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DAILY
FORTIETH YEAH.
W. K. BELL SAYS
LOCAL FARMERS
SHOULDJCT NOW
IT WILL'BE TOO LATE TO HUNT
THE WEEVILS AFTER THEY
HAVE BEGUN DESTROYING THE
CROP.
W. K. Bell, a well known cotton
man of Americus, has advanced a new
theory for controlling the boll weevil,
and his theory appears thoroughly
practical to one acquainted with the
probjems of farming. Talking with a
representative of the Times-Recorder
this morning Mr. Bell gave his views
of the situation as follows:
“I hope you will not criticise me
too severely, nor think me too officious,
when I give you my views on the
weevil situation. I was born and
raised with you, and your interests
are mine also. I have read article
after article from those who pretend
to know and are paid for their knowl
edge, if one of them has ever said or
done one thing to destroy them, except
by waiting until they got on the cotton
and then hunt them down in the forms
of squares, I have never seen it.
“If we have a wet spring, with a
scarcity of labor, good bye cotton
crop. It will be a matter of impossi
bility to control them. Then, why
wait for spring? Now or never is
the time to destroy them. The weevil
does not burrough in the ground, but
hunts a -cover of any kind for the cold
season —under rails, planks, sfumps
hay stacks, fodder, or any other place
that will cover them. How easy it
is to put every woman and child in
this country destroying them, paying
them for their work. Let them burn
around every stump, turn over every
stick of wood that can possibly hide
them, collect them in old cans, for
burning, and bring them to the own
ers of the farms.
“One weevil destroyed now is equal
to a dozen next spring. One hundred
dollars spent now should be worth
one thousand next fall,at thirty cents
a hundred for picking weevils, and
ts this horrible war ends in that time
you will see fifty cents cotton. A
farmer can take a lialf or a barrel
of apples and candy out on his planta
tion and the children will destroy
enough weevils for that candy, apples
and a few dollars, properly spent
to perhaps save him thousands of dol
lars.
“Why on earth don’t the heads of
the agricultural departments of all
the cotton states put in the work now.
Now or never is the time. Wake up,
all of my friends, and don’t wait, for
1 love to see you all prosperous and
happy.”
woodmeThere
TO INSTALL NEW
OFFIGERSTONIGNT
(. J. CLARK, NEW CONSUL COM
MANDER AND OTHER OFFICERS
TO TAKE OFFFICE AT 7:30 TO
NIGHT.
Tonight at Woodmen’s Hall in the
Wheatley building will be held the!
annual installation of officers of
Americus Camp No. 202, The new of
ficers to be inducted into ‘office are:
C. J. Clark, Consul Commander; J.
M. Bragg, Advisory Lieutenant; W.
W. McNeil Banker; C. J- Williams,
Past Counsul Commander; Nat Le
Master, Clerk; G. L. Williams. Man
ager for three years; Ast Pittman, Es
cort; J. L. Griffin, Watchman; A. D.
Smith, Sentry; Dr. J. T. Stukes and
F L- Cato, Camp Physicians.
There will be two candidates intro
duced into the mysteries of woodcraft,
and the meeting will be an enjopable
one for all who attend. The local camp
recently moved its lodge rooms from
Fraternal Hall on Lamar street into
the old quarters in the Wheatley build
ing, which have been found to be more
commodious and better suited to the
needs of the lodge.
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THE AMERICAN FLAG THE BACKGROUND AT A SING-SONG OF A FIELD SERVICE SECTION.
SOUTHERN ROADS
WANT 15 PER CI.
BITEJCBEKE
APPLICATION FILED WITH INTER
STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
WOULD LIFT PRESENT FREIGHT
-CHARGES.
WASHINGTON, January 30.—Rate
increases ranging from fiften cents to
$1.75 a hundred on iron and steel
from Southern producing points to
South Atlantic and Gulf ports are
asked in an application filed today
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission by southern railroads. The
petition was set for hearing later.
S. C?SEEfiL
CAUGHT HUARDING
'CI[)SEOBIHOO«[fi
(LIO FERTILIZER COMPANY’S LI
CENSE REVOKED AND CONCERN
ORDERED TO CLOSE ITS BUSI
NESS
WASHINGTON, D. C-, January 30
The license of the Clio Fertilizer Fer
tilizer Co., located at Clio, S. C., has
been revoked and the concern ordered
to close its-business not later than
February 6th, the food administra
tion announced today.
“Specific speculation and hoarding
of cotton seed,” is the reason given
for the. action taken. It developed
that the’concern had on hand m6re
than three million pounds of cotton
seed, despite which it had operated
orly three days during the past year,
according to information* lodged with
the food administration.
FINNISH AUTHORIIIES
ASK SWEDEN FOR HELP
LONDON, January 30. —A Stockholm
dispatch says the Finnish government
has asked Sweden for military help
against the revolutionists.
An earlier telegram from Helsing
fors stated the Finnish revolutionists
had formed a government under Presi
dent Kullerwo Manner, and had noti
fied the Swedish government they
could not be held responsible either
for the lives or property of Swedish
s bjects, of which there are four
hundred thousand in Finland.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 30, 1918
ON THE AISNE FRONT
"LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA."
CLASSI-1 MEN
TO BE EXAMINED
EABinN WEEK
LOCAL EXEMPTION AUTHORITIES
ORDERED TO PROCEED WITH
THIS WORK WITHOUT DELAY.—
EACH TO BE NOTIFIED.
The physical examination of all men
placed in Class 1-A by the local ex-
Ttnption board has been ordered to
prcceed by the war department, and
Chairman W. T. Maynard and the
n embers of the board are busy today
arranging for the examinations. Owing
to the more commodious quarters
available, the examinations will be
conducted in the court house, where
Dr. Douglas B. Mayes will be in
charge. As the number of registrants
presenting themselves increases, addi
tional physicians will be pressed into
service to assist Dr. Mayes in this
work.
Chairman Maynard, who ran through
about fourteen hundred of the ques
t’onaires returned by registrants and
ic familiar with the ruling of the
board which considered each of these
apart from the others, stated today he
would not hazard an estimate of the
total number of men in Slass 1-A, but
it is estimated by others here that
only about five hundred of the regis
trants in Sumter county, exclusive of
those already called to the colors,
have been placed in the first class to
be called under the new regulations.
The proportion of negroes and whites
in this class is likewise unknown.
Each of the registrants will be noti
fied by mail when and where to ap
pear for examination, and it is the
purpose of the local exemption board
to expedite this work as rapidly a*
I'ossible. The first of the exemptions
will be held early next week.
BANKS TO CLOSE
ON MONDAYS TO
AID WARIPLANS
The Bank of Commerce, The Com
mercial City Bank and the Planters’
Bank of Americus, the three banking
institutions of the city, have formerly
agreed to close on Mondays during the
“heatless” Monday period. This
course has been determined upon by
tLe banks in order to co-operate as
fully as possible with the fuel adminis
tration in the saving of fuel. The
banks are specifically exempted from
the provisions of the order, and the
action taken is entirely voluntary
with them, being prompted wholly
by patriotic motives.
RECORD SALE OF
THRIFT STAMPS
HEBE 01ITUESDAY
$2,175 IN NEW SECURITIES TAKEN
BY AMERICUS INVESTORSIN SIN
GEE DAY WITHOUT SOLICITA
TION.
The sale of Thrift Stamps which
began here several days ago contin
ues to increase, and yesterday marked
tlm highest total sales yet attained.
Postmaster D. F. Davenport afld the
members of the postoffice organiza
tion here are enthusiastic because of
the xo’untary responses to the appeal
for funds and are be«ig congratulated
upon the success the sale of stamps
has i.lfaincd.
At the beginning of the sale, Post
master Davenport appointed a com
mittee, composed cf Frank Sheffield,
Franc Mar gun and E. T. Mathis, to
assist in the sale of the sjpmps, but
so successful has been the to
date this committee has not yet en
gaged in any voluntary solicitation.
All the stamps sold have been taken
by individuals who applied for them
in person, and the total sales now run
close to $12,000.
A number o f Americus business con
cerns have agreed to place the stamps
on sale in their stores and offices
and already a number of thAn have
ihe stamps on sale and are using them
in making change when such arrange
ment is agreeable with customers. F.
M. H. McDonald, agent of the Southern
Express Company, and J. E. Johnson,
superintendent of the Americus Light
ing Company, are amone those who
have recently agreed to handle the
stamps and are assisting materially in
disposing of them here. In the city
schcu.'s the stamps are being sold to
the pupils at the rate of between thitry
and forty dollars a day, the distribu
tion there being under the supervision
ot E. T. Mathis, superintendent of the
schools.
CALLED MEETING
MINNIE VANN
GROVE NO. 36
There will be a called meeting of
the Minnie Vann Graove No. 36 Wood
men C’rclt, Thursday afternoon in the
Circle i ooms in the Wheatley build
ing. A full attendance is urged, as
matters cf importance will bo discuss
ed. The officers of the Circle are
anxious to have the members take up
Red Cross work, and this is to be
brought to the attention of the circle
At the last meeting the following
officers were installed:
Leila Beck guardian; Edna Barnett,
advisor; Jessie Pennington, chaplain;
TB GONSCBIPT
ALL BRITISH
SUBJJGTS HEBE
formal convention between
DNITED STATES, GREAT BRIT
AIN AND CANADA READY FOR
SIGNATURE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 30.
An agreement between the United
States, Great Britain and Canada on
terms of separate conscription con
ventions which only awaits the signa
ture of the respective governments
was announced today by Secretary
Lansing in a letter to the chairman
of the House military committee. The
effect of the convention will be to
make possible the conscription of Brit
ith residents in the United States for
service in the British army, and vice
versa.
colownFsTated
ID HIT AMERICUS
BEFOREJOBNING
FEW DAYS OF WARM WEATHER TO
BE FOLLOWED BY FREEZING
TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT
STATE.
Following close on the heels of the
warmest weather experienced here
this winter Americus folks are slated
for another cold wave tonight. The
government experts say the first ef
fects of the snap will be felt here
tonight when the mercury will ex
perience a rapid drop, and before
morning it is expected freezing weath
er will prevail. The cold snap may
continue several days.
Many of the ladies of the city who
have brought out their potted plants
beacuse of the warm weather prevail
ing are warned to get them in the
house again, as the weather is expect
ed to be supciently severe as to kill
such tender vegetation. Overcoats
which have been deposited in cedar
chests for the season will have to be
hauled out again, according to the
weather man, who also predicts that
turned-up collars will again be stylish
during the prevalence of the cold
snap'.
Fannie Crabb, elerk; Eugenia Feagin,
attendant; Grace Beck, assistant at
tendant; Ruth Jones, inner sentinel;
Essie Smith, outer sentinel. Grove
physicians, Drs W. S. Prather and H.
I’.. Allen. f
EDITION
MANGUM WILL
PROTECT ILL
IN CONFERENCE
SUMTER COUNTY FOOD ADMINIS
TRATOR IN ATLANTA LOOKING
AFTER SITUATION CREATED BY
FOOD ORDERS.
Franc Mangum, food administrator
for Sumter county, is in Atlanta to
da y attending a meeting of jobbers,
food administrators and the state food
administration. The conference was
called at the suggestion of the job
bing interests, and many matters of
interest here and throughout the state
are to be considered.
Americus merchants have filed with
the Sumter county food aministration
specific complaints in two instances,
and these are to be presented to the
conference by Mr. Mangum today. One
of these relates to the sale of flour
and meal or cereal products to farm'
ers who have quantities of home-rais
ed corn and corn products on hand,
and is of state-wide interest, as they
present a question vitally affecting the
farmers all over Georgia and the
South.
In one instance, J. E. Poole, an
Americus merchant, reported to R. C.
Moran, deputy food administrator in
charge of the food administration in
the absence' of Mr. Mangum, that job
bers in Americus had sold, and are
selling, to consumers residing in the
country near Americus flour in barrel
lots, or wholesale quantities, and that
such sales are not made in connec
tion with similar pound for pound
sales of meal. It is the accepted ver
sion of the ruling of the food adminis
tration here that combination sales of
flour and other cereal products do
not apply to wholesalers, a°d this has
prompted the complaint filed with the
authorities at Atlanta by the food ad
ministrator for Sumter county.
The other complaint vocers cases
of individuals who raise their own
corn and have quantities of corn meal
and corn products in their storehouses
and who would be subjected to an
unnecessary hardship if forced to pur
chase additional quantities of meal or
other cereals when in need of flour.
J. L. Sparks, one of the leading retail
ers here has laid this situation before
the food administration, and his com
plaint is backed up by practically
every other merchant in the city, as
is also that of Mr. Poole relative to
combination sales by wholesalers.
Both these complaints have been
transmitted to Atlanta, and at the con
ference of the wholesalers and ths
food administrators will be thorough
ly considered, and some solution of
the difficulty sought. Frank Lanier,
of the Americus Grocery Company, is
in Atlanta today attending the con
ference, and he will represent the
local wholesale interests in consider
ation of the matter.
DEATH OF AN
INFANT TODAY
George Clarence Fort, the young son
of Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Fort, died at
noon today at the family reisdence on
Lee street. The infant was only 23
days old, but during his brief life
had endeared himself to fond parents,
his demise coming as a sad blow to
them. They have the sympathy of
many friends in their bereavement.
The funeral will be held Thursday
morning at ten thirty o’colck from
the residence and interment will be in
Oak Grove cemetery here. Rev. Allen
Fort, of Macon, an uncle of the child,
will officiate at the obsequies.
Death of Senator Hughes.
WASHINGTON, D. C. January 30
Senator Hughes, of New Jersey, died
today after a long illness, news of ihs
demise being received at the White
House during the morning.
British Gunboat Sunk.
LONDON, January 30. —A British
gunboat was sunk in the English Chan
nel, January 28th as the result of a
collision. Three men were lost, the
admiralty announced today.
NUMBER 26.