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daily Americus times-Recorder an’ EDITION “ 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