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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-14
YOUNGER SET AT
THE ELDRIDGE HOME.

The members of the younger set
will entertain this evening at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Griffith Eldridge,
il. honor of Miss Lillian Chester, Of
Columbus, the attractive guest of Miss
Geneyieve Prather.
Miss Chester is a former resident of
Americas, and numbers her friends in
this city by the hundreds.
Promenading will be the chief di-
version of the evening, aad twenty
couples have been invited to meet Miss
Chester
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-14
UNCLE SAM WOULD
CONTROL genuine
BAY RUN BY SALE

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. ID
After fifty years of negotiations, and
at cost Of S25,O00,OOO, the United
States is on the threshold OF achieving
the ownership of the souree Of all gen
uine bay rum. It is true that we are
not buying the Danish West Indies
primarily because they are the group
made famous by the refreshing toilet
preparation, nevertheless the American
people will feel more "at home" in
calling the islands ours" when they
recall that if it weren't for st. Tomas,
st. John and ST. Croix freshly shaved
faces would be unsoothed and throb-
bling heads uncooled by the universally
popular product of distilled bay
leaves.
The geography and etymology of bay
rum are defined in the following bulle-
tin issued by the National Geographic
Society;
"If the average user of bay rum ever
stops to consider the name and origin
of this fragrant lotion he probably
thinks it quite appropriate that the
perfume should be made from the fruit
OF the 'fourishing green bay tree and
OF those leaves with which the heroes
and poets of antiquity were crowned
when the people delighted to do them
honor. The thought is appropriate
but the facts are refractory, for it isn't
that kind of a bay tree. The bay tree
of glory is the Taurus nobilis, while
the bay rum has the caustic name Of
myrica acris.
"The peculiar species Of aromatic
bay which supplies the distinctive in
gredient of bay rum is closely allied in
appearance to several other varieties Of
bay growing on st. John and St, Croix,
and great care is necessary to avoid
confusion in gathering the leaves and
berries, for very small number Of
leaves of the wrong kind will mater
tally affect the quality of the finished
product.
"The leaves of the myrica acris are
from three to five inches in length
The round berries are about the size
OF a pea and contain fro mseven tC
eight seed. The bay rum which Is
made from a combination of greer
leaves and berries is of better quality
than that distilled from dried leaves
or from the leaves without the berries
The berries are very difficult to gather
however, and they cost from Is to q
times as much as the leaves.
THE basis of bay rum is Jamaica Of
st. Croix rum, made from the skim
mings of the sugar boilers, scraping'
OF sugar barrels, and the washings from
sugar pots. For the lost grade Of the
toilet articles the original rum uset
should be free from foreign orders ant
almost colorless.
For number OF years much Of thu
bay rum OF American commerce has
ben manufactured in this country, thu
ingredients usually being about on
half the bulk alcohol, one-sixteentI
Jamaica rum, 40 drops of oil Of bay t
the pint 20 drops Of Oil Of orange, Z
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-14

was ever presented to any law-making
body.
What was the result? A few doctors
and laymen in the house who knew
nothing about it, Matched up move
ment to lay it on the table. They did
not succeed, but it failed to get the
constitutional majority.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-14

\ 4 \ \ \ + \ y \ = y \ = 4
= THE LEASH. 4
y = \ = \ \ = + y 4 y \ = \ !
What if Doubt, in mournful measures
Whines an everlasting dirge?
What, if robbing you of pleasures,
Skepticism proves scourge?
Would you overcome the vastness-
Would you gain the victor's mark?
Patience, love should learn steadfast
ness
Every star must brave the dark.
What if Fear, the trembling craven,
Bids you fee in wild alarm?
What if Dread invades your haven,
Bent on doing Joy some harm?
What if Hope by Care be haunted
What if Faith from Ill shall run?
Patience, love must be undaunted,-
Shadows stink before the sun.
What if Gloom, the slave of Sorrow,
Schemes to turn you from the quest
What if you shall face to-ommorw,
AS you do to-day, unrest?
Would your soul receive its guerdon-
Would your heart in Eden bask?
Patience, love must bear each burden
Heavens bliss implies a task.
Ralph MetEven Thompson.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-14
PAY YOUR GAS AND ELECTRIC
BILLS.

Ellis for July service are now due
and unless same are paid at our office
By 18th, service viii be discontinued
without further notice. 14-lt
AMERICUS PUBLIC SERVICE co.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-04-21

One
@nere is at present practically appetite for fresh iuvesan
oaas; mat Is Tor new construction improvements ''1'
NOW mat an efficient banking established NV ~,
sa government solution Of the railway problem fair alike to
lana me rest OF the public first among orr
nestle questions The 1nterdepndence railway owners and
or the shipping and travelling public has o
not attempt here to again. '|" |lat do
are IaHoad managers entirely to bame Suppose Won ara a;
TO administer railroad honest straightforward V
roads managed there nos al
oe wckea farmers who put he the ~ ~
anu e pep VINO nave maze sharp horse But In thor Vs.
tae cases mentioned does OF
*no or the apple business raising of
Inc SITUATION Is much as you had built hotel soma a .
o" say twenty or thirty Probably very few w sIea
ha e PROVIDED WIN oath rooms Perhaps furniture copss u
rost ~ ana Two three chairs Suppose that afor "a
Vesus your money IN that the State ~ III
@ pe room shouo not be over two dollars day Suppose me
o'e pau olner laws requiring mat
aona furnishings f all the Windows ad-
etc ferhsps these requirements and IN M ap
Du, "n would you get the and better bo
& @ pIonts? have said that situation of tho
Investing in 1'' '"0A do comsarsS with
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-04-21
The Net Weight
Regulations Good

A modification of the regula.
tons for marking the weight or
measure Of the contents of food
packages has been announced re-
Gently by the department in Food
Inspection Decision 1853. This
decision allows the use of frac-
tons in indicating weight and
measure when there exists a def
mate trade custom for their use,
Under previous rulings a pack.
age containing one-half gallon
should be marked as two quarts
but now it may be marked as
one-half gallon. This decision
decision permits the trade to fol-
low in this respect established
customs Of marking, il the mark
ing 10 plain and conspicuous and
in no way misleading to the con-
sumer.
The decision permits of the
metric system in marking food |
packages, when this system is
preferred, and specifies the terms
In which weights or measure
should be stated when the metric
system is used. The decision
follows:
Regulation 20 of the Rules and
Regulations for the enforcement
Of the Food and Drugs Act is
hereby amended by striking out ,
paragraphs I'D and (e), and sub =,
stituting therefor the following: =,
"(d) If the quantity of the +
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-04-21
Mi ItG -. a.StF,5,FI hH
W. is O Two Noted N'er Cited az .
he1uks of the Laxaess Of the
Present 0sy,

1"o remarkable instances Of idol
'y 10 the letter OF Sabbatuyiap i,w
ware gwen at tie annual breahfaa. q,
'ue LORD J Day Observance society
! ain afraid Scotland is lcad;,s ~
me van of Sabbath blsahing," s,fs
heV' Lord R'ythswood. who presided
One would think that peo,,lo wound
notlce and profit By the constantly il.
'ustFated fact that the man who Oh
serves the Lords day plospers
i nave worked for nearly 50 wears
ana sucA is my Conscience that
"ould never put q foot in train nm
the Lords day, neither would usa
NuDllc conveyance.
One might say it has prevented me-
from preaching in many places hur
cannot help that: have had to DRAG
myself along with the bag that con,
tanned my gown"
The other instance WAS contained
IN the speech OF Prof. Regesford pjte
The late Sir George Livesey tod
me- he said, that he had nave,
spent a Sunday away from his wifs
travelling from Glasgow on Satur.
day, he found that he con,d only ar.
rive home at Tumbridge Wells by
travelling on Sunday, so when he ar.
rived at st. paRclS. m tEa uo,.l-, boom.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-04-21
Cut Your Store Bill
Down One Half

Tens of thousands of farmers as well 40
town and city folks cut down their store
bills one-half last year and saved money
In spite of generally short crops and re-
duced wages.
Absolutely millions Of dollars were
saved and countless families lived better
than ever before in the face of the cotton
Crisis and general business depression.
How were these burdensome store bills
cut down? By the real money-saving
power of good home gardens, rightly
planted and kept planted and tended
through the season.
Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue tells how
TO cut store bills down; tells about gar
Den and farm seeds of kinds and a quail
'ty that cannot be bought from your mer-
chant or druggist. It's full of garden and
farm information. It's free if you ask
for it. Write for it now. H. G. HASTINGS
TO-, Atlanta, Ca.-(Advt)
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-04-21

contents be stated by weight O
measure, it shall be marked i,
terms of the largest unit con
tanned in the package, excep
that, in the case Of an article
with respect to which there ex
lsts a definite trade custom fol
marking the quantity of the ar,
tlcle IN terms of fractional parts
OF larger units, it may be SC
marked in accordance with the
custom. Common fractions shall
he reduced to their lowest terms:
decimal fractions shall be pre-
coded by zero and shall be car.
rled oct to not more than two
places.
"(o) Statements of weight
shall be in terms of av0irdup0is
pounds and ounces; statements
Of liquid measure shall be in
terms Of the United States gal
lon Of 23l cubic inches and its
custimary subdivisions, i. e., in
gallons, quarts, pints, or fluid
ounces, and shall express the VOL
ume Of the liquid at 6S degrees
F. GO degrees c.; and state
ments of dry measure shall be in
terms of the United States stan
1ard bushel Of 2,150.42 cubic
inches and it's custimary subdi-
i. E., in bushels, pecks,
quarts, or pints: Prouidea, That
statements of quantity may be
n terms of metric weight or
Measure. Statements Of metric
Weights shall be in terms of kiIo- ;
rams or grams. Statements of !
1etric measure should be in ,
arms of liters or contiIiters. 9th .
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-04-21

"lia'.,. = stop ratcA," soys ~.
van wro hal JUS. bopgh. On. "r..
Y'&lS 4 ..lp,, lot o. ways of auusinr
\>HHeH that you'd hardly think of
before
Since I've had q watch Tys bs.,
able TO While away lot Of time NOT
4 pun, .ith,r. For instance w.,Lin. !.
Tie city wlele the numbered block,
make calculating easy am con,t,,
rally holding the watch On NV 49,.
.lian efforts.
Il figure first how long It takes m.
IN uoll, . ,11. ' nv
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-04-21
MEMORIES;
OF'IH-E PAST
By one of the Oldest Citizens Of the Parish
The John A. NnrrelI aCIsan

When the detective furnishe,
the citizens with the list 0
names that belonged to the Muir
rel clan, it caused great com
I ojIOn, as there was men cooper
ating with, and assisting, "h(
was never suSpiconed Of having
anything to Go with them. A
man by the name Of Dick Stew.
art seemed to be in command OF
that section. He had control of
the store and wood yard, and The
local organization. They called
their place Of business Columbia.
Murrell made his visits to this
point every few months, they
generally had a rally meeting
during his stay. When travel
ing he was in disguise, SO as not
to be known by the public. On
one of his visits, he met the
preacher, Galloway at the eros
sing on the river, and demanded
his money and watch with the
command to drop it on the
ground, the preacher remonstra-
ted with the plea that it might
nJure the watch; he repeated
lis command with an oath, say.
ng that it was his property, and
t it broke, it was his loss. after
he found out he was robbing a
'reacher who only had a few |
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-04-21
Kees'ns the Dollar at Work.

Ihe period Of waiting between n.
sowing OF advertising seed and the
reaping Of tbs sales harvest is offer
an anxious time for the r,crchsn,
whose capital is limited.
10 the small des,er, therefore. ouick
returns are Of evnn greater imnor.
lance than to TIE big one. He must
use rapid.fre mei.um7. The Same
money that he invests In publicity to.
day must be available for reinvas+.
ment with the shortest possible de.
lay. Wv
Inc newspaper alone is capaals ~
meeting his requirements Attractive
display In the Advertising columns Of
d live newspaper ordinarily pavs itr
own way, with usurious inf.r,st ~
Record. i'A''
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-04-21

er terms of metric weight or
measure may be used if it ap-
pears that a definite trade Gus.
tom exists for marking articles
with such other terms and the
articles are marked in accord
anee with the custom"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1916-04-21
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
Frank Trumbull
ON IMPLICATION or RAILROAD jus,snc-,o.

mere Is no adF nArasxins problem in government
'nAh inc proper regulation OF railroads and M Ane
ofs capable OF discussing the subject than those wbo
nnance and manage railroad properties for experenc.
d I me nandmaiden of understanding and practical vii,
Frank Trumbul Chairman of tn. B.i,rood ~.
mttee on Federal Relations when asked for his viSur
In part: 'A'eS''nehts' said
he desirability of regulation u.s. of course admitted
"neaer the regulation the railroads have had i. q 49,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-23
RAILROAD RUMBLES
TROOP TRAINS TO
KEEP PR. R. BUSY
Future Movements to Be Made
Under Secret Orders,
Is Report

Troop movements over the Pennsyl-
ania railroad yesterday was the start
IF a big job for the passenger depart
nent. 1t is reported that other troops
will be moved west at intervals until
here are sufficient forces along the
border line of Mexico to meet require
nents.
All troop trains will be run on pas
ienger schedules, not to exceed forty
niles an hour. Every train, according
o the contract. must be equipped with
team heat and will be accompanied
Dy a special representative of the
pennsylvania Railroad.
Move On Time
The three trains carrying the Fifth
United States Cavalry that passed
through Harrisburg last evening were
Nandled on schedule time. The first
'ong stop was made at Altoona, where
he horses were fed and supply of
hay and straw received. At, Pitts
1urgh this morning another stop was
made and the horses taken from the
'arS and given exercise.
All future movements of the troops
will be made under secret orders. No
announcement will be made of the
arrival of the trains except TO train
and station attaches. Yes
terday's trains were scheduled over
another route. 1t was said that too
much publicity brought a change in
plans.
Passenger department officials who
accompanied the trains west as far as
pittsburgh included George Hartman,
william Phillips, Rudolph Lawser and
philip Beard.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-23
Most Eminent Medical
Authorities Endorse Il.

DR.. Eberle and DIR. Braithwaite as
we'll as DIR. Simon - all distinguished
authors-agree that whatever may be
the disease, the urine seldom fails in
furnishing US with clue to the princi-
pies upon which it is to be treated,
and accurate knowledge concerning the
nature of disease can thus be obtained
If backache, scalding urine or frequent
urination bother or distress you, or il
uric acid in the blood has caused rheu-
matism, gout or sciatica or you suspect
kidney or bladder trouble just write Dr.
Pierce at the Surgical Institute, Buffalo,
NY; send O sample of urine and de-
scribe symptoms. You will receive free
medical advice after DR.. Pierce's chemist
has examined the urine - this will be
carefully done without charge, and you
will be under no obligation. DR.. Pierce
during many years of experimentation
has discovered new remedy which he
finds is thirty-seven times more power
full than lithia in removing uric acid
from the system. IL you are suffering
from backache or the pains of rheuma-
tism, go to your best druggist and ask
for O so cent box of "Anurtc" put up
by DR.. Pierce. DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription for weak women and DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for
the blood have been favorably known
for the past forty years and more. They
are standard remedies to-day-as well
as Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for
the liver and bowels. You can get o
sample of any one of these remedies
by writing DR.. Pierce.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-23
FRIENDSHIP MEN
MEET TOMORROW
Important Questions TO Come
Up at Monthly Session;
Need Rooms

An important meeting of the Friend
ship and Cooperation Club of Rail-
road Men will be held tomorrow night
at Eagle Hall. This session will be
strictly for business and only members
will attend. William X. Drake. pas
senger engineer. will preside.
Following the election and introduce
ton of new members. a number of
questions will be discussed, including
plans for a permanent meeting place.
The committee on rooms was busy yes
terday and to-day trying to secure
desirable quarters. Options have been
secured on rooms in Third street near
Market and in North Fourth street
This club includes all classes of rail-
road employees, 1t is q get-together
movement and was organized for the
purpose of creating Il better feeling
among the men. Ii has no connection
whatever with any other railroad or
brotherhood organization. The policy
Is to help each other and become bet
ter acquainted. The membership is
now 300 and increasing rapidly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-23
Find Flagman in Tunnel;
Dies on Way to Hospital

Amos Warfel, aged So years, of. Co
lumbia, extra flagman on the Phila-
delphia division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, was found early this MORN
ing in dying condition, in a tunnel
fore reaching the Presbyterian Hos
pitai.
Flagman Warfel was missed by the
conductor. John S. Snyder, of 1909
Green street, Harrisburg, who later
found the injured man. 1t is be-
lieved the rlagman was knocked from
the top of a car when the train
reached the tunnel. 1t was also said
that the trainman had complained of
heart trouble, and may have fallen
from his train. Death was due to a
fractured skull. The body was sent
to Columbia where a brother resides.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-23
Maurice J. Hoffman, eading,


Eleventh district
Named Policeman. - James f.
Bigin, of this city, was appointed a
policeman for the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway Company.
No Appointment in Sight. - It was
stated to-day that there was no ap-
pointment of a judge for Philadelphia
in sight. The rumors of selection of
Commissioner John Monaghan are
again being heard, together with the
report that William II. Wilson will
take his place on the commission.
Complaint on Service. - Complaint
of the Western Maryland Railroads s
train service between Connellsville
and Cumberland was filed at the Pub
lie Service Commission to-day.
York Member Here. - Representa-
tive G. j. Barnett, of York county
was at the Capitol to-day.
Jitneys Up Again. - Members OF
the Public Service Commission took
up the jitney proposition in executive
session to-day as well as the Phila-
delphia Electric matter. Numerous
letters regarding the jitneys have
been received, but the commission
will not rule on any of them unless
they come within the scope of the
Scranton case.
10 Speak at Lancaster - Highway
Commissioner Cunningham left for
Lancaster where he will be the guest
of honor of the Lancaster Automo-
bile club at its banquet. He will speak
on Pennsylvania highway system and
its maintenance.
New Trial Refused-Word was re-
ceived at the Capitol to-day that
Judge Thomas ]. Baldridge, of Blair
had refused a new trial in the cold
storage egg case, which was a test
case of wide influence. A penalty OF
S100 and costs was imposed. :
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-23
FIND POISONER
In DEEP STUPOR
CONTINUED from rirst rage. ]

last night from representatives of his
office who went to Grand Rapids, in
cluding DR.. Otto II. Schultze, medical
examiner, who performed an autopsy
on Peck's body, which had been sent
There soon after his death here on
March II. To-day the district attor-
ney is understood to have received
further information bearing on the
case, which led to his decision to take
the man into custody.
While awaiting the arrival of DIR.
Waite the district attorney had under
examination Dora Heller, a maid en-
ployed in DR.. Waite's home at the time
of the deaths there of Mr.. and Mrs.
Peck.
1t was given out by the district at
torney's office that Mr. Heller had said
that on two occasions she saw DR..
Waite pour something out of a bottle
into Peck's soup. Peck complained of
the taste, and DIR. Waite, she is stated
to have said, blamed the cook. On
another occasion, the maid was de-
clared to have said she saw Dr. Waite
pour something into Peck's tea.
Mrs. Peck died here suddenly on
January 30. Her husband came to
New York n short time after her
death to console his daughter and died
on March IL. Until a day or two be-
fore his death he had seemed to be
in good health. Mr.. Peck left an estate
divided equally between his daughter,
Mrs. Waite, and his son, Percy Peck,
of Grand Rapids.
The New York district attorney has
| in his possession a telegram signed
"E." addressed to Percy Beck, which
first caused suspicious that Mr.. Peck
did not die from natural causes. The
message said:
"Suspicions aroused. ID e IN a n d
autopsies. Examine body"
The local authorities have not an
nounced the names of the sender of
this telegram if they have discovered
| it.
According to information received
| by the district attorney from Grand
Rapids, effects. of the arsenic found in
Mr.. Pecll's stomach were noticeable
in the brain tissue, proof that the
poison was administered before death
The undertaken who embalmed the
body in this city asserted that there
was no arsenic in his embalming
fluid.
Dir. Waite and his wife took Mr..
Peck's body back to Grand Rapids
Mrs Waite remained there at the
home of relatives, and reports from
Grand Rapids say that she has been
ill for several days, a physician at
tributing her condition to hysteria.
DR.. Waite returned to New York and
Yesterday he had long talk with the
district attorney regarding the case.
He declined to make any statement for
publication.
DR.. Waite declared that he had
been told that the police were investi-
eating his father-in-law's death for
the first time last Monday. There
upon he said he had telegraphed to
his brother-in-law i'm Grand Rapids,
demanding an autopsy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-23
Mail Bill Revolutionary
Says Traffic Supervisor
.SteciaI to thc Telegraph

Washington, D. c., March 23.--The
space plan of paying for railway mail
transportation proposed in the House
post office appropriation bill was de-
clared yesterday before the Senate
post office committee by Victor j.
Bradley, mail traffic supervisor of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, to be reVo-
lutionary. unjust to the roads and at
times confiscatory.
Mr.. Bradley said 10 tons of first
class freight carried from New York
20 San Francisco would yield $40 in
revenue. while 10 tons of mail would
weld under the space plan only 1913.