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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24
EDITORIAL COM MEN fs oF s fzfzs
RECENT EXPRESSIONS ON CURRENT TOPICS FROM THE
FOREMOST GEORGIA NEWSPAPERS

Mr.. j. r. Kenly, the new president
of the Atlantic Coast Line, has had a
thorough preparation for that posi-
ton. ALI of his life, since reaching
manhood, he has been a railroad en-
ploye, and he has been with the Coast
Line for thirty-one years. He has
been it's superintendent, it's general
manager; and one of its vice-presi-
dents. Hence, it is fair to assume
that he knows the road thoroughly
and is in every respect qualified to
discharge the duties of the highest
position it has to offer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

The daughter Of a millionaire has
just been refused by her fathers
coachman to whom she proposed ell
opment and marriage. The coachman
took day off to ponder over her
proposition, and ended up by deciding
that ne preferred woman who could
take in washing. and help arn,and the
stables when he wanted a day Off"
This was a sensible fellow after
all"
II should say so--money isn't ev-
erything in this world much as the
average person seems to think So"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

One of the big mail. order houses of
Chicago cleared $&822,61 last year.
The likelihood is that some of its en-
ployers were paid as much as from 81
to So per week Most of the money
made by this firm came from the peck
cts of confding people hundreds Of
miles away, who did not care to spend
their money at home.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24
news FROM COBB
(By Staff Correspondent

Cobb, Ga, Dec. 23-The town Of
Cobb is on boom. Three new dwelling
houses and brick drug store are in
process of erection.
Last Friday afternoon interesting
Christmas exercises were held in the
Cobb academy by the children of the
school. A nice program of recita-
tons and exercises was rendered, af-
ter which hot chocolate, crackers and
fudge were served. After the dishes
had been cleared away, the pupils
were highly amused by fishing in a
pond which had been previously filled
with toys and useful gifts. The exer-
cises were closed by call at the post
office, arranged at one end of the
room, and where the children had
mailed packages for one another
Miss Leone Howard, who has been
at Sparks Collegiate Institute, is at
home for the holidays. She is warmly
welcomed home.
The spring term of Cobb academy
will begin on the first Monday in Jan
uary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24
= Daily
Christmas Hint
PlaythinGs For the Baby
Always Acceptable

If there Is a baby in the house to
be provided with II Christmas gift its
mother will appreciate IA pretty creep
ing blanket like the one pictured.
1t is Of gray canton 1annel, interim
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

Several decades ago there were
more than forty million bootacks in
America, and today there is not one.
The universal wearing of shoes rele-
gated the bootjack to the woodpile. A
few million were hurled at the mid
night cat
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

Beef cattle in Colquitt county are
bringing twice as much as they sold
for some years ago. and still they are
selling too cheap If our native steers
and beef cows were properly fattened
and properly marketed they woull
double in value again.-Moultrie OBJ
server.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

Prisoners in the Ohio penitentiary
eat their meals to the accompaniment
of orchestra music. This kind of mus
ic is said to go we'll with boiled CALI
bage and fat pork.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

Army guns all over Christendom
VIII soon be longer of barrel, shoot
straighter, farther and swifted than
= before. The old ones shot
straight, swift and far enough here
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

There are only seven thousand stars
visible to the naked eye, say astrono-
mers. We saw more than that num-
Der the first time We put on a pair of
skates.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

Mayor-elect Mitchell, of New York,
says he will appoint men to office for
fitness, without regard to what polit-
ical organization they belong. Il
Mitchell appoints a Tammany Demo
crat to office some of his friends will
throw fits.-Atlanta Constitution.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

Strange, is MT it, that meat can re
brought ten thousand miles, from Ar
gentlna and Australia, and butter from
New Zealand and laid down at our
doors for little more than half the
5rice charged by our local grocers and
pitchers?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

That r'sweman is not afraid of
| - is proven by the fact that her
mind is awake only to the fear that
he may see what she isn't wearing
scattered all around the room.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

Keep your mouth closed. The mo
Rnent yop open it too wide the DAM
robe pops in and makes yoI
ray like jackass, says a
grapher.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

The average young lady thinks it IS
perfectly awful if there isn't bath
tub rim the house. Her mother used to
splash around in the family wash-tub
after the men folks went to bed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

If the pistol-toter could be eradi-
Gated, there would be fewer killings
IN the states, and the expenses of the
courts would be greatly reduced
Pembroke Enterprise.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24
+ y \ 4 y \ \ 4 y y
WHEN DARK DAYS COME

+ r
When the dark days come from the
skies
The raindrops fall in the violet's eyes,
Just remember this-you know
1t takes the raindrops to make them
grow.
When life is dark and troubles skies
Rain tears in your beautiful sweet
heart eyes
Remember, dearie, this thought is
true
You'll look at the world with kinder
view.
p. H. A., in Jacksonville Times.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

I Backbone is what some people need
and what some people eat.-Thomas-
vile Times.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

Not one person in a hundred cares
to hear the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth-Atlanta
Journal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

For further information apply to "A
P. Everett. Local Agent. Americus
Ca; G. w. Small, Div. Pass Agx
savannah, Ca: C. B. Ryan, q. p. A.
Portsmouth, Va
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

piece of the flannel to make the blan-
ket a protection from the drafty
floor. Animals and all kinds of toys
are cnt out Of crptonne or calico and
appliqned on the flannel with red cot
ton in catstitch The blanket is hem
med and catStitcheu about the edges.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24

Leave Americus for Richland, Co
l"mbus. Dawson, Albany and inferno
hiats points
1926 O. N.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-12-24
OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR;

OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City of Americas,
Sumter County,
Webster County, .'.
Railroad Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District
y. S. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-14
Three Great Problems.

Three great problems lay before
the churches" said Rev, Arthur Dale
at a conference called by the Workers
Educational association to consider
the need for a closer connection be-
tween the association and the relig-
ious bodies of the country. THE first
was the reconciliation of science and
religion-and the prophets of each
were nearer together today than they
had ever been before. The second was
industrial unrest, and the fact that
modern civilization tended to produce
millionaires at one end and human
machines at the other The third was
the reunion of religious bodies. For
the solving of all these problems in
which the churches were Immediately
interested an enlightened democracy
was necessary" Public opin-
lon
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-14
is THE DELECTABLE TURKEY
DOOMED TO PASS FOREVER

Blackhead is disease Of the liver
and intestines which produces a form
of dystentry and is caused by minute
parasites, and called blackhetd. be-
cause the heads of the affected birds
turn black at certain stage of the
disease.
In many cases birds die from COM
plications induced by the presence of
the disease rather than from its i'm
mediate effects.
Blackhead destroys about four
flfths of the young turkeys before
they are six weeks old, and of the re-
naming one-tifth, one tenth to one
fifth die at later period.
The advice given by experts in the
disease is to quit breeding turkeys
wherever it appears, and this is re-
sponsible in very large degree for
the rapid curtailment Of the industry
in the eastern states.
The hope of the turkey-raising in
dustry appears at present to lie in the
west, and those portions of the south
which have so far escaped this dread.
ed disease. Breeders have now
learned how to prevent the disease
and in the west where it has not pre-
vailed to any considerable extent
farmers have taken up turkey-breed
ing, encouraged by the tremendously
high prices that have prevailed dur
ing the past few years and by the
hope that they will be able to escape
the losses suffered by the eastern
breeders who did not know how t.
cope with the disease.
Turkeys are great rangers, but al
they quickly become attached to thei
attendant, it is not difficult to contro
them. They should be fed and caret
for by the same person from the tim,
they are Matched until they are read.
for the market. In this way they viii
, learn to come at the call of the al
tendant, and follow him for long dis
tances, from the fields to the coops.
If young turkeys are carefully har
! died by the same person they can b
: easily driven from one place to al
! other and when storms nnme nm the
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-14

The son of Louis Agassiz. who has
just written a book about his distin-
guished father, has some good stories
to tell of the elder mans courage and
temper. During his first return to
Germany he had occasion to resent
the behavior of a restaurant waiter
who was neglecting everyone else in
favor of some army officers who were
seated at another table. One of the
officers defended the waiter. "Agas-
siz remarked that he was not speaking
to him; the officer handed Agassiz his
card; the latter tore it up; the officer
started to draw his sword, but before
he could get it out of the scabbard
Agassiz knocked him down with a
chair" Another story relates to the
life of the great scientist in America.
A few years before his death he came
into his house in Cambridge delighted
with an occurrence he had just seen in
Boston. An automobile pushing
through the crowd had knocked down
a woman. Her escort proceeded to
pummel the chauffeur. "But why,
asked the listener, didn't the owner
come to his chauffeur's assistannce?'
oh" exclaimed Agassiz, Il was held
ing him."
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-14

to the Mexican wild turkey, which
was domesticated in Mexico at the
time of the conquest, the Virginian
advocates the crossing of the native
turkey with the wild Mexican bird.
Finding a couple of wild turkey
eggs last summer, and upon exam
ination finding they would soon hatch
out, he placed them in basket over
an electric globe which hung in his
room, the globe being of ordinary
16-candlepower. The bottom of the
basket was protected by piece of
cardboard; over this was placed a
small piece Of flannel. The eggs were
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-14
RY |. M. eENNINeToN.

Many a city family man, when he
comes to pay from five to seven dol
lars for his Thanksgiving turkey this
fall, will be quite ready to affirm that
personally he has no objection to the
passing of the turkey, even as holt
day piece de resistance.
Prices of turkeys this year are high
er than ever before. Last year in
the largest cities, first.class birds
brought from 35 to SO cents per pound
and a flve-dollar bill was hardly ade-
quate to secure bird that would suf-
flciently serve an ordinary-sized fam
lily.
This year prices will be higher still,
in spite of the fact that dealers have
been securing the country for
months, making contracts in advance,
and putting into cold storage every
bird that could be secured, long be-
fore the holiday season opened.
The fact is that fewer turkeys are
being raised every year, the decline
in the industry having started six or
seven years ago, when the terrible
disease of blackhead began to destroy
the flocks in the New England states
The ravages of this disease have be
come so great that in Rhode Island
which was once the great turkey state
none are now being raised. The dis
ease has spread to other states
throughout the east, and its ravagint
effects have been so disastrous tina
thousands of farmers in New York
Massachusetts, New Jersey and New
Hampshire all formerly good turke!
states, have practically given up thu
business.
This disease has invaded the ives
to some extent, but its ravages hav'
been checked because the means o
preventing it are now much better un
, derstood than ever before, owing II
the industrious and intelligent inyes
legations started several years ago b.
{ the Rhode Island Experiment station
/ and supplemented by the work of tn
: United States department of agricu
( ture.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-14

He'll Gate bridge, which is now be-
ing constructed across East river,
New York, as link to connect New
England with the west and south, will
contain the longest steel arch span
ever built. The bridge is a part of
the New York connecting railroad,
built by the New Haven and the
Pennsylvania system, to carry traffic
from north of Harlem river to Long
island and to relieve the Grand Cen
trail station. The road will have four
tracks, will be ten miles long and
will cost $90,OOO,0OO. About 1890
feet of it will be carried on bridges
and viaducts from 20 to 1856 feet above
the ground. A magnificent view Of
the He'll Gate bridge is feature Of
the November Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-14
MAKING MEAL OF ANTS
FISHERMAN HAD GOOD VIEW OF
BEARS MENU.
Animal Had Found Food He Fancled,
and Was Enjoying II Without
Thought He Was Being
Observed.

To watch wild animals feeding at
a time when they do not suspect an
audience is always an interesting ex-
perience, and in the case of black
bears, comparatively rare one. Mr..
Charles S. Moody, writing in the
Outing Magazine, tells how he came
upon a big black bear which was in
dulging in feast with very evident
symptoms of enjoyment.
was fishing a small trout-stream
that ran through a narrow mountain
meadow, at times approaching quite
near to the timber on either side. A
friend was fishing the same stream
something like half an hour before
me / became aware of voice dron-
ing a song. The sound kept on, but
was very much interested in my
sport, casting my fly. The sound all
the time became more distinct. I
thought my friend had turned musical.
When the sound became very dis
tinct, l looked up. | was less than
35 feet from a black bear which
looked about the size Of a load of
hay. His bearship did not see me,
but was busy licking ants off dead
pinetree that stood at the edge of the
forest. l was SO close that | could
see the insects running about in great
confusion. Occasionally the bear
would cuff the tree, and out would
come the ants. He would lick them
up, rising on his hind paws to reach
those above his head All the time
he was whining in a sing-song to him
self, and seemed to be very much
pleased with his success.
His dinner over, he dropped down
and started through the dense skunk
cabbage toward where l stood. l
yelled. He reared on his launches,
took one look, and moved down a
wide swath of skunk-cabbage as he
plunged back into the forest.
Another time ] watched a bear fish
ing. 1t was in August, on the upper
Lochsaw river, during the height of
the salmon run. A forest fire had
swept over the Clearwater mountains,
and destroyed all the berries, SO the
bears were coming to the river, at
tracted by the fish that were seeking
the shallow, still water, where they
could bask in the sunshine.
walked up to the river one even
ing about sunset in search of deer.
Coming round a bend, l saw large
black bear perched upon fiat rock
several feet from the shore. could
not tell at first what he was doing.
He was stopping down with one paw
In the water, and waving it gently to
md fro watched closely, and saw,
\ hst beyond his reach, Q, large. male
almon, SO nearly dead that he coult
hot swim. The bear was using his
J paw to create an eddy that would
draw the fish within his grasp. Slow
. ly the salmon drifted toward thu
rock.
1t was amusing to watch how care
] fully the bear moved his paw so al
not to brighten his prey. AT last thu
l fish came within reach; bruin reached
over, gave it quick slap, seized it il
= his jaws, leaped ashore, and numbered
+ off, to eat his evening meal in pr
0 vacy.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-14

can be quickly housed. In foreign |
countries turkeys are driven to mar
ket in fiocks, and we once saw flock |
of nearly 300 birds being driven along |
She highway to the railroad station |
ee miles from the farm, where they |
re to be cooped and shipped to the
y market.
rhe best-known varieties in Ameri
t4 are the Bronze, Naragansett, Buff
nj RlgSlL TbaaR enhon Red is . fil1sl
nird, coming originally from the nouns
tains of Kentucky, where 1t fiourished
In a wild state for many years. The
black turkey of America came from
England where it is known as the
Norfolk.
The bronze turkey, which is proba-
bly, the most popular turkey in this
country, was originated in England,
through the crossing of an American
wild bird upon the black turkey.
The North American wild turkey
was at one time very plentifully dis
tributed over the entire country from
the Carolinas to Canada, and most
plentiful to the sections sub-divided,
as Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky
They were migratory, following the
food supply, often wandering distances
Of from 200 to 300 miles in search Of
their favorite food, following the crops
into the localities where the season
afforded the greatest production.
These early wild turkeys visited the
barnyards of the early settlers of the
country where tame turkeys, brought
over from the old countries, were
: kept, and the result was a great i'm
provement in all qualities of this bird
Breeders were quick to observe this
improvement, and sought wild COB
blers to cross upon their domestic
birds. 1t is from this cross that oui
highest standard turkeys have beer
bred. They have been SO carefully
selected, mated and cared for, by the
fanciers, that there has been produced
perhaps the most beautifully plumaget
: and noblest table bird in the world.
Unfortunately, like the wild pigeon
q the wild turkey has almost disap
!. peared from this country. A turke,
, does not mature until it is about tire
:, years old, and to obtain strong am
vigorous offspring. hens from two t
three years old should be mated t
q strong, active males of the same age
!, or older. The males and female
! should never be taken from the sam
:, family and no breeder should go int
= the business unless he is willing t
- start with the standard bred stock.
+ The critical time in the lives {
4. turkeys is in the first six weeks. The
w are tender little things, and must
r. kept dry and warm until the red b.
10 gins to show on their heads. The
10 should never be turned out when tn
N dew is on the grass, but may be col
n fined in a large yard, where they ca
have plenty of exercise. When the
&c are old enough to run out on IL
ir range with the mother hen, they mu
al be brought in before every storm, al
,d always at night.
le Buyers in all parts Of the COUNT
" are numerous, and are quite ready
i'll take the live birds on foot at Il
IT. farm, and thereby saving the own
is all trouble of shipping and marketin
OF course, If the birds are slaughter'
n on the farm and properly packed
be clean white paper and new boxes, tn
N. will bring a price enough higher
ev payIfor the labor involved.
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-14

allowed \ remain mus placed unIIl
Matched.
The globe gave out heat Of from
sS to 102 degrees, and soon the two
eggs developed two fine, healthy
chicks. These were taken out to the
farm and both of them were thriving
until one of them tried to swallow a
small lizard. which choked it to death.
These turkeys are now raised with
white Holland hens, and when young
birds are three-fourths grown they
are put under wire enclosures, raising
them under as natural conditions as
possible,
Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-11-14
Look to worklnamen,a Health.

Because tse vitiated air is bad for
the workingman, the German govern
ment has forbidden the drying of plas-
ter in new buildings by the use of
open stoves. The stoves must now be
connected b. pipes with the outside.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-05-15
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-05-15
NEW rILsls DAILr
The Roma Theatre
Bellaire's Most Comfortable
Moving Picture House

Bellaire Briefs.
Professor g. = McNey. Of th" local
lrh school. is GEit" DO a. bis hom"
,r UI'r street
items of interest FOR THIS paper
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or f"i.phourd to Oh" reporter. Bell
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1."o Y"sf. ~ This city. has accept
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IlVr.r.. fiirrirs Of fi.- city. has
moved t1 %. farm 10 kicr. q. west
ui 'his rff.
Nr. J vs. stewart has returned ~
Her Iom" FOO I'rue1lrm after q Welt
WITH friends and relatives in this
city
Mr- Ward Bailey ~ Martins Forrr
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fa, Martins FERRY hospital With teri.
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Woes G1i" Patterson ~ Jackson.
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