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^Tv7>k. AMERICUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 1, 1917 •
yTISH AND FRENCH ON WAY TO AID ITALIANS
IS HIKING STAND W ITH
HIS AIIM Y TO RESIST
OHIMi GERMANS AND
AS.
IK, Oct. 31—(Compiled bv
led Press from European
ig the day.)—Herman and
[orces continue drivini;
plains of Venetla toward
lento river today, while an
si army is trying desper-
AMERICANS WILL KEEL T1IE
FIRST PINCH OF WAR TOMOR
ROW WHEN ALL OF THE SPEC
IAL TAXES TAKE EFFECT.
A
ak through the Itlaian de-
WASHINGTOX, D. C., * €L ...
i'hUi is the last day of grav^j n
many new war taxes. ^
Wih the exception of increased i
ter rate* and tobacco taxes which go,
into* effect Friday, the special stamp
taxes on documents, legal instruments
and parcel post packages which go
President Wilson Inspects New Monster War Trucks
the Carnice Alps, en-
outflank the TagUamento
Khere Gen. Cadorna la ex-
determined stand,
ima. apparently, succeeded
ie bulk of his army whicn
positions south of Tolmlno,
s not reported heavy cap-
o days. Heavy fighting on
lento line is expected to
a day or two.
inesday. the Teutons have
hundred square miles of
id their greatest advance
Dm Tolmino southeastward
e of twenty-five mile34
situation in Italy Is im-
irly, the military reverses
id to solidify opposing opl-
comraon policy of national
id Br 1 ’i troops, equipped
guns and plentt yof sup-
on their way to Italy*
bably arrive In time to as-
lefense of the TagUamento
ons. The United States
led to the support of Italy
Sclent sea tonnago to han-
supplies.
it there was little fighting,
s being busy cnoaolidat-
won when they attalened
ive yesterday.
s apparently prepar-
k south of Laon, whero
scored a brilliant vlcto-
iporting a concentrated ar-
or powerful proportions,
say s an “artillery battle
there.
•atches from the eastern
issian soldiers,
ns did not counter attack
In Flanders after the lat-
yesterday, but confined
tot artillery bombard-
won British positions.
HER AT PIER
Into operation Dec. 1, all special taxes
begin to apply at midnight tonight.
They include:
CJne cent on each dime paid for
amusement admission.
Three iper cent on payments of
freight transportation.
Eight per cent on passenger fares.
Ten per cent, on payments for Pull
man and similar accomodations.
Five per cent on oil pipe line trans
portation.
One ceent for each twenty cents of
fraction thereof paid for express pack
ages.
Five cents on each telegraph, tele
phone or rhdlo message costing fif
teen cents or more.
Various taxes on cigars, cigarettes,
tobacco and products.
Ten per cent on club dues.
Eight cents on each $100 of new life
insurance and one cent on each one
dollar of fire, marine, casualty and
other insurance policies.
Although the tobacco taxes do not
become operative until Friday, many
dealers have already advanced retail
prices in anticipation of the tax
levies. Other taxes of the new law,
including those on hard and soft
drinks, Incomes and war-excess profits,
have been in effect since the law was
approved October 3, but in indirect
form.
On December 1. the new stamp tax
es, including those on parcel post
packages, will be payable, putting the
entire law Into complete operation,
except for increased rates on second-
class mail, postponed until JulyJ
ADVOCATE SENDING AN AHMY OF
TEN MILLION MEN TO FRANCE-
WOULD EXPEL ALL OF ITS DIS
LOYAL MEMBERS.
President Wilson inspecting the first of the heavy war trucks that have been built for the government.
The trucks were built according to designs prepared by the quartermaster’s department, the automotive
products of the Council of National Defense and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
LIST BE PRIZES
10 COUNT! CLUBS
Sumter County Cotton Is Sold
At Price of 41 Cents a Pound
NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—A platform >:C
eight planks designed as a construc
tive program for the prosecution of
the war to a definite victory has) been
adopted by the Amercan Defense Soci
ety, It was announced today, and will
be submltt d for discussion and ap
proval to the chambers of commerce
| throughout the country and to the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
jStatcs at Washington. The purpose
|of the committee of the American De
fense Society which drew up the pro-
| gram M announced to be to solidify
the nation In the prosecution of the
[war. The proposals advocated by the
society In ltst war platform are:
I That the administration at Wash-
iiniton be urged to sond an over
whelming force to France.
To Intern alien enemies and enemy
sympathisers whose conduct Imperils
or impedes the war.
To warn Qermnay that departures
by her from the rules of war will not
be endured.
To forbid the publication of news
papers and magaslnes In the Herman
language during the war.
Tat congress be asked at Its nest
session to declare that a state of war
ARE MUTINOUS;
GUARDS . DESERT
HEN AFTER REFUSING TO GO TO
TIIE FRONT DAMAGED THEIR RI
FLES AND FIRED ON OFFICERS—
SEVERAL WOUNDED.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 31.—According to
a news dispatch from Les Novelles, a
ecrious mutiny occurred recently
.among German soldiers at Beverloo
Camp, In Belgium.
Reports of the affair are to the ef
fect that the men first refused to go
to the front, then damaged their own
rifles, and Anally some of them fired
on their officers, several of whom fired
wounded. After some hours the men
were finally mastered, howover, and
removed from the camp In cattle cars.
According to the same authority, It
la reported the German frontier guards
at Brookhout have deserted their
poste.
TO BHSE I960 MERE
FOR RECREATION FURS
RESULT OF THE EXHIBITS HELD
AT COURTHOUSE LAST SATUR
DAY ARE ANNOUNCED—MERCH
ANTS GAVE AWARDS.
Tkirly-Six Me. of Webber Variety Bring for Staple and Seed t£
Nearly $9,300—Sold Through Ml. Lee Council. .«
i ! Issuance of new securities except by
federal license.
The following were winners of
prizes In the Pig Club competition:
First Prize—Leo Kirkland, |23.'d0
Scholarship.
Second Prize-Allen Barnes, 35.00
pair of Shoea. given by Churehwcll
Bros.
The following also won prizes:
Judson Mo.gan, 35 0" syringe, given
by Allen Seed and Drug Co.; Frank! j or g um j er county raised cotton.
Perry, corn sheller. given by J. W. J
!Harris. Jr.; Georg*. Dominick, “Gee, ~ “ j "
,ncreh.es In first-class mail rate. I Whizz” harrow, given by Sheffield Co.; | State Fair, given b, N
One of the moat Important cotton
deala ever made In Americas woa clos
ed this morning when Mr. Lee Council,
acting as agent, sold 36 bales of cotton
at an average price of 41 cents a pound
for a total of 37.777.70.
The cotton Was a cross between the
long and Bhort staple, and la known as
the Webber variety. Part of It was
also the Dixie Fi-FI.
This was the highest price ever paid
According to Mr. John C. Shaw, who I
It a recommended to ’‘various an*
raised some of the thirty-six bales, this t!lorltIo ,.. that tbey forb , d tbe com .
cotton can be cultivated easily lnl puIsorjr 8tudy of aarman , be pub-
llay.
Indicate the Oermana are „ ‘ bab , v l.n be moat generally felt Virgil Dolmen, flashlight, given ly Fourth Pylze-Eve yn wumms, no
■essfuHy trying to frater- *^ 1 .” ULok, Pharmacy; Stonewall Shtr.Vy. to State Fair, given by Coco-Col. Dot-
by the people. The law provides that Hooks Pharmacy; ~ Wnr k„
y ,. except ‘’drop” I writing table, given by M. N. Edwards; ‘““f Work'’
the postage on letters, ®“® pl ,! "‘JThUe“‘ VMk’lng ’chair, given by I Ethel Kinard, Louise Bradley, Macy
or local letters, shall be 3 cents, and .Seth . . „„.„ rI L MV «nd U cna Forrest won the tovr
poM-Vard,7Including private 'cyles-Andrew, Furniture Co.; Hebert Craay end Rena Forres, won the torn
* 1 ..... a. llfllllams I .Q11
s:rr2r:=c«h w...**., Mr ** by tha
than heretofore. This Increase In- Utead °Je £ iTlcy Pennington won a package of
T^n.w 0 3 C .«nt d lettarmte. banters’ Seed Co. I*** Society materials, given by Mis,
er raie, inereiurv, rmutem * jvvu “ i . .
to-Canada, Cuba,! For exhibiting best sow and litter!Ada Walker.
accumulated uiviaunua among aioca- , — - •
holders of the Ford Motor Co.. Instead **> W™ 1 ®" 1 « h ® r *’ For America to
of using the money to Increase the I®®"* •» overwhelming force should
concern’s business was today decided «>®° Oormany’a realization of
,the hopelessness other cause and ma-
wlll apply to letters to’Canada, cuna,i ror ~; rded a | Louise Mc'lsmdon won a pair of sil'c accumulated dividends among stock-> our J ,l<l * men t, bo doing more than
Mexico, fananfa, England, Ireland, of piss. Green Rprry. was awaraea a^^ g(yen by q ^ Ansley.
Scotland, Wales, the Bahamas. Bar- ^tetson a , g e . . McLendon won a pair of silk
HAS A FOUR MILLION jeard increase will extend to Canada, the c “““ n ^monstratlon exhibit ALL SAINTS’ DAY AT
'•"SS AND SEVEN Cuba. Mexico and Panama, the only In thet horn d CALVARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
|»HEN RAILROAD PIER countries which have enjoyed the do-[tion. the following were pr
Cl'. jmoatlc post-card rate. , " C , ^.u-tdeiitv Club, 33.00 in Tomorrow (Thursday!. November i.
For consumers’ convenience, books | First Co . , belnf! tbe Feast of All Batata, the occa-
llK * Aid.. .Get. 31.—Fir- of postage stamps containing 3-ccnt gol , e; ven y | n i 8 l 0 n will bo observed by a celebration
"IPS are in readiness tar .tale and | See B ^ bm , ! of lbe Ho.y Communion in Calvary
» eJ of the finest Bal- stamps are in resume. I T -— b Church well Brothers, -of the Holy communion in t«,.ur
) railroad piers at Locust! the department ha» had printed tho gold, g obb c , ub „ 00 In I Episcopal church at II o’clock. The
s "hvd in the destruction 1 Banda of 2-cent post-cards. First- Third r u . Pratbcr „ rt , K Rector, Rev. James B. Itawrenco. will
•teamshlp which had juit'class mall postmarked tomorrow or gold, given by Howe.. Officiate.
rate, but that postmarked thereafter ; Preserving Kettle, glv
A- Ohio ulDclals believe the must pay tho Increased tolL .' ^TixMhit hv an Amerlrus Lady - ♦
'cendiary origin. | Amusement admission taxes MM | Best a Q given by ♦
destroyed had on ^oevdlefiecUve tomorrow . .. It
-»,,7T^ 0 K“|irrr. t^n Uu centa e x blbl ,a «,.> The Libert^ Zoan Executtve 4
addition seven deaths re-;any time prior to 12.01 a. • * , ’ Indiv , dual Rxhlblt from entire!
bhal linanclal losa of be-iber 2, regardless of t me „t.i 'ronntv—Mrs N. A. Ray, aluminum I* *
and four million dollars delivery, will be tr * n,n !' , ^o..7..oI: l 'o!l n ‘ y .„^ r ‘Ke«ie. given'by Sheflleld ’♦ NT.
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STATE COMMITTEE *
THANKS MR. COUNCIL ♦
FOR SALE OF BONDS. *
Atlanta, Ha.,.Oct. 31, 191T. ♦
The
of the Liberty Loon Committee for ♦
Sumter county, and at very llttlo more | (c scbon | B
expense than other varletioa. Others! , n lu preaamble to tbe p | a ,f 0 rm.
growing tho Webber cotton were tho' Aalerlcan Defenfe Socl9ty aawrt ,
Messrs. Skinner and M. H. McAllleter. ^ , t |( .. gratuled at var | oug , to p.
The seed sold for an average of 340 ta j lon bJr t), e administration, congreaa
a bale, making a total Income for «aehl an(J tbr0U g b0U t the nation on matters
ba 4 le of cotton about 3255. Tile entlro: bear)ng on tbe war against Germany
transaction repreesntod nearly 39^00.1, nd bcr aI1|ea and de , Ir , ng that tba
The transaction aroused a great deal i ar be pr0iecuted t0 deflnlto r ic tory ,
of Interest In cotton clrclea. I an d the naton solidified to that end, j Dr. W. B. McWhorter, county health
'urges the fore?olng atepe. commissioner, has resigned his office
! The Soclety'e statement adda; 'to accept the place of Instructor at
Mayor Council has been called upon
by tho national chairman for training
camp recreation activities to appoint a
committoe that will raise I960 for
Americas.
All over tbe country next week
money wUl be ralBed for the purpose
of maintaining recreation activities at
the varloue camps. The assessment
for Amerlcus Is $960. , b
Tho rnonoy will, go to a general rund,
but each Amerlcus boy In the army
will share In the aggregate bonoflt.
The mayor will name bis committee
tomorrow.
OB. MUTER TO
TAKE COLLEGE JOB
"Great Britain, with a population of Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.
'about 50,000,000, and France, with a ]will leave In a few days.
» inmilOT rnnnl popula,lon nf nl,out 40,000,000, have* Dr McWhorter has made en envtablo
AnnlNli rllHIl nlrea " )r contributed approximately|record In Amerlcus and Sumter conn-
DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 31—The suit I th0 for more thBn thre ®
reught against the Ford Motor Co. an*l » America should send over
Henry Ford, as an individual, by Dodge ® ven IMOO.OOO men from It, popula-
Brothers to compel Ford to disburse l* 1 ™ » f ov ® r IM.OW.MO R would not.
5,000.000 and 6,060,000 men, respect- ty tor h<s efficient sorvlces. He
Ively, end have borne the burden of done particular good in tho medical In-
concern's business was today
n favor of Dodge Brothers.
The suit was brought in the Circuit ‘® r “»> r ® hor, « n w,r ’,™® mor *
court here some time ago. and much,®®" »® ■«“<! ‘ h ® fe "® r wl " b * ■ l " n ’
Merest centered in th decision. | • ' rh ® ‘J«® ma , ny . h “
The amount Involved In the ault was 9 w « n of the counts whkh the doctrme
about 365,000,000, and one wltnesa tea*
of military neceaaty haa Impelled her
ttaed Henry 'Ford"" wanted "to'itse The 10 f <> Ilow » ur ® ,y “ " ,rnlD f tha ‘
money to build a blast furnace which i«P»rturee by hare from the rules of
would supply raw material for u.e ln wttrr "-® »"» *« endured and If
automobile building.
MILLION TONNAGE Bf
FIRST OF NEXT MARCH
given we may look for an adhering
on her part to civilised warefare. As
It will protect our forces In tbe field
and our people both at home and on
the high seas, <s I tnot better to warn
now than to be compelled to act
later?'
apectlons In the schools and by tho
publication of a series of health arti
cles Ip tho Sunday Issues og The
Tlmcs-Itec.irder.
FEAST OF ALL SAINTS TO BB
CELEBRATED RY CATHOLICS
Tomorrow (Thursday) being the
Feast of All Saints, and an occasion of
eolemn observance among Roman
Catholics, there will be a celebratRv.
of the Mass In the Catobllc church
here at 7 o’clock in the mornlnv
Father Kenhn, the regular visitant
at Amerlcus, will come over from Al
bany for the occasion.
FROST TONIGHT, BUT
I'RORARLY WARMER TOMORRO W
WASHINGTON, D C.. Oct. 31.—The
weather bureau forecasts frost for to-
In advocating that congress declare plght thc and GuIf ,utea
I that a state nf war extBta with Aus- b| y aa nouuces the cold wave generally
jtrla. Bulgaria anil Turkey, the «t«tc- reanhed Ub creit ear i y this morning.
31.— :meni says: ’’Austria. Bulgaria ani1 ConUnued cold wUl prevail tonight, but
WASHINGTON, D. Cl, Oct. „
American shipyards will complete tho Turkey have been practically absorb- r<1 | [lg temperatures are expected dur-
constructlon of a million tons of ablp-1od for.all warlike purposes by Ger- | ng Thursday. ,
ping by March 1st, Chairman Hurley.'many Their active co-operation In ^
of the Shipping Hoard, told a confer-.war with Germany demands, we bo- YORK STOCK MARKET
missing nre two officers
’’ « ! 'uner of the British
°n hoard the destroyed
l " 1,1 by the authorities
uf complicity in the
waterandTumS ^ lbe fr^the^mM^ent i '°n«t ^n hy> SumtarTuntyt. wd7o“each mem- F'race'ofAltonUc shipbuilder, and gov-Tleve, such notion on our »«*** j*'"" "iHtOKEVIOlENTLY TODAY
the are and » cut,Ied ,h * *“ V '™ r^mred to make sworn Thompson fchooL Jardiniere, given ly committees and Individuals * ernment official,, called to discus. a,them. Many Austrian, have been act-
JESTS £ treasury. A flat tax Planter.- *-0^ ciimber5 „ worWng ln the recent Ubertyt *'m**~,_
of 1 cent for each child under
mi^ed when children are c
also Is provided. Passes also are
JS officer. 0 mad^chUdren'ututor j by Hlgh.o-cr’ajT ~ ZTZTZJS of' ^culpl th^Zappy Am^blgh IZ transportation share* r-egi,
Str !I ’-.rr.dlv^l emn^Rta-, ^ - ** ^ « £2~ T' ^
—— . , „, hnr ent-r- In the individual competIUonv
extended to cabaret, or •“> „ere the winners:
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ «! talnment In which the admission i>*
FORECAST, 4*1 the price paid tor refreshment,: toer-
♦ ehandlse or service. Person, leasing
JU-NIOHt IN EXPOS- -4* theatre boxes must pay ten per cen ,
: WARMER tomor- 4* OD their rental. cno'aramp.
♦ ♦I Th® "?**. rrizc—8tisy« DeLoaeh
(ConUnued on tut W