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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
ROSE ABOVE HUMBLE STATION
Thomas Britton Curious Anomaly
In English Social Life Of Time
Of Queen Anne.

One Of the most curious anomalies
of the social life Of London during
the time of Queen Anne--called the
Augustan age because of its great
literary men-was a retail dealer in
coal, named Thomas Britton who was
buried in Cerkenwell churchyard,
London, on October l, 1914. He exer-
cised humble craft, and occupied
a habitation and wore garb cores
ponding in plainness to his trade, and
yet this singular man cOItriVed by
his various talents, and more especial
~ his musical tastes, to assemble
around him the most aristocratic com
pany in Lonuon and to be admitted
into their society on equal terms Ac-
cOrding to the practice Of the time, he
sold coal in small quantities, deliver
ing it himself each morning. 1t is re-
lated that having finished his rounds,
he Joined distinguished company
that met each Saturday at one of the
booksellers to discuss literature and
exchange opinions respecting the lat
est books. This company contained
such distinguished and powerful per-
sons as the duke of Dev0nShire and
the earls of Oxford, Pembroke, Sun
1erland and Winchelsea Eritton's
house in Aylesbury street. Clerken-
well, was the meeting place Of leaders
in the fashionable society of London.
On the ground floor was the ware
house for COAL aud above, reached by
breakneck stairs from the outside,
was low narrow room, in which the
musical goldman entertained his grand
and elegant guests. A portrait of this
museum.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
ROYAL Grapes at Low Prices.

The vine which belonged to the
kings of France still exists nj Fon'
tainebleau and bears fruit One, day
in September the administration Of
the demeSnes, according to established
custom. sold the grapes by award.
There We're GOO kilos of grapes, and
the astonishing thing is that they sold
for 525 francs! Yet the little com
mon grapes to be bought on the Paris
street harrows fetch from 20 to d
sous the pound. Royal grapes grow
cheap these days in France, it would
seem. Those purchasers must have
and gtn.: is not combination often
to be met with in France nowadays.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
New Minister.

The new minister, who was rather
young, and five-year-old Marian be-
came great friends at sight. And Mar
ian was not impressed much by his
ministerial dignity even at church. The
other Sunday when he went home with
them for dinner she was delighted.
The little girl from next door came
over to see the visitor, Hes the min
lister at your clurch-isn't hep" she
asked. -a,.. E~ .,...
Very dccisively Marian shook her
head. ooh, no; he's just nice boy,
who sometimes comes to our house
and eats whole lot and sometimes
goes to our church and talks a little
bit" was the reply. - Indianapolis
News.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
Mioht Break Something.

"linw, haW, haw !" --.9..
"What's the joke, Hiram?"
"Thcre wuz Teller through here a
spell back tryin' to sell Lige Begun
one y them farm tractors"
"NeH?"
"If half the stories hear are true
Lige'S got gallon OF corn ticker bur-
led about every twenty feet on his
farm with just little dirt on top, so
he can get at it without much trouble
when tn spirit moves him. AS long
as l.i-e is in his right mind you
couldn't get him to run as heavy
thing rs tractor over his land. It's
too burned fertile. Birmingham Age
Herald.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
What She Desired.

"Why, Norah," said her mistress
chow nice you look in your new dress
and hat. l hope you will meet all your
friends this afternoon so that they
may see you in your fine clothes"
ME friends, mum?'' returned Norah
"Whatll I be wantin' to see them for:
Sure l don't care to make me friends
jealous. It's HE enemies l want to
meet when I'm all dressed up."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29

Associate Director U. S. War savinas
bureau of the American Red Cross
For more than year he has been &C.
lively engaged in War Savings work
and his qualifications as an economic
expert have been valuable to him In
carrying on his labors in behalf Of ma.
tiOnal thrift. ri &##. 49, T..
In St. Paul, Mr.. Lester was welcom-
ed by the mayor and addressed large
gathering of businessmen and War
Savings workers at the Athletic club,
creating much enthusiasm. In Min
neapolis he was honor guest at gath.
ering of the Women's College club and
here, again, his earnest plea for sys'
tematic and general thrift met with
hearty approval.
Work, Save and Invest.
1.-THE economic strength of this ma
tion," said Mr.. Lester, "in years to
come will depend upon the economic
practice of our people. If we earn to
our full capacity, save all we can and
invest our savings safely, we shall be
a stable nation.
There is only one way to finally
pay the bills of the great war, that is
to produce the wealth; only one way
to establish proper proportion be-
tween credit and production, that is to
increase production; only one way to
eliminate extravaganza, that is to
practice economy; only one way to
work out the great financial problems
which the war has left, that is by con-
tinued intensive work and systematic
saving.
"The greatest economic need Of
America today is the popular knowl-
edge Of money and ability to police
our pocketbooks against the tendency
to personal extravaganza and waste
and against INSCRIPTIONS profiteers
and sharks. .,.-#
Extravaganza 0isoraeefuI.
i. by means Of financial education,
the Treasury Department, through the
Savings movement, hopes to develop
such a general knowledge of money
values that we will come to consider
tho spending Of the pay check Of equal
Importance to earning it and that We
may develop such a sense Of self re-
spect among ourselves that extrava-
gance will be regarded as the only dis
grace In spending money and economy
among rich and poor may become
universally respected.
Buy Government Securities.
III, in addition to the establishment
Of the popular habit Of saving, we may
establish the universal practice Of in.
vestment in Government securities,
, the financial stability of the nation
will be assured"
Mr.. Lester congratulated the Ninth
district on the splendid showing made
in thrift work and expressed his con.
viction that still greater progress
would be made during 1920.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
Admonishinq Them.

'Looky here, nOw!" sternly said
Constable Sam 7. Slackputter, the re-
douh,able sleuth of Petunia. tsThis
diaholical practice of matching pen
MES on the sidewalk has got to stop
Why, dod-blast it, every few days
when I come along walking my heat,
with my head high like an officer of
the law ort to carry his'n, l fall over
bunch Of you internal young cusses
and get my uniform all dusty KAN
sas City Star
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
Married at Five.

Infant marriages are still prevalent
in India The latest returns show
that in 1911 there We're 151,51S mar.
ried men, under five years Of age and
3O2, 425 married women OF the same
tender age. OF Husbands" between
the ages Of five and ten there Were
nearly million, while wives between
these ages numbered well over tive
million. .s
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
Academic Rooter.

"Your friend from Cambridge
seemed to enjoy the game"
$50 he did. At one stage Of the pro-
ceedings he quoted Hamlet
"HOw 500"
"When Larry O'Rourke poled hot
liner about three inches to the left OF
first base in the ninth inning the pro.
fessor shouted, a hit! A hit !! A pal
pable hit !"-Birmingham AgeHer
aid.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
Country's Leather Industry.

The leather industry ranks as the
third greatest manufacturing industry
in the United States. According to
the census of manufacturers for 1914,
about 100000 persons are engaged in
the leather industry Of the United
States, some 55.936 Of whom are in
the tanning and leather trades, the re-
mainder being principally shoemakers
and harness makers.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
Amt IL the Truth?

Mr.. Skepp (~ith newspaper)-says
here th:.t the man who threw the
bomb al the premier Of Egypt is di-
yinity student.
Mrs. Skepp-Oh. you're always dig
ging up something like that because
insist on dragging yo,, to church new
and then Buffalo Express.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
Model Husband.

"Jrncsy's military training has Ger
tainlv fitted him for married life"
"Haw's that?"
'Nlsen his wife ha':ls him over the
Goals he stands at attention" The
Home Sector.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
First Principles.

whats your theory of collective
bargaining?"
Seems to me-" replied Farmer
Corntossel, pretty much like the
plain, old-fashioned lawsuit. The
side that Kin get the smartest legal
talent to represent it is mighty liable
TO get the best Of the deal.'
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
Thrifty Chink,

Gen. Pao Kcwichins, tuchin OF kir
in. in north China, has cleared $3,OOV,
900 lrnEt aninm r1y1Du9 y 0
years in ot'ise. sk
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
Exact Localitv.

Does your employer. as alleged, live
in melancholy scquestration?
mo, sir; he lives In the suburbs"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
LEARN TO Spend
ASWELL AS earn,
US. THRIFT Plea
Ability to Police Own Pocket
books Needed, Says 0rrin
Lester to Ninth District.
Strength Of Nation Depends Upon Eco.
monte Practice Of People, De-
elares War Savings Official.

Learn to police your pocketbooks so
thoroughly that the time will come
when "extravagance will be regarded
as the only disgrace in the spending
of money is one Of the high lights In
a message brought to the Ninth Fed
eral Reserve district by Orrin Lester,
associate director Of the War Savings
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-01-29
division of the United States Treasury
department.
1920 Thrift Plans Discussed.

18ZU JntJtt PIan$ OTScVSSeo.
Mr.. Lester came to the Twin Cities
from Washington to discuss 1920 War
Savings plans with M. E. Harrison,
director of the Ninth district. Mr..
Lester is nationally known as pub.
lie speaker and before taking up gov
eminent work was prominent on the
chautauQua platform. During the war
period he was chairman Of Speaker
Arizona republican., 1920-09-29
Pillow Cases

"A. A." 42x36 size .-...-.-...-.- Corona" 42x36 size ,....-..,
 "Rosedale" hemstitched |. .-
 Banner" 42K36 size ,.,. Salem" 42x36 size -.-.-...-, ,- Salem" 45x36 size .-..,-,.,.,.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-12-30
WHY Buying rs SLOW

Last winter" man remarked the
other day, whenever I bought any.
thing, the salesman kept saying the
prices were going higher. As .
result | kept my eyes open for
markdowns. and would buy such
things as ! needed If they seemed
lower"
7 had to pay $500 and 800 at
one time for shirts I used to buy
for $l.00 and $1.50. When they be-
gan to mark these down bought
quite number for about 500.
counted up the other day, and
found that while | always used to
think that about five shirts was
enough to have on hand. now
have nine shirts. ] don't like to
The Holly chieftain., 1920-12-30
PURPOSE OF pus1sHMEsr

Many people feel that punishment
Of criminals should be SO mild and
easy, to convince prisoner that
the community means well by him.
A great mass of determined ras-
Gals seeing this lenient treatment,
have become assured that the law
is an easy mark. They are encourag-
ed to commit desperate crimes. un-
TIL life and property are no longer
safe.
Considering the many confirmed
lniscreants who stop at nothing,
the primary purpose of punishment
in this period Of crime, should be
to deter others from such acts.
The holdup man with his deadly
weapons Is q murderer at heart.
Soak it to him SO hard that would
be imitators will stop and think.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-12-30

have so many, as it keeps my bu-
reau drawers too full. When they
wear out shall get some more"
This chance remark may throw
light on business conditions. II
millions of others have been doing
the same thing, you can see why
there was a scarcity Of everything
six months ago, and why business
is little slow now. But it won't
last, as things wear ont.
Only sure way for the motorists
to celebrate No Accident Week is
to leave the ear in the garage.
Claimed there hasn't been nor.
nal amount of sunlight this fall,
but anyway there's been plenty of
rnoonshine
After the publishers Of America
have paid their bills for the sup
plies necessary for publication Of
q newspaper, there isn't much left
to make 1t worth while for any
other kind of bandit to hold them
up.
In these days when the ordinary
consumer buys soup meat In
stead Of runlp steak. it's long
time since you've seen q dog trot.
ting along with a juicy bone in
his mouth.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-12-30
rowH AND ootUEiIsRy

1t used to take either . fire or .
funeral to ri our, people together.
Naturally they did not accomplish
npnch in those times except to, pre-
vent fires from spreading and get
the people decently buried. Now
they all get out to the meetinss sOf
iOnr community examinations. .seil
i've used TO- speak Of town, peo-
ple' land country people. Now we
.talk about MontgomeU country
people There l., no line separating
s,thet towns from, the rural districts.
they all sret working for the same
ends. ~ they know that their in
terests are Identical" " .s,r,
81, The above paragraphs are taken
iifrom an address delivered by a COM
lalnilnity worker in another state.
They show the kind Of spirit that
ais, spreading all over the country.
gsand obliterating the old lines that
ltalsed to separate town and country
ill,eople and break up united et
4fort. 8f
sss.:s The curse Of many old time CON.
munities was the spirit Of antag-
E.onism between neighborhoods. One
tfffstrict would get the idea that 1t
ahad not gotten is fair share Of ia.
otbrs. 1t would devote so much en-.
safgy to getting school house aer
hall located in the place
isit5ost convenient to its own l0Na.
ttion, that it would have none left
over to work with the other neigh
borhoods for the comm advance
ment of the community.
When neighborhoods get to pull
ing and hauling for favors, they can
only get about 80 far, as the re-
sources of country community are
limited. It is only by lifting the
whole community to q new level OF
prosperity. that the several parts
can get more advantages. When
the whole community goes ahead,
then all the parts share in the new
and increased prosperity.
When the trading center and the
outlying districts Of a community
get to working against each other,
personal antagonisfns ara created
that prevent their getting any i'm
proved results. When they set out
to work in harmony. they begin to
go ahead.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-12-30
1d66DITW frls Uusro,a

One OF the customs prevelant In
China for Celebrating the New Year
is for every one to pay his debts
An item like that makes one feel
that Eastern civilization knows
some things not fully understood
in this longitude. II :,sGai ~
There ara, many people. who incur
debts without any clear idea when
they can pay. them. Expenses al
ways prove more than people e0-
pect and such bills, drag, along for
years; ~ .eitf'gEis aier# gata3t RG:;
There are OfcOurse cases OF misfOr!
tune where people are compelled to
borrow to secure thessneeessaries OF
lie, But outside of such eriGeni
cies, people's expenditure oukht to
be proporti0ned to their ineanle
Some Of the worst debtors, i are
people ins5 comfortable cireuBl,
stances There lis a rstery; that ) irj
Acertain town a gr0up Qf merchants
agreed not to- Aceept credit accounts
from those living in q, certain, 80
tomas they made SO much trouble
in paying their bills This neigls
borhood was the oldest and wealth.
iest in the community. t1IaGsi ,st1l
Many wealthy, people can't Il seem
to understand siyhx, tradeslpen want
bills paid a.seg13sg}y nTheEes 5hiia \
their oN1l ii NJ siRCAllDatand,
Tess suffseieat, g,aaERpt eealsat sshipi
will bes paid. and tthsN,. fail, 10 re;
fleet that the tradesman. is having
to borrow to cover their debt II
is doubtful policy to allow such
people unlimited credit. While
they may have large incomes
they may spend them 50 eatrava
gantly rs to be in danger Of bank
ruptcy
For the business man who bor-
rows money to enlarge his business
debt may be sign OF enterprise
But debts incurred merely from
careless failure to pay bills OF
through extravaganza are a dis
grace. Debtors OF that kind are
morally inferior to the despiced
ileathen chinee, who celebrates New
Year in the most honorable way by
squaring himself with the world.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-12-30

Many people who find fault with
the housing shortage afe reminded
that there are plenty Of vacant
dwellings out next the corn fields.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-12-30

In view of the bandit scare all
the pretty girls are receiving many
offers of protection on dark nights.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-18
Claims New Evidence
In Duckworth Case

Arguments on the motions for new
trials in the case of Walter w. Will
son and Sam Duckworth, under life
sentence for murder, and Ben Daniel,
colored, convicted of rubrglary, were
heard today by Judge Littlejohn and
taken under consideration. Attor-
neys J. E. Sheppard appeared for Will
son, Dan Chappell for Duckworth and
W. T. Lane for Daniel.
This morning Mr. Chappell filed
an amended motion in his request for
a new trial alleging newly discovered
evidence. In his argument he at
tempted to show Judge Littlejohn that
evidence which had come to light
since Duckworth's conviction of wife
Staying was material in completing
the alibi which was set up at the trial
but which was not carried out COM
pletely.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-18
Lawyers Oppose Juries
Fixing Felony Sentences

At meeting of the Americas bar
this morning at the court house the
lawyers went on record as opposing
the indeterminate sentence law as it
now stands, disappearing that provis-
ion which makes it the duty of juries
to fix sentences in felony cases other
than capital offenses, and recommend.
ing that it be amended to provide for
such sentences to be fixed by the
trial judge.
The suggestion referred to com.
mittee some time ago that the Su-
perior court terms for Sumter coun-
ty be increased from two to four
each year was discussed at length
and the association decided to make
no recommendation for any change
whatsoever in court arrangements.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-18
BOYHUNTERDIES
OF ACCIDENTAL
SHOT IN BREAST
Alvin Pitcher, IL Years,
Killed By His
Own Gun

AS result of shooting himself
accidentally in the breast with a
shot gun while hunting near his home
5 miles out from Americus on the
Ellaville road about o'clock Satpr-
day afternoon, Alvin R. Pitcher, H.
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
A. Pitcher, died at the city hospital
at o'clock last evening.
Details of the accident were mea-
ger. The charge entered the boys
breast squarely, tearing a great hole
from which he bled profusely. A
passing automobile was pressed into
service and the lad rushed to the
city hospital, his father accompany
ing him and the car picking up DR..
]. W. Chambliss on the way. Just af-
ter he had been carried into the hos
pital the boy expired.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-18
RACEOFFICIALLY
OPENED; FEES OF
ENTRYAREFIXEO
Davenport Named Chair.
man of Committee To
Fill Vacancy

Sumter county's Democratic white
primary will be held Wednesday,
March 3. This was announced Sat-
urday by Fred B. Arthur, secretary
of the county central committee,
following a meeting of the commit
tee Saturday forenoon for the pur-
pose of arranging for the primary.
All Democratic voters registered up
to that date will be entitled to vote
in the primary, the committee ruled.
Fees of candidates will be payable
on or before February 25.
The board chose James A. Daven-
port chairman to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation two years
ago of Hollis Fort from that posi-
ton. All of the present members of
the committee decided to offer for re-
election in the primary, and recon-
mended the name of James A. Fort
in place of Major J. J. Hanesley who
refused to serve when chosen at the
last election.
Nominations will be made at the
primary for the following Offices
Clerk of Superior and City Courts,
sheriff, judge of the City court, tax
collector, tax receiver, ordinary, So
licitor of the City Court. treasurer,
surveyor, three members of the coun-
ty board, coroner, and county cen
tral committee.
The committee fixed the following
fees for candidates: Clerk, sheriff,
judge of City Court, tax collector,
solicitor and treasurer, $25 each; or
dinary, $40; tax receiver, SIS; COM
missioners and surveyor, $5 each. No
fees were fixed for coroner or COM
mitteemen.
The members of the committee
present at the meeting were: J A.
Davenport, Fred B. Arthur, T. J.
Hardin, J. T. Methvin, C. D. Brink
ley, j. C. Carter and Emory Webb.
With the fixing of the date for the
primary several announcements for
the various Offices are expected to be
candidates have stated that they were
awaiting the action of the commit
tee before formally announcing.
Thus far the only contests appearing
are for the City Court solicitorship,
H. o. Jones, Dan Chappell and Harry
Hawkins being in the race to sue
ceed Solicitor Zack Childers, who is
not a candidate for reelection, and
for ordinary, DR.. F. A. Thomas hav-
ing announced against Capt. John
A. Cobb.
The retiring members of the coun-
ty board are Chairman N. A. Ray,
R. S. Oliver and E. S. Svayham.
Attention is called to the official
announcements of Messrs. Cobb,
Thomas, Jones and ChaGpell which
appear in this edition.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-18
COMMITTEES:


D H. t1eys' General Chairman E I. Murray, Secretary.
DECORATION
w. f. Taylor, Chairman; B. j. Harrison, Andrews.
Mcdonald, P j. Lee H. E. Allen Murray s. Daniel B Tbad
WISE G B. Veates.
RECEPTION
REV Guyton Fisher, Charman R. Heys, D. Andrews
Hixon, W. W. Dykes Minor j. E Hghtower w Fred
Smith, J. F. Lunsford.
BARBECUE
l. A Morgan Chzirman j. F. Myers N. A. Ray Jno D. Will
hams H. Quarterman Jesse Faust G. W. Israel
DALI Sam Cohen j. P Raiford E. E. Lee
PARADE
j. Carg, Chairman E. Schneider Dean Wybe Mar
SHALL H Horton, Coyd Buchanan Roary c. Tlman F. J.
Payne s A Pruitt NJ Yates, W. c. Smith, j. E. Kker
AUTOMOBILE
Lee Hudson Chairman; s. A Daniels, L. E. Woods Moore,
j. Hghtower W. c. Smith, j. R. Statham Williams W E. Saw
YER s. F. WISE L. D. Stapeton R. Chders J. Seig-
ler NJ H. Wheeler
REFRESHMENT
F. j. Payne Chairman; B. Kent, " M Holloway M NJ Jen-
nings W. H. Brown, w. A Carter Charlie Cole c. u Howard
HALL
B. g. Hogue, Chairman; s. A. jennings A. Johnson l.
Thomas, Sam Mcdaniel H. B. Mashburn, P E. Westbrook
DANCE
E. T. Murray, Chairman D R. Andrews, j. R. Cargin F.
Payne Sam Wise, H. o. JONES' Cohen, E Woods T sege
M. H. Wheeler.