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“ THE LIVBST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA"
,yrH YEAR.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 27, 1917
;RMANY OFFERS TO EVACUATE BE
OF
POPE
RESERVE BIGHT
economic ENTER-
KKKI.Y. PARTICULARLY
EBP.
has
lept. 26.—Germany
acuatc Belgium under cer-
iclared in an official Ger-
acenrding to a Berne,
patch given out by the
.ants tiic right to develop
nerprises freely In Bel-
jlarly at Antwerp.
as made as a supple-
answer to the Pope, and
rhally by the German for-
ry to the Papal Secretary
inich.
n is Not
red by Raids
DAS ASBESTOS PEACE!
26.—A thrilling bat-
sli airmen, who broke
formation, who were
London high and fast, was
for the light casualties,
led and sixteen hurt *n
tion of London,
wfre forced to separate,
ne fled closely pursued,
life of London is little af-
? raids, which have be-
though disastrous, oc-
ion KEEP
PRICES DOWN
HE SMITH IN SPEECH
PREDICTS THAT COT-
DO ABOVE TWENTY-
fill TO THE ARMY
MOSQUITO BITE
CAUSE OF DEATH
APPEALS FOB EXEMPTIONS MADE
BY ILAHOLD JUKES 7. IE AND OTH-
EIIS ABE DENIED AND THEY
abe conschipted.
ATLANTA, Ga„ Sept. 26.—A tele
gram received by Governor Dorsey
CEOBfiE B. TUCKER, YOUNG SUM-
TEB COUNTY FARMER, DIES AS
THE BESULT OF BLOOD POISON-
As the result of a mosquito bite lust
from the war department removed any above the ankle, Indicted four weeks
CAll’T GET DATA 4
ON CROP YIELDS
CHAMBER OF COMMEBCE ASKED
OVER 800 FARMERS AND RECEIV
ED REPLIES FROM ONLY 145 OF
THOSE ADDRESSED.
The farmers of Sumter county are
lather slow and reluctant about giving
ALTHOUGH NO SIGNS OF A PANIC,
THE CITIZENS ARB FLEEING TO
OTHER PARTS- TAKING ALL ART
TREASURES.
further doubt about the men wbo have ago . George B. Tucker, a well known 0 r> figures oh their crop production. PETROGRAD, Sept. 26.—Although
been put under order of the local young farmer, living with his parents, | out of 913 inquiries sent out, with there are no signs of a panic among
boards to report as being held in status (M 1- - and Mrs. E. J. Tucker, flftcen miles tta mped return cards, the Chamber of the population, and the indications of
quo any longer.
fiom Americus, died this morning at Commerce received replies from only I cturning confidence in,tbe new govern-
They must go to camp and enter!5:30 o’clock, after a great deal of suf-jjgr, of course, it Is impossible to ment are strong, a partial evacuation
training for duty on the war front, 'fering from acute blood poisoning. jbase an sccurate estimate on this small | 0 f petrograd Is priceedlng.
This covers the cases of several weal-j Mr. Tucker joined Americus Camp, percentage. si The citizens appear to be acting lr-
l” 'TPanprlli'A nf tvhpfhpp thn pnnllol la
thy young men who have been seeking .No. 202, Woodmen of the World, the| The Chamber of Commerce Is con- jrespectlvo of whether the capital Is
seme Hnal way to get out of duty. jweek before he was taken 111. He was tly receiving Inquiries relative to moved to Moscow or stays In Petro-
The substance of the telegram from
Washington is that when the local
board has issued an order to a select
man to report for transportation
21 years of age. '(he amount of velvet beans, corn, grad.
Besides his father and mother, ho jwheat, cotton and other products rale-1 Art and holy treasures have been
By Camouflage Bill of Missouri.
Lieut. John Mathis Arrives In
France To Study Trench-Methods
ables His Paren's Here 1 hat He is Now On French Soil. To
Teach This System on His Return to This Country
ROYAL DANIEL TIKES
' UP RED GROSS WORK
An Americus boy is now in France,
schedule-' to take an active part in the
real tabling ut an curly date.
He is Ueiitruirl John Mathis, for
merly connected with the Commercial
City Bank, and the. son of Dr. and
Mrs. Evan T. Lathis. His parents , „
have received a cablegram from him, j, E n AS FIFTY COUNTIES IN 1IIS | fcrmerly solicltor general. of the ju-
leaves five brothers, Bagley Stewart, f ] (n (his county, and the amount of packed for shipment, and every train
iuou .u — Joe Stewart, and David, Bascom and G. ulcultlvated land, etc. It Is impossible'carries hundreds of emigrants, as well
the camp he Is then already in military ,Tucker, and also one sister, Mrs. H. E. j-, furnish this information, because the ' ss enormous quantities of household
service of the United States, Just as Rloux, of Savannah. Trrmcrs themselves will not assist. I goods.
though he had been received at camp, I, He was a member of Bethel Baptist | There Is now a man in Florida who| The Germans are In possession of
tnd there Is then no legal way In which church. wants to establish a warehouse here, Riga, not very far distant, but there
bis case seeking exemption may be re-1 The funeral will take place tomorrow f or the handling of ail sorts of farm Jig been no evidence that they intended
opened, ftternoon at 3:30 o’cloek from Pleasant products, but he does not want to make „ march this winter on the Russian
It is a reversal of the position taken Grove Methodist church, Rev. Moore, the venture until he can get some fig- 'capital.
y the state authorities—which position | of Andersonvllle, conducting the ser-
was for the purpose of bringing tho vice,
misunderstanding of the order that ap
plications may be made to the gover
nor for recommendation to county
boards to re-open eases to a head and
definitely determining Just what that
order means.
The order sent out means that Har-
Gordon tomorrow. There arc proba
bly 2200 or more eases of suspended
action ail over the state to which this
order will apply.
Mrs. Hope Polhill of Macon
Has Leading Role on Stig'i
ATLANTA, Ga„ Sept. 20.—Mrs. Hope
poihilj, widow of the late Hope Polhill
a prominent, attorney of Macon and
announcing his arrival in France.
John Mathis entered the officers'
tra'alng camp at Fort McPherson, and
gradm’td with the rank of first lieu
tenant F« has been sent to Franco
to make a personal study of trench-
BRITISH MAKE GAINS
FRONT
ures on what crops are raised In this
ccunty.
TRAITOR'S FATE ICED
FOR AHTI-A1AE0US
BY
RiTISH HEADQUARTERS in Frnace,
Sept. 26.—Along the northern line this '^lEinnnr-SMERHlAN ADDRESSING
morning, the British advanced lit sev
eral places from a thousand to twelve
hundred yards. They met with desper
ate resistance, and terrific fighting lfi
In progress.
1,600 Ships tp
HARRISBURG, PA* CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE SCORES PRUSSIAN
ISM IN ALL ITS PllASES.
HARRISBURG, PA„ Sept. 26.—Urg
ing Americans of German descent
''to Join in our country’s righteous
struggle against a people of their own
-w-^ www • mt Miraggio tiguinsi u peupie oi uiiir own
L)U1 let 1 illS 1 ear.blood, which, under the evil spell of a
. ^ — dreadful obsession has made itself the
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 26.— enemy of this peace-loving nation,”
WILL REQUIRE MUCH OF HIS | r °® , , h .» Within little more than a year the Otto H. Kahn, banker of New York,
-WILL REQLUlfc JILLB u* 1,18 I which will open the season at the At- Statcs hBy(J B mcrcban t before tho Harrisburg Chamber of
TIME,
Harrisburg Chamber
Tropical Storm
About to Break
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept 26.—
A tropical disturbance le still ap
proaching the Gulf coast, the weather,
bureau announces. Hurricane warn.
Inga from Mobile to Apallchlcola, and
storm warnings from Baltimore to
the Florida coast have been Issued.
JEWISH STORES HEBE
CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY
YOM K1PPUU, OR DAY OF ATONE.
MKNT, 18 BEING OIISERVED—ONE
OP TIIE MOST 80LEMN RELIG
IOUS FESTIVALS.
The period from sunset yesterday
until sunset today Is being observed by
jlinta theatre In this city next Friday of , uteen hundred ships, of ton-1 Commerce. today pleaded for support lY’jJTjlv'’ B Ie lifAmerlcue'asYom
or d i ,nl8ht Under th ? new maI > agemcnt of nl .go of more than nine million, ac- of the war policy of the administration ’ h _ f Atoncmcnt ono of
ATLANTA, Ga„ Sept. 26-Royal J.ouls Haase, who recently succeeded ■ n( , (o an annnuncemct trom (He 1 at Washington. | PP ' * ° f Alonement ' ono ot
lighting, rru aner an , . _ I ,, . _ snipping noaru louuy. »ui» - 111 wn-i scoring mat rruasiamain. wonu, m tab church All of the stores conduct-
sever,.r month, there, he will bo ss- Press, and one time telegraph editor | Mrs. Polhill before her marriage,wa • : overba ,aneo the loss from'aald. "with profound cunning ,ha. In- to the'Jewish pcLleTn tbi.eUy
„„„ the training camps In of the Atlanta Journal, has heeded the Miss S ouri Lee Van Hoo.e, and she is ! n.rm.„v ,he denomlacal _ Pt ° P ' e ‘ W * CKy
- after an experience of Daniel, editor of the Quitman Free Homer George,
... • I vv — nn .l nn» limn tolocrrnnh PflAtOPl \f«-o Dnltlill 1
the most solemn holidays In the Jew-
shlpplng board today. This will con-| scoring that Prusslantom. which, he lsb cburcb . A1I ot tbe , torei con duct-
■c. Sept. 26.—After bo-
ti to 19 cents on tho
that President Wilson’s
shipments of cotton to
neutrals would cut
ft of the market for the
staple, cotton has - now '^.“.‘nihe'actuaVfighting than Lien- nounccd here that Mr. Daniel has been ’ other Georgia cities.
cl ° i......i aeer..torv for south tnnd was a graduate of
. firm market at 24 cents
tlanta, while. New York
quoted around 25
New Orleans market Is
at 23 cents and better,
ral belief of cotton men
here that tho embargo
: the price of cotton In
As pointed out by Sena-
h in a recent speech In
ties senate. In which he
unanswerable array of
thta C ountry 6 where wi^tcaeTthls call to service and volunteered for sister of Professor A. W. Van Hoose,
v. “ f Lode™ war fare Iwcrk In the Red Cross. , resident of Shorter college, and of
P There are a number of ^merlcuaj Dr. Guy E. Snavely, director of the Ellison Van Hoose, the noted Amerl-
bovs on French soil, but for the pres- bureau of development of the South- can tenor. She Is well known n A-
entv anyway none of them will be crn division of the Red Cross, an- lanta, Macon, Athens, Gainesville and
enty, anjway, „ 0u „ced here that Mr. Daniel has been'other Georgia cities. Her ia e bus-
appointed field secretary for south land was a graduate ot the University
Georgia and will have as bis territory'of Georgia and was one of the most
about 50 counties south of tbe Sea- jromlnent lawyers in Macon. After
U-boats during that period.
tenant Mathis.
JAIL UT PRESTON
GOVERNOR OP-TEXAS
DIVESTEO OF OFFiSE
stilled Into Germany the denomlacal are c i oae( j today,
obsession of power-worship and world-j Dur | ng tbe t we nty.four hour period,
dominion," Mr. Kahn traced the meth- tbe ob , er y, nt j e w neither eats nor
cds of which, be said the Teutonic dr j bklli but derote , tbe d a y t0 fervent
people have been "sytematically Po'*- worship. Yom Klppur la distinctive
oned by the Prussian ruling caste.' j anlon g Jewish holidays, for it Is not
• The world fervently longs for peace, associated with any other. It Is a day
But there can be no peace answering'for the searching of the heart,
to the true meaning of tbe word, no j The feast originated In Bible times,
EVER 1 peace permitting the nations ot the and Is described In the sixteenth chap-
' A|r Line railroad from Savannah his death, she went on the stage and .LSO DEBARRED FROM EVER peace permitting the nation, or me flnd i. de .erlhed In the sixteenth chap-
t rrmerTcu: ne HUd°u a ues. It Is further has achieved a notable success In ver HOLDING AI* OTHER JVBUC -rth. SS
announced, will Include the visiting satlle range of work, Including several
once every one or two months of every Shakespearean roles,
chapter In Ms district and will consist
in conferr.'rg with and advising local
Red Cross chapter heads, as wcR as
the (.eliverlng of occasional speeches.
Mr. aDnlel has been given a Ford
J — miirniTH Mr. aumei naa uveu - * —
imppiy of cotton will THIEVES. MADE HOLE THIHIU-li^ (q a|d h|m bl8 workj and
ies Short of last year's W ALL AND TOOK TWELVE GAL- )( " come3 from tbe H enry Ford dona-
"iiile the total exports
16 to the neutral coun-
Ly tlio embargo on cot-
■dhing les than 300,000
Jenmark, Norway and
countrifg named in the
During the whole of
LONS OF WHISKY Cl"
ESCAPED.
' OF CELL—
The Webster county Jail at Preston
was burglarized last night, and the
thieves made away with about twelve
“My a sufficient supply ! gallons of "'’t* 8 * 15 '' _. ck a hole
h"ir own domestic needs, A crow , bar *“ Z., of tie J.H so
da * to the strict super- tltrougb the brlcI ‘ ^' 1 “ f ^. t e d Into
ret,on imports by « entrance would be ehected
Their total Import. tbat which Sheriff
C M. Christian had selwd In various
recent raids.
The noise was heard by the P rl80ne ”
la the Jal. but they did not give th
larm.
300,000 bales. Thl
ro P will fall more than
‘tier Of bales short, as
last year's production.
r, d consumed 13,690,006
n raised in the United
United States and tho
consumed 13,000,000 of
tttbtion. This year’s to
wed at 12,499,000 bales,
usively demonstrated zy
| there I. no reason why
0 the four little coun-
av “ the slightest effect
cotton, and the steadjr
British Attack
On Ypres Front
LONDON. Sept. 26.—The British at-
tion of a half million dollars' worth of
Ford cars and parts.
Ur. Snavely In his announcement said
that the Red Cross feels fortun-te in
securing the services of Mr. aDniel.
who it U said, will he assisted in his
work by Mrs. Daniel.
HOME GEOGRAPHY
IN THE SCHOOLS
PLACE — IMPEACHED BY TIIE ed and unafraid, until the teaching dA yi the people fasted and afflicted
STATE SENATE. | oft* * he leadership of the apostles of themselves, while the high priest made
an outlaw creed shall have become atonement for the entire house of Is-
Pour Thousand Fish From
Government Fisheries Are
Fat in Sumter County Ponds
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 26.—James E. discredited and hateful In tbe eight If reel. This atonement was made In an-
Ferguson was formally declared re- the German people. jclent fashion by sacrifices, and espec-
meved from office as governor ' of "Woe to the German-Amerlcan, so tally by tbe synjbollc rite ot driving
Texas and barred from hereafter hold- called, who in this sacred war foP the scapegoat Into the wilderness to
ing any public office "of honor, trust's cause as high as any for which ever bear away the slut of the people,
or profit,” by the adoption late yester- 1 people took up arms, does not feel a I The alms of Yom Klppur Is atone-
day In the senate high court of lm-' solemn urge, does not show an eager mont through prayer and repentance.
Ipeachment of the majority report of a | determination to be in the very fore- These contain no element of mediation
’special committee of the senate. The front of the struggle does not prove a through either a redeemer or a sacrl-
DATA PREPARED BY P. A. FENI-'majority report was adopted, after a patriotic Jealousy, in thought, In action fie?. The only true repentance comes
MURE TO BE USED AS TEXT minority report recommending only and in speech, to rival and to undo his through change of heart and an effort
BOOK IN TIIE PUBLIC SCHOOLS! removal from office had been defeated, native-born fellow-citizen in devotion to do better.
OF THIS CITY. jThe vote on the adoption of the major- and In willing sacrifice for tae coun-; A feature of Pom Klppur la the mcm-
Ity report waa 25 to 3, with one pair try of bis choice and adoption and ortat service. Hep and women think of
A pamphlet of data about Americus and one absent,
and Sumter county, prepared by P. A.
Fennimore, secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce, Is going to be used as a
text book In the public schools of this
city.
Superintendent J. E. Mathis is great
ly Impressed with the value and util
ity of this data, and he is arranging
Four or five thousand sun-perch from
tae government fisheries, arrived in It in a serviceable shape. He think,
me guveium .. . «h.» it nf 4nni ■■ much imnortanco
More Birds in This County
Than for Many Years Say?
CountyGcmeWardenMcMoih
■worn allegiance and of their common their dear departed and of the great
affection and pride. and good who aerved mankind. Espec-
■ He who shirks tae full measure of tally In times of stress, when many
his duty and alle! lance In that noblest brave men are offering np their Uves,
of causes, be he Osrman-American, fervor animates these prayers by which
Irisb-American, or any other hyphe- tfcelr memory Is honored, and their
noted American, be hh I. W. W. or Ideals are preserved.
Socialist or whatever the appellation,! - - ——
does not deserve to stand among EDUCATIONAL* HALLY TO BE
HELD ON FRIDAY AT 8UMTEB
I ':
On Friday, September 28th, an Edn-
There are more birds In Sumter
im,-u .» county this tall than has been the Amer | Ca ni or Indeed amnog free men
. today and were distributed'that It la ot Just a. much Importance lease for many years, according to anywhere.
Americus y. McMath to a» the teaching of geographical facta County Game Warden W. T. McMatb. | « Ha wbo> secretly or overtly, tries
by County 0a ® “ tl n for about other localities. I "In going about the county. I have' t0 tb wsrt the declared will and aim cational Rally will be held at the Surn-
rittaens who had made appi canon ^ ^ ^ ^ Mr Fennlmor(i repr «J, cen twelve on fifteen Urg. covey.,” ^ Bat , on t „ Ja mj „ , I sr school. Several spsaksra. Including
These
mill pond,
Jesse Salter,
M. Ranew, on the Ellavllle road.
procure tbe new permita. He la exer- ner will be served on the ground
rii ‘t »«me to have put tacked again this morning on » - | ' ltlDl . jaster than trout or any other Clare mat it is a mo-
movement to “hear" the front In the Ypres region. So®* prog 'j flab> make Just.as good eating. I nteresUng production
. Hanew, . .. n .i tb o county Uiat are new to the people years." procure the new permits. He ia
The experience of those n „ nnra |tr Manay who have read It de-| In line with this. Judge McMatb ctalng a diligent watch and will make noon. All of the patrons and cltlzi
ty I* th,t th * perch tnrive ue ^ lt 1( a mnt va i U able and gives warning that hunting licenses cases against all violators of the gams of the community are invited to
rtaa Is reported.
m
mm
have expired, and tbat It Is In order to taw