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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-19

never changes, since gold is the stand.
ard of value by which all other COM
modities are measured.
STANDARD coin of the United States
is composed of 900 parts of gold (or
silver and 100 parts of copper alloy
in each 1000. Pure metal would be
too soft for the usage to which it is
subjected in commerce; therefore, this
alloy is made.
| For the first time in the history O!
the mint" said Woolley, 1--WE are abou!
to make coins outside of a govern
ment mint. This is at the San Fran
cisco exposition, where a special act
of congress permits to mint the &C.
cent pieces of special design to COM
memorate the exposition. We are also
now minting, and will deliver before
the end of June the other coins of this
special exposition issue consisting of
$50 gold pieces, $3.50 and $1O0 goli
pieces"
The dies for stamping coin, he ex-
planned, are made from steel, engraved
by the best experts the government
can procure, and the metal prepared
in stripe runs through the cutting ma
chimes and afterwards through the
stamping machines.
To bring up a sharp, clear impress
sion on the 2O-dollar gold piece re-
quires pressure of ITS tons; the ten
dollar pieces require 100 tons; the g.
dollar, rs tons, and the 1-2-dollar
piece pressure of 40 tons. The sill
yer half dollar takes a pressure of
so tons and the dime pressure of 40
tons.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-19
4 \ + = y y 4 4 4 4 \ y 4 r
= WEEKLY WEATHER.
= CROPS CONDITION :
Atlanta, Ca, Aug. IS, 1915.

= Atlanta, Ga, Aug. IS, 1915. 4
4 The U. S. Department of Agri- !
= culture, Weather Bureau, has !
= announced Weather-Crop condi- 4
= tions in Georgia for week ending I
= Angus II, as follows: 4
+ During the past week both tenn 4
4 perature and rainfall were mod
= erately above the normal. The :
= drouth has generally been re- 4
= lieved by well-distributed show 4
= ers, which were heaviest in the 4
= northwestern and northeastern \
= divisions of the state All crops !
= and vegetation were refreshed. \
= More rain is still needed in a few =
= scattered areas. The rain came =
= too late to greatly benefit cotton, =
= which is still shedding consider :
= ably. Cotton is opening rapidly =
= and ginning is under way. Much =
= of the late corn crop was saved \
= by the rains. Prospects are fav- =
= orable for sweet potatoes, hay 4
= and peanuts. Planting fall gar =
Z dens has begun. y
y G. F. Won HERMANN, =
\ Section Director. =
4 4 4 = 4 \ y 4 \ = \ 4 4 4 4
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-19

seaboard Buffet housekeeping Car
en Trains 10 and IA, arriving Americas
from Savannah 1925 p. m, and leaV-
ing Americas for Savannah 2:3O a. m
Sleeping car leaving for Savannah at
2:3O a. M, will be open for passen-
gers at 1925 p. -.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-19
NJ MHORTtR SAYS
TOO MANY LAWS
Especial to Times-Recorder.

Especial to Times-Recorder.)
ATHENS, Ga, Aug. 19.-"The coun-
try is suffering from depression due
to an excessive amount of legislation.
rather than from Ill effects of the war
abroad" said Judge Hamilton Nc
Whorter today.
During the last five years thera
have been passed in the United
States congress and legislatures of the
states, 10000 bills. There have been
proposed many times this number.
In this period of undue legislative ac-
tivity the interests of the country af-
fected by each of these bills have been
either at standstill or at any rate
slow to act not only while these were
pending as bills, but in many cases
long after they had become enact
ments. Each of the bills which never
escaped the axe of the legislatures
were also menace while they were
pending.
AS result Of these detriments to
usiness, progressive commercial cir
Giles found themselves in predica-
ment that had to loose it's bottom
sooner of later. The European war on
ly brought this result sooner than in
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-19
Leave Americas for Cordele, Able
vile, Helena and intermediate points
5:15 p m

Leave Americas for Richland, At
Ianta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
gomery and points West and Northwest
$40 . m
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-19

organization of a special claims court
to sit in the canal zone from which the
claimants could appeal to a higher
court in the United States. Diplomatic
difficulties, however, confront this
plan.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
British Soldiers, Pay.

The English war office gives some interesting information concerning how the soldier is paid, whatever the cir. cumstances of his service.
 In the trenches of course there iS not much use for money. but while he remains on the firing line the soldiers accounts are kept by his company of flcers, and he can make withdrawals when convenient.
 A statement of bis financial position follows him into the hospital, and his banker is then the medical officer in charge. On furlough during convales, 'ence there is a special paymaster. Pay due to q soldier killed in action is dealt with as part of the estate and sent 10 the next of kin.-philadelphia North American.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
Liberty Bell.

The Liberty bell Is twelve feet In cir conference around the lip and seven feet six inches around the crown. The bell is three feet following the line of the bell from the lip to the crown and two feet three inches over the crown, The length of the clappcr is three feet two inches. The inscription on the bell is: By order of the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, for the Statehousc in the City of Philadelphia, 1752. Proclaim Liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof Levitt, XIV, TO-"
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
MANGLED THE PROOFS.
ToIstoy Must Have Made His Printer's
 Life @ Burden.

Life @ Burden.
 When Anna Karenina" began to come out in the mCuthly Russki West. nix, writes Count Ilya Tolstoy in his "Reminiscences Of Tolstoy," long gal ley proofs were posted to my father and he looked them through and cor rected them.
 At first he would mark the margins with the ordinary typographical signs, letters omitted, marks of punctuation and so on; then he would change in- dlyidual words, and then whole sen. teuccs. That would be followed by ensures and additions until the proof sheets became a mass of patches that was perfectly black in places. It was impossible to send them back as they stood, because no one except my mother could make head or tail of the tangle of signs, trauspOsitions and ensures. My mother would sit mp all night copy Ing the whole thing out ufresh.
 In the morning the pages lay on her table, neatly piled together, and cover ed with her fine, clear handwriting. Everything would be ready so that when LyoyotchEa came down he could send the proof sheets off by post. My father would carry them 10 his study to have "ouc last look" and by even ing the sheets were all written over and messed up once more.
 "Sonya, my dear, 1 am very sorry, but I've spoIlt all your work again; l promise l won't do it any more,' he would say. showing her the passages he had linked over, with guilty air. wen send them of tomorrow with out fail." Rut that tomorrow was often put or for weeks, or even for months
 "Thcrc's just one bit l want to look through again" my father would say, but he would get carried away and re write it all arrcSh. There were even occasions when, after he had posted the proofs. my father corrected them by telegraph the ncy: day.
 Several times, in consequence of these corrections, the printing of the novel in the RusSkl Vyestnik was inter. ruDtcd. anl sometimes it did not come out for mouths together.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
MYSTIC NUMBERS.
Romance That Is Woven Around the
 Seven. Three and Mino

Romance That Is Woven Around the
 Seven, Three and Nino.
 There are seven days iJ thC week be. cause of the oriental tradition that the world was created in seven days. The Romans had no week, but reckoned by months, counting forward and back ward from the ides and nones, until the fourth century, when they adopted the Jewish Christian week.
 Because of It's relation to the creation the number seven has always been in- vested with an occult and mystic sig niflcance. There were seven wise men in antiquity and seven wonders of the world. The seventh son of a seventh son, or seventh daughter of seventh daughter was supposed to possess pow CTS of prophecy or divination. For seven days seven priests with seven trumpets invested Jericho, and on the seventh day they encompassed it seven times. The ancients knew of seven planets and seven metals. There were seven heavens and seven hierarchies Of angels.
 Seven had a mystical significance among peoples wLo had no tradition of a seven day creation, and this was due to its being indivisible by any number but Itself and to its being a combina. ton of (called by Pythagoras the per. feet number, representing beginning, middle and end) and 4. the square num- Der.
 The Pythagorean idea about 8 recelV- ed confirmation when the doctrine of trinity in unity was promulgated by the early Christians. For 8 is itself at once trinity and unity.
 The number was endowed with mysterious properties because it Is the product of three times three-perfec- ton multiplied by perfection. To see nine magpies was remarkably lucky. Nine grains of wheat laid on a four leafed clover enabled one to see the fairles.- New York World.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
THE TURKISH BABY.
odd Customs Attend Upon His Birth
 and His First Bath.

and His First Bath.
 A Turkish baby looks very queer In his odd dress. He wears over his shirt a kind of padded gown, something like bathrobe, and on his little head he wears a bright red silk cap with q tassel of seed pearls. To keep all evil away from the baby one or more charms are fastened to the tasSel
 His arms and legs are bound tightly after they are strengthened out by his nurse, and when he Is all fixed he is put in q little bed and covered with several warm pads. In addition to this a thin red veil Is put over all.
 When he is all ready his father comes in to see him for the first time. If the child Is a boy, the father Is doubly pleased. He takes the child up very tenderly in his arms and carries him out of the room. Just outside the door he rests q minute and prays. After he prays three times he repeats the name chosen for the baby and this is the way the baby Is ChriStened.
 When the child Is three days old a celebration is held and old women who make a regular business of this go to the different houses inviting the ladies 10 the party. At each house they tell the day of his birth and the name Of the baby and urge the people to come.
 On the day of the celebration the people arrive from early in the morn ing until late in the afternoon. Nearly all bring presents for the baby's mother, and each person as she gives her pres ent to the mother expresses q pleasant wish for the child.
 They hardly notice the baby, for the mother Is afraid of bad luck if too much attention is paid to 1t. The few who do look at him say how ugly he is or something like that and this de- lights the mother, who knows they do not mean what they say.
 If the parents are rich sweet sherbet or coffee and candies, cakes and ices are served as refreshments. If they are poor coffee and fruits are offered, but the entertainment is much the same. The ladies talk and laugh and eat until they are ready to leave.
 Another great event is the baby's first bath This happens when he is eight days old, and his mother and her friends may have q bath, too, if they wish. The baby bathes first, then his mother and then the visitors. This bath takes a long time and all the time slaves play sweet music and food is served three or four times.-Portland Oregonian.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
EL.zaeraId,s Summary.

Edward Fitzgerald, the translator of the Persian poet Omar khayyam, was a more or less genial opponent of mat rimony as a state.
 One day he said to his friend Miss Ellen Churrhyard of WOOdbridge:
 Do you know, Nell. what marriage is?"
 Miss Churchyard thought not.
 Then TIT tell you." said he, Mar riage is standing at ones desk. nicely settled to work, when great big bon net pushes in at the door and asks you to go for a walk with 1t.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25

At Ill drug EtoraS.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25

GOT HIS HAIR BACK.
Was Perfectly n-Id When He Siartea
 to Use NeYrbro's HC=picide


 to Use Nembros He=pic!de
 Frederick Manleu. Maryland block, Butte. Montana, bUUgr; bottle of New bros Herpicide. Apr! 6, 'S9 and began to use it for entire badness. The hair fol- licles in his scalp were not dead and in 20 days he had hair all over his head. On July he writes. "and today my hair Is as thick and luxuriant as any one could wish" Newbro's Hcrpicide works on an old principle and with now d.s- covery-dsstr-y the cause and you TO move the effect. Herpicidc destroys the germ tha. eases dandrgI. failing hair and fnai'y badness. so that with the cause gn~a to effect cannot remain. Stops failing hair at once and a new growth starts. Sold by leading druEgiste. Send l0c. In stamps for sample to The He:p!cIie Co.,. Detroit Mich.
 One collar AosrleE guaranreed
 At Ill drug EtoraS.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
DANCE TONIGHTl

You will nJOy dancing tonight and every night if ''PURoLA" FioOE Wax ts used It b BTGnulars SHw and produces no dust. A good aocT doubles the pleasure of dancing and makes the tees nghE TFy Is today
 25c and 5Oc eaas. Specify "PUR- OLAF Sold bE Keller RroA Drug Co. .---.. -..~:/%|-S77~Itss SSsesiS
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
FIVE GOOD ONES TO DRAW TO. Pebblerord and Gibson rye. Bun weiser, Blue Ribbon and Pale Rain
 Beer at tue Roard of Trade

Wanted salesmeu to sell cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco to dealers Experience unnecessary. Weekly sal sry and $5 e day t-aTeltng expens- @. EASTERN TOBACCO CO, BoS- ton, MaRa ...4 -
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Having been appointed adminis- trator of the estate Of Henry Bernhofer, deceased, by the Com missioner for the Territory of Al aska, sitting in probate in Skag- way precinct Alaska, all per sons having claims against said estate are required to present them verified as by law required, within six months from the date of this notice, to the undersigned, at his place of business in the town of Skagway, Alaska.
 CHhS. ME,
 Administrator First publication, May r, 1915. Final publication, May 3I, 1915. H. B. Ls FeVre,
 Attorney for Administrator.
 Juneau, Alaska.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-08-20
A Wise Man.

There was an old geezer and he
had lot of sense; he started up
a business on one dollar and eighty
cents. The dollar for stock and
the eighty cents for an advertise
ment brought him three lovely dol.
lars in a day, by dad!
Well, he bought more goods and
little more space. And he play
ed that system with smile on his
face. The customers focked to his
two-by-four, and soon he had to
hustle for regular store. Up on
the square, where the people pass,
he gobbled up corner that was all
plate glass. He fixed up the win
dows with the best that he had,
and he told 'em about it in a half
page adj. He soon had 'em coming
and he never, never quit, and he
wouldn't cut down on his ads one
single jit.
Well, he's kept things humping
in the town ever since and every
body's calling him the Merchant
Prince. Some say it's luck, but
that's all bunk; why, he was doing
business when the time were punk.
People have to purchase. and this
geezer was wise, for he knew the
way to get 'em was to ADVERTISE
Troy Chief.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-08-20
BIG SANDY
NEWS ITEMS

G. 9. Dolan has gone to Illinois
on a prospecting tour.
Miss Allie French is with Mrs.
Dolan for a weeks visit.
Miss Lille Baker has returned
from visit at Columbia.
POSTMASTER Leon Caraway and
9. l.. Manning spent Saturday in
Camden.
Mrs. Il. G. Craney has returned
from Il visit to relatives at Hous-
ton, Tex.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Atchison
of Erin spent Sunday here with
relatives.
Miss Ivy Cunningham of Pal
myra is the house guest of Miss
Olivia Robins.
Mrs. nj. M. Lindsey left for
Nashville on Monday to lay in her
fall and winter millinery.
DR.. j. T. Freeman and Misses
Olivia Robins and Ivy Cunning
ham motored to Danville Friday
to see the show.
9. w. Blakey of Atlanta, Ga,
has joined his wife, who is spend
ing the summer here with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Hastings,
The faculty selected for the fall
term of school by the board of ed
ucation is composed of G. L. Man
ming, principal; Wheeler Capps,
assistant; Mrs. Sudie Fl. Boyd,
primary, and Miss Annie May
Hamilton, music. The school will
open September 6.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-08-20
TEACHERS MEETING.

In response to the call of the
county superintendent, Edgar ).
Clement, the members of the Ben
ton County Teachers Association
will assemble in Camden August
81. Superintendent Clement has
arranged the following program
for the occasion:
Devotional exercises by Rev.
Frank B. Jones.
The Importance of winter cover
crops, j. Sidney Cantwell.
Seed corn selection, Edgar j..
Clement.
Subsoil blowing, A. X. Presson.
Dental sanitation and it's rela-
ton to health, DR.. Dougherty.
Report of committee on school
fair.
The greater part of the meeting
will be devoted to the discussion
of agricultural subjects. This is
Introductory, as explained by Mr..
Clement, to series of agricultural
lessons to be offered the teachers
of the county through the teachers
meetings. Ninety per cent OF the
pupils Of the rural schools will
make agriculture their life work,
and as many will depend solely for
their training on the rural school.
II is therefore imperative that they
receive some special instruction
along the line of their work.
The County Superintendent has
secured a supply of outlined les
sons prepared especially for and
admirably suited to the needs of
the rural schools. These will be
placed in the hands Of teachers at
the meeting at the high school
building here tomorrow.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-08-20

When you yawn good deal in
the day time, feel dull, achey and
want to stretch frequently, it is an
unmistakable symptom of malaria,
and unless you do something at
once you are booked for a spell of
chills. Herbine is chill medicine
that will prevent or cure the dis
ease. 1t drives out the impurities
on which the malarial germ thrives,
strengthens the liver and cleanses
the bowels, Price SOC. Sold by
all druggists.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-08-20

A communication from Mount
CARMEL came to The Chronicle
this week unsigned, and as a result
the capacious nav of the waste
basket received it. We are glad to
receive the news from every part
of the county each week, but be
sure and sign your name, please.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-08-20
JUST LIKE paw"

1t was in a Missouri town about
ten miles from railroad. A Gus
toner of mine had frequently ask
ed me to accompany him home aud
stay all night. This night lhad
no good excuse for refusing, and
40 accepted his invitation.
NV customer was the big man of
the town, village blacksmith, pres
ide 1t of the village council, justice
of the peace and licensed Metho-
dist preacher.
He had family composed of
eight girls, ranging in age from is
to 80.
After heavy supper, we sat IN
the parlor. The old man monopo-
lized the conversation, RECALLING me
with the history of his various &C
tivities during the past year. Told
me the number of horses he had
shod, the couples he had married,
the different lawsuits he had tried,
and other commonplace local items
until | was ready to die, | was so
sleepy.
At last he arose, turned around
and cot down on his knees at his
chair. Thinking we were about to
have family prayers, [ followed suit.
/ saw that we were the only ones to
kneel, but [ waited for the old man
to begin his prayers, but he failed
to call on me, so [ thought it was
to be silent prayer.
Finally the old man got up I'M
tremendously, yawned loudly, and
remarked:
"Well, friend Felix, | guess |
will go to bed. When you get
ready, one of the girls will show
you to your room"
A little later one of the girls took
candle and led the way to the
stairway. AS passed through the
door, | heard another of the girls
litter and say to another:
"He warns his back just like
paw does before he goes to bed. .
Felix eastman in the Sample Case.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-08-20
* II Il Il n y Il y II E ~ Il *kkkk

When the baby is suffering the
double affiiction of hot weather and
bowel disorders, the remedy needed
is McGee's Baby Elixir. 1t redu-
ces the feverish condition, corrects
the stomach and checks looseness
of the bowels. Price Csc and SOC
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-08-20
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRING WIFE

| had gotten SO weak could not stand,
and gave up in despair.
At last, my husband got me bottle Of
Cardui, the woman's tonic, and | COM
menced taking it. From the very first
dose, could tell II was helping me. |
can now walk two miles without Its
firing me, and am doing all my work."
If you are all run down from womanly
troubles, don't give up In despair. Try
Cardui, the woman's tonic. Ithas helped
more than million women, In its so
years of continuous SUCCESS, and should
surely help you, too. Your druggist has
sold Carhi for years. He knows what
4 win do. Ask him. He will recom-
mend II. Begin taking Cardui today.
Write 10: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies',
Advisory Dept, Chattanooga, Tenn.. FOR SRectd.
Instructions On yous case and (4-paga book, nemt
Treatment for Women" sent In plain wrapper. joa
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-08-20
Aitsr -Four Years Of Discourasng
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Upn Despair. Husband
Came to Rescae.


Catron, Ky.-ln an Interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: II suffered for four
wears. with womanly troubles, and during
This time. | could only sit up for little
while, and could not walk anywhere at
all. At times, l would have severe pains
In my left side.
The doctor was called In, and his treat
ment relieved me for a while, but ] was
soon confined to my bed again. After
that, nothing seemed 70 do me any good.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-08-20

"Man wants but little here be-
low but he's never satisfied with
what he gets.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-08-20

The Bethlehem Steel Company
begins August with general in
crease of its employs wages. This,
too, just as we are hearing that the
new tariff is running the country"
Probably the new tariff cased the
war and the bad crops last year.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-08-20

The war cloud has a golden lin
ing-for the ammunition makers.
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Ditto for the farmer with sur
plus food and feed crop.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-01-28
A ADJUSTMENTS
1.-THE Old Homestead"

Like the breath of real country air
laden with the odor of new-mown hay
and suggesting blue skies and open
stretches of country "The Old Home
stead comes to the Majestic this aft
ernoon and evening That the patronage
will be large goes without saying, for,
alth owgh this will be the twenty ninth
season of "The Old Homestead, it is
still a potent magnet and bids fair to
continue so far many years to come.
The play is as familiar to the ma
jority of theatregoers as a household
word. For that reason no description of
it is necessary and all that needs TO
be said is that there is no purer, sweet
er or more wholesome play in existence,
none of which holds the mirror up to
nature more truly, and none which has
more real inspiration in its every line
and feature than "The Old Home
stead 1t is simple of plot, deals with
homely interest and is replete with gen.
uine humor. The original production
under the personal direction of Frank
Thompson, will be seen here. The fa-
nous musical features are of the same
high order Mr.. Thompson has always
provided including the celebrated male
double quartet and grand choir of twen-
ty voices in the Grace church scene.
Adv.s