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Phoenix tribune., 1921-03-19
HAD NOTHING ON HIM

HAD NO HING ON HIM
The Professor: The Vestal Vlr-
gins kept their altar fire burning con-
stantIy.
The Sophomore: That's nothing.
They had a lot of 'em on the Job.
Last winter I kept eight furnace
fires goin' all by myself and not one
Of 'em went out on me. :.
Phoenix tribune., 1921-03-19
SECRETARY OF N. A. A. C. P.
LEcTURING IN RHODE ISLAND
(ey The Associated Negro Press.)

Newport. r. l., March 10.-James
Weldon Johnson delivered an address
on the Haytian situation here last
Wednesday night. The address was
well received by large and enthu-
siastic audience. Mr.. Johnson is
touring this section of the country
as the secretary of the N. A. A. C. P.
Phoenix tribune., 1921-03-19

AS soon as one trouble is disposed
Of another takes it's place.
Phoenix tribune., 1921-03-19
GOOD THINGS FOR ALL THE
FAMILY.

n NE Of the first essentials to a
~ good meal is good bread Of some
kind. The following recipe will be
found all right:
Phoenix tribune., 1921-03-19
White Oatmeal Bread.

Pour two cupfuls of scalded milk
over one cupful of rolled oats. Milk
and water may be used if all milk is
not economy; add reaspOonful of
salt, tablespoonful of shortening
and when lukewarm add one-third or
more of a compressed yeast cake,
softened with half cupful Of water.
Add wheat flour to make a dough to
knead and knead from five to ten min
utes. Return to the mixing bowl, cover
and let rise until double its bulk.
Shape for two-pound loaf bread pans,
When light, bake one hour. This re-
cipe requires about five cupfuls OF
flour.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-27

NOTICE. will be out of the city
from July % to 29th. DR.. E. L.
Thurman will have charge of the
office during my absence. DR.. Stella
c. Thurman.-22-6t.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-27
DR.. BARTON'S
DAMYLETTER
HEREDITY
E1EENLOI
By. DR.. William Z. Barton

I y
Surely, everyone has heard of tn
famous twins born in Siam and ex
hiblted by Barnum. They we're joine,
| together IN a fashion that 1t was uey
er judged safe to cut them apart; anC
SO they lived to manhood. 1hey mar
ried and each had chIlGien. one OF
the twins died, and the other liveC
! several dreaful hours afterward be
fore death mercifully released him
There are people WAC believe thai
all the character we have is con
sJructed out OF our hereditary traits
and our experiences; that inheritance
and our environment make US.
If that IS so, twins ought to be
more alike than they are.
But twins, ordinary twins, though
born at the same blr,n, and having
identical hereditary introduction into
life, do not live together every day
and hour; they have opportunity 70
diff apart.
Different Personalities
Not SO the Siamese twins and 9TH
ers of like character. Not for single
hour has either been away from the
other Their character and disposition
ought to be Identical.
But now we find in twins of this
sort that their individuality is as
marked as that Of other children.
In the case of the Filipino twins
whom / saw two or three years ago,
one boy was studious and the other
lazy.
la the case of Christine-Milly, two
grown women whom l saw and talk
ed with, the two heads not only car
ried two different brains buG- differ
ent dispositions.
The Great Element
As for the Siamese twins, Chang
and Eng, one was jovial and the 9TH
er morose.
When we have said all that can be
said for heredity and environment,
there is something in us mat either
makes or unmakes US. Character is
not wholly a matter Of environment.
Heredity is a potent lorce, but It
can be outgroWn. Environment is a
help or a hindrance, but it alone does
not determine whether a man shall be
good or bad, a failure or success.
The first and permanent element
is the man himself.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-27
OBSERVATIONS


Some screen stars should be behind
Hard knocks are good for a man
uness he's doing the knocking.
Mosquitoes are in disrepute be-
cause they bite the hand that's feed
ing them.
Parents should make their daugh-
tiers promise not to smoke until they
are Il.
Any boy who hates arithmetic can
tell you how many hours it is until
school starts
A performer says Sunday trains will
be stopped in 1925. Yes, at many
stations.
Russia wants to come to Rarding's
! party. We didn't know she had any
thing to wear
A man will chase a golf ball all
| over the links because it's too hot to
90 to church.
'-----r-
| how good she was and the women
how old she was.
An editor discovers women have
half dressed.
Daughter once ran upstairs to wash
her face and hands; now it's her
Some mems pet peeves are hare
times and not being able to find a
| place to park their cars.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-27
. OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS

Miss Virginia Delameter, the guest
of Mrs. H. H. Glover for two weeks,
has returned to her home in Allan
ia.
Mail Carrier Alex Sullivan, while
making his rounds yesterday after
noon, was seized with a severe faint
ing spell and had to be carried home
in a hack The weather was intense
ly hot, and he was doubtless pros
trated thereby.
Mr.. James A. P Were received d
telegram from Little Rock yesterday
appointing him to a good position i'll
the construction department Of the
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Rail
way, which is being rapidly extended
westward to Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory.
Every pefspiring citizen of Ameri-
Gus was ready yesterday to declare
Old Sol the most Jealous worker OF
the summer season. At II o'clock all
self-respecting thermometers stood
pat at 95, though they soon broke
away and craWled higher. >
Inasmuch as DR.. V. M. Shivers,
CildIiCbllOI tbIttlldilQCl u tllt hCOLS ~
| f. Cooper Lodge, Knights of Pythas,
goes to cambridge shortly to reside,
he has resigned that very high and
honorable office. This brought about
/ another election, at which Vice Chan
cellor w. w. Dykes succeeded to the
position of Grand Chancellor. TIL,
other offices filled wcre: L. M. Hans
/ ford, vice chancellor; e. L. Kiker,
prelate; B. H. Daniel, master of work
1 K. w. Jones, master at arms.
Nearly all of the Americas minis
ters are off On a vacation. Only Mr..
Ncase and Bivins remain, and the lat
ter is detained at home by illness.
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday morning. No paper pub
lshed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-27

Dot did not answer when l made
my plea for forgiveness.
| was dismayed. Was this to
be the reward OF my honesty? After
all, / had been under no compulslon
to tell her She might not have found
It out for 20 years might never
have known about it.
/ felt the way little boy does
when his mother kisses the spot
where he has bumped his head -
angry because the pain does not I'M
mediately stop.
Dot, haven't you any word for
me-" / asked lamely
She turned towards me, but her
lips did not move.
Bobbie had been observing US with
interest He stood up in his bed and
staggered across, the creaklng
springs to Dot.
Mummy" he said, holding out
his arms. Dot took him into her
lap.
Daddy, too," he demanded, and
was not content with grasping my
hand, insisting that / put my CHEEK
down next to his.
| was on one knee beside Dot. I
glanced up at her. She looked down
upon Us as though we were two
children. Then she kissed US both
first Bobbie and then me. l knew
that | was forgiven, though no
word had been spoken.
1t was later in the evening that the
real Cancellation came. Dot had
what she called a good cry upon my
shoulder and tried to take snare OF
the blame for the near-tragedy, but
| would not let her.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-27
8 EDITORIAL AND FEATURE PAGE
Confessions OF a Husband!
THE MANS SIDE OF MARRIED LIFE

, uOnca bolf s-enacfed r." She
told me .rbf1 + seemed 50 ridiculous
~ I yorIJ not raI.o7it INV self to
tb.ns ahoTt + Nfof NV Tom, -
and tbe fesrs came AGAIN but they
,,,l on t5a TboIa fairly happy
tears and kner. that orr path las
smooth before Ms
Pcrbans we even understood each
other beffer and would be more con-
siderate in The f1f1re because Of
What had hannened,
Now we we're talking about that
futura making eo MANY ROSY plans
for the Good times we would have
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-27

THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday morning. No paper pub
lshed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-27
EDITO RIAL.

TO you comes an acquaintance who
is out of work He's in tight
corner-wants to borrow some
money. Being goOd-hearted, you
want to help him.
But you wonder: will I get the
money back?"
The same question makes you knit
your brows when are considering
making partnership, or extending
credit to new customer, or selling
car on conditions that make the
transaction largely a matter Of per
sonal honor.
You say, This fellow looks good.
But how do l know whether or not
he's wearing a mask? Is there any
scientific way I can look at a mans
physical appearance or his condition
in life and know with precision
whether or not he is honest?"
THERE is no cut-and-dried rule for
detecting dishonesty. But some
interesting facts about honesty have
been collected hy F. N. Whitney of
the National Surety Company of
New York
This is an organization that
bonds treasurers, ticket sellers and
others entrusted with large sums of
money.
The records of defaults show that
the ideal combination for honesty is
fat, married chap who swears like
sailor.
Whitney says that men with these
characteristics are considered the
best risks" by the bonding COM
panies. That is, they are least apt
to steal other peoples money
PROFANE men, says Whitney, let
of steam with cuss words, and
that makes them at peace with the
world, cOveting nothing.
Fat men gorge their stomachs.
then sigh with satisfaction and are
contented with what they have, in
clined not even to consider stealing.
Married men, fearing to disgrace
their families, are six times as hon
st as bachelors.
Among races, Whitney says, the
Chinese are most honest-possibly
because of the ancient Chinese Gus
tom of chopping off the, head of a
convicted thief.
From which you might deduce that
the best person to hire for cashier
is fat, married, swearing Chinese
But even that combination can be
beaten-for Whitney says that surety
statistics show that the "best risk in
the world is an American woman.
Ladies, we salute you!
WITHIN year a world congress of
women leaders in commerce, f.
nance, agriculture, industry, educa-
otin and government will be held in
either Washington, Geneva or The
Hague.
This announcement has been made
by Mrs. Katherine CIemmons Gould
president of the Woman's Interna.
tional Chamber of Commerce.
This congress promises to be one
Of the nilestones in the rapid prog.
ress which the women of the worlc
have made during the past half dozer
years in realizing their ambition tt
achieve real place in the sun.
We can imagine nothing that would
be more potent in furthering tn,
cause of better understanding
among the nations, leading eventual
ly to world peace, than annual con
ferences of the worlds leadin,
women
Whatever the immediate object O
bringing them together, this woul,
surely become the final great objec
tive.
People who rave over styles ma
be divided into tvs classes-men an
women.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-27

exclusively entitled for nE
of all dispatches credited to or not otherwise
paper the published herein All rights Of re-
publication special dispatches herein contained reserved
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-27
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY


(From the Times-Recorder July
81, 191D.
With the unusually good prospects
now in view for the cotton crop, the
local cottonseed oil mills are expect
ing successful run Of business WheD
the fail season opens up next month.
With a total fire damage Of only
$7,4l9 where valuable property worth
$240,950 was endangered, is the re-
markable record made by the Ameri-
Gus fire department for the fiscal
lear just ended, as shown by the Of
fetal report Of Fire Chief Willis Z.
Macarthur as made to the city council
on Monday night.
Americas is now the scene of the
greatest building activity in its his
| tory. Building and improvements
| costing 100000 is going forward.
Miss Arbie Harrison is spending
several days very delightfully."- in
| Quitman, the fair guest of friends
in that little city.
Miss Christine Hooper is the at
tractive guest of Miss Mildred Hollis
| during a pleasant visit of several days
| in Americas.
MIR. L. r. Arthur of Shellman, was
The guest Of his brother, Mr.. Fred
| b. Arthur, here yesterday.
Mrs. Bernard K. Watts, Of Jack
sonviIle, is spending some time in Am
CIRCUS, the guest Of hir sister, Mrs
James A. HiXon, at her handsome Lee
street home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Howell, of War
renton, S. G., are guests of Mrs
| Howell's sister, Mrs. c. r. Whitley
at her Taylor street nome.
O. c. johnson, who has been il
with typhoid fever for several weeks
has left the hospital and is now al
his home again.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-27
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

WIN LEN5 AOiO TDDAI
(From the Times-Recorder, July
27, 190D.
Miss Bessie Graves, Of Pinehurst,
is the guest of Mrs. II. H. Glover for
some time at her residence south Of
the city.
Mrs. Eugene e. Elmore left yester-
day for Beuna Vista, where she will
visit Rev. and Mrs. Gilmore for a
week.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24
LIohtshIp,s perIIous VOYAGE.

Ships were imperiled when Nantuck-
et Shoales beacon. the leading mark
for Transatlantic shipping making port
at New York, was torn from Its lone
ly and important station by a hurri-
cane. After inquiry from several
ships that missed the floating beacon
and almost anxious search by wire
less comblng of the seas the mystery
Of the llghtshlp's disappearance was
solved when she put In nj New Bed
ford. The lightship had been thirty
six hours making port on n run OF 100
miles The hurricane, which blew her
away and snapped the moorings,
reached velocity Of ninety miles nm
hour. Mate l.. o. Johnson, her keep
er, said that II was much as he and
his fifteen men could do TO hold their
own. Light vessels are not built for
speed, and their emergency equipment
ls not often called on.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24

Margaret Reynolds and Ethel Harris.
The entertainment consisted OF
several contests and piano selection
by Miss Eva Jameson OF Matador,
Texas, and solos by Mrs. Earl Temple
with Mrs. NJ. p Kiker, accompanist.
The entertainment was interrupted
by little Elizabeth jameson entering
dressed as a messenger boy. announc.
ing to Miss Kent that there was a
package in the office for her and that
II she would sign up" she would
bring II to her This being done the
boy" returned with basket filed
with many useful articles for the
bride-to-be.
Delicious refreshments OF brick
ice cream and marble cake were
served. On the plates were favors
OF eats in the bag" which announced
the date OF the wedding, which was
June 7.
Mrs. Miller proved 10 be a charm
ing hostess.-Hamlin Herald.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24
Honoring the Bride.

On last Saturday afternoon Mrs.
Frank Miller, assisted by Mrs. w. w.
Collier. was hostess 10 the Mission
AIRY society honoring Miss Mae Kent
with shower The guests were
met at the door by Mrs. Miller and
presented 70 the honoree. then con-
Quoted 10 the dining room by Mrs.
Collier. where they were refreshed
with delicious punch served hyMisses
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24
Notice.

a Whereas, il has been reported TO
The officers OF the Snyder Cemetery
.'Association that flowers and shrub
berry have been cut, dug up and car
ried off from graves in the cemetery
on several occasions.
While ! cannot imagine how a per-
son could commit such a crime unless
through absolute unthoughtedness
perhaps IL would be well TO inform
parties who might be guilty OF such
crime that the penalty in our state
for same is as follows;
BY Imprisonment in the county
Jail not exceeding months, or BY
fine not exceeding $4,000.
Signed: r. W Webb, Co. Atty
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24

Attention.! Parents of Boy Scouts.
You will be CHAD TO know of the
progress of our boys in the last few
weeks.
The Scout Master has received his
commission from headquarters in
New York. signed by President Hard
ing as president and Woodrow Will
son as Vice President, with the scout
seal and signatures OF other officers
We have received the registration
cards for all who have passed their
examinations and paid their regis
tration fees of fifty cents each.
The hand books for the use OF the
scouts beautifully and substantially
bound in pliable linen and contain
ing a world OF information and nee
essary knowledge TO pass the work
are here and are sold at the cost
billed to us OF fifty cents.
The scout suits and equipment are
daily expected and IL your boy has
not placed his order for his suit
which runs from about seven dollars
to twelve for the full equipment, all
OF which is not usually bought by the
boys, the first amount being sufi'i
cient, give your boy a job at which
he can earn this soon as possible, for
It's better so.
The tents can be bought and made
after the pattern OF that furnished
by the local patrol at the cost OF
only a dollar or so.
During the first week Of July we
have our annual hike, which is to
last four days and nights. Every
Scout should work and study TO pass
the examination and be ready.
We trust sincerely that those who
would like TO see good boys made
better will give heart and hand TO
this work.
Mr.. Porter King and Mr. White,
my assistants, deserve every honor
for their worthy assistance. as do
the Scout committee, Messrs. E. B.
Barnes, Hugh Boren and Baxter
Scoggin.
Throw in with US and let's 20 for
better boys.
Yours faithfully.
Scoutmaster. Troop No. ! Snyder,
Texas.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24

Her parrots sbrieks saved the life
OF a young woman In New York city.
The parrot watched its mistress miI
up a tumblerful OF iodine and wood al
cohol and drink II. When she dropped
10 the floor the parrot shrieked. The
woman had Quarreled at the break
fast table with her husband, who had
gone into the front room, while his
wife went into the kitchen. As soon
as he discovered what the parrots
screams meant, he administered milk
and eggs as an antidote. A doctor
summoned by policeman said that
tie young woman would recover.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24
DAPsUDs USED IN STRIKING
COIORED FILM PHOTOS
Marguerite Clark Does Doll Dance
N in Benda Mask With Remark
able Stage Setting.

. Ole OF the most ingenius stage
3sets ever devised for a motion pic
ture was employed by Marguerite
. Clark in the production OF "Scram.
Med Wives" the First National at
action, which is coming TO the
Coy Theatre tomorrow. In one
ncene the petite star, wearing Ben
~ mask made famous by Margare;
Gcsern OF the Greenwich Village Fol-
Hes, gives a doll dance on Japanese
stage set, with waterfalls and snow
capped mountains in the background.
The waterfalls" which pass over a
ledge in a steady stream are in real
lily a thick column OF soapsuds. In
a huge vat back-stage the soapsuds
Vere electrically heated TO the boil
ing point and forced over the top
< ~ a special mechanical contrivance.
Colored motion picture photography
was employed in the taking II this
ecene, and. with the Get carried out
In chocolate. orange. white and blue,
4. most striking effect is said to have
<.1een obtained, the glistening water
falls being an outstanding feature.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24

Jackson. Eddie and Lee, the breezy
Universal comedy team, appear as
two distracted young bridegrooms,
one OF whom is seeking grounds for
divorce gets enough for several. They
are supported by strong cast, i'm
Guiding Anne Cornwall, Gladys Wal
ton, Dorothy Wolbert and Fred Gam
BILE.
The production is full OF speedy ac-
ton and funny complications, max
ing altogether one OF the best farcical
connections yet shown on the scrsen.
The principal scenes occur in two
hotel apartments and the situations
are extremely broad IN characte',
lut the plot moves along With go
Much goo humor shat lcre Is no Of
T. nse in any " zee de- ioi mebts. The
entire cast contributes to the success
Of the production, but probably Dor
othy Wolbert as Fannie, the janitor's
wife, will extract the greatest num-
Der OF laughs from audiences. Lyons
and Moran have not hesitated TO give
Fannie, the center OF the stage re-
peatedly in the course OF the various
entanglements.
The subject opens in an amusing
manner. picturing the hero's wife and
father-in-law, who formerly did
Juggling act, doing practice work
with breakfast dishes. The elopement
Of the Hughes newlyweds is also
cltverly introduced. The number is
well built and clever in both plot an
performance. See this at Cory to-
night.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24
Report Of the Il, Y. p. y. Special

Report Of the II, y. p. y. Special.
Hermleigh, Texas, June 81, 1921.
Snyder Signal, Snyder Texas:
Would be glad for you to state
that Sunday, July 26. will begin a
week OF Sunday schoof and b. Y. p.
U. work at Bison. Training classes
will be taught each day in the Sun
day school and B. y p. u. manuals.
All expenses OF this work are paid
by the Sunday school Board and the
State Mission Board.
Am having a fine week in Herm-
leigh. Found a Sunday school that
Is doing splendid work and all in
terested in toning up the work and
making IL great in the sense OF hav-
ing a school where the Bible is really
taught and souls are won TO Chist.
The b. Y. p. L. is one of the finest
groups OF Young people to be found
anywhere kacn night we are having
classes, studying the organization.
object. plans and work OF the B. Y.
p. U. as the Training Ground OF the
Church" We also have a social time
each night, with a good time for
everybody
The Hermleigh people know how
TO make a stranger among them feel
perfectly at home and everyone is
cooperating beautifully in this work
Thank you for anything you care
In print VERA HUNT.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24
Impe rtant Medical Discovery.

Great possibilities haN. been Suc-
gested 10y the method OF making new
blood discovered by DR.. ". J. feufod
Il the Australian Commonwealth 81.
.um institute. Eondon. In propar.u.
liphthcria and other seITIms. thu
lasmu cor fu.d of he blood drawn
rom horses has been separate, st'cr
he red coIpuScles nave settled, ana
he Inter have brtS thrown away.
Conce'ving tlut H. rGcc.cc 80
pc Improved. Doctor Peiie!d returned
he red rorpuScleS uro The Veins 81 %
IorSe that lad been bled. The result
4 Til, Injection was an Astonishing
luicaenlnp oC the formation e. n,N
ood. gnd. while r." normul Gvc'acc
- blood 'n q horse i - quarts. u
aS found 'hat 10 quarts N week
.0uid De- drawn from the anima' with.
~ lessruing vitality more than Tie
usual smfli,r bleed me-. The conpo-
.,tion of Iie blood was not materially
.ffectc0 Following The first expert
uent. he red corr"scles have been
'cturned 10 the entire 30 or 40 horses
ed IN the Institute, and the effect is
Sc same IN an.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24

The positive force OF writing or Of
speech must come from positive
sources-ardor, energy. depth OF feel
ing or OF thought.-Hisginson.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24
Dlscolored China.

Stains In cups or basins can b
removed easily by rubbing with com
mon salt and u little hot water.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24
IA la LUCILLE.
Five Reel Universal Farce Comedy
Subiec, Fun OF Laughable
Situations.

A ripping farce comedy La La Lu-
ellie" produced for Universal, under
direction Of Lyons and Moran, from
the original Broadway piece by Fred
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24
Mos, Men Usually Do

Feeling Is believing. but II Ii just 40
well to take another look.-Philadei-
phIa Record
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-06-24

Stone Deaf
Money may talk, but have you evsr
notlced how hard Of hearing II 10
when you call itf-CinciDnat En-
uulr SF.