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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-24

content to be merely one of the crowd
hut wanted to be head of the move
ment. His personal magnetism ami
generally likeable character quickly
won him friends and supporters and
SOON he became one of the student
leaders.
After having been graduated from
West Point and having served with
General Miles in campaign in Mexico
against the Indian chief Germino,
Pershing was stationed as military
instructor at the University of Ne
braska. His friends there remember
his as fun-loving young man who
enjoyed music and dancing, parties
and other social activities and who
appreciated good joke
"Old Jack Best" the veteran trainer
at the University, remembers Pershing
Intimately. He was the finest man
that l ever worked WITH" said Best.
Its true he was mighty strict with
his work but the results he got were
SO good that everybody he worked
with loved him for it. When he was
here we had regiment the university
could be proud of. just worshipped
that man and everybody around the
University felt the same about him
If any of YOU newspaper men get
a chance to tell it to him, you just
say that old Jack wishes him the best
luck in the world and that he hopes
he will beat the Germans alone.
Usually he was mighty dignifed
III his work but he had a way of get
ting next to new men, continued
Fest The first time / ever saw him
he walked right up to me, slapped
ne on the shoulder and said, We'll,
Jack, they tell me you got along
mighty we'll with my predecessor. Ii
YOU did, | am darned sure well ge.
along just as WELL
The boys of the University got a
surprise the first day Pershing drill
ed them,'' said Best. 1T had been
their habit before that time to come to
drill with shoes bIackened or not, just
as they pleased When Pershing took
rold, the first thing he looked at was
to see that all shoes were well black
ei and that the heels looked as good
as the toes. He was just that thor
cugh- going in everything all the time
He was Al in every way and you
can ask anyone who knows him if that
isn't the gospel truth"
Odd as it may seem in a fighting
man, General Pershing's one fad, ac-
cording to his sisters, is gardening.
His father was an expert gardner and
the taste descended to the military
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-24
CNMPTON.JONES.

Miss Jewel Compton and Mr. Harvey
d. Jones, of Florida, were married
Yesterday in the study of Central Bap-
fist church, Rev. George F. Brown Of
floating. Miss Compton has been a
popular and efficient member of the
telephone exchange force here, and
has many friends in Americas, who
regret that her marriage will take her
away from this city. The groom is
prominent business man in his native
state. MIR. and Mrs. Jones left imme
diately after the ceremony for De-
Land, Fla.
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tanned fashion o the platform during the dinner hour
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-24
SPECIAL SERMON
ON WHITE G|F t"
REV. LEROY HENDERSON DELIY
Erred INTERESTING AND TIMELY
DISCOURSE AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.

THE Wise Men and The White
GIFTS" was the subject of a special
Christmas sermon delivered by Rev.
Leroy Henderson, d. D., at First Pres
byterian church yesterday morning,
In the course of his remarks, DR..
Henderson said:
The story of the Wise Men, old
and familiar, is ever bewitchingly new.
1t is a story of faith, hope and love.
First, Faith. They saw star. They
did not question it, they did not turn
away from it. They believed it. So in
the sky of every one there comes
star-the outstanding of the truth is
behind it. 1t might be the Christian
life of a father or mother, the lesson OF
Sunday school teacher, the message
of a faithful preacher, the PERSONAL
word of a friend. Don't trifle with
your star. Don't question it; don't
turn away from it, but believe it.
Second. Hope. The faith of TIE
Wise Men took shape in hope, and they
set out expecting to find that in which
cy believed So long as they kept
their eyes on the star their hope was
bright, and following the star, they
f1a'1y realized the object of their hope
laa came to where the young Child
was. So in faith, we must work along
the' lines of hope, till our hope Of
faith becomes the hope of experience.
Third. Love. When they found the
young Child the Wise Men first wor-
slipped. giving themselves in humble
allegiance to the King, then gave their
costly gifts of gold, frankincense and
myrrh.
"Kublaklan of Ancient Carthage, was
ruler good and true, and on his
birthday his subjects came, owing
their allegiance and bringing to him
white gifts The rich brought pearls
and ivory the poor brought white doves
and rice. The king accepted all gifts
alike, the only requirement being chat
they all be white.
so we should first give ourselves
in allegiance to our King, and then
our white gifts; while in different
ways. First. because they are given
from a heart of love, in allegiance to a
&, cat and gIorious King. Second be-
cause they are very costly, the best
We have. We do not really give until
we give in sacrifice Third, because
! they are ready The gifts of the Wise
Men were prepared beforehand So
our gifts ought to be prepared in ad-
vance out of the earnings of the week
before, and not given haphazardly
Fourth. because they supply His need,
! When Joseph and Mary had to take
the young Child in Egypt, the gifts
OF the Wise Men no doubt, helped
to make the journey comfortable and
safe. So our gifts to him are used in
supplying the need of the poor and
giving His gospel to those who have
il not. Fifth, because given primarily
to Him. The Wise Men made their
gifts to Him The Other Wise Man
: made his to one Of the least of His
brethren Let us do as much and find
that inasmuch as we have done it unto
one Of the least of these His breth-
ycn, we have done it unto Him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-24
DANCE CHRISTMAS MORNING

There will be a script dance at the
armory tomorrow morning from ten to
one o'clock, beginning promptly on the
hour. With so many of the younger
folks home for the holidays, it is ex-
rected that there wilrbe an unusually
large attendance. The Hawaiian or
chestra will supply the music.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew d. Shivers
announce the birth of son on Deem
Der twenty-third at Pinehurst, Ga.
Mrs. Shivers will be recalled by her
friends in Americas as Miss Bufa Gam
mage.
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fLKS ISSUE INVITATIONS.

Invitations to the dance to be given
by the Americas Elks on Friday night
were mailed out today, more than two
hundred being issued. The dancing
will continue from nine to three, and
lunches and refreshments will be
served during the evening.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-24

The preceding announcement which
appeared in Sundays Atlanta Journal
will be of interest to Miss Hatcher's
many friends in Americas. rs the
guest of Miss Sara Sheffield, she has
freqnetly been a charming and popu-
lar visitor here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-24
AUTHORIZATIONS.

Mr. and Mrs Clifford Cicero Hatch
er announce the engagement and ap-
preaching marriage of their daughter,
Janet, to Mr.. Frank Walter Allcorn,
Jr. OF Jersey City, the marriage to
be solemnized on January 18th.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
IN LANGUAGE OF ELECTRICITY
Genuine Force In Advice Handed Out
In Words That Might Be
Said to Sizzle.

Baron l.. G. Rothschild, representa-.
tive of the Merchants Heat and Ligh,
company, could not resist his second
nature desire to pay his respects ia
his friends in the legislature The
baron is an enthusiast on the govern
or's economy crusade Meeting q
member of the lower house who was
greatly discouraged over the defeat In
the senate of the oil inspection repeal
bill, the baron was heard to remark
"My friend be light hearted; raise
your nerve voltage. You have suffi.
Gent installation in your system to
carry the load. Do not let one burnt.
out fuse incapacitate your system. II
necessary run your human dynamo AT
full capacity. Keep your finger on
your distribution system, and with the
support Of an honest public, you will
be able to develop nitrogen light
Of conviction on your fellow members
When a fellow stands for what is
right in principle he eventually wins.
The member listened attentively and
murmured: THE Goodrich economy
program Is current talk, all right
Indianapolis News.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
SLIM HIPS STILL IN VOGUE
Barrel Skirt, Hung Low, Permits No
voIuptuous Curves in These
Models.

1t has been thought that the loose
hip model which is now called the bar
rel skirt demands a specially curved
corset, but this Is not true. Corsets
cut according to the latest designs are
more than ever snug below the waist
over the hips as well as in the back and
front. The backs and fronts are liter
ally fiat and even when this effect is
only achieved by widening the waist
three! or four inches ii is done in order
to produce the proper outline.
Anything but a snug hip treatment
would make the new skirts look decid-
edly frowsy, and since the draping usu-
ally begins six or eight inches below
the waist, and that is set low, there
must be q definite line from which to
expand. Also most of the arrange
ments are so devised that from one
angle at least smooth, unbroken line
Is given. Sometimes two draped scarfs
are applied to the sides of the skirt and
these leave slender hip panel plainly
visible, sometimes the flare is produced
by a straight piece of material drawn
across the front of the skirt or shirred
into belt and then left to hang in
graceful cascades at the sides. In this
arrangement the back of the skirt is
treated In a similar manner or is left
perfectly plain. In either case the ac-
tual hip line Is not obliterated nor al
lowed anything but the slightest curve.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
TAILORED SUIT FOR STREET
Wearing Of Loose Coat Over "Just Any
Sort Of Dress" Is Decrled by
Head Of Fashion Art League.

"The woman who goes out to market
or to shop wearing loose fitting coat
over just any sort Of dress is not
keeping up a dignified appearance, and
her clothes mark her as sloppy" says
Nine. Allie F. Bailey, president of the
Fashion Art League of America. "The
tailored suit should be worn for such
occasions.
"Skirts are to hang straight, with
2 to pa yards about the hem. They
should be 6 to inches from the ground
IA tiny bit longer than last season.
Dresses are to be of wool or combina-
tons of wool and silk, and the hats,
parasols and other accessories to be
worn with these gowns are to be Of
contrasting color to enliven the outfit.
In top coats or wraps for wear for af-
ternoon or informal evening events.
the material must be of silk or sheer
fabric and OF soft elaborateness to dis
tinguish the garment from winter or
utility wraps"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
Two Tones in Everything.

The seasons agog with two-tone ef-
fects, lettuce green and gold, beige
and wistaria, rose and silver, and
among the others every now and then
is black over white. 1t never occurs
the other way, however. Some Of the
very prettiest blonses are of white
rather heavy crepe or chiffon yelled
In very thin black gauZe and some
women have discovered that while the
one thickness transparent sleeves are
very unbecoming, making their arms
look unpleasantly bare, an inner lin
ing of white tulle achieves perfection.
A most becoming blouse is Of white
georgette yelled In black, box-plaited
so that the effect is that of stripe.
The neck is cut square finished with
a inferred band lightly embroidered in
rhinestones and the sleeves are incred-
IDLY full, not only box-plaited but gath
cred as well so that they bulge at the
elbows and droop Mt the wrist most
gracefully into wristband of en-
broidery.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
Feminine Eripperles.

Jabots are back In favor. But they
are never the skinny jabots of yester-
day. They are of cascade variety, de-
signed especially to be worn with a
suit of the Incroyable order.
There are some very effective gloves
for street wear of heavy cream kid,
bound with brown and stitched with
brown.
The paisley rage has extended to
handbags. And the newest ones are
made either with metallic clasp or
drawn up In a shirring Of silken cords.
Stencil patterns pursue us still.
They have just made their way into
the realm of bagdom. Bags of silk
are shown In many sorts of stenciled
patterns and these are usually mount
ed on metallic frames.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
WILL PUT VOLCANO TO WORK
italians Have Plan to Utilize Immense
Power That is Stored in the
Earth's Interior.

American humOrists have frequently
reveled in the idea of attaching pow
er plants to volcano, and making the
lsturber of the earth's peace work for
man, instead of destroying him and his
works. But the idea has been taken
from the lists Of the subjects on which
the wits may sharpen themselves, and
has become an actual fact. The Elec-
rical World brings to hand some re-
markable facts about the Harvesting
Of volcano.
The place of this modern wonder
IS at Larderello, In central Tuscany.
Italy Prof. Luigi luigi of the Uni
versity of Rome has made report on
the matter. 1t seems that numerous
cracks in the ground in this region
permit the escape of superheated vol
canic steam. These powerful jets have
been harnessed successfully to an cleo
tric power house. Already three 1900
kilowatt units are In operation. One
has been furnishing power since Janu-
airy, 1916. The second began work
last April. The third has just been
started This cheap power has been Il
great boon to the industries of Tus-
cany, crippled as they were by the
scarcity and high price of coal due to
the war.
The scenery in our own geyser coun-
try may yet be set to work, as 1t has
ut Niagara Falls. There are many
things yet to be done in the way of
cheaper power.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
Mails by AirpIane.

A regular airplane service between
New York and Chicago is proposed
1t is estimated that the flight Of 72C
miles could be made in from six to
ten hours, with an average time OF
seven hours and load of from SOC
pounds to 1000 pounds Of mail. Fly.
ing would be at night, an airplane
leaving each city at 6 p. m, and alight-
Ing at three regular stations, where
extra machines, fuel, and equipment
parts would be maintained. Eventual
ly an emergency alighting station
would be established every % miles
each equipped with powerful guiding
lights. At present the fastest railway
trip between New York and Chicago
takes more than twenty hours.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
WRITING PAD EASILY MADE
Answers Every Purpose for One Who
Finds II Necessary Only occa.
sionaIly to Write.

For anyone who has only occasion
ally to write letters fitted writing
pad Is useful and quite sufficient for
all purposes, and II can possibly find
place upon the bureau or table in
a bedroom where II will always be
ready to hand whenever II is required.
The accompanying sketch shows a
well-arranged pad that can quite easily
be prepared at home by clever fingers.
m For the foundation a piece Of very
thick cardboard is used. This board
is covered on both sides with art linen,
the material being stretched tightly
across and sewed together at the edges.
The corners" under which the blot
ting paper is slipped are made Of
pieces OF kid Of the shape shown In
diagram B, and folded at the points
indicated by the dotted lines, with the
result shown in diagram c, and they
are fastened In position upon the
board with glue. Upon either side Of
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
LEISURE A LABOR FACTOR
English workmen Don't Seem to Take
Kindly to Scientific Man.
aoement.

The British workman, like the Brit
ish employer, has special psychology,
and neither German methods nor Amer
lean methods wholly go down with
him, VIII Irwin writes In the Satur-
day Evening Post. Your Briton of any
class does not like to work so much
as the German or the American. lie
sets value-and 1 think sensibly--on
leisure. He wants time for a little
sport and a little talk in his club or
his bar. 1t may be this radical ten
dency, IL may be an inheritance OF
the restriction-on-output system, but
the English labOrer seems often In
different to high wages, while vitality
interested in keeping the employer
from loading him with too much work.
The munitlon factories in this period
of national stress have been importing
American efficiency experts schooled
in one or another system of scientific
management. i find that the British
trades unionists learned their trade
with general suspicion, believing their
premium bonus systems are only ex-
cuses for speeding up"-as In some
hands they are, in fact American
speeding up seems kind of DOGGY with
British workingmen. Again and again
labor leaders told me, as IA matter of
common automatic knowledge, that the
American workman Is short lived. And
this anecdote was told twice in my
hearing from the platforms of labor
meetings:
IAN Englishman inspected an Amer
lean factory near New York. The
superintendent showed him the plant,
with great pride, and boosted of their
tremendous output.
Your operatives are all young
men, notice. said the Englishman;
where are your old menY
"'Outside,' said the superintendent,
and he took him out and showed him
a graveyard ~
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
TOBACCO SCARCE IN CAMP
British Soldier Tells Of Straits 70
Which Lovers Of the Weed
Were Reduced.

The smoking was very restricted In
the Wittenberg camp, as there were
not SO many of the boys who had any
money. SO We who had none had to
get the fag-ends off them that had
some. / had a little short pipe, anu
every morning, and a chum. Private
Lew. of the Highland light infantry,
used to be on the hunt for fag-ends OF
anything that we could make a smoke
out OF. had got separated from my
Lille chum. as the wounded were put
in one section, 10 of US, which was
called No. 8 section. (The boys used
to call us the crippled section.) Lewis
right hand was wounded, and my left
hand was useless through the wound
In my arm, so the two of us made one
pair Of good hands. He would GO
down one side of the room and i the
other; then when we met, and IL we
had been successful In our hunt, we
would put the fag-ends I'm the old pipe.
He and l would then have a pull in
our turns. But the cigarette ends got
the same as everything else, very
scarce for the boys who used TO
throw them down would put them In a
little tin box and make them up afresh
with a bit of paper. We had to look
out for something else, so we saved
the coffee grounds and dried them.
Then we found some peat, SO we used
TO mix the coffee and peat together.
and get IA draw that way. Sometimes
we would drop In very lucky and come
across good Samaritan who would
give us pull out of his cigarette end.
have seen as many as eight men have
draw out of a cigarette end not half
al inch long, and then the little bit of
wet end would be put away to help
towards making another.--From the
Journal of Private Hutchinson, I'm the
Atlantic.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
Glass Of Hot Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
Open sluIess Of the system each
morning and wash away the
poisonous, stagnant matter.

Those of us who are accustomed ito
feel dull and heavy when We arise;
splitting headache. stuffy from a cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid
stomach, lame back, can, instead,
both look and feel as fresh as a daisy
always by washing the poisons and
toxins from the body with phosphated
hot water each morning.
We should drink, before breakfast,
a glass Of real hot water with a tea
spoonful Of limestone phosphate In
1t to flush from the stomach. liver,
kidneys and ten yards Of bowels the
previous days indigestible waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus cleans
Ing, sweetening and purifying the
entire alimentary tract before putting
more food into the stomach.
The action of limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach
Is wonderfully invigorating. 1t cleans
out all the sour lamentations, gases,
waste and acidity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast and
IL is said to be but little while until
the roses begin to appear In the
cheeks. A quarter pound Of limestone
phosphate will cost very little at the
drug store, but Is sufficient to make
anyone who is bothered with bilious
LESS, constipation, stomach trouble or
rheumatism a real enthusiast on the
subject Of internal sanitation Try
II and you are assured that you will
look better and feel better in every
way shortly.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
The Bishops Rinu.

Bishop Russell Wakefield of Bir-
mingham, has a ring with a curious
history. 1t is reminder of the war,
and of the wanton destruction of the
beautiful cathedral of Reims. Some
months ago he was allowed to visit
the cathedral shortly after a lombard.
ment. Colored glass from the famous
windows and broken fragments of the
richly-ornate stonework lay among the
debris. The bishop picked up some
scraps of stained glass. of pure ruby
and sapphire color, and he has had
small portions mounted in a new epis-
copal finger ring. He regards 1t as one
of his most interesting souvenirs
London Tit-Bits.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
The Coat Blouse Remains.

With the predictions of the skeptics
all to the contrary, 1t now seems as II
the peplum, or perhaps 1t should be
called the coat blouse, is here to stay
for the spring and summer months, at
least as far as sports wear is concern
ed. And certainly with separate skirts
promising so well for the coming sea-
son, there is every reason for bellev-
Ing that this may be the case. They
do give more finished appearance to
an uncoated woman, and no one can
deny that they allow a great deal of
freedom In athletics.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-27
DRINK MORE WATER
If KIDNEYS BOTHER
Eat less meat and take Salts for Back
ache or Bladder trouble
Neutralizes acida

Uric acid in meat excites the kidneys,
they become overworked; get sluggish,
ache, and feel like humps of lead. The
urine becomes cloudy; the bladder is irri-
tated, and you may be obliged to seek re-
lief two or three times during the night.
When the kidneys clog you must help
them flush of the body's urinous waste
or you'll be a real sick person shortly.
At first you feel a dull misery in the kid
ney region, you suffer from backache,
sick headache, dizziness, stomach gets
sour, tongue coated and you feel rheu.
matte twinges when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four ounces
Of Jad Salts; take tablespoonful
In glass of water before breakfast
for q few days and your kidneys will
then act fine. This famous salts is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice,
combined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activity,
also TO neutralize the acids in urine, so
II no longer Is source of irritation,
thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts lie inexpensive, cannot ,n-
Jure; makes a delightful effervescent
1ithia-w water drink which everyone should
take now and then to keep the kidneys
clean and active. Druggists here say
they sell lots of Jad Salts to folks who
believe in overcoming kidney trouble
While " v Only tyoubles