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THE /-.MEKICUS TIMi^-RECOFDER THURSDAY, S 'OVIStEf, COTTON SEED FBii $81A ION HERE HIGHEST PRICE EVER I’AID ON THE LOCAL MARKET—BIO DE MAND IN AMERICAS FOR PEA- NITS. John Mathis Writes to His Mother of Incidents of His Service in France Daughters of Alsatian Leader SWEDES COWED TO SEI IDOL TO GERMANY _ IIS GREAT SUCCESS Cotton seed are selling In Ameri cas for the highest price in the his tory of the local market. The mills are paying as much as $S1 a ton. Which is almost twice as much as was paid two years ago. There is a considerable demand for peanuts, in preference to cotton seed, hut the supply is rather limited. Mrs. I,. B. Mathews, of 323 Lee street, iias received two interesting letters from her son, John C. Mathews who is no win the service of the Unit ed States abroad, lie is not in the army, but liis work relates to the mil itary branch. One of his letters was written from Liverpool, the other from Pari3. They are: Where farmers of Sumter Can Sell Surplus Produce 13Y G. O. MARSHALL# County Farm Demonstrator. Below I am furnishing a list of mesa officers at Camp Gordon .Atlanta, Ga., who state that they will he glad *.o tuy from farmers as far as practical such farm products as are needed at Iho camp. This includes practically all food products. I tug?cat that any farmer having a surplus fo: sale, write one or more of theso moss officers, giving complete description as to kind, quality amount and condition of products offered for sale First Meat. Wm. A. Short, 326th In fantry. Second Lieut. Geo. W. Monroe, 320th Machine Gun Battalion. First Lieut. eGo. H. Bird, 327th In fantry. Second Lieut. Geo. S. Candler, 328th Infantry. Second iLeut. Jas. W. Anderson. 325th Infantry. First Lieut. Lewis M. Blunners, 319th Machine Gun Battalion. First Lieut David W. McDavid, De pot Brigade. First Lieut. Clifford T. Sego. 327th Infantry. First Lieut. Frank Schiller, 321st Machine Gun Battalion. Second IJeut. Henry W. Boozer, 319th Field Artillery. First Ueut Chas. R. McBride. 320»h iFeld Artillery. Second Lieut. Maiben Camack, 321st Field Artillery. Capt Jas B. Abbott Jr.. 307th Engi neers. On Board Steamship “Saxonla." Dear Mamina and Jule: Have been having a line sea voy age and feel like a new man. We have now been out for ten days, and the weather, with the exception of two or three stormy days, has been fine. The food on the ship is fine, and have been enjoying all my meals, as have not been in the least sea-sick sc far. Guess I am in luck, as quite : a few of the boys have been. Wo < have a very nice bunch on board and have been passing away the time play- lug cards and reading. I have no du ties to perform while on hoard ship, and my time is all my owne. iWll be sorry when the trip is over, as I am very fond of the water. Dropped you a card from Halifax, Nova Scotia, where we were at an- j ehor for several days, but could not say at the time where I was, as the censor rules are very strict, and we are not permitted to write anything that would convey information of any kind. Of course, this letter will not be mailed until we get across, so can | write anything I care to regarding I my trip. j The weather is getting very cold, as | we aro now off the coast of IrelanJ, j but am well prepared for it. Have | heavy woolen underwear, woolen uni form and woolen shirts, and an over- leoat and gloves, so there Is not much chance of getting very cold, even in zero weather. When I first wrote you, I told you Left to right: Misses Lydia and Janet Blumenthal. daughters of Dan iel Blumenthal, who was mayor of Colmar, Alsace, at the beginning of the war and leader of the French Alsastian party. The girls lied secretly from their home in Colmar to France to save their lives as the Germans ad vanced into the town. , Subsequently they came to the United States, where they will remain until after the end of the war. MINUTES OF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS EH! IN THE 01!' . Ilairpljies Again Played. LONDON', Nov. 7.—It required a European war to force the bagpipes on the British navy. Four years ago only two DrltlsJ, warships had of ficial pipers on board, whereas to day It Is exceptional to find n warship or a naval establishment without the piper. Very often there is a while piper hand. ORANGE CRUSH The immediate popular ily attained by Orange Crush is the finest testi monial to the merit of this new drink which is flavor eJ with the fine juice of crushed California Or anges. People like it be cause it is GOOD PURE HEALTHFUL 5 C The Bottle AMERICUS Coca-Cola Bottling Co. J. T. WARREN, Manager Americus Ga., Nov. 5, 1917. The Board of {Commissioners < There is talk of a movement about Roads and Revenues met in regular not to mention to anyone that I was tQ be gtartM by th0 lo^i department session. Present, A. Rylander, chair going abroad. Bv the time you re-, , , . . ' „ a nil™, v a tjbv t It ccive this letter I will have reached 9tores urging not only early shopping, nmn R. S. Oliver fL A. Ray, T. H. m.v destination, so It won't make any but shopping early in the day. during Hooks; absent, S. R. Statham. difference whether you say anything the fast approaching holiday season. Minutes of last regular meeting read about It or not. In case you should Though this is but one of nfany plans and confirmed, mention It to anyone, simply say I wWch - tho merchants a ro considering The following bills were approved am In foreign service, but don't say In . f notnhnr 1017- what capacity. Won't be able to write »> connection with the holiday trade. f«^October. 1917. much about what I nm doing while they bcllcvo that nono will do more to S A. U Ral road * '” abroad, as every letter 1b censored, facilitate the handling of the rush of u “ us ewer pe o * * but will write as often as I can. • business which is expected to start ^ R HaJe & Son * 703 tf5 nr t ^ t °, b ^ th l °[ ; in the course of the next few weeks... j R * Hale & SoD9 ] *, * " j ] ] 696.16 Retailers have been complaining a. B. Connors 63.45 P. S.—Landed all o. k. today. Will j write later Just a s soon as I have a ' chance, JOH.N. more and more as the season pro- Albany Produce Co. ! greased, and the help scarcity began Albany Produce Co. j to make itself felt, of the tendency of J 1 ®® 8 328. <6 164.43 891.50 619 08 LONDON, Nov. 7.—Swedish army officials were accused of conspiring to furnish millions of dollars' worth of wool to Germany, in the course* of an action in the Prize Court here this week. The case concerned a shipment of 1,500 bales of wool, consigned to the* Swedish army, but destined, accord- to the attorney general, for a Gentian firm in Leipzig. The ship- nt is valued at $700,000. being only one of several seized enroute from o Argentina Republic. Intercepted documents, produced in court, showed that the wool was not intended to remain in Sweden. That the Swedish army had no Intention or using the wool was indicated, it was asserted, by the fact that its rep resentatives made no appearance in the court and put in no claim to the cargo. It was stated in court tljjat the British authorities had in the past allowed several shipments of wool similarly consigned to the Swedish army administration to pass. In the confidence that the official nature of the consignees rendered It possible to accept their assurances. “Is this a case where the wool was consigned to the army administra tion withouts its knowledge,” asked the presiding judge, ‘‘or is it a case •where some unauthorled person used the name of the department?” The attorney general replied, “that the court will be able to judge of the practicability of anyone using tho name of an official department with out some official in authority be coming aware of the fact. The in tercepted letters show that this is a part of a very bad business, a de liberate scheme to pass wool into Germany at a moment^ when Ger many i 3 suffering from a great scar city of that necessary commodity for war purposes.” The presiding judge, in giving his verdict, condemning the entire ship ment as a lawful prize, said: “The j intercepted documents show that the ’wool was intended for Germany. How* i it came about that the name of a nuctr&l government was used by tho real consignee we do not know, and it is not for us to make obfcervat- tiems in the matter. We can only e\ppress our surprise that the repute of a neutral government has been employed to get absolute contraband into Germany. We find that the des tination of the goods was Leipzig, and they are condemned as contra band destined for the enemy.” 1 Manager J. J. Holliday of the Strand Theatre, Americus' newest candidate for favor among movie patrons, an nounced today that twenty-seven hun dred ^patrons attended ithe opening performance, at that theatre on Monday. No admission was charged any one attending, but the usual war t:ix was collected at the door, and the revenue remittance to Uncle Sam will be for the number of admissions stated. THE SUM NO BETTER here and now. l0B tt Stocks are at ‘keif |*„ and prices are lower tin,* later, in alt , ProbabiUtty diso is so scarce tliat where we can Pmtia mighty an lVAISTS, These coinc in white three of tile saaon', Three dollars for these. The Strand occupies the storehouse formerly used a 3 a theatre by the AT 3 «- Alcazar management on Lnmar street j a ' * J 0 ™ - but has been completely overhauled ’ es ’» M to u and refitted, the work being done un- . , , C " of purc «i!k der direction of John W. Shiver, the = ott#n . dotf,, well known local contractor. AU : A B,ir ‘ ll, t new equipment has bee installed in the ' ‘ AT I!.]. Strand and modern fire-prevention ap. j . ° r ’ not 1 Races put in, and the place is now | on 0 of the cleanest and best ventilated f ' tT ^ ‘ -CM.fil ABU ln th ° Clt ^ f We guarante the King Gives Rig Jewels. !?' arrt of thls Gi "" !lam total Dear Mamma: „ G. Council Normandy Hotel, Paris, t woraen practically to Ignore the stores gw(ft & Company '279.38 during the morning hours and to da y am ganuicl 2.30 If purely am having an Interesting , ^ paft of thelr aboppln(5 R u Maynard ' 16.00 25.00 2.G0 trip and wish l could write you about. 4 the different places I have visited, but In ‘he afternoon. It Is sa a , on , f j a _ necorder cannot at this time. Have an awful oi the total day's turnover in the ^ ^ Littlejohn 166.ti:> time finding my way nbont In this stores trom 75 to 85 per cent, of the ^ Harpor 208.33 city, as very few of these people speak businesll i8 transacted between 2:30 Americus Water Work, ! . 1 English. nnd I know nothing about ^ 0 , c | ock Thus, store man- a 11. Connors French, although I have managed to i)olm „ ut reta u er s are” com- Edgar Shipp rick up a few phrases. Expect to ho pd tQ majntaln a i arge force of A . w. Buchanan in Paris for about a week, and ant l0 tak0 raro or the rush hours u. K , an d F. U Cato going from one end of it to tho other. durl thc a f te rnoon, which Is prac- Atlantic Ice & Coal Co U.B3 There are a great many things to see, n lf uot entirely, idle during Central of Georgia Railroad and the city seems to be a very baeu- # mornln (!ulf Kefinlng Co. tiful place. Have had a hard time 249.31 56.62 58.48 18.00 240. u; 11.50 18.80 4.00 17.33 38.00 7.36 the morning. , , . ‘Treparatiou of unusual propor- jhe Texas Co getting this French money straight, as ^ Bald the hcad of one of tbe Gono wmiam , we now get paid in French money. Am storoi .. muat bc mad< thla yoar for Carrie Pru nt getting onto It by degrees. On« ^ chrlatmaa buy m g . The war Is not j ji. Mlers “frnne' Is twenty cents In American , u |lguro ln tlle leaat ao f a r as Tlmos-Recordcr money, so nm coin- to have all of curtalling business is concerned swift & Co 143.36 my money changed into francs, and t we mUHt con8lUer tha t there Mo reland-Jono 9 Co 212.? 7 hen I won t get cheated. \ I j s n o unemployment, in addition to Rylander Shoe Co 124.25 Everyone over here has on a unt *i which waRe8 , with but. few exception j, w b. McWhorter 1"8 are high. This will result in what 1 city and County Hospital .. believe will bo an unprecedented Ladies’ Aid Soclctp form of somo kind—even young boye nnd old men. They are all colors of 50,00 20.09 he rainbow. The French uniformJs * sh Q( christmag buying and in view CarneHe Ubrary ; 25.00 « A ,u»l. 1L.1 I rUMil ui —— — v grey. Everyone seem, to think thvt| f tho fac( labor ls scarce, w« Fred Camphell 5.00 the Germans nrc licked, but there ,s arc 0 bligrcd to plan now to overcome Albany Produce Co 166.16 nr. telling Just when the war will oa ^ difficulties that will develop m ptnkston Co. over. Sec a great many hoys from the United States here nnd have met | evcral from Georgia. Muat clove ow. Will write again In a few days, dove to you and Jule from JOHN. 36.00 12.00 61.22 PIPER YARN IS USED FOR (Ml IN GERMAN! AMSTERDAM, Nov. 7.-Tbe em ployment of paper yarn In ijll direc tions In Germany has made enormous progress during the past year. Cloths and fabric,, made entirely of paper yarn are now widely used. Thc have of these 's a uimpple one-colorud paper yarn used In exactly the same way as jute, prisoners camos are no.v supplied with mattresses and ever, pillows in which the covering is made of this fabric. In fact, paper weav ing has made such strides that twills are produced, and the time ls not fat- distant when it will he possible to obtain excellent grades of worsted mado of paper, and already the first ' patterns of such fabrics are being ex hibited. taking care of this largo volume of Americus Blacksmith Co. ... Hooks Pharmacy Therefore, since It Is become Im- (Dover Grocery Co possible for us to get all the addition- Hightower’s Book Store .... at help wo need, we ore turning our (organ & Co attention to methods and mean, of Americus Construction Co. using the help we have to bettor ad- .sou hern Printers vantage. Though wffhavo greatly In- Sherlock & Co i 17.0(. creased the efficiency of our sale!* Ban Phillips .. force by familiarizing them with cer- ,t. j>. Lockwood tain fundamental principles of sales- liarrold Bros 9.00 4.95 34.51 21.66 32.50 37.55 nmn ship and by assisting them to a H. D. Watts. Treas '92,r.o better knowlcdog ol^ the lines which Pay Roll they are to sell, we have by no means, lien. O. .Marshall through this practice, been able to N. S. Evans offset the shortage of help. Tho only \v. w. McJveill 926.x' 90 60 44.50 11.00 solution to tho situation, as many of Phoflield Co 326.32 19.93 15.00 40. IB 971.75 10.50 4.98 22.9:1 us In the trade see it. Is In a more Atlantic Ice & Coal Co. even dlstri' utlon throughout tho en- Elbert Stallworth tire day of buying activity on tho part Americas Light Co of the public. Thus the idea wav J. l. Johnson evolved to urgo the people not only Americus Printing Co. .. to do their Christmas shopping early. Sou Bell Tol. Co hut early in thc day. And Just we w. T. McMath obtained their hearty co-operation (or jj. E. Allen years past, in not waiting until Iho y. s. Childers Tt.OO last week beforo Christmas to do their Lucius Harvey 204.88 shopping, so I expect, will they help w. T. Weekley us in the present emergency when the J. j. Murray situation has been pointed out to thvm g. O. Marshall and tho urgent need of such co-open- tlrown Small ’.Ion on their lrt has been made pnm Samuel clear." G. I). Jones 1.2! 59.66 59.66 4.00 Display Service Flag. SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 7.—Many Savannahians and Savannah firms uro now displaying tho service flag, a red Hag with a white center with a star thereon, each star represent ing a Savannahian who has gone Into the servico from that particular family or firm. Tho bpll weevil has done more damage ln this section than any oth er In the state, according to E. Leo, Worsham, state entomologist, who visited Savannah last week. MUNICH. NOV. 7. The king « ^ Bavaria's contribution to the "Gold 25c ( ,, N( , |m| AT . Purchasing Headquarters of his em-; . . pire. which is buying up old family! 0 an(1 8el1 h&irloms, Jeweis of a„ kinds and i^tanced thotr priU^ 2 precious metnl and stones, is a clust-! 30 cr of 899 pears which have a total I COTTON FI \yvpi 00 . 1 value of a little over 8100,000. Th e ; U ™ "-AVStl. AT I* king already has turned In diamonds. flannel ® e g lllai . n ‘ aci- rubies, and other stones worth $2*,.- priccs. You will see til, next year for 23 centi for the balance of oar O»89SOO0OOOOB9S9CiO(3 jyrrd. 15c. „ REST STANDARD PEliflU) 1 ant tin OOOtO••«60©«90d»00© Full 36-inches wide and fast colors; over fifty design, blues, Windsor brand. 1 are now asking about the •yd, 20c. FOR SALE—One 4-room dwelling'jjgyg $1.50 SHIRTS AT in the town of Leslie. Ga., convenient- j The Westhelm< , r ^ ly located: Terms; cheap for cash. iwoven madra?: great varlg W. H. Wade. Cobb, Ga. w&s j pre ,ty pai'.erns; sizes it each, $1.00. 1 WaS'T TO DO YOUR fine watch, clock and jewelry repairing. Expert service and reasonable chargee. R. Eroadliurst. Jeweler. 110 1-amar St., directly in front of postoillce. 6-lt LOST—Small dark bay Mule; drops left car. lf taken up notify Henry larr, Leslie, Ga., Route 1. 3-d3t-wlt fHE STANDI An Automatle Payteller. A machine thut indicutes the amount due In every man's pay en velope the Instant It Is wunlod Is among tbe latest office devices. Tills machine. It ls said, gives the products of payrolls and distributes Job costs in far less lime thau the most ex pert clerk can deduct them by pencil and pad. A twist of the wrist gives the product of the most Involved pay roll fractions—whatever the fate per Ilnurs or the hours worked limy he. I’erhups most remarkable of nil Is the fact that the nuirhhie does not com pute products; Instead, It lias 18.310 computed products which cover nil conventional payroll figures. The ma chine occupies little space and Is com port and portable. Teaching by Example. An Item running thc rounds states how tmue elephants nre used In.India to cnptnre wild ones, t'nllfnrnlu Ims a "diving horse" Hint Is used to encour age other horses to leap from a high ptntform Into n tank. The nnltnnls •hat nrc tn training wnlch their "tench cr” mnkc several plunges from n plat form 30 feet high: they nre then made to h>np frttnt n platform 13 feet high: after n few trials they seem to lose their fear and make the leap from dif ferent heights without hesitation. Thts nil shows how things tun lie taught by example. omuggled Pepper In Bike. Smuggling pepper Into Germany has taxed the Ingenuity of the German ml/id. but a Teuton recently evolved the following method: A bicycle be longing to u workman who was riding Into Oprmitny wits seized by the Swiss authorttle*. nnd ou exnmluntlon It was lonntl that the framework was filled with pepper. Customs offlelnls who httcr raided tlic worktnnn's dwelling found large quantities of the same condiment, apparently waiting f ur a favorable op|inritpi!!y B. B. KENT Gasoline Engines nnd Molt Equipment Repaired I am making a specialty of repairing and Installing GMoli* gincs and Motor Equipment on farms, and am prepared at «H do this class of work quickly and efficiently. My experienced t men arc well qualified to handle any design of Gasoline or Motor Engine, and every Job It personally Inspected before W In my garage I have modern facilities for repairing and retal Automobiles of all types and descriptions and sufficient forces out all work promptly. If you have any work In my line drops postal, or when in Americus, call and sco me. It Is the te!l 8 ment you over made to have you machinery looked over bj u* every now and then. B. B. KENT, GARAGE JACKSON STREET. AMEBirri Our Stock of j Books, Filing t writer Ribbons aul Hightower’s Book Store Sparks Grocery Comp^ PHONES 43 & 279 Always a full line of good tf lic to eat from, the Markets of 1 world.