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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-24
Administrators Sale.

GEORGIA, Sumter County.
Pursuant to an order granted by
Hon. John A Cobb, Ordinary said
county. on the first day of November,
1915, shown at page 375 minutes go"
Ordinary's Office, will be sold before
the courthouse door in the City Of
Americas, Sumter county, Georgia,
between the legal hours of sale to the
highest bidder for cash, on the first
Tuesday in January. 1918, which is
the first day, the following land, to-
Wit: A small tract in the southwest
corner of Lot No 189 in a square
shape, and about one-third OF Lot No.
1888, being a strip Of equal width Off
the west side thereof, all in one body
in the 14th district of Lee county.
Georgia, known as tract No. Z, accord
ing to the Hooks and Andrews sub-di-
vision of the Phil Jackson place, and
containing 1871 acres more or less.
Sold for the purpose Of distribution of
the estate of George oliver, accord
ing to the above mentioned order of
court This December list, 1917.
MRS. CALLIE C OLIVER,
Admrx. Estate OF George Oliver.
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Notice.

Office of Americas & Atlantic Rail
road Company.
CERGIA-Sumter County.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given, under and
by virtue of the authority of the
Board of Directors of the Americas
e Atlantic Railroad Company, that ap-
plication will be made to the Railroad
Commission of Georgia on the Sth day
of January, 1918, at their office in At
lanta, Georgia, for authority to issue
for and in behalf of the Americas &
Atlantic Railroad Company, capital
stock of the par value of $4,000 per
share. known as common stock, to
the amount of $150,000O0
AT the same time and place, for the
purpose of constructing, building,
equipping and completing the line of
railroad from Byromyille, Georgia, in
the county of Dolly to and within
the city limits of Americas, Sumter
County, Georgia they will also apply
for authority to issue bonds in the
som of $45o 100000, same to be so year
gold bonds, bearing go interest, pay
able semi-annually; which bonds are
TO be secured by deeds, conveyances,
mortgages Trust Deeds, or other in
struments as may be necessary to
create lien upon the property Of said
company, consisting Of the line If
road already constructed, and that
which is to be constructed, the rights
cf-ways, easements, Embellishments,
equipment road bed and all other
property of said company. on such
terms ana conditions, privileges ana
powers in said deed o. conveyance
mortgage. or other instrument as may
be necessary and desired by the di-
rectors of the said Americas & At
lantic Railroad Company
This application made by virtue Of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-24
Legal Advertisements
Sale of Administration.

JdIt uB AuIuinishdttOHs
GEORGIA, Schley County.
BY virtue of an order passed by The
ordinary OF said county, will be sold
before the courthouse door il the City
OF EllaviIle, Schley couAt Georgia,
between the legal hours OF sale, on
the first Tuesday in January, 1918, at
public outcry, the fc.iosing real es-
tate, to-wit:
212 acres of l:la. ere NOR less. of
OF lots of lan6 40 % and No, IS, in
the 29th lanl as ret of Macon coun-
ty. Georgia, tbe same bounded on the
north by can.i creek, on the east by
lands OF eai and Russ English, on
the south by lands of Mrs. Missouri
English, on the south by lands of w
W. Dykes.
Also, 100 acres of land off of the
southwest corner Of lot Of land No. 1875
in the 29th land district of Sumter
county, Georgia, the same forming a
! part of the old G. G. Dyess plantation
and lying just in front of the old
homestead
Also, the north half of lot of land No
l45, containing 10 acres; and so acres
Of land in the southeast cornor of lot
! of land No. 1876, in the 29th district OF
/ Schley county, Ga.
/ Terms of sale: Cash.
All sal1 lands are rented for the
year 1918. and said sale will be held
subject to said rent contracts.
| Il. J. DYESS,
| Administrator De Bonis Non, with VIII
Annexed, of Estate of G. c.
Dyess.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-24
Sheriff's Sale.

GEORGIA, Sumter Count.
VIII be sold before the court house
door in the city of Americas, said
state and county, On first Tuesday in
January, 1918, Within the legal hours
o. sale, the following described prop
erty, to-wit: One ITO V. so c. No. 4
Coil; one No. Com Diophram std /;
one HA-HF Tube; one Horoscope.
Levied upon as the property of w.
S Prather and A. ]. Kemp to SATISFY
certain mortgage fla i'll favor of
Victor Electric Company vs. the said
prather and Kemp.
This December 5th, 1917.
LUCIUS HARVEY Sheriff.
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Sner1ns Sale.
GE1ORGIA-Sumter County.

GEORGIA-Sumter County.
Notice is hereby given that will
ask for an order from the judge of
the City Court of Americas, on
Thursday, December 20, 1917, for
leave to sell the following described
property, to-wit: Three black fibre
trunks with bras trimmings and one
common canvass trunk.
The above described property hay-
ing been condemned by order of said
court on November 10, 1917, and this
notice published as is required by
law.
This December 5, 1917.
LUCIUS HARVEY Sheriff.
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Administrators Notice.

GEORGIA-Sumter Count.
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned has applied to the Ordinary
Of said county for leave to sell lands
belonging to the estate of John H
Harvey for the purpose of distribu-
ton; said sale to be conducted in
Mitchell county, Georgia Said appli-
cation will De heard at the regular
term of Ordianys court for said coun-
ty to be held on the first Monday il
January, 1918.
MRS. J. Fl. HARVEY,
Administrative mon the estate OF
John II. Harvey.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-24
Citation.
CEORGIA-Sumter Count.

CEORGIA-Sumter Count.
70 All Whom il May Concern:
G, w. Num- having applied for
guardianship on the person and prop
erty of Num- Reeves, minor child Of
P, L. Reeves, late of said county
deceased, notice is given that said ap-
Dlication will be heard at my Office
a.. 10 o'clock a. m. on first Monday
III January, next
This December 3rd, 1917.
JOHN A. COBB,
Ordinary
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-24

the authority of the Board of Direct
airs, as aforesaid.
This 18th day of December, 1917.
J. s. MORTON,
President and General Manager.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEvER|sH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give "CalifOrnia
Syrup of FIGS"

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach. liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is
they become tightly clOgged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverlsh, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen,
Mother! See if tongue is coated, then
give teaspoonful of California
Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigeSted food passes out of the sys-
TEN, and you have a well child again.
Millions Of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because 1t is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it new
err fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for q 50-cent bottle
of california Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02
BALANCED RATION FOR MILK
Cow Must Be Given Combination Nee.
essary to Maintain Her Functions
and Produce Milk.

For the most profitable milk PRO.
ductiOn, the COW must be fed a bal.
anced ration at the cheapest price such
ration can be provided. BY balanced
ration is meant the combination of
such proportion of nutrients and in
such quantities as the COW requires to
maintain her bodily functions and as
she can utilize in the production of
milk. These nutrients are classified
as protein, carbohydrates, and fats.
Protein is one Of the principal con-
stituents of milk; fats and carbohy-
drates perform much the same func-
tons, that is, produce energy and
heat, and in the balancing of a ration
are usually classed together. If the
cow Is given ration containing an
excess Of either element, the excess
is liable to be wasted; hence the eco
nomical Importance of balanced ra-
ton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02
FOOD PLANTS ALONG THE SEA.
SHORE.

Besides winter feeding, described
elsewhere in this series, birds fire.
quenting the seashore may be catered
to by growing plants which produce
their favorite foods, according to the
United States bureau of biological sur
vey. Where the coast is rocky and the
soil of ordinary character, conditions
are little different from those inland,
and except In relation to exposure
there need be no especial preference
given in the choice of plants. 1t Is
worth mentioning, however, that sew
eral trees and shrubs are better to
withstand the winds so prevalent on
the coast. These include three species
of juniper, common barberry, English
thorn, hybrid crabapple, European and
American mountain ashes, smooth and
staghorn sumacs, privets, buckthorn
and red-berried elder. Where the soil
is chiefly sand, and that often shifting,
conditions are not suited to many
plants. Selection may be made, how
ever, from the following, all of which
are known to thrive In such surround
ings:
For seed eaters.-Beach grasses,
Japanese smartweed, and sunflower.
For fruit eaters. - Bayberry, sea
buckthorn. sand cherry, beach plum,
cranberries and bearberry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02
FARM
u ~
TREAT TURKEY FOR CHOLERA
ISOLATE Affected Birds in House Re-
mote From other Poultry Build
ings-Give Creolin.

The word is used to cover num-
Der of intestinal disorders, but chOl-
era is contagious germ disease and
is practically incurable. Place all
birds which show any symptoms of
the disease In a house remote from
other poultry buildings and one which
can be easily and thoroughly disn-
fected. Give the birds few drops Of
creolin or sulpho-napthol In their
drinking water, just enough to turn it
family milky. Give the birds a one
tthousandth of grain tablet of cor
rosive sublimate every three hours.
Feed sparlngly on soft easily digested
food. All badly affected birds should
be killed by blow on the head with
out drawing blood and then burned
Rake up and burn all litter used In
the house and runs occupied by in
fected birds. Spray the runs and all
parts Of the building with a creolin or
sulphO-napthOl solution, one table,
spoonful to two gallons of water. The
runs should also be plowed frequently.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02
6IRDHoUsE CONSTRUCTION.

Wood is better building material
for birdhouses than metal or earthen-
ware. Entrance holes should be shell
tered by projecting roofs to exclude
rain. All houses should be easy to
open for cleaning. A perch at the en-
trance is unnecessary, and may even
be an objection, as it Is frequently
used by English sparrows while they
twitter exasperatingly to brighten off
more desirable occupants. To provide
for proper ventilation, row Of small
holes is sometimes bored just beneath
the caves, but there should never be q
ventilating hole lower than the en-
trance, and joints should be made tight,
as drafts of air are dangerous. In case
there is danger that rain may be
driven in through the door, a small
drainage hole, which will be covered
by the nest, may be made in the
middle of the floor.
The appearance and durability of
houses are improved by a coat of
paint. A neutral shade of green or
gray is suitable for houses mounted in
trees, while those on poles, being con-
SplcuOusly placed, lend themselves
tremendously to the landscape when
paintede white. Heads of nails and
screws should be set rather deeply
and covered with putty.
In building Dirdhouses 1t should be
with the object of attracting particu-
lar species Of birds, as the require
ments of the different species vary.
The following forms of birdhouses are
suggested by the United States bureau
Of biological survey:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02
'CAsCARETS' FOR
SLUGGISH BOWELS
No sick headache, sour stomach,
biIiousneSS or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1O-cent box now.

Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness, Indigestion. the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by lazy
liver clogged bowels or an upset stom.
ach.
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach;
remove the sour fermentlng food;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constlpated
waste matter and poison In the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means clear head,
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill.
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. ADV.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02
Gig. 81

The house shown in Figures 1 to
a tree stub for the use of swallows
especially, and for these birds the cav
ity should be about 8 by inches, with
depth of inches and an entrance
IA inches in diameter. 1t can be
cleaned by simply lifting the box from
its base. Bluebirds and wrens, as well
as swallows, nest in this style of
house, though they prefer cavity 8
inches deep. Figure 5 illustrates a
house to be attached to tree. 1t can
button and removing the bottom. This
house is easy to build and if suitably
proportional is adapted to a great va
riety Of birds. Plans are furnished
for two sizes-One for bluebirds and
the other for Screech owls or sparrow
hawks.
The flicker house shown in Figure @
is designed to be placed on post or
the stub of tree. The cavity should
be z by Z inches and 16 to IS inches
deep. The roof can be lifted in the
same way that stopper Is removed
from bottle. A house suitable for
members of the woodpecker' family
and also for nuthatches and titmice
including chickadees, is shown in Fig
ure Z. 1t is attached to boles of trees.
The bottom is removable. Woodpeck-
ers demand a rather deep cavity for
nesting-from IL to IS inches. The
other dimensions required are about
6 by 6 inches, with an entrance from
IL to 2 inches in diameter. An inch
or so of sawdust should be placed in
the bottom of the house, as woodpecb-
ers do not gather nest materials.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02
Presence of Mind.

In his "reminiscences of Oxford Rev.
/. w. Tuckell tells us that in his under
graduate days the dean of Christ
Church college was Familiarity known
as presence Of Mind Smith," Mr..
Tuckell also supplies the traditional
explanation of the nickname. When u
student at the university, Smith had
gone out boating with a friend. He re-
turned without the friend.
where's Jones2" he was asked.
'Oh, well, we had an accident The
boat leaked and when we were battling
1t out Jones fell into the river. He
caught hold of the boat and pulled 1t
down to the waters edge. Neither of
us could swim and If had not, with
great presence of mind, hit him on the
head with the boathook both would
have been drowned"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02
FEEDING MILK TO CHICKENS
According to Nebraska Experiment
Station Practice viii Double
Production of Eggs.

The use of milk In feeding chickens
will double egg production. according
to the poultry section of the Nebraska
experiment station at Lincoln. 1.-THE
hen never lays an egg until all the in
gradients necessary for the complete
development Of chick are present."
the station announced.
"Slnce the egg contains protein as
well as carbohydrates, any amount of
carbohydrates fed in the form Of grain
will not offset the necessity of protein.
Milk given to the birds, either as a
drink, or In the form of wet mash, will
double egg yields. Commercial meat
scrap is of equal value, and may be
substituted when milk cannot be OBJ
tanned"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02
FEEDING FRUIT-EATiNG BIRDS

Feeding fruit-eating birds is best ac-
complished by planting selected spe-
cies of fruit-bearing shrubs and trees.
Through late spring and summer there
Is usually an abundance of insect food
In addition to fruit enough for all the
birds. So far rs fruit alone Is con-
cerned, fall Is the season of overflow
Ing abundance; In winter the supply
gradually decreases, and late winter
and early spring are the seasons of
actual scarcity. This Is the critical
time of year for many birds, and
plentiful supply Of wild fruit will tide
them over. Fortunately, everywhere
In the United States there are some
fruits that persist until there Is no
longer any need of them. IF enough
are planted, no birds able to live on
this class of food should starve. The
best of these long-perssting fruits are
juniper, bayberry. thorn apples and
related fruits, holly and snowberry.
Information on fruits useful for this
purpose in any section of the United
States may be obtained from the Unit
ed States bureau of biological survey.
Birds devour cultivated fruit prin-
cipally because the processes of cult
walton diminish the wild supply. The
presence of wild fruit in locality al
ways serves to protect domestic va
rieties, especially when the wild trees
or shrubs are Of the same kind as the
cultivated ones and ripen earlier.
Among those most useful for the pur-
pose are mulberry, wild blackberries
and strawberries, serviceberry, wild
cherry and elderberry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02
WESTERN CANADA LEADS
As WHEAT PRODUCER
342,000,000 Bushels Wheat in
1915; In 1916 Many Farm
erS Paid for Their Land
Out of Their Crop.

That Western Canada is indeed
Mistress of Wheat to the extent that
It's 1915 crop exceeded, acre for acre,
the production of any country on this
continent is striking fact proved by
the following figures:
In 1915 the Dominion of Canada pro-
duced 3760O0,O00 bushels of wheat,
which represented an average yield of
1Tghels to the acre. The United
States produced 1,011, 505,00 bushels,
yield Of II bushels per acre The only
serious competitors in wheat produc-
ton in South America We're Argentine,
with 17S,221 900 bushels. or less than
II bushels per acre, and Chile, with
100000 bushels or Is bushels per
acre.
The three Western Canadian prairie
provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta produced between them
342, 100000 bushels out of the total ca
madam $4,000, 900 bushels. 1t will be
seen, therefore, that, outside. Of the
United States, Western Canada pro-
tiitll Inc
bined production of North and South
America. Canada Is of course new
settled country, and the fact that the
crop Of the United States was practi-
cally three times as much is no dis
enlargement The United States has
at present more than twelve times the
population of Canada in approximately
the same area.
To illustrate further the greater pro
ductiveness of Western Canadian land,
we submit the following figures, show
ing the 1915 yields per acre in the
three provinces of Western Canada
and in the states which. in that year
produced the greatest quantity Of
wheat. The figures are taken from the
y. s. department Of agricultlre'S an
nual report and from the figures Of the
Dominion census bureau:
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02

In 1916 the crop was not as heavy,
but the yields in many districts were
very large So large, indeed, was the
acreage under cultivation in 1915 that
the resulting crop proved too large to be
all threshed the same fall. 1t over
loaded railroads, and made marketing
slow. A less amount of fall blowing
was done than would have been done
in less heavy year, because the aver
age farmer was too busy with his
threshing. All these conditions nee
essarily reacted upon the acreage
seeded In the spring Of 1915. Add to
this that labor last year, owing to the
great number of Canadians who have
enlisted, was scarce and high-priced,
and one factor in the decreased yield
smaller acreage under crop was evil
dent
Another factor is that this year
Western Canada has experienced, In
common with the entire North Amerl-
can continent, conditions that tave
been less favorable to the production
of big crops. The conditions have re-
suited in smaller yield per acre and
reduced grade of grain in certain local
tiles.
The average yield of wheat in the
three western provinces Is estimated
by the government at about 16 bushels
per acre, oats 43 bushels, and barley
~ bushels.
The financial value Of their crops to
Western Canadian farmers has been
greater this year than ever before.
Owing to the high prices of grain that
are prevailing, returns have been re.
ceived that are extremely profitable.
With wheat standing at the present
time at over $1.00 per bushel at the
Great Lakes, wheat crop ut present
figures would pay the farmer, even
supposing he had only the average Of
16 bushels per acre, over $4,000 per
acre. A large number are receiving
| 5000 per acre-sOme have received
! $500, and few even more than that.
This price, of course, Is not all profit !:
it represents the gross return, and the
cost of operation must be deducted,
But it does not, even ut the highest fig
ures, cost more than Go cents to raise
n bushel of wheat In Western Canada,
so that the profit can be figured accord
lngly. 1t must be emphasized that the
acre which produces $4,000 crop costs
In the first case, probably less than
that. In the United States the same
class of land would cost in many dis
trlcts from 500 to 5000 per acre, and
even then a return of $4,000 would be
considered extremely satisfactory. In
Western Canada the best class of ag-
riculturM land, capable of producing
crops that in size compare with any
country in the world except, perhaps
some European countries, can be OBJ.
tanned at, on the average, from $40 to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02
OYSTER SHELL IS VALUABLE
Supplying Grit, but as Material
for Egg Shell.

Oyster shell Is fed to chickens for
the production Of egg shells and not
for grit as some persons think, &C.
cording to II. M. Sherwood, acting head
Of the department of poultry hus-
bandry in the Kansas State Agricul.
tural college.
Approximately 80 per cent of the
oyster shell fed laying hens is con-
verified into egg shell, which has a
chemical composition almost identical
with that of the original shell. Clam
shells and lime, although Of practically
the same composition, are not as ap-
petizing to the chickens and so are not
as valuable as the oyster shells.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02

dairy, for this is most likely to be
deficient. and larger rating will have
a tendency to stimulate the dairy de-
velopment. Some stock shows and
fairs fix the ratio at so per cent for
each but the rating given above seems
better. More emphasis Is being placed
on the development of the dairy quail
ties of this breed, bringing it back to
it's original standing among the breeds
of the world-one of the best for
dairy purposes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-02-02
SILAGE IN PRODUCING MILK
Increase of II Per Cent Is Seen in Test
Conducted by Ohio Expert
ment Station.

Cows fed ration composed largely
of silage produced II per cent more
milk and % per cent more butterfat
than those given a ration consisting
mainly of grain in feeding test con-
Quoted for 121 days at the Ohio ex'
pertinent station. The silage ration
was also cheaper for milk production.