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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Crawford will
motor to Columbus this afternoon
carrying a number of Americas friends
t. sec3nd the Country Club dinner
dance in that city this evening. Mr..
and Mrs. Crawford's guests will be
Mrs. Ira Perry Lowe, Miss Georgia
Bena Dodson, Lieutenant Roche, Mr..
Ernest and Mr. Hudson Whitaker
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
Ca. wcsy .rp Win War.


Our Illuminating gas plants may Wa.
the war for us, according to the Amer
ican Chemical society. These experts
say that the only way of quickly In
creaslng the available supply Of toluol
is to extract 1t from the nations gas.
Toluol is the basis of trinitrotoluol, the
famous British high explosive I. N. T.
The production in this country is con-
fined largely to by-product coke ovens
and the entire present output is con-
tracted for. However, by quick and
energetic action we can secure an i'm
mense supplementary supply of this
vitality necessary substance by treating
Illuminating gas without affecting the
quality Of the gas appreciably.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
New Boomerang Bullet.

The discussion of the war Is heard
everywhere. Even negro janitors find
time while shoveling on the coal to
talk about 1t, says New York news
letter. Two of them were discussing
the wonderful inventions brought about
by the var. r.a'"Tne man Edison Is some
boxSs' said one of the negroes. "How's
that?" inquired the other. "Why he's
done gone and invented magnetized
bullet dat can't miss a German, If II
sees his steel helmet" "That's what l
calls some invention exclaimed the
other. "But dat amt all what that
bullet can do" continued the first
speaker. Whenever that bullet don't
hit nothin' 1t comes straight back to
the American lines. "Dat so?" asked
the second janitor, with some doubt.
"How do they manage to keep them
there comm back bullets from hittln'
our own menT "Well, nah frien',
didn't 'splain that" answered the first
one, "but you can betcher life that
man Edison has got dem bullets
trained. You doan 'spect he'd let 'em
kill any Americans, do you? No, sir.
He's just got them fixed so dey will
come back and full around our gun.
ners' feet"
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
crop and prun Plants.

One of the projects outlined by the
committee on botany Of the national
research council is the search for wild
plants which may be used as wartime
substitutes for the more costly crop
plants. During the Civil war DIR. John
Porcher, Southerner, published q
book giving a list Of plants of the
South which could be substituted for
much-needed food and drug plants. 1t
is suggested that information might be
obtained from hunters, trappers,
woodsmen, farmers, Indians and the
foreigners, who pick up considerable
food from the countryside. Similar In
formation is desired concerning plants
that can be used In medicine.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
woMAaPLRADEp FoReANDoR
Matren Announcing Nearness of Birth.
day Found Truth Not SO Attrae-
tive After She Got It.

A woman with q birthday in sight
spoke earnestly to three men who we're
her friends, writes Ella Randall
Pearce, in life.
Tomorrow will be another birth
day for me-" she said. II know the
freshness of my youth has departed,
but should like to know just how
old l appear in the eyes of the world.
Tell me, my dear friends, If you were
looking on me for the first time what
would be your impressions?'
Said the first man gllbly: II have
known you for several years, and you
appear the same as when / first saw
you. Your beauty is undimmed; your
charm is undiminished. If 1 did rot
know otherwise, / should say tomor-
row would be your twentieth birth
day."
Said the second man more Slowly {:
II, too, have known you for several
years, but it seems to nae you have
been favored by time. Your beauty
has ripened and deepened until now
you, who were once a lovely bud, are
lovelier rose In bloom. l should
count tomorrow as the beginning Of
your twenty-fifth year."
"And you," querled the woman of
the third man, who had been regard
ing her with clear-eyed franlness.
Between friends there should al
ways be truth" he replied gravely.
II acknowledge your beauty and your
charm and both have been wonder
fully preserved In semblance Of youth.
But you ask for candor and you shall
have it. Looking at you closely, l
should not expect you to see thirty
after tomorrow"
The woman faced the three men
who were her friends, and her eyes
were cleaning while her cheeks pink
turned crimson. She pointed an ac-
cusing finger.
"You have lied," she said tremulous-
ly, "and you also. But l will forgive
you both because you lied to. please
me. But you"-she whirled toward
the last speaker-"you are barbarous
egotist. You have wounded me In Or
der to maintain your own reputation
for veracity. Truth, indeedl Your
honesty offends me. We are no longer
friends. Go-and qulcklyw
"Whewl" exclaimed the third man
as he strobe through the outer dark
ness. II wonder what would have
happened to me If l had really told
her the TRUTH"
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
Pink Tea Workers Barred.

The head of the canteen depart
ment of the National League for WOm-
ems Service has requested all "pink
tea" members to resign from her d.
vision. ~ would rather have one de-
pendable woman than one thousand
who can't work because they have an
engagement to play golf or because 1t
is their afternoon at home" she re-
marked, according to the Worcester
Post.
Red Cross workers and war work
ers of all types are up against the
Old-age problems of organizers-how
to weed out the Indifferent and ineffi-
cient worker, the person who enthusi-
astically enrOlls under every new
banner, attends few meetings, throws
a monkey-wrench or two into the or
ganization machlnery-and disappears
until a new "cause" or q brighter
banner flaunts into view.
Such women are obstacles in the
progress of any cause with which they
see fit to play.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17

steep1e with tr9ll9nd06s crash. The
bride BECAME hysterfcnl and herBroth-
iers began to look Worried 0minous
whispers ran about that if the great
elm in front Of Amos door had blown
down it must surely have crushed in
the whole front Of the house; perhaps
Amos was killed or pinned under the
wreck.
At last party of anxious volun-
teers started forth, in the teeth of the
tempest, to investigate. When they
reached the farm the elm was still
standing, and on the threshold, very
much surprised, stood Amos. He had
supposed that of course the wedding
would be postponed.
swell, now, when / woke up twas
pouring guns and pitchfOrks, so to
speak, and I says to myself, says I,
I don't know bout this don't know! !!
Arter breakfast twas wuss; and says
to myself: I most know they'll put
it off; l most know they willp I had
my eye on the meetin' house steeple,
and could see twas swaying consid-
cradle. I know they'd orter put II
off, says to myself, but then, wom-
en- is so unreasonable maybe they
WON'T 1 KEEP my eye on the meetin'
house steeple, and says I: If she goes,
/ don't; and If she don't, do
"She swung and she swayed and she
kind Of hung in the wind, and then,
jest as l was gettin' my boots on to
start, over she went! And, says to
myself: That's clear showing, If
ever there was one; and here l stay |!
Even woman couldn't say a man
oughter stand up agln a gale when a
meetin' house steeple can't. No, SIR
says I to myself, there amt mite of
doubt about it; this weather is onsuit-
able for weddingsp"
Nevertheless, he was imperatively
persuaded to come and be married
without waiting for it to clear up.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
saulnn Tea for soldiers.

In England tea has advanced In
price to such an extent and 1t is at the
same time so necessary an accessory
of diet In the army that 1t is cOnsld-
cred an act of patriotic economy to
drink cafe au lalt for breakfast In
stead of the usual cup of ten, notes Il
London correspondent. OF course, any
coffee that is diluted with milk is
cafe au lait, but the. term is usually
applied to the beverage as the French
take 1t for breakfast. That is mix
ture of clear coffee infusion to which
is added liberal amount Of hot milk.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
Electric Shin Has Future.

The electric ship is no longer
dream but reality and l should not
be surprised to find, within few
years of the close Of the war, every
new vessel Of any size driven, steered,
stopped, reversed of turned, merely by
the pressing Of series Of buttons on
the bridge, says a writer In the Elec.
trlcal Times, London. The application
of this principle will enable ships to
be run with the highest efficiency at
an even speed, permit marine engl-
neers more liberty of design and yield
proportionately greater cargo space
than the present cumberous form Of
machinery allows.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17

Train H. leaving Index 81 A
L. NJ for Lexington Louisville leaving
K Junction 10 05 due This
makes connection Jackson with
train No leaves Lexington 90 running City
rent makes connection O X Junction with train No
City so m, Cmey ~ Is and Index 30pm.
Returning 10 leaves Index
connection & X Junction with L. N
ming via Maoney and Clay City due arrive Lexington
who stations the old L. line
should take this train.
L. N No leaves Lexington As Winchester running
Beayvl makes o. Junction
20 arrive Camel City at 65 pm.
arrangement Camel
ober
ion for Index Caney and other Caney Valley points
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
Ground MoIes Are Bio Eaters.

A Scotchwoman has just announced
the results of an interesting series of
observations on the common mole. The
most striking point to the layman is
the inordinate appetite Of this tiny
creature. A mole will eat its own
weight In earthworms in "a hours. An
ordinary man eating In the same ra-
ito would require 15O pounds of food
day. II the human race were con-
stltuted like the moles, comments an
exchange, Mr.. Hoover's task would be
hopeless from the outset. One Of the
moles which was subject for study
weighed four ounces and devoured 12O
ounces of food In a single month.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
There is more catarrh in this section Of

There Is more Catarrh in this section Of
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed TO be incurable. For
great many years doctors pronounced 1t a
local disease and prescribed local rene
dies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced 1t incur
able. Science has proven Catarrh TO be
constitutional disease. and therefore re-
qulres constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure. manufactured by Il. ].
Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio. Is the only
Constitutional cure on the market. IL Is
taken internally. II acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case 1t fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
Address: +. J. CHENEY a CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
A Wise Fish.

T wonder why this goldfish never
grows any,"
"The intelligent. little creature
knows there would be no room for
him In that small globe" -
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
Coincidence.

Much has been said and written at
various times concerning "the long
arm of coincidence" but surely rec
ord In this direction, relates a corre-
spondent, was established In connec-
tion with an amusing little episode In
the career of the countess Of Dudley,
the enthusiastic Red Cross worker who
organized the flrst voluntary hospital
corps to cross the Channel on the out.
break of the present world war.
When, exactly ten years ago, her
ladyship presented her husband with
twin sons, one of her first visits on
her recovery was to village church
near where she was staying at the
tine.
officiating clergyman was quite
the presence Of Lady Dud-
congregation. Never
'raordlnary coin
- the words,
gteatly
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
Had a Good Stare.

Maude-Let's start secret society
Alice-All right; l heard lot Of
secrets at the bridge club this after
noon THE Lamb.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
WEATHER CHANGED HIS VIEWS
New Enulander Allowed Blowing Over
Of Church steeple by Hurricane to
Influence His Wedding Plans.

The recent destruction by fire of u
certain ancient New England meeting
house has set the villagers to retelllng
an amusing anecdote connected with
Its partial demolition nearly CEN
tury ago, when 1t lost Rs steeple In a
hurricane, says the Youths Compan-
ion.
Deliberate and cautious lovemaking
rres in many tales Of rural New
y. but surely in none of them
70 show less impetuoslty
this story showed.
,ourted his pa
proposed,
'dlng
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
ADefiniN Aim.

x : -----
When anything worth while is
q accomplished it is not the result
spasmodic effort. Every worth
while work is the result Of pa
tient following of a carefully pre-
pared plan, There must be a
fixed goal toward which we must
strive, and every energy strained
to reach that goal. An impossi-
BILE goal must result in failure,
while one too easily attained will
not bring out the best efforts and
produces stagnation. The fixing
the goal is, therefore, the i'm
portant thing. He who tries to
Ndo everything usually ends by
doing nothing.
This is merely prelude to the
counsel desire to offer the new
county administration. The lack
of results in former administra-
ions is due principally to absence
definite aims; to the practice
tempting to meet emergen-
they arise. Especially is
lhls true of the road situation.
There has been no looking ahead
md planning for the future. No
ad program has been mapped
il to follow. The new admins
ltion should at once plan a
ed-building program for the
t four>years, and carry out
at Program. That program
ould be as comprehensive as
available money will permit.
is a matter of simple arithme-
to figure out how much can
appropriated each year, and
add a like amount that can be
I'D from the State-aid> road
Then the number of miles
lad that can be built can be
ieertained. Let the whole mat
r be carefully thought out and
e work done so as to all be lead
to a r-county system of
ds. For example: Let the
building be from the county
toward the Morgan-Menefee
BY having that objective
~ we have the working ou'
,lan to connect with uhe sys
{ turnpikes in Central Ken
as. Menefee is building
Montgomery county's pixies
,ward US.
After linking up with the gooC
pads of the blue grass, the mex
ep in Il program should be t
xtend tU4ard another count!
ine-baving in mind making thu
irst roads to serve the creates
lumber of people until the pro
m is completed. The goot
] spirit will grow with gooC
ds. Once the people see ant
,erienee the benefits to then
/ good roads bring there vii
no further trouble in roa,
.lding. You can't convinc
with fair speech or plausi
swspaper article. They ar
om Missouri and have to b
n. The actual demonstra
Of what a good road will d
community is far more ei
"a mountains of litera
Sf the savings tina
1oes not hole
n the pocke
there. Jus
road is neeC
and forerur
roads propagand;
he peop I Morgan count
sutItled la sane, business
administration of their coul
affairs; they are entitled
ID roads not a centn.y ava!
TINS his geressaril' sll4lII
crime against poster
lit our impass
,essible 10;
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17

The question might arise as to
whether or not the whisky crowd
IN control was not deliberately
plunging the State into debt in
order to plead need of revenue
as an argument against prohibi-
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
Take a Tip
From Old
DiOgenes
BY MOSS.

-DLATO having a
,.NAA couple OF thou
'ww"hDtSlS ~ sand years ago de-
&T VA fined man as a
al ,MV two legged animal
AksQN without feathers,
uSLN Diogenes 1.-THE chap
H.nAAlJ M, who went around
w In the daytime
with a lantern looking for an
honest mani plucked Il rooster
and took 1t into the academy
where the ancient philosophers
discussed everything under the
sun and said, This is Plato's
man." On which, account this
addition was made TO the deh-
milton: "Wlth broad, Hat nails"
We all admit that old Diog-
enes was u pretty smart Greek,
with fine sense Of humor. II
he lived today he wouldn't have
to use his lantern among day
light newspapers to find an hon
est advertiser. SUCCESSFUL
ADVERTISERS MUST BE
HONEST. Dishonesty doesn't
pay In advertising or In any
thing else. No daylight paper
wants to have. anything to do
with the space buyer who delib'
erately tries to fool the public.
But, coming back to Plato's
modified man. the moral Of that
story Is: Be exact, Be specific.
Don't overlook the details.
Do you watch the ads. In this
paper CAREFULLY enoughY
DO you keep posted on the de-
\ tails? Do you make II your busi'
ness to read them with ENACT
1 MESSY
/ DON'T SKIP THE
BROAD, FLAT NAILS"
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17

When the next State election
rolls around the Democratic par
ty will find that Stanley and his
administration is the heaviest
load that it ever tried to carry in
campaign. And the solid lin
ing up of the Republican legisla-
tors for both national and State
prohibition amendments is not 60
ing to make the matter better.
Every time that one of Stanley's
men offers a stumbling block or
makes a move to interfere with
the progress of either of the
amendments it will be charged
to the Democratic party. The
Republicans have put it up to the
Democrats thus: I'VE are the
minority party, but we have for.
ty per cent of the votes, and we
stand ready to cast that forty
per cent for the ratification of the
national prohibition amendment
and for the submission of the
Statewide amendment. What
are you going to do?" 1t is or
to Stanley and his legislature tc
meet this challenge. Will do it,
or will he finish wrecking the
party in this State at the behest
of the distillers?
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17

There's hundreds of men in the
State drawing salaries in Offices
hat are purely graft sinecures-
Offices created solely to furnish
Liobs far political henchmen = and
"a cry is going up throughout
demanding that these
'lished. But it
to expect
= the
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
Look He.
Things we all
but which n
remember,
don't know
look t

(of special lSl7d 70 'dJ4
school certidcates,puoo :leq ] Ssoers,
but who just drop in> qua ,p'eopy gfatis.)
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17
GUMPTION, ~
Which is plain Common Sense, in United States
language, without Educational Furbelows.
BY l.. II. TIOVIERNIALE.

gin, organized the Legislature,
and the question now arises:
What is he going to do with it?'
Upon the administration now is
placed the responsibility of the
laws that will be passed and up
on it will fall the duty of lifting
the burden of debt that hangs
like a funeral pail over the State.
Only the most brilliant achieve
ments in the way of remedial
Legislation can save the Demo-
cratic party in Kentucky from
disaster, and, judging the STAN
ley bunch by their performance
of two years ago, there is no
hope.
When the liquor crowd get to
posing as a friends of prohibition
it is time for the "drys" to be
on the lookout for camoufage.
This Legislature will have to de-
eide whether or not Kentucky
will accept the national prohibi-
tion amendment. Also, whether
or not a Statewide amendment
shall be submitted. While Stan
ley was corralling the whiskey
crowd to get control and jockey
ing for position in the race for
United States Senator, the Re-
publican members, forty Repre-
sentatives and thirteen Senators,
quietly met in caucus and unan-
imously agreed to vote for the
ratification of the national prohi-
bition amendment and to SUBJ
nit a Statewide amendment.
The Democratic party in Ken
lucky, up to the election of STAN
ley, has been the temperance
party. and through it was enact
ed all the temperance legislation
we have. But when Stanley
fastened himself on the neck of
the party, like the Old Man of
the Sea on the neck of Sinbad,
the party lost that prestige that
years of consistent legislatipg fol
temperance had given it, ans
made it possible for the Republi
caas to assumle anu inherited holt
upon the confidence of the drys.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17

he peop / Morgan county
sutItled a sane, business
administration of their coun-
affairs; they are entitled to
ID roads-not a centay away
~ Tins ms geefeffaavil ,A-Ae
crime against posteri.
lit our impassa.
'ossible road
M o,.o
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-17

VOUR gran d.
i mother used
to do her buying
with much more
difficulty than you
do now.
She had to in
spect nearly ev-
erything PERSONAL
Oxford eagle., 1918-01-17
UGH! CALOMEL MAKES
YOU DEADLY SICK
stop Using Dangerous Drugs Before
IL Salivates You.
It's Horrible,

You're bilious. sluggish. consti pated
and believe You need vile, dangerous
caior'el TO start your liver and clean
your bowels.
Heres my guarantee. Ask your
aafEEist for toiile Of Dodson's I.iv-
er Tone and take a spoonful tonight
II 1t dosent start vour liver and
sfra'ghten you eht ur better than
caiomel and without lriping of max
mg you slck J want you to 20 hack
70 the drug s,e'e anG get your money.
Take calozlei to4a. and tomorrow
you vii feed weak ard sick and nan
slated Don't lose a days work. TAX.
spoonful Of h rrs'tss, vegetable
Oodson's Liver Tone tonight and wake
Ip feeling great. Its Bo .ectlv harm
less, Sc give il . your children anv
time 1t can't ss.lrate, SO let them
- any 9nAne aI0Frwards. adv.
Oxford eagle., 1918-01-17

We are glad TO know that At this
writing, Mrs. Stacy Fur, who fell
a short time ago, and hurt herself,
Is improving, and we hope viii soon
be entirely recovered.
Mr. n Kirby. popular railroad
man, died recently in a hospital IN
Paris, Texas, his remains were
brought to Grenada, his home town
and his burial took place at Kiln
chard, Elder W. L. Smith, of this
place was called to conduct the bu-
rial services His wife, Mrs. w. Kir-
by, viii make her home with her sis
ter, Mrs. Anna Parks.
Mrs BEN Price is the guest of
her neice, Mrs. c. L. Silvey. of Mem
phis, Tenn.
Miss jamie Ragine, who has been
the guest Of her brother, al the
University, has returned to her home
in Memphis, Tenn.
Oxford eagle., 1918-01-17

iast month when they fought tbeir
way to freedom with their bare fists
The army life seems to agree with
me- as ] weigh l92 pounds. and am
o feet inch tall. And one Of the hes,
boxers IN the regiment. as / have
had several matches to show this I
managed to give a good account of
myself in all of them.
! was detailed to special duty dur
ing the Xmas holidays, as Railway
mail clerk. ] was on two runs ont
Of Houston into New Orleans over
the Southern Pacific and the rest Of
the time | was on the Katy FLYER
between Galveston. Houston and Wa
co, Tex.
Well, uncle Charlie. / must close
with hopes that ! VIII hear from Won
soon as II is rumored that the Enri-
neers VIII be going 'over" early in
the Spring. We are all rarinr IN
60, and give them has long as we last
and to blaze the way for the troops
IN the big Spring drive that win end
il all.
Your nephew,
Corp. J. B. McCHARFN, F. Co sl5
Engrs. Camp Travis, Tex.
Oxford eagle., 1918-01-17
FEEL ALL USED UP?
Lots of Oxford People no.

Does your back ache constantly
Do You have sharp t1vinges when
STOPPING or lifting9
Feel all used up-as If you could
Just 30 no further?
Why not look to your kidneys
Why not use DOan's Kidney Pills9
Oxford people have done so.
They tell You the result.
Mrs. Salina J. Moore. University
ST. Oxford. says: 81 had a good deal
Of trouble with my back. ! had a
dnll ache over my kidneys and weak
ness across my loins bothered me q lot
Three or four boxes of Doan's Kidney
Pills pat an end to all the suffering
and | have remained practically free
from the trouble ever since"
6Oc, at all dealers. Foster-Milhuyn
Co. Mfgrs-. Buffalo, N. Y. adv