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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-12
LOOKING BACK FIFTY YEARS.

- (From The Farmer, Saturday, June 12, 1s7o)
 Butter is selling at St. Albans, Vt>at 25 pound
 Mr. Ali Andrews, the irrepressibe is putting up an- other brick building on East Main street.
 Adam steiger has just finished fine double house East Main street which has just been occupied.
 Mr. A. B. Sherwood is putting up on the corner of Sterling and Kossuth streets the largest double dwelling house in the Eastern District
 The famous Red Stockings baseball club of Cincin- nati will play match game with the Yale nine at Hamil ton Park New Haven, tomorrow afternoon.
 Judge LES Foster was elected judge of the Supreme Court yesterday by the House The caused by promotion of Judge Butler chief justice. Judge Foster received 197 out of POP votes cast.
 A bill to establish Court of Common Pleas in Fair field county passed the Assembly and Senate yesterday sessions to be alternately in Bridgeport and Dan bury.
 Dr. J. Cotton Smith Merwin has taken an office on street, the Pequonnock bank where he will give his attention to the different arts and parts of dentistry.
 Mr. William Benjamin, a live Yankee of stratford, has sent fine lot of beets of this years growth as sample of his in vegetable culture They are the largest we have seen yet
 Mr. Turney finished his job of charging the Coliseum in NeM York yessray 1t I an 4 stcurt teat for 2oo00 constructed that all will have good view of the stage.
 Governor English and staff have been requested by the Legislature meet President Grant his arrival in Connecticut next month His principal object in coming to is to attend clam bake somewhere Windham county.
 To remove an erroneous impression, Bingham Young recently publicly stated that he has but 16 wives and 9 children. He calls his wives the ''sweet sxteen and the children though they yet reached the Pacific state ''Forty Niners.''
 The r1umored consolidation of the New York and Shore railroads pronounced to be merely Representatives of the two corporations have however been in lately and negotiations pending which may lead to such an agreement
 A sheriff asked the wife of Quaker, against whom he had writ if husband at home, she replied !''Yes he will thee in a moment The sheriff waited some time and then suggested to the lady 1ha sae aa she replied 1T only promised he would see thee He has seen thee He did not like thy looks therefore he avoided tl-ee and hath left the house by another path'
 MT. William Leigh is selling tickets for the areat Mu- scal Jubilee Festival which is to be held in New York Monday night, at his musical emporium, No Exchange Place Arrangements have been made with the Steam boat company and return passengers and furnish admission tickets all for 2eavng New York at l2 ococ at night after the close of the performance
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-12
ICE CUTS BOYS HEAD.

Poking into the ice box last night to see if his Ma had hid any of that good jam in the box little Gu lanta Messirena, years old of 1912 Main street worked the wrong com b1natlon and as a result the cake Of ice slipped from the box and hit the youngster on the head. He was talk en to the Emergency hospital where he was treated by Dr. J. A. Maxwell who took five stitches in the boy's s head to close the wound.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-12
FINED S5 EACH.

Following an argument over Work k and Bolshevisn, Peter Kova dos, George Marenekes and George Kos tes, all of S15 Broad street, c1ashed in fstic, encounter in, a Gilbert street coffee Nhouse, yesterday after noon. Kovados and Marenekes, who were arrest Al on a charge of as- saulting kostes, were fined S5 each in the City Court this morning.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-12

The Shamrock W, at a recent trial spin showed that she is a contender for Americas yachting cup not to be regarded lightly. Sir Thomas Lipton has been sending various sham rocks over here for a number of years in an attempt to secure the much coveted cup. The law Of averages [ is with him.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-12
BALL NOMNATED

Washington, June 12.---Elmer D. Ball of Iowa was given a recess ap- pointment today by President Wilson as assistant secretary of agriculture and Daniel J. Gallagher of Boston was given a recess appointment as dis trict attorney for Massa chusetts.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-12
TO
 KILL PREMIER

Cairo, June 12.---An unsuccessful at tempt was made this morning to as sassinate the Egyptian premier by means of a bomb.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-12
THE. SALVATION ARMY

TT HE SALVATION Army is appealing to the public
 S55OOO part of which is needed to the part discharge the mortgages upon property
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-12
TYPEWRrTERs,

LATEST MODEL OLIVER Type writers. price s57; $500 cash and $3.d0 per month. Why pay more? Oliver Typewriter Agency, S3 Fair field Ave Phone Bar. 4s40.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-12
Attention! Ford Owners

If your car needs overha ul.ng take t to Bennett Ford expert. Bennett's Garage (rear) 293 Pequonnock St. Barnum 5919. D10aI"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
Ford Car Lost Here
BY Ocilla Shriner

w. E. Paulk, an Ocilla Shriner, re-
ported to the authorities last night
that his Ford car had disappeared dur
ing the festivities attendant upon the
Shrine ceremonial. The car was
parked on Jackson street, near the
Windsor Hotel, and may have been
taken by some other Ford owner
through mistake, as there were a
number of similar cars parked near
by. The Paulk car had lost its state
license tag, and had instead large
paper tag upon which the state num-
ber had been printed with pen and
ink, and which was being used until
new license tage could be secured.
This should serve to identify the car
easily, and in the event it was taken
through mistake, the person having
it should communicate with Paulk at
Ocilla.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
u. S. Constitution Too
Faulty For Germany

BERLIN, Jan. 20.-The American
Constitution was found too faulty to
be used as a model for the constitu-
tion of the German republic, accord
ing to the statement made by Pro
fessor Preuss, known as the father
of the German constitution.
Professor Preuss asserted he had
made this statement to members of
General Harries' mission last spring
and said that the present situation in
America, where the President is op-
posed by majorities in both houses
of congress, is a fulfllment of his
prediction.
He blamed the American trouble
on the unequal terms of the Presi-
dent, senators and representatives.
Preuss- said that under the American
method a member of the house of
representatives can never become an
important parsonage and that sena-
tors are unduly forced into the fore
ground.
He denounced the "booty" system
whereby the parties divided all off
cial posts for political purposes rath-
e. than in the interests of efficiency.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
To Take Six Years To
Make u. S. Really Dry

CHICAGO, Jan. 20.-Six years
from now the United States will be
as dry as the enthusiastic prohibition
lists expected it 20 be when congress
passed the dry law-and not before
that time. 1t is going to take those
six years for the special body of en-
forcement officers armed with the fed
eral amendment blotter to take all the
moisture out of the land In six
years it is hoped the composite crav-
ing of the country for alcoholic stimu-
lants will be entirely extinct.
The camel squad, the men who have
the job of making a desert of the
land where once bloomed the nose,
heard they had a job for half dozen
years from the lips of H. M. Gaylord,
assistant commissioner of internal
revenue, who lectured at the first ses-
sion of the anti-booze university here.
The class comprised more than one
hundred members who will apply their
talents to the midwest states.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
READY TO Open
PLANT HERE TO
GIVE JOBS TO Is
Women And Girls In
terested Asked To
Tell Perkins

Americus has an opportunity to
obtain an industry which will main
tain a payroll of considerable i'm
portance to the community and pro-
vide profitable employment for at
least rs women and girls at the start.
All that is required of the communi-
ty is that the workers be provided;
there is no demand for any part of
the capital to be put up here.
Announcement of this fact was
made today at the Chamber of Com
merce where two men from another
Georgia city. who already operate
highly successful plant of the same
kind, after an inspection of condi-
tions, arranged to establish similar
plant here if the requisite force could
be assured An effort is to be made
at once by the Chamber of Commerce
to enlist the required number of
workers.
The plant will make high grade
overalls, installing about rs power
sewing machines at the start.
This is as clean work as any Of
fee or bank" said one of the men
today, "A girl or woman can come
to work in her silk dress if she
chooses, and work in it all day with
out soiling it any more than if she
were working at her sewing machine
at home. 1t is entirely different from
the ordinary garment making plant,
for working conditions are the very
best.
''It will provide good income for
any competent woman or girl, as
every worker is paid for what she
does. 1t is entirely up to the work
er how much she earns. Our aver
age workers earn SIS per week.
Operators who wish to do so may
easily make more than that amount
in a week without difficulty; others
who do not care to work so diligent-
ly may make less. We wish to i'm
press the fact, however, that the
work is clean and pleasant, and offers
opportunity for good income"
Prospective quarters for installing
the plant were found today, and the
men stated that they would be in a
position to install their machinery
AID open for operations by April Is.
In the meantime the Chamber of
Commerce will conduct an inquiry to
determine how many workers may be
obtained here. All girls or women
interested in accepting positions in
this plant are asked to communicate
at once with Joseph Perkins, secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
PUBLISHERS TO
CONVENE HERE
Daily Newspapers Of
Georgia Oragnize At
Quitman Meeting

QUITMAN, Jan. 20.-As a result
of an invitation extended by Lovelace
Eve, business manager of the Ameri-
Gus Times-Recorder, a meeting of the
executives of tie small daily news
papers of Georgia, which effected a
temporary organization at the 18th
District Press association meeting
here yesterday, will hold a meeting in
Americus in February or March, the
date to be fixed later, to effect a per-
manent organization. The following
papers were represented in this daily
organization: Waycross Journal
Herald, Valdosta Times, Tifton Ga
zette, Americus Times Recorder, Cor
dele Sentinel, Albany Herald, Thorn
asville Times-Enterprise and Moul-
trie Observer. The Brunswick and
Dublin papers will also come into this
new organization, the object of which
is to handle problems affecting dis
tinctively the dailies in the smaller
places; problems different from those
affecting the weekly papers and the
papers of the larger cities.
The sessions were held at the Coun-
try club, where a most delicious bird
dinner, with sumptuous complement
tary Rankings of two or three courses,
including the famous Brooks county
hams and ausages-tested the capac-
ity of the visitors.
Speakers yesterday were President
W. H. Shytle, of Adel; Royal Daniel,
of Quitman; Jack Williams, of Way
cross; ]. ]. Flanders, of Ocilla; Mrs.
Edna Cain Daniel, of Quitman; W. G.
Sutlive, Of Savannah; Ed Jerger, of
Thomasville; President J. Kelley Sim
mons, of the Georgia Press associa-
ton, John Davis, of Albany, and
others.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
BEEN COUNTED?
BETTER Be sure
If You're Not Sure Fill
Out Coupon And
Mail It

Have you been enumerated in the
census just closing? If you haven't,
or have any doubts about it, get busy
with pair Of shears right quick, clip
out the coupon appearing on this
page, fill it out and send it or mail it
to T. NJ. Furlow, supervisor of the
census for the Third District-and
he will do the rest.
The enumerators in the city have
practically finished their work They
have tried not to miss single citizen
of any age or color. But it is certain
they have missed a few, and it is i'm
portant that every one be counted.
Therefore this appeal to everyone
who is not sure of having been enum-
Grated to take the precautions to see
that his name is on the list.
1t is especially important to the
city of Americus that every person
living within its boundaries be count
ed. The figures showing the popu-
lation of the city will be used as Off
cial the world over for the next ten
years, and if the figures go to Wash
ington-which they will almost i'm
MISUNDERSTANDING a less population
than is actually here every man, wo-
man and child in the city will suffer
because of the city being given a
lower standard among American cit
;or 4Lo,, ~ &c ap4i+1aJ to
Other cities are diligently at work
to help the census takers. The enum-
orators have not been given the best
of cooperation here up to this time.
Let's get busy RIGHT NOW and
right this wrong-and make sure
that Arhericus gets what is coming to
her during the next ten years.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
Exploiters'' System May
Be Wrecked By
Suits
N. E. A. Special to The Times
Recorder.

N. E. A. Special to The Times
Recorder.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20.-An uprising
of pretty check-room girls threatens
to wreck the tipping trust.
If suits brought against the ex-
ploiters of smiles, dimples and sweet
"thank-yous" are successful, the
practice of using attractive young wo-
men as decoys for dimes and diners
will be at an end.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
are involved.
The girls are not yet acting in
unison, but victory for one means a
victory for all, not only in Chicago,
buc n every large city.
Miss Hanna Stires asks the Chicago
Superior court to aid her in recover
ing $25,425 which she says three men
have taken from her in the past two
years. Girls are paid from SO to SIS
a week, she said and compelled to turn
over all the tips they receive.
Miss Ida Glefke sues the Hotel La
Sale for $4,000 in tips. She says she
received an average os more than $12
Gay.
Miss Mildred IJlldebrarj asks for
$4,000 from the LaSalle. She says
that she received this amount in siy
months.
l. has long beer kEown that the
tipping concessions in popular restau-
rants were farmed out The active
cooperation of the girls is maintain
ed by paying them small bonuses:
Holding out" on the part of the
check-room employees is regarded as
larceny by their employers, the young
women complain. Check-room "man-
ayers" estimate closely the sums that
should be paid over daily.
Public sympathy is so everwhelm-
ingly on the side of the girls that
great difficulty is expected in obtain
ing juries to hear the suits already
started
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
80 CARLOADS
ALREADY HERE
$50 MORE DUE
Highway Work Put
Quickly Under Way
By Ansley

Sumter county's rural road paving
program has been put definitely un-
der way. In fact, work has actual
ly begun. 1t was stated today that
80 carloads of Stag from the Bir-
mingham smelter district had arriv-
ed and were being unloaded by the
county forces, and that $50 more
carloads were being shipped here at
the rate of about 10 per day, or as
rapidly as they can be handled
Immediately after the county com
nlissioners put Engineer John B. Ans
ley in charge of the paving program,
AM the type of read to be built had
been decided upon-macadam as
phalt having been chosen-Mr. Ans
ley ordered the entire supply of Stag
, needed for the six miles of paving
embraced in the first two projects,
and the delivery of the first of this.
has already been made.
The Stag will be used for laying
four inches of base upon which to
spread and roll the crushed rock into
which the hot asphalt will be sprayed
under power. 1t is estimated that g.
900 tons will be required to lay this
base for the six miles of road, Fnd
Mr.. Ansley desired to have the mate
rial on the ground early so that once
actual laying of the pavement had
been started there would be no cause
fer delay. He is now negotiating
for crushed rock to supplement the
native rock which the county's two
crushers will provide, and when he
Is able to know to a certainty what
he may depend upon in the way of
rock supply the actual laying of paw
ing will begin. This is expected to
be within few days Mr.. AnsIey
stated today that once the work is
put under way he hoped to have all
of it proceed in such a manner as to
cause no halt, if federal funds con-
tinue available fast enough, until the
entire paving project is completed.
1t was announced today that the
Finley method of applying the as
phalt to the rolled crushed rock had
been adopted by Mr. Ansley as the
best offer and providing the best OBJ
tainable roads of the macadam as
phalt type.
Mr.. Finley, whose process is pat
ented, is a resident of Atlanta and
he has become a famous road builder
all over America. He was particu-
larly eager to obtain the Sumter
county contract, he stated, for the
reason that, it being the first federal
aid projects in outh Georgia, and
Sumter already having a reputation
as a good roads county, he wanted to
build here show place to which to
bring other county officials in the
future when seeking contracts in
many other counties which will be
building federal aid roads. Mr.. Fin
ley in person and Prof R. D. Kneale,
recently of Georgia Tech, who is now
connected with Mr.. Finley's firm,
were in Americus few days ago
and closed arrangements for under
taking the work
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
Business Man and Friend Wife stand.

ing near door of their apartment on
Riverside-dr Business man is draw
ing on his gloves and preparing to
leave. Clock points to 8:45.
She (affectionately): you're
booking better this morning, dear
Now don't work too hard today, will
you? You know you must take care
of yourself"
He (patting her on the back eyes
Pm feeling much better today.
haven't much to do so I'll be in early.
Goodbye"
She: Goodbye, dear"
He kisses her and goes out.
Curtain.
Act. 2. Same. Bell rings. Maid
goes to door. Business man comes
in removing his gloves and coat with
an air of weariness. Friend wife
enters.
He: "Hello."
She: "Hello. dear Why, WI ats
The matter!'
He: Nothing, only Pm worn
out"
She (reproachfully) "You prom
fsed me not to work hardw
He: eyes, I know it. But I had
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
Ex-Soldiers Decinate
Ranks Of Mattresses

CONCORDIA, Kas., Jan. 20.-The
Fred Harvey eating house system
faces curtailment because of a short
age of Harvey House" girls, accord
ing to Alice Steele, who is trying to
recruit an army of girl helpers. Mat
rimony is decimating the ranks. she
says, and of two thousand employed
last year through the Kansas City Of
flee, 1,200 quit to become brides. She
says the returned soldier threatens to
disrupt the system.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
Parker For Governor At
Louisiana Polls Today

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2O.-Louis-
lana voters are today balloting on
democratic candidates for governor,
lieutenant governor and other state
officers in the regular primary. the re-
suit of which is equivalent to election.
The .gubernatorial candidates are
John M. Parker, former progressive
vice presidential candidate, and Col.
Frank P. Stubbs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
SHRINERS' BALL
BRINGS END TO
'APERFECT DAY.
All Agree Ceremonial
Here Was Really
Great Event

All that was left of the Shrine
celebration in Americas today were
the street decorations and the tired
bodies of the local committeeman
and their many helpers. No, that
wasn't all, either. In addition, there
were may pleasant recollections of
the day among the people of the city
in general as well as the Shriners,
who caught the spirit of the occasion
and helped to make the celebation
greater success than it otherwise
could have been.
Everybody was satisfed-even the
candidates who were put through
the hair raising stunts in the court
room at the court house yesterday
afternoon. All agreed that it was
a great occasion. Many of the visit
ing mobiles were heard to remark
to one another, and not for the bene-l
fitft of their hosts, that the affair
was as elegantly and thoroughly
handled as any they had ever attend
ed. The local committees had work
ed hard and had arrangements per-
fected to degree that made these
many compliments entirely merited.
One of the hits of the entertain
ment was the roping off of Lamar
street between Lee and Jackson and
turning it into a huge plaza or play
ground, where the band played, the
merry-makers danced, and the stunts
were pulled.
Parade Big Feature.
The parade about the principal
streets of the city in the mid-after-
noon proved an entertaining feature,
with numerous beautiful, ludicrous
or interesting floats. The Alec band
and patrol were attired in fashy
dress uniforms at the head of the
procession, and were followed by the
official Divan, by which name the
group of officers is known. Numer-
Gus marching bodies, including the
high school cadets and agriculture )
college boys were prominent.
The lunch tent, at which sand
wiches and coffee were served free to
Shriners and their ladies by the o.
E. S., was a distinct hit with the visi-
tors at supper time last evening, and
a dozen or more ladies and men were
kept busy feeding the hungry visi-
tors. {
The big day closed with the grand
ball last night, beginning at and
ending at l am. Several hundred
dancers were on the floor, with plenty
of lady partners for all
Today the decorations were being
removed from the buildings and the
city streets. Last night the hang
ings and paraphernalia were hustled
out of the court room after the cere-
mony was over, and Judge Harper (
was holding court there today in
sharp contrast to the fun-making and
stunts going on in the same room yes
terday.
All declared it was a great occa-
sion But it was generally recognlz-
ed that only the hard work of the To-
cal committee made it such.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
Lord French Convert
To Irish Home Rule

LONDON, Jan. 2O.-Viscount
French, lord lieutenant of Ireland,
Ahas become a convert to home rule,
according to the Dublin correspon-
dent of the Pail Mall Gazette, who
says that Lord French has become
convinced the only method of dealing
with Ireland is for concession of the
fullest autonomy consistent with i'm
perial supremacy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
New Governor Vows
To Fight Prohibition

TRENTON, N. j., Jan. 20.-Gov.
Edward l. Edwards, Democrat, in his
inaugural address today, reiterated
his campaign pledges that "He would
do every lawful thing to have it de-
termined that the present condition
of affairs with respect to prohibition
had been illegally forced upon the
people of this state"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20
Embargo On Grain To
Southern Ports Lifted

ATLANTA, Jan. 20.-The embar-
go on the movement of grain to and
through all gulf ports has been can
celled, effective today, it was an
nnounced by the Southern Export
Committee at the Regional Railroad
headquarters. 1t has been in effect
since last August.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-20

to get a telephone number"
She: my poor dear. You must
be exhausted. I'll send a message
to the Cortlandts telling them we
can't keep our engagement and you
must go right to bed and I'll have the
cook fix you something nice, and send
for the doctor. And you must stay
in bed for a week"
Curtain!