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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-05

1t has long been the custom, in some
quarters and among some people, to
curse corporations as being wholly
evil. Some have declared that co.,
poration is a heartless concern.
After the disastrous fire last week,
in Salam, Massachusetts, the NaumO-
keag Cotton Company, employing 1900
operatives, and with a weekly payroll!
Of $4,000, paid off, in full, although
the workers were idle On July 2, the
company announced that it would pay
out another $4,000 the second week,
although the plant is in ashes This
makes a total of $4,000, which is
contribution to be made
by a company that is, meanwhile max
ing nothing.
Henry Ford's dealings with his
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-05
lie BOILED THE WATERMELON
Filipino Cook Did Not Know How t.
Serve the American Delicacy.
youths Companion.)

The Filipinos, it seems, have nor e
than one way of serving a watermelon.
The melons grown in the far Eastern
archipelago are small in size and in
ferior in flavor. The lieutenant station
ed in one of the towns of northern
Luzon hankered for the juicy luscious
ness of melon from his own sunny
Southland. So his family in Tennessee
carefully Grated a choice watermelon
and shipped it to him by express. II
cost him a good many pesos-but n
matter. 1t was a beauty, and arrived
in perfect condition.
He instructed the cook to prepare 6
good dinner that very day. The splen.
did melon was to be served as a crown.
ing glory. The provincial treasurer
the school teacher, and the few other
Americans in the town were invited tC
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partake of treat that was to be {
Isurprise to them.
The dinner went forward successful
ly; but there was much curiosity con-
corning the surprise tina, the host had
promised his guests, and all eyes
turned frequently to the door, through
which it was expected to appear. AT
last it came. The cook entered, bear
ing aloft an immense platter, and
there came from the company chorus
of "Ahs!" The platter was placed on
the table under halo-no, cloud, Of
steam. The melon was boiled-thor-
oughly boiled!
The quick rising of the host to his
feet with the carving knife in his
hand convinced the cook that he had
better make the quickest exit possible,
which was through the window, ard
involved leap of 10 feet to the
ground. Reports from the second bar.
rio on the road leading north were
that he was still running when he
passed through. The lieutenant has
not been able to smile about that wa
yet.
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Memorial RESOLUTIONS, Resolutions

Memorial Resolutions, Resolutions
ef Respect, Obituary Notices, etc.,
other than those which the paper may
Reem proper to publish as news mat
Ter, will be charged for at the rate OF
cents per line.
All advertising copy requiring two
columns OF space or less should be IN
the business office not later than noon
Of day prior to date of issue in order
90 insure It's prompt insertion. All
copy for space of more than two col
aims should be submitted not later
than 6 o'clock of the day, two days
wrior to date of issue. IS.
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"How to Make a PEI"

In possession of Professor W. f.
Melton, Emory College, Oxford, Geor-
gia, there is a quaint little old book;
printed with goose quill, by Robert
Durfee, in New York City, 1902. The
book contains 23S pages, KALI
inches, and the work is done so neatly
as often to deceive the eye. Mr.. Dur
fee gives as a subtitle to his book, "a
New System" and indeed it must b :.
for it consists of dictionary, a gram
mar, an arithmetic, geometry, code
of laws, directions for making ink,
goose-quill pens and granulated sugar,
manual of military exercises, the
names Of all known diseases, birds,
trees, medicines, precious stones, 2
geography, list of useful names for
men and women" etc.
Possibly there is no more interest
ing item in the book than the direction
for maying a goose-quill pen. The
author says, This knowledge is gain
ed better by Experience and Observa
ton from others than can make a Pen
Those Quilts called Second;
are the Best, as being hard, long, an+
sound in the Barrel. Before you begin
to cut the Quill, scrape off the super.
fiuous Scurf with the back of your
pen knife, and right on the back of tn:
Quill so that the Slit may be the finer
and without Gander's Teeth CAS- tn
roughness of the Slit is by some call
err After you have scraped the Quill
as above said, cut the Quill at the En-
half through on the back Part. Their
turning up the Bal,y, cut the othel
half, or part quite through. Viz. abou
a quarter of almost Half an Inch
the End of the Quill Which will the
appear forked. Then enter the Pc
Knife a Little in the back Notch, an
pitting the Peg of the Pen Knife Hal
Cor the End CT another QuilD int
the back Notch, holding your Thumb
pretty hard On the back of the Quill
(as high as you intend the Slit to be
then with a sudden or quick Twitch
force up the slit 1t must be Sudden
: Ior Smart, or quick, that the Slit ma
be the Clearer. Then by several Cut
t of each Side, bring the Quill int
equal Shape, or Form, on both Sides
! and having brought it to a fine Poin
place the inside Of the Nib on the Ma
t of your Thumb, and Enter the Knife g
- the extremity of the Nib and CT
through a little Sloping. Then with a
Almost Downright cut of the Knil
= lCut off the Nib. And then, by othf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-05
HURRAH FOR NAUMOKEAG

thousands of workmen is another not
able example of a philanthropic cor
poration.
OF course there are those who viii!
say that the Naumokeag Company is
only after holding its operatives to-
gether until work can be resumed.
And there are those who may believe
that Henry Ford's liberality is only for
the purpose of advertising. How abou;
Mr.. Ford's taking over and financing
the completion of a great public hos
pital in Detroit? How about his estab-
fishing an institution for the study and
cure of cancer?
Regardless of the walls and accusa-
tions of the pessimist, it is apparent,
to all who think, that this old world is
getting better by leaps and bounds.
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proper Cuts, finish the Pen, bringing it
into Handsome Shape, and Proper
Form, but NEEDLE not with the NIB
again, by giving it any Trimming, or
fine Cuts. for that Causes a rough
ness, and spoils it; But if you do
bring the Nib evener, you must nib it
again, as above directed. Note that
the Breadth Of the Nib must be pro-
portioned to the Breadth of the Body
or downright black Strokes of the Let
tiers, in Whatsoever hand you Write
whether small or Text When YOU
leave off, keep. your Pen or Pens in
Water Till you come to your Writ. /,
tagain.~ ....-.
The writer, of that day, having fin-
ished the above process of making his
own pens, must next make his own
ink. Mr.. Durfee also explains how
| that is to be done:
ITO make a Quart of best Black
Ink, Take of fresh blue Cralls of Al,
eppa &C., Chose of Smyrna are not SC
strong), Bruised Pretty Small, 4
ounces of Gum Arabic, some Alum
and one quart of Water. Mix anc
stirred. If you Soak the green Peel
ings Of Walnuts THU will be an Add
ton to the color of the Ink"
If Mr.. Durfee was a rich man, doubt
less he would have given a hundred
dollars for one steel pen, such as We
have to-day AS for fountain pen
he would have given a farm, or
'hree-story building in town, for one
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-05
THE PASSING ORA SOUTHERN KNIGHT

On June 80, there died in London
England, Sir Francis J. Campbell
principal of the Royal Normal Col
lege and Academy of Music for the
Blind from 1872 to 1912, and who was
knis hted by the king in 1909.
The story of this blind knight S
achievements should be an inspiration
to those young men of the South who
have to struggle against poverty OF
physical infirmity. To those who are
always grumbling against fate il
should be a singing rebuke.
Francis Campbell was born near
Winchester, Tenn, October 8, 1892. He
was educated at the School for the
Blind in Tennessee and at the Univers-
ity of Tennessee. He studied music al
the Boston conservatory and at the
conservatory at Leipsic. From 1858 70
1859 he was associated with DR.. S. G
Howe as resident superintendent and
musical director at the Perkins Insti-
tute for the Blind in Boston. Together
with the late DR.. T. R. Armitage and
the late Duke of Westminster he es-
tablished the Royal Normal College
and Academy of Music for the Blind
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TennySOn Tp.tO.Date,

(Walter Trumbull in New York
World)
Howe'er it be, this seems to me
A maxim for the Yankee scouts:
Home runs count more than captured
flies,
And simple swats than infeld outs.
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Subscribers fail:-g to receive their
paper regularly will confer a favor by
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department
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FOR SALE-SecOnd.hand Mitchell
six automobile, in good condition; will
sell on time with good security. g. r.
Ellis
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TO LET-To couple without child
rem three connecting rooms for light
housekeeping; modern conveniences;
desirable location: possession June
goth. Address Roome. 3D., las.
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FOR RENT Three furnished
rooms for light housekeeping; to
couple without children. Mrs. c. R.
Whitley. .-- 1T
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FOR RENT-Nine-room house, cor
ner Church and Prince streets. The F.
W. Griffin home Phone 267. R. A.
Shy.
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, in London, in 1871.
Young men with two good eyes, and
two good ears, and two good hands
and two good feet; with robust con-
stitution, good appetite, and unimpair-
ed digestion, should be ashamed if
ever they have whined against fate.
Let them think of the BLIND SOUTH
ERN KNIGHT.
Young men, or women, with totally
or partially impaired vision, or hear
ing, or speech-or other infrmity-
should think of the blind Southern boy
who became an English Knight be-
cause he deserved to be.
While thinking of this blind knight
and what he accomplished one should
not overlook the fact that he prepar-
ed to be somebody and to do some
thing. If he had consented to drift al
ong, he might have spent his eighty
two years within a mile of his birth
place, twirling his thumbs, or pressing
his long, slim, white fingers against
his sightless eyeballs, and wondering
why God permitted him to be born.
Sir Francis Campbell's life is but an
other proof of the assertion that eve
will be what we will to be-"
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-07-05

A Refrigerator is scientific Machine If it is
not built according to scientific principles is worse
than useless. A Refrigerator should keep the air
in the provision chamber COLD, DRY and PURE.
and to accomplish this the walls should be proper
ly insulated, the circulation scientifically correct
and the drainage perfect.
For more than 20 years we have made study
OF the refrigerator business and every one we sell
is guaranteed to have all of these qualities.
Here is another important announcement We
are going to put on REFRIGERATOR SALE,
beginning today we will give Is per cent discount
on all retrlgerators. Now just see what this means
We have retrgerators from $500 to $125OO and
it means that $500 refrigeratorS will be 1875 and
$500 ones S18.75 and $125.OO ones s93.75.
These prices for spot cash only. It one is charged
the discount will be only 20 per cent.
Don't miss this opportunity.
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FOR RENT-Second bungalow, cor
ner College and Forrest. Phone IA!
I-tf
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NEW LOT Grape Juice. Rembert's.

FOR SALE-One seven-room house:
also one vacant lot adjoining; price
reasonable, and terms to responsible
parties. Address Home Box las.
LIFT.
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FOR SALE CHEAP-Two or three
passenger car in good condition. Ad
dress Car" Box 226. 2-3t
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FOR SALE-At q. greatly reduced
price new No. 10 Smith-Premier type
writer. Address Box 178. APT
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KILL THE RATS and flies. Rem
bert has the medicine.
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FOR SALE-Brand new typewriter;
latest model; if interested address
PostOffice Box 313. 1S-tf
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FOR RENT-5-roem bungalow, Jack
son avenue. Phone g. D. R. An
drews.
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FOR RENT-SiX room house with
large lot on Forrest St., adjoining pub
lie school lot; has sanitary connnec
tons; possession given at once. H.
c. Davis. 14-tf
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FOR RENT--Tnree connecting I'M
furnished rooms; modern conven-
fences; CLOSE in. y. Phone So. % If
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COLORED Agent Wanted, man or
woman under so. Experience unnec-
essary, 800 month. Write quick. Box
IA-4O9, Cincinnati, O., 1t
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1 remember, I remember, and it har-
rows up my soul,
How / fed the blooming furnace with a
thousand tons Of coal;
How the ashes that l lifted caused d
very naughty cough,
While the ashman made a fortune
when he came to haul them off;
And the clinkers on my character left
Hmany ugly scars
For one has to do some cussing when
one tries to clear the bars.
And I'd smear myself with coal dust
when I wiped my manly brow
But things are very different
Ay, things are very different
Nnwt
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"The sweetness of low price seldom
equals the bitterness of poor quality"
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WHY NOT BUY your oil and gaso-
line from us today ard save that Sun
ay suit? Americas Machine Shop.
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o o o 0 o O O o O o O O O O D o zee
Want Column

FOR RENT-Front room facing
Windsor hotel; finest location in the
city for physician, dentist or dress
maker. Apply McKinstry Studio
SGT
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FOR RENT-Nice Broom house on
Rees. Park. Phone COL. 14-tf
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COLLARD, Turnip Seed. Rembert' 5
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ICE CREAM and candy on ice.
Remberts.
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MULE TEAMS FOR RENT by the
day or week. J. J. Hanesley. 2-tf
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Established 1879.

Published Every Morning, Except
Mondays, by Times-Recorder Co.
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Americas, Ga, July ), 1914
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"KNEE DEEP IN JULY"

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= "KNEE DEEP IN JULY" =
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(Grif Alexander in Pittsburgh Dis
patch.)
I remember, l remember, when the
snow was on the groun
/ was tickled, greatly tickled, when a
nice warm spot 1 found.
With a feeling of ,contentment :!
would fondly hug, the stove.
Ay, from the dear old inglenook I
never cared to rove.
But 1 had to! Yes, 1 had to! With re-
luctance 1 would go
To the cellar for the shovel-with the
shovel snow;
IT'S even so that great and small to
circumstances bow.
But things are very different
Ay, things are very different
Now!
i remember, remember, when
wrestled with the frost
That had wrestled with the water
pipes, and wrestled at my cost,
And l had to get a plumber who &C
cording to the rules,
Would come to view the wreckage
:hen go back to get his tools;
After which he'd softly sawder and {
lot of time he'd kill,
Caring nothing for the murder-'twas
included in his bill.
That is why my face is wrinkled ant
quite frosty is my bow
But things are very different
Ay, things are very different
Now!
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR:
City OF Americas,
Sumter County,
T. Webster County,
Railroad Commission of Georgia Fol-
Third Congressional District,
q. s. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
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Subscription Rates.
BY Mail in U. S. and Mexico

BY Carrier:
In Americas and Vicinity, 5Oc a
saonth, or 12c a week. Collected by
Carrier.
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Advertising Rates Reasonable
Promptly Furnished Oh Request
Evening journal., 1914-08-03
Restocking The CANAL
With LARGE MOUTH BASS

Special 90 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DELAWARE CITY, Del, Aug. g.
Five of the 80 gallons of large mouth
black bass that the Fish Commission
of Washington is TO send here for
stocking the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal arrived Friday and were placed
in SCOTS Run, tributary OF the
canal, by Ray /. COfer and William
A. Hagan. The five gallons amounted
to about 800 fish. They are supposed
to multiply at the rate Of 10000 to a
fish year.
The contract for building the dixie
across the gap and the revetment along
the inner shore Of Reedy Island has
been completed.
Mrs. Pierre Y. Keiffer OF Fort DUPONT
gave an auction party in honor Of Miss
Pauline Baldwin of Riverside, Cal,
guest of Lieutenant and Mrs Ralph +.
Haines Of Fort Mott, n. j. Those
present were: Mrs. Joseph p. Tracey,
Mrs. Francis w. Clark, Mrs. Robert r.
Welshimer, Mrs. John y. Reynolds,
Mrs. L. f. Barlow and Miss keene of
Fort DUPONT; Mrs. Ralph +. Haines
and Miss Baldwin of Fort Mott, n. j.;
Mrs. William L. Reybold, Mrs. George
Mcintyre, Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Charles
jefferson of Delaware City. The prizes
were won by Mrs T. f. Barlow and
Mrs. George Mcintyre.
Miss Baldwin was also a guest Of
honor at a bridge luncheon Given by
Mrs. Ralph +. Haines Friday. The
prizes were won by Mrs. Pierre v
keifTer and Mrs. Frances Mecum OF
Salem, n. J. Those present were; Mrs
Francis w. Clark, Mrs. Pierre V. Keif-
fer. Mrs. Robert r. Welshimer, Mrs
f. F. Barlow, and Miss Keene of Fort
DUPONT; Mrs. Charles Marvine and
Mrs. Herbert L. IRELAND and Miss Bell
of Fort Mott. y. j.; Mrs. William L.
Revboid, Mrs. Charles jefferson, Mrs
George Mcintyre, and Mrs. Cooper Of
here. and Miss Frances Mecum and Miss
Sinnickson of Salem, n. j.
Evening journal., 1914-08-03

birds in the competition will be under
constant observation and will receive
the best care In all North American
competitions this rule has been rigid
" enforced and there can be no rea-
son for departing from II in any parti-
cular. Indeed, II possible supervi-
sion viii be even more thorough un-
der the advice and guidance Of the
college experts.
The success OF the international
erg-laying competitions, which have
gathered entrants from nearly all
PARTS OF the United States. with the
best of Canada and Europe has great
ly helped and encouraged poultrymen
who know what development Of egg
production means, especially in these
days OF high prices
One evidence of this is shown In tho
fact that the carly list for the fourth
contest Is already almost full, nearly
eighty pens of six birds each having
been entered. though the opening Of
the race is two months distant. These
embrace very widely distributed in
dividuals, some of them coming from
the best breeders of Europe. The list
will be complete long before Novem-
Der /, the limit being 100 pens, as in
previous competitions.
What some OF the entrants may be
/ expected to do may be roughly esti'
mated. Every year has seen a heavy
increase, and while the best individual
record of a competition winner, 2S.
eggs may not be largely exceeded
promises are bright that a considera
/ bly, increased number of birds will gel
into the honor class.
Yet the possibility that the 2S2-egg
record of last years competition will
be beaten even this year is not par
| ticularly remote. With so many rec
ords already shattered almost any
thing may happen. And in any event
the augury for the competition of the
coming year Is very favorable.
AS has already been stated. 100 pens
of six birds each constitute the en-
! tries in each competition. Five birds
of each pen are placed in the contest
4 list. one from each pen being held in
reserve in case of death or the attack
Of some incurable disease. This
means that 500 hens are at all times
on tho active list.
None but thoroughbred fowls is ac-
cepted, and any birds suffering from
contagious or infectious disease when
received are excluded.
Mongrels or cross-breeds are bar
red, as are unrecognized varieties and
fancy breeds, including bantams. the
aim being to develop the foSl which
will be of the highest commercial
value.
Certified copies OF each individuals
record are furnished owners, anC
money prizes and cup trophies will
be awarded 10 winners, besides many
articles necessary to poultry culture
The first prize will go 10 the owner
OF the pen laying the largest number
Of eggs in the competition year.