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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03
CHILDREN ARE MOVIE, FANS
Domestic Films Take First Place With
Cowboy Adventures Second,
Inquiry Shows.

LOndOn.-London school children
like the movies, more than 90 per
cent, it was developed by a recent in
vestigatiOn, being more or less regular
in their attendance upon such exhibit
tons.
Analysis of replies from $500 young
sters who were asked to write their
preferences show that domestic stories
have first place. Others in order of
preference are cowboy adventure,
comics, war films, serials, crimes, love
stories, educational.
The popularity of moving pictures
in London is proved by the fact that a
new corporation will soon invest $10-
100000 in picture palaces.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03
Concerning Swankinp.

"Swank" is bombastic behavior or
talk accompanied by ostentatiousness
Of manner A "swanker" is a preten-
tious person who strives to impress
others that he is superior to others, or
something different from what he
'eally is. The word "swank" is not a
modern term; it dates back to the
early years of the last century and
has been found in Thomas Bachelors
'Orthoepical Analysis of the English
Language" as occurring in Bedford
shire dialect. The book was publish
I'd in London in 1909.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03

R. B. Small was a prominent Ma
CONAN in Americas today on bust
ness
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03
Mere Mention
About Town

New Shipment of Pearl Beads just
received.-Bell, the Jeweler. Stiff
A. w. Jackson, of Atlanta, was
in the city today on business.
E. A. Porter, of Atlanta, was a
visitor in the city today.
R. B. Small was a prominent Ma
CONAN in Americas today on bust
ness
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Speer, of Fort
Valley, were visitors in Americas this
morning.
George Council is resting nicely af-
ter a tonsil and adenoid operation at
the city hospital yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Morse, of Bir-
mingham, are spending several days
in Americas, at the Windsor Hotel.
E. H. Beall, of Columbus, visited
the city today on a business mis-
sion.
W. NJ. Gaffey, of Moultrie, spent
several hours here today on business.
Mrs. J. c. Fink and Mrs. ]. S.
McGarrah, of Plains, spent Tuesday
in the city with friends.
Claude Anderson, of VidaHa, was
in Americas today on business.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03
LARGE Yield of cahhane.

Emporia, Kan.-Farmers and gar
deners who have seen the cabbage
patch in Jason Austin's garden are
unanimous in giving Austin the title
of Lyon County Cabbage King Mr.
Austin, a hotel proprietor, has grown
l,200 pounds of cabbage on a patch Of
ground containing nearly 1000 square
feet. The cabbages average three
pounds each, and are free from in
sectS
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03
"lrnua,ty ps.1"

In criminal trials, Immunity bath"
means exemption from prosecution.
The expression was first used several
years ago, when several defendants in
a trust case were discharged by the
United States court on the ground that
they had gained personal immunity by
furnishing the evidence upon which
the indictments were based.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03

Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Morse, of Bir-
mingham, are spending several days
in Americas, at the Windsor Hotel.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03

Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Speer, of Fort
Valley, were visitors in Americas this
morning.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03
Judues PLAYED Safe.

Cedar Falls Ia.-Baby-show judges
here showed rare talent for the job.
They awarded every contestant a
prize. mo irate mothers for us" they
said in unison.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03
pArErxuo
a ANA ! w.
stlII in Wild State

The neighbours little boy came to
play with baby Carol. After irving to
play with her while without much
success he exclaimed, "Well, she isn't
very tame, is she?"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03

Holman's Pressing Club and Tailor Shon
215 Lamar St. Over Gstewood's Old Grocery Store
Have you tried Cleaning and Pressing Altering and Renal
ing? 1t is the best and cheapest Try US We will sure H.
you. " 80 PieaSe
Phone 7lO l. H. HOLMAN, Proprietor
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03

Doorknob screws often work out and
let the knob come off. This may be
prevented by removing loose screws,
covering them with glue and screwing
them back into place.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03

Mr.. and Mrs. 0. B. Roberts and
little daughter of Dawson, were Wis
itors in Americas today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03
NOTICE.

| will be absent from my Office
I'LL Monday, September 1. S. H.
MKEE. 24-8t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03

]. c. Reid came to Americas today
from Ellaville and spent the day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-03

A. P. Chappell, of Brentwood, spent
Tuesday in the city on business mis-
sion.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-05-10
Giant 64-page Folder Or.
dered by Zion Printing
and Publishing House

An order has been placed this week by
Zion Printing and Publishing House for
one of the largest automatic folding ma
chimes made, to replace the Dexter folder
now in USE
1t will perform the remarkable feat of
of taking 64-page form, cutting it into
two 32-page sheets, and then folding each
sheet into book form and dropping both
parts into separate receptacles simultane-
ously.
The largest folders made can only handle
32-page form; this giant folder therefore
will do the work of.two large folders at the
same time.
This remarkable piece of mechanism is
being especially made to order for Zion
Printing and Publishing House, and will
cost $1,000. It will have an automatic
feeder attached.
1t is being built to accommodate the big
"a inch Miehle press (the largest Miehle
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-05-10
Drawing Checks With In.
tent to Defraud

By way of warning, we draw attention
to I'm Act to punish the making, drawing,
uttering or delivering of checks, drafts or
orders for the payment of money with in
tent to defraud.
Section |. Be it enacted by the People
of the State of Illinois, represented in the
General Assembly: That any person who
with intent to defraud shall make or draw
or utter or deliver any check, draft or order
for the payment of money upon any bank
or other depository, and thereby obtains
from any person any money, personal prop
erty or other valuable thing, knowing at the
time of such making, drawing, uttering or
delivery that the maker or drawer has
not sufficient funds in or credit with such
bank or other depositary for the payment
of such check, draft or order in full upon
its presentation, shall be guilty of misde-
,meanor; and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined not more than one thousand dollars
or imprisoned not more than one year, or
both. The making, drawing, uttering, or
delivering of such check, draft or order as
aforesaid shall be prima facie evidence Of
intent to defraud The word "credit" as
used herein shall be construed to mean an
arrangement or understanding with the bank
or depositary for the payment of such check,
draft or order.
approved May 20, 1917"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-05-10
Coal Conditions as They
Look to Us

Under the above caption leading author
ity on coal conditions writes the following !:
Government charts show that in the last
i've months the output Of the mines of the
country has fallen over hundred million
tons below normal. This means that this
refusal to buy regularly is being carried
to such an extreme that the bulk of the coal
above ground in the country must in the
near future be consumed When that hap
pens, tuel consumers are going to realize
as early fall comes on, that they must have
fresh supply of coal, and they are going
to have unlocked for difficulty in obtaining
it, because this urgent demand will probably
begin about the First of July when the
whole countsy will start shouting for coal
at one and the same time in anticipation of
the coming Fall and Winters needs and
with coal bins practically empty.
About the time this rush for coal gets
underway the railroads of the country will
be compelled to move what promises to be
the greatest grain crop America has ever
produced and 1t must be given preference
in its movement to market to supply starv-
ing Europe and the needs of our own
people, and with the coming of that vast
grain movement, cars and motive power for
transportation Of coal will become excep-
t1onally hard to obtain, and it will not be
possible to run the coal mines to anything
like one hundred per cent capacity. All the
factors of another uncomfortable coal short
age will then promptly begin to present
Themselves
Furthermore, many of the workers in
the coal mining industry are homeless drift
tiers; fully fifty per cent of them being
foreign born, and having made and saved
big money during the war, with the ocean
lanes again open for travel, and work in
the coal mines in this country slack, they are
even now going back to Europe in large
numbers to spend the rest of their lives on
the accumulated earnings made in America.
The truth of this situation is illustrated by
the fact that immigration rates have adj
vanced 200 to 800 per cent, and shipping
reports show the wharves in New York
lined with thousands of people waiting to
return to Italy and other foreign countries
The return wave of travel is so great that
vessels cannot accommodate all who want
to go; with the result that when the heavy
fall coal demand begins mine labor will be
very short and the mines cannot produce
anything like the needed tonnage
These conditions, in our opinion, are
certain to prevail even though there should
be no great Improvement in business gener-
ally by the coming fall, and if general re-
vival Of industry occurs, which must come
before a great while, it will only serve to
complicate this serious coal situation still
further.
"Do not look for lower prices to prevail
on coal Of quality - prices will be no lower
until labor is lower - and labor is now
demanding more money - six hours work
day instead of eight = five days a week
instead of six labor is not going to ac-
cept less than it is now paid and any revi-
sion in wages will be up, not down - prices
on coal of quality are more apt to advance
than decline
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-05-10
New Financial Arrange
ment
Remaining payments on Zion
Estate Extended Over Peri
cd of Eight Years

On Friday, May 2, the General Overseer
signed the final papers in financial deal
whereby the remaining $347 300 balance
owing on the Zion Estate, of the original
$950,000 purchase price, is extended over
a period of eight years, and is to be met in
the following payments
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-05-10

Anyone desiring Retreading done can now
get it done at the Vulcanizing Shop
Main and Grain have purchased and in
stalled Retread Moulds and are ready to
take care of any Retreading Work you
may have, or any Sectional Work. We
invite you to come in and see us. We ex-
pect to keep up with the needs and re-
quirements of any Tire and Casing repair
work.
MAIN GRAIN COMPANY.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-05-10
Births

To Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mifflin, of 2511
Elizabeth avenue, on May 3, girl.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-05-10
Marriages

Mr.. George L. Banes and Mrs Emily
Van Fossen, on May 5, 1919.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-05-10

press made) installed in Zion Printing and
publishing House over a year ago, and will
take full "A inch sheet from that press.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

Patrolman Gallivan, who is in charge
of the sales at Erasmus Hall. said that
the young fcller seemed 20 be wishin'
he was back in the muddy trenches.
This wish was inspired most likely BY
the assortment OF Brooklyn citizens
which was strung out behind him. and
which was augmented shortly after the
squeaing halt Of each trolley car OF
the more polished pause Of an automo-
bile. Directly behind him was young
lady who might have been stenos-
rapher on her vacation, or even q
stenographer taking day of.
The young man carried soap box,
while the young lady carried an old
fashioned shopping bag. The ill-at-
ease youth graciously proffered his CO.
waiter the soap box and she sat grace
fully upon it. She thanked him. He
told her not to mention it, but she said
she could say anything she wanted to
because this was free country. They
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Pork and beans piled high behind The counter

rush and the polite young man and
his found lady friend lost their
leading positions before the attack Of
more experienced bargain fighters.
Patrolman Gallivan kept shouting
"Now, now, easy there. Easy there,
ladies'. This amt no stock exchange
or somc,hln. Pipe down" Patrolman
Gallivan had been in the navy during
the war. He was reinforced By two
members Of the women's police re-
serve, a captain and lieutenant.
The crowd was finally subdued and
the young man and the girl who had
graced his soap box were restored to
positions Nos. | and ,. The young man
wanted 20 pounds OF bacon, 10 cans Of
tomatoes and 20 cans Of peas Also
one can Of roast beef for brother, who
hadn't been in the army and wanted
70 taste the famous Canned willie
or bully beef" Mrs. Leonora Sulil-
van told him that they didn't have any
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Consider the Nutritive Value

value and requirements OF an active
body. In those charity baskets were
some solid staple foods, some foods
of moderate value and much OF
little worth except as 1t contributed
20 the joy of the little ones 10
ind an orange in the toe OF
the stocking and an apple beside the
Mate. Az a matter of fact, except the
potatoes. fresh fruits and vegetables
are EXPENSIVE food. Canned peas and
corn cost far more than the poor can
afford. cabbage is a filler, not fodder,
iellies and homemade preserves are
delicacies, but aside from the sugar
they contain little real food value;
coffee and tea arc, Of course, luxuries.
"All this goes 20 this end-when we
buy for charity we buy as ignorantly as
when we buy for our own tables. Ana
careful selection of the real staples
sugar. dried beans and peas, cheap fats,
such as salt pork, lard and vegetable
oils. -four and other bulk cereals, pota-
toes and dried fruits would make 1t
possible to send to the needy q basket
that would sufice for . week instead
Of for Q day."
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

Ut ISN'T so much how much
food costs as how great IS its
nutritive value. When Amer
lean wives learn to market
scientifically a dollar expended will
bring far more nourishment than
the majority of dollars do now. In
touching upon the matter OF correct
foods II. +. Barnard, Ph. d., editor
of "The American Food Journal"
says:
There is far too much talk about
bad food--and adulterated food and
the high cost Of food. The really vital
question which should be studied at
every meal by every one who Is old
enough to give thought to the most
important thing in his daily life Is
How much food does he require and IS
he getting it? Now this is not q
question Of quantity-a whole cabbage
IL really less valuable as food than
lump Of sugar-nor is it altogether
q question Of diet. Man can live with
out meat--he can live on fruits and
nuts-he can exist on raw foods, but
what he really needs to do is not to
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

now does. II the girl in grammar
school were taught the principles OF
food and nutrition as carefully as she
il the number OF bones in the body
and the geographical boundaries OF
the states, when she became house
keeper she would be better prepared
than now 10 make the money available
for her famiy's food worth one num-
dred cents on the dollar instead OF, as
now, too frequently thirty-five. 1t Is
TOO true that everything the poor man
buys costs him more than it does his
better stationed brother. He pays less
rent. of course, but he gets almost
nothing but shelter; the conveniences
that would make his shelter home
are absent. He buys fuel in small
quantity and pays two prices for III
and what he spends fer food goes
in too large measure for things that
are bulky instead OF nourishing and
when food value is more apparent than
real.
"But how insufficient IS our giving
and how much further the money we
spend would 60 il both the giver and
receiver knew more about real food
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

become a faddist-not TO chain hN
very existence down 10 some self
designed formula-but from the vari-
ETY. of food found on the average table
to choose the things he needs and TO
take OF them sufficient amount and
then st p.
stock feeding has become a sci
ence, b t the farmer who can sue
cessfully feed his cows for butter and
his hogs for bacon usually fails dis
mally in feeding himself. The fire
man who stokes the fires under his
boiler to gss psximum steam pressure
is far less successful in stoking the
fires in his own body, and as the shoe
makers child goes barefoot so the
bakers baby too frequently is pale and
poorly nourished.
Poverty and bad feeding are
synonymous, but it is fatal error to
say bad feeding is due altogether te
poverty The poor are usually poorly
fed, and so undernourished and in
efficient. But even the little money
spent for food for the poor mans
family II spent with wisdom would 80
much further-yes, twice - Tar IS II
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

old hobgoblin of the high cost Of
living.
The doughboys, always good
grumblers, grumble best of all about
the French breakfasts. They Ike
the sensation Of getting it whenever
thev press a button in the wall, in
stead of having the bugler rout them
out for it at 6 q. m. or thereabouts.
II amuses them beyond words to
have it brought to them in bed in
stead of having to stand in line for
il with their mess kits. But there
the advantages of French break
fasts end if you ask the American
army. They will not admit that the
food they get at petit dejeuner is
food at all. One cup OF coffee
with hot milk and no sugar, one
petit pain Ia very small rolD and
three small circles OF unsalted but
ter. which the boys don't like, com
prise the inevitable French break
fast.
"Don't call them breakfasts"
beg the doughboys. Call then
appetizers, and let it go at that:
They swallow with nervous haste
hurry into their clothes and rusf
down to the Y. NJ. c. A. canteen
where they usually arrive about
9 q. M. faint with hunger and de
YOUR an orange, some bacon ant
eggs or saussges. several pieces o.
bread with American butters ant
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
COlunfer Statesmen

There is nothing personal in the sale
of army food. The saleswomen are
volunteers, whose object is to DIS
nense as much of this low priced food
os possible in five business hours
dav. These women believe they are
rendering a patriotic service in re-
ducing social discomfort by reducing
the cost Of living. They work quietly
without much conversation.
The sale is quite democratic. The
rich and poor meet together. Inc
bargains are the magnets for them all.
The single sales range from . cents
for lone can Of pork and beans up
70 800. made by women with automo-
biles. The 800 sales are usually com
munity purchases, one woman DONG
the buying for several and using her
motor car as delivery wagon. Some
Of the people with automobiles are
clearinghouse keepers out 20 make
a killing. Most OF these women tell
YOU that they bought the automobile
with money left by their husbands or
obtained it through other channels out
side Of the boarding-house business,
which has become a liability since
prices went in for aviation.
At Erasmus Hall High School, in
Brooklyn, the variety and character
Of the customers included most Of the
races, nationalities, religions, social
strata and pocketook thicknesses. a
clean cut youth who looked as though
he was enjoying those delicious few
weeks between army service and a
civilian Job was first in line, one hour
before the school opened for business.
He was trying to look comfortable, but
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
4 line of purchasers at Public School No.

away at the head OF her delivery
system.
incidentally, if it weren't for the
leisure hours at the disposal Of
school children, the food sales would
not reach their present encouraging
proportions. In front OF every school
are stationed five or six hiddies with
soapbox wagons, or some with ready
made carts. They deliver cases OF canned
goods al reasonable rates ranging
from to Is cents, depending on the
amount of goods, the distance and
the competition, chiefly the later.
Bacon wasn't delivered to schools
until two or three days after the sale
opened. When it was, trade over
whelmed the sales depo,s. 1t sold
wildly in every section Of the city. At
the school on East Fourth Street. the
patromaa in charge wanted to know
what dumobell or bonehead had shipped
a thousand pounds OF bacon 20 the
school. He wanted 20 krow If those
running the sale thought that IL was
any .ess sacriegious for Jewish people
TO eat bacon at IS cents q pound, the
army price. than at 81 cents a pound,
charged in stores.
That thousand pounds OF bacon
failed to survive three hours. Most
- ~ ,,.,o,,,or. u-cra Italian hut "A
few were Jewish and these insisted
that if the bacon had been good
enough for their children lighting in
France it couldn't be so bad.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

bacon on hand yet. She was excited
and bit thrilled, so that her voice
was shri,l and far reaching. The whole
line. which was now 200 yards long,
heard her. A ripple OF disappointed
comment ran the full length Of the
queue and return. Mrs. Sullivan also
remarked that the canned roast beef
had not arrived as yet, but no one
registered disappointment. Most house
wives have prejudice against canned
meats, some because their husbands ate
!, in the Spanieh-American War, and
others because they figure that 1t Is
meant for lazy women. According 70
the oldest lady on the line at Erasmus
Hall High School, mos. of the modern
housewives are too lazy TO bake, but
even they have compunction about
serving their husbands meat cooked in
a factory.
A large lady in a large pink dress
with thick ruiflos and number OF
other and seemingly unnecessary
things surveyed the assortment OF
canned foods on display through her
lorgnette. At Erasmus the school
lunchroom is being used as store.
The cans are piled on counters, while
the cases are against the wall on the
other side of the room. There is little
scenic value in the whole arrange
ment. That is what the lady thought,
because after two or three more looks
she sailed away to the sunshine, leav-
ing in her wake an aroma Of perfume