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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-11-20
November 20, 1914.

The trouble is that the problem is more or less a
political one. No doubt that in Stephenson county, as
elsewhere, pressure has been brought to bear upon the
states attorney, sheriff, supervisors and all concern
ed with the enforcement of law, to relax their efforts
and to wink at its violation. No doubt, too, that the
political future of the men mentioned is more or less
dependent upon the part they play in law enforce
ment. The liquor interests have always been, and
always will be, opposed to any public official who
seeks to enforce the law against them. Il he persists
in his efforts they will seek his overthrow at the polls.
The recent defeat of Judge Owens for re-nomina-
ton at the primaries is a case in point. Judge Owens
sought to enforce the election laws, and by so doing
arrayed against him Hinky Dink, Bathhouse John and
all the keepers of dives in the city of Chicago, and
they were powerful enough to defeat him.
In Stephenson county the states attorney is max
ing an honest effort to enforce the law, but the board
of supervisors, by it's recent action, has shown that it
fears the liquor interests more than the laW-ab1dlng
citizens Of the county. Stephenson is a dry county
and if it has a mind to do SO, it can get a board OF ST.
pervisors who are more interested in enforcing the
law than in pleasing the liquor interests-H. w. T,
Nov. Is, 1914.
The Liquor Laws Are Being Enforced.
Although the enforcement of the liquor laws in
Freeport and Chicago has been made difficult, it is
= duly my u lOlC lIdl WlllIi llS loo NV iiOiiehS
there have been scores of convictions for the illicit
sale of liquor in different parts of Illinois.
At Bloomington there were four jury trials and
all the offenders were found guilty. After these con-
victions over sixty pleaded guilty. Several of them were
fined $500 and given one hundred to two hundred days
in jail.
At Waukegan there have been at least ten jury
trials and everyone resulted in a verdict Of guilty. The
fines amounted to at least $1,000.
At Woodstock there was but one trial, but the
verdict of guilty was sufficient to lead ten other Of
tenders to plead guilty, and the fines totaled $1,000.
At Paris there we're four trials by jury, and all
resulted in conviction, and ten other offenders pleaded
guilty. Among those tried was a former alderman
who was found guilty on fourteen counts. His fines
totaled about $1,000.
At Toulon a number of men were found guilty Of
selling a very low grade of malt liquor, the percentage
of alcohol being very small.
At Decatur 2 veritable REIGN of terror exists
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1914-11-20
Police Court Records From Wheel
ing, West Virginia

Number of arrests, July, 1913, (wet) ....372
Number of arrests, June, 1914, .ldry) ....Io4
Number of arrests, July, 1914, (dry) ....Io3
Number of arrests for drunkenness, July,
1913, (wet) u
Number of arrests for drunkenness, July,
1914, (dry) IS
Number of arrests, August, 1913, (wet) .23o
Number of arrests, August, 1914, (dry).. .2o4
Number of arrests for drunkenness, Au-
gust, 1913, (Wet)
Number of arrests for drunkenness, AT
gust, 1914, (dry) ......."......... II
Number of arrests, Sept, 1912, (wet) ESQ
Number Of arrests, Sept, 1914, (dry).... %
Number of arrests for drunkenness, Sept,
1913, (wet)
Number Of arrests for drunkenness, Sept,
1914, (dry) IS
The above table shows the effect OF the
closing of 125 saloons in Wheeling, w. Va
by the Prohibition law. If "Prohibition doesn't
prohibit will the vets kindly explain these
statistics?
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

tunic of black. shorter in front than in
the back, wired about the edge and edged
with big jet BEADS.
The bodice is made of tucked net. with
long sleeves that flare over the hands and
little sprinSing peplum OF the nel,
edged with beads. There Is a sort of
jet, and a big white satin rose, with
belt.
Complicated as this frock may sound, It
Is simple in essential details, and Is a
good model for the summer evening frock.
Tulle and satin of any color could be
combined in the same way.
Beads are still important as a means of
decoration. and are admirable for warm
weather. So many kinds of trimming
wrinkle and lose their freshness quickly
in the summer that a trimming as sub
stantial as beads is a relief. They are
effectively used in a white satin model
made with the Turkish skirt that Is like
a bag with openings for the feet In this
frock they-the beads, which are blue
form the girdle and suspender straps over
the shoulders and two long tassels on the
skirt
The all-white evening frock is receiv-
ing more attention as summer draws
nearer. II Is always cool, always dainty.
One, developed in satin and chiffon. with
two wired tunics over a peg-top skirt
and a Loose tuile blouse over a satin
foundation. is especially attractive.
Women like caps for theater and other
evening wear as well as they like boudoir
caps The warning from some hair spe-
cialist that IL women persevere in wear
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

Taffeta silk is established as the IA
vorite fabric of the spring. OF that
we are assured. At the French races
at Auteuil and a Nice, where fashion
able Frenchwomen wear the clothes they
have chosen from those presented by the
famous dressmakers, taffeta was admit
tedly the favored fabric And in Amer
ica, at places where fashionable women
gather. taffeta is accepted.
But it is too stiff for most evening
gowns. Satin, which was so usefully
popular last season and the season be-
fore for daytime as well as evening
wear. still forms the foundation Of many
evening frocks. Lace. net, tulle. chiffon
and brocade are used in combination
with II.
The weIl-dressed French woman al
ways realizes the good points Of black
satin frock and now she INDUCES IN I
black charmeuse evening gown, simply
made and relieved with much cream or
white net or lace. This Is a point her
American sister might well copy. for the
sake Of both economy and appearance.
Black is almost always a becoming even
ing color, when il is combined with soft
white. It is economical, too. both be-
cause IT does not soil quickly and be-
cause it Is inconspicuous and can there
fore be worn longer than a gown of a
decided tint can be.
Black and white are good in all mate
,rials for evening wear. One black-and-
white frock-a 'magpie" combination, II
is called-that has attracted a good deal
of attention is made of white satin and
black tulle. There is a tight, draped
foundation skirt Of the white and a long
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

ing a boudoir cap half the morning and
an evening cap half the night they will
soon be bald falls on deaf ears. Evening
caps are becoming. Boudoir caps make
the time spent in negligee attire more
pleasant Therefore. women will brave
the dangers Of overheated scalps and
thinning locks for the sake Of the cap.
1t always happens that fashion can do
what doctors and moralists cannot do.
Fashion dictates that woman shall not
make her waist unnaturally small, and,
behold: Her waist is no longer small.
The doctors couldn't do that It is
fashion that will do away with the
slashed s<irt-nobody else can.
So now the fashion for colored wigs and
coiffures, IL it should last, might do away
with the evening cap. For the woman
who wears q colored wig does not care
to cover 1t. She ornaments it with some
striking feather or pin or bandeau, to
draw attention to its already obvious
charms
In this case. the cap may win out For
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

the liking for colored hair will probably
be short lived. The colored wig, more
over, which is more usual than colored
powder applied to the natural hair, is
worse than the cap. SO far as the health
Of the hair beneath II is concerned. Even
the little air that can penetrate a me-
tallic evening cap cannot find its way
through the foundation Of q wig.
The skirt of the Spring.
Nobody knows what the skirt Of the
summer may be.
It lies as yet in the realm of unsolved
riddles.
But the skirt of the spring is with U.S.
and here are some Of its striking feat
ures.
In spite of the fact that Miss Wilson
has ordered for her trousseau-according
to dressmaking gossip-a tailored suit
with a skirt that is slashed in the back,
the slashed skirt Is unusual. When there
Is a slash. 1t is almost invariably In the
back.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

Bustle drapery is not unusual-that is
to say. the skirt Is often drawn up in
back and arranged in puffs just below
the waist.
Panniers are placed high on the hips.
Finally, the skirt is still narrow around
the ankles. The fact that it is invariably
fuller through the hips than 1t was last
season makes It more practical
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

The skirt ends four or five or six inches
above the ground.
The long tunic is more and more usual.
II reaches to within ten inches Of the
bottom OF the skirt. Sometimes II is
pleated or gathered. sometimes it flares
at the bottom. Sometimes II takes the
form of an apron and does not extend
across the back.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-19

Skirts come and skirts go, and they
create much sensation in the coming and
going. But after all, a woman of con-
servative fashion can live from one full
skirted era to the next one-and the
authoritative prognosticators of fashion
say another full-skirted era Is coming
soon-without having worn a skirt that In
uncomfortably or oticeably tight
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13
BASEBALL FEARED
IN SUNNY ITALY

Rome Italy, Feb. 12.-The unfamli-
arity of Italians with baseball today
was demonstrated by the refusal Of
the authorities to permit a game be-
tween the New York team Of the Ma
tional League and the Chicagos of the
American League, without first being
convinced that it was not a brutal
game" After the points of the game
were explained the authorities still
insisted that net be erected within
the stadium to protect the spectators
Even when promises were given that
this precaution would be taken, per-
mission was withheld until few in
nings are played for the benefit of the
authorities who desire to judge for
themselves what manner Of game the
American national pastime is.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13
NEW CATCHER
IS SECURED FOR
VALDOSTA TEAM

Valdosta, Ga, Feb. 12.-The an
nouncement is made that the Valdosta
baseball club has at last secured the
services of a star catcher for the next
season. His name has not been given
out yet, but he is said to be jewel Of
the first magnitude He completes the
lineup of the team, though there may
be one or two more signed before the
season opens. Manager Joe Herrold IS
watching all of his men closely and h
is confident that the Valdcsta bunch
win show up as strong as any of them.
The new catcher is not only a great
man behind the bat, but it is said that
he is one of the big hitters of the cir
cult in which he has been playing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13
FANS OF AMERICAS WILL
HELP FINANCE 1914 TEAM

The directors of the baseball club
met yesterday morning at the Office OF
President Lanier and laid plans for
the coming season in Americas. Several
important committees were appointed.
The right to sell refreshments at the
ball park was awarded, and plans for
improving the ball grounds were de-
cided upon.
1t was decided to begin the canvass
for funds to support the ball club on
Thursday next. The directors and the
fans of Americas in general want to
put baseball on firm financial footing
and they are going to raise enough to
guarantee a good ball club for Ameri-
Gus this summer.
The following committee was named
to canvass the city for funds and are
requested to meet at the office of Col
G. R. Ellis, in the Planters bank build
ing, at o'clock next Thursday morn
ing: G. R. Ellis, C. S. Glover, Jno. W.
SILVER j. T. Warren, G. S. Gardner, L.
G Council, Crawford Wheatley, H. E.
Allen and Frank Lanier. 1t was unan-
imously decided to plaster a fine of
500 on any member of this committee
who fails to show up on Thursday
morning.
The contract to sell refreshments at
the ball park was awarded to c. ).
Clarke, Jr., and Egbert Clarke, he
young sons Of c, ], Clarke, who con-
Quoted the refreshment stands so sue
cessfully last year. Several bids were
received but the Clarke youngsters out,
bid everything in sight.
Secretary Humber announced that
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13
Mocknen Should Win
Senators Be Runner Up

pulling in the wrong direction. Things
are different now. Bill Carrigan APP
pears to be popular with the players
and that means a great deal. If a
manager stands ace high with his ball
players he can get them to do a lot of
work on the ballfield that they might
otherwise shirk without Earring their
regulations. In ether words, when a
manager is liked by his players it is
found that there are fewer average
players" on the club.
Average players, as they are called.
are players who are always playing for
their own averages. In the field they
will not try for the hard ones because
they realize that if they don't get near
the ball they can't very well be charg
ed with an error Whereas, if they do
try hard for it and get in front of the
ball and then boot it the official scorer
is apt to charge a miscue opposite then
names At bat they don't like team
play when it is essential to do some
thing that will not boost their aver
ages. In this way they may be able to
bat near 300 class, but they are not as
valuable to club as the player who
is only hitting 27O, but plays the game
They are not good batters for hitting
behind the baserunners.
Of all teams, however, Washington
has the best chance of overthrowing
the Athletics, if their throne is to BE-
pulled from under them during the
coming season The Senators pack d
lot of baseball ability around with
them and Of they can get away a little
| bstter than they did last season they
will make quite a fuss. If they had
started like they finished last yeal
Mack would have needed every ounce
of strength in final drive to pull
through.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13
GLASS OF SALTS
CLEANS KIDNE
III Your Rack Hurts or Bladder Bot
You Drink Lots of Water.

When your kidneys hurt and u
back feels sore don't get scared
proceed to load your stomach wit
lot of drugs that excite the kidr1
and irritate the entire urinary tn
Keep your kidneys clean like
keep your bowels clean, by flush
them with a mild, harmless salts VT
removes the body's urinous waste
stimulates them to their normal &C
ity The function of the kidneys Is
filter the blood. In "a hours t
strain from it 500 grains of acid
waste. so we can readily underst;
the vital Importance of keeping
kidneys active.
Drink lots of water-you can't DIR
too much; also get from any phart
cist about four ounces of Jad Sal
take tablespoonful in glass of J
ter before breakfast each morning
a few days and your kidneys will
fine. This famous salts is made fr
the acid of grapes and lemon Jul
combined with lithia, and has been
ed for generations to clean and sti
ulate clogged kidneys; also to neutr
ize the acide in urine SO it no lonl
IS a source of irritation, thus end
bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot
jure; makes a delightful effervesc'
drink which everyC
should take now and then to keep tn
kidneys clean and active. Try Il
also keep up the water drinking and
doubt you will wonder what beca
of your kidney trouble and backac
Hooks Pharmacy, Americas, Ga.
alvt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13
SWIMMING A STUDY
At WESLEYAN

Milldetown, Conn, Feb. 12.- Swim
ming is now required study at Wes-
cyan Every member Of the sopa-
mere and freshman classes, who is uf-
able to swim must devote at least one
hour a week to it, under the direction
of an instructor. The regulation be
came effective today and some eighty
members of the two classes began tax
ing lessons in the recently completed
$4,000 swimming pool
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13

Give Blood Troubles the Right Punch
cially as S. S. S. And they owe Wig.
orous posterity to this remarkaDl'
medicine. The action of S. s. s. in tn
blood is of absorbing interest
One ingredient in S. S. s. serves thu
active purpose of stimulating each eel.
lular part of the tissues to healthy
and judicious selection of its own esa
sential nutriment.
Not only this, but If from the pres
ence of some disturbing poison there 4
a local or general interference OF nu'
triton to cause boils, carbuncles, abb
scesses and kindred troubles 5. ). >
so directs the local cells that this poi
son is rejected and eliminated froH
| their presence.
Then, too, S. S. s has such speeins
stimulation on these local cells as e
preserve their mutual welfare ana {
proper relative assistance to each otaer
| In a very brief time S. S. 5. has tnt
reconstructive process so under eontro8
that remarkable changes are observed
| IAN eruptive places heal, MYSTERIOUS
pains and aches have disappeared anc
! from head to foot there is a conscious
sensation of renewed health
| And if you desire skillfuI advice ane
counsel upon any matter concerning
the blood and skin, write TO ths
Medical Department, The Swift Sps-
cffic Co. G-15 swift Bldg, Atlanta
| ca DO not allow some Jealous clers
to larrup the atmosphere in eloauenes
over something just as good az
S. S. 5. Beware Of all substitutes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13
FACTS FIGURES and FABLES FOR FANS

The fans of Americus are going to he
called upon to prove their loyalty to
the Muckalees next week when a com
mittee of citizens will make a canvass
for funds to assure the financial sue
cess of the team this year A bah
team cannot be run without money, and
it's up to those that enjoy seeing a
good corking game to put up the
money to guarantee the success of Il
team.
Several persons in the city have had
the timidity to inquire whether or not
Americas was going to have ball
team this year Somehow or other
they seemed to have gotten the idea
that recent financial troubles in the
city would put crimp in organized
baseball for the time being To these
we will answer most emphatically that
Americas will not only have a ball
team, but that the team will be the
best she has ever had and we believe
that from a financial standpoint the
season will be the most successful one
ever known in Americas.
Americas cannot fail to support a
team during the coming season. The
news of the recent bank trouble has
spread all over the state and hurt the
city no little. If the people allow the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13

ball team to pass away the news will
be spread over the state as well and
people will begin to pity Americas, the
city that can't even support ball
team"
But there is no probability of such A
disaster There are too many died-in
the-wool fans, who will come to the
help of the club There are too many
fans who want to see the Muckalees
romp away with game after game from
Cordele, Valdosta, ct al. There are to-
many fans that would be willing to
cut their rations down to one meal
rather than see Americas give up her
franchise in the Georgia State league.
Luckily for Americas there are but
few who are so timid as to even sug,
gest the Withdrawing from the league.
Americas is made up of good sports
who will back any move they are in
terested in with good cold cash. Ameri-
Gus is going to have a ball club. Fur
thermore, Americas is going to have q
winning team. And still again, Amer
icus fans are going to guarantee the
financial success of organized ball IL
Americas.
Loosen your purse strings Get ready
for the committee and shell out. BE
a sport. Be a fan Be booster.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13
MISSISSIPPI SENATOR
DANGEROUSLY Ill

Washington, D. c., Feb 12.-Senator
John Sharp Williams, CT Mississippi, IS
very i'll here with pneumonia and com
plieations have set in, causing his
physicians additional worry. He is one
of the latest victims of the epidemic Of
sickness which has been evident in
Washington this winter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13
ROUNDING UP THE
GAMBLERS ON The
ATLANTA "HOSS" RACE

Atlanta, Feb. 12.-Five more allege
booking agents have been bound ove
to the superior court in the crusade !
the Atlanta police against systematic
ed betting on the horse races in loo;
pool rooms, and it is predicted at pC
lice headquarters that these drasti
measures will soon stamp out the ey
entirely.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13

In scanning the American League
Ipros5 poets as they loom up now it is
hard to see anything but the Athletics.
The Senators no doubt must be consid-
cred St Louis would have to be con-
sidered if it had Walter Johnson-not
inferring that without Johnson the
Senators are not better ball club
than the Browns, because they are by
several blocks, but Walter Johnson is
just about so per cent of the defensive
strength of any organization that he is
associated with.
Give Griff another crack pitcher to
help out Joe Boehling who should do
just as good if not better work this
year than he did last, and Johnson and
the Senators would be in a position to
see how any assortment of American
all along the pennant highway. But
without this extra pitcher it is hard TO
see how any assortment of American
League players as they are now dis
tributed can stop the onward rush of
Edward Collins, F. Franklin Baker,
Charles Bender, Joseph Bush, Edward
Plank, Wally Sshang and some half
dozen others whom Mr.. Mack has i'm
bubed with a lot of useful baseball
knowledge.
Cleveland went be any stronger
than, it was last season and possibly
not as strong. 1t was fortunate to fin
ish as well as it did, considering the
erratic style of game it played 1t
would not be surprising, however, to
see the Boston Red Sox show some Of
the same form that caught the Athlet-
les mapping in 1911 and carried the Sox
through to a worlds championship.
1t has been said time and again that
the Red Sox were lucky team to win
the title in the American League. Lots
Of critics have vouchsafed the opinion
that there were at least two other
clubs in the same league that were
stronger than the Red Sox Individual
ly and collectively. That may be true
and it may not 1t stands to reason
however, that team to grab titls
and then beat the best that the Nation
al League could send against it had tc
have at least an inkling of what bats
and gloves are made for.
The Red Sox were not in theii
stride last season. There were toe
much internal dlssension-too muct
team polities--to permit of baseball b.
ing played. Everyone seemed to u
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13
.EVERS IS TRADED;
WON'T CO TO DOVES

New York, Feb. 12.-George Stall
ings, manager of the Boston Nationals
last night announced that Infelder
Sweeney and Pitcher Perdue of that
club, had been traded to the Chicago
Nationals for Johnny Evers
The depcsed Chicago manager enter
ed emphatic objection and declared he
would not go to Boston in any deal by
which President Murphy, of the Chica-
90 club benefited
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13
JIM LAFITTE TO
MANAGE LAGRANGE

Atlanta, Ga, Feb. 12.-Jim LaFitte,
former Cracker and Pelican catcher,
has been signed to manage the La
GRANGE club of the Georgia Alabama
league fer the coming season.
The deal was closed last night and
both the new manager and the club
owners are satisfied with their agree
ment and the prospects of the La
Grange club for the coming season.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13
Just the Brick.

Judge-How did you get that awful
bump On your head?
Umson-Family quarrel, your homo
Judge-Hit by piece of bric-a-brac
Umson-Not the braok, your honor;
just the brick.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-13
Truth of the Matter

What is Dolly doing now?''
she's making bare living expenses. /"
Il always thought she would land in
he chorus"