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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-15
SENIOR CLASS ENJOYED
BANQUET LAST EVENING
Faculty of the Agricultural College Entertained Those
Those Who Will Graduate From That Institution
This Year-Enioyable Occasion at the Windsor.

An enjoyable occasion of the COM
mencement season at the Third Dis
trict Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege was the banquet rendered last
evening by the members of the facul-
ty to the graduating class. A de-
lightful menu was served, which with
the toasts and witticisms of the oc-
casion, made merry hours that neithe"
students nor faculty will soon for
get
There are eleven members of the
graduating class, and each one WAS
present at the banquet board last ey-
ening. Superintendent Collum and the
members of the faculty hald an infor-
NAL reception in the parlors of the
Windsor prior to the dinner hour,
which the members of the class en-
joyed thoroughly
The banquet last evening is the first
of the two that are given at the Wind
sor hotel this season to the gradual
ing students and to the alumni of the
institution. The alumni banquet will
be held Monday evening at the Wind
sor, the alumni acting as hosts 70:
themselves on an occasion that will be
a jolly and most enjoyable one
The members of the senior class who
enjoyed the banquet last evening are
as follows:
John Eliot Worthington, Lumpkin,
Ga; Ralph Walker, Ellaville, Ga; JOS
eph oliver Edmondson, Pinehurst,
Ga: Bert Jerome Harris, Warwic!:
Ga; Andrew Edward Wilkie, Marietta,
Ca; Prim Bayard Smith, Smithville,
Ga; Clyde Lillian Adkins, Vienna, Ga. !;
Sallie; May Prime, Sparks, Ga;
Mary Frances Clark, Dawson, Ga;
Berna Green, Americus, Ca; owen e.
Reynolds, Miriam, Ga,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-15

S. of A, replied to the address of well
come upon behalf of the camp, and
delivered Herewith a strong and pa
triotic address appropriate to the o.
casion, in conclusion presenting the
school, upon behalf of the state camp,
g large United States flag.
hTe presentation of the national col
ors was particularly interesting and
inspiring. THE Star Spangled Ban
ner" was sung by the school children,
at the conclusion of which Mr.. Huth
presented the flag to little Miss Susie
Stallings, who in a few appropriate
words, accepted the gift upon behalf
of the school. The singing of "Ameri-
ca" concluded the interesting exer-
cises at the auditorium. This was the
second occasion OF like kind here, the
State Camp having presented sim
liar flag to Furlow school at the an
hual meeting of the camp last year.
The afternoon business session OF
the camp consisted in the discussion
of routine matters, and the annual
election of camp officers. President ].
E. Sheppard presided over the conven-
ton, while Secretary B. F. Brimberry
of Albany, discharged the duties of
that office. The election resulted as
follows:
President. E. Sheppard, of Ameri-
Gus.
Vice President-G. L. Williams, of
Americus.
Secretary-B. F. Brimberry, of AL
bany.
Master of Forms-G, L. Greek, of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-15

ALLOW NO POSSIBLE CHANCE OF ESCAPE TO THE FLY
WHICH MAY HAVE A BILLION OFFSPRING BY AUGUST.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-15
big SALE OF TICKETS FOR
CHAUTAUQUA ON YESTERDAY
Interest in Chautauqua Week Here is Wide and Active
Tent Has Arrived and viii be Erected on WhGathY
Lot on Lee Street Parade to be Popular.

Yesterday marked the sale of a
large number of tickets by the ladies
of the Hospital association, who have
been working enthusiastically and
zealously for some time to make this
event a complete success in order to
make it permanent feature of the in
tellectual life of Americus.
The large tent that is to be used
for the performances that will be held
daily for a week has arrived and will
be erected on the Wheatley lot, next
door to the residence of Mr.. George d.
Wheatley, ON Lee street, the use or
which has been kindly granted by Mr.
Wheatley without cost. Though n
little out of the business center of the
city, this site is one that has every
other attraction in the way of privaev
and desirability. 1t is especially de-
sirable in being free from noise.
1t was announced yesterday by the
ladies and also by the officials of the
Board of Trade, who have this matter
directly in charge, that every car own
er in the city is invited to take part
in the parade. 1t is a case of where
no one should feel that any other in
vitation than this should be extended
to them, as every one who has a car
is urged to take part in the parade and
to make this feature of the week a
gala occasion. 1t is desired that the
name of every one who enters the pa
rade be registered either at Murray &
Hooks, or at the Windsor Pharmacy
as this is an important feature of the
success of the parade. A list of the
attractive prizes that will be offered
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-15
THANKED FOR
SUPPORT OF "A-MERI-CLAN"
Only Through the Hearty Support of Local Merchants
and Business Men Was the Elaborate Annual for
the High School Made Possible this Season.

Thanks are being returned in due
measure by the business managers o.
the "A-Meri-Clan" for the generous
support given by the merchants and
business men of the city to this vo7-
ture on the part of the school manage
ment and the pupils
1t is true that this is the third VOL
ume of the High school annual but it
is none the less true that it is the first
volume that has been published in such
an elaborate manner. The hearty sup>
port and cooperation of the business
men of the city who gave ads to the
annual made possible it's issuance IN
such an elegant and permanent form,
with every feature desirable ard pleas
ing.
Through an oversight that was pure
ly unintentional in the rush of prepar-
ing copy, no mention was made in tho
recent review of the "A-Meri-C Clan" OF
the diligent work done in the prepara-
ton of the volume by Mr. C. NJ Hale,
who did more than any one else in the
active business management. The re-
suits of his excellent work, together
with that of the others who aided in.
the work, are seen in the beauty and
neatness of the published volume.
1t would be doing him a great
wrong, indeed, if the hard work, guild
ed by keen and sympathetic judgmen' 81.
which he brought to the preparationi
of the volume, which might have BEEN
the case on account of the overweenins
modesty of Mr.. Hale, unless some one
who knew the amount of helpful work
he had done had called attention 70
this grievous oversight in the recent
review of the volume.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-15
TO INCREASE
THE POWER OF
LOCAL COURT
ACTION TAKEN BY COUNCIL
To Have Bill Drafted for That
Purpose

Action was taken by the city coun-
Gil last night to have an ordinance
framed calling for the passage of II
bill in the next session of the general
assembly increasing the powers of the
recorders court. The specific increase
in the powers of the court are yet tO
be decided upon, as this will be a
part of the duties of the ordinance
committee in framing the ordinance.
1t has been suggested, however, that
the desired change include the in
crease in power of the recorders court
SO than fines of $500, or six months
on the chaingang, may be imposed. The
limit at present in this particular ex-
cludes the recorder from passing fines
of more than $10O, or 60 days.
The bill that would be framed for
passage through the legislature would
also likely empower the city to con.
duct a chaingang, with all the power
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-15
TWO commandments BEGIN
AT LOCAL SCHOOLS TONIGHT
Debates at Both The High School and the Agricultural COL
IeQe- Commencement Seasons InaUguratGd Simul-
taReOuSIy at Both Schools This Year.

the progress of the interesting de-
bate. The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Following the banquet given last
night at the Windsor by the faculty
to the graduating class of the Agri-
cultural college, which was greatly
enjoyed, the main exercises of the
commencement season at the Third
District Agricultural and Mechanical
school will begin this evening with the
annual debate between the literary
societies.
The question chosen for debate is
Resolved, That Capital Punishment
in Georgia Should be Abolished and
That it Should be Replaced by Life I'M
prisonment." Messrs. Bert Harris and
D. S. Wood will champion the affirm
ative, while Messrs Ralph Walker and
Glenn B. Smith will appear for the
negative. The judges are Judge W
NJ Harper and Messrs. L. j. Blalock
and E. A. Nisbet.
The hours chosen for the opening
of the debate is 8:45 o'clock in order
to allow all who attend sufficient time
in which to reach the college grounds,
Students from both societies will be
present in a body. and the debate
promises to be the most interesting
held at the college in years. The stu
dents themselves are greatly interest
&c in the outcome, and they will attend
to hear the arguments of their repre-
sentatives of the respective societies.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-15
CONVENTION OF
P.0. 5. OF A. Held
On YESTERDAY
PUBLIC ADDRESS DELIVERED
Convention Here is Well At
tended

With twenty-five camps represented,
the Georgia State Camp, Patriotic Or
der Sons of America met in annual
session here yesterday morning, repre-
sentatives of the two Americus camps,
IA and "a, together with the visiting
delegates, assembling at o'clock in
the hall of Camp No. "a for the OPEN
ing exercises.
Mr.. Lee Allen, past state president,
welcomed the visitors to Americus. Re-
sponse was made by Mr. G. F. Putnam.
of Albany. President J. E. Sheppard.
of the state organization, presided at
the business session of the morning.
which lasted about one hour.
Shortly before II o'clock the camp
marched to the auditorium of the Hign
school building, where interesting ex-
ercises were held The occasion was
of public nature and an appreciativo
audience, including the faculty ami
High school pupils, enjoyed the exer-
cises. The camp was welcomed by
Supt. J. E. Mathis.
Mr.. Clarence Huth, of Shamokin.
Penn, national lecturer of the p. o.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-15

Commencement seasons will be in
augurated simultaneously at both the
High school and the Third District
Agricultural and Mechanical school
this evening. the exercises in each in
stance being debates. The debate at
each school is the annual debate be-
tween the literary and debating So
.cieties, an even that commands wide
interest among the students.
At the High school the debate win
begin at $50 o'clock. The subject
chosen for debate at the High school
is Resolved, That American Cities
Should Own and Operate Their Own
Public Utilities" The affirmative side
of this question will be championed
by Miss Julia Hines, Miss Inez Mauk
and Miss Mary Eliza Sheppard, the
debaterS for the Lanler society. Inc
negative argument will be advanced by
r. H. Conner, Jimmie Lee Perry and
Dan Chappell, representing the Crisp
society.
All the judges for this debate had
not been chosen last night, so that
they cannot be announced herewith.
The list will be completed today, so
that there will be suitable arbiters 10
consider the arguments advanced by
the young debaters. A large attend
ance is expected, especially in view OF
the fact that the subject is one o.
such marked local interest. Members
of the two societies will be present in
large numbers to pull off some lively
stunts in the way of roofing, and OF
cheering their representatives during
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-15

will be made known later, as will the.
line of the parade. The prizes will bes
valuable ones, and the competition for.
them bids fair to be keen and zestfui.
1t is very necessary for every one whr
wishes to have chance at the prizes
to register his or her car at once. This
will make them eligible for the prizes,
and it is the only condition imposed.
The Importance of the Chautauqua
week to the merchants is great, as
the crowds that will be in the city
from out of town each day will be
large. Americas will be thronged with
out of town people each day, as the
tickets are being sold in every neigh
boring town. This means that there
will be much money spent here as the
result of the crowds who come to
the Chautauqua, so that the merchants
of the city are vitality interested in the
success of the occasion. The educa-
tional value of the Chautauqua to the
community, the profit to merchants
realized from the visitors from the
nearby towns and assistance to the
worthy cause of the Hospital assoeia-
ton, should cause all to begin to tail.
and to advertise the Chautauqua
1t has been suggested that each OF
the rs men who guaranteed the sale
of $50 season tickets at $500 each
take ten tickets for his own family
use, or sell them to his friends. This.
would aid the ladies of the Hospital
association materially by relieving
them of the trouble of selling the 750s
tickets, and they could devote their
time to the sale of other tickets.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-15
TY COBB WILL REGAIN
HIS LOST POPULARITY

Ty Cobb will this season not only
regain the wonderful popularity, part
of which he lost through his holding
out when the Tigers needed him bad
ly, but he will add to it greatly during
the coming season.
Cobb as a ball player has without
doubt been the greatest idol of the
game, but there have been angles in
the mans disposition and slants co
some of his actions which have ron
bed him of some of the whole-souled
affection that the fans have for play
ers like Walter Johnson and Ed
Walsh.
But this season Cobb seems abso-
lutely without those idiosyncrasies
which have put flaws in his brilliance
He is apparently a changed man from
what he has been in time past.
Admiration for him could not help
be increased by the Straightforward,
manly way in which he handled his
contract proposition once he arrived
in Detroit. The public was beginning
to be rather tired of his holding our,
and his statements from the South, Iii
spite of the fact that they read the
latter with avidity hoping for some
new light on the subject
But once in Detroit, Cobb gave out
good, sensible, straightforward state>
ments, said that he had travelled a
thousand miles to see President Navin
and thought that undoubtedly he
with the Tigers boss, had long quiet
conference with him and signed his
contract.
There was no fooling around, no
hesitation. Cobb was here for pur-
pose and he fulfilled it with as little
fuss ana feathers as possible.
Tyrus came here neither in the hui
initiation of man who has been
br6@-beaten nor in the false bravado
of a man who is bluffing, though beat
en- Cobb gracefully admitted that the
fifteen thousand dollars stuff was off,
and that he and Navin knew about
what he would get.
There has been great deal printed
about Cobb and his relationship to the
club and the American League, some
of which hurt Cobb. Bfc instead of
taking personal offense at it, he has
realized that the press must print the
news, and has philisophically accepted
some of the bitter things published
concerning him.
His treatment of the players, both
the old fellows and the newcomers,
has been very pleasant. He went to
the Tiger club house yesterday after
noon and jocularly inquired it any
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-15

one had beat him to his locker" He
smiled when he found that his locker
was exactly where it was last year,
and that his uniform was there wait
ing for him.
He introduced himself to the young
sters and wished them well. This
meant whole lit to many of them,
whose ambition it has been to remain
with the club at least until Cobb start
ed playing.
If Cobb keeps up this spirit, he viii
prove a wonderful asset to the club s
spirit as well as to its playing power.
Even the Tigers who haven't been the
best friends of Tyrus in the past are
free to admit that he puts a ginger, &
fight, into the club, that no one else
seems capable of.
Cobb's ambition this year is to
break his former records if possible
but to assist the Detroit Tigers toward
future good years, at all events.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-15
No REBATE
IN TAXES
FROM CITY
MINUTES NOT Confirmed
When Occasion Game for Fl
nal Action on Them

When the time came at the session OF
city council last night for confirm
alton OF the minutes of the previo is
meeting relative to a rebate in taxes
for Messrs. T. B. Hooks and d. r.
Andrews on improvements on Glessnef
street, the members of council refus-
ed to confirm this part of the minutes.
This leaves the matter as it was be-
fore council took action upon it.
1t was stated last night by City At
torney Fort that he did not believe thai
such rebate would be legal. Alderman
Allen, who stated when action was
taken favorably on the matter at the
former meeting of council that ha
would not sign the bill if it were pre-
sented to him, reiterated that state
ment last night.
When the confirmation of this part
Of the minutes was finally taken up,
it was found that the members of coun-
Gil were unwilling to confirm the ac,
ton of that body taken at the former
meeting.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-23

ing and see what they could really do
as fishermen. They came back In
three hours with 769 specimens, all
sea mullet, most Of them two or three
feet long! There was one small la
Coon near the house where we bathed.
We did not see any big sharks around
the islands, but we saw great many
small ones in this lagoon. so we
thought we would try fishing for them.
I'VE had been dumping the fish
offal from those we cleaned into this
lagoon, so we baited our hooks with
the same meat The sharks were
about three of four feet long. We
were compelled to desist early in the
evening because they took every hook
we had-and We were using piano wire
for leadersi
Stories have been told and writ
ten of the enormous, ferocious crabs
infesting Palmyra We found them,
thousands of them, but they are by
no means ferocious. / call them CO.
coanut crabs, for they lead sluggish,
lazy life, never even climbing the
trees for their food, which seems to
be entirely of cocoanuts They find
the nuts on the ground, and use their
great claws to husk them and to break
the shells.
"And speaking Of delicious dishes
l never ate tenderer, sweeter, more
delectable meaty morsel than the
flesh of those cocoanut crabs, Why,
the lobster that the effete East is so
ecstatic about is common and iading
to the appetite, compared to the CO.
coanut crab.
May Go Into Fish Trade.
When We went out on a sightsee.
ing trip we did not think of carrying
food with US. At meal time, no mat
ter where We might be, we merely
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-23

written from time to time concerning
Palmyra, but all have been more or
less vague and unsatisfactory in many
details, and apparently lacking anthem
ITCHY. But the stories of Judge Coo
per and his scientific friends cannot
be doubted, for they are veracious
men, inclined more to dull fact than
fiction; and moreover, they have
brought back their proofs, the photo
graphs and the specimens.
Having been properly discovered at
last, Palmyra, the modern Eden, is
shortly to become commercialized:
her virgin wealth is too great to lie
idle, hidden from the public gaze
across hundreds of miles of sea.
Her owner is bordering the practi-
cability of a fish cannery and Of
course the copra viii be utilized just
as soon as the proper arrangements
can be made.
The Luka set sail for Palmyra July
8, and encountered heavy wind and
rough seas Immediately outside of Ho-
nolulu harbor. Prior to the sailing
Judge Cooper, the owner, had given
orders to have every detail prepared
against emergency; yet they were not
, more than three or four days out when
the startling discovery was made that
the 500-gallon water tank, carrying all
/; their fresh water had sprung a leak
and contained not more than a few
i gallons. But the judges desire for all
/ the comforts of home had provided
unwittingly against this. He had caus
! ed to be specially installed in. the ship
I a refrigerator. which contained about
two tons of fresh-water ice The drip
pings from the melting ice gave 3
! supply for all urgent needs until the
day they set sail for home, July %
! Meantime, arriving at the islands, tar
paulins had been spread and suffi
! cient water caught from the tropi
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-23
IBy Latest Mail1

CULEBRA, G. Provision for car
rying on work on the canal and on the
Notifications, including the armament
thereof, during the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1914, was made in the sun,
dry civil act approved June %, 1918
The appropriation for the canal work
amounts to $16,265,393. The grand
total of money appropriated to date by
congress for the canal is $33S,S28,
273.14.
The expenditures to April 80, 1913
amount to the following: Canal work
s2S9, 426. 715.28; Notifications, s2.S01,
G64.06; total, $2a2,22S,379-34
This appropriation provides as fol
lows: Salaries of employees in United
States, $153,393 incidental expenses
in United States, $4,000: salaries OF
canal commission and staff. 81, 725, 900;
skilled and unskilled labor on 18th
mus, Sc. 125 900; material, supplies and
equipment including construction OF
two golfers, land damages, mainte-
nance and operation. and examination
of accounts, S5.000,000; miscellaneous
expenses including recruiting and
transportation of laborers, SIZE, 600;
salary of canal commissioners in
charge of civil administration and his
staff with Panama water rentals, $500
900; operation of civil administration
end sewer operations. $4,000; salary
of canal commissioner and staff in. de-
partment of sanitation; $450,000;
skilled and unskiIled labor of every
kind in sanitation department, $50,
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its opening at the western end, In.
side of which the Luka found deep
water and quiet, secure anchorage.
Along the western ends are islands
still in the making. some of them not
yet above water at low tide They
increase in size and height gradually
toward the east, until at the extreme
eastern point is one great body of
land, with the densest forest and I'M
derbrush. It is. on that point they
found the tree measuring hundred
feet i'm height.
judge Has Good Fish Story.
The group evidently is purely a
coral formation, fringe of the living
rock skirting the islands outside the
lagoon and breaking the sea waves.
The theory of the land formation is
that the tiny bits broken from the
growing coral by the waves, washed
in eddies which continually pour over
the reef, settle in whirlpools immedi-
ately behind, accommodating until they
have raised a point above the water.
Seaweed. wood and the debris of the
ocean pile up on these points, decay
! and finally form the soil in which
seeds may find root and grow.
In most places the explorers found
it possible to wade from one little
island to another. through sand soft
as feathers and water clear as crystal.
where shoots of fish swan lazily about
their feet.
st seems absurd to talk of tame
| fish," says Judge Cooper, "but that
is actually what they are. They have
no more fear of man than of their
own kind. And l never saw so many
different kinds at one time in my life.
Talk of fishing! Why, told the
boys of the crew to go out one even