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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-10-17
CLYDE FITCH'S WORLD FAMOUS
DRAMA, "THE MOTH AND THE
FLAME,o IN POWERFUL
SCREEN PRESENTATION

1.-THE Moth and the Flame" the
greatest of all the celebrated plays by
the gifted dramatist, Clyde Fitch, has
been produced with remarkable effect
by the Famous Players Film company,
and is the current feature attraction
on the Paramount program at the AL
cazar Monday.
The play made such definite sue
cess when produced on the stage that
the screen translation of the powerful
plot is certain to attract wide inter-
est. The moth is Marion Moltin, a
fashionable, but very lovable girl, in
New York, who is in love with Ed
ward Fletcher, though she is warned
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-10-17
TOURISTS WILL SEE
IN SUMTER FINEST
ROADS IN GEORGIA
ARE PUT In SPLENDID
FORM FOR THE COMING OF
THE DIXIE HIGHWAY PEOPLE
ROADS MADE LIKE VELVET
SIGNS AT CROSS ROADS WILL.
GUIDE THE VISITORS UPON
THEIR. WiAY no FLORIDA.

Americas and Sumter's guests. when
they hit the trail" at Andersonville ON
the county northern boundary Mon
day, will enter upon the finest twenty
i've mile stretch between Dixie and the
west, Roads as smooth as velvet viii
be theirs to, caurse over to the capital
city of southwestern Georgia.
The county commissioners, during
the past week. had the Andersonville
highway to Americas, ~ miles, and the
Afericus-S mithville highway put in the
pink of condition. Dragged and surfac-
ed to a finish, the 25 mile stretch is as
smooth as a city street
At Andersonville, where the Sumter
delegation will meet the tourists,
permanent sign Of huge diminsion
bears the legend Sumter County"
while at every crossroads a sign guides
the traveller, giving direction and dis
lance to nearby towns. These sign
boards are permanent and will be APP
preciated by tourists.
Amerieus people and others who APP
preciate fine roads should go out this
afternoon and speed it over the trail
from Smithville to the national GEM
etery, rs miles of truly magnificent
road
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-10-17
o'clock Monday morning.

o'clock Monday morning.
There will be in the Dixie Highway
'motorcade' the following gentlemen
President M. M. Allison, Directors M.
E. Temple, of Chattanooga; Carl Fish
er, Indianapolis; W. S. Gilbreath, field
secretary; "Kin" Hubbard, originator
of "Abe Martin" sayings, Indianapolis;
Allen Rankin, of the Chicago Herald;
VIM Herschell, Indianapolis News;
Reed Parker, Chicago Tribune; ]. c.
Burton, Motor Age; W. F. Winn, At
lanta Journal; ex-Mayor Chas. Book
walter, Maj. Robert Tyndall, Indian
apolis; W. F. Dilsaver. Chicago; Mr..
and Mrs. Leatherman and Mr.. Dunlap,
of Triton, Ind
Social escorts are being provided by
each town, and so far throughout the
tour from Chicago southwark, there
has at no time been less than twenty
five to fifty cars In the "motorcade" as
the touring party is known, and at
several points this has been augment
to one hundred cars.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-10-17
AMERICUSPL TANNING.
A GALA WELCOME
FOR DIXIE TOURISTS.

All Americas and Sumter county
have joined hands to give the motor
cade of the Dixie Highway tourists a
1ousing welcome.
1t was necessary to change the
schedule of their arrival in Americas
because of condition of the roads en-
countered before their arrival over the
Georgia line.
1t is desired that the city and coun-
ty present united welcome and in
doing so, the cooperation of every
person is requested. Every available
automobile is requested to be at An
Jacksonville Monday morning at II
O'Clock to form the procession for the
ride to Americas.
The cars from Americas will re-
port at Andersonville at 11:00 A. NJ
sharp, and will turn about face to-
wards Americas, lined up on the right
side of the highway. In this way there
will be no confusion on the road.
The escort car of the Chamber Of
Commerce will be Little Six Buick
kindly donated for the occasion by the
E. W. Tullis Auto Company, and will
go to Fort Valley and receive the
commissioners and act as an escort
car to Americas, and then on to AL
bany. This car will contain E. W. Tul-
lis, at the wheel; Prof. J. E. Mathis.
superintendent of schools; Cranston
Williams, editor of the Times-Record-
er, and Secretary Manager E. H. Hy-
man, of the Chamber of Commerce
They will leave Macon at 500
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-10-17

car in which NJ M. Allison, President
of the Dixie Highway Association,
and others were riding, was showered
with roses. Enthusiastic townspeople
have greeted the tourists at every
point and given them rousing well
come.
Governor Dunno made the opening
address of the exercises held in Grant
Park, Chicago, in which he empha-
sized the value of good roads. He also
entrusted to A. B. Quinton, of Miami,
Fla, courier messages to the COVER
nors of Indiana, Kentucky, Tennes-
see Georgia and Florida, sending
them greetings and hopes for the sue
cess of the highway. Hon. M. M. AL
lison responded in which he acknowl-
edged the interest shown by Chicago
in the tour.
The outdoor pageant was held in
Grant Park before dorado Taft's foun-
tain, known as "The Spirit of the
Lakes" The blue sky, bright sun
sine and sparkling water, made fit
ting setting for the tableau, the theme
for which was arranged by Hon. Rich
ard J. Finnegan, Vice President of the
Illinois Division of the Dixie Highway.
In the tableau, Miss Marguerite West,
chosen by Mayor and Mrs. Thompson
because she is a girl employed in Chi
cago business life, greeted Miss Hazel
7 ;uh nf oil a
family, and selected by the Southern
Club of Chicago to represent Miss
Dixie" over an imaginary waste of
mud and clay and mountains. Sud-
denly the idea of the Dixie Highway
was born and little Julia Stubblefield,
representing Florida and Lucille Fin
negan, representing Illinois, danced
out clasping hands and starting a
chain, typifying the union of Illinois
and Florida Into the chain danced
Michigan in the person of Josephine
Sims. Indiana was represented by
Betty Craig; Tennessee, Dorothy Ann
Rice; Georgia, Frances Kirby; Ken
lucky, Mary Powell, and Ohio, Char
otte Wright. Strewing flowers typi-
cal of each state, they laid a path over
which Miss Chicago" and Miss
Dixie" walked to clasp hands and to
stand in the midst of the dancing cir
Gle Of smaller girls.
Harry B. Miller, city prosecutor,
babe godspeed to the tourists in the
name of the city and gave to mes
senger a letter from Mayor George
Thompson TO the Mayor of Miami
Florida, 1900 miles away, the last
city on the Dixie route.
Headed by Governor Dunno, repre-
sentatives of the Chicago Association
of Commerce, the Illinois Manufactur
ers' Association, the associated roads
organizations, the Chicago Motor
Club, Chicago Automobile Trade AS
ISOLATION, Chicago Automobile Club
Cook County Farmers and Gardeners
Association and many other organiza
lions, were present at the start and
made the run to Danville, where Gov
| ernor Dunno dedicated three miles OF
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-10-17

Chattanooga, Tenn--HeraTded by
the familiar strains of Dixie" played
by brass bands, The Motorcade," as
the Dixie Highway Tour is known,
which is now on its way over the
Dixie Route with Miami as the objec-
tive point, has been the, recipient of
one continuous ovation from town to
town since, tire start from Chicago on
Saturday morning, October the ninth.
The good wishes of the departing es-
cort from the town just left behind
have interlocked with the greetings Of
the escort from the town next ON the
tour. From fifty to one hundred and
fifty cars have accompanied. the off
cial party. A special outdoor pageant
was arranged in honor of the tour at
Chicago, and in Bloomington, Ind, the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-10-17
MONDAY SERVICES VICES! 1t
THE CALVARY CHURCH

st. Luke's Day at Calvary church
Monday. October IS. being st. Luke's
Day. there will be a celebration of
the Holy Communion in Calvary
church at 11:00 A. M.
Evening prayer will be said at 400
P. M, nd the Missionary Society will
meet Immediately after the service.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-10-17
devouring fire.

devouring fire.
The production is mounted richly
and in good taste, and throughout the
dignity and artistry of the Famous
Players are conspicuously evident.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-10-17
THE MOTORCYCLE"
ON DIXIE ROUTE.
TOURISTS ARE RECIPIENTS OF
ONE CONTINUOUS OVATION
AS THEY GO FROM TOWN
TO TOWN.
OFFICIAL INSPECTION MADE

From Fifty to One Hundred and Fifty
Automobiles Accompanied the Off,
ciaI Party Out of chicago-SpeciaI
Out Door Pageant Was Held With
Thousands of People in Attendance
Governor Duane Delivers Ad-
dress.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-10-17
Menu For Tourist Dinner

Sumter County Vegetable Soup.
Sumter County Cucamher Pickles
Flint Trout
Sumter County String Potatoes
Fed Shoat
Sumter County Capons Fried Country Style
Sumter County Specd ea
paod cum+er County yames Sumter County
Sumter County Crab Apple Jelly.
Department Aer1cs Pubic SCHOOLS
Sumter County Combination Tomatoes Green Peppers
Old Fashioned Sweet Potato Pie
1ike Nanny Make)
Sumter County Sunny Elbea Peaches
Sumter County County Blue Ribbon Buterm
Old Fashioned Sumter County Corn Bread
Sumter County Dropped Dumplings
Sumter County Cob Pipes
Sumter County Bright Smoking Tobacco
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
Moving Farm Tenants.

Ian ANS"0.
Newspapers at this season of the year
publish numerous advertisements of farms
for rent. These farms, as a rule. are for
rent because the present tenants are NOV
ing, or preparing to move. BY the 1st of
March new occupants will be in possess
sion. And neither the former occupants
nor the new occupants and neither farm
owners nor the farms. will be better off
for the shift. The movers. in both in
stances, will lose the value OF a years in
vestment OF work on the properties. and
they will lose the value of what a years
work has brought In knowledge of soil
conditions and requirements. The owners
will I'm many cases merely exchange one
unsatisfactory tenant for another of no
greater worth. and the land will lose that
fertility which is returned to it only by
the cultivator who works for the future as
from the inevitable waste entailed, the
nation at large loses also-some consider
able wealth passes out OF existence as ut
terly and completely as it does when a
12-inch she'll eNplodes in the nave of a
cathedral.
An estimate places the loss at millions
means the only loss. There is loss Of an
other sort. and one that can hardly be
estimated in dollars and cents. The prac-
tice undermines character, it is infections
gains Il foothold. 1t is Il bad habit, and
unlike other bad habits. it puts money in
dolence.. caTelessness, i~mprovidence. Three
moves. it is said. and the mover is penni-
less. 1t might as we'll be said. too, that
he is bankrupt also in perseverance ana
industry. He may move. by lucky chance.
to a more fertile farm, but he has moved.
just the same, from better to worse, and.
if he keeps on moving. he will as surely
keep on moving in this same direction.
He is chasing Il mirage. of course-al-
ways seeking 81 place where returns will
be greater at less expenditure of time and
labor. He loses standing. reputation.
credit. and he will never find what he
seeks; There are no such places to be
found. There is plenty of evidence, on
the other hand, to prove that the tenant
who sticks to the farm he has rented has
Il fair prospect of success. The chances
are in his favor: they are against the
mover. And the mar who remains, ever
though he finds IT hard and discourage
Ing at first. usually ends, statistics show.
by owning the farm he has been renting.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
Tho Country Must Stand Firm.
From the Springfield Republican

~ ACAN
When angry men argue believe neither.
When nations war mistrust them all
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
In other words war gets to be "A form
of madness. and humanity long ago came
to look upon the insane with the pity
which invokes special considerations and
all possible remedial measures. Great
European nations have reached the point
where what is deemed reason in peace
fails to affect them, and passion domi-
mates. There is an infection in such a sit
nation which needs to be guarded against.
Certain preaching of the hour in this
country has its dangers. TIL patience of
is for them to maintain the composure
and balance which war has overthrown
among those who are engaged in 1t.
President Wilson is beginning to wear
upon his countenance evidences of the
burden resting on his great office at so
needs eXhaustless patience and faith, but
no less so do all those in federal control,
and beyond them the people OF the United
States. We must not add to the weight
which rests upon the chief magistrate.
Happenings are sure to arise calculated to
test the pofse Of this country. We all
which could happen to us would be to be
drawn Into this European conflict, no mat
ter how that should come about. 1t is
ular resolve that the United States shall
be kept out of 1T. %Strikingly true Is 1t
of this time that no one knows what the
of keeping cool under untoward circum-
stances is moro obligatory than ever be-
fore.
The warning nations may rage and their
people imagine vain things about our neu-
trality. but the national duty remains
clear. We must be steady under any
shock that may come. and hold up the
hands of the president in his purpose that
the United States shall deal justly and be
the friend of all nations; Men are specs
lating as to whether the United States
may not be drawn into this hideous con-
fict. There is only one answer to that
she must not bel The people can control
the outcome, and this they must do.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
THE NEW sHIRTwAlsT.

Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure News
paper Sy%ndicate.)
The regulation shirtwaist may never
go out of style. Women, having once
learned how comfortable IL is. are
Ioath to give it up. But the regula-
ton shirtwaist is now used only when
1t is really appropriate. 1t is used for
sports-tennis. golf. canoeing. 1t is
used for country tramping. with a
tailored suit. 1t is worn by many
school girls. as u convenient garment
for the diversified occupations of a
school day. 1t has been found a con-
venient house working garment. also.
But for afternoon wear the regula-
ton shirt or Shirtwaist is seldom worn.
In it's place there are blouses of chif-
and lace.
Most durable of all of these are the
crepe de chine waists. Sometimes. of
course. crepe de chine is manipulated
into a regulation shirtwaist. with
shoulder yoke, linked cuffs and simple
stitching as its only trimming. But
he softer. somewhat more elaborate
blouses of crepe de chine are the most
useful ones. They are quite pretty
enough to wear to a tea. for calling. to
y matinee or for almost n other in
Formal afternoon engagement. The
greatest advantage Of these blouses is
that crepe de chine can be washed as
easily almost as cotton, so these
blOuses "a be cleaned without the ex-
pepse OF a cleaners bill or the trouble
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17

ter months. No compromise has been ac-
cepted: many thousand yards of wool
mixtures have been rejected; but the
sources OF o supply are not what they
We're believed to be and it is now conceded
that in a very few weeks cotton fiber must
be mixed with wool in the looms.
A staustlcian has calculated the 1eeces
OF .OOO.OOO.O0O sheep will be. needed to sup
ply q new uniform every two weeks to the
!..AV,oo men in the field during the COM
ms year. There are at present only 100
NV.Wo sheep on this earth. Therefore all
WOO. garments can not be supplied to the
soldiers OF Europe. Cotton must he mixed
VIII tne WOOL, as In corduroy.
I'm ane demand for cotton is so enormous
snat or the Ill steamers that have sailed
from American ports since February /.
more than th~ree-quarters have been load
ed with nothing but cotton. The EVELYN.
mat left New York on January 90 bound
FOR Bremen. and was DESTROYED off the
coast OF Holland by contact with a mine
had a cargo Of cotton. The people of the
southern states will realize on their cot
ton much higher prices thar they antici.
pated.
W~ool-growers throughout the west need
not have any fears of foreign importa.
lions for years to come. because every
ounce OF the staple will he exhausted ia
clothe the fighting millions of men. A
great stimulus to sheep raising must oc.
cur. Thus have unexpected events re-
moved the most persistent objections to
the new tariff: instead of this country be.
Ing overwhelmed with foreign wool.
Americas Visible supply is In demand
abroad. II the war lasts. several years.
the difficulty of clothing the soldiery will
he as great as that of feeding them.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
BY FREDERICK PALMER.
Correspondent Associated Press.)

Correspondent Associated PreSs.)
brush Headquarters In France. (via
London), March 8. - The pictur-
esaues of the Indian troops OF the
British empire breaks the monotony of
tie grim, colorless business of modern
war at the British front. The little
mule carts of these soldiers move about
among the powerful motor trucks from
England.
1t was first feared tina the Indians
might not stand she'll fire we'll, but
they became used TO it and now they
are even contemptuous of 1t. Ac-
~cuStoined to a hot and dry climate the
emu and rainy weather and the miry
mud of northern France has Deer their
worst enemy. When the u shines II
smile spreads over the whole Indian
force. Thanks to many layers of warm
clothing and careful attention. the sick
report of the Indian troops is normal.
All the food of these men has to he
III from India. Speaking no word
of English. these dusky strangers have
come from the other side of the world
TO fight in France for Great Britain.
Billeted in barns with thick layers of
straw for their beds, each race cook
ing Its food to its taste and according
to the caste customs. they form a
separate world of never ceasing
wonder to the French inhabitants. This
morning there was seen 5000 cavalry
rioing by on a muddy road with a
background of flat and misty land
scape with all the precision they
would show at a royal review. Oc-
casionally among the dusky faces under
the turbans there were the white
c-ountenances of the English officers
who had trained these varied tribes
and who have stood with them in the
trenches in icy water up to their waists
against the enemy.
So He Went Along.
Sir Pertab Singh. - years old. rode
AT the head of his regiment.
They o me / was too old he
said, but l replied. if you will not let
me fight in France, l will go to At
ghanistan and fight there. l don't mean
to die in my bed and l annot live
much longer So they let me come
Although all the cavalry is fighting
as infantry in the trenches, cavalary Of
fcers keep up their cavalry drills and
the horses are in condition. This is be-
u there may be a chance for the
cavalry when the expected German
break ONE Everybody on the line
speaks of the Germans going back as
If this was as certain as the coming If
spring.
One of the English officers with
whom the newspaper correspondents
watched the Indian troops ride past.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-03-17
INDIAN TROOPS ARE
NOT AFRAID TO DIE
British Subjects From Far East Are Standing Rigors of
French Climate Better Than Was Expected -
Palmer Tells of Life With Tommy Atkins at Front.

, made the remark The Canadians in
their trenches are now doing we'll"
The driver of the motor car in which
the correspondents were conveyed to
the front revealed his Americanism by
the use of New York slang. He had had
10 taXicabs running in New York. but
ne came over, as the English say. ito
do his Bit One meets here English
men. lrishmen and Scotchmen from
every part of the world. ready to serve
IN amy menial capacity in order to
help. Now take his message to all
my Irish friends in America for me-
said an elderly Irish medical officer in
charge of Il hospital train. Tell them
| have been sleeping on that car seat
tor six weeks. with the harp alongside
OF me and the union jack over my head.
1t was 4 fine time we had when they
let me load my train with wounded
right where the shells We're falling. but
they do not permit that any more"
Refuge For tho Weary.
In the outskirts of a village where
the German shells fall at intervals
there were seen infantry detachments
practicins at hand grenade ttacks and
in the defense of trenches. Nobody
worried about the danger from German
shells while they rent the air With their
explosions Of bombs thrown at close
quarters.
AT another place the correspondents
entered Il building which seemed neith-
err wholly hospital nor wholly Y. NJ. G.
\. The reason that the location of
his n many other places is not given
is no German %aeroplane bombs
are wanted. In this particular building
men exhausted from their vigil in the
trenches remove their filthy cloths, get
warm baths n q disinfecting spray
n have a warm meal. including bread
pudding with raisins or currants in 1t,
of which they are extremely fond.
There are also clean cots where they
turn in. a reading room With games.
Here no one is kept longer than IA
days. If in that time they have not
sufficiently recovered from the exhaust
ing demands of the trenches to return
to the front they are sent back to the
base.
Doesn't the wounded man." I asked,
ever hesitate to face the horror of the
trenches again."
occasionally there is one was the
answer. That's human nature. We
are amazed at how few. When we'll
enough. the average man goes. He
he will play the game. You will
know soon what he is going to do"
Before leaving the convalescent home
the correspondents were given each an
identification metal disc with his name
on it, lit is best to have one," was
the remark. You are going into the
trenches tomorrow