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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17
nERICUS WILL
GREET BANKERS
TUESDAY MORNING
A HUNDRED GEORGIA FINANCIERS
wIIL ASSEMBLE HERE.

8msTiGus will extend welcome
Y aaFday morning to the Georgia bank
gEs, these Of Group -Four, OF the State
gS&nkeTs' association, who are coming
1zr tire third time in recent years 10
3aa2S. their annual convention in the
ssEsath Georgia capital city. Banks in
saG ~ the cities of southern and west
@rn Georgia, from West Point to AL
hEay and cambridge, will be repre-
sxaatea at the group meeting here on
sgETzsasy.
The bankers will spend but the one
sSa1 hsga, although Americas would be
Rgxa To have the financiers make a
ssssze extended stay in the best little
cry IN the Empire State.
The business session will be held
In tins auditorium of the Carnegie Lii
Hzs!Fy at II o'clock Tuesday morning.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17
THIS MOVIE Serial BEATS
: GREAT Cheese ROBBERY"
Especial to Times EecorderD

ATLANTA, APRIL I7-Tle county
police are wrestling with 4 mysterY
that would make a fine ope1i9g cpl
sode for some OF the movie serials Ike
the "Sufferings Of Susan" or the "Fof-
ty Billion Dollar Cheese Robbery.
Here's the way the reel would rua,
Scene, the quiet village street Of
Jonesboro; country stores, loafers on
the public square, farmers walking ID
and fro. Suddenly the movie pianist
hammers two cocoanut shells together
to indicate the approach of footsteps
on horseback, a.d a handsome young
stranger drives at a furious rate into
the town square His hair is curly
and he is dressed like the hero of tle
plot Leaping from the buggy he calls
to a bystander, and the following
reader is flashed on the screen,
please watch my horse and buggy
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17
MUTUAL MASTERPIECE
THE OUTCAST COMING
To ALCAZAR MONDAY
MANAGER PRATHER BOOKS FOUR
REEL FEATURE FROM NOVEL BY
THOMAS NELSON PAGE-PIC-
TUE FEATURES MARY ALDEN
AND RALPR LEWIS

Monday Manager Prather offers
THE Outcast' a 4-reel Mutual Master
piece at the ever-popular Alcazar. The
feature produced by the Reliance peo-
pie, is taken from the novel by
Thomas Nelson Page Mary Alden ana
Ralph Lewis, supported by strong
cast, produce this movie full of ex-
citement and thrills. Blended with the
melodramatic is humor and pathos that
strikes every note in the scale OF
human emotions.
Story Of The Play.
This is the story of girl of TIE
slums, who makes her living as d
dancing girl in a cabaret in which her
sweetheart is also employed. Both
have their dreams-a little home Of
their own under happier conditions.
Then the tragedy comes that skaters
their hopes. One day, one of the idlers
in the cabaret follows the girl to her
room and forces an entrance. Bob has
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17
Closing Notice.
Americas, Ca, April 16, 1915.

Amer1cus, Ca, April 10, 1919.
For the purpose Of attending the
meeting of Group Four of the Georgia
Bankers association, which meets II
Americas, Ga, We, the undersigned
banks, composing the Americas Clear
ing House association, will close at
1920 a. m, April Goth for the rest D!
the day.
BANK OF COMMERCE, by Frank
Sheffield.
CITY BANK, by E. i.
Murray.
PLANTERS BANK OF AMERICUS,
by H. S. Council. adyt-16-3t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

suit of clothes which cost him about
$40 months before he was even match
ed with Johnson. Willard, in fact, had
not been champion long enough to buy
a silk hat and frock coat, which are
recognized as a regular uniform of
champions and some statesmen.
Bob, who with his five feet eleven
inches is a rather tall man, had to
look up to talk to the new champion,
who is six feet six inches, some seven
inches taller than the great Cornish
man.
Bob was the smallest Queensberry
champion the ring has known, weigh
ing about 100 pounds when he beat
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

followed, however, and comes to her
rescue. In the struggle the man is
shot and Bob disappears. The man
dies, the girl is held for murder and
Bob gives himself up. The girl is TO
be tried before one of the sternest
judges in the city, who under no Cir
eumstances believes in extending Gle
mency to prisoners-so the girls case
seems hopeless. Her attorney mean
while, has obtained a locket containing
the portrait of her mother and bearing
the name of a country photographer.
The lawyer visits the town and at the
house where the girls mother lived,
he finds a picture of the man who de
serted her years before. 1t is that of
the judge. During the trial, when the
locket is introduced in evidence, AMI
passed to the judge for examination,
the latter faints away and is unable to
go on with the case. Another judge
takes his place, sentiment towards the
prisoner changes and she is acquitted
The picture ends with the girl ana Bob
happy and united at her mothers OLD
home.
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for a minute"

All the people in the audience re-
peat this in unison, after the manner
Of well-behaved movie audiences to
show they know how to read aloud.
The stranger is evidently excited
and in ig hurry. He strides across.
the pdbHc square. Just then a pas
senger ain draws Up tC the station.
Business of maxine noise like 'choo,
choo, puff, puff" somewhere down in
the asighbOrhoCd Of the piano. AS the
train started to move out of the sta
ton the mysterious stranger grabbed
the last coach and swung himself on
board. The villagers gather 10 discuss
the strange occurrence. Evening falls,
and nobody comes tc claim the horse
and buggy 1t is turned over to the
sheriff. End of reel /.
Why should the movie manufacture
ers pay $15 for al imaginary scenario
when it happens that way in every day
life in Fulton county If the county
police succeeded in solving the mystery
the secoad episode of this thrilling Sc
rial will be released in this house.
no, in this news service-next Thurs
dav afternoon
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17
AMERICUs COTTON MARKET
Americas, Ca, April II, 1915.

Americas, Ga, April II, 1918.
The cotton market is quoted today as
follows:
Fully good middling, &c.
Good middling, s LIE to 8 3-4c.
Middling, lac to Z 1-2c.
The futures market again advanced
steadily today to the highest point
reached this season.
On the close May contracts were
quoted at 1915 cents, with Decemb r
at 1895 cents.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

Jim Corbett, March II, 1897. Willard
is said to have weighed 247 when he
stepped into the ring with Johnson in
Havana, April ).
After Willard reached New York he
let it be known that he would don the
regular uniform of champion as soon
as he had the time to visit a good tail
or. He insisted he would leave the
white lights alone.
"They won't get me-" he said.
But they got most other cham
pions," he was told
Yes, I've heard about that, but the
little farm in Kansas will take up all
my spare time" he replied
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

When Bob Fitzsimmons, greatest of
the worlds puglistic champions since
Queensberry fighting began, learned
that Jess Willard would go through
Baltimore on his way from Havana
where he had taken the title held by
Jack Johnson, he hurried to the sta
ton to be among the first to greet the
new hero Bob wore a silk hat and
frock coat. He was respondent, as
resplendent as champions are expect
ed to be. Willard was in the plain
soft hat he bought when he was a
white hope amid scores of white hopes
who were the laughing stock of the
puglistic world. He wore the same old
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.


Now IS good time to cut and make
hrewood of dead or dying trees on the
lawn or in the windbreak.
Cabbage and root crops trenched out
side need careful watching to see that
frost does not get through the cover
Ing.
!. A newspaper wrapped about a gera-
mum or other house plant these cold
nights will often save it from being
frosted. X
Look at the celery stored in the Gel
lar. 1t may need more water. Do not
wet the. foliage but apply water to the
roots. :. Z Z
: A good method of cleaning the foil
age Of house plants is frequently to tip
the plant bottom side up in soapy wa
ter. immense the plant clear to the
pot for fifteen minutes or more. then
cleanse In clean water
When watering house plants it is a
good plan to set the pot in water IN
til the soil is thoroughly wet. then
drain and do not water again till wa
ter Is needed. Small amounts Of wa
ter, applied frequently, often do more
harm than good. Water thoroughly
wheh water Is needed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04
NOVEL PRIZE CONTEST
FOR TOWN FORESTS.
Massachusetts Municipalities Entered
In Tree Raising Competition.

The cities and towns Of Massachu-
sets have an opportunity to enter q
novel contest. Nearly sixty of them
are already entered in shade tree
planting contest, promoted by the Mas
sachusetts Forestry: association. The
prize In that case is mile Of street
planted to shade trees by the associa-
ton " 1.
The town forest contest is more
unique and farreaching in the object
to be accomplished. Under the new
town forest law recently passed in Mas
sachusetts cities and towns may own
and operate forests Of their own. 1t
is to encourage the movement In this
direction that the Massachusetts For
estry association is Offering to plant
10000 three-year-old white. pine trans
plants on fifty acres Of the land &C.
quired for the town forest Of the city
or town that wins the prize. The
young trees will be spaced six feet
apart over the entire fifty acres. =
In order to enter the contest q mu.
nicipality must own and set aside at
least 100 acres under the new town
forest law, and fifty acres Of that area
must be planted to forest trees. In
Massachusetts the white pine is the
best commercial species, and most of
the places entering the contest will
plant white pine
A committee appointed by the ass0.
citation to Judge the contest will visit
all the forests. 1t will determine the
standing of the contestants on the
area acquired. the amount of planting
done, the quality. Of the trees planted.
extension provisions. advantages for
numbering and water and soil protec
ton. fire protection. recreation and
aesthetic possibilities and general i'm
provements. Appropriate scores are
allowed on each point. As result of
the requirements the city or town hav
ing the best possibilities for a perma-
nent and efficient town forest wins the
prize. At least ten entries must be
made before the prize will be awarded
When we consider the splendid ad-
vantages which town forest will
bring to city or town and the small
outlay required to start such a: forest
and to maintain it We should expect to
hear of many places entering this pub.
lie spirited contest. They have moth
ing to lose and much to gain.-Amer-
lean City. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04

EXAMPLE OF MODERN PUBLIC SCHOOL.
BUILDING. y:
true that in the interior and country
communities it is very difficult to OBJ
tain well trained architect to under
take the work. While it may also be
true that local pride might favor q To-
cal design, such preference is very like
~ to be the undoing Of school boards
The best trained and equipped archi
tects can only be found in the larger
centers of population.
Is it right for local boards to work
for anything but the highest results in
buildings which are to determine the
future efficiency and health of the gen
Grafton? Should they not have at their
command the best sources 81 infOrma
ton possible and be cognizant Of the
latest development in school architec,
lecture? Should public money be spent
for anything but the finest. buildings
possible?
Good results in, architecture are
largely a matter of evolution, of study
with knowledge Of the previous for
ward steps in design. It Is evident
that If reproductions of the foremost
examples of school building In. these
United Suites could be distributed to
every school hoard trustee in. the coun.
try these boards could so on imprOv.
ing and making over until; VIC: had bufl
up school architecture founded ,lpo,
the best that is In ,t,XfStQln7.- in slthnF
words: create u standard. Il -, y:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04
nesting q Civic Association.

Mestins 81 Civic Association.
The tenth annual convention Of the
American Civic association will be held
at Washington on Dec. 2, 8 and 4. It
Will be most important meeting from
which win 80 out inspiration to all
parts Of America for advance effort for
the achievement. OF beautiful and help.
ful community life and for the preser-,
vation Of national scenic wonders. such.
as Niagara falls and the national parks.
This years convention Of the. Amer
lean Civic association will be an an
zniversary occasion and distinguished
by the presence Of many Of it's charter
members. who at st. Louis in June,
1904: effected consolidation Of the
American Park and Outdoor Art asso.
citation and the American League For
Civic Improvement under the name of
the American Civic association.
The program for the December con-
vention will relate Importantly to city
and town. planning, to city and county
parks, to- neighborhood improvement.
to the: abatement of billboard and
smoke nuisances and, in a large nation.
al way, to- Niagara falls preservation
and to the proposed creation by con.
gress Of Z national parks service
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04

POWER SPRAY OUTFIT USED BY THE MIS-
g SOURI, STATE EXPERIMENT STATION.
simple. In addition to your regular
knapsack or compressed air garden
Sprayer you need spray pole or
length Of quarter inch hose which you
can fasten to a sawed Off bamboo fish
pole and one or two suitable spray
hozzles. If you don't already own
knapsack or a compressed air sprayer
make yourself useful present of
one. at once-not for winter spraying
alone, but because you will need n
every month, almost every week, to
take proper care of your summer gar
den, flowers. potted plants, house
plants. etc. Your sprayer should be
equipped with an automatic valve and
@eo anti-clog nozzle; then the starting
and stopping Of the spray can be con-
tfolled with your left hand while your
Right Is free to manage the pole and
to direct the spraying.
There are a number Of good nozzies
!, On the market. but for operations on
foot under the trees select one Of the
! goose necked or angle type. With this
simple turn Of the wrist will direct
! the.spray In. any desired direction and
nave asgreat deal Of shifting from one
Atas az the branch or tree to the other
A cup shaped washer Of stiff leather.
three or four inches in diameter. that
will slip tightly over the pole will keep
the spray material from running down
the pole and up the sleeve, and wood
en- handle made Of soft pine, bored out
just large enough to fit snugly over the
spray pipe and held in any desired po-
sition by a set screw made of any or
binary screw with the end squared off.
will make the handling of the pole
more convenient. These can be made
with jackknife and bitstock.
The orchard pests that we can fight
successfully in winter are the various
scales and scabs, though spraying now
VIII help to control number Of the
other insect pests and will check still
others by destroying cocoons, egg
masses or dormant lavae. Some of the
scales are rather hard to find. and all
are very small and innocent looking in
comparison with the serious damage
they can accomplish.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04
SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE.

Problem Of Obtaining an Attractive
Building Of: Consequences. =.
School architecture is special prob
lem, writes Charles Henry Cheney in
the American City: The practical. re-
quirements are many and diverse, and
the solution Of the planning problem
alone requires an experienced and we'll
trained architect. Although from the
practical standpoint planning has the
preponderance Of Importance, the prob
lem Of obtaining an attractive and dig
nif1ed looking building is of great con
sequence to every school board. :,>. -.
It requires more than good carpen-
ter or contractor to obtain. either of
these results Yet: 1t is unfortunately
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04
Farm and
Garden
ORCHARD WINTER CAMPAIGN,

Now 10 the Time to Destroy Orchard
! -. - ,..~, and Garden Pests.
=; Early winter is the ideal time to
catch many Of the orchard and garden
pests OF their guard, says the Country
- Gentleman. They are in a torpid state
. and can be located more readily. We
can also use much stronger sprays on
dormant trees than we can use in sum-
mer, and the absence of leaves makes
possible much more thorough and
convenient job Of spraying.
=: The work may be done at any time
from fall until growth starts in spring.
but the best time is now.
- The outfit required for the home
grounds, the fruit trees and garden Is
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04
Government Aid For Farmers.

When certain kinds of living organ
isms which take nitrogen from the air
are properly worked into the soil crop
yields are often greatly increased, and
land that is worn out is put In eondi-
ton for bearing more crops. The Of
fee Of soil bacteriology investigations
Is an important branch Of the depart
ment's bureau of plant industry and
not only investigates the bacteria bene-
acial to the soil. but prepares cultures
OF certain kinds for distribution to
farmers, who may use them to make
their farming more profitable. During
the past year this Office distributed
enough culture of bacteria to treat
about 100000 acres Of crops, such as
alfalfa, svetch, crimson clover. red clio.
yer, cowpeas and soy beams 49,
Upon the recommendation of repre-
sentatiVes Of the department, especial
" county agents, the 'cultures'' are
distributed to; farmers who need and
desire them. The departments agents
IN theirsdistribution are endeayoring to
encourage the. use Of legume. crops,
such as alfalfa and cowpeas, in crop
rotation systems so as to maintain the
fertility Of the land. - ,-@. !,
Distributions of "inoculating mate
rial have been made by the depurt-
ment since 1902, when the first prac-
tical method was evolved, for |prepar-
ing pure cultures of bacteria for 2inoc-
ulating 'legumes.. These bacteria are
called nitrogen fixing because they
are able to absorb nitrogen gas from
the air and "f1x" it into solid COM
pounds In the soil. where it is valu.
BILE plant food. D. <<sg
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04
Wheat FOLLOWING Millet.

,Mhlet leaves the soil in shape to pro-
duce better crop Of wheat At the
North Dakota station it has been found
that the three crops of wheat following
millet produced sixteen and one-quar-
ter bushels more wheat than the three
crops Of wheat following wheat.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04

Before electric meters are permit
ted to be used in German coal mines
they are exhaustively tested in the
various gases to show that they will
not cause explosions.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04

Fifteen to twenty drops is the
usual amount of boiled dynamite, or
"soup," as it is known among yegg-
men, used in blowing the average
safe. They carrys,it in small bot
Ties
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04

rectly to the; trees, for when this is
done the wire will be grown. over and
fmbedded within the tree itself. This
has a number Of disadvantages. Not
only do, the wounds mar the appear
ance OF the tree, but they also afford
entrance for diseases which cause de-
cay. In the second place, If the tree
is ever cut for lumber either the best
part Of the trunk has to be thrown or:
and wasted. or else, If the wires and
staples are deeply imbedded, the tree
may be sawed into without any know.-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04

=: Compressed air used by Washing
ton inventor to force burning fluids
into holes~in stumps until they are
destroyedamore effectively than when
dynamite is used. .,..: L..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04

The Chinese government is plan
ming to spend $1o,ooo.ooo for q num-
Der Of high power wireless stations.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04

One quarter Of the aread OF the
kingdom Of saxony is covered BY for
osts. s.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04

RIGHT WAY TO ATTACH, FENCE WIRE TO
TREES.
edge on the: part of the sawmill men
that the wires are there. The results
are likely to- be disastrous to the saw,
and may even endanger human life.
Further, it is impossible after the wire
Is grown over to move the fence with
out cutting the wire or chopping deep
into the tree:
A better way, and one that protects
both the tree and the fence, is to nail
to the tree strip of wood from four
to- six inches wide and an inch or:
more thick. aud Of length to suit the
height Of the fence. The wires can
then be stapled to this strip. As the
tree grows the strip is forced out and
the tree is not injured. The strip can
be nailed tighter from time to time,
the wire fence always remaining sta
pied to it. If there is occasion to moye
the fence or cut the tree the strip can
be pried of without any difficulty. :
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04

Egyptian cotton is being profit
ably grown on irrigated farms in Ar
1zot1a.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04

In the year: ending with October,
CALIFORNIA; q = fEpped the greatest citrus
fruit cropssAer grown in the state.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-01-04

New York has hotel owned and
managed by two sisters IS .s=-....s-
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Scientific ( i ] / ! !. [.
Farming
WIRE FENCES AND TREES.

Best Method Of Attaching the Wire Elk.
planned. 81 4.
Prepared by United States department Of
agricultural "-z
In running wire fences it may be nee.
essary or desirable to, attach the wires
to trees along the fence lines. In many
regions old fence rows have grown up
naturally to trees. In others wind
breaks have been planted between
fields. making tree lines to which wire
fencing may be attached without the
labor and expense Of setting, posts.
In attaching wires to trees. however,
It is bad practice to fasten them di.