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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-12-13

The booze was there in evidence, and
it had been dug out of the battlements
Of Castle Shelley, 5ut of course Gus
was at a complete loss to know how
the coffin varnish got under his house,
and also how the police heard all
about it. Gus will not be at home
when Santa Clause comes, unless he
has in his jeans a hundred kopeks OF
silver, as Judge Marshall imposed a
sentence Of $1O0 or sixty days in the
ice house, the extreme limit OF the
laaw. Gus will explain the booze
mine to Judge Harper of the city
court little later.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-12-13
Gambler Chosen
Head w. A, Re-
Leasing Board

ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. &c. Muir
they Gambler, chairman of the state
railroad commission this afternoon
vas elected chairman of the W. & A
Releasing Commission. G. Gunby
Jordon, of Columbus, was elected vice
chairman. The secretary will be chos-
en- later.
The committee discussed the L. & N
reported proposed extension and de-
cided this is matter which should be
left to the governor.
The committee adjourned to meet
again January 4th.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-12-13
IT PAYS To ADVERTISE
IN A GOOD NEWSPAPER
TIMES-REC0RDER ADS ALWAYS
BRING RESULTS.

Ten days ago young man here lost
a valuable gold badge, and resorted
to various expedients to the end OF
recovering it until he planted lost
ed in the Times-Recorder 1t was just
Ike putting money in the bank, as
this morning Eldridge Moore, the col
ored janitor at the Alcazar Theatre.
returned to the owner the lost gem.
Fence advertising may have it's advo-
Gates, but FOR real results the Times
Recorder stands unequalled
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-12-13
GYPsIES AND MULES ARE
HERE FOR HOLIDAYS
large CAMP ESTABLISHED or
'& N0RTHMDE.

The Christmas gypsies, covey of
queens, mules, fortune-tellers, bull
whackers, horse-traders, dogs and
Children by the score, flew into town
this morning and lit in the Roney
woods over on the north side The
aggregation is a large one, and has
been in the vicinity of Leslie re-
Gently.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-12-13
Shelley DRAWS
FULL SENTENCE
RECORDER COURT
is CHARGED WITH KEEPING PET
TIGER.

Because he is fond OF animals, AMI
started a menagerie by caging pet
tiger at his villa, Gus Shelley was
harpooned by the police Sunday and
dragged, tiger and all, into the throne
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-12-13
COTTON MARKET

AMERICUS, Ca, Dec. 13.-Contrary
t, expectation, the cotton futures mar
ket failed to react today, foIliwing the
break of thirty-five points Saturday,
but went even lower with the January
option at one time under IL cents.
Closing Saturday at 12.1Sc, January
opened today at 12.06, and at noon
was down to 12c, even, with a further
declining tendency. The decline in
values is now more than a half cent.
The futures market was quoted as
follows; Open Noon
january ................12 1906 11.9S
March .........,.........12 .25 1926
May Observation-Disclosures. 1895 12.47
The Americas market is quoted as
follows:
Fully good middling -. IL to u LAC
Good middling IL 3-4c
Fully middling :. III Is to II lac
The market today had a dragging
tendency, with but little demand for
spot cotton. 1t would seem that he
spinners' scheme to get the Christmas
n "a LOG AT thnir own fipurp would nrnvp
in part successful.
Closing Quotations.
The market rallied considerably on
the close with a gain of seventeen
points from the lowest with the De-
cember position quoted at 1910; Jan
uary, 1916; May, 1855.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-12-13
The
CHRISTMAS STORE

1t is the wish of everyone to give something
TOR Christmas Gifts that will please satisfy and be
entirely acceptable.
The problem of what to give may be easily
solved by a visit to this store. You will find it
titled with attractive and practical articles for gifts.
Things you would like to have receive yourself
useful gifts that will be appreciated long after
the Holiday season
Everything is so reasonably priced that you'll
Hnd quick and economical solution of what to
We that will be truly appreciated.
Come in and look as long and as often as you
wish-come early while the choosing is at its best
And Let Us Show You Through Our SPECIAL Line
OF Christmas Goods
Bath Robes Ladies Silk Hose
Fancy and Plain Hand. Fancy SOx
kefchiefs Comfortable House
Fancy Npcktjps in Xmas Slippers
Boxes nOuSc COd'S
nroee G,ovoe Some new hats that are
', 80 e r'".s' especially good
Au'O u'Oseo Mems and boys Suits
Shirts in both fancy and Overcoats
and PLAIN Sweaters, in all COOrs
Leather Collar Bags in Children Play Suits of
all COlOrs every kind
Rylander Shoe Company
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-12-13

SUNDAYS TTMES-RECnRDER Is
AN ADVERTISING FEATURE, Read
every line of the advertising.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
RUGS NOT FOR MISS HUMBLE
Court Decision Likely to Cause Fair
Plaintiff to Feel Like Living Up
to Her Name,

Sour wine, gayety, humility-such
might, perhaps, be designated as the
subject of the case reported in 143
Pacific Reporter, IT'S, as indicated by
the subject matter, love letters fol-
lowed by death of the wooer, taken in
connection with the names of the par.
ties involved, Humble, Gay and Sauer,
vein. The last named was the cava.
lier and owner of a fine collection Of
119 Indian blankets and rugs. In the
winter of 1910 he met Miss Humble,
and thereupon became "Humbled,"
we might perhaps say, not in the or,
binary sense of degradation, but of
being held captive by the lady s
charms. He soon sought an engage.
ment of marriage and showed her his
collection of rugs, with the statement
that they were to be hers. She did
not at that time accept either the gift
Of his person or property. A few
months later Mr.. Sauerwein died. En-
ter here Mr.. Gay as executor After
the departure of Sauerwein ito that
oOuiuS iiOM WHICH III tidNeISi IS-
turns" Miss Humble. perhaps to have
them as a keepsake, sought recovery
of the collection of rugs on the the
DRY that valid gift of them had been
made to her. The supreme court of
California, however, held that accord
ing to the evidence, consisting partly
of letters from the lovelorn Sauer-
vein, the gift had never been com
pleted. and denied recovery.-The
Docket,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
CARRY VOICE TO PHoNoeRAPH
Possible Method by Which Talking
Moving Pictures May Be Made
In the Future.

To produce talking moving pictures
1t Is necessary only to record the
voices of the actors on a photograph
while the scene Is being recorded ON
the film, an exchange says. The re.
Quirement seems simple, but the prob.
lem is to record the talk without show.
ing the apparatus in the pictures
Several monographs placed in DIFF.
ferent positions on the stage, each
one to record the voices in its neigh
borhood, will give separate records
that must be collected on a single rec
ord by transferring, in order to con-
troll the talking by the picture ma
chine when the pictures are shown. 1t
is difficult matter to time the talk
ing with the pictures with this method.
Orlando e. Kellum OF Los Angeles
has invented an apparatus which en-
ables each actor to telephone to the
photograph from any part Of the
stage. The telephone transmitter IL
carried invisibly on the chest of the
actor. Two wires pass from the trans
mitter down an arm to his hands Plac-
ing his hand on a table corner or
holding the back of chair connects
him to the photograph under the
stage.
An ordinary telephone receiver over
the vibrating disk repeats the voice
to the photograph. which records it.
The two wires from the telephone re-
ceiver pass under the stage. and
branches from them are run up the
legs Of chairs, tables, etc., to supply
contact terminals for the actors to
touch. Contact plates are also pro-
vided on the stage floor in the open
spaces for the actor to engage with
foot terminals.
The battery is placed in the under
stage circuit, SO that all the actor car
ries is light fiat telephone transmit
ter and the lightweight wires This
system delivers all of the voices to
one record and keeps time with the &C
ton shown on the film.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
JOYS OF COUNTRY LIVING
Those Of Imagination Who Can See
the Poetry Of Life Find Their
Rewards There.

In the Woman's Home Companion
q contributor writes an article on
country life, entitled "Alderbrook
Farm" 1t is full of interesting facts
and practical suggestions. In the
course of the article the author tells
the following story about his father.
and comments on it:
my father, on the old Ohio farm,
used to have fixed idea that we must
always have green peas and new po-
tatoes for dinner on the Fourth of
July. He always worked toward that
end and rarely missed it. l can well
remember. too, how good those small,
tender, round potatoes used to taste
ali cooked together with the peas in
an abundance of cream.
1t is odd how much of the enjoy
ment of all such things comes from
purely psychological associations
from the memories Of youth-how
much of 1t, in short, is pure magma
'tion-simple poetry. Many Of the Joys
of country life are of this poetic, i'm.
aginative sort Indeed, right here lies
the point of disagreement between
those honest persons who think farm
life all drudgery and those who think
1t all so glorious. The matter-of-fact
man or woman finds everything hard
enough, but the person Of Imagination.
who can see the poetry of life in SIM
pie things, finds large rewards In
country living"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
"llyino Whist.n

The game of living whist" is q fol.
lower, and most unsatisfactory one,
as matter of fact, of the game Of
living chess" The latter has been
given frequently in out-of-doors fetes.
The ground Is marked in squares, like
a huge chessboard, and the pieces are
represented by women and men in cos
tunes that indicates their positions
queens, bishops, knights, pawns, etc.
The game is played by the directions
of two persons seated on thrones at
the edge of the board, the pieces max
ing the moves indicated by them.
Living whist" followed this scheme,
but by its nature was far less success
full. The board and squares were lack.
ing and the game did not lend itself
to the scheme. OF such a game as
living bridge" or living auction"
however, we can find no record, and
it is most unlikely that such a game
could be played at all, as the bidding,
which is, of course, the real essence
of these games, would be an impossi-
bility.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
Boring Clam Is Odd.

One of the strangest creatures
known to science is the pholas, or
boring clam. When still very minute
the animal bores into the sandstone
lodges at extreme low water, by
means of its sharp shell, which is re
placed by secretion as it is worn
away. 1t penetrates the rock to a
depth of six or eight inches, and hol
lows out its burrow as it increases in
size
Shaped roughly like a top, it could
not leave its. rock dwelling even if it
wished to do SO. For food it depends
on the animalcules that float in sea
water, which it seizes by its long
siphon, or tongue. The pholas Is in
great demand at the seaside resorts
along the Pacific coast, for it's meat
is very tender and makes excellent
soup-Youth's Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
CALLED PARADISE OF BIRDS
Great Lake Region Abounds In Rarv
Songsters - Attracted by the
Many Lakes.

The lake region of Michigan and
Wisconsin has been described as the
paradise of BIRDS
In Michigan alone 300 species Of
birds have been identified. The great
lakes and the thousands of lesser
lakes add to the bird life by calling to
these waters the aquatic birds. Mich
igan has many birds whose habitat is
In the far north around Hudson bay
and others that live in the states
south Of Michigan. even along and be.
yond the Gulf of Mexico. The first
are Illustrated by the Bohemian wax
wing, spruce partridge. Canadian jay
and others, while the summer red
bird, the mocking bird and the card
inal red bird illustrate the second
group.
The great lakes attract many birds
that are usually maritime, such as
gulls and terms.
Michigan abounds in lakes-there
are 425, for instance, within a 25-mile
radius of Battle Creek-and there are
the nesting places for many interesting
birds not found elsewhere.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
BLOT ON NAPoLEoN's FAME
Slaughter Of Defenseiess Prisoners
After Jaffa Unreeognlzed a. Act
Of Warfare.

No French victory was ever marked
by more unbridled license than that
which the victorious troops practiced
at Jaffa. But what followed was
worse. Although the prisoners of war
were too numerous for the ordinary
usage, yet they should have been treat
ed according to the terms Of quarter
they had exacted.
On the 7th a council of war unani-
mously voted that the old rule under
which no quarter Is given to defenders
in an assault should be applied to
them. For two days Bonaparte hes
itated. but on the 9th his decision was
taken.
A few Egyptians were sent homo
and the remainder Of the prisoners, to-
gether with the 800 militia from Ell
Arish, were marched to the beach and
shot. Two eyewitnesses estimated 1t
one at 5000, the other at 1000.
Il have been severe with those Of
your troops who violated the laws Of
war;" wrote the author Of the deed to
Djezzar. All winter long he had been
dealing as an Oriental with Orientals
and this was but piece Of the same
conduct-The Life Of Napoleon Bona
parte. William Milligan Sloane.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
Ancient Wax Seals,

Interesting results obtained by the
government chemist by making
analyses of old wax impressions on doc
uments in the public record Office are
described by Mr.. Ainsworth Mitchell
in knowledge. The seals examined
dated from the thirteenth to. the
eighteenth century, and differed but
little from modern sealing wax. Most
of them consisted of mixture of bees
wax and resin, others of pure bees
wax. Two seals, of the dates 1899 and
1923. respectively. were composed Of
wax, the characteristics Of which
agreed more nearly with those of East
Indian than of European beeswax.
The wax composing an impression
from the great seal Of 1850 agreed, in
chemical and physical characters,
with pure beeswax Of today. The pig
ment in the red seals was vermilion,
while the green seals contained yer.
digris.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03

PASSED A MISERABLE NIGHT
Refused Place in House, Mrs. Eliza
beth cady Stanton Slept in
Carriage.

Even the man who does not sympa.
thize with the movement for wom-
ans rights cannot help admiring the
leaders Of it Elizabeth Cady Stanton
proved more than once, says the
Youths Companion, that she had both
physical and moral courage of a high
order She had often, say her biog-
raphers In "Heroines Of Modern Prog
ress," to utter her message under the
most trying circumstances.
Once in Michigan a party of speak
ers visited a deaf and dumb institu-
ton. Mrs. Stanton just said: There
is one comfort in visiting this place,
we shall not be asked to speak"
when the superintendent came up
with: Ladies, the pupils are as
sembled in the chapel ready to hear
YOU They spoke, while the superin-
tendent repeated in sign language
what they said. At another time their
boat was icebound in the middle CT
the Mississippi river. Someone shout
ed: Speech on woman SUFFRAGE"
They rose to the occasion, and there
at midnight made several new con-
verts.
In Kansas Mrs. Stanton one night
was refused lodging in house, and
ensconced herself in the carriage. II
had just fallen into a gentle slumber,"
she wrote, when chorus Of grunts
and violent shaking of the carriage
revealed to me the fact that l was
surrounded by those long-nosed black
pigs so celebrated for their courage
and pertinacity. They had discovered
that the iron steps of the carriage
made most satisfactory scratching
posts. Alas thought l. before morn
ing l shall be devouredi'" She piled
the whip upon them, but without ef-
feet; so she went to sleep and let
them scratch at their pleasure. II
had a sad night of it, and never tried
the carriage again, although I had
many equally miserable experiences
within four walls
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
Uses of Coke Growing.

The tremendously increased impor-
lance of by-products of coke ovens
and gas works since the war started
has led to efforts to increase the use
of coke by concerns that heretofore
have used only coal. The government
has led the way by mixing certain
proportions of coke with other fuel
on its railways and in it's buildings,
and the manufacturers are following
this example. The coke ovens and
gas works are now depended on to
furnish three vitality important prod
ucts-explosive material, motor fuel
and heterogeneous fertilizer-and it is
deemed imperative that the production
of these by-products be stimulated by
an increased demand for the coke.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
Austrian Naval Stronghold.

Since the Austrians made the city
of Pola their chief base in 1S48 they
have accomplished wonders there. 1t
is claimed that with the assistance Of
submarines and aircraft Pola is vir-
tually impregnable. Its commodious
harbor almost land-locked, has been
enlarged SO that it easily contains the
entire Austrian feet. 1t is divided
into two basins by a chain of small
islands. The entrance is strongly
defended. and an extensive system Of
Notifications on the hills enclosing tine
harbor insures complete protection.
There is good roadstead in the large
channel of Fasana, which separates
the mainland from the Brionian is
lands. The marine arsenal of Pola
is a vast establishment with all the
requisites for large fleet. Artillery
laboratories and powder magazines are
situated on the north shore. and be-
hind the arsenal is San Policarpo.
with huge barracks and hospitals.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
ONLY ONE COMMON LANGUAGE
Music the Sole Medium That Tells 4
Tale Ineligible to the Whole
Of Mankind.

The nations of the earth, close as
they are together in these days, are
worlds apart in thought. Each builds
its life in words, and the words are
as little alike as In the days of Babel;
and thus 1t comes about that we mis-
understand one another.
We translate one another only into
our own language, and understand
one another as little as before, be-
cause we only know one another in
TRANSACTIONS, and the best of the life
of each nation remains and always
will remain untranslatable.
No one has ever really translated
the Greek lyrics or the choruses of
Aeschylus or the incompatible songs
of Heine. Who could dream Of put.
ting the best of Robert Louis Steven
son into German, or Kipling's rollick-
ing ballads of soldier life into Span
1sh, or Walter Pater into Dutch, or
Edgar Allan Poe into Russian!
The one language common to US all,
music, tells as many tales as there
90 A14Ch W aSdl. A1dCu m6lDu1 uG1ls
into the blackness or the brightness
of the listeners soul and becomes q
thousand melodies instead of one.
What does the moaning monotony of
a Korean love song mean to the west
erner, or what does the swan song
mean to the Korean? Only God
knows. We can never translate one
nation into the language of another;
our best is only an Interpretation, and
we must always meet the criticism
that we have failed with the reply
that we had never hoped to succeed.
The best we can do is to give a
kindly, good-humored and, at all
times and above all things, charit-
able Interpretation. Information, facts
are merely the raw material of cul.
ture; sympathy is its subtlest essence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
NOTICE..

Because of the impossibility
Of automobiles on the return
trip and the difficulty in max
ing full collections, on and
after Sept. 1st, all automo-
bile and motorcycle traffic on
the Valley Turnpike will be
placed on a one way basis and
the following rates will pre-
vail.
Touring Touring Cars l l5 per gate each way.
Motorcycles SC b" 1"
Forty (40) trip tickets for
touring cars having a value
of $500 at ordinary rate will
be sold to local residents at
$3.50.
Forty (4O) trip runabout
tickets havinga value of $500
will be sold to local residents
at $500.
Therefore, by the purchase
of tickets the change in rate
will not operate to the disad-
vantage of those local resi-
dents who return the same
day, while an actual saving
will result when the return
is not made the same day.
- These tickets can be
purchased by applying to Mr..
e. D. Newman, Woodstock,
Director of the Valley Turn
pike Co.
Sept. 3-4t.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
Sion Of Rain.

An East side girl says she has come
upon an infallible weather indicator,
reports the Columbus CO., Dispatch.
She could tell if 1t is going to rain
without even glancing at the sky or
casting her eyes over the weather
forecasts in the daily papers. And
it's the simplest thing in the world
just the disappearing of all um-
brellas from sight.
Umbrellas are perfectly safe in our
Office up to "a hours before storm"
said she, explaining. You can leave
them anywhere. Even the pearl and
gold-handled ones are immune from
abstraction. Indeed, one can hardly
chase them away. So, If l want to
know the weather for a day ahead
/ must glance at the umbrella racks.
If find them becoming empty, l
make Decline for the best rain shade
of those that are left and make all
other necessary plans for rain"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Premier Carrier of the South.
Schedule between Washington, Alex
andria, Woodstock and HarrisOnburg
In Eject Apr. %, 1915.
Schedule figures published only as
information "Nol Guaranteed
WEsTBoUND from Woodstocl

WESTBOUND from Woodstock.
No. 23-Daily 200 a. m. Local
for Barrisonburg. Arrive Harrison.
burg $50. a. m.
No. 49-Daily- 1858 p. m. Local
for Harrisonburg. Arrive Harrison.
burg 2:30 p. M Buffet Parlor Car.
No. FL = Daily = $40 p. N.
Local for Harrisonburg. Arrive
Harrisonburg 1915 p. m.
EASTBOUND-from Woodstock.
No. a. Daily $50 a. m.
Limited for Alexandria and Washing
ton. Arrive Washington 1880 a. m.
Buffet Parlor Car.
No. % -Daily-4:26 p. IL. Local
for Alexandria and Washington.
Arrive Washington 9:l5 p. m. Buffet
Farlor Car.
No. "a Daily 6:55 D. m.
Local from. Harrisonburg to Stras-
burg Arrive Strasburg 7:30 p. m.
E. H. COAPdAN, Vice-President and
Genera al Manager.
W 3 TAYLoE, Passenger Traffic
Manager.
h. F. CARY. General Passenger Agt.
c. W. WEsTBURY, Gen. Agent,
Washington, D. G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-03
The "Fourth Arm"

Without the aeroplane in its nu-
merous forms. the war would have
been waged on utterly different lines
ut almost every point. Either the trench
warfare would have been indefinitely
prolonged, or there would have
been an ever-recurrent number of sur
prise attacks. with alternate successes
and defeats, and a ceaseless shifting
of the balance of advantage; and when
30 many millions of troops we're en-
gagged, over fronts Of unprecedented
lengths, heaven alone knows how the
commanders in chief would have con-
trolled their forces or directed their
tactics. In any future war no country
will take the field without regarding
its fourth arm" as it's most precious
and indispensable factor.-Charles s.
Preston In Scribner's Magazine.