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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-17

TOXIC, March 1.-THE great boom
and prosperity for Japanese shipping
as result of the war is being taken
advantage of here to the utmost. For
tunes are making in the shipping bus
mess and prices for freight steamers
have risen to practically limitless fig
ures.
The continuing demand for more
ships has induced the Japanese De-
pertinent of Communications to sum-
Marie the exact situation of Japanese
that Japan's progress is not due to the
war alone, though it has of course been
immensely stimulated by it, but has
been going on for the last fifteen years.
Japan now has 1882 vessels of over
twenty tons register with total ton
mage of 1,604,9OO while the number of
vessels of over 1000 tons is 416 with
total tonnage of 1881 1903. There are
&C merchant steamers, each of 5000
tons, or over, now sailing under the
! flag of Japan. Six new freight-carry-
ing steamships have been launched
within a month.
The shortage of shipbuilding mater
ial is being felt in all docks, but as far
as the stock is available the work is
being pushed on day and night AMI
some shipowners have even offered
lies for the completion of ship be-
fore contract dates. A striking exam
pie of quick building was the steamer
Taisho Maru, recently completed for
the Hokuyo Steamship Company which
was launched within three months and
e half after the laying of the keel, anc
trimmed for navigation in three weeks.
That ship of 5000 tons was completed
III such a short period is a record in
the annals Of Japanese shipbuilding-
Japan's great commercial feet has
come into existence since 1884 when
Japan really began to build ships Of
iron. For a period of about 200 years,
between the seventeenth and nine
teenth centuries, the building of YES
sells of over so tons. net was prohibited
by tie government and it was Tot uR
til the arrival of Commodore Perry
from the United States that Japan be-
came awakened to the necessity of lay
ing down ocean-going vessels. The
first steel vessel was built in 1890.
In recent weeks the ocean trade has
shown signs of increasing activity AMI
everywhere is heard complaint of
shortage of tonnage In the cement
market, for example, the paucity Of
freight space has caused big conges-
tiGn At the Moji alone $4,000 barrels
consigned to Singapore are waiting for
ships to take them away. The conges-
ton in cement is partly due to con-
troversy over carrying rates. the ship
pers Offering rs cents per barrel as
acainst As cents some time ago. The
shipping companies are standing out
for dollar barrel. Similar disputes
are arising weekly in other lines of
goods as the boom in trade advances.
On the New York Yokohama or
Shanghai line the boom is now at its
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-17
Slim Number
of Germans In
Kamerun

CAPETOWN, Union OF South Africa.
March 17.-Only one isolated mountaia
outpost, consisting Of company of
native troops and four German officers,
remains of the German army in Kan
crun. This outpost is at Mora, on an
almost inaccessible height which forms
che of the most northerly spurs of the
Mandara range in the far north of the
country. From its high fortressed po-
sition this German garrison looks
down on the plains. several thousand
feet below, stretching northward to-
ward Lake Chad. For year and half
the imprisoned garrison has been
blockaded by British and French forces
and cut off from the outer world
Today they represented all that is
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-17
GOVERNORS AND
MAYORS REQUEST.
BELGIAN RELIEF.

The Commission for Relief in Beleg-
ium announces that more than fifty
governors and mayors throughout the
country last week issued official proc
lamations urging ths2public to coop
crate with the different State Commit
tees of the Commission to obtain cloth
ing and shoes for the three million
destitute in Belgium and Northern
France. The concerted action is the
result of the many recent cabled re-
ports forecasting the starvation of mil
liens of non-combatants If the Com
missions work should be interrupted.
The officials in their appeal call at
tention to the dire need of clothing
existing among the women and chill
dren and set aside different days, to be
known as Buy Yard of Cloth days, "
in order that the merchants and pub.
lie may concentrate on sales of cloth
and shoes for those wholly dependent
on the Commission.
Among the Governors whwo have is.
sued proclamations are Charles w.
Gates, Vermont, R. l.. Williams, Okla
homa, F. M. Byrne, South Dakota,
Frank B. Willis, Ohio, w. NJ. Ferris,
Michigan, ]. F. Ferguson, Texas; Her
man W. Johnson, California; o. c.
Curtis, Maine; R. H. Spalding, New
Hampshire; David Walsh, Massachus-
etts; John ]. Morehead, Nebraska;
Locke Craig, North Carolina; Arthur
Capper. Kansas.
Although the public's response to the
Commissions winter appeal for $4,-
100000 in cloth or money to purchase
cloth, was generous, the results fell
far apart of the supply necessary to
ciothe the three million destitute IN
~ - ,,,o,- ztn;oJxo~. oe,t,1 SS.S1c rTtkn Txa,,,
omission announces that it has purch-
ased and shipped cloth from which,
the Commission textile experts estl-
mate, the Belgians will be able to
fashion about 777,S50 garments. This
number it is stated is entirely made
quate to meet the needs.
The Commission is continuing It's
efforts to awaken the business men and
women of the country to a firmer re-
alization of their duties as Americans
tc ease for these innocent victims OF
the worlds tragedy abroad. In Belg-
ium and Northern France thousands OF
women accustomed to the refinements
Of the well-to-do have now reached a
point where they are without the dec
encies in linen.
The Camp Fire Girls Of America,
10000 strong last Saturday, March II,
started a weeks campaign to obtain
new clothes for the children. The
Girls have undertaken a movement
which is nation wide in its scope and
includes other war reliefs in honor Of
the fourth birthday of their national
organization. &C. r. b., literature TO-
propaganda purposes, has been sent
from the girls New York headquarters
to the 5000 guardians in their organ
ization. By their own efforts the girls
purpose to collect or buy individual
bundles of new clothing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-17

The Want AID means a quick retMrw
in anything you want. Try them once.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-17

A certain house and lot located in
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10
NEW TEMPERANCE GOSPEL,

Temperance work today Is very
practical as compared with the senti.
mental exhortations Of yesterday"
p%ertinently remarks an exchange. I'm
these days, when efficiency is 80 gen.
eral a watchword in the world Of bust
ness and labor, we are finding not SO
directly that a man is a knave who
drinks to excess. or even as all. az that
he Is q fool. A runner who ties a
weight about his leg is no greater
Ounce than the workingman or the
merchant who puts a dram Of liquor
into his digestion or his brain. It is
capable of proof by figures and dia.
grams that the drinker Of even an
occasional glass Of wine or beer or
whisky Injuries the work Of both his
hands and his mind, while the habit
ual drinker sews up his mental and
manual machinery permanently. This
is the gospel Of the new temperance
movement"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10
AS Johnnie Heard IL.

Little Johnnie had been accustomed
10 70 to sleep during every sermon.
iespite the seedlings of his mother.
one sunday morning she sent him
or to church and intimated to him
that IL he went to sleep they would
go into executive session in the wood
shed on his arrival from church.
AS a test of his being away she re-
Quired hat he tell her the preachers
text when he went home.
%Iohnnie's natural propensity to
sleep was offset by his fear as to what
might happen in the woodshed, so he
stayed awake.
He came back conscious Of the fact
that he was on the safe side, and
when his mother asked him what the
text was he unblushingly accused the
preacher of the following text: Moses
was an oyster man and made oint-
ment for the shins Of his people"
The real text was: Moses was an
austere man and made atonement for
the sins of his people,"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
"California Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love it's pleasant taste
and it thoroughly ~cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
put gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish. or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give q
~teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in a few hours all the
foul, co%nstipated waste, sour bile and
u~ndigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have a well. playful child
again. When its little system is full
Of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, Indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
t~easpoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for q So
cent bottle of California Syrup Of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children Of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10
China Herself AGAIN.

New decorations to commemorate
the Inauguration of the new empire
will be issued to officials on the Ia
Huang-Ti's formal accession to the
throne. The state department has
decided that there should be two
kinds Of decorations: one of gold and
the other Of silver. Both series of
decorations will be in the form of a
full moon, and the figure of a dragon
will be stamped on the rim. while the
divine face Of the Ia Huang-Ti in
his mien and liu will form the cen.
trail figure Of the decoration. The
ribbon attached to the gold decora.
ton will be Of yellow satin and EN-.
broidered with figures of yellow
dragons. The same attached to the
silver decoration will be of plain vel,
low satin. The designs have been de.
cided upon by the state department
and brought to the holy notice Of the
Ia Huang-Ti for his divine approval
Picking Gazette.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10
DOES NOT CONVINCE
Speech Of Ex-Secretary Root Is
FaIIaciouS.
His Arrangement Of the Policies Of the
Democratic Party Adroit but Eas-
lily Answered by Any
Thoughtful Person.

1t is trite to remark the diStin-
guished ability of Hon. Elihu Root Of
New York. Political friend and foe
alike recognize his intellectual pre-
eminence and his keynote speech be-
fore the New York Republican con
vention was adroit in all respects and
a plausible arraignment of the Demo-
cratic administration.
To those who are cOnstitutionally
at enmity with the Democratic party
his utterances will no doubt be regard
ed as a masterpiece.
But Mr.. Root was quite as ~fallacious
as ever, as may be seen by all who
will analyze his speech.
If he tells us that the Democratic
party is late in realizing the necessity
for greater armament. why does he
not tell us why it is that in the half
century since the val that the Re-
publican party was in control 40 years
without an adequate naval program be-
ing adopted until a Democratic admin
i~stration came in?
The Wilson administration had to
repair the neglect of the Republican
party with respect to the army and
navy, as it had to repair it in respect
of the banking system and currency
system and the revenue system.
Mr.. Root might answer, Of course.
that during the Republican admins
trations there was nc need Of a great
er army and navy. Even If that be
true, he must admit that the Demo
cratic president was quick to recog-
nize the need when it appeared. and
proceeded to evolve a plan to sup.
ply it.
AS for the business mixup to which
he alluded. Mr.. Root is almost ridlcu-
lous. in view of the existing business
conditions. The thoughtful people
Of the country are not going to be
caught by MIR. Roots fallacies.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10
Poor Explanations.

1t vas Pennsylvania manufacturers
who spoke of business as trembling
in the presence Of the Democratic par
ty." Now Senator Penrose, observing
the same sensitive barometer, and
compelled to admit a certain general
prosperity, remarks that much of the
h~opefulness is based upon the as.
sumption that the Wilson administra-
ton and its policies will be defeated
and protection will be restored t the
nation" So used Is Senator Penrose,
like Representative Mann and others,
to whistling to keep up his courage.
that when he perceives business in a
whistling frame Of mind he can think
of no other explanation. The psychol.
ogy of business. according to these
Republican diagnosticians, is a fear.
full and wonderful thing. In 1907, be-
yond any doubt, 1t was some previ-
sion of 1912 that caused a panic. The
depression of the last two years arose
from the consciousness that, whatever
happened, business was in for Demo
cratic misrule till 1917. But business
can reach an almost unparalleled
pitch Of prosperity upon the mere
hope that such misrule will not ex.
tend beyond that year. One puzzling
aspect of these explanations" is that
their authors should admit so much
virtue in a mere frame of mind-vir.
tue able to triumph over the hard
facts presented by Democratic meas.
ures. Another lies in the circumstance
that q multitude of manufacturers con.
fess to doing we'll at the same time
they contemplate the probable re-elec.
ton Of President Wilson.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10
SPANS Coal Purchase Bio.

The principal Spanish ports at
which coal is received are Barcelona,
Bilbao, Huelva, Seville, Valencia, Ali.
cante, S%antander, Malaga, Almeria,
Cartagena. Cadiz, Coruna and Vigo.
The province of Catalonia and espe-
cially the city Of Catalonia are lhrg-
est consumers Of imported coal. In
1914, 867.914 tons Of foreign coal we're
received in the port of Barcelona. and
201,S12 tons Of domestic coal. San.
lander receives under normal circum.
stances than 10000 tons Of
English coal annually. The consump.
ton Of English coal in Bilboa in 1914
amounted to Sos, 1867 tons and Of do
nestle coal 329,125 tons. most oil
which came from the mines Of Al
turias and Leon.-Consular Report
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10

that is needed to keep the barn IN q
clean and sanitary condition.
The upper part of this barn is Of
frame construction, and the roof COW
ering it is OF the gambrel type, sup
ported by trusses. This type OF roof
Is becoming almost universal because
Of the fact that the entire upper part
of the barn is not c~bstructed by any
columns or pillars.
"A modern ventilating system is in
stalled with intakes at the upper part
of the concrete wall and Outtakes
through the ventilators shown on the
roof.
The silo is built at n corner Of
the barn and is OF the monolithic con-
crete type. 1t is large enough SO that
plenty Of silage can be kept to feed
all the Dairy COWS and other stock in
the building. 1t is very important that
dairy cows especially have silage SO
that they will keep or giving a good
supply Of milk during the months
when the price Of milk is high. II .
farmer expects to add to his herd he
should make provision for all the cows
that he will be likely to feed in the
future, and build his silo to accommo-
date them. 1t is better to waste some
silage than to run out when it is need.
ed the most. Care must be exercised
to keep the silage from spelling, by
removing enough each day.
The cows are faced out in this plan.
SO that all the cleaning is concen.
trated in n alley. Many dairymen
consider this arrangement the best.
but many others prefer to concentrate
the feeding in n alley. In the latter
cas- the cows are, of course, faced in.
A little more than half this barn is
devoted to a dairy, but one end IL
separated from this part and contains
horse stalls. The horse stalls are cut
off from the rest Of the barn by a
heavy partition and double doors
across the litter alley. also single
doors across the two feed alleys. The
doors can be swung out of the way.
SO that the feed carriers and litter
carriers car be run through to this
part of the stable.
With roo provided for 8 horses
and 16 cows this plan presents a good
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10
Country Would Choose Quickly.

The Progressives deserve all the aid
the Democrats car give them in urg-
ing Roosevelt upop the Republican
party. In this delicate situation of all
our foreign relations. giving Mr.. Roose-
welt the presidency would be very
much like giving a boy a knife: some
thing would get whitfield. Persons
who recall 1912-and vast numbers do
and have heard Mr.. R~oosevelt's con-
tipuSus and indecent attacks upon the
who defeated him. will not be
r. in making choice between the
,rss! iept and the ex-president
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10

space has been eliminated to a large
extent In most parts of the country,
but here and there you will still find
such an arrangement in use.
II the threshing floor is to be pro-
vided in this way the entrance should
be on a bridge, so that the earth is
not against the side of the barn. It
is impossible to have a dry, sanitary
barn under these conditions. One Of
the reasons for building in this way
was to keep the barn warm. While
this may be accomplished to a more
or less eseent, the sacrifice Of sanitary
conditions and dryness do not make
1t worth while.
The solid concrete basement, ex-
posed on all sides to the air and hav-
ing plenty Of windows 80 that the in
terror Of the barn will be bright and
cheerful. is a great Improvement over
the old-fashioned bank barn. In addi-
ton to its sanitary features 1t is much
warmer than the older type and 1t can
be kept dry and ventilated with q
good air supply.
Concrete for foundations for all
kinds of buildings Is one Of the most
important uses Of this material. When
extended above grade as in this case,
the lower part Of the walls can be
easily kept clean, and as the lower
part Of the walls Is more likely to be
dirty than any other, the importance
Of concrete from q sanitary standpoint
Ia seen. The value of concrete for all
kinds of foundations Is shown in the
fact that almost all buildings of any
kind now are set on concrete where q
few years ago various other materials
were used with varying degrees OF
success.
With the floor in this barn built OF
the same material, the joint between
the floor and the wall is made very
tight, so that there Is no opportunity
for vermin of any kind to get in. The
walls and the floors can be washed
down with a hose at the same time
which reduces the amount of labor
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When a Boy.

If parents realized the fact that cof-
fee contains a drug-caffeine-which
is especially harmful to children, they
would doubtless hesitate before giving
them coffee to drink.
When | was a child in my mothers
arms and first began to nibble things
at the table, mother used to give me
sips of coffee. And SO l contracted
the coffee habit early.
Il continued to use coffee until l was
81, and when l got into Office work I
began to have nervous spells. Espe-
cially after breakfast l was SO nerv.
Gus | could scarcely attend to my cor.
respondence.
AT night, after having had coffee
for supper. l could hardly sleep, and
on rising in the morning would feol
weak and nervous.
"a friend persuaded me to try Pos
tum.
Il can now get good sleep, am free
from vousn and headaches. l
recommend Postum to all coffee drink
ers."
Name given by Postum Co. Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum ONE in two forms:
Postum CereaI-the original form
must be we'll boiled, 15c and Csc pack
ages.
Instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in a cup of hot wa
ter, and. with cream and sugar, makes
q delicious beverage Instantly. 30c and
soc tins.
Both forms are equally delicious and,
cost about the same per cup.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocera.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10
NO STEPS,

Judge Tully Scott of Colorado's su.
preme court, speaking to the toast
"Democracy's Opportunity" at a Demo-
cratic banquet. made this statement:
I'm my opinion. constitutional prohi-
bition will never be repealed in Colo
RADIO. / believe 1t to be as firmly es-
tablished as the provision for equal
suffrage. and l believe we all agree
that any effort to repeal the grant of
equal suffrage in this state would
prove as futile as an attempt to repeal
the natural law Of gravitation."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10
1&fuuBlpclf
Nkh@YNWTES
&EAA@
Conducted by the National : Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
HINT. FOR sALooNkEEPERs.

HINT FOH
You see that building" said a sa-
loonkeeper in Montana. THAT is all I
have in the world. / worked hard
to build and equip it. There l earn
the food and clothing for my wife and
babies. You women say you'are 60
ing to put me out of business. That
will ruin my property. How am I to
support my family?" l thought Of
the many families that his business
was making hungry and unhappy, but
I said nothing of this, for there was
to me q pathos in his plea and to him
1t was a very real problem. In the
seven states that recently went dry
there are thousands that meet the
same conditions. They are cast adrift
upon q wholly uncharted e and they
g nothing beyond.
answered: my friend. when Mon
tana goes dry, and as sure as you and
I live Montana is going dry, that lot
will remain just where 1t is. Unless
there is q fire, and against that you
can continue to protect your property
by insurance as you are doing now.
your building will remain where 1t IL.
Just lower your bar and make a coun.
ter Of It. Put in some more win.
dows, at a slight expense, and sell
tea. coffee, sugar. flour. shoes-any
commodity-to the very same people
who patronize you now and receive
in exchange the same kind of dol
lars. Perhaps. my friend, you have
not thought that Mr.. Brown over
there who now comes to your place
nightly and spends his money. may
come In and buy q pair of shoes for
his little Mary, who sadly needs them.
This purchase on his part will not un-
1T him to earn another days wage
tomorrow to buy something needed
for his small son., Jimmie. And then
perhaps he will come in the next
night and buy q sack of flour, taking
It home to his wife to 8 in making
bread. As for Mr.. Brown himself. he
will 60 to bed and get a good nights
sleep and the next day he will be
able to earn enough more funds to
buy a sack Of potatoes. Do you not
see that you may sell from the same
building to the same people who now
p%atronize you and get sven more
money? am sure, too. that your
wife will be happier and your chill.
dren will no longer be Stunned. We
are not fighting you, my friend, but
we are fighting your kind of business.
Why not try to get into something
honorable before the storm comes
and be ready for the new trader"
He answered earnestly: Perhaps I'd
better. Anyhow, I'll consider it. I
see you women are not just abusing
us. You are not the kind l thought
you were."-Adah Wallace Unrub. Ma,
tional w. c. T. u. Organizer.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-03-10
TEMPERANCE EXHIBITS.

Such keen interest was manifested
by the public in the Worlds and Ma
tional w. c. T. u. exhibit at the Pan.
ma-Paciic exposition that arrange.
ments were made for showing 1t in a
number of the larger cities through
out the country. The plan is part Of
. comprehensive travelling exhibit
which is carrying to the people the
valuable exhibits of various churches
and social service organizations. 40
companied by q corps OF trained work.
ers, It started on its nationwide tour
from Seattle in January.