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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-03-10

trolls the lives property of his subjects Formerly he
was regarded more ethereal than human; he be-
leved require neither food sleep He strengthened
that impression by having all food served to him in soi
tude and hearing petitions from behind screen Consul
taton with his ministers carried on through his
wives, who were state dgnitares. Genuine Amazons
formed his bodyguard and these warrior
puted to as fearless and brave those of Greek
mythology and much more cruel
Only the of the Dada, Queen were regarded
heirs From among the Amazons the sovereign selected
other wives, but all except the favored few cell
bates The king was considered the father of all his
subjects
The Bolshevik are doing nothing new in their re
ported arrangement for interchange of infants among
the various mothers of the community nurseries up
by the soviets. In Dahomey children were taken from
their mothers at early and given to other families
so they might form no ties which would conflict their
allegiance to the king.
Any object blessed by the Dahomey priests became
fetch Snakes held in special esteem Formerly
children regularly sacrificed and human beings
roasted for food Tribal dances amazingly intri-
cate, some lasting SO hours. So imbued the Da-
hoeys with belief in Immortality that they readily
unteered for sacrifice and the wives of Dahomey like
those of India often chose die when their husbands
did
Highlands area is about equal to that of Maine. Two
northern towns, Yendi and Mangu lie along the
caravan route from Ashanti to the Niger region
Germany edged into the Slave Coast because in 1884
the portion still ruled by the King of Togo
the only part from the Gambia to the Niger not
controlled by civilized power Bremen merchants
had stations there So Germans persuaded the Togo
ruler to place Togoand under the suzerany Germany
Subsequently the Germans made claims to inland terri
tory which brought about boundary disputes with France
and Great Britain until the frontiers fixed 1899.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-03-10

Dalton Citizen refers to of Georgas leading states
men as Joe Hill He'll Hail.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-03-10
STRONG OLD MAN
70 YEARS YOUNG
Says zIR0N Iron Tonic Made Him Feel
Better, Eat Better and Sleep Better.

o. D. Blount, Tarrytown, Ga, writes:
81 am seventy-five years old, yet have
been pretty strong until about year ago.
did not feel so we'll, had a worn, tired
feeling, my body ached and | was not
myself. | would chill easily,-ny blood
seemed thin, my flesh flabby and skin
not clear. | didn't rest we'll and my ap-
petite was poor. heard of Ziron, how
il was helping others and it seemed to be
what needed, too. | soon saw after |
began taking it that it was helping me
felt better in every way. | ate better,
slept better. took three bottles and
It helped me. ! am glad to recommend
Ziron."
Ziron is indicated for anemia, pale COM
plexion, poor blood, general weakness,
etc. When your blood needs iron, take
Ziron. Remember, if the first bottle don't
benefit, you get your money back. Don't
wait. Begin taking Ziron today.
At all druggists.
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4 VERSE 4 DAY.
WHAT IF THE LAPSE OF AGES WERE DREAM

VxT THAT if the lapse of ages were dream,
w From which we walked clutching the primal bougl
Seeing familiar thunder piercing 11ags,
Vast dripping dews and saurian believed swamps,
That wearied the new heavens with their noise,
Wild seas, that maddened, foaming ever gnawed
At fog-wrapped cliffs, and roaring in defeat
Ran to eye-wearying distance, without shore
All things familiar; but dull ape minds
Troubled with visions vague; the hungry
OF the great sabred tiger far below
Seeming in our wild dream the Humorous sound
Of hurting heated Monsters made of steel;
And the God scattered worlds that gem the sky
Seeming in vision dread the binding glare
OF myriad windows, teeming DER with life.
The wallowing pleosaurus gurgling snort
Changed in our dreams to rhythmic, painting
OF black, insensate steel amphibans,
Daring the oceans dread horizon line;
And the high flap of pterodactyl wings
Making us whine with fear, for, in dream,
We saw vast lifeless birds, that roaring few
Commanded by puny likenesses
Of our ape-selves; we crnged with terrors vague
Of ungrasped thoughts we could not understand
What if the lapse of ages were dream?
STEPHEN MOYLAN BIRD in Contemporary Verse.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-03-10
THE STATE PRESS.
Just SO.

Cried the new woman: There's thing worse
than man without a country, and that is country
without a man"-Rome Tribune-i1Aald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-03-10
TOGOLAND, GERMANS PRIZE COLONY.

Concerning Togoland of the earliest and richest
colonies whose disposition is being considered
by the peace conference National Geographic society
says;
Togoland is shaped like hogshead, with 32-mile
base resting on the Gulf of Guinea sides swelling
more than three times that width crowding the British
Gold Coast possessions the west French Dahomey on
the east and its top taperng into the Niger
region
Germany annexed Togoland in 1884 the year she
launched upon her colonial expansion with the acquisition
of northeastern New Guinea and the Bismarck Archi-
Selago Togoand the first colony to dispense with
imperial subsidy.
Along the seacoast Togoands soil is rich and sandy
ITS climate warm and moist The hinterand is higher
wooded and drer but seldom arid Thus the land is
adapted wide variety of products among which the
growing of cocoanuts corn, rice, tobacco and coffee has
been highly successful exports include considerable
quantities of ivory kernels copra, palm oil and rubber
This colony affords commentary upon Germany's
application bureaucratic methods to her possessions
Despite heavy Germany emigration to the United States
South America and despite her effort to divert this
flow to her colonies only about 800 Germans to be
found among the million natives of Togoland in 1910.
Most of the 300 engaged in government service,
either in the coast cities Lone detoorder town
which Germany planted the site of fishing village
and Little Popo, the inland government stations at
Msahoe Bsmarcksburg.
Togoand lies along the famous Slave Coast of Africa
treacherous and bars slave traders de-
fed cruisers from the shelter of agoons and nets that
abound along the where they obtained their hu
stock in They found the native chiefs, espec
tally the Dahomeys coastal people of Togoland well
Dahomey only too ready to barter human beings for
rum trnkets Tribal leaders made forays supply
the demand Frequently they burned villages by night
and corraled the inhabitants when they fed.
Northern tribes of Togoland mostly Hausa, mix
ed negro race who have become civilized and Industrious
But the Dahomeys in the south present curious blend
of shrewdness, cruelty and superstition Small robust
and athletic they climb trees like monkeys easily be-
come fluent linguists but cling fetchism and still prac-
tice cannibalism
The King of the Dahomeys is tribal Diety. He con-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-03-10
MILK HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

The announcement of Americas daryman that, eff
fective April he would reduce the price of milk from
per quart is interesting in connection
with the monthly reports issued by the Bureau of Mar
kets showing wholesale and retail prices of milk in over
100 cities in 43 states The report for February shows
tail prices for standard bottle milk delivered ranging be-
tween II and 20 cents quart with the usual prices
IA and Is quart Prices paid producers per quart
O. b. city varied ga to 1871 cents per quart, with
the bulk of milk ranging between and cents quart
The February report carries column showing the deal
ers spread" per quart 35 cent milk dev
cred to retail trade 1t ranges from "A cents to 115
cents
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Crisp Perking Up.

Sumter county has arranged for bond issue OF
100000 for permanent roads The election will be held
on April g. to decide whether this issue shall pass
Crisp is able to stand issue of 100000 this to be
matched by a similar amount from the government-Cor-
dele Dispatch.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1919-11-19

pledged or -hypothecated In Behalf of
me state: OF the proceeds of the sales
~ sucn ponds, which shall be held by
,, no ueasurer or state and paid by him
ana ann warrants drawn by the governor
anu council, two million dollar Is
hereby appropriated to be used @ieiy
a aa me building Of state highways.
anu nve hundred thousand dollars is
sSpipropriated to be used solely for the
building of interstate, Interstate and
International bridges. All of said pro-
ceeds of said bonds may be so ex-
penced during the calendar year of
nineteen hundred and twenty, and any
oalsnce unexpended shall not lapse but
tive accounts and shall be used only
Tor the construction of highways and
law. ~
Tie term "intrastate bridges" as
USED IN sthis section shall include
bridges constructed under chapter
three hundred nineteen of tha public
laws of nineteen hundred and fifteen
and the financial obligations of the
state incurred under the provisions of
that act during the year .iineteen hum
dred and twenty. and the year nine
teen hundred and twenty-one up to
June thirtieth. thereof, shall be paid
from the appropriation herein made
Tor lntrastate, interstate and inter-
national bridges.
CcC. I. All IeeS received Dy the
treasurer OF state under section thirty
fye of chapter twenty-six of the re-
vised statutes shall be appropriated
and used in the following order,
namely:
First, to pay interest due on all
bonds issued under this act and under
chapter one hundred thirty of the pub
lie laws. of nineteen hundred and thir-
teen and acts amendatory thereof and
additional thereto, and under chapter
forty-four of the public and special
laws of nineteen hundred and nineteen.
Second, to create such funds as shall
be necessary to redeem and retire
bonds issued under this act, under
chapter one hundred thirty of the pub
lie laws of nineteen hundred and thir-
additional thereto. and under chapter
forty-four of the public and special
laws of nineteen hundred and nineteen,
as they shall mature.
Third, to provide funds for the adj
ministration of the Office and duties of
lures, salaries and expense incident
thereto and for all maintenance re-
quirements under sections eight, sew
enteen, twenty-five, twenty-siX and
twenty-seven of chapter twenty-five of
the revised statutes. to which shall be
added from time to time the amounts
provided under sections nine, twelve
and thirty-four of said chapter: and
any balance left unexpended in any
year shall be carried over to the same
account for the following year.
Sec. 5. No reissue of any bonds
heretofore issued under chapter one
hundred thirty of the public laws of
nineteen hundred and thirteen and acts
amendatory thereof and additional
thereto. or hereafter issued under the
provisions OF this act shall be made
without an act of the legislature ex-
pressly authorizing the same.
Sec.'6. Section thirty-three of chap
ter twenty-five of the revised statutes
as amended by section six of chapter
two hundred fifty-eight of the public
laws of nineteen hundred and seven
teen is hereby repealed.
tApproved November ~
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CHAPTER 25s

An Act to Provide a Bonus for the
Heads of State Departments.
Be it enacted by the People of the
State of Maine. as follows:
All heads of state departments, or
members of state boards and commits
sions who receive yearly salaries fixed
by law and whose salaries have not
been increased directly or indirectly
BY the seyenty-ninth legislature shall
be paid for each of the years nineteen
Hundred and nineteen and nineteen
hundred and twenty an annual bonus
as follows: upon salaries of two thou
sand dollars or less bonus of thirty
three and one-third per cent; upon sal
aries in excess of two thousand dollars
and not more than twenty-five hun
bred dollars, bonus. of thirty per
cent; upon salaries in excess OF
twenty-five hundred dollars and not
more than three thouss-ld dollars, a
bonus of twenty-five per cent; upon
salaries in excess of three thousand
dollars and not more than thirty-fve
hundred dollars, bonus of twenty
per cent; upon salaries in excess of
thirty-fye hundred dollars and not
more than four thousand dollars, a
bonus of fifteen per cent; and upon
salaries in excess of four thousand
dollars a bonus of ten per cent. All
such bonuses shall be paid from any
unexpended balance of any appropria-
ton made for such departments, boards
or commissions or from the state con-
tingent fund.
(Approved November -
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CHAPTER 252

An Act to Amend Section Twelve of
Chapter Eighty-three of the Revised
Statutes Relating to County Conn
missioners.
Be 1t enacted by the People of the
State of Maine. as follows:
Section twelve of chapter eighty
three of the revised statutes is hereby
amended so that as amended said Sec
ton shall read as followE:
Sec. 10. They may make such ad-
ditions in workshops. fences and other
suitable Accommodate in. adjoining
or appurtenant to the jails in the sew
eral counties as may be found neces-
sary for the safe-keeping, governing
and employing of offenders committed
thereto by authority of the state or
the United States; and, for the better
employing of such offenders, they may
lease or purchase necessary lands or
buildings anywhere within their re-
spective counties and may authorize
the employment on such lands for the
benefit of the county or of dependent
families. prisoners committed for
crime, as provided in section nineteen
hereof. Whenever the county COM
missioners shall determine that the
use of such land and buildings are un-
necessary for such use. they may sell
and dispose of the same in the manner
required by law. The county commits
sioners may raise by loan of their sew
era! counties. or otherwise. total sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars. to
make such purchases, alterations and
improvements, and may expend so
mucn thereof as is necessary.
(Approved November -
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SUPPLEMENT

o or used solely by said posts fo, go,
own purposes. so that ssi Sis na aoa tneis
iii es'u snail read as follows.
ticias All property which Sv ne a..
taxation. t1heparat1on is exemp. from
raei and scientific institutiggoI az
benevoIanu. personal property Of ali
incor.non,rrnt and charitable instit1itions
estate nS yer. af ,py the state; the real
stitutions occu taiedry =, and scientific, in
az PURPOSES or by any officer ~ e u.elF
nron residence: the real and ners eneoI
lean .e s owned by posts of the Amer-
or used soleiv 1 In tnis state and occupied
u I'm purposes. Corporations or 5nelr
pprrS5iperly or funds i'm excess of " th;
lief Of expenses are held for the re-
tressed. or o sfcR, the poor, or the dis
cba plury the dead. are Senevalena .r of
n,aanoie corporations witb;n a th
REGARD OF this specification. without
funds are .le sources from which such
~ ne glasses of persons For .Ihasa hs IN
he 'r 10y, are applied; but So nnI,ch oe
as is o "a. estate of such cornora Hons
own pu pt occupied by them lor their
Apudiaipailty in which it is sit,,at .,i1
Ted any college in this state auther-
deereaa haeF it's charter to confer tha
eior of Sci Sacneior Of Arts or of Bach
liable to taxation sh ayihs real estate
lnena Of such tax and rpoof ne Of PAY az
ernnr 10 the satisfaction of the gov
t tba st ana council be REIMBURSED from RON,
he The f tax Ct treasury to the amount of Of
t ina the aggregate amount s no~ eyer
shaiI ed 70 any college in any one wear
I iarsi not not exceed fifteen hundred dol-
claim a FOR p s9ob further, that this
not apply to real estate homebf sha al
Of 5u i1 college after the twelfth day
nin aprli' eighteen hundred and eishtvys
Approved November So
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CHAPTER 26I

An Act to Provide Clerk Hire in the,
Omces of Certain County Officials OF
Aroostook County, Hancock County,
Lineoln County. Androscoggin Coun-
" and Sagadahoc County ,
Be it enacted by the People of the,
state of Maine, as follows;
sec. l. Paragraph three of section
Iorty-nve OF chapter one hundred and
amended by chapter two hundred and
fourteen of the public laws of nineteen
hundred and nineteen, is hereby
amended SO as to read as follows:
Aroostook county: for clerks in the
office of register of deeds of the north
ern district one thousand dollars; for
clerks in the office of register of deeds
for the southern district twenty-four
henored dollars; for clerks in the office
and eighty dollars; for clerks in the
office of county attorney six hundred
dollars; for clerks in the office of
county treasurer three hundred dol
Of courts twenty-six hundred dollars;
for expenses of clerk of courts and
his subordinates while attending ses-
sions of supreme judicial court at
Caribou. such sums as are allowed by
See q. Section forty-five of chapter
one hundred and seventeen of the re-
v1sed statutes as amended by chapter
twJ hundred and fourteen of the pub
80 lew VI hIhCbCth IluHCTtQ H. rlint-
teen, is hereby amended so far as it
relates to clerk hire in the office of
the clerk of courts for Hancock coun-
ty; and to clerk hire in the Office of
register of deeds for Lincoln county,
SO as to read as follows;
Hancock county for clerks in the
office of clerk of courts seven hundred
and eighty dollars (s7S0l y,
Lincoln county: For clerks in the
office of register of deeds four hum
dred dollars ($400).
Androscoggin county: For clerks in
the office, of register of deeds fifteen
hundred dollars (s150o).
Sagadahoc county: For clerks in the
office of register of deeds eleven hun
dred and seventy dollars (s1170).'
(Approved November 81
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CHAPTER 257

An Act to Amend Section Fifty-three
of Chapter Two Hun 1red Fifty-nine
of the Public Laws of Nineteen Hun
dred and Seventeen, Relating to
Election and Appointment of Com
| missioned Officers.
Whereas. certain changes in the
Military Law are necessary in order
| to render more efficient the active mill
tia of the State of Maine; therefore,
in the judgment Of the legislature, the
measure herein proposed is immedi-
ately necessary for the preservation of
! the public peace. health or safety.
! therefore
Be it enacted by the People of the
State of Maine, as follows:
Sec. l. Section flfty-three of chap
ter two hundred fifty-aine of the pub
lie laws of nineteen hundred and sew
enteen is hereby amended by striking
FIRST" and July. and inserting in
January. so that said section as
amended shall read as follows:
officers. of the line, shall be, elected as
follows: Brigadier. generals by the
written votes of the rc,i officers of
their respective brigades; field officers
by the written votes of the captains
and subalterns of the respective regi-
ments or corps; captains and subal-
terms by the written votes of the mem
bers of their respective companies;
subject to the age limit prescribed in
section two, this act: Provided. that
constitution of the state shall be here
after amended in such manner as to
permit the legislature to prescribe the
mode Of selecting ins,as officers for lie
after the tenth day. of January next
succeeding the adoption of such
amendment, the said officer shall be
promoted and appointed by the gov
Ill al
tenn prescribed in this chapter shall
cease to exist, otherwise to remain in
full force and effect; Vacancies in
the grade of brigadier general shall be
vacancies in the field grades of regi-
ment or corps by promoting the senior
officer of the regiment or corps, of
the next lower grade; vacancies in the
grade of captain or lieutenant by pro-
noting the senior officer of the COM
pany, of the next lower grade; subject
in each case to examination as provided
in section fifty. Vacancies in. the
grade of second lieutenant shall be
filled in the following manner: All
enlisted men of the company, and any
battalion and regimental non-commis-
stoned staff officer who was appointed
from said company. shall, if physically
sound. be eligible for appointment, and
shall be permitted to appear before
an examining board, for a physical
and competitive practical and theo-
retical examination; the enlisted men
whom the board considers. after the
competitive examination, to be the
best qualified shall be appointed to
fill the vacancy. The governor shall
prescribe regulations as to the scope
and the manner of conducting such
examination. and If no such enlisted
man appears, or IL none satisfactorily
passes said examination, then the gov
ernor shall fill the vacancy by making
an appointment
Sec. 2. In view Of the emergency
cited in the preamble hereof, this act
shall take effect when approved.
tApproved November ~
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CHAPTER a4i

An Act 20 Amend Section Forty--we
of Chapter One Hundred ana seven
teen of the Revised Statutes as
Amended by Chapter Two Hundred
and Fourteen of the Public Laws OF
Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen Re
lating TO Expenses of County Com
nissioners. a.
State of Maine. as follows:
. Section forty-two of chapter one
hundred and seventeen oil the revised
statutes as amended by cnapter W.
hundred and fourteen Of the public
laws of nineteen hundred and nineteen
is hereby amended by striking out az
of said section after the words ork
eight hundred and hfty aouars, IN f sne
lowing-'Said salaries shall be IN tuil
for all services, expenses ana traVel
including the management OF the ,aiis
and workshops. and me saie Q, tm ss y
Expenses incurred outside of their re-
spective counties for the transaction
of official business; and expenses IN
CURED at public hearings away from
the county seat; all bills for such ex-
penses shall be approved by the clerk
Of courts and the county attorney OF
their county; excepting also, such ex-
fwenty-six OF chapter eighty-three OF
the revised statutes so that said Sec
ton shall read as follows:
Sec. AZ. The county commissioners
in the several counties shall receive
annual salaries from the treasures OF
the counties in monthly payments paio
on the last day of each month as foi-
lows:
fifty dollars,
Aroostook, eleven hundred dollars.
cumberland, fifteen hundred dollars,
Franklin, four hundred and fifty dol
lars, a....
Kennebec. one thousand dollars.
Knox, four hundred dollars,
Lincoln, three hundred dollars,
oxford, six hundred dollars
Penobscot, twelve hundred dollars,
Piscatauuis, five hundred dollars,
Sagadahoc, four hundred dollars,
Somerset, six hundred and nifty dol
waldo, four hundred dollars,
Washington. six hundred and nifty
dollars,
Said salaries shall be in full for all
services, expenses and travel, including
the management of the jails and work
shops and the sale of their products.
except actual necessary cash expenses
incurred outside of their respective
cornties for the transaction OF official
business;s and expenses incurred at
public hearings away from the county
seat: all bills for such expenses shall
be approved by the clerk of courts and
ire county attorney of their county;
excepting also. such expenses as are
provided for in section twenty-six OF
chapter eighty-three of the re-.sed
statutes
(Approved November ~