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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-21
PHONE SERVICE IN GEORGIA
WAS BEST IN YEARS

Atlanta, Ga, August 2O-Perhaps no
modern invention has proved so abso-
lutely a necessity when once it became
known as the telephone, and never
was its value more demonstrated than
yesterday when election news was
flashing over the state.
The Atlanta dailies found it their
one best reliance last night, when tel
egraph wires were clogged with mes
sages and there was need for speed
and more speed. There are many
points in Georgia without telegraph
service but hardly hamlet without
its phone service, and those were oy-
erworked last night.
The Southern Bell telephone com
pany used especial efforts yesterday
to give complete and accurate returns.
So well was its ability known that
two newspapers, one in Savannah and
another in Macon, had private wires
put in from Atlanta, sent staff men to
this city and got their returns from
headquarters direct.
The girls at central" had their
hardest days work since the verdict
in the Frank case was rendered. They
were busy all the night making con-
nections between homes and newspa-
per offices, but the service was handl-
ed without bobble
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-21
FALL BUYERS IN EARLY

st. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 20.-About the
last of the buyers who visit this city
each fall are now in town, and it is
estimated the number of visitors since
the first of the month has been be-
tween 1000 and 5000. Depleted
stocks have caused early buying, many
merchants having bought closely in
the spring and neglected to place
any orders during the summer. The
buyers have come from the st. Louis
trade territory, which embraces the
states south, southeast, southwest and
west of st. Louis. The outlook for the
southwest is especially promising for
an era of prosperity, despite the Eu-
ropean troubles. The merchandising
firms are greatly relieved at the turn
affairs have taken and their reports
and reviews assert that the latter part
of this year will see a great revival If
business.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-21
ANERICUS DANES
MUST ELIMINATE
IMPORTED GOWNS
WILL WEAR HOMEMADE HATS
Are NeCGSSitatCd By Foreign
ImbrOgIiO

Americas husbands who regard with
alarm the fear that they have to plow
bay mule next year unless times i'm
prove, are at elast comforted in tile
fact that they will escape the usual au-
tumnal hold-up for fifty dollar bon
nets and hundred dollar gowns. Moth
ing doing, dear danes, nothing doing
daughter, in the way of costly harness
in these days of low-priced cotton AMI
war.
WHEY will have no Paris gowns nor
Paris hats this year. That is a matter
of course now that the war is stopping
eerxything except taxes. But what
hadn't been considered, we shall not
have any fashions this year.
Why, of course not. Fashions orig
mate in Paris. They could not come
from anywhere else and be fashion
able. And Paris cannot send any
models over, and the American buyers
who have thronged New York for a
month past must come home empty
haned.
Every year the Partisan modistes
and milliners have great openings in
August. Every year the experts from
American stores and the designers OF
American firms go over, sit at the feet
of fashion and bring home models and
ideas.
But this August there was no open
ing. Mademoiselle Modiste sat behind
closed curtains, weeping because her
Jacqces was gone to the wars. There
were no buyers except those from the
stores, so why worry with new styles
But perhaps it is blessing after all
There has long been a cry for Amer
lean fashions, to get away from the
continual aping of Paris. Now that
there is no Paris to ape, maybe the
American designers will develor
something of their own worth while
Il came home empty handed, but
did lot of thinking on the train" SAID
the woman buyer of a local store yes
terday. And all the way home
sketqhed fashions of my own, new
ideas, novel effects. They will be some.
thing entirely new. Who knows? Per.
haps l shall have Paris some day com.
ing to Americas for fashions. Or
may go broke and cost my house 9
pretty sum. But we are going tc
gamble On it."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-21
ELECTION ENDED.
NELMS MYSTERY
AGAIN EXPLOITED
PROBABLY GROUND IN SAUS.
AGE Mill
Such GrueSOme News Comes
Of Missing Women

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 2O.-A startling
development in the helms Sisters mys-
terry came up yesterday afternoon
when it was declared in San Antonio.
Texas, that trunk shipped by Victor
E. lines from the house he had occupi-
ed in San Antonio had been traced
and located and found to contain an
enormous, meat grinding machine and
several butcher knives, wrapped in
women's garments.
This, coupled with the arerst of In
mes and his wife in Oregon on the
charge of completely in the girls dis
appearance, is taken by the Texas Of
f1cials as being a rather gruesome
clew
Innes himself is now in the Port
land jail, while his wife is under ar
rest but not jailed, on account of her
bad health. Charges of murder were
filed against them in SanAntonio by
Marshall Nelms, the brother of the
missing girls. The warrant charges
specifically that Times administered
poison to the two girls. helms says
strange Oriental poison picked up by
Times in Eastern travels was used.
Young helms will leave San Antonio
with the Texas sheriff to take charge
of Innes at Portland and bring him
and his wife back to San Antonio,
scene of the alleged crime. He declar-
ed before leaving that he would take a
pistol with him and kill them both.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-21
RLAMES Crime ON SOCIETY women
Who PLAY BRIDGE FOR HIGH STAKES
Fair Gamblers Are Suffering From LncurobIe Mental
MoJndg, Ahenists DecIare--Dr. j. C. King, of Atlanta
Particularly Btter---Drmkards Big Babes"
Cure for Hoboism.

Dr. ]. c. King, of Atlanta, Ca, at
tackled the women bridge players.
I'VE see society encouraging i'm
prudent speculation" he said, Intern
perance, and vice augumenting the
desire to gain wealth by speculation
rather than by honest labor, convert
ing our youth into idle vagabonds, fill
ing our prisons with defaulters, forg-
ers, bank robbers, thieves, and muir
derers."
What inducement is there to honest
labor and virtuous endeabor when a
mother, a leader in society, woman
of untold influence spends the greater
part of her time, mentality and energy
in winning a prize at bridge party
that would equal in cost the heaviest
losing at a 81 limit poker game dur
ing a sitting Of four hours?"
FavOrs Colonies for Alcoholics.
1t was DR.. Charles F. Read, super
intendent of the State Hospital for the
Insane, that advanced the theory that
the inebrite was only baby, and only
few of them really GRABBED liquor
after they had been separated form it
for a week. In two weeks time, the
physician said, they have no more
physical desire for it than an abstain
er. 1t was the physicians theory that
the trouble lies not in the call of the
chemistry of the body, but a longing
for the effects of the alcohol.
"The inebriate misses his foster
mother" said DR.. Read. "The foster
mother who speaks kind words to him
when things go wrong, who entertaine
him, and causes him to forget this is
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-21
RUPTURE EXPERT here
Seeley, Who Fitted Gear of Russia.
Called to Americas.

Rupture is not breach of tear
in the abdominal wall as commonly
supposed therefore nothing to knit
or heal, but rupture is the dilation of 4
natural opening, therefore subject to
closure" said F. H. Seeley, OF Chicago
and Philadelphia, the noted truss ex-
pert, who will be at the Windsor Ho-
tel and will remain in Americas Fri
day only, Aug. Dist. Mr. Seeley says:
The Spermatic Shield as now furnish
ed and supplied to the United States
Government will not only retain any
case Of rupture perfectly, affording i'm
mediate and complete relief, but
closes the opening in 10 days on the
average case. This instrument re-
ceiyed the only award in England and
Spain, producing results without sur
gerry, haTnIuI injections, medlcal treat
ment or prescriptions. Mr.. Seeley has
documents from the United States
Government Washington, D. c., for in
spection. All charity cases without
charge, or if any interested call he
will be glad to show same without
charge, or fit them if desired Any
one rdptured should remember the
date and take advantage of this oppor-
tunity. advt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-21

real world with sharp corners on it
HE is big baby and nothing more
Take his bottle away from him and he
cries until his attention is distracted
and then he learns to do without it
The logical, practical manner of deal
ing with this man is to commit him to
a colony where he may be weaned
from his foster mother, taught habits
of industry and built over into an eff
fective mechanism"
Fearful Effect on Offspring.
Figures were produced of the study
of III families of alcoholics made by
DR.. Alfred Gordon, Of Jefferson Med
ical College, Philadelphia. 1t was
found that in the first generation OF
80 families of alcoholics 200 of the
offspring we're mentally affected and
$50 of these we're epileptics. OF these
children rs began to use alcohol when
from to 16 years old.
In the second generation of 20 alco-
holic grandparents rs were deficient
mentally and of a lower type than that
found in the effectiveness of the first
generation. Twenty-one of the des-
pendants of the third generation OF
seven alcoholic families were imbe-
Giles. DR.. Read said that 25 per cent
of insanity is due to alcohol.
The wanderlust seizes constitu.
tionally inferior class, it was stated
An inferior class of people have q
craving for continual excitement anC
live close to the border line of insan.
ity. The road calls strongly to then
and there are hundreds of them wand.
ering aboct committing petty crimes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-21

New York, Aug, 20.-Bridge playing
for prizes by women is mental dis
ease for which there is no cure.
The alcoholic is nothing but big
baby who can bee ured by keeping his
"bottle" away from him and treating
him kindly.
Wanderlust and hoboism, out of
which springs the great American
tramp. is another mental disease, and
the cure is to provide an exciting po-
sition for those afflicted.
New York physicians who attended
the annual convention of the alienists
and mind experts of the country re-
Gently in Chicago are mush interested
in these three conclusions reached by
the neurologists.
The physicians decided that the
crimes of men are very often due tc
insanity, and they are punished fo'
crime when they should be treated for
disease. 1t was also stated that many
times when men are sent to prison
they adopt religion, an dare seemingly
reformed but when they leave the
place and are again attacked by their
mental ailment, the crimes are re-
peated and they are soon back in
prison again.
One of the most interesting papers
was by DR.. w. S. Lidnsay, of Topeka
Kansas, who asserted that it is all toe
easy to keep outside of an insane asyl-
UNI. He believes that the statutes
should be changed so that patient
may be sent to an asylum whenever
there is any sign Of effectiveness OF
he is unable to manage his affairs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-21
HEALS KUMORS
business.

So many remarkable cures have come
to our attention from the use of our
wonderful new skin treatment that We
offer to pay full price for the empty tube
in every case where Saxo Salve and
Saxo Soap do not help those who suffer
from eczema, salt rheum, itching humors
or skin eruptions. Can any offer be
more fair? Saxo Salve is an antiseptic
penetrating ointment that stops the itch
and clears the skin. Try Saxo Salve
and Saxo Soap at our risk.
Hooks Pharmacy, Americas, Ga.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-31
HANCOCK

Misses Ruby and Una Allen of RAN
dolph visited at George Fairs last week.
Miss Leah Blair has returned from
Brandon, where she has been for several
weeks.
The Olive Branch society met with
Mrs. katherine Fifeld last Thursday. A
good time is reported.
Mrs. George Marsh has returned from
her visit 10 various places in New Hamp-
shire.
A large crowd gathered to see the
horse race on Monday. Owing to an ac
cident to one of the horses, the race was
not finished.
The Olive Branch society furnished
dinner at the town hall Monday and the
receipts were about S25
Mrs. Wesley Burke and daughter of
Brattleboro are visiting at George Tay-
lors.
Mr.. and Mrs. w W. Jones attended
the Jones reunion in Randolph last week.
Miss Mabel Buttles is in Warren for
a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Buttles of Bethel
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John But
ties recently.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-31
The Closed Market.

The increasing stringency in financial
markets for the last few years, with
the lowering quotations on standard Sc
curities, now appears exceedingly for
trnate. If this world war had struck us
at the high figures of 1906 the ensuing
panic would have been incalculable.
Brokers and bankers and moneyed in
situations would have popped on every
hand.
1t remains to be seen how well we
shall get through the trouble when our
market reopens, as it some time must.
The additional currency, liberated by the
Aldrich- Vreeland act, as modified by re-
cent amendments, should prove OF great
steadying force. And by the time the
market opens the financial leaders will
undoubtedly be in readiness to sustain
it against any drastic bear raiding.
With the volume of securities that viii
inevitably be unloaded on us by reason
Of European necessities, it is probably
wise merely as business proposition
that we are not openly floating war
loans here We shall have about all we
can do to finance our own institutions,
do our own business, and buy back our
own stocks.
How great the ultimate decline in list
ed values in this country will be de-
ponds on the length of the war and the
exhaustion of the worlds resources.
From short combat the world should
soon recover, and particularly would the
United States convalesce readily. But
long war would drag us in the mire
of poverty. The worlds capital is rath-
er fluid commodity. The unloading of
securities already alluded to differs not
greatly from foreign loan, since it re-
leases money abroad for investment in
home war bonds.
The worlds wealth is thus like the
water in a series of connecting lakes.
Ii pravitates toward the spot of great
est depression, and no barriers which we
can set up like the presidents wisely
attempted Introduction of war loans, in
the long run prevent money from going
where the demand for it is greatest.
The depletion o. Europe's wealth will
raise the demand for ours, and this raise
will fall on ourselves, showing its ef-
feet in house rents and business enter
prise of every sort. 1t will, for example,
DELAY the electrification of American
railroads 20 years. and of every other
Improvement which lies within the reach
Of per cent money, but seampers out
of the sight of that commanding 8 and
10 per cent.
We are probably in for period OF
high interest rates. like that which fol-
lowed the Civil war in America, with
all the servitude which these lay on in
dustry and trade. The country was then
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-31
RANDOLPH

Miss Cora Osgood. who has been here
for her vacation, returned TO Pike, MI.
Sunday night to resume her work there
early in the week
Mrs. Lucinda Cleveland returned from
a two weeks stay with her daughter
Mrs. Fl. A. skinner, in Boston Sunday
night,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Fits and tive
daughters, who were the guests OF Mrs
Henry Fits on Saturday, went to Their
home in North Reading, Mass, Sunday
Mrs. Moses Spaulding returned Sat
urday from three weeks stay in st
Adams with her son, Frank Spaulding
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Rodee OF
Mitchell, s. d., who have been at Enos-
burg Falls for two weeks, arrived here
Saturday to pass several days with Mrs
Homer White, who is Mrs. Rodee's sister
A daughter was born Friday night to
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray 0rdway, who live on
School street,
Miss Flora Corwin of Boston came on
Saturday to visit Mr. and Mrs, A. H,
Powers.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. L. Patch, Bishop
Evans and several others left here Sun
dav morning for Claremont, n. H., 10
attend the camp meeting now in session
there.
Miss Neva Clafiin closed on Saturday
night two years term of service in the
drug store of ". A. Grant and went to
her home in Bethel to take short rest
before taking up other work.
Miss Reta Calvin of West Brooktield,
Mass. who has been in Rochester for a
visit with friends, was entertained on
Saturday by Mr.. and Mrs. s. s. Whit
comb and went from here TO Worcester,
Mass.
Albert Laing, who is employed by the
Anti Saloon league of Vermont, spoke
on Sunday morning in the Methodist
church and in the evening delivered an
illustrated lecture before union service.
Mrs. w. 5. Smithers, and her son,
Otis Smithers, were in town from Thurs
day until Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Fl. J. Smithers, and went from here TO
Orleans where Rev. Smithers is now
located
Miss Fern Fargo, who has been at
Richmond and vicinity for the summer,
came home Saturday and is now with
her parents on Pleasant street, in the
Lynch house.
Rev Frederick Leeds, who is now To-
Gated at Shelburne Falls, Mass, with
an Episcopal church, left here Saturday
TO attend his service on Sunday.
Mrs. ]. f. French returned Saturday
from Middlebury where she had been for
a week with her son and other relatives.
The Methodist church will join the
Bethel Gilead Methodist church on
in picnic in a grove in that
place.
Edison Emery left here on Thursday
with Carl Williams, who has been here
from Ware, Mass, with an automobile,
for a short stay in that place and osher
nearby cities.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-31
ROCHESTER

Miss Marie Chandler has been re-
cent guest at Wallace Campbells.
Herbert Cushman has been in Wood
stock and Windsor recently on a bus
mess trip.
Rev. Clifford Newton has rendered his
resignation as pastor Of the Universal
ist church. to take effect sept. !.
Miss Mildred Holland has gone 20 Rut-
land. where she has a position with the
Cahee House Furnishing Co.
Mrs. Earl Bean. who underwent a Sc
rious operation at the Randolph ssns-
forum. is quite comfortable.
Hiram Campbell died At his home on
Sunday afternoon from a stroke Of apo
plexy.
Miss Vera Eaton vas in Boston last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones Of Philsdslphia are
Al Wake Robin farm.
The Rarreuther plcnic was great sue
cess. About $50 awaited themselves Of
the good time offered b. tie family.
Games were played with prizes for those
who had the highest score. The ball
game between the single men ard tire
married resulted ia = score 81 3 20 : I'm
favor 81 the single men.
Miss Mabel McCrev is visiting friends
On Rufiand
The ~. G. r.. Z. ~ Hsneeck met uith
Nrs. Edith Spencer ard ~ interesting
meeting vas snieyei - All
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-31
Spoilsmen Rampant.

john A. Moon of Tennessee, the chair
man of the House committee on the
postoffice, which expends over $1,000 0O,-
900 year, has discovered a grievous
situation able bodied men who have
no earthly reason for being there under
this administration" quote his ex-
act words-are bcneiiciaries of the pub
lie bounty, and Moon wants it stopped
But what is the nature of this largess
to able bodied men? They are holding
places, to which they had come by long
training and experience, as assistant
postmasters. If they were cripples or
invalds and must be supported, Mr.
Moon implies that he would not turn
them out, but that able bodied men
should thus lie down on this admins
tration for support, passes his under
standing.
This is the old and nearly inerad
cable spoils idea. A place under the
government is sinecure to be passed
around among friends. And so long as
this is the idea, the volume OF work will
be adjusted to that theory, The world
hires doctors, lawyers, builders, station
agents, compositors for the work they
do. regarding it as no offense that they
should take the pay while still able
bodied. But under the government, IT
is so different
Mr.. Moon will doubtless vote TO take
over the telephone, telegraph, and ex-
press business by the federal govern
ment, thereby displacing a regime OF fair
play for one of patronage. He evidently
thinks our civilization could stand up
under the strain. State Treasurer Mans
field announces with becoming solemnity
that he shall never appoint Republican
where he can find Democrat that will
perform the required duties to Mr.. Mans
fields satisfaction. If his own perform
anee sets the standard, this ought to be
easy-Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-31
TO SAVE EYES
is THE OBJECT OF THIS FREE PRE-
sCRIPTIoN-TRY TT If YOUR EYES
GIVE YOU TROUBLE

Thousands Of people suffer from eye trou-
bles, because they do not know what to do.
They know some good home remedy for every
other minor ailment, but for their eye
troubles They neglect their eyes, because
the trouble is not sufficient to drive them TO
an eye specialist. who would, anyway. charge
them a heavy fee. AS last resort they go
to an optician or 70 the five and ten-cent
store, and oftentimes get glasses that they
do not need, or which, after being used two
or three months, do their eyes more injury
than good. Here is a simple prescription
that everyone should use:
grains DIPLOMA q tabiet)
ounces water
Use three or four times day to battle the
eyes. This prescription and the simple OPP
tona system keeps the eyes clean. sharpens
the vision and quickly overcomes inflammation
and irritation weak. watery. oyerworked.
tired eyes and other similar troubles are
greatly benefited and oftentimes cured by its
use Many reports show that wearers OF
glasses have discarded them after a few weeks
use II is good for the eyes and contains no
ingredient which would injurs the most SEN
sitive eyes of an infant or the aged Any
druggist can fill this prescription promptly.
Try it and know for once what real eye COM
tprt Is
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-31
WAITSFIELD

Earl Joslyn was home from Boston
several days last week.
Miss Beatrice Benedict of New Haven
has been the guest of her cousin, Prin.
Williams, the past week.
Miss Eva Annie Bisbee was home from
Barre last week.
Mrs. j.. T.. Linnell of Lowell Mass, Is
spending several weeks at Hugh Baird :.
Messrs. James and William English
are guests of their sister, Mrs. J. \.
Kew.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Baird Of Water
bury spent Thursday in town.
Mrs. James A. Nell has returned from
Newport.
Charles Redstone has returned from
Milton.
Doris Moriarty has Returned from
Morrisville.
Miss Eta Brown has returned from
Windsor.
Mrs. J. B. Regain OF Bethel is at o. A.
Bowen's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-31

The Bridegroom's Share of Expenses.
In the "Home Problem" department of
the September Woman's Home Compan-
ion girl who is going 20 be married
soon wants TO know what the bride
aroom's share of the wedding expenses
are to be. who orders the carriages for
the wedding party to drive TO the church,
and who selects the clergyman. The edi-
tor of the department responds as fol
lows:
THE bridegroom pays for his own car
rage to ride TO the church and Is ac-
companicd in it by the best man. The
same carriage is used for the bride and
groom when they leave the church. The
groom also provides the clergyman's car
rage. pays for the license and the min
ister's fee. which is anywhere from FIVE
dollars to fifty The groom sometimes
provides flowers for the bridesmaids and
maid Of honor and always sends the
bride her bouquet II Is customary for
him 10 give his best man and the
ushers presents. which usually take the
form OF scarf pins OF cuff links. He also
gives the bride as lovely a gift Of Jew
elry as be can afford.