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nnocent in «« L ii Americus times-recorder " THE LIVEST LITTLE DAILY»IN GEORGIA" \|>TH TEAR. lilt STATEMENT HE U oi-tx COURT BEFOHE utuejoiin avhex vek- IS announced. ell at the Sumter county Chapman repeats the made by liirn when, after the [ t had been announced, and ;c d if Judge Littlejohn If statement to make, he pro- innocence. „ innocent man. Judge Lit as innocent of this crime I know absolutely noth- and time will prove that p the truth," Dr. Chapman that time, is the substance of what he appeal .'or a new trial will thin the time required by without saying, but until uudied the record, the at- !>r. Chapman prefer not to phc.e nr the case. mS n is visited daily by family, who send him teal once a day. Nations Will Bs Born ! fl 11 in n 111 n Again In Spiritual Wag SHIPPING STRIKE AMERICUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBFR 20. 1917 it stmto ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 19.—Nations that are being born again politically in the cruel anguish of war will be born again spiritually when the war Is over, according to Evangelist John W. Ham. a Chicago preacher, who is conducting a series of meetings here, and who] predicts a world-wide revival of rell?- ; ion when hostilities have ceased. I It is an interesting fact in connec-!-, ' : ’ mX(!TOX - U. C.. Sept. 19.— tion with tile war that France has 1 , 6 ab ° r dcpartment sald toda >’ that come to be conspicuously a religiousI,® aCme D r0 «Dect of an ad- nation in the past three years. In very! Ju8tment of ,be San "’fncisco labor triking contrast to the more or less | G ' secular tendencies of the French peo- 1 s the urgent suggestion of the Examination Saturday for Boys Who Want Free Trips To The Southeastern Fair SAN FRANCISCO NUTATION MAY RE HANDLED INDEPENDENTLY— STRIKER^ ASKING TOO MUCH— IICRLEY POSTPONES TRIP. Tlie two boys who make the highest showing in an examination on practi cal farming will be given a free trip to the Southeastern Fair at Atanta. Their transportation, lodging and ex penses will bo paid. The examination will be held In the office of Supt. McMath in the court house Saturday morning at 10 o’clock, and will be open to boys between 15 and 18 years of age. Tho examination will consist of not moro than ten ques tions pertaining to practical agricul ture. usher in a return of the "old I t,on '* °» the Haciflo coast should be v The •’’“‘“‘nation wlI > ba conducted old-time re- : hllndlod as a unit. The exorbitant de- the county ach ° o1 superintendent pie before the war began, j highest officials of the American Fed- Will America's entrance into the war!'™ ' ° f Ub ° r .* tat ,he labor c<md1 ' FORMER MILITANT SUEFRAGIST NOW HELPING TO WIN THE WAR 11 1 plgton?” will, and have engaged Billy Sunday to conduct a revival here next winter. ,Atlanta laymen believe It man(J for an i nrrca80 ln shlpbul , de ' rH , and U>e county farm demonstrator. SUGAR EXPECTED II DROP II PRICE SOON II, IIWIKI, DIED AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS PROBABLY HILL RETAIL FOR ABOUT S |.g CENTS A POIND BY REASON OF AGREEMENT AMONG PRODUCERS. wages, however, dims all hope of an early settlement. The San Frnnciseo situation may be handled independent ly, because of the fact that a Scatttic Arm recently granted strikers’ de mands and allowed a wage increase. Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board has postponed his trip to the const pending the arrival of the man ager of the Seattle plant, who is due tomorrow. friends of Mr. Andrew M, regret to learn of occurred last night at here, after an illness of e was a prominent farmer dlstrirt. living near Hunt- years of age. OF HIGH BANKERS TO MEET SEPT, 19TH DISCUSSION OF WAR CONDITIONS AND METHODS OF WAR FINANC ING EXPECTED TO FEATURE SESSION. ATLANTIC CITY, . J., Sept. ^9.— Discussion of war conditions and meth ods of war financing take a lea ling place on the program of the Amcr can Bankers’ association, which will < pen its session here on Sept. 24th. The convention will.last a week. Lord Northcllffe will tell the conven- SAVANNAH, GA., Sept. 19.—Some h| g | relief may be expected by the house- ft Jwife about October 1. or a saving of 0 jjfrom a half cent to a cent on every pound of sugar. On that date the BUgar Industry, from tho cane in the; Fifty Columbus members of the Ro-| tion about Great Brlta j n - S method' of „„ ... ... r,cld to the vanned product In the j tar >* clllb »“> visit Americus this af- handl | n( , ) ier 8 i larc of the expense of ved by his wife, and by bousebold . will be controlled by the’tcrnoon and have dinner at six o'clocki the war I, Danie AV. P. Daniel, ! food administrators at Washington. j a '- tbo Hotel Windsor. I A „ ar ton Hepburn will present the niel* bv four daughters, rnder the ncw BuSar control the Colng to meet the Columbus delega- report ot th0 curre ncy commission: Daniel and Misses Lizzie! I reflncr wl “ P r o bab *>' Pay 7 1-2 cents' ,lon and e3cort them into the city were Dr Nicholas Murray Butler will dls- , av Hanicl- by four broth-i ln ,be row atar "- 11 *'*» s,at . cd yester- 151cssrs - Frank Lanier, Will Jones, W.L U88 patrlo i 8m and universal peace af- emiel nf Marlon county day by a wholesala dealer. To this' 13 Taylor and P. A. Fennimcre. • The, lQr tho war and George M Reynolds, wiH be ndded a cent a quarter fer Americus party went to Ellavlile to ( of Chicago, will present the attitude expense. This makes It poss'ble f 0 i awalt the Columbus autoists. | of middle western bankers toward the the retailer to place it in the handy, ‘‘ is * be ob i ect °t this visit of the— aI ._ of the housewife for S1-2 cents a !Uotarlan8 to develo P closer trade rela- pound, I i:cns hvtwccn Columbus and Amcrl-jj, orB AlTOS FILLED WITH of Dalevllle, Ala.; J. C. .mericus. and Sam Daniel, and by one sister, Mrs. rd. of .uarion countty. .1 took place this after- o'clock at Pleasant Grove rh. Rev. A. P. Kendrick io services. TO BE TRIED Of ISION REACHED BY ITTI.KJOIIN AFTER A ICE WITH DEFEND. (HtNEYN. A maximum'price of $7.25 a hum!redi cus ' pounds was agreed upon by the sugar 11 is P rob able that at an early dato refiners of New Y'ork, New Or oa3S.| mcmbers of the Americus Chamber of jgan Francisco and those of tre 9 >uth-|' ' n nl91ce * m r<1 ' a} ' tbo vlslr .Oastcrn s<Stl°n Oftbe country. It was! officially announced that all tin re. fineries will be licensed beginning 0c- tober 1. That the wholesalers have also agreed til abide by a fixed profi* was corroborated by several of the local dealers. ■ i * ■ j These tentative plans, which are c.er- j tuin to take definite shape by Octoberj FI TO BE GREAT EIEIT& I.HjrOR SEIZED AT BAXLEY ‘ BAXLEY. Sept. 19.—Appling county officers early today caught four auto mobiles near here ln which 1,050 pints end 50 quarts of whisky were found. Occupants of the four machines, with the exception of three men who escap- j ed in tho darkness, were placed under Their names have not been CONHCKIPTED YOUNG MEN MOV ING FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY—REPRESENT 45 PER gent of quota. Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, wno»e militant methods of suffrage advo cacy worried the British government for so lonf, is now helping her coun- WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept 19Jr~, Marshaled for the last time as civilians and under civilian authority, more than 300,000 men of the national army will go forward today to the sixteen can tonments to be trained for the battle against German autocracy. Their next move will be as fighting men toward the battlefields of France. The whole nation will be pstir with the movement of the selective forces. The men represent approximately 45 per cent, of the total army quota under the first call from each of the nearly 6,000 local boards. Already at the camps is the advance guard of 5 per cent, of the total, composed of exper ienced men, including cooks. Out of this has been created a skeleton or ganization into which the second In crement will begin to be absorbed to day. When the last men of this in crement arrive, the camps will house half of the first call forces, or 343,- 500 men. In a statement the war department says the enormous task of obtaining equipment and supplies for the army Is moving satisfactorily. Some of the men of the national army may be only partly equipped for some time after they are mobilized, and no attempt will try win tho war. Mrs. Pankhurst has practically declared a truce while {** mado to furnIsh them fuI1 war the nation Is involved in the great struggle, and Is dovoting her energies toward mobilizing the women of England along lines of practical assist* ance. La^t Appeal is made in Behalf Of Two Destitute; Old Veterans Times-Recorder Has Investigated these Cases and Find Them Particularly Deserving—Both in V/retched Circumstances The men. said to be residents of - iTattnall and Tocmbs counties, were ATLANTA. Ga.. Sept. 19,-Sample.J-turning Cash Contribution*. Previously acknowledged $19.00 An Old Veteran 50 A Lawyer 1.00 A Confederate Soldier 1.00 Tifton Man Shit His Wi/e Taking Her for a Burgtai equipment until the eve ot their de parture tor Europe. With the mobilization ot one-halt ot tbo 687,000 men ot tho first call under the selective serrico law ln progress, the question arises as to whether that number ot men will be sufficient to fill all units of the national guard and the national army. There are indications that a deficiency in men will be dis closed when official reports from all the thirty-two training camps are available. Seventeen divisions of the national guard have been organized, but with a few exceptions they are not at maximum war strength. The fighting strength of the seventeen di visions under the new tables of organ- zatlon will be 632.000 men. supple ment by many thousands ot auxiliary troops. Whatever deficiencies there are will be supplied promptly from Cush on Hand $21.50 This Is Tlie Times-Recordcr* TIFTON, Ga.. Sept. 19.—Mrs. J. E.jthe national army, as the guard will go Carter was accidentally shot by her I |] rB t to the front, husband this morning about 3 o'clock. I g|llce lhe pre8 | dcnt callcd the first last,The load from a single barreled shot-j 6 „ 000 men „ f lhe nat|onal army> the 1. it was stated, wit render the peen- of (he co:nlng effort, from „ lelr arrlval and wcrc on a «>'>' al ln ' )ehalr •*» old veterans ^un struck her on tho Inside Portion 1 lncludln( r the aviation rtors harmless. There will no lo,.,er| of households throughout the s ate of, , for thom . Tw0 machines ''•■‘y* Wately of tho « her left thigh, tearing a frightful. 8eotloI1| has bocn grcatIy expanded. Johnson Jointly charged b<! an lnd “<'™ ent board 8U ^ r ,or ,Oeorgla and Sdj.eent states will b., about mldnlght ,|charitable assistance ofjhe people of gaplng wound alId 8evcrl „ g 80 me of| Near| mooo addltlonal men must be r Of Wa er Wade will llif!h prlccs v ' hCn ‘ 8 a c ' ■| brUBht "^‘butwere overtaken six miles from thcj“'"“ and «>“"*• . Principal arteries. Her condition^ transferred to this service alone. Nu- -tll the next regular tttln *> r “ '' i11 " ,mbtc ron^’ably.dustry 'MMi: ot the I city. While returning with them the! ^ b “" I are ‘ b " y J la "lticnl. but she has a chance to' merou , nece , 8ary , uxUtar y unit, of courtof Sumter' ln |irlce ‘ Jr,t Lakewood 1 ar , , icther machines for which the officers, 1 ' ' eat Bntl ' <1 by th ? Tlmea-Ko order recover. • | the medical corps for immediate duty There » no shortage of su;i.' » to W- | watchlni{ were seen approaching and ,ound !0 be emlnenU >' d, “ u, ' ! n "' | Mr. Farter and hla family for some broad not bought of whe „ the call this cdufttry now ami very slMlit uni Never before in the history of tbe i j One Is an old gent'emnn near'} nine- time has been troubled with nlghtj wa8 mada> have b0) , n organized. When However, tho new coh-j cou „ tr y have so many women put up, cnu8ht ' (he autom oblIes ere 5 ' ears o( a*'' who *»• ot «urae, prowlers. A few nights since their j en „ 8led mon of (ho gUard of the regu- dreided by Judge Lit- confercnce with John- the Wntlnent. have took ef IK_AT ELLAVILLE VIXTI RES OF BANK •drtions. which will force everv ouM.j ,heir ^ “ d '“^headed for Mann's Ferry on the Alta- i'.to circulation, are Bound *o a’-™-theme as this year nder th t vigor_ ^ ^ ^ |g on<j of th( , Inate even the shortage in Europe 0 us campaign Instituted by state aad j AppUn _ count) . omcer8 i,... This will eventually. It to thought, |, edc ral departments of agriculture, tee ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ te cause a decrease below the new sct‘ l0me production of canned^ produc ^ (;eorRja _ price. The production this year, bas increased fully a hundred per cent, throughout the world is conservatively over lust year. The very best of this, estimated at 18,659,000 tons, as com-; c r,lining is beinR brought to the fair to, pared with an average out put for ^^t.ntpe^for^euerem^^ ^ | ^ ^ Qf Tora Hw)ks , r Tommy M»«k* ImprovInR. five preceding years of 18,712,000 tefts. | However, he Is still very HEM'EHN GEORGIA-[The consumption of the first »•*,,here will be att unusuM y^ttr. * : improvement is noted in hi. > V HILL BE LOCAL months of this year was 2,650,00 teas, ae rles of exhibit, in th. I an increase of 256,000 tons over last par tment. which is und " I be , vettr This is attributed to the can- 1 direction ot Mrs. Samuel Lumpkin, * campaign. 0 1 Atlanta. last year. There has been The government will lake control of provided $2,000 for prizes in many e- the Vuban cron of 3,000,000 tons, in partments of handiwork, atid t ^dlGon to toe P 633 f 000 ions from Ha-| hl b,.s w.U Include decorat.ng^bMke- Wall, '76,000 tons in the Phllipines an try, *** * making fans cooking of tween here and Montezuma, on the At- 600,000 tons from Java, if exped en Jerohro^ y^ manv g 0ther ' depBrtment8 inata, Birmingham and Atlantic, des- II bave a new bank in lr, ‘. The liank is to be oun, 'il Hank. Leo G. ""‘ficus, is to ke presE F. Rainey, 0 f EllarUle, r The capital stock will rh " new bank will bo t building now occupide He Ruanii Company and 7' lephnne Company, as "lm s a8 formory con ic Ellavlile branch of the 'western Georgia, is well cressful banker and bus- nd !• Is predicted by w'tli tlie financial con- ' section that the new great success, recently purchased the Ellavlile branch of the western Georgia, paying ‘ m ' and the sale being lhe court. aai n give Ellavlile two "It Of Ellavlile being an J institution. Big Eire Near Montezuma. VIENNA, September 19.—Fire yesterday afternoon at Byroi»rille, be powerless to work. Living with him kitchen was entered and some provis-|j ar nrmy |, ave been taken, their places are hlrt aged wife and a Hiater, who Is ions taken, and Sunday night they ’ j, ftve to b e qh C( | w fth national about eighty year* old. The three men were visited again. On this occasion j have hardly enough to eat. Just Mr. Carter would have shot the In-] dent to keep body and houI l^*! trudrrs had his gun been loaded, gether. This veteran’s allowance frohi loaded it Monday in. preparation the state is thirty dollars a year. The other case Is a veteran 77 years of age who served throughout the war and received seven wounds, some of which trouble him yet He is a wid ower. Infirmities of age have rendered him unfit for physical labor. He, too, gets a bounty of thirty dollars a year from the state. It has been ligurti! that for fifteen dollars a month these two veterans * & * 0l can be suitably maintained, and to that That is the estimated production of all kinds, and many this year. The ot women's work. The "Better Babies" contest this year is being arranged on a more elab- tkose islands American cane crop to be 300,000 tons, or an increase of 59.000 tons; while the beet sugar will he 1.000.000 Ions, au increase of 285,000 tons. Sugar refiners, importers, manufac turers and syrup and syrup and mo- lasses makers will come under under the federal control also on the first. V IIEAT-LESH AND MEAT-LEH8 WEEKS IN MASSAt’HrSETTS NOH BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 19.—This Is Jhe first of two "wheat-less" and "meat-less* weeks prescribed by the The re bate scale than ever. Attention is be lug centered on child life by the great war; and the Interest that has been afOused for the present contest is un- usual. . Thousands of examples of knitting, which is another war product, will be In evidence. In spite of the fact that the ladles are exhibiting their knitting on every occasion, in street cars, so cials, and other public places, never- L-eiess they have never entered their work In competition, and the fair will offer an opportunity to many of those who are taking up .war knitting for troyed a cotton gin, seed house, cotton warehouse, meat market and damaged tho A.. B. & A. depot. ' According to the report received here, the fire started at the gin, the flames gaining such rapid headway tate food administration. spouse, at tbe P f^”7 to''purcha"o 1 the" firet time to see Just how merl.or- 4 NIGHT. 1 jlous their work is. dicate that white bread. Byromville has no fire department, but god work was done by the citizens of the town, who formed a bucket brigade. The loss had not been estimated to day. army men. So far aB known, no definite figure an yto the probable total deficiency men has been compiled. It is not un- ikely, however, that when the na- . ional army divisions are organized. ' many vacancies will be found, and it will be necessary either to make a sec-* end call on the drafted forces, or to* „ tiain incomplete divisions. Divisions , t will go to France only at maximum strength. In a statement today, the war de partment says that the industries of the country are expanding rapidly to meet the army supply demands,' and • fora fund of $180. enough to keep I instantly he realized his mistake' on,y ml " or ahorUge * ar ® them «oing for a year. ! and horrl fied at what had happened. *»« So far the sum of $20.50 lias been| ralJg , lt her a8 „ he fe j|. 0 ne of thc de P ar ‘ ,nent o ®^ l * d, ' ega . subscribed. I children had told him that her mother j Hual.oi. .«» » .'JT . pther t The Tlmcs-Recorder is not going to; was oul there but bo d(d not bear her., em of obta " ,n 6 * ' soloclt this Charity of the pecplc of j[ e dical aid was hurriedly summoned, equipment, how eve , p Americus and Sumter county anyj ' ... many obstacles, most of " b cb a,ready ' mve been overcome. With 2,000,000 pen to provide for, and $3,000,000,000 * their return. Tills morning shortly after 2 o'clock one of the older girls called to Mrs. Carter that some one was in the house. She told tlie girl to nwaken her father, who is slightly deaf. In the meantime she slipped out of the door Into the hallway to listen, Not locating any one when she turned back toward her room she met Mr. Carter coming with the gun ln his hand. In the darkness. Mr. Carter mistook his er.d The Tlmcs-Recorder lias appealed [ w | fo for lbe intruder and fired. more. If with these facts before thamj that it was Impossible to check them. ttey #re w tm ng to close their eyes TWO GERMAN I'.BOATS ♦ ♦ ♦ t ♦ ♦ THE WEATHER. and hearts and shut their parses, It will be a reflection on them and on the philanthropic spirit that they have the reputation for possessing. Ellavlile School Opens. ELLAVILLB. Ga„ Sept 19.—The El- avUle school opened yesterday with ♦ the largest attendance In their hla * FOR AMERICUS AND VICIN- ♦jtory. A large number of high school + ITY: FAIR TODAY AND TO- + pupils are coming in from the rural ♦ I sections. This promises to be a good ling yetterday are; Dee ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦year for the school here. wounded or missing, 22,OpO. SI NK BY THE BKITISIl'to spend in the first year, the dfpart- , Jment faced a gigantic task.at the ont- COPENHAGEN, Sept. 19.—Two Ger*,break of the war. man submarines have been sunk by ! "Difficulties arose from the Outset— British warships, according to a news the statement aays: "There was « dispatch from Bergen, Norway. [shortage of wool, a shortage of duck , 'for tentage and legglns, a shortage of . ' ■ fast dyes for uniforms and a shortage , British Casualty Report jot labor. There was no appreciable LONDON, Sept. 19.—The British cas- 1 shortage ot cotton, but a shortage ot ualtlea reported for the past weekend-;looms. .. . 6.600; I "TOeso dl'fficultles have been and are ibeiqj gradually overcome." N ALL THE NEWS OF AMERICUS AND SUMTER COUNTY ■t t-r? if. I ■ f s ■ ' ■ !