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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. THURSDAY, — Hit' The Sport World With Local Color Dished From Time to Time NEW YORK. June 21—The retire ment of Charles E. Caurtney, for many years crew coach at Cornell Univers ity. mark* an epoch in American In tercollegiate rowing and the first break in the trio of coaches who have made Cornell victorious in recent years on water, track and gridiron. No coach ever achieved greater fame ia his chosen line of athletic instruction or developed winning combinations with greater frequency and consist ency than Courtney. While he will of victories. Courtney-coached crews held all records for th efour races on tl:e Hudson course as well as an im mense number of wins in dual and tri angular regattas with crews which do not compete at Poughkeepsie, includ- FOURTH OF JULY TO BE OCCASION FOR CELEBRATION Americus will celebrate the Fourth of July. Foremost will be a Preparedness Pa rade during the afternoon, in which all lug Harvard, Yale, Princeton and oth-j the people of the cities and towns with er colleges. I in fifty miles hereabouts will particl- Courtney has always been a wond erful judge of rowing material even ir. the rough and although strict and severe at all times, would spend hours with embryo oarsmen who showed atili be available in an advisory ca_ 1 ^, r oinlse and a desire to learn the art pacity and has a worthy successor in gwee p swinging. He would John Hoyle, should the Cornell author- brook interference from any quarte r itieg decide to continue the latter his precent capacity, the dean of all crew mentors has hung up his coach ing megaphone for the last time. Courtney's retirement was not only unexpected for the “Old Man,’’ as he has been affectonately termed at Ithica for some years. has been in poor health since he sustained a fracture! skull on June 12, 1915. The accident occurred while he was en route Poughkeepsie with the Cornell crew: and was caused by Courtney being thrown violently against a berth fol lowing a lurch of the fast traveling train. The Cornell coach has been un der the care of physicians ever since and while his condition ha3 improved to some extent the word has gone forth that he must give up further coaching and spend the rest of his life quietly. Born in 1848, Courtney is in his six ty-eighth year and after his many seasons of competition as an amateur and professional oarsman and his later reign as coach at Cornell, his friends and medical advisors feel that he has richly earner the quiet and retirement which he requires. Thanks to the generosity of the Cornell alumni and undergraduates, Courtney is removed from any financial worries or care3. He owns outright a handsome home and grounds at Ithaca, overlooking Cayuga Lake, the gift of Cornell* men, in addition to a comfortable compet ency. There he will be found In future ready to advise and assist from his great store of rowing knowledge and experience, those who will take up the burden he has lali down. Cornell rowing authorities are the preesni time uncertain as to the exact coaching system and methods that will be adopted for the crews of coming years but whatever the system of the coaches, it will be hard for Courtney’s successor to improve or oven duplicate his record. The career of Courtney as a coach and Cornell as premier rowing university of America are so interwoven that it is difficult to consider one without the other or to apportion credit. Since the formation of the Inter collegiate Rowing Association in 1895, Cornell has competed in every one of the twenty-one four-mile champion ship races, winning thirteen, finishing second four times and third four times. In the twenty years of fresh- mao races Cornell has won twelve firsts; five seconds; two thirds and one fifth. During the fifteen years of "earsfty fours racing the Ithaca com bination won ten firsts; three seconds; one third and one fourth. Since the introduction of the junior eights race in 1914 the Cornell second crews have captured both events. In addition to this remarkable list during the rowing season and never forgave those candidates who broke training. Time and again Courtney has thrown a man or a whole crew out of the shell because they violated his rules and they never came back. In rowing he was an autocrat and martinet but he produced results; had the support of the faculty, alumni and student body at Cornell and it will be bard to replace the “Old Man’’ in the affections of those connected with the Ithlca university or in his role as a coaching wizard. TIMES-RECORDER FORCE ENJOYING PINE PEACHES The Times-Recorder force are in debtad to Lee M. Hansford for a bas ket of luscious peaches. The gift was indeed a most delightful treat, and the peaches were thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated by the boys of the office. The peaches were of Mr. Hansford’s early variety, and were beauties, sweet and Juicy, the eating of one pro ducing a longing for more. Mr. Hans ford informs tie that he has Just fin ished packing and shipping this va riety, but ere long will have the cele brated Elberta in considerable quan tities. The entire force of the Times-Re corder returns thanks to Mr. Hans ford for his kind remembrance. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ WEATHER-CROP SYNOPSIS ♦ FOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 21, ♦ ATLANTA, C,a., June 21.—A sy- ♦ ■> nopals of w eather and crop condi- ♦ ♦ tlona in Georgia for the week end- ♦ ♦ ing Tuesday, June 20, announced ♦ ♦ by Station Director C. F. Von ♦ ♦ Hermann, is as follows: ♦ Normal sunshine, abundant ♦ ♦ moisture and moderate tempera- ♦ ♦ tures gave almost Ideal weather ♦ ♦ conditions for growing crops dur- ♦ ♦ Ing the past week, hot rain is still ♦ ♦ needed in immediate coast dla- ♦ ♦ tricts, and in a few sections show- ♦ ♦ ers were frequent enough to in- ♦ ♦ terfere somewhat with work, and ♦ ♦ crops are getting a little grassy. ♦ ♦ Tha nights were quite cool in ♦ ^ the northern part of the state. ♦ ♦ Corn and cotton continue to grow ♦ ♦ rapidly; corn is being laid by in ♦ ♦ the southern portion. Sweet po- ♦ ♦ tatoes are doing well and are be- ♦ ♦ ginning to run. Hay is making ♦ ♦ good growth. Vegetables in the ♦ ♦ market are abundant and of good ♦ ♦ quality. Shipments of peaches + ♦ and melons continue slowly. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ pate. July 4th comes on Tuesday, and this nay will be made a gala one for Amer icus and southwest Georgia. At a meeting this morning of the retail merchants of Americus, the plans for the day were decided upon, ai d they are now busy carrying on the work in preparation for the Fourth of July. Cordele and Fitzgerald will play in Americus on the Fourth of July. Two games are scheduled for the day. The morning game will be called at jq| Live Stock association, 8tate College of MOULTRIE MEET Tfl BE A BIB^OCCASION It Is predicted that the live stock conference and hog and cattle show to be pulled off at Moultrie, June 27 and 2S, will be the biggest thing in this line ever held in the South. The only event of its kind to any-j way approach the meeting to be in Moultrie is the one held in Tampa, Fla., in February of this year. The benefits derived from this meeting were so far- reaching that It was decided to hold another nearer the center of the cattle and hog-raising belt, and Moultrie be ing the place, and also the possessor a large packing plant, she was se lected as the place for the meeting. The conference w ill be held under the auspices of the Southern Settlement and Development organization and the Moultrie Chamber of Commerce, co operating with the Georgia Dairy and o’clock and the afternoon game at 4 o’clock. This occasion will draw many people to the city. A Ford Day will be one of the fea tures of the occasion. Two hundred dollars in prizes will be offered for different events connected with Ford Day and the wonderful machinery. The Preparedness Parade will be in keeping with the spirit o£ July 4th, d in line with parades over the en tire country. Paine’s fireworks will be a feature f Tuesday night, and after this event »!11 come a dance. Other plans and details will be an nounced later. GEN. NASH PROMOTES. E. T. MURRAY TO LIEUTENANCY It is Lieutenant Edwin T. Murray now r . Adjutant General Van Holt Nash Agriculture, Bureau of Animal Indus try, and the transportation lines run ning into Moultrie. The direct management of the af fair will be under the control and di rection of R. M. Pindell, vice president oi the Southern Setlement and Devel- orment organization with headquarters in Baltimore. Backed by the organizations men tioned above and ample money having been furnished, the affair promises to be a huge success from every angle. Large crowds are going to be there and Moultrie will do the honors of the oe caslon in grand style. No program has been arranged ard no long set speeches will be in cluded, but instead everybody who has something good to say or tell will be given an opportunity to do so; short, the affair is to be what its name indicates, a conference for the urpose of considering ways and means whereby this great anil important ani telegraphed the good news of his growing Southern industry may be fos- elevation to Lieut. Murray last night, tered and benefited. two years past he has been acting The subjects to be discussed at the quartermaster sergeant of his com- conference are as follows: Breeds and p.iny the Americus Light Infantry. He Results, Sizes and Weights, Dairying ill now rank as second lieutenant of a id Dairy IVoducts, Pastures, Range the Georgia National Guard. As yet conditions, Forage Crops and Rotation it is not known to what command Silos and Silage, Grade Siock and Lieut. Murray will be assigned. It is enough to know, however, that he has been elevated to the position he is Thoroughbreds Tick Eradication, Dis ease—their control and prevention Finishing at Home, Packing Conditions eminently fitted to fill, owing to liis and Possibilities, Transportation of long, capable and efficient service to Live Stock and Packing House Pro- Get FULL SIZE BOTTLE FREE his company at home, and his devotion to the military affairs of the state. The promotion of Lieutenant Murray comes, perhaps, as a direct result of an inspection by Capt. J. H. Kim brough at the annual inspection Company I this year. A most satis factory report was made of his work, commending him in the highest degree for his efficiency and strict adherence to duty. Not only has he proven effl- ient in the various duties of quarter master sergeant, but has demonstrated his ability as a rifleman, becoming an expert, to the extent that on the lo cal range in 1915, be made a score of 228. The news of the promotion of Sergt. Murray to the rank of second lieuten ant comes not so much as a surprise tc his many friends, for they know of his deserving qualities, but it does come as good news and fills their learts with a deep sense of gratifica tion that his worth is recognized just on the eve of the time when the ser vices of good and true men are needed to defend American rights and Amer ican liberty. ita’s Drug I Seed Store Will hive to The First Ten Purchasers ol a Bot tle of Naturetone Saturday, Another Bottle free HITUKETO.NE thf Vw Lifer Mrilirln^ In Xrrtinir »ith Si»h Sairn Ktrr). «htre That lt» Haaufartnrrr. ( an not Su|ipl) The Demand. Alien's Drug A Seed Store has Just received a shipment and to introduce prickly will give FREE a full size bot tle Saturday to the first ten purchasers of a bottle. Everyone needs a Liver Medicine at times, and NATURE-TONE is a prep aration that aids Nature and tones the •Ptire system. It stimulates the iiver and thoroughly < lean see the bowels, without making you sick, or causing any ioes of time from your daily occu pation. And It does not leave you con stipated. as so many other medicines Ir it, but only those “aids to Nature which are prescribed by every physi cian. Do not allow the waste matter to re main in you and poison your entire system, but when constipated or have the headache, feel sluggish and dull, go to your druggist and get a bottle of NATURE-TONE. Take it according to directions, and if you are not satisned AMERICAN COLLEGE CLUB GROWING IN CHINA NOW SHANGHAI, June 21.—The Ameri can University Club of Shanghai, which is now the union in Shanghai of the alumni association df the mo**e important universities of the United States, has a membership ot 150. The state universities of California, Mich igan and Wisconsin. and Columbia, Cornell and Yale universities lead Li the number of alumni belonging to the club. Annapolis is also v wwil repre sented because of the large number of American naval officers attached to with it, he will refund you the 50c paid the Asiatic fleet. W. W. Stevens is president of the club, and many Chin- tor it. graduates of AmeVican school are It is guaranteed to comply with ev ery requirement of the pure food and . drug law, and Is safe for every mem- represented on the various commit- There is not a harmful ingredient ber of the family. tees. d icts. Sime of the big railroad men who are deeply Interested in the confer euce and who have made arrange ments to be present are David War- field, of Baltimore, president of tht> Seaboard Air Line; President E. T. Lamb, of the A. B. & A. Railroad; President Winburn, of the Central; President W’ickersham, of the West Point and Georgia Railroads; Presi dent Fairfax Harrison, of the South ern; W. S. Witham, president of many Links in Georgia; Fuller Callaway, of LaGrange; Dr. Peter Bahnsen and others. This meeting is of more than ord- ii ary importance to the people of this section, and without doubt a large number from here will attend. COLQUIT COUNTY IS STILL AGITATED OVER TIM ERADICATION At a recent meeting of farmers of Colquit county held in Moultrie, and who are opposed to the campaign of tick eradication, resolutions were ad opted, calling upon the county com missioners to let the people vote on the question at an election to be held on July 1. Both sides agreed to abide by the results of the election. The opponents of tick eradication work were in the majority at the meet ing and elected one of their number as chairman. The meeting was stormy at times and, just before adjournment, some fifty speakers were on their feet at one time. The county authorities say that If any election is held, interested parties ill have to call it and that it doesn’t make any difference which way It goev, • ill not alter their determination to go forward and eradicate the cattle tick from Colquitt county. It is said that only a small number 20 CARRIED OVER MODELS White Dresses $1.00 each These are all small sizes but have fairly wide skirts, most of them m sde of lawn, lace trimmed, former prices $4.00 to $10.00 A fevV better dresses in lawns ratinees $1.50 and $2.00 and MEMBER AMERICUS CHA MBER OF COMMERCE. of those in favor of the campaign at tended the mass meeting, which went on record as being in favor of settling the question by an election, and that the real majority of the supporters of the tick eradication work believe that such action would only serve to in crease the friction between the tw.i factions. Leslie LESLIE, Ga., June 21.—Rev. C. S. Durden preached a special sermon to the Woodmen of the World Sunday at II o’clock at tha Baptist church, was pronounced a master sermon by all who heard it, and was greatly en joyed by the assembled Woodmen, and their friends. At the regular business meeting of the Baptist Baraca class Sunday af ternoon, the following officers w r ere elected for the last half of the year R. A. Deriso, president; E. A. Bowen, secretary; John Sims, treasurer, and L S. Lancaster teacher. These young men are planning to make the Baraca class take on new life for the rest of the year. A number of Leslie young men and girls are planning to go away to school this fall. Of this year’s graduating class of Leslie High school Glynn Dell will enter Emory; Miss Sarah Sum- fuerford, Bessie Tift, and Misses Ruth Malone and Eunice Young will metric ulate at the State Normal at Athens. J. O. Suggs made a business trip to Atlanta last week. While there he re presented the Leslie Baptist Sunday school at the annual State Sunday School convention. Bowen is spending this week In Americus, serving as a Juror in the ity court . Ix)omLs Deavours left Tuesday morn ing for Rochelle, where he has accept ed a place with a ball team represent ing that town. Mr. Deavours’ friends here wish for him every success with the Rochelle team. , E. A. Bowen had as his week-end j guest his brother, Maynard Bowen, of Abbeville. Cecil Parker, is in Atlanta this week. going there on a business and pleas ure trip. Mrs. J. M. Green is spending this week with relatives and friends in Tlf- tcn. J. L. Robinson, Leslie's popular and terday from a three weeks vis relatives in Ocllla. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stephens, o ser, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. R R | Clifton last Sunday. A. E. Hines and family, of America I efficient barber, left Saturday night for ! spent Tuesday with F. H. Hines at his I Royston to visit home folks for a few days. The friends of Roy Johnson here and elsewhere are pleased to learn that he has made good as a player with the Fitzgerald club of the “Big Four’’ circuit. He is pitching for the Fitz gerald outfit. Rev. and Mrs. C. S. Durden return ed from Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday night after spending a three weeks' honeymoon in the Land of Flowers. They left Monday afternoon for Plains, w here they are now at home to their friends. Misses Lucille and Ouichita Horton, of McRae, are the attractive guests of Miss Laila Clifton this week. Mrs. J. D. Cocke attended the Geor gia Sunday school convention in At lanta last week, going as a represent ative of the Baptist Sunday school of this place. Floyd W. Hines has completed his now residence on Bailey avenue and moved Into the same. He is now a full fledged Leslteite. Miss Rosa Morgan has been spend ing the past two weeks with her mother, Mrs. Annie Morgan, in Les lie. Misses Cora and Lillie Cocke, of De- Soto, were the guests of their brother, J. D. Cocke, Sunday. Mrs. S. L. Cox and children spent last week with Mrs. Cox’s father J. A. Perry, of Huntington. Mrs. W. M. Laramore returned home last Thursday after spending two weeks with relatives in Atlanta. Miss Lx>is Williams is at home after ten days visit to relatives and friends in Ocllla. The Modern Woodmen of the World will give a picnic at Myrtle Springs Thursday June 23. The Leslie camp Is ;pecting to send a full delegation. Mrs. J. C. Anderson was ^hopping in Americus Tuesday. Mrs. Henry Williams returned yes- c juntry home near Leslie. Miss Gertrude McFarland has turned to her home in Coleman, aft* I spending several days with Mrs. B. J.1 Ranew. Miss Hattie Carter, of Omaha, ah I rived yesterday afternoon to sp«nl| some time with Miss Mary Carter. The Richland ball team will arriel ia Leslie Friday afternoon at 3:21 o'clock, coming to try conclusions is I a return game with the Leslie ba*-1 ball outfit. In the first game betw«*| these teams, played at Richland, d>*| Leslie agregation won by a score i I U to 8. The Richland team is no* I coming to get revenge, and a hot s*®*| may be expected. The wedding of Alva E. Speer, sonil Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Speer, of Leslie.I Miss Anderson, a sister of W. T.Ander-1 son, cashier of the Bank of Leslie ^’I curs today at the home of the bride U ■ CVhlochnee, Ga. Those in attendant* I from Leslie are Mr. and Mrs. H. I*| Sieer. Miss Lota Speer, John Speer, W. T. Andderson and Mr Mrs. R. J. Sims. MISS BESSIE . . Insurance Ure, Accident and Bonds. W j Bee Forsytb St. 'Phone»| WANTED Boarders on beautifully located farm in JkjJ ins near Brevard. *1 lect fate, pure Sprint water, good fishing ue» farmadjoinsstalion.KatP | reasonable. A. L Alllsoa, Davtdssi Diver.atl