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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20
CLEANLINESS Of CAMP
GORDON IS CHARACT ERISTIG

ATLANTA, Ga, August 2O.-If 1
workman at Camp Gordon, the great
military city being built near At
lanta for training O,00O5 troops, throws
a piece of bread or a scrap of meat or
IA banana peeling on the ground after
eating his lunch, soldier steps up
and takes his name and orders him to
report to the Office of his division and
get his time, and forthwith he leaves
Camp Gordon and gets work some
where else.
If rich contractor forgets the sani-
tary rules and throws cigar stump on
the ground, or otherwise commits any
sort of a nuisance, a soldier steps up
ard accompanies him to the Office of
the sanitary inspector, and this Off
oial separates the contractor from $50
to 800 of his money according to
the nature of the offense.
Camp Gordon is clean.
In all the vast area, stretching for
miles over hill and down dale, there is
not vestige of paper, or scraps of
food, or watermelon rind or fruit peel
ing of peanut bulls, or anything else
but grass and leaves and trees nd
lumber.
And the cleanliness of the camp to-
day, while thousands of men are work
ing like single machine, is nothing
compared to the absolute cleanliness
that will prevail when $4,000 soldiers
are quartered in the great wooden bar
racks buildings.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20
WORLD MEAT FAMINE AFTER
WAR, SAYS VISCOUNT VISCOUNT

LONDON, August 20-Predictions of
world famine of meat after the war
were made recently by Viscount Lewis
Haryourt Hc said the decrease of
pasture land resulting from more ex-
tensiye cultivation would reduce the
supply of cattle, and the supply of
h9me-produced meat would be further
affected by the decision of the war of
fee to feed the army for three months
on homegrown meat.
While at the Board of Trade last
year he obtained estimates of the Ger
man government that it would take
five years after the war to restore Ger
many's stock of cattle to the normal
figure of 100000 head.
He estimated that, after the war Eu-
rope would want to obtain or import
16,0OO,00O to 20,O00O00 head of cattle
For several years Germany would have
to feed her people on imported frozen
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20
Iexecutive clemency.

/ executive clemency.
Mrs. Godbee had been divorced from
Walter S. Godbee and he had married
again. He and his second wife were
living in Millen. AS they emerged
from the Millen postofffce one after
noon in the summer of 1913, the first
Mrs, Godbee met them and opened fire
with revolver, killing them both. She
was tried and sentenced to life impris-
onment. She claimed in her trial that
her former husband had cruelty mis-
treated her, that he had taken her
money and property away from her
and that after his second marriage he
constantly harassed and Inundated
her.
Mrs. Goddess daughter, Sarah, who is
now Mrs. Griner, of Kansas City, has
worked hard to secure a pardon for
her mother. The prison commission
o. Georgia has recommended a pardon,
and Governor Harris did not grant it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20

funds for prosecution of the war by
loans, Mr. Law told the house of COM
mons, the country was living in false
atmosphere. The position after the
war, he predicted, would require all
the skill and ability which the gov
eminent could exercise. He added that
he would like to have raised larger
portion of the war expenditures by rev
enues, but he pointed out the dangers
of excessive taxation.
The government at present is financ-
ing the war, aside from aid received
from the United States. by use of short
term exchequer bonds and treasury
bills. The latter are mounting rapid
ly and about seven hundred and ten
billion pounds sterling of these are al
ready outstanding.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20
MRS. FANNIE M|NNICK
BURIED THIS MORNING

The funeral Of Mrs. Fannie Minnick,
who died at II o'clock Saturday night
al her home on Furlow street, was held
this morning at her late residence
Rev. George F. Brown, pastor of the
Central Baptist church, officiating The
remains were taken to the old Lebanon
cemetery near Plains for interment.
Mrs Minnick was 48 years of age
and had resided in Americas for about
5 years. She had been i'll for the past
two months, and her death was not al
together unexpected.
She is survived by her husband, J. R
Minnick, five daughters, Mrs. W. j
Mcbride, Mrs. G. B. Clary, Misses Ruth
Lavert and Evelyn Minnick; two sis
tiers, Mrs. j. B. Triple, of Eastman
Ca. and Mrs. Ben Lockwood, of Col
umbus, Ga; two brothers, David and
William Denham, of Lakeview, Texas
Mrs. Minnick during her residence in
this city, had been a member of Cen
trail Baptist church and had made q
wide circle of warm friends who sin
cerely mourn her loss.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 20.-The
administration is being urged to eX'
ercise more rigid control over exports
of cotton to the neutral countries bord
ering the central empires, to prevent
any of this vitality needed staple from
reaching Germany.
That cotton may be the means OF de-
feating Germany is fully recognized
1t is the basis of nitrO-celulose, the
most powerful explosive known. The
United States is reported to be using
/ 900, 900 bales of cotton each year IN
her own munition plants. How muct
Germany is using no one knows. Re
ports. more or less official, have stated
that the nemy has devised method Of
using wood-cellulose, but it is less
efficient and deteriorates more rapidly
than gun cotton.
Importance of Cotton in War.
The Importance of cotton in the wal
is strikingly emphasized in a story by
Aaron Hardy Ulm, formerly an Atlanta
newspaper man, published in The
National Business for August.
"A 12-inch gun disposes of a hall
bale of cotton with every shot fired.
"A machine gun in operation will
use up bale in three minutes,
I'm a naval battle, like the one OF
Jutland, from five to six thousand
pounds minute are consumed by each
active warship.
1T takes more than 10000 bales d
year to provide absorbent cotton tc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20
DORSEY TO BE ASKED
TO PARDON GODBEE WOMAN

ATLANTA, Ca, August 20.-About
zee of the % 3members of the general
assembly of Georgia have signed pc
tition requesting Governor Hugh NJ
Dorsey to issue a pardon to Mrs. Edna
Perkins Godbee, who is serving life
sentence in the state prison farm al
MilIedgeville, for killing her former
husband, Walter S. Godbee, and her
former husbands second wife in front
of the Millen, Ga, postofice in the
summer of 1918.
The presentation of the petition to
Governor Dorsey will takep lace in a
few days, and in the outcome of the
petition there is more than usual inter
est because of the fact that Governor
Dorsey's principal plank in his cam
paign was opposition TO the exercise OF
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20
PAINLESS
JOINTS
The Country is Full of Them Since
Druggists Commenced to Sell
"NeutrOne Prescription 49,"

There is no reason on earth why
any one should suffer another day
with painful, inflamed, swollen joints
or muscles of any kind arising from
rheumatism when you can get larg
bottle of "Neutrone Prescription 99'
for soc and $1OO the bottle.
Not a Imminent, mind you, to clog
up the pores, but a blood-purifying,
soothing and healing internal remedy
that takes out all soreness and pains,
ard leaves the muscles feeling fine
and comfortable.
oYu may be so sore and crippled
that you can not get around, but take
few weeks treatment of "Neutrone
Prescription 80" and you will enjoy
entire freedom from rheumatism.
Uhe "Neutrone Prescription SO" for
chronic rheumatism, for govt, for the
kidneys. Use it when you feel an
attack coming on and you will be
mighty well pleased with the result.
For sale by Howell's Pharmacy
Americas, Ga, and leading druggists
everywhere.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20
BRITISH PEOPLE WARNED
AGAINST THEIR EXTRAVAGANCE

LONDON, August 2O.--Warning that
Great Britain could not so on spending
money at the present rate without Sc
rious disadvantage. was given recent
" in the house of commons by Andrew
Bonar Law, chancellor of the ex-
cheouer. The disadvantage, he said.
would be realized more completely
when the war is over than now. So
long as the government was raising
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20
MOORE-WILLIAMS WEDDING
OF INTEREST HERE.

Invitations have been received in
Americas for the approaching mar
riage of Miss Helen Ruth Moore, OF
Belle Terre, Long Island to Lieut.
Earle Kress Williams. The wedding
is to occur on Saturday, September
Sth, and will be a matter of interest tc
Americas residents, since Lieut. Viii
liams is a former resident of this city
HAVING held the post of manager Of
Kress & Company's establishment here
until about three years ago
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20
YOUNG OFFICERS GUESTS
AT DINNER PARTY.

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Mathis yesterday
entertained at dinner the young Off
GERS who have recently finished their
mourse at Fort Mcpherson and received
s2heir commissions.
Those present were Lieuts. Evan Ma
this. John Mathis, John Wheatley, Leon
Brooks, Cranston Williams, Eugene
Kemph, Harry Murphy, of South Caro-
lima, the guest of Evan Mathis; Z. T.
Youmans, Capt Quimby Melton, Capt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20
THE CANNING KITCHEN.

There is a place of savory grace,
Most scrupulously clean,
Where every pots without spot,
And sterilized each bean,
Where system rules the very tools,
And every cooks a queen.
TEX
There day by day the gold and gray,
From hovel and estate,
Bring garden-truck to try their luck
Before it is too late,
For Hoover claims that frugal danes
Can seal a nations rate.
O you may knit and do your bit,
Or you may cut and sew,
Or you may strive a car to drive,
Or WELD spade and hoe,
But there's thrill when jars you fill
None but preservers know.
For there is joy without alloy
In saving every beet;
To put up jam for Uncle Sam
Is solemn work-and sweet!
And stripes and stars with rows of jars
May keep us from defeat!
Anne P. l.. Field, of The Vigilantes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20
BAPT|STS MAKE
GOOD HEADWAY
WITH CANT AIGN

We are delighted to see the prog
ress some churches have made in the
debt-paying campaign Others expec:
to take it up soon No church need
delay about signing The notes, as it
will be some time before we call for
cash Let every church have this
work under way by September %, at
which time l report again
The following table shows the pres
ent status as reported to me:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20


Council and Judge T. A. Littlejohn.
**
THEDA BARA AFRAID
OF A MOUSE. =.
Miss Theda Bara, the popular star of
the Fox photo-plays, is supposed to be
girl of great boldness-a vampire, a
bixen, and many other things equally
unpleasant She is often understood as
being hard-hearted, cruel, selfish, not
afraid of anything-a partner of Satan,
as it were.
A few days ago while engaged in The
production of The Darling of Paris
she discovered a mouse in her dress
ing room at the Fox studios, at Fort
Lee. The moment her eyes got a
glimpse of the intruder she screamed
at the top of her voice, calling for
help. Herbert Heyes, who was in the
adjoining room, heard her call and
went Immediately to her rescue He
thought someone might be trying to
kill her, but much to his establishment
he found Miss Bara standing on tho
highest chair so overcome with fear
that she was almost speeches. She
pointed to box in which there were
sweets. Mr.. Heyes overturned it and
out jumped a mouse. She was greatly
relieved when her rescuer threw the
wee bit of a rodent through the win
dow into the grounds. Is this not con-
vincing evidence that Miss Bara is not
unlike other women?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20

Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Jacobson said in a
recent interview that 80 per cent. OF
aremia comes from nervous breakdown
which can only be corrected by sup
plying the necessary phosphates to the
nervous system that is lacking in the
food you eat, and stihca (umupeTia
supplied by taking one or two 5-grain
largo Phosphate tablets after each meal
and at bed time. 1t will in many cases
make a pale scrawny face the picture
of health in few days. l have seen
women that expected would have to
be kept under treatment for months re-
stored to perfect health in one or
two weeks time.
SPECNAL NOTICE. The Argo-Phos'
phate recommended by DR.. F. H. Jacob
son contains phosphates such as are
prescribed by leading physicians
throughout the world, and it will be
found the most effective form for
treating patients with Nervous Dys-
pepsia, stomach troubles, Brain Fag'
and Nervous Prostitution. 1t will re-
new youthful vim and yigor, and build
up the whole body. Argo Phosphate
is dispensed by Hooks Pharmacy
Sample mailed by the Argo Labor
atories, Atlanta, Ca, for 81. advt.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20

To pay all our institutions out OF
debt, we need three things, viz, Grace,
Grit and Greenbacks. II we are lack
ing in the first two we shall fail in
the last.
E. T. MOORE, Campaign Manager.
Andersonville, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20

staunch and Ind the wounds Of the
injured.
One change of apparel for all the
troops now engaged in the war repre-
SCENTS more han a million bales.
zone hundred thousand bales will be
required to equip our proposed aero
plane feet for cotton as may be neces-
sary, supplants linen for wings,
This country is now turning nearly
a million bales a year into explosives
alone."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20
Says Phosphates Make Beau.
tiful Women and Strong,
Healthy, Vigorous,
Robust Men,

all over the world are pre-
scribing phOsphates to build up run
down anemic conditions and those
who have treated their patients
with ArgO-PhOsphate are
changing thin, anemic wOm-
en- with tOneless tissues,
flabby flesh, into the
most beautiful rosy
checked and plump
round formed WO-
women imaginable
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20

or chilled meat and would come into
a market where she had never bought
before. Further the men of the allied
armies had been taught to eat pound
of meat day and one could not expect
that they would abandon the habit i'm
mediately.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20
AMER!CUs SHOWS
OPERA HOUSE.
Tuesday.

OPERA HOUSE.
Tuesday.
Theda Bara in THE Darling of
Paris"
Friday
Charlie Chaplin in THE Cure"
ALCAZAR THEATRE.
Monday.
Paramount Picture, Madame Petfova
in THE Undying Flame. IS Acts.
Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle in "A
Reckless Romeo"
Tuesday.
World Picture-Brady Made, Sarah
Bernhard in Mothers of France
5 Acts.
Wednesday
Triangle Plays Charles Ray in THE
Millionaire Vagrant."-5 Acts.
Love and Fish "-Triangle Comedy.
Thursday.
Paramount Picture, Louise Huff in
"Freckles, IS Acts.
Friday
Blue Ribbon Faeture, Anita Stewart
in "Clover's Rebellion. - Acts.
Chapter 13 Mystery of the Double
Cross"
Saturday
Triangle Plays, Seena Owen in
Madame Bo Peep Acts.
His Social Rise. triangle Com
edy,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-20

James Fort, Capt. John A. Cobb, L. G
Council and Judge 2. A Littlejohn.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-23
PROBLEM OF WARMING FEED
Resourceful Farmer Makes Use of Two
Barrels and Fresh Manure to
Heat Stop for Hogs.
CBy r. c. ASHBY. University Farm, st.
PAUL.

CBy r. c. ASHBY. University Farm, St.
Paul.
A resourceful Minnesota farmer re-
ports that he has solved the problem
of warming the slop-feed for his hogs.
Two barrels are placed near the feed
ing troughs and days supply of feed
is placed in each. The barrels are
heavily banked with fresh manure from
the horse barn. The heating of the
pile warns the feed in the barrels,
as each days supply stands for "a
hours before using. Whenever neceS-
sary the banking is hauled away and
new supply packed about the bar
relS.
Opinions differ as to the relative eff
ficiency of slop-feeding and dry-feed-
ing, but disregarding the matter of eff
f1ciency, some hog raisers prefer slOp-
feeding for brood sows in winter for
another reason. In winter hogs do
not drink enough water unless the Wa
ter is warm or supplied at frequent
intervals. BY mixing water with the
grain the feeder controls the amount
of water consumed by his hogs.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-23
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT,
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Make II Thick, Glossy, WaVy, luxur-
liant and Remove Oandruff-Real
Surprise for You.

Your hair becomes light, wavy, fiuf.
f., abundant and appears as soft, lus-
trous and beautiful as young girls
after a "Danderine hair cleanse" Just
try this-moisten a cloth with little
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and in just a few moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides identifying the hair at once,
Danderine dissolves every particle of
dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invig-
crates the scalp, forever stopping itch,
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after a few weeks use when you
will actually see new hair-fine and
downy at first-yes-but really new
hair-growing all over the scalp. If
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
of II, surely get a 25 cent bottle OF
Knowlton's Danderine from any store
and just try 1t. Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-23
U. S. TO FIX PAPER PRICE
Federal Trade Board Will Probably
Fix Maximum Price of Print Paper
Makers o. X. Plan.

Washington. Feb. 19.-For the first
time in the history of American big
business, an industry has voluntarily
offered to submit to price-fixing by a
government agency. AS a result it is
expected that the federal trade COM
mission will fix a maximum price for
newsprint paper by March 1 next. The
principal newSprint paper manufac-
turers of the United States and Can
ada have submitted TO the commission
proposition providing that they will
agree to be bound by any price for
paper which the commission declares
upon arbitration to be fair and reason
able.
The commission has taken the pro-
posal under consideration and it is
strongly intimated that the plan will
be accepted and carried out speedily.
Scores of small newspaper publishers
have Informed the commission that I'M
less relief is forthcoming shortly they
must suspend. Prices for paper have
increased over range of from 100 to
800 per cent in the last 10 months.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-23
8 AMERICANS KILLED
COWBOYS FOUND MURDERED IN
MEXICO BY GEN. PERSHING'S
SCOUTS.
BORDER TOWNS FEAR RAID
Saiazar Threatens to Attack VILLAGE
or City and to Surpass Massacre at
Columbus Rancher Pays SIS, 900
Ransom to Bandits.

Hachita, n. NJ, Feb. 11-Three bod
les, later identified as those of An
drew p. Peterson, Hugh Accord and
Burton Jensen, American cowboys,
were found on the Mexican side of the
border three miles south of Monument
No. % and near Corner Ranch. They
were discovered by Lem Spillsbury,
the Pershing scout.
The bodies of the three Americans
were about 90 feet apart, according
to Spillsbury. Each victim had been
shot many times in the head with
rifles and pistols.
AcOrds head was mutilated with a
Ratchet, according to Spillsbury. All
of the bodies were stripped of cloth.
ing, hats and shoes, Spillsbury said.
The clue to the bodies was given by
Andrew PetersOn's shepherd dog
which crawled into camp famished and
fOOt-sore, as if he had come a great
distance during the night. American
cowboys of the rescue posse, who
were camped at the time here, took this
to mean Peterson and his companions
were dead, and started on this sue
cessful hunt for the bodies.
A government agent arrived here
and made an investigation of the
raid, a report of which was sent tC
Washington. According to this report
the MeXicans under Prudencio Miriam
da were eating dinner at n ranchhOuSt
on the American side when Peterson
Jensen and Accord rode up unarmed
The Americans were surrounded anC
made prisoners.
The Warren ranch interests are I'm
derstOOd to have agreed to pay Sj,00t
ransom for Buck" Spencer and hi:
wife.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-23

parents on the offspring is theoretical
ly equal. However, the boar has the
greater influence on the herd. Each
pig in the herd is sired by the one boar,
but there are several dams.
A well-selected male used on a herd
of inferior sows will make a great i'm
provement in the offspring. However,
the use of an inferior boar on wellbred
sows will have a cOrrespondingly bad
result. The breeder should select his
herd boar at an early date, and get him
accustomed to his new surroundings.
The system of feeding and manage
ment is very important in getting the
male into the best condition before
mating.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-23
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
california Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup Of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give a
teaspconful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els. and you have a well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion. colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for So
cent bottle of California Syrup of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-23
When He Failed.

The pretty girl of the party was
bantering the genial bachelor on his
reasons for remaining single.
"No-oo, 1 never was exactly disap-
pointed in love-" he meditated. 81
was more what you might call discOur-
aged. You see, when l was very
young I became very much enamOred
of a young lady of my acquaintance {;
I was MORALLY afraid to tell her of my
feeling, but at last 1 screwed up my
courage to the proposing point. l said,
Let's get married.
"And she said, Good Lord! Who'd
have us r"-Everybody's Magazine.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-23
Real Experience.

"Yes," said a travelling man, 81 was
once out of sight of land on the At
lantic ocean twenty-one days"
Another man spoke up: ION the
Pacific ocean one time 1 didn't see
land for twenty-nine days"
A bald man knocked the ashes from
his cigar and contributed. his bit:
81 started to cross the Kaw river
at Topeka in a skiff once" he said.
land was out of sight of land before
l reached the other side"
"Whatr' demanded the man who
had spun the first yarn. 1.-The Kaw is
not more than three hundred feet wide
at Topeka"
"Quite true" said the bald man qul-
city. ''The. skiff turned over and 1
sank twice"
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-23
New Meter Successful.

The latest development in metering
appliances is a coal meter built on the
principle of water or gas meter. This
instrument was devised primarily to
measure the coal consumption of fac
tory boiler rooms, but it may find a
wider application on a smaller scale.
1t operates on the same principle as
a water meter, the stream of broken
coal pouring down chute and turning
an inclosed vane. The meter can also
be used for grain, according TO the in
ventor Its use on coal was entirely
successful.