that a second at
tack by air raiders was delivered on
London after midnight, bombs be
ing dropped about 12:30 a. m.
Enemy airplanes dropped bombs on
London between 9 and 10 o’clock last
night, acording to an official communi
cation.
One of the invading aircraft was
brought down in Essex.
FIRE AT HOME
OF AARON COHEN
An alarm sent in from box 41 called
the fire department to the home of Mr.
Aaron Cohen, Jackson street at 4:25
o’clock this morning. The blaze was
caused by the congestion of ashes in
the ash-pit, and was extinguished with
little damage.
Funeral of Mrs. Castleberry.
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza A. Castle
berry occurred at three o’clock this af
ternoon from the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. J. C. Horne, on Mayo street.
Mrs. Castleberry w r as the widow of
the late James W Castberry and had
lived a long and useful life in this
county, where she was born. Rev.
Paul W. Ellis, of the First Methodist
church, officiated, and the following
gentlemen acted as pallbearers: J. L.
Johnson, B. T. Johnson, Cleve Tillman,
G L. Williams, C. A. Ames.
The sincere sympathy of the entire
community is extended to the family
in their bereavement.
Wright Given Assignments.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 29
Conugressman W C. Wright of the
Fourth dlstrica has been given his
committee assignments as follows:
Merchant marine and fisheries; irri
gation of arid lands; election of pres
ident vice president and members of
congress
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 29, 1918
AMERICUS BUSINESS
COLLEGE BOUGHT BY
ONE OF ITS FACULTY
FORMERLY A BRANCH OF THE
ATHENS BUSINESS COLLEGE
WILL NOW BE OPERATED IN
DEPENDENTLY.
The Americus mranch of the
Athens Business College has been
purchased by Mr. T. K. MacCrary,
and after February Ist will be operated
by him as an individual venture. He
has been connected with the institu
tion since its establishment here sev
eral months ago.
The college, which is housed in the
second story of The Times-Recorder
building, has at present about thirty
students, and since its establishment
has graduated a number of young
ladies and men, who now hold good
positions in the city and elsewhere. W.
H Shelton, who has been an instruct
or in the college since its establish
ment will continue as one of the facul
ty, while Prof. Mac Cary will within
a few days move his family to reside,
and hereafter will devote his time and
attention to the local college, instead
of traveling througout this section as
he has done in the past. R. C. Carter;
president of the Athens Business Col
lege, who assisted in founding the
college, will sever his connection
therewith after February Ist, when the
new management takes charge.
COTTON GINNINGS
UP TO JAN. 16TH
W. P. Persons, special agent of the
census bureau here, has furnished
The Times-Recorder with advance
figures of his report to the depart
ment. These figures show total gin
nings of 25,459 bales to the date in
cluded in the report, and a shortage in
the current crop of approximately
6,000 bales. This pro rata compara
tive shortage has been maintained
since early in the ginning season. Mr.
Persons’ figures show that up to Jan.
16th, there had been ginned in this
county from the crop of 1917, count
ing round as half bales, 25.459 bales,
which compares with 31,892 bales gin
ned to the same datg last, the actual
shortage in ginnings shown being 6,-
397 bales. The excellent prices pre*
vailing, however, made the crop bring
even more than larger crops produced
here in recent years, and Sumter
farmers are. generally speaking, well
satisfied with results attained.
Practically all of the crop has been
ginned in this county and the farmers
are busy preparing for next year’s
crop. There are varying opinions ex
pressed as to the probable acreage
to be devoted to cotton production here
this year, but it is probable this will
be decreased still further on many
farms. The splendid market now
available for the sale of food pro
ducts is expected to have considerable
influence in shaping the course to be
followed by farmers and without ref
erence to the acreage to be devoted
to cotton, it is generally conceded that
the greatest crop of food products ev
e; raised here will be ready for mar
keting early this fall in Americus.
Figures on Allowances for Wife,
Children and Other Dependents
Here is what the government sends the family of the soldier who al
lots part of his pay to his dependents:
If there is a wife but n o child. sls per month.
If there is a wife and one child. $25 per month.
If there is a wife and two children. $32.50 per month, with $5 per
month additional for each additional child. Maximum payment, SSO.
If there is no wife but one child, $5 per month.
If there is no wife but two children, $12.50 per month.
If there is no wife but three children. s2o per month.
If there is no wife but four children, S3O, with $5 per month addi
tional for each additional child. Maximum payment, SSO.
“Family allowance” will aid dependent parents, sisters or brothers,
as well as wife or child. The amounts the government contributes are;
If there is one parent, $lO per month.
If there are two parents, S2O per month.
For each additional grandparent, grandchild, brother, or sister, $5..i
per month.
To secure an allowance for a parent, sister or brother the soldier
must have been contributing at leas l sls per month during the past
year to the dependent.
"LI VEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA."
RUSS DELEGATES
RETURN TO AGAIN
RESUMEJAHLEYS
TROTSKY AND KAMENEFF LEAVE
PETROGRAD FOR BREST-LIT
VOSK TO MEET TEUTON REPRE
SENTATIVES.
PETROGRAD, Jan. 28.—(Delayed)—
Foreign Minister Trotsky and Kemen
eff left here today for Brest-Litvosk,
where they will resume peace parleys
with the Teutons on behalf of the Bol
siieviki government.
Red Guard at Helsingfors.
COPENHAGEN, January 29.—The
Red Guard is in complete control at
Hslsingfors, Finland, according to a
dispatch to the National Tideen. It
it not yet known whether the Finnish
officials escaped before the Russian
revolutionists established themselves
ir. control of the situation.
Germans Violtaing Truce.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29.
Charges that the Germans are violat
ing the terms of their truce with
Russia by transferring troops from
the Russian to the Western front, were
made here today by the war depart
ment.
General Strike Failed.
AMSTERDAM. Jan. 29.—The big
genreal strike at Berlin announced
for Monday did not materialize, ac
cording to advices from that city. The
agitation met only limited success and
the trade unions generally refused to
co-operate. Only in a few sections
did the factory women strike.
R. P. STACKHOUSE
HAD NARROW ESCAPE
Mr. R. P. Stackhouse had a narrow
escape from serious injury and per
haps death, when his car overturned
with him and ran down the fill just
this side of Guerry’s bridge on the
Myrtle Springs road last night about
dark. He was driving into the city
from his farm, and was alone at the
time. His attention being momentari
ly attracted, he gave the steering
vffieel a slight turn which precipitat
ed the car over the embankment
which is a steep one along a narrow
stretch of roadway. The vehicle turn
ed a complete somersault after go
ing over the embankment, but Mr.
Stackhouse stuck to the wheel and was
not seriously hurt. A slight abrasion
above his eye and an injured knee
were sustained, but when the serious
nss of the accident is considered, it
is remarkable that he escaped instant
death.
Week of Prayer Continues.
The Week of Prayer inaugurated
Monday by the ladies of the Presby
teiian church will continue through
out the week, the meeting Wednesday
afternoon at three o’clock being at the
•home of Mrs. L. P. Gartner, on Jack
street. Ladies of other chrches of
the city are cordially invited to at
tend and participate in the meetings.
BIG RATTLER
15 KILLED BY
AMERICUS MEN
HOLLIS FORT AND JULIUS SHY
SLAY REPTIL EWITH THIRTEEN
RATTLES AND A BUTTON.
■ . - -- t
Messrs. Hollis Fort and Julius Shy
had an exciting experience Monday
afternoon when they killed an enor
mous rattlesnake found by one of their
dogs in the bush, he reptile is one
of the largest ever killed here in re
cent years, and it is considered re
markable that the snake was encoun
tered at this season, when they usu
ally hibernate until well up in spring.
Both hunters had part in the killing
of the big snake, and Mr. Shy has the
rattles as a talisman of the occasion.
He is exhibiting them to his friends
here, and the killing of the snake is
being generally commented upon. The
si ake was found below Cobb in the
lower end of Sumter county, near the
Dooly and Crisp line.
5500,0fuF
AT MARQUETTE
MARQUETTE, Mich., January 29. —
An explosion followed by fire early
trday destroyed the alcohol refining
plant, the primary building and a
series of condenses ‘n the plant of the
Pioneer Iron Furnace Co. here. The
loss sustained is estimated by the of
ficials of the company at $509,000.
First reports said that a number of
lives had been lost but later it was
said there had been no deaths and on
ly two injuries. Police authorities be
lieve the explosion was due to incendi
arism.
BOLSHEVIKI TO
WAR ON RUMANIA
PETROGRAD, Jan. 29.—The gov
ernment commissioners announce that
diplomatic relations with Rumania
have been broken and that the Ru
manian Lqjgation and all that the
Rumanian representatives here will
be sent out of the country by the short
est route.
SECOND CONSERVATION
CAMPAIGN TO START
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 29,—A single
slice of bread seems an unimportant
thing in this rich country, which has
always enjoyed abounding prosperity,
yet once slice of bread weighs one
ounce and contains almost three
ounces of flour.
If everyone of the country's twenty
million homes wastes an average of
one slice of bread every day the coun
try is throwing away every day more
than 14,000,000 ounces of flour, or
more than 875,000 pounds of flour, or
enough to make 1,000,000 one-pound
loaves of bread a day. In the waste
continues for a year the country is
wasting 1,500,000 barrels of flour.
These and many other startling
facts concerning America’s waste will
presented to the people of Georgia in
a second campaign for food conser
vation very shortly to be launchd, and
Georgia housewives will be asked to
redouble their efforts to aid the gov.
ernment in its war on waste.
WILL PAY PENSIONS IN
GEORGIA BY MARCH IST
ATLANTA, Ga. Jan 29 —Commission-
er of Pensions John W Lindsey states
that he hopes to begin the payment of
pensions in Georgia between February
15 and March 1 He hopes by that
time to be able to pay about $600,000,
or half of the 1918 pension appropria
tion.
No pensions can be paid, however,
until after the school warrants, due
February 1, are paid.
CTT>
EDITION
OFFERS OF WOOD
CONIINUE GOMINC
TO MTOSTOR
ANDERSONVILLE FARMER WIU»
DONATE LARGE QUANTITY OF
WOOD FOR FUEL IF CUT BY CON
VICTS.
The recent suggestion that the coe
victs of the county be used to cut
wood, and thus wood be used as fuel
by the poor, has resluted in a number
of offers of wood for this purpose.
G. Willis, a well known farmer liv
ing in Andersonville district in a com
munication to The Times-Recorder re
ceived today, formally tenders th®
wood on the “Old Finch Place” which
he owns. The only condition of th®
offer is that the county will have it cut
clean. There is a large quantity of
pine and oak wood on the place, amdl
all of it, the communication
is admirably situated for use as fuel.
The offer will be brought to the at
tention of Chairman Arthur Rylander.
of the county commissioners, and also
laid before Mr. Mangum, chairman et
the Sumter County Council of Defense.
Mr. Mangum a few days ago consult
ed with Mr. Rylander concerning th®
use of the county convicts for thia
work and the latter has agreed to calf
a meeting of the board to act on th®
suggestion. The subsequent high
temperatures prevailing, however, have
removed to a large degree the need of
such measures, and it is probable un
less another freeze is experienced the
county commissioners may not agre®
for the convicts to be used in the cut- *
‘ing of wood for the poor. The com
missioners will hold their regular
meeting on next Monday, at which
time the question will be disposed of
finally.
JIM CASTLEBERRY
NEGRO DIED VERY
SUDDENLY MONDAY
Jim Castlberry, a negro employed
by G. M Bragg as a meat cutter, died
suddenly Monday afternoon in a negro
pool room operated by Will Lott, an
other negro. The circumstances sur
rounding the death of the negro are
not fully nkown, but is is said that he
had been drinking a quantity of so-call
ed cider dispensed in places here, and
this may have have contributed to his
d-raise. The remafn s were removed
from the pool room soon after death
and prepared by a negro undertaker.
ASHBURN YOUTH
VICTIM OF PISTOL
CORDELE, Ga„ Jan. 29.— Johnnies
Reynolds, eleven year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Reynolds, of Ashburn,
died at the Cordele Sanitarium last
night at six o’clock from the effect
of an accidental shot from a parlor
rifle which struck him in the head,,
according to the statement of friends
Saturday evening about dusk.
A small colored boy, it is stated,
is in jail in Ashburn charged with
having fired the shot, but the case is
considered an accident and notihng
may ever come of thyarrest.
The remains of the little boy were
taken from here to Mount Plaesant
in Dooly county for the burial and
interment. ?
FATHER SCHONHARDT
IS ILL AT SAVANNAH
Americus friends of Father H. A.
Schonardt, formerly visiting priest at
the Catholic church here, will regret
to learn of his illness at Savannah. He
was operated upon Monday at St
Joseph’s Hospital is that city, for ap
pendicitis, and today was reported, as.
resting easily. He is now staticwec?
at the Cathedral of St. John the Di
vine, in Savannah, where he went after
leaving Albany.
NUMBER 25.