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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09
.l25 MEXICANS
SHOT TO DEATH
Federal General and His Staff Executed i
BY COnstitutiOnalists- Days
Battle.

Laredo, Tex, Oct. 8.-General Al
varez and his staff of the federal army
together with 125 federal soldiers.
were executed yesterday in Torreon
under orders of General Francisco VIII
Ia, of the Constitutional forces, accord
ing to information from reliable sourc .
brought here today. With the city of
Torreon, the rebels captured practi-
cally all of the arms and artillery of
the federals. The battle lasted four
days with heavy losses on both sides.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09
MURDERS FELLOW
WORKERS and
then SUICIDES

Liverpool, Oct SIN a fit of re-
ligious mania early today a youthful
church worker here VIM. Mcdonald,
ran amuck with a loaded revolver and
killed three of his fellow churcn
workers He then committed suicide
Mcdonald paid round of visits 10
the residences of his colleagues in the
church work just after midnight, AMI
shot them down in turn, afterwa d
battering their bodies with a blud-
geon. Apparently there were no wit
nesses of the series of tragedies The
empty revolver and the bludgeon were
clasped in McDonald's hands when h.s
body was discovered.
The four young people were active
workers for a sect known as "Tha
Church of Humanity"
One of the victims was Miss
Crompton, daughter of the late Re /.
Henry Crompton, former pastor f
the Church of Humanity. She was the
leader of the Liverpool Positivists,
and was McDonald's religious tutor. L.
was in her room that the maniac COM
mitted suicide after killing his in
structress.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09
Committee IS
BUSY PREPARING
START BUILDING
MUCH MATERIAL ON GROUNDS
Contribution for Hospital Com
ing Already

With characteristic enthusiasm arI
determination to succeed in their plans
the ladies of the Americus Hospital
association are hard at work this week
raising funds for the new building anc
perfecting plans for the actual be-
ginning of work upon the handsome
structure. Success is attending the
efforts, and the bricklayers will soon
be- at work.
Already several carloads of bri,k
have been delivered at the hospitL d
grounds out on the southside. Yester-
day a friend ofS the Hospital associa-
ton agreed to give all the sand re-
quired, while others made contribg-
tions of lime and cement
This building material is most grate-
fully received. 1t represents consid-
The ladies have not as yet entered
upon the active canvass for cash sub
scriptions which they will prosecuts
vigorously, although several friends
have voluntarily agreed to contribute
to this splendid charity. Such contri-
buttons will go long way towards
creating a substantial nucleus in the
way of a substantial hospital building
fund.
The noble women constituting the
hospital association do not know the
meaning of the word fail, and vii
work indeftigably and increasingly un-.
til their object is fully attained.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09
CREW SAVED AS BOSTON
SCHOONER GOES DOWN

Boston, Oct. S.-The loss of the
Boston schooner Frank B. .Witherbee
after collision with the steamer
City of Atlanta, off Cape Hatteras, on
Friday night, was announced in a
radiogram from the steamer today
Captain Ellis and the crew of seven
men on the Witherbee were saved.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09
EiQht Hundred Dollars is Added to the Fund.- Committee
Hard at Work; II They Don't See You Personally
Phone Your Subscription in to the Times Recorder
Our Phone No. is go. No Subscription viii Be
Binding Unless Entire Amount is Raised. What
Will You Do About II?

from the disgrace of forced sale But
there is lots that remains to be done
With the date of sale one week off,
nearly $1,000 remains to be raised. 1t
will take over $1,000 a day to secure
this amount.
Within the next few days the COM
mittee will have called upon every per-
son in Americus that it is possible -
see. If the amount is not raised it
will be because the good people of the
town do not want a Y. NJ. c. A. Every
person can help the cause.
Any member of the committee will
be glad to take your subscription, or
you may phone it to The Times-Re
corder PHONE SO. You will be credit
ed with it and duly thanked
1t is distinctly understood that un-
less the entire sum of $1S,500 is raised
none of the subscriptions will be bind
ing. A few loyal ones are not going to
lose their donations.
It's up to you. Look at the table
above. You can readily see what has
been done and what remains to be
done. Are you going to do your share?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09

Americus is going to be advertised
to the world. Nothing will be too larg?
for the Chamber of Commerce to un-
dertake. 1t will take funds to accom-
plish what they have in mind, but the
business men are confident that they
can achieve results.
The new scale of fees is: For banks
and corporations, 500; for manufac-
turing industries, $50; for retain mer
chants, $25; for professional, real es-
tate and insurance men, $40; for
clerks, Sc.
A special committee appointed by
President c. ]. Clarke, of the local or
ganization is requested to meet th $
morning at o'clock at Hooks Phar-
macy to organize for full days cam
paign. The committee consists of Lee
Allen, Frank Sheffield, G. R, Ellis, +.
+. Arthur, f. ]. Payne, A. G. Crockett
and Jno. w. Shiver.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09
FANS WILL GET TODAY'S
GAME PLAY BY PLAY

Americus fans will have a chance t.
hear the worlds series called this af.
tenoon. C. w. Clarke has made ar
rangements to get the game in detail
mory of the Americus Light Infantry
The game will begin promptly at :.
o'clock and the fans are all invited ID
be present.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09
SUMTER FIELDS
NOT unlike A
KANSAS PRAIRIE
NOVEL PICTURE PRESENTED
Operations Of Machines Nov.
ing Hay Fields

Near Americus, almost upon the
northern limits of the city, in fact, can
he witnessed today a scene that is
truly western and one rarely found In
Georgia. great hay field of seven
hundred broad acres in which dozen
modern moving machines are being
operated, just as they are upon the
plains of Kansas.
AS Sumter excels upon other lines
of agriculture, and good roads, so does
it excel in harvesting this autumn til
greatest hay crop ever produced here;
thousands of tons rich, nutritious pea
vine hay, which already has been cut
and stored away in great haymows CT
ii barns.
Out on the Whittle farm there is one
fine field of seven hundred acres, all
in a body, perfectly level, free o.
stumps and suitable for the operation
of improved machinery. This 700-acre
field produced in June a crop of 5000
bushels of oats. When the oats were
cut the land was sown in peas for a
hay crop, and the crop is now ready
for the harvest 1t is the greatest hay
crop ever produced upon l Georgia
plantation, perhaps, and will be worth
$4,000 or $15, 900 to the owner
For several days a dozen reapers,
each pulled by pair of stout mules,
have been busily engaged cutting THIS
enormous crop of hay, and while hun
dreds of tons have been cut and cured
already, the field looks as though
scarcely touched, so rank are the
peavines remaining.
twelve machines working in 700
acre field on Georgia farm, that many
Americus people have gone out to
witness it. A travelling man here yes
terday declared he had never seen such
an agricultural picture east of the
Mississippi 1t looked like real pros
perity, he declared.
The great field will yield anywhere
from 700 to 1000 tons hay in the opin-
ion of many who have carefully in
spected it. This hay sells in Americus
at $25 per ton.
The hay, as cut, is thrown upon
racks in the field, so arranged that air
Circulates beneath the hugs piles AMI
it is thoroughly cured before being put
away The hay is bright and of best
quality. With a short hay crop in the
west this year. prices will advance, ana
Sumter-raised hay will be worth a
fancy price next year.
And Sumter farmers have plenty of
it. They appreciate the situation, and
are saving thousands of tons of hay
this fall.
The Whittle farm, belonging to the
D. Whittle estate, is one of the best
il Sumter county. 1t contains 1000
acres and is worth $15O,O0O. The crops
from it this year consist of seven hun
dred bales of cotton, 10000 bushels fine
oats, and the hay crop of 700 to 1000
tons, besides corn and small crops.
The Whittle farm is not in class to
itself, however. There are other fine
plantations in Sumter county that ara
as large and just as productive and
remunerative to the owners. Sumter IS
& county of fine farms and progressive
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09

The committee in charge of the
campaign to raise the money to save
the Young Mems Christian association
is meeting with success in their eff
forts to save the building and the city
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-10-09
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BEGINS
CAMPAIGN FOR new MEMBERS
New Era of Usefulness is DaWning for the AmGriCuS
Chamber Of Commerce Committee viii Make
Rounds Today Twenty-Five Join Wednesday in
Three Hours.

The Americus Chamber of Commerce
has taken on new life. An active cam
paign has been instituted to gain neN
members and the business men and
private citizens of the city are re-
spending. Yesterday committee
worked for three hours and gained %
new members.
In spite of the fact that new rates,
somewhat larger than the former rates,
have been put into effect the people
are all enthusiastic about the work Of
the trade body. Americus men see 4
future for the city and they realize that
the Chamber of Commerce is a factor
in the development of Americus. It
is the purpose of the board of direc-
tors to pay off outstanding debts that
amount to $400 in round figures and
start off with a clean slate to accom-
plish large things.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
M I e. Helen Is Stunned When Announce
L lICII 1V1dIIlCQ Lie That He Is Going Paris Alone

tuous and the ache in her heart too
acute
She had lost her engagement ring
and now Warren was leaving her to
go abroad. The fear that he was
growing farther from her, which was
always in the background of Helens
thoughts, was stronger than ever.
Toward dawn the air grew chill and
damp, but still she sat there. Sud
denly there was the creaking sound
Of a step then the bedroom door
opened and Warren came out.
Hello, what're you doing here?"
Nothing, dear" starting up. Il
just couldn't Sleep
He touched the button by the door
and switched on the light Perhaps
there was something in her white
drawn face as she shrank blinking
from the sudden glare that touched
him. for he said, with unaccustomed
gentleness;
You'd better come back to bed
you'u catch cold" He felt her arm
through her thin nightgown. why,
you're chilled through! How long
have you been out here? What's this
your sleeves all Wet"
She tried to draw away, but he
held her.
You've been sitting there crying
half the night-that Ito" The words
were sharp, but the voice was, fol
Warren, strangely gentle. 80 that's
the way you act when you think I'm
going away for a few weeks. Well
you are a little fool. Now, none of
that!"
Helen had turned suddenly and hid
her face in his shoulder her slender
body quivering with soundless sobs.
He switched out the light again, and
for a moment stood awkwardly
smoothing her hair
Now, that1l do! You've cried
enough for one night Come on back
to bed and get some sleep or you'll
be sick-then you can't go at all"
Through a film Of tears, Helen
looked up. Only the light from the
street lit the room, but he could see
her eager, quivering usefulness. and
for once 1t did not irritate him.
"All right, Kitten, l guess we can
to bed and don't think any more about
it"
But, dear-the expense!" faltered
Helen, who. woman Ike, now that she
had her hearts desire, felt that per
haps she could put il from her, You
know | don't want to make 1t hard
for you-maybe l shouldn't go, after
ALL"
Now, you leave the expense to me.
I'll see to that And if it'll make you
feel easier you may as well know
you were scheduled to so all along.
But a lot of things went wrong at
the office to-day, and felt bit bear
ish-thats all Now, come on to bed
or Wen both have double pneumo-
MIA"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
Do You Know
That

During their 300 years rule of Rus
STA the Romanoffs-the reigDing fam
ily-have never been assigned A
stated income. The Cars have al
ways been allowed to take what they
Ike from the imperial treasury. At
present the civil list for the whole OF
the imperial family stands at IS 600 =
600 year; but this figure, having
been fixed by the Car himself, could
be Increased, II ne so desired. with
out any formalities. He has. more
over, vast private resources. his ST
berian properties alone bringing N
an annual revenue of $1,000, 600.
Probably the most practical dis
covery made by the Inflated Scott
expedition to the South Pole was a
great coal field said to be at least $50
miles long. Its width has not been
ascertained. Australian reports are
to the effect that the coal has been
analysed and is declared to be Of
workable quality. Ii is one Of the
largest deposits in the world.
Lupungu, Chief of the Basongi. and
one of the most powerful chiefs N
the Congo, is described in a Whit
Paper issued recently as a villainous-
looking individual with one eye and
three hundred or more wives. He
pays a tax of 80 cents for each wife
More than 1000, GOO, 900 persons have
persisted in war since the beginning
Of the Christian era.
Blood flows through bones of very
young children almost as freely as
through the veins.
Bronchitis is Scotland's most deadly
disease, consumption next, pneumonia
third.
The deepest colliery in the world is
at Lambert, in Belgium 500 feet
deep.
on a mountain top 5000 feet high
there are no bacteria in the air
In Dickens "a novels there are LAPS
characters.
Dutch people consume 81 pounds Of
coffee head in a year
The average person breathes in a
gallon of air a minute.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
Up-to-Date Jokes

He was an optimistic soul and a
Sportsman combination that made
him a good friend to boOkies, both di-
rectly and indirectly. His pals. whom
he infected with his enthusiasm. fol-
lowed his tips blindly, with more often
than not disastrous results.
See what you've done" walled one
of his friends after a race. And you
told me I could put my shirt on that
horse"
And did you?"
'Yes-worse luck"
We'll then" replied the optimistic
sportsman, see the money you'n save
on laundry bills
II wish l was a star" the dude
sighed. smiling at his own poetic fancy.
II would rather you were a comet"
she said, dreamily.
His heart beat unanimously.
And why?" he asked, tenderly, at
the same time taking her unresisting
little hand in his own. And Why" he
repeated, imperiOusly.
on she said, with a brooding ear
nestness that fell freezing upon his soul,
because then you would come around
only once in fifteen years"
And he took his hat and went out into
the shimmering moonlight
A writer in magazine says that the
most curious sight he saw at Cairo
was men ironing clothes with their feet!
The men were employed in the native
tailoring establishments. Except fol-
the long handle, the irons were shaped
like the ordinary flatiron, only larger
A solid block of wood rested on the tor
of the iron, and on this the men placed
one foot guiding the iron in the desired
direction by means of the handle. Fol-
the sake Of convenience, ironing boards
were raised only few inches from the
ground. and however strange the meth
cd may seem to US, the work was done
very well and very expeditiously.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
HERPIcrDE

There is nothing '5ust as good as
even go so far as TO tell you they have
something better.
That dealer has an axe 70 grind.
You can't stop his grinding. but you
can prevent him grinding it al your ex-
pense.
There is one sure. swift way TO do IT,
GO where you can get what you ask
for.
You wouldn't be obliged To do this
very often, as fortunately the majority
Of druggists are honest and conscien-
tious.
Newbro's Herpicide has been So long
and favorably known as the original
dandruff destroyer. that no one should
be deceived.
When you need a hair remedy you
don't want one which merely promises
10 kill the dandrud germ and prevent
the hair from falling
You want one that VIII do il.
f4erpiCide does it
The hair becomes soft and llstrous.
There is life. snap and beauty where
formerly the hair was dead, dun ana
brittle.
Applications Of this wonderful pro
phylaCtic may be obtained at the best
barber shops and hair dressing parlors.
Send 10 cents IN postage or silver 20
the Eerpicide Co Dept r. Detroit.
Mich, for nice sample OF Herpicide
and a booklet telling an about the hair.
Newbros Herpicide I'm soc and SI.eG
sizes is sold by all dealers who guaran-
tee it 10 do all thar Is claimed. IL You
are not satisfied your money VIII ha
sfunded. Jacobs Pharmacy, Special
ents.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
CHAPTER XII.

JENNIE and her girl friend went
TO a place that the girl knew
y about for Jennie 70 get some
clothes-on credit. She got a pretty
large amount Of things--in proportion
20 her salary Of which she did
not need-but they looked so pretty
she just COULDN'T help but get them
lace collars, silk stockings, a willow
plume and numerous other things
for which Jennie was to start paying
$3.50 a week
Il sounded so easy 70 Jennie, and
she was quite delighted. When Jen-
ME brought the things home her
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

friend wanted to know where she
got them, but Jennie would not tell
her-eXcept that she got them aw-
fully cheap--only $3.50 a week until
they were paid for-and, besides,
NOW she could dress like the other
girls she had seen.
Jennie's friend, the boarding house
keeper, told her she couldn't at
ford the $3.50 a week With her car
fare, that would hardly leave any
thing out of her salary Of IS per week.
Jennie got real angry, and "she
guessed It was her money; she worked
for It. and she could have $3.50 out
Of il each week. But Jennic's friend
knew now she would have TO skimp
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

home, and the mother, when she can
get money no other way. sells and
pawns the furniture for drink.
This girl has been cut off from AL
the natural pleasures of her time Of
life by her mothers sin. She can not
ask any of her acquaintance to such
home. She dare not invite anV
young man to visit her for fear that
he will see the hideOus skeleton Of
this debauched mother that she tries
to keep hidden in her own closet. She
is even ostracized by the girls that
used to be her old friends.
An Irregular Life.
The other girls mother is leading
an irregular life. This girl says that
she was so ashamed of her mothers
conduct that she would never tell any
of the girls in the store where she
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
By DOROTHY DIX.

NNE of the hardest laws Of life is
that the sins of the parents are
visited upon the children. This
has been true from the days of Adam
down. but we are only just now be-
ginning to be enlightened enough to
have some conscience about making
our children pay our debts to nature
and TO realize that we have no right
to pass on our physical, mental and
moral Affections to another genera
ton.
The crime of crimes is for disease
parents to bring into the world a
child that is doomed to suffering and
sickness, and to weakness and fail
ure before ever it is born, or one in
whose veins runs the tainted blooj
that leads almost inevitably to the
prison or the insane asylum. BY
the side of that murder is a small
matter. To give life is just as serious
a matter as to take it, and often far
crueler, because those who are killer
have only an instant's pain, whereas
the unfit must go through weary
years of an existence that is a per-
petual torture.
The Consequences.
The sins of the parents are visited
on the children morally just as much
as they are physically. and there can
be no stronger incentive for people to
live decent lives than that their chill
dren must reap as they have soWn.
Il is the parents who open or shut
the doors Of opportunity to their chill
dren. The son and daughter of the
father and mother who are honored
and respected find that the world Is,
at least, willing to give them their
chance, while the children of the
drunkard, the thief or the woman
whose name Is on the lips of scan
dal are handicapped at every turn
and condemned before they have
had a chance to prove themselves.
A boy may be as honest as the day,
but like father like SON." says the
merchant to himself. II the father
has been dishonest, and so he refuses
to give the youth a place IN his store.
The girl may be as pure as a lily, but
II her mother has the reputation Of
being a light woman, she's her
mothers daughter" says the young
man in his thought, and he looks
elsewhere for a wife.
The children are punished for the
sins of the parents We may think
this unjust, but it is one of the in
exorable laws of fate that there is no
way to avoid
Recently ! have had two very pa
thetic letters from two young bust
ness women. each of whom has made
fine place for herself IN the com
mercial world but each of whom is
being called on to suffer for the sins
of her mother
one Of these girls writes that her
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

more than ever to get along-for $3.50
a week will buy quite a bit of food
ME had good, plain little frocks be-
fore, which she and her mother used
TO make together and which she al
ways looked well in. Whole heaps bet
ter than the overdressed girls she now
wanted to look like.
So Jennie sat up late that night
feverishly making over her dresses
and as she sewed she could not help
but wonder what had become of Tom
and wonder what he would think
If he should see her when she was all
dressed up. HAL COLEMAN
Ito Be Continued.)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25
Items of Interest

Roof gardens are not uncommon in
the city Of London; but the fowl-run
on the top Of Market Buildings, No
20 Mincing Lane, is probably unique
Mr.. Woodland, the caretaker of Market
Buildings, resides with his wife and
family in the topmost story OF the
block, and his yard, or garden. is the
fat part of the roof. There he de-
termined, about two years and a half
ago, to vary his hobby as an amateur
gardener with a little poultry farming,
TO which end, being a handy man, he
erected fowl houses and bought some
Of the best hens obtainable, with a
view to egglaying. Since then, save
In the brief non laying season, he and his
family have had all the eggs they want
ed
The immense amount of work en-
tailed upon the German censorship of
nlms is almost Incredible According to
the official returns, during June alone
$4,000 yards of film (S715 miles) were
examined by the censor; and in July
l73, 900 yards (9S miles,. II is difficult
to estimate the average cost of manu-
featuring a film, says the report, be-
cause the managers grossly eXaggerate
the fees paid to the artistes acting for
the purpose of advertisement.
Game. according to English law. in
cludes hares, pheasants, partridges,
grouse, black game, ptarmigan and bus
tard.
Europe has $4,000 births and $4,000
deaths daily.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-25

for your passage-just to have you
sitting over there in a hotel? Well, l
guess not Now drop tive got to
work"
And Warren got out a bundle Of
papers he had brought from the Of
fee and settled himself at the desk.
Helen was blindly lingering through
her work basket In a dazed sort of
way she wound up spools and thrust
scattered pins and needles in the tiny
straw berry cushion.