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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
MISS HARRISON WILL
HAVE CHARGE OF PLAY

The Lewis High school will give "A
Southern Cinderella. a comedy in
three acts at the school house, on Fri
day night, April goth. The play will
begin at $3.50 o'clock, and every one
is invited to come, the admission being
only 10c Miss Jennie Harrison, or
this city, is the teacher, and the Schley
County News says: This is Miss
Harrison's second year at Andrew
Chapel, and she is considered one OF
the best teachers in the county. No
doubt a large number of people viii
bc present to enjoy the play and show
their interest in the great work she is
Going"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
CITY TRAFFIC LAW
TO Be ENFORCED

The new city ordinance in regard to
traffic and vehicles appears in today S
Times-Recorder. The police have re-
ceived instructions to enforce the
measure in every instance.
Chairman Rees Horton, of the ordi-
nance committee, has offered his ser
vices to the public to explain any fea-
lures of the new law which they de-
sire. The measure is one of protec-
tion, and not hardship, according to
one of the officials. The full text of
the law is being put in pamphlet form
for the police and to be given to the
public.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
SENIORS ENLISTING
TO RECEIVE DIPLOMAS

The boys of the Senior class of the
Americus High school who enlist III the
United States navy will receive their
diplomas, even though they do not ac-
tually complete the course and partiei-
pate in the commencement exercises.
This decision has been reached by
the Board of Education and announce
ment was made this morning by Supt.
j. e. Mathis.
Thus far one young man, Winnifred
Feters, has enlisted in the navy and
foregone the privilege of receiving his
diploma at commencement time next
month. He will receive the coveted
parchment, however, and his name will
appear on the list Of graduates from
the Americus High school,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
TURKS INTERN THE
u. S. s. SCORPION

AMSTERDAM, April 16.-(via Lon
don)-The American guardship Scor-
rion has been interned at CONSTANT
nople by the Turkish government, ac-
cording to news dispatch from the
Turkish capital quoting the Turkish
newspaper Sabah. The Sabah says the
Scorpion was given "a hours to leave
the harbor, but was unable to do so,
ard was, therefore, interned lin ac-
cordance with The Hague conven-
ten"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
WILSON To MEET
BRITISH AGENTS
HERE WEDNESDAY

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 16.--
Il is announced that President Wilson
will receive the members of the Brit
ish commission coming to America to
discuss the conduct of the war against
Germany at the White House Wednes-
day. Foreign Minister Balfour heasd
the commission. 1t is also announced
that the president will receive the com
mission the same day if they have then
arrived.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
NEGROES TO HOLD
A PATRIOTIC MEET

a patriotic demonstration OF the col
ored people of Americus will be held
at the court house on tomorrow, Tues
day, April 18th, at 10 a. m. Announce
ments of the meeting have been prev
iousIv made in the Times-Recorder,
and the patriotism of the local negroes
will be shown in their meeting here
Tuesday.
The program is:
1. Song-America-by the schools.
2. Prayer, by Rev F. C. Crayton, D.
.D.
; Song-Star Spangied Banner-by
schools.
4. Reading of resolutions offered by
the Ministers Uuion of the city.
5. Speeches by Revs. W. C. Cart
wright F. C. Crayton. n. R. Kimbrough,
J. H. Ponder. H. Chapel, o. C. Green,
A. B. Mccoy. Brown and B. W. Warren,
E. w. Dawson, oscar Maxwell, Profs.
]. f. Brown. NJ. w Reddick and w. R.
Mack
Prof. A. S. Staley, master of cerem-
onies.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
RREAD TO ADVANCE 1900
WITHIN COMING YEAR

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April 16.-S.
f Mcdonald, president of the Ma
tional Association of Master Bakers.
here to attend convention. predicted
today an increase of a hundred per
cent. in the price of bread within
year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
MAJ, control Future imports.

WASHINGTON, D. c.. April Is
Stamped with the approval of the VIII
son administration bill was intro
duced in the house today to empower
the president to forbid all exports
from the United States. whenever he
deems it in the public interest to do
so.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
German U.Boats Built in Norway.

BOSTON, Mass, April 1G.-German
submarines have been built in Norway
in large numbers since the beginning
Of the war, according to letter from
C. o. Dahl, Christiana shipbuilder, to
his nephew, DR.. Andre Christian ply
sician residing in the Back Bay dis
trict. The letter adds that Germany
has given no orders for building sub
marines since May 1st, and this is TAX
en- by Dahl to mean either that the
Berlin government either has plenty of
the u-boats to wage its campaign, or
that the German authorities expect the
war to end this summer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
NEW JAPANESE MILITARY
ADVISER TAKES OFFICE

PEKNIG, April IA. - Lieutenant
General Aoki, the distinguished Jap
anese officer appointed as military ad-
visor to President Lii Yuan-hung, has
arrived in Peking and entered upon
uns new duties.
1t has been carefully pointed out by
both Japanese and Chinese officials
that General Aoki's position is far
less important than ii would be if he
had been named military adviser to
the Chinese government. as was or
iginally contemplated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
Rerenne Bill Before Senate.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. April 16.-
The Wilson administration $7000,
GOO 900 revenue bill, which passed the
house Saturday, was approved by the
senate finance committee today, and
will be taken up by the senate tomor-
row.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
BRYAN AND WILSON IN
CONFAB AT WHITE HOUSE

= WASHINGTON, D. c., April 16. =
y Former Secretary of State Will =
= liam J. Bryan, was a caller at =
y the White House today, and re-
= mained in conference with Pres Z
= ident Wilson during some time. =
= Mr.. Bryan reiterated to the
= president his offer recently made
y by telegraph to be of any service :
= he could give the government dur
= ing the war. and after leaving
= the White House. dictated state
7 ment declaring his intention to
= support the government upon any :
= war plan it may decide He de- :
y clined, however. to discuss con
= scription specifically.
y 4 y y y = 4 = \ y = 4 = \ = I
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
NEWS PIRATING" APPEAL
GETS EARLY HEARING

NEW YORK, April 16.-The United
States circuis court of appeals today
placed upon the May calendar of ap-
pears the case of the Associated Press
VS.. the International News Service, for
an injunction to prevent the latter
pirating" Associated Press News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
GENERAL SUPPLY DEPOT TO
BE ESTABLISHED AT ATLANTA

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 16-
The war department today authorized
the establishment at Atlanta, Ga, of a
general supply deport for the army
quartermaster CORPS.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
UNSETTLED WEATHER
FORECAST FOR WEEK

ATLANTA, Ca, April 16.-The
weekly weather forecast for the South
Atlantic and East Gulf States indi-
Gates showers and thunderstorms are
probably Tuesday and Wednesday;
otherwise the week will be generally
fair The first half will be warmer
and the latter half cooler
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
EUROPATKIN, FAMOUS RUSS
GENERAL is UNDER ARREST

TASHKENT, Asiatic Russia, April
l5.-General Kuropatkin, governor
general of Turkestan and four other
generals, have been arrested by the
council of soldiers delegates. Kuropat-
kin is one of the most famous sold
iers of modern Russia, and held high
command during the Russo-Japanese
war.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
25, Americus %.

Fitzgerald 20, AmerlcuS 22.
Americus made the highest score this
school ever made-but Fitzgerald beat
even that Cordele won third place in
the meet with IL points; Ashburn
feurtil.. rtl.. s points; ssffontezuma, fifth,
points; Third District A. & NJ. and
vienna tied for sixth place, with
points each; Dawson got seventh place,
2 points. and Cuthbert eighth place.
point.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
CHANGES NAME TO
THE CENTRAL BAPTIST

The name of Furlow Lawn Baptist
church was yesterday changed to the
Central Baptist church, the action be-
ing taken at a meeting of the members.
Several reasons were advanced for
making the change, among which it
was said that Furlow Lawn was not
appropriate. The church is now being
extensively remodeled and improved.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
General Strike in Germany.

LONDON April 16.-Trayelers arriv-
ing in Holland from Germany say d
general strike commenced this morn
ing in Berlin, and that riots have TAX
en place in the Germany capital, ac-
cording to Amsterdam dispatches
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
wireless Stations Ordered DIsmantIed

WASHINGTON. D. c., April 10
Secretary Daniels of the navy depart
ment today ordered all wireless sta
tions in the United States, except gov
ernment plants, to be dismantled i'm
mediately. Failure of owners to COM
ply with the order will result in the
sFeedy confscation of their equip
ment
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16
; = y ~ 49, = = =
DAILY WEATHER FORECAST

The weather forecast for Amer
icus and vicinity follows:
FOR AMERICUS: Fair today
and Tuesday; normal tempera-
lures win prevail.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-04-16

The Times-Recorder is the ONLY paper.
in the Third Congressional District with
Associated Press Service.
The mirror., 1917-07-26

his own servants, who are nearest
to him, detest his name9 How is
it that another man who has not
had the opportunity of rendering
such public benefactions, and
whose fame runneth not abroad
throughout the land," is ofttimes
regarded with such kindly respect
that no one has word to say
against him and every one men
tions his name with kindly accentsg
Ask the clerks in his office whom
he befriends through health and
sickness, with whose affairs he is
acquainted and whose future he
advances and whose heart he has
won by innumberable acts of
thoughtful kindness; ask the work
men in his mandatory, their
wives and their children to whom
be has been doing good and not
evil all these years. That is why
tie one man is detested, because
he is hard; and the other is loved
because he is brotherly.-Ex.
The mirror., 1917-07-26
YS0S9@e0@S@&S2

Septem decim cicada, as the To-
Gust is known to scientists, last Wis.,
tied this region in 1900, destroying
thousands of fruit and shade trees.
Contrary to the popular under
standing, the seventeen-year locust
is not migratory insect. 1t lives
above the ground only a little
more than a week, of which two
days are spent in the cocoon stage.
1t is when the full-fedged insect
emerges and starts to lay its eggs
that the trouble begins, according
to DR.. Skinner.
The female is equipped with a
knife-like apparatus that will split
the bark of a tender twig," says
Doctor Skinner. The insect
makes a slit three or four inches
long in a twig and wide enough to
receive the eggs. This cut invari-
ably kills the twigs and after few
days it falls to the ground. The
eggs are then Matched and the lar
vac burrow into the ground where
they remain seventeen years. .-Ex.
The mirror., 1917-07-26

garden in His hour of sorrow and
agony. Whenever possible, why
not shake hands with a brother
man and wish him God speed? He
may have temptations that after
noon and the grip of your hand
will help him at the crisis. Pass
no man whom you see and know
without some greeting. Take the
time to render some little service,
as it will surely come back to you
in some way. When any one is
lifted above kindness he is either
too good or too bad to live.
There is too much of the Public
Fountain kindness, the public
charities of detached givers; too
little share-my-loaf of bread kind
ness. the ministry of personal in
terest. Why is it that many cele-
brated generous philanthropists
have honors from the churches
and titles from the state; fame in
religious journals and the applause
of packed meetings. and yet NO
man will say that he is loved; even
The mirror., 1917-07-26
Kindness to Our FellOW-men

1t is in our power to make our
fellow-traveler forget the hardness
of the road and the blazing of the
sun by the simplest of all means:
friendly words and friendly acts as
he passes; words and acts which
cost nothing but arl perhaps
everything to him, which in an
hour we have forgotten, but which
he will remember till the setting
of the sun. Many of our trials in
life are of course inevitable and
can be avoided, but one 8 life could
be made much easier if ever one of
us bethought ourselves a little bit
of our neighbor and did our little
part to cheer him up on the road.
The heaviest weight of a mans
sorrow in life is not this or that
unfortunate incident over which he
grieves, but it is the hardness, the
thoughtlessness, the want of gener-
osity, or want of sympathy of his
fellowmen. Though we can not
relieve our brother of the fatigue
and weariness of his journey. nor
carry for him the burden which is
bending down his soul and beneath
which he is apt to sing, it eases his
mind and calms his trobbing heart
when he realizes that human
heart is beating with the thought
of his loneliness; for no man can
endure his sorrow alone, not even
Jesus Christ, whom we remember
too Disciples with Him into the
The mirror., 1917-07-26
Seventeen-Year LOcuStS Due

The seventeen-year locust is
about to invade this part of the
country, according to DR.. Chas.
Skinner, curator of the entomo-
logical section of the Academy OF
Natural Sciences. He warns that
unless growers take precautions
within the next few weeks the
pests will work havoc in orchards
and nurseries.
The mirror., 1917-07-26

vens. Brad singled. Gordon fum-
bled Jones grounder and all hands
were safe with Wells scoring. Fan
beat out an infield tap. Lew then
swung his trusty war club and
cracked out a clean single, scoring
Brad and Jones. Going back over
the records we find that Lew is
pretty good man to have at bat
when the bases are occupied, for
he has batted in eighteen runs up
to date. Har is also a reliable bat
ter, having been responsible for
ten runs in the games he has
played. This time he singled scor-
ing Fan and Lew, but was thrown
out trying for second on the play.
Gil went out, Dorgan to Slaughter.
In the seventh there were some
queer doings. Jones went out,
Bleier to Slaughter. Fan walked.
Lew singled to short right field.
Har popped up a foul to Bleier,
but Lew ran down to second and
was doubled up, Bleier to Slaugh-
ter. Had the fly been in fair ter
ritory it would have been poor
policy to run, so the play looked
like very poor coaching or none at
all.
In the eighth Gil drew base on
balls and stole second. Lohr struck
at three, but Goulette let the third
one get past him and it struck the
wall. Lohr was entitled to first
base and would have made it any
way if he'd speeded up, but the
'umps' didn't see the ball hit the
wall and Lohr was thrown out at
first. Another passed ball scored
Gil. Wells struck out. Della fouled
to Bleier.
The locals were given fine start
in their half of the ninth when
Dorgan had a spell of wildness and
passed Brad, Jones and Fan in sue
cession. When Stevens muffed
Lewis fly Brad and Jones scored.
Fan and Lew worked a double
steal of second and third. Har
famed. Gil rolled feeble one to
Dorgan upon which Fan unwisely
tried for home but was out mile.
Vos, batting for Lohr. hit a
short fly back of third that seemed
like a sure single but Doyle came
Looping in and took it on the dead
run.
Sometime we're going to count
the number of fouls batted by the
M. S. P.s in one game. They are
certainly prize winners in that re-
spect. Saturday it seemed like
there were no less than fifty. Fun
ny part of it is, those the locals
hit inside are more than likely to
be caught while those hit by op-
ponents always 60 where we can't
get 'em.
The mirror., 1917-07-26
HOCAL baseball fans were
all set and on edge for a
hotly contested game last
Saturday when tho Hind.

| INlHSASElN uOtiy COHGcSCeu SdIIlc ldSl
E0y Saturday, when the Hud.
son Badgers made their third ap.
pearance of the season on the local
grounds. Said fans thought the
score would be small and close:
but the Hudson players didn't,
they said: we'll give youa good
beating this time.' The M. S. P.s
received the good beating as per
schedule but inflicted it on them.
selves by playing very bad base
ball.
Changes were made in the line
up and they were anything but a
success, leaving great deal to be
desired. Jones caught his first
game for the locals and did we'll.
His throwing to second was excel
lent and there would have been
several more put-outs at that sta
tion if his throws had been proper
ly received.
In the third inning Hudson made
eight runs on five hits, base on
balls and three errors. Doyle sin.
gled through short and stole second.
Peterson walked. Slaughter out,
Wells to Lohr. Bleier singled
past third. Gordon singled to
right. Stevens singled to right.
Goulette doubled to center. Leas
was safe on Dela's tumble and wild
throw. Dorgan flied to Lew. Doyle
safe at first on Lohr's tumble of
his grounder. Peterson was hit by
a pitched ball. Slaughter ground
ed out to Lohr. Twelve batsmen
faced Wells in this inning.
Hudson added one more in the
fourth. After Bleier had popped
out to Della, Gordon raped one to
Brad which the latter fumbled and
threw wild. Stevens struck out.
Goulette doubled to left. Leas
hit through short, but was out
stealing.
The visitors annexed another
run in the seventh, but this was a
gift and wouldn't be counted had
the Jumps been looking. Goulette
famed. Leas out, Har to >Lohr.
Dorgan singled. Doyle slugged
one to deep center which looked
good for the circuit. Dorgan
scored but omitted to touch Sec
ondin passing, while Doyle was
thrown out at the plate. Umpire
allowed the score because he hadn't
seen the omission.
Two errors and two hits gave
Hudson two final scores in the
ninth.
The locals threw away oppor-
tunities to score in the first. Della
was hit by a pitched ball. Brad
bunted safely between first and
pitchers box, but Della tried to
take two bases on 1t and was
thrown out at third. Zorn struck
out. A passed ball put Brad on
third, but he couldn't wait for the
batter to deliver and was caught
off the bag and ran down an easy
victim for third out.
In the third inning Lohr reached
first on Bleier's tumble, then
wandered off the bag and could
have reached second had he made
up his mind which way he wanted
to run; but his final dash found the
ball waiting for him. Wells fouled
to Slaughter. Della singled and
took second on a passed ball. Brad
walked. Jones struck out, ending
the inning without a score.
Fan opened the fourth with a
L
single through. Lew out, Dorgan
to Slaughter. Har famed. Gil
singled and scored Fan. Gil was
forced at second on Lohr's ground
er to Bleier.
The fifth was the M. S. P.s' big
inning when five large runs were
tailed. Wells opened hostilities
with a single. Della flied to Ste
The mirror., 1917-07-26
in gold coin of
the United States. of the
pres ent standard of
weight and fneness." That

HAM(&AN pres an t standard of
N gy weight and fineness. That
is the form in which First Mort
gage Gold Bond is payable to its
holder.
What is a bond? Briefly it is
the written acknowledgement of
the existence of a debt together
with the secured promise of its
payment at a specified time, in a
specified way, with interest. There
is a great deal more to it because
of the many different classes Of
bonds and because of the many
different plans upon which they
may be issued.
There are short term bonds and
long term bonds. That is, those
due in short time and those due
in long time-The United States
Steel Corporation has made an is
sue of ''Ten-Sixty Year" bonds.
Corporations have been known to
make issues of ''Three-Ten Year"
OR Five-Twenty Year" bonds.
These are bonds which must be
paid at the end of the longest per-
iod. but may be paid at the end of
the short period if the issuing cor
poration so chooses. Or they may
be paid, at the option of the cor
poration, on any interest date be-
tween these two maturity dates.
Interest is due and payable at the
end of every six months.
For example: A corporation
may issue it's ''Two-Five" Year
bonds and by SO doing raise the
necessary capital to enable it to
construct new plant or make i'm
provements in the present plant or
buy new machinery or, in short,
to perform almost any kind of
legitimate enterprise, the profits
from which will not begin to ac-
crue for at least a year or so or
possibly in longer time. Now,
when debt can be paid, or when
the purpose for which the bonds
were issued has been accomplished,
it is poor business to keep paying
interest unnecessarily; and the
bond issue, being a liability, it of
necessity reduces the value of the
corporations net assets. At the
end of two years, in our illustra-
ton. the company is in shape to
discharge it's obligation (repay to
the ond-holders what it owes
them). This is done and inasmuch
as the debt is cancelled the interest
ceases.
To be able to liquidate it's debt
(pay it's bondholders) has required
a great amount of thinking, man
aging and cautious working on the
part of the corporation so as not
to impair or lessen its working
capital. Profits from the regular
business have had to be conserved,
They have had to be reinvested in
profitable merchandise or activity
in order that sufficient surplus
capital might be created, a part of
which has had to be set aside into
a Sinking Fund.-" which could be
readily converted into or exchang-
ed for the form of payment speci-
fed in the bonds themselves, with
which to pay the bond-holders at
maturity.
In other words it was necessary
to have a dollar in Sinking Fund.-
investments for every dollar due
on the bonds. Ninety nine cents
for each dollar would not pay the
debt.
What's the connection? Just
this. You and l have issued our
bonds. No, not in writing. New
ertheless we have acknowledged
the existence of debt and we are
now paying it. The bond was is
sued for the purpose of purchas-
ing a big thing, Liberty. Are you
conserving your assets? Are you
The mirror., 1917-07-26

Hudson-O 0 8 0 0 0 PIP
NJ. S. P.s-0 0 0 1 5 0 0 l 2-9
SUMMARY:-Left on bases-Hudson 7,
M. S. PSI. First on errors-Hudson 7,
M. S. P.s 8, Stolen bases-Doyle 2,
Stevens, Leas, Della, Fan, Lew, Gil. Two
base hits-Bleier, Goulette 2. Three base
hits-Doyle. Double plays-B e j e to
Slaughter. Innings pitched-by Wells 8.
Hits-off Wells IL. Struck out-by Dor
gan 10, by Wells 4. Bases on balls-off
Dorgan 8, off Wells L. Wild pitch-Lee.
Hit by pitcher-by Dorgan (Dela), by
Wells (Peterson). Pass balls-Goulette 6,
Jones 1. Time of game-2:O0. Umpire
Witt.