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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-27
SUMTER FARMERS
Still EMPLOYED
PLANTING WHEAT

With warehouses and vacant lots
chock-a-block with cotton bales, for
which there is not the slightest de-
mand, even at 1-2 to 3 cents-the
price offered for the grades now gen
orally marketed, there is encourage
ment in the fact that Sumter county
farmers are planting wheat and oats
great fields of each-upon lands
which under different conditions would
be planted again in cotton next year.
Every farmer coming to Americas tells
the same story.
The acreage in cotton is going to
be cut all eight. Any Sumter county
farmer can buy here today his next
years crop of cotton, already baled,
for less than half the cost of produc-
ton and without the trouble of pro-
ducing it. Buy a crop now, store it
away, and plant grain instead of cot
ton. ..-
Proposals to cut the acreage so per
cent. look radical, but this would not
go near far enough.
Yet there are, probably not many
people who believe that so great a
reduction can be engineered People
who have to calculate the cost of
raising cotton, and who find that any
thing under eight cents means a net
loss will deserve what they get if they
insist on planting.
There must be no kind of encourage
ment to plant cotton, but every kind
of inducement to grow other crops.
A year of merely nominal cotton
crop would by no means involve year
Of idleness in the trade. There would
still remain enough Of the old crop
70 make living business out of it. The
prime desideratum is to re-establi sh
tie market on a remunerative basis.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-27
.GEORGIA-FLORIOA FAIR
OPENS TODAY VALD0STA
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VALDOSTA, Ga, Oct. 27.-The last
of the eight county exhibits to be
shown at the Georgia-Alabama fair
which opens here today, has been in
stalled. General Manager Ashley and
a force of assistants spent busy day
at the fair ground yesterday, rushing
the work of arranging exhibits and
providing room for the displays of live
stock and poultry as they arrived 1t
is announced that every detail of the
big show will be completed when the
gates open. Many of the shows on
"Joy Avenue" were on the grounds
Saturday morning. and all were ready
to open this morning.
The fair this year will be unques-
tionably the biggest event this section
of the state has seen since the state
fair held here fourteen years ago. The
number of counties making displays is
not only larger anad the exhibits of a
more varied character, but the number
and quality of the free attractions
greatly exceed those of previous fairs.
The prize list is also much larger than
last year. More fine hogs will be seen
here during the week than were ever
gathered at one point in south
Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-27
D0THAN FAIR WILL
OPEN ON MONDAY
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'DOCNltll " 4llGo- u
DOTHAN, Ala, Oct. 27.-FIags are
futtering, bunting is streaming along
Dothan's white way and the city is in
gala attire in honor of the opening of
the first annual fair of the Southeast
Alabama Fair association here Mon
day.
While this is Dothan's first fair, and
the price of cotton is the lowest it has
been in many years, indications are
that the fair will be successful in ev-
cry respect and that the attendance
will be very large. The association
has expended $4,000 on the buildings,
grounds, track, premiums, purses, free
acts, etc., and have made the fair one
of the best shows in the state.
The race track, the only regulation
half-mile track in the state, has been
pronounced by horsemen now here
training one of the best and prettiest
they have ever seen. A large number
of horses will enter the races.
The live stock exhibits are feature
Of the fair.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-27
GERMAN GUNS
TOO BURDEKSOME
TO BE VALUABLE
(By Associated Press.)

LONDON, Oct. 27.-Although the big
guns used by the Germans have been
the surprise of the war and are ac
credited with having caused the fall of
Liege, Namur and Antwerp, some mil
itary experts in England question the
wisdom of carrying such weapons in
to the field, regarding them as bur-
den which an army cannot afford to
transport.
Colonel F. n. Maude, discussing the
heavy guns, says in the Standard:
at would be interesting to obtain the
exact facts and calculate what the
policy of taking the AZ centimeter and
2S centimenter howitzers really cost
the Germans in loss of transport power
for the food of the troops. | am will
ing to grant that the AZ centimenter
weapon was admirably adapted for it's
purpose of destroying steel and con-
crete targets presented by the forts of
Liege and Namur. But seeing that the
weight of one of the shells is nearly
aqual to the weight of a whole square
meal for one of their battalions, would
not the available horsepower, whether
mechanical or actual, have far better
been employed in hauling food for men
to the front in the first instance?"
Military experts writing for the En-
glish press say that big guns are not
really a novelty. The new feature is
their general use in the recent cam
paigns. Heavy guns were tried in the
Franco-Prussian war over much of the
same territory where recent fighting
has taken place, but their movement
was lOuuu 10 De d DuTu60.
England has constructed a more for
midable weapon than the German how
itzer 1t is Mallet's mortar, which
was built for use in the Crimean war
but not completed in time to go into
the siege. The mortar is now at Wool
ich arsenal 1t was built in sections
for transport and has thirty-six-inch
bore and a bursting power charge of
$50 pounds of gunpowder. 1t was
tested at Plumstead marshes and a
shell sent with a full powder charge
penetrated IS feet and blew out a
crater sixty feet in diameter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-27
negro CONVICTS find GOLD
Mine LACKING PRECIOUS
METAL
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ATLANTA, Ca, Oct 27.-Because
the foreman of the job picked up a
bit of quartz showing traces of gold,
a gang of Fulton county convicts work
ed yesterday as though they were rae
ing for watermelons. Such a digging
of dirt has not been seen in many a
day.
The convicts were doing a grading
job at Peachtree and Baker streets, at
the home of the noted DR.. John R. Hop
kins, the eccentric millionaire, when
the trace of gold was discovered. The
foreman announced that the gang was
evidently over rich mine, and that
any convict who turned up nugget
could have it. But when the job was
completed, no more gold had been dis
covered.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-27

United States Distarict Court, Western
Division, Southern District of Geor-
gia.
Notice of Petition for Discharge in the
Matter of Harper Brothers, firm,
| composed of R. G. Harper and j. P.
Harper, of Americas, Sumter Coun
ty, Georgia,-In Bankruptcy.
To the Creditors of the above nam
ed Bankrupt You are hereby notified
that the above named Bankrupts have
/ filed their petition for discharge from
all of the debts provable in bankruptcy
against the said Harper Brothers as
/ firm and R. G. Harper and ]. P. Har-
per individually.
The said petition will be heard by the
Hon. Emory Speer, Judge of the United
States District Court for said District
and Division at the United States Court
House in the City of Macon, Ga, on
the 25th day of November, A. D., 1914,
at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
All creditors of said Bankrupt are
! hereby notified to be and appear at the
time and place stated, and show cause,
if any they can, why the prayer in said
petition should not be granted.
Dated at Macon, Ga, this October
22nd, 1914. L. NJ. ERWIN,
advt Deputy Clerk. I
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-10-27
GEORGIAN filling
PLACE in CABINET
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NCpSCldl ~ 11luSo-INSSOl OCI.
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 27.-William J.
Harris, of Georgia, director of the
United States census, is acting as
cabinet officer this week. During the
absence of Secretary Redfield of the
department of commerce, President
Wilson invited the Georgian to sit in
the place of the chief of the depart
ment. Several important matters, in
Guiding the question of American ship
ping in it's relation to the European
war; are to be considered this week,
and Mr.. Harris will find himself aiding
in action on matters of great moment.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-13

ment as cattle-buying competitors.
They became a powerful corporation.
Buy, buY-and never let 60" That
was their shibboleth.
81 don't care where you get the
money to pay for the land select"
said Miller to lux, who handled the
financial end of the combination.
"But you've got to get il"
And get it they always did some
how. Their holdings grew. Increas-
ing herds demanded more pasturage.
The coyotes found their runs i'm
peded with barbed-wire fences. Water
rights were shrewdly annexed, add
ing enormously to the value of adj
jacent lands. They appropriated
thousands of miners inches. Later
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-13

when other settlers awoke to the ne
cessity of water, none or little was
left. Mile after mile of great gov
eminent claims and swampy lands
were acquired.
Neighbors jeered at the two fools,
gone loco over worthless land"
Miller and Lux kept their mouths
closed and smiled.
It's $4,000, 900 smile for the sur
vivor today, Lux having died some
years ago.
If Miller got the greater part of his
principally for song5Sdue largely to
the governments free land and water
policy of that day, he sweated heroic
ally over its development. He saw
so years ahead And he worked for
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08
STAR THEATER

II is well enough to have one
bright star in the studio, but when
there are two it gives the company
that additional standing, and that is
why the Thannouser company is
proud of its Sisters who appear to-
day in the Star theater in the best
joint-starring production the Than
housers Sisters have enjoyed since
they left The legitimate stage to see
fame and fortune in the silent dra-
ma" These girls are considered the
two prettiest, most winsome aud
popular actresses now before the cam
era, and the production they are fea-
tured in today is remarkable for its
dramatic Importance and the delieht-
full story that it tells. On the same
program will be the always popular
Mutual Girl in a new series of adj
ventures, together with an extra com.
edy, making four uneXceled reels,
the Thanhouser feature being a two
reel masterpiece 1t is only a few
days now until the greatest feature
the camera has shown, "The Battle of
the Sexes" appears at this theatre
1t is coming August Is for the first
time. BE sure and see it.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08
LYRIC THEATER

The man lost his job because he
was an eX-conyict But the man ex-
planned to the girl. Then a chance
came to make good-to capture a
bandit. The bandit turned out to be
his brother. What could he do?
Come and see. MAN and His
Brother a magnificent Victor tive
part drama with j. Warren Kerrigan.
as the man, and Vera Sissel, as the
girl, will charm you as you never
have been charmed before. 1t is a
screen story filled from beginning to
end with situations that draw the
heart strings taut that thrill you, that
no d your GREATNESS attention. Ker-
risan and Miss Sissen are depicted in
two OF their very best characterize
tons in Man aad His Brother and
you need look no further today.
Little Mary Pickford, Queen of the
Screen will be seen in another Of
her charming romances, entitled "a
Normandy Romance AS the simple
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08
AUTOMOBILE GOES
into DEEP RIVER
EVERY PERSON IN CAR is Be
LIEVED TO HAVE MET DEATH
lNTHE STREAM.

New York, Aug IA large tour
ing car containing several men and
one woman, the exact number of
passengers being unknown, plunged
through the frai wood railing on a
high wharf overlooking the East
river and striking the water, imme-
diatoly went to the bottom. One man
was seen to leap from the car as it
was midway between the wharf and
the river. A great crowd soon gath
cred, as the news of the autos plunge
into the water spread rapidly, but al,
trace of those in the car, as well rs
an effort to learn who they were,
proved unayailing, and the authori-
ties might have been called in to II.
yestigate the occurrence were it not
for the fact that this thrilling cpl
sode constitutes the most sensational
feature OF The Million Dollar Mys.
terry the seventh episode of which
will be shown Saturday in the Kew
Central theatre, Hot Springs, Ark. u
was also stated that on the same
program would be John Bunny and
Flora Finch in private Bunny one
OF the merriest comedies the studio
in New York has released in many
seasons, together with two Lubin
comedies. The Rise OF the Johnsons"
who appear to have money to burn,
and She Gave Him a Rose the hu.
morous finish of a burglar with a
love.sick old maid "sThe Million Dol
lar Mystery is in two reels and the
facts as contained in this dispatch
viii be seen on the curtain in the
New Central theatre in Hot Springs
Saturday. (Advt.)
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08
he ergusons.

The Ferguson Stock Company will
open an engagement of two weeks or
longer commencing next Monday
night at the Airdome. This engage
m mt will be a treat to the Airdome
patrons, as the l'ergusons are well
known here, and have a splendid rep
utation. They made themselves very
popular here last summer when they
played some six or seven weeks at
the Airdome and were paying here
when the great fire of last September
came The play for the opening bill
has been announced as AN Ameri-
can Hustler" one of the best plays
that has ever been presented here,
and will no doubt be greeted by a
great audience. This play is full Of
heart interest and has bright comedy
and fine situations.
As a special inducement to the
ladies on Monday night, something
entirely new will be the feature, each
lady attending the opening perform
ance will receive free, one yard of
silk along with a handsome souvenir
photograph of the leading lady of the
Miss Kathrine Vanesse.
The prices are 80 cents for the re-
served, 90 cents for general admis-
sion, while children are 10 cents to
all seats, if accompanied by their par
ents.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08
Not So ssranae After All.

You may think it strange that so
many people are cured of stomach
trouble by Chamberlain Tablets.
You would not however, if you should
give them a trial They strengthen
and invigorate the stomach and
enable it to perform its AUCTIONS natu-
rally. Mrs. Rosie Rish, Wabash, Ind.
writes. Nothing did me the least
good until l began using Chamber
lain's Tablets. 1t is decidedly the
best medicine for stomach trouble
have ever used For sale by all
dealers.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08
Che Cbeaters


Everybody will so to the Royl to-
day to see the fight to death between
two ayiators at a dizzy height, the
plunge of the whirring machines to
the earth, dashing one Of the aviators
10 death.
You don't have to go to Europe to
see the aeroplanes fight across the
warning borders -- Vitagraph has
brought this big sensation right to
your doors. Warfare in The Skies"
is just what Vitagraph says it is,
The two aeroplanes charged d..
rectly at each other. With fearful
cash they collide in mid air and fall
to the ground in mass Of wreck
age
This is what the Vitgraph company
says Of this great Photographic feat.
1t is the greatest picture, and the
most timely ever shown. The prices
are the same as usual, s and 10
cents. You could not even think of
missing il, for in this picture you Will
see an eXemp ihcation of the manner
in which Roland Garros rammed ana
brought to the earth a German aero
plane on the French border a week
ago.
Two other good ones-"The or
DEAL Selig drama, and THE Fatal
Card Lubin.
See the aeroplales in their death
in mid air.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08
THE AIRDOME
The Spooners.

Tonight the SpOoners will play the
Bar u. Ranch" a splendid western
bill, and one with plenty of action and
good show Last night this com
pany again played to excellent bust.
ness and gave good satisfaction.
Tonight the prize Of $40 will be
given away.
The Spooners will close their pres.
ent engagement here tonight when
they will depart for Texas, their old
stamping ground. Dad has been
playing Texas for the past % years,
and is known far and wide through
out that state, and the show has d
most extraordinary standing. Tonight
is the last show of tie Spooners, when
they will present one of the very best
plays in their entire repertoire.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08
DON'T FAIL TO VISIT THE
OAKLAWN MINERAL WELL

Two blocks west of Fair Grounds.
Water free-drink all day Noted for
der and stomach troubles. Promotes
digestion, acts as laxative. Deliv-
cred to all parts Of the city Phone
1496. Write for shipping rates. II
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08

Normandy maiden Miss Pickford is
right in her dramatic element and you
will like her better than ever today.
"A Wise Wife, comedy, completes
the big program for today.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08

Yon can expect only good results
IL you give baby pasteunzed milk
It's pure that's sure. The Pasteu-
rized Mix Co. 4-21-tf
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08
vAPoR CITY LUNCH ROOM.

Now in charge of Mrs. Kate Avant.
Best 20c and 25c meals IN city. Short
orders a specially. S3S Central.
7-19-tf
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08
Tn Society
Sewinu Party.

lovely home on Central avenue, the
affair serving delightfully."- to intro
6uce her house guests, Miss Leslie
Scott and Miss Mabei Wood.
Fancy work and delicious lunch
con promoted the sociaJ.lity Of the
enjoyable party
*
w. b. Johnson of Atlanta, Ga, is a
guest at the Majestic hotel.
4
r. w Jones, New Orleans, is
guest at the Majestic hotel.
X
Joseph Kuntz has gone to Cleve-
land and eastern cities on vacation
trip.
Postmaster II. II. Smfer has gone
to Indiana for ten days visit to his
mother.
Miss Leslie Scott of Bonita, La. is
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. b. Wood
and family.
Mrs. c. w Garrison WIS over from
Little Rock on business in connection
with the fair.
Mrs. and Miss Comber of Panama,
arrived at the Majestic hotel for an
extended visit.
Mrs. Eta Allen of Little Rock ar
rives this morning on a visit to Mrs.
IS. W. c. Smith.
y
c. w. Leggett, prominent citizen
of Jacksonville, Fla, is registered at
the Majestic hotel
i Il Il
Miss Mabel Wood is here from her
home on the Texas border for a visit
to Miss Joe May Wood.
w. c. Wells left yesterday for New
York. where he will make purchases
for his new store on Central avenue.
J. l.. Walsh, D. NJ. Dalton, w. A.
Gayon and r, W. Episwold of ST.
Louis are registered at the Majestic
hotel.
Attorney Jerry Witt of Mt. Ida re-
turns home today after being here
several days visiting his fcther. lie
has just returned from a visit to Colo
RADIO Springs.
Rev. Dana Terry received a letter
yesterday written by w. L. Massey
and mailed July II, stating that he
and family were en- route to Damas-
Gus following a trip to Jerusalem.
John Bishop, formerly masseur at
the Aihambra bath house, is now
serving in the German army. While
on his honeymoon trip to Germany
he was pressed into service as re-
serYist.
Among the recent arrivals at the
Majestic hotel are A. II. Carter and
Miss Marion Harter, Lebanon, N. H.;
Roy Redding, Dallas; w. II. VIII
liams, Pine Bluff; Mr.. and Mrs. j II.
Hunter, Little Rock
4
Prominent among the arrivals at
the Majestic hotel are Waiter Ray,
Martel, Fla; p. r. Davidson, Shreye-
port La; Chas. Cureio, Duncan, Miss.
Mrs. b. T.. Townes, Glendora. Miss;
Mrs. J.. G. Ruybendall, Enid Miss T.
S. Bradbury, Orange Va.
w. S. McChesney Jr. and wife, Mr.
John OFarrell and DR.. Gaudelach of
st. Louis, arrived yesterday in pri-
waite car and will spend a few weeks
at Mountain Valley Springs hotel. Mr..
McChesney is president and general
manager of the Termina. railroad OF
st. Louis.
The Missouri Lumber Company ball
team. w. O. Creason. manager, was
defeated on the Wilmington park dia-
mond Thursday by the Grocery ball
team, J. B. Rigsby. manager, by the
score of 10 to g. This is the first de
feat for the lumber boys, and the
,,r,oore an, rro,,d of thafr Nictpry
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08
PHYSICIANS NOTICE.

Phone III, James Price, trained
nurse; Is years Navy Hospital Corps
Red Cross. 7-23-1m
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08
ArlingtOnFzOteI andBafbs
o U 8 A"sH''AH PLAN
AMERICAN PLAN
OPEN ALL THE YEAR.
ON U. s. RESERVATION.

for the comfort and pleasure OF
highest type of PATRONAGE Beautiful oDby par
IOrs, writing and parOr and rest room over
looking Reservation Park Every hall of each floor con-
the Mountain Park by steel BRIDGES 90OOOV ex
pended past in completely rebuilding and re-
furnishing the Bath House installing modern dci-
y for the most perfect administering or the mlera wa
terS including complete tIydrOtherapeutc system ana
automatic heating and Venang. Private elevator ser
vice from each floor to the baths used exclusively tor the
batheTS.
" v
law ina Iii ner A. C
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08

The Missouri Lumber Company ball
team w. O. Creason. manager, was
defeated on the Wilmington park dia-
mond Thursday by the Grocery ball
team, J. B. Rigsby. manager by the
score of 10 to g. This is the first de
feat for the lumber boys, and the
grocers are proud of their victory.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08

w. S. McChesney Jr. and Wife, Mr..
John OFarrel and Dr. Gandelach of
st. Louis, arrived yesterday in pri-
waite car and will spend a few weeks
at Mountain Valley Spring. hotel. Mr.
McChesney is president and general
manager of the Termina. railroad Of
st. Louis.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08

Prominent among the arrivals at
the Majestic hotel are Waiter Ray
Martel Fla; p. r. Davidson, Shreye-
port, La; Chas. Cureio, Duncan, Miss.
Mrs. b. Il. Townes, Glendora Miss;
Mrs. j. c. Buybendall, Enid; Miss T.
S. Bradbury, Orange, Va.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08

Among the recent arrivals at the
Majestic hotel are A. II. Carter and
Miss Marion Harter, Lebanon, N. H.;
Roy Redding, Dallas; w. ii. VIII
liams, Pine Bluff; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II.
Hunter, Little Rock
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08

John Bishop, formerly masseur at
the Aihambra bath house, is now
serving in the German army. While
on his honeymoon trip to Germany
he was pressed into service as a re-
serYist.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-08

Rev Dana Terry received a letter
yesterday written by W. L. Massey
and mailed July II, stating that he
and family were en- route to Damas-
Gus following a trip to Jerusalem.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-27
Argus Branch Offices

For the accommoda don OF its patrons
N various parts Of the city. The Argus
he's 1tabiishec system OF branch Of
fces. where suoscrip Eious and want ad-
VsrtisinE may be resolved and any IN
formation left that may pertain 70 any
department OF the paper. news or bust
nsss. IL BE- Also planned - have at each
s-rpIy Of copies OF The Argus % he
day 80 thaG any subscriber who may
have failed under any circumstance 20
reeve tie paper. Will be supplied free
q ctarEe-
TIE Argus chain OF branch ofaccs
ircI11ss the following
= J. klSps notion store. fS15 Eifth
d Z Rows's pharmacy. AIS Four
tsenfh avenue
schnsieeTs drug store. TWeEty-sey-
e1th street. Seventh avenue.
ClezeJ crs drug store. Eleventh ave-
as. Fifteenth street
HaszeTs grocery. s1s Fourth street
Nra- LondOns notion store Seventh
Gt-eet. Fourteenth avenue
Heinoecks pharmacy. sZ2 Third ave-
rue
Ernest Eberts' grocery. sz5 Eleventh
nvenge-
Ez street drug store. Thirtieth stree:
ara Fifth avenue.
College pharmacy. Seventh avenue.
izt Thirty-cishth street
Olson grocery. Thirteenth avenue and
TeiFtleh street
Steiner dF-g store. corner Fifth ave-
=. AID IEenty-thlrd street
H-ssiEs 4 PeTe grocery. lT2s TWEEN
t. z. Kelly 4 son. grocery. Is=3
SiatH street