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Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08
WASHINGTON

Establishment in New York of an
International banking institution to be
known as "The Bank of Nations" with
$1,000, 100000 capital, to act as the fis-
cal agent of the United States and
such other governments as might be
admitted as stockholders, is proposed
in bill introduced by Senator Hitch
cock, Democrat, Nebraska.
Representative Hardy of Colorado
has introduced bill to postpone the in
crease in the rates of postage, effec-
tive July 1, 1921, on publications en-
tered as second-class matter under
clause 4 OF subdivision b of section
1101 Of the revenue act of 1917. The
bill provides for an investigation of
postal costs and postal rates on pub
lications entered as second class mat
ter.
Giving assurance to businessmen of
the country that there will be no de-
lay In the enactment Of a revised tax
law at this session of Congress Repre-
sentative Fordney of Michigan, chair
man of the House ways and means
committee, has announced that hear
ings would be begun by the committee
soon after the middle of July,
Acceptance of German bonds as sub
stitutes for the obligations of Euro
pean nations debtor to the United
States is not at present contemplated
by the treasury, Secretary Mellon told
the Senate finance committee in urg-
ing favorable action on the admins
tration bill to enable the refunding Of
the $11 ,000,000,000 which Europe owes
the United States.
A billion dollar cut in government
expenditures during the year begin
ing July is the hope Of the Harding
administration. Congress has appro-
priated about $4y0O0,OO0O00 for the
year beginning July 1. BY putting the
new federal budget into operation i'm
mediately instead of waiting year
as originally planned, President Hard
ing and Charles G.. Dawes, budget d.
rector, hope to make 25 per cent
saving.
The fight among the prohibition
leaders over the supplementary en-
forcement legislation ended when
Wayne b. Wheeler, counsel for the An
ti-Saloon League, yielded to the advo-
Gates of a straight anti-prescriptlon
beer bill without any Of the other
tightening up endorsements amend
ments proposed by Representative Vol
stead
Woodrow Wilson appeared in person
in the chamber of Chief Justice Nc
Coy of the District of Columbia Su-
preme Court to be admitted to the
practice Of law in that spurt.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08
Positive and Comparative.

During a recent business mems con-
vention in Chicago, one man ap-
preached another in the lobby Of a
hotel and by way of introducing him
SELF said:
"I'm Beck"
"That's good" replied the man ad-
dressed, taking the proffered hand,
"Tm more So"
you're what?" asked the first
speaker.
II say that am more so," repeated
the other.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Why, you say you are Beck"
Eyes, l am. My name Is Beck"
"Well, my name is Becker"
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08

WESTERN
In recognition of the perspicacity
and skill displayed by this astute de-
tective in clearing up the Denton mys-
terry, Mayor-elect George E. Crye has
appointed Charles A. Jones chief of
police of Los Angeles. Detective Jones
has accepted the post ond succeeds
Lyle Pendegast as chief.
Ralph Groves, former California
state prohibition director, has been
sentenced to one year in the county
Jail F. Ray Groves, his brother, and
former secretary of the Democratic
state central committee, was fined ST.
500, and George G. Groves, another
brother, was fined $500 in the United
States District Court of Los Angeles,
following their pleas of guilty to con-
spiracy to violate the prohibition
enforcement law.
Gov. Charles r. Mabey of Utah, who
has returned to Salt Lake from a trip
to San Juan county, where he held a
"pow-wow" with Indians relative to
clashes between Piutes and white set
tiers recently, said the Indian spokes-
men had agreed to observe the white
mems laws, and would surrender for
trial two members of the tribe, who
were recently arrested and who eS-
capped from Jail while being held on
charges involving attacks on settlers.
Word reached Eureka, Calf, that
a sixteen-foot octopus was killed at
Samoa, Humboldt county, recently
after it had seized in it's tentacles g.
year-old George Peterson, son of a
Eureka tug captain. According to the
reports, the boy was standing in shall
low water at the beach while two older
sisters were padding about in boat.
When the octopus attacked the boy
his screams alarmed the girls and they
attacked the sea monster with their
oars.
Two men have been arrested on
manslaughter charges in connection
with the death in San Francisco of
Lin Lip Chung, Chinaman, from a
beating received after he had acci-
dentally jostled against party of
men and women in a downtown street,
the police declared. The attack on
Lin Lip Chung occurred after he had
apologized and turned away from the
party, the police said. He died at a
hospital of fractured skull and other
Injuries.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08
Glass Workers Lose sioht.

Many of the workmen In the glass
factories Of Venice begin to lose their
sight after they have passed their for.
tieth year and soon become totally
blind. The impairment of vision is
caused by the excessive heat and the
gNare from the glass furnaces.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08

was very irregular.
l was not fit to do
my work at times
and took medicine
from a doctor and
got no benefit. /
saw Lydia E. Pink
ham s Vegetable
Compound adver-
tised in the news
papers and took it
and got all right. l
gained twenty
mounds or more and
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08

fifty years.
Get S.S.S. from your
druggist today, and after
starting with it write US
a history Of your ease,
addressing Chief Medical
Advisor, 1877 Swift Lab
oratory, Atlanta, Geor-
gia.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08
pon,t FORGET cutlcura TaIeum

when adding to your toilet requisites.
An exquisitely scented face, skin, baby
and dusting powder and perfume, rem.
dering other perfumes superhuous.
You may rely on 1t because one of the
Cuticura Trio (Soap, Ointment and
Talcum). 25c each everywhere,
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08

from your blood stream
the impurities that cause
the itching.
For this you must take
an internal blood remedy.
Outside applications have
no effect on the cause Of
the torture. Their relief
is shortlived. Xou must
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08
Got Skin Disease?
Purify Your Blood

A great part Of the maddening
and mortifying skin troubles that
plague humanity are due solely to
disorders of the blood. Relief from
these can be had only by removing
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08

get right after the blood itself.
S.S.S., the famous old herb rem
edy, has helped enrich the blood Of
thousands, and relieved their Itch
ing skin torture, during the last
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08
The New Habit,

"Are you having any difficulty en-.
Forcing prohibition in Crimson Gulch?"
NO" replied Cactus Joe. "Man is
the creature of habit, and while We
dunno whether we approve of 1t OF
not, we can't help bein' surprised al
the number of men that has contracted
the habit of not tallin' a drink"
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08
Helpino Nature.

Lady-Why don't you feed that dogf
Small Boy-I want him to be a grey
hound.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08
GENERAL

Twelve persons were seriously In
jured recently in the collapse of
three story building in Denison, Texas.
1t is understood that more than twen-
ty-five persons were in the structure
at the time. 1t is not believed that
any lives were lost.
Gov. f. F. Morgan of West Virginia
has reaffirmed his declaration of mar
tial law in Mingo county and COM
manded the assessor there to enroll
all persons liable under the law for
military duty. He also ordered the
sheriff to draft 130 men, or to accept
130 volunteers, who are to be mus
tered into the service of the state for
sixty days, to enforce all orders pro-
mulgated by the governor.
Several weeks of intimacy with this
solar system have had such an effect
on the Pons- Winnecke comet that it
has changed its itinerary and departed
from its orbit, the Harvard observa-
tory at Cambridge has announced. The
change in the comets plans have been
caused by planetary influences, and as
result the predicted meteoric show
ers are not likely to fall, Solon 1. Bal
ley, acting director of the observatory,
said.
John J. Mitchell, Jr., scion of one
of Chicago's leading families, and his
bride, formerly Lolita Armour, daugh-
ter of millions, are spending their
honeymoon in Santa Barbara, Calf.
They were married at Melody farm,
near the magnificent country estate of
]. Ogden Armour, multimllllonaire
father of the bride.
Bodies of five adults and six chill
dren were found in the charred ruins
of the home of Ernest Lawrence, far
mer near Mayfield, Kentucky, which
was destroyed by fire. According to
the authorities, there were indications
that eleven may have been the vic
tins of foul play, and non-committal
verdict was returned by the coroner's
jury,
Charges that the packers kept their
percentage of profit down to 1.5 in
1920 by charging losses on inventory
against the years earnings, when they
should have been charged against sur
plus, were made before Judge Samuel
Alschuler of Chicago, arbiter of pack
ing house wages. The wage cut of
cents an hour asked by the packers
would only serve to increase their
profits without benefiting producer or
consumer, employees declared.
With the vote of the railway shop
men Overwhelmingly opposed to accep-
tance of wage reduction from S5 to
II cents an hour, as ordered by the
United States Railway Labor Board,
railway circles are apprehensive that
the nation may be confronted with a
serious railroad crisis within fort
night.
Joseph Lindgren; automobile me-
chanlc, was sentenced to from one
year to life Imprisonment in Chicago,
after pleading guilty to charge Of
recklessly driving an automobile which
killed Mrs. Eugenia Cody on April Sd.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08

Satan is willing to let men go to
church on Sunday II they will work for
him the remainder Of the week.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08

A coward is man who knows he 10
wrong, but refuses to admit 1t.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08

There is a Providence that shapes
the ends of poetry; none of the lnsipid
kind survives long.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08
FOREIGN

Greece has declined the offer of
France, Great Britain and Italy to me-
date with the Turkish Nationalists
for the purpose of ending hostilities
between them and Greeks in Asia
Minor.
Violent disorders in which five per-
sons were killed and ten wounded,
broke out at Fiume, following the
downfall of the Giolitti cabinet. A
dispatch from Fiume says that chaos
reigns and that the Fiume legion has
been dissolved.
After meeting between the coal
mine owners and the miners in Lon
don, virtual agreement on the wages
question, the chief cause of the strike
in the mines, which has been in pro-
gress for some months, was reached.
The agreement Is subject to the gov
ernment's granting a subsidy to the
miners.
Woman suffrage advocates of
Havana, Cuba, lost their fight in the
Senate, which defeated provision Of
the constitutional reform bill giving
Congress the right to determine under
what conditions women would be al
lowed to vote. Another motion, giving
women unrestricted suffrage by strik-
ing out the word male" from the con-
stitutional provision defining who shall
vote, was also defeated.
Great Britain has asked Japan for
a three months delay in renewing the
alliance. The reason advanced in a
note asking the postponement was that
the conference of the British premiers
is just beginning to consider the ques-
ton. Britain, it said, desires the pre-
miers shall reach a decision before a
new treaty is signed No mention was
made of the American attitude
toward the alliance.
Proposal of Premier Lloyd George
for a conference in London on the
Irish question between representa-
tives of southern and northern Ireland
and the British government is impossi-
BILE of acceptance in its present form.
This declaration is made by Eamonn
de Valera, the Irish Republican lead
er, to Sir James Craig, the Ulster pre-
mier, in reply to Sir James nOtifica-
tion that he cannot meet Mr.. De
Valera in preliminary conference in
Dublin.
Official American participation in the
Rio de Janeiro in 1922 in celebration of
International exposition, to be held at
the centennial of Brazilian independ-
ence has been recommended to Con-
gress by President Harding and Sec
retary Hughes. A message by the sec
retary of state, transmitted by the
President with his Endorsement, said
the American ambassador at Rio de
Janeiro had been advised that Japan
and Belgium had intimated their in
tention of participating and that
Great Britain and other European gov
ernments undoubtedly would take part
also.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08

He who has mIsgivings at the start
will never finish anything.
Taiban Valley news., 1921-07-08
RE TO
DO her WORK
.r Long Suffering Mrs. Siefert
Was Restored to Health by
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
1 Compound

bottsyille, Pa.-'T suffered with
Female trouble for four or five years and
The New York herald., 1921-12-31
NOTES OF THE THEATERs.

Frederick Kerr. English actor, has arrived
in New York % Join Doris ksanos com
pany and 10 play an important role IN ''rhe
Czarlna," Tho play by Mochor Lensyol and
l.aJos Bro Ia which Mas Keanc Is coon 70
appear under tho management OF Charles
rrohman. Inc.
s'Tae Hoyai Fnndango" opens next Satur-
"a Aslght AZ tho. NeisJnbcrhood Playhouse
'aspf gccond blu of the subscription ncarcn.
The New York herald., 1921-12-31
ERLANGER ALLIES AND
SHUBERTS IN COMPACT
Theater Riuals Make Agree
n,ent ON Road Companies.


Lee Shubert acknowledged yesterday
that an agreement had been made be-
tween his firm and the Erlanger-Df-
linghano-Ziegfeld group 10 facilitate
bookings in Philadelphia. This pooling
Of interests may be extended TO other
cities, but New York will not be affected
by IL. The new arrangement, which
permits virtually open booking, will not.
1t was learned. include vaudeville. In
other words, A. l.. Erianger, Charles
Dillingham; and Florenz Ziegfeld. Jr..
do not signify by entering into such an
arrangement any Willingness to release
their acts temporarily during q slack
period for engagements In Shubert
vaudeville, as they have done in the
past with Keith vaud svilie.
The new move would indicate that the
rivalry that has existed between the
Shubert and Erlapger groups for many
years has ended. at least outside New
York. IL was Regarded In the offices Of
the managers affected as an experiment
that might lead to O closer rapproche-
ment II viii be watched with inter-
est. as Lee Shubert and a. l.. Erlangcr
have in the past made several attempts
in smaller cities to merge their book
ings. with eventual cancellation of the
arrangement
All that Mr.. Erlanger. who did not
deny the existence of an understanding.
would say on the matter was:
i've always been inclined TO favor
the producing manager, and. think Mr..
Shubert is inclined In the same dircc-
ton"
The system, which may next be ex-
tended to Boston, was thus described
by Mr. Shubert:
The project was undertaken in Phil.
adelphia in order 70 avoid a clash be-
tween our booking Offices and the book
ing offices OF the Observation-Disclosures
ZicRfeld interests.
'Thc purpose of the agreement was to
avoid direct opposition between tho two
offices. In time II would mean that we
would help each other by booking our
productions In each, Others houses. II
for example, Doris Keane. Ethel
barrymore and Sothern and Marlowe
were playing together In one town peo-
pie would tend 10 go 20 only one Of
them. since III are dramatic produc-
/, tioHa But IL musical comedy were
substituted for ono of them It might
attract tho same auilences---at least
those who were lovers of musical COM
edy.
"Conditions Ii tho past tended to
unne ecessarily Increase competition Re-
tween the two offices. a verbal agree
nnent was therefore entered into where
Dy tne OoOhh oi cach. oTganiIation df
80 90 open to'the other so that future
booi:ings may be more evenly balanced
mo attempt WIN be made TO intro.
dtice the system into New York. Thi
problem does not exist here in the sam
degree. People I'm Now York will go u
ten musical shows II they are good. IL
a city Of virtually unlimited produc.
tions audiences do not require the sam
careful balance that they do In smaller
cities.
''The agreement IS not concerned
with the labor problem and Is not de-
signed To alleviate It,"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-26
REJECT TERMS,
URCEPARLEYO ON.
own PROPOSAL
Will Fight IF Necessary.
But Seek To End
Conflict

LONDON, Aug. 26.-Ths British
peace proposals were laid before the
Dali Eireann which rejected them un-
animously, but it willing to negotiate
on the principle of government by
consent of the governed, Eamonn De
Valera says in his reply to Premier
Lloyd George.
The letter of reply proposed that
Great Britain and Ireland appoint
representatives with plenary powers
to negotiate details on this principle.
1--WE haven't sought war, nor do
we. seek war but if war is made on
us we must defend ourselves and we
shall do So" said De Valeras letter.
eve long to end the conflict be
tween Great Britain and Ireland, )" he
adds.
The reply to DeValera's letter will
be drawn today, the British cabinet
having met and considered the com
municatiOn.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-26
INDIGESTION
Busy Public Official Says Thed.
ford's BIack-Draught Helps Him
Keep Physically Fit.

Clay City, KY have been IN
business here for twenty-one years;
am also coroner, riding the Kentucky
hills and holloTs in all kinds Of
weather and under all kinds Of con-
ditions," says Mr.. Sam T. Carr, Of this
place. "To be able to do so, I must
keep physically fit, and Thedford's
Black-Draught is my standby.
"These trips used to give me head
aches, and that, found, came from
hurried meals or from constipation.
81 was convinced that Black-Draught
was good, so now use it, and it gives
perfect satisfaction. It acts on the
liver, relieves Indigestion, and certain
" is splendid. / am never without it,
When you have a feeling Of disc0m-
fort after meals, causing q blcating
sensation, headache, bad breath, and
similaF common symptoms, try taking
a pinch Of Black Draught after meals
a pinch Of the dry powder, washed
down with a swallow of water. This
has been found to assist the stomach
and liver to carry on their normal
work, and helps prevent, or relieve,
constipation
Your druggist can supply you with
this well-known, purely-vegetable liver
medicine. Insist upon Thedford's, the
original and only genuine Black.
Draught liver medicine. NC-137a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-26
THE STANDARD
PRICES HERE IN SEPTEMBER
The Time to Take Advantage of
Theea Cspro-{,,r;y;,- g NJ

ANAS~L1J IlLENE I'm GEsE EIW EN-
The Time TO Take Advantage of
These Opportunities is Now.
At $3.50-Crepe de Chine and
Pongee Waists; values up to $500.
At $3.98-Beautiful Georget5e
Waists, light and dark coIors; val
ues up to $500.
At $149-Au Silk Crepe de
Chine; plenty of the Glorious eve
ming shades, 40 inches wide.
At 25c-Short lengths of fine
Nainsooks, Voiles, Bastiste; none
worth less than soc.
At 10c-One great table of wide
Torchon Laces, suitable for scarfs,
! pillow cases, bed spreads.
At 50c-Ladies' Silk Hose, with
back seam; all sizes; value soc.
At $1.25-Ladies' pure thread
Silk Hose, black, white and brown,
with back seam.
At 50c-Men's Silk Sox, all col
ors and all sizes; values up to 98c.
At 35c pair, 3 pairs for $1.00-
| Ladies Fine Isle Stockings, with
bcak seam; black, white and brown.
At 25c Iard-Big assortment Of
wide Hair Ribbons, some that for
merry sold Tor 5Oc..
AT II 1-2c-Men's Wash Four-in-
Hand Ties of fine materials, full
length and well worth Csc.
At 69c-One big table Dress Pat
| terms Of PercaIe, Bingham, Calicoes
and etc.
At 68c-Men's Union Suits of
standard quality Pajama Checks,
elastic seam back.
At zoe Iard--Good Qauity Pa
jana Checks, regular width and
worth 25c.
At $5.00-One rack of Ladies'
Dresses. of Taffeta Silk and Wooden
materials.
At $l85-Boy's Knee Pants Of
Standard quality, skies II to 18
years.
At 98c-BOy's Cashmere Pants of
standard quality; sizes 3 to 8 years.
At 98c-Boy's Dress Shirts, made
At 85e-Nen's Baibrfggan Under
wear al sizes; VaIues up TO 3l.oo.
AC eve w, en- 5 E Ia :, seam Draw raw.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-26
Blind School Graduate
Opens Chair Shop Here

Americas now has a chair repair
ing shop operated by q blind negro,
who was recently graduated as an
expert workman by the industrial de-
partment of the Georgia Academy
for the Blind. He is F.. T. Johnson.
and his shop is located sat 313 Cot
oPe venue yo ne On o0 ebs fa an5 a a
the support of the citizens in max
ing himself self-supporting.
See the new 1922 Model Dodge
Brothers cars. They have just ar
rived. Turpin & Shefifeld-22-5t.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-26
US. TODISPOSE
OF SEIZED BOOZE

WASHINGTON, August 26.-Im-
mediate disposition of all liquors
seized under the national prohibition
act, on which storage charges are ac-
cruing was ordered today by Prohibi-
ton Commissioner Hayes. The valoe
of such liquors it is estimated, is
about S1,0OO,OO0.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-26

Catarrh Is a local diaease greatly infln-
enced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is u
Tonic and Blood Purifier BY cleansing
the blood and building up the system,
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINEl3 restores
do it's work.
An Druggists. Circulars free.
#. j. Cheney s, Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-26
INCREASED pep
FOR SALESMAN
c. KENT, SOUTHERN REPRE-
SENTATIVE FOR LARGE OHIO
MANUFACTURER, FINDS WAY
TO INCREASE HIS EFFICIENCY

The after effects from an attack
of the "flu" or any other afflic-
ton that saps the strength and Vi
tally of the body often bring about
lifelong suffering and should not
be allowed to continue Read what
E. c. Kent says about his condition
after a severe seige of the flu and
how he obtained relief:
1T gives me great pleasure to
state the writer has secured
highly satisfactory results after
taking one botte of 'Regen-
orator according to direc-
tions. Some two years ago |
suffered with a severe attack Of
Influenza which left me in
very serious physical condition
in the way of after effects; the
main symptoms being loss of en-
ergy, loss of appetite and inabili-
to to secure agoo d nights rest.
caused mainly, so doctors told
me. from a rundown condition
of the nervous system due to the
flu. l discarded the prescriD-
tions | had been using after not
my Illc tlItII NOIlLc tli-tA III N'At
Regeneration and hav" noticed
considerable improvements in APP
petite. 1t is my belief that my
sleep is a great deal more
restful 1t is my belief
that if the next two bottles which
| intend taking prove as bene-
ficial as the first one. 1t will
have made a new man of me-"
E. c. KENT,
80 Rankin St., Atlanta, Ga.
Why run the risks incident upon a
severe attack of sickness? Go TO
your druggist today. GET A BOT
TIE OF REGENERATOR and begin
at once to take it according to di-
rections. You will, like hundreds OF
others, find almost immediate relief.
You will soon begin to regain youl
old-time strength and vigor-youIl
soon be we'll andhealthy again. And
every claim made for Regeneration is
backed up by an absolute money
back" guarantee, if the results do not
satisfy. Livingston Medicine Com
pany, Atlanta and Griffin, Ca. adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-26
RAILWAY UNIONS
REJECT RULING

CHICAGO, August 26.-Rules
governing the payment of overtime
rates, promulgated by the Railroad
Labor Board last week to supplant
the rules Of the national agreement,
We're rejected as "uniustifed" by
the conference of regional executive
boards Of the Railway Employees De-
partment of the American Federation
Of Labor today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-26

See the new 1922 Model Dodge
Brothers GERS. They have just ar
rived TurpIn 6 Shefifeld-22-5t.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-26

WANTED-50 white boys and
girls between the ages of 8 and -
years to do pleasant and profitable
work. Saturday 9 a. m. at 409 West
Lamar Street