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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-06-17
KING HILL NE WS.

Mrs. G. L. Bot was shopping in
Glenns Ferry Tuesday.
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Mrs, NJ. A. Coblantz and daughter.
Miss Eva, We're guests of D. f. Sud-
deth and wife at the Rainbor ranch,
Sunday.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-06-17

Mrs B. H. Hammett was shopping
at Glenns Ferry between trains,
Monday.
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Mrs. A. d. Crockett and son Mar
low were in Glenns Ferry on BUSH
ness, Tuesday.
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Miss Thelma Harris and Fay Mont
gomery were Glenns Ferry visitors
Monday
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Marion and Thomas Moffatt' chill
dren of r. S. Moffatt OF Glenns Fer
ry, are spending the week with MISS
Lois Morrison at her home south oil
town
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CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER

| hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the position of County
Commissioner of Dist No. 8, FL
more County, subject to the action
OF the Republican voters at the
Primary election, Sept. 9Th. If chos-
en- by the people for this position |
promise to devote myself earnestly
to the fulfillment of my official duties
with an efficient county government
at minimum cost as the end in view
F. H. BOWER
Prairie, Idaho.
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Miss Mona Morrison, who has been
attending high school in Boise the
past year, returned to her home here
Thursday.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-06-17

S N. Ayers and wife OF Pasadena
were in King Hill on business Tues
day.
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ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH

The Young Ladies Club and the
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CENTRAL GARAGE-Agents for
the Ford and King cars.
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For State Auditor, l.. L. Fulsom.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-29
MARRIAGE OF MISS
MAUK AND MR.. REEVE.

A pretty wedding of yesterday was
that of Miss Inez Mauk and Mr.. Mar
ion Reeve, at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. j. Mauk, on
urlow street. The event was solemn
lied at noon, being a quiet home af-
fair. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Lansing Burrows, D. d.
Mrs. Reeve is a pretty and accom-
pIihsed young Americas woman, and
hosts of friends here join in extending
s:ncerest congratulations. Mr.. Reeve
is connected with a Carolina railroad
and is a young man of fine character
The bride and groom left Immediately
after the ceremony on the Seaboard Air
Line railway for Charleston, where
they will make their future home.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-29
MISS CULPEPPER HAS
ELEVENTH BIRTHDAY.

The eleventh birthday of Miss Sara
Margaret Culpepper, the charming lit
tie daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Culpepper, was celebrated yesterday
afternoon with delightful party, the
guests being her little friends. The
color scheme of pink and white was
attractive with the decorations OF
chransanthemums and roses. Rock
was played and Miss Christine Brown
was awarded a Halloween gift for the
top score. Pink and white cream was
served. The guests were Misses Mary
Earl Allen, Ann Heys, Ida Gatewood,
Claire Harris, Nettie Claire McMath,
Ruth Everett, Annie Ruth Ray, Mary
Bell Van Ripper, Lucille Morgan, Eu-
genia Walker, Elmer Buchanan,
Christine Brown, Lucy Furlow, Mary
Elizabeth Easterlin, Rachael Beard,
Mary Frances Evans, Josephine Sim
mons, Mabel Sawyer.
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WINDSOR HOTEL NOTES

Guy NJ. Duggan, representing Proc
tor & Gemble Distributing Co., is in
Americas over Sunday.
Messrs. George and Adams, clerks
at tie New Albany hotel, were visitors
10 the city yesterday.
j. E. Norris, of West Haven, Conn,
representing the Yale & Towne Manu-
featuring Co., is registered at the
Windsor Hotel. Mr.. Norris has been
coming here for number of years
and is salesman for the famous Yale
licks.
H. Clay Clark, perhaps, better
known as Shorty Clark, is in the
city, looking down on old friends.
While Mr.. Clark now resides in At
lanta he still claims Americas as his
home
George N. Wilson is a well known
travelling salesman spending Sunday
in Americas.
George M. Stephens, of Atlanta, rep
resenting the International Harvester
Co., is in Americas for several days
looking after the interests of this con-
Germ.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-29
MISS PHYSIOC A
YOUTHFUL HOSTESS.

On Friday afternoon, at the home OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o. M. Physioc,
Miss Lolita Physioc entertained a num-
Der of her young friends, the occasion
being in honor of her birthday. Delic-
ious sandwiches were served, and
games were played. Guests attending
included Miss Elizabeth Sheffield, Miss
Hulette Humber, Miss Sara Oliver, Miss
Cornelia SILVER, Miss Mary Bowers,
Miss Halle Walker, Miss Marie Bell,
Miss Dora Riley. Miss Lucy Furlow,
Miss Annie Re Riley. At the conclus-
ion of the entertaining, Miss Physioc
with her guests visited local moving
picture place, all enjoying the exhi-
bition provided there.
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SILVER WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED.

An occasion of interest on Friday
evening was the celebration at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Emmett L. Muir
ray of the silver wedding anniversary
of this popular couple, who were mar
ried just twenty-five years on that
date The five course dinner served
at the Murray home on Rees park, in
honor of the occasions was attended
by number of out-of-town relatives
and friends, besides number OF
Americas people. Those seated in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. Hightower
of Thomaston; Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. May
Inard, Mr.. and Mrs. VIII c. Carter, M
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-29
Functions Planned For The
Halloween Day Of Tuesday

Another old Halloween game still
played in Scotland is to blindfold all
the young people and send them out
into the garden to pull the first stalk
touched. Returning, they inspect ciei1
prizes. If the stalk is large or small
straight or crooked, so shall lie the ru-
ture wife or husband. The quantity OF
dirt sticking to the roots indicates the
size of the fortune or dowry; the taste
Of the pith tells the temper Of wife or
husband.
These practices are described in
Robert Burns poem "Hollowe en-
In the days of Burns there was a
seriousness of thought in such cere-
monies which owing to a weakened
belief in supernatural displays, does
not exist today. For example when
one eats an apple before the glass now,
looking for a future lover to peep
over her shoulder into the same mir
rcr, she is prepared for a practical
joke. Not so the girl of the past.
Consequently, when wee Jenny OF
Burns poem, asks her grandmother to
go with her while she thus investi-
gates the future, the old woman re-
fuses, saying:
Nae doubt but ye may get sight;
Great cause we has to fear it;
For many ane has gotten a fright
And lived and died deleeret,
On sick's night"
Nor was granny's warning needless.
Instances are recorded of persons who
either from the effects of their own
Imagination or from some thoughtless
joke sustained severe nervous shocks
which affected their minds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-29

Tuesday, October 31st, is Halloween
and many functions are being planned
in Americas for the occasion, which is
always interesting old folks
join with the young folks.
In the Halloween celebrations OF
England. nuts and apples are the foods
that figure most largely, the pumpkin
being strictly an American innovation
So necessary is the nut that in north
ern England the 31st of October is
known as Nutcracker Night. and moi
only are mute cracked and eaten, but
they are made to decide important
questions as to love and marriage.
When young women would know ii
their lovers are faithful they put three
nuts upon the bars of the CRATE, nam
ing two nuts after two lovers and Civ
ing the third their own name. If a
nut cracks or jumps the lover will not
be faithful; if it begins to blaze or
burn he has a regard for the person
making the trial; if the nut named for
the girl and lover burn togetehr.
the twain will be made one.
An old game with apples still OBJ
served among young people is to hang
up a stick horizontally by string
from the ceiling. On one end of the
stick is placed lighted candle. very
securely; to the other is fastened an
apple. The stick is kept twirling, and
the merry-makers in turn leap to
catch bite of the apple.
The grand sport for the younger
members of the family is ducking for
apples. These float upon the top of a
tub full of water. and each contestant
is given one minute in which to bring
one out with his teeth.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-29

WASHINGTON D. c., Oct. 28.-How
he march of civilization in Darkest
Africa has been turned backward by
the war is graphically told in letters
coming from missionaries in the in
terror of the dark continent to the
Seventh Day ADVENTIST headquarters
here.
Fragmentary news leaking out from
ime to time indicated now half cen
Lury's work in the cause of civilization
was swept away at one stroke when
the tribes, taking advantage of the
warfare between British and Germans,
broke restraint and returned to the
rude customs of barbarism in which
they were found by Livingstone, Stan
ley and other explorers.
The most complete account of con
Gitions received at Missionary head
quarters so far has come from Mrs.
Minnie Toppenberg, the wife of Val
dermar E. Toppenberg who has charge
of the medical missionary operations
of the Seventh Day Adventists station
ed on the eastern shore of the Victoria
Nyanza. Her report came from IKE
rewe Island which formerly was part
of German East Africa.
Back to Middle Ages.
when the war began" she writes,
''at a stroke, we were set back to the
Middle Ages. We had none of many
things we had to find substitutes for.
We used bananas, native grains and
nuhogo for -four, wild honey for SUI
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and Mrs. H. B. Mashburn, Mrs. Leonora
Gardner, of Fort Valley, and Mrs. L.
" Gardner, of Montezuma. The we'll
appointed dining room was prettily dec
GRATED, chrysanthemums being used in
greatest profusion. Silver fligree
baskets and oliver place cards carried
into tasteful execution the silver we'd
ding idea.
Many handsome presents brought by
those hidden attested the popularity
and esteem in which the popular cou-
ple are held by Americas friends, and
throughout the state as we'll, and the
occasion will long be remembered as
most delightful by the fortunate
guests.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-29
MUSTACHE OF THE
SOLDIER MAY CO

LONDON, Oct. 2S-The long-honor-
: ed mustache of the English soldier
may soon be thing of the past. By a
revised army regulation it is now made
optional and already thousands of the
carefully cultivated hirsute adorn-
ments have fallen before the advance
OF the grim reaper-usually some
brand of American safety razor.
Old-timers in the army regret ire
passing of this mark of the soldier"
but the youngsters who have been
struggling lately to grow a respectable
appearing mustache have breathed a
distinct sigh of relief. 1t was compar-
iatively easy in the old days TO control
the army mustache but in the tremend-
our new fighting machine now martial
ed under the Union Jack, they had
gotten completely "out of bounds" and
had begun to border on the ridiculous.
SO an order has been issued striking
out the fateful words but not the up
per lip" from Paragraph No. 1896 of
the Kings Regulations. This para
graph originally read:
THE hair on the head will be kept
short. The chin and under-lip will be
shaved, but not the upper lip. Whis-
kers, if worn, will be of moderate
length"
In an attempt to comply with the
Regulation, and at the same time to
enjoy the freedom of a clean shaver
face, upper-lip and all, many of the
new subalterns and Tommies develop
ed what is known as the toothbrush
mustache. There were such variations
as the "tusk," the flytrap," the flick
sardonic" and the Fingered pert,
while some even went so far as to af-
feet a Kaiser twist" These were still
others who declined to refer to their
attempts at an outward and visible
sign of martial valor as anything but
1T"
1t is a salve to the old soldier that
the new rule is merely optional. 1t
would be great grief to many of the
old sergeants-major to part with the
splendid, branching twirlers they have
cultivated over five and twenty years.
And then, too, it would be entirely out
of the question to annihilate the old
tradition at one fell swoop.
The change to smooth upper lips is
already strikingly noticeable in Lon'
don, while at the front there no doubt
has been a great seraping of razors in
the first line trenches. 1t is estimated
the new order win result in much time
saving to the officers and soldiers, for
it does not require SO long merely to
"mow" the upper lip as it did to care
fully cultivate a bit Of downy fluff that
would pass muster on inspection days
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SOCIETY NEWS
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What do we live for, day by day?
Do we live to die, as I've heard peo-
pie say?
Oft when We see an old veteran go
by,
We say in our hearts. He's living
to die"
We never think of the toll he has
spent,
Or why his back is all crumpled
and bent.
If we could but read on his brave old
heart,
How he fought to win, how he did
his part,
We'd change our thoughts forever
more
And ponder on the days of yore.
We'd scatter sunshine on his way
And try to brighten the old mans day,
But when we see youth striving on
We say in sweeter, milder tone,
''That youth will reach the utmost
height,
GUST look at his eyes, SO full of
light"
The old has toiled and the light has
died,
But that's no sign that he has not
tried.
Time speeds on and the young grows
old
And his story of toll has ceased to be
told.
Youth is story of young and bold
Ard age is tale that's seldow told.
BY Ola Strother.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-29
MISSIONARY SOCIETIES TO
HOLD JOINT MEETING.

A joint meeting of the Woman's Mis-
sionary society and the Hortense Tins
ley Missionary society will be held at
the First Methodist church next Mon
day afternoon, October Both, at
o'clock. Each person attending is ex-
pected to bring a contribution of can
ned goods, such as preserves. jellies
etc. These goods will be packed at
the church and sent to the Scarritt Bi-
Bile and Training School, which is very
much in need at present. All persons
interested that are not members of
these societies are cordially invited to
attend and contribute.
An interesting program will be car
ried out, after which the meeting will
be turned into a social. Light refresh
ments will be served.
The program to be rendered fol-
LEWIS:
Song.
Prayer
Scripture Lesson-Mrs. ]. A.
Thomas.
Duet-Miss Mitch Payne and Mrs,
Joe Bryan.
Talk, Home Life at Scarritt"
Field.
Solo-Miss Blanche Snider
Prayer.
Adjournment; Social Hour.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-29
Civilization Gets a Big Set
Back In March Through Africa

gar, candles made of tallow for ligrt,
soap from wood ashes and lime.
Clathes were also unprocurable, so we
ware pants, etc. made of goat and ga
zelle skins, and made yarn of cotton
and knitted our stockings.
"Uproar among the natives was fear
ed by the government people at the be-
ginning of the war end we were in
structed to inform the natives by our
stations that there was no war between
Europeans and natives, only soldier
against soldier Not long after the
opening of the war, the Marias, fierce
and war-like tribe east of Busegwe,
old Oldest station, came swarming the
country, robbing cattle, and at one
time when they plundered in Usukuma
by Kanadi one of our workers lost
his life in defense of the people for
whom he faithfully worked. He was
stabbed from behind by a spear.
Early last June, the English occu-
pied Ukerewe Island, where am writ
ing this, and in July they took Mua-
wit, the seat of the provincial commits
sioner of this province, in which all
our stations on the German side are
located. When the natives heard of
this, they lost fear of the German
officials and even openly disobeyed or
ders, and it got worse when all the
officials as well as military left Ikidzu,
going south. Uproar started immed-
lately by the natives in Ikidzu, killing
the native police and watchmen left to
guard the station. They robbed the
government property, and it was re-
ported to us that the Christians who
had been left behind by DR.. Vasenius
to watch mission property had been
driven away, some killed, and their
huts burned | tried to send messen-
gers to them with words of courage
and instruction, but all returned with
the letters because of the war raging
everywhere. The uproar spread quick
ly from tribe to tribe, every day bing-
ing new and startling reports.
MY family and l were the only Eu-
ropeans left in the district as far south
as the river Mbalageti, and we had
been warned by the government offic-
ials that an uproar was to be expected;
also in the last word we heard from
any of our missionaries Mr.. Ohme
wrote upon going south to meet his
company that he feared an uprising,
but that he did not know of any safe
place where he could advise us to go.
We could not very we'll, with a fifteen
months old baby, run around in the
unknown with the soldiers, and where
as we expected that the English very
soon would show up, we decided to
wait on our station until we should
get some evident sign that we ought
to leave.
Everything to Protect.
1--WE did what we could to protect
ourselves, put in night watches, and
for the rest committed ourselves to
Gods protection Finally the uproar
spread to Busegwe also. A chief and
his sub-chief with women and children
had fed from Niagangl with their $50
head of cattle, but the Busegwe ma
tives surrounded them and robbed
them Of all the $50 cattle and killed one
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woman and one child. By this time the
excitement was started, the natives
painted themselves for war and wore
spears, swords and poisoned arrows.
They rushed in crowds here and there,
and came finally bowling and yelling
on the mission land towards our house.
We saw that the time had come to
leave, so we had everything made
ready for the fight. Several chiefs
who were robbed of all their property
by the invading natives came to us
when the natives sought to kill them.
They had before earnestly besought US
to ask the English to come to quiet the
uproar, but the British force had only
gotten one of our three notes, and were
very busy elsewhere and could not
come, but advised us to come to them.
so off we started. At every krall
we came to We heard of new troubles.
For eight days we remained behind in
land in uproar and we were very
tired from the nervous strain and loss
of sleep. Friday evening we arrived
at Sizaki one of our missions. Here
the natives had already robbed some
of the mission and private property,
and the teacher had fled away. Sizaki
was also in state of war, the sub
chiefs having been robbed of their
cattle, and the natives were attempts
ing to rob the property of the chief
when we came. We felt it might be the
last day we would ever see, and yet
we decided to wait here over Sabbath.
When we went on five chiefs who
feared for their lives, and their sub
chiefs, accompanied us through al
country like geological garden. Right
and left were hundreds upon hundreds
of zebras, heartebeast, wildebeas.,
many antelopes and gazelles, and other
animals. That evening we slept by the
seashore at Spoke Gulf, on the south
eastern shore of the lake Here the
Swahile overseers of the lime works
had been killed, we saw their empty
huts as well as the empty house of
the European who used to live here,
Monday we came into country under
the chief Ukerewe, and Tuesday we
were by the channel separating Uker-
eve Island from the mainland. We'd
nesday we crossed in the canoes and
soon were met by the English outposts
we dere in safety. The chief official
came down to meet us, and received US
very kindly. We were brought to the
camp at Buramba, where we were
given a nice, comfortable thatch hut
Since coming here we have received
news of how the natives have not only
robbed one station after another, bur
how they have destroyed the buildings
and everything in them. We had hoped
to be able to stay here until the Eng
lsh officials came to bring order and
law into the country, and then go
back to our station at Busegwe, where
we shall, of course, find all our things,
however, that we will likely be called
to Muakza, where all Europeans are
sent who come from the German coll
cny. 1 suppose this place is yet not
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-29
MUSIC STUDY CLUB TO
MEET WEDNESDAY.

The Music Study club will hold its
Regular meeting Wednesday morning
at 1870 O'Clock, at the residence of
Miss Elizabeth Cobb, on Lee street. The
subject of study is Beethoven" and
several piano numbers will be render
ed. An invitation to all is extended,
especially the members.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-10-29
CHORAL CLUB TO MEET
MONDAY At MISS ARGOS STUDIO

The usual meeting of the Choral club
will be held on Monday night, Octo-
Der Goth at 1880 p. M, at the studio
Of Miss Helen Argo. All interested in
this work are cordially invited to at.
tend
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MRS. NILES TO HAVE
A CHURCH SHOWER.

Mrs. Clarence o. Niles will enter
tain with shower at her College stree
home for the Episcopal church Mon
day afternoon at o'clock. Many are
invited to attend the function.
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considered without danger from attack
eve have had much sickness in our
family through these two years, but We
than God that our lives have been
spared through these seven years of
labor in Africa"