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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10
GRIM HUM0R.
pria Record.

Much surprise is expressed at
the Kaiser's humor in christening
his battle lines the Siegfried and
Wotan. 1t is distinctly remember
ed that he used to entertain
mighty poor opinion of R. Wagner
and his music. He did not take
Mark Twain's cheerful view of it.
Twain said it wasn't as bad as it
sounded. New York Sun
Of course the Sun does not mean to
convey the impression that Wotan and
Siegfried originated in the brain of
Richard Wagner of music-drama fame,
but the hurried and uninformed reader
might readily be led to suppose So The
Kaiser may still have a poor opinion
OF Wagner and may have had no
thought of that musicians work when
he chose the names of German god
and a German legendary hero known
for many centuries before Wagner's
day
1t must be said that these names are
not inappropriate for modern German
battle lines, on and about which so
much "frightfulpess" has been com
mitted, particularly the name of the
terrible Wotan who advocated nobody
to his heaven of Valhalla but men who
had been slain in battle. and the joys
of whose elysium consisted in eating,
drinking tout of the skulls of slain en-
emies) and fighting When the gods
of Valhalla had cut each other to
pieces they had the power of making
themselves whole again and thus their
lovely pastime was eternal. We should
say that the grim humor of these
names consist in the fact that while the
Kaiser piously prays to the Christian
God he is by his war methods really
invoking the ancient demon-gods OF
Germany. -Valdosta Times.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10

for the fact that the poor men are Of
fering themselves just as well.
The non-partisan and distinctly Soc
ialistic farmers of North Dakota, who
have been enriched by war prices for
their products, do not care for the
United States. They are only for them
elves and for North Dakota Philadel-
pria Record.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10

Tomatusses and similar by-products
OF the backyard garden now occupy a
place IN the sun" of popularity and
judging by the exhibits made by sun
dry amateur and professional garden
ers in this immediate vicinity, Brother
Hoover is receiving substantial as
sistance in his efforts to increase the
food supply
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10
Richmond Blessings.

In the window of a colored restau.
rant GA the North side: Come in and
get your fill of sausage and old Vir-
ginny corncakes, with plenty of sure,
enough strip, and get glimpse of the
land where tho wicked cease from
troubling anc the weary are at rest"
st. Louis GlObe-Democrat.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10

Careful investigation throughout the
entire country shows that Sumter's
farmers are taking off their coats and
giving Mr.. Boil Weevil run for his
money. The determined fight against
the pest is sure to result in the pro-
duction of about % per cent more cot
ton than was anticipated this spring.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10
While an ihEestigatlon OF the exp!

While an INVESTIGATION of the explos-
len occurring at the Mare Island navy
yard may disclose no evidence of Teu-
ton treachery, the more or less fire.
quent occurrence of such disasters
throughout the country tends to indi.
cate the presence of plotters whose ex-
termination should be made the prime
object of secret service operations.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10

Apparently forewarned of the ulti-
mate disaster destined to overtake the
Chinese royalist attempt to restore the
Manchu dynasty, General Chang is pre-
pairing the Forbidden City" for a pro-
longed seige at the hands of the We
publican forces. No nation or people
once having taken step forward, is
willing to retrograde and no restora-
ton of the monarchial form of govern
ment may ever be expected in the
"Flowery kingdom
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10
"a RICH MANS WAR;"

The opulent farmers of North Da-
kota have not taken a quarter of their
allotment of the Liberty Loan because
they are all deep in the "non-partisan"
movement, and A. w. Townley, presi-
dent of the Non-partisan League, has
been all over the state telling the
horny-handed tillers of the soil that
this is a rich mans war and the Lib
erty Loan is rich mans loan
OF course, these farmers are on the
side of the down-trodden poor. They
got their land from the government for
nothing. They got the railroads that
make their land valuable as a gift from
the nation which gave land to com
panies to build the roads. The farmers
OF the country have had twenty years
Of good crops and good prices None
has made more money out of the high
prices of grain and meats than the
farmers of North Dakota. But they OBJ
served with a shock that other men,
men who were not farmers, were max
ing money, they dropped the existing
parties and formed new one which
they called non-partisan. They resolv-
ed that the state should build grain
elevators and stock yards for them,
should not tax their improvements,
should make the railroads charge them
/ less, and should do five or six other
things that were distinctly in the inter
est of the farmers and of none other
OF course, these oppressed cultivat-
ors of the soil are on the side of the
poor man. They are privileged class.
They cannot be indicted for combining
or for holding food for higher prices,
and, being majority of the people of
the state, they can use the credit and
taxing power of the state to make their
own business more profitable Of
course with wheat at 50 or SO a bushel
and cattle and faxseed way up in the
air, these princely farmers of North
Dakota will not put their money into 3
1-2 per cent. bonds They've got to
have at least twice that return on
their capital Fifty or hundred pers
ons have made fortunes out of muni-
tons, and therefore the war to which
President Wilson summoned the cOun-
try the war for the rights OF the Unit
&c States and for the overthrow of
autocracy, is a rich mans war
No persons have made more ont of
this war than the farmers The prices
of grain, provisions and cotton have
been driven up by the war to an extent
which, in the aggregate, makes NUM-
ton profits look puny. But the North
Dakota farmers represent the poor,
struggling, Woodworking men, and are
opposed to a rich mans war and to Sc
curities that only pay 1-2 per cent.
The pretense that this is rich mans
war is the worst insult ever offered to
poor men. Did anybody before ever.
venture to charge the poor men with
indifference to American rights, with
conspicuous lack of patriotism, and;
with thrifty neutrality in war
where democracy is arrayed on one
side and autoeracy is combined on the
other This might be called rich
mans war from the number of rich
men and their sons who are Offering
themselves for the defense of American
rights and popular government, bn
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10
Judge Andrew j cobb by his Fourt.

Judge Andrew j. Cobb by his Fourth
OF July speech at Athens, brought
about a disqualification of sentiment
not only in Georgia but throughout the
entire South, which will result in for
tifying our people against the insid-
ious attacks of demagogues whose an
archistic utterances border close on
treason.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10
More Difficult,

Most of US take things very seri-
ously" Yes" replied Miss Cayenne.
And it is largely due to Incidence. In
order to seem serious it is necessary
only to manage your facial express
sion. But it takes a great deal of
time, money and ingenuity to be truly
frivolous. Exchange
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10
A POLITICAL CORPSE.

Running true to form and living up
to his long established, unquestioned
reputation as political fighter of
parts, the junior senator from Georgia
is leaving no stone unturned in his eff
fort to counterfeit the landslide of pub
lie condemnation and disapproval of
his acts and utterances with reference
to the policy decided upon by the Unit
ed States in the war against German
Hardwick's ability in the political
arena is generally acknowledged, and
while the policies he advocates are, to
say the least, most inopportune at this
particular time, yet he must be given
credit for courage and bulldog stamina
enough to fight the battle through to
the bitter end. And bitter end it will
be for him. His hold on the people of
Georgia is forever broken; their sup
port has been forever alienated by the
treacherous, vindictiVe attacks made
by him upon the government to which
he should lend every ounce of his sup
port in this period of national stress.
The "sullen silence" in which his
speeches have been received is suffi-
Gent evidence of the fact that Geor-
gians refuse to be led astray by the
vain mouthings of demagogery, the
splenetic outbursts of fanatical preju-
dice or the vindictive assaults born of
personal antagonism for the nations
guiding spirits.
Thomas w Hardwick, when he COM
pletes his present term in the upper
branch Of the Congress of the United
States, will become a dead issue in
! Georgia, his following reduced to a
handful of irreconcilable fanatics
whose blind allegiance causes them
to disregard the finer principles of pa
triotic duly All the oratory of which
he is capable, all the explanations and
denials he can make, will prove inef-
lfectual His constituents have heard
enough of his words and have seen
enough of his deeds during the past
few months to convince them mat
; Thomas w. Hardwick is nor the man
to properly represent them. His con-
duct during the past two weeks would
constitute sufficient demonstration OF
this fact, exclusive of any previous re-
cord along this line.
About all that Georgians can DO a
ip1esent is to counterfeit in every posi-.
BILE manner the influence he is en-
i deavoring to spread in opposition tt
the plans which have been decided
upon by the nations representatives t.
uphold the principles for which the
United States of America has stood
since its inception And while the
true sons of Georgia are bending theil
best efforts to this end, let us bidt
our time in patience as best we may
knowing that the time is not fal
hence when the Hardwick incubus will
be effectually and permanently re.
moved.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10
LlOyds Loss of Men.

LONDON, July 10.-Lloyds Marine
Insurance committee have lost the SER
vices of $500 men during the war, and
their business is being conducted with
the assistance of old men and boys.
Last year the premiums paid to the
committee totalled 35,000,000 pounds
sterling.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10

Another hope dashed The United
States has refused to recognize the
revolutionary government in Costa
RIGA and the representative of the de
facto government has packed up his
playthings and skedaddled for home.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10
Americas, Ga, July 10, 1917

Thomas Hohenzollern Hardwick is
giving a tangible illustration of the old
maxim which adjures us that it is ex-
tremely unwise to start something that
cannot be finished
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10
Zeppelin Motor Buses in England.

LONDON, July 1o.-Zeppelin motor
buses are being run between this city
and Eastbourne. Owing to the short
age of petrol, single deck motor bus
is equipped with long gas-bag on
top filled with coal gas to be used as
"a substitute for petrol for driving
power
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10

Eight stills were captured at one
stroke down in Pierce county and the
sheriff declares that he has only just
started operations. The citizens of that
particular section are evidently in for
a prolonged period of drought
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10
Whenever You Need a 6eReral Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as =
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of QUIN-
me and IRON. soc. advt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10
WASHINGTON CAMP, NO. IA,

P. O. S. OF A.
Meets every first and third Monday
nights in P. O. s. of A. Hall, No. 21s
Lamar St. All members in good stand
ing invited to attend. Beneficiary certi-
fcates from $4,000 to 100000 issued
to members of this camp.
S. A. JENNINGS, Pres't.
o. D. REESE, Recd'g. Sec'y.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-10
ScabOdr1 Air Line

The Progressive Railway Of the South
Leave Americas for COrdele. Ro-
chelle, Abbeyille, Helena, Lyons, Cox
Inns, Savannah, Columbia, Richmond.
Portsmouth and points East and South
1881 p m.
2:30 q m
Leave Americas for Cordele, Able
vile, Helena and intermediate points
5:11 p. m.
Leave Americas for Richland, At
lanta, Birmingham, Hurtsboro, Mont
gomery and points West and Northwest
S:0S p. m.
Leave Americas for Richland. Col
umbus, Dawson, Albany and interme-
date points
1O:0O m
Seaboard Buffet Parlor Sleeping Car
on Trains 13 and IA arriving Americas
from Savannah 1925 p. m, and leav-
ing Americas for Savannah 2:3G q. n.
Sleeping car leaving for Savannah at
2:30 a. M, will be open for passengers
at 40 p. m.
For further information apply to H.
P, Everett, Local Agent, Americas.
Ca; c. W. Small, Div. Pass. Agent,
Savannah, Ca; c. p IN, G. p. A..
Norfolk, Va
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-13

Basrah. Mesopotamia. March IL
Belt Naamah is the Mecca of the
wounded wounded, sun-scorched Off
Ger sent down from the Mesopotam
ian front to the base at Basrah.
Belt Naamah is indeed pleasant
place. compared with what the officer
has been used to at the Mesopotam-
ian front. There are clean, white
beds. electric fans. and abroad roof
on which the convalescents lie be-
meath mosquito netting and awning
and enjoy the cool breeze.
The hospital stands about twenty
yards from the right bank of the
Shattel-Arab and occupies some two
hundred yards of the river front Be
tween the main building and the river
is a grove of orange trees laden with
fruit, and on the north side another
garden produces grapes. pomegran-
ates, and figs.
The main building is constructed
on the oriental plan of courtyards, of
which there are three-the mems, the
harem or women's, and the outhouses
with the hamman or Turkish bath.
All are built around square gardens
of orange trees.
When it was decided to convert the
long standing Belt Naamah into a
hospital the nucleus of the staff ar
rived and encamped in the court
yard The house was full of Arabs
and the women were still in the
harem, while the sanitary conditions
and general filth of the place were
uncomfortable. Arabs. women, furni-
ture and all were cleared out, and ev-
erybody turned to the work Of house
cleaning with a will
A whole village behind the main
house had to be cleared away, cess
pools forty years old had to be filled
up, rooms were scrubbed and white
washed. water supply. drainage, kitch-
en- and sanitary arrangements planned
and executed, and scores of minor
matters attended to. Gradually
stores and appliances were accumu-
lated. and in about a month the hos
pital was ready to receive patients.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-13

sac is the only medicine that ever
did me any good. and | want every
body TO know about it. If people
cont believe you just tell them 10
me ami look AT me now and then
look at my picture that was taken
while l was sick. | will show them
mighty quick what Tanlac has done
for me.
Commenting on the above remark
able statement. Mr.. C. F. Willis.
southern distributor of Tanlac, said:
over seven and a quarter million
bottles of Tanlac have been sold
within the past two years. and il
has been endorsed by over half
million people, but this mans case is
one of the most remarkable that has
ever been called to my attention. 1t
is Just such evidence as this that
proves beyond question the truly
wonderful and extraordinary cura
/ tive powers of Tanlac and explains
+ its phenomenal and record-breaking
sales in all parts Of the country
Tanlac is sold exclusively in Lake
land by Henley & Henley; in Fort
Meade by Warns Pharmacy; in Bar
tow by Barlow Drug Company; in
Homeland by ]. l.. Langham &
son: in Haines City by Haines City
Pharmacy, and in Winter Haven by
the Anderson Drug Co.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-13

II THE CIRCUIT COURT. TENTH y t,it u !.
cIEtITT FuIk COUNTY. fLaklltA n
CHANcEEl NJ a. SLAsiE t0Nt i.at
Ant KS q s. HANSlsEEcfE E tAA
LoE AND GEE rANLuN bEFENt'AA
FoEEcHo~ EE nF MORTGAGE AND "tf'
III EELtE
n a..ear ~. t'.r fdda- ~ -a.ser
complainant .u ihc a'i.lt stated fsH-' li
J &c T4tlar. uut ~ thc defendant. aaiti .'
tiie faif Il complaint. 8, h0u !el ~ 'i.'
State # > r.ia residing az 'nrdeH. N'il.''
c Junty. Oklahoma:
Tina. tht-e Is u1 person within HE Nitie .-
Florida. the service Of subpoena upon Nii..i
would bind said defendant and that iae '1tl
def, ndaut /, over the axe II twenty one YEAR
il i therefore ordered that said non resident
defendant hr and he Is hereby required 70 az
near 10 itc supplemental bin q compliant q
amended and filed Ia said cause on or ifigIt
Monday. the second day Of April. \ J. l'l''
otherwise the allegations u said bill VIII ue
taken 4, confessed by said defendant
II Is further ordered that this order he pun
lished once a week for four consecutive wees
in the Lakeland Evening Telegram. ne~spa
per published In said county and state
This 5rd day II March, 4 ID I'll.
\ JOHNSON,
Clerk Circuit Court,
KELSEY BLAN~oN AND oLIPHANT q
0IIPHANT, ..,
Solicitors for Complainant '5l
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-13

Under and by virtue o. final decree Q.
foreclosure and sale entered by the Honorable
John : Edwards. Judge 81 the Circuit 'our'
in and for Polk County. Florida. In chanrerl
on the third day Of March, a. u. 1871, IN q
certain cause therein pending wherein Edward
Iixter Daisy Hobart. and J. Z. Hobart, her
husband are defendants. and II o. Talley =
complainant | will offer for sale and sell az
put lie ou'cry TO the highest and best hldd'r
for the south door OF Inc coufi h"u'''
lin liz ~ Barlow Florida, on Monday
ecund day 81 April a legal sales daN.
y cen the hours ~ eleven a. N and w"
y m. the following described real estate Nlls
ana being Ia Polk county. Florida. town.
OTIS three and four. block eleven bNelanl
Addition 30 Lakeland. according 70 revised
map n appears on the public records 81 FoiN
county. Florida, said sale being made 10 real
lie M, money mentioned Ia said iinal decree,
together with COSTS charges aud expenses OF
sale II & PETTEWAN.
c9I4 Special Master
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-13
Christian EndeavOrerS
To Meet In Orlando

Instead OF newsletter Of varied
items from over the State We here
give. asking for your careful. pray
erfui attention, splendid letter per-
tanning to the twcnty-ninth annual
State convention soon coming.
Dear Miss Townsend. | know ! can
count on you to help me publish
through the state the convention
news from now until it meets with
Us, April 1922. Since this is our
FIRST experience in entertaining a
convention we certainly appreciate
any help others give us.
We have had several committee
Meetings and perhaps Endeavorers
might use the names of some of the
chairmen in correspondence before
the convention.
Miss Margaret Fiske is general
chairman and will answer any ques-
tins about the convention in gen
eral
MIR. Robert d.ewter is chairman Of
the reception committee and should
be informed of time OF arrival, the
number in party, etc
Miss Ethel Sharpe is chairman Of
the entertainment committee and
Miss Mary l.. Branham of the regis
tration committee Please urge them
to communicate with her as early as
possible.
The registration fee is fifty cents
and they are to be given badge
pinned with button picture of Mr..
Curry, our State president, also a
Program and IA song book-Mr.
Rcueheavers Songs for Service,
useG in his work with Billy Sunday.
Southern States Secretary Kari
lehman. Mr. Gates, field secretary
for Illinois; Mr.. Fags, and MIR. Cur
ny are to be with us and several 9TH
er prominent speakers we hope to
secure soon.
Mr. Wyatt Taylor who is touring
the South and is now in Florida,
says we have splendid State organ
ization here and are growing SPLEEN
didly We want to deserve that
praise when he comes again and the
Cnly way we can do it is by getting
together at our convention for
stronger organization and new in
spitatin to encourage us in work a,
home.
The railroads have granted &c
plus &c rate.
Sincerely yours,
FNA CATHERINE McQUARTERS,
Chairman of Publicity Committee
Ii will surely be treat to have
not only our own Florida speakers
and workers in Orlando, but also Mr.
Lehman, already well knwn, and
Mr.. Gates. renowned in other States
as the live wire" field worker He
and Mrs Gates are personal friends
Of the Florida press superintendent
In Interlachen
IT will be big help to get reduced
railroad rates In passover years
we used to do this but not for LONG
while. Everything points to Won
derful time in Orlando.
+. GRACE A. TOWNSEND.
March 18th
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-13

Il suffered for several years with
the worst kind of stomach trouble
and constipation. | kept dropping
down in weight and losing strength
and finally | broke down completely.
had several attacks of what was
called acute poisoning Of the stom-
ach and nobody knows how | suf-
fered
Il took treatment at the Marine
Hospital at Algiers, La, and at Tu-
lane Hospital, New Orleans also
took treatment at Hot Springs, Ark.
and Lookout Mountain. To tell yea
the truth, tried everything you
could think of and spent hundreds cf
dollars. but | just kept going down
hill, and for fifteen whole months
7 was unable tc run my engine or to
do any other kind of work.
"Of course, was awfully dis
r3uraged about ''"s"lf, rs ] could
see but little hope of ever being
well AGAIN. While | was sick and
unable to work brakeman gave me
a half bottle of Tanlac. took it
and began to feel better right
away. NV stomach felt better and !
got so | could eat and enjoy my
meals.
when this was gone bought an
other bottle. and after finishing it
felt SO much better ] went back to
work on switch engine. | could
lust feel myself gaining in weight
and getting stronger every day, and
af,cr taking my second bottle | went
back to running an engine on the
main line.
Now, since taking three and one
half bottles ! am working regular
running a work train between Sell
ma and Mobile, the swampiest coun-
try inthis section of the State.
Now, what have told you is the
truth and hundreds Of people who
know me and who know how looked
hefre took Tanlac will tell you the
same thing. Another thing you car
see from my picture, which ] had
taken while | was sick, how much
stronger and healthier l look now
! than I did then.
"They can say what they please
about Tanlac and patent medicines
hut can truthfully say that Tan
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-13
Notice Of Sherifs Sale

TNnER AND BY WRITE Of an execution
issued bv the clerk of the Circuit Court IN the
above entitled cause In Polk county. wherein
IL f. Stackhausc is complainant aud W u
Ianier T. T. Jones. J. II STANLEY. aht ut
Stautrx -IoneS 90 are defendants. | will on
Monday. the End day uf April \ y l'l',
sen ~ public outcry for cash TO the highest
and hest bidder at the south door Of the court
house In Barlow, Polk county, Florida witnh
H. legal hours az sale ON the said day the
following described property IN Polk county
Forida, to-wit
~. l. z. and l. block lots l. :. 1. q. I,
g. and - Of lot . block Il. lots . ana D.
block is, all in Schpman's survey. Lakeland
ok county. Florida. Lot In block h, MOT
tons addition To Lakeland. Polk county
John LOGAN,
GIL sheriff POLK COUNTY,