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AMERICUS
EDITION
“ THE L1VBBT LlTTL^_DAlLY_I^l_G^RGIA
•U TilKl'sT 1U ALLIED
TIIKV MLST RETREAT
L[) m GERMANS SINCE
INVASION.
ISHHEADQUARTERS. in Bel-
—Tile great Allied stroke
irinsi Into sight the end
■i domination of the e dge
whit'Ii :i’*o German' have
„ . invasion of llei-
ertalnly
xast *oow* to
late the part
. in addition
i-Menin rail-
raen-, delivered ccentor
; nr.! t. but were repulsed,
one I.iaee. where the Brltisu
nay slightly.
■enrh report that' they aro
s the filtht at their end of the
,ave made such advances that
. rlsed and unnerved
DISUSED Bl
II
Sin WANING
HAVE MADE T11EIB SUPREME EF-
EOKT, SAYS A FRENCH BEYIEW,
WHILE THE ALLIES ABE SIMPLY
GETTING HEADY.
HOW THAT BERNSTORFF WAS AC
WASHINGTON. L). C.. Oct. .10.—Ger-
SK=S5»=H=asKrsBSSB
PHIMJERMAN congress and to
STIR CP LABOR STRIFE
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Oct. 10.—
Tile state department made public to
day the text of two messages from tho
German foreign office to Count von
tiernstorff, former atnbasaador to the
, n:uu States, and one from Bernstorff
to Berlin. Tho message from the Ger
man foreign office to the amhaasador
hero demanded that tho Canadian Pa-
cilic railroad bo destroyed, that sabot
age be carried on In United States fac
clear decrease, for the first time sfneo
the war began, according to a review
based upon data of the French gen
oral staff made public here by the
French high commission.
Worn down and driven hack by the
never-ending pounding of the Allies on
tho western front, the statement says,
the Germans have made their supremo
military effort, after drawing heavily
upon their Inactive armies In the east
and calling out their 1918 and part of
their 1919 reserves, while the Allies j
have reached and prepared to main
tain their full strength while await-
THE BILLION HI
TAX WILL BE (USED
Under the groat war tax bill, which
has been pasaed by congress, It la
proposed to raise »2,700.000,000 from
the following sources:
Ircome tax I 600.000.000
Excess profits 1,110,000,000
Distiller spirits
Rectified spirits
135.000.000
5,000,000
PITCHERS BATTLE WITH CICOTTM
TOSSING FOB CHICAGO—GAME.
PLAYED ON A SOMEWHAT BUD
DY FIELD.
Fermented liquors 46,000,000
Whore tlu* Italians*
the Isonr.ii fro
driving buck the Austrians high in the mountains
Jlnge is practiced extensively by the Itnlinnn to
protect their lines of communication and supplies. Tills photograph shows
the road to Vipulznno protected by a screen of straw from tho artillery Are
of the enemy that Is constantly sweeping over It. A supply train Is ftasstnf
age uc carried on in iuhcu iiuin men
lories and a propaganda fostered for ‘ | D g the coming of America’s great
Influencing congress. The foreign of- army , tho enemy’s resources are dl-
nco Informed tho ambassador ho could m lnlshlng at the very moment when
got Information of persons willing to j t lie military situation demands that
commit sabotage from either Joseph ! they Increase.
McGarrity. of Philadelphia; John P.
Keating, of Chicago, or Jeremiah
nlnng the mail.
11 WHITE MEAT
-AY IT IS TllU FIRST
EY HAVE EVER KNOWN
A FOMHTJON IN THIS
first time within the reel-
provision dealer* here, hara
. on actual quotations, wlth-
ute to relative food values,
non white meat. If such a
ever was known in the
Id before it is beyond the
n of local dealers, they a*»-
re selling at 3o to 33 cents
rainst dry salt white meat
nmonly a bellies. 31 to 34
di ion Ih attributed to the
heavy demand by the Unlt-
icvernment and the gov*
> f the allied nations for dry
which is an important item
ALBANY PLUS Tfl IBIS CROP YIELDS
HAVE CHEAT FI 1 acDnBTcnr
COMMITTEE NAMED BY CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE TO, FORMULATE
PLANS MIR FIRST EXHIBITION-
NEXT YEAH.
nn
O’Leary, of New York, saying these
persons had been Indicated as proper
ones to approach by Sir Roger Case-
rr.ent.
The message further said that sa
botage must be carried on in all muni-
lions factories, but that railroad em
bargoes must not be Interfered with or
"This shows," concludes the state
ment, ’’the decisive character attend-
lng the operations of 1918 when three p| ealur e boats
great democracies, England, France I perfumes, cosmetics ...
and Amorlca, will unite their entire , proprietary medicines ..
strength In attacking the enemy In cameras
conformity with the only sound prln
ctple of war.
(hop i n::.;.:. chat
this sta;.; tiiui, produce
ENORMOUS QUANTITY OF SWEET
POTATOES.
ALBANY, G.. Oct. 10.—Albany :
)1 os to be the site of tho biggest fair j
in tlilg part of the state noxt fall..
WASHINGTON. U. C„ Oct. 9.—A
- - . i summary of (ho October crop report
in this part of the state noxt fall. ^ Gcorgla> as compiled by the Bu-
The matter ba3 been under advisement j Estimates (and trans-
* » . ; car •liu.’* Blurt Iius KV
j,ij in Idges destroyed.
“•'1 0n Sopten) bcr 15tb. Bernstorff in
formed his superiors the embargo con
ference In regard to Vwhose earlier
fruitful co-operation Doctor Halo can
giv e Information,” was then about tn
launch a vigorous campaign designed
to get a pro-German majority In con
gress. There was no possibility of
securing an embargo on exports, the
dispatch added, until the complexion
of congress changed.
for some time and came up for discus-1 mIUe d t i lrol , K h tho Weather Ilurouu),
slon at the meeting of the directors of j ^ g [)c]mrtnlcn , 0 f Agriculture, is
the Chamber of Commerce last night. ^ fo j |ow> .
A committee consisting of Prcslden., —October 1 forecast, 70,000,nee
C. W. Rawson. Vice-President A. W.! bushels; production laBt year, De-
Allison and Secretary John H. Mock ' c <mber estimate. 62.000,000 bushels,
was appointed to draft preliminary j A)1 wheat—Preliminary estimate, 2,-
plans to be submitted to the fullboarl 1 qj.qqq bushels; production last year,
of directors at some future meeting. | December estimate, 3,808.000 bushels.
Several prospective sites are In view j Oats—Preliminary estimate, 10.300.-
and It Is lioped to have this end of tho 000 bu ,hels; production last year, De-
matter In such shape as to be able to | C cmbcr estimate, 16,770,000 bushels,
report on It when tho meeting Is held. Swcct potatoes- October 1 forecast.
It will b© the purpose ot the body to, i (li <ioo,ou bushels; production last
organize a permanent fair association,. yeBr> December estimate 7,520,000 bush
n tract build suitable buildings ,
rat,on dT«U S " T H A " nny-l’rv.in.lnary esUmate 382,
han hams. | Albany and southwest Georgia. jooo to ns; production last jear, Dc
tsnee of the advance in j or course, most of the plans are
- tiiis time last year hams only in the tentative stage at presen.,
rrd 19 rents a pound and I but the Idea back of the fair is to
a beat H cents. ] make It a gnat deal more comprehen-
in prices have becomo jdve than the average county fa r. -
te rule that customers to-11'any is the logical trade and mar *
o attention to an Increase j center for southwest Georgia, am it
They used to kick terribly leading distributing point soutli of Ala-
rr Of a cent. jeon. It will he the purpose of the fair
ent and packera’ statistics us.ioclaticn to interest the near A
the United States Is 1,000,-j counties of Gcor'la and Alabama, an-
hurt of the visible demand.! to encourage county exhibits from a
gust l to September X. I over this section.
Iry salt meat on hand de-} The comlttoe proposes to go o
'.wo,000 ponnds—that Is.! work on the matter right awa>.
* roll Just that far behind ! get plans In shape and he able to
demand. j the directors at the next mcttlng
** fan bo seen, the only re- lactly what la required to fl' e *
■eased production. Georgia J the best fair ever held in sou i
m °re l.oga than ever before g|a.
ory. but she ts just coming ‘
At the same time, the
ing sections are depleted
HUH HEBE
1ING
HUNT YPUBLISHEB
county in booming-
"11MER RESIDENT OF
V CENTS
ma cm mm
highest fuice kveh BE.UAGD BY
i lie vi, market since te » 'w-
eyeryhody willing to sell
REVIVAL SERVICES ST
LEE STREET
MISS TUCKER’S EFFORTS MEETING
W ITH 8UCUES8AND ENTHUSIASM
IN THE MEETING CONTINUES TO
INCREASE DAILY.
OVER SEVEN HUNDRED
IRE VESSELS TO DE
ADDED TO U.S. NAVY
PROGRAM calls for an expen.
DITl’KE OF MORE THAN BILLION
DOLLARS - SUBMARINES TO
dreadnaugiits.
c< tuber estimate, 393,000 tons.
Apples (agricultural crop,-October
I forecast, 593,000 barrels of 3 hush-
els; production last year. December
estimate, 541,000 barrels. , rt >tary Daniels said some of the
!>eaehea—Estimated production 1917. | ]iave becn rgm p|eted withli
-’,716.000 bushels; production last
year. December estimate, 3,510,000
bushels.
Cotton—September 25 forecast, 1,-
860,000 bales; production last year,
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 10.—The
American navy’s war construction
program consists of 7K7 vessels in
cluding all types from supordread-
nnughts to submarlnec ltasers.
In making this announcement, Sec-
ves-
.icls Itave been completed within the
past few weeks and are now in ser
vice. The total cost la estimated al
S,.150.400.000.
.Many of the vessels are destroyers
?nd arrangements have been made for
•mux. 1,820,939 bales. I carrying 0 tit the *350.000,000 aupple-
I’rlccs —The first price * ,ven ® “* mental destroyer program which the
Is the average on October 1 this year,
and the second the average on Octo
ler 1 last year:
Wheat. 285 and 147 cent, per bushel.
Corn. 184 and 98. Oats 120 and 73.
Potatoes. 189 and 132. Hay. $18.10
and *15.40 per ton. Co’.tnn^.O and
15.6 cents per pound. Eggs. 36 and - *
cents per dozen.
navy expects to be completed In 18
months.
OFFICER WORTHY IS
AFTER THE SPEEDERS
Revival at l>»tr»» BapH*«.
“ M- Anglin, of the Lump-
lent. well remembered as
itdent or Amerlcni, la In
»y. telling ho wproeper-
n 8 is in Stewart county.
» is one of the Important
« progress of hie county,
'• one ot (he beet known
cresting weekly paper* In
Twenty-eeven cents si the Its al m
ket price for cotton.
j„.t .. fast .» ‘ho cotton can bo
picked, the farmers. wW,e “ lt
are bringing It to «own „
Oniv a few irw bow telklDg
0n,jr , * .he mejorlty being
thlrty-cente t ” ” £ cenU ror
willimr to take 2
perfectly willing to teke
However there are not many
However, difficulty le «*’
ceipts now, *» * resl ““ . ba .
perlenced In P |cklng 1 “
cause of a ecardtT of tobor ’
The evangelistic services at the Cen
tral Baptist church are developing In
power. Rev. J. Ellis Sammons, who Is
doing the preaching, is a man of un-
nsual force. He h»- » lo d -‘
liver, and knows how to do It. Hu
.poke yesterday afternoon at 3:30 from
Genesis 22:14 on ’’Jehovnli-Jlrea, that
Is ”God will provide.” He emphasized
the fact that so long as we are In the
path of obedience we may be confi
dent that God will
Last nlrht he apoke on T hanowmeca
Last night he spoke on "The man who
goes back on God.” declaring the(great
sin of today to be our failure to keep
fslth with God.
I# v than the pwaent will ever b« of
Si to “W rUht with God” and re
new our vows. The public to mo*t
earnestly requested to attend these
meetings. -(Contributed.)
Wines
Soft drinks and syrups .
Cigar*
Cigarettes
Tobacco
Snuff
Cigarette papers
Freight transportation
rns§. .transportation.
Pipe lines
Seats and berths
Telegraph and tele
phone messages ....
Insurance pollclea ...
Automobiles
Musical Instruments ..
Motion picture films - •
Jewelry
Sporting gooda
6,000.000
13.000,000
10.000.000
31,500,000
28,000,000
2,000,000
100.000
77,600,000
56,000,000,000
4,500.000
4,000.000
Admissions
Club dues
Stamp taxes
Inheritances
Virgin Island products..
First class mall matter ..
Second class matter
amount raised will exceed the above
figures by 815.000,000. The law be
came effective Thursday.
The revival services at Lee Street
Methodist church under tho leadership
of Miss Emma Tucker, arc continuing
with marked success and Interest. Tho
services are well attended and are
characterized by great spiritual power.
Yesterday Miss Tucker spoke at the
afternoon service on "Christian Liber
ty,” and at tho evening aervlce on
"Confession of Sin.” and both services
were filled with much enlightenment
and spiritual guidance on these great
facts of Christian experience.
A s stated before, these services have
nothing of the sensational feature
about them, but deal simply with tho
Important truths of Christianity, ex
plained from God’s word. Those who
attend litem are receiving great bless
ings therefrom, for the yare filled with
spiritual strenght to those who seek
and enjoy the freedom of God’s di
recting power tn their lives.
The regular services for the day arc
from 3:30 to 4:30 In the afternoon,
and from 7:30 to 8:3 Oln the even
lng. and the hours make It canvenlen’
for all to attend.
The church will be comfortably heat
ed and tho services will not' be long
SAILORS MUTINY ON
GERMAN BATTLESHIP
7,000.000
5,000,000
40,000,003
3,000.003
3,000,000
4,500,000
1,200,000
500,003
1,900,000
3,000,000
760,000
60,000
1,200,000
$0,000,000
5,000,000
UNABLE TO HIT
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—On ft son
what muddy field, the New York I
tlonals won the third game ot t
world’* aeries tble afternoon, by I
score of 2 to 0.
It wee a pitchers' battle betm
Rube Benton and Eddie Clcottei.
The' score by Innlnge was:
New oYrk 000 200 4
Chicago 000 0*0 I
Batteries: Benton and Rlordan; I
cotto end Schplk.
ALBANY VS AMLRIGOS
III
TB8T FOOTBALL CONTEST OF TME
SEASON LOCALLY WILL KK
PLAYED TOMORROW-TWO FAS*
ELEVENS.
It Is estimated by some that the
What promises to bo one at tb*8
20,003 mo ,t interesting games of *
63,000.001 ovor playcil on the Amerlcus i_
14,000,000 I will ho pulled off here Friday
RONEY ESTATE IS
SOLO Al AUCTION
FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS IS T1IE AV
ERAGE PRICE FEB ACBE—ONE
NEGRO BOUGHT TRACT OF *00
ACRES.
noon, when the fast Albany
The property of the Roney estate on
the Ellavllle road wea offered at pub
lic- outcry this morning, under aus
pices of the Atlantic Land Company,
and more then 600 acre* were eold.
The average price we* |55 per
acre.
A negro bought 206 acres for |3« per
acre, this being located away from the
public road. .
More than 830.000 waa realised In
the aale.
comes to give battle to tho America*
High school football warriors.
This should be one ot tho most Mart
feught games ever played In this city.
as that rivalry which has alwaya
characterised a game betwooa Am*r6-
cus and Albany 1* more dominant tble
year than over before. Both team
realise Just what they are up a^lutz
and have been putting In herd t
molting and signal drills all
the week In preparation for tho I
The Albany team 1* being
by a man who for four years ,
Professor 8mRh. also an. xmm
coach.
Quite a crowd Is expected from Al
bany, and the Amerlcue funs are ars
ed to rally to th« support of their
team. . I t
ITUS MIT
HIM CUT
Mrs. J. Muiioan Presents
an Automoblli to Parents
of the Culpepper Children
MIL AND MRS. CULPEPPER DID
NOT BRING ANY SUIT AND
WOULD NOT ACCEPT MONEY IN
THE MATTER
EMPEROR HIMELF INVESTIGATES
THE AFFAIR AN ORDERS ONE
OCT OF EVERY SEVEN SAILORS
EXECUTED.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 10—Mutiny on
cn of the German battleships at Wl’.-
helmhaven broke out when the captain
of the Westfalen was thrown over
board and drowned. Marines refused
POLICEMAN WORTHY is making
vigoroua campaign against violator*
of the automobile road rules, snd par
ticularly Is he going after the speed
ers.
As the result of bis diligent efforts
toward enforcing these ordinances this
week. Officer Worthy today bad one
case In recorder’s court. Tho de
fendant waa Franc Mangum, who waa
charted with violating Section* 9A0
and 21 of the ordinance regulating the
driving of automobile*.
The defendant we* fined a total of
three dollars, and, after a lecture from other*.
judge Marshall on the danger of speed-1 u u reported that mutiny broke out
MURDERER OF RUTH UBUGER
WHO FLED TO ITALY, CASK#*
BE BROUGHT BACK TO TKI»
COUNTRY FOR TRIAL.
ROME. Italy. Oct. to.—The Italian
government he* decided not to craut
extradition for Alfred CocchL
killed nuth Cruger In hi* New Tort 1*-
cycle shop two years ago, and whi
ned when the crime w*» traced ti»-
hlm.
PRRPERTY IN MEXICO IS
SEIZED BE AUTHORITIES
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Culpepper
have received a* a present from Mrs.
J. M. Muglvan a five-passenger auto
mobile.
It was Mrs. Muglvan who ran over
and killed the two little Culpepper MEXICO CITY. Oc’. 10.—PropeeOea
children on' l« street last year. j th 0 value of which will reach scv«n»
Mr. and Mrs. Culpepper refused :o | „ |li| 0 n dollars, held Intho nmmeaeC ,
ccnaider the Idea of suing for damages :, rlvatcl udlvldual* have been tnM»-
and would not accept any money In over by the government on • cbaM^^V
the matter at all. j that in reality they belong thett
Mrs. Muglvan presented a handsome catholic church, and that the peeWMrotH
pipe organ to the Leo street Methodist i„ w hoa* name* they atand aro 1
church as a memorial to the children, 'tended owner*. Under the new «■
to fire on the mutlneeri. end later tho
sailors surrendered.
Emperor William went to WBhelms-
haven and ordered one out of every
seven of the mutineer* shot, but on the
plea of the imperial chancellor, only
one out of three of tbeee Were ehot.
Heavy sentence* were Imposed upon
HI tutlon all church property becomes tho
J. E. T. BOWDEN OF WAYUROSS ' property of the natfan. The proper-
IS A VISITOR TO AMERICUS tics aro located In the state of PBe*ta.
' Durango. Mlchoacan and Jallico.
J. E. T. Bowden, of Waycross, for-!
ntcr reading clerk of tho houso of rep- PROMINENT YOUNG SCULPTOR^
rcsontatlvcs ond more recently a can- j JOINS THE JEWISH REGIMEN*
dldate for congress In the Eleventh — - "
district. Is In Amerlcus today on a; LONDON. Oct. 10.—Jacob Epri^it
s=s.-=siss5- r; -i srcrJTJirrw j:
rr mor *’ 8 “ „» vessel liLtidlng for Nor- Mr Bowden 1* the one who, when dc- army as a private. Epstein Is 3. .»*■*»
Policeman Worthy I. on the.lert or M Mr Bo ^ wlrtd the •uc- old and waa born In Now York of fun-
fast-driving autoUU. and Hi to «-,W. A ‘?^Z°Nn™bergf aid the ccs.ful candidate t ’“They made a slan-Pollsh parents. He tn
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