Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-31
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Labor unrest" would be cured if
the general working was extended
to ten hours in the opinion of the
Illinois Agricultural association,
meeting in Chicago.
The association is on record as
denouncing strikes; condemning
shorter hours of work, (which re-
duce production and increase the
cost of living" and predicting ma
tional calamity if the spirit of
profteering is persisted in.
With rings on her fingers and
diamonds on her ankles, Mrs. Peter
Hewitt, wife of the New York phil
anthropist, stepped down the gang
plank of the liner Mauretania this
week.
She made excitement wherever
size went.
First it was the customs official,
who was fused when he made an
emergency appraisal to decide
whether a diamond bracelet on an
ankle was wearing apparel or not.
A friend asked Mrs. Hewett
where she "took up the fad"
"Took it up" she defed, "why,
/ make it up"
The left ankle is the member on
which to wear a diamond anklet
properly, according to the decree of
the inventor of the new fad.
A strike to begin this week has
been voted by representatives of
New York's 4,500 drug clerks.
The clerks demand an 8-hour
day, closed shop and an increase
il wages of 35 per cent. Soda
clerks, cashiers and other employees
in drug stores are included in the
union membership.
Maj. Gen. Robert L. Bullard, who
commanded the I'd Army in France,
has been assigned to command the
quarters at New York, Secretary
Baker announces. He will succeed
Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry, re-
tired.
The Hartford, Conn, city council
has unanimously passed an ordi-
nance providing for daylight saw
ing in that city next year, begin
ming with the first Sunday in April
and ending with the last Sunday in
September.
A love" jury, composed entire
of women, was selected the other
day in Cleveland, o., to try Mrs.
Goldie Drossos, who asserted that
only a woman 2an understand
some things in love" She was ar
rested for leaving her husband in
Columbus and going to Cleveland
with John c. Buttery, 26 years
old, window trimmer of Albany,
Ala.
When arraigned before Judge Sa-
wlcki and asked to give the reason
for her alleged desertion and new
alliance she asked for jury of wo-
men.
"A man couldn't understand" she
said.
Very WE'LL" said the court, 'Ill
give you jury of women"
National Guard units are to be
equipped with Browning automatic
rifee, the war department an
nounces, the reserve supply of these
weapons having reached a point
to permit issuance % the guard as
well as to the regular army. The
department also has ruled that the
limit of 200 men for each senatorial
or congressional district fixed in
thc national defense act as the
strength Of the guard shall be ig-
nored for the present fiscal year,
organization being on the basis of
available pay appropriations in
stead.
Though none of his friends had
yet credited U. S. (Senator Spen-
Ger, of Missouri, with doing for
saccharine what Franklin did for
electricity they are interested to
discover that the senator's resolu-
ton, suggesting the use of saccha-
rlne to break the sugar shortage,
Is being used in an advertising cam
paign.
Senator Spencer's name is ap-
pearing in a chemical concerns
advertisements in the Northern
press urging saccharine pills as
substitutes for Jumps of sugar.
So the Department of Agricul-
ture issued warning against the
use Of saccharine as substitute
for sugar. ''The department re-
paIdS food +o which eaoobo,,i,,o hos