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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-24
ADJUSTMENTS

Nine. Augusta Lenska prima Donna
contra1to who will appear with he
Great Lakes Quartet on the third
night of the coming Redpath Chau-
tauqua is of Russian birth and was
reared in Cape Colony, Africa. Go
ing to London to pursue her edu-
cation her ability as a singer attract
ed notice of prominent musicians.
Later she studied in Brussels and be-
fore coming to America had appeared
in Grand Opera in many countries
of Europe.
In 1914 she came to this country
for five months operate engage
ment and had been booked for world
tour afterwards, a tour which neces-
sarily was postponed because of the
world war.
Nine. Lenska made her debut in
October, 1914, and was accorded an
enthusiastic reception. Indeed, the
exceptionally warm timbre, the eX-
traordinary range, power and fleN-
bility of her voice in addition to her
truly artistic temperament, refined
taste and excellent singing method,
have never failed to secure the appre-
citation of her audiences.
Nine Lenska is not only vocally
and histrienically highly esteemed
Grand Opera prima donna but also
as a concert and oratorie singer she
has received highest praise from such
distiiug uished authorities as Henri
Cain CHE collaboration of Massenet-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-24
RIFT

Mr.. and Mrs J. H. Joung spent
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. S. B..
Camp.
Miss Sadie Jones spent Monday
night withMiss Lissie Kaylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Davis have
returned home from Cordele where
they spent the week with the formers
parents Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Davis,
Hansel Warren, of Cordele, spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Davis, returning home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Davis, Miss Eula
MsCrary Miss Nora Camp and Hansel
Warren went to Sadler's mill pond
fishing.
Mrs. Emmett Scott spent Saturday
night and Sunday with her parents
at Huntington.
Mrs. Emma Scott, Mrs. S. B. Camp
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-24
NURSE Who WON
RO[X DE- CUERRE
10 SPEAK HERE

Back from the.war hospitals of Eu-
Egyps, Miss Flornece Billiard, who was
7zMarded the Croix de Guerre with
sEsg stars for "Imperturable'' BRAY
RTx under fire, will tour the Redpath
Gasmtauquas in a public health and
community welfare campaign.
Miss Billiard comes with the sane
sN1n pf the American Red Cross and
hey lecture offers a specific answer
&D The question of what the Red Cross
rs going to do in time of peace. Her
appearance is in line with a new
policy of the American Red Cross.
This policy includes such vital ques-
1sGSYis as the public health nurse, home
hygiene, home care of the sick and
Rpme cooking.
Miss Billiard who is a graduate of
Mayo Brothers Training School,
Rochester, Mimi, went to Europe a
year before America entered the war
and was with the French Army She
sssznses To the platform with wonderful
Background of experience gained by
ksr work overseas. She brings her
sRE1enee the lessons she learned in
She base hospitals in France and of
Gke evacuation stations of Chateau
Thierry and Argonns.
With regard to the appearance of
zEuch speakers as Miss Billiard to the
GAautauqua platform, the director of
she Speakers Bureau of the Ameri-
gan Red Cross says:
They have been brought into con-
saG3 with hospital service, the care of
SxUunded and the MANNED, but many
Gf them have come into contact with
Ehe refugees, the sick, the famished
and the tuberGular-a sorts land
Kinds of malnutrition and starvation.
Hi seeemd a pity ahtt such peculiar
ability as they bring should be allow
ed to subside at once into ordinary
channels of routine nursing. Active
Ey, materially they would be the ideal
EpRs33aimers of new public health
gospel, their theories REINFORCED by
the TREMENDOUS actuality of their war
training"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-24
Sumter County Correspondence

spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Bradley.
The Easter egg hunt given by Hiss
Eula McCrary and Emma Belle Camp
Sunday afternoon was very much en-
joyed by the koung people of this
community.
A large crowd attended preaching
at Antioch Sunday morning,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-24

connection with their Study of Dick
ems novel THE Tale of Two Cities :"
Mr.. and Mrs. Henderson Dodson
were in Americas Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Arthur French and two child
rem are visiting Mrs. E. Zimmerman,
II. Bernard French is expected to
arrive in Atlanta soon, from France.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-24
The WAR IS OVER

But the soldiers and sailors wiz never stop talk
ing about the comfort they got from the Aliens
Foot Ease, the antseptic powder to be shaken
into the shoes, which their sweethearts, mothers
or sisters sent them. Until 1t is tried no one
knows what quick and wonderful relief Aliens
Foot-Ease is to painful, aching, swollen, tender
feet, Corns, Bunions and Callouses It Eoakss
walking delight. Sold everywhere.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-24
Tax Digest NOtfcs

Tax Digest Notice.
The. city books for making tax re-
turns for 1919 are ope nfrom April l
to July 1. E. J. ELDRIDGE,
apr6-jly1 City Clerk and Treasurer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-24

For than years has been evident that the increasing
Of operation caused by the increasing of labor material
and would readustmen Of and charges
for telephone service
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-04-24
Adequate, Telephone Rates
Are Now Needed

For than years has been evident that the increasing
Of operation caused by the of labor material
and services would eadusment and charges
for telephone service
Present telephone fixed when the costs of
operation were much lower The present day labor and
material reflected by the increased the public of all services
and commodities and the higher for these elements of telephone
operation make eadustment of telephone charges
urgent
Plans to secure of had been completed by this
company the time the United States Government assumed control
cf its lines and properties August l. 1918 The United States
after actual experience in the operation of the
properties finds the need for increased
,ctuai operating loss, which the company oreaw.
continuation of telephone service at the present up
this has been possible only by the complete utilization of the
normal surplus facilities maintained by the Bell System and partly
because of and economical methods of operation which
have been introduced
We have effected every possible economy and utilized plant
the limit, the only way the Government additional
by adjustment Of the rates Operation by the Govern
verified the urgency of the need of additional
ht greatly increased costs of operation.
The for service necessary preserve the balance
bet"ee and expenses will the result small
compared with the applied during the past few
years e all othr commodities and services in general
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE 80
MD TELEGRAPH COMPANY IS
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-22
ARM PAGE
HELTER- SHELTER MARKET
ING UNPROFITABLE TO

Frequently advantage is taken oil
cool weather to kill and dispose of
hogs, with the result that the dress
ed carcasses must be sold on a. elut-
ted market, and, being a perishablc
product, must be disposed of at any
price obtainable. An example, VIII ch
is only one of many, was observed
at small town in Louisiana during
the winter of 1856, where each
time the weather became cooler or
10 dressed hogs were offered for sale
when there was a demand for but !
or 3. A number of instances have
occurred in southern cities wheee
dressed beef ordinarily valued at 7 TO
8 cents a pound was sold by farmers
for 8 to cents, and dressed hogs
valued under ordinary conditions at
8 to 10 cents a pound sold for to
3 cents, because of temporary over
supply of fresh meats in these towns
The farmers could have avoided
these losses by finding a market for
their meat before Strengthening, by
delaying Strengthening until market
conditions were improved, or by self
ing the animals alive on good
market
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-22
COOPERATIVE SHIPPING
CLUBS BENEFIT
MANY COMMUNITIES

. i
Simplicity of organization and the
fact that no capital is required make
the cooperative shipping of live stock
peculiarly adapted to communities in
which more complex forms of coop
GRAFTON would be impracticable. Az
though not necessarily feasible in an
sections, especially those in which
live stock generally is marketed in
carload lots, or where there is insl
ficient stock suitable for shipment
to market, or where the central MAR
kets are not readily accessible, ner-
ertheless there are many communi-
ties in various parts Of the country
which would be greatly benefited by
such associations.
The profit that formerly went to
the local shipper now goes to the
farmer, and he has the satisfaction Of
knowing that he will receive for his
stock the actual market price less
the cost Of marketing. Moreover,
the activities of competent man
ager and the influence of a success
full association make for a general
in methods of market
ing live stock and a better knowledge
of market prices and conditions.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-22

Manufacturers Engineering De
partnfent makes blue print plan for
correct installation Of each Round
Oak Pipeless Furnace preventing
possible mistakes.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-22
PREPARATION OF SEED
BED BY -DISKING
AND NARROWING

When wheat follows cultivated
stop that is removed sufficiently early
such as corn or tobacco, the soil can
usually be prepared for seeding by
The use of disk and ordinary mar
rows. AS soon as the crop Is har-
vested the land should be gone over
with the disk to prevent the growth
IF grass and weeds. "a second disk
ing, followed by narrowing, IS given
nst before the grain is sow. a
Better seed bed can be prepared i'll
his way than by blowing, and Il
AXES much less time and work. If
weeds are plentiful, blowing 9 or A
inches deep may be necessary. Har-
lowing with an ordinary harrow
should follow the plowing,
81 When wheat follows cotton the
stalks should be plowed under as
soon as the hollis are all open and
picked Flowing in this case should
be deep enough to bury the stalks
completely in order to destroy the
DOLL weevil. The land should then be
i1med with roller and the wheat
'sown with dis kdrill. Disklpg Or
narrowing is not advisable, as it UNI
sarths the buried stalks.
/ When wheat follows ether than a
cultivated crop, the seed bed should
pc prepared by blowing the land to a
lepth of 6 or Z inches several weeks
before seeding. 1t should then be
narrowed at once and afterwards
worked down with harrow, disk,
drag, or roller in such manner AZ
to kill all weeds that start to grow
after rains and.to settle the substil
md keep the topsoil well broken up.
When it is necessary to plow just be-
Gore seeding, as when a catch crop
Of cowpeas is plowed under, the sol
should be compacted by rolling and
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-22
INA. !. |. HMM
GRAIN MIXTURES FOR CALVES
Wheat Bran Is ReIlshed by Young AMI
mails and Corn Has Excellent
Physiological Effect.

prepared by the United States Depart
nent of Agriculture)
When the calf is in its second week
1t should begin to receive grain, and
when one month old 1t should eat
about half a pound day. After this
time the quantity of grain may be
gradually increased, feeding all that
the calf will eat until three pounds a
day is reached, probably during the
third month. Grain fed to supplement
separated milk should never be mixed
with the milk. 1t is questionable
whether the preparation Of grain in
any way, such as soaking or boiling. is
advisable under most circumstances.
Wheat bran is eaten readily by
young calves. Corn has an excellent
physiological effect and to a great ex-
tent may take the place of fat removed
from skim or separated milk. Experl-
ments tend to show that corn fed to
calves should be cracked rather than
finely ground. Ground oats are good
I'm grain mixtures when available, but
in many cases cost much more per unit
of feed than corn and bran. The fol-
lowing grain mixtures are recommend
ed by dairy specialists of the United
States department Of agriculture:
1. Three parts cracked corn and one
part wheat bran.
2. Three parts cracked corn, one
part wheat bran and one part ground
oats.
8. Three parts cracked corn. one
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-22

creased only after the calf gets accus-
iomed to it. At first hay should be fur
nished only handful at a time, and
be placed so that it cannot be soiled.
For the first six months, at least, the
calf should receive all the roughage
of good quality that it will eat UP
clean. When the calf has access to
good pasture during the first six
months it need not receive other
roughage. 1t is not advisable, howev-
er, to have the calf under two months
Of age on pasture in the early spring.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-22
LOSS in REFRIGERATOR CARS
VS. MAY BE LARGELY DECREASED
Standardized Equipment with More Care in Picking
Loading, and Handling, Would Save Great Quantir
ties Of Fruits and Vegetables from Going
to Waste


For every thousand persons in the
United States there is at least one
refrigerator car, loaded with food
products, rolling along the rails.
These cars carry billions of pounds,
and more than three-fourths of them
haul fruits and vegetables. Much
1I this produce is highly perishable,
and must be moved quickly, while
temperatures are kept down by the
use of ice.
Unless one is given to travelling,
ais breakfast fruit or dinner salad is
likely to have covered more miles in
a trip of days than he has in as many
months, and all the way from field to
table perishable fruits and vegetables
must be watched over and cared for
by a group of workers who are as
)dsy as mother travelling with a
baby in her arms.
Sometimes refrigerator cars arrive
At markets with their fruit or vege-
ables damaged by heat or shifting
If loads, through faulty containers or
diseases and rots developed during
transit. This means not only a loss
If foodstuffs, but increased prices for
he sound produce that arrives on
The market-losses that in the, long
run must be borne by wholesaler, re-
taller, producer, and consumer. This
itself is serious enough, but, accord
ng to the Bureau of Markets of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, there is a present shortage
If refrigerator cars in this country,
md the more cars that bring dam
tged produce to market the fewer
lvailable cars there are to carry per-
shable food to the cities.
WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT
If, and this is where science steps
n, the present equipment of refriger-
ltor cars could be modernized, and
more care were taken in loading,
,racing, and handling perishables ir
hese modernized cars, losses Of
God would be reduced and our scan
y supply of refrigerator cars made
o carry more actual food to market.
At one large market last July 1877
,ars of peaches were inspected by
he Bureau Of Markets. Most of
,hese cars were ain trouble" as the
inspectors say, and they represented
4 per cent of the total July arrivals
It that market. Although brown
'ot was bad. this year among peaches
ind accommodation much loss and
'ales Of as low as ten cents crate
or rotted fruit, it is pointed out by
refrigerator car men that some of
his loss is due to poor refrigeration
which could be avoided by proper
construction of cars and better load
ng and handling methods.
BIG LOSSES RECORDED
Estimates based on reports of car
lot shipments of fruit and vegetables,
compiled by the Bureau of Markets,
show about 100000 shipments NOV
ng under refrigeration. From re-
ports of inspectors at Chicago, Gin
.innati, and Pittsburg from May Is
10 July Is, 1918, covering 189 ship
nents under refrigeration, it was
;ound that the average decay of all
commodities was 1.-8 per cent. In
lat Of these shipments for tempera-
lure of the load on arrival was found
1 S
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-22

/ to vary from 40 degrees to rs degrees
F., averaging SO degrees. These ship
ments included go cars of peaches
with average decay on arrival of %
per cent; 80 cars of cabbage, average
decay 1873 per cent; 8 cars of toma-
toes, average decay, 25.8 per cent; 5
cars of cantaloupes, average decay
ia per cent; and cars of straw
berries, average decay SO per cent.
/ Decay on arrival does not include
all the deterioration, according to in
vestigators, because many shipments
showing small percentage of decay
arrive over ripe and soft, owing to
imperfect refrigeration, and these
shipments deteriorate rapidly while
in the hands of dealers and consum-
mers. But without considering the
decay that occurs after the cars are
unloaded, the percentage of decay in
the total number of cars of fruit and
vegetables arriving under refrigera-
ton shows an enormous loss of food.
If the average of 11.8 per cent decay
shown on shipments at Chicago, Gin
cinnati, and Pittsburgh last year held
at other markets, it would mean an
annual loss OF about 1920 carloads
destroyed in transit, or about 1,180,-
100000 pounds of fruit and vege-
tables. This loss is only in shipments
moving under refrigeration. There
is heavy loss also in shipments I'M
der ventilation.
BETTER CARS, LESS LOSS
Experiments on shipping perish
ables in refrigerator cars have locat-
ed causes of loss and shown that
changes in car construction will re-
duce the losses. In each end of a
refrigerator car are compartments,
running from the roof to the floor
and known as "bunkers," which are
filled with ice before the car IS load
ed. There is passage under and
around this ice bunker and its insu-
| lated wall out to the floor of the car.
Air, cooled by the ice, is heavier
than warm air, and travels downward
and out along the floor of the car,
displacing the warm air above it and
thus coaling the load. Raising the
load on open floor racks helps distri-
butte the cold air from the ice bunk
ers and increases air circulation,
which is necessary to protect the
produce from damage. The question
Of insulation for the -four, ends, and
sides of the car is also important,
and air spaces must be provided be-
tween the rows of containers SO that
all the load will be kept cool. All
these problems have been worked out
by experiments and standard type
of refrigerator car has been designed
by the Department of Agriculture.
Some Of these improved cars have
been built bysthe Railroad Admins
tration and are giving satisfactory
results.
HOW OTHERS CAN HELP
Improvement of refrigerator cars
can not be depended upon to elimin-
ate all of the present enormous loss
in handling fruits and vegetables, ac-
cording to the Bureau Of Markets.
Farmers can help by more careful
picking, grading and packing and
Shippes rand dealers by more atten-
ton to loading and handling fruits
and vegetables.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-22
gaisin Cranes.

Ordinary grapes do not make good
raisins. Leading varietiesmused are
the Muscatel Gordo, Blanco, Muscat
of Alexandria and Malaga. The
punches are cut from the vines and
placed on trays to sun-dry, being
turned from time to time. The proc
ess is simple. Large growers have
curing sheds to avoid risk in drying
on account of rain. Seeding is done
by machinery.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-22
HELPFUL HINTS And REAL NEWS
TO AID THE BIG AND
LITTLE FARMER =

part wheat bran, one part ground oats,
and one part linseed meal.
4. Five parts cracked corn, one part
wheat bran, one part ground oats, and
one part blood meal.
s. Oats, ground.
Glover hay, alfalfa hay, or the most
palatable roughage available should be
given the calf after the second week.
Alfalfa is likely to cause scours, and
should be fed sparingly at first and in
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-22

narrowing several times before seed
ing. In any case, when it is time
to sow the grain, fine, mellow seed
bed should be prepared, using tie
harrow or other tools if necessary. s.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-22
onIy One Clear Road to Success.

No unwilling worker ever yet
achieved great success, for men only
succeed where they think deeply, work
cheerfully and rejoice at the success
OF what they are working at.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-22
Her shoes Eiurt Her FEET.

AS. a general thing, when you see a
woman hobbling along the. street with
an agonized expression it is q sign that
she's got more foot than head.--Dallas
News.
Judsonia weekly advance. (Judsonia, Ark.) 1???-1922, 1919-09-25
HUNTERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO
KILL DEER NOVEMBER 10
TO JANUARY is.
STRICT LIMITATION ON BAGS
Cannot XIII More Than Two Deer,
One Bear and Four Turkeys in
One Season-Cannot
Sell Game.

Little Rock.-For the benefit of
with publishes the open season for
oil wild game in the state.
Big game Deer, November 10 to
January IS; squirrel, May Is to Janu-
ary 10; quail, November 20 to Feb
ruary l: grouse, until January i,
1922; prairie chicken. until January
1, 1922; wild turkey, November 10 10
January 49,
Migratory game birds: Ducks,
geese, brant, coot and gallinules. No
vember 1 to January 81 black-bei-
lied and golden plovers and yellow
legs, September 1 to December Is;
jacksnipe, November l to January 81
woodcock, November 1 to Decembe'
81. rails. September 1 to November
80; dove. September 1 to December
Is. Additional open season for tur-
key gobblers from March 1 to May /.
Bear may be hunted in Arkansas
from November 10 to January Is.
Attention to the existing state laws
in regard to wild game hunting has
been called by Secretary Brundidge.
Section 40 of the act creating the
Game and Fish Commission, makes it
unlawful for any person. during q.
season. to kill, take or have in his
POSSESSION more than two deer, one
bear or four turkeys. It also makes
It unlawful to kill or have in possess
sion in one day more than 10 SPUR
rels, five wild pheasants, five grouse,
five prairie chickens, six woodcocks,
eight geese OF all kinds, eight brant,
20 quail. 25 doves. 25 rails or cootS,
o, % snipes. II also is unlawful ID
Kill more than % ducks in one day
or have in possession more than q
two days bag of quail.
The law also nrovides against any
person having in his possession any
wild migratory bird ten days after
the close of the open season. Viola
tors are subject to a fine ranging
from $40 to 5000 for each offense.
The act makes If illegal to ship any
wild game out of the state or to offer
them for sale.
Hunting license for hunters and sor
hunting dogs must DO obtained either
from the county circuit clerks or the
state treasurer. The law makes it
misdemeanor to hunt with a dog
without first securing a license.
Judsonia weekly advance. (Judsonia, Ark.) 1???-1922, 1919-09-25
DOWN IN BED
and so WEAK
Lady Suffered Terribly for Eight
Weeks But Her Case Showed
Wonderful Improvement
After Taking Cardui.

Johnson City, Tenn.-Mrs. M. r.
Scott. living near this town, states !:
About three years ago l was down liz
bed terrible and SO weak
couldn't bear the sight of food. This
condition continued for about eight
weeks l thought l was go
ing to die, and knew must get some
thing to 30 me some good. I had
heard all my life of Cardui and th.
good results obtained from it's use.
So decided to try 1t.
After about half bottle of Cariu
my appetite improved, then I was less
nervous. l kept it up until I had
taken five bottles-and such an i'm
provement! l gained flesh and now
am the picture Of health, due. 1 be-
lieve, solely to the use of Cardui.
am the mother of ten children and
feel well and strong"
Cardui Is mild, medicinal tonic
for women. 1t has stood the most
severe of all tests-the test of time,
having been in use for over forty
years. 1t is composed of purely veg
etable ingredients, which have been
found to help build up the vitality,
tone up the nerves, and strengthen
the womanly constitution.
Try Cardui.-Adv.