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RAIL HEAD CALLS
RATES TOO HIGH
Fairfax Harrison Says
South is at Cross
roads
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GREENVILLE, S. C., Sept B.
That the recnt railway rate increases
are so great as to imperil the growth
and development of commerce in the
South, is the substance of a letter
received by John A. Russell, chaii
man of the wholesale bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce, from Fairfax
Harrison, president of the Southern
Railway.
The letter is in reply to one from’
Mr. Russell, protesting against the
proposed changes in classifications.
“In my individual opinon,” writes
Mr. Harrison, “the recnt rate in
creases have been actually so great
as to imperil the growth and de
velopment of commerce in the South.
They can be defended only because
current wages and material costs
must be met by the railroads. Com-!
merce and industry in the South is
at a dangerous cross roads. Although
the Southern has made no war prof- 1
its. I. for one, would prefer to take'
the turn towards lower rather than
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' higher prices, and henceforth to bend
I every effort to reduce the cost of
1 railroad service rather than to in
crease it.
j “With lis declaration of our poi-
I icy so far as it affects you, will you
do me thi honor to advise the policy
. of the cotton manufacturers in a
I similar reject? The cost of manu
’ factured cotton crouds is a substan
tial item n .he cost of living which
has made the high railroad rates
necessary What is the position of
' the cotton manufacturers on the price
■ of their goods?”
Tocdßreti
Eyes examined, glasses fitted. Bell,
the Jeweler.
Harry Jarrard leaves Thursday for
i Atlanta to attend the public schools,
;in that city. He has spent the sum
mer in Americus with Mrs. Will
Green Turpin at her home on Lee
street.
Mrs. C. J. Shipp and son, Benjamin
of Cordele, are spending several days i
in Americus.
J. A. Winslow, of Cuthbert, was ini
i Americus yesterday on business.
FOR SALE —50 acres land, 3 ,
miles south of Plains, on graded
road, good white community; close,
to schools and churches; well im
proved. All good dark gray pebble
land—no waste. Improvements worth
$6,000. Price of this place $5,000.
SILLS & PURVIS. 7-ts
Robert Poole, who has been in Ab
beville for some time past, is at home
for the present spending a week or
ten days.
Memory Insurance—Your photo-'
graph. When was yours last taken? 1
The McKinstry Studio. 7-5 t
O. P. Tucker and J. S. Mizell,
of Valdosta, were business visitors
here yesterday.
C. J. Roth, of Savannah, spent
yesterday in Americus.
Prof. J. E. Mathis will leave on the
early morning train Thursday for a
vacation in the northeast. He will
spend a counle of days with relatives ,
Too Late To Classify.
, BULBS FOR SALE—Paper White
Narcissi. Daffodil and Jonquili
: Mrs. Y. D. Moreland.—B-3-t (s)
| FOR SALE—Cement, Cooperage,
I Hydrated Lime, Sanitary Lime,
i Wall Plaster. Keene’s Cement, Plaster
lof Paris. John W. Shiver. Phone
117.—(52)
■ FOR SALE —My entire herd of five
Holstein, ten Jerseys, seven heif-
! ers. Reason for selling, have sold
.my farm. Will sell cheap. R. T.
' Mathews. Americus Steam Laundrv.
■Phone 18.—8-4 t.
I
I HAND Saws, Cross-cut Saws, Band
and Circle Saws sharpened and
I ground; belts laced; knives and bits
I sharpened. John W. Shiver. Phone
117.—(52)
THE J. L HOFFMAN CO.,
Landscape Architects
Candler Annex, Atlanta, Ga.
A letter will cause our representative to call upon you on his next trip in
that territory.
I HE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
in Greenville, S. C., and then pro
ceed to New York where he will meet
Mrs. Mathis, who is on her way back
from her visit to England., and the
two will spend a short time in the
New England states.
Get your turnp seed from Carswell
Drug Company. Shipment from grow
ers just received. Phone 98. (-1)
H. H. Bullard, of Albany, was a
business visitor here for a few hours
yesterday afternoon.
Thad Jones, of Plains, was a vis
itor here yesterday.
Charlie McArthur went to Rich
land today on business.
Olin Burgin and W. E. Reeyes
were in Americus yesterday, coming
from Cussetta.
O. H. Gary, of Albany, was in
Americus yesterday afternoon.
L. W. Cheney, of Columbus, spent
a few hours in Americus yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. Clay Bell and children are
spending some time in Richland with
Mrs. Bell’s mother.
I Mrs. K. M. McDonald and two
i daughters, of Sumter, were shopping
in Americus this morning.
Rev. E. T. Moore, of Preston, was
, a visitor here today.
Mrs. Max Land, of Cordele, state
i regent of the Laughters of the Amer
-1 ican Revolution, will be the guest of
Miss Lucy Simmons Friday at her
home on Rees Park.
James A. Fort, state prohibition
enforcement officer, came down from
Atlanta yesterday to vote today.
D. E. Blanton, of Thomasville, was
a visitor here for a few hours Tues
day afternoon.
MARKETS
MONTGOMERY LIVE STOCK
UNION STOCK YARDS, Sept. 8.
—Cattle receipts, 600; prices steady.
Choice butcher steers, 1,000 lbs. up
$lO @ $11; choice butcher steers,
800 to 1,000 lbs., $9 @ $10; choice
butcher steers, 600 to 800 lbs., $7
@ $8.50; butcher heifers, $6 @
$7.50; common light yearlings, $3.50
@ $4.50; choice butcher cows, $6.50
@ $7.50; medium fat cows, $4.50
@ $5.50; cutters, $4 @ $4.50; can
ners, $3 @ $4; choice stock cattle,
$6.50 & $7.50; common to medium
$4.50 @ $5.50; choice veal calves,
$8 ® $10; common veal calves, $5 @
$7; bulls, $4 $7.90.
Hog Market
165 lbs. up, sls; 130 to 165 lbs.,
sl4; 90 to 130 lbs., $11.75; 90 lbs.
down. $10.75; roughs, sll.
MOULTRIE LIVESTOCK MARKET
MOULTRIE. Sept. B.—Hogs, 165
lbs. up, 14 @ 14 1-2; 135 to 165 lbs.
13 @ 13 1-2; 110 to 135 lbs.. 12 @
12 1-2; 110 lbs. down 10 @ 10 1-2.
Roughs and skips priced on basis
of quality. Piggy sows docked 40
pounds. Stags docked 70 pounds.
Prices f. o. b. Moultrie.
The bat, called “flying fox.” lives
on fruit as its diet.
HIGH SPOTS IN
GEORGIA NEWS
i
Paragraphs Picke up Here and j
There, From Exchanges or
Other Sources.
Owing to a blood vessel oreaking
< in his neck Monday night, Thomas E.
> Watson was unable to fill his speak
ing engagement at Metter Tuesday.
I The recent session of the state
| legislature cost approximately $2,-j
. 660 a day in members’, clerks and
‘ other employes’ salaries, according
jto State Treasurer W. J. Speer. The
, total expense of the fifty-day session
■was approximately $125,000.
The city council of Atlanta decid
led Monday afternoon to make no
increase in water rates this year. The
■ average householder will continue to
j get water at the rate of 80 cents.
Miss Violet Oliver who was describ-
• j ed by Admiral Hugh Rodman as the
I “prettiest girl in a cruise of seven
j seas made Mayor Key, of Atlanta, a
■ “Knight of the Raisin” Tuesday and
iI invited him to the annual raisin fiesta
jin the San Joaquin Valley, Cal.
| A crowd estimated at 5,000 was
i present at the Auditorium, Atlanta,
Monday night to hear Senator Hoke
: Smith make his final plea for re-elec
; tion.
The authorities of the Seaboard at
I Dawson are contemplating returning
! to their own station instead of using
■' the Central Railroad’s statical as they
• have been doing for some time.
■ I M. F. Cole, president of the M pu '-
’ nan Cotton Mills and one of New-
| nan’s best known citizens, died at
I his home at Newnan yesterday morn
i ing, following an illness of less than
’ twelve hours.
Establishment in the city stockade
building in Glenwood avenue of a
vocational or opportunity school for
men and women deprived of educa
tional advantages was advocated by
Mayor Key, of Atlanta.
Boykin Wander, of Covington, 35
years old, was Shot and instantly
killed Monday by P. E. Webb, super
intendent of Covington oil mill, who
was also shot through the shoulder.
Domestic trouble is said to be the
cause of bad feeling between tlhe
two men.
By winning a double-header Labor
Day, Carrollton won the pennant in
the' Georgia State League, one game
ahead of Rome.
Dougherty county’s road paving is
being delayed because the state high
way commission has declined to ap
prove the material selected for the
base of this paving, because it has
to be shipped in open cars and there
is an agreement between that body
and the interstate commerce com
mission not to approve any road ma
terial for which open cars are re
’ quired. ,
After making ineffectual efforts
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PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THE KIDDIES
First, just a bit of bright eyes;
then when they begin to toddle about
—on through the days of childhood.
What a treasure!
Let us show you how to make> a
picture history of the kiddies.
The McKinstry Studio
Phene 621
Privileges For Sale
Sumter County Fair
November 9-10-11-12-13, 1920
The following privileges are offer
ed to the highest and best bidders:
1. Barbercue Stand.
2. Dining room and lunch.
3. Cold drinks —bcttled.
4. Cold drinks —Fount.
5. Ice Cream —(only)
6. Ice cream and cold drinks,
7. Peanuts, pop corn and candy,
8. Cigars and Tobacco.
9. Automobile parking.
10. Parcel checking.
Sealed bids will be received until
noon September 11.
Bids will be numbered as received.
First come, first assigned.
Successful bidders will be required
to deposit 25 per cent of price for
privilege awarded when contract is
closed, balance can be paid during
fair.
Concessionaires will be required to
furnish their own stands or tents
where needed.
The right to reject any or all bids
is reserved.
Five big day* this year, and big
crowd* every day are assured.
Fine exhibits and numerous high
class attraction*.
For detailed information as to con
cessions offered above, see or write,
JOS. PERKINS,' Secy. & Gen. Mgr.
SUMTER COUNTY FAIR
ASSOCIATION
Chamber of Commerce Building
Americus, Ga.
for several months to induce reports
to be made for compiling vital sta
tistics for the county by those upon
whom this duty devolves, the authori
ties of Lowndes county announce
they will resort to the enforcement
of the law. <
The annual retreat of the Catholic
clergy of Georgia will begin at Ty
bee September 20 and last a week.
Priests from all sections of the state
will attend.
Dougherty county’s tax rate for
this year has been fixed by the coun
ty commissioners at ten mills, which
is one mill higher than the rate ap
plying last year.
Nelson Renfroe and a negro, who
has not yet been positively identified,
were killed when an automobile in
which they were coming to Albany
was struck by a southbound passen
ger train on the Monticello division
of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad
yesterday morning.
A two-mule wagon-load of sugar
cane, the first of the season, was
brought to Tifton yesterday.
Several hundred negro women
stormed the court house at Savannah
yesterday demanding the right to reg
ister, which was granted many. The
rush is said to have resulted from
sermons by colored preachers of the
city, urging negro females to take ad
vantage of the lapse in registration
laws and become voters.
The Terrell county list of voters
for the primary today shows that a
woman took the trouble to register.
Bishop W. N. Ainsworth deliver
ed 100 certificates yesterday after
noon to students completing a course
of study at the Schools of Methods
which has been in session at Wesley
an College for the past seven days.
Several Americus women were in at
tendance.
Officers Simonton, Huckaby,
Smith and Williams, comprising half
of Griffin’s police force, were placed
under arrest by the sheriff of Clay
ton county on the charge of carrying
ing concealed weapons, assault and
J. W. Goldsmith, Jr.—Grant Co.
Auction Sale
OF
Hudsons, Essex
and other good cars at our store
229 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia
Sept. 11, 1920, at 10 A. M.
We will offer on the above date at auction a
number of good rebuilt automobiles to the highest
bidder.
If you desire a good rebuilt car, at a reasonable
price, this is your opportunity. The sale will begin at
10 A. M. and continue throughout the day.
To residents other than Atlanta, Fulton and
DeKalb Counties, we will refund to the purchaser,
railroad fare.
J, W. GOLDSMITH, JH.—GRANT COMPANY
229 PEACHTREE STREET
ATLANTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 8, 1920
malicious arrest, the action resulting
from fines assessed against a number
of Clayton county citizens for alleg-,
ed violations of the city speed reg
ulations.
Application for a drainage district
in the Chickasawhatchee swamp sec-1
tions of Dougherty, Calhoun, Baker,
Terrell and Lee counties has been j
made to the county commisisoners of
the counties named.
Edward Holmes Harris, second son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Harris, of
Thomasville, died there this week
from lockjaw resulting from stepping,
on a nail while at play.'
SCHOOL REGISTRATION BOOKS
OPENED SEPTEMBER 13
The registration books for the Am
ericus public schools will be opened!
next Monday, September 13, and l
continue open during the week. All!
the white pupils, of both the gram
mar and high schools, will register;
at the Furlow school, and the negro
pupils at the McKay high school. The
hours for registration are designated
as from 8:30 a. m. to 2 p. m. daily
J. E. MATHIS. ‘ !
8-4 t Superintendent.
Gambling on the weather is com- !
mon among the natives of India.
Why Not Keep Cool
With
Westinghouse Electric Fans
10 Per Cent Discount
For 15 Days Only
McNEILL ELECTRIC CO.
Phone 271 103 Jackson Street
AMECO IS BETTER
THAN QUININE FOR
CHILLS AND FEVER
Kills the Chills and Break* the Fever.
Cure* Any Ordinary Cold in 24
Hours.
Drive the malaria from your sys
tem and rid yourself of chills and fe
ver, bilious fever, loss of appetite and
energy, drowsiness, etc.
Ameco Chill and Fever Tonic kills
the malaria germ. Its action is prompt
and sure.
A few doses break the fever, and
when taken as a tonic, the fever will
not return.
You miss that dreaded “chill day’’
from the moment you begin taking
Ameco.
Ameco is a scientific prescription
that your doctor will approve. Con
tains no harmful drugs and is fine
for children.
Get a bottle from your druggist for
35c, and if not satisfied with results
he will refund your money.— (adv
NOTICE
FOR prompt transfer service and
heavy hauling and country trips,
telephone Clark’s Transfer, 303. 4-ts