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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-12
ONLY AMERICAN AND
CUBAN MONEY GOOD
IN LITTLE NATION

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 12.-For the
first time in years Cuba is free Of the
annoyance and confusion resulting
from the general circulation of various
kinds of foreign money. On November
there went into effect President Men
ocal's decree declaring illegal the cir
culation of any but American and Gu,
ban money, In anticipation of this de
cree taking effect foreign coins have
already disappeared almost entirely
from circulation, only few Spanish
dollars being accepted in some of the
smaller shops at heavy discount, the
bulk of the silver and gold having
been shipped back to Spain.
When the United States undertook
the occupation of Cuba, American
money was declared to be the official
currency, but together with this a vast
quantity of Spanish gold and silcar
and some French gold remained IN
circulation, varying in value in com
parison to official money from day to
day, nominally in accordance with the
laws of the supply and demand, but
actually in response to manipulation
by the hundreds of money changers
whose little shops are scattered all
over Havana.
Recently a large volume of Cuban
silver and gold was placed in circula-
ton and declared to be official money
Cn par with American currency, and,
by the presidents decree, this and the
American money will henceforward be
the only currency recognized in Cuba,
This will remove a constant source Of
irritation to tourists who have here
tofore had to deal with half dozen
kinds of currency. The only opposi-
tion to the new state of affairs has
come from a few Spanish merchants
and the money changers whose means
CT livelihood has disappeared. Incl
dentally, it is interesting that some OF
the Spanish merchants have show 2
disposition to prefer American gold
coins to American notes, protesting 3
| fear that should the United States be.
come involved in war the notes woulC
| suffer depreciation
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-12
GREAT CONGRESS IN CHARLES
TON DECEMBER 1917
(Conu0ned From Page ~
ersonal direction of the Secretary of

personal direction of the Secretary ef
Labor.
Secretary Duncan L. Fletcher, whose
administration as President of The
Southern Commercial Congress covers
the past -four years, will preside
throughout the Charleston Congress
Senator Fsstcher's administration has
been marEstd by notable achievements;
on the par of the Organization with
regard TO agricultural organization
rural CREDITS, and foreign trade.
The SPEAKERS announced today by
Miss Louise G. Lindsey, President
General of she Woman's Auxiliary, in
clude the Marchioness of Aberdeen.
who is President of the International
Council of Women. Others who will
''uN' coo IiC huAllidly are MIS-. Juildn
Heath, President of the National
Housewives League; Mrs. Nellie Pet
ers Black, President of the Conference
Of Southern W0men; Miss Kate Cord
on, President, Southern States Wo-
mems Suffrage Conference; Mrs. JOAN
Epperson, President of Press and Au-
thors Club; Mrs. Rutledge Smith. Elk
President, Southern Writer'S eLague:
Mrs. Cora Cox Lucas, Treasurer.
Southern Writer'S League; Mrs. D. A
McDougal, State President of the Wo-
mans Auxiliary for South Carolina.
Mrs e. Gibbon, Charleston, s. c.; Mrs
Herman X. Leiding, Charleston. S. c.
Mrs. ]. W. Allen, President South
Carolina Federation Of Womens
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-12
ONLY SC AND 1Oc
RICHMOND GRAND JURY
RAPS EDUCATION BOARD

AUGUSTA, Ca, Nov. 12.-The pre-
sentiments of the Richmond county
grand jury are most important rs made
Public today. 1t recommended that
the taxing prerogative of the board Of
education be limited. AS the law now
stands, the board may raise any sum
Il sees fit by taxation. The jury also
recommends the abolition of the mag
istrates' courts and the establishment
&C municipal court, besides critics.
Ing some magistrates and ordering
prosecutions for some who are not
keeping within the law.
The establishment of the juvenile
court is recommended, as is also the
placing of fire stairways in certain
schools. The jury favors compulsory
education and advocates free text
books.
The jury also recommends that the
county board of charities make no fur
iher contributions to private charities
1t is said appropriations to private
charities now being made by the coun-
| board total 5000 a month.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-12
COTTON MARKET

,,trp1C1,c 90 Nov Onanirg
$50. orrino Of an advance of 70,
nosnts the futures market soon LOST
.h;s advantage and at noon had sns-
+o;rea loss of X noints in the De-
oor,he~ ont;on then II so cents
Tho market drags heavily and seems
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-12
Clubs.

Clubs
The Southeastern Passenger Associ-
alton has announced reduced rates
throughout the Southeastern States
The Governors of States, Mayors OF
Cities, and executives of civic and
commercial organizations are appoint
ing large delegations and it is expect
ed that thousands will assemble in
Charleston to celebrate the victories of
fifty years OF peace.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-12
What IS OFFICIAL
GEORGIA FLOWER?

ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. PA ballot
Of men, women and children will be
taken in Atlanta on agricultural day,
visitors from every part of the state
being allowed to vote, on what flower
shall be the official flower of the state
OF Georgia.
me "" Yong will be under the direc~
ton of the Georgia Federation OF Wo
mems clubs, and will be a feature OF
the agricultural day celebration. The
flower most in favor is said to be the
Cherokee rose, which grows in every
part of the state. and is characteristic
Cherokee is also a Georgia Indian
name. But if you prefer any other
flower, it is your privilege to vote for
it On agricu' tural day.
The idea is particularly interesting
as Georgi a has never adopted a staSf
flower, lille most of the other states
OF the Anion have,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-12
Closing Quotations.

The closing of the market was at a
loss of IL points from the opening, De-
cember being quoted at 1859, jan
uary 1850.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
AMERICAS DEBT TO. IRELAND
Immigrants Have Wrought Well in the
Wonderful Development of Their
Adopted Land.
Copyright. 1918.

Out of Europe, for more than two
streams of humanity, always hasten
ing, like the affiuents of some mighty
river, toward the west. And for more
than one century at least those who
earliest found their place in this once
welcoming continent have been star
ing with open or covert contempt at
those who have followed them.
Until now, when our national intell1-
gence has broadened beyond the pur-
blind, narrow vision that could see in
an immigrant only his ignorance, his
poverty and the uncOuthness which, in
the land he has deserted, may be the
best, approved mode of living for peo-
pie Of his class.
We are looking at the essentials now
at the brain and the Drawn, the
health and the courage; at the race,
the national history, the adaptiveness
of all this raw material for citizenry
These latest corners are reap1ng the
fruits of the lessons we have learned
while seeing their forerunners emerge
from the poverty and want that made
them reproaches in our eyes and, by
their own inherent strength, rise to the
full level of American skill, energy and
what has always been their conspl-
cuous trait-patriotism
No single stream that trickled first
and then came in flood had to fight It's
way more hardly here than the immi-
grants who hailed from Ireland; ana
II one were to cast everywhere to
find immigrants and their descendants
who have most potently wrought for
the development Of the nation, he
would see none more numerous, more
strong and-flnal verdict of the land OF
their adoption-more respected than
those very Irish.
The United States, for them, owes
England a debt which neither nation
may ever acknowledge; but the time
is not far away when England seems
fated to realize the enormity OF her
loss and the vastness of Americas
gain.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
Village TerrOrS Are Now Ac-
claimed as Heroes.
Show Remarkable Nerve in the Face
of Great Danger and Are Awarded
Highest Honor in British
Service.

London.-Here's the story Of two
bad boys" who made good in the
great European war.
Formerly the despair, of their par
ents and teachers, Driver Job Henry
Drain, Thirty-seventh battery, Royal
Field Artillery, and Lance Corporal
William Fuller of the Royal Welsh
regiment are now popular heroes and
the pride of the towns of which they
we're once considered the disgrace.
For the bad boys" of Barking and
Swansea have won the little bronze
crosses which enable them to place
the letters " G. after their names, and
which put them on the roll of Eng
lands greatest heroes for all time.
Barking, in Essex, and Swansea, in
Wales, are far apart and Drain and
Fuller may never meet, but their sto-
ries are sufficiently similar to tell to-
gether.
Drain is the son of Barking labor
er, and as a boy he never made any
pretense about wishing to rise in the
world. He hated school and played
truant so often he was placed in the
Walthamstow Truant school.
Job throve exceedingly on the reg
ular life at the reform farm, and curl
ously enough took readily to the phys
ical and military drill, part of the
curriculum. He was clean-built, we'll
Set-up youth of sixteen when three
years ago he was told that he must
Shoose a career and leave his place
of detention. He elected to join the
army and entered the Royal Field Ar
tillery as a boy"
He was eighteen and half when
the great war broke out, and his bat
terry was one of the first in the field,
having moved to France with the Irish
division. At Mons and during the ia
nous retreat Drain did his duty and
looked after his pair of gun horses in
fine style, but 1t was at LIE Cateau
that he had the opportunity of show
ing that bad boys at school were not
necessarily incorrigibie.
There his battery got into a tight
corner, and it seemed certain that the
guns must be captured by the advanc-
ing Germans. Guns are the apple of
an artilleryman's eye, and the officers
called for volunteers to save them.
Most of the gunners had been killed,
but with comrade, Driver Frederick
Luke, the bad Boy of Barking
dashed through hail of bullets and.
hitching up his teams, brought back
three guns in succession. Before the
two heroes got the third gun away
the German infantry were within a
hundred yards, but the worst boy in
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
FAMOUS OLD BLARMEY
Historic Spot, Long Famed In Song
and Story, Is One of the Giories
of Ireland.

IN THE year 1446 an Irish bishop
i his face SCARED with many wounds
climbed to the keep of his castle,
and, hanging over the side, kissed a
stone in the wall about five feet from
the top. This was Cormack MacCar-
thy. and the castle was Barney castle,
his military stronghold. For in those
days bishop had to be a good fighter
besides being good churchman. The
stone that MacCarthy kissed is now
called the "Blarney Stone"
Cormack MacCarthy built Castle
Barney in County Cork. One day, a
little while after he had finished it, he
was walking along when he happened
to see an old woman drowning in a
stream. Being both courteous and
a brave man, he Immediately plunged
in, and after many struggles rescued
her. The old woman blessed her res
cuer and promised that, for reward,
she would bestow upon him tongue
of such eloquence that he could infiu-
ence friends and enemies.
But there was only one way to OBJ
tain this gift. He must climb to the
top Of his castle and kiss a stone in
the wall there. MacCarthy followed
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
CAT CHAPERON FOR CHICKS
Watches Over Them Daily With
Mothers Care Till They
Go to Roost.

Jefferson City, Mo.-A cat that
cares for a brood of chickens is the
property of Mrs. John P. Gordon, wife
of the state auditor
The cat attracted the attention OF
neighbors some time ago by its pc
culiar conduct. At first it was thought
it was following the chickens around
to kill one for a meal This idea was
soon dissipated when day after day
the performance was repeated.
Then it was observed that the cat
attached itself to brood of late "fry-
ers," now about half grown. 1t watches
over this bunch of chickens with ap-
parent motherly solicitude, follows
them about all day and never leaves
them until they go to roost for the
night. Then the cat returns to the
Gordon residence and conducts her
self, so far as known, during the night
just as any other respectable feline.
This story is vouched for by all the
Gordon neighbors.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
BAD BOYS WIN v. G.

the school, never fiinched. With his
comrade he galloped back to the bat
terry with the precious field pieces.
Both were awarded Victoria crosses.
Lance Corporal Fuller's story is al
most the same.
The bad Boy of Swansea" was in
corr1gible until taken in hand by the
swansea Industrial school. He, too,
acquired respect for discipline and
joined the Royal Welsh regiment
1t was at the battle of the Aisne,
when near Chivy the regiment suf-
fered fearful losses, that Fuller's
chance came. Outnumbered six to
one, the Royal Welsh fought desper-
ately to hold their position. officer
after officer went down, among them
Captain Haggard the Swansea bad
boys" company commander, who fell,
shouting, Stick it, Welsh" Nobly the
bad boy and his few remaining COM
rades stuck it, and when retirement
was inevitable Fuller went back for
his officer. He had to run a hundred
yards under murderOus rifle and ma
chine gun fire before he found his cap
tain. Captain Haggard, knowing him
self to be MORALLY wounded, ordered
the plucky 'noncom" to go back, but
Fuller insisted upon picking him up
and carrying him on his shoulders to
a place of comparative safety.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
CLEFT BY AIR DART
Man Transfixed by a Shot From
TeutOn Aviator.
Steel Arrow Goes From Head to Foot,
Killing Man Instantly - Dogs
Scurry for Shelter When
They Hear Cannon.
By A. r. DECKER.

Correspondent of the Chicago News
Pont-a-Mousson, France.-Beautiful
ly clear and crisp winter weather
brought out the French and German
aviators today. The first to appear
was a German air craft from Metz. 1t
was a brand new biplane with broad
spreading wings and shining armor.
The big yellow bird flew nearly
overhead and dropped something
which cleaned white for an instant
and then disappeared from view. l
waited tensely for the explosion, which
failed to come. The aviator departed
in the direction of Ste. Genevieve.
Afterward / learned that he had
dropped card with message that
the kaiser sent salutations to Pont-a-
Mousson on his birthday and that later
he would endeavor to send more sub
stantial greetings in the form of
shells.
The aviator of the kaiser kept his
word. This afternoon the German bat
terry in the quarry at Norroy lombard
ed the town and shells fell near the
railroad station, on the boulevard and
at the gas works.
When the first shell raced in, leav-
ing trail of high pitched noise, l was
standing at the corner of the main
cross street where some dogs were
prowling about. The first dull boom
of the cannon sent them running like
mad into neighboring hallway. Most
of the people also sought shelter until
the storm of flying steel had passed.
Heavy cannonading was heard in
the east, along the Seille river, all the
afternoon, and, to follow it more close
ly, walked up and down the bank of
the Moselle from the sentinel at one
end of the town to the sentinel at the
other end, who mark the limits of my
liberty. Suddenly | heard a purring
noise coming from a northerly direc-
ton and, looking up, | saw coming
swiftly toward me a German aero
plane, which might have been the
same that came earlier in the day. /
watched it with my glasses, and as he
had done in the morning the aviator
now dropped something which cleaned
for an instant in the sunshine before
it was lost to view.
Later / learned the object the flyer
had dropped was a steel arrow which
transfixed man from head to foot,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12

directions and Immediately obtained
s1ch eloquence that he delayed for a
long time by persuasion and promise
the surrender of the castle to the. lord
president 1t is said that even to this
day whoever climbs to the top Of the
castle and kisses the stone will re-
ceive the gift of golden speech.
Many people now go to kiss the
Barney stone. One time a young
American visited Castle Barney, and
was very enthusiastic about kissing
the stone. He leaned over the square
opening; but just then he got look
at the ground, 120 feet below. He
suddenly decided that this business of
kissing the Barney stone was only
silly superstition, and was not worth
the trouble anyway.
One of the legends that cling about
the ruins of Barney is that in the
pastures near the castle ghostly cattle
fight at night with the present posses
sors of the fields. 1t is also reported
that in the summer fairies dance on
the grass all night.
Castle Blarney's fame has been in
creased by Richard Mileikin's song,
"The Groves of Barney" written in
1898. Francis S. Mahoney, known as
Father Prout, added the following
lines, which have carried the legend
of the Barney stone around the
world:
There is a stone there,
That whoever kisses,
Oh! he never misses
To grow eloquent.
TITS he may Chamber
To a lady's chamber
Or become a member
OF sweet Parliament
A clever spouter
He'll sure turn out, or
An out and outer,
To be let alone!
Don't hope to hinder him,
Or to bewilder him,
Sure he's pilgrim.
From the Barney Stone.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
Per Capita.

bud Jones had moved from Polk
county to McMinn county to achieve
wealth and fame. After five years
friends inquired about bud, seeking
information from Jim Ledbetter, of
McMinn county.
Nope" he said, buds not gone
far. He's just per capita in our
midst. The census fellers come around
and figure out what's the per capita
use of whisky, corn, coal oil, and sech
things. Well, buds just one of them
census per capitas."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
DRINK LOTS OF WATER
TO FLUSH THE KIDNEYS
Eat Less Meat and Take Salts for
Backache or Bladder Trouble
NeutraIize Acids.

Uric acid in meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked; get
sluggish, ache, and feel like Jumps Of
lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the
bladder is irritated, and you may be
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the kid
neys clog you must help them flush
Off the body's urinous waste or you'll
be real sick person shortly. At first
you feel a dull misery in the kidney
region, you suffer from backache, sick
headache, dizziness, stomach gets sour,
tongue coated and you feel rheumatic
twinges when the weather is bad
Eat less meat, drink lots of water:
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces Of Jad Salts; take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This IA
nous salts is made from the acid OF
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activity,
also to neutralize the acids in urine,
so 1t no longer is a source of irrita~
ton, thus ending bladder weakness
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot IN
1ure; makes delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots of Jad Salts to
folks who believe in overcoming kid
ney trouble while it is only trouble
Adv
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
SPINSTERS BECK0N IN VAIN
Unique Expression of His Endur-
ing Aversion to Matrimony.

Myrtle Point, Ore.-"To an indie
pendent, good-looking bachelor, who
in his younger days preferred to live
a single life rather than get married
and be ruled by petticoat boss
through this life and perhaps in
eternity"
A granite monument bearing this
unique epitaph and surmounted by
the rather heroic effigy of a bachelor
standing on one side of the River Jor.
dan. with three old maids on the
other. reckoning him to cross, marks
the grave of F. B. Waite, an eccen-
trio resident of Myrtle Point, Who
died recently at an advanced age.
In his viii Waite left explicit direc-
tions for the hewing of the monu-
ment, and the inscription i. should
bear.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
SHAMRO CKS

You buy pot O shamrocks-you like them
for their green
An for their pleasant friendllness-bur
know not what they meant
What can you know of shamrocks. you
who feel not the thrill
They bring of Shannon's murmurs past
lowered field and hill?
You buy pot of shamrocks. and back at
them you smile
All, could you know and feel that they are
part of Erin's isle
You hav, not eyes that see things. or you
would see the mist
That runs across Killarney when morn
ing's brow is kissed;
You have not ears that hear things, or you
would hear the song
Made of a thousand memories forever
sweet an strong
It's but a pot o shamrocks, a whimsy
thing you buy,
An not bit of Irish sod or breadth OF
Irish skyI
The CLINT of Irish sunshine makes all that
Twin green,
An Irish rains kept off the stains an gave
that jewel-sheen;
Would that you understood It'll For could
you understand,
There'd be a bit of trenholm each time
they touched your handl
Your fingers would be tremblin'. your eyes
be dewy-wet,
Your heart would beat a measure you
never could forget.
You buy pot O. shamrocks, an know not
what they meant
You set them on the table to see their
cheerin' green
But should you trample on them they'd
rise in grace again,
Just as the hopes rise in the hearts OF
women and of men.
Smile friendly at your shamrocks, an
back at you they smile
All, could you know an feel that they are
part of Erin's isleI
WILBUR D. NESBIT.
Cartwright 1918,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
Amono Those Present

did Blinks exhibit at the horse
shown"
We'll, he made an ass of himself
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12

To see three magpies on the left
hand when on journey is unlucky;
buc two on the right hand is good
omen.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
One More.

The valiant Sir knight had been
boasting of his victorious deeds before
the fair company.
II heard of one engagement which
you have failed to mention, forsooth,
remarked Sir Gregory.
when I killed the eighty knights
WITH" inquired the valiant
mo; this was a certain charge in
which you were the leader" replied
Sir Gregory.
'But l have led SO many, l cannot
remember" said the valiant.
But" returned Sir Gregory, "this is
still remembered. 1t was for suit
of clothes you had from Snip, the
tailor, some two years since, and the
charge still appeareth on the book"
And then they scrapped right mer'
rily.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
Sc pafrIck's Character.

Like all men who have had domi-
mating influence in the sphere OF re-
ligious thought, ST. Patrick had intense
zeal and enthusiasm.
In his confessions st. Patrick lays
no claim to superior learning and ap'
pears throughout as a warm-hearted,
devoted, modest man.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
Donates Sleeping Quarters to Troops.

Plymouth, England.-Mrs Waldorf
Astor, who is living at Plymouth, has
given all the men in two Scotch regi-
ments encamped there cottages in
which to Sleep
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12

killing him instantly. The victim was
a civilian. He was the twenty-frst
killed in Pont-a-Mousson by German
and French aeroplanes, shells and
stray bullets.