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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-21
.LOWNDES PEOPLE ARE
LOYAL in SITUATION

ATLANTA, Feb. 21-Georgia has a
county with record of 100 per cent.
cooperation with the food administra-
ton.
Local Food Administrator c. c.
Brantley of Lowndes county, reports
to DR.. Andrew~M. Soule's office that
farmers, jobbers and retailers show on
daily canvass an anxiety to live
strictly UP to the food control regula-
tons on wheatless, meatless and pork
less days.
The state office of the food admins
tration says it is in receptive mood
and wondering what county will make
better showing than the following
letter from Lowndes:
Valdosta, Ca, Feb. 1, 11S.-Hon,
Andrew M. soule, Food Administrators
for Georgia, Athens, Ga.-Dear Sir:
Despite reports Of violations of the
food laws here. I have been unable to
find any attractions. ALI classes OF
people are studying the rules and seem
to take pleasure in abiding by them.
I have furnished several of the rep
utable merchants with flour permit
cards and named them or some en-
pioyee as agent" with the understand
Jig that they explain the rules to the
farmers desiring -four and pledging
them not only to fifty-fifty on -four, but
tc the rules on meats and "hens."
/ find absolutely no desire to break
the rules, either among the jobbers or
retailers. make canvas every day
tt keep up with them, to explain the
law and to see that it is kept.
The hotels, restaurants, lunch stands
and even the negro Joints are keep
ing the wheatless, meatless and pork
less days.
If you-have any suggestions to per-
feet the food work in this section |
will be glad to have it and act upon
it. We are organizing to plant every
vacant lot here in non-perishable food
crops, such as beans, peas, potatoes,
etc, Yours very truly,
c. C. BRANTLEY.
Food Administrator for Lowndes-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-21
TAX DELINQUENTS
MUST ALL PAY UP

Property owners who are delinquent
in paying their taxes to the county
and state are going to have a harder
time of it than formerly on account
Of the new state law passed in August
last year, which leaves the county
officers charged with the collection
OF taxes very little discretion as to
how they shall proceed.
The law provides that tax collec-
tors and sheriffs, in whose hands tax
fl fas are placed, must make final set
Element with both the state and county
within four months after Dec. 20 of
the year in which the taxes become
due. On failure to do this the law
provides that the officers forfeit one
fourth of their commissions and rem
der themselves subject to be removed
from office.
In seeking to assist tax payers to
conform to the law, the sheriff's of
fee is sending out notices now to all
those who are delinquent calling their
attention to this fact, in order
that they pay the taxes and save
themselves further trouble.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-21
HAIR RAISING STUNTS
BY STUDENT AWA7ORs
SEEMINGLY FOOLHARDY DIVER
SIONS MUST BE MASTERED BE
FORE ANY AVIATOR is READY
-
TO FIGHT.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81, - Hair
raising stunts by student ayiators
may seem foolhardy to the casual OBJ
server, but they are vital part Of
the army fliers' training, Lieut.. Col.
Charles e. Lee, of the British Royal
Flying Corps declared here today.
''To forbid student aviators to at
tempt these stunts may prevent a
few fatalities said the Colonel, but
will certainly be the cause of huns
dreds of them at the front"
For three days Col Lee, head of
the British Aviation Mission in the
United States, has been doing war
tricks in the air over the capitol to
show officials and others what the
American air fighter must prepare to
dc when he flies over the German
lines. His demonstration of what a
fighting man must do in the air, COM
ing at a time when several student
aviators have been killed at Ameri-
can camps, raised question as to
whether the exploits he went through
were really necessary.
Most emphatically, said Col. Lee,
they are necessary when the airman
goes into battle if he expects to out
manoeuvre his adversary, and be-
come and efficient fighting flyer. How
ever" he added, "they are not danger
Gus provided the pilot has been train
ed and knows his machine. If the
pilot is to have fair chance of doing
well on the western front, it is wel4
he should be taught acrobatics in the
air.
THE so-called danger lies not with
those who do stunts in the air, but
with those who cannot do them. All
eyolutions have to shown the pupil
by stages, and there should never be
position in which the airplane can
be placed from which pilot cannot
with ease rectify it, knowing exactly
what he is doing. Unless pilot can
turn his machine and way and every
way at any time in order to manoeu-
vre for position, all the straight flying
in the world will not help him when
he has to fight.
ST is. not question of showing off
Or of pretending to do anything some
one else cannot do. 1t is only meant
to show that an airpla11e can be made
to manoeuvre quickly with great ease
and with profit to safety. No pilot
should be sent overseas who cannot
do all these things and more. If he
cannot do them he will be shot down
soon or later"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-21
PHONE employees TO
HAVE WAR GARDENS

ATLANTA, Feb. 21.--Employes OF
the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele-
graph Company in Atlanta will culti-
vate two acre victory garden this
summer on plot of ground in the
city Limits secured for them by the
company. They have joined enthusi-
astically in the great movement for
increased food crop production, and
the company garden will be in add
ton to many home gardens cultivated
BY individual employees of the COM
pany on their own premises The
organized movement for victory gar
dens was launched in this city through
the systematic data prepared by Off
Gals of the Southern Bells statistical
department, and is making spiend'
Roadway.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-21

but if you prefer one of
your own recipes, be sure
to use one-third less of Cot
tolene than you would of
butter. Cottolene g0es far
ther thanks to its greater
riehness.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-21
2 Discoveries ! in e seesomy

We had a friend
who was very sure
that without expens-
i've butter you could
not make a real cake.
She was quite stub.
born about it. Pre-
ferring not to argue,
we just gave her a
can of wholesome
Cottolene and a cook
book.
This friend, Miss
s., took both and
made a chocolate
cake with Cottolene.
If you could have
heard her enthuse
over that cake YOU
would have thought
that economical Cot
tolene for cake-mak-
ing was her partic"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-21
COURTS TO DECIDE
SOURCE OF BIG LOSS


LONDON, Feb 81 British courts
will be asked to decide whether the
famous Polar exploration ship Auro-
ga, wreckage of which was found near
the Australian coast, was lost through
storm or by German action. If the
former, the marine insurance people
will have to pay; if the latter, the
loss will fall on the government war
insurance.
The Aurora was last reported when
she left Sydney, Australia, on June
20. AS she had cargo of coal, she
nay have fallen a victim to the Ger
II an raider Seeadler.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-21
ms To
N WAR To
SAY BOLs
tr;ct TION ISSUED AT sHyH,.
ana iTUTE CALLS ON Axe
r,a TO DEFEND FATHRR-

Anoher cause of wide complaint -
the handling of late marriages. Local
boards declare they have made
study of many cases and have become
convinced that marriages were entered
into for the purpose of avoiding draft.
In practically all of the cases the dis
trict board has allowed the appeal,
regardless of when the marriage was
performed.
One specific instance is cited where
& registrant filed no dependency claiLa
whatever and was definitely classified
early in January. Last week the
registrant married and wrote the
district board. His local board
was asked to return the questionnaira
to the district board in order that the
registrant could be given deferred
classification.
Board members argue IL such pro-
cedure is followed to its logical con-
clusion registrant can marry after
he is indicted into the service and
then be discharged on the grounds Of
dependency.
1t is further argued that such action
is manifestly unfair to the other Sec
lions of the state It is pointed out
that the district boards in Macon and
Atlanta are reversing local boards in
very few instances, while the Sayan-
nah board is granting almost any APP
speal which is well gotten up and pre-
scented. -.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-21

any attempt to outline coming cam
paigns along former lines, ten wisest
politicians declare. When sentiment
is shaped to grasp the great changes
abroad and to readjust the situation
at home, elections will show upsets of
all known rules, it is predicted even
by the most conservative staments
here
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-21
Tax Notice

The tax books will open
February /, 1918, for the pur-
pose of receiving state and
county tax returns and will
close May 1st, as the law re.
quires. You will be required
to give numbers of your land
lots of country property and
street and number of your city
property, each house and lot
separate. | will be in my Of
flee each Friday and Saturday
until my rounds are completed,
and then will be IN my office
each day until my books close,
the first day of May, as stated
above. Please come in and
return your property. Youls
respectfully,
GEO. D. JONES,
Tax Receiver of Sumter
County.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-21
GERMAN WOMAN
INCITES SOLDIERS

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 21.-An 49,
year-old German woman has been sen
fenced to six weeks Imprisonment in
Berlin for calling out to passing de-
tachment of soldiers. Throw aawy
your rifles and make an end of it.
OF it,"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20

yarsa
THIS permits tha Preach artillery
20 rour its shells with almost GER
tain aim On TO German gun emp12ee-
msnss. trench positions. crossroads.
aankonmeurs. railroad lines. aviation
camps and ether enemy nrEaniEa.-
sioas u Is Unnecessary for the gun
ner Co have even a distant view q
Tia nhieCE he - firing at
TO take a Photograph Ct the en-
envy lines from a French alrslane ia
an easy matter b1s TO transfer the
ohfacta Photographed 20 their exact
location on n map was for q time e1-
rrewe1y dimcule This was due %
The varying heights and angles from
whhch the aiFplans observers made
their photcEraphs. " the Invention
o. one O. the officers attached 10 the
EeoEraphical section this difiCuIty
has been almost eliminated
Not only the aerial observation
service but ether methods OF spot
ting German poSttionz-more espec-
ERlly cannon and m2chLue-gun en-
placementS-are utilized as aids 20
the work OF the military n1ap-makeF.
The flashes Of guns as they are fired
from the German side form one
valuable adjunct To ais WORK but inc
most important OF al IL the cal
cuiation % the speed o. the sound %
the firing charge OF the German
shells This has been brought 20 a
basis O. such perfection that the
guns can now be located with al
most absolute accuracy. In fact In
recent operations g has proved that
the system o. observation by sound
50 per cent Of instances.
In every army there is a branch
OF the geographical section and eacil
IS furnished with q complete lltho-
graphic and EfnOEraphic printing
plant and skilled workers. photog-
raphers. and ruathem2ticianN. In q
very few hours after the receipt 0i
the days observations from all the
various sources. dozens OF copies ol
the corrected maps are ready for is
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20
SWATOW EARTHQUAKE
BLOW TO CHINESE TOWN
Heavy Damage in Chinese Quarter
and European pistriet-fNe
Shocks Cause Collapse.

Hong KonE. April s0.-Details OF
the earthquake. disaster st swatow,
Feb. II. published in The China
Nail indicated that almost every
house in the Chinese quarter Of the
town vas demolished and that the
European district suffered SC badly
that il viii probably Be Necessary %
rebuild most IL not all the houses.
The firSt shock was felt at y m.
This seems 60 have prepared the
buildings tor their finRt and complies
collapse. The second shock az about
1880 brought the buildings tumbllnE
about the inhabitants ears. Between
the two minor shocks were continual
and II was only due TO many q the
Inhabitants deserving their houses
that the casualties were not greater.
Many persons assert that during
the first shock. streams Of boiling
water and lets Of steam issued from
the earth. An Informant states that
he walked through masses OF debris
which was once the streets 81 the
native quarter and saw bodies Of the
dead in heaps Of r11bhle. The Jap
anese Red Cross society OF Swatow
rendered valuable assistance. Tenn
porarv hospitals have been erected
10 accommodate the wounded. Many
hundreds Of persons are homeless.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20
Beat Hun At
His OUn Game,
Officer Says

Liverpool. April 20.-"The way
70 win the war Is to keep on
bombing Germany until she cries
enough" writes a Liverpool army
officer from the front in a letter
TO his home newspaper.
You at home, he adds. do
not realize how great Is the air
superiority OF the Allies on the
west front. The means OF
finishing of the campaign is to
create such a feeling IN the Ger
man towns that the population
win rise and demand the ending
OF the war, / know Germany
well. and the DULLES are real
towards at home. ] believe that
most OF the German soldiers are
sick Of fighting and when they
find out how much more eff
fectiveiy we are air-raiding than
they: then win come the finish.
I notice that in a raid on
London recently, 16 bombs were
dropped. Do you realize that in
our air report on Tuesday night
il was stated that we had drop
ped over 200 bombs? England
has been slow in starting, but
she f. going 20 be terribly effec-
tive in the air, and from what I
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20
Theoter Offerings in Fargo
and MOorhedd Coming Week

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Fr5asy aaa SRrarssy-ss1r~y csrsr :
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20

the national leaders &c the league
make no accounting.
In other wur3s.@ Nr. Erwwm sid
they ask the farmer 20 pay rheD-S1S.
without receivinE anything in return,
not even the privilege q asking What
becomes of the money. Z 60 not can
that cooperation AEr. Brown added
Il joined the league because a man
came cut % NY place ana talked M
out O. SIS" another farmer s22l
That Is al there is 80 IL tn my CaSs,
and I have an idea that this e. true
uf the majority who have joined The
organizer puts MP q Sod tafk ahoQt
cooperation and about electfnE only
farmers to once. and about The farm
ers controlling the prices q their own
products, and the first thing gou know
he gets your cheek Ter SIS
Il do not believe any of those who
Joined III around here went i'm because
they thought the league aisloyals not
many Of them knew when they join
ed the league that ft was the same or
Eanizstion which heard Ia Faolletta
in st. Paul They joined because the
organizer put up = good talE-aNd
there You are"
% Net Knew LEADER
The above analysis OF the situation
may be not so far wrong. il - quite
that those who have join
ed enc order. when asked about its
aims and purposes. mention only the
fact that 1t intends 60 give the farm
er a square deal BY allowing the
farmer 10 hold an the ofices and do
the legislatinE.
Not one Of them interviewed IN this
county. out Of many has attempted
to name even the more important
pianlzs in the league platform o. 2d-
tha leaders OF the national organtEs~
ton
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20

ions and hriEadgs complied within
the Rruy concerned.
Nothing Is omitted from the maps
every church. house, chimney. mill.
bridge. road. railroad. group OF trees
is marked as well a. every turn and
twrist OF an enemy trench or system
OF harbed wire entanElements, ev-
err stream. ditch. bridge, ford. ev-
erv path used By supply parties, ey-
cry point OF resistance, organized
shell crater. lookout post In shown
on the maps. Maps on very large
scale are given when an attack Is
about 60 be carried out so that each
ofHcer and man participating may
know exactly what Is i'm front Of him
and what he may expect to encoun-
ter during his advance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20
TEXAS CATTLE HERDS
HAVE BEEN DEPLETED

Dallas, Tex, April 20.-CattIe rais-
ers in Texas have been hard hit by
the lack OF moisture in the past two
years and west Texas herds which
were not depleted BY the drought
have been reduced by sales and by
shipment TO better ranges
/. N. McCrary, interested in a
ranch OF 175, 900 acres near Post city.
said recently that there had not been
q good rain In his section since Feb.
IL. 1916. IF we don't get q good
rain within thirty or forty days IL Is
hard to predict just what will become
OF the cattlemen and their herds.
he said. For four years our range
cleared better than 800. 900 a season.
Last year we didn't make a cent and
II will be the same this year"
Hundreds Of thousands or cattle
persisted OF thirst last summer. Those
that were able to stand the trip were
sent to better ranges I'm New Mexico.
Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20

#. q. Brown. OF Harrington. is a
farmer. He is n member OF the Farm
ers' Union.
"Xghen the Nonpartisan organizers
came to me- Mr.. Brown said. Il ask
ed them ii there was any check on
the money which the league leaders
are receiving. The organizers admit
ted 10 me that they make no account
ing 10 anybody and that tho state or
Eanizer makes no accounting and that
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20
WANT WOMEN TO WORK
FOR UNIVERSAL PEACE

Berne. Switzerland. April 2o.-The
international conferences OF women
comprising for the most part women
resident I'm Switzerland. has decides
to address to the women OF all the
countries Of the world a request for
collective action for peace. the free-
dom and independence OF all ma
lions. international concord and
woman suffrage.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20
GERMAN FOOD HOARDER
IS CALLED HAASTER'
Champion in Berlin l. Fined ard Hi
Treasures Are coufis-
Gated,

Stockholm. The champion German
shamster." as food hoarders are call
ed in Germany. has been discovered
IN Berlin. in a search OF his house
the following articles were found
Two hundred pounds OF oatmeal
$50 pounds OF barley greats. SCI
pounds OF wheat flour, IS pounds Of
honey. ia hams with a total weight
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20

hear. tho Americans are pres
emily going to give US all q won
derful demonstration OF how alr-
raiding should be done.
FauthleBSness is the only thing
q German appreciates and fears,
and the Americans are planning
20 show IL TO him.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20

This is strictly cash increase the departments and
without adding foot of floor space. We proud of
this showing.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20
Photographs Taken From
AirplaneS Furnish Data
For Map Makers
Manager Of Fargo Business
School Past Two Years
is New Owner
Increased Car Supply and
Bigger Receipts Cause
Weakness

6Assocfataa Press Correz7ondeHcs1
Erench FrcHt. ApriI 1.-Aeenraey
ard eGzcisncv have been made pos
she fer TIE French artillery hy the
inrentton q an Instrument that en-
ah1es Preach D2p-maSers to locate
almost exactly an object within The
enemy Ines which has been photo
ErapAe3 fron an Eirplane. In trans
ferrfug 70 q map the photographed
casacE. such SAY as an enemy bat
tery - Eunftic1 dump. the margin
e. errcx Is limited . less than I've
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20

e mere than 1se pozras. AS pcanss
e SSNSaEs. 50 pcNEsS &c e2etsrs 81
hlrEe 1Rrs &C lard 2 pc@Ess C rbces
oE&er ire Eh5nEs@
He vas Ene5 $50 marks ard Ms
treasures we've co1EScGts&
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-20

North Dakota. less than haR =
century go q part e that vast srea
lpopuIarly known As TIE Greaf
American Desert to1ay enjoys the
truly deserved title q tie Brad
basket oF the Worad.~ Upca this
territory. four OF I'VE decades $50
ths world loo1ea with Secrn: il vas
q bleak. hSrrsn aTsa. UsEaU3ed as .
blot upoa the landscape. as unfit for
TIE hah5aEon Ct any save The half
savaEs Red men. described ~ one
writer as literally and enph2tical1s
Sod fer nothing 90 the white Kan
To this territory. to-day. the world
looks Tor q large part CT the tcod
supply which is ultimately 90 BE the
deciding factor in the present great
war. The steps BY which this
mighty chanEa has been wrought
form scenes in a StupendcuS drama
Of progress uneuualled In power and
romantic situation by any product Of
an authors brain,
Let rs look backward for n little
space. and review the scenes q the
last four decades. The Indian mas
2creS g TIE sixties had been check
Cd the great pioneer movement
which followed the diShandinE of
the armies % the Civil war had be-
guns and the tide OF westward sx-
pansicn had swept even across the
boundary % TIE ~Ecd- forSaken
country OF Dakota In the latter
seventies We ind the vast AREA now
included In North ana South D.
EoGa organised and governed under
the title OF Dakota Territory. Al
ready the prairieS were dotted with
settlers huks. EortS had been built
here and there for the protection Of
the pioneers. mail and stage routes
were marked. and steamboats, piled
up and down the Bed river Of the
North. Two thriving settlements
were already established on the west
bank Of the river one at Grand
Forks. the junction or the Red and
Red Lake rivers. and one at Fargo
where the Northern Pacific railroad
nrst entered the state.
Then Came the Farmers.
The westward extension OF this
line OF transportation and the pSral-
lei advance Of the Great Northern
railroad. pushing westward from
Grand Forks, brought in their wake
a throng Of pioneers who came, not
to trade i'm furS nor 70 hunt. the buff
falo. but 20 tia the soil. and establish
homes for themselves and their chill
dren. These were the men who laid
the foundation Of cur great state.
and who proved 10 the world that ~
last NGod had smiled upon the deS-
eFt" Along the two great lines O.
railroad. towns sprang up Ike
overnight and by the
or the decade Of the
eighties the prairie was dotted not /
with lone settlers hutE, but with 1
thriving villages. The population /
which according to the census Of /
1870 was 2,4QS, had increased By 1850 l
70 S6,s0s.
! Land was TO Be had in This fertile
region almost for the asking. and /
land of such quality that its yielding /
capacity was fabulous. soon the Il
settlers found that their primitive 4
nlows and ox-teams were inadequate 4
10 meet the possibilities Of cuitiva-
ton. and better types OF machinery 4
we're brought in. Bonanza farms
were opened with immense quanti-
lies or machinery, livestock. and
equipment. For the financing of these
great. enterprises capital was needed
N large amounts. and for the wealth