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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-27
ON SKILL
WITH CHILDBIRTH

| CINCINNATI, o., Oct. 27.-The
deaths of $4,000 women in this coun-
try in 1913 from conditions caused by
childbirah was the chief argument
given by Dr. Grace L. Meigs, Chief of
the Division of Hygiene of the Federal
Children's Bureau, in a paper read to-
Gay before the American Public Health
Association, urging renewed efforts to
convince women and their husbands
of the need of swilled service for ma
ternity. Approximately 100 of the
total loss of life during childbirth
was due to childbed fever, she de-
clared.
I'm 1913 the oath rate per 100000
population from all conditions caus-
ed by childbirth was but little lower
than that from typhoid fever" said
DR., Meigs, "and this rate would be
almost quadrupled if only the group
Of lie population which can he at
fected, women or childbearing age,
considered. In 1918 childbirth caus-
ed more deaths among women Ia to
III years old than any other disease
except tuberculosis. Only two of a
group of fifteen important foreign
countries show higher rates from this
cause than the registration of the
United States.
"The rates for two countries,
Sweden and Norway, which are about
one. half the rate for this area of the
United States, show that low rates
are atainable.
THE death rates from childbirth
and from childbed fever for the reg
istration area of this country are not
falling; during the 10 years from 1900
to 1913 they have shown no demon
strahle decrease.
In this country where the support
and success of preventive ehalth
work depends entirely on popular I'M
.derstanding and interest, one funda-
mental problem is common to all
communities and states. This is the
problem of how to bring about a
change in general attitude of mind OF
the larty towards the care of matern-
ity.
This function has always been, and
still is, looked upon with a mixture OF
ignorance and fatalism. On the one
hand people consider it essentially 8
normal function. They are willing te
enlrust its care to anyone, however
unskilled, and are willing to pay ade-
uuate sums for skilled care. 1t is
true that each year in vast number
Of cases of pregnancy and labor they
are perfectly normal. 1t is no less
true that each year in actertain ant
constant percentage of all cases preg,
nancy and labor are not normal
While in normal cases non-interfer'
ence is without doubt the safest meth.
cd of treatment, in the abnormal cas-
es just as high a grade of skilled care
is absolutely essential as that re,
quired in any major surgical emery
ency. On the other hand strange TX
say, the complications, caused by
childbirth and the deaths due to then
are generally looked upon with fatal
ism. 1t is not recognized that they
are to be included among the diseases
which are preventable by modern
methods"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-27
SOCIETY NEWS
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Mrs. Linton Lester, Miss Julia Gordon,
Miss Jimmie Jossey, Miss Pauline Win
gard and Miss Elizabeth Camp.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-27
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The system

And Build Up The system
Take the old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it IL
Ouinine and Iron in tasteless form,
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. soc. advt
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-23
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
In the Superior Court of the State
Of California, in and for the County
Celia Berkman, plaintiff. VS.. Impe-
rial Water Company No. 1. a corpo-
ration, and T. H. Gebbie, defendants.
In pursuance Of an order Of h:s this
given that an action has been com
menced in the Superior Court of the
state of California, in and for, the
County of Imperial. by the above
against Imperial Water Company. No.
l, corporation, and T. H. Gebbie,
defendants, for an order directing said
corporation (the same being the cor
poration who issued the stock and Ger
Gates to and in the name Of the plain
tiff for eighty-nine (S9) shares Of the
capital stock Of said defendant cor.
poration, being In place and instead Of
corporation for thrty-two (32) shares
Of its capital stock and Certificate No.
1855 of said defendant corporation for
fifty-seven (5O shares Of it's capital
the he p plaintiff. which certificates the
plaintiff alleges have been lost; and
all persons claiming said shares, or
any of them, or any interest or hen
therein or thereupon are hereby noti-
fled, directed and ordered, to appear
before the court at its courtroom in
Ell Centro, California, on the 31st day
Of March, A. D. 1916, at the hour or
10 o'clock In the forenoon Of that day.
then and there to show cause why new
certificates should not be directed to
be Issued to plaintiff. as is prayed for
In plaintiffs petition.
Dated this 25th day Of February
1916 NJ. 9. COOK.
(SeaD County Clerk,
By V. J. Ellis.
Deputy Clerk. SatMch2o
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-23
No 1868 Sheriff's Sale
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE by
SHERIFF..


stitute, a corporation; John Doe and
Under and by virtue of a judgment
der of sale issued out Of the Superior
Court of the County of Imperial. State
OF California. on the 10th day Of
March A d. 1915 In tbe a aeoyeeen5i,led tSe abnve
named plaintiff, obtained judgment
and decree of foreclosure and sale
against Heber Collegiate Institute,
a corporation, defendant, on the srd
day OF March, A. d. 1916, for the sum
~ s16,713.92 dollars in gold coin of
the United States, besides interest
cree was, on the Bird day of March, A;
d. 1915, recorded in Judgment Book 3
Of said court, at page 4S4, am COM
1 Ali Of Blocks one %, two (2). three
(7), eight (s), nine .t9), ten 10), eleven
GD, twelve G2l, thirteen d$), fifteen fifteen
and lot two (2) of Block twenty-five
(25), and west one-half (W. ~ Of lot
two (2) Of Block twenty-eight t2s), ac-
! duly filed in the Recorders office Of
| the County of San Diego, state Of Cali
| fornia, dated Jenuary ath, 1907, NO
| Public notice is hereby given that on
| Tuesday, the 11th day of April, A; ID
| 1916, at 10 o'clock a. m. of that day
| in front of the Court House door ol
the County of Imperial, i WILL In ODE,
dience to said judgment, decree anc
order of sale, sell the above described
property, or so much thereof as may b'
necessary to raise sufficient money u
satisfy said judgment and decree, will
interest and costs, etc, to the highes
and best bidder. for gold coin of thu
United states.
Dated March 20, 1915.
c. NJ. APPLEsTILL, Sheriff.
] BY II. w. ANDERSON,
Undersheriff. MonAprl
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-23

Church was entertained by Mrs. R. W
Gray and Mrs. Frost. Ice cream anc
! cake were served and a very pleasant
and profitable time was spent.
X x
/ Entertains House Guest-Mrs. t. A
lasigi yesterday evening entertained
with a delightfully."- informal dannel
and dancing party in honor of her
house guest, Miss Cora Wood. The
guests were Miss Cora Wood, Miss
Katherine Whitelaw, Johnson Wood
Ed Lyons, Steve Lyons, Paul Allen
David Duncan, Glenn Thompson, Will
liam Hayes. Earl Kraft, Mr.. and Mrs
A. W. Howe and Mrs. and Mrs. T. A
Iasigi.
Palace Tonight-"Mary Page with
Henry Walthall and Edna Mayo, will
be seen tonight at the Palace theatre.
This is the fourth of the series and
the ost thrilling yet shown of this
6raam of throbs and thrills. 1t is a
complete story in itself, but one of
the links in the chain of evidence de-
veloped in the trial. A big fine
feature by Lasky, "Kindling," will al
so be shown. 1t is play which deals
with the big problems of life in big,
daring manner.
Cotton Culture Conference.-The
Cotton Culture Conference scheduled
for Saturday at Calexico will not be
postponed, it was announced this
morning by Grover Lotus, chairman
of the Farm Bureau Committee, which
has arranged the event. 1t is expect
ed that the roads will be sufficiently
dried up so that the attendance will
not be cut down. Another reason for
not postponing the conference, Mr.
Lotus said, is that many cotton grow
ers are ready to plant and in another
week will be busy in the fields.
X X X
Coming Sunday-The Palace the
atre announces the coming of "The
Great Divide" the tremendous sue
cess which served as a starring ve~
hicle for Henry Miller and Margaret
Anglin for many seasons and which
has been adapted and produced in mo-
ton pictures with House Peters as
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-23

Herman C. Swink ct ux. to Western
Securities Company, lots 15 and 16
block %, Holtville.
Will G. Richter ct uX. to Fred A
Richter, undivided cne-half interest in
Tract 122, 1915.
Willard P. Morgan to Christopher
Weimann, lot 4, block 81, Brawley.
Mariana jefferson to Walter Isbel
Stone, lot 8, block 7, Ell Centre addi-
ton No. 8.
Cora R. Hamaker to Ed J. Rose, lot
6. block 40, rBawley.
Louis n. Sanders to Lulu Sanders,
tract 81, 1916, 100 acres.
Peter A. Olson ct ux. to z. D. Ag-
new, lot 2, block II, Braggs subdivis-
ion of block II, CaleXico.
Fred c. Abrams ct ux. to w. A. Ed
gar, SW 4 S y Of tract 14S, 1914.
Fidelity Savings and Loan Associ-
alton to w. F. Holt, lots l, 2, 8, 4,
block "a, Park addition to Imperial.
Bankers Guaranty Loan Company
to same, lot 80, block 81, Holtville.
True Vencill ct al. to T. L. Thomp-
son ct al, w u of lot 5, Ell Hogar
tract.
Stella M. Wilson ct AL to H. B.
Gillespie, part of tract 147, 1915 and
16.
Alfred w. eBach to Frank Cruz ct
ux., west one-third of w u of block
AZ of First Addition to Calexico.
Patents.
U. S. A. to Henry E. Walker, W Y
NV 4 and w u SW a of section
33 ,16-1O, 160 acres.
U. S. A. to William R. Farmer, w
y SW Il of section 10; w Y NV Il
section Is; NE a NE a and lot II
of section 16 and E S Eff and lot 25
of section 9, 1916, 32O.6O acres.
U. S. A. to Duncan Mclean, lots l
and 13 of section 20, and lot 16, sec
ton %, 1915.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate Of Soocha Singh, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, administrator of the estate Of
Soocha Singh, deceased, to the credi-
tors or, and all persons having claims
against the said deceased. to exhibit
the same, with the necessar' vouch-
ers, within four months after the first
publication of this notice, to the said
administrator or his attorney, at Room
1O8, First National Bank building, In
the City OF Ell Centre, State OF Cali
fornia.
III. G. THOMAS,
Public Administrator.
JAS. w. GLASSFORD,
Attorney for Administrator.
SatApr.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate OF James M. Harcleroad, de-
ceased.
Notice Is hereby given by the under
administration with will annexed OF
the estate of James M. Harcleroad, de-
ceased, to the creditors of, and all per
ceased, to exhibit the same, with the
necessary vouchers, within ten. months
after the first publication Of this notice
to the said administrator win Ietters
10 Security Bank building, Ell Centro
California, the office Of her attorneys
/ j. Stewart Ross and X. u. Whitelaw
which office Is the place or the trans
action of her business.
! Dated March 13, 1916:
MonApr1O ALMA HARCLEROAD.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-23
MARCH g. 1916

Steve Ghent and Ethel Clayton as
Ruth Jordan. The picture was pro-
duced on the identical spot which
inspired William Vaughan Moody in
his writing and abounds with wealth
of marvellous scenic value as well as
dramatic acting. "The Great Divide"
will be the attraction Sunday next at
the Palace.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate Of Angelo Cugnago, decea.

Estate OF Angelo Cugnago, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given by the under
signed, administrator of the estate of
Angelo Cugnago, deceased, to the cred
itors Of, and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit
the same with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first pub
lication of this notice, to the said ad-
ministrator or his attorney at Room
1O8, First National Bank building, in the
City of El Centre, State of California.
Dated March 18th, 1916.
H. G.. THOMAS, Administrator.
JAS w. GLASSFORD,
Attorney for Administrator.
8 SatApr1
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-23
CITY AND VALLEY

Necktie Social-Miss Mary Moores
teacher of the West Side school, gave
a necktie social and entertainment
Tuesday evening, March 21. A good
attendance is reported and a good
time.
X X
Ladies' Aid Entertained-The La
dies Aid Society of Seeley Union
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-23
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of George A. Smith, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given by the under
of the estate of George A. Smith, de-
ceased, to the creditors of, and all per-
sons having claims against the said
deceased, to exhibit the same, with the
necessary vouchers, within four months
after the first publication of this no.
tice, to the said administrator, at 10S
First National Bank building, in the
City Of Eel Centre, state Of California.
Dated February 28th, 1916.
H. G. THOMAS, Administrator.
JAS. w. GLASSFORD,
Attorney for Administrator.
~ SatApr15
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-23

DR.. H. C. Atwood, Ell Centro Ma
tional Bank Bldg. Practice limited to
Osteopathy.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-03-23
REALTY TIP ANSFERS

Reported daily by the Peoples Alb
stract and Title Company:
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-24
HONDURAS SHY ON movies"
Consular District Has Only One The.
alter and the Admission Prices
Vary.

There is but one motion picture es-
adjustment in the Tegucigalpa, Hon
duras consular district, the Teatro de
Variedades, in Tegueigalpa. A num-
Der of causes combine to prevent the
industry from being more successful
among which are poor transportation
facilities, the small purchasing power
OF the masses, the sparse population
generally, and the lack of electric serv-
ice in all the other interior towns.
In Tegucigalpa performances are
given three or four nights week, com
mencing at $3.50 or 8 o'clock, and last
ing until midnight or after. Approx
mately about forty-nine hundred feet
Of film are shown nightly. The prices
of admission vary with the quality of
the film. Old films, of the regular
stock sketches, are sometimes dis
played at prices ranging from ten to
thirty cents, depending on the loca-
ton of the seats. Other nights, when
such films as Lies Miserables" are
run, the prices are trebled; and for
ordinary new films the usual charge
is about fifty cents for the best seats
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-24

Parents Should Not by Any Means
Make Everyone Conform to
Same Pattern.

Mothers and fathers must realize
that every human being is distinct
individual, with his own peculiar gifts,
traits ard qualities; with a something
distinctly his own which should make
him in some degree different from
everybody else. To a great extent the
effect Of school and home training has
been to destroy this best essence Of
the child: to make children more or
less alike, Miriam Finn Scott writes in
the Delineator. Such course fails to
make the most Of our children; child
so trained is factory product-one OF
thousands who have been turned out
on a standardized pattern. A child
whose personality has been allowed
we'll rounded development is an in
tinitely bigger and more useful EN-
bryonic adult than would the same
child be had he been turned out on
the factory plan. He has something
fresh (perhaps not big) to give to life,
and life has more to give him.
Of course when | speak of your
child's personality l do not refer to
manifestations of character which may
be merely overgrown faults-such as
egotism, smartness or domineering
spirit. We must be careful not to mis-
take overdeveloped faults for the
child's great strengths.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-24
Woman Conductors in kits.

kits instead of skirts for women
street car conductors, it seems, are to
be the new style. 1t is reported from
Oldham that skirts being found incon-
venient and, in wet weather, source
of discomfort-especially when the car
steps had to be climbed-have been
discarded in the woman conductors
uniform and replaced by kits and leg
gings, buttoning up the sides. If SOL
diers may wear kits, why not tram
conductors? The new fashion may,
for time, cause amusement, and even
ridicule, as was the case with umbrel-
las when first introduced, but addi-
tional comfort may overcome preju-
dice and lead to the innovation being
adopted generally.-London Chronicle.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-24
PERFUME LURES THIS AUTO
1t Plunges Across Sidewalk Into Big
Display Window on Broadway
New York.

Mrs. Harry e. Klein, wife of Charles
Dillingham's general manager, was ap-
preaching Longacre square, on Broad
way, in the new $4,000 automobile her
husband gave her for Christmas, says
the New York Telegram. Nearing
Forty-seventh street, she made up her
mind to run in near the curb and make
a purchase. But coming up, ION the
wrong side of the road" and heading
right at her Christmas gift, was low,
rakish machine of sinister aspect.
Mrs. Klein realized her peril. She
suddenly turned to the right to save
her car and avoid crash. The ma
chine bounded like gay torpedo out
of peril.
An actor on the sidewalk shouted
his best and fled, the Christmas car in
full pursuit. Through the plate-glass
windows of Peter Feriere's perfumery
shop the Christmas gift went.
In that window reposed perfumes
at nine dollars an ounce. Gasoline
and scents of Araby, Hymettus and
parts about the Christmas present
mingled.
Mrs. Klein, spattered with perfume
climbed out of the car, unhurt.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-24
LITTLE LESSON ON MANNERS
Circuit Rider Knew His Hearers anG
Addressed Them in Words That
They Understood.

There fingers yet IN the caverns OF
memory the concinnity of a circuit
rider in the West Virginia mountains
who held forth one night IN all old
schoolhouse on the high peak OF Big
Sewell. The building was of unhewn
logs, with presspole roof and punch
con floor; the men seated on one side,
the women on the other. The aged
preacher arose and addressed his con-
gregation somewhat as follows:
Now, brethren and sisters, before
begin the services of the night, |
will offer you some advice on
elegance of manners. You ali wear
store boots and the women wear bro.
gans. Now, in moving your feet on
this puncheon floor it makes a loud
humping and ugly noise if you scrape
your boots along, which perturbs
everybody. So don't drag your feet;
lift them up straight and set them
down soft, and do not drag them
across the floor. Cough, spit, hawk
or sneeze as little as you can, and
If a man has to go out to see if his
horse is tied, to blow his nose or to
go to the spring, or for any other
reason, step light on the floor in them
cowhide boots and brogans. We will
now sing the twenty-third hymn"
The good old preacher when he re
ferred to persons going out for some
undesignated purpose probably knew
that the backsliders present had
jug near the spring.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-24

Landlord Was Noe Equipped by Ma
ture TO- Get the Best of ShTeWd
p. T. Earnum.

In the very interesting book OF
Renaissance that ?. T. Barnum, the
famous Snowman, wrote 40 years ago,
there is an amusing anecdote that re-
calls the days when the one-ring cir
Gus was the chief attraction Of the
long, hot summer.
The incident occurred when we
were at Hanover Courthouse, in Vir-
ginia, wrote Mr.. Barnum. 1t rained
so heavily that we could not perform
there, and Turner manager OF the
show decided to start for Richmond
Immediately after dinner. He was in
formed by the landlord that as our
agent had engaged three meals and
lodging for the whole company, the
entire bill must be paid, whether we
went then or the next morning No
compromise could be effected with the
stubborn landlord and so Turner pro-
ceeded to get the worth OF his money
as follows:
He ordered dinner at twelve o'clock,
which was duly prepared ana eaten.
The table was cleared and reset for
supper at 1890. At one o'clock we
all went to bed, every man carrying
lighted candle to his room. There
were SO Of us, and we all undressed
and tumbled into bed as if we were
going to stay all night.
In half an hour we rose and went
down to the hot breakfast that Turner
had demanded and that we found
smoking on the table. Turner was
very grave, the landlord was exceed
ingly angry, and the rest OF us were
convulsed with laughter at the absurd
ity of the whole proceeding We dis
posed of our breakfast as if we mad
eaten nothing for ten hours. and then
started for Richmond, satisfied that
we had fairly settled with the unrea-
sonable landlord-Youth's Companion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-24
Buccaneer in Old Panama.

If one must deplore the morals Of
that picturesque buccaneer, Morgan,
who destroyed Old Panama in the late
seventeenth century, the picturesque
result, at least, does him credit.
To inspect his work, you pass
through miles of luscious green coun-
try; by bull ring and rock shrine,
cross-tipped and splashed with wax
from pilgrim candles; along fences
with posts capped to keep the rain
from rotting them; by the villa of
some wealthy Panamanian up in the
hills; by cane huts with Ieafy roofs
plucked from the very back yard;
by khaki soldiers and natives with
nachetes.
Cathedral, courthouse, nunnery, bro
ken tower and shattered arch and
every ledge and loophole are outlined
with the delicate tracery of tiny palm
and fern and vine, arranged IN the
manner of our very best window
boxes.
The trouble with these tropics is
thai they overdo it bit.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-24
PUZZLE TO SCIENTIFIC MEN
Most Advanced of Specialists Conceds
They Know Little of the Vagaries
of the Brain.

A French sergeant who was wound
ed in the head in the Franco-Prussian
war of 1870 had abnormal times,
which lasted about thirty hours, dur
ing which he felt and smelt nothing,
although his appetite was normal.
During these abnormal periods GER
tain experiments were made with him,
and one of these was the writing of
an unseen letter. the writer's hand be-
ing hidden by special screen.
Ten sheets of paper were placed I'M
der his hand, and he would commence
to write. AS he wrote, the sheets
would be removed one by one, until
only the signature would appear on
the last. That is to say. he would
have written enc page Of writing on
ten sheets. Then he would be asked
to read his letter from the last sheet,
blank with the exception Of the sigma
ture. This he would do without miss
ing a word, making corrections where
necessary, and putting punctuation
marks exactly in the right place as
measured by the other sheets.
There is the case of Scottish law
yer, who, having a perplexing case in
hand, was observed by his wife to
get up one night, go to writing desk
in the bedroom, sit down and write
for a considerable time. Having care
fully folded his document, he then
opened his desk, put it away and came
back to bed.
Next morning he related a dream to
his wife, in the course of which he
had given an excellent expert opinion
on the case at issue, no single point Of
which he could recall. Judge Of his
surprise when his wife led him to mis-
desk, told him where to look, and di-
rected him to his own dream docu-
ment, where he found the whole mat
ter clearly written out and the whole
case satisfactory.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-03-24
Use Hay for BreastWorks.

Many thousands of tons of Texas
hay are being used as bulwark against
bullets on the lines of defense by the
British and French governments, Gal
weston dispatch to the New York
World states.
This fact has just come to light by
the statements of foreign buyers OF
hay, who also direct the compression
of the bales before shipment from this
port, to make them as nearly bullet
proof as possible.
Three ordinary field bales are COM
pressed into one bale before being
loaded on a vessel. This process gives
a bale the density that is said to make
it equal to steel plate in stopping bull
let's. 1t is stated that trenches are
being lined with the bales of hay.