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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10
Husband no Kin to Her

Should widow wear mourning for
her husband? This was the question
James o. Stack, president and man
aging director of the Hotel Imperial,
New York City, heard two women dis
cussing in the lobby of his hotel. The
widow finally decided she would not
go into mourning as her husband was
no blood kin to her.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10
THE TRUTH ABOUT
THE N. p. RECALL.
Victorious Independents are Pledged
to Carry Through Farmers Liberal
D.n~r,,u

Program.
Especial Correspondence
Fargo, N. D., November 1.-Incom
plete returns of Fridays recall cleo
tion indicate that the Nonpartisan
League has been defeated by the CO.
alition of large business interests ar
rayed against it. Internal dissensions
in the League, responsible for great
deal of indifference among voters,
was very important factor in deter
mining this contest.
1t is estimated that the majority of
R. A. Nestos, Independent candidate
for governor, over Gov. Lynn Fraser,
will not exceed 1000. 1t may be re-
duced to almost negligible proper
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10
WIN Exhibit Pictures in Denver

=
w. B. Dewitt, the noted wood
carver, about whose wonderful work
the Miner has published several ar
ticles, left Monday for Denver, taking
with him his beautiful carving of
Buffalo Bill mounted on his famous
horse.
Mr. Dewitt will exhibit this pic
ture in Denver, and may return soon
for greater work, which he is at
present contemplating. Or the artist
may spend the winter travelling. First
in Washington, then to Canada and
later will visit relatives in Florida.
Just prior to leaving, Mr.. Dewitt
put on display in the postoffice store
here some beautiful specimens of his
handiwork. Among them a chair
made of the Quaking Asp, and won
derfully carved 1t is well worth any
ones time to stop and see this piece
of hand carving.-Pitkin Miner
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,

Lucas County. IS.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of f. j.
Cheney & Co.. doing business in the City
of Toledo. County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence. this 9Th day of December,
A. d. 1885, A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken In
ternaliy and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials, free, ~ r.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
II in want of anything try an adlet
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
HOLD BIG INITIATION

Gunnison Empire.
On Saturday afternoon a large del
egation from here and Crested Butte
left for Salida where the Salida and
Florence Councils put on big joint
initiation
Thirty members from Gunnison and
Crested Butte were in attendance be-
two places.
Fifty candidates were initiated.
Those from this county were Frank
w. Eilebrecht, William Walters, Ed
ward j. STAN, Fred v. Eilebrecht,
Patrick H. Grafton, Matt ]. Kochevar,
Joseph Krismanich, Joseph Paste, Jr,
James Rozman, Mike Bear, Jr., Rev
FIR. Macauley, Michael Grafton, Louis
Miller, John ]. Barrett, Camille Besse,
Frank M. Short Joseph Lacy, Anton
Krismanich, Martin Mulch, Anton J.
Bear, Rudolph Skoff, Thos. p Hogan.
Harold Doyle, Alfred Besse, Maurice
Farmoz, R. P. Wilson, Joe Skoff, An
ton Paste, and Joe Sporich.
The initiation was in charge of Ed
ward c. Quinn, Grand Knight, Salida;
T. H. Morressey, District Deputy,
Florence; A. F. Cowan, State Secre-
tary, Pueblo; Geo. H. Martin. Grand
Knight, Pueblo; Henry j Job, Grand
Knight, Florence.
The Salida and Pueblo teams were
in charge Of the degree work.
A fine banquet at the Monte Christie
Hotel was greatly appreciated and
enjoyed by the 200 members present
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10

The ]. W. Roberts family motored
over to Sargent last Sunday
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Laurel Spann were
visitors in town from Jacks Cabin,
Friday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10

Bill heads, letter heads, envelopes.
cards. ETC.. printed at the Pilot Office.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10

Everyone is commenting on the fine
weather we are having at this time.
May it keep up.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10

o. F. Thomas was over from Gothic
with his teams Saturday
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10

The Catholic rectory is almost COM
plete and is one of the incest resi-
dences in our city.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10
Local and Personal

Mr.. and Mrs. w j. Doig came up
from Gunnison Sunday
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10

If in want of anything try an adlet
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10

Lew Neil, who has been breaker
boss at Smith Anthracite, resigned
and went to Gunnison Friday. e
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10

Mrs. Earl Evans is again in town,
since Mrs. Handy has taken over the
boarding house at Smith Hill.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10

C. L. Ross and Woodson Campbell
came over from Denver, via the auto
route, last Thursday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10

Mrs. S. G. Bottenfield with her sons
Alvie and Ernest, came in for the
Tacky party Friday evening.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-11-10

Jimmie Ferrens and Earl Mcintosh
who have spent the past week here,
returned to Gunnison Friday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
BY HERBERT QUICK

WASHINGTON, May 27.-What
stands in the way of better times?
The great thing which keeps US
poor and idle and miserable is the
failure of the farm crops to move.
| am going to tell you how to move
them. To move them now. Not in
1922, not in 1928, but in this year
of grace 1921.
Business has log jam just across
the stream of recovery. ] am going to
tell you how we may climb down the
face of the jam and cut the key-log
that holds the rest back and prevents
the great raft of products from float
down to market.
Don't stop reading. This is real
goods. 1t is not mine. am merely the
instrument through which this paper
is to tell you about it..
But first let me say why | call
farm products the key-logs in the
business jam.
First, farm products lead all 9TH
ers in value and tonnage. And they
are stopped dead in their tracks.
They lie on the farmers hands like
an ice crop in Greenland-just as
if nobody wanted them. And the
world is starving for them!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
STACKER BERGDOLL'S PROPERTY SEIZED
You Can Make Business Boom!-Put Americas Crops
In Reach"of Starving Millions Says Noted Writer

could be fed and clothed, the idle
could be set to work, the farmers
could begin to buy and build and pay
their debts, the factories could begin
to operate, the mines could start up,
the railways could begin to haul
loaded traIns-the whole frozen
stream Of human functions would be
thawed, and things would move not
only IN our country, but in all the
world.
This thing can be brought about by
d simple act of Congress which will
merely enable us to what everyone
knows we coald and ought to do.
The plan / am advocating, and
which want every community in the
United States to advocate in public
meetings, petitions, and resolutions.
so that congress may know that they
have the command from the people
to act, is to pass a bill which will
by the time this is read, or very
soon thereafter, will be introduced
in congress, to establish an Agricul-
tural Foreign Trade Financing Corp
Grafton to extend proper credits to
nations, to corporations, to co-opera-
tive societies, or to individuals wish
ing to buy our surplus farm products
and having real security to offer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
COTTON CROP OF
UNDER 7,U@s:s9s', 1000
BALES INDICATED
American Cotton Asso-
citation Issues Estimate
For 1921

uANTA, May 27.-Thc official
report of the American Cotton Asso-
citation on cotton acreage planted in
1921 made public today, shows to-
tai estimated acreage of 24,563,4S6
With a reduction of 3O.73 per cent
IN the cotton acreage this year, and
with seasons similar to those of last
year, and disregardjng reductions in
the use of commercial fertilizer and
estimated abandonment of acreage
after planting this year, the estimat-
cd yield of the 1921 crop would be
9,142098 bales.
Allowing a deduction in production
this year of IL per cent on account
of the reduction of SILT per cent
IN the use of commercial fertilizers,
added to the acreage reduction of
30. T3 per cent. making an estimated
total of 42.73 per cent, the forecast
of production for 1921, as compared
with the 1920 crop, would be 1865
365 bales.
IT the estimated abandoned acre
age after planting. of 4.95 per cent
(due to. inability Of farmers to Sc
cure credits, and to adverse weather
conditlons) is added to the estimate,
making gran total percentage of
47.68, the estimated production for
1921. compared with the rroduc-
ton in 1920, would be 6.9O5, ,O75
bales.
Should the estimated percentage
of reduction in acreage of 3O.73 and
II per cent allowed for the 5117
per cent reduction in the use of com
mercial fertilizers, making total of
42.73 per cent, be applied to the five
year average of production amount
ing to 11,808,389 bales, the estima-
ted production for 1921 would be
6.762,664 bales.
The estimated reduction in cotton
acreage for 1921 to % 1868, 1856 acres
as shown by cotton association re-
ports, closely approximates the acre
age of 1897 when there was planted
2d,319.594.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27

This means cotton, wool, pork, corn,
oats, wheat, rye and like staples.
The demand is there in Europe.
European peoples have got used to
consuming cur produces. The farmers
last year gave to Europe under the
"glft-corn" project some 500 tons of
corn. Up to that time most of the
European peoples did not think that
corn was fit for human food. But
Howard, the head of the American
Farm Bureau Federation, started the
movement to give away the corn to
Europe's starving peoples, and Carl
Nrooman, formerly assistant secre-
tary of agriculture, took hold of the
movement and carried it through to
a certain level of success.
Europe learned to eat corn!
Hoover started grinding corn in
Belgium in 1915. His little mills
ground few hundred tons month.
Now these same people have their
own maize mills and are eating 5000
tons month.
Start the Thing and Watch 1t Grow.
Now Poland has already agreed to
take 1000 tons of corn a week. if
they can only be given credit along
the lines which might with perfect
safety be extended through the Ag-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
Benning to Graduate
Class of 591 Officers

COLUMBUS, May 27.-Thc larg-
est class to graduate at one time
from the infantry school, Camp Ben
ming, which includes 591 officers, will
receive their diplomas from the hands
of Brigadier Walter H. Gordon on
June 25. This afternoon at f:l5
o'clock in the officers club, 28 ma
tlonal guard officers, representing %
states were graduated from their
three months training in tactics at
the school of arms and will be rre-
scented with diplomas by the com
manding general.
At the present time, four classes
arc being conducted at the school,
basic / and 2, field officers and com
pany commanders classes take up the
personnel of the officers training. On
June 25 all these students will take
part in commencement exercises, the
program of which is to be announc-
ed later, and will leave for their diff
ferent posts Of assignment within the
continental United States.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27

People who could pay for them if
they had the chance are dropping
down by the roadside and dying for
them, Women are pressing starved
infants to dry breasts.
People are eating bark of trees,
and filling their agcnized stomachs
with clay and earth to deaden the
pangs of starvation. They go naked
and barefooted for lack of them. God
never looked down on this world so
agonized, SO dead to hope, so lost
to promise as now.
Meanwhile Americas Crops Rot
And our crops are rOtting on our
hands, our farmers are unable to pay
their debts, many of our fields are
going untitled, our wonderful farm
ing class are beginning to doubt the
Divine guidance of the world, be-
cause nobody can buy their wheat
and corn and fat stock and cotton
and wool.
If the devil had had the making
of things all Ito his own Internal
will, he couldn't have schemed out
a worse fix for the world. For it
is running the world financially, moral
ly, and spiritually.
And if the farm crops could move
to market, the hungry and naked
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
CLUBS PLAY TO
SAVE CHINESE
Hixon Saves A Few
Ouickly-Mavor Res
cues Two

Amercus druggists report a run
on liniments and lotions last night
and today as a result of the Lions
Kiwanis baseball game at the play
grounds Thursday afternoon for the
benefit of the relief fund for the
starving Chinese. After he had hit
the ball and circled, although put out
three times, Judge Hixon, of the
Lions aggregation, announced that he
had saved his Chinese and retired to
the sidelines to enjoy the fun as a
spectator, clad in overalls and corn
field hat. Mayor Sheppard, of the
Kiwanians, however, had a bit more
staying power and had played first
base two innings in jamb-up style,
slugged the ball a few times to the
outfield, and scored healthy run be-
fore he made the announcement that
he had saved two Cinnamon and
thought he could retire with a good
conscience.
The crowd appeared to be limited
largely to members of the two clubs,
multitudinous small boys and girls,
and three or four Rotarians. The
amount realized for Chinese fund was
reported by the local treasurer, G.
F. Giddings, as $22.75, after the
cost of the ball hammered TO pieces
had been deducted.
The contest really was a double
header, the first played by the more
mature members Of the clubs in many
positions, and the second by the
swiftest youthful athletes both sides
could trot out. The first consisted
Of two innings and was won by the
Lions 2-1 The second, of foour
and one-half innings, went to the XII
wanians 14-7, the Lions being too
tagged to take their turn at the bat
in the last frame, despite the fact
that they were behind.
The Kiwanis lineup for the open
ing thinning game was: Lewis Ellis,
p; Bradley Hogg, c; Mayor Sheppard,
1b; Steve Pace, 2b Sam Heys, SIS,
DR.. Wilbur Smith, 3b; j. A. Pink
ston, Sr., IT,; Ed Andrews, CT; Tom
Hudson. rf.
The Lions lined up this way: Post
master Davenport, p; Dan Chappell,
C; b. r. BOYD, I'D; Saunders, 20
Doc CarswelI, IS; Will Dupree, 3bi
Piggly Wiggly Snow, If; Parson
Brookshire, cf; Nat LeMaster, rf.
Dugan Lane relieved Ellis in the
box in the second inning and the
first man up, Dupree cracked out
a home run, whereup the populacf
set up the cry of Take him out.
prt bn WAC NOT talSpu ont and that
was the only run scored on Dugan.
The lineups for the second game
follows:
wanians-Murray p; Fort, c
Cogdell, 1b; Pace, 2b; Hogg, IS anc
p; Smith, 3b; Mathis, rf; Tiedeman
Ct; Holloway, If.
Lions-Wiliams, p; Chappell, c
Clark 1b; D. Jennings, 2b; T. Jen
nings, IS; Saunders, 3b; Mcneil, ri
Cutler, cf; Snow, If.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
DYKES HEAD0F
SCHOOL BOARD
Succeeds Arthur Rylan-
der, Who Declined
Reelection

At a recent meeting Of the Board
of Education held in Americus, the
following officers were elected to
serve during the ensuing term: w.
w. Dykes, president; George r. Ellis,
vice presidents; e, B. Everett, treas
urer, and J. E. Mathis -officio. sec
retary.
Mr.. Dykes was chosen president in
the place of Arthur Rylander, who
resigned because of i'll health and
the pressure of other duties and in
terests. Mr.. Dykes was very reluc-
tant to accept the place, and would
consider it only after an urgent in
sistence on the part of Mr. Rylander
that he did not desire reelection and
would not accept the place even if
forced on him.
Mr. Dykes has been acting presi-
dent for some time past, owing to Mr.
Rylander's feeble health, and the
duties are not new to him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27

ricultural Foreign Trade Financing
Corpcration--which congress is going
to set up if there is mass meeting
in every agricultural school district
IN the United States in the last week
in May and the first week in June,
and in every city and precinct where
the business, church and labor people
open their eyes and see what this
thing would do for them. Start this
thing and it will grow beyond imag-
ination.
To return to Poland. 1t will take
almost any amount of cotton and
spin it and take its pay in the cloth
it spins. And the densest and nak-
eldest population in the world is in
Poland and at Poland's doors.
The farmers of the United States
in their "gift-corn" project gave of
their land and labor to the starving;
the railway laborers worked gratis
to ship it; the railways hauled it free.
1t was bread cast upon the waters
and it will return after not very
many days-if you, and you, and you
get busy and mix common sense with
energy about equal portions, sea-
son it with the holy spirit of enlight-
ened selfishness and get busy on this
bill which will pass if you ask for
it and command it. More tomorrow,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
Negro Merchants
Slayer Freed Quickly

MACON, May 27.-It took Ma
con jury only one hour Thursday
night to acquit Rome Herring, white
of numbering Lee Hart, negro gro
Ger, last August. The evidence was
strong against Herring, deputy
sheriff testifying that after the kill
ing her found Herring on the negro's
back porch, under the influence of
whisky, and that Herring told him he
had killed Hart that that the body
would be found in the front part of
the house.
Herring's statement on the stand
was the only defense offered. he
declared he killed Hart when the ne
gro attempted to shoot him. accusing
him of stealing his whisky Evidence
in rebuttal showed that only one gun
was found at the scene of the killing
and search of the premises reveal
ed no other,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
Miss Ansley's Name On
Teachers List Again

In printing the names of the teach
ers who were reelected to till their
positions at the Grammar school here,
the name of Miss Annie Ansley was
inadvertently omitted from the list.
Prof. j. E. Mathis, superintendent
Of the city schools in Americus, in
noticing this fact, said that Miss Ans
ley has for so many years been a
valued member of the Grammar
school faculty., and had given at all
times such excellent service that he
felt that the school could not be an
adequate institution without her in
her accustomed place in the class
rooms. The Timcs-Recorder takes
great pleasure in making this state
ment, knowing we'll the very great
esteem in which Miss Ansley is held,
not only by the pupils she teaches,
but among patrons Of the school,
and other friends.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
Mayor s Pistol Falls,
Breaks Mans Leg

COLUMBUS, May 27.-It is learn
cd that Mayor J l., Crouch figured
prominently in an accidental shoot
ing which took place in the office Of
J. d. Lewis Motor company. I'm At
lanta Tuesday morning at 10 O'Clock
when pistol carried in the hip
pocket of the mayors trousers acci-
dentally fell to the concrete floor,
discharging. The bullet entered the
right leg of J. D. Lewis, breaking the
bone.
The gun was a .38 caibre hammer
less gun and in the fall the revolver
happened TO strike the floor just
above, where the hammer would have
been, causing the discharge, which
came near proving fatal to an inno-
cent bystander. Mayor Couch re-
turned home Wednesday after trip
to Chattanooga,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
Souther Field Purchase
Money Is Recommended

WASHINGTON, May 27. - The
House Military Affairs Committee
Thursday favorably reported the bill
making appropriations for purchase
of land tor supply depots and other
reservations.
Some cf the principal points are
New Orleans, Philadelphia, Bait
more, Aberdeen, Md, New Cumber-
land, Middleton and Bethlehem, Pa.
Brooklyn, N. Y, Norfolk and New
port News, Va, Schenectady, N. Y.
Charleston, S. c., and Americus, Ga.
The purchase referred to is under
stood to be tract of ground at the
east end of Souther Field reservation
acquired for the camps garbage and
sewage disposal plant.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
First NJ. <. Workers
Ready For Canvass

Quite an enthusiastic meeting of
teams and captains forethe education
al movement was held last night at
the First Methodist church under di-
rection Of R. E. Allison, financial
director. The membership cards
were divided and it was planned that
the teams shall meet Sunday after
noon at the church promptly at 8
o'clock and from there proceed to
the canvass Of individual members
for subscribers.
All members Of the First Mefh-
odist church are urged by the work
ers to stay at home and stay awake
Sunday afternoon till they have been
visited and successfully operated
upon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
Calvary Congregation
Picnic Tomorrow

The members of Calvary church
will enjoy their annual Sunday school
and congregational picnic this year at
Myrtle Springs as usual. Saturday,
May 28, has been selected as the
date, and tomorrow morning at $50
picnickers will meet at the church
to be conveyed in cars to Myrtle
Springs, where swimming will be the
order of the entertainment. De
lightful lunches will be prepared by
the members, and at the noon hour,
these will be opened and spread un-
der the trees in true picnic style and
enjoyed.
Probably 100 guests will be includ-
ed in the number who will attend.
Bathing and swimming will be free
to all, and the day will be given
over to fun and frolic.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
Surnmerlin Mum On
Message For Obregon

MEXICO CITY. May 27.-George
T. Summerlin, American charge in
Mexico, who is said to be charged
with the mission Of arranging terms
of recognition Of the Mexican gov.
ernmont by the United States, said
upon his arrival here that he was
"emulating the example of Secretary
HUGHES. and saying nothing. :"
He declined to comment on the
terms he is said to be carrying ta
Pres, dent Obregon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
ACTION TAKEN
UNDER ORDERS
OF PRESIDENT
Money And Real Estate
Held, Worth $685.
600

PHILADELPHIA. May 27.-All
the property of Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll convicted draft evader
now in Germany, valued at $50 900,
was seized today by Colonel Miller,
alien property custodian Of the Unit
ed States.
The property consists of real es-
tate and money in four local banks
The property is held by Mrs. Berg
doll his mother. unuer power Of
attorney.
The seizure was made by direction
of President Harding ara under au-
thorty of the trading with the enemy
act 1t vas th4 first seizure since
J me. 1919.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-27
Bryan Becomes Member
OF Capital Law Firm

WASHINGTON, May civil
liam Jennings Bryan will become a
law partner in the Washington firm
of Douglas. O'Bear and Douglas, June
1. He will be the counsel in interna-
tional matters and it is said will take
charge specifically of a number Of
claims in Mexico.
For the present Mr.. Bryan will
divide his time between Washington
and Miami Florida, where he has his
home, but he will spend the next win
ter in Washington.