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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-31
ELECTION NOTICE
To the Qualified Voters OF the City OF
Americas:


Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of April 1914, there will De
held at the usuai voting place in the
City Hall Building, in the City of AM
CIRCUS, an election for the purpose OF
determining whether or not there shall
be an issue Of:
a. $4,000 of bonds for the improve
ment of the City Hospital,
(2D $1,000 OF bonds for the I'M
provement of the Furlow School Build
ing.
And whether the Mayor and City
Council of Americas shall be authoriz-
&c to issue said bonds in denomina-
lions of $1,000 each. Said proposed
bonds, if issued, shall bear interest al
the rate of ) per enct per annum, pay
able semi-annually, the due dates of
said interest payments being on the 1st
day of January and on the LIST day of
July each year; and said interest to
extend over and be paid until the ma
turity of said bonds, which shall be
thirty 900 years from the date of is
sue;
That no part of the principal shall
be due and payable until the expira-
ton of thirty years from the date of
issue.
To pay on and discharge the interest
semi-annually and provide for a sum
Sufficient to retire the said Hospital
Improvement Bonds, a tax sufficient to
raise the sum of Two Hundred and
Fifty Dollars per annum shall be as
essed, levied and collected by the May
Or and City Council of Americas;
To pay off and discharge the inter-
est semi-annually and to provide for
a fund sufficient to retire the Furlow
School Improvement Bonds within
thirty years, a tax sufficient to raise
the sum of Five Hundred and Eighty
Three Dollars and Thirty Three cents
per annum shall be assessed, Levied
| and collected by the Mayor and City
Council of Americas.
All the male citizens of the City Of
Americas who are qualified to vote for
members of the Legislature of the
State of Georgia, who shall have paid
all taxes imposed and demanded by
the authorities Of the City, and shall
have resided six months within the
City prior to the opening of the regis,
tration lists and registered as herein
provided for shall be qualified to vote
at sair election, according to an ordin-
ance adopted by the Mayor and City
Council of Americas on the 25th day
Q March, 1914.
The polls of said election shall be
opened at o'clock A. NJ, and remain
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-31

Be careful these days after eating to
wipe all the egg off your chin lest the
income tax man see you.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-31
To pasture rent for whole

To pasture rent for whole
herd ..................$ 250.00
To taxes on $3.50 invested in
herd Observation-Disclosures. 4.6l
To interest at per cent on
$3.50 investor in herd. $50. 1890
To $3.50 pounds Of cottonseed
cake fed to breeding cows
during January, February,
March and April ......... $500
To ALSO pounds of cottonseed
cake fed calves in November
and December ......... 61.15
To 1925 pounds of cottonseed
meal fed calves from Janu-
airy II to April l ....... 215.S9
To S9,545 pounds of corn sill
age fed calves from January
II to April 1 ............ 1882
To 1887 pounds Of broom
sedge hay fed calves from
January II to April ...... 1884
To labor devoted to cattle dur
ing the year ........... $3.50
To 10 per cent depreciation of
of the value of the breeding
cattle Observation-Disclosures. 238.09
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-31

under average southern conditions is
1851, according to experiments which
the T. S. department of agriculture
has bsen conducting, working with
the state of Alabama. The expert
ments have extended over three years
with the object of learning what It
would cost to raise beef calves to an
age OF about nine and one-half months.
as well as to determine the profit in
finishing these calves for the market
during the winter months and selling
them when about twelve months old.
The herd on which tie test was made
was free from tuberculosis and was
rapidly being made free from cattle
ticks. Every animal on the farm was
dipped in a solution of arsenic every
two weeks. No ticks were seen on the
calves during the progress of the test.
The COWS were bred so as to have
the calves dropped during the spring
months. During the summer months
the animals, both young and old, graz
ed upon moderately good pasture;
no feed, except salt, was given in ad-
dition to the pasture. During these
pasture months the cows ate nothing
but pasture grasses, while the calves
had the cows milk in addition to the
grasses. The main pasture was made
up principally of Japan clover and
broom sedge, which had come natur-
all after the clearing of the land. This
large pasture consisted of approx
| mately l 200 acres, but a very large
part was covered with trees; under
these trees the ground was bare. a
small adjoining pasture of approx
II ately 80 acres had been partly set
to Bermuda grass, but this was used
only occasionally for some calves.
These permanent pastures afforded the
animals reasonably good grazing for
about six months of the year.
When the pastures became exhaust
cd in the late fall the calves were
weaned, the males castrated, and the
COWS and calves placed in separate
fields and fed and managed different
~. The COWS were placed in the old
corn and cotton fields, thus being fed
the rough feeds of the farm along with
small amounts Of cottonseed cake. The
calves were prepared for the winter
fattening period,
Cottonseed meal cottonseed cake,
pastures, corn siIage and broom-sedge
ha5 were all used in the test Cotton
seed meal, corn silags and the hay
we're fed to the calves during the fat
tening period All of the feeds ex,
Icept the broom-sedge hay were Of
good quality The cottonseed meal
land cOttOnseed cake were fresh ami
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-31

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-31

Total expenses of herd .,..&1,295.35
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
SHOULD WE REMAIN NEUTRAL?
Professor Howe, of Columbia University, Sees Grave
Danger if the War Goes Against the Allies.

strength. but still more by Withholding
from her those supplies OF food. an
munirioa and gaso.ene without vhiea
she must y.c.G2
Germany having now disclosed Aef
wish 20 rule the planet. does she 10.
know tha. this war win decide either
that she shall reach position m
which she con carry OJt that wish o.
that the res o. the world, recognizing
this her WISH, VIII combine 20 pte'e1'
her H. perpetu.ty l.om reaching 'al'
position
And is not this knowledge one SUI
fcient reason Tor her anxiety for oai
good will, lest We aid the Allies 20 pre-
vent her reaching it,
II We are 20 have world alliance
for restraining military aggression,
should not that alliance be formed nov
rather than after the su5jugauon o.
;he Allies shall have left no unsuols.
gated civilized powers collectively
strong enough 10 restrain Germany
The worlds present power 10 crush ,ns
aggressor suthces. II We allow thh
war 70 90 against the Allies, shall We
not thereby lose perhaps the iAs'
golden opportunity?
If our danger seems remote is 70.
tnat because we have not given "
thought?
II the great work Of the Allies IS .
prevent Germany becoming irres.N.
bile. is not this as necessary 70 0S,
preservation as 20 theirs? II So o0
not honor and dignity call on US 70 ss.
sumo our snare IN the burden o. ~, %"
prevention? HENRY VI. NJ
Columbia University, New lorS' NV
), 1914.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
BELCIUM'S APPALLING NEED
How You Can Help Swell the Dollar
Christmas Fund.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The cooperation of our fsl-
low countrymen is asked 70 alleviate
the suferings of countless thousands
of Belgians during the coming winter.
It is a tremendous task. The Dollar
Christmas Fund, OF which | am treas
urer and which is backed by many
we'll known public men, is working
with other organizations TO avert
starvation which threatens many.
There are many ways in which you
can help to avert the agony of suffering
whch confronts helpless Belgians dur
ing the coming winter. You can send
P donation TO our fund or you can
apply 20 our secretary. Percy Bullen,
G5 Broadway, New York, fer a collect
Ing card. lie will be glad to issue
same to any responsible person inclos-
ing personal references. Churches
chapels. clubs and societies can assist
by writing for our collecting list. En-
te-ta'Hment committees and places Of
recreation may rcndcr great help BY
sending US the proceeds Of berei; per-
fornances. IN all these ways friends
everywhere are assisting nobly
All tho money received will be
cabled TO Europe before December 20.
Il is our ambition to see that 20 neces-
sitous Belgian man. woman or child
is destitute ot food or shelter at
Christmas.
Many heads of families have prom
ised TO pass the plate" for the home
less Bcleians before dinner on Thanks
giving Day A few cents from each
person would form a valuable contri-
button from many households. Such a
gift viii surely be remembered by the
benofciaries long after the Ear has
ceased. and 20 mans ThGnk5g or
Christmas day viii be the less happy
because h. some cases the gil, may
entail some measure IF pcrsoIel sac
"iiiCe.
Let US remember ,hat 10 little ma
tioc in the worlds long history has
been more gricYously stricken. yet no
people can raise their heads more
proudly from the dust The crown Of
thorns is still a crown.
Help us as best YOU can. and please
help quickly. Belgian needs are ap-
palling" says a cable message | have
received from London today, "and
conditions battle description
HENRY CLEWS,
Treasurer Of the Dollar Christmas
Fund. - Broad ST.. New Yorn.
New York, Nov. G. l9ii
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
ON TIE OTHER HANDS
THE DIARY OF OUR Own SAMUEL pEPYs.

NoUember 1O-Up unrefreshed and weary, so
upon my velocpede for a ride through the city
and passed by many whom | knew and hailed
them, but none would greet me, but all looked at
me as if to say, Who is this delivery boy that
calls to me? For so few persons do ride these
days awheel. Eheu tugaces' But do recall a
wear ago how that Jane Cowl the playactress did
say to me, How now, Mr.. Pepys, | should Lore
to ride with you. And said, That is as may be,
but ] doubt you will go. For the words OF them
that have to do with the theatre are lightly given,
methnks, and their earnestncss less than might
be. And told her | doubted she would come;
nor did she ever.
Ito J. Williams and with him for 4-mile
walk, which did enjoy greatly. To the office,
where all afternoon at labours of great journal
istic import, and did write some letters, too To
Brooklyn, to Mistress Annis Flanders's for din
ner, and thence 70 the office, where my wife call
ing for me at eleven. and so home.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
Givine the Convict a Chance.

There went into effect yesterday in the
prisons of the state a classification, or grad
.nc. of the inmates based on their conduct in
confinement rather than their crime record out
side. There are three grades. with correspond
ing privileges in the way of letters books and
newspapers and visits from friends. Good con-
duct--that is, compliance with rules formulated
and printed, so that the prisoners may know Just
vba. is expected Of them and, in way, the rea-
soHs for such rules--will determine the grading.
Not q great thing in itself, this marks a de-
cideG advance in the attitude OF the prison au-
thorities toward their charges. 1t means that
the policy of the state is not to brand them with
the mark of what they were, but to take them
for lust what they are and to encourage them TO
become something better. The new rules will
give a prisoner al incentive to good conduct
and some rewards for it. These rewards viii
keep that unfortunate man or woman q human
being instead Of a rebellious driven animal de
priyed of all softening contact with his kind.
There is some chance that a prisoner, hayi- g
completed a term under these conditions, may
eilerge recOncled to a life of honest work rather
than of fighting society, whereas there is littlc
chance of reform in the prisons universities
of crime'-at present.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12

Also White List Of Hotels was prepared from
which all German walters had been discharged.
One oldtimer, Bonn's Hotel, hastened to announce
with pride that it had not employed German
since 1859. No doubt the arrival of Belgian refu-
gees brought the British alarm to its climax.
These were full of tales of German treachery.
Miss Beatrice Harraden the novelist, stood spon-
sor for this statement by Belgian of her ac-
quaintance, for instance:
Now is not the moment when IL is possible 20 dis
crimnatc between those Germans who may be
trusted and those who may not; it IS the momen.
TO safeguard your country frcm treachery. Re
member the helpless non-combatants, men and
women, old people priests and children who have
been murdered and martyrized. and consider if the
banishment or imprisonment Of a few thousand Ger
man enemies is comparable in seriousness.
A poster, Remember Antwerp accusing Ger
man residents of the second Belgian capital Of
betraying the city added fuel to the fire Finally,
a week ago. the government acted All German
and Austrian subjects between the ages of eigh-
teen and forty five were ordered arrested. and the
whole of the south and east coasts was made pro-
hibited area for Germans and Austrans. Over a
thousand arrests were made IN London, five hun
dred in Manchester, and so on. The prisoners arc
to be interned in concentration camps until the
end of the war
10 doubt lot OF incidental laundering mas
taken place, and the injury 10 innocent aliens is
great. The excuse must be that Germany pos
seSses an elaborate spy system which the British
Secret Service is utterly inadequate to cope with
Wholesale arrests form about the only protection
which England has against what is unqueston-
ably a real and considerable peril
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
Six Weeks TO Christmas.

Il may sound like grim Joke TO many to pub
lsh the fact that Christmas is coming and that
"Do your Christmas shopping early means
now. \ vnolc 70, o. fathers and mothers are
too busy worrying about rent and the coal bill
20 spend much time over gifts. Nevertheless 1t
is only six weeks TO Christmas. and this is the
time to sit down and do your best for the day.
Buying as carly as you can is not the only
story this year Many will be able TO do little
enough buying. anyway. But there arc precious
few Of Ms so badly off that we cannot afford to
br;nC \ little Christmas to some one who needs
il more than we do Why not sit down now and
plan TO help out some one you know aoout! Inc
need was never greater. The winter Is hKey
TO sec more suffering and want than any Of us
can remember Christmas is your day to lend
hand and now is the time to fill your basket.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
Elevaiing Tommy Atkins to the Water
WAGON.
W agon.

In the field the British army authorities are
effectually enforcing teetotalsm on the soldiers
Of the King. The control is in their hands and
they can carry out their order, proceeding
which all the military leaders of Europe are
agreed is essential 20 efficiency of action
The soldiers in the training camps at home
ere another matter That the new ideas of
sobriety are pretty difficult to instl so long as
recruits remain in friendly regions is indicated
by this appeal which Lord Kitchener issued re-
Gently:
The men who have recently joined the coors are
dong their TO prepare themselves for active
service with the least possible delay. This result
can only be achieved if by hard work and strict
sobriety they keep themselves thoroughly fit and
healthy
Lord Kitchener appeals to the public, both men and
women, to help the soldiers in their task. lie begs
every one to avoid treating the to drink, and to
give them every assistance in resisting the tempta
tons which are often placed before them.
The Archbishop of Canterbury followed this
I'D with the very plausible suggestion that those
who would help the empire and could not go to
war might lend very able assistance If they, too,
,rould become "abstaners" for the period Of
ne war. These volunteer recruits for teetotalism
would thereby not only save their own pence, but
would strengthen the hands Of the willing but
weak recruits Of the army. The whole nation
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
The BOARD OF Education Meets.

Ont of the confusion Of yesterdays Board OF
Education meeting a few clear points stand
forth One is that the teacher mother advocates
have gained good batch Of votes. The major
itv. including Mr. Churchill, still cling to the de
cisjop reached without adequate consideration
when the first case came up But that is not hard
20 understand Stronger men than these nave
bat,d to change their minds. The signifcant
facts are 10 be found in Mr.. ChurChills discreety
non-committal reply to the Mayors clear-cut
loQc and the real gain in support for the teacher
,cothors. all q natural consequence OF awakened
public sentiment.
After the confusion Of mind and voice ana
tenper which marked the occasion, the suspen-
sion Of Miss Henrietta Rodman can easily be
understood A lack of sense of proportion is back
of the Board of Education's whole stand on the
teacher-mother problem. The simple, straight
forward course was outlined in the Mayors let
ter But the board prefers to magnify its crotchety
blunder into a mighty policy rather than ac-
knowledge an error and return to earth and
common sense The Tribune holds no brief for
Miss Rodman, though, like every one else ac-
ouainted with the City of New York it respects
her courage and her work. We conceive of
city getting along very nicely without the direct
ing minds of & Board Of Education. We cannot
conceive Of any successful school system that has
not room for person Of Miss Rodmans inde-
pendence and Intelligence.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
The Coming 1ozuer
(Uis Masters Noice)1.

I'd like 20 write brilliant play,
Repletc with wit and paradox;
The kind that makes the people say,
"Is he sincere or throwing rocks!
And vet. if such play | wrote,
Ny pleasure still would hold i'aw
For someone would be sure TO note
The influence of Bernard Shaw.
I'd like to write an ocean tale,
An epic Of the boundlcs9 sea;
The lure of smokestack and of sail,
The utter charm and mystery.
To analyze in pregnant phrase
Right here, n wild thought makes me cross;
For | can hear. instead of praise:
"Why, Joseph Conrad is his boss!'
I'd like 10 write-but what's the use?-
Whatever | may write or sing,
I'm sure to hear the same abuse,
ale initiates like anything"
OF this, the product Of ny brain,
The brightest thing ever wrote,
You'll say. "It's in The well-known vein,
OF 81. the wel-known pote.'
j. o. l..
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
A Looking Glass View.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: II seems something of riddle
to read of the surrender of Is'nG-tao
which twas not German deteat".; o.
the STEADY progress OF the Kaiser 5
forces toward the French channe!
ports" and OF the Overwhelming Dem
ocratic victory, the Wilsonian triumph
of November 3, but the solution IS very
simple.
The German Emperor, the President
of the United States and few mem
bers of the Democratic party nave gone
with Alice through the Looking Glass
and doa't know how to get back.
A. r.
Wilton. Conn, Nov. 10, 1914.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
This is the Time to Do 1t Early, the
Co,auncrs' Leacue Points Out.

To the Tdito- Of The Tribune.
Sir: Fifteen years ago almost every
retail store in the country remained
open until late at night from one 70
thvec weeks before Christmas. This
meant that hundreds Of salespeople,
bookkee pc-s, wrappers and delivery men
worked such long hours that Christmas
meant TO them nothing Of JOY and
goodwill. but only exhaustion and mis-
cry. This condition OF affairs was
brought about by an unintclliSent shop
ping public. which thought that II must
do its Christmas shopping in crowds
and in 4 rush at the eleventh hour.
The Consumers League, realizing the
seriousness of this overwork. institut-
ed the "Shop Early for Christmas
campaign. Thanks to the splendid CO.
operation of the press, this movement
for carly shopping has grown to such
an extent that each year fewer and
fewer stores remain open at night.
There has been consequent lesSenlng
of fatigue and suffering for the work
ers at Christmas time.
Last year III w" i'iN '-e9 - go
retail stores and many small neighDcr-
hood stores remained open TO the pdb-
lie until 10 D. m. and later the week
before Christmas. In three o. these
larger stores the employees received no
extra compensation; in the remaining
three stores supper or supper money
was provided.
After working day of fourteen
hours in one of the stores last year one
woman selling waists said. Tired? ]
have been wishing all day that ! was a
horse: then | would have somebody to
look out for my interests
HANNAH ANDREWS,
Mrs. Barrett Andrews.
The Consumers League, New YORK.
Nov. II, 1914.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
Our Own Fiction Department.

The author entered the presence of the maga-
zine editor.
"Our idea is this the magaZ' editor said,
finally. Before he said this he about two
columns of other things but we ..e no Arnold
Bennett, no Hugh Walpole. Also. this is news
paper; not hurriedly written magazine. Time
and space for unnecessary detail, therefore, lack.
"Our idea the magazine editor repeated, as
even magazine editors do "is this: Advertising Is
falling Off 1t is falling off because manuiactur-
ers are afraid that people are afraid to spend
money. This, obviously. is ridiculous. People
should spend a lot of money; confidence must be
restored Write us a story, Of about 5000 words,
showing how necessary it is tina, people do spend
money, how false the logic of retrenchmcnt is,
how foolish it is to hoard
"Aly terms said the author. "are perhaps
known TO you. For story of 5000 words NJ
price is $500"
"Nonsense!" cried the editor. These are harl
times and we have to retrench. We cannot pos
sibly give you more than So
"Yale" writes y. c. ", from Cambridge, "wili
contribute the Bowl for the little party on the 2ls
and Harvard has agreed TO furnish the Punch
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
Berlin in Three Years.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Don't you think that the re-
ports Of Russian victories are becoming
very monotonous Ever since the be-
ginning Of the war It. Petersburg has
failed to admit single setback 30 her
armies. and yet ihey are no further
advanced TO-DAY than they we've N he
iir2t week Of the conflict. A. tina. time
few trifing successeS OF Russian
arms brought oU. the triumphant shou,
Berlin in three weeks" The thing
has ceased 20 be iunry. @1d yet we
newspaper readc have to put up wiki
such trash day after day. We would
be far more interested in Russian cas-
ualty lists. but evidently s.. Petersburg
Is so busy reporting victories that Il
has no time TO count its dead and
wounded. although it never fails TO
report very accurately the German
dead wounded and prisoners. Berlin
in three weeks is the one really good
New-York tribune., 1914-11-12
" The Enemy in Our Midst"

England took the German spy menace very
calmly, maybe too calmly in the early days of the
war. She is making up for that now Wholesale
arrests Of German subjects have been made and
from the London papers now arriving it is plain
that thoroughgoing scare has spread throughout
England with severe governmental measures ap-
parenty backed by public opinion.
Certain of the Unionist papers have been de-
claiming against the spy peril for weeks, and in
cidentay prodding the government for its
apathy. As the Home Office was loath to act, vol
unteer vigilance committees sprang up in various
parts of England. Placards like this appeared: