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AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied viii
Thedford's ck-Draughs.

McDuff, Va.--''I suffered for several
iears," says Mrs. ]. B. Whitaker, "a
This place, with sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago a friend told me 20 try
Thedford's Black-Draught, which ] did,
and found it 10 be the best family medIr
cine for young and old.
keep Black Draugbt on band all ilae
lime now, and when my children feel q
little bad, they ask me for dose, and ie
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried. m 4aa6se
We never have long spell Of SICK
ness In cur family, since We commences
Hsing Black Draught."
Thedford's Black Draugfs Is purely
vegetable, and has been found to regli--
ate weak stomachs, aid digestion, re-
Iieve indigestion, collie, wind, nausea
headache, sick stomach, and similay
symptoms.
II has been in constant use for more
nan 10 years, and has benefited more
han million people.
Your druggist sells and recommends
Black Draught. Price only 25c. Geta
0ckage to-day. Nc.iz2
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-14

Try asWANT AID in the Times. Re-
corder. They pay big dividends
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-14
TilIman to Sing.
meeting.


From its organization twenty-six
years ago, Charlie D. Tillman, of At
lanta, the sweet gospel singer Of the
South. has had charge of the music
for these meetings. He proposes tc
make this important feature of ths
meeting even greater this year than
ever before. Assisting him will be a
full orchestra and a choir of eco
voices. Mr. Tillman is the leading
composer, publisher and director OF
sacred music in the South, and it will
be we'll worth trip to the camp meet
ing just to hear him and his great
choir render the new songs which he
is preparing, especially for the occas-
ion.
The promoters of this enterprise arc
among the leading ministers and lay
zen of Georgia, and every year it's
circle of influence is widening. Rev.
G. W. Mathews, one of the most sue
cessful and widely known ministers Of
the South Georgia conference, is its
president. Rev. ]. NJ. Glenn, presid-
ing elder of the Macon district of the
South Georgia conference, is the sec
rotary, and NJ. D. Smith, prominent
business man of Atlanta, is the treas
urer. r. F. Burden, one of the strong
laymen of Methodism. and a leading
business man of Macon, is chairman of
the executive committee. Its cottagers
are from Georgia, Florida, Alabama
and Mississippi, and thousands of
people from all parts of the country
visit this great camp meeting every
year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-14

complished. 1t is but common justice
to award the credit in these admins
trative reforms to the fourth assist
ant postmaster general, in whose blu
reau these measures of economy were
developed, and who has so faithfully
devoted his time to that purpose"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-14

Postmaster D. F. Davenport has is
SIZED the following statement of in
terest to the public from the post
office department of the government:
The interest of people in public af-
fairs is considerably heightened when
they learn that the revenues of the
| government are wisely and iudiciously
, managed. A statement of economical
expenditure which is susceptible OF
proof will always attract attention and
please the thoughtful reader.
Among the varied industrial en-
terprises of the postoffice department
in Washington is an establishment de-
foted entirely to the manufacture of
mail lock and the bag attachments
used in mail transportation. When
! this administration came into power,
! the department sorely needed an i'm
/ proved type of mail lock. The shop
was Immediately recognized. placed
on a business basis, and it's activities
enlarged, SO as to meet this impera-
tive demand. Within a very short
time new and greatly improved lock
had been devised and its production
! begun.
"The lock in use weighed 5 IL
ounces; the new one weighs 2 As
ounces. AS 100000 of this new prod
! uct have been placed in service, the
difference in weight (the government
paying as much for the weight of the
equipment as it does for the mail it
self can be easily calculated. The
| locks replaced by this new and better
style cost 21 cents each to make; those
now being manufactured cost s j.
cents, direct and indirect charges con-
sidered, the saving thus shown on
original cost of production to date
amounting to $53,750. Of the old
style, $4,000 annually were returned
for repair at cost of about 8 cents
each. Of the new style, out of the
great number sent into the service,
but SOC have been returned, and as
these new style locks can he repaired
! at a cost of cents each, the annual
saving on this item will amount to
over $2,1OO.
"The department has in this admin
istration encouraged its employees t.
give their best service to the govern
ment, and in many instances have re-
Gently come to notice wherein the de-
partment has greatly profited by this
wise public policy. In the lock SHOP =.
recent achievement in this direction is
an improved cord fastener, the work
of three of it's employees, for use on
bags: also one designed for locking
quantities of parcel post matter, which
has heretofore been without this pro-
lection. 1t can be made at a very
low price, requiring less material and
fewer number of operations. The
significant part of this lies in the great
lumber required in the service, be-
tween three and four millions, the
output being 100000 annually. AS the
cost has been reduced by the new
method from 4 10 to cents each, it
will be seen what splendid show
ing this makes for the administrative
economy.
Another valuable Improvement has
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-14
People sMoney Is Wisely Spent
In The Post Office EndOfU. S.

been the perfected locking cord fas-
tener designed for use on sacks. thing
which the department for years has
needed and vainly endeavored to ac-
complish. This device will be of great
value to the postal service at large by
increasing the capacity and efficiency
of mail bags to degree difficult to
estimate. The modern system of busi-
ness methods and the proper en-
couragement of employees to take an
active and earnest interest in their
work, both of which desirable fea-
lures this administration of the de-
partment has favored and put into
practice, is responsible for the many
Improvements made and the advant-
ages gained.
ACTIVE experiments are constant
ly being made for the betterment of
TIE service. For many years ire
mendous expense has been the label
ting of the immense quantity of mail
bags in use. The form of label used
in the past and still used by clerks al
over the country is the doubling and
refolding of what is known as a fac
ing slip" The preparation of these
labels by the thousands has been and
is an expensive proposition, yet there
appears to have been no effort on the
part of previous administrations to
progress from the old method Under
pr esent direction perforated label in
sheets and runs have ben designated
which is practically ready for use
when furnished employees. Every
postal clerk in the country and thous-
ands of postoffice employees will find
this new method of great advantage,
and it will result in a large economy
in the service.
There have also been some other
notable Improvements made, viz, the
substitution of steel where brass was
formerly used, at very considerable
lessening of expense; device for fas-
tening foreign mail pouches, doing
away with the old-fashioned method OF
string and seal; a scheme for saving
Irvine by means of simple holder,
which permits free and easy use with
out waste, and flexible stamp de-
sign, for which the contract price was
"a cents, but which will now be made
al a cost OF but cents. A mechanical
pickup, facing table, for use in
facing and stacking letters in first
class postoffices, has been Develop
ed and will soon be perfected. This
device is considered superior to
those now in use and costs less than
one-third as much to manufacture.
Those at present in use cost approx
imately $1,000
1T will thus be seen that the ac-
tivities of the postoffice department
have been centerd along lines which
will not only produce large economies
to the people of the country. but will
also prove great convenience to those
in the service. During the past three
years two objects have been kept con-
stantly in view, viz, saving the pub i.
lie money wherever possible and serv-
ing the people to the fullest extent.
There was room for great improve
ment and there has been much ac-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-14
FRECKLES
Don't hide Them With Veil; Remove
Their With the Othine Prescription

DVu DluC AuCM WIN ~ sSh ACMVNc
Their With the Othine Prescription
This prescription for the removal of
freckles was written by prominent
physician and is usually so successful
in removing freckles and giving a
clear. beautiful complexion that it Is
sold by sny druggist under guarantee
to refund the money if it fails.
Don't hide your freckles under a
veil; get an ounce of othine and re-
move them. Even the first few appli-
cations should show a wonderful i'm
provement, some of the lighter freck-
les vanishing entirely.
Be sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength othine; it is this that
is sold on the money-back guarantee.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-14
AMERlCUs SHOWS
ALCAzAR THEATRE.
FRIDAY

FRIDAY
Chapter s of Who's Guilty?"
CHAPTER Five of Mysteries OF
Myra."
SATURDAY
Triangle Pictures, Daphne ane
the Pirate"-Five Acts.
1.-THE Judge'-Two Reel Keystone.
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Great Preaching.

During the twenty-six years of its
history the camp ground pulpit has
been flied by some of the most noted
preachers of Europe and America.
This year the leaders are DR.. John
Paul of Charleston, S. c., and the
Rev. Will Harvey, one of the South's
most successful evangelists. DR.. Paul
bears the distinction of having won
the prize for the best article on En-
tire Sanctifcation," offered recently
by the Nashville Christian Advocate.
the official organ of the M. E. Church.
South. In addition to these, some of
the leading pastors and Christian
workers of the South will assist in the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-14
REMEMBER

That we make the best in the mat
tress line, we make our Mattresses out
of clean cotton, they are made in a
SANITARY" way, and you will note
that SANITARY" is the slogan of the
day.
If you need new Mattress, or have
one that needs repairing, see US or
Phone us at 100, before you make your
decision.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-14
Largest in the South.

From a small beginning almost a
generation ago, this camp meeting has
grown in attendance, equipment and
interest until it is now the largest in
the South, and one of the sreat camps
of the country. New cottages are be-
ing built every year until the en-
campment has assumed the proportion
of good sized town. There is an
ample water supply for the increasing
muititudes who gather here annually
and the executive committee is in.
stalling an electric light plant which
will be ready by the approaching meet.
Jig. Attractive summer rates to In
dian Spring will apply to the camp
ground and the largest crowd in the
history of the enterprise is expected
this year. Pastors of all evangelical
denominations will be entertained free.
Evangelists and other ministers not
in charge of churches will have lodg-
ing free and meals at half rate. Mrs.
Fl. P. Myers. who for several years
has been in charge Of the hotel at the
encampent, will again have charge
This means that the very best possible
for the low rate will be furnished the
hundreds who stop at this popular
kostelry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-08

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS E. Sim,
farmer, noticed swarm of bees
around the roof of his home. In
vestigation revealed 800 pounds
OF honey.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-08
RAIN RINGS ALARM
THAT WAKES MAID
TO CLOSE WINDOWS

(Newspaper Enterprase Associntion)
Raindrops make a noise like q
fire alarm when the unique in
vention of 13-year-old Morton
Grant OF Minneapolis is put into
use.
The dripping of raindrops at
night was not enough to wake the
servant girl to shut the windows
In the Grant home, SO Morton
connected bell in her room with
a piece of dry paper stretched
across the mouth of funnel out
side the window.
The rain falls, vets the paper
and closes the circuit. "Clang!
Clang!" goes the bell and the
maid gets up and shuts the win
dows!"
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II had to quit going to school.
Mother kept me alive some way
on broths and soups. l don't sup
pose anyone in the world ever
drank so much soup. And ! was
hungry all the time.
Saved by Explosion.
when the operation was per-
formed 1t seems they slipped a
string with chemicals on the end.
down this esophagus passage.
"The heat of the body acted on
the chemicals and there was a
terrific explosion.
at was like when a fire crack
er goes off, but 1t was no Fourth
of July picnic for me. The pain
was so great l tainted.
I'm an hour or SO / was all
right again. In three hours | was
asking for something to eat, and
DID EAT.
Then She Ate.
"Um! that juicy steak!
And sweet potatoes-four Of
them.
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BY HONOR TANNING.
Newspaper Enterprise Association.)
WAUKEGAN, ILL.,, Nov. D.
Hungry for IL years!
Sitting daily at a table
filled with tempting food;
daily preparing food for
others that she could not
taste herself, furnishing in q
house of plenty!
That was the experience of
Ethel Garnant, 10-year-Old school
girl, who is just EARNING HOW
TO EAT.
An Explosion" operation has
just been performed by DR..
Charles H. Mayo of Rochester,
Mimi, to save Miss Garnant from
death by starvation.
This is the story as Ethel her
self tells it, OF the 12-year fast
and of the intestinal explosion"
that fairly blew her back from
death to razor-edged appetite.
Il have been hungry since l
was seven," Miss Garnant said.
"They used to call me the little
gourmand' l ate SO much.
Could Not Swallow.
Zone night at supper my
bread and milk wouldn't 60
down. choked. Since that
night I did not swallow any
solid food until DIR. Mayo
told me to go ahead and eat,
eat everything and lots of it,
didn't need a second invita-
ton.
81 had been fasting almost 10
years before doctors-and mother
had consulted at least 100 of
them--could discover what allied
me.
Then they said the esophagus,
the gullet, you know, was con-
tracted and the opening 80 small
only the thinnest and hottest
liquids could pass through.
81 weighed only 80 pounds,
and l was IL years old! A
mere skeleton.
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BY Basil M. Manly

WASHINGTON, d. g., Oct. 3.
The clerks and petty officials
in American factories and rail-
road offices are in the same boat
with the wage earners as far as
increases in their incomes are
concerned.
Both salaries and wages are
tagging far behind the increase in
the cost of living.
The census of manufactures
just made public, shows that dur
ing the five years 1909-14 the sal
aries of officials, clerks, etc, in
creased from an average of ST.
189 in 1909 to $1,337 in 1914,
or at the rate of 1875 per cent
for the period.
During the same time average
wages increased at the rate of
Ills per cent. from $519 in 1909
to $3.50 in 1914.
During the same five-year per-
Tod the price of food increased 16
per cent.
Since 1914 the cost of living
has increased 20 per cent, while
wages have increased ON an aver
age only 10 per cent and salaries
have increased only 8 per cent.
Since 1909, therefore, the cost
of living has risen SO per cent,
while wages have increased only
21.5 per cent and salaries only
IFS per cent.
Those hardest hit, therefore, 10y
the present high prices are the
men on small salaries-the white
collar slaves of modern industry,
who are just beginning to learn
to strike for their fair share of
the nations prosperity.
Furthermore, the figures cited
above probably make a showing
more favorable to the small SAL
aried class than they have actu-
ally enjoyed, because IN the CELL
sus all salaried employees, bosses
and clerks, are Jumped together.
Now everybody knows that be-
cause of the competition of girls
and automatic machines, the
wages of clerical employees have
increased little, IL at all, during
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-08
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER
HOLDS SECRET OF HAPPINESS

of them solved the problem OF
happiness!
And then, under great
white light AT THE OTHER
END OF BROADWAY,
found n woman who told me
the secret OF happiness!
She is Mrs. Kate Walker. So.
She keeps the lighthouse on Rob
bins reef. The light may fairly
be called the last of the white
lights of Broadway, for II stands
out in the ray almost directly OPP
posite the darkened lower end of
Manhattan famous avenue of
pleasure.
For nearly two years Mrs.
Walker has not once left the soil
tude OF her lighthouse. And for
81 years she has lived almost
alone out in the BAY
"Happy as Queen
In three decades she has never
missed watch" known a days
illness, or felt a moments loneli-
ness!
Il am as happy as any queen in
her castle!" said Mrs. Walker,
when | reached her lighthouse
after a long pull against the tide.
81 am happy because
have no time to worry. For
me II Is work, work, work.
The lights must never fail,
the glass never grow dim.
Next to work, service to 9TH
ers is my secret of happiness. My
work helps to speed safely on
their voyage thousands of ships
from all the seven seas.
Saves Many Lives.
Il have helped save the lives
of 20 men and women who were
drowning in the bay"
Some of these rescues Mrs.
Walker made from small row.
boats at night while wild storms
swept the water!
Il do not miss the company of
my own sex. Here / am not an
noyed by the pratings of women
who know more about politics,
fashions and clubs than about
children and their own kitchens.
Twice a year my grandchil-
dren come to visit me. Their
company and the songs of the sea
| are my entertainment"
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butcher to give them the right
cuts.
"A woman may say she
wants meat for roasting and
the butcher may give her
long shoulder or round Shout
der. When 1t came to roast
ing, the housewife would
find the round shoulder,
being tougher, had not been
roasted enough, or the long
shoulder has been roasted
too much.
What is commonly called
chuck, for roasting, is long Shout
der. That is the part of beef
close to the neck. Round Shout
der, also a chuck, is more toward
the forelegs and is more fatty.
Both are good when roasted.
Round shoulder may also be
taken as steak, but it is the tough
est of all steaks, and is best when
roasted.
"Porterhouse may be too costly
for the workingman's wife, but
sirloin would make a cool substi-
tute, although it is a bit tougher.
Housewives should make
use of meat bones in cooking
soup. That puts flavor into
soup and makes 1t more nOur-
ishing. The best soup meats
are the plate-piece, or breast
rib meat, and the shank.
: Care should be taken that
meat is fresh. Fresh meat Is a
strong red. When it ages 1t
darkens. In pork the change is
hardly noticeable"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-08

NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-Ameri-
can political history was enriched
by last nights amazing swing
back and forth of the returns for
Hughes, against Wilson and for
Wilson and against Hughes.
First returns, available shortly
after 6 o'clock, showed Wilson
leading.
Then came Hughes sweep, with
a tremendous lead in New York
and reports of a big plurality Cor
the G. o. =. i'm Kansas.
Massachusetts preliminary re-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-08
II. C.. OF L. HITS
white COLLAR
SLAVES HARDEST

the last few years.
THE SALARY INCREASES
HAVE BEEN CHIEFLY FOR
THE BIG BOSSES. =
This is shown by the statistics
OF the Interstate commerce com
mission.
From 1909 to 1914, the salaries
of railroad clerks increased only
SO per cent, from the same time.
the general officers of the rail-
roads boosted their own salaries
26.7 per cent, from $12.67 to
$1,000 a day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-08
ELECTION COUNT WRITES
AMAZING P0LICICAL STORY

ports added to the republican cam
didate's growing list.
But once again the swing
changed. A Wilson drift set in.
Ohio went Enthusiastically demo-
cratic; the presidents managers
began questioning Massachusetts,
returns; they gained as later re-
turns from Indiana offset the
first favorable Hughes trend.
At 8 o'clock this morning the
president was five votes ahead OF
his republican opponent in the
returns as gathered by the United
Press.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-08
Woman Butcher Gives
Advice On Marketing

CLEVELAND, o., Nov. 8. -
"The average American housewife
does not know how to get the
most out of the meat she buys"
says Miss Anna Bowden, Ceve-
lands first woman butcher.
"The butcher bill would worry
housewives less If they went in
person to the markets." she says.
Miss Bowden says when women
DO go to market they rtust to the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-08
MCCORMACK
VERY SURE

Omitted Press Leased Wire.D
NEW YORK. Nov. Sat 3:15
this afternoon Democratic Nation
al Chairman Mccormick stated
that President Wilson was un-
dotbi edly re elc",'C
They cannot beat him by any
combination" he said. HE is
elected whether we carry the
states OF California and Mime
sofa or not, but we will carry both
of them. All of the reports are
favorable"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-08
For the
Money
Invested

Nothing gives
better satisfaction
than Oil Clothing.
We sell a world
of IL year after
year and this In
itself is proof
of what we say.
A man can cover
himself from head
to foot and be
kept dry In either
the jacket and
pants or the long
coat at a price
ranging from
$2.25 to $500
and there Is no
other garment
that we know of
mt anywhere near
the price that
will do rs much.
GARTER" Oil
skins have made
4 good with ms for
better than ten
years, and right
4 here is a little
inside inf0rmationi
The "Carter"
and "Fish Brand"
factories are
right across the
street from each
a other I'm Beverly,
Massachusetts and
they're owned by
the same people.
"CARTER'S are
sold direct to
the Jobber who, in
turn sells them
i to the retailer
4 thus adding an 4
extra cost to the
wearer.
We thank You for
reading this
advertisement. a-aI
; Dickson
Bros.
Co.
112o-22 Pacific Ave.
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BY Ii. j. O'DONNELL.
tNewspaper Enterprise Association)
NEW YORK, Nov. o.
The secret of happiness has
been solved by a woman!
With the cost of living going
higher and winter approaching, |
decided to find out just how to be
happy despite these coming tribu-
lations.
New York ought to hold the
key to this secret. Since war has
saddened Paris and Vienna, New
York has become the JOY CAPT.
tai OF the world!
No Happiness Here.
l hunted happiness in the white
lights of Broadway. But 1t wasn't
there! There was eating, drink
ing, laughing, champagne, gold,
and frivolity, but the head waiter
of Broadway's gayest cafe as
sured me these people hadn't one
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-08
WHEAT UP 4 CENTS

Omitted Press Lensed wirel
CHICAGO, Nov. 8. - Wheat
took a big jump today, December
advancing 4 IA cents over to-
days opening to 1.S9 "a; May up
3 SIS at 100 SIS; July up 3 at
1853 "a.
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INCOMPLETE N. H.
RETURNS HUGHES

Omitted Press Leased Wire.l
CONCORD, N. H., Nov. s.
Complete returns from all but 10
small towns, New Hampshire
gives Hughes 42,190; Wilson
41,769, according to the official
figures given out by the secretary
of state this afternoon.