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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-03
DISTRICT SEVEN.

This includes all of Marion and
,chIey rOunties.
Amer the grand prizes have been
awarded, at least two prizes will be
awarded to the leaders in this district.
First district prize will be a beautiful
5000 Diamond Ring purchased from
Thos. L. Bell, Americas Jeweler. Sec.
ond district prize will be a HOOsier
"White Beauty" kitchen cabinet pur'
chased from the A. w. Smith Furni'
ture Co., Americas furniture dealers.
We will pay you ten per cent. cash
commission, if you fail to win prize.
ELLAVILLE.
Miss Mary Strange .......... 28S,6SO
Miss Rosa Walker .......... 289,O40
AMERICUS re-.
Miss Minnie Beckwith ...... 2S9,67O
BUENA VISTA.
Miss Ruth Carr ........... 286,llO
Miss Ethel Hair ........... 2S5,47O
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-03
SPECIAL FEATURE
At OPERA HOUSE

Manager McAfee was a special fea-
ture, "The Scales of Justice" at the
Opera House today. This picture tells
the thrilling story of love that con-
ficts with duty, but all ends right.
Here is a short synopsis of the play:
Robert barrow, district attorney of
Russelville, meets and loves Edith Dex-
ter, young widow, granddaughter OF
Phillip Russell the community's lead
ing citizen. Russell wants Edith to
marry the son of his lifelong friend,
Walter Elliot, to whom he has given
the management of his business. Ell
hot, unknown to his benefactor, has
juggled with the firms money, and
the old man, discovering a shortage,
telephones Walcott, his legal adviser,
to go over the books and see what is
wrong. Elliot learns this, fears Wal
colt will discover the truth, and hopes
to make certain changes in the ledgers
before it is too late. That night Edith
gives lawn party, and barrow is the
favored guest. Old Russell observes
that she is sighting Elliot, and vio-
lent quarrel follows. In a frenzy,
Edith seizes paper knife, threatening
to take her life if her grandfather does
not cease his persecution. Miss Trip,
an old maid, and Elliot, witness the
quarrel, and the former believes Edith
to be threatening her grandfather That
night Phillip Russell, while going over
the book alone, is struck down and his
murderer fees. On account of the
it's the bulk of the old mans fortune,
Edith is suspected. barrow protects
Edith, and against his own sense If
duty, conceals the knife he finds on
her person. Bill Crump, horse thief,
is discovered lurking about the prem
ises, and is finally charged with the
crime, but as no proof can be found
against him, the affair is temporarily
! suspended. But Elliot, being finally
rejected by Edith, engages detective
to whom he gives a clue which SEEM
ingly convicts Edith, and in spite of
Darrow's great love, he is forced to
sign a warrant for her arrest While
in prison, Crump, awaiting his sentence
| for horse-stealing, is befriended and
comforted by Alice, Ediths little child.
i The night before the trial, barrow is
torn between conflicting forces of
love and duty, goes to Edith and tells
her that alive, the evidence against her
could not be wrested from him, but
dead it can be easily taken from his
hand From his frenZied manner,
Edith divines that he contemplates
suicide to liberate her, and she urges
him to do his duty and prosecute her,
telling him that the truth will in some
way come to their rescue. Darrow
lacks her faith, and goes home to
spend a sleepless night. Crump over
hears Edith's plea with Darrow, and
this determines him to a great decision,
for he, too, has been struggling be-
tween two strong emotions, love and
fear. The trial takes place, and OAR
row is forced to cross-examine the
woman he loves, as she stands on trial
for her life. If he remains true to his
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-03

Ronoke, Va: Sarah Hogg, CedartouzA.
Ca: Irene Macy, Converse, mdiamas
Callie May Pinkston, P&rr0tt, Ga-s
Ruth Reed, Gainesville, Ca: AEadse,
Robertson. Gainesville, Ca AIfks&,
Talbot, Lake Charles, La L0lliaa
White, Gainesville. Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-03

Counties.
After the grand prizes have bean
awarded at least two prizes wiD be
awarded in this district. First Dis
trict prize will be beautiful 5000
diamond ring purchased s-Dm ThOs. L.
Bell, Americas Jeweler. Second Dis
trict prize will be a HOOsier "White
Beauty" Kitchen Cabinet, purchased
from A. W. Smith Furniture Co.,
Americas furniture dealers. We pay
you a 10 per cent. cash commission #
you don't win a prize.
LEESBURG.
Miss Ruth Harris .......... 2S1,64O
SMITHVILLE.
Miss Pearl Hale .......... 28S,9SO
BRONWOOD
Miss Pauline Martin ........ $3.50
Mrs. C. C. Turner ........ 1920
DAWSON.
Miss Gladys Crowell ....... 2S2,5OO
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-03

miss Susie Williams ;. -. 2S7,16O
AMERICUS Re-.
Miss Mary Wood .......... $40
Miss Julia Arlington ....... 2S5, 400
Miss Irene Jones .......... 2S6,92o
Miss Thelma Pitcher ...... 2S7,11O
Miss lila Mae Short ........ 285,910
Mrs. B. F. Daniel .......... 2SS, $50
AMERICUS Rs.
Mr.. Henry McMath ......... 2SS,O4O
Mrs. J. s. Glover ......... 2SS.93O
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-03
Invigorating to the Pale and Sticky

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria. enriches the blood and builds up the sy'
tenr. A rue tonic. For "@ults aud children.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-03
DISTRICT THREE.

This includes all of Sumter County,
east of the Central of Georgia Lines.
After the grand prizes have been
awarded, at least two prizes will be
given to the highest in this district
First prize will be beautiful $4,000
Diamond Ring, purchased from ThOs.
L. Bell, Americas Jeweler. Second
prize will be a HOOsier tWhite Beauty"
Kitchen Cabinet, purchased from A. w.
Smith Furniture Co., Americas furni.
,ture dealers. We pay you a 10 per-
CENT. cash commission, II you don't win
"a prize.
AMERICUS R-4
Miss Fannie Doster ........ 285,21O
Mrs. Mollie Parker ......... 2SS,27o
Miss Bessie Griffin ...... $40
AMERICUS RS.
Miss Edna Robinson ....... $3.50
CORDELE.
Mrs. Perry c. Clegg ....... 2S6,270
LESLIE
Miss Edith Griffin ........... 2S8,46o
Miss Stella Wade ......... 29O,53O
Miss Leila Ranew ........ 2Ss,s7O
DISTRICT FOUR.
This includes all of Lee and Terrell
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
SPOOKS IN A WAR HOSPITAL
Indians and Priests, az Result Of Un-
expected Meeting, Thought Each
Other "Haunts."

British Headquarters-An amusing
little incident was told me by the off,
Ger commanding a clearing hospital
which is now being used as GONZALES
cent hospital. writes a correspondent
Of the London Times. His hospital is,
housed in Cistercian monastery.
Among the wounded were a consid-
cradle body of Pathans. who, after the
manner of their kind, had no sooner
had their wounds attended to than they
began to wander about the building
and explore what kind Of place it
was to which they had been brought.
They chose for this amusement the
hour-between two o'clock and three
o'clock in the morning-when the
monks we're at complins. Some of
them even went so far as to get into
the monks beds and settle down there
In due course the monks returned
and there was scene of frantic ex-
citement. The Pathans, seeing these
white figures walking along the cor
ridors and coming into the rooms,
thought that the building was haunt
ed by ghosts, while the monks sudden
ly confronted by a crowd of black hui
man shapes, became obsessed with the
idea that their monastery had been
invaded by host of black phantoms
Each side began to shout with the
fury of fear at the other. Luckily.
they made such a noise that the at
tention of my informant was attracted
right.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
MANY KINDS OF ARTICH0KE
Plant Really Is Variety Of Thistle,
but Man Has Greatly Improved
Its Edible Qualities.

The artichoke, which originally
came from Barbary, is not botanical
species, but variety of the thistle,
which grows spontaneously all along
the African coast Of the Mediterra-
mean from Morocco to Palestine 1t is
now cultivated extensively in France,
where those which come from Brit
tany and Algeria are the species most
highly esteemed. Even of these there
are many varieties, such es the Ca
mus artichoke of Brittany the
bronzed artichoke of Roscoff, the big
green artichoke of Laon, and the vio-
let artichoke of Provence. There are
also varieties which come from Italy,
Spain, India and Canada, to say moth
ing of the Jerusalem artichoke, IA
nous for the enormous size of its
leaves. In the south of France, when
the crop is abundant, the heads are
carefully picked of all their leaves, and
the hearts dried In the sun, put up
in sacks, and stored away for winter
use. These hearts, when boiled in
water, or in rich beef broth, become
soft and recover their form, color ana
flavor. They are then taken from the
pot, the water and broth strained
away, the center is filled with forced
meat, and they are eaten either fried or
baked.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
reason and Caprice.

Edmund Burke says: Taking the
whole view of life, it Is more safe to
live under the Jurisdiction of severe
but steady reason than under the
empire Of indulgent but capricious
passion" Such wisdom should be
proclaimed these days for the practice
10 decidedly against 1t. Men are not
inclined to conduct their lives In &C.
cordance with severe but steady
reason" but under the influence Of
the very opposite passion. And the
times and customs seem to prepare
men for 'fndulgent but capricious
lives" In fact, inventive genirs 's
largely employed in preparing mo-
tives and attractions toward these
capricious lives. If there is lee
ture or a prayer meeting appointed for
a certain night and a banquet or
dance for the same time, the stream
of attendance is toward the latter.
Between the church service and the
automobile Bide the latter is chosen
too often among people OF religious
tendencies. 1t Is the rule of this
choice that makes necessary so many
social reforms. 1t is the difference
between the steady reason and the
capricious passion. as Burke points
out.-Ohio State Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
FISHERMAN HAS A NEW ONE
His Story at Least Is Variation From
Time-Honored Yarns So Often
Rehashed.

Porter T. Scripture is a truthful
soul, Porter T. Scripture is a truth
full soul-(chorus of impolite friends
of Mr.. Scripture here gets it's cue to
arise and chant)-Yes, he is, as white
as coal. However, Mr.. Scripture
shall be heard. Unfortunately his
name is Scripture, not Scripture, or
1t would be a cinch to compare Scrip
ture with the well-known gospel vari-
ETY. of TRUTH.
Mr.. Scripture set out with his lit
tie fishing rod the other morning for
the Mohawk river in search of trout.
Some hours later he returned wild.
eyed and weary, and to his friends he
told this story:
He had been casting a fly from the
shadows with Indifferent success and
was about to reel up and move on
Chorus of friends: "They always
are!D when there was a prodigious
splash and giant fish that looked
with the silvery sheen on its scales,
like German torpedo, leaped sew
al AOSI ooI VI tAO NdlCI anu S6lZ0Q
the fly.
A terrible struggle here ensued
CHORUS, There always does!) the
fish endeavoring to haul Mr.. Scrip.
tune into the depths and drown him,
Mr.. S. laboring valiantly to lure the
fish into shallow water, where he
could be seized. Finally, after 40
minutes of tremendous exertion, Mr..
Scripture got the trout into shallow
water and picked him-(chorus, GAY,
go on; he slipped off the hook, didn't
he?") No. Mr.. Scripture lifted the
mammoth fish, his tail Tapping fero-
ciously and his teeth swapping vi
ciously, and hung him on his pocket
scales.
lnasmuch as trout are not known
to have pockets, 1t is supposed that
Mr.. Scripture, in his excitement
playing fast and loose with pronouns,
alluded to his. Mr. Scriptures,
pocket scales. However, now comes
the cruel blow The fish weighed
liz pounds. This is a record. But
MIR. Scripture recollected sudden
ly-the law says that no angler may
take more than ten pounds of trout
in one day.
What was to be done? On one side
fame and fortune beckoned, but there
also threatened the stern face of the
law. On the other side duty and
honesty. Duty and honesty. triumphed.
(Mr. Scripture says so, and he
ought to know, and the record trout
was sadly released, to return to his
native waters. Chorus, well, that's
a new one, anyway, Bill. Y'gonna
buy?'O Mr.. Scripture is quite indig-
nant when people ask him why he
didn't cut off and return a pound
and a half of the trout's tail, and thus
keep within the law-New York
World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
LEAVE NOTHING FOR ENEMY
pert in tho Matter Of Destroying
Weapons Of War.

Military men are taught how to
destroy surplus stores which may be
useful to the enemy and which are in
danger Of capture.
1t may be necessary to destroy
guns to prevent them falling into the
hands of the enemy, or to make cap
tured guns useless. If small
amount Of dynamite or other explosive
is available OF course this can be done
very effectively.
If not, the breech Of the gun rs
closed and the hinge-joints smashed
as much as possible with handspike
Or pick. II there Is time a few rife
shots fred at the vital points Of the
gun effectively jam the mechanism SO
as to make 1t useless.
With rifles, the butts are broken
off and the barrels destroyed as much
as possible. To do this the rifles
are well heated over fire and
smashed up with heavy hammers. The
army hand books lay down that party
Of five soldiers should be able to
destroy so rifles an hour.
Ammunition is destroyed by plac-
ing 1t in a deep pit and setting it on
FIRE.
Telegraph wires are cut up into
small pieces and the poles cut down
and broken up.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
Coughs and Colds
Not to Be Neglected

Anyone will realize the seriousness
of neglecting a cold if he observes
results of such neglect among his
acquaintance. How often have you
heard, He caught cold, didn't do any
thing for it and it turned into"-then
some dreaded disease is named:
Ordinary colds yield to prompt
treatment at the beginnings. That is
why every family should be.supplied
with reliabl cough medi 1ne-one
that will heal raw and infiamed sur
faces, loosen the phlegm, allay irri-
tation, ease the hoarseness and stop
the tickling sensation in the throat
that does not permit one to sleep.
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
is invaluable for relief of coughs.
colds, Group, whooping cough, tick
ling in throat, tightness or soreness,
grippe or bronchial coughs. II con-
tains no harmful ingredients. 1t is
healing, soothing, efficient and pleas.
ing.
walton l. SkNCT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
Winning Philosophy.

While Francis Ouimet's golf wasn't
quite SO good, or nearly so good as
it generally is, in the recent open
championship his rare philosophy was
still better than par.
Il played badly" he said. but I
could have played worse. But that
part Of 1t didn't matter. I had a cork
Ing good time, which is what I play
golf for. I don't ever want to win an
other championship II winning one Is
going to spoil my week. For some
times you can win, and sometimes you
can't, but in the end you generally get
what is coming"
when you are at the top Of your
game" added Ouimet, 1.-The game plays
itself. And when you are not at the
top Of your game you are not going
to win, and it is worse than foolish to
fret or bother about it, since there
is nothing to be done except to take
what you get"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
Ono Way to Eradicate the Prune.

A meeting of the Boarders' Protec-
tive association was held the other
night, the Olathe Register reports, and
the matter Of prunes was discussed,
and the best ways and means of Grad
1cating these nuisances from the board
Ing house menu were considered. Ezra
Standridge, who is one of the towns
most successful boarders, stated that
prunes had been a staple three times
a day at the hash emporium which he
patronized until about six months ago.
Mr.. Standridge said that he cured the
landlady Of the deadly prune habit by
the use Of mice. Mr.. Standridge rec
commended that the remains of a
shredded mouse be placed in the prune
dish Of the landlady, and advised 1t as
a sure cure. The association will dis.
cuss methods Of determining whether
pressed chicken is young hen or old
rooster at the next meeting. The meet
ing closed with the singing Of the
boarders' ode, Short Sheets Make the
Bed Seem Longer" kansas City
Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
There Was a Difference,

In the lobby of a hotel they were
speaking about speed fends, and Con-
gresham Wyatt Aiken of South Car
DINA recalled story about Jones.
One afternoon Jones was rambling
along the boulevard when he ran
across friend Smith. Handshake and
then some talk, which included the
war, the weather and automobiles.
by the way" said Friend Smith
recollectively. Il hear that you have
been buying a machine"
"Yes," proudly admitted Jones' Il
brought her home about two weeks
ago."
Some speed, of course" returned
friend Smith. How fast can the ma
chine go?"
WELL" answered Jones with a
smile that was half sad, lit depends
altogether on who is timing it, my
self or q country constable"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
Good Men Are Scarce.

Col. E. Polk Johnson of Louisville,
who fought for the Confederacy, read
something in the dispatches from the
front the other day that reminded him
very much of what happened when
he was serving in the western army
In the Civil war. Il remember 1t was
a wet, cold, rainy night in the middle
of winter" said the veteran, when
long, lean chap in my regiment was Or
dered to go on picket duty. He
thought the situation over for min
ute and then he turned to the SER
geant who had brought the message.
You go right straight back whar you
come FROM he drawled, and tell the
cap'n l jest natchelly can't do it. l
got letter from Gin'ral Bragg this
mawnin', and he said good men was
gittin' almighty skeerce in this here
army, and for me to take good care of
myself"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
ALWAYS BEAR TO The EAST
Objects Dropped Into "6ottemless
Pits" Are Inevitably Attracted
In That Direction.

Because the earth whirls so fast.
rocks dropped into the very deep
shafts Of Michigan copper mines dis
appear on the way down. At some of
the shafts, which are nearly q mile
deep in straight drop. it is the gen.
eral belief that load of broken stone
can be dumped into the hole at the
top without causing any injury to q
man at the bottom.
On account of the motion of the
earth a rock will not fall perfectly
straight, but will bear to the east, lodg-
ing in the timber lining or perhaps
bounding from wall to wall until it ID
broken up or caught by some projec-
ton.
A group Of experimenters from the
Michigan College of Mines verified
lkis by careful tests with steel balls.
Cae ball was hung by thread over
The hole, about four feet from the east
side. and the thread burned A clay
box had been placed at the bottom Of
the shaft to catch the ball. but it never
appeared. Another bali was then
dropped, by the same method, little
farther away from the east edge, and
this ball. also, did not get to the bot.
tom. Careful search located the first
ball imbedded In the timbers 800 feet
down, but the second ball never has
been found.
As the earth revolves the surface Ia
moving eastward at rate which va
ries with the latitude. Down In the
earth the rate Is not 80 fast on the
same principle that . point on the
tire of q wheel revolves faster than
one on spoke. Consequently, at the
distance of q mile below the surface
the speed rate IL less than at the sur
face. The falling ball. however, con
tinues to move toward the east at the
same velocity It had on the earth
surface.-Saturday Evening Post
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
GOAT RANKS AS ARlSTOCRAT
Always Spotless, the Animal Figures
In Strong Contrast With Sheep
on Australian Ranges.

Out on the Australian ranges among
the dirty gray pillows of sheep fleece
the snowy forms of the Angora goats
show up like beacon lights, for they
are always spotless. They are cool
and easy-mannered, and seemingly
hold their wool-bearing companions
somewhat in disdain
When overcrowded in a press in the
pen they will perch On the backs of
the sheep or step over them to a more
airy point Of vantage, the top of the
fence by preference.
The hours never hang heavily on
the hands of goat. Seemingly re-
curing but little grass nourishment
as compared with the sheep, they find
much leisure, which they spend in in
citing to wonder or in stirring up strife
and mischief.
AS with the salt-seeking COW, few
things, provided they are novelties,
come amiss to their palate. A healthy
Angora will quit the most succulent
heritage any time for felt hat or a
pocket edition Of Shakespeare, and
then proceed to hunt for tin can for
further sustenance.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
FLOURISH ONLY IN WOODS
Wild Flowers That Refuse to Be Con-
tented In Gardens That Are the
HandiWprk of Man.

Among the truly wild" flowers, two
that ask of man only to be let alone
in their native Businesses are the may
flower, or trailing arbutus, and the
twinberry, or partridge berry, the last.
named member Of the madden fam
fly, and distant relative of the coffee
tree. The mayhower Is widest and
shyest of all. No more is the eagle
at home In the farmyard or the cardi.
mai In the cage than the mayfower
in the garden. As the imprisoned
cardinal pines away and dies when
the gilded bars Of birdcage separate
1t from It's liberty. SO the mayfower
sickens and withers away in the gar
den.
The moth mullen for many q year
has been a rural mothball. 1t is a
member of the figwort family. Among
its relatives are the great MULLEN, the
blue toad-fax, the small snapdragon,
the turtle-head, the beard-tongue, the
monkey flower, the lousewort and the
cow-wheat. The country dwelling
housewife uses its leaves in packing
away garments of winter to keep out
the tiny cloth moths of summer. It is
also believed to be a bane to cock
reaches.
The snowy lady's slipper. a shy
member of the orchid family, flower
ing from June to September, never
seeks the haunts of man, but tries to
remove itself as far from their COM
ings and goings as it can. and it sue
ceeds SO well that only the flower
lover who is willing to take pains can
approach its dwelling place. More
over. 1t Is SO persistent in its efforts to
be let alone that 1t has come to have
tiny glandular hairs which contain
an oil that is somewhat poisonous to
the human skin, and it is said that a
number Of cases Of dermatitis have
followed the efforts Of flower lovers to
carry 1t in triumph out Of the woods.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-17
Hobo Amono Flowers.

The great bindweed, q frst-cousin
to the morning glory. is hobo among
flowers. It travelled up and down the
lanes Of world trade for centuries,
until it has come to claim most of the
northern hemisphere for its abiding
place. 1t loves wayside hedges and
thickets, where 1t climbs over every
thing in its fight for the survival of
the fittest; but 1t knows no Joy great.
er than getting into a cornfleld, where
1t can use the stalks as a nature
built trellis for its wanderings. It
flowers from June until September.
1t keeps solid hours, getting up with
the rising sun and going to bed when
the sun goes down. except on moon
light nights. when 1t keeps open house
for the benefit of certain moths that
are its especial friends.