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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23
"WATCHMAN, WHAT OF THE NIGHT?"

There nonessental points
of doctrine and opposing denominations engaged
in acrimonious debates wider
the might have declared THE
morning brothery prevailed least
throughout among Christian people America
history Christian planhrophy but
venture supposon Baptist Rockefeller
to Southern Methodist institutions, s unparalleled
DR. Methodist minister of St Louis Mo, and form
ery of Georgia. is authority following
1.-The three
Of this three mill
than million,
follows
Emory Henry $4,000; Randolph Virginia
s195 900; Trinity $15OOOO;
900; 100000; Maps college,
Mississippi OOO $4,000; Vanderbilt
university OOO Methodist university Texas $2OoOO0
making addition this which the colleges
perhaps benefit
of debt
and TO inaugurate
school until first all
debts with the distinct understand
ing absolutely is clear that
feel grateful the
Rocket foundation"
In that of Dr. j. w Lee
Georgian College has been
phanthropc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23

If Santa will only bring Dixie diversified crops for 1919
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23

l. D. o. r.
Meets every Tuesday night ct a:0t
o'clock. K. Of P. Hall. Visitors IA
avs welcome. w. J. BROOKS,
S. H. EDGE, Noble GranN
Secretary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23

Just fore Christmas I'm good es KIN De-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23

/
in the trenches are wildly pictured in
stOry written by an English soldier
who is on the Belgian frontier. He
enlisted as a private, but later was
raised to an officer Thus he has had
an opportunity to see the war from
different angles. His story fol-
lows:
1t isn't the danger that affects one
in the trenches, but the hardships of
cold and damp. Bullets from snipers
the Germans have lots of these out
night and day-whizz about your ears
continually, and occasionally shrap
mel makes one tuck ones head down,
hut one gets so used to the firing that
although it may sound incredible-it
soon becomes far less noticeable than
city traffic, for instance.
At night sometimes an outburst of
artillery or wild rattle of musketry
at an imaginary night attack wakens
one, stiff, sore, frozen and full Of
strong language, from fitful dreams,
which mainly concern themselves with
steak buildings and huge fires at home.
The cold is really horrible. One
never ceases shivering At night the
soles of ones boots freeze, and one
is forced to get up and stamp till the
blood consents to circulate once more.
Daylight brings some respite, but the
whole time one is forced to muffle to
the eyes and such things as Balaclava
helmets, thick gloves, comforters, car
digans and woody waistcoats cannot
be too numerous. | can scarcely but
ton my coat over my numerous raj
n'ent and still | perish.
Washing and shaving are practical
ly impossible. Officers and men leave
the trenches like miners coming up
from a rit, but somehow that does not
worry us. The idea of washing in such
cold is too awful, for it is impossi-
bic to restore the circulation by ex-
ercise in a narrow, crowded trench,
and in the dug-outs there is just room
to lie down. They are now beginning
to serve out coal and coke-just in
time. There would have been whole
sale frostbite otherwise.
The water in the machine guns
freezes and they have to be nursed
back to action in front of fires. Rifles
get frost bitten and sometimes are
rdptured by the sudden shock of con-
sequent firing. This is rather well
come. fowever, for the wood from a
dereiict rifle burns beautifully.
The water bottles freeze, too, and
have to be thawed out. Water is a
nuisance. 1t has to be fetched By
night by fatigue parties from farms
and villages in the rear, a process
which takes sometimes two or three
hours.
1t is extraordinary how ingenious
the men are in contriving things. for
their comfort. They cut little fire.
places in the side of the trench, line
them with tin from ammunition boxes,
and top them neatly with chimneys
made of bully-beef tins. They build
elaborate rifle racks and make them
selves snug cubbyholes to sleep in,
roofing them with material from near
by ruined farmhouses, piled over with
earth.
The food is plentiful and good. The
crying need is for milk and fruit
PLAINLY of tobacco and cigarettes are
.~~~N~~4~s~~e~s~%~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23

Last call for Christmas shoppers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23

&c rT0PG1A W5DNEsDA y AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 49, 1914
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23
COLD WEATHER MAKES FIGHTING
UNBEATABLE SAYS ENGLISH OFFICER

to be had. There is dearth of things
to read, and it is considered rank
treason to light fire with piece of
newspaper.
The trenches stretch in practically
unbroken line from the sea to the east
frontier, not in groups of isolated
rife pits, but in what are really series
of small towns linked together by
narrow communicating trenches, each
battalion occupying its own little
town, which may be anything from
half mile to two miles long, and
hundred yards or so deep.
From behind the firing trenches
there is wild labyrinth of intersect-
ing communicating trenches, support
trenches, dug-outs for staff and Off
GERS, kitchens and so forth, though of
course some are more elaborate than
others.
1t takes about an hour and half to
go from one end of our present battal-
ion position to the other. Last week
the trouble was mud, wet, ciscid mud,
four or five inches deep, tina tsqS
four or 6,,o iDoI,oe dooD chat coua1ob
ed round ones boot tops and got plas-
tered over everything up to ones hat.
My boots weighed tons. This week the
frost has laid the mud and the cold is
our enemy.
We send few days in the trenches
and then few days in reserve in the
villages in the rear. The relieving,
of course, has TO be done at night. 1t
is eerie job. You march along as
noiselessly as possible to within half
mile of the rear, where you are met
d
through an interminable winding COM
munication trench, full of roots and
mud, never more than three feet wide
at the top and about eighteen inches
at the bottom. Then at sort of Pic
cadilly Circus in the reach of the
! fighting line, the companies branch to
their various posts and are shepherd
ed until each man of the relieving
force stands behind another of that to
be relieved The waiting is a dread
full business. 1t seldom takes less than
three to five hours to effect the COM
plete change. Everything is dead ex-
cept for an occasional bang bang, to
show you the snipers are awake No
one pays the slightest attention to
them.
The men exchange pleasantries in
hoarse whispers and the officers ex-
change news and explain the spec
ial points of the position. Finally,
when the last man has been placed the
order to change places is passed down.
By day there are only sentries here
and there along the line.
A pathetic sight in the rear of all
the trenches is the occasional plain
wooden crosses marking the grave of
some victim of sniper or shrapnel bull
let. Many are ornamented with regi-
mental badge and a simple inscrip-
ton laboriously printed in pencil; 9TH
ers are quite plain.
l bagged my first German yesterday
and a curiously primitive feeling of
citation it is to shoot one. He had
the hardihood to stand up working in
a trench only $50 yards away, so that
l could see him from the waist up.
spent this morning banging away at
another working party, but could not
see the result.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NNNNA~%~~<~%~@%%A
L o. o. r.
| Maata aVaru TnaadaY niQhf af a.M
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23

greet Santa Claus exceeds
expected
of welbehaved
kiddies e day noticeable
generation but the surplus cotton doubt
sswillb be with us until well into the summer
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23

On behalf of the kiddes want to thank each
person who contributed Empty Stocking Fund It's total is
gratifying to all concerned Americas is
stiHc haritably inclined.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23

Tho Society for the Prevention Giving" mighty timely
organization but about pleasing to pretty
ir s epgenic marriages hygenic would be-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23

The armies of Europe time hearing Peace on earth;
s will towards men, this the Star of Bethlehem
will he hidden by clouds of smoke
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23
LONG LEE LAUNDRY

IWlSh to announce that | have
bought the interest Of Geo. Loo In
the LOundr. located at 2lO Jackson
St. and will appreciate your patrO-
mage. All work guaranteed.
LONG Lee, Prop.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-12-23

Let's have Remember it's the savs birthday and
tankpe ND on lot cheap liquor isn't appropriate
ay n celebrate the birthday to die for even the worst
sinn
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27

middle
On
right left
Chicago Then
the hnewhere usually
before
lion Of their individual players hence they had of knowing
chaps the
the middle of the line the fastest of the Chicago cohorts
NOW take the kickoff This
~ thee Chicago had already
Quakers the Stage
ball
Of
regulating by of
what
the
OF
Penn had their playing
middle line OF the field while the back
NOW Heshoerger had stood the ball almost end for his
the whistle blew carefully
lightly into the TOP of the ball andwh happened
ball rolled
en-
the whole Chicago line
tackle blocked
blocked
guards the fast hthf checked
ealf like Of the
had done he fell it, with
ball.
beautiful and
practice right
Oh yes! Penn won the game IS to IL anyway.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
Famous Plays BY Heisman
No. 23--The Dribble Kickoff

n OF A Chicago
its the They took football along
with them the objective their the walled
Philadelphia ntenched their enemies the of "old
The between the Pos and the Quakers attracted
deal the earliest the
tive strength of the East and West in matters fooba Previous this
Michigan Cambridge
while Michigan 1894 defeated Cornell
had they achieved anything like their reputation
the gridron
it the the Chicago uIback echberger
widely headed fuback
thing"
No how eventually it had be admitted
that this that
warrior Asshurbanp performed like that old fighting Assyrian
the Quake like the fold All through
game he performed with consistency and starred with brianc that
neither companion rival star could approach
A
- deylish kickoff
accident
dibbe a
seconds time by the best nickelaed watches the
hike
IIerschberger fulbac puner
icerof in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
LOOKOUTS WILL
ST Ar 7 SPRING
WORK MARCH |
Manager Mccormick to Have Five
Weeks for Training Practice
Before Season Opens,

CHATTANOOGA, Jan. 27.-March
l is the date agreed upon 20.
the Lookouts to report Cor
spring practice. Instructions to this
effect have been sent 10 all athletes,
the battery men a well as the rank
and file.
1t has generally been customary for
the pitchers and receivers to report
from week TO ten days earlier than
the remaining members of the club,
but such has not been considered nee
essary this year, largely because OF
the fact that the lineup is fairly well
mapped out even at this date, while
the majority of the men are seasoned
and experienced.
In corralling his men upon March I 4,
Manager Mccormick will have prle-
tically five weeks at his disposal for
training purposes This time is con-
sidered amply sufficient.
1t is generally believed that Fred
Graft will succeed Harry CovelesNie
as enjoying the distinction of being
the first man TO report. For the past
two years the Pole has been the fore
runner Of the opening of the training
season. This year, of course, Harry
will necessarily be absent and Freddie
Graf ia certain to succeed him as the
harbingcr Of spring, as the star third
sacker is already anXiously awaiting
the opening of the conditioning pe-
riod.
Andrews Field and the dubious,
will be in great shape for the athletes
by the time OF their arrival. The WORK
upon the bleachers and stands Will
be completed and changes and i'm
provements at the clubhouse finished.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
Two Famous Runners
Draw Suspensions

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Because Of
their belief that the emile race at the
Thirteenth Regiment games in Brooklyn
saturday was a fake, the registration
committee of the Metropolitan Associa-
ton to-day suspended Hannes Koleh-
mainen. worlds champion distance run
ner, and Abel Kiviat, holder of the
worlds record TO. 1,5O0 meters. Both
runners took part. The race resulted IN
a dead heat.
Kolehmainen was known to be in poor
condition. Kiviat was expected to VIII
easily, but instead he trailed his rival
until the last lap, and in a belated fin
ishing effort only managed to reach the
tape on even terms with the Finn The
time Of the race was 1906 As, and when
the dead heat was announced there were
loud cries Of fake and "frame-up
from the spectators.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
PACKEY-G|BBONS
BATTLE HAS NOT
BEEN AGREED ON
Gotham Bout Is Still Hanging
Fire, Mcfarland Holding Out
for $4,000 Guarantee.
By Tad
NEW YORK, Jan, 27.-Nothing
IN has been settled regarding the

NEW YORK, Jan. 27-Nothing
has been settled regarding the
proposed battle between Packey
Mcfarland and Mike Gibbons, de-
spite assertions in Chicago that the
details have been arranged. 1t is
true that several weeks ago the mer
reached an agreement to box at AS
pounds, scaling at 4 o'clock, and to
decide the question Of supremacy in
this city. But that is as far as nego-
t1ations have progressed. No date
mas been fixed for the bout, and it is
said that the principals are at odds
over the division Of the spoils.
According to the latest informa-
guarantee to meet Gibbons for ten
rounds. Packey thinks the bout will
draw 100000, but he doesn't seem
willing to accept the usual percent
age. 1t is said that he also insists
upon a $1,000 forfeit from Gibbons to
guarantee weight, which the latter is
unwilling to post. Gibbons is salts
fled to take 20 per cent of the re-
ceipts, but Mcfarland, If he can not
get $4,000 guarantee, says ne will
insist upon S5 per cent Of the gate, as
he considers that he is the bigger
drawing card, and also should receive
more money than Gibbons for under
taking what appears to be danger
Gus task.
Gibbons friends say that his de
cisive victory over Bob McAllister
has made Mcfarland put on his
thinking cap and some of them so SO
far as to predict that there will be no
fight under the weight conditions
named.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
COTCH SAYS He
WILL NOT MEET
FOREIGN STARS
Champion Admits He Has Re-
ceived Many Offers, but Asserts
He Is Through With Game.
BY Jack Conway

- RANK GOTCH, the world's
= greatest heavyweight wrestler,
declares that he intends to re-
man retired. In q statement issued
at his home in Humboldt, Iowa, to-
day, Gotch declared:
81 am through with the wrestling
game. The promoters are trying to
get me to enter active competition
again and every little while a story
is published that l am going to get
back in the game, but l have retired
and shall remain in retirement
"They tell me the public wants me
to meet Mamutoff, Zbyszko, Aberg,
F'ritensky and some of the other
Europeans. That may be so, but l
think l have done my part in the
mat game
IF l were to defend my title. It
would mean a great deal of hard
training, and even though l know
that | could enter the ring and make
100000 or more in a few months l
win not do so. NY business is what
| am building up for the future. and
| have all l can do to make it a
success"
If Gotch remains firm in his deter
mindtion to keep in private life, the
wrestling game will lose one Of its
greatest opponents. Gotch first start
ed wrestling in 1889. twenty five
years ago, and since that time has
engaged in hundreds Of battles and
has won most of them.
TIE leading European wrestlers
have been easy for the Iowa farmer.
His great strength and KNOWLEDGE of
the fine points Of the wrestling game
combined with the agility Of a pan
Their have enabled him to vanquish
some Of the classiest wrestlers that
have been developed during the past
score of years.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
Vehicle Company to
Locate in Atlanta

The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Com
pany will locate Southern office IN
Atlanta within the next week for dis
tribution of and upkeep of cars.
The company has for a number OF
years been popular throughout other
sections of the country and is now
expanding toward the South.
An exclusive feature of the car is
foot control that is not used on any
other electric. This control, It Is
claimed, prevents many accidents, es-
pecially to ladies when driving In
congested traffic.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
Earl Fisher Easy
For Freddie Welsh

CINCINNATI. Jan. 27.-Fredd,e
Welsh, British lightweight. had what
Is often termed a set-up In his ten
round match with Earl Fisher here
last night beating the Dayton (Ohtol
lad easily, Fisher tried hard enough
to make showing but he was like q
novice against the speedy ana scien-
tihc EngliShman.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
Georgia Lists Two
Games This Week

The University of Georgia basket
ball team will play the Savannah and
Augusta Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation teams this week. The RED
and Black meets Savannah on Fri
day and Augusta on Saturday. the
games win be played in Augusta ana
Savannah.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
GRUPP QUITS in BOLT

NEW YORK, Jam 27-Johnnv
Howard, Of Bayonne, n. j.. made Billy
Grupp, the St Louis middleweight.
quit in the sixth round Of their sched-
uled ten-round bout here last night.
Grupr received a severe trounciag.
Grupp announced from the ring that
he would now retire.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27

CLEVELAND. ONO. January 81
The Cleveland American League club
officials received word to-day from De-
troit that Little Memo" Leihold CEN
terfelder for the Maps, has signed his
1914 contract. II has been reported that
bold's services
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
FROM RINCSIDE
AND BLEACHERS
A COMING GAME.

1T is THE WRITER'S
this
1t Frequently fifteen
sand New York City
In
England fell line
wild about It, has played
Probably OF
the The principal is that it is old will be
polo The
roughness, penaized
advance bal-tha let's the
From standpoint splendid The
passing the ball with the The public
school the real Of the will begin They will clubs
play for the love Of development impossible college
which is a slobbey scramble at best
MR. MERKLE
They Jul OF kinks,
s Of on
Yet, three times in a methinks
TIE grabbed of that tcorlds series kaIe.
WITH THE TOURISTS
we hare loSt"-the captain shouted.
As he staggered DOZEN the
I'VE hare lost that quart Of cocktails
We can't ind it aRy,chere"
GRANT AND GossETT Escape far as
we know Charley Faust and Are Latham have fought
BY WAY OF bunch, backed by a Rasn
which more frequently found in the cake than
AND WHILE at might as well get rid Of this one.
In tennis manner Of speaking Auaia hope will
MR.. coVELEsKE, THE in big leagues The
Giants win be glad learn however League
ONE REASON THAT Harvard play Michigan has lust
year for college boy who takes ordinary the
Is over $Loa@oooOoo per annum for athletics
IT is FIGURED, be
ting the pay OF professors who often get much
THIS CRUEL WAR a Tirter
Chicago. ~ wa 'e WIN
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
Owen Moran Meets
Shugrue Tonight

NEW YORK. Jan. 27.-Just gee
to the very day after he won the teatn
erweight championship Of England froin
Jem Driscoll owen Moran will agar
make his bow to the local fight fans t0
night, when he meets Joe Shugrue
the feature bout In Madison Square "a
den. owen last performed here near!
two years ago when he boxed with Fal
Moore, in the Clare,nont rink In BROCK
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
-FOUR MllLERs ENTER ro,n

MINNFATOLIs, MIMI, Jan. IL
-Four members of the Minneapolis Amer
lean Association baseball club last night
signed 1914 contracts and delivered
them TO President NJ. f. Cantillon
They are; otis ClNmer. outdelder.
James Williams, Second haseman: Dave
AlitEer shortstop. and Wade lIuifer,
outhelder.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
WORK ON BALL PARK STARTS.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND, Jan III
Work on the construction of the grand
stands at the Federal League bah park
started here yesterday Mayor Joseph
Il Bell turned the first spadeful Of dirt
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
cRAvATH SIGNS WITH PILLS.

PHILADELPHIA. jar. 27.-The Phil
lies dealt a blow to the Federals to-
day by landing Cravath. President IA
Ser SAYS he win have every man on
last years team but knabe and Bren-
nan.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
eoRpENroMN LEAps STOOL.

WASHINGTON, Jan 27.--With it's de-
feat Of the New York Military Academy
by the score Of eS7 TO al5, the Borden
town Military Academy is stin In the
lead IN the interschool rifle shooting
competition for the military school ma
,iJual trophy
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-27
BROWN AFTER RslDwEt,

CINCINNATI, Jan "Nincr,
Brown manager Of the St Louis Fed
eral League club, arrived unexpectedly
m Cincinnati to-day and had Il confer
ence with Al Bridwel. the Chicago Na.
touN League clubs indelder.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-25

the other questions in subsequent
issues-whenever I feel like writing
on that subject.
In the meantime don't know of
any institution the people need more
understanding of than the newspa-
per. 1 welcome the closest study of
The Day Book, for the more the peo-
pie study it the more they viii be
inclined to accept my invitation to
help make this adless newspaper
what it ought to be.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-25

message SO as to reach the largest
number of people with the. least eX-
pense and least duplication.
l think this terrific bombardment
of the family pocketbook would nat
urally keep the~whole family in a
fever to hurry down town and spend
their money. And there must be great
waste of1tiIne in reading all the ads of
all the stores in so many newspapers
before they can make up their minds
where to buy.
You see there is an educational
process in advertising. Women are
taught to become bargain hunters. 1
understand there is an agreement of
some sort between State street mer-
chants to have their bargain offer
ings on different days, so that there
VIII be some lure every day to bring
the women down to State street to
buy. Once the women are down town
the merchants take their chances on
getting their share of her money.
The credit system helps amaz-
ingly, of course. 1t is so easy to
spend money you haven't got when
you can charge ii" But it isn't al
ways so easy for Dad to foot the
bills. If credit-buying runs Dad head
over heels in debt, that's destructive,
of course.
But other waste runs along with
this waste. The entire, city govern
ment is affected by the selfish inter
est of advertisers and newspapers.
Street railways are run to bring peo-
pie to the loop where the stores are.
Land increases in value in the loop,
rents mount higher and higher and
the cost of doing business goes be-
yond reason. There is waste there.
There are so many angles to this
one question that / can't go very far
with it without writing a book. There
is much in it, however, that men and
women all over Chicago might study
TT1,oTy T,,icrER