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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
Cue to Feature Farm
Bureau Rally at Vienna

]. w. Cole, George 0. Marshall and
perhaps Joseph Perkins will go to-
morrow to Vienna to represent Amer
icus and Sumter county at the annual
rally of the Third District Farm Bu-
reau which will be held in the Super
Tor court 1tom of the Doolv county
court he use, beginning ct II a. m.
and continuing all day. The meeting
is being held under the auspices Of
the Dooly County Farm Bureau and
it is expected that three hundred Wis
itors will attend. ]. C. Barbre, Fred
E. Bonner, Miss Mae Morris and E.
C. Mann, constitute the committee
in charge of the affair, and a big
barbecue dinner, to be served at
1890 o'clock viii be a feature. The
program in full is as follows;
1000 a. Meeting called to or
der by the county agent.
Welcome Address. 3. Walton
Third District member Advisory
Board, Georgia Farm Bur eau FEEDER
alton.
10:15-G. V. Cunningham, assist
ant state agent, Extension Work,
Georgia State College of Agriculture.
:3O-Mrs. Bessie Stanley Wood,
assistant state supervisor, Home
Demonstration Work in Georgia.
900. W. Coverdale, secretary
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
EXTRA SESSION IN
GEORGIA LIKELY
Income Tax Amendment
Killed and Spending
Exceeds Revenue

ATLANTA, August 11.-Killing
the income tax constitutional amend
ment by vote of % to % the sem
ate has created situation which Of
fers possibilities of an extra session
of the general assembly.
The appropriations bill, totaling
more than a million and half dol
lars is pending in the senate, having
passed the house, and according to
the general opinion there is not suf-
ficient revenue to liquidate the obla-
cations which the house of represen>
tatives has thus far imposed upon
the commonwealth.
What will the senate do with the
$1,0Q0,000 of deficiency approprla-
tions passed by the house? Will the
senate pass them up to the governor
without legislation to increase. the
states revenue? Or vii 1.-The senate
kill them?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
DANZIG-WARSAW LINE
CUT BY RUSSIANS.

PARIS, August 1.-THE Russians
are now occupying a stretch of "a
miles of the direct railway line be-
tween Warsaw and Danzig and a
large force is pushing across the Dam
zig corridor to cut the remaining
railroad, according to the French
foreign Office today.
The French government has de-
cided to recognize General Baron
Peter Wrangel as head of the de
facto government of South Russia
it is announced. The recognition
implies the rendering of all possible
military assistance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
CITY TO FURNISH
OWN PROTECTION
New Equipment to Put
Pumping Plant in
Good Shape

The new steam boiler at the city
pumping station, which has been go
ing through the process of being
ordered, shipped, received and erect
ed for six months. has at last been
placed in commission, and arrange
ments are being made by City Supt.
Teideman and Engineer Stevens to
give the old boiler, which has been
giving service since the first of the
year unaided, a much needed rest
and overhauling. A new smokestack
also is to be erected.
A new steam turbin which was
bought some time ago, has also arriv-
Cd, and word has been received that
an air compressor, which has been
delayed in shipment, will be on the
way this month. When these new
pieces of machinery are installed the
plant will have it's own emergency
service throughout, including double
boiler service, duplicate air lifts and
trlphcate pumps, making it unneces-
sary, even for emergency protection,
to maintain the standby" service
furnished by the Americus Light
ing company, for which a large
monthly charge is made-and prop
erly, under the ruling of the state
railroad commission-although no ac-
tual service is rendered and no power
furnished. Once the new equipment
is completely installed, according to
Supt. Teideman, the city will be in
position, if the council so decides,
to discontinue this emergency serv-
i've entirely.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
LAMAR COUNTY
STATES LATEST
Barnesville County Seat
of New Unit Compris-
ing $4,000 People

ATLANTA, Aug. 1.-THE Geor-
gia House of Representatives has
passed the bill creating the new
county of Lamar. AS the bill had
passed the senate, it now be-
comes law when the governor signs
it.
The new county of Lamar repre-
sents a territory twelve miles wide
and fourteen miles long. 1t contains
1872 square miles and has approx
mately $4,000 population and rep
resents $4,611, ,993.00 in taxable val
ues. The taxable value of this coun-
ty is greater than the taxable values
of any other new county in the state
at the time of is creation, and is even
greater than that of any other new
county, excepting Crisp.
Lamar county has been created
from sections of Monroe and Pike
counties. Barnesville, the seat of
the new county, is practically in the
very center of the territory which
comprises it. The new county has
been named for the late Justice l.
Q. C. Lamar, distinguished citizen
legislator and judge of Georgia.
The house also passed by mar
gin of votes the senate bill creating
Long county. This county will be
made up of territory taken from Lib
erty, and will have Ludowici as its
county seat.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
WIN FIRST
ROUND IN TENN. BATTLE
Proposal to Delay Action
Tabled After Long
Debate

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. IL
The first move in the fight for rati-
fication of the federal suffrage
amendment was made in the lower
house today with the introduction of
a resolution proposing that action be
deferred until the people of the state
could hold statewide mass meetings
August 21 in order to express opin-
ion for or against the amendment.
The resolution was tabled after a
lengthy debate.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
''Loan Sharks" Hard Hit
By New Georgia Law

ATLANTA, Aug. 1.-THE Georgia
house of representatives has passed
the bill of Senator Pittman to put
at 1-2 per cent instead of 3 per
cent a month the amount of interest
loan companies are allowed to charge
on loans of $500 and less. The bill
makes violation a misdemeanor.
Representative Jackson, of Jones,
county. told the representatives
there were loan sharks" in Atlanta
Who wore charging from 200 to 800
per cent interest.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
HAYES WIRES TENNESSEE
SOLONS URGING RATIFICATION

MARION, O., Aug. 1I-Immediate
ratification of the suffrage amend
ment in order to clear the political
atmosphere and contribute to the
national stability was urged by Re-
publican National Chairman viii
Hays in telegram today to several
Republican members of the Tennes-
see legislature. The message was for
warded after consultation with Sena-
tor Harding.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
Hoke Smith at Vienna
And Cordele Thursday

ATLANTA, Aug. 11.-U. S. Sena-
tor Hoke Smith will deliver two
speeches tomorrow, one at Vienna in
the morning and the other at Cor
dele in the afternoon. He will re-
turn to Atlanta Friday and remain
throughout the remainder of the
week.
Next Monday, August 16, Senator
Smith will visit Dawson, Shellman
and Cuthbert, making three speeches
the same day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
Cox Leaves Dayton
On Campaign Swing

DAYTON, O., Aug. ll.Ihe de-
narture of Governor Cox from Day
ton today marked the beginning OF
the campaign savings" scheduled to
take him from coast to coast neIore Del
November. His first speech will be
delivered tomorrow at Camp Perry,
Ohio.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
RUSSIANS WAITED IN
VAIN FOR DELEGATION.

COPENHAGEN, August II (By
Associated Press) Representatives,
of the Russian Soviet command wait
ed in vain at the front for the Polish
armistice delegation on the evening
of August 8, but neither the delega-
tion nor any message from Warsaw
arrived, according to Maxim Litvi-
nof, Soviet agent here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
PONZI ADMITS
PRISON TERM
Accounts Overdrawn,
Commissioner Takes
Charge of Bank

BOSTON, Aug. 11-Bank Commits
sioner Allen today took charge of the
Hanover Trust Company, an insti-
tuition in which Charles Ponzi, finan-
cier, was shown to have overdrawn
his account.
Ponzi admitted today he is the
Charles Ponzi who served a term in
d Montreal prison.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
ANOTHER WILSON
FOE IS DEFEATED
Senator Kirby, of Arkan-
sas, Trailing Caroway
in Primary

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. IL
Returns tabulated today by the Ar
kansas Democrat from yesterday S
primary show Representative Caro-
way maintaining lead of more than
nine thousand over Senat.r Kirby for
the Senatorial nomination. Senator
Kirby obstructed the presidents war
and peace program.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
DEFENDERS OF
WARSAW PLAN
COUNTER BLOW
Bolshevik Forces Now
Hold Stretch of Dan
zig Railway

WASHINGTON, August IL
Poland will ask immediate aid of the
United States in it's fight against the
Bolsheviki, Count Lubomirski, the
Polish minister here announced to-
day. He said the appeal would be
based upon the assurance contained
in the American note to Italy that
the United States would insist upon
the independence of Poland.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11

American Farm Bureau Federation.
12:30-Barbecue dinner.
200 p. m-James w Morton chair
man Georgia Farm Bureau Fedora
tion.
2:30-Miss Georgia Crews, district
agent, Home Demonstration Work.
3:00-Mrs. P. W. Chapman, state
vocational supervisor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
POLES PREPARE FOR
COUNTER OFFENSIVE

WARSAW, August 10 tuesday
(By Associated Press The concen-
tration and regrouping of the Polish
forces for an extensive counter
stroke on the entire Warsaw front
was reported in today's newspapers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11

The original navel orange tree
was brc ught from Brazil more than
40 years ago and is now in green
house of the Department of Agri-
culture in Washington.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
Bible Reading Won
For Atlanta Schools

ATLANTA, August IA fight
extending over period of FIVE years
to have the Bible read in the public
schools each day eliminated in sue
cess when the City Board of Educa-
tion adopted resolutions authorizing
Bible readings from $3.50 to $40 in
the mornings.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11

A cake of yeast consists OF i've i've
egg-shaped bodies so tiny that 4,O00
of them, placed end to end, would
measure an inch.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
STARVATION STALKINGUP
AND DOWN SOVIET RUSSIA
Associated Press Writer
Tells Facts After Be-
ing Deported

VIBORG, Finland, Russian Front.
ier, August 10 TUESDAY by
Associated Press. Flushed with
success and confident of Poland's
defeat, Soviet Russia faces the APP
preaching winter with the grim prob
lem of food as the supreme test of
its power. From the Far East to
the Finish frontier -four thousand
miles of undisputed tterritory-the
spectre of starvation stalks threaten
ingly.
The Associated Press correspon-
dent has just crossed the territory
from Vladivostok to Moscow and
Petrograd, thence deported to Fin
land because the authorities had not
given advance authorization for the
crossing of Siberia. He is now en-
abled to send an uncensored report
of conditions. Everywhere the cry
is for food and clothing. To Lenine
the Soviet president, himself is at
tributed the statement that the Rus
sian people can not pass another
winter like the last one.
An ever-increasing spirit of unrest
ana revolt - uObcu anu kiiG tlS MY
disciplined military organization
finds growing difficulty in carrying
out orders by the mailed fist tactics
in which it hitherto has been su-
preme.
The greatest success industriaHy
seems to have attended reorganiza-
ton of the railroad system, especi-
allv in passenger traffic, and the
brightest spot in the whole picture
rof Bolshevik Russia is represented in
attempts everywhere to emphasize
education.
This report comedies precisely
with the story brought out of Soviet
Russia a few weeks ago by Herbert
N. Duckworth, American correspon-
dent. whose dispatches from Reval,
Fsthona, have been appearing from
time to time in The Times-Recorder.
being the first uncensored reports of
conditions as they actually are to
come out of Russia. Mr. Duckworth
slipped into the land of the Soviets
and spent a week in Moscow, inter
viewing citizens and learning actual
conditions. He was finally cast into
jail and lyater deported. More of
his dispatches detailing his trip into
the heart of red Russia are to be
published.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11

The long-lasting little flowers
called "Immortelles" in France, have
grown in popularity for decorating
soldiers graves.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11

The largest postal area in the
world is that of the City OF Lon
don.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11

The first whale shark ever captur-
ed, weighing 100000 pounds, is on
exhibition at the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11

California's orange groves are ex-
pected to yield 100000 boxes of
fruit this year.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11

Archery is being revived by wo-
men at some of the fashionable re-
sorts of the United States.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11

The state of Pennsylvania has
219, 900 farms.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-08-11
MARKETS

AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good middling cotton, 40 cents.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-20

than he had ever been before.
ever to live and lie recIined" seemed
to him, as il has seemed to many
mariners. the best as well as the
easiest His future would be an
ideal one. H. had attained a Para
disc without a serpent His Eve
would be indeed a part Of him, un-
beguiled. and therefore more be-
quilting. He had made his decision
tonight. and his heart was full OF
serene. assured content
Geddie went back to his house
wnistling that finest and saddest
love song, La Golondrina" At tho
door His tame monkey leaped down
from his shelf. Chattering briskIy.
The consul turned to his desk to get
him some nuts he usually kept
there. Reaching in the hslf-dark-
ness. his hand struck against the
bottle. He started as IL he ha5
touched the cold rotuFdity of a
serpent.
He had forgotten that the bottle
was there.
He lighted the lamp and fed the
monkey. Then. very deliberately.
he lighted a cigar. and took the
bottle in his hand. and walked down
the path to the beach.
There was a moon, and the sea
was glorious. The breeze had
shifted. as it did each evening. ano
was now rushing steadily seaward.
Stepping tc the waters edge,
The Washington herald., 1920-10-20
ssT SHALL complain to the
Civil Service Department;
or is it a department2-
perhaps it's only a theory"

many disquieting things, to disturb
his peace
In this dreamy land. where time
seemed so redundant he had fallen
/ INTO the habit Of bestowinp mucb
'housht upon even trifiing matters.
| ne began 10 speculate upon many
I iahclfuI theories concerning the
story of the bottle, rejecting each
in turn.
Ships in danger of wreck or dis
ablement sometimes cast forth such
lprecarious messengers calling for
aid. But he had seen the Idalia NOT
three hours before. safe and snee5-
ing. Suppose the crew had mutinied
ana Imprisoned the passengers. be-
low. and the message was one beg-
slnE for succor! But, promising such
an improbable outrage. would tho
agitated captives have taken the
pains to fill four pages Of note ma
per with carefully penned argu-
ments to their rescue?
Thus by elimination he soon rid
the matter of the more unlikely
theories. and was reduced-though
aVersely-to the less assailabIe one
that the bottle contained message
to himself Ida knew he was in Co
ralio: she must have launched the
bottle while the yacht was passing
and the wind blowing fairly toward
the shore.
As soon as Geddie reached this
| conclusion a wrinkle came between
! his brOws and a stubborn look set
tied around his mouth. He sat look
ing out through the doorway at the
, gigantic firefiies traversing the
quiet streets.
II this was a message to him
from Ida, what could it mean save
an overture toward a reconcilia-
tion? And il that. why had. she
not used the same methods OF the
post instead of this uncertain and
even flippant means of communica-
tion? note in an empty bottle.
cast into the sea! There was some
thing light and frivolous about it,
| If not actually contemptuous
The thought stirred his pride and
subdued whatever emotions had been
resurrected by the finding Of the
bottle.
Geddie put on his coat and hat
and walked out. He followed n
street that led him along the bor-
der of the little plaza where a band
was playing and people were ram
bling care-free and indolent Some
timorous senOritas scurrying past
with fire-fiies tangled in the jetty
braids Of their hair glanced at him
with shy. flattering eyes. The air
was languorous with the scent of
jasmin and orange blossoms.
The consul stayed his steps at
the houSe OF Bernard Brannigan.
Paula was swinging in hammock
on the gallery. She rose from It
like n bird from its nest. The color
came to her cheek at the sound
of Geddie's voice.
He was charmed at the sight of
her costume fiounced muslin dress
with a little jacket Of white fan
mel, all made with neatness and
style. He suggested a stroll. and
they walked out to the old Indian
well on the hill road. They sat on
the curb. and there Geddie made
the expected but lOng-deferred
speech.
Certain though he had been that
she would not say him nay. he was
thrilled with joy at the complete
ness and sweetness Of her sur
made fer love and steadfastness,
Here was no caprice or questionings
of captious standards of convention.
When Geddie kissed Paula at her
door that night he was happier
The Washington herald., 1920-10-20
SOCIETY FOLK TO FLOCK
TO TEA THIS AFTERNooN

Providence Hospital will be the
mecca this afternoon for many So
ciety folk who will attend the sale
and tea given for the benefit of dis
abled soldiers who are patients
there. The sales feature of the aft
ernoon is exceedingly attractive, the
articles manufactured by the soldiers
under the tutelage of Miss Duggan
and her assistants, Miss Coulson and
Miss Gates, of the Public Health
Service, includes trays of almost
every kind and size. of which house
wives never have enough: baskets
metal articles, toys and weavings
OF various kinds including some ex-
quisite bead work.
The tea. which is given for the
purpose of furnishing the soldiers
The Washington herald., 1920-10-20

Geddie hurled the unopened bottle
Tar out into the sea. IL disa ppsared
for a moment. and then shot uu-
ward twice its length Gvddie
stood stil!, watrhinE IL. Tho moon
light wss So bright that he could
see IL hobbinU up and down With
the LITTLE waves. Slowly IL rereded
from the shore. flashing and turning
as Il went. The wind was carrying
it out 10 sea Soon ii became
mere speck. doubtfuUy disccrned al
IRE sUlar intervals: and then the
mystery OF DO was swallowed mp BY
the greater mystery OF the ocean.
Geddie stood stilI upon the beach.
smoking and looking out upon the
water
"Simon,-Oh SImon.-wake up
there :imou," bawIrd a sonorous
voice At the edge Of the water.
Old Simon CRUZ was half-hrced
fisherman and smuEEirr who liVed
in hut on tnr beach. out OF Eis
earliest nap SimCa was thus
awakened
He slipped on his shoes and went
outside. Just landing from one of
the Nalhalla's boats was INe third
mate OF that vessel, Eho wa an &C
Nld NllldUNF " NHlAlNL - a-AaA A.alFN
sailors from the frUiter.
Go up. Simon" called the mate.
''and find DR.. Gregg or Mr.. Goodwin
or anybody that's a friend 20 Mr..
Geddie. and bring en- here At once"
saints OF the skies" said Simon.
sleepily. nothing has happened 10
Mr.. Geddie"'
He's under that tarpaUlinC.' said
the mate. pointing to the boat. and
he's rather more than half drowned.
We s"en him from the steamer near
ly a mile out from shore. swimmin'
like mad after a bottle that WAS
f1oatin' in the water. outward bound.
We lowered the gig and started for
him. He nearly had his hand on the
bottle, when he gave out and went
under. We pulled him out in time
to save him. maybe, but the doctor
is the one TO decide that"
"A bottle" said the old man. rub
bing his eyes. He was not yet fully
awake Where is the bottle"
"Driftin' along out there some
'eres" said the mate. Jerking his
thumb toward the sea. Get on with
you. Simon"
Copyright. 1920 by Wheeler Syndicste.D
The Washington herald., 1920-10-20
tSecOnd InStalImcnt,)

!
EDDIE intended to marry Paula
Mi, of course. she would con
sent; but he felt rather SURE
/ that she would do that. Somehow
| he kept pOstponing his proposal
Several times he had been quite near
I to 1t; but mysterious something
always held him back. Perhaps il
was only the unconscious. instinc.
tive conviction that the act would
sever the last tie that bound him
/ to his old world.
| He could be very happy with
Paula. Few of the native girls could
be compared with her. She had at
tended a convent school in New Or
leans for two years: and when she
| chose to display her accomplish
ments no one could detect any diff
ference between her and the girls
Of Norfolk and Manhattan. But it
was delicious to see her at home
dressed. as she sometimes was. in
the native costume, with bare
shoulders and flowing sleeves.
Bernard Brannigan was the great
merchant of Coralio. Besides his
store, he maintained a train of pack
mules, and carried on a lively trade
with the interior towns and villages.
He had married a native lady of
high Castilian descent, but with a
tinge of Indian brown showing
through her olive check. The union
Of the Irish and the Spanish had
produced, as 1t so often has, an off
shoot of rare beauty and variety.
rThnNr L.
indeed, and the upper story of their
house was ready to be placed at tho
service of Geddie and Paula as soon
as he should make up his mind to
speak about it.
BY the time two hours were
whiled away the consul tired of
reading. The papers lay scattered
about him on the gallery. Reclining
there, he gazed dreamily cut upon
an Eden. A clump of banana plants
interposed their broad shields be-
tween him and the sun. The gentle
slope from the consulate to the sea
was covered with the dark green
foliage of lemon trees and orange
trees just bursting into bloom. A
lagoon pierced the land like a dark,
jagged crystal. and above 1t a pale
ceiba tree rose almost to the
clouds. The waving cocoanut palms
on the beach fiared their decorative
green leaves against the slate of an
almost quiescert sea. His senses
were cognizant of brilliant scarlet
and ochres amid the vert Of the
coppice, of odors of fruit and bloom
and the smoke from Chanca's clay
oven under the calabash tree; Of
treble laughter of the native women
in their huts. the song of the robin.
the salt taste of the breeze, the
diminuendo of the faint surf running
along the shore--and gradually. of
a white speck. growing to a blur.
that intruded itself upon the drab
prospect of the sea.
Lazily interested, he watched this
blur Increase until it became the
ldalia, steaming at full speed, COM
ing down the coast. without chang
ing his position, he kept his eyes
upon the beautiful white yacht as
she drew swiftly near and came
opposite to Coralio. Then. sitting
upright, he saw her float steadily
past and on. Scarcely a mile of
sea had separated her from the
shore. He had seen the frequent
flash of her polished brass work
and the stripes of her deck avn
ings-so much, and no more Like
a ship on a magic lantern slide
the ldalia had crossed the illumi-