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n WEEKLY americus times-Recorder isihi*ab. “ THE LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA” AMERICUS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 4. 1917 mbard Germany” Says Lloyd-George; France Begins Campaign^of Reprisals MEASURES will iie BY DOTH FRANCE M, _ BRITISH Al*. IDEA. K. Oct. 3.—(Compiled by , d press from European day.)—"We shall with compound ln- -remier I.loyd George, ad- radon crowd today. He hearers England would reprisals for the recent raids cn 1 /Melon, isals. which are to bo a lied plan to bombard all i the skies, are already rench airmen during last bombs on Baden, a Ger- r miles from the French ; considerable property e same planes, before tench teritory. exploded bs on military establlsh- man-held Belgian terrl- ■ontlnuous artillery ac- french front today, es- e Verdun region, where re apparently preparing Iv a few trench elements , by the Teutons when ■it back after Hill 304 :h possession, and It Is the purpose of General the enemy out of 'together. IT RIGID EMBARGO ENFORCED BY ENGLAND AS PART OF PLAN TO STARVE GERMANY UNIDNLISHT MID GAS OFFICERS HERE 1—View of the encampment In Porto Rico where patriotic Porto Ricans are training for service In the Ameri can army. 2—Wounded Italians sitting by a roadside east of Gorizla. waiting for an omBulance. • 3—Nicholas Romanoff, deposed czar of Russia, with a stump for a throne. 4—HJalmar Brantlng, leader of the socialists of Sweden and editor of the organ of the labor party. CP DPGE WOKE THAN A S ’ilt'NDHED ARE DEAD! soo OTHERS ARE MISSING AND A THOFSAND HOMELESS Americus Man to Demonstrate His Invention In Washington A. A. Beavers Has a Device Which the Government Will Ex amine That Will Be Sure Death for Submarines and Aeroplanes LONDON. Oct. 3.—A Shanghai news j A Aj Beavers, an Americus man dtogethcr. dispatch transmitted by Reuter's agen-1 whQ gaw serv i ce i„ t h c Spanlsli-Amcr- ■ly artillery activity is cy, says the typhoon sweeping Toklo w<f and who dur |„ g several years ttle Indication that In- Monday resulted In the death of- onb about to be under- hundred and thirty-eight persons..Two hundred arfd seventeen others are still missing and at least a thousand are homeless as a result of the disaster. Many of those reported as missing are undoubtedly already dead. COTTON OP 112 III DOT’S TIME ill 1. S. TO IEI0II >s«x, INDICTED ON I Hits. IIOWELL, IS I NATIONAL AIIMT Rimx. luison. one of the six connection with the Wade, and who has »d of t.v.ooo furnished L Johnson, of Leslie, DEE TO REPORT OF BAD CHOP CONDITION. HT WINTER OF IBIS THIS COUNTRY TO HAVE MORE SUCH CRAFT IX OPERATION THAN ANT OTHER NATION. WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 3.—Such 1 'BOhUII. Til uvDllvi . . , M (Jordon, as one of remarkable progress U be ng made In quota of selectmen. tho construction of destroyers that the as one of tht third left Atnericua this ! ng he disposed of his t. used by Mr. Yeartle one of the men who Iispo3al of Walter 1 *ore that he arrived iat this development I of the case against I- IS ISSCED TO A SEPARATE '"ENTRY IS NOT vl. 3.—An official Hay at Berlin says r stated there that "ffered a separate or France. The >n answer to state and country. past hag been engaged in railroad work In this section announced yes terday ho had perfected a marvelous new invention, the purpose of which is to destroy submarines and airplanes, i He will offer his Invention to the war SINCE YESTERDAY MORNING MAR- deparlnT uLltles at Washing-! KKT HAS ADVANCED THIS MUCH, ton, having communicated with the department several days ago upon the subject. i NEW YORK. Oct 3—Prospect! of an Yesterday he received an invitation exceedingly short cotton crop ran op to come at once to Washington to give tlons up here today, whon cotton ad- furtber details of hi. Invention to the "d^ authorities there and will leave In a makeg a t0(a , of , 12 .00 a bale gained fc-w days for that city. It is his pur- g | nce tbe governmente rop report was pose tostagea practical demonstra- —. .—...a— tlon of the device for the military and naval authorities before his re turn to Americus, and he la oontident, hla invention will be adopted fer use in the United States army and navy during the war. Bs adoption, he says, means the elimination of the subma- made public yesterday. Lieutenant Gordon Statham Who is In Aviation Service la Bach Home For Feu) Days me consiruci'ou ui ****** —, meaim ine nim*““ i,u “ navy department today Issued a state- r j ne menace and the extermination ment saying much quicker delivery l 0( practically every airplane that at- BROKEN HAND IN AC- than contemplated in the last estimate temp(s t0 „, d m territory equipped RUT CANNOT DISCUSS la now expected. The work Is already w |th the device.. nFTAILS—IS INFATUAED WITH far ahead of the estimates. Mr. Beavers talked interestingly with work Unde the Initial plan the American a re p or tcr concerning his .invention, navy would have lead the world in de- bat dec i taed to give any of the details stathanl ’ of Mri ida stroyer craft within eighteen months, hl , device out for publlcattol. Com- ^ “ weU knowa Amer i„ but It la now expected that ships orlg- p | ete dra wings, he states, will be laid lnally scheduled to be completed dur- before tho military authorities upon log the winter of 1918, will now be hl> arrlva) Washington, but he Is ready and In commission early next ve ry anx |ou s that his Invention be year used only in the American and Allies armies, and he Is taking no chances of having the secret Of his discovery come into the hands of the enemy. The device, Mr. Beavers says, con tains no new explosive or chemical IN LOCAL SCIIBBLSurapXat.o n of existing forces. -No III LUUHL UUIIUULO J n8 wIM be raqulred in applying ! , h . new principle of destruction, any Pursuant to a re a U ® S |J| 0 ^ e tl, | ^ a * r < ^i d ™t Jaeger caBbre^elng'adap'trf' to'use "n once in thepubHc schools of Americus^ c0 ^”“ tl0 " ’“^“'by^n. If' Ws , t was so decided at the mee. ng of ven.or^.tes thst by the board of education last night. i * b m ade untenable foi* The course I. that of "Community one mile ca" • dJtch , rM> and and National Life,’ which le Inten c an installing the device to familiarise the school children more, thatjhec^ofm.^ * ^ ^ thoroughly than ever h*'®” "‘J* ! fcn , e itat i 0 n will be very small. Ap- nomlc tecta concerning the r ' nllcatlon of the new principle of de- ato and country. |,,on In the Held will be more ex- The course will be arranged for all, st fortified point*, in K HT 111 gqbrse Dill fEICE Statham, and a well known Americsu man. is In the city for a few daya, on l furlough from the aviation training camp where he la stationed. Lieutenant Statham has been com missioned In the aviation corps, and will probably be sent to France. At present He le located at the Wright aviation camp, a few m f lee from Day- ton, Ohio. He Is the only one of the Americus boys who entered the flying branch of the military service. He Is delighted with it, and today expressed thc '(tope that there will be many others from Americus to apply for admission In it. Lieutenant Statham has a broken hand, sustained in an accident, the de tails of Which he s not permtted by army regulations to discuss. e ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ WEATHER FORECAST. ♦ FAIR TODAY AND TOMOR- ♦ ♦ ROW. ♦ ELECTS OFFIGEBS KTEREST1NG SESSION CLOSED TO- DAY—NEXT SESSION TO DE AT OGLETHORPE DURING OCTOBER 1018 The Woman's Mlslonary Union of Friendship Baptist association held ita Fifteen Annual convention at tho First aBpttat church beginning yes terday morning at 10 o'clock. The ees- alo continued throughout the day. There were representatives present from Dawson, Bronwood, Bnena Vista, Chappell Grove, Sardis, Friendship, Antioch, Ellavllle, Hebron, Leslie, Plains, Preston, Oglethorpe, Pleasant Hill and Pleasant Grove churches. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. L. B. Lott, and the following in teresting program was rendered: Song by congregation. Prayer and reading by Mra. Jordan, Report of District Secretaries, read by Mrs. L. B. Lott. “History of the Union and Growth of the Work,” by Mrs. Shockley. Report from Bethel church. Circle Plan discussed; led by Mrs. W. E. Brown, encouraging the adopt ion of this plan wherever practical. Plan of Conducting Circles, by Mrs. U. R. McGee. Hew To Make An Accurate Re port,’’ by Mrs. Geo. F. Brown. Prayer, by Mrs. Geo. F. Brown. Personal Service, conducted by Miss Alice Worthy. Reading. “Help Llghtena The Road.” by Miss Ruth Britton. Talk, "Neither Will I Offer God That Which Costa Me Nothing.” by Mrs. E. Crouch, of Dawson. Prayer by Mrs. H. R. McGee. Mission and Bible Study, presented by Mrs. L. D. Wise, of Plains. Resolutions of regret on the re moval of Mra. R. U Bivins from tho association, presented by Mrs. Edge. Message from M Lott, making a cheering report of the year’s work, stating that the association’s appor tionment of 91.700 would again be reached this year. Song. Benediction, by Rev. A. D. Kendrick. In the afternoon the following pro gram was rendered: ' Song. Devotional, led by Miss Ann's Myers. Scripture Reading. CaJI for Scripture Quotations. •Prayer, by Mrs. Whitehead, of Daw son. Solo, “A Little Bit of Love.” by Miss Melva Clark. Reading, "he Mansion" (Henry Van Dyke), by Miss Susie Stallings. Young People’s Hour, presided over by Mrs. McGee. Solo, "Crossing The Bar,” by Miss Alice Ruth Timmerman, of Plains. Report from Sunbeams of Dawson, Pleasant Hill and Plains. Report from Missionary society at DeSoto, by Mrs. Ferguson. Talk on "Sunbeam Work... follow ed by prayer, by Mrs. Geo. F. Brown. Report from the R. A.’s of Leslie, by Mrs. Cocke. Talk on the C. A.'s Work, by M'ss Annie Myers. Instructive talk on “Hospital Work,” by Mrs. W. D. Wommack. Report of Nominating Committee, by Mre, Edge. Report on time and place of next meeting of union by Mias Annla My ers. Report of Resolutions Adopted, by Mrs. E. Timmerman. Treasurer's Report, by Mrs. R. L.j Maynard. An inspiring talk on, “Am I My Brother’s Keeper ” by Mrs T. F. Gate- wood. Doxology. Prayer by Rev. Geo. F. Brown. At the noon hour a bountiful and GUESTS OF HONOR AT LUNCHEON AT HOTEL TODAY—VICE PBE8I- DENT WELLER PROMISES VERY BEST SERVICE. Mr. Frank weiler, of Washington, vice president and consulting engineer of the General Utilities and Operating Company, of Baltimore, the owner of the Americus Lighting Company, was the guest of honor at a luncheon at the Hotel Windsor today. With him were Messrs. W. G. Eager and J. H. Haggarty, of Valdosta, ad- isory counsel and consulting engineer, 'respectively, for the company In this section. Mr. Haggerty formerly lived In Americus and superintendened the construction of the local plant. At the luncheon were Messrs. Wel ler, Eager. Haggerty, Joe Johnson, lo cal manager; E. C. Swift, In charge of improvements on the light plnat. Frank Sheffield, Lee G. Council, J. Ed Mathis, W. A. Dodson and Franc Man- gum. Mr. Dodson acted as toastmaster and short speeches of welcome and felici tation were made by Messrs. Council, Mathl, Sheffield and Mangum. Mr. Weller and Mr. Eager made very hap py responses. Ur. Weller gave the assurance that the service In the gas company will be considerably Improved within the next thirty or sixty days, and also stated that the light plant will be put on an even higher plane of efficiency. He declared that his company was de voted to Americus and determined to forward Ita Interests, while at the same time looking after their own. He said that “good service” In all departments was their especial aim at present. The vleltors came to Americus from Valdosta, a distance of 122 miles. In Mr. Eager’s auto, making the trip In flvo hours. They returned this after noon. Mr. Weller la giving much of hla time at present to the government In b>s capacity aa a consulting engineer, being asslged to Important con’ract* aroud Washington. 1’RACTICALLY ALL EXPORTATIONS' TO SWEDEN, NORWAY, DENMARK. .AND HOLLAND HATE BEEN STOPPED. COMMITTEE CONSIDERS EXPULSION OF SENIT00 PRESSURE CONTINUES TO IN. CREASE AND LA FOLLETTE IS LIKELP TO LOSE SEAT IN UP PER HOUS OP CONGRESS. WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 3.—The Benate committee on privileges' and elections committee considered peti tions petitions urging that Senator L«- Follette be expelled from the senate, but no action was taken. The commit tee will meet again tomorrow, when It will again be considered. Sentiment unfavorable to LaoFlIette Is developing rapidly, and It t» likely the Wisconsin senator may be unseated. Helllln Wrangle Up in House. WASHINGTON,. D. C.. Oct. 3.— Great Britain’s embargo on shipments of pratlcally everything to Sweden, Denmark, Norway and The Nethertadn Is regarded here bb of utmaot Import ance In. the move for tightening the cordon slowly, but surely killing the military power of Germany. Together with the action of the Unit ed States In carefully scrutinizing all shipments to neutrals, this strikes Jt death blow at the Central Powers. Germany has been considerably de pendent upon the neutrals for Its food supplies, and now that this source la- stopped, the policy of “starve Germany out” la bound to be felt. COTTON SEED REACH NEW HIGH LEVEL SEVENTY DOLLARS A TON BUHR PAID FO RSEED BP AMERICUS MILL WITH MARKET STRONG AND OFFERINGS LIGHT. Cotton seed are selling In Americua for seventy dollars a ton! This Is the highest cash prjee ever paid for cotton reed here, and the mill < operators are not so sure, but what the market wll go even higher. Many farmers are disposing of their seed at this quotation, being more than satisfied with It, but thero nre other* who are holding for a toll! higher price. Twenty-six and a quarter cents lathe ■ price for good middling cotton here to day. I DALTON MW MYSTERIOUS KILLING OF WEB STER COUNTY MAX EXPECTED TO DEVELOP A SENSATION BE FORE INVESTIGATION ENDS. - — The grand Jury of Webster county ls today Investigating the killing of' Clifford T. Dalton which occurred sev eral months ago, and sensational de velopments are expected. Dalton waa at supper table with hf*. wife and children, at hla home In the fliurch Hill district, when he waa as- aaslnated. The shots came through a window, killing him Instantly. A short while before that revasss officers had raided a large still le Webster county, near Dalton's home, and he waa suspected of having gives the Information to the officers. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 3—The .. .. • , sons who operated the still are tht ones Heflin wrangle come up in the house * P •J'.. ‘kj„. again today when Representative Ma son contended Congresman Heflin had "Inferentially" charged him with trea- ao. Objection by a member kept Rep resentative Heflin from replying to t}e Illinois congretsman's^charge. whose records are being scrutinized by the grand Jury. UBEHTY inn COMMITTEE • WILL MEET Tl All members of the committees named by Chairman L, O. Council I were elected: Mr*. Perkins, Ameri cus; Mrs. H. R. McGee, Plain*; Mrs. H E. T. Jordan, Dawson; Mra. Charles appetizing"luncheon wa. served, about!Clements, Dawson; Mrs. H. R. Speer, the campaign for the sale of Liberty a hundred and aevenay-flve ladle* be- Leslie; Mre J. J. Oglethorpe. I bonds In Sumter county will meet at Ing present. The delegates elected to attend the the Planters' Bank tomorrow aftcrnoomtM Mrs L. B Lott was re-elected sup- state convention are Mra. L B. Lott, at four o'clock, erintendent; Mra. F. C. Jennlnga. aec- Mra. J. M. Wilke, and Mrs. Matthews.) At that time definite plans * ratary, and Mra. R. L. Maynard, treas- The asoclaUon will meet next year arranged for the campaign, which «H1 urer ' at Oglethorpe, on the flrat Monday af- be conducted until at least 3200.000 of Tho following district secretaries, ter the first Sunday in October. the bonds Is sold In this county. ALL THE NEWS OF AMERICUS AND SUMTER COUNTY