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The Calumet news., 1914-07-27
Cavalry Service Was Pleasant.

Going later into the infantry, the
Archduke has always looked back on
his service in the cavalry as the most
delightful time in his life. He was
proud TO ride into a new garrison at
the head of his squadron and it was
generally said i'm the regiment that the
officers i'm his squadron had the best
high degree and none the less so after
his marriage with the Princess Zita Of
Parma. who is just as well liked as
her husband.
When she accompanied him to his
garrison she came as a simple Junior
officers wife and not as an archduch-
ness. She went and called upon the
wives of all the officers senior i'm rank
to the Archduke instead OF waiting for
them TO call upon her. She. took the
greatest interest, not only in regimen
tai affairs. but also i'm the inhabitants
Of the country districts where the regi-
mont was stationed and became great
ly beloved by the Jews in one OF the
small garrisons i'm Galicia. She went
out among the people there and talked
to the children and gave them little
gifts such as no officers wife had ever
done before.
Young People in Background
But so long as Francis Ferdinand
was living the young couple were left
in the background. With two small
The Calumet news., 1914-07-27
AIMS TO DEFEAT
AMENDMENT TO
INSURANCE BILL
George S. LoveIace Heads Move
Against the Proposed Change

Detroit July PA special meeting
of the Michigan Fraternal congress
was held in Detroit to discuss plans
for defeating a proposed amendment
to the constitution that is to be voted
on this fall. Forty delegates We're
present. representing as many frater-
nal societies.
Sufficient signatures have been Sc
cured to make certain the submis-
sion of the amendment to the elector-
ate. If adopted, it will result i'm TAX
ing the control of fraternal organiza :
tions out of the hands of the legisla-
ture and the state commissioner Of
The Calumet news., 1914-07-27

on 9th Page, End Column.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20
Teaching the King Chess.

The game of chess was known in
Arabia and Persia in the sixth cen
fury. 1t originated, however, in In
dia, where it was called Chaturanga
"a complete army. The Persian Cat
rany" and the Arabic "Shastrasj" mere
ly are phonetic variations of the San
scrit Chaturanga. The story goes that
& Persian king being i'll and lonesome
was very anxious for something to
while away the time and to amuse him
but his vizier, wise men and Magi, de-
spite desperate efforts, failed to in
vent or find anything that would please
their lord. Driven to desperation and
threatened to be killed unless they
satisfied their kings craving, they
secured the land, and at last succeed
ed in unearthing a wandering Indian
with chess board and figures. Being
shown the game, they forthwith car
ried the stranger to the king, who was
so fascinated that he quickly learned
the game, and requested his benefac-
tor to name anything he desired and
that his wish would be granted before
hand. All that the modest Hindu ask
ed was to be given one grain of wheat
on the first square of the chess board
and to have this multiplied for each
square on the board. The king sneered
at such simplicity But when the
yizier attempted to carry out the com
mand he found to his amaxement that
there was not near grain enough in
Persia to fill this simple order"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20
Americas, Ga, March 20, 1914
HIS is WHAT MR.. CRISP WOULD
CUT.

The senate has passed the annual
appropriation bill for the District of
Columbia, amounting to $4,000
DO.
Included in this is funds for de
aging the expenses of the govern
|lent of the city of Washington, to
Which Congressman Crisp, of this
district, is opposed, and has introduce
ID bill which, if passed, will require
be residents of the city to pay the ex-
enses of governing it.
In the appropriation bill which
as been passed the senate incorpoc
tied an amendment to provide that
10 part of the money should be used
b maintain automobiles, except TO,
he fire, police or emergency health
ervice.
If the house concurs the amend
aent will send to storage some thir-
y-one automobiles now used by the
district government.
Senator John Sharp Williams pro-
posed the restriction insisting that
district officials could use the street
ars or pay for their own machines.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20
Jefferson and the Mammoth Cheese.

JtHoTSOn anu Cue hAmmOtu OUeeSes
This is the country of mammoth
cheeses, and it has been a custom to
present monsters of this sort to the
president The precedent was set in
the time Of Jefferson. The inhabi-
tants Of Cheshire, Mass, after his cleo
ton resolved to build" a cheese that
should eclipse all records and to send
/. to Washington. The cheese hoop
was four feet in diameter and eight
cen inches high. Every vehicle a nd
every beast of burden was pressed in
to service on the appointed day to
take the contribution of cream to the
rendezvous, and while the giant screw
descended from the ponderous beam,
resistlessly curdling the monster pre-
paration, the elders dedicated the
cheese to President Thomas Jefferson,
whereupon a suitable" hymn was
sung. The great cheese journeyei
from Cheshire to Washington in a wa
gon drawn by six horses, bearing the
label THE Greatest Cheese in Annex
lea, for the Greatest Man in America
jefferson, however, always shy Of ac-
cepting presents, insisted on paying
for the cheese, which cost him 5000.
At the New Years reception the stew
ard of the white house, at a signal
from the president, carved the mon
ster in the presence of the cabinet,
foreign diplomats and other distin-
guished guests, to all of whom great
slices were served, with bread, in the
order of their rank and station.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20
$4,000 LiOing

lecturing to young ladies in Boston,
hrs. Margaret Stannard tells them that
|2,50O year is the least sum on which
hey could possibly conduct "livable"
home Less than that she thinks
means mere existence"
If she is right the vast majority Of
happy homsfolk in this great land are
aerely existing" Smart girls who
have married preachers, lawyers, car
benters, teachers, bank clerks, groc-
brs, writers, bricklayers and some mil
ions of others to whom $500 looks
ike affluence will laugh at Mrs. Stan
lard's practical prattle. The proper
ion of people who juggle the high
cost of living with less than $500 A
rear and do it "livably" is the over
proportion of our American
population. The people who have
more than $4,000 are negligible min
,rity; ard American living is generally
goted very comfortable, thank you
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20
CROAKERS

Benjamin Franklin in his autobio-
graphy says: There are croakers in
every country always boding on ruin.
Such a one then lived in Philadelphia.
q person of note, an elderly man, with
\ wise look and very grave manner
OF speaking. His name was Samuel
Mickle. This gentleman, strange"
to me, stopped one day at my door ana
asked me if I was the young man who
had lately opened a new printing
house. Being answered in the affirma-
tive he said he was sorry for me, be-
cause it was an expensive undertake
ing, and the expense would be lost,
for Philadelphia was a sinking place,
the people half bankrupts, or near be-
ing so; all appearance to the contrary,
such as naw buildings and the rise of
rents, being to his certain knowledge
falacious, for they were, in fact, among
the things that would soon ruin us.
And he gave me such a detail of mis-
fortunes now existing or that were
soon to exist, that he left me half
melancholy. Had | known him betor1
| engaged in this business probably |
should never have done it. This man
continued to live in this decayins
place, and to declaim in the same
strain, refusing for many years to buy
a house there, because all was going
to destruction; at last had the pleas
ure of seeing him give five times as
much for one as he might have bought
It for when he first began croaking"
The croakers are still living. They
are found in almost every community
With them business is always bad
the weather is the worst; the town in
yhich they live is the least progress
i've; times are the hardest; every bust
ness is overcrowded the world is &C
ling to the dogs.
Do not fear the croaker Some daN
he will "croak" for the last time, and
the world will keep on advancing
i'll harmony with the spirit of the
times. The world is growing better
Even the croaker has been given the
better name Of pessimist.
There are times, perhaps, when we
think we have more than our share Of
misfortune. But the statement "Tis
not the worst so long as we can say
This is the worst" is as true today as
when uttered by the Bard of Avon
three hundred years ago. So, will
apologies to r. Louis Stevenson, We
have evolved the following pholoso
ply:
There is so much bad in the best o
! life,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20

MRS. G. c. HESTER, of Atlanta, will
be at Buchanan's Grocery Store all
this week, demonstrating the Postum
Cereal COmpany's products. Delicious
Grape Nut Salad, delicious Grape Nut
Pudding, Instant Postum and POrridge
will be served free all day Friday. Come
everybody. Free all day. Come today
or you will miss something nice.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20
Oldest Chimes in the United States

UIuGSt HI Z CtabHSs
There are four peals of bells with
a history in the United States. The
oldest is a set of four dated 1881,
which hangs in the ancient Moorish
belfry of the Spanish cathedral at st.
Augustine, Fla. Next in point of age
are the eight bells brought from Eng
land in 1744 and now in Christ church,
Boston. 1--WE are the first ring of
bells cast for the British empire ia
North America" is the inscription on
them. The oldest chime in the mid
die Atlantic states is old Christ church,
Philadelphia, which are still in use.
welcoming especially the advent of
Christmas and New Year. This ring
of bells was bought with the proceeds
of lottery organized by the vestry.
They were cast in Whitechapel, Lon
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20

The Importance 1,good roads to. the
city consumer as we'll as the country
producer is strikingly shown in the
following story from Harper's Week
w. 1t seems that farmer in Sullivan
Acounty, Tennessee, a few miles from
Rristol, had hundred bushels of po-
tatoes which he expected to market
during the winter. The roads, how
ever, were so bad that he was unable
to do any hauling; the potatoes rotted
in his cellar Meanwhile the price of
potatoes in Bristol went up to a dollar
and forty cents bushel. In the course
of the winter ten carloads of farm
produce were imported into Bristol
every day from distant points. Food
prices were very high throughout that
section; and yet, there was store of
foodstuffs ample to supply the people
Farmers were losing money and town
jewellers were losing money, simply
because of a lack of well-built, we'll
kept highways.
The problem of the high cost of liv-
ing is largely a problem of distribution
and marketing So soon as direct, &c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20
At Parting

ooh, Clara, we will have to say good
bye. am called out of town on
Urgent business"
"Oh, George"
But before l go, dear | want to
take a lock of your hair with me-"
why of course, George-here is a
lock from my new green wig
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20

WANTED TO BUY-From 10000 %
100, 900 acres of first class virgin pine
timber on dry ground. Price must be
right, without disclosing any unfavor-
able local conditions; no time nor
money to spend with common stuff. R.
H. Blevins, 1-2 Fifth St, Bristol,
Tenn. 14-1w
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20

REWARD FOR LOST PAPERS-A
reward Of ten dollars will be paid for
recovery of certain papers lost by our
statesmen, w. H. McNeal, of Marshall
vile, Ga. Said papers to be returned to
the Singer Sewing Machine Co., Amer
icus, Ga. no questions asked
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20

Memorial Resolutions, Resolutions
Respect, Obituary Notices, ETC.,
her than those which the paper may
EN- proper to publish as news mat
:, will be charged for at the rate of
cents per line.
AN advertising copy requiring two
humns of space or less should be in
b business Office not later than noon
day prior to date of issue in order
insure it's prompt insertion. All
py for space of more than two col
nns should be submitted not later
an o'clock of the day, two days
ior to date of issue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20

Next to the young man whose best
girl has just turned him down, the
sonesomest thing in the world is a
germ on a thousand-dollar bill
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20
don. when laa4ad Il philadelphia. thl

don When laHSad ii philadelphia, tn I
man who brought the bells decliH
any money consideration for hanging
them, but agreed to GO 50, n the YES
try would have the chimes muffled at
his death. This wish was carried out.
An interesting chime of bells hangs
in the belfry Of St MichaePs church,
in Charleston, S. C. They were i'm
ported from England in 1854. When
The British, in 1882, evacuated the city
they took the bells back with them to
England and sold them. But in 1888
they were restored through the gem
crosby of Charleston merchant, who
lived in London by the name of Ryba-
nau. During the civil war the bells
were ermoved for better security to
Columbia, s. c., but were burned dur
ing the occupation of Shermans army
in 1865. But the fragments were pre-
served, the old metal was sent to Eng
land and there recast into a new peal
of eight bells. In February, 1867, they
arrived once more in Charleston.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20
THE CHROMATTC COIFFURE

the color of the juice of the betel nut the Kafr
div with the hue mans one-tme fondness for lip rings
rrason,e woman and gaudy beads.
ris recently set " 49, ' '
mine anxiousness to be up to the min
ute in style.
We love her just the same
N"-' Besides, does not man bow to the
feathered hat the tip collar and the
newest contraption in cravats
lO'N Has the pot any license to call the
kettle black?
low soon it Will 49,
md Cordele.
Iors
We never saw sky-blue tress
) uliielen' Ilo'i Upon a beautious she one;
pursuit of dis But when it heaves in sight we guess
r teeth with the We'd rather not be he he
Frs And so much good in the worst of life,
1t becomes us ALL to aim in life
in his autobio
To seek the things that are best in
arc 'io' ~ life
boding ruin. Union Central Advocate
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20
TfE COST OF BAD ROADSAO pIe

!, oaomical means of ex A4Ig> pro-
vided, the interests of both they pro
Queer and the consumer Twin be g eat-
: ly advanced.
Good roads are one of the essentials
to this improvement. They will not
enable farmers to market their pro-
ducts more easily and cheaply bit they
will also encourage the production of
, foodstuffs. Certainly, they are indis
pensable to the development of truck
farming,
1t is estimated that the cost of wa
gon transportation would be cut in
two in the United States, if the coun-
try were supplied with adequate
reads. Millions of dollars would De
saved the farmer and millions, too,
would be saved the people of towns
and cities.
Whatever amount of money the
state or the federal government eff
ficiently spends for good roads will lie
On investment of unlimited returns. It |
will foster the interests of all the peo-
pie and will be for the enrichment and
progress of the common country.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20

LOST-Pair child's gold frame glass
es in Reese park; reward. Return to
Mrs. E. F. Bell
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20

s. FOR Thirty thousand stalks
seed cane; red and green. Phone L. a.
Morgan, Americas, Ga. 8-d&w-2w-adG;
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20

I HAVE A PERMANENT position
for a bright, energetic boy. The right
boy can make from soc to $500 Or
more a week, without interfering with
his other duties. Apply to James Hol-
liday, Americus Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20
The Movies

/ like the moving pictures
| do-upon my word
It's nice to see so many women
Never say a word
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-03-20

subscribers fail.-g to receive their
per regularly will confer a favor by
pmptly reporting same to circulation
|partment.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-05-16

Michigan's Medical Mission in Bus
rah, Arabia, has entered upon its
fourth year. Eight Michigan grad
yates have entered the field since the
mission was founded. The work COM
prehends medical charaties, engineer
ing enterprises, and industrial and
educational campaigns for the better
ment of conditions in Arabia. More
than $4,000 patients were treated in
the Michigan Arabian hospital last
year. Busrah, a city of 10000, has
needs that are indescribable. More
than anything else it needs sanitation
and medical relief. This need is be-
ing supplied by University students.
The campaign for $4,000, next
years budget, has just closed success
fully. This fund was, for the most
part, raised by students among stu
dents in three days. The latest recruit
among student volunteers in the Ara
bian mission is Miss Minnie Holzhaus-
er, graduate of the University Train
ing School for Nurses, who sailed last
June.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-05-16

Lowell-More than 800 attended the
public installation of the local Eastern
Star chapter The following officers
were installed: Worthy matron, Mrs.
Harry Taylor; worthy patron, DR.. +.
+. White; secretary, Mrs. Harry
Coons; treasurer, Mrs. John Clark.
Lansing-There was S3,445, 346.29
in the general fund of the state treas
ury at the beginning of May business.
During the month of April the gen.
eral fund has been enriched to the eX-
tent of $697, 24499.
Since the first of the year $8,069,-
577.32 has been expended from the
general fund.
Pet )skey-Announce has been
made that the state board Of educa-
ton has decided on Petoskey as the
location of the Emmett county normal.
Detroit-Giles C. Burnham, vet
eran travelling salesman for a local
seed house, died at the age of 62. Mr..
Burnham Travelled for many years in
Michigan, but for the last few years
his territory had been in the south.
Ann Arbor-Charles Hearst was
seriously and perhaps fatally injured
when his auto skidded and turned
over near the Catholic church in
Mortified township. Hearst was
thrown out and badly cut and bruised
Internal injuries are feared.
Muskegon-Work has been started
dismantling the old +. Mason lumber
mill, the last structure of its kind on
the south shore of Muskegon lake,
where at one time 40 mills were in
operation.
Flint-Floyd Badger and Charles
Woodruff of this city were sligL "
hurt when their auto went into a udch
near Fenton. One of Badgers legs
was sprained and Woodruff was in
iured about the shoulders.
Kalamazoo. - Monsignor +. A..
O'Byien has made plans for pro-
posed 100000 hospital, which he ex-
poets to build here in the next few
months.
Marouette-The cornerstone having
been laid with appropriate ceremon-
les, there is in course of erection at
Ironwood, Gogebic iron range, pub
lie school house that will be notable
in size, architectural design and
equipment. The structure will cost
S125,000. IL will be .known as the
Central school. The building will, it
is asserted by members of the board
of education, be excelled by no similar
structure possessed by a smaller city
of the state. 1t is hoped to have il
ready for occupancy by September ].
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-05-16
NORTHERN MICHIGAN
FARMERS ORGANIZING

Traverse City.-The farmers living
about Frankfort and Charlevoix are
organizing cooperative associations
for the marketing of farm produce,
particularly fruits.
Frankfort residents have a tenta-
tive association, with president and
secretary, and are now working out
the details of the plan which has been
suggested. Already over 100 growers
have signified their willingness to
participate in the movement.
A central packing and shipping
house will be erected, a manager
hired, and the work of grading, pack
ing and shipping farm products taken.
In, connection with this cooperative
marketing, the association will do
some cooperative buying and will
conduct an active campaign regarding
soil Improvement.
1t is expected that manager will
be secured who will be a farm eX-
pert as well as a good manager.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-05-16

Lansihg-The secretary of state
has cleaned up the business of send
ing out new license plates for automo-
biles, and is making the first refunds
to automobile owners on money col
lected under the law declared uncon-
stitutional by the supreme court.
Battle Creek-When brought before
Justice Allen, John w. Davie and
Noah Stanley, charged with the slay-
ing of Harvey Davis Sunday, waived
examination and were bound over to
the circuit court, where ii is under
stood they will plead guilty at the
May term.
Pontiac-Deputy sheriffs raided a
cooking main which had been planned
at the Collins farm, one and one-half
miles west of Orion. Four game birds
we're seized and are now in possession
of the authorities. No arrests were
made, but Assistant Prosecutor Giles
pie took the names of at least 20 men.
Ann Arbor-Former Mayor Francis
NJ. Hamilton is dead from a compica-
ton of diseases. He was nearly rs
years old. Mr.. Hamilton began life
as a teacher in the public schools,
teaching first in Flint and later at
Lapeer. When he retired from teach
ing Is years ago he came here. He
was elected mayor In 1905.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-05-16
New Corporations.

Mail Service Selling company,
Sault Ste. Marie, $4,000, Incorporated
to deal in merchandise, PRINCIPAL
stockholders p. M. Church and Will
lam Chandler; Velvet Brand Ice
Cream company, Detroit, $4,000, in
corporated to manufacture ice cream,
principal stockholders G.. w. Bates
and II. l.. Zies; Mulliken Cooperative
Creamery company, Mulliken, $1,000,
incorporated to operate creamery,
principal stockholders H. o. Peabody
and w. j. Browne; Automatic Balance
Valve company, Detroit, incorporated
to deal in automobiles, principal
stockholders c. Blakesley and +. T..
Lodge; Bohland Structural Steel
company, Detroit, $4,000, incorpora-
ted to erect buildings, principal stock
holders l.. w. Bohland and C. E. Duff
fly; Waters Brothers Elevator COM
pany, Hastings, $4,000, Incorporated
to operate an elevator, principal
stockholders Luke and Thomas Wal
tiers; Detroit Speedway Association,
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-05-16

$1,000, Incorporated to operate
speedway, principal stockholders II. c.
Moore and w. b. Johnson.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-05-16
University Musical Clubs Return.

The University Glee and Mandolin
clubs completed their three weeks
tour of the west, having travelled
$500 miles. Attendance at govern
ors' banquet in Denver, song service
in the Mormon Temple at Salt Lake
City, an exhibition game of baseball
by ex-Varsity Coach Rickey's Browns
at st. Louis, visit to the exposition
grounds in San Francisco-these
events indicate the character of the
courtesies extended to the clubs on
their trip. At all objective points en-
route the musicians were entertained
by local alumni associations and pre-
scented concerts to crowded houses.
On their return, they sang at the Chi
cago alumni banquet last Thursday
night.
The character of Jeanne dare in
the pageant to be presented at Ferry