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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-16
WIFE'S VALENTINE.

Do you remember the first valentine you gave? You pa1
ed between the leaves of of her books when
out of the Then you tip toed away.
had lace like border and picture of pink cund
pointing a red heart.
Through the her when she OMEN
ed the book later and found the beautiful YOU had mt there
She turned her bshng cheek direction II was th
thrill of lifetime for you.
DO remember that first valenne? your wife asks Won %
later And blush and why women remember
foolish things long 1t is for the that thew keen for
their husbands love letters, like precious Jewels
Secretly they the spirit youthful romance long after
itself dead And think your no longer
for valentines just mail her bit of bordeed card with
pink and red heart anshxed with valentine NAV
bit OF tenderness long after the fur umbrellas and GLOVES
Compulsory arbitration will not prevent strk 90 e +b
are dissatisfied with the boards decision in protest
Efforts to learn whether the farm act is constitutional NAV
" as evidence that has been hurting somebody
GU see prices really high They seem high because
dollar so cheap And the English pound really cheap ov.
mere 1t merely seems cheap because prices high
The Allies demand the extradion of Germans in bulk but will
try them at time. ' 49, '
If those New York Socialists kept from their seats because
they are SOCIALISTS 1t will be crime belong minority
Paris fashion showing silver gold trousers for
ladies' Time somebody was finding cheap substitute wool
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-16
CONSTIPATION
and Sour Stomach Caused This
Lady Much Suffering. Black.
Oraught Relieved.

Meadorsville, Ky.-Mrs. Pearl Pat.
rick, of this place, writes: 81 was
very constipated. I had sour stomach
and was so uncomfortable. went to
the doctor. He gave me some pills.
They weakened me and seemed to
tear mp my digestion. They would
grippe me and afterwards it seemed
I was more constipated than before.
heard of Black. Draught and de
eided to try It I found 1t Just what
needed. It was an easy laxative, and
not bad to swallow. My digestion soon
Improved. got well of the sour ntom.
ach, my bowels soon seemed normal,
no more gripping, and I would take
dose now and then. and was In 1oot
shape.
cannot say too much for Slack.
Draught for 1t is the finest laxative
one can USE"
Thedford's Black. Draught has for
many years been found Of great value
in the treatment Of stomach, liver and
bowel troubles. Easy to take, gentle
and reliable in its action, leaving nc
bad after-effects, It has won the praise
Of thousands Of people who have used
t. NC-13E
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-16

when it's in hics. Funny the ouija
spirits can only speak in English.
Tough on the Chink spirit who'd like
to break into the conversation and
spell out in knothole chatter to the
sitters, that they'd get better results
with an ironing board and flatiron.
Also notice spelling gets the ouija
spirits spirit goat. When they STUN
BILE over a word like nickel, whether
it's lie or ell, they shimmy around and
make it dime. While picking the
ouija slivers out of your fingers let US
chirp that all the ouija spirits are de-
parted cigar store wooden Indians.
They're the only ones that could chat
with a pine accent, and, like a true
Indian, only say yes and no. Ami
right, Observation-Disclosures
YES!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-16
RED CROSS RECIPES
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

tion of any two). Care must be
taken not ID scorch the fat or the
-four, and to cook it until it is glossy:
if cooked too long it may curr.le.
Croutous.
Cut stale bread into 3-4-in cubes.
put in a pan in hot oven and brown
on all sides. If the bread is cut in
1-2-in. slices, and these slices cut into
lin. strips and Drowned in the same
way, they give an agreeable variation,
known as bread sticks.
Tomato Soup.
Can tomatoes, 8 or 10 pepper
corns, 6 cloves, l t. salt, Ia t. soda.
l sliced onion, IA chopped celery
celery leaves will do), tb. butter,
l tb. flour, l qt milk, t. sugar.
Directions: Cook tomatoes, pep
per corns, cloves, onions, sugar, cele-
ry until soft. Rub through a sieve,
add the soda, then combine with the
white sauce made of milk, -four and
fat. Serve hot. Serves or s.
Potato Soup.
medium potatoes, pts milk. 1
slice onion, 3 tb flour, tb. butter,
2 t. salt, 1 tb. chopped parsley, /
egg. Pepper, celery, salt to taste.
Directions. Cook the potatoes, rub
through sieve without draining.
Seald milk with onion, strain and
make white sauce as usual. Season,
Combine with vegetable pulp. Beat
egg in soup tureen, and pour into this
the hot soup, stirring the mixture all
the time. Garnish with chopped
parsley. Serves 8.
Celery Soup.
C. celery, l pit. boiling water, l
at. milk, l slice onion, tb. butter,
4 tb. flour. Salt and pepper to taste.
Directions: Make as above. Serves
6 to 8.
Chicken Cream Soup.
Pts. chicken stock, 1-3 oatmeal,
l slice onion, IA C. chopped celery, s
cloves, 2 tb. butter, tb. flour. Salt
and pepper to taste, 2 C. milk.
Directions: Heat stock to the boil
ing point, add oatmeal, cloves, onion,
celery and simmer about as minutes.
Rub through the strainer and combine
with the white sauce which has been
made of the milk, -four and butter.
Season and serve at once. Serves 6.
8 tb. uncooked rice may be substitut-
ed for oatmeal.
Green peas, lima beans and canned
corn can be used equally as well for
creamed soups, requiring for service
for or 8 persons, can of peas or
corn and one cup of dried lima beans,
which must be soaked for several
hours, cooked thoroughly and rubbed
through a sieve.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-16
SOUPS.
Proportions For Stock.

Proportions FOR Stock.
IF meat is purchased, allow 2-3 lean
= meat and one-third bone and fat.
If made of left over materials, the
following proportions are good: to
4 pounds of meat, left over material,
bones, trimmings, fat, etc, 3 pounds
soup bone, 2 20 OTIS. of water.
Directions. Put all material in a
kettle, cover with cold water, let
stand 80 to 40 minutes, bring to the
simmering point, and let simmer for
or 3 hours. Strain, set aside to
cool, skim off the fat. Keep on hand
as foundation for soup, but it must
not be allowed to sour" Never boil
material for soup stock.
Vegetable Soup.
3 Lbs. lean meat (cut in small
pieces, 2 ID bone, OTIS. cold wa
ter, l can tomatoes, l tb. salt, 1-3c
each of carrot, turnip, cabbage and
potato. Cut in cubes, onion sliced,
L celery cut in pieces.
Directions: Put 1-2 the meat, the
bones and the tomatoes in the kettle,
cover with water and let stand 80
minutes. Brown the rest Of the meat
in a little hot fat; put this into the
kettle and gradually heat to the SIM
mering point. Cook at this point I'M
til the meat is in shreds. When the
meat is tender add the vegetables and
cook until done. Serve six to eight.
To add to the attractiveness of this
soup, the vegetables may be cut in
strings. e.
e Chicken Soups.
Pts. stock water in which chick
en- or turkey has been cooked), tb.
raw ham ground, celery, leaves or
chopped stalk, to taste, 1-2 t. pepper
corns, small onion sliced, 1-2 c. car.
rots, sliced, salt to taste, 1-2 c cook
ed rice.
Directions: Simmer all ingredi-
ents, except the rice, about 45 min
utes. Strain, add rice, re-heat, and
serve with crackers or bread sticks.
Cream Soups.
Cream soups are dainty and nutri-
tious. They furnish an excellent
combination of food principles.
General directions: /. Prepare
vegetables, cook and put through a
strainer, reserving the water in
which they have been cooked. 2.
make cream sauce. 8. Combine one
and two, season, serve at once.
White sauce is the basis Of all
cream soups. 1t is best made by heat
ing the fat, rubbing. the forr into
this, and gradually adding the LIQUID
tnlilk, water or stock, or a combina-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-16
THE INHERENT RIGHT TO STRIKE.

The inherent right strike asserted by labor the founda-
ton of its in this country does and did
than the farmers of this country have right
production refusing the needs of those unable produce
food and other essentials of life the National Grange
This opinion contained memorial now before congress-
presented by members of that organization the American Farm Blu
Federation the Cotton States Board and the Association of State
Farmers Union
Farmers who should refuse till the soil and grow the
foodfs for the people of the cities would with the
of united nation the memorial contends AS the
land they would not have either moral legal right
action What then the memorial asks is the right organi
cations ave the people of the cities death the one hand
and destroy the property of the farmers the other?
No such right has existed and such right now
it concludes.
Which puts the whole matter in different light And incident
ally takes much of the kick of labors threat to
member of who has been
with the aid of the organized farmer of the country
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-16
nzIRON IS A
GOOD MEDICINE
Says Rock CIt, Ala. GsnHsman, AftsI
Having Given Il Conscientious Trial.

Ziron is new scientific combination Of
pure, inorganic, official, U. S. Pharmaco-
peia iron, with The hypophosphites oflime
and soda and other valuable tonic ingred-
tents, recommended by the best medical
authorities ia the treatment Of anemic
conditions.
Ziron helps TO put iron into your blood
and this helps TO build strength for you,
when you are pale, weak, nervous, de-
pressed.
Read what Mr.. Sidney Fry, of Rock
City, Ala, says, and then try Ziron. He
makes the following statement:
Something over week ago | used
Ziron for the first time. was troubled
with indigestion and had spell of weak
ness. Ziror helped both troubles. felt
stronger and my stomach quit hurting. !
really feel that Ziron is good medicine.
1t surely helped me-"
Your druggist will sell you Ziron on a
guarantee that ii the first bottle does not
benefit you, he will refund the money you
paid him.
Get bottle OF Ziron todayl
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-16
SUCH IS LIFE
BY Satterfleld

ing to the gent who is running said
street car.
He's the man who is getting a real
scare. And he probably gets this same
scare thousand times per day.
He's the fellow who clangs his bell
and notifies you that it's time to wake
up and get off the car.
He's the fellow who drives the bus
that takes you to and from your work
eventually.
Have you ever waited for anybody
else as long as you have for the mo-
torman?
Have you ever stopped to think
that you'd have a long, long walk to
work. if he failed to show up some
morning?
Well, dug-guneIit, yoU ought to
appreciate. our mutual friend,
Mr.. Motorman!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-16
ELSIE had those baby eyes,

ELSIE had those baby eyes,
- Those baby eyes of blue
That view the world in mild surprise,
Her mouth is open, too,
AS though to cry in shocked offense
Of all girl avoids
And some folks think it's innocence,
But it's just adenoids.
One of The Very Strangest Stor
Ever Told.
yes" said the storekeeper, ..
am charging prices altogether too
high. My profit last year kept ne
working overtime figuring it up.
That's why have reduced all prices
SO per cent. If keep on accumulat-
ing wealth at this awful pace shall
reduce prices down to where, possibly,
may offer regular wages to custom
ers who will come and buy of me And
| shall insist upon delivering the goods
for, between you and me, I've been
charging just as much when people
carried their purchases home and just
as much when they paid cash as when
they took their time about settling
their account"
I'll say that's a weird tale! Beats
those st. Georges tales, doesn't it?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-16

If those New York Socialists kept from their sea
they Socialists it will be crime to belong to an
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-16

The Allies demand the extradition of German. in
~ them Won at time
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-02-16
Amt Nature
Wonderful

SINCE aged-in-the-wood spirits were
- given the razz, ouija wood spirits
are twisting up all the fingers like
corkscrews. Spirits no longer haunt
the attic. They're in the celler.
While the tapping of the cellar spirits
puts the gents in trance, the ladies
fall into a gossip seance in the par
Tor with the other spirits over the
ouija fence. Spirits loosen up the
gents knees and give the ladies'
fingers stiff joints. Only language
of snirits the gents can nnderstand 10
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
DESCRIBES SIBERIAN MISERY
Col. Teusler Of Red Cross Says Filth
Was Cause of Army's
Reverses.

Tokyo.-That chief cause for the
recent reverses of the Siberian army
was TO be found in its unsanitary con-
ditlons. was the opinion expressed re-
Gently by Col. II. B. Teusler. American
Red Cross commissioner to Siberia.
Col. Teusler said that bad SANTA
tion, both in the army and among the
population, with the agonies of starva-
tion. brought about extreme misery
and n moral breakdown. which was es-
pecially reflected in the troops. who
felt they had no support behind them.
The minds Of the population seemed
to have become almost benumbed and
absolutely Indifferent to what hap
pened. or to the suffering of others.
Col. Teusler added that although
such numbers of the people were starv-
ing. there was sufficient food. but lack
of transportation facilities prevented
Its distribution where most needed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30

nitions. employed 10000 workers. near
ly all of whom We're women.
That the women have made good
has been definitely established. In one
OF the munitions plants where 1000
girls were at work the greatest out
put made by two sets of engineers
were $1,000 complete sets of fuses
daily In two shifts. The girls turned
out $4,000 complete sets in the same
period of time. In another instance
where the work dealt directly With n
drill press the greatest production
where men were working in teams was
$500 pieces each in nine hours time
while that of girls doing the same
work was 400 pieces each.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied In Nostrils
Opens Air Passages Right Up.

Instant relief-no waiting. Yout
clogged nostrils open right up; the air
passages Of your head clear and you
can breathe freely. No more hawking.
snufiing. blowing. headache. dryness
No struggling for breath mt night ;
your cold or catarrh disappears.
Get n small bottle OF Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
n little of this fragrant. antlseptic-
healing cream In your nostrils. II pen
etrates through every air passage OF
the head, soothes the lnfiamed or swol.
len mucous membrane and relief comes
instantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed up
with a cold or nasty catnrrh.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
Colds
Break
Get instant relief with
"Pape's Cold Compound"

Don't stay stuifed-upl Quit blowing
and snunilng A dose of "Pape's Cold
Compound" taken every two hours un-
til three doses are taken usually
breaks up a cold and ends all grippe
misery.
The very first dose opens your
clogeed-up nostrils and the air pass
ages of your head; stops nose running !:
relieves the headache. dullness, fever
ishness. sneezing. soreness, stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" Is the
quickest. surest relief known and costs
only few cents at drug stores. 1t
acts without assistance. Tastes nice.
Contains no quinine. Insist on Pape's I
ADV.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
Woman Worker
Has Made Good

alize the possibilities of women in
mems jobs, and within week after
the selectlye service act had been
passed called for woman volunteers
to replace the men. Instead of con-
timing the replacement to the families
of its employees, 1t sent out an appeal
to all stenographers, telephone opera
tors and clerks, with the result that
the clerical force of their own estab-
lishment, which was essentially a war
producing machine. was not In any
way depleted, and within few
months women were operating electric
and steam locomotives. running motor.
trucks. operating steam winches and
cranes, inspecting and maintaining
lighting and telephone and other com
munity service utilities, loading cars
and ships. packing in warehouse and
cold storage rooms and handling de-
tails of transportation.
Took Jobs of Men.
In the operating department of one
of the Eastern railroads 1880 women
and girls took positions formerly held
by men. In one of the large Western
cities more than 10000 women re-
placed men who had been called into
service. Another American establish
ment employed 5000 girls in nearly all
the mechanical departments In the
operation of making fuses. In another
plant where uniforms were manufac-
tured nearly 5000 women were en-
ployed. Still another plant, a Mas
sachusetts concern manufacturing mu-
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
TAKE ASPIRIN ONLY
AS TOLD BY BAYER
"5ayer" introduced Aspirin to the
physicians over 18 years
auo,

To get quick relief follow carefully
the safe and proper directions In each
unbrOken package of 'Bayer Tablets
OF Aspirin" This package is plainly
stamped with the safety "Bayer Cross"
The "Bayer Cross" means the gen.
uine. world-famous Aspirin prescribed
by physicians for over eighteen years.
"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin can be
taken safely for Colds, Headache.
Toothnche, Earache. Neuralgia, Lum-
bago. Rheumatism, Joint Pains. Neuri-
tbs. and Pain generally.
Handy tin boxes of IL tablets cost
but few cents. Druggists also sell
larger "Bnyer" packages. Aspirin Is
the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture
OF Monoacetlcacidester Of Salicylie-
acid.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney. liver and bladder medi-
cine.
It is a physicians prescription.
Swamp Root is a strengthening medi-
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work natu-e intended they
should do.
Swamp Root has stood the test Of years.
1t is sold by all druggists on its merit
and it should help you. No other kidney
medicine has SO many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However. if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton. N. Y. for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
Wonderful Record in War Service
Is Shown in Statistics
lust Compiled.
MANY TAKE up MEMS WORK
Nearly 100000 Women Drew Pay
for Labor Never Before Performed
by Them-7oo, 900 Acted as
Volunteers in Liberty
Loan Campaign.

ington.-Statistics have proved
that during the world war nearly 15.-
100000 women actually were drawing
pay for their services. More than L.
100000 of them never had done days
work in their lives. The number Of
volunteers would add another 1,00O,-
DO0 TO that total.
In the Liberty loan campaign alone
100000 women acted as volunteers.
There was similar number in the
united war drive. For the Red Cross
the totnl must have been millions. for
in this organization women who
worked all day or who kept house all
day. and who had an hour to spare,
would devote that hour to surgical
dressings. classes. refugee work or
ministering to the wants of those
whose homes had been hit by the in
huenza epidemic. Then. too, stenog-
raphers. clerks and girls in office
buildings would. at the close of the
business day. offer their services graf
is. to the draft boards or any of the
other countless bureaus organized for
the speedy termination of the war.
services brought monetary remunera-
ton were listed as follows: Mechan-
Ical and manufacturing, 100000; ag-
ricultural, 100000; transportation.
100000: merchandise. 100000; public
service. 5O,OOO professional. 10000; ;
clerical, 100000; domestic and per-
sonal service. 100000; unclassified.
& $50 OOO-tOtal IA $40 600.
Help Win War.
Those employed in the actual win
ming of the war or In positions listed
as necessary for the winning of the
war included munitions, 100000; can
neries. $4,000; food. spice. drug, tobac-
co and similar factories, 125,OOO; tex
tiles. 275OOO; clothing factories. 212.-
900; hosiery and knit goods, 10000 T;
making shoes. $4,000; general equip
ment, 100000; shipyard and foundry
employees Ohe latter made bolts and
rivets, ran drill presses and worked In
machine shops). 1O0.OOO-total. 1,717.-
600.
This figure represents only the wom-
en- who already were mill-trained and
does not include those who left oc-
cupations to assist in war work. nor
does 1t include those who had had no
previous experience in work of any
kind.
In 1910 one-fourth of all the wom-
en- in Industry were married, and more
than Is per cent were either widowed
or divorced. In 1918 the number Of
married workers had practically dou-
bled and. with comparatively few ex-
ceptions all had one or more depend
ent upon them for support.
OF the number who actually have
replaced men no figures are obtaina-
Bile. The Bush Terminal company of
New York was one of the first to re-
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
"lmmortals" Tackle Job
They Will End in 2O2O

The holiday season set the
French academy back two
weeks In the work of revising
the French dictionary which, nc
cording to the best estimates.
will be completed in the year
2020 or POPS.
The two holidays this year
happened to fall on Thursday.
the only day of the week on
which the Forty Immortals as
sa;Hble.
Academy members began the
present revision in 1878. Al
years ago.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
Bore Into Telephone Cables

ing wire connections useless until the
bored places are found and repaired.
The problem of control of this metal-
boring beetle is still unsolved. accord
Ing to the bureau of entomology of the
United States department of agricul-
ture. and it will be difficult to find n
practical way.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
The Goal.

The goal on which our eyes must
be set is a church that will. in Its
own corporate life. conspicuously ex-
press the Christian ideal of fellow
ship and brotherhood, and at the same
time strive persistently to mold ma
tional. Industrial and social life In
accordance with the principles which
are the fountain light OF all its days.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
To Have . Clear Sweet Skin.

Touch pimples, redness. roughness
or itching. II any. with Cuticura Oint-
ment, then bathe with CutIcura Soap
and hot water. Rinse, dry gently and
dust on little Cuticura Talcum to
leave fascinating fragrance on skin.
Everywhere 25c each.-Adv.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
Proof.

'Do you know Jones?"
81 lent him tenner this morning.
l should say | do know him
you lent him n tenner? Then ]
should say you don't know him"
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30

To stop falling hair at once and rid
the scalp of every particle of dandruff.
get a small bottle of delightful Dan
derine" at any drug or toilet counter
for few cents, pour little in your
hand and rub 1t into the scalp. After
several applications the hair usually
stops coming out and you can't find any
dandruff. Your hair will grow strong.
thick and long and appear soft, glossy
Try 1t ADV.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
Up-to-Date Economy.

Charity ColIector-Have you any
particular use for your old clothes
Snrly Citizen-Sure. I'm wearing
them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1920-01-30
"Thirsty for Words Is
Her Bigamy Defense

London.-The excuses and
palliations, brought forward In
bigamy cases are monumental
in their ingenuity. but / think
this one from the north of Eng
land will take prodigious lot
of beating. A girl was had up
for triple bigamy-surely
oughtn't 1t be called trigamy
when it's three? Her mother
was called for the defense. but
all she could say in explanation
was: "She can't help 1t. my
lord. She's got reg'lar thirst
for 'aving the words spoke over
'erl"