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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly i'm
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internal remedy. Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system Halls Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
In this country for years. It is COM
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combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination Of
the ingredients in Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine IS what produces such wonderful
results in catarrhal conditions. Send for
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Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15
THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

since the war began over, the
prospect of a worldwide food fam
inc. Congress abs turned its at
tention to the formulation of
program of drastic legislation to
stimulate agricultural production
at almost any cost"
Congress is now looking in the
right direction.
That food crisis is impending, no
one at all familiar with the facts
can doubt
Crop productions abroad are so far
below what is necessary to feed the
European nations that the burden OF
supplying them with rations has de
yolyed upon the United States.
An eminent British authority this
week declared that only the timely
assistance Of this country had saved
England from facing the grim reality
OF insufficient food
Our task, which is also our re
sponsibility and our duty, is now even
more stupendous. Italy is crying to
us for something to eat. France is
appealing for aid Even the neutrale
look to the United States. Besides,
there are the armies largely depend
ent on US, our own entirely so.
Curtailment of sales, enforced alb
stinenae Of certain commodities on
certain days, and patriotic appeals to
the people to lessen their eating, all
have had some effect; but, after all,
this question stares US in the GAGE
there must be an increased produc-
ton.
without government help, the in
crease is not likely to be large Con
gress must therefore treat the situa-
ton as an emergency, and must
resolve for the duration of the war to
adopt such legislation as will pro
mote greater crops.
The farmer must be aided. He must
be furnished with fertilizers, with la
Dor, above all with assured markets
and market prices affording him IA
profit.
A man so well informed as Harvie
Jordan declares that cotton at a
dollar a pound would not pay the
farmer any too much profit.
Corn oats and wheat must show
larger acreages, and there must be
more pork, more poultry, more eggs.
There must be an equalization For
instance, farmers can now grow four
times as much corn as wheat on the
same amount of land. Corn sells TO-
$1.75 per bushel, wheat for two dol
lars Where is the incentive, then.
Tor a farmer to plant wheat when he
can raise corn just as easily, proba-
bly, more readily, and at greater
profit?
Drastic regulations for food conser.
vation are necessary, but procedure
for crop stimulation is just as i'm
peratiye, equally as logical.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15
SUSPICIOUS FIRES.

over in Birmingham, Ala, recently
number of suspicious fires have oc-
Cured. In each instance school
building was destroyed, and in each
case there was no apparent cause
for the blaze. But the continuous dis
covery of fires in school buildings has
caused the authorities there to begin
an investigation, and they are prac.
tically convinced that pro-German in
fluences are at the bottom of every
one of the fires. Already property
worth half million dollars has been
destroyed, and the services Of many
men who might otherwise be used in
the construction of ships and the pro
duction of crops, must be utilized in
rebuilding these destroyed destruc
lures. The children of the city must
be educated and the work of education
is of an order Of Importance second
only to the needs Of the army.
From the beginning, the enemy has
been recognized as most cold-blooded
ana calculating, but not until these
suspicious fires began to be discov-
cred in school houses was it suspected
by anyone that he would turn his at
tention to the destruction Of such
structures. The incident which first
directed attention to this newest effort
on the part of the Hun was the fact
that enc school, surrounded by homes
owned by Germans, was not fired.
Other seeming triaes added their
weight until the authorities are now
convinced concerning the origin OF
the fires, and a hunt is on the Gls-
cover the actual fre-bugs.
Now that suspicion has been direct
ed to the systematic destructive eff
fort attempted at Birmingham, it is
only reasonable to suppose the fire
bugs will move the scene of their
operations elsewhere, and it behooves
municipal authorities to take proper
precautions. Here in Americus, there
is a considerable sum invested in
the modern buildings constituting the
city's school system. Some of these
buildings, too, are located in isolated
portions Of the city, and could easily
be fred. The Brooklyn Heights and
East Americas schools might quickly
be destroyed by incendiaries, and the
loss would be considerable one the
city of Americas at this time could
fll-afford 1t might, therefore, be the
part of wisdom to institute special
precautions looking to the protection
of the city's school buildings. The
times in which we live are dangerous
ones, and it will require the active
cooperation of every citizen, if the
dark designs of the nations sinister
enemy are to be thwarted, except at
tremendous expense, both in lives and
property, at home and abroad.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

Uncle Sam has the best secret ser
vice organization in the world No
sooner is some pro-German plot con-
ceived than some secret service man
pounces down upon it and breaks up
The nest before the eggs are permit
ted to hatch.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

A man is never so pleased with
himself as when he imagines he has
deceived his wife; nor so disbusted as
whcI. he discovers that she penetrated
his deception from the start.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

A prisoner whose term at Sing
Sing has just expired says that he is
going back to Russia to help Trotsky
and Lenine run the government His
Jail record ought to land him a high
place in the Bolsheviki cabinet.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

If the people of the North and
West could get one taste of Aunt Di-
nih's corn pone, there would be no
further difficulty about the conser-
vat'on of the country's wheat supply,
but We hate to contemplate what
would happen to the price of corn.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

In every well-regulated household
there must be a boss" The sooner
after marriage the "boss-ship" is
established on thoroughly understood
grounds, the less friction there will
be in the future.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

President Wilson has opened the
door to peace, but he stipulates that
those who want to enter must leave
their razors and pistols outside
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

The Russians are absolutely oppos-
ed to bloodshed, unless they can
shed somebody else's without she'd
ding any of their own.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

A woman knows more about a man
by intuition on first sight than a man
ever learns about woman in life,
time of association.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

1t makes a vast difference whether
it is your garden and your neighbours
chickens, or your chickens and your
neighbours garden.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

Seattles mayor has been disbarred
fer permitting law firm of which he
was a member to solicit police court
business in his name. Wanted to
catch 'em coming and going as it
were
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

No man is quite as bad or quite as
good as his wife imagines him If he
were, she would refuse to live with
him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15
A COLUMN OF CLIPPINGS
Controlling Food Prices.
The valdosta Times says:

The Valdosta Times says:
A great many people who have been
accustomed to going to the grocery
stores and buying what they please
much or little-do not understand
why they cannot do so now. The do
not understand why the law requires
them to buy cereals along with -four,
on fifty-ffty basis Some of them
think that they are being deprived of
liberty"
If it were not for the government
control many CT those who are
kicking now would not be able to
get even the amount the law allows
them to have.
The government took over certain
food crops and the fuel supply in order
that all classes of citizens might
share alike. It was to prevent the
Spectator from running away with
the supplies. It was to prevent the
rich man from getting all the -four
end leaving the poor man only meal
and corn.
The laws says to the wheat grower,
aourmill man, wholesale dealer and
retailer-that they shall not charge
more than a certain amount for their
products. 1t also tells them that they
cannot sell more than certain
amount to one customer.
There are 1OO,OOo,0oO pounds to be
divided between 1O0.OOo.OOO people, If
fifty million people buy up the whole
supply there will be nothing left for
the other fifty million That is why
the government tells each man that
he shall have only a certain amount.
1t is to make the supply go around
and not let few rich men buy up
the whole output
That is also the reason the govern
ment forces those who have no other
cereals to buy them along with flour
If a man is forced to eat corn bread,
oat fakes and other cereals he will
not need to eat so much -four.
The food administration also wisely
allows the rural merchants to swap
-four for corn or meal under stipulated
regulation, the object being to keep
the corn and meal moving from the
hands of the producer to the consum-
ers. If a man has plenty Of corn the
government wants him to turn it
loose, So that it can go through the
avenues of trade and supply the wants
of the people who have no meal or
corn.
The entire system is worked out
to supply those who need food and
to force those who have it to furnish
it to others. It is a wise way to do
it. 1t will let everybody have their
portion without giving anybody more
than their share. Patriotic people
ought to rejoice that such a system
has been adopted and they should
help make it a success.
The government is doing all in its
power to make the people happy,
healthy and hopeful while they are
heroically hitting the Huns-d-n 'em.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

Americans are to be asked to save
a bushel of wheat apiece betewen
now and the end of June. Well, if
the corn and Iasses and sweet pota-
toes hold out we can do it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

Strawberries will soon be on the
market, and we certainly hope that
they will escape Mr.. Hoover's atten
ton
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

In the case Of women, it is always
some other woman who casts the
first stone.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

no man is so utterly worthless that
some woman cannot be found to love
him
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

Few women really object to being
economical, but none of them want to
look that way.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

Birds of feather flock together
except at pleasure resorts.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

The best service you can perform
f5r some men is to lie about them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15
GEOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING

The man who has no faults has no
friends.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-02-15

Gossip has singed the wings Of
many an angel.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-06
Barge Whistle Calls Birds.

A striking example Of wildbird in
telligence has been observed on the
Panama canal in connection with the
underwater blasting that Is carried on
there. A barge has been especially
equipped for drilling blast holes below
the water and depositing charges in
them. When blast is ready the craft
moves off to safe distance, and be-
fore setting off the dynamite the barge
whistle is blown several times to warn
all vessels in the vicinity. Instantly
numbers Of wild birds may be seen
coming from all directions, says Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine, the reason
being they have learned that many
dead and stunned fish rise to the sur
face Of the water following each ex-
plosion. To them this particular
whistle is like a dinner gong. More
remarkable still, they readily distin-
guish between this whistle and others.
Canal workmen and natives also share
In the harvest.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-06
SAYS RISK IS EXAGGERATED
Official Of Explosive Factory Denies
That Occupation Is as Danger
GUS as Is Generally Believed.

In a paper read before a medical
association in the east, DR.. w. G. Hud-
son, medical director of e. L DUPONT
de Nemours & Co., manufacturers Of
explosives, recently made some In
teresting statements concerning the
risks connected with the manufacture
Of powerful explosives. He asserted
that the dangers of that industry were
greatly exaggerated. As a matter of
fact, railroading shows much higher
injury and death rates than the manu-
facture of explosives. OF the acci-
dents which occur in explosive fac
tories only a small percentage are ac-
tually caused by explosives. Four
fifths Of the accidents are due to care
lessness or negligence Of employees
who disregard the precautions neces-
sary wherever men are working with
tools and machinery. BY increasing
the share of work done by machinery
and reducing the number Of workers
in proportion to the increased use Of
mechanical appliances, the manufac-
turers of explosives are striving to
diminish the hazards connected with
their business, says Popular Science
Monthly.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-06
CONGRESSIONAL DEFEATED

jeanette Rankin. Montana's con-
gresswoman, has been defeated for
reelection. She was school
teacher and showed signs of states
manship, and was sent to Washing
ton to legislate for Montana and the
nation.
When she had been in congress
only short time it was her privilege
to vote on the question of whether
we should declare war on Germany
or sit by and let them murder us,
and Miss Ranking stood up and mid
some sob-stuff, voted to let the kaiser
90 on numbering women and children
and dishonoring womanhood wher-
ever they could conquer. ~
Later on, when the I. w. w. were
doing some high-handed things in
Butte, she addressed them at meet
ings and gave them comfort and en-
couragement. She seemed to lean
towards everything in the state that
was radical or wearing a question
mark in its character. Ma
At the election she was over
whelmingly defeated, but because
some electors write her name n on
the blank party, she was made a can
didate and she says she will run that
way. It will serve to split the vote
Of the state and she may be able to
take away enough votes from the
peoples favorit man to elect one who
is less responsible. Exit jeanette!
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-06
THINKING OF ANIMALS.

Not only is faith without works
dead. love for animals without works
is dead also.
If all the animals get out of life
is what they have here, how supreme
our obligation to see that the pleas.
ure outweighs the pain.
But should their life persist here.
after, as many wise men have be.
lieved, notably that celebrated think.
er Bishop Butler, even then, with
justice done them for their suffer.
ings, we shall be without excuse for
any needless pain caused them by
acts of ours.
You who say you love animals, do
you ever really put yourself out to
protect them? When did you last
stop your automobile to protest
against some horses abuse?
We are glad to see that arrests
and convictions for violating the
Federal bird law are becoming fire.
quent enough to show that this law
cannot be broken with impunity.
1t is being urged in England that,
because of the rationing of horses,
and the limited supply of hay and
grain, no draught horses be allowed
to travel faster that walk.
1t is reported that from the battle
of the Marine to November, 1917,
$4,000 horses were required by the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-06
Effect Of French LANGUAGE.

A writer in Scribner's Magazine
speculates at SOME length on the eff.
feet the French language will have on
our own when the soldiers come back.
He says: "One of the most prolific
sources of new words in language is
an attempt to name new ideas. Amer
lean soldiers in France will absorb
many new ideas from their contact
with the French and British; there
will be many new shades Of meanings
for ideas denoted by old words. To
express these the men win inevitably
adopt French words or use English
words with new shade of meaning.
I have not yet collected any examples
Of this; but it must take place, and
one who watches the literature that
follows the war will see many exam
pies, II they are not observed before"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-06
NAVY EVER ON THE ALERT
Case Of carelessness at Sea 10 q Thing
That Commanders Punish With
Necessary Severity.

With not light showing the trans
ports plowed the Atlantic, bringing
American soldiers to France, writes a
naval officer In the Saturday Evening
Post. 'Lookouts high and low, under
navy discipline, searched the seas for
hostile periscopes. The convoy, the
apex of which was a big cruiser, was
invisible in the black night. The Wig
lance Of the navy training protected
the soldiers, sleeping with their life
belts on.
Suddenly out shot a bright light on
the leading transport; a merchant sail
or, one Jesus Fernandez Mendoza, a
Spanish fireman, flashed an electric
torch, fumbling about the deck. The
light could be seen for miles. Instant
ly a navy lookout reported the occur
renee to the navy officer in charge Of
the ship. A sharp command, scuf-
fe on deck, a bluejacket kicking the
torch overheard stayed the Spaniard's
desire to fondle an electric fashlight
In the submarine zone. Five days SOL
itary confinement ended the lesson.
Showing q light on a man-o'-war at
night in time of war is a court-martial
offense; even lighting a cigarette or
having matches. The navy command
er, In absolute charge, enforces mill.
tary discipline on merchant vessel
carrying troops and Furnishes the
guilty.
!. Because Of the navy, criminal care
lessness and conduct involving the
safety Of thousands Of men came to
naught and a possible catastrophe was
averted. The navy was In command.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-06
Don't Get Tired So Easy.
In American Magazine an author


In American Magazine an author
says:
"The thing that makes the tired
business man tired is his belief that
he is tired. Believe the contrary.
There have been times when you work
ed all day and all night on stretch.
It did not kill you. Ht
"Work itself, as the modern bust
ness world is organized, cannot pos
sibly tire out the man Of average nor
NAL health. II it could, Edison would
have been dead at the age Of thirty
Eve, Bell would never have produced
the telephone. Henry Ford would not
be now q king Of tie automobile busi-
ness, Herbert G. Hoover would not be
controlling and directing the nations
food supply today, Woodrow Wilson
would be in a sanitarium, and Gen
eral Pershing would be taking rest
cure instead of commanding Ameri-
can soldiers in France"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-06
BAKER MAKES MORE CHANGES
Ministers of Aviation and Munitions
Are Formed.

Washington. = Virtual establishment
OF MINISTRIES Of munitions and ayia
ton, and the appointment of Benedict
G. Crowell, first assistant secretary OF
war, and John D. Ryan, chief of the
bureau of military aeronautics, as the
respective heads was announced Tues.
day by Secretary Baker.
While the official statement refers
to the appointees as director of mu-
nftions," and director of air service, -
the changes evidently are intended to
make separate organizations, each
under control of one man.
Mr.. Ryan assumes the position of
second assistant secretary of war, vice
Edward r. Stettinius, who IL now
abroad in connection with government
matters. Mr.. Stettinius is to remain in
France indefinitely as a representative
OF the war department.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-06
SHALL WE INITIATE RUSSIA?

One war at time ought to be
enough for the American people and
it is our opinion it will be. There
are some movements in this coun-
try, however, having for their OBJ
jective the continuation of political
and industrial warfare. This is not
only extremely bad for the present,
when every consideration of patriot
ism calls for universal unity and CO.
operation, but If it shall not be
curbed it is inevitable it will have
an injurious effect at time when
We are attempting to solve our after
the-war problems.
The duty that confronts the public
today demands calm judgment and
deliberate action. Undue excitement,
hatred and bias all tend to warp
Judgment and render a safe solution
Of our present and future problems
highly improbable. Wild IDEAS, i'm
practical schemes, socialism, gave
a even worse regime than it had
under the czar. Men have been sent
from the United States to Russia to
compose the situation there, to give
JHC pCOplC WISE COuuCll .duu ISdu
them away from political and econo-
mic insanity an chaos. To that extent,
therefore, the American nation
stands as the instructor of Russia.
American diplomacy is being en-
ployed. American Judgment is be-
ing utilized, American finance is
ready to respond and American SOL
diers are near at hand to assist those
people in their dilemma. -.
What would be thought of a
teacher that wholly ignored his own
what would be
thought of America or Americans if
led away from safe and sane politics
by experimenters and demagogues
who offer no remedy for any exist
ing wrongs and no solutions for
serious problems?
The Bolsheviki of Russia could
not give relief to that country.
The 1olsheviki of America-the
Socialists, the I. w. w. and all that,
help American.
Would you trust them?