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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01
MISS ELIZABETH BROWN
ENTERTAINS AT PARTY.

Miss Elizabeth Brown was hostess
Wednesday at one of the quaintest
and most enjoyable parties of the
holiday season when she assembled a
crowd of congenial young people at
the country home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed. Brown, 10 miles from Americas.
The party was in special compliment
TO Miss Kathleen Gilman, of Macon,
who is the house guest of Miss Mar
gerry Brown during the holidays. Gee
darcrest" was prettily decorated with
bright holly berries, Christmas bells,
miniature cedar trees, crimson can
dies, and all the glowing things that
make joyousness. An amusing fea-
ture of the party was the old fashion
ed dances and games enjoyed by the
guests assembled. The Virginia Reel,
the old-time square dance, long rela-
gated to the dim past; Blind Mans
Buff, Kitchen Furniture and num-
Der of other child games were engage
ed in.
Those present were Miss Gillian,
Miss Margery Brown, Miss Edna Hills.
man, Miss Elizabeth Harris, Miss Ag-
mes Gatewood, MiNs Maude Sherlock,
Miss Evelyn Crew, Miss Melva
Clarke, Miss Naomi Wright, Miss
Mary Sue Chambliss, Miss Lallie Car
ter, Miss Elizabeth Brown, George
Holston, Carroll Clarke, Gordon How
ell, Hinton Brown, Lee Hudson, Rob
Brown, Chris Sherlock, Brownie Tim
norman, Watts Market, James Lott,
While Marshall and the chaperones
were Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Brown, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Smith, DIR. and Mrs.
M. H. Wheeler. After the games a
delicious oyster supper was served.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01
MISS MARY ALICE LINGO
ENTERTAINS THIS EVENING.

Miss Mary Alice Lingo will enter.
tain tonight at her home on Branner
avenue complimenting the college
girls who will soon return to theil
various institutions of learning, anC
as specific honor to Miss Kathreen
Gilman, of Macon, 7ho is the guest of
Miss Margery Brown at her home on
Brown street. Christmas decorations
in bright red an d vivid green will be
used throughout the house, and many
colored fruits, noise-makers, horns
and bells will add to the evenings
amusement.
Mrs. j. B. Scott and son, of Pei
ham, took dinner at the Tea Room
Tuesday Other diners included Mrs.
Courie, Mrs. Wall and Miss Wall, of
Dawson.
Mrs. E. F. Rollins, who was on her
way from Dublin, where she has been
residing, to her new home at Fort
Worth, Tex, was diner at the Tea
Room yesterday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is local disease, greatly in
fiuenced by constitutional conditions and
in order to cure II you must take an
internal remedy Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
In this country for years. 1t Is COM
posed of some OF the best tonics known.
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination Of
the ingredients IN Halls Catarrh Medi.
results In catarrhal conditions Send for
testimonials, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo. o.
All Druggists, 75c,
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01

plimenting Mrs. George O. Marshall,
whose recent marriage was a pretty
social event of Smithville. Christmas
decorations will be dsed throughout
the rooms given to entertaining and
bowls of crimson and white japonicas
will be placed attractively on tables
and in containers. About fifty of
the younger set will be invited to
meet Mrs. Marshall on this occasion
and at l O'Clock dainty luncheon
will be served.
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we do to punish this forest creature
since we know he is guilty.
LET me have him." said the Great
Horned Owl. "Tn fix him! I'll take
him so high that he cannot get his
breath and then drop him.
"0h, that will be all right" said
Mr.. Weasel. 81 like to go high in
the air. But do anything you want
to me just so you don't put me in the
big hole at the top of the great oak
in the midst of the forest"
''That's DIST what we will do"
cried jerry the Jay Bird. "Then he
never will bother u.s."
"What do you say, Mr.. Song Spar
row?" asked the King. "You are the
one he has harmed this time-now
what shall be done with him?'
II say" said the Song Sparrow,
chat he be put in the great hole in
the top of the big oak"
"oh, OH" cried Mr.. Weasel the
Great, Il beg of you do anything,
but do not put me in the great hole in
the oak tree"
What is the decision of the feath-
cred flock of the forest?" asked the
King.
''Put him in the hole" they cried
as one voice.
And the King said, $50 shall it
be-" and he began Immediately to
prepare to carry out the wish of the
feathered creatures Of the forest.
Whether il was his wish or NOT he
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01

me Hand, of Pelham, who is the
guest of Miss Ruth Council, and who
has been feted with so many delight
full parties during her visit in Ameri-
Gus. The private dining room of the
Windsor was prettily decorated with
crimson berries, carrying out the
Christmas spirit both in coloring and
joyousness. This occasion assembled
fourteen of the returned college set,
and a delightful hour was enjoyed
by the honoree and those invited to
meet her.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01
Mr.. WEASEL FOUND GUILTY.

WIN. w LABEL OOlND N1OALI
TINKER BOB called Mr.. Weasel
= the Great forth to his trial He
was guarded on one side by Chief
Porky and on the other by Major
Pole Cat. But he was not the least
afraid because that is not his ma
ture. Nor did he seem to be sorry
for anything he had done.
1--WE are now ready for the trial
of Mr. Weasel the Great" said the
King. Mr.. Weasel had turned COM
pletely white since the snow covered
the ground. And so had Mrs. Ptar-
migan. Her color is rather of the
mixed with white and brown and a
little black all other seasons of the
year, but now she was pure white
and very beautiful.
did you know" continued Tinker
Bob, chat you nearly killed that
dainty little song sparrow"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01
MISS LINGO HONORED
BY PARTY AT CORDELE.

Says the Cordele Dispatch: Misses
Frank and Ida Marsh entertained a
number of friends most delightfully."-
last evening, complimentary to their
guest, Miss Mary Alice Lingo, of
Americas. Music and dancing were
enjoyed, and later delicious refresh
merits were serveo. About twelve
couples were present"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01
LEAP YEAR PROM
AT MISS WALKERS.

The Leap Year prom tonight at the
home of Miss Halle Walker on Lee
street will be one of the most en-
Joyable occasions of the holiday sea-
son, which has been an unusually
bright one. This prom will assemble
the young ladies and young men of
the high school set. A feature Of the
prom will be the checking Of the
young men by the young ladies and
the expenses paid for by the fair
ones. About fifty couples will be
present and the evening is eagerly
looked forward by the younger social
set.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01
Skipper Dies AT Sea;
Widow Makes Pori

MOBILE, Ala, Jan. with Mrs
W. F. Dram, widow of the dead skip
per in command, the schooner Jean
Somerville, adrift in the Gulf since
Dec. II, arrived at quarantine sta
ton at the entrance of Mobile Bay
this morning.
Captain Dram died aboard of
natural causes, it is stated, and there
was no one able to navigate the ship.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01
PRETTY BUFFET SUPPER
TONIGHT ON LEE STREET.

Miss Alice Worthy and Miss Ella
beth Worthy will be joint hostesses
this evening at one of the brightest
parties of the Christmas season when
they assemble a number of guests
at their home on Lee street, compli-
menting them with a buffet supper.
Christmas decorations will be used
throughout the living rooms, and
pots of bright Cleveland cherries will
adorn the center tables. The prettily
appointed dining table will have for
its central ornamentation graceful
arrangement of brightly colored
fruits surrounded by crimson berries
and vivid green foliage. Those in
vited are Ben Worthy, Sr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Worthy, Jr., Miss Caroline
Worthy, Miss Nellie Worthy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cleve Davis, Miss Elizabeth Da-
Wis, Benjamin Davis, Miss Alice Stew
ems and Richard Stevens, of Preston
Miss Freda Greenfield, Mr.. and Mrs.
George o. Marshall, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will C. Carter, Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
McLendon, Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley
Hogg and Miss Mary Hogg, Lee Hud-
son and Rev. James B. Lawrence.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01
Presbyterians Plan
Memphis University

MEMPHIS, Jan. Establishment
of a Presbyterian University here at
an approximate cost of 81 100000 is
contemplated by the Southern Pres
byterian church, contingent upon the
raising by local subscription of a
fund of 100000, according to an
nouncement here today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01
CONCENIAL CROWD ATTENDS
DINNER-DANCE AT ALBANY.

The dinner-dance Wednesday night
at the Country Club in Albany was
attended by merry party of Ameri-
Gus young folks. Miss Thelma Eas-
terlin, Miss Eugenia Parker and Miss
Clara Glover, Frank Harold Jr.,
Henry Clay and Junior Easterlin mo-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01
MRS. ROBERT MAYNARD
HOSTESS AT TWO PARTIES.

Mrs. Robert Maynard will entertain
Friday at two of the brightest par
ties Of the holiday season at her
home on Lee street, especially COM
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01
THOMAS HUME DEAD.

MUSKEGON, Mich, Jan. L.
Thomas Hume, millionaire lumber
man and philanthropist, died here to-
day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01

tored over in the afternoon for the
occasion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-01-01

MISS ELDRIDCE ENTERTAINS
AT LUNCHEON FOR VISITOR.
Miss Elizabeth Eldridge entertain
ed today at 1 o'clock at the Windsor
Hotel in compliment to Miss Rather
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in a shop and bought it for So. That
day | had feast and did not cry at
all. Several times my father was able
to buy salt herring, for which he paid
$50.
began to get very thin My mother
said she must take me away so that
would not die. We began to go away,
but 1t took long time. Everywhere
there were people going. They mostly
had no clothes, and often they would
fall down. My mother said they would
never get up again. My mother said
they did not have the money to buy
even the bad bread we had and they
could not live without food We
travelled in an ambulance, on horse
back, donkeyback and camelback, in
truck, a motor lorry and a cart-in
fact, by every way except an airplane.
1t was many months before we could
come to America There is much to
eat here like America. / never cry
any more. My mother cries. She says
there are thousands of little children
starving to death in our country. 1t is
not nice to starve I did not like 1t.
It makes her lad But some days she
smiles. That Is when my mother says
she knows America will not LET the lit
tie Armenian babies suffer or be hurt
ARAXIE.
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4 AM little Armenian girl. l have
y three years. My name has his
tory as long as the tail of a cat. am
rallied Iraneh Esther Araxie Azgape-
tan
Iraneh, because was born at Kaz-
vim, in Persia, and that is a good Per-
sian name. Near the Red Cross hut
where first opened my eyes was the
tomb of Esther and Mordecai, so my
father also named me Esther. Then,
being a good Armenian, / had to have
the name of our beloved river Arax.
Therefore / am Araxie
My father is General Mesrop Newton,
khan Azgapetian- He was with an
army in the Caucasus mountains dur
ing the Great War. We were living
just inside the city wall could hear
the jackals at night bowling, bowling
jail the time. howled too. My nurse
said the jackals set me bad example.
BY first nurse was great big soldier.
He belonged TO the Russian army,
which was encamped near us.
My mother tells me that she paid
ave poubles day (that is $3.50 in
American money! for half a loaf of
bread The bread was often full OF
dirt md SpIinters. One fine day my
father fmnd can condensed milk
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American Women Stirred
by Armenian Horrors

~MMERCIFBL GOD, It's All true
AVA Nobody has ever told the
whole truth Nobody couldP"
! Thus Eleanor Franklin Egan, In the
Saturday Evening Post, quotes How
ard Heinz Of Pittsburgh, Herbert
IHoover's representative in the Near
jEast, on the real conditions in Arrne-
mia as he saw them with his own eyes
Mr.. Heinz had been one of those
who had believed the stories of star
Ivation and death in Armenia had been
exaggerated. Not until he went him
self to the Caucasus did his views
change. Then he was shaken to the
Foundation Of his soul by what he saw
Fearful Awful Horriblel Unbe-
hfevable n are some of the adjectives
Mrs. Egan says must be used in speak
ling of conditions in the Near East,
where Near East Rebel, Madison.
avenue, New York, supported by con-
Etribufions from the American people,
lis conducting the only organized effort
Ito save the lives of these utterly desti-
Etute millions. Everything she saw and
heard justified the necessity for quick
and generous aid from America Her
story Of what she Witnessed re-en-
forces the call of the Near East Re-
lief for aid for stricken Armenia
. The Hunger grin is everywhere
evident" Mrs. Egan writes ''The
IpitifuI Hundreds seemed to me to be
weeping constantly Not profoundly
las in grief, but whimperingly, APP
pealingIy as In undesirable physical
distress. A terrible population. I'm
Ispeakably filthy and characterization
lthrongs; sheIterless, death stricken
throngs milling from place to place,
Ickildren crying aloud, women sobbing
Ia broken inarticulate lamentation
men Utterly hopeless and reduced to
staggering weakness, needless of the
tears rolling down their dirt-streaked
faces
That is her picture OF the ArTne-
mans most in evidence in Armenia.
These are the throngs. Then She
turns to the mobs. Large numbers
here and there, wide-eyed, eager, hands
putstretched in wolfish supplication
teeth barred in CHASTITY grin that had
aong since ceased to smile an emaciat-
ed skin-stretched grin. fixed and I'M
IcontroIlable''
Z 'Is It any wonder" she asks, ''that
q could not swallow my food? I threw
It to the children in the ravening
hordes and started small riots. The
children fought together, snarled and
clawed at one another for small bits
of army biscuit or morsels Of bully
beef
And then was told that many of
them were so starved that solid food
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craw Demanded STAMPS.

Clean up day on the battleship New
Jersey means something more than
hard work to the gobs on board that
craft. It means decided addition to
the ships fund that is drawing inter
est in the form of War Savings
Stamps. While the war ship was
anchored in Boston harbor recently
the crew gathered up all the obsolete
ships fittings, cast off jumpers and
other clothing, books and papers and
sought out junk dealer. The dealer
was willing to pay cash for the junk
offering but the crew demanded pay
ment in War Savings Stamps and got
it. All condemned material on board
is being carefully stored away In
preparation for another clean up.
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YY0

1.-THE starvation grin" so common
in Armenia, as described by Mrs.
Egan in her article.
was likely to kill them instantly, This
was too terribly true. Yet in the whole
length and breadth of the land there
was not an ounce of food of the kind
necessary for such cases. At Kars
saw one man die with bread in his
teeth. And il you will consent to look
with me upon too awful thing / will
add that he showed evidence of having
eaten too much grass
81 went hungry in Armenia, and
associate remembered pangs of my
own with all my recolieetions Of the
terrible land l had plenty of food
with me, but for days on end l could
not eat It was a physical impossible
ity.
"And came to point, too, when to
look upon things that had to be looked
upon set my heart to quaking in
horror difficult to describe
OF her first sight in Armenia of the
terrible condition of the people Mrs.
Egan writes of the scenes on her way
to Kars:
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Must Work and save.

AS a portion of its campaigA
against high prices, the National As
ISOLATION of Credit Men has directed
a letter to each member, declaring
that the remedy necessary to change
present conditions rests in increased
production a1d stimulation of per
sonal savings. The letter was sent
through ]. n. Tregoe, secretary and
treasurer of the organization.
Members of the association
throughout the country have been ex-
tending hearty cooperation to the
Savings Division of the Treasury De.
partment 20 popularize thrift
through the sale of government say
ings securities such as Thrift anc
War Savings Stamps and Treasury
Certificates.
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tai population, were m;>asaered. No
barbarity in hannah history exceeds
the gross cruelty of that destruction.
Thousands were driven out upon the
desert, there to die from hunger aud
thirst under the pitiless rays of trop-
ical sun.
Such was the price which the Arme-
MAN people paid for their Christianity
and their loyalty to the cause of justice
and democracy during the world war.
One-quarter of million children,
chiefly orphans, whose parents persisted
iE massacres, are utterly dependent or
American charity.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees
in the Caucasus, clad only in torn, YER
minous rags, without shelter and with
out food, can exist only If America las
compassion upon them.
Shall we fail them? Not II / know
my country!
HeIp Near East ReSief "a it's work
for Gods poor.
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Everywhere In the fields there were.
people down on their knees searching
for grasses to eat. Those near the
railroad lifted their heads and gazed at
our train as it rushed past, aRd
caught gli1npses of terrible faces An
old man sitting at the top of.an ems
bankment waved a handful of grass at
me where / stood at the car window,
then threw his head back and laughed
maniacal laugh. began then to feel
the cold chills with which / was to
shiver for days on end"
OF Kars she writes:
ut had been raining for days, and
wherever one looked one saw nothing
but misery and mud. Between Ihe rail-
road tracks were unsightly pools and
puddles, through which many human
scare-crows trudged back and forth.
sThey were multiple Lazarus, and
the train was the rich mans table.
They were begging for crumbs. | be-
gan to hear for the first time the whin-
ing indescrlbable phrase that sounded
to me like sO-na-ne, O-na-ne It was
so feebly, SO pIaintively murmured,
'O-na-ne.
Mrs. Egan asked what it meant and
was told the nearest equivalent was
,"Oh, my souIf' "But," she says, ''it
was more than that; it was prayer
for mercy"
Describing makeshift hospital be-
fore the arrival of the Near East Relief
workers, Mrs Egan writes:
"The sick in their unbelievable rags
were lying around on the foors-bun-
dies of unimaginable wretchedness.,
The doctor was not doing anything at
all for them What could he do? He
had not so much as a single ounce of
medicine of any kind. The little PEG.
pie were more pitiable than the
adults. The ward, if may call it that,
had in 1t not one stick of furniture of
any kind, and the children were all
lying on the dusty and rubbish-strewn
floor with nothing under them and no
covering save the rags they wore
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BY some unknown cause the wood
work and the door in the kitchen Of
Belt Townshend's home, Court street,
caught fire and burned considerably
before it was extinguished on Satur-
day evening. The fire company re-
sponded but upon their arrival the FIRE
was brought under control by num-
Der Of buckets of water.
Miss Annie Leister, aged Is years,
daughter of Mr. David N. Lester.
Deer Park Farm, near Reisterstown.
while coasting Sunday accidently run
against a fence with such force to
partial fracture her right knee bone.
DR.. NJ. l. Bot rendered surgical aid.
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John L. s. Aldridge, near Mt. Airy,
former Judge of the Orphans Court
of Frederick county. and a prominent
farmer in Woodville district, died at
his home Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock, of indigestion and heart
trouble, aged AZ years. He had been
i'll for only couple of days and his
death came as shock to his many
friends throughout the county
Farm organizations will not join the
American Federation of Labor in its
non-partisan campaign to elect this
year only friends Of the trades union
movement, according to T. C. Alike
son, representative Of the National
Grange. which has 100000 members.
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For Sale
1916 Overland Touring car, in first
class condition.
Owner wants runabout for business
on road
Apply ADVOCATE OFFICE.
feb13-3t.
What Wes pid.

Yves Whittle, q teamster down in
Lowell, Ark, was SO patriotic during
the fall Of 1918, before the Hun was
finally vanquished, that he put q
mortgage on his team and wagon for
$50 and bought War Savings Stamps
in his desire to do his duty by the
government. Some thought Yves was
doing more than his financial strength
warranted. But he just went down
into the woods, cut up fuel and sold
it and the mortgage was soon lifted
Now Yves is buying mere stamps, be-
cause he realizes their value and finds
he can save.
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The executive committee of the New
York State Chamber of Commerce is
preparing to take immediate action On
resolution approved by the whole
chamber looking to the elimination Of
approximately $4,000 from the Fed
eral payroll.
ness.
]. Smith Hiteshew, aged "a years,
1418 Poplar Grove street, Baltimore,
died Friday afternoon of pneumonia
following a hgief illness. He is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Eliza
beth Hiteshew, and one daughter. Mary
Elizabeth.
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st. Johns Lutheran Missionary So
ciety will hold its regular monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. ]. H.
Leese, Saturday afternoon, February
20. If the weather is unfavorable it
viii be held March 4. Every mem
bar is urged to be present as this
is an important business meeting.
Friends of free seed won their an
nnal fight as usual in the House by
defeating, 80 to II, a motion to elimi-
nate from the Agricultural bill an APP
preparation or $239,000 for seed dis
tribution to their constituents at
Government expense.
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word was received of the sudden |

Word was received of the sudden
death from heart failure of Rev. VIM.
S. Delp, former minister of Union
town Lutheran Charge at his home
in Washington, NJ j., Tuesday. His
age was 70 years. Rev. Delp is well
known in this county and is survived
by his wife and 2 daughters. Funer-
al services were held today.
Howard Shirk, the adopted son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Geiman, near this
city was operated upon Monday at the
Maryland University Hospital, Balti-
more. His one foot was amputated at
the heel and the other at the inner
step. At this time he is getting along
nicely