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(jjll'V, sKI’TEMHER 20,1917.
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* THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
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Either Gas or Electric, Be
fore the Prices Advance.
After September 15th, the prices on all
gas and electric heaters will be gconsider-
ably advanced. We will sell such as we
have in stock at the present prices, but
all heaters arriving hereafter will be mark
ed up considerably.
mericus Lighting Company
Downfall of the
House of Romanoff
where many had sue*
cumbed to the citterly cold climate and
the cruel treatment meted out by the
Such
LAND
868 acres extra fertile land—500 acres open, only
P. B. WILLIFORD
Office: Windsor Hotel.
A few weeks ago this dispatch came a treasure house for future moralists
to New York from Petrograd: land, novelists and dramitists.
"A crowd pressed againse the steel- Czar Nicholas II. abdlcted on March
barred fence about Tsarskoe Selo to- 15, 1917. During his last moments as
;<lay. watching every movement of j Autocrat of all the Hussias he was on
seven figures in peasant dress whe a railway train, hastening from the
| were doing peasants' work. I front to Petrograd, whence rumors of
j "A year ago the little man in peas- the grave disorders that were to cul- . . ... . a , .
ant’s smock could have wiped the minate in his dethronement had reach- * an ree a ean epor 6 . !*.
whole Irreverent gathering out by the c d him. The train got as tar aa Pskott ng , the re gna °. f Mcho as n ; a . nd a
crooking of one of those fingers that some distance from the capital. There pre ec ® 8Sor P'
now grasped a spade. A year ago the it was bbarded by a deputation of
fragile little boy was potential ruler eminent Russians, among them Gen-
over every one nr those who came'oral Russky. It did not take the Czar henchmen of the Romanoffs,
today to watch him dig. i long to see that hia reign was over. ? erfect ,hc tra " dy ot the
• For it was the one-time lord of! “What It la desired that I should !i0man0fr3 8eemed l ” p08s b,C -
the mightiest domain, Nicholas, late’dor he asked. I , Yet 11 wa9 „ trae - F ° r , onCe real " fC
Czar and Autocrat of all the Russias.l “Abdicate the throne,- was the re- U P to and draraa
who was the humble form directing' ply of the deputation. I Tbcn came tbl8 offlC ' al announce
the planting. The others were those a manifesto of abdication, largely “f" 1 .
whom free Russia now calls Mrs. prepared in advance, was presented to " ° m^a* 3 * 1 * ** ? '
Romanoff, and Olga Tatiana, Marie. I NichoIa9 , a „d he signed It at once. ern “ cnt dac,ded IV Va *
Anastasia, and Alexis Romanoff.” At Tsark0 e Selo the dethroned im- residence the ex-Fhnperor and
In that dispatch is well summarized p Cr ial family was guarded with laxity hress, w o are e a no un er gu
the most sudden and greatest downfall| a .. f i rst . But rumors came that mem- Yhe placo Beleoted was s ,
in history. So sweeping was the cat- bt , ra of their suite, imprisoned with tuy were sen a er requ s' ®
aclysm that made Czar Nicholas II. them, were conspiring against the re- “ raa "' 8rw a cn S m vn free
of Russia plain Mr. Romanoff that the I publlcan government, ao many of tholr Wltb tbem * eat J of tballr °
world, after gasping and rubbing its rfgIme under wh | ch t i, e prisoners |Iv- * 1 ' theIr cbd , d
eyes, lias almost forgotten him amldj c ,, was made stricter. their entourage.
I upon e Mr 1 e r s t whRo"domain ^amld^tho 1 The COmmand “ t ‘"f Tsarlt0e f e T I Nt.tl.tlc. Show Decrease.
admlraton o ex cration aroused by n ' sw8pap f r ^pondent who visited, for Sumter county,
admiration or execration aroused by the e x-Czar’s prison two weeks after . ... . . V _ Q _ nfr
] the new figures that have fought their ^is abdication these interesting details aH C
jway to the centre of the stage and about , he dally „ fe of Nlcbola9 an d mor ° ,bon flfy pCr ‘
j struggled to hold it, as the drama ofj h | g family: I
“Bcription depended upon whether
not the new Russian government in
tended to support him and his family,
and stated that his personal fortune
amounte to 900,000 rubles, ($450,000),
while his wife had 1,000,000 rubles, his j
son 1,500,000, his daughter, Olga, 3,-
000.000 and his other daughters be
tween 1,000,000,000 each. A few days
later a report was published that the
ex-Czar's request was granted.
In the middle of August it was stat
ed that the ex-Emperor and his family
were to be removed to Siberia, to
which thousands of friends of Rus-
ithe Russian revolution moves forward)
act by act
“He is in perfectly good health and
, ! fairly good spirits. When he is with
J. A. DAVENPORT
.... INSURES ....'
SYSTEM GINS, COTTON. COUNTRY
PROPERTY, DWELLINGS, HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE, PLATE CLASS, AUTOMO
BILES.
To this date last year there had
been 7,069 bales ginned. This year
the* ginnings amount to only 3,065.
~ . . . . • Slow picking of cotton Is assigned a
L.,1, , , , b<,,nB aent . t “| bls °' v " entourage h0 has « tB of (,ry ; ihe reason for the unusual decrease In
biberia exc aimed the world. And;, n g. From 11 to 3 dally he is allowed * , The farnlCT8 ar e unable to
j it let it go at that. This war has piled 1 10 wa lk for recreaton n the raled far- * * . . .
;on efforts too lavishly, audiences are ^ (>n between the east and west wings e e U “
.getting blase. of the palace. J _ a . # .. _ .... . ..
.i 1 . . . v - u l ! Statement of the Condition of the
| Kcxactly w hat happened to Nlch-j -The former’s Emperor’s chief oc- PLAINS HANK
iolas Romanoff and his family between (Cupa tion is shoveling snow in the gar-
|*i the day when the leaders of free Rus- den whIch ho enJoys great dly. He
j i sa f° rce( i him to abdicate and the I shows boyish interest in what is said
jjday when he was placed on a train. | and wr j tten 0 f him. Me does not re-
| amid the jeers of by-standers who' ent abu8e> At pre8Cnt he , 8 ch i e fly 9*7*11
11 were before practically his serfs, and desirous of obtaining foreign papers, overdrafts (secured) . !. . " 3 304.11
slipped along the hopeless route to , w hichare virtually unobtainablt. Overdrafts nmsecured) *225 42
Siberia, traveled by so many thousands| .. The former Empress „ bet ter ,tacks owned by
of thoee who dared to lift a Anger or „ 0rand 1)ukc Alexla , lllB for-, D °" d8a " d 8t ° ck9 by
utter a syllable against any member mea ho | r to Ule tbron0i baa recovered Banklng house ]. . . . . 2]463.01
Located at Plains, Ga„ at the Close
of Business September 10,1917.
Resources.
Demand loans $ 2,400.68
'entirely. When he heard of his fa- Furnlture and „ xturea
2,920.45
of Nicholas's family Of course much.
Of what has been written about the vl-^, detbroneracnt he cr ied bitterly, ot“her'rcal estate ' s'lOOhO
cissitudes of Mr. and Mrs. Romanoff ^ Jn my opInloni fro mappredation ])u from bankg and bflnk _
and their ohllren is rumor. But. even of the altuat j 0 „ i but mo rely because he „ s4 -
shorn of this, the story of the Roman-; hv tils narents' misery ' er n ,h s 8tatC ‘ 7 ’
wus affected by his parents misery. Due (rom banka and bank _
ofTs since their fall from high estate ls jThe othcr chl i dren a re better, except
Grand Duchess Marie.
23,860.95
To Our
Farmer Friends
Beg to announce that the “NEW GIN” of
the FARMERS COTTON OIL CO., is now
ready. Colton is so high you will want ail
that is yours.
Therefore, we have equipped our plant with
the very latent improved machinery there is to
be had in the United States, for making the very
best sample and cleaning the seed thoroughly.
We also have the very be^t men we possibly
can get to serve you. We are in the market for
Cotton Seed, Peanuts and Velvet Beans, always
Offering the best prices the market affords.
Our mill has been established and under the
same management ever since the mill was built,
and having met the demands of the times, we
request that you continue giving us your liberal
patronage as long as our service merits it. Re
member the “NEW GIN” and bring us your
cotton.
farmers’ Cotton Oil Company
G. W. RILEY, Manager.
ers in other states
Currency 8 $,438.00
i All letters and communications to Q 0 | d 705.00
j the court are brought here first. 1 am gi, V er, nickels,
j the censor.” | e t c 3,780.40
Toward the end of March came the Caah Items 1,300.50
I report that the ex-Czar’s lands were to Advances on cot-
j be confiscated. It was estimated that t0Q 5,578.74- 19,802.81
) Nicholas, who, as Czar, had owned L oans G n cotton 6,709.00
400,000 acres of land and enjoyed an (
j income running far up Into t.ie m!l-| Total $316,515.52
; lions, owned only about $500,000 in Llubliitlc
| cash and securities. His wife, it was capital stock paid in $ 50,000.00
'said at the same time, still had 80me Undivided profits, leas cur-
$550,000, his son about $2,750,000, ow- rent expenses, interest and
ing to the fact that his allowances had taxeg pald 21,623.18
accumulated 'for years. The fortunes individual deposits subject
of the ex-Czar’s four daugnters vrere to check 126,747.03
estimated as follows: Olga, $1,750,- Time certificates 89,245.31
000; Tatiana, $2,oOO.OOO; Marie, $1,850,- pjjjg payable.including time
000; Anastasia, $1,650,000. j certificates representing
The soldiers guarding the ex-Czar' borrowed money 18,900.00
were rebuked for laxity last May after . . . —-
their commander’had found them sit- Total $316,515.52
ting about smoking and talking to by- STATE OF GEORGIA,
standers. | Sumter bounty.
In June some of the Russian ex-; j^rore mo came W. L. Thomas,
tiemis-s started an agitation in favor cas hier of Plains Rank, who being
of taking the ex-Czar and his family duly sworn, says that the above and
from Tsarkoe Selo and putting them f ore?0 ing statement is a true condi-
into a real prison at ICronstadt. Ex- t j on Q ( ga jd j )U nk, as shown by the
tremists also demanded that they be hooks of file in said hank,
put to work in the gold mines of Si- w. L. THOMAS, Cashier,
bera, only to bt met wth hilarity. Yet Sworn to and subscribed before me,
two months later their wishes were thfg l3th da y of September, 1917.
destined to be fulfilled, at least in
part. Whether or not the Romanoff j
family, now in Siberia, are to be set
to work in mines remains to be seen.
In June, also, the question came up;
as to whether Nicholas Romanoff, ex-j
autocrat of all the Russian, should be,
raised to equality with the humble I
Pleasants of his realm by being allow-1
cd to vote. It was decided after some
debate that the priviege should he ex
tended to Mr. Romanoff. ;
Early in July came the news that the ;
Provisional Government of Russia had!
confiscated property of the ex-Czar j
valued at $700,000,000, and once more;
the world got on inkling of what a tre-;
mendous fall from vast wealth to pov-j
erty had been imposed by fate uppn :
Nicholas Romanoff. The upkeep of his ft
court: t was computed, had cost Rus-
ea $8,500,000 a year. In addtion to this
his wife had received $100,000 ayear,
allowance for upkeep; the Czarevitch,
about $50,000 a year, besides special
allowances, and each of the imperial
children $10,000 a year from the day
of their birth
C. C. LUNSFORD,
N. P. State-at-Large.
V,
While you are helping to make
By the middle of June. Mchoiaa lto- your country’s history those
manoff had apparently become recon- jW |, 0 mu ^ stay at home will
cUed to the Idea of a republican torm _j gg Y OUr photograph
of government in hia former domains, .«• *• _ i. f
tar ha netitlnned the Provisional Qov- help a lot.
for he petitioned the Provisional Qov-
permitted to aubceribe,
“Loan of Freedom.” He
IH'SIOT
For the Men and Boys
The best manufacturers are repre
sented in this stock. , Some of tf the
swellest styles and fabrics we have
ever shown are to be found here.
There are big suits and little suits,fine
suits and medium priced suits, suits
for everybody and all at prices that
are as reasonable as could be expected.
Boy’s school suits are one of our
specialties. We sell mote children’s
clothing th&n any establishment in
this section and we are better prepar
ed this season to suit, fit and please
the boys than ever. We went every
parent to bring their boys to us before
they buy.
See what we have to offer, get our
prices and you will be sure to buy.
ATTENTION!
MR. FARMER
We want your cotton business. With our brick
compartment warehouses equipped with sprinklers, we
can give you the be Si protection fiom fire and the lowest
possible insurance. Our motto is:
“COURTESY and SERVICE”
Prompt, personal attention given your interest at all
times. Liberal advances on cotton stored with us.
We sell Ludlow (York and Hub) bagging exclus
ively. New ties or rebundled which are juft as good
for less money. Full size cotton picking sheets, brick,
lime and cement.
HARROLD BROTHERS
Cotton Warehousemen, Americus, Ga.
s
The Shelleys of Georgia
By BEATRICE YORK HOUGHTON
Illustrated by J. Henry. Jacket Illustration In colon by Charles Cope
land. l2mo. Cloth. Price $1.35. The story Is dominated by “Captain
Uabe” Shelley, and centers in the love affairs of his beautiful daughter.
Ilf sc, lovable In every one of her many moods. Through the romance .
with many conflicting elements In which varying moral standards aro
fearlessly held up for Inspection there runs a thread of fine philanthropy
which culminates unexpectedly. No latter-day problem Is dwelt upon a*
such, yet there is scarcely one that cannot be regarded In a clearer and
fairer light after reading this thoroughly human story In which healthy
and often humorous optimism Is ever present.
Hightower Book Store
In The Market
For cotton seed, com, peas, peanuts, velvet beans,
potatoes, and baled hay. Scales and warehouse Hamp
ton street, rear of Harrold Brothers.
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Glawson