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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-19
81 RPRISE DANCING PARTY
FOR SAMUEL HOOKS.

A surprise dancing party was given
Saturday evening to Mr.. Samuel
Hooks at his home on Lee street by
the younger set.
A profusion of spring flowers were
used in the attractive decoration.
The handsome Hooks home, which is
so arranged for entertaining, was
never more beautiful than on this
occasion.
During the evening punch and sand
Wiches were served.
The guests included, Misses Kath-
crime Hamilton, Frances Loving, Paul
ina Broadhurst, Mary Walker, Mar
garet Wheatley, Isabel Wheatley, Mary
Dudley, Marguerite Everett, Alice
Mcneil, Clara Glover, Nellie Worthy,
Bess Mcleod, Mary Hawkins,
Messrs. Hubert Brown, Edward Math-
is Cliff Wheatley, John Gray, Howell
Cobb, William Iyey, Harry Sullivan,
David Burkhalter Bill Dodson, Roll
aid Broadhurst, Emmett Earle Bolton,
Pulaski Holt, Charles Crisp, Frank
sheffield, Henry Lumpkin, Carroll
Clark Hubert Denham, Clarence
Lyman, George Lumpkin, Tom Lane,
Asa TIT.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-19
SOCIETY NEWS

program arranged under direction of
Mrs. Lott, Mrs. Gatewood and the re-
srective class leaders, was rendered.
Miss Hardy of Furlow Grammar school
faculty, was in charge of this fea-
ture, and to her genius must be
given generous credit for the unus-
uaI excellence attained.
Outstanding features were readings
by Miss Elizabeth Allen, talented and
pretty young daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Allen, who charmed her hearers
with her renditions. Frank Harold,
Jr., also contributed a reading which
ELECTED unalloyed approval. Refresh
ments were served throughout the
evening.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-19
YOUNG PEOPLES MISSIONARY
SOCIETY MEETS SUNDAY

The Young Peoples Missionary So
ciety will meet Sunday afternoon at
$50. The following program will be
rendered:
Song.
Scripture Lesson; Luke x, 1-2O.
Prayer-Rev J. A. Thomas.
Minutes of last meeting.
Song.
Subject, Great Home Missionaries. "
Story, Jerry McAuley"
Story, Sheldon Harris Early
Work"
Story Sheldon Harris" Later
Work"
Talk-Rev. J. A. Thomas.
Story Gen. S. C. Armstrong"
Paper, Americas Need of Mission
aries
Lords Prayer by ALL
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= = \ = y \ = + \ \ ~ + + =
y TO MY BOY. =
= \ y = y = = = + ,
DO you know that your soul is of my
soul such part,
That you seem to be fibre and core of
my heart
None other can hurt me as you, dear,
can do
None other can please me, or praise
me as you.
Remember the world will be quick
with its blame,
II shadow or stain ever darken your
Like mother, like son, is a saying SO
The world will judge largely of mother
by you.
Re your then the task, if task it shall
be,
To force this proud world to do hon.
age to me;
BE sure it will say, when its verdict
you've won,
She reaped as she sowed, for this maa
is her son.
Exchange.
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FurlOw Lawn Baptist.

Rev R. L. Bivins, Pastor.
Sunday school this morning at 8 40
o'clock. On this occasion several
new members will participate in the
orchestra music for the first time.
Preaching services at HOO a. m
ana 1880 p. M, conducted by The pas
tor. B. Y. P. U. meets at GAS. All
are welcome at these services.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-19

ley, j. G. Hoist, Frank Sheffield,
Charles Lanier, Charles Payne, James
Garner, Leroy Murray Clarence
Hyman, Will Green Turpin S. M.
Redick, Eshton Buchanan, Hubert
Brown, Emmett Bolton, Charles
Chambliss, James Davenport, George
Lumpkin, Henry Allen, Dan Chappell,
Pulaski Holt, Oscar Carter, George
Andrews, Frank Easterlin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joel Hightower, chaperones.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-19
AMERICUs SHOWS
ALCAZAR THEATRE.
Monday.

Monday
Denman Thompson's "Old Home
stead" 5-Act Paramount picture.
Grace Cunard and Francis Ford. in
His Majesty"
Tuesday.
Red Feather photo play, "a Knight
of the Range" Harry Carey and Olive
Golden. Five reels.
Wednesday.
Herbert Rawlinson. "The Family
Secret"
Eddie Lyons in when Losers Won
Francis Ford in "The Strong Arm.
Thursday.
Pauline Frederick in Lydia Gill
more; 5-act Paramount picture.
"Elevating Father" 2-reel L-K-O
comedy.
Friday.
Red Circle" chapter 9.
Matt Moore in pilot and Counter
plot" 3-reel drama.
Authors Last Fling" comedy.
Saturday.
Rosemary Theby and Harry Myers
in In the Night" 4-reel drama.
"Fliver's Dilemma"
OPERA HOUSE.
Monday and Tuesday.
"The Battle Cry of Peace"
Wednesday.
"Undine."
Thursday.
Theda Bara in Carmen"
Friday-Dark.
Saturday.
"The Strange Case of Mary Page"
The people whose advertisements
yoH read in this paper are on the level.
They're not afraid OF their goods.
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Calvary Church.

Rev. ]. B. Lawrence, Rector.
Holy Communion at 1880 a. m. This
Will be the corporate Communion of
Chapter B of the Church Building so u.
ciety.
Sunday school at GAS a. m.
Morning prayer, litany and sermon
at IL a. m.
Evening prayer and sermon at 1880
p. m.
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First Baptist Church.

Rev. Lansing Burrows, D. D., Pastor.
Sunday school at $50 a. M; morn
lpg services, with sermon at II a. m.
b. Y. P. U. meets at GAS p. M; ey.
ening services at 1880 o'clock.
Strangers in Americas are extend
ed a special invitation to attend all
these services.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-19
CHURCH SERVICES
Church OF Christ (Scientist.)
TAYLOR street, near Lee.

Taylor street, near Lee.
Morning service today at II o'clock.
Subject, The Heavens shall vanish
away like smoke and the earth shall
wax old like a garment and they that
dwell therein shall die in like manner,
but my salvation shall be forever ami
my righteousness shall not be abolish
ed. Isaiah, Sic.
Evening services will be held We'd
nesday at O'Clock. Reading room open
week days only from 10 to IL O'Clock.
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Presbyterian Church.

Sunday school will be held this
morning at $3.50 o'clock, in the church
tuilding, on Jackson street. Prayer
meeting as usual Thursday evening at
El5. A hearty welcome awaits all
who will attend Services at this edi-
flee.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-03-19

The people whose advertisements
yon read in this paper are on the level
They're not afraid OF their goods.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-02
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IFrom the Chicago News.l
Popular watering place-the ice
cooler.
A poor man without principal is
usually devoid of interest.
1t is easy to get on to the curves
of a bowlegged ball pitcher.
The board of strategy is the kind
you get at a poor boarding house.
The woman of the hour is one who
says she will be ready in minute.
Some writers have wealth of
thought, and all have thought of
wealth.
A horse is no good until he's well
broken, but it is different with auto
mobiles.
Any old bachelor with plenty of
money can obtain a situation as a
husband.
When some people ask for time to
think, we wonder what they are go
ing to think with.
Everything on earth has its use
but it is well for US that we don't
know the use of some things.
The father who is always repeating
the bright sayings of his children may
be good natured, but he is tedious.
We know a lot of men who always
grumble about hard times, yet they
would consider it an insult if they
were offered a job.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-02

Now that King Constantine has alb
dfcated the Grecian throne, and the
crown prince of the land has sue
ceeded him but under the control of
rhe Greek war party, which also hap
pens to be the Liberal party Of Greece,
the possibilities are, indeed they seem
10 be probabilities, that Greece will
emerge from the European war, even
if she should not take part in, as
another of the nations on earth with
something that approaches a really
democratic form of government.
soyernment in which the people will
rule either directly or indirectly by
fAeir votes. And this will bs nothing
more than history repeating itself in
g way, and rather ancient history, too
The people of Greece had real voting
privileges once. And for ballots they
used shells. This popular voting was
established in Greece by Cleisthenes
about the beginning of the 9Th CEN
tury, B. c., and was concerned solely
with the Punishment of persons from
the country. Once a year the people
were asked if they wished to exercise
assembly was held at Athens. the hub
OF Greece, and each citizen of the
ccuntry was permitted to toss in his
shell, or small earthen tablet on which
was written the name of the person
fSt whose Punishment he voted. Six
thousand votes were necessary for a
Punishment. The Punishment was at
first for ten years, but the period was
afterwards restricted to five years.
Property and civil rights or honors
remained unaffected by it, This os-
tAacism. as it was called, was gener-
stily exercised by the Greeks against
any person whose services. rank or
wealth appeared dangerous to the
liberty of his fe1low-citizens, or incon-
s,istent with their political equality. 1t
was in no sense a punishment for any
particular crime, but was rather a
precautionary measure to remove
leaders whose ascendency might be
dangerous to the state. Such distin-
guished Greeks as Miltiades, Themis-
tocles, Cimon, Alcibiades. and others
too numerous to mention were sub
1ected to this treatment. In other
words. this Smelling out of temporary
undesrables was something like the
recall that is so popular in theory IL
this country today, except that an en-
forced vacation in other parts fol
those recalled was added. King Con
stantine, it would appear. has been os
tracised by the Greeks of today bu
not by the old-fashioned Grecial
ehell-game. He seems to have beef
hoeted out of his job by popula
clamcr.
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THE EIGHT-HoUR LAW.

President Ripley of the Santa Fe is
undoubtedly on the right track in his
assertions that whatever sort of an
eight-hour-a-d day law for the railroad
trainmen and enginemen may be en-
acted by congress in the next twenty
four hours, and for the purposes of
averting the threatened strike that
has been tentatively set for Monday
that such a law will not settle the
differences between the officials of
the railroads and the officials of the
railroad brotherhoods.
1t will merely postpone such a set
Element to some future time.
AS Mr.. Ripley points out, or sug-
gests, this law will likely be taken
thru the federal courts and to the
court of last resort, because it will be
no more than an effort on the part of
congress to fix wages in realm that
is as yet outside the jurisdiction of
the national law-making body; and
it is believed that the United States
supreme court in other but analogous
cases has declared such congressional
efforts to be unconstitutional.
1t is probable. tho, that congress
| could delegate sucn wage-fiXing
authority to, say, the interstate COM
merce commission.
And it seems perfectly reasonable to
suggest that if this commission, this
arm of the government. has the say
as to what the interstate railroads
shall charge for their freight and pas
senger service, because the railroads
are at least quasi-public service cor
pcrations, it should also have the pow
er to fix the wages of railroad en-
ployes, who are as assuredly as much
in the public service as are their en-
ployers, the railroads
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-02
JAYMAWMER JOTS

Mrs. Homer Hoch points out in the
Marion Record that people who are
constitutionally kind and clean have a
good hold on happiness.
Editor Young of the Oakley Graphic
announces that when he runs for the
legislature, this will be his platform:
Down with the motorcycle"
Just one guess is allowed as to the
meaning of this laconic report from
the Bunker Hill correspondent of the
Severy Severyite: Still we need it,"
Living, points out the Latimer
Leader, is largely a matter of passing
the time with some people, and they
don't seem to care if they are left be-
hind.
When it comes to stepping into a
fortune, suggests Gasaway, the Gas
Gulch correspondent of the Wilson
County Citizen, any man is willing to
put his foot in it.
If man isn't much of a mechanic,
observes the Wilson County Citizen,
his wife will tell him of some other
man who is always fixing up some
thing around the house.
According to the Oakley Graphic,
every time certain sentimental young
lady in the choir is asked to make a
selection for practice she chooses:
"Blest Be the Tie That Binds.''
1t occurs to the Humboldt Union
IndI Wnen the war enQS the price OF
. British titles for American girls will
be almost prohibitive except for the
daughters of munition makers.
| A tip to the bald-headed, or the
nearly bald-headed, from the Concor-
dia Press: If a man will refrain from
| combing his hair over the denuded
| spot the probabilities are that nobody
will notice the fact that he is bald.
! Lifted from the Woman's Corner of
the Marion Record: Photographers
are watching the fashion magazines
with interest for the first hint that the
style of her skirt has changed. They
have said their whole say about the
short ones.
A valuable suggestion from the Yer
million Times: If your clothes catch
on fire, remember not to run out OF
doors where the wind can fan the
flames. Wrap yourself in a comfort
heavy blanket or overcoat and smother
the fire out.
Handed in to the Waterville Tele-
! graph: "A man in town being lone
some on account of his family having
! gone on a visit, had a house warming
for his men friends last Wednesday
night and the next day by himself an6
few dead soldiers had a slumbel
| party and his place of business wasn't
| open through the day."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-02
GLOBE SIGHTS
[From the Atchison Globe.l

from the AIcn1SOn GIODe.
Opposition is the life of trade and
the target of abuse.
Every death seems like a violent
one to a man who is young and
healthy.
Men do very little of the tatting,
but they have numerous other ways
of wasting time.
Woman differs from a man in that
she ny regard a reception as a form
of entertainment.
A broken heart is seldom fatal,
there are SO many able healers for
that particular ailment.
Referring again to the old saying,
Give the devil his DUE" it might be
said that most people do.
Some men insist on carrying their
load of responsibility around in plain
sight where everyone can see it.
You have such a good memory, you
may recall when you thought bust
ing" the trusts was going to reduce
prices.
Sometimes it isn't necessary to hunt
trouble; sometimes trouble catches
up with those who are trying to run
away from it.
A bush league ball team may be
regarded as a success if it finishes the
season at all, but in the big leagues
it is necessary to make the first divi-
sion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-02

the morning, sat on the piazza. wait
ing for him.
There was something she wanted to
say, but, somehow, now the moment
had come, she couldn't seem to find
the right words. But her mother-in-
law had done all the enlightening for
her.
Nathan felt his way in the dark to
the chair near hers, and both kept 81
lence for a few moments. Then
Nathan spoke: Mother told me all
about how you and she have made a
fool of me all this week-her dom
all the cookin' and neither of you let
tim on but what it was you. Well,
don't know but I deserved it. Any
how, she says 1 did. I guess I was
kinder fallin' into bad habits
This being a good deal from Nathan,
Lena met him half way.
'1 always knew you didn't mean it,
Nathan. but it used to hurt, just the
same. I'm glad you're not angry at
the joke. Let's start all over again"
Sure thing" said Nathan-(Copy-
right, 1916, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-02
SIDE TALK S
A Hundred and Fifty Years.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

A Hundred and Fifty Years.
1.-The old order changeth, yielding
place to new,
And God fulfils Himself in many
ways
In the diary of Frances Burney,
which L was reading the other day, I
came across this significant passage.
He advances many bold and singu-
lar opinions (she was writing about
The Vicar of Wakefield which she
had just read for example, he AYERS
that murder is the sole crime for
which death ought to be the punish
ment; he goes even further, and VEN
lures to affirm that our laws in re-
gard to punishment are all too severe
Frances Burney wrote that in 1868,
only century and a half ago.
She herself was an original and ad-
vanced thinker. and yet the idea that
theft and many other minor crimes
should not be punished by hanging
was "a bold and singular opinion" to
her.
To the ordinary person of that day
it would probably have seemed even
more revolutionary and impracticabIe.
what would F'anny's contemporaries
have thought Of land where not even
murder was punished by death?
What would they have thought of a
time when prisons should be regarded
by r1ght-thinking people not as in
struments of punishment but of re-
generation?
What would they have thought of
Judge Lindsey's or Thomas Osborne's
trust in criminals?
If anyone had described such a time
and such land, they would have said
GU are talking about Utopia Such
thing could never come to pass You
would have to change human nature
and that can't be DONE
The spirit of these same peopIe is
living today.
1t says there will always have to be
hideous poverty and wanton luxury
side by side. 1t says men will never
discover solution for a condition of
affairs where some die of hunger
while others die of overeataing. 1t saws
the world is essentially what it was a
thousand years ago and will be essen
TALLY the same a thousand years
hence.
And it lies And such a passage as
this shows up the lie.
A hundred and fifty years ago
ton, probably fifty years ahead of her
age. thought it Il singular opinion to
believe that murder was the only
crime that should be punished by
death.
Today, not only does the average
not think we have a right to take
life even in retribution for the TAX
! ing of life
| Why, then, is it not possible that
some of the schemes that the average
man calls visionary today may become
the matter of course of a century and
| a half from now2
To my mind it is possible-and
e--6Copyright by George Mat
thew Adams.)
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MEMBER:
Associated Press.
Audit Bureau of Circulations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

Bulgaria and Rumania finally hav-
in.- taken the pains, or exchanged the
courtesies of the occasion, 20 declare
war on each other officially it is per-
FPS not expecting too mush to hope
that before another month has passed
all of the fifteen European belliger-
ents will have their war date books
Strengthened out, and that each of
them will come reasonably close to
knowing just where it is at in the great
war game. And if ynls great world
struggle that is being staged in Europe
is not the Armageddon that prophet
of old predicted, the imagination is
ell allenged beyond its powers of con-
ception to picture the Armageddon
that may yet be to come.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-02

Bushy Beaver Strengthened the hair
on his forehead and perked up his
eyebrows.
Now we're almost there" said
he encouragingly-
We'll, maybe So" replied his moth
But mother, We've been trav-
cling miles and miles and miles and
miles," exclaimed Bushy in dismay
aren't we anywhere YETI?
Mother Beaver laughed and Father
Beaver looked around 20 see what was
going on. He had been marching
"He wants to know if we're there
yet" laughed Mother Beaver, Just as
tho we knew"
he didn't laugh You see he was tired
too and he knew exactly how Bushy
felt. This hunting a new home bust
ness is hard work, Bushy; there's no
doubt about that" said ne: But you
very well know we couldn't stay at
the old place-not after those trappers
came, Your hide wouldn't have been
worth a cat tall not a single cat tail,
to YOU. I can tell you that. we nave
to find a safe place this time ana we
nave to go till it's found. / don't want
to build fine place again ana then
have to move right away, not L! no,
sir, Well journey till we 1lnd a nice,
quiet little creek. near a pleasant III
tie pond, and there Wen puma ana
there Wen stay. So do be patient,
Bushy."
of course, after such a long speech
as that. there was nothing for Bushy
to do but to start ahead. Father
Beaver was not much of speech
maker and when he talked so much
Bushy realized that important doings
were going on. So he gave himself a
little shake and started on again.
But he had not far to go before
something happened.
Mother Beaver. who had gone on
ahead while Father Beaver was talk
ing to Bushy, gave a sharp little cry
Father Beaver! Father Beaveri"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-02
THE WAR AND THE WORLDS
RUGTNEGC

How the war has affected business
in the principal beliigerent and neu-
trai countries of the world is shown
in report that has just been prepared
by the federal bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce for Senator F. NJ
Simmons of North Carolina, chairman
of the senate committee on finance.
The countries covered are Canada,
England, France, Germany. Austria
Hungary, Italy, Russia, Spain, Swe-
den, Argentina, Brazil. Australia. Brit
ish India, British South Africa, Egypt,
Japan and the United States And the
following general conclusions are
drawn:
Business activities were fairly nor
NAL in the various countries Of the
world during the two years preceding
the outbreak of the war.
In every country, including the
United States, there was a decided
decline in business activity after July,
1914
. The period of business depression
following the outbreak of the war
lasted from four to six months in most
of the neutral countries. in the bel
ligerent countries the upward trend
did not begin until the last few months
in 1915.
There was a slight depression in
business activity in the United States
in the latter part of 1913 and early
in 1914, but in the spring and summer
of 1914 there were signs of recovery.
Tine outbreak of the war. however,
caused a decided decline.
The United States at the close of
the period, April. 1916, had entered
upon a period of business activity
which has had no parallel in the his
tory of the country.
To indicate the business activities OF
the various countries covered by the
report, statistics are printed showing
imports and exports of merchandise,
imports and exports of gold. receipts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-02
ON SPUR OF
THE MOMENT
Bx ROY X. MoULToN.

AT As.
Be sure your sins will find you out
At 45 or thereabout
The shiny badness of your head
Will show what kind of life you've led.
The candid lines about your eyes
Will tell no charitable lies.
Your pudgy face will testify
To idleness and living high.
A pallid cast, to beauty's cost,
VIII tell of slumber that you lost.
A not infrequent little line
Will say you looked upon the wine
Approaching age, too swiftly met.
Will tell us something of your set
a sea of troubles from within
VIII babble of what might have been.
The CRAVING hair behind your ears
Will quite epitomize the years.
Be SIRE your sins will find you out
At 40 or thereabout.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-02
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Almost any old kind of a time is a
good time for somebody.
y X *
The long road may be tiresome but
it usually ends at q terminus worth
while.
* X i.
Doing ones best doesn't necessarily
mean doing as good as some one else
might.
\. X i.
Even the people who get the best of
it are seldom entirely satisfied with
their portions
X X x
Peace also appears to have its dis
turbances no less annoying than those
of war. except perhaps that there isn't
as much bloodshed incident to them.