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Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-13
Albany's Tax Rate
Increased q Mills

ALBANR, Nov 13.-The city tax
rate for Albany this year is II 1-2
mills, or $3.50 a thousand. This
years tax rate represents an increase
of $4 thousand over the rate of last
year, but is not as high as the rate
recommended by the finance commit
tee of the council, which suggested a
rate of $19 thousand as necessary
to meet the expenses of the city.
The increased rate of taxation this
year was necessary, it was brought
out at the meeting last night, on ac-
count of the heavy current expenses
of the city during the present year,
amounting to more than 100000
more than is normally the case.
The tax money this year will be
appropriated in the following ratio ::
$3.50 thousand for current ex-
penses and general municipal pur-
poses; $5 a thousand for payment of
principal and interest on bond in
debtedness and for bond sinking fund ;
SO thousand for school purposes and
education.
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WOMAN SLAIN
BODYIS THROWN
INTOFARM WELL

Continued From Page One)
worth. the mother of Sam Duckworth,
went to the Ware negroes home about
dark last evening and asked Lizzie
Ware to come and stay with her, as
she was afraid to stay alone, there
being no one there but herself and
the little Duckworth child, about 7
wears of age. Lizzie accompanied
her, and as they reached the Duck
worth ward she asked where Miss
Pearl" as the slain woman was
known, had gone The mother told
her she was in the well. Whereupon
the negro woman rushed back home
and sent her son to call Mr.. Perry.
'When we reached the scene l ask
ed the mother where Mrs. Duckworth
was. She told me she was in the
well. Without US having any knowl-
edge at that time that her throat had
been cut, l asked the mother where
the knife was. She replied that she
reckoned if her daughter-in-law had
cut her throat it was in the well
where she was. After that she
wouldnt talk much, and appeared to
feign insanity"
Sam G. Duckworth, the missing
husband, is we'll known about Ameri-
Gus where he has lived many years.
For some time several years ago he
was miller at VIII Chambliss' mill in
the 28th district. During the last
year he has been a cropper on Mr..
Perry's farm. He has been suspect
ed heretofore of making and selling
liquor, it is said, and this homemade
liquor is credited with being at the
bottom of the tragedy
Last fall, at the beginning of the
influenza epidemic, two of the Duck
worth children died within day of
each other, and were buried the
same day. One child, WHICH was
found at home by the coroner, re-
mains.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-13
BY FRANK E. suRKHALTER

Ever feel the thrill from the
chubby arms of a little child near
and dear to you as they encircled
s%our neck in fond embrace?
Or look into the beautiful frank
eyes of that little loved one and
ESontemplate the possibilities that
Vie hidden in that soul, or what you
would not take in exchange for him
or her who bears your name and is
bone of your bone and flesh of your
flesh?
Then possibly you hav1 expert
snced something of that divine
spirit that prompted the Man Of
Galilee to exclaim:
Take heed that ye despise not
enc OF these little ones" and
at is not the will of your Father
who is in heaven that one of these
little ones should perish"
And it is the belief Of Southern
Bapt:sts in giving large place to
the welfare and all-round develop
ment Of children in the Baptist 70
Million Campaign that they are pur-
suins course that hls the sane
zion of Christ Jesus, the proclama-
Gion of whose GOSPEL everywhere is
Railways accompanied by larger at
ESention to the physical, mental, So
Sial and spiritual development of
children.
First Right To Be Well Born.
Baptists believe the frs right of
every child is to be we'll born; that,
In the second place, every child has
o right to normal and healthful
nourishment and physical surround.
sngs during its tender years; and in
Che third place, every child has a
Tfgl to an education that is adapt.
Cd to its needs, physical, mental
and spiritual.
But what has all this to do with
Che Baptist rs Million Campaign ?
EOu ask.
In the first place, while the vel
fare of the human race is sought
In the campaign, beginning with
Che cooling tot in the crib and In
cluding all needy ones down tc
those far advanced in the evening OF
life, special consideration has been
given the welfare of the little folks
In such special programs as doub
ling the enrolment in the Sunday
Schools throughout the homeland
strengthening the weak churches
in both the rural districts and the
crowded centers OF population IL
order that they may be able to dis
charge their full duties to the com
nunities in which they are located
hus Sroviding better atmosphere.
60, the rearing OF children; enlarg
ing the work of the Woman's Mis-
Bionary Union and its auxiliary or
carnations In the training of chill
aren and young people in Christian
Character and service; provision O
better schools in the rural districts
especially in the mountainous sec
&0ns: the enlargement and fulie
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equipment of Baptist educational
institutions throughout the South
land where children as they develop
into young men and women can be
more adequately trained for lives
Of social and religious usefulness
at this same time their minds and
bodies are cultivated; and the pro-
vision of Good Will Centers in the
large cities and mining and factory
districts for reaching not only the
children, but helping the parents as
we'll provide better homes and home
surroundings for the little ones
whom God has entrusted to their
care and rearing.
Hospitals Help the Little Ones.
That the children who come into
the world with weak bodies, who
contract illness or are manned by
accident may have a larger chance
to become sound in body and thus
be equipped for a larger develop
ment, happiness and usefulness in
the world, Southern Baptists have
provided hospitals in almost all of
their states, while under the impe-
tus of this campaign the states
which have not made such provis-
ions heretofore have agreed to set
aside certain sums raised during
this campaign for the erection of
modern hospitals within their bor-
ders. Indicative of the special in
terest taken in the welfare of chill
dren, special children's depart
ments, with roof gardens and other
modern equipment specially design
ed to meet the needs of sickly, un-
der-nourished and undeveloped little
folks may come and under the care
Of the best children's experts which
the cities afford, have a larger
chance to attain the normal healthy
lives which it is believed God wills
that they should have, have been
provided in some of these hospitals.
But probably the largest contribu.
ton Baptists have made to the wei.
fare of children in the South is in
the establishment of the string of
orphanages, there being one of
these in practically every state
within the bounds Of the Southern
Baptist Convention. And the lar.
gest possible provision is being
made at these institutions for the
homeless tots who have been robbed
by the Grim Reaper of their natural
protectors. Time was in this coun.
try when many people felt that or.
phans were entitled to little consid.
Grafton further than a shelter, and
for long time they felt that if chill.
dren without fathers and mothers
were placed in homes where they
got food AMI shelter in exchange for
hard manual labor they had been
really served. OF course, many
childless couples with high ideals
were glad to get children upon
whom they could bestow tleir af
fectiop and whom they were glad
to provide with a real home. but
many more instances have bee1 wit.
messed OF persons scoring orphans
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O~e4Iuue Natud-.Ie4. UI " DU4IOS0s
Africa, was reared and ms. ~lJed
in the home Of Dr.. c. Z. Smith, Bap-
tist missionary, became a Christian
and so ambitious was be to learn
that after he had completed the
schools in Africa he came to Amer
ica and entered Virginia University
at Richmond, where he took off all
honors, at the same time working
for all his expense money. He re-
turned to Africa and is vice-presf-
| dent of the boys academy in his
home city.
A day school in China, one OF the
greatest evangelizins forces known
to the mission board, and which is
proving the physical, moral, mental
and spiritual salvation of the girls
whom it reaches can be maintained
for about $40
If so large work mas been done
alreidy, why the need of incre2s-
ing it through tho Baptist Is NH
l!on Campaign? some may ask
The answer is that the work that
has been done in the homeland and
o. the foreign fields is very very
small part of what needs to be
done. The cry for help is coming
UP from hundreds of millions OF
helpless children II all parts of the
world who need and crave the priv
ileges and blessings of a great
Christian civilization such as you
covet for the children Of yaur own
1t is to help answer this call that
the campaign WIS launched. Other
interests than those of children
will be fostered at the same time.
OF the $4,000, 600 aipvc,.Ca.d TO
foreign missions a considerable
sum will go to sending more mis-
sionaries to foreign fields to pro-
claim the gospel to adults as we'll
as to children; $12,000,O0O will go
to home missions for its work
of evangelism, enlistment, church
building, mountain schools and the
like in its vast field, along with
special work among the foreigners,
Indians and Negroes; $1,000 coo
will go to state missions In au et-
fort to win to Christ the 1900 ,001
unsayed white people witA.4 the
territory Of the Southern Baptist
Convention; $20,O00,00O will De ap
piled to Christian education in en-
larging and endowing the Baptist
educational institutions OF. the
South; $4,000 900 will go 10 the hos
pttals; s4,7OO,O0O TO the orphan
ages; and S2.5OO,00O for the relief
of the aged ministers of the B2p~
tist church who have worn them
selves out in the seryiCe of God on
salaries that have permitted them
10 save nothing TO- old age. 9
sut investment in the salvation
of the children will bear larger and
larger returns throughout the years
because millions of them will live
long enough to bless others and TO
raise up still other children WhS
will pass on these blessings to 9th
ers yet unborn.
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BaptlStS 10 greatly oYersuDsCrlbe
the SIS, 100000 sought in order that
there may be additional funds to ap-
ply to the European situation.
Uplifting Children of Many Lands.
And the work for the physical
mental and spiritual uplift of the
children in Cuba, Panama, Mexico,
Brazil, Argentine, Chile, China, ia
pan, Syria, Persia and Galilee, in
which fields, also, missionary work
is being carried on by the Southern
Baptist Convention at this time.
With the exception of Japan
the education of the people has
been very backward and children
are always the losers where ig-
nOrance and superstition prevail. In
China, for instance IN spite of the
rapid progress that has come to that
country within recent years, chill
dren have little or no chance for
normal development except in those
homes that have been reached with
the enlightenment AID love of the
gospel. Girls are still unwelcOme
because of their small economic
value. and there are still posted on
the preserves of some of the wealthy
residents whose estates adjoin the
rivers such signs as mo children
shall be drowned on these prem
ises." And the treatment for dis
eases prescribed by the heathen
physicians in some of these coun-
tries is worse than death itself.
! Shrouded in ignorance, supersti-
ton and sin as the lives of the
children of these lands are in most
cases, the missionaries represent
ing the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton are convinced that schools for
the enlightenment OF the minds Of
the children, and modern hospitals
where medical and surgical skill
can heal their diseased and manned
: bodies and put them on the road
to happier and more efficient lives,
are fundamental to the success of
missionary endeavor and the moral
and spiritual uplift of the people.
So part of the proceeds of the
Baptist Is Million Camaign will go
to the establishment OF kindergar-
tens and other Christian educa.
tional institutions, hospitals and
homes where orphans can be cared
for in the foreign lands. Our mis-.
sionaries have for long time been
Handicapped by lack of money and
other facilities. Frequently they
have rescued children who have
been thrown out to starve and after
resuscitating them, given these out.
casts a permanent place N their
own homes, where many OF hem
have grown into useful Christian
workers.
Little Money Does Big Work.
! For the sum of $25 a boy or girl
can be maintained in one of the
mission boarding schools for a year.
while numerous native children are
maintained and instructed In the
hon1ee NJ the missionaries at q cost
Of $l2 year.
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solely for the economic benefit they
could reap from the labors Of these
helpless ones and the situation was
neither happy nor helpful for the
children involved.
Provide Homes For the Homeless.
In breaking away from this Gus
tom of placing children and in pro-
viding institutions as nearly like
genuine homes as possible, where
fatherless and motherless little
folks can be developed in mind,
body and soul under environments
just as wholesome and happy as 1t
is possible to procure, Baptists have
been pioneers. Naturally, no insti-
tuition can have the same environ
ment that real home, presided
over by natural father and moth
er, and occupied with these parents
only by brothers and sisters of full
blood affords, yet an approximation
Of that ideal is had in a number of
the Baptist orphanages of the South
through the establishment of cot
tage system where limited number
of children are placed in a cottage
which they call home, under the SUI
pervision of a kindly. tactful matron
and patron, who study the charac-
teristics and qualifications of each
individual, assign him or her to
tasks as nearly in line with the act
ual bent of the child as practicable.
and take as large personal interest
in his or her problems and develop
ment as possible Each of these
cottages has its own garden, flower
plat, wood yard and other institu-
tions, affording special individual
chores for the children, and except
at school, religious services, picnics
and the like the children are reck-
oned with in terms of the individual
and the family rather than in those
of the mass.
But the Baptist rs Million Cam
paign does not confine its interest i'll
children to those of the homeland.
There is now in Europe a com
mission representing the campaign
studying to see how this movement
can aid most effectively in the re.
construction of that country, espe.
cially those portions of it which
were devastated most largely by
contending armies.
Twenty million dollars could be
expended with economy and high
Christian purpose in the care of the
widows ana orphans 9f our spiritual
kinsmen in Europe who have suf-
fered through these years of war
and in the erection Of houses Of wor.
ship, schools and the like."sDr J. F,
Love, chairman of the commission,
declared on the eve of hla departure.
ard while it is not contemplated
that this sum will be available for
this purpose under the present pro
gram, it is the settled purpose of
the campaign 20 aid reconstruction
il France. Belgium, Italy, Czecho.
Slovakia, the Ukraine and other
parts of Russia inst &C full" "a me.
slble and DR., Live has urged the
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-13
CRISP EAR MADE $1.7oo.

CORDELE, Nov. 13.-The Crisp
county fair just closed earned profit
in the treasury amounting to $1,7OO.
This figure has been reached in the
listing of accounts and the final pay
ing out of checks by Secretary W. P.
Fleming who now has practically all
the expenditures properly entered.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-13

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together and for years it was sup
posed to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly falling
to cure with local treatment, pronounced
1t incurable Catarrh is a local disease,
greatly influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by +. ]. Cheney &
Co. Toledo, Ohio. is a constitutional
remedy, is taken internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward is offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
f. ]. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-13
101
- AV1
THAT COLD WON'T
BOTHER You'll
Not if you let DIR. Bells Pine
Tar-Honey help relieve it

TOLD-DISCOMFORT is some
thing no man, woman, or child
should be bothered with for any
length of time. The pleasant ingred-
tents of DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-H Honey help
wonderfully in loosening phlegm and
congestion, easing the breathing, and
relieving cough, bronchitis, cold in
hammation, hoarseness.
The test Of time has favored DR..
Bells Pine Tar-Honey. 1t helps speed
lily, safely, to start a cold-suferer on
the road to normal. No medicine
cabinet should be without it.
All Druggists. Soc. 6Oc.. Sl.20.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-13
Old People Who Are Feeble and
Children Who Are Pale and Weak

Would be greatly benefited by the General Strength
enine Tonic Effect of GROVES TASTELESS chill
TONIC. 1t purifes and enrches the blood and
builds up the whole system. A General Strength
ening Tonic for Adults and Children. 60c.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-19
- !. - = :
sun B e AM s.


The other mornin
l was .hurryin' to
the meat shop to
get a. dimes worth
of liver for my
breakfast when a
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-19
WHOLESALE BEEF CHEAPER
to 6 Cents and Ribs z to
Cents a Pound.

Kansas City. June 1O.-Another sub.
stantial reduction in the wholesale
prices of the better cuts of fresh beef
was announced by the packing houses
today. The Swift & Co. circular
quotes declines Of 8 to 6. cents u
pound on beef loins and 2 to 3 cents
on beef ribs. Chucks and rounds are
quoted down only NJ to \ cent.
Since early in May prices of 'loins
have been reduced ~ to cents q
pound and of ribs to Z cents. De.
clines have been much less ON the
cheaper cuts.
Lack of export demand and dimin:
ished buying for the United States
army are said to be the chief reasons
for the lower prices, Cattle are sell.
ing 81 to IS . hundred pounds cheaper
than month ago and large advance
in>Aides has been an additional factor
In reducing Wholesale prices OF fresh
meat.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-19
Knights of Pythias to Have a Big
Meeting.


The Butler Knights of Pythias are
planning for big time Thursday,
June 26, when they will entertain the
Pythian brothers of the nth Mis-
souri, district at a big booster meet
ing. All of the grand officers are ex-
pected to be present and to exemplify
the work of the order on large class
of candidates to- be initiated that
night. The Fisk Opera House has
been secured for the occasion and the
work will be done there. After the
business has been Concluded A. big
supper will be served to the visiting
brethren. The nth district is COM
posed of Bates county and parts Of
Cass, Henry and Vernon counties and
there will be Representatives present
from each lodge in the district.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-19
cARRANzA's SEAT IS sHAKY
Revolutionary Sentiment ii City Of
Mexico 10 Growing.

Washington, June I4.--The revo-
lutionary situation in the City Of
Mexico is rapidly getting out Of
hand, according to information
reaching Washington today through
official channels, in spite Of protes-
tations made by the Carranza gov
eminent agents in the United States
and Mexico.
Several revolutionary newspapers
have suddenly appeared and in most
cases the government has been so far
unable to learn who gets them out or
where they are printed. The police
and military. of whom there are three
tmes as many on duty now as in
normal times, seize and destroy
those papers as quickly as they are
discovered, reports to. officials 1here
say, but they get certain amount of
surreptitious circulation.
One OF the more prominent of
these papers was received here to-
da" containing an article which sur
prised even well informed officials,
who said that six months ago it
would have been impossible for such
paper to have been printed or cir
culated in Mexico. The article was
captioned, is Carranza capable of
Regulating the Help That He Re-
ceived from the United States?" A
subtitle read: And, Notwithstanding
this, revolutionists are now SLAM
dered by being called traitors"
General Candida Aguilar, son-in-
low of President Carranza and gov
ernor of the state Of Vera Cruz. who
was sent to this country on a.confi-
dental mission, said toda.- that Pres
ldent Carranza will not be a candi-
date for reelection and under no
conditions will he continue in office
after the expiration Of his present
term.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-19
Senator Borah Of Idaho So lres
Copy From Chicago 'Ifi Il
bune Correspoade
TRIED TO PREVENT RElUlIle
Supporters Of President Fought l46ec
to Keep Draft From Going
Into the Records.

Washington, June l0.-A copy of n,
German peace treaty, said to have beel
brought to this country by Chicast
newspaper correspondent, was prs
sented in the senate today by Sen1to,
Borah, Republican. of Idaho, and B,
a vote Of AZ to "a ordered put In III
Congressional Record and printed ID 1
public document. 'sssit Il
All the votes against publication
were cast by Democrats with the ex
ception CT that by Senator McCumber
of North Dakota, Republican. Senator
Thomas. Democrat, Colorado, forced q
roll call refusing unanimous consent
for publication.
All day long the Democratic mem
bers of the Senate fought against the
admittance of the treaty and attempted
to block either its admittance or Its
publication. 1t was not until Senator
Borah had started to read the $4,000.
word document into the daily record
that the Democrats surrendered and
the privilege of publishing the treaty
in the Congressional Record was OBJ
tanned.
Since Senator Borah was handling
the fight, for the treaty in the Senate
the copy was handed to him. The tiki
was not telegraphed until afters the
copy had formally been placed in Off
cial hands.
During the voting Senator Hitchcock,
who has been the Presidents chief de-
fender in his refusal to give the Senate
the privilege of seeing the original
treaty, slipped over to the Republican
side, and Senator Borah permitted him
to glance through the Tribune's copy.
Convinced that this was q genuine
copy, Mr.. Hitchcock refrained from
making any comment as to the validity
of the copy, but vehemently attacked
the manner in which it might have
been obtained. He and his Democratic
colleagues played upon the idea that
it might have been obtained in an ille-
gitimate manner.
A vigorous defense of the Senate,s
right to have the treaty published was
delivered by Senator johnson OF Cali
fornia, who asserted that the American
public Is entitled to the text of the
treaty as much as the people Of Ger
many and other countries where 1t had
been published, and as much as certain
wall Street interests" s&id to have
copies of the treaty.
what Wall Street has the American
people have right to have" Senator
Johnson said