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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-03-02
GERMAN TREACHERY.

The very thing which Americans de-
test about the Germany of the Euro
pean war has been brought forcibly
to the front through the unearthing
and publication Of the Germanic pro-
posaI to Mexico in case Of war with
the United States. The general out
line of the Kaiser's purpose was to
secure the aid of Mexico in warning
with the United States and promising
Texas, Arizona and New Mexico as
the booty. Another role for the Car
rama government would be to induce
Japan to forsake her allies and join
hands with the Germans in war with
America.
The suggestion of such thing from
Germany convicts her of many charg-
es which have been made during the
past two and half years. She is
none too good to do herself what she
has requested of Mexico, and for this
reason Germany has been proven gull
ty of one of the foulest plots in the
history of governments. 1t surpasses
the spy" system in France, Belgium
and England because that affected no
other than the Kaiser and the several
nations individually.
No honorable man would propose
made. She is without honor, and the
direst penalties possible should be ex-
acted of her official heads for their
betrayal of confidence self-confessed.
We desire to doubt the possibility of
the German people being in sympathy
with the scheme as carried on by the
Icrownheads, but certainly they are
responsible by permitting such beasts
in field of honor.
The American people should be
thankful of the alertness of our secret
service. They are agents of defense
and would not be parties to sucn
obnoxious movements as characterize
the German spy" system.
We know little of our secret SER
vice, and it is we'll Suffice it to say
that they have measured up to the ex-
pectations of the people.
Count Won Bernstorff was allowed
to remain in the United States quite
too long His continued presence here
was due to the extreme desire of
President Wilson to go as far as pos
sible in avoiding a conflict. To our
way of thinking, President Wilson has
fulfilled every duty which the extrem-
est pacifist could demand He has been
insulted, co-incident with the slap
from the Kaiser
All Of the protested friendliness of
Germany is mere sham. A hyphen to-
day is signal for contempt.
We believe that humanity expects
every honorable man to avoid physical
conflict as far az possible, but on the
other hand all the laws of God and
man tend to exert the pressure of the
recognition that self-preservation is
paramount.
The United States government
Should adopt extraordinary means to
I stop the treacherous streams of enmity
now flowing through our land. Not
until the German Imperial government
witnesses a new monarchy should we
resume relations. And in the mean
time strive by all our might and main
to prepare for war.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-03-02

Published every Sunday morning ana
ayery afternoon, except Saturday, ana
weekly, by the Times-Recorder 60"
(Incorporated.)
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-13
Speed of Insects Wings.

Insects, like birds and animals, have
their calls, says London Tit-Bits. But the
sounds they produce indicate the rubbing
together of their limbs or wing covers
and the vibration of their wings. so they
cannot always be spoken OF as voices
Flies and bees undoubtedly mean some
thing when they hum louder and louder.
Landolse, the famous naturalist, has
calculated that to produce the sound of
by vibrating its wings they vibrate 352
times a second, and the bee to create A
Vbrates 440 times a second A tired bee
huns on E sharp This change is, per-
haps, involuntary, but undoubtedly at
the command OF the will, and Is similar
to the voice When seeking honey bee
huns to + sharp. Landose noticed three
different tones emitted by insects-a low
one during flight, higher one when the
wings are held so that they can not vi
brate, and a higher one yet when the in
sect is held so that none of his limbs can
| be moved.
No music is as familiar as that pro-
duced by the locust, grasshoppers and
crickcts and although they are not pro-
duced by the mouth, they answer az
calls, and are undoubtedly language to
a certain extent; and, indeed, their calls
have been reduced to written music The
music Of grasshoppers is produced in four
different ways, according to Scudder
First, by rubbing the base OF one wing
upon the other, using for that purpose
veins running through the middle portion
of the wing; second, by a similar meth.
cd, by using the veins of the inner part
Of the wing; third, by rubbing the inner
surface Of the hind legs against the outer
surface Of the wing covers: and fourth
by rubbing together the upper surface OF
the front edge Of the wings and the under
surface Of the hind legs
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-13

The immediate areas of the camps for
the national army, the National Guards
and the naval forces will, of course, be
under the control of the federal govern
ment and will, therefore, receive the at
tention which they require; but the sur
rounding territory would naturally be
left largely as it now stands were it not
for some organization like the Red
Cross society. Now that organization
has accepted the responsibility of look
ing after many of the conditions which
exist for miles around the army or navy
camps. 1t will look after the milk sup
ply of the hundreds of thousands of
men: it will attempt to eliminate the
mosquito pest which spreads disease;
it will send sanitary engineers into
these districts, on request, to cooper
ate with the local organizations. These
and many others smaller plans are be
ing mapped out for the American Red
Cross, the organization that the people
OF the United States financed in the
great money-raising campaign which is
still fresh in the minds of the world
and in which approximately $l00000,0 900
was contributed. Everyone who con
tributed a cent to that campaign fund
may have more or less direct interest
in the work about to be undertaken
feeling that he himself is helping to
support the endeavOr. Your money is
going to be used well.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-13

The Randolph Herald and News voices
the prevailing sentiment in Vermont
when it says:
The powers exercised by state and local
boards of health occasionally seem harsh
and arbitrary and frequently result in
hardship and loss to business concerns
and individuals. That few men can
summarily interfere so much with the
natural order causes complaint at times.
Yet il should be recognized that the pub
lie health Is paramount TO all other con
sidcrations whatsoever; that these boards
are made up of men who carefully study
disease, its prevention and cure and who
are our fellow citizens, not naturally in
clincd 70 cause trouble without adequate
purpose in view; and that if anything is
to be done in behalf Of the public in time
of danger it must be done quickly and
thoroughly. The legislature has we
think wisely vested extraordinary pow
ers with these boards The courts seem
inclined to uphold them. Public opinion
too, supports them insofar as it can sec
clear relation between the method.
taken and the purpose III view
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-13
PERIL IN RHUBARB LEAVES.
The Medical Record Tells of Several
Poison Victims in ENGLAND.

The London correspondent of the
Medical Record warns against using
leaves as food They contain
oXalic acid, and several persons have
been poisoned in England recently as
the result of eating them. He writes:
Several eases of poisoning by rhu-
barb leaves have been reported Lately.
This. is no new experience. As a substi-
tute for spinach, these leaves have long
been employed, but those who use them
are generally acquainted with their dis
advantage. At the inquest this week
on a clergyman who died soon after
eating cooked leaves it was stated that
analysis showed oxalic acid salts were
present to the extent of 10 grains to
the pound. DR.. Spitsbury attributed
the death to poisoning from this, and
said that in the ordinary way 20 grains
to the pound might not be sufficient to
cause death, but that amount would be
on the border line and might affect some
persons while others might escape.
tThough the use of the leaves as a
vegetable is inadvisable, the stalk may
be used provided that no soda is EN-
i ployed in the cooking. For century
or more the stalks have been used on
an enormous scale as substitute foI
! fruit and have come to be looked upon
almost as the fruit itself. In some very
rare eases of idiosyncracy every part of
the plant seems to disagree In al
cases the leaves should be rejected"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-13
WHAT CHEvRONS SIGNIFY.
How to Tell the Rank of Army Officers

Few people who see the men from the
Post every day know just what the
chevrons signify which they wear on
their arms or what the various symbols
indicate which the officers wear. The
lowest non commissioned officer wears
single Vshaped chevr, n on both arms.
His rank is lance corr oral and he Is In
Office only temporari v. The corporal
wears chevron with two bars or stripes,
one chevron on each arm The third
higher in rank is the sergeant, who wears
three bars on the chevron. The first ser
gcant wears three bars, with a diamond
shaped device under the bars. The cook
wears a circular chez ron with a bakers
cap in the center A horse-shOer wears a
horse shoe on the chn,ron, the sad Her
wears a saddler's knife, ana the WAGNER
wears a wheel on his arm. A pair of
crossed bars on a round chevron is worn
by the mechanic or artiiicer. The bugler
wears a bugle on hi cap. The 7upply
sergeants of troop or of a battery Y ear
three bars with q cross bar across the
ends of the lowest bar. Three cross bars
are worn by the reg mental supply ser
geant beneath the three top bars. The
sergeant major wears two curved bars
across the lower part of the cheyron, and
the regimental sergeant major wears
three curved bars across the bottom of
the chevron.
| A second lieutenant wears no insignia
on his shoulders, but the first lieutenant
wears one silver bar On each shoulder
The captain wears two bars, the major
wears a gold leaf on each shoulder, the
lieutenant colonel %ears silver leaves
and the colonel v aro an eagle on each
shoulder The b adler general wears
one star, the III jor general two stars
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-13
BIG CORPORATIONS HIT.
New War Tax Bill Will Greatly In
crease Their Burden

WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. - Chair
man Simmons explaining to the senate
the finance committee s purposes
in redrafting the war tax bill,
declared the changes made viii greatly
increase the tax burden to be borne by
the big corporations who have profted
from the war.
In detailed statement opening de-
bate on the measure, Senator Sim
mons said the committee had weighed
every schedule carefully during its
many weeks of consideration and that
the bill as now presented would place
the tax where it belonged, without
working injustice to any one. He did
not complete his statement and will
continue tomorrow.
Without mentioning him BY name.
the North Carolina senator replied at
| length to Chairman Kitchin of the
house ways and means committee, who
recently charged that the senate com
mittee had rewritten the house bill in
such a way as to favor prosperous cor
porations and individuals. On the con.
trary, the senator insisted the senate
revision would tax the prosperous much
more readily than had the house bill
The house, he said, had been far toe
lenient with those who had 'treaped
this harvest of gold. ~
Certain corporations in this coun
try are going to be made to disgorgc
in order TO pay the expenses of this
war a very considerable proportion OF
their income, said Senator Simmons
"'The 1916 war profits exceed three
billion dollars. The house bill pro
posed ridiculously small sum, from
the swollen war profits. 1t was entirely
too lenient to the men who have reapeC
this harvest of gold-gold they eX
tracted out of the earnings of those whC
must bear the burdens of this strug
ole -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-13
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE
BY LEE PAPE

All of n suddin yestidday AFTERNOON
il started to rane like enything. and the
telefone bell rang and | ansered It and
II was pop, SAYING Is that You, Benny
and me saying, Yes, sir, and pop saying,
I'm GROUND the corner under the drug
store orning, get my umbreller and
come GROUND after me, and for
Poets sake get a wiggle on.
Yes sir, | scd. And ! took his umbrcl-
Ter out of the hall rack and started to
go GROUND after him. and the wattir
pipe was licking down at the corner
house, and | stood under the leek under
the unbreller for a vile, on account of
it being sutch a ixciting sensation,
and then | kepp on going Ground lords
the drug store, and vile | was passing
SnideIS milk store who did ] see stand
ing on the steps with a bottle of milk
and no umbreller but Mary Watkins,
saying, o Benny, take me home under
Your umbreller?
! half to % GROUND after my fathir
hes under the drug store ornlng, sed
o well, if you wood rather go GROUND
after your fathir, I'm sorry | asked
Won, sed Mary Watkins. Mary Wat
! lins being the prettiest gerl in the nay
| berhood and maybe in the sity, and
sed, | dident say Id rather, | said | hafl
| to.
WITCH she dident say enything, and
stood there a vile and then | sed, al
rite, III take you home. And she go
under pops umbreller with me and
took her home, being 3 blocks, tawkins
to each luther on the way, and then
quick went back for pop, witch as sool
as he saw me he sed, 0, hcer you are
watts your hurry, you've got the hol
week ahcd of you.
Well G wiz, pop, lady asked M
to take her home, and | had to be polite
dident | sed.
0, well, in that case, that's diffrent
sed pop. And he took the umbrella
and me and him started to wawk hom
under it, pop saying, Who was the lady
Sir? | sed, and pop sed, Wat lad
did you take home? and | sed, Mar
Watkins.
Young man, If / dident half to pa
the doctor bill in case you cawt cold o
sunthing, Id make you wawk 10 yard
behind me out in all this rane, sed pop.
And we kepp on going, pop saying
Mary Watkins, Mary Watkins, and hi
own lawful fathir stranded under
orning. And wen we got home he wa
still mad, and he told ma, and ma SEE
Wasent that cute.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-13
Obsolete Blue Laws.
Rutland News

The famous Connecticut "blue laws
are now mere historic memories. With
the beginning Of the present month
they were formally recognized as OBJ
solcte Connecticut has a new set of
Sunday observance rules. They are
fewer in number than the old ones. and
needless to say, they are far more liber-
al and sensible. They drop the attempt
of 18th century Puritanism to legis-
late the innocent Joy out Of life. They
recognize that human nature, as it ex
lists in the normal man and WOMAN. is
not wholly bad, and that the instinc-
tive love of various forms of recreation
hitherto banned is not at all ineonsist-
cnt with the love of God
Though little change may be noted
in the outward observance of this Sab
| bath in Connecticut. there will be a
notable change in the spirit of it. The
! hypocrisy has been swept away. Peo-
| pie may now indulge in certain harmless
| pleasures without any furtiveness OF
| secret sense of guilt. And that is a
| great gain. Citizens will no longer be
conscious of breaking the law if they
cook meal on Sunday. or take a wal k
or 20 calling. And there is no lega
obligation about church going, they may
start going to church again.
This change is characteristic Of
general tendency to relax the olden Sc
verify of Sunday laws in America AnC
despite the honest fears of many o
our conscientious citizens, it seems tina
on the whole the tendency is a whole
some one. :" sabbath was made 70
man, and not man for the Sabbath,
said the Founder of the faith. Thos
words were overlooked by the maker
of blue laws. The Sabbath is once NOR
being adjusted to human needs. Whe
we have completed the adjustment, W
shall be no less religious than befor,
; and much healthier and happier.
And, talking about blue laws, VIII
] not repeal the dead wood ON tn
, Vermont statute books2 The fact tina
the laws are not enforced and few pc,
pie think Of them does not alter tn
fact that they are there and that it
5 hypocritical to have them, unenforce
n as they are.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-13
LIGHTS ON VEHICLES.
Text of Law That is Generally VIC
lated in Vermont

Because numerous complaints have
been heard around town about violators
Of the act relating to vehicles on wheels
carrying lights at night on public high
WAYS, publication of the act NAV serve
to enlighten those who violate the law,
and save possible prosecution. The act
reads as follows:
Section |. Every vehicle on wheels
whether stationary or in motion on a
public highway, shall have attached to
it light which shall be so displayed as
to be visible from the front and rear
during the period from - minutes att
er sunset to - minutes before sunrise;
provided, however, that this act shall
not apply to n vehicle that is designed
to be propelled by hand or to any vehicle
designed for the transportation of hay,
straw, wood, lumber, stone, machinery
or to other heavy freight, nor to farm
machinery.
Section ,. Nothing contained in this
act shall be construed to affect the
provisions of any existing statute. rule
or regulation requiring lighted lamps
on motor vehicles and the obligations
! of the owners, operators or occupants
/ thereof
Section >. The driver or custodian OF
vehicle shall be deemed the responsible
party, liable to the penalty provided TO,
! violations of this act.
Section I. A person who violates tn,
| provision Of this act shall be fined no
more than five dollars.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-13
NUMBER OF
DRESSINGS WANTED
Surgeon General Calls for 100000
Vermont Chapter Will Work for
BattleShip Vermont.

At the request of William c. Braisted,
surgeon general of the United States
navy, the American Red Cross has called
upon 10 of the larger chapters of the
society nearest New York to supply at
the earliest possible moment surgical
dressings for each of 1SS battleships and
destroyers. Each ship will require thou
sands of congresses and bandaSes, the
entire consignment making a total of
more than 100000 surgical dressings.
The surgical dressings are to be pre-
pared by the women workers in the Red
! Cross chapters at Chicago, Cleveland,
Pittsburg, Washington, Baltimore, Phila-
| delphia, New York, Atlanta, Boston
and the Northeastern division. these
chapters being chosen because their
proximity to New York will expedite
delivery. 1t is expected to fill the order
within the next 10 days.
| Each of the 56 battleships will be
provided with 600 double gauze com
presses; ! POO large gauze wipes; coo
small gauze wipes; three dozen laparo-
tony pads II inches square, and three
dozen four by 16 inches. Half of this
amount will be supplied each of -
destroyers.
The chapters in the Northeastern ii
vision, which includes Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts anC
Rhode Island, will supply the battleship
Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire
Rhode Island, Vermont and the follow
ing destroyers: Marblehead, Aylwin
Chauncey, Conynham, Duncan, Perkins
Terry, Tucker, Wadsworth, Castine, Dol
phin, Mayhower, Vestal, Nesuvius, Am
phtrite, Petral, and Bridge. The battle
ships Prairie and Hancock viii be sup
piled by the Boston chapter.
Women qualified in the various char
tiers to make surgical dressings are work
ing day and night for the rapid con
pletion of the work. Only women VIII
have taken the Red Cross course in tn
| making Of these bandages are eigibl
| to engage in the work.
With the declaration Of the war ther
!, has been a rapid increase in the numbe
; Of women throughout the country tai
: ing the Red Cross surgical dressing
course. In June, 4,l44 certificates WEI
issued by the American Red Cross t
women who had taken the course
5 eight lessons of three hours each an
:. in the first 10 days of July, 1879 &c
h tiicates were issued.
! Each chapter will supply the battl
o ship named after that particular sta
q and others in which they might have
geographical interest. These boxes
completed will be shipped by chapte
. direct to the Bush Terminal at Ne
II York for distribution to the ships.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-13
c. F. Thomas, The
Popular Druggist

Many of Mr.. Thomas's friends are
praising him for the benefit which
Brattleboro people are receiving
through the use of Abbey's Effervers-
cent Salts
4 spoonful Of these granules in
glass of water taken night and morn
ing for week or ten days will give
you new understanding of the de-
light of perfect health and freedom
from biliousness, headaches and the
more serious ills caused by Auto-Intox-
ication.
Abbev's Effervescent Salts cleanst
the system and give the blood chance
to get nourishment from your food in
stead of being tainted by the poisons
from accumulated waste.
Abbey's. by the way, is packed in
the new size bottle, but at the same
| old price.
Call at Thomas s Drug Store and get
a butH@ufthrSe-SS..rtt ttz=Adx--
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-13

"That reminds me-" said Daddy, and
both the children interrupted.
"Hurrah. Daddy is always being re-
minded of sornething-something that
means a story"
'Yes," said Daddy, "the rhubarb in
q garden was growing up and almost
ready TO cut.
"How happy am said the biggest
plant of ALL
why, said the next biggest plant.
"'Because, said the biggest plant.
I can he called Lady Rhubarb.'
"'Tell us Why said the rest of the
rheubarb family.
"YOu see,' continued the biggest
plant of rhubarb in the garden. n num-
Der of years ago the Fairy Queen came
this way. She told US how the chill
dren We're waiting and longing for the
time to come when they could have
fresh rhubarb for supper.
"'She said that she would offer a
prize to the rhubarb plant which grew
up first and was ready for eating.
"'She told us she would not give a
DIlLc VI IL ttN-IoI Ne tltll care 1bE
toys-nor of good earth-for we all
had that. Neither would she give US a
prize of something to eat, for earth
and rain and sun and warmth We're
all we needed. But she would give
us a prize of name
"What manner asked the other
plants of rhubarb.
"'She said she would give the plant
that was ready TO be cut first the fine
title of Lady Rhubarb. And she sale
she would do that every year. SO tina
the first rhubarb plant grown in every
garden that can be eaten is always tt
be known as Lady Rhubarb.'
, "'What wonderful honor said TIL
rest of the rhubarb plants.
, eyes continued the biggest plan
of all, I am to be called Lady Rhu
barb this year. | didn't know abou
, 1t until my family whispered the Sc
J cret to me last year when the rhubar
S season was over
S "'They told me to grow with Nigh
S and main when spring came and
would be known as Lady Rhubarb.'
"'Now come TO think of it. said TIL
> rest of the rhubarb plants. our fan
lilies whispered the same secret. Bu
G we We're lazy and we didn't pay niue
t attention. And so you have receive
the honor this spring.
"Just then the Fairy Queen hal
pened along. 'Good-morrow, Lad
Rhubarb,' she said as she waved he
II wand over the biggest plant of all.
'Good-morrow,' said Lady Rhubar
proudly.
$ "All the other plants nodded the
= heads and their big leaves looked dow
- at the stalks which were not qui
Is ready. to cut while Lady Rhubarb WI
5: all ready.
IL 81 can be used for stewing. pie
y. anything that they want me for nov
1 said Lady Rhubarb happily.
Z eyes said the Fairy Queen. 'Y'
- have won the race this spring in tt