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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-03
OF LOCAL INTEREST
Some People We Know, and We viii
Profit by Hearing About Them.

This is a purely local event.
It took place in Americas.
Not in some faraway place.
You are asked to investigate it.
Asked to believe citizens word;
To confirm a citizens statement.
Any article that is endorsed at home
Is more worthy of confidence
Than one you know nothing about,
Endorsed by unknown people.
0lin Johnson. chief Of police, 232
Jackson ST., Americas, says: 81 sup
pose it is due to being on my feet so
much that my back occasionally le-
comes lame. l have found that I can
depend on Doan's Kidney Pills, which
get at the Howell Pharmacy, to
bring me quick relief. They are a
medicine of great merit ano deserve
high praise
Price soc, at all dealers. FONT
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Chief Johnson uses. -Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-03
DE RESZKE, FAMOUS OPERA
STAR. DIES IN POLAND

COPENHAGEN, via London, June 2
A dispatch to the Berlin Lokal An
zeiger, from Posen, says Edouard De
Reszke, famous as a grand opera
sin er, and well known in the United
States, is dead at his estate in Erie
trikov, Poland.
Edouard De Reszke, basso for
many years was a member of the
Metropolitan Opera Company in New
York. He was born in Warsaw in
1855, and made his operate debut in
Paris in 1876. He achieved fame in
singing such parts as Mephistopheles
ii Faust" Charles V, in Don Glow
ami" and Hans Sachs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-03
ATTENTION
WHEAT
GROVE r 6!

l wish to announce to wheat grow
ers of Sumter and surrounding coun-
ties, that l will have my modern -four
mill ready for making -four, beginning
Monday, June 4th, located miles east
of Americas, at Browns Mill.
l have installed an up-to-date roller
mill, operated by experienced miller,
and can safely guarantee satisfaction.
I will appreciate your patronage.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-03

Stomach poisons breed millions OF
germs that eat into your vitals, caus'
ing Gas Pressure, Indigestion, Consti
patton, Torpid Liver. Auto IntoXication
yellow Jaundice, Gall Stones, Appen-
dicitis, Cancer and Ulcers OF the Stom-
ach and Intestines, etc, etc. ThoEs-
ands of sufferers have been restored by
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, among them
Justice of the Supreme Court, Con
gressmen, Doctors, Lawyers, Bankers
Ministers, Nurses, Farmers, Mechanics
persons of every class-probablg
your own neighbors. Stomach troubles
arc due mostly to catarrhal poison
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy removes
that poison, thoroughly cleanses the
system. drives out the disease breeding
crms, allays Inflammation and ends
suffering. Unlike any other remedy
nc alcohol-nothing TO injure you. One
dose convinces. FREE book on Stom-
ach Ailments. Write Geo. H. Mayr,
Mig. Chemist, Chicago, or obtain bot
tie of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy from
Hcwel's Pharmacy or any reliable
druggist, who will return your money
if it fails. advt.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-03
ORPHAN CANADIAN SOLDIER
NOW FIGHTING IN FRANCE
WANTS SYMPATHY

PARIS. June 2.-Maurice Houidry
orphan Canadian soldier, fighting Tor
France wants sympathy. Antonio
Dupin. orphan French soldier, Houi-
dry's bosom friend. wants sympathy
too. Here is a letter written by Houi
drv in behalf of himself and Dupin to
Paris newspaper.
Il have been in the French army
since the beginning of the war, com
ing from Regina, Saskatchewan, Can
ada, and awe been in the thick OF II
ever since. | have been all through
the French front and Dardanelles Elk
pedition. wounded a few times, once
seriously but with never news or
parcels from anyone as have no one
to send me anything. have as friend
a young Frenchman. an orphan who
supports his sister and, of course, We
both have a hard time of it and feel
very lonesome especially when We see
that everyone around us gets parcels
and letters every week from home.
Gould you, Sir. be kind enough to
interest Yourself in our cases and
try to get some kind hearted people to
give US a little of their time and sym
patty. We have here a food which is
not very changeable or varied and we
suffer from lack of water Ions march
es and both from lack of sympathies
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-03
EVEN GRIM WAR HAS
ELEMENTS OF HCM0R

ATLANTA, Ga, June 2.-Even grim
war has it's elements of humor, and
lore of the funniest incidents on record
has developed here in connection with
the work of the secret service in eX-
ercising surveilIances over enemy al
lens.
In an Atlanta skyscraper younS
naturalized Austrian, whose name it
would not be fair to give, but who
is in the cotton business. has possessed
for several years an old rusty cannon
ball, relic of the Civil War, which he
Keeps on his desk as paper weight
About a year ago, in a spirit of
mischief to brighten an old negro
porter around the office, he got a wisp
OF, cotton and stuck it in the empty
cannon BAH and lighted the cotton
with a match, pretending that it was /
bomb The negro ran, and that was
all there was to it, for the time being
But the other day the young cotton
man was summoned to the federal
building, and there, to his amazemen;
found a stack of correspondence some
nine inches high, on the subject of his
suspected bomb plotting activities.
The whole thing apparently traced it.
self back to his joke on the negro
nOrteP
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-03
GEORGIA MAKING
SPECIAL EFFORT
TAKE UP BONDS

/. ATLANTA, Ca, June "A publicity
committee chairman has been appoint
ed in every one of something like 1900
cities and towns in the Atlanta FEEDER
al Reserve District, authorized to ap-
point a local committee and requested
/ and urged to take up at once the cam
paign for the sale of Liberty Bonds in
their cities and sections.
Letters making these appointments
have Just been sent out by Chairman
St. Elmo Massingale of the Central
Liberty Loan Publicity Committee, and
in each letter was enclosed printed
circular containing suggestions upon
(which the committee might set immed-
lately to work.
To these local committees were also
sent proofs of advertisements which
might be used in their local papers and
they were asked to secure funds from
banks, merchants. public service cor
porations and others with which to
pay the cost of publishing these adver-
j tisements. .
The local committees are urged to
have Liberty Loan booths established
in the leading stores, and Liberty Loan
displays made in prominent windows
Clergymen, city clubs and others are
asked to cooperate in the work In
tic letter appointing the chairmen OF
these local committees, Mr.. Massen-
gale says:
1T is absolutely essential that this
work be in the nature of speedy, de
c;sive drive, as all subscriptions mus.
be in by June 18th. For further in
formation inquire at your local banks
and if you cannot get it there, do moi
hesitate to ask us Immediately"
The hope is expressed that these 10
cal committees will go actively to WORK
at once and that splendid results will
be secured from their efforts.
National Chairman of the Liberty
Loan Publicity Committee, Robert W
Woolley, has just visited Atlanta, com
ing here from Washington for a con,
ference with the Central Committee O.
the Atlanta Reserve District. He was
much gratifed to note the work already
done, and especially urged that tn;
district would do all in its power t
secure subscriptions to the Liberty
Loan Bonds in advance of the allot
ment which it is expected to take. Mr.
Woolley is visiting the various head
quarters of the reserve districts ant
after arranging number of matters II
connection with the campaign herr
went to Richmond, Va.
Chairman w. c. Wardlaw of the Cen
trail Committee says: Reports from
lla1ge number of the cities and towns
in the district indicate the organiza
ton of strong, live committees which
are hard at work These reports,
he said, "seem to show that the public
is at last beginning to wake up to tn.
absolute necessity of oversubscribing
the loan. The campaign has but lit
tie more than two weeks to run and
the work must be completed within
that time.
The Central Committee has just re-
ceived $4,000 lar2e posters in red,
white and blue, urging the general
participation by all classes in the Lib
erty Loan These posters viii be put
| UP on bill boards all over the Atlanta
district covering Georgia. Florida, Ala
bama, and half of Tennessee, Missis-
sippi and Louisiana. These posters
will be shown within the next week IN
mere than 1000 cities in the United
! States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
CURTAIN OF FIRE AIDS BRITISH IN TAKING TRENCHES
Spectacular Attacks on German Lines on SOmme Yield
 Many Prisoners.

With the British Army in France, Jan. Il, via London, Jan. 12.--Through rain, mist, fog and deep mud the British army is continuing day by day to pound the German line. Although there has been no distinctly spectac- ular action recently, daily and nightly trench raids and the dumming Of the artillery have continued. These oper- ations have yielded a constant inflow of prisoners and have kept the cas- ualty lists growing. According to the stories told by the prisoners, the Brit ish tactics have harassed the German troops almost beyond endurance.
 The last week has witnessed some typical minor operations, eliminating with an attack before dawn today north of Beaumont Hamel. This ac tion brought the total of prisoners taken in this area in the last three days to 300 and placed in British hands some important sections of trenches. On Tuesday night the Brit ish attacked a desired section of the German lines which was taken with a yield of 140 prisoners. The opera tions this morning drove the Germans from a position which they had. held for some time and from which they could observe part of the British line. The attack was preceded by the usual artillery preparation which, as mat ter of fact, had been going on for nearly a week but had grown partic- ularly severe in the last 48 hours.
 Just before dawn the British went over." Ahead of them, in that darkest hour before the sun rose, was the fiery curtain of shells from the guns far in the rear. The sodden stretch of No Mans Land over which they plod- ded was lit by the glare of the ex- ploding shells. AS the barrage crept steadily forward the men followed it so closely that the spectator momen- tarily expected them to be smashed by the fire of their own guns.
 Red rockets from the German trenches flashed signals for aid to the defending guns in the rear, but the counter barrage failed to check the advance. The German gunnery in this instance was described by the at tacking officers ar weak and cratic.
 The British soldiers encountered little resistance when they entered the sheIl torn trenches. The Germans had taken refuge from terrific shell fire in the dugouts and communicat- in~ trenches Prisoners taken in this line had been on the front line a long while and seemed much dejected. As son as the captured trenches had been cleared of the i last hostile fighter, squads of engineers were. sent in to consolidate and repair the new posi- tions and before night the regular booming of the big guns told that the battle had once more settled down into it's customary routine
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
The Day of the Carver,

Carving was once serious thing. The sixteenth century carver was a professional. He had to make the join: fit the guest. The size of his slices was the thing. Then he had to know his guests and cut accordingly. A lord, for instance, at the table, and a pike was dished up whole. Smaller fry. and the pike came on in slices. The same procedure with pig. The rank of rhe diners decided whether it should appear at table in gold leaf or naked, whole or sliced. With bread, too, there was a difference. New or three days old baked was at the dis cretion of the carver as he sized up the visitors. And as for the apportioning of the titbits according to precedence there was no end. The old time carver, in fact, was born and then made London Standard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
THE SCARLET TANAGER.
He Wears His Gaudy Fireman's Suit
 Only In the Summer.

He Wears His Gaudy Fireman's Suit
 Only In the Summer.
 The country folk call the scarlet tan ager the frebird. His feathers set the woods on fire Reversing the figure the firebird puts out the torch of tho sumac and pales the plumage of the oriole that has come to fly "in tropic splendor through our northern sky"
 This tanaGcr of ours is not much of a songster. lie does not have to be. All he has to do is stand on' in the show in order to share applause with the gold tongued wood thrush and the mel low noted meadow lark. Seemingly the tanager thinks that his call is to be preferred to his song, for he calls forty a tree gives him the best stage setting for his beauty, and there he perches, looks the sun in the eye and chip churs by the hour. His mate is a modestly garbed female, who is willing to attend to home duties while Beau Brummel gallivants abroad.
 It is only for season that the tana- ger wears his fireman suit Natures rule that he must change his clothes when September is spent may seem foolish to him, but he obeys to the feather. In dun and osab he goes :. south, where he tells an unbelieving and brilliantly rlumaged company of tropic birds of the wonder of his slnn. mer dress-Chicago Post.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
CURIOUS COURTSHlP.
Chinese Girls Allowed No Choice In
 Picking q Husband.

Picking . Husband.
 As soon as the Chinese lady is old enough to be marr1ed~ her father chooses husband for her. She is nev- CT allowed to see him herself. Her father carries on all the courtship for her. The poor Chinaman does not. see his girl until the day of the wedding. He does not know whether she is pret- ty or whether she has temper.
 On the great day the bride is dressed in very gay clothes and placed in a sedan chair. and she is carried toward her husband. A crowd of people go with her, carrying torches which are lighted even if 1t be a noon wedding.
 A band of drums and flies precedes the chair, and, no matter how hard the bride tried to get away, she could not, as the chair is locked, and an old serv- ant carries the key. The key is then given to. the bridegroom, and he is the only one privileged to open it.
 When he opens the doors of the se- dan chair he lifts the veil the little Chinese lady wears over her face, and II ue QOcS uOI AAc tue ldCc Ol u1S Au- ture bride he orders the servants to take her back to her fathers roof, and he pays the girl sum of money to make up for the loss of his compan- ionship. But if he thinks he is going to like the little lady he asks her to come in, and the chair is sent back empty. Then there is a grand feast, and the Chinaman is married.
 Queer, isn't it? Aren't you glad you live in, America, and. are free to wed whom you love?oCincinnati, Commer- cial Tribune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.
fill Whatever Job You Hold to the
 Best of Your Ability.

fiH Whatever Job You Hold to the
 Best of Your Ability.
 "In climbing the ladder of success what have you learned that you could pass on as aid to other struggling young menT' asked H. r. Davison of J. P. Morgan & Go. Ibid you conceive any shining goal and bend everything to getting there"
 "No," he replied emphatfcally. "What- ever job had was to me always the very best job in the world, and I tried for the future. If had any system in my labor it was first to do my own work; second, to teach the fellow be- low me how to take my place; third, to learn how to fill the position ahead of me-
 Boys and young men should not im- agipe that their work is so unimpor- tant> that nobody takes note of how they do it. It does not take long to ind out whether boy is on his toes watching how he can best be of help in a situation or whether he merely sits down and waits to be told what to do. The simple virtues of willingness, read mess, alertness and courtesy will carry a boy farther than mere smartness.
 Perhaps it will not be out Of place for me to describe an incident which may carry lesson for the young men you are anxious to help. One day when I was teller q customer offered me very fine gold pen. went right into the office and asked if this man had any loan from the bank. 1 eX- p1ained that he had asked me to accept the gift. The bank promptly acted. and it was not long before the fellow was in bankruptcy. The simple course I took saved the bank good deal of money."-B. c. Forbes in Leslie's.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
STYLES AND THE WOMAN.
Fashions In Dress and Hair In, the ori-
 ent and Occident.


 ent and Occident.
 Styles of oriental dress differ wide ly, but can safely leave 1t to any un- prejudiced observer that the American and European woman is the most hid eously, inefnciently and uneconomically dressed woman on earth. The Japa- nese kimono, familiar to all of us and typical of oriental garb, is made of straight lengths of material which, like all the others, is usable after it's first freshness is gone.
 We, boasting of our efficiency. cut garments into inconceivable bits, have them sewed together at great expense, only to discard them as useless after a few months wear. And consider hairdressing. It's all matter of taste whether one smooths each individual hair with coco butter, ds in India, or with paste of slippery elm bark, as in China. Both are to be preferred to the usual untidy appear ance of the western coiffure that leads the oriental to ask,$'Do they ever comb their hair?'
 The more you know of oriental wom- en the more you know they are like us The seeming differences are largely a matter of superfeialities, like the color of the skin. Indian women use saffron to produce beautiful yellow complex ion. Chinese and Japanese women like a touch of carmine on their sallow faces, while American women put on first carmine coating, then white. Each is plainly satisfied with the eff fect.-Estelle Paddock in World Out look.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
Postage Stamps and Germs.

By wettfng the gum on the stamp with the tongue is the way disease may be spread by postage stamp. It has been established by experimentation in laboratories that postage stamps do carry germs. In forty-eight tests out of total of fifty bacteria were found. The fact that in only two cases were the germs of a malignant type does that turks in wetting the gum on the stamp with the tongue
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
Odd North Enqlish Dialect.

A strange set of numerals was used by the elder generation of farmers in one of our northern dales. especially for counting sheep, and the procedure was as follows:
 A gap was made in the wall just wide enough to admit one sheep at a time, and as the sheep werc driven through the farmer counted them, making a notch in his stick at every fifteen.
 Theoretically the numerals sound like 'yann, tane, tether, mother, pip, sax, sane, catterrer, wheeler, dick, yann-er- dick, tane-er-dick. teth-er-dick, neither er-dick, boomfit.'
 "Bopmfit'' was fifteen, and so notch was made in the stick, and the strange chant began all over again.-London Chronicle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
swearino on the Bible.

The method of swearing by the Biblt came into use at very early period, practically with the establishment of courts of law in Christian countries It was the ordinary method of swear ing when America was settled by Flu ropeans and was naturally adopted here. Oaths were common before the Christian era, and any form may be used that conforms to the religious be- lief of the person to be sworn. He. brews are often sworn on the Penta. teuch, keeping on their hats, and their oath ends with the words, "So help me, Jehovah" A Mohammedan is sworn on the Koran.-Philadelphi Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
EQUINE ARTFUL DODGERS.
Deafness and Lameness That Vert
 Just Pure Bluff.

Deafness and Lameness That Vert
 Just Pure Bluff.
 We all know, of course, the livery nag who pretends to be deaf. You tell him to "get up," and he getteth not up; you cluck to him, and he accel- erateth not his pace. Is he deaf? Not he. You know, by a certain rolling of his eye and wiggling of his ears, that he hears you perfectly we'll. His deafness is pure bluff. It is like the lameness which some shrewd old nags sometimes put on.
 Will horse pretend to be lame when he is not? Some horses certainly will. Two or three years ago the Nomad was driving a livery nag on road in Vermont, when the animal suddenly began to limp terribly; couldn't go off a slow walk. It was pretty serious, for a journey of about twenty miles had just been begun. Knowing man on the road who was practical horse man, the Nomad drove up to his door and submitted the animal to the eX- pert's examination. The man looked at the horses feet, examined his legs looked him over thoroughly. "Did the horse go all right when you started out?" he asked. Yes; the horse had gone all right for three or four miles. Well" said the expert, "this horse is shamming; there is nothing the matter with him."
 Then he addressed some plain lan- guage to Dobbin, advising him with some sharpness to cut it all out and go along as he ought to. The Nomad touched the horse with the whip, and he trotted on to the end of the journey without the slightest limp.-Nomad in Boston Transcript.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
He Made the Sale.

"Yes, the property is cheap enough Why do you want to sell it?"
 'You won't give me away%
 "Nc."
 "Well, sir, it's because I'm the onl, man in this neighborhOod that Goesn't move in high society, and I'm lone. some."-Chicago Tribune 4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
inatinctive Action in Death.

The cannon ball which plunged through the head and tore out the brain of Charles XII. did not prevent him from seiZing his sword hilt. The idea of attack and the necessity for de- fense were impressed upon his mind
 by blow which we would naturally suppose to have been too tremendous and instantaneous to leave even the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
TROLLEYS AGAIN STALL.

The mornings difficulty in keeping up power to supply electricity to the traction company's cars in Bridgeport yesterday morning was repeated dur ing the afternoon and evening rush hours. Today conditions were nor nal. Special precautions were taken to prevent clogging of the automat tic stoking machinery during the periods of heavy load on the lines.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
Difficult Feat,

Two boys stood in front of the en- trance gate of football field They had no money, but they were deter mined to outwit the gatekeeper some how and get in and see the game. They suggested scheme after scheme to one another, and finally the older boy said:
 q got it now! We'll walk in back ward, and he'll think we're comin' out."-EXchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
A Bitinu Sentiment.

You have to be careful even about paying compliments. Bill Mixer, who used to write ads. for tobacco house, got himself in bad when he started writing copy for butter concern and. wrote Guaranteed not to bite the tongue e"-BoSton G1ahM
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
Sample.

George didn't keep his enga cement with me last night" said the girl who was betrothed to him.
 ''I'd give him a piece of my mind" "- said her mother. Ts "Just little sample of married life" suggested father.-Cleveland Leader
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
S. A. CAMPAIGN BEGINS.

The building campaign of the Sal 'yation Army began last night when special services were held for the young people at Headquarters, 30 Elm street. Col. John Margetts, secretary of the National Young People, of New York, and Adj. Alfred Tylen secretary of the Provincial Young People, Bos- ton, conducted the services
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-12
s--s-- Not Catchino.

Mrs. Nouveau Riche-Willie, I don't want to see you play with the Sings by-Smythe's dog again. Willie Ditto Why not, ma? Mrs. N. R.-The dog is pedigreed, they say, and there's no telling when it may have another fit of them.-New York Globe.