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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12
MOUNTAIN BOYS
DORMITORY TO Be
BUILT BY ROTARY

The Americas Rotary CLUB last
night endorsed the state move to
build dorimtory at the Martha
Berry school, for mountain boys,
near Rome. This dormintory is to be
constructed at a cost of about $751;
600 by the Georgia Rotarians and the
Americas members have pledged to
donate their quota whenever it is call
ed for.
Ladies night was enjoyed by prac-
tically all of the local Rotarians and
their wives and a number of espe-
cially invited guests. Carr Glover,
the baby member, was named and
properly initiated last night.
Mrs. Cloyd Buchanan, Miss Anna
Murray, Miss Emma Morgan and
Mrs. Joseph Bryan sang a number
of songs, accompanied by Mrs. JOS
eph Johnson.
The thirteen Rotarians who attend
ed the Atlanta fnter-C City Rotarian
convention related their experiences
in Atlanta. to the enjoyment of all
present.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12

IS GOOD FOR thin
NERVOUS PEOPLE
A PHYSICIANS ADVICE.

Frederick S. Kolle, M. D., editor of
New York Physicians, "Who's Who"
says that weak, nervous people who
want increased weight, strength and
nerve-force, should take 5-grain
tablet of Bitro-Phosphate just before
or during each meal.
This particular phosphate is the
discovery of a famous French scion,
fist, and reports of remarkable re-
suits from its use have recently ap-
peared in many medical journals
If you do not feel well. if you tire
easily; do not sleep well, or are too
thin; go to any good druggist and
get enough Bitro-Phosphate for a two
weeks supply-it costs only fifty
cents a week.
Eat less; chew your food thor
oughly, and if at the end of a few
weeks you do not feel stronger and
better than you have for months; if
your nerves are not steadier; if you
do not sleep better and have more
vim, endurance and vitality, your
money will be returned, and the BIZ
tro-Phosphate will cost you nothing.
adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12
AFTER ILLNESS
zIRON IRON TONIC
When Your System Needs Strength, After a
Sick Spell, Try ZirOR.

Your blood must have iron to give
your body strength. Lack Of iron
makes many people pale, weak and
languid To put iron into your blood,
take Ziron Iron Tonic. Especially af-
ter a severe illness do you need Ziron
to bring back appetite and build up
weakened vitality
J. E. Clifton, of R. r. D. 8, Lyons,
Ca. writes: Last summer l had ty-
phoid fever and had hemorrhages of
the bowels and my health was wretch
ed. seemed to be unable to get my
strength back. I had no appetite, !
had no energy, I didn't think l was
ever going to get well My knees were
weak, my flesh felt clammy, l was In
p pretty bad condition. | heard of
Ziron and what a good tonic and
strengthened it was, and l sent for it
at once. It helped me. / began to
improve and soon felt much better and
stronger"
All druggists sell or can get Ziron
for you. Get bottle today. 1t Ia
guaranteed. zNo
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12
Mere Mention
About Town

New Shipment of Pearl Beads just
received.-Bell, the Jeweler. Stiff
DR.. H. B. Allen will return tonight
from Augusta, where he went yes
terday on business.
Herbert Rodgers, of Tampa, Fla,
is visiting Mrs. N. J. Ansley, on
Church street.
See Bragg's Market advertisement
on page 7. 11-2t
The many friends of Edward Har-
rold, formerly of this city, but
now living in Macon, will learn with
regret that he is seriously i'll with
pneumonia.
A. A. Babcock, of Macon, was a
visitor in the city today.
See Bragg's Market advertisement
on page 7. 11-2t
J. A. Margin, of Valdosta was
business visitor in Americas today.
F. B Willingham, of Forsyth, was
in the city today on business.
S. A. Wilson was a prominent Tiff
ton citizen in Americas today.
c. B. Long, of Richland, was in
town on business this morning.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12
NEGRO HELDFOR
SAFETYINDOOLY
AFTER BATTLE

VIENNA, September 12.-SeriChs
trouble was narrowly averted near
Lilly a few days ago as a result of
herd of hogs, the property of a
white farmer, trespassing on the
premises of a negro who farmed on
the land adjoining.
The trouble started when the ne
gro who is reputed to be a law abid
ing, hard working man, requested
the owner of the hogs to keep them
out of his fields where they were de-
stroying his corn. This was not done
and the hogs continued to visit the
field The negro forthwith at
tented to run them out, US
ing sticks and rocks. This was re-
scented by the owner of the hogs,
who went to the negro and told him
so in no uncertain terms, The man
claims that the negro's attitude was
insolent and this, it is claimed was
the motive that moved him and sew
eral of his friends to administer pun
ishment to the negro.
The negro claims that an effort
was made to decoy him from his
home the following night when he
failed to fall into the trap set for
him, was warned that he would hear
from them later.
The following day the negro was
in the field picking cotton when he
saw several men approaching, he
ran stopping at point nearby to get
his gun which he had brought to the
field. The whites claim that they in
tended no harm, that their purpose
was to serve a warrant on the ne
gro. None of them however were
vested with the authority. When the
negro ran there was an exchange of
shots. He gained a nearby swamp
and directed his way to a negro
house. The occupants recognizing
the seriousness of the situation re-
fused him admittance. He ran to
another house nearby and gaining
entrance opened fire. The negro wo-
men occupants of the house, who
came forward to bar the doors were
slightly wounded by the shots from
the outside. A hurry call was sent
to Lilly for recruits for the army out
side the house, a number responded
but the majority of them took no
part in in the affair after learning
the particulars. About this time the
sheriff reached the scene and entered
the house, the negro offering no re-
sistance. He was disarmed and
brought to the county Jail for pro
lection. He had been wounded in
the back.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12

See Bragg's Market advertisement
on page Z. 11-2t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12

c. B. Long, of Richland, was in
town on business this morning.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12

Your dealer knows that the Firestone
Gray SidewalI Tires have delivered
such mileage as to make this new
standard adjustment more conservative
than the old standard was for ordinary
tires.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12

Jean, who had always lived in the
city, was going to the country for the
summer. As she sat gazing out of the
car window a flock of blackbirds.
frightened by the train, rose from the
ground and flew away. 90 aunty," ex-
claimed Jean excitedly, '1ook What
large family those birds have"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12

S. A. Wilson was a prominent Tiff
ton citizen in Americas today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12
New York's First Railroad.

The first railroad in New York state
and one of the first passenger railroads
in the United States was constructed
of wooden rails from Albany to Sche-
nectady. distance of II miles, in 1881.
Ten years later the Erie railroad was
op PiermOnt to Goshen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12

Friends of DR.. and Mrs. G. M.
Niles will learn with regret that their
home in Atlanta was almost totally
destroyed by fire yesterday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12

H. D. Watts, Jr.. accompanied by
his family, of Waycross, is visiting
his father. County Treasurer Watts.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12

Miss Helen Argo announces the
opening of her music school Septem-
Der Is. Faction system used. Phone
IT, SOB E. Church street. 11-3t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-09-12

E. S. Ault, of Cedartown, was in
the city today on business.
Evening star., 1919-12-28

spirits to pick them up and talk
through and announce who was pitch
ing and etc.
X X X
We was all put around in a circle
like Yale lerning their signals in the
Atm quarter. I set next to Jack and
his Mrs. from Yonkers, and the rest
OF we skepticals was scattered around
amidst the believers. Medic set In the
center of the circle with the nape Of
her neck to me and the doc got up
and give us speech.
don't know how many of you
know how to behave at a seance."
says the doc. 'but in our meetings
your suppose to set up strate in your
chairs with your hands on your knees
and not make no noise. 1t will be
dark In the room and lots of skepticals
sometimes say if this is on the square
why do we half to have 1t dark. Well
the reason is that we half to have it
dark"
He said whole lot more, but moth
ing as crucial as that and when he
was through they turned the lights
out and we was all asst to sing nearer
to thee so as the spirits wouldn't half
to come the whole distants. The room
was black but some Of the notes was
blue. After the song had wound up
In brawl we heard the first spirit
wispering through a megaphone and
1t was baby and said hello mamma
and pretty near every lady in the
room answered it, but finely the baby
cracked one of them on the knee to
identify itself and the folling repartee
took place Hello mamma hello dear
hello mamma hello dear. When the
subject was exhausted a baritone
spirit took the megaphone out Of the
baby's mouth and began saying r.
is they somebody here name r."
says Medic, so 1 says yes-it was me.
This is Edward says the spirit and
Medic asst me if l had brother Ed
ward and l says yes. SO Medic says
This Is your brother Edward that
was killed in a accident a long while
ago wasn't he" So l says yes 3 yrs
ago Then Edward said hello there
and l said hello Edward how are you
and he said hello there and I couldn't
refute it SO he left the field with the
last word and give his megaphone to
q Irish comedian.
"Oh here is Pat O'Brien" says the
doc. He is funny Irishman that is
with us every night get his brogue"
SO then Pat told Irish story that
died even longer ago than Edward
but you don't feel like razzing q
spirit so everybody laughed the right
amount.
Evening star., 1919-12-28

entered at Dorothy's window in the
dome and aroused her from her sleep.
AS soon as the little girl knew
what had happened she awakened
the Wizard and Zeb, and at once
preparations were made to go to the
rescue of Jim and the piglets. The
Wizard carried his satchel, which
was quite heavy, and Zeb carried the
two lanterns and the oil can. Doro-
thy's wicker suit case was still un-
der the seat of the buggy, and by
good fortune the boy had also placed
the harness In the buggy when he
had taken 1t Off from Jim to let the
horse lie down and rest. So there
was nothing for the girl to carry
but the kitten, which she held close
to her bosom and tried to comfort,
for its little heart was still beating
rapidly.
X X X X
Some of the Mangaboos discovered
them as soon as they left the House
of the Sorcerer, but when they start
ed toward the mountain the vege-
table people allowed them to proceed
without interference, yet IolloWeu In
crowd behind them, so that they
could not go back again.
Before long they neared the Black
Pit where busy swarm of Manga
boos, headed by their princess. was
engaged in piling up glass rocks be-
fore the entrance.
"Stop, I command you!" cried the
Wizard, in an angry tone, and at
once began pulling down the rocks
to liberate Jim and the piglets. In
stead of opposing him in this they
stood back in silence until he had
made good sized hole in the bar
rier. when by order of the princess
they all spring forward and thrust
out their sharp thorns.
Dorothy hoped inside the OPEN
ing to escape being pricked, and Zeb
and the Wizard. after enduring a few
stabs from the thorns, We're glad to
follow her. At once the Mangaboos
began piling up the rocks of glass
again, and the little man realized
that they were all about to be en-
tombed in the mountain.
Copyright. 1919. by L.. Frank Baum for the
Geo. Matthew Adams Seryice.)
Evening star., 1919-12-28

"Hello, sweetheart" says the spirit.
Hello, Kate" says Jack.
Hello. sweetheart" says the spirit.
"She must of forgot my name" says
Jack in my ear.
"She is a beautiful spirit" says
Medic.
Along about this time I got restless
for smoke and begin rattljnG
cigarette paper, and a new! spirit
whanged me on the kneecap! with a
megaphone and says what hPFesyo
got there.
That's Bright Eyes talking" says
Medic "She wants to know what you
have got"
Tell her I have got a sore knee"
says.
"Be serious" says Bright Eyes.
Well they was a lot more Of them
that give US all the latest news from
Over There like hello dear and hello
there and hello mamma. and finely
Medic come to and turned up the
lights and we all showed off to So st.
We'll" says Herb. did you have a
brother Edward that got killed 3 yrs.
ago?"
NO" says. "but know a man, that
has got brother Edward thRt hught
to of been killed 3 yrs. ago. butwhat
about that dog story?"
WELL" he says, part of it is true,
at lease we did have dog once and
he use to bark"
Then Mrs. Jack from Yonkers bnlled
Jack out, and we all thanked Herb
for takeing us to where they was
nothing but beautiful spirits, and he
says II you want the bad kind you
can go to a Medic evil.
RING w. LARDNER.
Greenwich, Conn, Jan. ..
Copyright, 1919. Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1919-12-28

he want" says Medic next. He says
dear boy"
Lots of people calls me that" says
Herb the guy that had broughten us
all there at dollars crack
Yes it's your father and he says
he was on the river once in a boat
when he was a little boy and was
saved from drowning and he says
something about a dog Did a dog
ever swim out and save your father
from drowning"
well no" says Herb after a ter
rible pause "but dog barked and
reused up the neighbors and they
come to the rescue"
'There that's evidential" says the
doc and several female voices says
wonderful.
"Shish" says Medic us they some
one here that lost their wife?"
II did" says Jack from Yonkers.
Evening star., 1919-12-28

I'D kick out with those long legs
and iron-shod hoofs."
"Al right" said the horse: 'Ill
do it."
An instant later he suddenly back
ed toward the crowd of Mangaboos
and kicked out his hind legs as hard
as he could. A dozen of them smash
ed together and tumbled to the
ground, and. seeing his success, he
kicked again and again, charging
into the vegetable crowd, knocking
them in all directions and sending
the others scattering to escape his
iron heels. Eureka helped him by
flying into the faces of the enemy
and scratching and biting furiously,
and the kitten ruined so many vege-
table compilations that the Manga
boos feared her as much as they
did the horse.
But the foes were too many to be
repulsed for long. They tired him
Evening star., 1919-12-28

Before the darkness had fell l had
noticed bird setting over to the
left of me that was a country man
of Nora Holmer and now all of
sudden a spirit spoke to him in
Norski and he answered back in the
same strain and l never understood
Norway before but as soon as these
birds begin to talk l knew they was
saying hello Knut hello there and
etc. Pretty soon Medic turned to the
live ski jumper and told him his
mother was going to die. "She was
all right the last time seen her"
says Eilert. well she is going to die
says Medic and personally 1 think
she was right as Eilert was around
40 yrs. old and when n man gets that
age their mother is seldom never try
ing out for the Vassar basket ball
team.
Here is q beautiful spirit who does
Evening star., 1919-12-28
No Diplomat.

A CONGRESSMAN was discussing
the lamentable failure a promi-
nent politician made when sent abroad
recently on n diplomatic mission.
Blanks failure was inevitable" he
said. Hes about as much a diplomat
as the Appomatox physician.
Doctor, n patient said anxiously
to him one day. ARE you sure you have
diagnosed my case properly as pneu-
monia? have heard that a dootor Is
sometimes wrong in his diagnosis and
treats man for pneumonia who aft
erward dies Of typhoid fever
"'You are quite wrong, sir the
physician answered pompously. 'if you
think that is likely to happen to me.
When diagnose a case as pneumonia
the patient dies Of pneumonia
Evening star., 1919-12-28

to be careful not to step upon the
tiny piglets, who scampered under
his feet grunting and squealing,
while Eureka, snarling and biting
at the thorns pushed toward her,
also tried to protect the pretty little
things from injury. Slowly but
steadily the leartless Mangaboos
drove them on, until they had pass
ed through the city and the gardens
and come to the broad plains lead
ing to the mountain.
What does all this mean, any
how?" asked the horse, jumping to
escape a thorn.
"Why, they are driving US toward
the Black Pit, into which they
threatened to cast u.s." replied the
kitten IF / were as big as you
are Jim, I'd fight these miserable
turnip-roots"
What would you do?" inquired
Jim.
Evening star., 1919-12-28
4 TIE W&nQerhl Stories
A @ >z3ff1 & L.frank Baum

and Eureka out. and although the
with mashed and disabled Manga
boos, our animal friends had to give
up at last and allow themselves to
be driven to the mountain.
When they came to the mountain
it proved to be a rugged, towering
chunk OF deep green glass, and look
ed dismal and forbidding in the ex-
treme. Half way up the steep was
a yawning cave, black as night be-
rays of the colored suns reached
into 1t.
The Mangaboos drove the horse
and the kitten and the piglets into
this dark hole and then. having
pushed the buggy in after them, for
1t seemed some Of them had dragged
1t all the way from the doomed hall;
they began to pile big glass rocks
within the entrance. so that the
prisoners could not get out again.
This is dreadful" groaned Jim.
ut will be about the end of our ad-
ventures, I guess"
"If the Wizard was here" said one
of the piglets, sobbing bitterly, ''he
would not see us suffer So"
I'VE ought to have called him and
Dorothy when we were first attack
ed" added Eureka. But never
mind; be brave, my friends, and I
will go and tell our masters where
you are, and get them to come to
your rescue"
The mouth Of the hole was nearly
filled up now, but the kitten gave
leap through the remaining open
ing and at once scampered up into
the air. The Mangaboos saw her es-
cape. and several of them caught up
their thorns and gave chase. mount
ing through the air after her. Eu-
reka, however, was lighter than the
Mangaboos, and while they could
mount only about a hundred feet
above the earth the kitten found she
could go nearly 200 feet. So she
ran along over their heads until she
had left them far behind and below
and had come to the city and the
House Of the Sorcerer. There she
Evening star., 1919-12-28
The Black
Pit

the nine tiny piglets, from
his pocket and let them
run around on the floor Of his room
to amuse themselves and get some
exercise; and one time they found
his glass door ajar and wandered in
to the hall and then into the bot
tom part of the great dome, walking
through the air as easily as Eureka
could. They knew the kitten, by this
time. SO they scampered over to
where she lay beside Jim and COM
menced to frisk and play with her.
Ihe cab horse, who never slept long
at time. sat upon his launches and
watched the tiny piglets and the kit
ten with approval
Don't be rough" he would call
out. If Eureka knocked over one of
the round fat piglets with her paw:
Dut the pigs never minded, and en-
ooyed the sport very greatly.
X x 4 X
Suddenly they looked up to find
the room filled with the silent, SOL
emn-eyed Mangaboos Each of the
vegetable folks bore a branch COW
cred with sharp thorns. which was
thrust defiantly toward the horse,
the kitten and the piglets.
Here, stop this foolishnessw Jim
roared. angrily; but after being
pricked once or twice he got upon
his four legs and kept out of the
way of the thorns.
The Mangaboos surrounded them in
Jolid ranks. but left an opening to
the doorway of the hail. so the ami
mails slowly retreated until they were
driven from the room and out upon
the street Here were more of the
vegetable people with thorns and ST.
Iently they urged the now frightened
creatures down the street. Jim had
Evening star., 1919-12-28
40 THE EDITOR: The other pm.
they was a bunch of us up in
Yonkers talking about what ter

IoHheTS talklIlB ABOUT What ter
rible spirits you get around N. Y.
now days and l of the birds in the party
name Herb says he knew where they
was some beautiful spirits and we
said lead us to it, and he took us down
to So st. off ave. and they was q
Doctors name on the door. and I said
to myself this guy will probably give
US prescription that will knock us
for goal. But the doc took us in a
inside room and introduced us to a
lady who they all called Medic witch
Termed was short for Medium, so you
see the kind of spirits we got and the
kind we thought we was going to get
was 2 different kinds of spirits. Medic
was a Medium rare blonde lady that
could of lose 80 or 40 lbs. and still
talk back to Geo. S. Carpenter.
Well pretty soon Medic and the doc
and our party went in still another
room yet, where they was about 20
other guests. mostly female. that
looked like the end of perfect wash
day. An aims mater of Oberlin col
Evening star., 1919-12-28

legs that was along with us asst me
to look up at kind of a close line
that was stretched acrost the room
do. ) and cooties and etc. witch Medic
had told her was for the baby spirits
to Dlay with when they got Gloss. On
the floor in the middle OF aNe room
was a couple OF megaphones for the
Evening star., 1919-12-28

\ n HENEVER the wizard went
AN to sleep he would take
Y the nine tiny piglets from