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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
RUSSIANS CAUSE
BIC SURPRISE IN
THE OFFE ENS|VE

LONDON, July 13.-The recovery of
the Russian armies since their 1915
defeat and their apparently mex
haustible supply of guns and ammu-
milton is today the source of wonder
and admiration among military writ
ers. At least six great Russian ar
mics are engaged in fighting the
Teutons today.
The Russians are now fighting on
tie western front, in Armenia, and IN
Persia, as well as along the ex-
tended eastern battle line. The Cars
forces in Persia, who were forced TO
fell back before superior Turk forces
a few weeks ago, have again resumed
the offensive, and during today forced
the Turks to retreat a distance of
IWOuCJ 1--WE uli6S.
Russian armies south ow Pinsk, IN
the east, are fighting pitched battles
with the Teutons along an extended
front, ond with varying success, while
along the river Stokhod, a similar
condition prevails.
North of the Pripet marshes the
fighting is largely artillery duels, in
which the Russian guns continued
ceaselessly throwing heavy shells into
the Germans lines.
In Galicia, where Russian forces re-
Gently won continued success, taking
numerous prisoners, a renewed often
sive has been launched against the
Austrians.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
UNION
Of ENDEAVORS IN
ANNUAL SESSION

ATLANTA, Ca, July 13.-The Chris
tian Endeavors of the South met here
in the first convention ever devoted
exclusively to the discussion of the
activities of the organization in the
southern states. 1t is an outgrowtl.
OF the convention in Chicago last
year when unsuccessful efforts were
made to have reorganized Southern
union, patterned after the Canadian
union.
The convention will continue
through Sunday under the direction
of the Southern Extension Committee
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
10000 WOMEN ARE NOW
WIDOWS IN ENGLAND WAR.

LONDON, July 13.-Nearly 10000
women in this country have already
been made widows by the war. When
The conflict started and government
the number of widows that in all
probability would be created by the
struggle, one of the highest estimates
was 100000 When Lord Kitchener
heard of it he told those who were re.
sponsible for making provision for
the war widows that the estimate
was too low and said that they shougl
make provision for at least $4,000. AS
result Of the recent naval battle
$50 widows were added to the list Of
women receiving pensions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
wilson Tells Foreigners Duty.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 49,
The American government must in
sist upon all foreigners becoming cit
izens Of this republic and remaining
loyal, even If displeased with the
manner in which its affairs are cor.
Quoted" Presiden Wilson spoke
these words today before the Citizen
ship convention, in session here. He
added that loyalty means nothing
without sacrifice"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
THREE EXPLOSIONS
TAKE HIGH TOLL Of
LIFE IN THE NORTH

NEW YORK, July 13.-Five persons
were killed and thirty other hurt,
several seriously, when an ammonia
tank exploded at Brooklyn butcher
shop here today. The tank was con-
tanned in three-story brick struc-
ture, which collapsed. following the
explosion.
Officials investigating the disaster
have not finished examining the fallen
walls, and it is feared several passers .
by are buried beneath the heavy mass
CT masonry.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
MOTORCYCLE Machine Guns Start.

COLUMBUS, N. M, July 13.-A feet
of motorcycles carrying machine guns
left here this afternoon to reinforce
border guards at an unnamed point.
A report current here says small
gangs of bandits have appeared in the
San Mon valley and that these out
laws plan a raid upon American ter
ritory.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
PLAN IS ON FOOT
To READ THE TAX
ACT IN THIS TIME

ATLANTA, Ga, July 13.-Incredi-
tie as it may seem when the state of
Georgia's financial condition is cor
sidered, a movement is afoot among
members of the general assembly, of
this state to repeal the tax eouiliza-
tion act. The tax equalization matter
will be heard by the senate and house
ways and means committee sitting
jointly this afternoon at o'clock.
Nothing but this tax equalization
act, which has compelled the return Of
millions of dollars worth of taxable
property that formerly paid little O.
no taxes at all, has saved the state the
necessity of issuing bonds to meet
current obligations; and for the act to
be repealed when appropriations are
considerably growing, would result.
according to financiers, in financiaf
ruination for the state-unless every
state institution and the common
schools were cut far below actual op-
Grating expenses.
The tax equalization act was one of
the administration measures of Form
er Governor John M. Slaton. 1t will
be recalled that Mr.. Slaton was criti-
cized by his opponents for the activ.
part he took in having the tax act pre-
pared and fnanally passed. AS sool.
however, as the benefits of the ACT
were recognized, many of the govern
or's most rampant critics Topped over
on his side and became champions OF
the act. Later on when efforts were
made in the legislature to repeal the
act, they were Overwhelmingly de-
feated.
Now the question comes up again id
the legislature of 1916 and what that
body will do with it remains to be
seen.
Representative H. J. Fullbright of
Burke county, chairman of the appro-
priation committee of the house has
scored the rules committee of the
house numerically for proposing to
help the tax act repeal by making it
a special and continuing order.
Nobody wants to pay taxes, yet ey-
erybody wants appropriations SAID
Mr.. Fullbright THE state already is
having to borrow money to pay appro-
priations. If the tax act is repealed.
the legislature might as well not
leet to make appropriations at all. If
t were not for the act, the taxable
values of the state last year would
have been one hundred and fifty m:i-
lion dollars less than what they were.
The members of the legislature
who are running for reelection may
find it very easy to promise your tax.
constituents to vote to repeal
the tax act, but you will find it very
different if you get reelected ON such
a platform to secure an appropriation
for these same fellows if you go
ahead and repeal the tax act.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
Factory Building COIIapses.

BUFFALO, N. Y, July 13.-Three
workmen were killed and six other
seriously hurt when factory build
ing collapsed here this morning. A
number of others employed in the
fallen structure are reported missing,
and their fate is uncertain.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
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SHARK WITH PORTION OF
; HUMAN BODY IN STOMACH

? NEW YORK, July 13.-A shark =
7 with a portion of human body =
in its stomach was killed today at =
> Keyport, N. j.. according to the \
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= who reports Atlantic seaboard y
o waters are infested with man =
= eaters. A sloop arriving from =
: Bermuda today carried score of 4
= the sharks caught in the Gulf \
: stream and reported having en- y
= countered numerous hungry 4
= schools of fish. Beaches along \
= the seaboard are all practically y
= deserted, owing to stormy condi- :
= tions prevailing, but warnings \
are being sent out as precau- :
: tionary measure. =
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
vERDUN'5 FRONT
IS SCENE Of THE
ARTILLERY FIRE

There is no important fighting az
Verdun nor on the French section OF
the Somme front, according to the
Paris war Office.
A heavy German fire on portions of
the Verdun front and. intermittant ar
tillery fire on the Somme front, is
reported.
The French penetrated German
trench in Champagne taking some
prisoners. The German raids in the
Argonne region were repulsed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
WILL MAKE AMERICUS HIS
HEAD 'UARTERS SEPT,

c. ]. Fitzgerald, of Unadilla, Ca, is
in the city for short time on bust
ness Connected with the Wodmen of the
World.
after September list, Mr.. Fitzgerald
expects to make Americas his head
quarters for a period of several
months and may move his family
here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
FUNERAL Of AN OLD
TINE WOMAN HELD

ATLANTA, Ca, July 13.-Funeral
services over the body of the late
Mrs. B. w. Hoxsey, seventy-seven
years old, were conducted yesterday
from All Saints church, followed by
interment in the mausoleum at NORTH.
View.
Mrs. Hoxsey was the daughter of
John Minor Bolts, statesman of the
Virginia Commonwealth in ante
bellum days and prominent in the SER
vice of the Southern Confederacy
During the course of the civil war
Miss Bolts, who continued to live in
Virginia, met Major B. W. Hoxsey, a
Union soldier, and after the war they
were married, living in Virginia until
the death of Major Hoxsey. At the
time of her death she was a resident
of Brooklyn, N. Y. She is survived by
two sons, Thomas D. Hoxsey, OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, and ]. M. B. Hoxsey
of Atlanta, who is treasurer of the
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
NitrOglyceriDe Explosion.

HASKELL, N. j., July 13.-Early re-
ports indicate at least five persons
were killed outright and thirty injur-
ed more or less seriously, in an ex-
plosion of nitroglycerine at the plant
of the Dupont Powder Company here
shortly before noon. The cause of the
explosion has not yet been definitely
ascertained.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
BERLIN EDITOR NOW
ARRESTED BY KAISER

AMSTERDAM, July 13.-Rosa Lux
emberger, principal editor of the Ber,
lin socialist newspaper, Vorwaetrs
was arrested in Berlin Sunday, acord.
ing to the Leipsig Volks-Zeitung. The
reason has not been ascertained.
Luxembourg was charged a year age
with reasonable conduct but was re
leased.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
PEARCE IS HERE IN The
INTEREST OF ACADEMY

H. j. Pearce, Jr.. of the Emory Ac-.
edemy, is in the city in the interest
Of the well known Methodist school.
The academy is a new unit in the
church's educational system as it re-
lates to Emory University.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
TOBACCO RAISE IS THE
MEANS OF MORE MONEY

VIENNA, July 13.-By raising the
prices of cigars, cigarettes and tobac-
co by an average of thirty per,
cent, the Austrian State Monopoiy
hopes to raise an additional sum OF
nearly $16,OOO,OOO a year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13

line is reported as improving, how.
ever, and trains are being operated
but on slow schedules. There is nc
scarcity of food reported either &C
Mobile or New Orleans.
The weather bureau reports late to.
day indicate the Caribbean sea dis,
turbance has moved slowly westward
during the morning, and is now near
Central and South Porto Rico. Its
intensity is unknown here, but it is
scarcely believed serious damage will
occur either in the Gulf or South At.
lantic states by reason of this dis.
, turbance,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
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<THIRTEN LABOR LEADERS
y RECEIVE JAIL SENTENCES

CHICAGO, July 13.-Thirteen =
y out of the seventeen labor lead =
= ers recently convicted on charges =
= of attempting to extort money
= and destroy property, were today =
= sentenced in circuit court to =
= serve prison terms. The others =
= escaped by paying heavy fines. =
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
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III NEW CASES REPORTED I

= NEW YORK, July 13.-Twenty- =
= four deaths and one hundred and =
= seventeen new cases of infantile \
4 paralysis were reported during =
= the twenty-four hours ending at =
: ten o'clock this morning. :
= Since June 26th, when the first =
= case was reported to the health ?
= authorities, 1857 children have =
y been stricken with the disease in +
= this city, resulting in 81 deaths .
= already reported. =
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13

the weevil, which has taxed the best
brains in the South for ten years. His
remedy is simple and cheap, and his
crop shows it is sure.
"The farmers who have examined
his crop say that on the hundred
acres on which he has used the mix.
ture there is not single weevil to b.
found"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13
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: LEADER OF FORLORN HOPE !
= BE NOTIFIED ON july s1ST. !

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: NEW YORK. July 13.-It is ,
= announced today that the noti- =
= fication committee named by the =
= republican national convention to :
= inform Charles E. Hughes of his ,
= nomination as the party's pres :
= idential candidate, will notify =
= Mr.. Hughes on the night of July !
= 31st at his home here. The cere- =
:" mony is. of course, merely for =
= NAL, but will bring together a =
? number of prominent republicans :
= from all parts of the United \
: States. 4
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-13

The Times Recorder is the ONL Y
paper in the Third Congressional
District with Associated Press
service.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-09
ILLINOIS CLOSE,
But FOR HUGHES
L0Wden, Republican, Is Leading
tor Governor.
HOYNE COOK COUNTY VICTOR

Women Cast Huge Vote In State,
Exceeding 500 Ooo-President and
Hughes in Close Race in Chicago.
Returns from Down State Are Scat
tering.
Chicago, Nov. 8.--All parts of the
country watched Illinois, for the
largest woman vote ever polled by any
state was recorded here The vote of
the fair sex has reached half mil
lion. In Chicago alone 100000 women
were registered.
The state elected two congressman
at-large, in addition to governor and
full state ticket. Cook county, in
which Chicago is situated. voted on
local propositions. The fight was con-
t1nued to the opening of the polls.
Illinois Returns incomplete.
The returns in Illinois are so scat
tered and SO incomplete that basis
of the Republican plurality is difficult
to estimate. For president Hughes and
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-09
Ohio SWINGS into
DEMOCRATIC COLUMN
Presidents Lead Bears Out Pre-
election Forecasts.


Columbus, Nov. Slow the Ger
man vote would go was the center OF
speculation in this state Ohio has
been looked on as one Of the critical
states of the union.
Atlee Pomerene, Democrat, conduct
ed strong campaign for reelection
against Myron r. Herrick, ex-Govern-
or. The present governor, Frank B.
B. Willis, Republican, has had to fight
to hold his office against James M.
Cox, Democrat, who was governor in
1913-1915
President Wilson lost Hamilton
county by $4,000, but carried Cleve-
land. The President carries the state.
and the vote on state officers is close.
The Democrats claim the reelection
of Alley Pomerene for u. S. Senator.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-09
Carpets Of the Ancients.

References to carpets are found
among the earliest Egyptian and As
syrian writers. In Egypt, for exam
pie, floor and seat coverings were used
In temples for religious ceremonies,
while about 1900 B. G. they garnished
the interiors of the royal palaces.
For 400 years following the dynasty
of the pharaehs carpet weaving was
apparently confined to the Egyptians
and Assyrians, an extant example Of
floor cover Of 7o5 B. c., taken from
the palace at Nineveh, bearing a de-
sign Of wooden lotus flowers and buds.
Arrian tells us that the tomb of
Cyrus the Persian was covered with a
pail Of purple Babylonian tapestry,
while Callixenus, the best reporter Of
his time, writing the story of the ban
quet given by one of the Ptolemies,
pictures purple carpets Of finest wool
with the pattern on both sides and
handsomely embroidered rugs very
beautifully elaborated with figures"
description Of which might well apply
to the floor or chair coverings in any
mansion Of today.-New York World.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-09
Noise and Hearing.

There are two distinct meanings to
the word "sound"--one the sensation
produced in the brain, the other the
external vibration which produces the
sensation. The physical cause may ex-
list where there is no ear; the sensation
cannot exist unless there is an ear to
hear it. Suppose two men-one totally
deaf, the other with a normal sense of
hearing-are In the same closed room
in which a third man beats upon a
piece Of iron with hammer. Is there
no physical vibration because the deaf
man cannot hear it? The sensation
may be ear splitting to the one and to-
tally nonexistent to the other. The
same vibrations beat through the air.
The same sound exists In the room. but
the sensation exists for only one of the
men.-Phiadelphia Press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-09
Just Like a Man.

She hurried down the stairs to join
her husband, who was waiting to go
out with her to the party.
"Oh, Jack" she cried, wait a mo-
mentv
II never saw anything like it," ex-
claimed Jack impatiently. You al
ways forget something. You girls are
enough to drive any patient man fran
tic"
"But, Jack, dear
"Oh, go upstairs and get what you
want and don't for goodness sake keep
me waiting here any longer"
"But l haven't forgotten anything,
dear; it's your
Good gracious! What next, l won
der? I've been dressed ready and wait
ing for you this last half hour"
'Indeedv' she said frigidly. "Then
why is it you have no necktie on?"
Goodness he calculated. "Why
couldn't you tell me that before, in
stead of staring at me and saying moth
ng?"-Exchange
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-09

Wilson ran close in Chicago, the Re-
publican lead barely reaching 5000 in
Cook county. In the state outside of
Chicago, the race also is close with
Hughes leading.
Governor Dunno carried Chicago for
reelection by 10000 but lost the state
by plurality aprroximating 100000.
Hoyne In Chicago Wins.
Maclay Hoyne, Cook county states
attorney, had the hottest fight on the
local ticket, and is reelected by a
plurality that may reach 10000.
The special subjects on the small
ballot" are probably defeated.
Mccormick for congressman-at-large
leads by over 100000 while w. E. Ma
son running with him wins by nearly
as large a vote
Think Stone Beaten.
Peoria, ILL.,, Nov. S.-Clifford Ireland,
Republican, has apparently defeated
Congressman Stone, Democrat, by 500
votes for congressman Sixteenth dis
trict.
Cannon by 5000.
Danville, H., Nov. 8.-Joseph G..
Cannon will have a plurality for re-
election to congress of about 5000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-09
Spies In Revolutionary DAYS.

A curious and unfamiliar page in
American history shows that the treat
ment OF the spy in Revolutionary days
was painfully prompt and rigorous.
Every American schoolboy knows the
fate of Major Andre, but few know
Of any others, with perhaps the ex-
ception of Nathan Hale, executed by
the British as spy. In the second
year of our Revolutionary war Gener-
al Israel Putnam caught man lurking
about his post at Peekskill. on the
Hudson. A flag of truce came from
Sir Henry Clinton. claiming the pris-
Oner as Lieutenant Palmer of the Brit
ish service The answer of the stout
old general was brief and to the point:
Headquarters, Aug. Z, 177T
Edmund Palmer, an officer In the enc
my's service, was taken as spy lurking
within cur lines. He has been tried as a
spy, condemned as spy and shall be ex-
ecuted as a spy, and the flag Is ordered to
depart Immediately.
ISRAEL PUTNAM.
p. S.-5e has accordingly been executed.
Indianapolis News.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-09
HUGHES WINNER
IN EMPIRE STATE
Majority Over Wilson VIII Ex-
coed 100000.
VOTE IS LARGEST RECORDED

Reaches 1900, ooo-PresIdent Wilson
Failed to Get the Promised Major.
lily In New York clty--Whltman'
Race for Governor Is Phenomenal
Plurality over 10000.
New York, Nov. S.--Both sides were
agreed that Wilson would carry New
York City, while Hughes would bring
down a plurality from the rest of the
state. The point of disagreement was
over which of these pluralities would
be greater.
The contest between Governor
Charles S. Whitman, seking re-elec-
ton, and former Judge Samuel Sea-
bury has been fierce one and at
tracted nationwide attention.
The state voters passed on propos-
ais to issue ten million dollars in
bonds for forest preserves and to
hold another convention to change the
state constitution.
Two Socialists Meyer Londno
(seeking re-election) and Morris Hill
quit-haVe been prominent by reason
of remarkable campaigns for congress.
William H. McCombs. Wilson'S cam
paign manager in 1912, opposed Will
liam r. Calder, for the United States
senatorship.
Greatest In History.
The vote cast was the greatest in
the history of New York, and is ap-
proximately 100000.
President Wilson'S lead in Greater
New York was about 10000, and this
was insufficient to overcome the lead
OF Hughes of nearly 100000 outside
the city.
The victory of Whitman, with plur-
atty Of over 100000, and his great
race in the city of New York shows
his administration won the voters ap-
proval.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-09
Why Not Be SensibIe9

To the ennuied of earth who are
looking for a new and lasting sensa-
ton We would offer the query, Why
not be sensible?
If you have never tried looking at
things In a sensible way you cannot
imagine what supreme delights there
are in an excursion into this little fire.
quented domain of human activity
There are drawbacks, to be sure. But
the drawbacks are greatly outweighed
by the advantages. We have known
people who, after leading unsensible
lives from early childhood have taken
up the sensible life and have never led
any other life from that time on. That,
however, is going to extremes and is
therefore to be carefully Stunned, but
1t only goes to show how being sensi-
BILE can take hold of you If you give it
a chance.-Life.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-09

term, and James e. Watson, Republi.
can, fought to take the short term
from Senator Thomas Taggart.
Eugene v. Deba, twice Socialist can
didate for president, was candidate
for congress representative from the
Fifth district (Terre Haute) against
Ralph Moss, Democrat, and Everett
Sanders, Republican.
The Republicans claim and returns
indicate the election of New and Was
son, Republicans, to IT, S. senate, to
succeed Kern and Taggart, Democrats,
and the entire Republican state ticket
by about $4,000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-11-09
How to Become a ,5iohhro,U.

One never can tell the sociological
possibility Of some little thing that
seems hardly worth the saying Thus
If you say, He swears like a pirate -
you are not sociological. But suppose
you pull yourself together and say
Profanity in that it relaxes the inner
tension by sudden nervous discharge
and offers a means OF escape from So
cial inhibitions, is, when phylogenetic-
ally considered, natures method under
the conditions Of modern civilized life
Of producing an outlet for primitive
emotions which in an earlier period
were apt to take more socially injuri-
Gus forms, such as piracy" You will
then be taken for a sociologist. I do
not say you will really be sociologist,
but you will look like one, especially If
you add bibliography.-New Repub-
lie.