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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23
Meeting HERE
WEDNESDAY
FOR FARMERS
TO STIMULATE THEIR WORK
All Corn Club Boys Are Also
Invited

On next Wednesday, January 81,
there will be meeting for the pur-
poses of farm demonstration work
held at Americus, under the direction
of Mr.. Gentry, state agent for the
demonstration work, assisted by the
local and district managers. On the
following day there will be a similar
meeting at Ellaville. These two and
the meeting at Lumpkin on January
80 are all that will be held in this
immediate section of the state. Farm
mers generally are cordially invited
to these meetings, which should prove
of great interest and value.
During the year just ended the eff
forts of the farmers cooperative
demonstration work have been very
successful in instituting and encour-
aging better methods of farming
throughout the state. In many in
stances yields, where the demonstra-
ton methods were used, were increas-
ed from two to three times that Of
similar lands nearby with ordinary
preparation and cultivation.
For the purpose of furthering this
improvement thus begun, Mr. Gentry,
state agent for the demonstration
work, together with the local and dis
trict agents, proposes to conduct far
mers meetings in all the counties
where the work has been introduced.
The subjects to be discussed are
of vital Importance to every farmer
in the state. 1t is meant to be a
campaign on the more intelligent use
of commercial fertilizers, and the
growing of more home supplies. DR.
Soule has agreed to furnish some
one from the college of agriculture to
discuss some phase of live stock.
With it all, it is hoped to make It
highly profitable to every one who at
tends.
1t is also desired that every corn
club boy in each county will be pre-
ent at these meetings and bring with
him a sample of two or three ears OF
his best seed corn. A talk, will be
given especially for the benefit OF
these boys, at the conclusion of
which the boys county corn club will
be organized where this has not al
ready been done
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23
IFW CONTRACTOR FOR SEWER WORK;
TO PUSH CONTRACT TO COMPLETION
r Wardep RenquiShed Work Yesterday and Contractor H DOSer
Next Lowest Bidder Took Up the Work Rush to Completion Believed 1t
Can Be Finished Within Time Fixed In Contract

Dor very scarce. This delay is be-
lieved to have been largely the cause
of the failure of Mr.. Wardrep to fin
ish his contract, though unfamiliarity
and inexperience in that particular
branch of work was another import
ant factor.
"The sewer work that has. been ac-
complished up to date has been done
in excellent manner, said City En-
gineer Ansley yesterday in comment
ing upon the work at has been done
rather slowly, to be sure, but it has
been done thoroughly and carefully,
so that there is no complaint to be
offered as regards this phase of the
work. The only thing to which OBJ
lection has been offered is to the SLOW
ness with which the work was being
done and the fact that the terms of
the contract were not being carried
out in this particular If hustle and
energy are thrown into the WORK,
see no reason why it should not be
practically completed by the time fixed
in the contract or very soon there
after.
'The deepest and most difficult work
has already been completed, so that
very. rapid progress can be made
henceforward. The new ditching ma
chine will be employed in East Amer
icus. The machine now employed in
South Americus should finish in about
ten days. 1t will then be transferred
to Brooklyn Heights to take up the
work there. With all these forces 1t
work, progress on the sewer exten-
sions should be marked from this
time forward.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23
GIVES GOOD
ADVICE TO THE
NEWLY WEDS
AFTERIiTRIAL OF II YEARS
Rules as to How to Be Hap
py, Though Married

Meriden, Conn, Jan. 22-Mr. and
Mrs. Dominick Belleville, of Webster
street celebrated the seventy-seventh
anniversary of their wedding last
week. He is ninety-eight years old,
she ninety-seven; they are both feel
ing very we'll and happy.
" have always thought that young
married folks would have fewer quar-
rels, if they would follow the rules
mother and | laid down for ourselves"
said Mr.. Belleville, slipping his arm
around his wife's neck and affection
ately patting her shoulder. Here are
the rules:
Remember, each has rights the
other should respect.
Do your share of the work without
boasting.
Forget the gloomy things and dis
cuss and think of the cheerful things
of life.
Let the better manager, whether the
man or the woman, be the cashier OF
the household.
| Do not speak disparagingly Of
your life partners family
/ Do not say you are boss. Think so,
if you wish, but keep it to yoruself.
When you are peevish go out of
doors; do anything to forget it, only
do not fret your partner.
n word, let the dog sleep in the
best chair, if that is the only way %
preserve harmony.
When a newspaper correspondent
called Mr. Belleville was doing the
family washing When it was finish
ed. the virile old gentliman took six
mile walk "for exercise he ex-
planned.
81 have always taken plenty of ex
ercise." said he. THAT, and looking
on the bright side of life, has giver
me length of days"
The aged but active couple wer
. born in Canada. Soon after their mar
, riage they went to Hinsdale, N. H.
{ and there remained until they cam
, here to live with their son a shor
time ago.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23
THE POFT WATSON TO
READ POEM on DICKENS

New York. Jan. 22.--William Wat
son, the English poet, it was announe-
ed yesterday, has acceputed an invita-
tion to write a commemorative poem
to be read in Carnegie Hall on the
night of Feb. Z, on the occasion of the.
celebration of the Tooth anniversary
of the birth of Charles Dickens. Mr.,
Watson, who will long be remembered
for another celebrated poem. The
Woman with the Serpent's Tongue. :
may even come to New York to read
his poem on the night of the celsbra~
ton. He has written to say that no
hopes to bring the poem over in peraR
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23
NOW IS time TO PLANT TREES FOR
MAKING OF AMERICUS BEAUTIFUL
Many Citizens May AdOFn Streets With Pecan or Other
Shade Trees This Spring

"Americus Beautiful" as we'll as
progressive Americus should be the
watchword this year, and by con-
certed action great progress in this
direction can be attained
This is the trend of public opinion
as found in brief talks with promi-
nent citizens yesterday.
Already Americus ranks among the
most attractive cities in Georgia, her
handsome homes, well kept streets
and beautiful lawns and parks Great
ing an impression most favorable up
on all, and more especially among
visitors here.
Hundreds of shapely shade trees
serve to heighten the beauty of the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23
SWEEPERS ARE
NOW At WORK
ON STREETS
OUTFIT TESTED YESTERDAY
Believed That 1t will Prove
Effective Here

Yesterday witnessed the introduc-
ton of the new wooden block street
paving to the new street sweeping
machines which arrived last Saturday
night. Work was begun on cleaning
the streets yesterday, SO no time was
lost in getting the sweepers out Of
the freight station.
When the order for the street clean
ing outfit was placed by the commit
tee, it was decided that two of the
street cleaning machines should be
purchased, instead of one, so that the
work could be cared for with neatness
and dispatch. Both the machines are
the Hvass street sweepers, whose re-
putation for efficiency and durability
is well known In addition to the
street sweeping machines an outfit If
hand cleaning apparatus was purchas-
ed also, making the local street clean
ing department fully equipped for
work
AS the work was begun on Lamar
street, where the sand and dirt is
heavy, the work of the street sweep
ers was somewhat handicapped This
was caused partly by the fact that the
70 y bod ,,ovar haaD ropovad From, +bio
paving, so that the sand and dirt on il
stuck very tightly 1t will require
some time for the removal of this
dirt, so that the paving will appear
as neatly as itshould. But the sweep
ers should in the end accomplish eff
fectively the work allotted to them,
as the streets when once thoroughly
cleaned can be maintained in that con-
dition with comparative ease.
On account of the fact that the traf-
fic here is not usually so heavy as 10
require that the work be done at
night, this work will be handled by
the street cleaning department in the
day In this way it is believed that
more effective work can be done in
the way with constant inspection of
passers-by and the city officials who
have this work in charge than could
probably be accomplished by having
the work done at night Day labor
should prove cheaper than night la
Dor, also.
One of the most important features
ct the local street cleaning equipment
is the small plant that has been in,
cluded for repairing and re-setting thc
brushes on the street sweepers. These
brushes consist of long cylinder Sc
with bristles that revolves diagonall,
between the two wheels of the ma
chine. The bristles of the brushe:
are made of bamboo. AS the constan
sweeping to which they are subject
ed makes the bristles wear ou
quickly, they will be replaced here
For this purpose the bamboo will b
obtailed in bales, and the brushes
reset here. this work being one o
comparative simplicity and ease TIL
saving in this way will amount to
great deal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23

landscape, the elm, oak and magnolia
predominating.
Last spring many citizens, especial
ly on Lee street, planted pecans as
shade trees, and these are growing
rapidly
The pecan is quick grower and
is much favored as an ornamental
shade tree, to say nothing of its nut
producing value. This is the season
of tree planting, and every property
owner in Americus should become in
terested therein.
If each one, at nominal cost, would
plant from four to half dozen pecan
Or other shade trees in front of his
residence, Americus in three or four
years would be veritable park and
city of surprising beauty.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23
|SHOP REESE
| WILL BE HERE
At WEEKEND
lLL ARRIVE ON SATUR 'AY
DfirnatiOn of Class at Cal
vary Church Sunday

a visit to be paid here soon by
Shop F, F. Reese, of Savannah, bish-
q OF the Diocese of Georgia, will be
special interest to every member OF
q Episcopal church in this section
= also to church-goers generally.
according to plans outlined already,
Rnop Peese will arrive in Americus
" Saturday. There will be a spec
service in Calvary church that even
conducted by the bishop, after
Plch reception will be rendered
Rnop Reese at the residence of Mr..
somas Harold on College street.
Pe'efaI services will be conducted
Tue OlShop next Sunday. The main
Y pose OF the bishops coming will
'of the confirmation of a class at
4 '"Iy church, and these confirma-
r. exercises will be conducted in
"'oI nlhg prior to the hour of the
iHon' which will be preached at the
Ia time, II o'clock.
DH Sunday afternoon the bishop
conduct services at the Mission
sumter a short distance south of
.''cuS and he will again preach at
wary church on Sunday evening at
usual hour 1t will be seen from
mat the time of the bishop dur
AID stay here will be pretty busi-
n employed
j u next Monday Bishop Reese will
" DAWSON for the purpose of con-
. IS class there. Usually a par
i from ~ Americus accompanies him
H. .u'S "trip, as many as fifteen or
'u'y from this place having gon5
4 W 'ue Trip last year. There should
|evt 4, '"dI many to take the tTii
smsrt.,' annual visit of the bishop t.
Stor.s.uS .uS Is one that is awaited witt
O5 the many members of th,
g. n l III this city and section. Witt
seer saSant social feature that hal
b. o,S arranged in conjunction with
H. ''uer things that demand his pres
H.. I'e' the trip this year will b.
most delightful one.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23

,oI surrender of the contract
.,mad by Mr.. A. J. Wardrep, who
r.5 the sub-contract from P. j,
,on of Chattanooga, for the sewer
.orsfon work here last summer
l. # was begun, was made yester
tn City Engineer Ansley, ana
tractor H. S. Bosler at once took
+bo work to rush it to completion
April 1.
connection with this change in
management of the sewer exten-
work it should be borne in mind
the original contract was secur-
hv p + Curran, of Chattanooga,
that no other contractor is really
bgpized by the city authorities
b. than Mr.. Curran. Both Mr..
tdren and Mr.. Bosler are sub-con-
etors nuder the direction OF Mr.
IRAN Mr. Curran himself is under
IA for the performance of the work
he alone is held responsible for
carrying out of the contract.
reference to the list of names Of
be who placed bids for the con-
II shows that of the ten bidders,
Curran was the lowest, while Mr..
her was the next lowest. The COM
lion of the work will, of course,
carried on under the same contract
consequently at the same price as
made by Mr.. Curran and accept
by the city. Mr.. Bosler, the new
tractor, is from Chattanooga, as
Mr. Wardrep, the contractor who
Just relinquished the work.
he matter of the transfer of the
tract was one that required no
cial action on the part of the city
ncil, as no other steps were nee
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23
CITY FINANCIAL STATEMENT
AND BUDGET FOR 1912

At the meeting of council last
night the committee on finance pre-
sented a report dealing with the city's
financial condition, and the budget for
1912 was prepared, based upon this
showing. The committees report will
appear in full in The Times-Recorder
tomorrow, together with the budget
for the surrent year,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23
NEW ORLEANS FLYER
WRECKED NEAR BOGALUSA

Boglusa. La, Jan. 22.-The New
Orleans Flyer on the " s. & P. rail-
road was wrecked near here early to-
day, three coaches being derailed and
several passengers injured. 81.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23
ORCHESTRA AT HAWKINS
CAFE FOUR TO SIX O'CLOCK

From 4 to 6 o'clock this afternoon
an orchestra viii dispense the new.
est musical selections at Carl Hawk
in's cafe. The ladies especially are
invited. The newest and best in hot
drinks and 'frOzen delights" will be
served.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23
"A AOLB ISSUES CIRCULAR.

| :, e0nlery, Jan. 22.-Commission-
lrcp,.a s,ieuiture Kolb has issued a
ANA y, =. ieter to the farmers Of Ala
| tbs u ~, which he says the progress
BID waool Vol weevil has been checked
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-23
ELECTED SEXTON OF
THE NEGRO CEMETERY

Council last night elected Charles
Lewis, colored, as sexton Of the COL
ored cemetery for the current year.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-31

~ HREE years ago congress passed
/ law setting aside a tract of L.
575 square miles in northwestern Mon
tana of the widest country on this
continent to be kept as a national
park and playground and game pre-
serve. The park has now just been
opened for the season, and it will re-
main open for visitors until October
Is. For eight months of the year it
is practically inaccessible, as snow
blocks the mountain passes. There
are as yet but few roads, and tourists
have to do most of their travelling on
horseback over rude trails. The Great
Northern railroad skirts the southern
border Of the park, and it has put up
a chain of hotels and camps for the
accommodation of visitors The place
is a paradise for fishermen. Though
wild game animals abound, all hunt
ing and carrying of firearms is for
hidden, as in Yellowstone Park, and
it will be a great rival Of that attrac-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-31

" ASHINGTON.-In q furtive sort
W Of way people have taken note
of the camel hump walk" It's here.
1t came to Pennsylvania avenue rath-
er gradually, but by much quicker
process than that by which the abor-
1g1nal man stopped walking on all
tours; for it traces its ancestry back
to the hobble skirt and no farther
Just as we used to have the kan
CARGO walk" we now have the Camel
hump walk
The camel-hump walk is natures
way OF adapting itself to the sheath
SKIRT. 1t is natures law and probably
the very best nature could do under
the circumstances.
1t will be seen by careful attention
to the pictures that the genuine cam
eEhump is nothing more nor less than
an attempt on the part of the hobbled
female to get away from what is
coming behind her, a direct app1ica-
ton of the theory that self-preserva-
ton is one of the primal instincts of
humanity. The peculiar effect is due
to the tendency of the upper portion
OF the torso to advance a little faster
than the hobbled extremities.
The hobble skirt, being true to its
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-31
Uncle Sam Opens Another National Playground

ton as soon as it is well known.
Glacier National park is SO named
from the fact that within its borders
there are upwards of sixty living
glaciers These glaciers feed numer-
GU streams which go plunging through
gorges Of the widest grandeur. There
are nearly 800 lakes, the largest of
which is Lake Mcdonald, covering
over ten square miles and being over
5000 feet above sea level Mount
Cleveland is the highest mountain
1O,435 feet-but there are scores of
other peaks of huge size, many of
which are very grotesque In shape.
One of the most curious is a great
cliff which has been dubbed Heavens
Fold" Here the strata of rock for
nation have been doubled and crush
ed in a very striking way, and the
height from the valley is over zoo feet.
White goats are numerous in the re-
gion. They have worn trails around
cliffs which rise vertically from the
valleys. and they tread these precari-
GUS paths with apparently no idea of
fear. Travellers who like to try their
Notwithstanding abilities will have
plenty of work before them here. 1t
will take years to explore the whole
region, and every party that goes
through reports interesting new dis
coVeries.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-31

band of 200 and their villages pillaged
and burned by their enemies, it was
with Joy that they accepted the invi-
tation in 1855 to join the Oneidas in
Oneida and Madison counties, New
York
The Interior Department has given
its approval of the plan, and the
Stockbridges are planning to lay aside
soon the blanket, tepee and other
marks of ''the only real American"
and take up the white mans duties.
In 1888 the Munsee, Oneida and
Stockbridge Indians joined forces, aft
er being gradually driven westward
by the march of civilization for a cen
fury, and settled on a tract of land
rear the head of Green Bay, Wis,
which they had purchased from the
Menominees. Since that date they
have become one tribe and are known
as the Stockbridges.
After years of pickering between
factions of the tribe, which fought
constantly over the question of secur-
ing individual allotments of land or
establishing a township and living in
one community, the proponents of the
township idea have won out and the
result is a decision to have what re
mains of their original land east of
Lake Winnebago and what the gov
eminent intends giving them reserved
for this purpose.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-31
FERNS NEED SPECIAL CARE
Too Frequent Watering of This Sensi-
tive Plant, for Instance, Is to
Be Avoided.

Is your fern suffering from summer
complaint?
If it is you have failed to learn the
most important of all facts in the care
of ferns, which is that too frequent
watering is not good for these delicate
plants. The Boston variety, or short,
curly kind, is generally considered
difficult to keep in a thriving condi-
ton, yet one woman finds the task
comparatively easy.
This housewife, who takes a pecu-
liar joy in all the beauty pertaining to
a home, declares the fern should be
kept in front Of a window. where it
receives the morning sun. 1t must
stand on a soft surface, sand in a jar
diniere much larger than the fern pot
being one Of the best arrangements.
This allows it to set plenty Of air, an
essential point in its care
Do not water the fern more often
than every other day. Now and then
it is best to wait three or four days,
as a good dryout is most advisable.
Take the fern into the laundry or
basement and give it a good bath
once or twice a month
Never let the temperature average
more than 20 in the room where the
fern is kept, a cooler atmosphere be-
ing better. Keep the plants free from
dry or dead leaves. If possible, place
the fern in shady place in the yard
for its summer outing, packing earth
well around the pot, a treatment
which increases its growth.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-31
Chinese Are Happy Over the New Issue of Bills

VIZ Chinatown eager
w ly awaits the appearance of
the new paper money of the Chinese
republic. Chop suey restauranteurs,
dealers in celestial teas and spices
and bric-a-brac and the vendors who
line lower Pennsylvania avenue are
all on the qui yive of anticipation
Bankers, particularly those who
have accounts with Cinnamon and
with Americans now travelling or liv-
ing in China, are also interested in
the new money, which is now being
manufactured in New York and which
is expected to make an appearance
shortly in Chinese circles in this
country.
Local Cinnamon say that a great
compliment has been paid to the
United States by the celestial repub-
lie In that the standard of value of
the new money is the American dol
lar. One side Of the notes will be
printed in Chinese. the other in Eng
nsh. tt viii be extremely easy to
exchange American money for Chinese
and vice versa
The money is the first issue of pa
per by the new Chinese republic. and
is made primarily to retire the money
of the old empire. which also was
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-31
HOW MANY OF US
Fail to Select Food Nature Demands
to Ward Off Ailments?

4 KY. lady, speaking about food,
says: Il was accustomed to eating
all kinds Of ordinary food until, for
some reason, indigestion and nervous
prostratiOn set in
After 1 had run down seriously
my attention was called to the neces-
sity OF some change in my diet, and
1 discontinued my ordinary breakfast
and began using Grape-Nuts with a
good quantity of rich cream.
In few days my condition
changed in a remarkable way, and ]
began to have a strength that I had
never been possessed Of before, a
Yigor of body and poise Of mind that
amazed me. It was entirely new in
my experience.
MY former attacks Of Indigestion
had been accompanied by heat flashes,
and many times my condition was dis
tressing with blind spells Of dizziness,
rush Of blood to the head and neural
gle pains in the chest
'-Sinee using Grape-Nuts alone for
breakfast 1 have been free from these
troubles, except at times when have
INDUCED in rich, greasy foods in guam
tity, then I would be warned by a
pain under the left shoulder blade. and
unless I needed the warning the old
trouble would come back, but when 1
finally got to know where these trou-
bles originated returned to my Grape
Nuts and cream and the pain and dis
turbance left very quickly.
4 am now in prime health as a
result Of my use Of Grape-Nuts." Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Greek
Mich.
There's q reason" and it is e
planned in the little book, 'The Ros1
to WeIlyilIe," IN pkgs.
Ever read the above letter.
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sre genuine tEezs and EzE1 - huzE1