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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-14
DIET AND HEALTH
HINTS
by DIR. T. J. ALLEN
Food Specialist
ICE CREAM FROM soURED
MILK.

The Iowa agricultural expert
ment station has developed an
Ice cream made from soured
milk instead Of sweet milk. This
Is superior to the ordinary Ice
cream not only In, the same re-
spects az buttermllk 10 superior
to sweet milk, but because the
select culture used In the deveI-
opnent Of buttermIlk from the
fresh whole milk prevents tho
development Of inferior germs.
Ice cream made from properly
soured whole milk 10 in every
way superior to the ordinary Ice
cream and far less likely to be
contaminated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-14

For further information apply to ii.
p. Everett, Local Agent, Americas.
Ca; C. w. Small, Div. Pass Agt.
savannah, Ga; c. B. Ryan, @. p. A.
Portsmouth, Va
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-14
SCHEDULE OF AMER|CUS BASEBALL TEAM
IN The EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE FOR 1918

In order play
Cd at home and following
convenient schedule:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-14

By innings: R. H. E.
Americas 100 O91 O0*-1O Z
Brunswick 800. .002 900 O22-6 9 3
Batteries: Americas, Pratt and
Manchester; Brunswick, Walker and
Seifert.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-06-14
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE
opppnupnpunnnnnpnun.snnnnnx
Standing of Clubs.
Where They Play Today.

Brunswick at Americas.
Waycross at valdosta.
evansville at Cordele.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-11-27

694.14 for plates, drawings and an
expert to prepare them when such
large sum can be saved? The forty
first annual report of the Department
of Education to the General Assem-
bly, of the State Of Georgia for the
year 1912, prepared by State Supt.
Britain shows that he paid for
Postage and Stationery $5,917.71,
Other Office Expenses of Superintend-
ents $16,89O.25, State Department,
Printing, Supervisors 500, 476.66."
A total amount of $49,284.62. This
Office expense is startling when COM
pared to the small amount spent on
getting up the Ontario books. Yet
Mr.. Britain says in this same report:
II think it a duty to state that the
evidence indicates that it would be
unwise and not even economical for
us to attempt to print all the books
at least used in our schools. "-Early
County News.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-11-27
THE DECEMBER WOMAN'S HOME
COMPANION

The December Woman's Home
Companion is highly interesting
Christmas number-and particularly
beautiful because of it's unusual art
features. 1t also includes a number
of contributions which give invalua-
BILE information as to how to make
various kinds Of Christmas presents
and how to give various kinds of
Christmas entertainments.
Among the important articles in
the number are: "The Joy of Look
ing Ahead" by Charles E. Jefferson,
pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle
in New York City; ''The Small Town
and It's Hospital by Charlotte A.
Aikens; Money Making from Music"
by Anna Steese Richardson; ''The
Worlds Greatest Paintings by Lau-
ra Spencer Portor; F'The Hostess and
Her Guests by Christine Terhune
Herrick and a Cake Party for
Christmas Week. by Fannie Merritt
Farmer.
The Companions fight for Better
Babies is carried on by DR.. Roger
H. Bennett, who, in the Better Ba-
bies'' department writes an article
entitled Glow to Make Babies Bet
ter" DR.. Bennett is a New York ex-
pert on children's diseases and what
he has to say is, both interesting and
exceedingly helpful.
Fiction is contributed by Margaret
Deland, Owen Oliver, Juliet Wilbor
Tompkins, Fannie Heaslip Lea and
Florence Morse Kingsley. Art fea-
lures, music and verse are contri-
buted by Jessie Wilcox Smith, Laura
Spencer Portor, William H. Gardner,
Reginald DeKoven and Walter Jack
Duncan.
The regular Young People'ss,
Cooking, Fashion and Household de-
partments are filed with suggestions
particularly adapted to Christmas.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-11-27
The Ontario Plan.

The Ontario plan is very simple.
In fact SO simple that the average
person wonders why this method has
not been used before the date of it's
Inauguration. The Minister of Edu-
cation employed an expert to edit
the books. He paid him four thous-
and and four hundred dollars He
paid an artist $1,183.68 to illustrate
them. He had plates and electros
made at cost of $2,859.55. Then
he advertised for bids for printing
and binding the books. AS a result
he distributes the books to the local
authorities at the following remarka-
bly, low prices. Primer 4c, First
Reader &c, Second Reader &c, Third
Reader lac, Fourth Reader 16c, etc.
What is more simple? This is the
same plan the big book companies
use. They employ an expert. Cant
Georgia employ an expert? Ontario
with an outlay of $8,694.14 put
system of readers in her schools for
Acc with more reading matter than
Georgia now gets at $1.35. Georgia
has larger population than Ontario.
The difference in one year is $21, 500.
A five year contract would mean a
saving of $107,5O0.0O on readers
alone. What is an expense of So
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-11-27
FEEE XMAS PRESENTS
Revolver, Razor and
Razor StrOD
Biggest Offer Ever Made.

We must clear our stock, of Genuine
American Matches For the next 80
days we will give absolutely free with
every watch L handsome $500 highly
polished steel 7-shot revolver; 1 cele-
brated old-fashioned 5000 Cutler Razor
horsehide double self-honing Barber
Strop ($1.OO), $500 worth of goods
Free and our 20-year fully jeweled
American watch, beautifully engraved
and worth $3.50, for only $595. Goods
shipped G. o. D. with privilege of ex-
animation. If not satisfactory return
goods and we will pay all charges. We
take all risk. Send no money. Just
ask us to ship the goods for examina-
ton and if satisfactory pay the express
company $5.95 for $3.50 value This
offer is only good for 80 days State
whether ladies' or gents watch. Send
your order today. Address CARROLL
CUTLER C CO., Dent. 222. Chicago.
Send for catalog
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-11-27
AS to Georgia.

The law in Georgia acknowledges
a profit of more than fifty per cent.
Section Z Of the Uniform Text Book
Law reads: "The contractor shall
take up the school books now in use
in this State and receive the same in
exchange for new books at price not
less than fifty per cent of the con-
tract price,"
Every company acknowledges a
profit of fifty per cent when the con-
tract is closed with a bond. Taking
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-11-27
School Books At Cost

the fgures as given to the members
of the Legislature by the book COM
panies to prejudice them against the
McCrory bill, they say that ''the total
annual cost of text books" has not
exceeded $195, 705.29. Multiply this
by five year contract and we get
$978,526.45. Take the half of it as
profit and the State of Georgia al
lows her school children to be ''f1im-
fammef' out of $489,26322 in
every contract that is signed up by
the State Board Of Education.
But these are the figures of the
"OtheP fellow" He made it as light
as possible. The legislature was in
behind him. His fat chunk of public
graft was at stake. Here is what
letter from the State Printer says,
and it was written last year before
the article in the Saturday Evening
Post exploded the book companies on
the "OntariO Plan" and retracted in
an obscure corner in truly truistic
spirit, eve will print for you in 49,
900 lots on a fve year contract a book
of 225 pages for ~ IL cents copy
and a book of SIG pages at IS 1-2
cents a copy, size 5 IL by z 1-2
bound in CLOTH"
There are twenty different books
in the last State contract amounting
to $7.73 for the set. Four of them
sell for 65, 6Oc, 55c and SAC respec-
lively. These books run from 225
to 400 pages. If we take the SAC
book the company has a profit of 285
per cent. Take IS per cent for car
rying on business, securing the con-
tract and loafering around the influ-
entail and 200 per cent is left for the
big boss in New York or Boston. His
agent gets from $1,000 to $4,000
year to pull the big deal off for the
company Thus we see a sum of
approximately $7S2,821.16 go out of
the State as a result of the last
year book contract. 1t would be far
better to have some of the teachers
and superintendent Of other States
who have bad the experience of writ
ing books for these companies to quit
their salaries of 81, 10000 to 3d.
100000 year and work for the State
Board at $4,000 year long enough
to pen out some text books. But
there are GeOrgians who can do just
as we'll if given an opportunity and
backed up by the State authority.
We know mighty howl would be set
up. The fat dividends would be cut
off from certain directors. The
agents would lose their jobs. The
promoters of the new law would be
bitterly criticized, but as it is $780,
600 school children contribute $780,
821.16 to foreign book corporations
leaving the grand old State of Geor-
gia in the 44th place from head in
Uncle Sans spelling class, and only
fourth from foot with As in the class.
If the book companies must feed on
the innocent let them feed nearer the
head of the class a while. $780,
821.16 is nearly third of the whole
amount appropriated by the Legisla-
ture for public education.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-11-27

4 IA
amending the Constitution.
Doubtless the Californians
could not risk the law simply in the
code with SO many book corporations
near, but wrote it in the State Con-
st4tution.
Mr.. Hyatt, the State Superintend-
ent Of Public instruction, says that
the teachers of the State wrote the
FIRST books and these were published
in the State Printing Office.
The book companies swarmed over
the State with the sworn purpose to
break up the State publication of
school books. With highly paid
agents "frequenting every quarter of
the State,' leaving sample copies and
counting influential teachers, the Con-
stitutional amendment was assaulted
and belittled. "The retail book deal
ers found their profits cut off, so nat
urally they too joined in the chorus"
All this conspiracy aroused a cry
from the monopolistic sympathizers
o. the big book companies. The
books were revised, rewritten and
new ones published. These were not
satisfactory to the book agents. 1t
appeared to the school patrons that
California teachers could not write
school books. The book companies
were getting back into their glory
Pressure, the hydraulic compressed
gas OF the book press, was brought to
bear upon State House officials A
legal opinion was handed down to the
State superintendent that he could
lease electros and plates on royalty
basis from publishing houses. The
book companies had perfected their
work. Their plates could be leased
on royalty basis. They were happy
and the drove of agents quietly left
the State.
Mr.. Hyatt says that under this plan
the State has saved the children on
one geography recently adopted $22,-
$4,000. Only 89,362 copies have
been sold. On a brief history only
43,123 copies sold with saving of
$6,466.45. On new advanced
arithmetic, which has been on sale
less than a month there is a saving
of $932.50. The five years sale
would be saving of $46,5OO.OO. The
best of school arithmetics will last at
least ten years before a change is
necessary. Therefore on one Arith-
metic California will save $93,OOO.OO
in ten years.
The State Superintendent says in
his 1910 report: ''The full signifi-
canoe of the figures does not dawn
upon one unless he observes that
some OF them are reduced SO per
cent, nor unless he knows that every
cent reduced means thousands of dol
lars in the aggregate, and that the
saving thus effected eventually
mounts into the hundreds of thOus-
ands."
Now you are anxious to know how
much it took to satisfy the book COM
panies for the year 1910-the rent on
their plates and electros was as fol-
lows:
CHM & Company. .......$ 8,659.03
Macmillan Company -. 14,65494
D. G. Heath &c CO ...... 3,525.96
American Book Co. $50. 14,335.44
Total =. E. -. 80. .$41, 175.37
A five year contract means that
the State of California has to pay
the book companies $2O5, 1868 as
royalties for exercising their monopo-
listic functions just to see that the
State has good books, notwithstand-
ing the fact that California prints
and sells at cost her school books.
AS to Georgia.
The law in Georgia acknowledges
a profit of more than fifty per cent.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-11-27

A five year contract means that
the State of California has to pay
the book companies $2O5, 1868 as
royalties for exercising their monopo-
listic functions just to see that the
State has good books, notwithstand-
ing the fact that California prints
and sells at cost her school books.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-11-27
CALIFORNIA; Plan.

4 ALIFORNIA began to publish
her own school books in 1887.
The plan was inaugurated by
y amending the Constitution.
Doubtless the Californians
The Detroit times., 1913-02-20
MAN CRUSHED BY
HEAVY CASTING
Isaac Payne Victim Of Accident
in Junk Yard AT Foot of
st. Aubin-aye.

Isaac Payne. No PSI Pallsteraye
was badly crushed BY seventeen
casting in the yard OF the Riverside
Scrap Iron & Metal Co, foot Of St.
Aubin-avc shortly before noon,
Thursday II was necessary 70 cut
away portion OF an Office building
TO eytricate Payne
The heavy casting mounted on a
truck, was being weighed IA the junk
yard, when the front wheels OF the
truck suddenly crashed through the
platform Payne rushed out OF the
office building and braced his shoul'
ders against the huge casting In IA
foolish effort TO prevent il from slid
ing OFF the truck The casting pinned
him against the side OF the building.
severely injuring him.
An emergency call was sent 10 the
fire and the police departments The
first report stated thar three men had
been killed The combined enQr,s OF
2 score OF fremen and policemen
were unable 60 remove the casting
and the tiremen We're compelled To
cut through two Office partitions to
release the helpless man
He was sent 10 Harper hospital in
a motor patrol Payne is the score
tary OF the Riverside company The
driver OF the truck jumped. but one
foot was caught and crushed rnder
the wagon
The Detroit times., 1913-02-20
VERDICT AGAINST
HOOPER ESTATE
Judge Murphy Orders the Pay
ment of S42,1SS to Berry
Brothers

Judge Murphy directed a verdict,
Thursday morning, in the case oil
Berry Bros, yarnish manufacturers
against the estate Of Alfred Hooper
who was one OF the stockholders in
the Berry Bros concern, for the
sum OF 42,1SS.29 The plaintiffs sued
for $3Sl57.45 and interest for mum
Der OF years They represented that
the amount sued for was an overdraft
made by Hooper while he was a mem
Der of the varnish firm.
The case was an appeal from the
probate court, which denied the right
OF the plaintiffs to the amount OF the
oyerdraft, and Also a claim OF the
Hooper estate for 100000 in wages.
The estate set forth that. while Hoop
er had been a valued member OF the
firm Of Berry Bros. for a number or
years, he drew salary for but small
portion OF the time
In the appeal contest the Hooper
estate renewed its claim for renum-
GRAFTON, in the hope OF offsetting the
overdratt claim. but this was denied.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-20
7 CHILDREN, ALONE,
PERISH in FLAMES
House Locked, They Are Roast.
ed Alive While Parents
Are ut Church

HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 20
While their parents we're az church
last night, seven children Ct Mr. ana
Mrs. George Smith were burned 70
death in their home near the village
OF Oberlin. Ave miles from here. Tho
children ranged in age from one to
II years
Mr. and Mrs Smith were on their
way home when they saw the glare
OF their burning house more than a
mile away. They ran all the way,
hut the flames had enyeloped the
whole plate long before they arrived,
and Il vas entirely consumed, Win
the bodies OF the seven children
Il is said the parents had locked
the house when they went away. ia
order that the children might not run
away. The fire Is supposed TO have
started from the oyerturning OF a
lamp.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-20
From a staff corresDonaent.

MEXICO CITY. Feb. 900 swift
had beer the current of startling
events since the conclusion on Tues
day OF the terrific Today conflict in
the heart OF this city. that 1t was
not until today that the half-crazed
populace found time to draw deep
breath and look about them upon the
havoc created by the tremendous
bombardinent.
1T is indeed a panorama OF death
and destruction that spreads itself
before the eyes OF the thousands or
curious citizens and foreigners
swarming the streets within the zone
OF the unparalleled combat. The
spectacle is an infinitely sad one.
Hundreds of beautiful homes. with
gaping holes torn in their walls. tot
ter. on their foundations in all parts
OF the city. Scores OF splendid pub
lie and business structures expose
their married and battered walls.
But Il lie in the district where the
poorer classes had their homes that
the element of tragedy is most ter
ribly manifested. Hundreds OF houses
in this quarter were literally reduced
to ruins. while upon the doors or
thousands OF SCARED and scrumbling
dwellings. hang bands OF crepe, com
memorating the deaths Of fully 200
non-combatants. killed during the
long horror.
The city that Porfirio Diaz tried to
make he most beautiful in America
and nearly succeeded in so doing
stands today a shattered wreck. The
destruction could hardly have been
more complete had he-capital been
riven and twisted in the grip OF a
mighty earthquake.
s Diaz and Reyes Liberated
II was a.witness OF the opening act
OF the fearful war drama in the
Zocata. the great plaza before the
national. palace. On the morning OF
,ContinueJ PAGE sevenI
The Detroit times., 1913-02-20
JURY POWDERS
LONG OVER FATE
OF VIM. E. COOK
Has Been Out Since IL O'clock
in Case of Alleged Bucket
Shop Proprietor
DEFENDANT AND JUDGE
BOTH VERY UNEASY
Latter Anxious to Get Away to
Attend Banquet in Bat
tie Creek

AT 80 O'Clock, Thursday after
! noon, the jury In the case of William
K. Cook, who has been on trial for
more than week on the charge OF
keeping a bucket shop. having been
indicted BY the Wayne county grand
jury in December with four other
members and employees of the brok.
erage firm OF c. b. Cook & Co, haa
failed 10 report A'aa*o~
The jury went out at II O'Clock,
and court attaches predicted that IL
would not be long, not more than an
hour at most, before il would be
ready 10 report But at noon a loud
argument was in progress voices
could BE- heard in the jury room by
those who we're waiting in Judge
Connolly's court IL was then thought
that difficulty had arisen that might
not be ironed out easily. and some
began to shake their heads and talk
OF disagreement
William r. Cook was plainly nerv-
Gus a. the jury went into its roorv 10
consider his case but he soon be-
came calm and spent a good part oil
the time discussing matters with his
friends Attorney Louis W. McClear,
his counsel. said that he was cop
fident of acquittal
Judge Connolly, who has been in
vited 10 speak at a Democratic ban
quet in Battle Creek Thursday night,
was even more uneasy than Cook as
the hours went by and the jury made
no sign
II was understood that the defense
in case the jury voted for convic,
ton, would move for stay OF sen
tence until the bucket shop statute
can be tested as 10 its constitution.
atty
Judge Connollys charge 10 the jury
was plain and to the point. He read
the indictment and the statute, ex.
planned the points 10 be considered
and then read he statute a second
time, 80 that there might be no ME
understanding. He told the Jurors
that they must decide whether deliv.
cry OF stock was contemplated, or
whether it was understood that the
customer was simply betting on Q
change In the market lie instructed
the jury 10 avoid taking into consid.
GRAFTON the fact that William r.
Cook did not testify in his own de
tense. pointing out that the burden
OF proof rested with the prosecution.
The maximum penalty is $1,000 fms
or years imprisonment or both.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-20
TO GUST
HETHERINCTON
FROM HIS JOB
Mayor Is Advised Lighting
Board Member Nacates Seat
by Living Outside City
MARX AND EDITOR ARE
POLITICAL ENEMIES
Commissioners Place Will Soon
Be Declared Vacant and New
Appointment Made

Mayor Marx has received written
opinion from Corporation Counsel
/, Lawson which gives the mayor author
ity 10 GUST Harry p. Hetherington
member Of the public lighting commits
sion. Although Mayor Marx refused
Thursday morning to state why he
asked for the opinion, his reason is
evident
There never was any doubt after
Marx election that he would make
an effort TO remove Hetherington, ms
bitter political opponent AS Commis-
sioner Hetherington has since his APP
pointment on the lighting commission
moved outside the city limits, there
Is nothing 10 prevent Marx from de
claring the Office vacant and making
a new appointment, and he will likely
do SO In the very near future.
The communication from the cor
poration counsel follows;
Hon. Oscar b Marx, Mayor;
Dear Sir-Replying 10 your re.
quest for an opinion from this de-
partment with reference to the
validity OF contracts which are
approved by a member OF com
mission who resides outside Of the
city, have the honor TO say:
That in my opinion snch con
tracts are not necessarily void
But the charter, however contem-
plates that commissioners snail
be resident electors OF the city.
Sec. So OF the charter provides,
among other things. that:
The common council shall also
appoint such other officers as are
provided by this act TO be appoint
,Continued ON Page Eleven
The Detroit times., 1913-02-20
COLLECTOR Is HELD
ON TWO CHARGES

William n Benjamin, a collector
for the Mcnter CO.. NO 50 Monroe
ave was arraigned on charges OF
embezzlement and grand larceny, be-
fore Justice stein. Thursday
His employers charge him spe-
ciicaly with embezzling So collected
for them but there is a big shortage
in his accounts, the police say
y. Rose, OF No. pa Randolph-st.,
makes the grand larceny complaint,
alleging that he turned a diamond
ring over to Benjamin 10 sell on com
mission and that Benjamin sold IL
and failed 70 turn in the money
BENJAMIN is said 10 have admitted
that transaction. and TO have stated
that he misplaced his confidence in
"a friend, who took the ring from
him and never paid him for IT,
The Detroit times., 1913-02-20
MORE OF MERCY
HOSPITAL BABY
CASES In COURT
Riddles Given Out for Adoption
Are Alleged To Be Ill
Treated
HOSPITALS RECORDS
ARE SADLY MUDDLED
Il Hope Place Is Out of Bust
ness for Good" Says Judge
Hubert After Inquiry

Il hope Merct hospital is out OF
business for good" said Judge HUI
bert, Thursday morning as he de
creed that Mary Dorothy Doe
should be turned over TO the Society
dren for care and adoption
Mary Dorothy had been adopted
from the Mercy hospital. which has
since been closed by the Board or
Health, by Mrs. j. r. Ramsay, No. 1871
Finlay-aye. The Society for the Pre-
Nention OF Cruelty 10 Children com
planned that the child was neglected
and the case came up for inyestiga-
ton in the juvenile court
Mrs. Annie Burr. who with her
mother, Mrs Jennie Sterling. conduct
ed Mercy hospital, was cited TO ap.
rear before Judge Hubert. THURSDAY
morning. TO testify In regard 70 the
transaction by which Mary Dorothy"
was adopted. Mrs. Burr said that the
child was brought TO her hospital in
December by Mile Hall, No 224
Butternut-st.. who stated that the
baby was born, Nov 21, 1912
The father OF the baby, the mother
told rue" said Mrs. Burr, was j. z.
Hall"
Mrs, Burr said that the mother OF
the child gave her $50 10 have the
little one adopted with the result
that the baby was turned over 70
Mrs. Damsay
Mrs. Burr was asked TO produce her
register concerning the reception and
adoption Of babies. Her registrations
regard ~ 'Mary nnrOS hyFa'f ~ n
and coming 10 the hospital were found
10 be badly mixed up. and Judge HUI
(Continued ON Pnge E7levsnD