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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-26
A STRICKEN PEOPLE.

'sod in his all wise providence has
|seeh fit to snatch from the happy thor
lon $hfare of life some of the fairest
s5iqssoms In the bright garden OF hap.
grilsess.
Hhe unfaiIing and unquestioning
Esand of death has placed itself in the
homes Of many Americus and Sumter
county people.
A stricken people pause in utter
compliance with the viii of a great and
'baing God.
The Thanksgiving OF yesterday,
n uhed with all the fervor OF loving
Ipe ples was robbed of It's grandeur,
|and the pail of death gathered around
|tke fresides of many people.
The tenderest sympathies OF a
|etateful and kind people bow their
|Eeads with broken hearts.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-26
|MANY MESSAGES SYMPATHY
|cOME To AFFLICTED Zones
POUR in FROM DIS
TANT STATES.

Expressive of sympathy in the houl
of direSt affliction, Mr.. Frank LanieI
has received today kilograms by the
Hundred from friends, not only in
Georgia, but throughout the North and
East as we'll. The Associated Press
carried this morning to cities in every
state in the union the story of the trag-
edy of yesterday wherein young Hen,
ty Lanier met his DEATH Before noon
today nearly two hundred kilograms ol
sympathy had leen received at the
stricken home in Americas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-26
Death OF LITTLE GIRL
FOLLOWS BRIEF HLNES
Infant Daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. III.
VinsOn Dead.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Vinson, who re.
gside On College street and Forrest az.
Ienue have sympathy of many friends Ii
gthe death of their baby daughter, Dor.
Icthy, which occurred last night after
Ia brief illness. The dear little one
was just year old, and the idol of hei
devoted parents. The tiny white cot.
|fin, covered with snowy robebuds
|emblematic of the little life that haG
'8one out, was laid away in Oakgrovt
cemetery this afternoon. Rev. Bur.
'roughs conducting the funeral exer-
'cises.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-26
Kitchener is i'm Rome.

PARIS, Nov. 26.-A Havas dispatch
saws that Earl Kitchener arrived in
Rome today and went Immediately to
the British embassy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-26
|MANY PRESSIP PEACE
|PLANS PRESIDENT

1 WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 26.-
sPresident Wilson has an engagement
/ Elate today to confer with Mrs. Phillip.
eSnowden, the wife of the British mem
j ber of parliament, and Nine. Rosiks
3Schwimmer, a Hungarian, who seeks
This support for the movement of 8
neutral conference attempting to en-.
the European war and establish per-
gmanent peace.
The meeting is a elimination of 4
campaign in which promi-
trent peace advocates yesterday serl
sthe president messages urging peace.
President Wilson let it be known la
tier that he would not take steps for a
apeace conference now. He does not
believe the time propitious, and so far
las is known he will have nothing t.
Idc with Ford's peace ship, which viii
sail December 4th.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-26
Remains of Miss T1ildrethAccompanied By
Relatives Sent to Florida Home
Thursday Night
4 \ = \ 4 \ = = \ \ = y II
CONDITION OF VICTIMS.

= Miss Sarah Tower seriously )
y injured in the Thanksgiving au- 4
> tomobile tragedy, spent "a good
: night at the Americus hospital, :
= rallying strong from the lief 4
: fects of the accident. High hopes 4
: are entertained for her recovery. 4
n Miss Mildred Hollis is suffer '
: ing from the general shock of
= the accident, but is reported as 4
: doing as well as could be ex-
pected. =
= Miss Mary Bell Hixon is resting =
= easy, with slight injury to her '
, hip and a badly lacerated foot. =
, Stephen Pace is confined to his i"
= home nth a sprained ankle, but :
: ii repofted as resting easy to- :
. ea,. =
IS the result of a tire bursting and
he ov turning of powerful Olds-
po'ile ON the Americus-Co Columbus
iighw y, nine miles west of Ellaville
he DECD are:
MISS EDITH HILDRETH, of Live
Oak, ia.
Al dRY LANIER, of Albany.
TT injured and other occupants Of
hes ar were:
M is SARAH TOWER, of Americu5;
'efs asiy injured internally and a cash
scre s the forehead.
Al IS MARY BELL HIX0N, oi
sM sicus; foot severely lacerated and
i'm + scratches.
IN lSS MILDRED HOLLIS, of Amer
fa severe bruises and nervous
Continued on Page Sd
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-26
CABINET NEE Tines
BEEN CANCELLED

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 26.-
President Wilson cancelled the cab.
|iuet meetings to work on his message
Ito congress, which convenes Decem-
|ber 9Th. He worked late into last
|aight and did not finish it. He is trv-
|ing to get it done in time to go to tha
|Army-Navy football game at New Yorh
tomorrow
was borne away by the active pull
bearers, j. ID. Weston, Jerome Brown
Charles Foley, Joseph Hunter, Harry
Hawkins, Rev. Middleton, John Wheat
ley, Lawson Stapleton, Jr. The hon
orary pallbearers we're H. V. Daniel
Ii. B. Mashburn, B. L. Grove, B, Fl
Worthy, Marvin Turnipseed, w. G
Maynard, r. NJ, Smith and W. D. Man
ming.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-26

TIE Times Recorder is The ONLY
paper in the Third Congressional
District " itb Associated Press
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31

called the rest of us and we drove Sally
Sly out of the Old Orchard, and l don't
think she'll come back very soon. l
pulled two feathers out of her coat my
self and it did me a lot of good" Mrs.
Tiny ruffied out her feathers.
Ibid you ever hear of anything so
wicked? They say she never builds a
nest and never takes care of her babies.
In fact. she doesn't even know her own
children. She sneaks around and lays
her eggs in the nests of others, always
the nests of those a great deal smaller
than herself. and then goes off to have
a good time without any cares at all.
She never even goes back-to see if the
eggs have Matched and the babies are
being taken care of. She hasn't spark.
not a spark, of mother love in her. No
body but Bully the English Sparrow and
his wife will have anything to do with
her, and you know they are a very poor
kind of people themselves and none of
the rest of us will even speak to them
They are better than Sally Sly, though,
for they do take care of their children
Did you ever hear OF anything so awful :?
Just think of IA mother leaving her chill
and not even caring enough to find out
whether they live or die"
What does Sally Sly look likeY'
asked Tiny
She wears cloak of brownish-gray,
a perfectly homely thing, and she sneaks
around in the most shameful way re-
FLIED Mrs. Tiny.
"Then | saw her this very morning"
declared Tiny. land just as sure as you
live she meant to leave an egg in our
nest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
] Tie Searchli8ht
Spare Ribs of Umbrellas.

Although umbrellas have been in use
since time immemoral, they have re-
ceived less change and improvement at
the hands of the inventor than any
other equally common article. Yet the
patent Office frequently records inven-
tions designed to render the umbrella
more efficient.
patent granted recently, If it comes
into general use, will put the old UNI
brella mechanic completely out of bust
ness by enabling any man to repair
his own umbrella. A special sliding
holder going up and down the staff of
the umbrella permits the ribs to be
sprung in and out by an ingeniously
devised joint. When rib becomes
broken it can be slipped out and new
one sprung into place. All that is
necessary is a supply of these specially
designed ribs and the corresponding
sliding attachment to hold them in
place. A gust of wind might turn your
umbrella inside out: yet. with this de-
vice, you could repair it in five minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
Little Sor1e,
& Bedtime
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copy right. 1915. by j 6. Lloyd
Owner of the Strange Eggs
Discovered.

,.., NJ, nv. :. $1,000 -. ,,o,.-
i'i''ie MIS- l'ht - s"IS pc
son Tiny the Warbler saws So ana
certainly he ought to know. He says
she is the smartest uerson in the Old
,,,.,.,,, nc -, ,;a iohhors do
" ''f .
not agree to thaf. put they 40 AUNT
that she is very smart. They could
help admitting it after she built that
,u.os,ory ho,s. with tho str,npe ep.
~
i'che" III ''s io"e' pau
couldn't hatch- After ne mad hearh
about that even Sammy Jay. who has
little resnect for ANYBODY. bowed to
.o, 80. ,,I;.a,, .,, .h.v ob,,..t,
10 meet
Il don't see how you thought OF IT:
really don't, my dear" Tiny would
burst out every once in a while IT
is quite the cleverest thing ] ever heard
of May / just peep at those eggs
You may take care of them while
go get something to eat. Mrs. Tiny
would reply. but be sure that you don't
leave them for an instant. 1t would break
my heart to find another strange egg in
with them. and | am not at all sure that
that heartless creature who left the one
we have locked up lis not hiding around
here somewhere waiting for another
chance. / can tell you one thing. Tiny
Warbler, and that is that | am not going
to bring up any strange children
Tiny knew by the snap OF her biil ana
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
Serbian Army Is Quiet.

The Serbian army, after great losses
in the winter, has undertaken no mill
tary operations, being content to guard
the frontiers of its country, on which
there no longer is an Austro- Hun
garian army.
The other Balkan states are about
to decide which side they shall take
in the war. Since Russias forces have
been driven back and badly beaten.
and a German and Austro- Hungarian
army has been arrayed near the from
tier of Rumanian, Bulgaria has come to
an understanding with Turkey, and
Greece remains the opponent of Italy,
and an increase in the number of our
enemies under control of the entente
allies no longer is to be anticipated
by Austria Hungary.
The Germans have every reason,
therefore, at the end of the first year
of the war to consider their sacrifices
in blood and treasure have been re-
warded We are well prepared for q
continuance of the war. Our nation
still possesses determination to conquer
and to make the necessary sacrifices.
Our supplies OF war material are as
sured by efficient organizations. Our
finances are far from exhausted, and
there is no lack of provisions. Our
fleet despite few losses among tsa
cruisers. is ready to be thrown into
the struggle at the proper moment and
i'm full strength, and our submarines in
all the seas are the dread of our enc
mics. Thus their offensive has changed
to a defensive, and the prospects OF
eventual victory for the central pow
ers is materially increased"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
Convicted of Mail Frauds.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. July 31.-A fed
eral jury in the trial of Charles A.
Elder. president, and ten other former
officials and employees of the Los
Angeles Investment Company. charged
with conspiring to use the mails in a
scheme to defraud. has returned a
verdict of guilty against President
Elder, W. d. Decide and George M.
Derby. The other defendants were
acquitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
TEUTONS CLAIMING
WARS ADVANTAGE
Maj. Moraht, Correspondent of
Berlin Paper, Discusses
General Situation.
REVIEWS GERMANIC
SUCCESSES IN YEAR
Nation Well Prepared for Contin-
uance of Struggle-Chances of
Victory Deemed Better.

BERLIN, July 3I-Maj. Ernest Mo-
raht. the military correspondent of the
Berllner TaSeblatt. reviewing the
twelve months of the war, for the AS
sociated Press, says:
A year ago coalition with a pow
erful numerical superiority declared
war on Austria Hungary and Germany.
he hostile countries have a far larger
population than have the two central
powers. and their combined armies
originally outnumbered those of the
latter The central states, however,
nave known how to improve this diff
cult situation by alternately taking
the offensive and defensive on the
western and eastern fronts.
In the west the German armies IN
a rapid, triumphant advance, carried
their standards within fifty miles OF
Paris, and have kept them flying there
since mid-September. Even though the
right and left wings of our wide flung
battlefront in France and Belgium
have been bent back since then lbe-
ca use there was no other method for
the time being of counteracting the
numerical superiority of the British
French and Belgians). still we hold
the positions fortified during the nine
months firmly in our hands so that al
most all of Belgium and the north
eastern departments of France have
been occupied by the troops of Ger
many.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31

that hay, il stored without proper cur
ing, will heat and sometimes start COM
bustion blaze. If this is the explana-
ton the fault. 1 am convinced. is with
patch of oats which l cut lin the
milk: that is, before the grain had
ripened. Green oats make about the
hardest hay there is to cure, and when
stored mine | was not fully satisfied
that it had had enough of air and sun
shine. But a rain was threatening and
| decided ] had better put it in than
run the risk of its getting wet.
AS matter of fact, / intended at the
time to fork it over several times in
the loft to complete the curing, but in
the rush of other work l forgot to do
so. Later on. when other hay was cut,
it was put in on top of the oats and,
if the oat hay was insufficiently cured,
there was every opportunity for the
heating and combustion process.
Whatever the loss is on the barn and
its contents. IL comes absolutely out OF
my own pocket There was no insur-
ance. When / bought the place last
spring the former owner held a policy
which had another year to run. and
which l took off his hands. 1t was a
the policy. / discovered that it covered
the dwelling only. that the barn and
other outbuildings were not insured.
/ fully intended getting another policy
to cover the barn, wagons and impie-
ments with other contents, but kept
putting it off from week to week, until
it was too late. Our household goods
also were uninsured, and had the house
burned they would have been a total
loss, except such things a s might have
been carried out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
TAKING A FAMILY
BACK TO THE SOIL
Being the Experiences of Gov
eminent Clerk Who Sets Out
to Lower the High Cost Of
Living.

A blow has fallen on US at Sunny
Knoll that is more than staggering: it
is paralyzing. The barn, with all the
nay OF which / was SO proud: the
buggy. about all my farming imple-
ments and the heifer calf burned last
wednesday night, and today there re-
mains nothing but ashes and charred
timbers.
1t probably would be too much to
say That our hopes and ambitions had
oeeh reduced to ashes also, but Ger
tainly. for the time being the heart
is taken out of our enterprise
II Is due, probably, to favoring
VIVA that the house was not burned as
wen. AS it was, the large chicken
mousse caught and was considera bly,
damaged. but the boys shooed the hens
out squawking with fright, to safety.
Wakens and Smells Smoke.
] don't know what it was that woke
me up. but once awake the acrid smell
OF smoke got me out of bed in a hurry.
Inc barn had not yet burst into flames
and. in the absence of the light they
gave later in abundance, | had con-
siderable difficulty locating the fire
MY first thought. of course, was that
the fire was in the house. ] went hur-
rledly through the other bedrooms and
the rooms downstairs, but all was
well. Rushing out into the yard to
see II smoke was coming from under
the roof, my attention was attracted
to the barn.
All around from under the caves and
through the door of the hay loft the
smoke was pouring in dense black VOL
umes. Even as / stood, spellbound for
a moment. flames began to redden the
smoke, and in another minute all the
upper part Of the barn was a roaring
furnace.
| yelled to Jane and the boys and
then rushed in to rescue the horse. The
attempt might well have cost me my
life. In my excitement 1 took no.
thought of his mad fright and started
to go in the stall beside him. 1t was
dark still in the lower part of the
barn, and ! probably would have been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31

kicked and trampled to death. The
pounding of his hoofs against the side
of the stall warned me just in time. l
slipped into the adjoining stall and
tried to unite his halter, but his plung-
ing had pulled the knot SO tight l
couldn't loosen it,
l CROPPED around for something with
which to cut the strap, but could find
nothing. 1t occurred to me that 1
might unfaste and slip his halter and
this j managed finally to do, though
he almost jerked my arms out of their
sockets before the task was accom-
plished. Freed, he dashed out into the
field and began to eat grass as calmly
as though danger was something he
never had known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
May Have Been Lightning.

Another possibility is that the barn
was struck by lightning. 1t was rain
ing slightly and there were distant
flashes of lightning when 1 went to
bed at 10 o'clock. but the rain had
stopped before / went to sleep and so
far as | know the storm passed over.
1t may have been a clap of thunder
which woke me up, but | am more in
clined to believe it was that feeling of
apprehension which comes sometimes
in sleep when danger threatens.
third theory. and the one | am most
inclined to accept is that spontaneous
combustion started the fire. | had be
tween two and three tons Of hay in
the loft, and some of it may not have
been properly cured. 1t is we'll known
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
Western MARYLAND College

Westminster. Md.
Rev. T. H. Lewis. DID, LID. Pres.
Classical. Scientific and Historical Courses for
the A. Il. degree. Catalogue and Niew-fook
sent. Opens Sept. 20. 1915.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31

as yet unfrightened. when ! was free
ing the horse.
We do not know. and probably never
will know, what started the fire. When
n farmers barn burns he always thinks
first of tramps. Several weeks ago a
man asked permission to sleep in the
barn. which permission / refused. Since
then, so far as we know, there have
been no tramps on the place. AS 1T
was threatening storm early We'd
nesday night. it is possible tramp
took refuge in the barn without asking
permission. and, smoking his pipe, set
the hay on fire. There is nothing back
of this theory. of course, except that IT
is a possibility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
Al. BE ARLE

SIccial Summer Rates-S2 up daily. s? up weekly
Leading highclaS> moderate rate hotel VIZ
ciuia ave near Beach. Cap. $50. leo ccol front
rooms: new metal beds: elevator: private baths:
1910 IT, porcl!e>: excellent table ,evening din
ncrs,: courteous service; homelike atmosphere
Eooklet ]. l.. COPE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
Hard to Figure Loss.

Just what our loss amounts to, in
dollars and cents. we haven't attempted
seriously to figure out. Whatever the
pared to the loss of courage which has
resulted. We may get back our cour-
age in time, but just now you may well
believe, we are pretty much down in
the mouth.
Roughly estimating the financial loss,
the barn probably could be replaced
for an expenditure of $500 or $500. for
do rebuild it will be a larger and bet
ter structure. The hay was worth at
least $50 ton, the calf, s25 to $50.
The buggy was secondhand when we
bought it, and probably could not have
ing implements lost represented an in
vestment of SOS, and were good as
new Small tools and feed destroyed
would add S25 to $50 to the list MAX
ing a total loss somewhere between
$500 and $500.
Such a loss it is true, is not of itself
a crushing one. Other people have suf-
fered greater ones without thought OF
giving up the fight. and it is likely we
will be able to take a more hopeful
view of things when we have had time
to recover more fully from the shock.
Jane was in absolute despair. and
though she kept up bravely that night.
she collapsed utterly next day. She is
suffering still from nervous shock. and
because she has not been in condition
to sit down and talk the matter over
with me calmly is probably one of the
reasons why l have remained so long
in the dumps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
POTOMAC BEACHEWSssTssss5..ssn

50 week and up. Special rates to families and
parties Abundance fresh vegetables from our
own farm Sea food and poultry. Salt water
la thing fishing Grabbing. Music. dancing ar
tesian water. Take steamer st. Johns. Colonial
Beach. Auto and motor boat meet steamer. Write
2ll. McGill bldg Phone ~ 5000 for reservat tons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31

WASHINGTON TO PHILADELPHIA, y
ATLANTIC CITY AND NEW YORK
ERICSSON LINE STEAMERS
ATTRACTIVE WATER ROUTE FROM
BALTIMORE TO PHILADELPHIA
Through the Chesapeake and Delaware canal
to PHILADELPHIA. Stopping at grea,
fishing grounds. Betterton. Chester. Pa also
Newcastle. Del. connecting with trolley to vii
ningtou, Del. From Washington by B. < y.
W., b. & A. E. Ry. to Baltimore, thence
Ericsson line to Phila. Steamers sail daily e1-
cept Sunday pm. Fast day boats daily and
SUNDAYS am. Tickets on sale at d. e. d. and
W.. b. A. E. Ry. ticket offices; also O.
SPl.IEDT. Ticket Agent. 1895 ST. NV. for
New York. Atlantic City. Cape May, Asbury
points north. Meals. 75c. Write for guide
CLARENCE SHRlVER. q. p A..
Light and Pratt sts.. Baltimore. Nd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
Can Rehabilitate PLANT"

Fortunately we held on to enough OF
James $4,000 inheritance after buying
the place so that we can rehabllitate
our plant" without seriously curtail-
ing our program. The money was set
aside as an emergency" fund, and it
seems to me the emergency certainly
has arisen. l will have to erect some
sort of temporary shelter for the stock
while the new barn is building. and
suppose 1 shall have to ride to and
from the station for time in the near
ly springless wagon, but that. while
unpleasant, can be endured.
Loss of the cultivating implements
will not, at this season of the year.
have any effect on crops. and there VIII
be plenty of time to get new ones be-
fore next spring. l wasn't very we'll
satisfied with the selections l had made,
any way, and now I'll have an oppor-
tunity to correct the error. If that isn't
optimism, I'd like to know what it is.
The question of the kind of a barn
to build is going to call for lot of
serious thought. L have spent many
pleasant hours figuring out the new
barn I intended having some day, and
had even sketched tentative plans on
paper But it always was to be some
day that 1 would build it. never
dreamed that l would be confronted
with the necessity so soon. E. S. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-31
COLONIAL BEACH. VA.

HOME COMFORTS: ONE BLOCK FROM
la thing beach: 81 TO 81 per week.
THE HUDSON HOUSE.
MISS NJ. CHERRY.
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THE NELLUNDY

VIRGINIA AVENUE AND BEACH.
Private baths, runnn. water; newly appointed
dining room: capacity. 500. Special, $40 30 up
weekly. $50 up daily. +. II. LUNDY.
TABOR INN non , and h aay ,a .aesl
Excellent table. Bathing from hotel 18th eason
oYner mana cement. Mod. rates. J.I & AN Dunn.
ASBURY PARK. n. j.
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OUT OF WASHINGTON.
ST. .gOETN'g COLLEGE

ANNAPOLIS. MD 1915. Department o.
Art and Sciences of the University of Maryland.
Special advantages for students purposing TO
study Law Medicine. Spacions campus. gym
nasium and drill grounds. MILITARY DEPART
MENT under direction of Army Officer. Adjoin-
ing the United States Naval Academy. Also
Sub Freshman Class to prepare for entrance to
college. Terms $500. Session begins Sept 10.
For ca alogne add ross the Registrar.