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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-02
THOSE WHO COME
AND GO
W

have a few umbrellas left over
viii sell at sacrifice. ThOs. L. Bell
Miss Rebecca Mathis returned We'd
nesday from Arcadia, Florida, where
she has for quite a while been the
guest Of relatives.
& ady Royal, a prominent young
man CT Ellayille, was in Americas
Wednesday on business.
Hot Bread and Rolls every afternoon.
Phone 1914. Americas Bakery. 2-tf
Miss Mary Strange, of Ellaville, was
i'll Americas Wednesday, shopping, and
was the guest of friends while here.
Charles Mauk, of Lacrosse, was a
business visitor in the city Wednesday.
Sc Ga. First is a moving picture of
Ga. resources that every man, woman
and child should see at the Opera
House Saturday.
Max Banner, the Columbus travel
iEg man, paid his weekly visit to Amer
icus Wednesday.
Mrs. Lee Hightower left Wednesday
for Savannah, where she will visit
relatives Tor several days.
The charming and accomplished ac-
tress, Marguerite Snow, will be seen in
a new play, "a Corner in Cotton" at
the Opera House tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Bradley, r. P.
Spencer, Sr., and Frank E. Garrard, of
Columbus, were visitors here today.
F. H. HILL of Fitzgerald, was a visi-
tor in Americas today.
Ask your grocer for Big B Bread and
loo Quality Cakes. Baked daily by
Americas Bakery. 3-2-tf
| Clyde Hill, of Ellaville, was a prom
inent resident of Schley county in the
city Thursday, coming on business.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-02

Ask your grocer for Big B Bread and
loo Quality Cakes. Baked daily by
Americas Bakery. 3-2-tf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-02

Fresh Bream and Shad just received.
Sherlock G. Co. 2-2t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-02

& ady Royal, a prominent youns
man CT Ellayille, was in Americas
Wednesday on business.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-02

New line DOrines and Vanities.
A. Daniels, the JeweIer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-02

Hot Bread and Rolls every afternoon.
Phone 1874. Americas Bakery. 2-tf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-02

Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Bradley, r. P.
Spencer, Sr., and Frank E. Garrard, OF
Columbus, were visitors here today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-02

F. H. Hill, of Fitzgerald, was visi-
tor in Americas today.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
OUR UNRULY SUN.
It Seems to Be Trying to Dilate to the
Bursting Point.

The French astronomer Puiseux has
been busying himself with the consti-
tuition of the sun. He finds that. in
stead of condensing and shrinking lit
tie by little, as was formerly supposed,
the sun is constantly dilating more and
more and reaching the point of burst
ing. And if the sun blew up there
would be no more need for us poor
mortals to worry about worldly af-
fairs.
Big suns every whit as important in
their own consultations as ours are
frequently victims Of an explosion.
There was one in the constellation Of
Perseus early in 1901. and since then
two at least have occurred in other
celestial groups.
Observation has shown long since
that the great orb which is our all in
all is most uncertain character. Sun
spots, fire blasts and such like phe-
nomena are by no means the most of
which he is capable. The manner in
which the sun throws off atomic ener-
gy and transforms the heavy into light
elements, hydrogen, helium, nebulium,
archonium and what not spells nothing
good for this world, and mere moth
ing might lead to disaster any day.
In short, it is bound to come at some
time or other Unfortunately science
can give us no idea as to when. Cen
turtles and even hundreds of centuries
are as but moment in the history Of
the universe, says Professor Flamma-
rion, and for all we know the sun may
have millions Of years more life before
it. No man can tell, though, and. just
as the strongest of us are struck down
in a moment, SO the all powerful plan
ct may give out at any time. and when
it does it will make but short work Of
all of us here below.-Boston Tran
ScriDt
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
THURSDAY. JANUARY 6, 1916.
RULING THE WAVES.

In a Wisconsin weekly newspaper,
otherwise we'll edited, there appeared
last week a very poor article headed
''Ruling the Waves" It is shameful
apology for the restrictive policy that
has prevented this great country from
taking her rightful place on the high
seas and carrying American products
point is narrow minded and short
sighted in the extreme. We are loath to
believe that the article was written by
the editor in whose paper it appeared
as original matter The Democrat
takes it to be baby food handed out by
the Republican national committee or
the Protective Tariff league. Every
newspaper editor should get copy Of
Secretary McAdoo's speech on the
American Merchant Marine, read it,
and do little thinking for himself on
be engaged in a good deal better bust
ness than passing along the current
fiction Of seIfishly interested parties.
Great peoples go down to the sea in
ships. American enterprise cannot be
tied down. The world demands Amer
lean products; and Americans, who
make the goods, will find way to de-
liver them to the best markets; the
cavil of the high tariff takers to the
contrary Notwithstanding. This great
nation, with vast surplus of farm and
factory products to sell, must not be
kept in the position of a groceryman
without delivery wagon. An auxiliary
merchant marine is the demand of the
times. American ships, manned by
American seamen, will again cover the
high seas.
He who would interpret democracy
and lead the people Alright should dis
card the protective tariff baby food of
political thought He must put away
childish things, and think as man.
He should know that the tariff is a tax
and that taxes cannot be collected be-
yOnd the borders of the realm.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
RAISE A COW, SWEDE
SAYS, AND GET RICH
Treat Her Right and You'll Be
Rewarded,

St. Paul.-Raise up COW in the way
she should go. and before she is old
she will richly reward you.
C. n. Nelson, who lives just over the
Anoka county line, few miles from
st. Paul, says.
Thirty-two years ago, when he was
in the early twenties, Nelson landed in
Minnesota fresh from Sweden His
total assets were SO cents and the con
tents of a queer looking Swedish
clothes chest. Half an hour after his
arrival he was 80 cents poorer.
when | got off q train in Mime
apolis all | had to direct me was a
card bearing the address of a cousin
who had come to America a short
time BEFORE" Mr.. Nelson said Il
showed the card to a hackman. who
also was Swedish. He took my 50
cents and drove me a few blocks,
pointing to one of the windows.
marked 444, said There it is | had
supposed that the box "A written on
the card was Il street address. | did
not know how my cousin was to APP
pear from that box, but | stood with
eyes glued on the number from 10
O'Clock in the morning until the middle
of the afternoon. afraid to look else
where for fear my cousin would come
in the meantime.
when at last | heard TWO men at
one Of the windows talking my Ian
guage | told them my story. They
explained that | was in the postofFice
and that my cousin might not go there
for several days. | should have been
in Il bad fix had not one of the men
invited me to come, and do odd jobs at
his boarding house and earn my keep.
My cousin did not come to town for
three weeks. and when he did he did
not help me because he could not He
Then | worked in a railroad con-
struction camp one summer and re-
turned to the city with the intention
of going to school and learning Eng
lish Ny first employer agreed to give
me my board for helping with the
milking, but | had not gone to school
many days when he met with an acct
dent. He persuaded me that would
learn English faster driving a milk
route than by going to school, so | be-
came q dairyman and worked until |
had saved $1,000"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
WISE AND TIMELY.

For the sake Of historical accuracy the follow
ing article is republished from last week.
issue In the sixth line the types made it read
In the year 1867: whereas it should read, " In
the year 1862.
Ellis Usher, who has a habit of say
ing things worth while, never said a
better thing than he says in his news
letter this week, when he tells men Of
all parties to keep quiet and back up
Mr. Wilson. In 1862 great mass meet
ing was called at Darlington, to protest
against the war policy Of the Lincoln
administration; and Edward G.. Ryan,
then a leader among the many able
Democratic lawyers of Wisconsin, was
announced as the principal speaker.
But Mr. Ryan declined to attend and
take part in the meeting Of protest; and
other men of less Judgment and discre-
ton were called into service, and as
cended the platform and told how, in
their Judgment, the war ought to be
conducted. Mr. Ryan lived to be called
to the supreme court, where he rendered
the state great service, and rendered
many notable decisions. One decision
written by him, in the famous Potter
ease, while he was chief justice, has
largely marked out the lines for all sub
sequent railway rate legislation in the
nation. But, so far as the writer is in
formed and believes, not one Of the men
who were the orators that fatal day at
Darlington ever afterward held an i'm
portant public Office.
To be president of the United States
is mans job; and neither Mr. Wilson
nor any of his friends object to strong
criticism of the national administration
But the American people know full we'll
shat great international questions can
not be settled by loud and inconsiderate
who, without cause, question the mo-
live of our chief executive, who, in this
most trying crisis, is striving, with an
honest and true heart, to serve his
eountrymen to the best of his great
ability.
Mr. Usher is wise, timely and abso-
lutely right: This is good time for
real men to keep quiet and back up
Mr. Wilson,"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
MAGIC OF IRRIGATION.
Story of the Rice Fields Of Southern
Louisiana.

Story of the Rice Fields of Southern
Louisiana.
In 1883 loWlands in southern LDuisi-
ana near the bayous suitable for grow
ing sugar cane corn and cotton could
be purchased for $3.50 an acre, and
the prairie lands back from the bayous
could be bought for 81 an acre. With
almost the first crop under irrigation,
however. the values showed a marked
rise and have continued to increase.
In the first five years the value of the
best rice lands rose to $40 an acre. and
soon after that it rose to $50 and even
$50 an acre
The first people to plant rice in south
ed States geological survey, were the
Acadians, who, after their expulsion
from Nova Scotia by the English in
1866, settled in considerable numbers
in Louisiana. Their cultivation of rice,
almost primitive in it's methods, was
confined to the lowlands along the
bayous, the prairies affording pastur-
age for the Acadians' herds Of cattle.
Few of the lowland areas admitted Of
satisfactory drainage, and they were
too small for profitable cultivation.
The crops frequently failed in years Of
deficient rainfall. Attempts were made
to create additional water supplies by
building levees across low says Or
coulees at points higher than the cul-
tivated areas, but generally either the
rainfall proved deficient or the reser-
voirs were too small.
Little advance was made over the
Acadian methods until recent years.
Experiments in unusually wet years
had shown that the soils Of the prairies
were adapted to the growth of rice il
sufficient water was at hand. This led
to the trial of pumps as means OF
raising water from the bayous to the
rice fields. So successful was the test
that pumps were at once installed at
many points, and in a few years tens
Of thousands of acres Of previously al
most useless land, lying ten to seventy
feet above the bayous, were put under
cultivation. The first large pump was
installed in 1894 on the Bayou Plaque
mine, in Acadia parish, near Crowley.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
Aruentina,S Natural BRIDGE.

In Argentina there is natural bridge
that is one of the most wonderful IN
the world 1t spans the Rio Mendoza
and is known as the Inca bridge But
it is the work of nature says the Sci
entific American, and not, as was pop
ularly supposed, of the Incas. The
road on which it occurs was probably
a colonial highway made by the Peru
Wan Incas. who took advantage Of the
phenomenon by leading their road over
this natural viaduct.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06

attitude toward women. 1t boys ana
girls are brought up side by side with
certain fundamental ideas of equality
there will be no time when the man,
having attained his majority, will have
to reconstruct MS ideas concerning the
equal partnership of men and women
in the various relationships Of life, So
cial marital and civic.
Nowadays a boy in many instances
is permitted to feel when he comes
into young manhood that his mothers
opinions no longer have the same value
they did when he was a growing boy.
He thinks she doesn't understand the
important things Of life. Later, when
his reason begins to operate, he has to
fight the Inheritance of a secret sense
Of mans superiority or remain hope
lessly fixed in his view of humanity as
a whole
"One of the important things in the
education Of q boy is first Of all to let
him know the physical aspect of the
world about him and the natural laws
that govern everything in it.
"And how important it is that the
girls know outdoor life too. Therefore,
that the training shall be fundamental
ly alike up to the point where it natu-
rally separates, it is important that
girls as well as boys shall have much
of outdoor life in their younger years.
"A great deal Of the value Of out
door life and work comes from the re-
covery of past knowledge Of how to do
things. 1t is a working out of the prob
lem of Developments getting back to
the source of creation in acquiring
knowledge and efficiency in doing
things.
Il see this outdoor movement as a
vast picture. At the bottom is dark
ness, and ascending are layers of in
creasing light until the sun rays out
it's full glory above. Struggling, NOV
ing and growing all through these lay
ers is humanity-souls in all stages Of
development If you catch humanity
young enough the chance of letting in
the light is greater.
IL NN "a Z " CiOp LII <AIlCI1Sd 0lS-
tinctive schools of art. music and
handicraft we must lay the founda-
tons on those things which were dis
tinctly American-woodcraft, outdoor
life in general. the beautiful customs
Of the North American Indians and
their art and picture writing. These
we must first understand
"Our woodcraft work is founded on
the fundamental natural laws which
were known to the North American
Indians; hence many of their designs
and symbols have been used in seek
ing to get back to the big construc-
tive principles that govern human life.
For instance, much symbolism is used.
These symbols have their outer mean
ing for the passerby and their deeper
spiritual significance for those who
seek it.
For our people to get the full bene-
fit of the occasional respites from the
; Workaday world that camping trips
give they must know the wild by heart.
and this can best be done by studying
it when young; hence the Importance
Of woodcraft work for boys and girls"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
Nature and Poetry.

Environment aids poetry, but does
not create it, Nature is the grand
agent in making poetry. and poetry is
present wherever nature is. 1t spar
kles on the sea, CLOVIS in the rainbow.
flashes from the lightning and the star,
peals in thunder, roars in the cataract
and sings in the winds. Poetry is
Gods image reflected in nature, as in
a mirror. and nature is present wher-
ever man is.-Selected
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
ROOSTER KILLS CHILD.
Fowl Attacked Los Angeles Lad, Who
Was Feeding Chickens.

was Feedin0 ChickenS.
Los Angeles. Cal.-John ". Seaman.
tWo-year-old son Of Mr. and MRS. Har-
~ Seaman of this city, is dead at On
tario following an attack by large
rooster at the ranch home of the
child's grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. v
Lawrence of that city.
John and his mother visited at the
ranch. The chickens were novelty
to the boy, and he was anxious to feed
them. With prodigious bravery that
was thought, only childishly cute he
accomplished his desire A few days
ago he was so engaged when large
rooster jumped at the little fellow and
buried its spurs deeply in his scalp.
Blood poisoning developed. and the
child died in a hospital after much
suffering.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
"MISTAKE" MADE $500.
War Brings Profits to Gamer, Who
Ordered Too Much Chloride.

Ordered Too Much Chloride.
Parsons, Kan.-Anton Gamer, dry
cleaner, through a mistake ordered 100
instead of ten gallons of carbon tetra
chloride to be used in his cleaning
process last February, paying $1.29 4
gallon.
He attempted to persuade the drug
company to take back the ninety gal
Ions, but it refused, and he figured he
had lost over a hundred dollars in the
transaction.
The war in the meantime caused the
price Of the chemical to soar, and re-
Gently the chemical company of whom
he bought the order paid him S3O.15 a
gallon for the ninety gallons it refused
almost year ago. Gamer netted a
profit of more than $4,000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
Make Better Men and Women,
Mrs. E. 7. Seton Asserts.
MUST LEARN NATURAL LAWS
Mf You Catch Humanity Young
Enough Chance of Letting In the
Light Is Greater" Declares Wife of
Nature NETHERLANDS New Move
ment.

New York.-"One reason why l am
so much interested in the outdoor
movement that is sweeping over the
country" said Mrs. Grace Gallatin Sc
ton recently, lis because believe that
a nation can rise no higher than the
level of it's women and that it is best
to begin early to make our women all
that they should be to become the fit
ting wives and mothers of the race"
Mrs. Seton, wife of Ernest Thompson
Seton and a member Of the Council Of
the Woodcraft League, went on:
'It is also important to begin teach
ing the men while they are in the re-
ceptive period of boyhood the proper
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
Oriqin of Spoons.

Two natural objects seem to have
furnished the model for the spoon to
primitive man-the river or sea shell
and the leaf of plants. In southern
China shell spoons are still used that
are closely reproduced in the familiar
porcelain spoon Of that country, while
metal spoons are found in India on
which are reproduced even the veins
Of the leaves from which they were
copied.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
His Weak Point.

man who takes business view of
things when recently asked his opin-
ion of person Of quite a poetic tenn
permanent replied:
"Oh. he's one of those men who have
soarings after the infinite and divings
after the unfathomable. but who new
er pay cashr'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
Faint Hone.

Doctor tcuttingly)-Are you to be al
lowed to drink beer. eh? Didn't tell
you just week ago to let the stuff
alone? Patient-I know, doctor; but
you see, | thought there might have
been some progress in medical science
since.-New York Post
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
Mean Fellow.

Your wife has muscular affection
which renders her speechless can
cure her, but it will take time"
''Take all the time you want. doc,'
responded the mean man. - Kansas
City Journal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
JUDGE A MODEL MAN,
Eightyfou and Promised Lincoln Not
to Smoke, Chew, Drink or Lie

to Smoke, Chew, Drink or Lie.
Chester, Pa.-Federal Judge Simeon
Woodrow King of Chicago, who paid
a visit to relatives in this city, is a re-
markable man. He is in his eighty
fourth year and has never been sick a
Cay in his life.
He was appointed judge for the Unit
ed States court for the northern dis
trict of Illinois when he was twenty
one years and six months of age by
President Abraham Lincoln and has
been sitting as jurist all that long
period.
II have kept the promise | made to
Abraham Lincoln" Judge King says.
land that promise was that / would
never smoke or chew tobacco, never
touch liquor and never tell an untruth. :
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
Somethina Else.

rs loving a verbY'
mo; it's just plain nonsense"
Having made this reply to his daugh,
ter's question, Mr.. Crouch looked a
few daggers.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
Fifty Years Near Father; Didn't Know

Columbus. Ind.-Mrs. Margaret Jane
Gathers. eighty. of near Newbern. has
just learned that she is a daughter of
brewery \. Massey, 109 years old, who
recently died in Rush county. and that
she lived within fifty miles of him for
half century without knowing his
Wherea bouts.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
Too Fond of TEeyn.

rs he fond of outdoor sportsY
Eyes. His wife complains that he
even invites them home to dinner
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06

Laughing cheerfulness throws SUM-
lrht on all the paths of life.-Richter.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06

Peace would be universal If there
were neither thine nor mine.-Italian
Prnverb
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-01-06
VENGEANCE.

Would that all of US might
learn to put off till tomorrow
the desire to get even with
those who have criticised or OPP
posed us. There are some
things which can always wait;
vengeance is one of them.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-03-24
After Five Years
This Testimony Remains UnshaISen.


 Time is the best test of truth. Here is an interesting story that has stood the test of time. It is a story with point which will come straight home to many of us.
 L. A. Allen, painter, 8731 Alam- agordo St., Fl Paso, Texas, says: Prom some time Twas troubled by pains over my kidneys, caused by disordered kidneys. The trouble was brought on by the turpentine used in my work, affecting my kid neys. The kidney Becretions were highly colored and irregular in pas sage. One box of Doan's Kidney Pills put me in good shape"
 Statement given in, July 19O9).
 Or June 6, 1915, MT. Allen said: Whenever I feel any return symp' toms Of kidney trouble, l use Doan'. Kidney Pills and they never fail 10 give me prompt relief"
 Prlce soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mir. Allen has twice publicly recommended. Foster MilbuTn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.