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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-11
MOORE SUBMITS
FINANCE REPORT
SUMTER SCHOOLS
REPORT An EXCELLENT One
County Board Has Surplus of
Cash

Sumter county not only started up
on the new year with every dollar If
school Indebtedness discharged, but
with cash surplus of $4,243.50 in
bank. Every school teacher in the
county, and there are about sixty-fvs
of them, had been paid all salary due
them, and still the county board had a
surplus on hand-the usual nest-egg
for future contingencies.
At a meeting of the county board Of
education held a day or two ago, Sup.
w. S. Moore submitted a complete re
port of the finances of the board, which
was deemed a fattering one, showing
ell expenses paid, and money on hand.
The report in detail, as submitted, IS
as follows:
1913:
Jan. Balance from 1912 .$2,9O3.6l
Reed from state fund 1873. 22,791.32
Reed from other sources. -. $3.50
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-11

Rome n Y, Feb. 10. At 1885
o'clock this afternoon a severe earth
quake shock was felt in Rome ami
throughout this section OF Oneida
county
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-02-11
THE WEATHER.

For Americas and Vicinity
= Probably Fair
The Washington times., 1914-12-05
The Daily
Editorial
For Women
Books For Children.
By BETH JEFFRIES.

The book market is perhaps carry ing
a larger supply OF books for children
this season than ever before.
In fact. it is limited that next Year
there will be more books than ever
given ont by the publishing houses.
How good are these books, ana which
ones should be chosen?
This seems TO be an age of dilution.
We cant get pure food without an cf-
fort; we cannot get pure WOOL or pure
anything, and tins extends even into the
book world.
With our language subject TO constant
chauLc. with the great influx OF modern
slang" and the use OF phrases ana
iGions which are by no means good
t.n.ush. literature is not what II once
was. In other words, the only safe
Dlan for the mother who would give
books to her children 10 read Is 10 cling
10 the CLASSICS.
There are three kinds of books for
children today. Old books with an uE-
changed and undiiuted text, Illustrated
by modern artists. old books with the
text entirely renovated and hOpeleSsly
remodeleu, ana Illustrated by modern
hut well-meaninE persons. and absolute
Is new books m a new language, with
new pictures.
OF lhese three orders the first is best
the second. an almost useless imitation,
and the third in the majority of cases.
a positive menace to the child, for they
have the sin Of being shallow.
The grown person, with some OF his
ideas formed is less liable TO injury
from shall->- books than IS the child,
whose growing brain and ideals eagerly
seize upon that which comes TO hand.
\ bad book is worse than a bad friend,
an Indifferent book as wasteful as bad
company. Make your Christmas choice
carefully
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arrived at a stage of absolute conyen-
tionality-when l could see generous. re-
spectacle streaks of gray In her hair
truth Is Peter. can't AFFORD it,
You can get some allowance on your
old car. can't your"
Maybe" said he, vaguely. but he
looked at me hurriedly and looked away,
and | wondered why.
Il suppose" he went on, that Molly
and will take to haunting motor shows
now. II amuses me the glib way motor
terms trip of her lips. I can swear that
differential and magnetic and overhead
valves are meaningless terms to her.
end yet / hear her talking expansiveIy
Of them at times with such a knowing
air that il positively makes me laugh.
DO you knoY. Peter. some women arc
Internally clever at that sort OF parrot
stuff. They listen to what man SAYS.
tick it deftly away in some recess o.
tine mind without in the least digestiny
II, and then. by and by. when you least
expect It. they trot the bit OF infor,ua-
tor forth, neatly paraphrase it. and
you don't realize yourself that the
phrase is still Neutrality-suspicious. It's all
a bit Of Intellectual sham to impress the
listener"
I've wondered sometimes" I adj
nlitted, whether. never having been
trained to the comprehension Of me-
chanical things. they haven't the ability
&c understand-or whether it's simply a
f1at refusal - concentrate when you try
patiently 20 explain
Flat refusal to concentrated" said
nv father-in-law tersely. IF a thing
Dores Molly a bit she makes not L .
slightest effort to catch IT, Yet she ge-s
1t enough TO paraphrase 1t and pass IL
on with bewildering effect to some one
else"
Women" said I bromidically, are
more apt to be initiative than creative"
Copyright By Newspaper Feature ServiceJ
The Washington times., 1914-12-05

vided. Dr. Franklin spoke to the Cen.
tIalites on Friday.
The Dramatic Association of Eastern
High School is planning its winter work
IN p different way from previous years.
Instead of giving a number OF short
plays, they have decided TO spend more
time in the preparation OF long ones.
finished performances. The association
at Eastern Is fortunate In having en-
thusiastic cooperation of the faculty,
especially in the art and English de-
partments. and they render valuable as
sistance in coaching the plays and plan
ming the settings.
The Dramatic Association at Central
has two plays under preparation AT
present. and a third is being planned.
"A Likely story is to be given in the
near future. and the Christmas chap
tiers OF Little Women" have been
dramatized by a member of the faculty
TO be given during the holidays. The
Adventure of My Aunt short play
taken from Irving's story Of tine same
name is to be prepared soon by a third
groun OF actors. Ina addition TO the
original members OF the cast. two sets
of understudies are being rehearsed Tor
the Christmas play. Mrs. Elizabeth
Central. plans TO give the more pronls-
ing UNDERSTANDS chance TO show what
they can do in the second of the two
performances that are necessary to give
every one chance to see the play
The Tech Players Club presented 'fhe
Sophomore" TO two appreciative audi
ences last week in the assembly fail at
the high school. Techs Famous or
chestra" furnish the music.
The bulletin boards at the high schools
are a splendid institution. The Re
view has charge of the one at Central
and Is very prompt to post announce
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Sh" heard = little noise al the
door but thought that Il was uIst I,
iW1g tapping 90 the wind. Then she
H'hTd llti!c noise at the window
bui thought that too was The wind
I'll" room was very warm and she
went over and opened the window
gust littlc crack. She turned bcr
"t'k and wont 80 stirring the candy
again. AND IN that moment tho inv
Hl'ir mouse. frightened half &c death
aEn MOI knowing what else To do.
SIph'n 40 through ia" open window
ana jumped down on tn" floor.
Ioiil' vas sure that she had heard
= h"is" inside of IN" kitchen this
TIME ana turned around JIst in time
u" ~"'. lH" poor mn" mouse run from
lI" wait oUt INTO "a" middle Of the
room.
tn" kitty girl had no idea that
m'"' ran s." fast. or that thcy were
really afraid Of kittlos She made
Ga" Jump i"y - Iiitlr stool and like
any other Girl would aavc done. she
HpIB'o ON H.. picked Hp her skirts
and began O." scream FOR her life.
Todd. rushed into Tho room.
grabbed Oh" broom, and although
h' had never seen a live NOUS"
either and did not lnuw how to
attack one. made for the poor little
':'Itur.. g. might hHE" spoken up
1ud d'f"ad'd iis'lf bui o dat not
iHa. iua' % was ir TaIly Wand. aud
could -prlk. and only o"Ecr"d nat
"- tine -ruriI iU front Of Ted.
T.ug raised ih" broom To- strike.
bat % ain i"ul so wrong tu hit 20
"roaturr that did not oven run for
o.. hf... and Hr uait"T e moment
But 100 Via; s,r"ud ih, door bad
oiru.i. aru 30 Iush"j Mgs Tabuy.
Sh" stirred lu soc Tho Kitty on the
stool. ard ih' boy with thu broom
IH hi band bat when she looked
on tho 1U"I and saw the poor littlc
mouse .i' did not I,row whether H.
scU!l or tu laugh
Tho L!.ti.s I"ul,.d u' al her. and
Iu that moment ~" wouSip took tu
e.. four h,ris- ard s"uiti-d over in"
-'uur ana uu; 81 the door Ike magic
Tl"r .uas TIhhv 80 down and
i;r-Ia.i until HNn cried. gathered
~ +i.' -H all about her and told
- r's ..t how TO- catch mice and
what to do when one came around.
The Washington times., 1914-12-05
Causes of Cholera.

Luckily the cholera "spirillum," as
this S-shaped microbe is called, does
not live long outside of its natural en-
vironment. II dies within two hours on
dry dust. and only lives longer in rivers.
springs, drinking water AMI milk.
Asiatic cholera develops in the dises-
tive tissues of mankind, notably in the
small intestines Unlike its competitor
and rival of iniquity, the black plague.
/ does not spread, and is not caught
by the lungs and open wounds.
The peculiar prevalence Of deadly.
worldwide epidemics OF this havoc
making malady in war time is due
10 the fact that immense numbers Of
men are herded together in dirty, un-
sanitary places. Even the washing OF
soiled linen or a bath in water which
may be indirectly used for drinking
lave been the sources of this epidemic.
Not alone those who fall victims of
the dread disease. but conValescents,
and the healthful who escape the dis
temper have been known to carry the
germs for nearly two months after eX-
posure 10 it. These are the difficulties
10 be met by quarantine and sanitary
officers from the Ganges OF Asia TO the
Golden Gate OF California
There seems TO be an eternal and per
Inanent abiding place OF cholera para
sites in Asia Minor, India, Mecca. and
Egypt. Along the Vistula river OF Po-
and the cholera is now appearing. ana
ii is conceivable that the Indian troops
in western France, themselves immune
10 the affliction, harbor the germs
which are ready TO spring across the
The Washington times., 1914-12-05

English channel and over the Atlantic
ocean.
Methods of Prevention.
Twelve 10 twenty-four hours after
contact with these ''Vibrios'' of cholera
or with water or food which contain
them, the victim is stricken with a dys-
The effort of doctors OF public health
must. therefore. be pushed with speed
and directed toward the perfect isola-
ton Of patients i'm some well protect
ed quarantine station.
All water. food, dishes. implements,
linens, and room articles must be dis
infected and made for individual use.
The most thorough precautions, alone,
viii limit and check the epidemic. In
the epidemic of twenty years. which
reached Hamburg. 10000 victims fell i'll
in Russia. whereas in Germany. where
Koch himself took charge. only lO,o10
persons were infested, and 1900 of these
were restricted TO Hamburg.
Next to complete isolation. immunity
vaccination with the dead microbes Of
cholera, incubation of anti-serums. and
other methods of producing artificial
immunity, all aid in giving pause to any
great extension of present day inva-
sions. Indeed, If the allied armies and
the German army had anticipated the
threatened assaults of the cholera bac-
terra, as the Japanese did in their last
war. by the wholesale use of cholera
vaccine upon their legions. there would
have been no menace at this moment to
the health and happiness of the western
world from this bacterial plague.
Copyright by Newspaper Feature Service
The Washington times., 1914-12-05
Three Minute
JOURNEYS
BY TEMPLE MANNING.
Where the "Camelnip' Grows.

M FIRST EXPERIENCE with
mn csmelnip occurred when was
crossing the Libyan desert
With caravan three days our
from JarabuD. 7 had Just won for nv
seIf little comfort on my beasts bsc..
and some confidence in being able To
i've through tie camelback DAYS 70
come. As is always the case when q
am oversure. my confidence received q
blow. Apparently without any reasor
whatsoever, the beast 1 was ridfr..
suddenly tossed up its head and dashr,s
madly across the desert ar right ancIs
10 The course | wished him to take
l hesitated whether or not 10 sIip or
ana take my chances OF a serious fai
Ihen l glanced back and saw all tn
otheF came!S in the caravan comm.
after mine in wild pursuit Their M
tive riders. l was glad TO notice. dia
not show any fear They took the SUD
den madness of their steeds with nbif
osoDh.c calm. The reason became pla..,
when We reached a tract Of low SHRUB
growing in the sand and the car,a'-
stopped ana browSed contenteiiy. W.
mine bent his long legs and crogci, -
| took the chance TO slip of and % Dr.
of harms way.
/ Joined the camel drivers. who Vs..
watching their beasts follow my cam SIZE
example. and inquired why they did no
Try to stop them. 1T is Affairs WILL
said one old fellow. 'Allah's gift TO the
camels gives them great delight. VIVA.
folly il would be for us to try To
stop them when they scent IT, Even
though We wished We could not. for u
IS AllahS will"
Copyright hy Newspaper Feature Service
The Washington times., 1914-12-05

DEAR ANNIE; LAURIE.
have been going with young
man for Il number of years. IN fact
We went to school together. lie
has always pretended to think
lot of me and think a lot OF him,
though [ have alw avs been very
careful 10 keep il from him.
Last spring he left our town and
went to another. but We have kept
up correspondence. The other
dav one of his friends came to me
and told me that my friend was
making fun of me to the other
BOYS. Now I have a very quick
ternrer. and, on the impulse Of the
moment, | sat down and wrote to
him and asked him ~ il were true.
He wrote back and told me all was
true. hut he said ~ | knew how
much he loved me I would forgive
hinI-that he just did il for fun.
Don't YOU think the fun" went
too far in this case Ought ] Ia
forgive him or not I certainly
think a lot of him. BROWNIE.
y uON'T sec how YOU can like ma
i who would make fun Of YOU I,
i other men.
Drop the person and drop hin
p oncc-if YOU want to have an.
self respect at all.
The Washington times., 1914-12-05
x Advice to Girls
BY ANNIE LAURIE.

n Or goodness sake. Worried. why
- do You worr,- oyp' such a little
i thing as that: II you don't like
the way the man talks to you
when YOU meet him on the street tell
him so. or don't listen.
Hes probably just talking TO get YOU
To pay attention TO him.
Some people would rather 10 accused
of murder than not to he noticed at all.
OF course. 1t is very bad form for a
man to toll a woman that he Is in debt
and that he doesn't know what TO do
Tor muney.
NO man Of really tine feeling would
ever DO such thing unless II was alb
Solutely necessary. Give your Young
man a good sensible talking 10 and
toll him to drop the subject once and
Tor al.
EnpyTIght by NcWspap,r Fcature ScrvIlel
The Washington times., 1914-12-05


MR.. PEEEIELD ON WOMEN.
-HE details OF my father-in-law' $
row I never heard. II Mrs. Pen
i field confided them to Mary,
Mary kept them religiously to
herself. once or twice when we brought
up the subject I fancied she glanced
at me with suspicion, honoring me.
suspect, with the responsibility OF urg-
ing Mr.. Penfield on to the point of
protest.
Peter" she said. looking very hard
at me one morning; II can't see what
stubborn
What about?" inquired. Your
mothers bleached hairZ'
Mary flinched. Like many another
woman. she will recognize fact, and
not the expression Of the fact.
He doesn't care" said Mary precise
ly. for the color OF mothers hair. IL
isn't necessary to put II quite so coarse
ly.'
1T looks coarse enough" said I with
heartfelt reference to the youthful brass
of Mrs. Penfield's hair. and Mary
ignored my evident wish to pursue the
subject further. Since I have grown
so nervously irritable from overvork
and worry. Mary is learning to apply
the brakes at times. l am reader for
q quarrel than I was once.
The result of my father-in-law's pro-
test was soon apparent. Mrs. Penfeld's
brass hair darkened at the roots-flaI k
ened even further-began to look Ike a
hirsute patchwork of brown and gray
and brass. Then there came a period
when she seemed vastly to prefer do
mesticity and staying indoors. although
I suspected 1t was to tide over the Pc
, Rod of convalescence to which her
bleached hair was doomed.
How did you work it," 7 inquired of
nv father-in-law one morning.
Automobile" said he. briefly.
You mean you bribed her, as 1 sug-
gested?''
Yes. ] told her that when she had
The Washington times., 1914-12-05
Grade School Activities

her moorings at the navy yard Ie-
Gently. Any other schools planning
trips will have TO hurry. for the Con-
stellation is only waiting fo- clear
weather TO go to Newport.
The much-discussed johnson annex
was closed for repairs last week. but
was ready TO receive its pupils on Mon
day.
The Board of Education has given
permission to Mrs. Katherine Gebhardl
of the w. G. r. L., TO address the
eighth grades of Washington on the
scientific reasons for temperance. Dur
ing the past week she has visited the
schools of the third division.
The boys basketball team of Morgan
School played the Chevy Chase boys or
Thursday.
The Washington times., 1914-12-05
High School and College Notes.

ments OF interest TO the entire school
At Technical there are two boards in
the entrance hall, one for clippings con-
corning the high school, the other Tor
announcements of rehearsals. and no
tees OF articles for sale or trade.
About sixty-five girls from the ad-
EanCed semeSters at Business came Out
fcr basketball practice last TUESDAY
There will he games between nine or ten
or the section teams to be played on
that day each week. Each team mas a
captain. giving a great many girls prac-
tice in experimenting team work. Inc
contest between the Junior and Senior
teams on Tuesday was very close, each
team winning a game.
The Freshmen at Western have been
using the Georgetown grounds for prac-
tice in tennis, basketball and hockey
this fall. The girls Of the upper classes
play practice games until January
y, hen the regular inter-class schedule
i-e girls reporting for practice at the
Epiphany gymnasium at present.
On, Thursday fifty girls were out FOR
practice at Business. This makes only
The third time that some of the girls
have played. The new idea of playing
basketball in the eighth grade has given
experience TO some OF the girls. There
- a great deal of good material in the
players from the first semesters and
with practice a fine class team Will be
ready in February. The upper-claSS
girls are giving Miss Sanderliu. the in
srructor much help in coaching the new
girls.
The senior girls served at Technical's
football supper last THURSDAY evening.
A bout 20O were present. including men,
hers Of the Board of Education. faculty
of the school, the football squad and
Technical students.
The Washington times., 1914-12-05

DEAR ANNIE TAT EIE:
am a SirI OF twenty-five years.
and have been keeping company
with 2 .ounE man tor tho last three
months. I hay" learned 10 like him.
hut simuly hate To meet han on
The street when 7 am with friends.
I don't like his talk thou.
lie tells mo about his financial
troubles A. his pay day Is once a
month. he Hnrrows IN advance. and
ss / am not used to such Circdm-
stances 4 worries me "a good deal.
toll him To change. and he SAYS
hC lives To- hear m" tain like that
Ia him. hut II docsU seenl TO make
any Hn"r"uC".
10 ynu ihiak ought 10 have
patience and Wait, or what do YOU
ADVISE WORRIED.
The Washington times., 1914-12-05

" y the things which is YER,
easily explained when ono
thinks about II vas tine fact that
there were no mice there.
None OF the Tabby children. DO all
o. thclT lives. had rc"4 a rcal U.r
mouse That sounds very strange
., Irst. to think OF k3tj,es growing
Up without ever having seen mr,.
hut how could they over e"r tncmr
NJ hat mouse was likely 4" nc su
silly 81 10 NIsl' - place y mon Was
simply running over wilh cats
Whenever Ms Tahrg irnuln' Iuat
nor children needed a taste % mouse
Sh" went iaI away, an alone. gH1
cauSn: what sh" needed. Her KIT.
children were go small that sh" had
had never taken them v-iih hcr ON
these trips. and as SH" alEaNE
brought back the mice dead. thry
mad never seen I've ono. ladr,-d
they had never thought anything
ABOUT n. for although etching uIro
Is very important lesson for XII
ties IS h. i've "a the Grid OF human
beings. IL Was a matter OF uu i'm
poTtan"' at all 4" kiti."s wa" lived 20
world al thsIr o"H ana uaG then
meals bought al the store just
like human children.
Now YOU can understand INST E.H
matters stood me night when Mrs
IabDE lett tho children alone . for
IN" evening and went oEt 10 muI, %
call. Tnc. wore aIi ia Tho sitting
room. and TOtti. WAS ou' u fu,
kitchen making candy.
81" went buslly back and forth
from The pantry to 'hr stove. aud
when m" candy was mixed stood
and stirred n Thc sounds of pfa-
from the other room made her ann
Gus 10 hurry and get IN the came.
too.
Now her very last thought was
that she would see a Ire mouse.
In all her life she had not seen .-s.
and there was n5ihia- 40 NIX. nor
think that on his u-rti, nI-r ai.H.
mouse would ipoli:hiy com. -u.aA-
ing into Tabby land
The Washington times., 1914-12-05
Asiatic Cholera Immunity
Won by Vaccination
By DR.. LEONARD < EENE HIRSHBERG
a. B., NJ. A., NJ. d. (Johns HopEins!.

CHILL of longer strikes sanitary officers
Of civilized ports at what would once have been
~ terrifying that Asia tic cholera has
broken out in Vienna. in Russia, in Germany,
the trenches OF France Even the danger OF
approach TO London perhaps already come to pass
this writing, and the OF this mortal
american shores gives Americans adays
Tor alarm.
Nevertheless it is less than generation 1883,
that the late Pro Robert Koch of Germany discovered
the OF cholera This little shaped bacterum
-thousandth time small pin head and
fourth again wide, had escaped all detection despite