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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-24
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 24.-The
American army mule need have no
fear for his laurels because of the
great part gasoline motors have played
in transportation problems of Euro
pean armies in the present war. Until
American roads generally are brought
up to the high standard of the roads
of German, France, Belgium and other
European countries, the army mule
will determine through his capacity
for hauling, the limitation of opera
lions for American military forces.
Only one branch of the United States
army is giving serious attention to mo-
tor traction. In the quartermaster's
department, experiments are being
made, particularly along the Texas
border, with handling supplies in mo-
tor trucks. Motor trucks are in gen
eral use, of course, about army posts
and wherever good roads are availa-
BILE; but when maneuvres take the
columns into the field and the sandy
or muddy country roads, where mere
wheel tracks across the country are
the old highways, the six-mule team is
still master of the transportation sit
uaton.
A few years ago it was determined to
experiment with motor transportation
as a means to increase the radius of
field artillery. The most available sub
ject for this purpose was the battery
wagon carrying the FORCES for gun
repairs and horse-shoeing and also the
artillery in the field. 1t trails along
in the rear of the column and does not
20 into action. Thus it's activities are
largely confined to roads, although the
battery itself must go across lots by
field and stream to take positions
against an approaching hostile force.
General Crozier, chief of the army
ordnance bureau, designed a motor
battery wagon, which was tried out in
maneuvres. 1t proved fiat failure,
for it was 50 heavy that it broke
through bridges and sunk to the hub
in soft roads and generally hampered
the battery to which it was attached.
The experiment was abandoned and
the ordnance bureau is now content to
await the results of the experiments of
the uuartermaster's department is self
propelled army transportation units.
Mules and horses are good enough for
American artillerymen as yet.
In connection with the newest heavy
siege pieces designed for the American
army it was proposed recently to ex-
pertinent with European gasoline trac-
ton engines. Arrangements were I'M
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-24
Ghosts" Are Said to Be Wrecking
Things in Haunted Iowa House

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa, Nov. 24.-All
Webster City is absorbed in a haunted
house mystery.
The house is at TO Boone street, and
is occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Black, their two children, and Mrs.
Blacks mother, Mrs. S. A. Jamison,
and the latter's daughter Eva. Com
mittees of reputable citizens are said
to have visited the home and to unite
in acknowledging that they have no ex-
PLANTATION for the things they have
seen there.
AS the stories go, dishes break them
selves with loud crash, hairbrush
which Mrs. Black tries to keep up
stairs refuses to stay there and comes
tumbling down the steps; mysterious
power, right before the eyes of COM
mittee, brought an electric light globe
from bathroom, down a hall, through
a bedroom into the living room, where
it dashed itself to pieces on the floor.
A wrench in the cellar APPARENTLY
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-24
Boats and Rats Used in Fighting
In Flood-Swept Area of Flanders

BRUGES, Belgium, Nov. 24.-Fight-
ing between the German and allied
forces in the inundated territory be-
tween Dixmude and Newport, on the
North Sea coast, is now frequently be-
ing carried on in boats.
Artillery, for the first time in the
war, has proved ineffective, but per-
sonal bravery and enterprise are count
ing for much and the battle is begin
ming to resemble the classical siege of
Leyden in the sixteenth century with
raids and counter raids by means OF
flat-bottomed boasts.
PARIS, Nov. pa brilliant attack
by British troops and French sailors
caused the Germans to evacuate
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-24
sUM7ER's COTTON FIELDS ARE BARE;
CROP, LOCALLY IS HARVESTED
Probably Bales ain the Hands of
houses Are Filled Large Awaiting
Fayorabl ime to

Sumter county has produced a great
crop of cotton this season-perhaps
the best ever grown. here, and under
normal conditions the farmers would
be in excellent shape financially, but,
unfortunately, there is no demand for
the cotton they have made at such
cost and effort, and the greater po'-
ton of crop which, seemingly, will
total $4,000 bales, remains unsold in
warehouses here and at Plains, Leslie,
DeSoto and Andersonville, or piled up
on the farms awaiting the turn of
the tide"
The crop locally is about all gather
cd The fields of Sumter are bleak
and bare, and only in several locali-
ties are few scattered bales left I'M
picked in the fields. The harvest is
ended, and the magnificent crop, worth
under normal conditions $2,500,000,
seems dreg on the market.
While some farmers are inclined to
hold for expected better prices, it is
believed that the majority of them here
would sell, if the opportunity was CIV
en- them to dispose of even a portion of
their holdings.
Despite the fact that the general
situation in the cotton market has
been exhaustively discussed, so that
conditions must be quite well known
to all interested, many persist in urg
ing the most impracticable ideas. Meet
ings are being held and circulars are
being scattered broadcast imperative
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-24
Three German Officers and Men
ALI Lett of Regiment After Fight

iment of 5000 men who left Client for
the front a few weeks ago.
"The early winter has aggravated
the misery among the soldiers and
population. In the open country the
troops are suffering terribly, and the
number of sick is increasing rapidly.
"The allies have captured near Ypres
a German train laden with valuable
war material.
Several residents of Bruges have
been arrested for alleged expressions
of displeasure at the policy of Ger
many. The greater part of the inhab-
itants are now fed by the Germans"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-24
In One Minute Your Stuffy Nose and
Head Clears, Sneezing and Nose
Running Ceases. Dull Headache
Goes.
Try "Ely's Cream Balm"

OEVttIIH IJVET-11'
Get a small bottle anyway just r.
try it-Apply a little in the hostrns
and instantly your clogged nose and
stopped-up air passages of the head
will open: you will breathe freely;
dullness and headache disappear. By
morning! the catarrh, cold-in-he"d
or catarrhal sore throat will be gone.
End such misery now! Get the
mail bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm
Il any drug store. This sweet
fragrant balm dissolves by the heat
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-24

ly calling On the farmers to do what
would be an excellent thing to do if
they could manage it.
To quote the expression used in
one of the most eloquent of these ap-
peals the farmers are told they
Ought to sell their cotton on the
present markets and pay their debts
Unfortunately, none of these advisers
have furnished the important informa-
ton as to where adequate market IA
cilities are to be found.
Up to the present time probably
near 12,400,00O bales have been ginned
of which not one-fourth has been
marketed. How could the farmers
"sell their cotton" even if they tried
ever so hard? At last accounts even
American mills were using $4,000 bales
less per month than they were using
last year at double the price and show
ing no eagerness whatever to stock
up at the current basis.
On the lower level the demand in
stead of increasing is actually smaller
from the only mills which may be
supposed to be in full operation.
The advisers might do better and
would certainly be more logical, if
they would concoict equally cogent ar
guments to show why people should
buy cotton now. If they are so anx-
ious to get the farmer to sell his cot
ton, they should at least try to get
him a market to sell on, instead of
abusing him for not doing the impos-
sible
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-24
GEORGIA FURNISHING
HORSES FOR ARMIES
BATTLING IN EUROPE
Especial to Times-Recorder.)

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 24.-Hundreds
of Georgia horses and mules were
shipped from Atlanta this week for
European ports, where they will fur
nish fresh food for German cannon. So
many horses have been sent abroad
this year, it is said, that the price will
we away up next year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-24

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 24.-The Sluis
correspondent of the Rotterdamsche
Courant has sent the following dis
patch to his paper:
"Bruges is now garrisoned by small
force Of sailors and marines. On Thurs
day the troops were dispatched to Mid
dlekerke, south of which place heavy
fighting was going on. The losses on
both sides have been severe. Great
transports of wounded have been sent
to Client. Three officers and seven
men who have returned to Client from
Ypres are all that are left of one reg
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-24

threw itself out of the window, and a
poker in the kitchen did the same
thing. A kerosene lamp is said to have
danced itself off the table and upon the
floor. A trundle bed upstairs danced
about the floor.
1t. is said, too, that bookcases set
against the wall have thrown them
selves down and broken with a loud
crash. Bureau drawers will pull them
selves out and slam themselves back in
again, tumbling things about and maxi
ing much noise.
In fact, Mrs. Black says that the
noises and the slamming of drawers
have been going on for years. 1t is
only in the last few days that the
ghost" has taken on a destructive ma
ture and now there is hardly whole
dish or a whole piece of furniture in
the house.
The home is visited daily by scores
of curious. A delegation sits up in the
home every night and witnesses the
weird doings of the ghost
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-24

Schoorbakke, Belgium, which is prac-
tically surrounded by the water from
the broken dykes, according to news
reaching here from the battle front.
Because of the flood, only two roads
were open to the town, and on one of
these the British approached in two
armored automobiles. 1t was night
attack, and the Germans in the town
Immediately turned their attention to
them. Meanwhile the bluejackets, who
had made RATS on fiat-bottomed boats,
crossed the water and took the Ger
mans in the rear, forcing them to fee
by the one road still left open. The
Germans abandoned many guns, am
munition and stores, and their dead
and wounded.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-11-24
Pathan Prince Yanks u. S. Bride
Aboard Steamer by Her Hair,
And No One Objects on N. Y. Pier


passengers enjoying thelr
voice her indignation
not
'" iA' ANA H'0O' - ~ - the
Christianity
hair She screamed
sreatthe wives o
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-03-20
VALDOSTA MEN TO
REPORT SHORTLY
TRANSPORTATION HAS ALREADY
BEEN FORWARDED TO THE
PLAYERS.
The Valdosta Times says:

Transportation for practically all of
the players under contract with the To-
calls for the coming season was sent
out yesterday and they are expected
in not later than Wednesday of next
that he expects to arrive on Monday,
50 as to get a line on conditions a
day or two before the others arrive.
The local management is very anxious
to get busy, as the season is less than
a month off and Valdosta must not be
found behind when the umpire calls
play ball"
Work started today on the field at
Pine park and it is expected that
there will be no trouble in getting ev-
erything in good shape by the time
the players arrive next week. The dia-
mond is to be clayed, leyeled off and
then the entire field will be rolled SO
as to put it in the best of shape. The
bleachers and dressing rooms for the
players under the grandstand will be
built as soon as the field can be put
in shape. The main thing now is to
set the field in condition for the team
when they arrive early next week.
Subscriptions for the fund for the
team are still short of the necessary
mark and it is earnestly requested
that all the loyal fans get in line and
come across with their amounts The
money end OF the game Is a very ne
cessary one and unless the fans show
better spirit than they have for the
past few days it looks as though we
will have the same old trouble that
hurt the team all last year You fans
get right and come on with your sub
scriptions.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-03-20
S 20 T S
WHITE Hope FOR
THE LOCAL CLUB
IN NAME AND PHYSIQUE PILOTS
WILL HAVE THE REAL
THING.

Carl Morris, of MaXton, N. c., is one
of the youngsters who has been sign
ed for a try-out by the locals this sea-
son and his home paper has the fol
lowing to say about him;
Another Maxton baseball player
that has been signed to play league
ball the coming season is Mr.. Carl
Morris, erstwhile clerk in the store Of
Mcqueen Bros, who goes to the
Brunswick, Ga, team OF the Empire
State league, composed of six cities of
the Cracker state.
He is another product of that ia
nous Oak Ridge school aggregation,
and whose terrific hitting has turned
many games in favor of MaXton. On
the recommendation of the manager
CT the Oak Ridge team several clubs
began dikering with the fence buster
10 play an outfield position, but the
aforesaid club was the successful one.
He stands six feet one inch and
weighs $50 pounds, and is well pro-
portioned athlete, with his great
throwing arm; his ability in taking ev-
erything that comes in his territory,
together with his power to plug the
sphere almost any distance, we are
expecting to see him go to faster COM
pany after little seasoning.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-03-20

Long-d stance and underground
transmission was the NEST formidable
scientific problem confronting the tel
ephone experts.
The retarding effect of the earth on
the telephone current often impaired
conversation through one mile under
ground as through 100 miles overhead.
Overhead conversation had it's distinct
limitations.
The solution was only found in the
cumulative effect of Improvements,
great ana small, in telephone, trans
mitter, line, cable, switchboard, end
every tther piece of apparatus or
plant reqtned in the transn1! 8 O. Of
speech.
While the limit cf commercial over
head talking had increased from strict
ly local to over 1000 miles as early as
1898, it was not until 1905 that CONVEX
sation could be had over Iong-distance
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-03-20
TELEPHONE ACHIEVEMENTS


circuits Of which as much as 20 miles
was in underground cables. Sy 1906
underground talking distance had in
creased to 90 miles. BY 1912 it was
possible to talk underground from
New York to Washington.
1t was then that the construction ct
underground conduits from Boston ID
Washington was determined upon--
not that it was expected to get a
thorough underground talk between
those places, but in case of
storm or blizzard, to utilize nter,ne-
diate sections in connection with l'7e
overhead.
Our persistent study and incessant
experimentation have produced results
more remarkable still.
We have perfected cables, apparatus
and methods that have overcome Oh
stacIes heretofore regarded as insup-
cradle both to Iong-distance overhead
and underground conversation.
Underground conversation is nov
possible between Boston and Washing
ton, fcur times the length of the long
est European underground line. This
enabled the Bell System in the recent
great storm, so destructive on land
and sea, to maintain communication
for the public between all the princ-
pal points on the Atlantic seaboard.
Telephone communication is estab-
lshed between New York and Denver,
is potentially possible between all
points in the United States, and by
1915 will be an accomplished fact be-
tween New York and San Francisco.
In our use of methods or apparatus,
we are committed to no one system.
We own, control or have the right to
use inventions necessary to operate
any system recognized or accepted as
the most efficient The Bell System
must always recognize, and in its &c.
lection must always be governed by
the necessities of national service,
with its complex requirements, whon
is infinitely more exacting than local
or limited service.
expenditures of money and immense
concentration of effort which have
been justified by results of immeaaur-
able benefit to the public. No local
company unaided could bear the finan-
ciai or scientific burden of this w,rc
Such results are possible only thro Ugh
a centralized general staff, avoiding
wastefuI duplication of effort, working
out prooIems com non to all. for tie
benef CT al.
The pioneers of the Bell System
recognized that telephone service as
they saw it, was in the broadcast sense
public utility; that upon them rest.
ed a public obligation to give the best
possible service at the most reason
able rates consistent with risk, inves:-
ment and the continued improvement
and maintenance of its property.
Without this expenditure of millions
and concentration of effort, the te;e-
phone art as it exists could not have
been developed.
What we have done in working cut
these great problems in the past
should be accepted as a guarantee of
what we will do in the future.
THEo. N. VAIL, President.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-03-20
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-03-20

In no line of human endeaVor has
the inventive brain OF the scientist
contributed more 70 the worlds pro-
grees than by the creation Of the art
Of Telephony, Of which The Bell sys-
tern is The embodiment.
When the telephone was born, notn-
ing analogous to telephone service as
we now know it existed. There was no
tradition to guide, no experience to
follow.
The system, the apparatus, the meth
ods--an entire new art had to be Gre
ated. The ait OF electrical engineer
inc did not exist. The Bell pioneers,
RECOGNIZING that success depended
upon the highest engineering and
technical skill at once organized an
EXPERIMENTAL and research department
which is now directed by staff OF
over ESQ engineers and scientists in
GLIDING former professors, POSTCARD
uate students, scientific investigators
the graduates CT ever 70 universities.
From its foundation the company
has continuously developed the art.
New Improvements in telephones,
swtchboards, lines, cables, have fol-
lowed one another with remarkable
rapidity.
While each successive type Of aPpa-
ratus to the superficial observer sug-
qested similarity, each step In the eV-
oIution marked a decided improve
ment. These changes, this evolution,
has not only been continuous, but is
continuing. Substantially all of the
plant now in use, including telephones,
switchboards, cables and wires, has
been constructed, renewed or recon-
structed in the past 10 years.
Particularly in switchboards have
the changes been so radical that in
stalIatons costing in the aggregate
millions have frequently been discard
ed after only few years of use.
Since 1877 there have been introduce
ed So types and styles of receivers and
73 types and styles of transmitters. Of
the 100000 telephone receivers and
transmitters owned by the Bell Com
pany January 1, 1914, none we're in use
prior to 1902, while the average age
is less than five years.
Within 10 years we have expended
for construction and reconstruction
an amount mcle than equal to the
present book value Of our entire plant
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-25
RICHMOND CLASHES
WITH CONNERSv|LLE
Kenney Denies Charge OF In
timidating Umpire to PREF
udice Decisions.

II would rather lose than let the
fans see that we did not deserve the
game"
This Is the answer Dick Kenney,
manager Of the Richmond team made
concerning the allegations OF the Con-
nersville team In which they claim
that Kenney is prepared to intimidate
Umpire Lally In the game to be play
ed at athletic park tomorrow. me
above statement was made In a letter
Kenney wrote to an official OF the To-
cal cAub.
The game tomorrow afternoon prom
lses to be the most exciting game seen
10 far at Athletic park. Both teams
are in for blood this time. Richmond
ls anxious to wipe out the defeat or
last week with an overwhelming VIC
Rory and Connersville Is just as anx-
lous to repeat the trick.
Chick Long Is counted on for big
things tomorrow and II he is unable
to deliver the goods, the local fans
will be much disappointed. Werner,
who pitched against Richmond last
week, is on the Connersville lineup
again tomorrow.
The following is the lineup for to-
morrow's game:
Richmond-Netter, #; Merkle, CT;
Novack, C; Dahl. II; Lenniger, 3b;
Cushing, SIS; Schlemker, 2b; Long, p.
onnersville-vadel. RI; Ruchstuhl,
1b; Quiesser. 2b; Maxwell, S.; Heis-
man, 3b; Heifel, c; O'Connell, If; Hart,
IF: Werner. p.