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The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Miss Clara Johnson (No. y was the
general-in-chief of the 1916 play
ground drive and maneuvered her
5000 children-troops thru the jolliest
summer-campaign of them al. She
knows 5000 Topeka children by
name.
Miss Lulu Mckee (No. 81 has more
than a local reputation in play
grounds. Her success with children
earned her a Chautauqua contract and
she spent July in telling western
audiences about playground work.
Both she and Mrs. Effie Overmeyer
(No. 13) are pioneers in the city play
ground work Both have had marked
success in unearthing the vein of dra-
matte talent, which is present in every
child, by means of simple, impromptu
dramatiZations of children's stories.
If Topeka ever produces any Anna
Pavlowas 1t will probably be due to
Miss Margaret Prout Cd of the In
poria State Normal. In the las six
weeks she has taught hundreds of
children the folk and other dances.
Chesney park and Quincy play
ground children received a thoro
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26


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The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

grounding in good citizenship as re-
suit of the fine playground cities"
started by Miss Bertha Kitchell G6)
and Roscoe Graves go. Most Of the
Chesney children can give thei- lar
ents points on court procedure Us the
result of the securing of prominent
Topeka lawyers as advisory counsel.
Miss Kitchell also introduced making
of blueprints of the different flowers
and leaves, the most popular play
ground fad" of the summer.
And then Bre'r Rabbit said: 81 was
born and bred in brier patch, Bre'r
Fox, bred an born in one" Many
Topeka children will recognize the
foregoing phrase as the close of one
of the Uncle Remus'' stories, told in
the original dialect, by George Hamil-
ton q an Emporia Normal student,
who entertained thousands of children
on Topeka Fairgrounds the past sum-
mer by his Storytelling ability.
Miss Okellan Grant (9) was the di-
rector of Washington playground
which won considerably more than
its share of the athletic events of the
past season.
Miss Ruth Carver 9 has the dis
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Above are the pictures of sixteen
SPECIALISTS in good times for children"
whose work on Topeka Fairgrounds
the past summer. has wrought a big
benefit to 5000 Topeka children in
healthful recreation. nature study,
athletics and plain fun
Those interested in playground work
assert that the 1916 season has been
the most successful since the estab-
iishment of the Fairgrounds and that
the Topeka grounds are models for
the state.
The kiddies have had varied menu
OF all kinds, from baseball 20 croQuet;
a doll parade, picnics, nature study.
manual training, storytelling, folk
dancing, games exciting elections and
trials in the playground cities and
courts and a hundred other good
times
The sixteen directors in the picture
constitute the reasons why Topeka
mothers breathe a sigh of relief when
the word playground is mentioned.
For they have taken a good many tons
of care and watchfulness from the
shoulders of Topeka parents.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Give 1. attention, avoid exposure. be
regular and careful of your diet, also com
Balsams- Is slightly laxative. DR.. Kings
New Discovery eases your cough, soothes
your throat and bronchial tubes checks
your cold. starts to clear your head In
short time you know your cold is better.
Its the standard family cough syrup III
use over 40 years. Get bottle at once.
Keep it in the house as cold insurance.
Sold at your druggist.-Ady.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS
There is no speech nor language to express
Inc secret messages of God, that make
Perpetual music in the hearing heart.

Henry Van Dyke.
The call of God to I'D and helm our Lord in
HIS light against evil and Brown
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
When health is lost, something IS lost
When character is lost,-al is lost-Anon
correction that is prayed for becomes grace
Is received IN the right spirit because in the right
spirit but to accept dubly suleny spirit
atefulness is to lose the advantage of chastisement-
Joseph Parker
theoretically know that He doeth "an things we'll"
ana tnat all things work together for love
oo out 1t IS triumph of faith which brings great glory
TO GOD when IN the time of natures whole soul
OF the believer rejoicing accepts the Lords dealings
Don't worry about the future,
The present is all thou hast;
The future will soon be present
And the present will soon be st!-Anon
we sha never the sacredness of secular
we remember that the Son of God world that by
Him all things not simply all souls held ogether-G
Johnston Ross.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

fenses: Murder 30. theft 10, murder
Gus assault 6, by night riders s. al
legged murder 8, accessory to murder 2,
poisoning mules 8, wife beating 1, race
prejudice l, unnamed cause 1, insults
to women 2. attempts to commit the
unmentionable crime 4, for committing
the uncomfortable crime 10.
All these lynching with one excep-
ton (Illinois) took place in the south.
During the same period there were "a
legal executions in the United States,
So of which took place in the south.
The following table speaks for itself:
Lynchings Legal executions
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

That anarchy, once it becomes
dominant, does not confine itself to
the limits of its first intention. is evil
denced by the fact that of "a persons
lynched during the first six months of
1915, 10 were white, an increase of 9
white persons for the same period of
the previous year.
Insane Cruelty.
These lynchings are orgies of mad
dened brutality, insane cruelty, inhu
man barbarity.
The lynchers are not apprehended.
Prisoners are taken from court rooms.
Sheriffs give up their prisoners. Gov
ernors do nothing. Washington never
opens its mouth. The constitution
goes by the board. The principles of
law and order go for nothing. A gov
ernor says, 'tTo hell with the constitu-
ton" and is not officially rebuked.
Colored mems property is burned or
blown up. Colored men are whipped
by night riders and driven from COM
munities. In all such cases the courts
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26
Aliens FoOt-Ease for the Troops.

Many war zone hospitals have ordered
Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powder,
for use among the troops. Shaken into the
shoes or used In the foot bath, Aliens Foot
Ease gives rest and comfort takes the fr1c-
tfon from the shoe, and prevents the rect
Ssfffnr tired or foot-sore- Drug and De
55srfment Stores everywhere sell it, 25c-
Don't accept any substitute.-Advertise-
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26
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The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

First United Brethren church,
Twelfth and Quincy streets, G. K
Hartman. pastor. Morning sermon
subject, "Rain-A Symbol of Divine
TRUTH The pastor speaks at the
Union service at the First Congrega-
t:onal church in the evening
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

First Presbyterian church, Stephen
S. Estey, D. D., pastor. In the morn
ing the Rev. John A Fazel. assistant
pastor. will preach on Divine Storm
Signals No evening service
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Reformed Presbyterian church, 92O
Clay streets. c. A. Dodds, minister
Morning sermon subject, THE Great
Sin Bearer"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Seabrook Congregational church,
Nineteenth and Highland avenues,
Robert D. Bussey. pastor. Preaching
services morning and evening.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Lynchings are not confined to any
particular offense. In 1915 to october
II there were IS persons lynched in the
limited States for the following Of
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

First United Presbyterian church,
Eighth and Topeka avenues, Edgar L.
| Smith, pastor. The Rev. Mr.. Copley
will preach in the morning
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

First Methodist Episcopal church,
Sixth and Harrison streets, Benjamin
Young pastor Morning sermon sub
ject, John of the First Century and
His Message for To-day"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Church of the Good Shepherd
North Quincy and Laurent streets
John c. Petrie, pastor. Mathis Choral
with vested choir at 1890 o'clock
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Third Presbyterian church, Fourth
and Branner streets, s. B. Aldcrson,
pastor. Morning sermon subject. "A
Conversation Which Led to Christ" "
No evening service.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Central Congregational church, Will
lis Goldsmith associate pastor. Morn
ing sermon subject, Concerning the
| lColleotion.''
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Central Park Christian church, Six
teenth and Central Park avenues, II.
j. Corwiae, pastor. Communion and
preaching in the morning. No even
ing service.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Grace Cathedral, Eighth and Tay-
Ior streets, j. P. deb. Kaye, dean: G.
M. Geisel, canon. Holy communion ut
1880 O'Clock. No evening service.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

East Side NJ E church, Seventh and
Limo streets, J. F. Youngman, past or.
Preaching services morning and eve
ming
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Oakland NJ. E. church. Sardou and
Chester avenues, A. E. Peterson. pas
tor. Morning sermon subject. Songs
from Prison." Evening. "A Precious
Gift and the Folly of Rejecting It."
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Evangelical church, Fourth and
Monroe streets. B. H. Hobbs, pastor.
Preaching morning and eyening.
Morning service at 10:45 O'Clock.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26
CHURCH NOTICES

(These notices must be i'm The
State Journal office by 2 O'Clock on
Friday afternoon. Unless otherwise
noted i'm this column, services Will be
held at IL O'Clock in the morning and
O'Clock in the evening.)
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

New Thought society, Unity church
GA Topeka avenue. Mrs. Lrcia
o. Case will speak in the morn
ing on the subject, Christ in You the
Hope of Glory"
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

First Baptist church, Robert Cor
don, pastor. Morning sermon by DI
Fred Berry, superintendent of evan
gelism under the Baptist state conven
ton.
The Topeka state journal., 1916-08-26

Second Presbyterian church, North
jackson and Gordon streets, Joseph
P. Hicks, pastor. Morning sermon sub
ject, rs Old Time Religion More
Cheerful than Christian Science 2"
Union evening service in the evening
with sermon by the Rev. Herbert
Jones.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-19

that extent. Printers live in houses.
eat and buy clothes, and every employ
ed printer in Americas helps the town.
Lithographic work is very nice, but a
good piece of letter-press work can
rot be excelled even by engraving.
Then we have our variety works and
Lumber plants, and their employees
have to live just like the cigarmaker
and the printer. The collar and harm
ess factory is big thing for our city.
and if all the merchants of Americas
and Sumter county handled the home
made collar and harness, you would
see a stream of workmen going to and
from this factory morning and even
ing that would astonish you. Our mar
BILE works ned the patronage of our
citizens, for the workmen employed
therein live here and will spend their
money here. The mattress factory
repair shops for automobiles and other
machinery, the laundry, and other
home institutions benefit the town and
deserve the patronage of our citizens.
In our stores We have everything
heart could wish-dry goods, groceries,
furniture, hardware, drugs, etc, ant
any need can be supplied. Every dollar
sent off for these things is a direct
blow to Americas.
If we want to see our town and
county grow and prosper, let's mani
fest it by buying at home 1t helps to
build up the town, and indirectly helps
each individual.
Your articles on home patronage are
timely. We need to practice your pre-
cepts. Gice US more of them.
FELIX.
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The Public
Safety Value
Americas, Ga, July 18th, 1916.

Americas, Ga, July 10Th, 1916.
Editor Times-Recorder:
1t is said that the consciousness OF
duty well performed is labors richest
reward. But there are times when a
word of encouragement brings fresh
inspiration and new strength for the
battles we are fighting.
In your last Sundays edition appe&-
&c an ad. urging the citizens of Amer
icus and Sumter county to a more lib
eral patronage of our home institu-
tons of different kinds, and giving no.
tlce that this was the first of a series
of articles on this line Every person
who has the interest of our city and
county at heart can but endorse the
spirit of these articles, for that which
helps the whole community helps the
individual citizen.
But mere platitudes do not brig
benefit. BE thou fed" does not fill the
empty stomach. Good will alone does
not bring prosperity to our manufac-
turing enterprises, shops, stores, etc.
We must give them the benefit of our
patronage. If l send dollar out Of
Americas for some article that could
have been purchased here, injure my
city just to that extent, and in injuring
my city injure myself.
We wonder why it is that some Of
our manufacturing plants in years
past have failed and gone down to
ruin. In nearly every instance it is
traceable to a lack of patronage;
sometimes to bad management. Bu,
generally they failed because we didn't
buy their goods in preference to
spending our money with foreign con,
Germs. If l smoke a cigar manufactur.
Ell elsewhere when I could get one
made in Americas, I injure my city.
Cigarmakers buy groceries ard
clothes, rent houses, and spend their
money just like other folks, and the
more cigarmakers there are in Ameri-
Gus the greater demand for houses,
groceries, etc. If l send out of Amer
icus for a job of printing, whether it
be "gutter-snipe," bill head or wed
ding invitation. Americas is injured to
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-19
Touring Week
To Stir Spirit
True Motorists

The country's call of the road,
sounded by National Touring Week, is
singing in the ears of every motorist
tt whom vacation spells the free and
the open. When August 9th, the date
Of the week automobilists are setting
aside for spending their vacations in
cneir cars, is based on the calendar.
motorists by thousands will be on the
road from the Atlantic shore to the
Pacific coast.
No movement has ever produced a
more spontaneous or nationwide re-
Spouse, The call to come, wander-a
wheel" has cast its spell to the re-
mote village, and into the isolation of
the great city.
There is yet much of the normal in
the human animal, Notwithstanding
his centuries of what he terms civiliza-
ton. In his heart he is often the
gypsy. He dreams, as he works, OF
fields afar, and beauty spots hidden in
the woodlands for his particular joy
With vacation the spell to go forth
and find them grows irresistible.
What more in harmony with mod
ern efficiency and love of creature
comforts than the nomad should do
his wanderings in motor car. The au-
tomobile tourist is the gypsy de luxe,
Therefore, motorists by thousands are
hearkening to the call of National
Touring Week.
Newspapers, automobile clubs, and
automobile dealers, at once sensing
the popular appeal of the movement,
have aligned themselves with it. Tie
momentum it has already gained will
carry the outpouring of motorists far
beyond the single week set for the
touring festival.
Take that vacation in your motto"
car if you would drink the full meas
ure of it," is the warning of the sum,
mer
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-19

ROAD BUILDING NOW
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 49,
Ninety per cent. of the registration
and license fees paid in 1915 by au-
tomobilists to the state, or $16,213,3 1897
was spent for the building and main
tenance of county and state roads, ac-
cording to a compilation just pub
lished by the Office of Pablo Roads.
L S. Department of Agriculture. In
all, 2,445, Sob motor vehicles were reg
istered in that year and their owners
paid total of $1S,245,713 for registra-
tons and drivers and dealers IL
censes. This is an increase of $685.
100 over 1914, and an increase of 1884,
1926 in the number of vehicles regis
tered. Automobile fees now defray
nearly Z per cent of the total amount
spent on rural road and bridge build
ing, whereas in 1906 the income from
this source was less than three-tentha
of l per cent. of the total expenditure.
The growth o fthe volume of fees and
registrations is noted by the fact that
in 1901 New York, the first state to re-
quire fees, collected only 1854 In
1906 only $4,000 cars were registered
throughout the entire United States.
BY 1915, however, the number had
jumped to the figure given, so that
there is slightly more than one mo
tor car registered for each of the 3
$4,000 miles of road outside of the
Incorporated towns and cities.
The relation between cars ana road
mileage varies widely in different sec
tons. There is only one motor car
fer every miles of rural road in Ne
yada, but nearly six motor cars for
every mile of such road in New Jer-
sey. There is an average of one motor
car registration for every A persons
in the United States. Iowa apparently
leads, however, with one motor car
fol- every Is persons, while only one
for every 200 persons is registered for
Alabama.
1t must be understood, however,
that the figures of registration do not
necessarily represent a total number
Of cars, as some of the states do not
require annual registration, other
group pleasure and commercial cars
and motor cycles in their accounts.
There is great inequality in the res
istration fees charged by the different
states. The average for the United
States was $146 The state of Yer
mont, however, secured in 1915 a
gross revenue of $3.50 for each motor
car, while Minnesota received only
about 80 cents annually for each car
IN Texas and South Carolina no an
nual registration fees are collected, the
Orly requirement being a county fee
Of so cents and 81 respectively for per-
elnial registration. Most of the states,
however, also levy annual taxes on
motor vehicles and this adds i'm
portantly to the public revenue cor
tributed by the owners of motor-pro-
PEELED vehicles.
In the use of fees, however, there
SENS to be a general policy of ap-
plying the major part of the money
collected from automobilists directly to
road betterment In AZ of the states
of the Union all or the major portion
of the motor-vehicle revenue must be
expended for the construction, i'm
provement, or maintenance of the pub
lie roads, or for the maintenance of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-19

the State Highway Department. In &c
states. all or the major portion Of the
net motor-vehicle revenues are ex-
pended by or under the supervision CT
direction of the state Highway Depart
ment. In seven states one-half to one
fourth of the state motor-yehicle rev
enues are expended through the State
highway Department, and the re
mainder by the local authorities. Many
states, in addition to applying license
fees to road construction expend for
this purpose a large part Of the fines
and penalties collected from owners.
California Leads in Fees Collected.
In the number of registrations New
York state led in 1915 with 255 ,242;
Illinois was second with 18O,882; Cal
irornia third with 163,797; and Penn
sylyania fourth with 16O137. In gross
revenues received from this source,
however, California led with $2,027-
1872; New York was second with ST.
991.1S1; Pennsylvania third with ST.
665.276; while Iowa, with $4,000 cars
registered, came fourth in point o.
revenue with $1,533,O54.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-19

Inc people whose advertisements
you read in this paper are on the level
They're not afraid of their goods.
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claI train will start from Rich
Ca, $50 a. M, and returning
cave COrdele 11;OO p. NJ, giving
time to attend all attractions.
H. P. EVERETT. Agent.
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PECIAL,
TRAIN
TO
Ordele, Ga.
IufSdaV, July 10th.

ccount W. Q. W. Log Rolling.
Is doing, including Baseball,
'Rg' Barbecue, etc. Rates open to
vOund trip from
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Do Exist in Georgia
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than P s ns that 4 } e 0 few points enjoy lowe" rates
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the aoa % sa5s oe sn soGm Act @ @
cosOa of interstate systems of rates conformity with
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beginning il the
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~. Except Sunday.
J l. HIGH1OWER agent,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-03
AUDUBON THREAT
TO SUE JOHN FOX, JR
He Is Accused of Violating the
Federal Migratory
Bird Law.

WASH NoroN. May John Fox. Jr.
the author. is ont Of favor with the Audu-
bon societies Of the United States and
may be reported to the Attorney General
% the United States. In a recent maya
zine article Mr.. Fox wrote that he was
one uf party which shot birds in
Florida.
r. Gilbert Pearson uf New York city.
secretary of the National Association Of
Audubon Societies, speaking before the
National Conservation Congress in ses-
sion here. charged TODAY that Fox :
party violated no, only the Federal
migratory bird law but the state laws Of
Florida and that the case would proba-
bly, be brough, 10 the attention of the
Department OF Justice by the Audubon
Societies
THE man WHO wrote that article Is
not poor. illiterate inhabitant OF the
southern swamps" sad Secretary Pear
son. He did not kill the birds TO sell
their feathers for a few dollars with
which to help feed his family. lie il a
successful writer Of novels and stories.
many OF which ! have bought and read
with pleasure.
The birds killed b. his party were
wards OF the Government n'-birds that the
Audubon societies members have been
giving money to protect and the birds
for which one good man has given up his
life"
The president Of the Florida Audubon
Society, Mr.. Pearson says. has threat.
ened to prosecute Fox should he at any
time return TO Florida. The Federal Law
provides a fine of not more than 500 or
Imprisonment for not more than ninety
days or both