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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23
ANOTHER WEEK OF
DEVELOPMENT IN DIXIE

COLUMBUS, Ga, March 23-The In.
dustrial Index says in its issue for this
week: .-.
Eighteen bids were submitted for
100000 of municipal improvement
bonds offered by the city of Savannah
Ga, the bidders representing number
CT financial centers, and a good price
was received. Improvement bonds OF
municipalities of the Southeast find a
ready market at satisfactory figures
and much money realized through the
sale OF bonds of the kind is being ex-
pended for paving, sewers, water.
worys ystems, public buildings and
other Improvements.
"A contract has been awarded at
Birmingham Ala, for the construc-
tionof motor speedway at a cost of
approximately 100000.
Polk county, Florida, is preparing
to pave about 1,612,OOO square yards Of
highways and build twenty steel and
concrete bridges.
Jacksonville, Fla, will construct
about IS miles of storm and sanitary
sewers.
Three districts of Lee county,
Mississippi, have voted $224,OOO of road
construction bonds.
"A hotel to cost $15OOOO is to be
erected at Miami Fla, where excava-
ton has been begun for the founda-
lions for another handsome hotel
structure
"A total of A corporations have been
formed with minimum capital stocks
aggregating 1888, 1854.
These are few of the notes this
week in the song of prosperity in the
Southeast.
Among the items of construction
work to be done, as reported this week
are:
Apartment houses, two Atlanta,
Ca Daytona, and st. Petersburg, Fla:
bank and office building, Cartersville,
Ga; bridges, Banks county, Georgia.
ard Chambers county, Alabama:
Thomas county, Ca. will vote upon
$i25,O0O of bonds for building river
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23
Shows
Bunch of Rye

That is some bunch of rye w. L.
English has been showing around
this week The bunch consists of
about sixty stalks, all of which came
from one little grain" 1t comes from
the plantation of Dykes & English a
few miles from Americas, was planted
last November, and the plants now
measure over three feet and should
yield, so says Mr.. English, more than
40 bushels per acre.
Proud, indeed, should Mr.. English
he over his showing of rye.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23
KNOWLEDGE OF AFFAIRS

If the army and navy officials of the
United States government want any
thing, they certainly cannot get it from
congress if they ask on their own au-
thority-coming from them. This has
been an evident fact for some time, as
the recommendations of the army and
ravy officials are totally disregarded.
The late action of our great, grand
and glorious congress present certain
g!aring facts among which is their
readiness to talk-talk everlastingly,
but when the time for action comes
they back up. President Wilson call
ed them-and they answered in their
own humble way.
1t is a peculiar Inconsistency that
y heneVer congress wants information
on the tariff it creates committee
composed of men conversant with tar.
-making-but when it wants 10
create better national defense, con-
gress uses its judgment, instead OF
that of the men who make their life's
work the study of such problems.
Congress is quick to create commit
tees of investigation on education
and teachers ap@ educational authori-
ties act. Congress investigates all
conceivable conditions, and always
wants men with knowledge of the af-
fairs which they are studying.
But let recommendation for an army
and navy be made, known as coming
from the war department and the navy
experimentation they begin to play
true to form-running affairs as they
Please, without regard for reasons
facts or figures.
If there was ever a time in Ameri-
can history when the nation needed
forces on land and sea, now is that
time. A mere handful of soldiers
have been sent to the Mexican border
ard into that stormy republic. We
have no more-but certainly we can
get more.
Every congressman in the United
States should be marked-and this IS
election year. The question of ma
tional defense is paramount in the ap-
preaching congressional campaigns.
The platform of candidate on pre-
paredness and defense should be the
greatest plank in his announcement.
Let every aspirant for a seat in this
high body make known his attitude on
these important questions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23
The Land Where Uncle Sam
Has His Fighting Forces

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 3D.
Before Texas became a part of the
United States and the Mexican war
aGed nearly a million square miles to
our territory, MeXicco, then a Spanish
colony, and the United States covered
approximately equal areas of North
America. Now the extent of Mexico
| is less than one-fourth of that of con-
tinental United Statese," says bulle-
tin just issued by the National Geo
graphic society at Washington. In
this statement there is given some
very interesting figures which contract
the present size of the two countries.
Mexico, however, still has terrific
rial expanse nearly equal to the aggre-
gate of France Great Britain and Ire
land, Germany and Austria Hungary,
but it's total area (767,00O square
miles,, is less than that of our five
largest states-TeXas, California, Mon
tana, New Mexico and Arizona-com-
bined, all of these except Montana,
having been a part of New Spain IS
years ago. None of the 81 political sub.
divisions of Mexico are as large as
any one of the five states named, but
four Mexican states contiguous to the
United States aggregate an extent
greater than that of Texas. Chihuahua,
the largest Mexican state, approx
mates in area $1,000 square miles, or
about that of Utah; Sonora, 1900
square miles, or about that of Ne
braska; Coahuila, $1,000 square miles,
or about that of Georgia, and Durango,
10000 square miles, or about that Of
| hentucky. Nine SUBDIVISIONS or the
United States Gncluding Alaska are
larger than Chihuahua, fifteen OF
greater magnitude than Sonora and
! thirty-two larger than Durango. The
rugged and desert character of the
Mexican border states, supports sparse
populations, except where mining ex.
ploitations and cities resulting there
from have concentrated settlement
THE mountainous ridge with limited
littorals, which is narrow peninsula
extends southwark about $50 miles
from the United States boundary, and
separates the Gulf of California from
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

the Pacific ocean, is not a state, but
is recognized as the territory of Baja
California, which in area (58,00U
square miles, closely approximates
that of Florida. The Gulf of Califor-
mia and the shifting Colorado river
practically isolate Baja California
from the balance of the republic
and prevent overland communication
with it. Topic, on the Pacific coast
(j1,00O square miles,, is smaller than
Maryland, and Quintana Roo, adoin-
ing Yucatan, are other territories.
THE United States is adjacent to
Mexico for 1900 miles and for dis.
lance equal to that of st. Louis from
New York the Rio Grande river forms
the boundary. Except when in flood
this river is apparently an unimport
ant stream and readily crossed, for the
normal flow is we'll utilized for irriga-
ton in both countries; but it has cary
cd in part of its course canyons diff
cult of exploration. The changes
wrought by freshet which shift the
channel, have demanded the attention
Of an international commission, whose
function was to adjust a boundary
along the Rio Grande to meet the va
rying conditions. The uncertainty of
this is illustrated by claim once I'M
der investigation that a portion of the
important city of Ell Paso, Texas, was
Mexican soil. The remaining 700 miles
Of the international boundary to the
west separating our neighbor republic
from New Mexico, Arizona and Cali,
fcrnia, is through an arid desert Sec
tion, much of which is mountainous
This is not a direct line, but has five
changes in alignment, which have
been accurately surveyed and estab-
ljshed by 25 monuments, permanent
and easily distinguishable.
Allowing for impossible canyons,
mountain barriers, ETC., probably 400
miles of boundary must be under sur
veilance to prevent smuggling or the
passage of contraband articles. Rail
ways in Texas, New Mexico and Ari-
zOna are close to the border, and
these transportation avenues unite
the two nations at seven points,"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

bridges; church buildings, Birming-
ham, Ala, and addition, ThomasVille,
Ca; dormitory, Natchez, Miss; court
house and Jail, Tylertown, Miss; fac
tory buildings, Alfalfa, Ala, La
Grange, Ca, and Spartanburg, S. c.;
hotel building addition, Daytona Beach,
Fla; Jail, Orange county, Fla; nurses
dormitory, Atlanta; street improve
ment and wharves, Panama City, Fla. /;
school buildings, Duval county, Fla,
and New Decatur, Ala; paving, Starks
vile, Miss; residence tract improve
roent, Selma Ala.
Construction contracts have been
awarded as follows:
Church buildings, Ensley and Nc
Coll, S. c.; garage buildings, Macon,
Ga, and Miami Fla; hotel building
addition, Manchester, Ga; paving.
Ccrinth, Miss; power house building
Bay Minette, Ala; road construction,
Pontotoc, Miss. warehouse, Gary, Fla
Industrial plants will be established
as follows:
"Cannery, ice and cold storage plants
.and electric light plant, Webster, Fla;
hosiery mill, Alfalfa, Ala; oil and fer
tiiizer plant, Pauline, S. c.; naval
stores plant, Local, Ala; cotton yarn
mil improvement, WATERFORD, S. c.:
bottling plant, Greenville, S. c.; lum-
Der plant, near Augusta, Ga"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23
As TO DOGS.

DR. Haven Emerson, New York's
commissioner of health, told an audi
ence he was addressing the other day
that he would like to Danish all dogs
from the city Dogs are not necessa-
ry to a cultured existence" he said.
Well, what is necessary to a cul-
'tured existence? We suppose that the
answer would be-cranks. though
these beings would be called by some
more euphonious name, says the
Rochester Herald
Speaking for ourselves. however, W.
should prefer one good dog to all the
cranks in .Christendom.,, But the doc
tor says that dogs are dangerous be-
cause they go Hfaa and bic people.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

Well, all the cranks bite people, too,
and the madness of the cranks is more
dangerous than the madness of dogs,
since there is vastly more crank-mad-
ness in the world than dog badness.
The Overwhelming majority of man
kind have never witnessed, and never
will witness a case of hydrophobia
which is disease so rare that a good
many persons have doubts whether it
really exists. To many a world with
out dogs would lose a considerable
amount of it's charm. The dog is the
one animal which has been completely
domesticated, the one animal that
looks up to man with love and venera
ton in it's eyes. Is there in all litera-
ture any passage more pathetic than
Homer's description of Ulysses re-
turn to his native heath, after 10
years of strenuous fighting around the
walls of Troy, only to find thai nobody
recognized him except his old dog
which greeted him with joy. Before
considering the Punishment of dogs
would it not be advisable to consider
the Punishment of cranks?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

A smart newspaper man suggests
atEt the reason why the earth is so
nnId in winter is because it is robed in
white
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

, The Americas Y Nj. c.. A. should
hSye the encouragement of a united
CITY The work being accomplished is
9d vast benefit to the growing citizens.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

Judging from the time it took to
cSnqaer the Seminoles in Florida, I'm
Gle Sam has big job ahead of him
down in Mexico.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

Lee county is voting today in her
G1Enty primary. = May the best men
wdR. and it goes without saying that
they are all good men.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

Welfare conventions might deceive
Fissir names-they are all supposed to
he that.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23
THAT'S WHY.

40 trust each other more,
To love each other we'll.
To plant a rose beside some door
That brings the springs first.
To smooth anothers way,
To turn anC ther's gloomy day
into q day of cheer. -.
That's why we're here!"
m -il.......u. g.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

The third man for governor is about
he uncertain as the whereabouts of
villa
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

The entire state goes out in sympa-
1ay for Augusta who lost severely by
a huge fire Wednesday night.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

No matter how we'll a woman's hat
may be trimmed, it is not near so COM
RieteTy so as the man who pays for it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

AN paragraph writer's should be
SaEgn vacation during the summer
aMsnEfs. -!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

The Elks of the state can prepare
Gar big reception in Americas on
april 9th and 2Sth.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

Belieye Easter is the next holiday
40. April Fool
.ss
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

Billie J. can now congratulate his
EgG friend, Tommie T.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

The poet is a great attribute in the
makeup of all the people.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

Give pig to the pig club-itll help
EEM and the boys.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

DRst, wfnd-everythin full, and
still sober.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

They are the boys in khaki, instead
~ blue, but they fight just the same.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

Striped stockings are real becoming
so they say.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

watch your fires in this windy
wFazther.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

Rs-Month like a lion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-23

Americus, Ga, March %, 1915.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-24

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE THREE
s sT3Er gK5GK PWsL1Si M ia2s
CORNER OF 18TH STREET.
BY virtue of certain deed of trust, duly re-
corded in Iiber No. 1922. folio BAT ct seq, of
at the request of the party secured thereby. the
undersigned trustees will sell at public auction.
in front Of the premises. on THURSDAY. THE
FIRST DAY OF JUNE. AID. 1918. AT FOUR
premises. situate In the District Of Columbia,
and designated as and being part of original lot
numbered eleven 11,. in square numbered two
hundred and ninety three t293), described as fol-
street at a point distant 10 "a feet east from the
northwest corner of said lot. being in the CEN
ter of the wall dividing premises No. 1925 and
No. 1928 'D'' street northwest; thence east
"D'' street 1914 feet to the center of the wall
dividing premises No. 1924 and No. 1925 ''D''
street: thence south go feet: thence west 1914
feet TO point due south from the place of be-
ginning; thence north go feet to the beginning.
northwest. per survey made by NJ. C. Ha-
zen.- surveyor for the District of Columbia. No
yember %. 1908. and filed in his office in Certii-
cate of Surveys, in Book 3d. page 34O together
Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase
money to be paid in cash, balance in two equal
instalments. payable in one and two years. with
tn.eres, at per per, csntu% per .nnum PAYABLE
of trust upon the property sold. all cash, at
the option of the purchaser. A deposit Of 5000
will be required at time Of sale. All convey
ancing. recording, etc. at cost of purchaser.
Terms of sale to be complied with within fifteen
days from day of sale. otherwise the trustees
reserve the right to resell the property at the
risk and cost of defaulting purchaser, after ave
days advertisement of such resale In some news
paper published In Washington, D. c.
VII WILLIAM n D. SULTAN.
800 A o Va .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-24
LEGAL NOTICES.
WILLIAM H. LINKINs. Attorney.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
Of Caluuahia holding Enniix l-nurt.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
Of Columbia. holding an Equity Court.
PATRICK o'Toole. plaintiff. vs. Patrick
32594.-Tha object of this suit is to declare
the title Of the plaintiff to the north eighteen
1s) feet front on 10th street by the depth there
of Of original lot hye 49, square one hundred
and twenty-five t122,. in this city. 10 he good
of record in him. in fee simple: by reason Of sd-
verse possession. On motion Of the plaintiff. by
his attorney. William H. Linkins. II Is by the
court this 23rd day Of May ordered that the de-
PENDANTS Patrick Maniville and Mary Maniville
Patrick Manavll and Mary Manavill and Pat
rick Manual and wife, IL living. cause their ap-
pearance TO be entered herein on or before the
fortieth day, exclusive of Sundays and legal holt
days. occurring after the date of the first pub
licatfon of this order. and II dead. their
either Of their unknown heirs. devisees. grantees
and alienees. both immediate and mediate. and
the unknown heirs of such devisees. grantees and
nlenees cause their appearance to be entered
herein on or before the first rule day occurring
after the expiration of one month from the date
of this order: otherwise this will be pro-
ceeded with as in case Of default. provided this
order shall be published once week for three
successive weeks in the Washington Law Re-
porter and The Evening Star during said month.
BY the court WALTER /. Mccoy. Justice.
Seal true copy. Test: j. r. YOUNG.
Clerk. BY F. z. CUNNINGHAM. Asst. Clerk.
fo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-24
COL. BRECHEMIN TO RETIRE.
Senior Officer of His Rank in Medi-
cal Corps Reaches Age Limit.

Col. Louis Brechemin. the senior Of
ficer of his rank in the Medical Corps.
will be placed on the retired list of
the army tomorrow on account of age.
Col Brechemin was born in Philadel-
phia May %, 1852. and received the de-
gree Of NJ. d. from the University OF
Pennsylvania in 1876 Two years later
he entered the army as an assistant
surgeon and became a colonel in 1909.
During his career he has been on duty
in Missouri the Dakotas. Michigan.
New York. Nebraska. Wyoming. Cali
fornia. Ohio, Maryland, Idaho. Wash
ington tstate). Georgia. Porto Rico.
Colorado and the Philippines. He re-
Gently was in charge of the medical
supply depot In New York.
The retirement of Col. Brechemin
will promote Lieut. Col Henry s. 4.
Harris. Maj. James NJ. Kennedy and
Capt. William H. Moncrief of the Medi-
cal Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-24
LEVI H. DAVID. Attorney.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF
Columbia. Holding Probate court.-No. 2c7ll.
Administration-This is to give notice that the
subscriber. Of the District Of Columbia. has oh
tained from the Probate Court of the District Of
Columbia letters of administration the estate
District of Columbia. deceased. All persons hav-
ing claims against the deceased are hereby warn
ed to exhibit the same, with the vouchers there
Of legally authenticated. to the subscriber or
before the 9th day of May. AID. 1917: otherwise
they may by law be excluded from all benefit Of
said estate. Given under my hand this 9th day
Of May, 1915. WILLIAM I. SLAYMAkER, 2a45
Tilden street northwest. tSeal.) Attest: JAMES
TANNER, Register Of Wills for the District OF
Columbia, Clerk of the Probate Court.
my1O II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-24
CONRAD H. sYME and JAMES FRAN
CTS SMITH, Attorneys.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
Of Columbia; Holding District Court-In re
road and the Dissrie. line. in the District of Co,
lumbia.-District Court No. l2es.-Notiee 10
District q colunbi. pur.uans to certain pro
{. 1913. entitled AN act making appropria tions
trict Of Columbia. for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth. nineteen hundred and fourteen.
authorized to open. extend widen any street.
avenue. road or highway to conform with the
that portion Of the District of Columbia outside
Of the cities Of Washington and Georgetown.
Ss4s ss n Of 8, ss p
gress approved June %. 1898. by condemnation
under the provisions of subchapter one of
trict Of Columbia. have filed petition in this
court praying the condemnation of the land
tween Good Hope road and the District line. in
the District of Columbia. as shown plat
Of. and praying also that a jury of FIVE judi
cious. experienced, disinterested men. who shall
not related to any person interested in these
ment of the District of Columbia or Of the
States marshal for the District Of Columbia to
assess the damages each owner of land to be
taken may sustain by reason Of the said wild
District of Columbia. and the condemnation of
to benefits resulting therefrom the en-
tire amount OF said damages, including the
expenses of these proceedings. upon any lands
which the Jury may find will be benefited as
provided for In and by the aforesaid act of
Congress. 1t is. by the court this 9th day of
May. AID. 1915. ordered that all persons hav-
ing any interest in these proceedings be. and
they are hereby. warned and commanded to
appear in this court on or before the 2nd day
of June, AID. 1915, at 10 o'clock am, and
continue in attendance until the court shall have
made Its final order ratifying and confirming
the award of damages and the assessment Of
benefits of the jury to be empaneled and sworn
herein. and 1t is further ordered that a copy
Of this notice and order be published twice a
week for three successive weeks In The Wash |
ington Evening Star. the Washington Post and
the Washington Times. newspapers published in |
the said District, commencing at least twenty
days before the said End day of June. Al. |
1915 1t Is further ordered that copy Of this |
notice and order be served by the United States |
or his deputies. upon each of the owners
of the fee of the land to be condemned herein
and upon tenants and occupant. Of the same As
may be found BY the said marshal or his depu-
ties. within the District Of Columbia before |
the said md day Of June, AD. 1915 By the |
G Isstl) "A true % s s9gy Test J. r. YOUNG,
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