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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22
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WIVES WHO FAIL
DON'T READ YOUR
OLD LOVE LET
TIERS TO YOUR
HUSBAND
BY RUTH AGNES ABELING.

TO be sure she cared more for her
husband than any one else, 9TH
crwise why should she have married
him?
There were five or six others
whom she could have married, and
She had selected hlm-so, Of course,
there was not the least shadow of
4 doubt about whom she really was
fond of.
But, in that dizzy past of hers,
there were so many disturbing things
Up in her trunk she had letters and
letters, dance programs, silly little
bits of this and that, souvenirs pick
ed up on various occasions and pho
tographs.
1t wouldn't have been so bad if
she had put the trunk in the cellar
or the attic and locked it and for
gotten where she put the key.
But She didn't.
She kept turning the key in the
little brass lock, springing up the
top and then delving in that mass
reminiscent Of her past. There was
her first husband. She kept his pic
ture, and some of his letters and the
necklace he gave her. And. of
course, every time she put the latter
on she sighed and looked consciously
regretful for a minute or two, Wasn't
that the right thing for a woman
with sufficiently tender heart to
do?
Then when her husband came
home for dinner she'd tell him all
about them-those others, those men
she could have married and the one
she previously had married. Some
times even she used to tell strang-
ers about them.
She couldn't seem to forget them.
And as her husband gradually be-
gan to spend more and more of his
time away from home, she couldn't
understand. She was hurt and in
clined to blame him.
1t never occurred to her that her
sentimenality was positively cruel.
And that the letters Of past loves
are dynamite to the present.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22

So they hunted another spring but
it had very little water in it. In
deed they soon drank it all up.
After while they were thirsty again
and hunted three springs before they
found one with water in it. My" de-
clared Wally. 81 wonder what's
wrong. But We'll be there soon, now,
I'm sure. The blue mountain is
changing to brown and that's sign.
1t must be chocolate cake with white
icing. I'm, yum! Let's hurry Mrs.
Woodchuck'
SO they hurried, but poor Mrs.
Woodchuck's feet were VERY sore.
"The ground seems extra hardw she
complained.
oh, everything's all right Just so
long as it doesn't rain said Wally.
! But the next time they hunted for q
drink they couldn't find any water at
all, The springs and the creek were
as dry as teachers chalk.
TO be continued.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22
WHEN A WOMAN TELLS
BY RUTH AGNES ABELTNG


you know, when you're in the mood
! was in-you grasp at straws.
Grace seemed to be finding it diff
cult to go on. l waited IN silence.
I'VE started to talk and found that
we were each in the same mood. lie
had been married only month prev
iously and his wife had been killed
the week before while out driving one
night with a man friend when she was
supposed to have been visiting her
parents
I'VE seemed to have something
in common, so he suggested that |
Igo to Chicago with him-I went.
We stuck together about six
months was known as Grace De
Lane, his name-and then we began
to drift apart. He found another
| girl-and married her afterward.
And | became part of the
flotsam in the soiIed tide of the
citys life.
Drifting around, after that, ev-
cry now and then, saw that man
across the theater, or at another table
IN restaurant-and no one knows
how ! felt. No matter how many men
in her life, there is always one man
the first man, the one whom she first
cared for in big way-whom she
never forgets.
i just kept drifting and drifting.
until | reached the bottom.
and it was there, Miss Sorenson.
that Tom Bradford found me.
J
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

Monday morning, no paper pub
lished.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22
0THE Columbus Enquirer-Sun,

"THE Columbus Enquirer-sun, in
abiding to the large amount Of
money spent for public schools in
Georgia, calls attention again to the
notorius fact that the majority of the
counties in this state spend little or
nothing on their schools except what
they get out of the public school
fund. The Enquirer-Sun suggests
a proper local school tax whereby
every county is required to spend
one dollar for every dollar drawn
by it from the state treasury.
THAT, at least, will give US more
and better common schools"
'Hon. David S. Atkinson. in his
3 address before the Kiwanis CLUB
Wednesday last in Savannah, called
attention to the fact that the big
cities in the state had about eight
cen votes in the general assembly;
with the larger towns we could
muster between fifty and one hun
dred The country had the remain
der Of the two hundred and seven.
And so you can see where we stood
on vote
eff the ad valorem tax is to be
repealed and the income is put on the
statute books instead Mr. Atkinson
predicts that some counties will pay
no taxes at all and the cities will
carry the bulk of the loss. Mr. AT
kinson intimates that it may be well
to encourage the country and far
mer boys, but there are things in this
condition which. should make the
people very thoughtful about voting
new taxes and granting large boun.
ties
Under the system of apportionment
In Georgia by which the legislator
IS chosen, the small counties are civ.
en- great advantage in political con
Pen1ons- and in the general assembly
l'nt en1ariencc has shown that tn,
comfy unit plan is looked upon Il
- sacred in this state and the citio
|ss and towns which return about fit
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22
SEABOARD AIR LINE.

- Arrives. ,,g-s .. Leaves
5.15 pm Richland-Cols. 1000 am
$40 pm Cordele-Sav'h 1891 pm
1891 pm Richlsnd- MontR'y $40 pm
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22
THE Atlanta Constitution publish.

THE Atlanta Constitution publish
cs a very interesting comparison
of Georgia and Florida in matters of
school support, showing that Florida
spends annually for school main
tenance alone for both races an av-
erage per capita, based on school
population, of $31.10 to Georgia's
STOPS. That Florida is forging to
the head as one of the most pro-
gressive states in the union, to say
nothing of the South, is a well known
fact, with which the question of edu-
cation undoubtedly has much to do.
Discussing schools, taxes, etc, the
Savannah Press Eliminates interest
ingly as follows:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22
WALLY WOODCHUCK and his
w wife continued on their way to-

WALLY WOODCHUCK and his
w wife continued on their way to-
ward the blue mountain, stopping ev-
cry few minutes for a drink at a
spring or a brook. MY, its long way
started I thought it was just across
off" said Wally at last when we
started | thought it was lust across
about 3 fields and we've passed about
hundred. and we are not half way
there yet. Come on, Mrs. Wally,
we'll get there sometime. | suppose.
as it's getting bigger and higher all
the time That's what / heard
Scramble Squirrel say once. The
nearer you got to anything the big
ger if gets"
IF it wasn't for getting a nibble
Of that good frosting." painted Mrs.
Wally. 81 don't believe | could hold
out Nv feet are @etting~ dreadful
sore"
"Oh, you're all right" WalIy as
sured her. Come on. As long as
it doesn't rain we're all right But
I don't suppose it. will, as Mr..
| Sprinkle-BTow promised me dry
weather. There Pm thirsty again.
Fll have to have another drink.
-~~~~~,~~~~~~-~,--~-o--~-~~~ -
representatives in the lower house
are really at the mercy Of the larger
majority in apportioning the public
school fund and in scattering the
road tax among the sparsely settled
counties. "
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22

The Associated Press exclusively entitled for t
cation of all dispatches credited to otherwise credd
this paper and also the local published herein. rights | m
publication of special dispatches herein are rrv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22


MIR. BURNEY lives in a good town,
and he knew it. Furthermore, he
wasn't afraid to tell it even to a for
mer resident of the town He is
made of the stuff that makes towns
and cities good towns and cities.
Georgia needs more of them One
booster is worth more than hun
bred knockers to any community,
and it is easy to pick out the COM
mnnities made Of boosters and those
in which the knockers hold sway.
Mr. Buwey is right in standing up
for Georgia. Let's ALL stand up
for Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-22
RAILROAD SCHEDULES

Central Time.)
Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americas, Ga.
The following schedule figures
published as information and not
guaranteed:
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY.
Arrive Leaves
1859 am Columbus hgo $40 am
1923 pm Albany-Montg'y 5:14 am
1925 pm Macon-Atlanta 6.37 am
*7:15 pm Columbus *6 :50am
1852 pm Albany Montg'y 2:15 pm
2:15 pm Macon-Atlanta so pm
*1f:00 am Columbus W :30pm
1000 am Columbus 1890 pm
6 :37 am Albany 1925 pm
5:14 am Macon-Atlanta 1898 pm
3 $40 am lbany-Jaxville II so pm
2:5S am Albany-Jaxville 12:41 am
12:41 am Chgo, st. L. Alta 2:58 am
~ Daily; CD Sunday.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-03

orS have done for the last twenty years or more: the fact ta
they may be doing more politics is because the organization has
increased In numbers and in momentum.
We would not be understood as being opposed to the enact
goted or narrow minded Governor who goes. into office with the
idea that the best way he can show his authority is by wreakinp
vengeance on highly educated and highly cultured men who re-
tuSe 10 pend TO MS ambitions, or who refuse to be made a part
OF us band wagon. We have a few educators in Mississippi
who pride themselves on standing in" with every administra.
ton. These should be stood out. We have a few educators
VINO mistake the position they hold with the state colleges for a
commission to play conniving politics; these should be stood
out and made to stay stood.
Long before we retired from the general hoard of r,nctoos
OF our otate colleges, we went on record as being in favor OF
changing the present method of selecting the members of that
DOdy so that the alumni association of the University. the A E
W.. College and the Mississippi State College for Women might
each name one OF their number as a member of said board. We
dare say that the State superintendent of Education would like
&c De renewed from eX-ofhciO duty on the board and we believe
nat IL would serve a good end to take that official off the board
governor brewer recommended a woman for membership or
the general board OF trustees even before women became voters
ehglolhty, we think that there should be at least two W o.
men on the board.
Inc law providing for the appointment of college trustees
was passed during the administration of Gov. Brewer. The
Term OF the trustees is fixed at six years, but when the board
was nrSt named, some were named for two years, some for four
ana some tor SIX years, thus it will be seen that it is impossible
or II Governor to name all the board unless there are resipna-
o unusual mortality. There are six members named and
Governor, the membership would be seven. The three
u m associations would serve as a fine balance wheel.
Inc State Colleges should be on a millage basis so that I'll
would o unnecessary for the heads of these institutions to be-
siege every legislature, and this, with a board of trustees or
as outlined, we believe, would give US the nearest pos
sioie approach to state colleges free from politics..
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-03

senator rat Harrison seems to be the real Democratic
leader IN the Upper House. His speeches on the tariff. German
reparatlon,, Col. George Harvey and other issues stamp him as
an and aggressive man:-Savannah Press.
/, Rlght thinking democrats already have been widely noting
me ne leadership winch this splendid southernor is developing.
[eoPle seldom md him fighting except in a just cause-and the
KIM o! nghtlng ne has been doing has sent a thrill through the
ateS. '
Senator Pat Harrison has a great future. He has MANY Of
eene quantles OF leadership that men covet and admire. He is a
hsnter I'll OF red blood-buta believer in fair play. He never
an underhand advantage. On the other hand, he will
him for what he is worth. al" IAN
ms democrat is going to make it lively for the republican
senate he Will be making monkeys out of Lodge and his fol
and IN doing so he will seek to use nothing but Lodges
mistakes IN public service. The democracy in this country has
~ ~ G 0 representatives IN Washington at this hour than Sena-
tor Fat Harnson.-Cordele (Ga) Dispatch.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-03
HARDING vs..

In his speech at the Pilgrims banquet in London Ambassa-
dor Harvey said: eve sent our soldiers solely to save the
United States" A few days later in New York and speaking
over the bodies OF dead American soldiers brought from France
President Harding said: "These heroes were sacrificed in the
supreme conflict of all history. They saw democracy challenged
and defended 1t. The saw civilization threatened and res
cued It, Now the question is who spoke for the American
Harvey or Warren G. Harding?-NewO Orleans
Daily States.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-03

o ABOUT the startling announcement of some weeks ago
u n cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company, which
y d humOer OF years has been paying a fat dividend of 8 pr
e IA ana passing very nice amount to the surplus account, is
sons 70 increase the dividend July l, to 9 per cent. More re-
cehty IL mas announced the issuance of $50, 900, 900 additional
STOCK at par of 500. and this, too, we assume is to paw 9 ner
cent, as the stockholders are to have the preference in nurcboo
ing the stock to be issued. pN"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-03

we think there are very few who will accept without reser
1atloh tne statement made by the minister in this city only a few
gays ago IN which ne asserted that it was the geniuses who fixed
the standards OF civilization. The middle strata, those God
tearing. humble walking individuals of whom the world rarely
reaos' hxes the standards while the geniuses interpret it.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-03

And Pat Harrison was the first to land on Harvey's Jaw
others are giving him the upper cut now. Hit him one for us.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-03

Col. George Harvey of the chicken ward brigade q who
Dragged That his relatives did not go to war and that one of
tthen sought the safety of a Jail rather than Highland this ia
the man who interprets to England the purpose of America in
the war. Harvey should have a tin can passport for home.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-03

The way white whiskey is putting 'em out of business ove1
te country means that there will soon be none to do it honor
White lightning" is unquestionably the right name for it.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-06-03

Inc building OF roads in Grenada county will help us great
~ through this dull period. 1t is a matter that should make IA
feei cheerful and enter all the more heartily into cooperation
in the road work.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-04-14
DESTROY STicK-TIGHT FLEAS
IL Is Necessary 20 Clean and Spray
Houses and Runs as Well as
Treat the Fowls.

"Stick-tight" fleas breed in the
cracks and crevices of brood and
poultry houses; also In dry animal or
vegetable refuse, but will not breed
IN damp or wet places; therefore, to
get rid Of them 1t is necessary to clean
and spray the houses and runs thor
oughly as well as treat the birds, say
poultry specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Grease the comb and wattles of the
fowls and chicks with a preparation
Of kerosene and lard-one part kero-
sene to three parts of lard-being
very careful not to use too much of
the mixture or get any Of 1t In the
birds eyes or on other places where
1t is not necessary, as it may cause
injury If used too freely.
Clean and spray the coops and
houses thoroughly the same as for
poultry mites; also wet or spray the
yards or runs, especially any dry soil
about the poultry h0lses, such as dirt
floors or the ground underneath a
board floor, with a solution of salt
and water, which helps to keep the
ground moist and prevents the fleas
from breeding.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-04-14
WELL-kEPT DIARY is
VALUABLE TO FARME
Profit Gained From Record of
Daily Happenings.
Many Farm Problems Encountered
Every Year That Might Be Solved
More Easily if History of
Property Was Handy.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture
A well-kept diary is the most inter-
esting and valuable volume in its
owners library. For the farmer, the
diary will preserve a record of farm
happenings and personal experiences
which will be valuable in the future
conduct Of his business. If, when he
finds his alfalfa field swarming with
grasshoppers, he can look back in his
diary to summer ten years before
and find the poison-bait formula that
controlled the insect then, he will
save much valuable time. He may
wish to know the exact location of a
tile drain that was laid down when
he was a youngster. If the event was
noted in his own, or his fathers diary,
ten-minute perusal will give him
more definite information than a days
digging with a spade. There are
dozens of farm problems encountered
every year that might be solved more
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-04-14
RNO(l>TH|
III 80 R-@2
DIFFERENT BREEDS OF HENS
Eggs, but Are Poor Sitters--Brah-
mas Best for Meat.

prepared by the United Ssntes Depart
ment of Agrtculture)
Chickens, for convenience, may be
classified as egg breede, meat breeds,
general-purpose breeds, and fancy or
ornamental breeds.
The egg breeds include the small or
medium-sized fowls which are very ac-
tive, quick to mature, producers OF
white-sfelled eggs, usually nOnsitters
or at beet but poor sitters, and rather
poor mothers, say poultry specialists
of the United States Department of
Agriculture. The varieties of LeghOrns
and Minorcas are good representatives
of this class. Because they are poor
sitters some other breed or at least
few other fowls, should be kept if nat
ural methods of incubation are to be
employed. On account of their early
maturity it is not uncommon for indi-
viduals of the egg breeds to begin lay
ing at the age of four and One-half
months. These breeds do not fatten
as readily under ordinary conditions
us Jlle luIS6I anu leSS dCJlNt DISSuS,
and are rather sensitive to low tenn
perature because of their large combs
and wattles.
The largest fowls represented in
the meat class, are especially suitable
for the production Of large roasters.
They are slow and somewhat sluggish
in movement, have little desire for
foraging, are easily confined by low
fences rather slow to mature, persist
ent sitters, and rather Indifferent lay
ers of brown shelled eggs. Many poul-
trymen, however, are getting very fair
egg yields from them. The Brahmas,
Langshans and Cochins may be men
toned as belonging to this class.
The general purpose breeds include
fowls which are Of fair size and which
will also produce a good quantity of
brown-shelled eggs, making them es-
pecially adapted to the person wish
ing supply Of both eggs and meat.
AS one has to make frequent sales Of
flesh in the shape Of surplus cOckerels
and hens, the carcass as we'll as egg
production should be considered. The
general-purpose breeds are usually
good sltters and good mothers. They
have medium-sized combs and wattles
and endure cold weather well. They
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-04-14
HONEST FIGURES OF BENEFIT
Farmer Gains Nothing by Using Esti-
mates Too High or Low
Best to Stick to Facts.

Good judgment, coupled with ex,
perience, should enable q farmer to
come fairly close to the right figures
in making a. farm appraisal, say
farm management specialists of the
United States Department of Agricul.
ture. A middle course is the safest,
since the results of an appraisal either
far too high or far too low will be of
little or no value. False appraisal, to
make the figures show up well, is labor
thrown away, since the one who in
dulges in this pastime is only fooling
himself. Stick to facts. Use market
values, adding expense of getting to
the farm all those things the farmer
buys, and subtracting the probable ex-
pense of marketing from the market
value of all those things he has to
sell.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1921-04-14
WeII-Managed Timber Stand Is Source
of Fuel and Shelters Farmstead
From Severe Winter Winds.

apart to permit horse cultivation.
With small or thin seed, such as that
Of birch, elm or sycamore, best re-
suits will be obtained by sowing
broadcast rather thickly over the
beds, pressing the seed into the loose
soil with a board and covering it very
lightly with soil and light mulch of
leaves or straw. When the seedlings
are ten or more inches in height they
are large enough to be transplanted to
the field. Most of them reach this
size in one growing season. In dig
ging them care should be taken to in
jure the roots as little as possible.
Injured portions of the roots should
be cut off with n sharp knife. The
seedlings should not be dug until the
time for planting them In their per-
manent location, for exposure Of the
roots to the air for any length Of time
will kill them.