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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-05
HUGE COFFIN WILL CONTAIN
THE REMAINS Of KNOCKERS

state, surrounded by lighted candle
until time to form the parade, which
viii be at 700 P. NJ.
The parade viii pass through the
prominent business streets and will
wind up al large lot, where Z grave
will have been prepared Of suzcien:
size to accommodate the large c0@n
As the p4H bearers pass Up to t14
grave one hundred candles will BE
lighted II posts surrounding The grave
and good old-washiored wake vii.
be obssrved-
The obituary O 3Ir. 0. L. Knocke-
win be read By Secretary Lyman and
after this The coffin will be slowly
lowered into the grave. Every Booster
If expected to cast a shovelful Of this
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-05
SEAbOARD SHOP
STILL employees
REDUCED FORCE
LITTLE EVIDENCE OF IMPROVE.
MENT OUT THERE.

The status quo at the Americas
shops of the Seaboard has not been
changed with the opening of the busy
season, as many here had hoped, in
view of the promises OF rehabilitation
made by the company a year ago. The
company may possibly have in view
some Improvements in the future, but
certain it is there is no evidence of
any appreciate change there since
last September. Only small repair
force is maintained at the Americas
shops, most of the work upon locomot
ives and cars being done at other
places. In the yards here are a large
number of engines, which have ruste
in the rains of last winter and of tb
past summer, side-tracked and evi
IDENTIFY discarded The repairing of
these engines, fifteen or twenty of
them, would afford employment to n
number of machinists and thus heir
business here to that extent. as well
as saving such valuable aroperty.
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ODD FEATURE HAS BEEN ARRANG.
ED FOR TORCHLIGHT PROCES.
SION AND DOLLAR DINNER AT
AMEICUS ON TUESDAY, SEP
TENDER 14TH.

The spectacular parade and Dol
lar Dinner" to be pulled of By the
Americas and Sumter County Chamber
of Commerce will be one Of the great
est original stunts over PAT On by Z
commercial organization in the Unit
ed States This seems a broad asser
ton, but nevertheless true This a.
fair will be photographed by fash
light on the night of the parade and
the Pathe Weekly Will use It in NOV
ing pictures. The picture VIII be
sent to the National Press associa-
ton and every daily paper in the
United States will carry a two-c0lum
cut with a short story of the stunt on
their front page. Is originality wiz.
he the means of bringing about this
great publicity.
A coffin twenty feet lo-g and three
feet six inches wide is being manu-
featured for the occasion. This GOTTA
viii be draped in black cloth, with
silver-plated handles upon it's side
and there will be fourteen pail bear
ers. Each pail bearer will wear
long black gown and on the back o.
the gown will be white letters bearing
scriptions as follows:
Knocker of City Government.
Knocker of Chamber of Commerce.
Knocker of All Good Things for
Americas.
Knocker of our Merchants.
Knocker of County Commissioners.
Knocker of Schools.
Knocker of Good Roads.
Old Man Knocker.
Young Man Knocker.
Old Lady Knocker.
Young Lady Knocker.
Knocker of White Way"
Knocker of Telephone System.
Knocker of Railroads.
The big coffin will contain the body
of MIR. o. U. Knocker. the greatest
knocker Of them all The fourteen
pail bearers will carry their dead
brother in the procession to his grave,
where he will lie in everlasting peace
with the world
At 400 P. NJ. the coffin will be plac =.
ed in front of the Chamber of Com
n7erce building, ard it will lie in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-05
BY Mr.. John Sheffield,
(Of The Sheffield Company

The outlook for the fall is not sc
glowing as to make one believe that
this section of the nation will pass
though the fall and enter the mex
year in a manner of unparalleled pros
perity.
But the cotton crop now being mar
keted was made cheap, possibly less
than any other crop in the history o.
the south. With a good price to liqui-
date their debts, paying their old obi
cations and the debts on the present
crop.
The farmers are honest and want to
DO right, and with anything like az
even break all the south will move
along the best way possible under the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-05
By w. NJ. Jones,
(Of MOreland-JOnes COMPANY

Replying to your request for our
views on the future outlook for bust
ness from wholesale point of view.
We beg to say that all business in
the Cotton States, and especially in
this immediate section, was at the
commencement of the war struck by q
torpedo.
Business interest which did not go
down was towed into port for repairs
1t seems to us that the repairs ara
fast being completed, and it is only a
question of time, when we all will be
in better condition than before the
outbreak of the European War, pro
yided however, that we continue to use
the same methods as we are now using
The local outlook for business in
the near future depends solely upon
the amount of cotton produced AMI
the price for which it will SELL The
crop has been badly damaged during
the past few weeks, and no one can
tell at what price it will SELL
While there is rift in the cloud
there is more cloud than rift.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-05

The parade will form promptly at
700 P. NJ. and move off at 7:30 P. NJ
and it is expected that each firm and
manufacture in the city will have
their entire working force of white
employees in line. Banners will be
prepared by the Chamber of Com
merce for each firm that desires to 60
into the parade. Every bank and mer-
chant should join in this affair with
their whole heart and soul determined
to make it a bowling success.
1000 red torches have been ordered
for this parade and it will be one of
the biggest and most novel affairs ye.
attempted in Americas. Get in the
Game. Get the spirit and join in max
ing it what it should be.
Secure your ticket to the Dollar
Dinner" right now before It is to-
late.
Only 200 plates will be laid and af-
ter this number is sold not another
ticket will be issued.
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equipments. The Nashville, Chatta.
nooga & St. Louis Railway, Chatta-
nooga & st, Louis Railway, is reported
! as to spend 100000 in building car
repair shops.
Labor and materials are being as
sembled for the construction of an IS
mile extension of the Seaboard Air
Line from Charleston to Savannah, the
entire construction to be of the most
substantial character Active con-
struction is being pushed now upon
the great bridge across the Ohio Riv-
er, which is destined to give the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
direct connection to the South through
the Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis
Railroad. This bridge is to be 800
feet long, and from the bottom of the
foundation of the center channel pier
to the top of the span will be 317 feet
high. The floor of the bridge will b.
SO feet above high water. Though
work is proceeding night and day, it is
estimated that it will take three years
to complete the bridge, as it will b
one of the most remarkable structures
of its kind ever built. Five trunk lines
will eventually use the bridge, which
it is expected will open up and develop
a heavy railroad business between
the Northwest and the South.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-05
Atlanta Saws Prosperity.

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. A decided
note of optimism in regard to bushes
conditions in Atlanta, Georgia and the
South, is making itself heard here dur.
ing the past fe wdays. Banks, mer-
camille agencies and leading business
men unite in expressing the belief that
fall traue will to a great extent re.
lieve the depressed feeling and that
conditions generally will begin to
brighten up between now and Christ
mast to much greater extent than was
believed possible few months ago.
Various local conditions ard events
of the past few weeks have aided this
apparent returning prosperity OF
course the two big things that loom
large as having helped the outlook are
the settlement of the controversy with
Germany and the announcement that
the United States will insist Eng
lands putting cotton back on the free
list.
In the meantime the price of cotton
has gone up, more factories of all
kinds are on full time in the South
than few months ago, and there is
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-05

existing circumstances.
The payment of debts is the best
way to put the south on it's feet with a
good solid foundation. Until this is
done we will necessarily have a ner.
vous situation, and with everybody
pulling together, there is no reason to
believe but that the South will come
through all right.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-05

a return of business activity all along
the line.
On Whitehall and Peachtree, and
the same is probably true off every
business street in Georgia, there have
been more shoppers during the past
week than any of the merchants hon
ed for. Indeed, September trade is
setting out to be normal.
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ANOTHER WEEK Of
DEVELOPMENT IN DIXIE

Continued from Page Three.J
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NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

+ All advertising copy requiring
\ two columns of space or less
4 should be in the business Office
\ not later than eight o'clock MORN
\ ing of issue i'm order to insure
= prompt insertion. All copy for
\ space of more than two columns
= should be submitted not later
\ than 6 o'clock of the day prior to
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-05
Monticello Bankers Opinion.

L. 0. Benton, a banker of Monticello,
Jasper county, in a conversation with
State Treasurer w. ]. Speer yesterday,
stated that the banks of his section
We're in much better condition now
than they were last fall and that they
had more money on hand.
Treasurer Speer Says Better.
Treasurer Speer added the informa-
ton that his reports from banks all
over the state showed that as rule
they were in much better condition
and that their deposits were consider
ably larger than a year go.
100000 Mules Shipped.
Mules to the value of 100000 or
more were shipped from Atlanta t.
New Orleans in fast freight trains via
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-05

the Southern railway and the Queen
and Crescent route. The mules will be
reshipped from New Orleans to the
| battlefields of Europe where they viii!
engage in the warfare that is bein :
waged by the allies against Germany
The shipment represents the second
consignment of mules purchased by
the allies in the Atlanta market
| through the Miller Union stockyards.
Inspectors representing Great Britain
| haev twice visited the Atlanta mule
market, and upon each occasion &C
cepted mules valued at considerably
! more than 100000,
Savannah Says Hopeful.
Savannah begins the first fall month
of the year-and the first business
month-very hopeful of the future. The
new cotton season has begun very
well. The prices received for the sta
pie are good and the indications are
that they will remain So 1t is MOI
expected, however, that the cotton
crop will be large one. 1t is going
to be marketed very quickly and ship,
ped just as quickly if ships can be Sc,
cured. This is detail to be arranged
yet
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-13
Sporting Nez0s of the Day
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE:
ADOPTS SCHEDULE OF
PRESIDENT BARROW

New York, April 12-An the clubs in the
International League were represented
at the meeting held today when the play
ing schedule for the coming season, as
prepared by President E. g. Barrow.
was adopted. The schedule calls for 14o
games. .'t
On April q Toronto will open the season
at Richmond Va; Buffalo will play at
Providence the following day. and on
April % Montreal will be at Newark and
Rochester will play at Jersey City. The
leagues season will close on Sept. ID,
but the full list Of playing dates will not
be made public until next Friday.
j. ]. Lannin. Boston; c. T. Chaplin.
Rochester; J. ]. McCaffery. Toronto; 8.
E. Lichten11eim. Montreal, and Alvin M.
Smith, Richmond, Va. were elected as
new board Of directors. The meeting ad-
journed subject to the call of President
Barrow and there may be another session
tomorrow or Wednesday for the purpose
of transferring the stock Of the Newark,
n. j., club to new owners. The sale OF
this club Is still In allegiance. but it Is
said the prospective purchasers will COM
plete the deal within the next two days.
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GORGEOUS FLORAL
PAGEANT IN May
At Los ANGELES

Los Angeles, Cal, April PA floral
pageant planed to surpass anything of
the sort ever held in California will
be the May celebration of the City Of
Angeles.
Every city in the Southern part of
the state will contribute its choicest
blossoms.
A mighty pageant depicting the his
tory of California from the founding
Of the first Spanish mission will open
the nine days fiesta. A magnificent
electrical pageant representing the
coming Of the spring flowers will be
given at night and in the afternoons.
beginning May 1, the greatest display Of
western sports since the real thing OF
'49 will be programmed. .,
The floral parade vii be Monday May
3. The hot house blossoms of million
aires will be gathered with the modest
wild flowers that are in their zenith
at this time Of the year.
The elaborate entertainment feature
is in honor Of the thousands of visitors
to the California eXpositions who are
invading Los Angeles. The spectacles
are under the direction of a general
committee Of 175 prominent citizens
representing the entire county.
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MARKET REPORTS
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York, April 12-1rregularity wnlch
bordered upon reaction towards the close
was the dominant note of today's stock
market. Trading was active enough at
all times to indicate that speculative IN
terests were still in control, put the
course of prices suggested not only 1ur,
Their selling for profits, by nome ana
foreign interests, but renewal OF pear
ish aggressions as well.
Unsettlement was most pronounced IN
the final hour, when Bethlehem Steel
once more became the center ola We
verish buying movement which sent the
price up to 125, or points above its pre-
yious record figure. The stock closed at
124 a net gain for the day of 16 points. AS
heretofore, no reasonable explanation
for the rise was obtainable and stock
market observers ascribed the move as
a further, driving in Of the shorts.
United States Steel held its recently ac-
uuired prominence for the greater part
Of the session, with another heavy total
Of individual transactions. At its best
it sold within II points of last weeks
high price, but in common with the gen.
eral list fell back in the final dealings.
other leaders like Union Pacific, Read
ing and some of the dividend paying
shares failed to equal recent high quo
tations, Amalgamated Copper being the
only important exception. Metal shares
as a whole were firm, Great Northern ore
certificates manifesting especial strength
Motor shares were noteworthy for their
heaviness, with losses Of to ever 4
points. Other industriats and specialdes
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TENER ASSIGNS UMp|RES
FOR NATL LEAGUE SEASON

New York. April 12.-John K. Tener.
president of the National League. held a
meeting with his official staff Of umpires
today. He went over the rules with his
staff, explaining ambiguous points and
laying down a code for the strict enforce
ment of the rules this year. The pairing
of umpires and assignments for opening
games follows:
At New York, Rigler and Hart.
At Boston, Byron and Orth.
At Cincinnati, Klein and Emslie.
At Chicago, Quigley and Eason.
A special dispensation will be granted
to infielders to use a ball for practice pur-
poses prior to the starr OF each inning,
the rule to be in effect up to May Is.
This rule was for the purpose Of allow
ing the men to warm up before the start
of each inning during period that is
more or less cold.
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ENGLISH RAILWAYS
ALL FOR WAR SERVICE

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
London, March 25.-The decision of
the Railway Executive Committee to
cancel all cheap railway excursion
tickets, in order to further restrict
passenger traffic and leave the rail-
ways free to handle war business, has
far reaching effects. No American or
Continental railways can show any
thing like the variety of cheap rail-
way tickets of all kinds which are
ordinarily offered to the English trav-
eler.
At the same time, the Railway Com
mittee has announced the withdrawal
Of a large number Of regular trains
on all lines. Most Of the roads cut
the number of trains nearly in half at
the beginning of the war, and this
minimum is now reduced in all direc-
tons as far as possible, so that many
places, which formerly boosted five
to ten trains in each direction daily,
must now content themselves with one
or two.
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CAMDEN HIGH 1915
BASEBALL SCHEDULE

The Camden High school baseball
schedule for 1915 has been announced
by Miles H. Dodge the manager, as
follows:
April 24.-Camden H. S. at Thomas
ton.
May belfast H. S. at Camden.
May S-Camden H. S. at Rockland.
May 15-University Of Maine Law
School at Camden.
May 22-Vinalhaven H. S. at Cam
den.
May 29-Rockland H. S. at Camden.
May 31-Thomaston H. S. at Cam
den.
June 5-Camden H. S. at Belfast.
June 9-Camden H. S. at Vinal-
haven.
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THIS WEEKS BOUTS

TUESDAY-Joe Jeanette VS. Sam
Langford, Johnny Murphy VS. Tom
Henry Meyers VS. Young Budreau. Atlas
A. A; Gunboat Smith VS. Charley Vein
ert, BROOKLYN; Freddie Welsh vs. Joe
Azevedo, Memphis; AL Reich VS. Perky
Flynn, New York.
ED N ES d A Y-Young Dyson vs.
Mickey Devine and Ted Smalley VS. Bat
Mcfarland. Thornton, r. l.; *. O."
Bremen VS. Sailor Szarmanski, Circin-
natl; Marblehead.
THURSDAY-Walter Mohr VS. Leach
Cross, Waterbury; frankie Burns Of New
Jersey VS. Dutch Brandt. st. Louis; Law
renee bouts.
FRIDAY-Gilbert Gallant VS. johnny
lore, Montreal; Jim Flynn vs. AL Norton.
Kansas City.
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BASEBALL COMMISSION
SUSTAINS CLAIMS OF
PLAYER HEMINGWAY

Cincinnati. April l2.-The National
Baseball Commission today reversed the
ruling Of the National Board in disal.
lowing the salary claim Of Player E. NJ.
Hemingway, OF the st. Louis Americans.
against tho Nashville Club Of the South
ern League and directed the latter club
to send Its check for $13150 to the secre.
tary Of the commission for transmission
to the player.
Hemingway, who refused to accom-
pany the Nashville Club on one Of itz
trips claiming illness, was suspended for
insubordinancy. The commission says II
cannot approve the suspension OF :
player for insubordination whose refusal
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BENTON AND GONZALES
FIGURE IN TRANSFER

St. Louis, April 12-Schuyler Britton
president, and Miller Higgins, manager
of the st. Louis Nationals, departed fol
Cincinnati last night with the avowed in.
tention Of securing Miguel Gonzales and
"Rube" Benton from President Her.
mann's club.
You know we have something coming
from Cincinnati in return for Ivy Win.
CO." Higgins said. I'VE do not expec,
any trouble in securing the services OF
Benton and Gonzales. Everything Is
practically arranged for their transfer te
the St. Louis club
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BOSTON BRAVES BACK HOME
WIN GAME FROM HARVARD
BY A SCORE OF I TO 3

Boston, April 12.-The world champion
Braves today returned to the scene OF
their title series exploits, winning from
the Harvard College team before small
crowd. The score was to 3. Rudolph,
Hughes and Luque pitched three innings
each for Boston. Harvard scored all its
runs off Rudolph in the second on con-
secutive hitting by Mahan, Brickley and
Hardwick. Except for battery errors
Harvard played well. The score:
Boston ..1 0 0 x-7-6-0
Harvard ..0 0 0 0 0 0 0-3-6-3
Batteries-Rudolph, Hughes. Luque and
Gowdy, Whaling; Mahan, Frye. Wilcov
and Harte, Waterman.
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BELLIGERANTS BARRED
FROM NORWAY RESORTS

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Christiania, March 15.-Appllcat1ons
from some of the belliSerent nations,
particularly England and Germany, to
use the Norwegian health resorts for
conyalescent officers in need of COM
plete change before returning to the
front have been refused by the Assoc
citation of Norwegian Hotel-keepers.
Only those incapacitated for further
service will be received, so there will
be no danger of physical clashes be-
tween British and German fighting
men.
This winter has been exceptionally
fine in Norway, and the resorts have
been crowded with tourists who usu-
ally go to Switzerland at this time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-04-13

The Bates Second 10-Game Schedule.
Lewiston. Me. April ia 10
game schedule has been arranged for
the Bates college second team, begin
ming with a game with Leavitt Insti-
tute at Turner Center next Saturday.
The other games: April 81. Bliss Col
lege at Lewiston; April "a. Gardiner
High at Gardiner; April %, Lewis
ton High at lewiston; May 1. Nor
way High at Norway; May 5, Hebron
Academy at Hebron; May 8. West
brook Seminary at Lewiston; May 20.
Maine Central Institute at Lewiston;
May 26. Bowdoin second at Bruins
wick; May 20, Gardiner High at
Gardiner
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BROOKLYN FEDS WIN LONG
GAME WITH BUFFALO TEAM

Brooklyn, n. Y, April 12.-The Brook
Ign Federals today won another long
drawn out game from Buffalo, to 5. The
visitors used four pitchers and the locals
two, widness rather than hits being re-
sponsible for the runs. Lantte alone gave
II bases on balls and in all q men were
left on bases. The score:
Buffalo .......3 0 0 0 0 0 1852
Brooklyn ......0 4 l l 1 x-7-S-3
Knapp, Emke, Bedient, Woodman and
Blair; Lafitte, Upham and Land.
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New York Produce Market

view 1OTk, April
FLOUR-Firm.
WHEAT-Spot firm; No. red 1921; No.
hard 1914 all rail elf track export; No.
northern Duluth 157 and No. l northern
Manitoba 1861 elf Buffalo opening aaviga-
ton.
CORN-spot steady; No. 2 yellow sia
elf to arrive.
OATS-Spot steady; standard 63d3: NO
white 62i@i: fancy clipped white 65@s6
PORK-Steady;. mess 1900Q1s50; family
210o62300; short clear 1900@2l50.
BEEF-steady; mess 1sco@lsoo; family
2100G2200.
LARD-Easy; middle west 9sO210O0.
RUTTER-Steady; receipts 5s22; cream
cry extra. s2 score, 80; creamery higher
scoring S2aaS3; firsts 30@31: seconds ESQ
EGGS--Unsettled: receipts 2s.17s: fresh
gathered extras q; storage packed extra
extra firsts %: firsts 2oa@Aa; nearby hem
merry whites fine to fancy ~: nearby hem
merry browns 22A63.
POTATOES---Irregular: Bermuda 4oO0
40; Florida 475@625; southern late crop
red 3O01400; Maine 16001S0; state 15o11iSn.
sweet potatoes Jersey 100000