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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-10
TELEPHONE is DISPLACING
TELEGRAPH ON SOUTHERN

CHARLOTTE, N. c., May 10.-Dis-
placing the telegraph, the telephone is
to be used for dispatching trains on
the entire line of the Southern Rail :
way system between Washington and
Atlanta, 649 miles.
Petween Washington and Spencer,
n c., the telephone is now in use,
and authority has just been given for
the construction of two copper tele-
phone circuits between Spencer and
Atlanta, GA miles. Gangs will be or
ganized and this work will be perform
ed under the jurisdiction of the super
intendent of telegraph at Charlotte.
When this work is completed, the
Southern will have continuous train
dispatching and message circuits be-
tween Washington and Atlanta, and
these two circuits will also provide a
third or phantom circuit for talking
purposes and a simplex telegraph cir :
Gait between the offices at Washington,
Atlanta, Charlotte and important di-
vision and junction points, such as
Monroe, Va, Greensboro, N. c., Spen-
Ger, N. c., Hayne, S. c., and Green
vile, S. C..
The telephone has several adyant-
ages over the telegraph. Service is
quicker and it is easier to guard
against errors. The dispatcher writes
the order as he sends it, spelling out
ali figure, such as train numbers, en-
CINE numbers, and time. The receiver
arites the message as he receives 1t
and then repeats it to tn dispatchr'
spelling out all figures. The telephone
brings the sender and rereiver into
close touch. and the dispatcher, should
occasion arise, can talk personally 10
the conductor or engineer of any tram
Oh his division.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-10
Is BRISK IN
THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES

COLUMBUS, Ca, May 10.-The In
dustrial Index says in it's issue for
this week:
More business than usual seems to
express the attitude and determine
ton of the Southeast, judged by the
developments of the week now that the
early effect upon tn business mind OF
lie declaration of a state of war is
passing. There are evidences that not
only is business to proceed as usual,
but also that there is to be a deter
mined effort to swell the volume of
business, which increase is made pos
sible by the conditions.
"Twenty-one corporations have been
formed with minimum capital stocks
amounting to $3,725,O00
"LeFlore county, Mississippi, has
awarded contracts for the construction
of total of $50 miles of roads at an
aggregate cost of $345,747.
Contracts have been awarded by
GreenVille, S. c., for street paving to
co.,; SfO5,4S1.
"A shipbuilding plant to cost $780,
0a0 will be established at Mobile, Ala.
Mobile will vote upon the construc-
tio1 of docks to cost 100000
"Abbeville county, South Carolina
will vote upon the issuance of 100000
of read construction bonds.
"A river bridge to cost more than
SIPS, 90G will be constructed at Cor
dova, Ala, for railway.
"A hotel to cost 100000 will be
erected at Beaufort, S. c.
"A contract for the construction of a
courthouse to cost $4,000 for DeKalb
county Georgia, has been awarded"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-10
WHAT SOME GEOR-
GIA AND ALABAMA
LANDS DID IN 1915
BY Andrew M. SouIe, Pres. Ga. State
College Of Agriculture

BY Andrew M. soule, Pres. Ga. State
College Of Agriculture
Reference has been made to the work
Of the test farms conducted cooper
atively by the Central of Georgia Rail-
way and the State Colleges of Agri-
culture at Athens, Ga, and Auburn,
Alabama. This work has now been in
progress five years, and in 1916 the
area embraced was 1872 acres. The OBJ
ject OF these test farms, briefly stated,
is to show that the application of sci
entific principles to the cultivation of
the land in Georgia Ind Alabama would
increase the yields ordinarily obtained
by the average farmer, and that it is
possible through rotation of crops to
increase the fertility of these lands,
secure a larger return per acre, reduce
the amount of man labor and increase
the horse labor
1t appears that net profit of $2130
per acre was made on the total area
cultivated last year. Man labor, horse
labor, fertilizers, rent of land, cost Of
seed and all costs Of making the crop
were charged against it.
1t is noteworthy that the longer
these farms have been operated the
greater has become the average in
come and the less the average cost of
the crop per acre, showing that by
following the system of farming out
lined by the Colleges, the lands have
been built up Some of the test farms
in 1915 show a loss. but every one is
familiar with the conditions which OBJ
tanned during that season. The excess
sive foods were responsible.
Credit for the large profit obtained
last year is due in part to the abnor-
NAL price of cotton, ahich sold on an
average for III cents per pound, and
the seed for $500 per ton. However,
even if cotton had been selling at
prices which have ruled for several
years past, the profit per acre en- the
best managed test farms would still
have been very substantial. Farmers
who desire to study in detail the re-
suits here briefly summarized can east
ly secure copy of the test farm report
on application to the Agricultural De-
partment of the Central of Georgia
Railway, at Savannah
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-10
STEER FEEDING IN
NORTHEAST GEORGIA
BY M. p. Jarnagin, Prof OF An. Hus.,
Georgia State College OF Aeri.


Georgia State College OF Aeri.
That cattle feeding can profitably be
done in northeast Georgia is amply
shown by demonstration just con-
cluded on the farm of Mr.. ]. E. Con-
well in Hart county, Georgia.
On November s, 1916, he received
SO two year old steers from the noun
tain section of north Georgia These
80 steers weighed 1929 pounds and
cost delivered on Mr.. Conwels farm
$1348.24 o. an average CT S5,34 per 100
pounds Thus Il is seen that the steers
averaged approximately CAT pounds
each at the beginning and cost S34.57
per head The different steers showed
an evidence of Red Poll Shorthorn and
Hereford blood. The total gains pro-
duced showed that they were capable
of making economical use Of the feeds
consumed. They were fed 81 days and
sold February 9th, at which time they
weighed 37,297 pounds, showing a to-
tai gain of 1908 pounds or 3O9. as
pounds per steer for the feeding
period. This is ga pounds per head
per day.
For the first 16 days the cattle were
allowed to clean up corn fields in
which velvet beans had been sCwn.
After that they were fed cottonseed
meal, silage and corn stover. For the
first feeding period from November
Sth to December 9Th the ration was
20 pounds of silage, ga of a pound of
cottonseed meal, and pounds of
stover. For the second period from
December 9th to January 3rd they
were fed 80 pounds of silage, pounds
of cottonseed meal and five
pounds of slower From January 3rd
TO January 31st they were fed 80 IA
pounds of silage, IA pounds of cot
tonseed meal, and 2 IL pounds Ct
slower per head per day. During the
last period from January 31st to Feb.
9Th they we're fed the same ration.
During the entire period of 81 days the
80 steers consumed 1886 pounds of
silage which was charged at $500 per
ton. 1850 pounds of cottonseed meal
at $4,000 per ton and 1882 pounds OF
slower at $500 per ton, making a total
feed cost of $509.54 plus $500. allow.
ing for the 16 days the cattle ran on
stalk fields or a total feed cost of
$52554.
The following condensed financial
statement is interesting:
Cost of cattle .S134S. "a
Labor 81 days at s1.OO per day 91.OO
Cost of feed 525.
Interest on money invested
in cattle, 81 days, at s p. C. 1926
Rent for buildings and
interest on equipment 5000
The better cattle were sold at SC
per pound and few Of the more infe
r1or cattle were sold at 1-2c. The
manure was estimated to be worth
$500 per ton, there were $50 tons
making total OF $4,000 The. cattle
were sold for $2935.OO, plus the
manure, which would make the total
returns $36S5.00. Deducting the cost
Of cattle, feed, labor and interest OF
! $2O42.04, net profit Of $1642.s6 is
shown.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-10
WOMEN DRILLING AS INFANTRY;
TRAINING PETTICOAT BRIGADE

ATLANTA, Ca. May 10.-A company
of women taking the regular infantry
drill of the army was the novel sight
which greeted visitors today to the
Headquarters of the Atlanta branch of
the National League for Woman's Ser
vice.
The women were drilled by Adju-
tant General j. Van Holt Nash, OF
Georgia and entered into the work
with great enthusiasm. They are plan
ming two or three drills week if Gen
eral Nash can spare the time.
1t is not contemplated that women
of the drill class will serve in the
trenches, but the drill has very de-
cided value from the standpoint Of
physical culture and teaches the wo-
men concentration and discipline. Wo-
men of the league who are taking the
infantry drill in other cities have de-
rived great physical benefits. The fat
have been reduced and the thin have
taken on plumpness as result of the
exercises
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-10
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-10

If the star of your ambition is fame,
money or comfort, or if you are pos
sessed with three-starred ambition,
you have discovered by this time that
you can reach your goal with more
certain swiftness if you are stylishly
appareled in the modish manner of a
modern man.
We are haberdashers to his Ameri-
can majesty, the well-dressed-fellow
Whatever little stylish touch your
wardrobe needs from sox to scarfs,
from belts to balbriggans, we can styl-
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-06

the window out of which he stared,
with his back ostentatiously turned to-
ward them. After a quick glance at
the other man, Meade swept the girl
to his heart and held her there mo-
ment. He did not kiss her before he
released her. The woman's passionate
look at him was caress enough and his
own adoring glance fairly enveloped
her with emotion. Johnson coughed
and turned as the two separated. 1t
was the woman who recovered her
pOise quicker.
"What were you saying about our
bridge when I came into the room?"
she began, and Meade fully understood
the slight but unmistakable emphasis
in the pronoun-our bridge, indeed-"1
was lying down this afternoon, but
when I awakened my maid told me
about your urgent calls for father"
she ran on, realizing that some trouble
pOrtended and seeking to help her
lover by giving him time. II knew
something must be wrong, so I came
here. I didn't expect to see you. Oh,
what is it?" she broke off, suddenly
realizing from the mental strain in her
lovers face, which the sudden sight Of
her had caused him to conceal for a
moment, that something terribly seri-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-06
What happens after the crash
Is told in the next installment.
What happens to the Meades
and llIingworths, and the vast
trouble stirred up, makes thrill
ing chapters.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
GOLD FROM FLOOR TO CEILING
Wonderful Accumulation Of Yellow
Metal Stored In the Assay Office
at New York.

The New York assay Office is now
the most important institution Of the
kind in the world. There is more gold
stacked up in boxes and kegs, in bricks
and bars, in bins and bags, than ever
before in the history of the country.
The assay Office, says the New York
World, is. the purchasing agent for the
government. Foreign gold, consigned
to banks and trust companies, is
"cashed in" through the assay Office.
British sovereigns, packed in boxes,
are piled as high as the ceiling. Dodg-
ing that golden bulwark, the visitor is
likely to bump into the cases full Of
French twenty francs that are piled on
the other side. Turning to reach the
elevator, he skirts row of gold bars,
packed five ten-thousand-dollar bars
to the keg, in sawdust, and stretching
along the wall twice the height of a
man.
All gold Of whatever nature, Is melt
ed and refined to a fineness of 1905,
or finer, and cast into bars of standard
sizes. The value Of each bar is ex-
pressed in United States dollars and
cents. Every bar and coin has to stand
the acid test.
There are Is big melting pots at
work on gold exclusively. 1t seems al
most brutal to see the workmen scoop
shovelfuls of gold pieces from metal
boxes and dump them, one after an
other, into pot until it is full, and
then clap on the lid and wait for them
to stew!
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ing firm enough to serve as a support
for jacks and said rather grudgingly,
for it seemed like concession to the
younger and junior engineer:
swell, I can hook on to the opposite
truss and pull it back with turn
buckles"
"That will damage the other truss
too much, Abbott" Meade retorted
promptly. sit isn't possible"
"Then I'll think up some other
scheme" returned Abbott indifferently,
as if humoring the other. "We can't
wait, we've got to hurry it along.
There's going to be no penalty against
us on account of me. won't stop work
minute" he explained patronizingly.
There will be bigger penalty if
you don't do what I say, and paid in
another way, in blood. And it will be
your fault"
Now both men were angry and in
their passion they confronted each
other more resolute and fierce than
ever. .....
'LOok here" said Abbott, his fiery
temper suddenly breaking from his
control, 'who are you anyway? You're
only kid engineer. Your father ap-
proved of the plan of this bridge. 1
guess we can afford to bank on his
reputation rather than yours"
swell, he doesn't know of this"
Nobody is on the bridge now, and
nobody is going to be on there until
tomorrow morning. Wire him if you
like. He'll wire nlingworth down at
Martlet and We'll get word what to
do"
"You won't put any men at work on
the bridge until"
"Not until tomorrow morning." said
Albeit decisively, eff don't hear from
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-06

"Your father wires, put no more
weight on the bridge What shall we
do?' interposed Colonel Illingworth.
Telegraph Abbott at once"
IF the bridge goes it means ruin to
the company" said the agitated vice
president, who was the financial mem
Der of the firm and who could easily be
pardoned for a natural exaggeration
under the terrible circumstances.
eyes, but If 1t goes with the men on,
it means-Johns0n, are you telegraph
operator?"
eyes, sir"
"Take the key" said the colonel,
who, having been a soldier, thought
first of the men. Ir -
Johnson sat down at the table where
the direct wire ran from the bridge
company to the telegraph office. He
reached his hand out and laid his
fingers on the key. Before he could
give the faintest pressure to the instru-
ment, it suddenly clicked Of its own
motion. Everybody in the room stood
silent.
ut is a message from Wilchings, the
chief Of construction foreman Of"
Johnson paused a moment, listening to
the rapid click-"the International"
he said in an awestruck whisper.
It had come!
"Read it, man! Read it, for Gods
sakew cried the chief engineer.
'The bridge is In the river" faltered
Johnson slowly, word by word, trans
lating the fearful message on the wire.
abbott and one hundred and fifty men
with it."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-06
Waste Bark Replaces RAGS.

A method of using waste hemlock
tan bark to replace partially expensive
rag stock in the manufacture Of felt
roofing has been developed at the for
est products laboratory at Madison,
Wis.,, and is now being used CONNER
cially by cooperating mills, according
to an announcement made by the for
est service. 1t is stated that in these
mills from 20 to 80 per cent of the
rags is being replaced by waste bark
and that the quality of the finished
product Is equal to that manufactured
solely from rags. Members of the for
est service who have been conducting
the experiments say that the utiliza-
ton Of the bark will make it possible
to effect considerable saving in the
manufacture of felt roofing.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-06
Communal Kitchens.

It Is expected that, with the assent
of the food controller of Great Brit
ain, an experiment in the use of COM
munal kitchens will be in vogue very
soon. The need for these aids to the
feeding of the people is threefold;
the large number of families who are
unable, through ill-health or other
causes, to participate in the economic
advantages of the war; the difficulty
of obtaining suitable and nourishingI
food for children; and the necessity
Of having an organization like this in
direct touch with the central headquar-
tiers. The food once cooked at the
central kitchen would be sent out in
large tin-lined boxes or double cans
to the various depots for sale, and I'M
these big, closed receptacles it would
keep hot long time. At the depOts it
might be well to supply hot plates for
the food to stand on so that when
bought it would need little reheating
before it was served, says a London
correspondent. The demand for va
riety Of diets can all be met, and
plans have already been thought out
for dealing with a thousand-and-one
interesting questions that arise.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-06
STORY OF SEAG0ING STEER
for Many Hours and Caused Much
Excitement Before Rescued.

Several longshoremen were biting
into thick sandwiches of garlic on the
water front when there came a prodf-
gious humping on the plank upder1
meath. The floor of the pier gave forth
a hollow sound.
One of the longshOremen, the Brook
Ign Eagle testifies, swallowed his gar
lie the wrong way and let out POLISH
exclamation. Then he bent over and
woodwork. At first he could not make
out anything in the murk, but at length
pair of green eyes met his Mortified
gaze, it seemed, to his untutored mind,
conclusive evidence of a personal call
from the evil one, and when horns
raped the planking and long tail
sWished the water he went away from
there very quickly. With him went
the rest of the lOngshoremen.
Up winding Fulton street they sped
and around the crooked corner into
narrow Poplar street, where they very
nearly carried the door Of the Poplar
street police station off its hinges. They
oAAA'Su OClolC thC uCSh SClSCduL dlA
abreast and told their story, as their
knees smote one against another and
their hands CROPPED feebly for the desk
rail. The desk lieutenant thought at
first 1t was a case of greenhouse"
whisky, but he finally sent a man down
to investigate. The patrolman found
that the apparitiOn was only steer
which had been thSOwn into the river
and had swum up under the dock. He
did not know just what to do and his
police manual gave him no help. OBJ
viously he could not loosen the steers
collar and roll it over a barrel. Nor
could he give it an antidote for poison;
At last he had bright thought and
called up the dock department, the
steer being at dock and therefore.
per Sc a fit subject for the dock de-
partment.
The dock department respOnded-orl
part of it did-with saws. Then having
opened nice round hole in one Of the
city's docks, its work was done, and 1T
sent for the S. P. G. A. The S. P. G. A.
does all hosting jobs appertaining to-
steers, mustangs or other animal Hot
sam lifted from the river.
Some brave man passed rope!
around the middle of Taurus and every
body gave "Yo, heave no" Up came
the steer and stood dripping on the
dock with the seaweed hanging from
his TANKS.
This steer is supposed to have been,
In the river for 4S hours before 1t was
rescued.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-07-06

with such suddenness, Abbott had only
casually mentioned it at the close of q
lengthy conversation regarding the
progress of the work as If it were q
matter Of no special moment, that the
sudden shock had thrown Meade off
his balance.
Therefore he could see nothing but
danger and the necessity for action.
How he should handle his superior, or
rather the bridges superior, was the
last thing in his mind. Aside from his
natural pride in his father and in the
bridge and his fear that lives would be
lost if it failed, unless he could get
the men withdrawn, there was the
complication of his engagement to
Helen Illingworth.
Meade could not close his eyes, he
could not sleep moment on the train.
His mind was in a turmoil. Prayers
that he would get to his father and the
bridge people in time to stop work and
prevent loss Of life, schemes for taking
up the detection, Strengthening the
member, and completing the bridge,
and fears that he would lose the wom-
an, stayed with him through the night.
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Beware the Loaded Gun.

The man who returns from, hunting
and sets his loaded gun in the corner
or hangs it on the wall is, in reality,
setting a death-trap. Yet it is surpris-
ing how often this is done. The gun
we didn't know was loaded" is an
old, old story, says Farmers Guide.
You cannot be too cautious. The
loaded gun you may keep on the wall
to shoot crows with when they get In
the corn is liable to cause you more
loss than million crows can. It takes
only a second to put cartridge in a
gun when the time is at hand. It
takes no longer to take it out.
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somebody at Martlet tomorrow morn
ing the work goes on"
"But if my father wires you"
81 take orders from the Martlet COM
pany and no one else," was the short
answer with which Abbott turned away
in finality, so that the other realized
the interview was over.
Meade wasted no more pleas on Alb
bolt. AS ill luck would have it some
thing had happened to the telephone
and telegraph wires between the city
and the camp. Meade dressed himself,
got handcar, and was hurried to the
nearest town on the railroads main
line. From there he sent a telegram
and tried to get connection with New
York by telephone, but failed. Moved
by natural impulse, in default Of
other means of communication, he
jumped on the midnight train for New
York. He would go himself in person
and attend to the grave affair. Moth
ing whatever could be so important
There had been some friction be-
tween Abbott and Meade before on oc-
casiOns, not serious, but several times
Meade had ventured to suggest some
thing which to Abbott seemed useless
and unnecessary, and the fact that
subsequent events had more often than
not proved Meade's suggestions to be
worth while, had not put Abbott in al
together the best mood toward his
young colleague. Abbott never forgot
that Meade had really no official con-
nection with the building of the bridge,
and that he was only there as special
representative Of his father, and al
though he could not help liking the
younger man, Abbott would have been
better pleased if he had been left
alone.
Meade had not gone about it in the
right way to move man of Abbott's
temperament. He realized that as he
lay awake on the sleeper speeding to
New York. Abbott was a man who
could not be driven. He was q ire
mendous driver himself and naturally
he could not take his own medicine. If
Meade had received the announcement
more quietly and if he had by some
subtle suggestion put the idea of dan
ger into Abbott's mind all would have
been well, for when he was not blind
ed by prejudice, or his authority or his
ability questioned, Abbott was SEN
sible man thoroughly to be depended
upon. But the news had come to Meade