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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
ave his culver and a bath towel.

save his quiver and a bath towel.
But what used to be called modesty
is now listed as prudishness. The
average maid Of today doesn't blink
at flock of Cupids, Psyches, Venuses
or Dianas. She can mingle on equal
terms with the undressed parade at
the seaside and she has her picture in
the pink pages showing nothing much
but her legs and teeth. She gossips
about eugenics and birth control much
as the girl Of old did about Little
Goldenlocks and the three bears. If n
sweetheart should send her little box
couch effect made of lace paper, hearts
and pink roses she would yawn him
off the premises.
So 1t is that the old-style valentine
is pretty much numbered with the
slain. The very young, the very old,
the very modest and the quantity rO-
mantle. may indulge, but not your lat
ter day lovers. The day of st. Valen-
tine may be remembered by gifts to
sweethearts, but they are more apt to
be silver cigarette cases or cocktail
sets rather than the filmy Cupids Of
other days.-Los Angeles Times.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07

The object Of my affection was a
girl of my own age who lived at the
other end Of our block. She had fiery
red hair and the sides Of her nose were
dotted with freckles, but she was beau
tiful to me and she was mighty popu-
lar with the boys. Nowadays she
would be called a good sport but
wild fiirt. But she was always cheer
full and she was the only girl who had
not made fun Of my buck tooth and so
I loved her to distraction.
SO also did others.
When 1 saw her after the great day
I found that practically every boy In
the neighborhood had sent her a valen-
tine breathing undying affection and
that while mine was as beautiful as
any, she seemed to cherish some Of the
others more.
That valentine day made our block
an armed camp Of Jealous lovers. BALI
I participated, and in both Of which
a dozen fights resulted. In two Of which
I got licked.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
Wouldn't Keep Sugar He Found.

Washington has another honest
man. He's Edward B. Maddox, who,
after suffering for the last two months
from the sugar famine, turned $40
pounds of the precious STUFF over
to the Washington police. He had
found barrel Of granulated sugar
near the substation of the Potomac
Electric company. Evidently the bar
rel had been dropped by n truck. Mad
dox has been able to get less than two
pounds Of brown sugar a week, he
said. The amount of sugar he found.
on the war basis. would have lasted
him four years. He was not regret
full, however, that he had turned the
sugar over to the police to find its
rightful owner.-Washingto Times.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add ! OF. Bay
Rum, small box of Barbo Compound,
and Il OF. of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost. Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box of Barbo
Compound. 1t will gradually darken
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy. 1t will not color the scalp, is not
sticky or greasy, and does not rnb of. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
Nervous Headaches
Four Bottles Of Peruna TIT|T1
I'M ade Me w ell :

Mrs Ehie HILL Blanchester. Ohio.
writes as follows:
II cannot tell how much ! suf-
fsrsd In the past twelve years. I
have been treated by physicians and
no relief only for a short time.
was in sueh q condition from nor
vous headaches, such heavy feeling
as II my brain was pressing down,
and SO nervous ! could not get my
rest at night. Would have sinking
spells and then so wsak that I could
not do my work I began to take
Peruna. Have taken four bottles Of
Psruna and have gained in strength
and flesh, and can say ! am q we'll
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
Physicians Deaths.

As an example of how malicious and
seemingly innocent Is German propa.
ganda ia the United States may be
cited the rumors and the actual facts
about mortality among the allied
physicians at the western front.
Recently the actual statistics were
produced. which showed that the bat
tie risks of a physician are scarcely
more than those of civil life. Between
the beginning of the war and June 25.
1917, only 1876 French and English doc
tors have been killed. TOT wounded and
62 cut down by disease.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
The Line Drawn,

Pat was celebrating and he had i'm
bibed too freely. He punched another
man in the face and got hailed up be-
fore the court. The judge told him he
was charged with striking a man.
'Shure, yer honor. can't man have
a bit of fun?" asked Pat.
"Yes," said the pudge, "but your
right to have fun is ended where this
mans nose began."-Boston Tran
script.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
Comparative Good Fortune.

"Of course" said Jonah, when he
found himself in the whale; "I'm lit
tie nervous"
"Cheer up" said the whale. You
ought to be glad I'm an innocent, in
offensive whale. A few thousand yeara
later you might have been sighted by .
ruthless submarine"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
leo In q Mine,

Ice that formed in the winters of
the sixties and seventies. is being un-
covered by coal companies Mt Halle
ton. Pa, in running the culm banks
Of the region through the breakers to
meet the demand for anthracite Gre
ated by the war.-Boston Globe.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07

to Miss Mary Jones. Any name will
do. From the appearance Of the wrap
per 1t had been all over the city.
Gazing at the wrapper, the nameless
man visualized innumerable impatient
postmen going from door to door with
the little package, only to scrawl mot
at above address" or "Wrong address.
Try" etc. or blouse vacant" or some
thing of that kind, until the wander
ing message found peace at length in
the repositories Of the dead-letter Of
fee.
He opened the valentine. This was
what he read:
have wandered far meath the tropics
And north where the ice is blue.
And yet 'tis as though 1 had ne'er been
there,
For my heart stays home with you.
Conventional enough, but there are
infinite possibilities of speculation in
the message which was never deliv-
cred. 1t might have been the agonized
cry of young man who had left the
city to take position as stenOgrapher
in a manufacturing concern. 1t might
have been word from the dead. One
word was signed-"Tom."
Valentines, valentines, valentines I
Some with q message behind their ba-
nal verse; some used for insult |;
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
The Era Of Censorship.

"A little knowledge is n dangerous
thing" exclaimed the man who quotes.
POSSIBLY" replied Senator Sorghum.
"A great deal Just now depends on how
you got your information and what you
intend to do with II"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
Watch Your Skin lmproxs.

On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash
of Ointment in five minutes with Gu
ticura Soap and hot water. For free
sample address "Cutlcura. Dept. x.
Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Scan rs. Ointment 25 and 5O.-Ady.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07

breathing buzz-wagon and breaks the
road limit to the local Gretna
Green. He doesn't sit In little
back room and blush to himself as he
puts her address to an envelope con-
taining dainty lace-curtained por-
trayal Of Cupid shooting an arrow into
little pink heart. The blush was
over his own effrontery and also over
the fact that Cupid had very little on
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07

THAvE little story that man
once told me-" stated the poet.
M ut might be called The Tale
Of the Lost Message"
~ A Whereupon he recounted the
~N story which the nameless man
had recited to him.
It seems that one day the nameless
man had dropped into sale Of arti-
cles which had been deposited in the
dead-letter of1ce. Among the things
which were offered was a small pack
age containing q single, rather ex-
pensive valentine. The nameless man
was not wealthy. Neither had he an
ohsession to become the possessor Of q
number Of amorous verses.
Yet the valentine interested him.
He couldn't shake OF the curiosity
which urged him to find out what ex-
preston Of alteration some girl had
missed.
So the nameless man bought the val
entine. It was addressed towel, say
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
Keep Busy.

Flatbush-Fm afraid I'll get stale on
my garden work during the winter.
Bensonhurst-For why? Haven't you
got snow shovel?-YOnkers States
man.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07

The foolish little moth looks on the
bright side Of things-and you have
doubtless observed his finish.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
Positive Proof.

"Is that real diamond pin you
have on?' Il should say so. My
brother did five years for gettin' it."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07

Britain is developing new system
Of school hygiene.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07

Are you weak, nervous and aiIing, or
rundown" and overworked? Then il
will bring you special help. It's the
mothers friend. 1t lessons pain and in
sures life of both mother and child.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has .
record of years of success. 1t is most po-
tent invigorating tonic and strengthening
nervine. 1t is made of the glyceric extracts
of native medicinal roots found in our for
ests and contains not drop of alcohol or
harmful drugs. Sold in Tablet or Liquid
form by dealers. Tablets 90 cents.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
Inadvertent eoastino.

do you bsiieve in heredity?"
"Of course l do" replied the gentle
egotist. "Why, I've got one Of the
brightest boys you ever saw"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
His Choice.

His Choice.
as he making any special claim for
exemption?"
mo. Says he'd rather die in battle
than live the rest of his life as liar.~
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07

Woe to the politician whose nerve
has become affected.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
Quite 90

"These are the bridal apartments"
"Oh, what suite thing !"-Balti-
more American.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
Tho Cause.

"My son has some grit In him. 1 car
tell you" "Been eating war bread,
suppose."-Ideas.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
DOCTOR URGED
AN OPERATION
Instead l took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
and Was Cured.

Baltimore, Md.-"Nearly four ysars
suffered from organic troubles, ner.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07

A Kitchen Paradox.
'Your cook is certainly rare one"
"Yet everything she does is well
DONE"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07
w. N. w., DENVER, NO. e--1s1s.
AT AN END the female complaints" an,

ND the "female complaints" and
weaknesses that make woman'g
life a misery. They're relieved
by DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. For all the derange-
ments, disorders, and diseases
peculiar to the sex, this is the
only remedy certain to benefit.
It's a legitimate medicine for
woman, carefully adapted to
} her delicate organiza tion, and
never conflicting with any of
her conditions. 1t regulates
and promotes all the proper
functions. builds up and invigo-
rates the entire system, and
v-a,<,ra, L1,Itl o-I .xro-r<k
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07

VOu6neoo and head
aches and every
month would have to
stay in bed most Of
the time. Treat
ments would relieve
me for q time but
my doctor was al
ways urging mo to
have an operation.
My sister asked mo
TO try Lydia E. Pink
b q ms Vegetable
Compound b Q fore
consenting to IN
Operation. I took
fve bottles Of itand
It has completely
cured me and my
ArN ~
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-07

work q pleasure. tell al my friends
who have any trouble Of this kind what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has done for me. "-NELIIE B.
BRITTNGHAN, 609 Calverton Rd., Balti-
more, Md.
It IL only natural for any woman to
dread the thought Of an operation. So
many women have been restored to
health by this famous remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
an operation has been advised that it
will pay any woman who suffers from
such ailments to consider trying 1t be-
fore submitting to such trying ordeal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
C0abuLTED
by
Mrs. Il. B. Allen
Of'cePhone9 SO
Res. Phone 466
q. d. c. MEETING.

The Americas chapter of United
Daughters of the Confederacy held its
initial fall meeting yesterday after
noon at the Carnegie Library. Mrs.
Frank Harold read President Will
sons suffrage address to an appre-
ctative audience and the chapter
unanimously decided to devote its en-
tire time to war relief work. Every
week the chapter will meet to do
work in the Red Cross rooms The
annual election of officers was held
and the personnel of the chapters
leaders for next year will be as fol-
lows:
President, Mrs. 3. l.. Carswe1l; LIST
Vice President, Mrs, James Daven-
port; Secretary, Mrs. George Dun
can; Treasurer, Mrs w. c. Gray.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
OLDEST RUBBER BOOTS.

Somewhere in print the other day
we saw statement that a Pennsvl-
vania man owns pair of rubber
boots which he bought 10 years ago
and that another man in the same
town had pair that he bought %
years ago, and that ''both pairs Of
boots look like new and do not leak. "
A country editor in Massachusetts,
saw the story and promptly claimed
to be able to beat it. He bought a
pair of rubber boots in his own town
40 years ago and has used them
more or less every year since, and
they are still in good condition.
Now we suppose that this rubber
boot competition will go on until
somebody claims to have pair that
came over in the Mayfower and are
still in frst-class condition after 298
years of practically continuous use.
Providence Journal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
HIGH PRICES BEING
PAID COTTON PICKERS

Over in Terrell county, some of the
farmers are anxious to get their cot
ton out before bad weather and fear
ing break in the market, have been
bidding lively for pickers.
In some instances 25 cents has
been added to the origiAFl price of
$1.Q0, we have been informed.
Many estimate that Is per cent. of
the crop has already been gathered,
and in some sections the estimate is
as high as 80 per cent.
Although the acreage in the county
is larger than it was last year the
number of bales produced will be
less, due to the ravages of the boil
weevil, which is now destroying
grown bolls.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
GREAT POETS FOND OF PETS
Byron Formed Attachment for Goose,
While Others Exhibited Liking for
Hares-Poe's Famous Raven.

Byron once bought a goose and
fed it by hand for month, thinking
to get it into prime condition for the
table.
But the goose got SO fond of the
poet and the poet of the goose that
when the time came for its execution
a reprieye was granted, and the sem
tence reduced to ''petship for life"
Tennyson's pet was an owl. The
poet, when a boy at Somersby rec
tory, could initiate the cries Of birds
and animals like nature, and one
night he heard the cry Of a young
owl from the window Of his bed
room, and answered it so well that
the bird actually came and nestled
up to him! From that moment it
was the household pet. It's fate was
sad one, however, for it was
drowned in the well!
Edgar Allan Poe's raven was not
an imaginary bird, but a real pet. A
big dog was the constant companion
of Byron as well as his goose; Scott,
too, was always followed by perfect
drove of dogs, of which Mazda was
by far the most famous. Cowper
had his pet hares, whom he has i'm
mortalized in song; and the nearest
and dearest pet Burns ever had YVES
a sheep.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
OLD AGE STARTS Y
WITH YOUR KIDNEYS

Science says, that old age begins
with weakened kidneys and digestive
organs.
This being true, it is easy to believe
that by keeping the kidneys and di-
gestive organs cleansed and in proper
working order old age can be defer
red and life prolonged far beyond that
enjoyed by the average person.
For over 200 years GOLD MEDAL
Harlem Oil has been relieving the
weaknesses and disabilities due to
advancing years 1t is standard old
time home remedy and needs no in
PRODUCTION. GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
Oil is inclosed in odorless, tasteless
capsules containing about drops
each. Take them as you would pill,
with small swallow of water. The
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

oil stimulates the kidney action and
enables the organs to throw off the
poisons which cause premature old
age. Now life and strength increase
as you continue the treatment. When
completely restored continue taxing a
capsule or two each day. GOLD
MEDAL Harlem Oil Capsules will
keep you in health and vigor and pre-
vent a return of the disease.
Donot wait until old age or dis
ease have settled down for good. Go
to your druggist and get box of
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules.
Money refunded if they do not help
you. Three sizes. But remember to
ask for the original imported GOLD
MEDAL brand. In sealed packages
(Advt.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

SELLERS TALK TO BUYERS ev'
cry day through Times-Recorder clas-
sified columns. This page is the grea
market place of the masses. The man
who uses the classified column knows
that thousands know tina: he mas to
sell. If you want to buy anything the
service is equally useful. One cent a
word, With a minimum charge of a
quarter, is cheap enough, too.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
MECHANICS STUCK TO PAPERS
London Journals Have Had Many Ap.
peIIations, Some HUMOROUS and
Some Bestowed in Derision.

Unless the cocoa Press" and the
"Gramophone Press" can be regarded
as nicknan1es, these seem to have
gone out of the fashion of late years.
Nobody now refers to the Morning
Post as "Jeames" after the charac-
ter Thackeray invented, and even
the Times itself is seldom referred to
as the "Thunderer," although it still
makes big noise in the world. New
ertheless a certain sporting paper is
never called by its proper name, but
always referred to as "The Pink
'Un," while opposite schools Of politi-
cal thought always refer to their ri-
val's evening paper as ''The Evening
Rag" The most famous Fleet street
nickname belonged to a paper no
longer in existence, the famous
Standard, once the chief cornerstone
in the press of the old Tory party.
This was often referred to as "The
Old Lady of Shoe Lane" and this
name grew out of the fact that the
Standard and the Morning Herald
were under the same directorate, and
yet strove to appear independent and
quoted each other with pretentious
solemnity. Thus they earned the
nicknames of 'Mrs. Camp" and
'AIrs. Harris to generation of
Dickens readers, Mrs. Camp backing
up her statements by saying what
Mrs. Harris, who had no real exist
ence, had once commented on the
same subject in her hearing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
CAMBRIA MINED;
ST. QUENTIN BURNS

PARIS, Oct. 2.-St. Quentin is burn
ing at several points, according to
Premier Clemenceau, who informed
Marcel Hutin of the Echo De Paris,
today that French aviators have great
difficulty in fling over the city be-
cause Of the smoke arising from it.
Cambria has been mined but the
british forces have fought around the
town and thus have foiled the plans
of the enemy. The Germans decided
on September l to burn Mambrai and
forced the civilian population to
leave.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02

There's no peace and little rest for
: the one who suffers from q bad back,
and distressing urinary disorders.
Americas people recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills. Be guided by their ex-
perience
Mrs R. M billiard, 205 Mayo street,
says: Last fall my kidneys gave me
a great deal of trouble. They were
weak and irregular in action and 1
felt tired and languid all the time
had a dull ache in the small of my
back that never left me. Sometimes in
the morning, my back would pain me,
so 1 could hardly get out of bed, and
dizzy spells would come over me and
black specks appear before my eyes,
bIurring my sight. When Doan's Kid
ney Pills were recommended to me l
began taking them 1 only took a few
doses when they relieved me wonder
fully of this complaint. / felt great
deal better and intend to continue
Doan's until cured"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. billiard had. Fcster-Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs. Buffalo, N. Y. adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
-PINKSTON.JONES.

Americas friends of Miss Callie
Pinkston will be interested in the fol-
lowing account of her wedding:
A marriage of interest was that of
Miss CalIie Mae Pinkston to Rev.
Broadus England Jones, of Macon,
which was solemnized in Parrot on
Thursday evening last at o'clock,
at the home of the brides parents,
MI and Mrs. E. E. Pinkston. Rev. T.
j Herring officiating.
The living room, where the cere-
mony was performed, was artistically
decorated with palms and cut flowers
inst before the bridal party entered
Miss Bertha Lee sang "At Dawning'
and ''Since Love Led Me to You" The
r.tdding march was played by Miss
zda Lee Pritchard, who also render
ed softly during the ceremony
"Traumerie." The ribbon bearers
were Misses Tressie Lee, Merle, Char
lie and Matte Belle Pinkston. Little
Grace Flowers was flower girl The
bride was attractive in a suit of blue,
with roses and lilies-of-the-valley
Miss Pinkston is a lovely young
woman of unusual personality and
charm, having been a most popular
member of the class of 1915 of Brenau
College The groom is a graduate of
Mercer University.
Immediately after the ceremony
the couple left for Louisville, Ken,
where Rev. Jones entered the Baptist
seminary
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
WHAT SHE REsEMsLED.

Hubby, how do you like my cos
tuner"
with your baggy skirts and white
spats you remind me of a zouave in
light marching order"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
AN ILLUSTRATION.
"Boats deserve to be called femi
nine in one instance, at any rate"
"What is that ?"
"They will trim their sails"
"a n l#ri... CO. 6 Toledo.

"a u l.Ii.,, C'+T q Toledo,
LLIi.s County. ~.
.'~a..S J ChoLcy makes oath that ne
IS senior partner of the firm OF F. J.
Cheney & Co, doing business in the City
Of Toledo, County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
ana every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of December.
A. d. 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken In
ternally and acts through the Blood IN
the Mucous Surfaces CT the System. Send
for testimonials. free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
MUSIC STUDY CLUB.

The Music Study club met this
morning at the Carnegie Library with
good attendance. No program was
given, the meeting being devoted to
business.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
GETTING EVEN.

eyes," said the bride of a week,
Jack tells me everything he knows,
and | tell him everything | know"
Indeed! !" rejoined her ex-rival,
who had been left at the post. "The
silence when you are together must
be oppressive Tit-Bits.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
WOMAN'S LITERARY CLUB.

The Woman's Literary Club will
hold its first meeting of the new club
year tomorrow Thursday afternoon
at three-thirty with Mrs. R. l.. May
nard at her home on Lee street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
CHRYSANTHEMUM CLUB.

The Chrysanthemum Club will meet
on Friday afternoon at four o'clock
with Mrs Frank Cato, on Lee street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-02
SEWING CIRCLE.

The Sewing Circle of the First
Methodist church will meet tomor-
row afternoon at three o'clock, with
Mrs. Barlow Council, On Lee street.