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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-22
MRS. v. S. HEGKWITH
DIES NEAR MYRTLE SPRINGS

News was received in Americas We'd
nesday night announcing the death OF
Mrs. w. S. Beckwith at her home near
Myrtle Springs in the Twenty-sixth
district of Sumter county.
Mrs. Beckwith was most estimable
lady % years old, well known in
the section where she lived, and the
possessor of a large circle Of friends.
she was young woman of strong
Christian character, active in churca
work, welding an influence of much
good among her friends, acquaintances
and co-workers.
The deceased is survived by her
husband and her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. S. Bell; two sisters, Mrs. w. A.
Johnson and Mrs. Essie Beckwith, all
of the Twenty-sixth district, two broth
ers, S. D. Bell, of Americas, and W. b.
Bell of Moultrie.
The many friends Of the relatives
sympathize with them in their be-
reavement.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-22
AMERICAN GOODS ARE
ON RUSSIAN IRONS

HEADQUARTERS OF THE RUS
SIAIAN SEVENTH ARMY, June 3d.
American automobiles, auto-trucks
ard motorcycles are to be found In
great numbers all along the Russian
front At an aviation camp are stored
dozens of motors and spare parts for
aeroplanes-a American. Similarly
ar every point behind the front a pro-
fusion of products of various sorts
testify to the activity of American
manufacturers in grasping trade op-
portunities opened to them by the
war.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-22
Getting High Yields
From Cotton Crop
How Good Variety And Modern
Methods OF Cultivation Planned
Out In The Field

JOHN R. FAM, Professor Agronomy,
State College OF Agricultural
-Four acres of cotton grown on the
demonstration field of the Georgia
State College Of Agriculture, yielded
revenue as follows: Lint at II cents.
$282.4S; seed for planting at $500,
$1215O; seed to oil mill at $445O,
$4,000; Total $4445S, or return per
acre of s111.14.
The majority of the cotton grown
was College Number /, a selection
made few years ago from the Sun
beam cotton. This cotton has proven
resistant to anthracnose, has outyield-
ed the original Sunbeam and is some
what earlier.
The important lessons from this
demonstration are, the value of good
seed from good variety that has been
bred up by proper methods to a fixed
type and reliable behavior, the value
of a we'll prepared seed bed and the
economy of frequent and shallow cul-
tivation by which the moisture of the
soil is conserved, the roots spared
from being torn from their feeding
places by the deep furrowing pillow or
dinarily used, and the completer sup
preston of weeds.
The lesson that can be applied now,
when the crop is growing, is that with
reference to frequent and shallow cul-
tivation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-22
BIGGEST CROWD IN HISTORY
OF UNION AT MOULTRIE

The twenty-fifth annual convention
of the Georgia Baptist Young Peoples
Unions is in session at Moultrie. Nearly
a thousand members are present, and
it is said that this is the largest gath
ering in the history of the organization.
Moultrie is doing the honors well, and
a delightful and pro prosperous season
is going to the the result Of the meet
ing. leg
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-22
VALUABLE ANIMAL FOR
CORN CLUB WINNEF

The American Short Horn Breeders
Association has offered a $500 pure
bred short horn bull to the boy max
ing the largest yield on an acre OF
corn in connection with the Boys
Corn Clubs. This valuable prize
should add zeal to the competition
now going on among the 10000 corn
club boys Of Georgia
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BUY. the large sizes Of JONES'
BALSAM OF BENZOIN when your
horses are troubled with scratches
thrush, CALLED shoulders, swellings and
flesh wounds. Sod on the money-back
plan. Ask your dealer for u slim
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-22

The people whose advertisements
you read in this paper are on the level.
They're not afraid of their goods
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-22

LEE STREET SAND PIT-In old
Ebert Head Fish Pond. Best building
sand in Georgia. Short haul, easy te
cad, very accessible, 20 cents for 2
horse load at pit, or S. cents delivered;
T5c In large quantities. See Harold
Brothers or L. q. Council. 21-n
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Want Advertisements

FARM LOANS-at 9 per cent. inter-
est. Terms satisfactory. r. L. Mar,
nard.
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LOST

llho people whose advertisements
you read In this paper are on the leseL
They're mt afraid Of their goods.
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WANTED---Misceilaneous

LOANS made on farms At Six Per
Cent. Interest. j. j. Hanesley.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE CHEAP--Second hand
baby carriage in good condition. Apply
G.. T. Cunningham. 1-3t
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The Want AID means quick returs
! anything yen want. Try them once.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-06-22

FARM LOANS - s-an give good
terms or farm loans: money plenti
full. w. w. Dykes 1S-o
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]. A. GLASGOW, Tailor Making anf
repairing. 215 Lamar Street. 7-26'
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

he seems at that time to have actually believed,
Senator Lodge is reported to have made the fol-
lowing reference to DR.. Bailey's letter:
1t is also of interest in another way, for it ap-
parently shows that Mr.. Bryan's reason for resign
ing was the highly creditable one of objecting to
having his signature go out appended to docu-
ment differing in an essential point from the one
which he had signed.
Mr.. Bryan, as already shown, not only denies
that there is any truth in the story of the post
script" but calls attention to the fact that "his
resignation not rendered at the time the first
Lusitania note was written May I3. IoIs). but at
the time the second note was written, which was
nearly month later"
AS to this second Lusitania note (dated June
Io, Io1s) Senator Lodge is reported to have said in
his Brockton speech, that it was much milder than
the first" and that at seems incredible that Mr..
Bryan should sign the first note and refuse to
sign the second"
careful comparison of the two notes shows
that everything material in the first note was
reiterated in the second; and the latter also
tanned categorical denial of Germany's statements
that the Lusitania carried mounted guns and had
gunners on board, and was carrying cargo pro-
hibited by the laws of the United States, etc. etc
1t is only fair to Senator Lodge to say that in
his speech at North Adams, he is reported as say
ing:
He ol OHlleQ StdteS mas QenleQ
that there was any postscript to the Lusitania
note, and all bound, of course to accept
the Presidents denial just as he makes it.
But" continues the Senator, "the President
makes one mistake. The statement which he char
acterizes as untrue that there such a post
script was not mine but made by Mr.. Breck-
nridge, former Assistant Secretary of War. =
But is this so? Was not the statement about the
postscript" ascribcd to Mr.. Breckenridge by DR..
Bailey in his letter to Chairman Cushing; and has
not Mr.. Breckenridge characterized this letter of
DR.. Bailey's "a tumble OF false statements?"
Besides, it is not likely that Mr.. Breckenridge
could have told DR.. Bailey that such postscript"
had been prepared when the President, who was
said to have written it, says he never wrote any
such thing, and Mr.. Bryan, who is said to have
it and signed it, says there is no truth in the
story.
Thus, fnis is written to of the most interest
ing features of the Presidential campaign.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS

While foreign powers are busily en-
gagged In q titanic struggle for supremacy
In Europe, Uncle Sans naval engineers
also have been husily engaged, although
in a somewhat different way. The results
OF their calculations and researches have
brought forth plans for one of the might
est fighting craft ever dreamed of, even
by naval constructors
In short, these new ships, four of which
have been authorized to be laid down
next year, will resemble huge blast fur
naces gone to sea. From their six mas
sive smoke stacks there will belch forth
reeling black smoke from Ia, ,000-horse-
power boilers. These ships will be de-
signed with special regard to the shape
and finish Of the hull, which will have a
length Of nearly 800 feet. The beam of
the vessel will he 81 feet and their full
load displacement about 5000 tons
These marvellous ships the greatest of
their kind ever designed. are scheduled
to attain a speed of IS knots with full
equipment aboard. And the naval ex-
perts are in hopes that they will tear
through the sea at IS knots or more
stripped. This velocity of travel is equiv
alent TO about AZ land miles an hour.
Electricity will be used aboard the ships
for varied purposes-for washing dishes,
peeling potatoes. turning machine shop
lathes, operating ventilators and drives.
Illuminating the ships. and steering.
Announcement has been made that a
caterpillar tractor of the type used by
the British for tanks or armored cars.
will be placed in the Big Bend district
of Texas along the Mexican border where
there are no roads.
The tractor consists of an engine and
four trailers and has a carrying capacity
of 10000 pounds.
The Navy Department is receiving nu-
merous inquiries from merchant vessels
as to what type of ship is best suited for
naval service in case Of war Plans speci-
flying composite merchant ships and naval
auXiliaries are being forwarded in each
case to the builders.
The Navy Department expects in this
way to build up a great fleet of merchant
vessels which in the event of war would
need no changes in structure to be taken
into the naval service.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05
CALLS HUGHES INCONSISTENT.
New Yorker Attacks Candidate for
Quitting Bench to Enter Politics.

Editor, The Washington Herald: Any
doubt which. has been cast on the IN
tegrity of Mr.. Hughes is due entlreS
to his own actions and utterances IN
1872 he Eaid: The Supreme Court must
not be dragged into politics, and no man
is as essential to his country's wel-oelns
as Is the unstained integrity Of the
ccurts." That was tantamount TO saying
that in his opinion any United States su-
preme Court Justice who would even hirt
with a nomination was dragging that
court into politics and staining It's m
tegrity Justice Hughes further SAID;
The ncan who, being on the highest )u-
dicial tribunal, would consider another Of
fee Is fit neither for the one he holds nor
the one to which he aspires.
Justice Hughes considered another ONCE
while ION the highest judicial tribunal
because he resigned from that tribunal
for the purpose. and only for the purpose
Of accepting a nomination for another
Office. He deliberately adopted course
which in his stated opinion was per-
fidious thing to do and aspires to an Of
flee for which he said he is not fit. There
fore the logical deduction is that he is a
candidate because of personal amoition Or
rarity expediency, which forces the con-
clusion that in his opinion personal ambi-
ton or party expediency are more i'm
portant considerations than the country 6
Iwell-beng and the unstained integrity OF
the courts and Justify him in aspiring 10
an office for which he prejudged himself
unit in the perhaps most solemn and
lweIl-considered statement he ever made.
1t is Justice Hughes srraignment of Can
didate Hughes.
In all that has been said in the Hughes
campaign of puerile personalities and
generaIities have failed to discover any
reason why Mr.. Hughes should supplant
Mr.. Wilson as President of the United
States II there were reasons. they could
have been clearly and forcefully and con-
vincingly stated. 1t is a tribute to the
efficiency OF Mr.. Wilson and his admins
tration that his opponents have talked go
much and said so little.
ROBERT T. OLIVER.
233 Broadway, New York,
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05
ARMY ORDERS

Cart Beverly c. Dunn to New Orleans.
Lieut. Col James r. McIndoe. to Fort Leayen-
worth.
CAPT. Joseph o. Mauborgns. leave for two months.
Lieut.. Col. John II. Rice. to Rock Island. Ill
Mai. Haywood s. Hansell. leave extended fifteen
days
FIrt Lieut.. Augustine A. Holman. detached
officers list. relieved.
First Lieut. Franklin c. sibert on detached Of;
hccrs' list
First Heut Metcahe Reed, to Eleventh Infan-
try.
Maj Marx Brooke, TO Wilmington. Del
Capt. Roger ID. Black. to this city.
Capt. Gilbert Van i. Wilkes, to St Paul. MINI.
CaIt. Albert X. B. Lyman, to Cincinnati.
CaR. William W. Harris. jr, leave for one
month
Capt, Jane. D. T1Eord to Ohio State University.
Columbus
First Lieut. Clarence H. DAnieIsou. to Twentieth
Infantry.
First Lieut.. Henry E Lupus. leave extended one
month
First Lieut. Eugene NJ Owen, to San Diego Cal
Capt. William L. Reed rSced detached Of
fcers' list
Capt Augustine Holman. TO Thrtieth Infantry.
Capt. Lowe A. Mcclure TO University Of NeTada
Reno.
First Lieut.. Elmer NJ. Eckard 10 Canton III.
Capt Walter r. Bostwright, relieved from duty
in Coast Defenses. ChesSpeake Bay.
Capt. Alvin c. Vors, detailed as a member Of
board q motor transportation
First Lieut.. Norman W. Peck to San Diego Cal
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05
The Herald's Open Forum
UGREs STANDARD LOAF.
Horace L. Woodward says ID. c. Peo-
pie Now Are Paying Cents.


Editor The Washington Herald:
In connection with the increase in
the price OF bread. wish to call at
tentlon to the following facts:
Within the last few months the
weight Of the loaf supplied by the
large bakeries of Washington was re-
ouced to eleven ounces. as determined
by daily weighing OF the loaves as de-
livered TO grocery In the northwest
section At cents a loaf this was
equivalent to an increase OF the price
to TX cents for the standard one
pound loaf
1t appears that the increase to
cents loaf is TO be made upon this
eleven-ounce loaf, and the price will
then be equivalent to 81 cents
9o.oSf2) for the oue-pound loaf that
was the standard here a year or SO
ago.
In other cities where the law reg
ulates the weight Of the loaf. il ap-
pears that it was possible for bakeries
to produce such a loaf for cents al
a profit at a time when the bakers
here were permitted quietly TO reduce
the size OF the loaf and few Of the
people knew what was being taken
away from them. II is just as neces-
sary for the production and sale OF
this necessary to be under public reg
ulation as for the matters controlled
by the Public Service Commission 10
be so regulated.
/ note that one baker states that
the consumer is paying only 20 per
cent increase for bread. while the bakers
are paying 20 per cent. While this baker
does not state the period during which
his increase OF costs occurred. IL he il
regarding the time when a pound loaf
was served, II will be seen that the con-
cnNrHNrFn nN PACE FENpN
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05
soTHERN TO AID RELIEF WORK
His share, One-fourth of Gross Re-
ceipt., VIII Go 10 Red Cross.

Editor The Washington Herald: So
many inquiries nave been received as to
the precise extent by which the British
Red Cross will benefit from E. H
Sothern's performances on his positively
last visit to Washington during the week
OF November Is that perhaps you will
very kindly afford me little space for
explanation.
Mr.. Sothern has generously decided 20
play in IF I Were King for twenty
weeks in the United States and Canada
solely for the British Red Cross so far
as he is concerned. Mr.. Sothern's share
Of every performance, amounting 10
twenty-five per cent OF the gross receipts,
will be forwarded each day by Mr.
Sothern himself to the headquarters of
the British Red Cross in England. with
out any deduction Whatsoever. while Mr..
Sothern will even pay for the drafts, so
that there will be no incidental expenses.
That is to say. out Of every dollar re-
ceived at the box-office, twenty-five cents
each day will go TO the headquarters Of
the British Red Cross. And should Mr..
Sothern play TO gross OF $4,000 on the
week. S.01O will go TO this worthy fund,
for, as he has said mercy knows no en-
envy" Furthermore. Mr.. Sothern will
pay his own living and even travelling
expenses
Should there be any surplus over and
above the expenses OF the management
Lee Shubert, who is taking the entire
risk of the enterprise. has generously in
timated his intention of donating twenty
five per cent OF such surplus to the
British Red Cross. while others OF US
are glad to do our bit for the cause we
have so much at heart.
PERCY BURTON.
BelasCo Theater.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

Illegal combines declared by Chicago
alderman to control for speculative purposes a
million and quarter crates of eggs. The alder
man, whose name happens to be Pretzel says the
price manpulators bought the eggs last spring for
u cents Dozen These probably are of the same
vintage as the eggs now being sold in some cities
Strictly fresh" for 90 cents a dozen. The
necessity of eating is quite the most burdensome
OF those that make the ultimate consumer wish
he could quit ultimating in the guise of a goat.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05
NAVAL ORDERS.
ORDERS TO OFFICERS

ORDERS 10 OFFICERS
lheut. Commander r. d. White, to Washington
as eNeCutiEe-oficeT.
Lieut. B. L CanAEa, detached New OrieanS 10
charge Pacific Coast Torpedo Station, Keyport.
Wash.
Lieut. W. P. Gaddis. detached Pittsburgh to Ma
val Training Station, San Francisco Cal
Lieut.. tjunior grade) J. B. Odendorf to charge
Of Navy Recruiting Station. Pittsburgh. Pa. Nov
ember %. 1916
Lieut.. Junior gradel T. A. Lof1uist detached
Delaware.
Lieut. Junior eTadeI b. 4. Strait In assistant
inspector If machinery work William Granny 4
Sons Co. Philadelphia. Pa. December l. 1916.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

Secretary of War Baker, lust now the object
of Mr.. Roosevelt's most abusive attention, may
reflect that his critic, writer of history found
every President of the United States from Thomas
Jefferson to Abraham Lincoln, with the single
exception Of John Quincy Adams, either a weak
ling or a fraud. Not one of them measured up
to the Rooseveltian standard. If the Colonel had
is no telling what he might have said of Lincoln
and Grant We all know what he thinks of Taft
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

NO practical way to induce schoolgirls to
cease the OF cosmetics" was discovered by
Philadelphia teachers club which denounced the
practice as one indicating low character and i'll
breeding Her fatal beauty" is just as popular
as ever it was, though it does degenerate
into a commercial commodity
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

There has been the usual amount of bIuf and
buster coming out of Republican headquarters.
and the same old effort to create impression bv
the posting OF odds and other use of money. But
this time the odds wouldn't stick because II is
known now where the country stands-against a
change in the White House. The people of the
United States are contented in their present and
growing prosperity; and as the Ohio manufac-
turer put it, they not going to take any chances
on swapping horses in the middle of the stream"
Atlanta Constitution .
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

If the merchant steamship Marina was sunk
without warning and the lives of Americans were
lost or jeopardized the government of the United
States must pronounce the attack such violation
OF law and OF the pledges of Prussianism as Pres
ident Wilson has said would mean a severance ~
diplomatic relations. If Mr.. Wilson acts prompt-
ly and breaks off diplomatic relations he will al
most certainly be reelected. If Mr.. Wilson hesi-
tates and delays and resorts to more "note writ
ing he will certainly not be re-elected.-New
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

Jim OLeary, Chcagos betting headliner, re-
ported to have been Cleaned out" regretfullv ad-
mitted that he was down to his last SEQ 600
with a long and cruelty cold winter in the
offing. AS OLeary is taking bets on Hanly at
odds of 5000 to it appears that he is not in fear
OF losing his saloon license as result of national
prohibition.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

Cato Sells wants the government to establish
a second Carlisle Institute for Indians this one to
be in Montana at Fort William Henry Harrison
Seems to be committed to the policy of taking the
education to the aborigne, to elevate Poor Lo, so
to speak.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

Col Roosevelt tells the readers Of New York
magazine it hurts him to attack President Wilson
And President Wilson probably feels like the bad
boy when his mamma tells him it hurts her to
apply the slipper.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

In all the excitement of the national election
here, it seems to have been forgotten that poor
old Carranza is running for President of Mexico.
Too bad he did not get that $500, 100000 campaign
fund from Uncle Sam.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

Ruin has overtaken owners of a number OF
plantations in Nicaragua. No, not a revolution.
Its volcano this time.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

If the 5hmber of those who have seen U-boats
on the Atlantic is added to those who saw the
Deutschland and ill-fated Bremen, the answer is
that prohibition evidently does not prevail the
broad ocean.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

The who made 100000 in tips was
New York barber and not follower of the race
track or stock market.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

From the manner in which everybody appears
10 be discussing politics. the silent vote must be
confined to hermits
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

There is abnormal shortage" of coal, says
fuel dealer. There wouldn't be normal short
age unless something was radically wrong with
the system of distribution.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

That New Yorker accused by Baltmorean of
obtaining $4,000 by blackmail may be a bad
actor" but he's able, though misguided one.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

Washington comes back the map after next
Tuesday and Shadow Lawn again becomes way
station.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

After next Tuesday we will know who put the
straw in straw votes
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

Cheer up! They are selling bread out in the
West at two loaves for 25 cents.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05
INVESTMENTS.

INVESTMENTS.
took a share in Sorrow;
l took a share in Pain,
And ere another morrow
My funds came back again.
For he whose woe I mended
Emerging from his brood
Paid dividends right splendid
In gold of gratitude.
(Copynght 1885,
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05
A Line o Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS

First printing of original poem. written daily
for The Washington Herald.
The Washington herald., 1916-11-05

CONTINUED on PAGE ELEVEN.