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Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-10

(ady friends came to
Zee me and she ad-
yised me 70 COM
mence taking Lydia
L. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
and TO use Lydia Il.
Pinkham's 8 Sanative
Wash. l began taxi
ing your remedies
and took IS. 00worth
and in two months
was a well woman
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-10
r oolinq the Horse.

Maior-Why have you put that cloth
over his hcad2
Private Mike O'Flanagan (harassed
by rcstive hOrSc) so as he won't
know he's being groomed, sorr.-
Punch.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-10
Dpu Did His Best.

Jack-Say, boy. your dog bit me on
the ankle.
Tom--Well. that In as high ns he
could reach. You wouldn't expect
little pup like him to bite you on the
neck, would you?
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-10
When Man Is Caught.

Many man has been caught at his
own foolish game 10y people who Jet
him think he was foolng them.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-10
II - Iona Chance.

Captain Boden, Of Panama, recently
bought salvage rights TO boat sunk
- years ago.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-10
PLAN FOR STORAGE
Southern Farmers Need Not Pay
Fancy Prices for So-CaIled
Patented Ideas.
No MYSTERY ABOUT BUILDING
DESIGNS Of Houses for Storing Sweet
Potatoes Furnished Free to Any
Farmer by the Department
OF Agriculture.

(From the United States Department OF
Agriculture)
There Is no mystery about building
satisfactory storage house for sweet
potatoes. Southern farmers who are
paying large prices for patented plans
and equipment alleged to provide the
only successful way of storing sweet
potatoes, are being defrauded. Special
lists of the United States department
ly has been called to Instances In
which farmers have paid as high as
$3.50 for sets Of plans, do not hesitate
to brand such activities as plain hum
buggery. Plans OF houses that incor-
porate the simple principles Of storage
struction, and which have proved sue
cessful by years Of careful trial, are
furnished free by the department tc
any farmer who VIII ask for them.
Misleading Reports Circulated.
Because reports have been made and
circulated In the South that storage
houses recommended by the depart
ment are not satisfactory, It Is be-
lleyed necessary, now that the time
to provide adequate storage for the
coming harvest Is at hand, to correct
such statements. One man with plans
to sell has said that the shrinkage Of
sweet potatoes stored In houses de-
signed by the government specialists
Is from 1G to 20 per cent; while In
houses Of his design there is practl-
cally no shrinknge. The fallncy Of
such claim, department specialists
psint out. lies In the fact that shrink
age Is essential TO good keeping Of the
potatoes Sweet potatoes stored in
the type OF house recommended by the
! department shrink from to 10 per
cent-ln weight, not bulk-by reason
of evaporation Of surplus moisture,
Proper curing of sweet potatoes means
getting rid of surplus moisture, and
| the type of house which the special
| lists suggest accomplishes this by com
blnlng the ordinary principles Of good
ventilation with common-sense meth
Ods OF construction.
! Department Plans Give Satisfaction.
Storage houses built according to
plans suggested by the department
have been In use In every state Of the
South for five or six years. The de-
partment has no knowledge Of failure
! In any house built and operated strict.
~ according 10 recommendations.
Four years Of Investigation with 100
houses under observation showed that
the average loss by decay, after an av'
ernge period Of l24 days. was less than
eih per cent. In determining this loss
representatives of the department per
sonally Graded the potatoes In each
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-10

The biggest success nowadays Is
the outcome of stealing other mems
original ideas.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-10
A SURE Way.

"IIow did you overcome your wife's
objection 10 your taking up avintionr'
"Slgned all my property over to
her"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-10
What He Cared for.

Willie-Pn. I'll be sorry when you
get well.
Pn--Why, my SOM
Willie because won't get my
more empty medicine bottles to sell.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-10
THIS is THE AGE OF YOUTH.

darken your ugly, grizzly. gray hairs by
using La Creole" Hair Dressing ADV.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-10

Spartan Women Sunsssd Untold Tovtvseo
but who wants to be Spartanf Take
"Femenlna" for all female disorders.
Price JUc and Sl00.--Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-10
BROKEN Down
IN HEALTH
Woman Tells How SIS Worth
of Pinkham's Compound
Made Her Well.

Lima, Ohio. - was all broken down
In health from a displacement. One Of my
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-10
DON'T GAM BILE

DON'T GAMBLE
that your hearts nll right. Make
sure. Take "Renovine"--a heart aud
nerve tonic. Price Doc and $l.OO.--Adv.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05
GERMAN PRISONERS TO
DIG PEAT FOR FUEL

PARIS, August German prison
ers of war are to be utilized in the dig
ging of peat in order to exc out
Frances failing supply of fuel. They
will work under the supervision of
Territorials familiar with the peat re-
gions who will be given long leaves of
absence from the army for that pur-
pose. Engineers have been sent to
the principal peat boys, such as the
"Grande Briere," near Nantes, to or
ganize the work The peat will be
consumed so far as possible by facto-
ries located near the beds so as to re
Guire the least possible transportation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05
THE ALCAZAR

Blanche Sweet will be seen at the
Alcazar on Monday in the Jesse L.
Lasky production The Silent Part
ner," thrilling drama of business life
written from the story of Edmund
Goulding and prepared for the screen
by George Dubois Proctor. Miss
Sweet is seen as a clever young pri-
vste secretary of a broker who saves
him from not only his own wife but
from ruin. In the cast supporting
Miss Sweet are such distinguished ar
fists as Thomas Michigan, George He
bert Earnest Joy and Mabel Van Bu-
rem
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05
PARIS WANTS ENTRY OF
GAME MADE MORE EASY

PARIS, August 4.-The "Conseil
General" the deliberative body of the
department Of the Seine, has asked the
oyernment to permit the entry Of
game into Paris more freely. This
measure, it is held, would ease the
meat and poultry market. The minis
ter of agriculture has already author
lied the shooting of wild ducks. Be-
fore the war the yearly receipts Of
game at the central markets averaged
10000 pheasants, 10000 hares, $780,
600 partridges, 100000 larks, 100000
rabbits and 100000 water fowl.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05
RELEASE AUSTRIAN
PRISONERS TAKEN AT TSINGTAU

TOXIC, Aug. Thirteen natives OF
the Trentino, Carso and adjoining dis
tricts of Austria who were serving as
bluejackets On the Austrian cruiser
Kaiserin Elizabeth which was sunk
al Tsingtau, and who we're taken pris-
oners at the surrender of the fortress
have been released by the Japanese
authorities and are to be returned to
Italy.
Although nominally enemy prisoners
all their sympathies were with the En-
tente allies, and their relations with
the other prisoners were, in conse-
quence strained, One of the men was
discovered attempting to commit sui
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05
AMERICAN NAVAL
BASE ATTRACTING
MUCH attention

BASE AMERICAN FLOTILLAS IN
BRITISH WATERS, August atop
steep activity that skirts the har-
Dor of this port much like the Palli-
sades on the Hudson river, hundreds
Of villagers and folk from a nearby
city gather each night to watch the
American destroyers-the trim little
fighting ships Uncle Sam has sent
across the Atlantic to combat the sub
marines. On a peaceful, beautiful,
moonlight night these people have a
picture of silent activity that is hard
tc beat
From their high perch the people
can see for several miles vast ex-
panse of hills and water that makes
a wonderful setting for the fighting
craft at their feet The British a nd
American sailors on shore leave bring
their girls up there and men and wo-
men trudge baby carriages from miles
around to watch the silent ships. 1t
has come to be one of the most popu-
lar walks in the country; even the
railroads run weekend excursions to
the spot, bringing hundreds of holiday
clad boys and girls from great dis
tarces to see the Americans
Up to a certain hour the ships are
outlined in the darkness by many lights
but all the time there is a scene of
activity on board and in the water.
The bluejackets with their little white
caps may seem to be always moving
about, motor dories dart here and
there among the ships, orders are call
ed out and occasionally is heard the
shrill warning of the horn on the
dories. Always the dories are running
from ship to shore, loaded with men
going on leaves or returning to ship.
! Wireless and searchlights which at
night replace the flag signals and soma
phores are exchanging messages and
lights on board each ship flicker UP
and out in Morse code.
In the midst of all this is heard the
strains of spring guitars, ban
JOS and violins-which seem to be fav-
orites with the American boys From
the deck of the supply or mother ship
which boasts a string orchestra of fiji
teen pieces, Hawaiian melodies en-
chant the music lovers on shore. From
ether ships music comes from the phon,
ographs with which every ship in the
fotilla is supplied. On week-ends many
of the towns people crowd into small
boats and swarm about the destroy
ers in their anxiety to get as close as
possible to the music.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05
COTTON MARKET
August 3, 1917.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON,

Good Middling ................24 Sac
Fully Middling .........24 lie
Middling .............,... Lao
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05

Commander Dion Calthrop recently,
describing the work done by the Navy
In six months of last year only one
in a thousand ships passing through
Dover patrol had been sunk or damag-
ed.
Up to January of this year not
life had been lost in the transport of
men from this country to France.
In the course of the war 100000
ported to this country, more than, l.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05
MEXICO MAY PROHIBIT
EXPECTATION OF NECESSITIES

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4.-The Nation
a. Commercial Congress which con-
vened in Mexico City about the mid
die of July recommended to the. Ma
tional Congress that the expectation
from Mexico of articles of prime nee
essity be prohibited The list as out
lined in the resolution would include
corn, wheat, flour. beans and cotton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05
BELGIANS FORCED
BY GERMANS Do
DANGEROUS WORK

HAVRE, FRANCE, Aug. 5.-(Corres-
pondence of The Associated Press
The Belgian Government has receiv-
ed information to the effect that the
deported Belgians working in the Thy
ssen Works at Mulheim on Ruhr, re-
clared that as the Germans had VIC
lated their promise to send them back
home at the end of four months, they
would prefer to die rather than to
continue. The Germans imposed a fine
%: 80 marks each and Imprisonment
for 10 days upon the men.
One hundred and eighty Belgians
in another German factory refusing
t. continue work after four months,
were deprived of food and thirteen of
them were imprisoned at Munster
The German authorities imprisoned
Belgian civilians in their mines, de-
prived the men of all nourishment for
five days in order to force them to
work. The directors of this concern
justified their action, saying that the
privation was not absolute, but was
necessary in order to overcome the pas
sive resistance of the workmen.
Belgian civilians working at the
r2unition factory at Crosse Wuserurtz
and at establishments were oblig-
ed to transport hand grenades after
having vainly protested against being
put to such work
The Belgian government has other
proofs that a great many deported
Belgians, in spite of their unanimous
desire to return to Belgium, were not
allowed to even attend funerals of rel
atives; sons were refused the consol-
alton Of going home to bury their
mothers. The deported appear to have
entirely escaped the supervision Of the
delegates Of neutral countries the
Germans putting forward the pretext
that they are not prisoners of war.
Whenever delegates have been eXcep-
tionally authorized to visit these civ
ilizians, it has always been in the
presence of German authorities. The
evidence gathered by the Belgian gov
eminent in these cases is categoric
and covers a period down to the end
/ of March of this year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05

suck and wounded men had been trans
100000 horses and mules, 50,000,O00
gallons of petrol, 100 100000 hundred
weights Of wheat and 100000 tons Of
iron ore
Referring to submarines he said there
were a great many German widows and
orphans who doubted the success of the
U-boat. There were many women in
Germany whose husbands did not come
back.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05
MURDER WITHOUT! WHY
MTSTACHES ARE NOW WORN

ATLANTA, Ca, August 4,-Student
officers at Fort Mcpherson explain
that they wear moustaches to save time
and not to heighten their beauty. They
are put through such a strenuous pace
that they hardly have time to shave.
Taking the bristles off the upper lip
consumes about four minutes. Hence
they let them grow.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05
NOTICE.

All persons indebted to the late w.
II R. Schroeder are hereby respect
fully requested to Immediately settle
their Indebtedness in order that the
estate may be closed up.
E. J. SCHROEDER, Executor.
7-27-10t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05
UNWILLING OF MONUMENT BY
.ANERICUS CAMP WOW SUNDAY

= The unveiling of the monument of
late sovereign ]. H. Ganey will take
place on Sunday afternoon at Oak
Grove cemetery. All members of Am
CIRCUS Camp and visiting soyereigns
are respectfully requested to meet at
the Woodmen's hall at o'clock.
2-3t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05
WAR WORK PERFORMED
BY BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS

LONDON, Aug. 5.-The British mer
Giant marine has carried successfully
t, their destinations 100000 men and
100000 tons of war material, said
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-05

eide, his explanation being that life
was unbearable under the conditions in
the camp
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-02
ALTOS WITHOUT LIGHTS

The new traffic law is imperative
at nresent. it having been laid on the
table By the Board of Aldermen at
the regular meeting last Tuesday
night. 1t will, it is believed, be taken
up later and adopted after another
conference between committees OF
the upper and lower boards Of Coua-
ell shall have been held.
It may be said that there Is at
present much Iaxity upon the part OF
some auto owners. who fail to OBJ
serve the present law which has been
operative for some time. Sergeant
wilkinson yesterday arrested
colored man upon the charge OF
operatine an automohiIe at night
without lights. He left collateral Tor
his appearance in the Police Court
this morning, but failed to appear ana
forfeited his deposit.
In this connection 1t may be stated
that occasionally autos are seen pass
mo through the streets at night
without the red light in the rear
which is essential for safety. IN
other cases machines are OCCASIONAL
" left standing in the streets at'cr
dark without this necessary safe
guard.
II i a matter Of common occur
romeo 70 see autora ohiics dash through
the streets, especially a night, al .
dangerous and unlawful speed lis
practice. however, is generally III
evidence in Rosemont, north WASH
;npion street, West End and othef
nlaccs now in the civy limits. on
sundays, when the weather is prVp'-
4;ous hundreds of automobiles and
,notorcvcIos pass through this city
mostly from Washington and pc''TS-
4r;,ns are kept constantly on the
Mort in order to escape injury from
rhaufreurs, many Of whom are recA-
less One of oar most esteemed
c,tizcns was struck md seriously IN
,,rad in Rosemonc several months
ago by an unknown aatoist' and sew
oral A}eyandrians aave had mario"
oscanes recently. These dchers Of the
law should be identified. if posSihle
and made to face me Police Court
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-02
ANOTHER FIRST WARD HORROR

The attempted murder of young
wife this morning and the suicide
of her wou!d-be slayer makes the
fourth occurrence Of the kind in the
First ward during the past thirty
years. The first that we will record
is that of a young man who was
walking with his wife under the
Wilkes street tunnel in the latter
part of the Eighties when he suddenly
drew pistol and fired at her head.
The ball struck the mark, but was de-
flected and did not enter the woman's
brain. She recovered and several
years later the woman's husband was
killed by train under the tunnel
where he attempted to kill his better
haif.
Subsequently d young man met a
young woman at the southeast cor
ncr of Duke and Lee streets, and
after heated colloquy with. her. dis
charged pistol at her head and then
putting the weapon to his temple
sent ball into his head from which
he died within few minutes. The
woman recovered, the ball from the
pistol having glanced.
About year ago young man re-
siding in the southeastern section OF
the same ward who had not been liv-
ing with his wife, proceeded to a
neighbor's house where the woman
was visiting and shot her.. She died
next day from her injury.
The above cases are those of white
people. Similar horrors have been
perpetrated by negroes during the
past third of century in the same
section Of the city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-02
IN FOR LONG DROUTH

Whether liquor can be transported
into Virginia for any purpose at pre-
sent is a matter Or which lawyers
differ. The Richmond. Fredericksburg
Il Potomac Railroad has served notice
that it will not receive, handle or
transport liquor shipments under any
pr.text. the law forbidding the
transportation of liquors into any
state or territory watch forbids the
manufacture and sale of the same"
Interpretation Of the Jaw will be
'uD to the federal district attorney and
not to the attorney general of Nir-
gina. Indications are that Virginia
is in for a drouth of long duration.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-02
SHOOTING Or GARFIELD

Tbirty-six years ago today the
country was startled bv the news
(which was soon flashed in ever?
d;roctjoo President James y. Gar
field had been shot hy lahaslc
named Charles Guiteau IN the oN'
S;vtb street depot Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad in Washington
Two shots were discharged at Tie
President. one OF which took effect
bringing on blood poisoning when
caused his death about two mohIhs
Iaier, The other shot went "llu'
although it was said 1T the time IL
styucA 4 dog belonging to an Mex
andr;an who was in the depot at the
tim, of he assassination. "A oui-
iet was extracted from the canine
som. time after 1t reached nome
wits : owner.
The assassin made no attempt 10
escape. rat virtually gave himself
10 10 he police. and enJoinea
them 10 see that he was protected
from ,>1ob violence.
The trial ct Guiteau did not take
place unsil nearly a year after the
shooting. ard the scenes in the
court. where The murderer insisted
uoon acting rs his own lawyer. were
eyasprratinc 20 the court. In order
70 co:ape the fe!on to keep order
1t WAS necessary TO threaten him
with removal from the room. He
WAS finally sentenced 10 be hanged,
after which he attempted TO play
the crazy game. He was executed
in due tine Notwithstanding.
Garfield WAS the second President
Of the Uni,e& States to fall by the
hand Of III assassin. Abraham.
Lincoln had been murdered by
John Wilkes Booth April Il. 1865.
William Mckinley was the next
victim. Lincoln and Garfield had
Been k;i:ed by fanatics. but Nc
gXr;;;,t!e! was, fatally shot at Buffalo
p az @ssharchist. czo!ogost, a for
eignar. Who labored. under the DEUS
:cn that re vas performing a duty
&c society BY killing ore N author
lTy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-02

says Holland will have an awakening.
The Netherlands and the Scandina-
Wan countries are the ones that will
feel the full effects o, the regula-
ton. These are the countries that
have been, together with Switzer--
land, believed to be sending Ameri-
can commodities into Germany. Hol-
land has experienced a big jump in
the bulk of certain food exports into
Germany and these were of the kind
derived from the United States.
Germany is slumbering in the be-
lief that the United States does not
mean half it says-that is Germany
aside from official Berlin. Holland
has doubtless imbibed similar senti-
ments from its neighbor. But the
United States means all it says and
all that it is doing. And the prac-
tice Of shipping imports from the
United States into Germany will alb
solutely cease. IF Holland wants II
enjoy tho confidence Of this country
and the largest possible measures Of
| benefits from its exports, it will cease
to bclittle the policy announced and
20 operate with them to the fullest
! degree.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-07-02
PEACE WITn FREEDOM.

Lloyd George was the 'irSt to tell,
explicitly, why the allies are fight
ing Germany President Wilson S
message to the American people was
equally clear and emphatic, and now
General Pctain. in tie French army
bulletin. is similarly optspoken and
informative. Here are tie fundamcn-
tai reasons:
We are fighting m order to drive
the enemy from our territory and, by
Il firm and complete peace, to pre-
vent such an unprGvoked assault
from ever being repeated. We are
fighting because by a cnwardly with
drawal we would criminally bctray
both our dead and our poster!ty. We
are fighting so that peace may re-
store TO eur country a freedom OF ac-
S:on and inspire responsibility which,
we're the war 10 have bad ending,
woald be much worse than what our
people suffer today.
As the Richmond Journal says, he
emphasizes what is VIGOROUSLY true,
that Germany had the hope of crush
ing France in a few months by trait
orously attacking through Belgium.
With her formidable force she be-
lieved she could certainly get to Paris
long before Great Britain could send
anything else than q miserable lit
tie army" Beaten on the Marine and
User, stopped at Verdun, obliged by
many defeats to yield ground, be-
sieged by almost all of Europe. has
Germany renowned the dream of her
anneXationists to control the most
valuable mineral. industrial and az
ricultura resources of northern
France? General Petain declares she
has not. The more we have inflicted
heavy losses upon her, the more does
she desire compensations." And it Is
her intention. he asserts, to eNtort
ten (lmeS lne goa SIlc leSeiNeu III
1871. Doubtless, she wants peace.
Why not? But as the kind of peace
she would dictate-full of profits. 1t
is snch peace as she has already
pretended to offer. what the general
describes as d peace of prey" Her
bad faith was shown when she re-
fused to set forth her aims in re-
Spouse to President Wilson's invita-
ton. She dared not bare them 70 the
world. because all her pretensions are
Says General Petain:
She desired war in order to realize
them. The only one in Europe pre-
pared for it. she alone desired it,
brought it about, precipitated it.
decreed it. and rendered it inexpli-
cable by her procedure. atroc;ous by;
her methods. By keeping secret and
having no honest desire to declare |
her superlative pretensions for dom
nation. she stands as the sole OBJ
Starla TO peace