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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-25
WILSON IN FAVOR
WOMAN SUFF RACE
URGES MEN OF ALL PARTIES IN
ALL STATES TO VOTE FOR VOTES
FOR W0MEN-MAKES STRONG EN-
D0RSEMENT.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. Is
Speaking both as leader of the Demo
cratic party and as an individual. Pres
ident Wilson in a formal Interview au-
thorized today, urged woman's suffrage
as an issue upon all the states of the
union. In addition the president urg-
man suffrage when the issue is pre-
sented at them at the ballot box.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-25
WILLIS HAWKINS MAKES
TRIP FROM WISCONSIN
To AMEFICUS IN AUTO

A fine advertisement for the Grant
SIX, which is sold by the ]. d. Hooks
Motor Company, is the fact that Mr..
and Mrs. Willis A. Hawkins have ar
rived here in one, after trip from
Merrell, Wisconsin. The journey was
made absolutely without mishap. We
did not even have a skip of the en-
CINE" says Mr.. Hawkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins have re-
turned to Americus for an indefinite
stay, and it is probable that they will
make their future home here. Ar
present they are with Mr.. Hawkins
father. Col Eugene A. Hawkins.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-25
BROKERS COMMISSIONS
ARE TO Be REGULATED

WASHINGTON, d c., Oct 25.-The
elimination of excessive commissions
paid to brokers, commission merch>
ants and auctioneers of food products
is provided by special regulation 60
ing into effect November 1st The reg
ulation is designed to protect consum-
ers of produce shipped to markets on
consignment by producers
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-25
SAFETY MARK
FOR BONDS IS
NOW IN SIGHT
THREE AND A HALF BILLIONS
SUBSCRIBED so FAR-FULL RE-
PORTS OF YESTERDAYS SALES
NOT IN YET.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 25.-At
eleven o'clock Liberty Bond sales had
reached a total of three and half
billion dollars, if not more.
Reports from all over the country,
the central committee said, indicated
local committees were flooded with ap-
plications, and it is not believed the
total subscriptions obtained yesterday
will be known until the campaign fin
ally closes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-25
ROUMAN|A WILL
DEFEND RIGHTS
QUEEN TELLS ASSOCIATED PRESS
THAT HER NATION WILL BATTLE
TO BITTER END OR SMALL Ma
NATIONS

JASSY, Roumania, Oct. 25-Rou-
mania will fight to the bitter end for
restoration of the rights of smaller
nations, Queen Marie told the Associat-
ed Press today. The queen said the
great aid given by the United States is
realized and appreciated by the small
er states in their struggle against op-
preston.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-25
ONLY 800 VOTERS
HAVE REGIST ERE0

So far only $50 citizens have regis
tered for the city primary, which viii
be held on October 80.
The registration books close Satur-
day
No candidate has as yet announced
for the vacancy in the aldermanic race
made by Mr. l. J. Kaimon's decision
not IL run again.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-25
.LUMPKIN GERMAN
BUYS LIBERTY BONDS

F. s Singer. Of Lumpkin, a native
German, has purchased $4,000 worth Of
Liberty bonds throu2h a Macon bank.
A wire was sent BY him today asking
that his order be put in for $1,000 ad-
ditional. he having previously pur-
chased $4,000 worth My old father
land must be beaten at any COST Mr,
Singers telegram read.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-25
CHARLIE BURKE's NEW
PEERLESS HAS ARRIVED

The friends of Charles H. Burke are
congratulating him upon the arrival
of his new automobile, seven-pas-
senger Peerless, bought from the
Hooks Motor Company.
This is one of the prettiest cars
ever seen in Americus, and is the
first Of its make to be run here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-25
BALES
GINNED THIS FALL
GEORGIA HAS GINNED MILLION
~ AND FORTY THREE THOUSAND,
GOVERNMENT REPORT Is MADE
TGDAT.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 25.-Cot-
ton ginned prior to October 18th to-
tailed 5,571 900 bales, counting round
as half bales.
Sea island cotton ginned to that
late totalled $4,000 bales.
Of the total ginnings reported, Geor-
gia packed 1,O43,O0O bales.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-25
FOOD CONSERVATION MEETING WILL Be HELD HERE TOMORROW MORNING
IRELAND ON EVE
GREAT REVOLUTION
PART OF COUNTRY Is UNDER
ARMS AND SINN FEINERS BE-
LERVE THAT GOVERNMENT IS
AFRAID OF THEM.

LONDON, Oct. 25.-A correspondent
of the Daily Mail, who has been study
ing the Irish situation recently, says
the whole west of ireland is now on
the verge Of armed rebellion and adds
that Sim Feiners there believe Tues
days debate in parliament shows the
government afraid of them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-25
German Fail Again to Make Landing

IlETROGRAD, Oct. 25.-Anofher
German attempt to land troops ON tla@
Werder Peninsula, near the mouth of
the Gulf of Riga was stopped by Rus
sian artillery today, the war Office an
nounced.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-25
TEN CONGREsSMEN
VISIT WAR AREAS

LONDON, Oct. ga party of ten
United States congressman arrilnJ
here today, beginning an unofficial
tour of the war area The party win
visit battlefelds IN France FIRST; ani
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-10-25
Evacuation of
Kronstadt Fort
Now Being Made


PETRoGRAD, Oct. 25.-The Rus
sian war office annpunced today thak
the evacuation of the naval base a2
Kronstadt had been commenced by tbs
civil population.
Kronstadt is one Of the chief fort-
resses defending Petrograd, ana its
evacuation by The civilian population
Indicates momentous events be s0osa
be expected in that quarter
afterward scma Of ne menhe-s VIII
go to Italy. There are no southerness
among the party.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
We Must Pass the School Tax
Statements by Pensacolas Leading Men

question without suggestions as to
the amount.
In this connection, I might state
that the last report of the state
superintendent of education shows
that there are 784 special school tax
districts in the state, with special
tax assessment of $817,656.96. Es.
Gambia county has ten such districts
with a special tax assessment of s..
79S. %. the same report shows Tie
amount of expenditures for pubA
schools by counties and the following
figures for Escambia county and for
the state at large are interesting:
Escambia
County Florda
Per capita popula. IS 2.62 5 AZ!
Per capita youths
of school age -. SIS 1926
Per capita pupils en-
rolled ........... 14.71 21H
The necessity for a high scho0!
building is urgent. The present half
time schol is very unsatisfactory and
great injustice to those children
working under the plan, besides a
OtA I1lS oD 1dI a.
l have been able to ascertain the plan
is never adopted except in cases Of
absolute necessity and as tempo
rary measure.
While our county is not the larg-
est or wealthiest in the state, it ranks
among the most important and it will
be of interest to note what some o.
the counties paid for buildings and
improvements for 1914-15 and 1916
16-the figures being from the state
superintendent report:
Dade county S261 ,S89%5
DeSoto county ......... 131, OIS@3
Hlllsborough county 49,. 148,16.5es.
Polk county .....,...-.. l22,5tZS5
st. Lucie county -....... 128,OO515
! Escambia county .... 32,925I22
The county superintendent Of DIVA
county writes under date of Fer
ruary Goth, 1917, as follows:
Complying with>your request foTT
a statement of expenditures in Duya
county, 1915-16, for new school build
ings and equipment, beg to ADVISE
( that contracts up to date in inc
amount of $790,810.88 have been let;
This amount of money represents L
new buildings completed and in pro-
cess of construction. Plans are BE-
in prepared for eight more, waicII
when added to the twelve mentioned
will represent an expenditure Of
million dollars. All these building:
are in district No. /, comprising th'
city of Jacksonville and suburban ter
ritory."
These figures, as we'll as the pei
capita spent for schools, show ina
Escambia county is far behind tl'
balance of the state.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
Nor Pobuh.
PENsAcoLA's HONOR ROLL.
To the Editor of the Journal:

To the Editor of the Journal:
On last Thursday, in enumerating
the young men of Pensacola who are
now in the military and naval service
of the United States, or who have
volunteered for the duration of the
war, l inadvertently omitted the
name of Rudolph j.. Thiesen, who is
now captain of and training and pre-
pairing a company at the Georgia
Tech. in Atlanta, which company has
volunteered it's services; ]. Henry
Thiesen, who is now at Columbia
college at New York and is with
other young men who have volun-
teered being trained and prepared
by United States army officers for
commissions in the United States
army; Warren E. Anderson, now
House Surgeon at the French hos
pital in New York, who has also vol
unteered his services to the country.
These young men should also be
placed on Pensacola's roll of honor.
JOHN S. BEARD.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
THE SCRATCH PAD
sy THOMAS EWING pARNEY.

War is bad, but nothing to COM
pare with slaekers.
1t is because they mistook linden
burg for a carpet on his line that the
allies are beating him so.
stead of enlisting shows that they
don't understand how war means ulti-
mate peace.
Conversation between Gear Nick
and his wife is forbidden, and no
doubt some mean person will say
that there is no cloud without silver
lining.
"Hold at all COSTS" reads linden
burg's order, from which it appears
that he thinks a great deal of his
line and it lis shame the way the
allies are missing it up.
We don't blame the colonel bit
for wanting to mix in. It's awfully
hard to stand on the sidelines when
your team mates are doing all the
work.
Louisiana, Ohio, and New York
have barred Darcy from boxing there
because he is a Stacker. Good. Now
let's examine into the eligibility of
some baseball players.
The fact that the German U-boat
missed the first American warship
shows that the Germans aren't wait
ing until they see the whites of the
eyes.
At this time we can very easily
imagine that Kaiser Bill is shouting
| for somebody to strafe those allies
from mussing up Hindenburg's I'M
pregnable line.
| 1t must be gall and NORWOOD to
Kaiser Bill. after having spent forty
| years building the finest war ma
chine in the world, to have somebody
drop a monkey wrench into the
works.
If Representative Britten's bill
passes, all war grooms, the men who
married after April 1, in order to
escape military service, will be liable
| to CONSUMPTION just the same as
single men; and it would serve them
right if they had to give all their
| pay to their wives.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
WANTED: SHIPS.

Fifteen thousand carpenters are needed
to build the great fleet of wooden vessels
with which the shipping board proposes to
build an actual food bridge to our allies
twenty-five hundred enrolled themselves
in the first two days after the call was
made. The recruiting" however, is still
going on-especially in gulf ports, where
TIMBER resources have been gtorified ad
nauseam by every editorial writer in the
country, and where producing power has
been so painfully backward.
Building ships is of course, an undertake
ing not entered into lightly; a start can not
be 'willed"-adequate preparation must be
made, ways built, docks prepared, We can
understand why storn-swept, shallow,
remote port should not develop ship build
ing until the nations need required the
utilization of every resource, but can my
body offer a reasonable explanation why
Pensacola, with the greatest marine posi-
filities in the country, should be so back
ward? Why, with the value of ships in
ereasing steadily the past several years,
only one small schooner has been started
l,ere-a mouse from the mountain of pros
perity?
Can anyone mention single difficulty
here that has not been met in other places,
overcome in other places, in ship building
as in every other line of development?
Can anyone suggest reasonable excuse
for, excuses when the country is crying for
deeds?
If Pensacola is to get the national con-
tracts that are to be had for the deserving,
III heavens name let there be some out
ward and visible sign of our economic
grace.
Is it leadership that is lacking? Money?
The banks can supply the one, our promi-
nent citizens the other; with so much pa
triotic lip-service, with such determined
urging of the farmer to plant more, it is the
duty of the city men to establish shipbuild-
ing Internationally it will be for their
prolific begin today and put period of
waiting and talking.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
To The Stacker

If you have the stuff in you,
And believe in all that's fair,
Join the colors, right away,
We all must do our share.
Men are needed in the service,
Others are needed on the farm;
Come, do your part, get results,
Don't be a false alarm.
Blot out that streak of yellow;
Come on and show your grit.
Get away from the slackers,
Join in and do your bit.
Consumption is sure a-coming,
This, you cannot shun;
Don't wait until you are forced,
Itsis an awful risk to run,
Your friends will all desert you;
The ones that stand for right.
Get out of the .slackers column,
Brace up, get in the fight.
Everybody must Show their color;
What are you going to do?
Hold on to your stripe of yellow,
Or, take up the Red, White and
Blue.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
PATRIOTISM AND PRIZES.

As Secretary Daniels says, the enlisted
men and officers of our navy need no
money stimulus to do their duty. Patriot
ism is motive sufficient He, therefore,
does we'll to discourage such offers as the
$1,000 reward to the captain and crew of
the first American merchant ship to de-
stroy hostile submarine, offered by ST.
Louis firm.
This is either the old scalp bonus idea re-
vamped, or it is placing the war on plane
with street fair.
Let no thought of personal gain cloud
the issues at-stake; let no man kill another
man for the dollars that are in it!
Of our merchant ships, it is the duty to
avoid conflict when possible-their ft1nc-
ton is to carry food. and the captain who
incurs needless danger sub-hunting, fails in
his duty to his country. If, however, a sub
marine can not be avoided, the bluejackets
who man the defensive guns need no
money stimulus
The Messrs. Gratz, of St. Louis, would
do we'll to save their surplus wealth for the
families of our heroes who fall in action.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
Bad Colds From Sudden Changes.

Spring brings all kinds of weather
and with it comes colds and the re-
vival of winter coughs and hoarse-
ness. DIR. Bells Pine Tar Honey will
head off a new cold or stop the old
one, the soothing balsams relieve the
sore throat and heal the irr.tated It's
sues. Get a bottle today and start
treatment at once. At your druggist,
25c. Formula on the bottle.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
BACK-FIRING LOYALTY.

All COMMUNICATIONS, while they backing
America as against Germany praying for the de-
feat of Great Britain her allies 1t is too much
expect them raise foodstuffs her allies'-Her-
mann Feninger president German American Al
lance. in Cleveland o., telling why his people refuse
to support the intensive farming movement
Treachery of rare sort. Defeat of the
allies. as Fellinger and his kind know,
would mean overwhelming danger to the
United States. They are our allies; to help
them is to help us; not to help them is to
comfort the enemy
Between refusal to raise food stuffs and
plotting to destroy plants manufacturing
munitions-who can trace the difference?
Let this back-firing lo..-..ty be corrected.
Who is not'with us is against us.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
BIBLE STUDY CLASS
WILL MEET MONDAY

1t was announced last night that
the Bible Study Glass OF the Welfare
Brotherhood will meet Monday night
at o'clock, at the Y. M. C. A., at
which time the leadership will be as
sumed by Mr.. Mcdonnell. A good at
tendance is requested and is really
assured from the past interest evinced
in the Welfare Brotherhood, an out
growth of the Gypsy Smith meetings
here throughout the month of
March.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22

A rafting good suggestion. But it is not
necessary to go to Uncle Sanl-are there
not thousands of acres of land hereabouts?
and even if it was not their patriotic duty
to help by every means in their power,
would it not~be for the interest of the land
owners to have an army of volunteer farm
ers camp on their property and demon
strate the productive possibilities here?
From Pensacola. from every town in
Florida, recruits of the hoe could be drawn
thousands could be secured from the
north-men unable to buy farms now or
who are doubtful whether they could make
good-the land either being loaned them
outright, or fora small percentage of the
crop, with the option of buying later on. if
they desired.
1t is not our purpose to capitalize calan-
nity-our idea is that men should enlist
their land as they enlist their bodies, not
for the hope of personal gain, but because
it is their duty. Still, there is no disptting
the advertising benefits that would be the
indirect result, even as a better physique
is the reward of military service.
What land owner will be the first to
answer the call for volunteers?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
WE MUST PASS THE SCHOOL TAX

WE MUST PASS THE SCHOOL TAX
Says P. K. Yonge:
AS to the special school tax district
and the proposed bond issue, am
heartily in favor of both PROPOSE
tions.
Except the ministry, our teachers
are the poorest paid of any of the
professions. The levy of a special
school tax will help to pay them bet
ter salaries. l shall vote for the
maximum tax of 8 mills, but I think
it would probably be best not to rec
ommend any stated amount, but give
the facts and show the necessity of
the tax and let each voter decide the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22

Miss Margaret n. A. Donahue, of Bos-
ton, who was the first woman in the coun-
try to obtain a radio license, has offered
her services to the government
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22

Miss Kate Davis of Cleveland has I'M
dertaken the task of recruiting 100000
women in Ohio to take the place of men in
industrial pursuits during the war.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
GOLFERS MISTAKE.

Inasmuch as all Ms. must be approved
by the navy department before it is releas-
ed for publication, the article "The Other
Side of the Question, by Vim. M. Fellers,
in the April number of The Flying Corps
Monthly, commenting on certain charges
in Golfers Weekly, is interesting, not only
because of its informative character, but
also as quasi-official opinion of the sta
ton here, and definition of its purposes.
Some of the Golfers statements are:
New machines are lying in crates at'Pen-
sacola, Fla, we haven't the men to fly
them. twenty-five sets of wireless ap-
paratus are boxed up; not one is in use
We haven't single airplane equipped
with gun. Our aviators have no prac-
tice in detecting submarines . But it (the
Pensacola station) will not be prepared to
defend itself. It hasn't the guns.
To which the article in The Naval Fly
ing Corps Monthly replies:
Machines lie Grated only while await
ing their turn to be assembled moreover,
it would be good preparedness to have a
surplus on hand, and airplanes keep in bet,
ter shape Grated than assembled. Wire
less and guns have no place on school ma
NA1ilCS, lHLSiIQGQ TO teach SludCHlS Lie Iuul-
ments of flying. Airplanes are of many
different types, and one can mot be success
fully adapted to the purpose of the other
Our aviators have considerable practice To-
eating submarines. There are no guns at
the navy yard because all land defenses are
in the hands of the army, and Pensacola is
abundantly defended by several forts.
In conclusion, the Monthly says:
The weakness the COLLIER
cussion is in compacent
led believe that responsibility what
deficiencies exist in the service
Imaginary official and squarely his
own shoulders where it belongs. The service has suf
fered from lack of public interest and consequent
shortage of funds, machines
headway has been made at all is because of the
loyalty, intelligence and hard work of few who
devoted their lives the receiving kicks
but no ha PENCE for their pains Lieutenant Com
| mander H. c. Muslin, Naval Constructors Richardson
and Iiunsaker and Lieutenant saufey (who
Killed while making endurance flight deserve spe-
cial communication.
That, indeed sums up the whole situa-
ton. It's the people of the United States,
not the milit;..y officers, who are to blame
| for whatever perils beset the United States
/ koo Il
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22
ENLIST YOUR LAND.

Dear Uncle Samuel: You a busy these
days and irons have you in the fire. Your loyal
nephews and nieces want to help in all
possible, viii you entertain suggestion from us?
You have millions of arabic acres-potental farms
awaiting the industry of the farmer-in parts
the country. Could you not apportion some of this
in tracts of ten or twenty those of ply
scay disqualified to at the front and there
by enable to do Bit by contributing to the
food supply of the armies and the nation?
If the trying times dawning for us should be
prolonsed there win be great need increase the
soil products the above seems one way to solve
the problems. D. BENNETT Jr.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22

That, indeed sums up the whole situa-
ton. It's the people of the United States,
not the milit; " officers, who are to blame
for whatever perils beset the United States
because of unpreparedness.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22

The fact that men are marrying in
stead of enlisting shows that they
don't understand how war means ulti-
mate peace.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22

1t is because they mistook linden
burg for carpet on his line that the
allies are beating him so.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22

Conversation between Gar Nick
and his wife is forbidden, and no
doubt some mean person will say
that there is no cloud without silver
lining.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22

War is bad, but nothing to COM
pare with slackers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22

At this time we can very easily
imagine that Kaiser Bill is shooting
for somebody to strafe those allies
from mussing up Hindenburg's i'm
pregnable line.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-04-22

The fact that the German U-boat
missed the first American warship
shows that the Germans aren't wait
ing until they see the whites of the
eyes.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05

: j. A. Denny was among the Reu,
bens younger set who attended the
institute dances. The Reubens or
chestra played for these events and
gave complete satisfaction. A large
sprinkling Of dancers from other
neighboring towns also attended.
AL Herboth, the popular clerk at
Hoene's hardware, left yesterday in
company with his brother Harry, Ct
Uniontown, for ten days vacation
in Portland. The latter is drafted
and expects to report to some military
camp in the near future.
Prof. and Mrs. Shattuck of Ferdi-
nand spent Tuesday and Wednesday
in Cottonwood, the former directing
the six concerts by the band, which
were greatly appreciated by large
crowds. The Ferdinand boys who
helped our band out by playing with
them in several selections have the
thanks of our people and we hope to
be able to return the favor.