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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

will 70 In with strong team and
with sufficient finances to carry 1t
through the season.
Dubuque has been without or
ganized baseball two seasons, and IL
Ia evident from the interest already
evinced that the fans are ready TOT
the game again.
The municipality owned athletic
field has the finest baseball diamond
in the state, and will be used.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

In many sections Of the country the
electric railways are beginning to rival
the steam railways in point of mile
age. AS an illustration, one traction
company now operating a system OF
more than 1000 miles Of interurban
lines centering in Los Angeles.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

IDENTIFY oblivious of everything so in
tent were they on lodging as much
of the rain as possible. Suddenly
one of them spied flag floating
from the porch pillar of one of the
homes. The horse was halted and
both of the boys stood UP and gravely
saluted the flag. They stood at
salute in the driving rain, for almost
a minute, and then moved on.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14
What the Loo County Board Did Al
the Last Session Which Was
Held at tho County
Court House.
THE BILLS ALLOWED
Proceedings Of Body Are Herewith
Given a. They Appear on enc
Records for Benefit
Of Citizens.
Friday, February 9, 1917.

It
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Supervisors Hosier and De-
Rcsear present. Supervisor Maxwell
absent.
On motion the board passed a reso-
luton in the matter OF the Green
Bay levee AMI drainage district NO.
2 cancelling bonds No. 446 to 45o IN
elusive, being five one-thousand dol
lar bonds of said district. Said bonds
were cancelled SO as to conform with
the estimates of construction OF the
district which were originally figured
at s369,33375 and after due consld-
Grafton were reduced to $364333. 70.
The bonds aai coupons attached
r-ere burned III tie presence OF the
board.
on motion the board ordered the
payment to the Mississippi River
Power company the amount OF 5000,
which amount was paid by said com
pany for damages as assessed In the
matter of the Green Bay levee and
drainage district No. 2.
y On motion the board approved the
following account Of Edmund L. Per
kins. engineer for the Green Bay
levee and drainage district No. 2
Voucher No II, dated February o.
1917. amount, $3,483.6S.
On motion the board ordered the
payment Of the following claims Tor
acreage taken for right OF way IN the
Green Bay Le~ee and drainage dis
80 1u{f
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14
TITLE BOYS
REAL PATRIOTS
rwo Small coIohed Lads Stood Up
In Downpour Of Rain and
GrayeIy SaIuted Flag Which
Was Floating from Porch.

real lesson in patriotism was
,norded by two small colored lads
Yesterday. They were driving gar
bage wagon along one of the resi-
dence streets. The rain was coming
down in torrents, and they were evil
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK. March 14.-Money 9
call, 21a percent.
Six months, 3A "a percent.
Mercantile paper. Az percent.
Bar silver London, 36d
Bar silver New York, 73Ac.
Demand sterling, S4.76 us.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14
FUNERAL NOTICE.

4 GARRITY-The funeral of the late
Peter Clarity will be held Friday
morning at o'clock from st. Peters
church. Friends invited.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

FOR REyNT-My house, 51S North
Fifth. All modern improvements
Isaac Blom. Phone Red 131.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14
FOR kENT.

FOR Rents room cottage 1900 or.
leans, newly papered and painted.
City water, IS. Address Y. care Gate
City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

FOR RENT-Two Broom dwellings,;
also room house. Rent very rea-
sonable. Inquire 1901 Main.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14
MISC EIlAN EOUS

EXCLUSIVE use of so acre pasture
for cattle, for season. Only pay
ment required fencing and milk OF
one COW. Address NJ. A. Bradford,
r. F. D. (, Pennington, Iowa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

Havana, the capital of Cuba. lies
LOO miles south of Philadelphia,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

WANTED-Old false teeth. Don't
matter If broken. / pay 400 70
$500 per set Mail to l.. Mazer. 2ooi
s. Fifth street, Philadelphia, Pa, Will
send cash By return mail.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

FOR SALE-A fine room brick
house. All modern, full lot. 1907
Concert street. Inquire within.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

and 100 miles farther west than New
York
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

WANTED - Men. Apply to River
Smelling and Refining Co.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

Sugar and tobacco are the two
sraataat products Of Cuba,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

WANTED-To buy milk route or sta
ton Give particulars In full. Adj
dress M, care this office.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

FOR RENT-5 room house at 1717
johnson street, city watef and a
good garden spot, $1,000 per month;
also Z room modern house at TIL
Franklin street for $4,000 per months
also s room dwelling at 706 street.
with about three lots for garden, at
$500 per month. Also room house
at 1922 William street, $500 per
month. Also room house at 240O
johnson street, $500 per month. AMI
room house at 1928 Oak street,
at $500 per month. Call vanPap2el-
endam Brothers, telephone 1928.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

FOR Rents acre farm with fair
house thereon, five miles out from
town, close to powder works. $4,000
for the year. payable $1,000 a month
for the first six months. VanPap-
pelendam Brothers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

Horace r Hyter 54.0O
! On motion the board ordered the
payment of $27,191.S7 to Mr.. Edmund
T. Perkins for services and expense
covered by approved vouchers OF
said Edmund T. Perkins, engineer for
! the Green Bay levee and drainage
district No. 2.
On motion Edmund T. Perkins,
engineer for the Green Bay levee and
drainage district No. was author
| lied and directed to procure indem-
nifty insurance as required by the
workmen's compensation law for the
benefit of the workmen employed by
the district in the construction OF the
district. said policy not to cover
workmen employed by contractors.
On motion the board passed reso-
luton releasing A. e. tombstone. N.
D. Trauf1er as obligators of bond
filed Jan. Is, 1915. in the sum OF
| 100000, such bond to pay all ex-
penses growing out of the application
! of the establishment of the Green
Bay Levee and drainage district No.
2. in case said district was not es-
tablished.
On motion the board directed the
county engineer to draw up a con-
tract with the Clinton Bridge works
of Clinton, Iowa, for the furnishing
of IS 900 pounds of reinforcing steel,
the bid of said company being the
lowest of any on file. The bids or
the different bidders were in the fol
lowing amounts. to-wit:
los. r. Ryerson & Son. .... SO 1926
Fuller & Hitler. 2S39.O0
Scully Steel & Iron Co... $685.
Paul J. KalmaH. S,0420o
Clinton Bridge Works...... 2,726.00
J. Corrugated Bar Co. ........ 3,254.85
Trussed Concrete Steel Co.. 2,950.35
On motion the board adjourned to
meet Thursday. March l. 1917, at 9
o'clock a. m.
Fort Madison, Iowa, March I. 1917.
| Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. All members present.
, On motion the following claims
were allowed. Supervisor Hosier vot-
ing ave, Supervisor Maxwell voting
aye and Supervisor DeRosear voting
aye, to-wit:
! Payroll for bridge work under
( E. N Jack in February. s178 so
f N Jack. exp. brdg. supt.. $50
( Payroll for dragging county
roads 1872 Al
IT 7 Nichting. road work " 200
j. J. began, repair tools. -. 79. so
Geo. Witch, boarding jury
/! D. c., X. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1923
E.ster's restaurant, same. 40
| Witness fees Hays court. 10
Henry Eerens, bailiff D. c., Fl.
M ....'................ 40. 90
Boston $3.50 shoe parlor.
clothing iris J., X. .....- S.25
IF. Fl. Poll: I'd. atty. defending
/ C-Ilals .........-..... 10. 90
&c. H. Perry, cvnst. fees...... Il 25
w. H. Bennett, same. ........ so. 90
y. n. Hays, justice fees...... GA. Sc
A. L. Messenger, same. ...... $50
j. A. Frederick, cash exp.
Grim. case $50
John c. Scott, transptg. Grim. 100
William Reimbold, court GER
/ tificates January term d.
G.. Keo. ........... 92e. 80
Sugar and tobacco are the two
9raafAat products OF Cuba
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

WANTED Bookkeeper by wholesale
house Address own hand VIII
ing. State experience, age and ref
erences in first letter. Address NJ,
this Office.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
WANTED.

WANTED laIborers and
quarrymen at Ballinger stone quar-
nv Call at office of McManus d
Downey, BIT South Fourth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Cheap, i've passengeS
1913 model Hudson car. lnquire
Service Station, % South Fifth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

WANTED-5 or room house. Red
1l44
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

WANTED-Good girl for cooking,
genreal homework, Good wages.
e26 Leighton. Mrs. Lowitz.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

FOR RENT room house, gas, bath.
Centrally located. Phone Bsach
lib.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

MAN S5 years OF age. wants position
us bookkeeper or accountant Zen
wears experience References furn-
ished. Reply to c. r. Watson, care
Dorsey and Dorsey.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

FOR SALE-The best farm bargain
we have recently handled, 200 acres
in Missouri, where the taxes are low.
Could consider part trade and turns
ish good terms on the balance. Don't
let this one get by. just call Van<
Pa,pelendam Brothers. 1923.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-14

Long Commission Co. Grain Letter.
Furnished by Long Commission Co.,
408 Main. Telephone 350351.l
CHICAGO. March Ia Closing
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-06-22
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
State of Louis ana.

Whereas, A. E. Bourgeois, resident
of Jefferson Davis parish, Louisiana,
has applied to me for the cancelIa-
tion Of his bond, drawn and subscribed
by A. E. Bourgeois as principal, with
Ernest Bourgeois as surety, dated
February /, 1913 in the full sum of
Five Hundred (S500.00) Dollars, and
conditioned for the faithful perform
ance and discharge by said A. E.
Bourgeois of his duties as Constable
IN Ward Seven (7), Jefferson Davis
parish, Louisiana;
Now, therefore, |, R. G. Pleasant,
Governor of the State of Louisiana,
have thought proper to issue this my
proclamation with the view of giving
public notice to all persons herein in
terested and concerned to show cause
lin writing at the Office of the Secre-
tary of State at the City of Baton
Rouge, La, within ninety days from
and after the last publication hereof
why said bond and the mortgage re-
sulting Jherefrom should not be can
celed and annulled and the above
named securities discharged from any
further liabilities in the premises.
Given undVr my signature and the
Seal of the State Oh Louisiana at the
City Of Baton Rouge, this 9th day of
June, A. D., 1917.
(SEAL) r. G. PLEASANT.
By the Governor:
James j. Bailey,
Secretary Of State. June 1876
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-06-22
II u. S. AMBULANCE
CORPS READY TO GO

Twenty.seven ambulance companies
have been organized by the American
Red Cross in this country for service
in Europe. Some of them have already
gone abroad. The list is:
No. Pasadena, Cal, DR.. Charles
D. Lockwood; No. university OF
California, Berkeley, Dr. Alvin Powell;
No. 3-University of Chicago, DR.. Ell
bert Clark; No. 4Cleveland, DR..
Ralph K. Updegraff; No. 5-Washlng.
ton, D. c., DR.. Ryan Devereuy; No. 6
-Fordham university, DR.. Joseph Don
nelly; No. New York university, DR..
Chester F. S. Whitney; No. S-DetrOit,
DR.. Charles Barton; No. 9-NOrthwest-
ern university, Chicago, DR. Stephen
BalderSton; No. 10-COlumbia univer-
sity, DR.. William Fl. Rockwell; No. II
Battle Creek, Mich, DR.. James 7.
Case; No. 12-UniverSity of Washing
ton, Seattle, DR.. David c. Hall; No. 10
-Plttsfield, Mass, Dr. Robert ]. Car
penter; No. 14-University of Oregon,
Eugene, Ore, DR.. ]. E. Kuykcndall;
No. 15-Grand Rapids, Mich, DR..
Thomas D. Gordon; No. 16-Fredonia,
Kan, DR.. Edgar G. Duncan: No. IL
Boston, DR.. Edward A. Cunningham;
No. 1S-Indlanapolls, DR.. Mason j.
Light; No. 19-POrtland, Ore, DR.. En-
nest II. STREET; No. 20-Atlanta, DIR.
Leo P. DAILY: No. 21-Flint Mich, DR..
Walter Fl. Winchester; No. 22--Char.
lesion, w. Va, DR.. Timothy L. Barber:
No. 23-pOrtland, Me-, DR.. Ernest B.
Folsom; Nc. 24-Kansas City, Mo-,
commander not yet named; No. %
Rutland, VT, Dr. William Stickney;
No. Columbia, S. c., DR.. Marion ii,
Wyman; No. 27-Salt Lake City, DR.,
Hugh 3. Sprague.
Several of these units are already
on the way to the front in France, and
the prospect is that all will see early
service. Not only is the Rod Cross
preparing TO care for American sol
dlers and sailors when they move into
the firing line, but France needs help
badly with her hospitals, and America
is giving it as rapidly as possible.
The German policy of sinking hos.
pital ships with their thousands Of
helpless wounded is making it neces-
sary to care for the British wounded
in France, and it puts terrific strain
on the French hospital service.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-06-22

most dangerous post, and handling the
reserve cars for wounded in the town
itself. The whole world is passing
here-French, Americans; living
wounded and dying.
"A long, heavily arched corridor,
with stone steps leading down to 1t;
two compartments off to one side, lined
with wine bins, where our reserve men
and few French brancardiers
(stretcher bearers) are lying on their
stunned stretchers, some snoring; be-
yond. a door that leads to little sick
ward-the most pathetic little room
have ever seen-with four beds OF dlt-.
ferent sizes and kinds on one side, and
six on the other, taken, evidently.
from the ruined houses near by; and
one tired infrmier (hOspital attendant)
to tend and ,soothe the wounded and
dying.
"In the bed nearest the door a
French priest shot through the lungs,
with pneumonia setting in, his black
beard pointing straight up, whispering
for water.
"Next to him a little German lad,
hardly nineteen, and small, with about
six hours to live, calling-sOmetimes
screaming-for his mother, and then
for water,
"Next to him a French captain OF
infantry, his arm off at the shoulder
and his head wounded-weak, dying,
but smiling.
sand next to him tirailleur Qnfan-
tryman) in delirium calling on his
colonel to charge the Germans.
"The infrmier is going from one to
the other, soothing and waiting on each
In turn. He asks me what the German
is saving and tell him he Is calling
for his mother.
"'Ah, this is a sad war! he says, as
he goes over to hold the poor lads
hand.
"a brancardier comes in with q mes
sage: A blesse "a wounded man) at
Belleville-very serious.
"This is a reserve car call, so one
slides out and is gone like gray ghost
down the ruined street, making all the
speed its driver can--nO easy NATTER
with no lights. In twenty minutes he
is back. The brancardierS go out.
They come in again bearing the wound
ed man on q stretcher and place it on
the floor. One of them, who is q priest,
leans over him and asks his name, and
his town. On answer to the question
what his wife's name is, he whispers
Alice while on the other side an.
other brancardler is Sitting the
clothes from his body-and | SILVER
with the pity of it at the sight l see,
"The surgeon comes out of his little
operating room. Weary with the
nights tragic wOrk--pfter so many,
many other tragic nights-he douses
his head in a bucket Of water. he
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-06-22
Add This Fact to Your Store of
knowledge.

Kidney disease often advances so
rapidly that many a person is firmly
in its grasp before aware Of its prog
ress. Prompt attention should be
given the slightest symptom of kidney
disorder. If there is a dull pain in
the back, headache, dizzy spells or
tired, WORKOUT feeling, or if the kid
ney secretiOns are offensive, irregular
and attended with pain, procure a
good kidney remedy at once.
Thousands recommend Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Read the statement below
Mrs. J. Deville, 612 f. Second St.,
Crowley. La, says: "My kidneys
were out of order and | had severe
backaches. l could not rest day or
night. The least work tired me and
my back ached as though it would
break. l also suffered from head
aches and dizzy spells and objects
floated before my eyes. My kidneys
were too frequent in action. One box
of Doan's Kidney Pills cured me of the
backache and put my kidneys in good
order. | have had no return of the
trouble and | am glad to recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills to anyone in need
of them"
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
cured Mrs. Deville. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.-Adn. 90
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-06-22

urns to the wounded man, gently feels
lis nose, lifts up his closed eyelid, and
1t his nod the StretCher is again lifted
and the wounded man is carried into
he operating room, and soon after into
he little room of sorrows.
ain answer to my eager question, the
surgeon shakes his head.
mot chance
"a brancardier and I gather the SOL
Hers belongings from his clothes t.
De sent to his wife, but even we havS
% stop for a few minutes after we
see the photograph Of his wife and
heir two little children.
"An hour later, as our nights work
IS Stacking up and several cars have
driven up and been unlOaded, the in
1rmier comes in from the little room
and says something to the brancar-
Hers. Two of them get stretcher,
and in q moment the 'bleSSe from
Belleville" comes past us with sheet
over him. They lay him down at the
other end of the room and another
Orancardier begins rolling and tying
him in burlap for burial. AS look
he changes to a shapeless log. Then,
out to the dead wagon with it.
"SOOn after, l 90 into the little ward
again to see how the others are com.
ing through the night, and am glad to
see them all quoted down. Even the
little German seems in less pain,
though his breathing still shakes the
heavy bed he lies on.
Through a chink l see that day Is
beginning to break, and | hear the
chiefs car coming in from the sap, and
know that the nights work is over.
This is not q sketch from the imagi'
nation of a novelist-it is the actual
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-06-22
VIVID DESCRIPTION
OF FIRST-AID WORK
BY RED CROSS MEN
An American Pictures Scenes in
Subway Dressing Station
Near Trenches.
SURGEONS LABOR ENDLESSLY
Captain, Priest, Private and German
Lad, All Dying, Get Tender Care
From oVerworked Hospital
and Ambulance Aids.

The work Of the Red Cross surgeons
and stretcher bearers at the front in
france was never more wildly illus
trated than in recent letter forward
ed to America. 1t was written by
Philip O. Mills to Mr.. Eliot Norton,
head of the Volunteer Motor Ambu-
lance corps which Mr.. Mills was serv-
Ing. The communication was private.
but was made public because of the
clearneSs with which it sets forth the
scenes amid which the surgeons and
ambulance workers labor, day after
day. The text follows:
Tonight l am sitting in a small I'M
foreground cellar of a public building,
acting as sort of timekeeper for the
cars (ambulances) going up to our
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-06-22
spralns and Strains Relieved.

Sloan's Liniment quickly takes the
pain out Of strains, sprains, bruises
and all muscle soreness. Ae clear,
liquid easily applied, it quickly pen
etrates without rubbing. Sloan's Lin
iment does not stain the skin or clog
the pores like mussy plasters or oint.
ments. For chronic rheumatic aches
and pains, neuralgia, govt and lum-
bago have this well-known remedy
handy. For the pains of grippe and
following strenuous work, it gives
quick relief. At all druggists, 25c BIZ
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1917-06-22

occurrences Of a night behind the
front where the French, the BeIgians,
the BritiSh-and soon the Americans
hold at bay the German invader. This
is the nightly work Of the men who
care for the wounded.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-05
1NNES0TA CLIMATE TOO
SEVERE FOR OLD LUMBERJACKS

DULUTH, Mimi, Jan. 5.-Chilled
with the icy winds of northern Mime
sofa, and seeking more congenial
climate, Charles Johnson, hardy lum-
herman from Aitkin, enlisted in the
United States marine corps here today
and was Immediately transferred for
training at Mare Island, Cal.
THE lumberjacks can't stands the
cold this winter" said Johnson. while
asserting that hundreds of men Injured
to the hardships of life in the woods
are leaving the lumber camps, owing
to the unusual severity of the weather
Johnson requested to be sent with
the marines to Santo Domingo or the
Philippines as soon as possible, as he
is convinced that a long sojourn near
the equator will be necessary to
thoroughly thaw him out.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-05
CAUTION SIGNS 800 FEET
DISTANT TO PROTECT GRADE
CROSSINGS On SOUTHERN RY.
PAGE SIX.

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 5.--In addition
T. the familiar stop. Look and Lis
ten" signs. erected at crossing of its
lines and public highways. the South
ern railway plans to install approach
warning signs on the highways 300
feet away from the tracks. Permission
will be asked of county authorities, as
such signs will be placed beyond the
railways right of way.
1t is planned to place the signs on
the right of the highway, approach
Il g crossings. in the hope that they
will attract the attention of automo-
bile drivers while they still have am
lIe distance in which to stop. Expert
ence has shown that automobiles are
driven so swiftly on the public high
ways that frequently their drivers fail
TO bring them under control after they
see the customary sign on the rail-
say right of way.
he approach signs will consist o.
she letters "R. r." and cross painted
dly in black on white field on cast
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-01-05
GEORGIA SHIPPERS
tMAkE FIGHT ON RATE

MACON, Ca, Jan Georgia ship
pers are coming together in Macon on
January 18th for the purpose of max
ing further plans for opposing an in-
crease scale Of freight rates which has
been proposed by Georgia railroads.
W. c. Vereen, of Moultrie, well
known fnancier and president of the
Georgia Shippers association. has
called the meeting, Invitations are
row being distributed among shippers
by Sec'y. B. Gillian.
Not satisfied with a net income OF
more than $1,OOO,OOO,OOO for the past
year, railroads of the country are still
trying to make their Golfers bulge
more. Estimates already prepared
show that under the proposed scale Of
increased rates, Georgia railroad