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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-17

Thursday morning on their trip of
getting acquainted oyer the system.
Announcement has been made
through the. local W. c. 7. U. that
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor will speak
at the Opera House at II: 80 o'clock
Saturday morning in behalf of the
candidacy of j. Pope Brown for gov
ernor.
Americas poultry came into not
able prominence at the recent ses-
sion of the Georgia-Florida poultry
show at Thomasville, when first, sec
on, and third prizes offered for
White Orpingtons were Won by W.
G. Turpin, who made a display of
four chickens, being offered 5000 for
cockerel in the pen.
The low price of cotton has again
raised the question of the farmer
living at home, and raising every
thing for his food supply, thus re-
ducing his expenditure for outside
commodities.
The Blossom Family, home talent
play, will be presented at Leslie Fri
day night for the benefit of the
Woodmen's Circle, and number of
Americas people will attend this in
teresting amateur play.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-17
OLD DAYS IN KAMERICUS

cotton receipts, the Americas ware
houses have handled $1,000 bales to
date, while probably an equal guam
tity has come to the press direct from
other points, making the grand total
to date approximately 1000 bales.
The appearance of DR.. L. G.
Broughton here on Friday evening
next will be his first in Americas,
and large audience will hear him
lecture.
The meetings which are being con-
Quoted in the First Baptist church
are proving of unusual interest, and
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-17
We enjoyed immensely that love

- e -
We enjoyed immensely that love
ly place among the pines.
Mrs. McMasters was perfect
dear. She took me up to the nursery
and thereafter | ran away from the
movie crowd to play dolls with the
children.
One day McMasters came to the
nursery as ! sat on the floor making
turban for the largest rag baby.
Hold it" he said and involuntar-
lily. | obeyed the familiar order of
the directors. How do you do it,
you fascinating little iplp?" he de-
manded.
DO WHAT" | asked. He did not
reply because his children crowded
around him, and the Oldest girl de-
manded a kiss. He kissed her -
kissed all of them-and then he kiss
ed me!
My feelings were outraged. | was
not child, but l had been pretend
ing that | was one and | had to go
on with the role. If | assumed that
| had been insulted McMasters
might consider me precociously So
phisyicated.
was wretchedly embarrassed.
Certainly he was ike father to me.
Certainly he couldn't be horrid to
me, right before the innocent eyes
of his oUn little ones
l said this to comfort myself. I
blamed myself. Since Cissy had made
ME break my vow not to be kissed,
since that bit of initiation the day~I
slapped him, l had grown self-con-
scious | was unhappy for the re-
mainder Of the visit.
After that McMasters was for
ever hanging around the set on
which | happened to be working.
And once or twice he trailed the
company when it went into the coun-
try on location. AS the producer he
was within his privileges.
When with the company, never
once by the shine of his eyes or the
of his voice did he per-
5ecute me as he was said to perse-
cute some other girls until they con-
scented to go to little suppers with
him.
/ wondered how they could ever do
that. Going to supper with a mar
ried man, and father, was about
the wickedcst thing d pretty silly girl
could be guilty of. | had that
straight from Motherdear.
There were few designations of
any kind in my own life. The most
exciting was simply a part of my
profession. Very often ! was obliged
to 90 to a picture palace to see my
self on the screen and to hear what
the fans had to say about my acting.
On such occasions / put on dark
glasses vita shell rims, to wear un-
I'll the light were turned down. |
would have been utterly miserable
had any ore recognized me as the
original Of the shadow heroine on
the screen.
Watching my own show was the
best of training for me. For them
! learned what roles the public pre-
ferred and of what business it dis
approved.
Motherdear and |, having watched
the second showing of Bonded
Love-" left certain theater late one
evening, to find I thick fog outside.
was cxcitet<y reviewing the com
ments had heard about myself.
The distance home was short, and
in spite Of the mist which mingled
with smoke tc make fog, | wanted
to walk | wanted to tire myself
50 that | would fall to sleep imme-
diately.
Motherdear humors such whims.
Indeed, she promotes them. She's
very fond of doing things on the inn
pulse.
(To he continued.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-17
ZEN YEARS AGO TODAY.

(From the Times-Recorder Novem.
Der II, 1911)
PEV. o. B. CHESTER, pastor of
- the First Methodist church here,
will address the Pope Brown club
at the City Hall at 1880 o'clock, when
indications are that large attend
ance will be present.
The officials of the Central rail-
road will be in Americas next We'd
nesday night and for a short time
Thursday morning on their trip of
getting acquainted oyer the -SkstenlA
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-17
CORNS
Lift Right Off
without Pain

Magic! Drop q little ''Freezone" on
an aching corn, instantly that corn,
stops hurting, then shortly you lift it
right off with fingers. Doesn't hurt bit
Your druggist sells tiny bottle Of
"Freezone'' for few certs, sufficient tx
remove every hard corn, soft corn, o.
corn between the toes, and callusea
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-17
CONFESS ONS
OF A MOVIE
STAR
CHAPTER XVIII
MINISTERS KISSES ME-!

once Motherdear and l had gone
- for the weekend to McMasters
country home by the sea. Mandy
and his wife, Hutchinson Coleridge,
and the Henry Larkins had been in
vited.
We enjoyed immensely that love-
liz Dlace anaasaar 4ha n;nar
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-11-17

Quoted in the First Baptist church
are proving of unusual interest, and
Rev. R. E. Neighbor, pastor of the
church. is being ably assisted By Dir.
Nelson, of Jackson, Ga, who will re-
main another week in Americas.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-31
MOTHER GAVE IT
Virginia Lady Suffered With Aches
and Pains Until Mother Began
Giving Her Cardui.

Dublin, Va.-Miss Mary Alice
Hughett residing ON Route Q, near
here, recently told q visitor Of her
interesting experience with Cardui.
Miss Hughett said: II had been suf-
fering for some time with painful I.
I was pale, didn't feel like going.
Would just drag around, and couldn't
rest to do any good. ] would suffer
once @ month with my back, sides
and head. Ny limbs would ache and
didn't know what to do. but knew
must do something. for didn't set
well by letting Il run on
my mother Is @ believer In CarduL
for she saw what 1t did for others as
well as herself. 30 she began giving
Il 70 me.
aTt wasn't long before saw o
change. It was Just what ! needed.
It regulated me. began to eat and
sleep, and the pain stopped.
"Cardui is without doubt the best
female tonic made, and am glad ]
can recommend Il 70 others
If suffering with symptoms such as
Miss Hughett mentions, or other all
ments peculiar to women. why not be-
gin Cardui at once? Its merit IL well
established by succeasful uss Tor more
than 40 yearR
Try Carduil
xquE Arugglat sails g. McsdSs
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-31
B. F. Walker Dies.

One of Bogue Chitto's good cit
izens and a merchant of that town
passed away Friday night, Dec. %.
He had been sufferer long time.
On March 9Th, he would have reach
ed his 73rd anniversary. Leaves the
good wife, with whom for nearly 70
years he had shared life's joys and
sorrows. Three children, a son and
two daughters, preceded the father
some years ago. One son and two
daughters remain. The son, Rev. A.
A. Walker has a pastorate in Little
Rock, Ark. A daughter, Mrs. D. c..
Coney, with her family, makes her
home in Clinton, Miss, and another
daughter, Mrs. Lee, and husband are
in the home with her mother.
Mr.. Walker was a member of the
Baptist church, good man and a
worthy citizen. The funeral services
were conducted in the home Sunday,
the 25th, at 800 p. M, by his pastor
Rev. I. H. Anding. A large company
of friends were present. The body
was laid to rest in the Cemetery at
Magnolia by the side of loved ones.
The good fight has been fought and
the course finished. Sympathy goes
out to the bereaved.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-31
HENRY FoRD'S GREAT WEALTH.

The bankers are guessing at Hen
ry 'Ford's wealth. Ford can account
for about $263,000, 900 in wealth un-
der his nose, including fifty-four mil
lion dollars of loose change in banks
But mans wealth is judged by the
earning capacity of his enterprise.
Ford makes more than one million
cars year. His agents make more
than sixty millions on their sales.
Ford must net as much, and $780,
100000 a year is 9 per cent on a
thousand millions-and Ford would
not sell at twice the figure. No one
grudges him his wealth, for he has
made it by giving values and cut
ting prices. What price do you sup
pose Ford is paying for steel? 1t
would surprise you. Learn from
Ford that it is foolish to oppose Big
Business. The bigger the better, If
it is honest. If ten thousand little
men made a million Ford cars in ten
thousand little plants, at the mercy
of raw material in each vicinity and
extensively competing with the g.
999 others and each making 100 cars
those cars would cost five times
Ford's price and the 10000 makers
would fail.-Arthur Brisbane.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-31
TO HOLD PUBLIC HEALTH
INSTITUTE IN NEW ORLEANS
Under Auspices of U, S. Public Health
Service and Louisiana State
Board Of Health, Jan. 9-13.

DR.. Oscar Bowling, President of
the Louisiana State Board of Health
writes:- A public health institute
under the auspices of the U. S. Pub
lie Health Service and Louisiana
State Board of Health will be held
in New Orleans, January 9-13, in
elusive. Among the subjects offered
are:- Nutrition in Health and Dis
ease, Child Hygiene, the Non-com-
municable Diseases, the General Com
municable Diseases, Mental Hygiene,
Industrial Hygiene, Syphilis, Con
orrhoea, Protective Social Work.
The faculty will sonsist of lectur-
ers from Washington, Chicago, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana; physicians, spe-
cialists, in the various lines. These
courses are offered in twenty one
cities and are planned for the benefit
of health officers and other physi-
clans, nurses, social workers and 9TH
ers who are interested in protection
from disease and promotion Of
health. The courses are free.
Among the lecturers will be-
DR.. F. R. Green, Chicago; DR.. A.
J. Mclaughlin, Washington; DR..
G. w. White, Pittsburg; DR.. Valeria
Parker, Washington; DR.. w. S.
Leathers, Jackson, Miss; DR.. Henry
Boswell, Sanatorium, Miss; DR.. T..
A. Roy, Mansura, La; DR.. ]. e.
Knighton, Shreveport, La; Drs. C..
C. Bass, Allan Eustis, Henry E. Men
age, L. R. DeBuys, Joseph Hume,
Jno. NJ. Fletcher, A. Nelkin, W. w.
Butterworth, H. w. E. Walther, R.
M. Van Wart, e. McC. Connerly,
Ralph Hopkins, L. G. Chamberlain,
Jno. Callan, E. Moss, B. A. Ledbet
ter, of New Orleans; ]. H. 0'Neill,
Sanitary Engineer, State Board of
Health; F. R. Shaw, Assistant Sani-
tary Engineer, U. S. Public Health
Service.
Registration. - Applications for
admission to the Institute should be
made early in order that the director
may intelligently make adequate ar
rangements.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-31
Two Men Killed, One Wounded in
Fight Over Rent.

Shreveport, La, Dec. 20.-Charley
and William Murphy of Haynesville,
and Hope, La, respectively, are dead
and @. X. Smith, also of Hope, La,
is wounded seriously as the result of
shooting affray on the Ringgold-
jamestown road near Ringgold this
morning.
7 The shooting was sequel to court
proceedings in which Smith obtained
judgment against William Murphy
for $64.61 rent on land leased by the
latter. Following the court proceed
ings Smith, accompanied by his sis
ter and daughter, left Ringgold in a
buggy for Jamestown.
A few miles away. Smith, accord
ing to reports reaching Ringgold
was overtaken and the firing soon be-
gan. The bodies of the Murphy bro
theirs with pistols nearby, were found
in the road.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-31
THE APPROACHING LEGISLATIVE
SESSION.

We cannot emphasize too strongly
the need of retrenchment by our
state lawmakers. They meet in jan
uary and there will be the same de-
mands for increased expenditures for
this or that worthy cause, but there
should, under no circumstances, be
an increase of taxes. The state levy
Of nine mills is all the taxpayers
can stand until there is some relief
in the way Of higher prices for many
farm products, and more prosperity.
In fact, If possible, there should be
a decrease in the levy.
We do not suggest how decreases
in the states expenditures shall be
made; we do not profess to know;
but we feel sure that we express the
earnest desire of every reader of this
paper when we state that nothing
should be left undone to tighten the
burden without further impairing the
usefulness of the states institutions.
Unfortunately the last session OF
the legislature was held at a time
when prices were at their highest
and the people generally felt sure
there would never again be low. pri-
ces for farm products. The members
Of the legislature imbibed freely OF
the same kind Of optimism and were
extravagant. 1t may. be that after
these two lean years they have re-
turned to earth with the rest of us,
and will endeavor to undo some of
the things done then. Let us hope
so.-Port Gibson Reveille.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-31
Decides on Best Life
Insurance.


Give years ago I was refused
life insurance because of my
heart symptoms. Doctors said
it was caused from a pressure of
gas that came from my stomach,
but their medicine did not help
me and / was getting worse all
the time. Three years ago my
druggist recommended Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy. / took a
course of it and believe it is the
best life insurance anyone can
buy. It helped my trouble at
once"
1t is a simple, harmless pre-
paration that removes the ca
tarrhal mucus from the intesti-
nal tract and aIlays the infam-
nation which causes practically
all stomach, liver and intestinal
ailments, including appendicitis.
One dose will convince or mon
ey refunded at Brown Drug Co..
and druggists everywhere.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-31
Bids Wanted for Repairs on Court
House and Jail.

The following order which is self
explanatory, was passed at the reg
ular December, 1921, session Of the
Board of Supervisors of Lincoln
County, Mississippi. at the third
days sitting thereof, being Wednes-
day, Dec. Z, 1925
1t the matter Of repairs for court
house and jail.-It appearing to the
Board Of Supervisors that the Court
House should be painted and that the
front steps of the Court House should
be repaired and that a cement walk
should be put in front of the Court
House leading to the sidewalk, and
that the County Jail needs to be re-
plastered upstairs. 1t Is therefore
ordered by this Board that the Clerk
of this Board be and he is hereby
instructed to advertise for bids to be
received at the next regular meeting
of this Board for the above. All
bids to be filed on or before first
Monday In January at 12 o'clock
noon. The Board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids or to let
the contract or contracts for any
part Of the work to be done.
Ordered this Dec. 7th, 1921.
In accordance with above instruc-
tions l have caused said notice to be
published in a county paper for four
consecutive weeks.
S. B. McNair,
Clerk Board of Supervisors.
Brookhaven, Miss. Dec. s, 1921.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-31
u. S. LITERATURE
IS EQUAL OF ANY
Iowa Educator Addresses Louis
lana State Teachers in
New Orleans.

Innovations in the teaching of lit
erature and spelling were presented
by DR.. Ernest Horn of the University
of Iowa to state and parish school
officials at morning and afternoon
sessions of the annual conference
Wednesday at the Grunewald Hotel.
Wednesday was the second day of
the three-day conference, over which
T. H. Harris, state superintendent of
education, is presiding. Between $50
and 200 educators are attending the
meeting.
American literature" declared DR..
Horn in his morning address, "is
unique in it's chasteness and the
ideals of friendship, the home, pa
triotism and democracy which it up
holds. 1t is the finest in the world,
in spite of all the propaganda that
has been spread about us condemning
it, Some of the foreign literature, to
which for time we were driven by
even our English professors, the
works of Catullus for one, are as vile
as they can possibly be. We would
not dare publish them in the Eng
lish language and yet they have been
read in our schools by translation. /
am pleading and so are the majority
of people today, for return to our
American traditions, ideals and
thoughts in literature.
THE Golden Age in American lit
erature was when ideals were high,
before the great stream of immigra-
tion gained its headway. Then for
eign masters came in, told us we
didn't have the right kind of writ
ings and morals and tried to shove
onto us literary appreciation en-
tirely un-American."
Literature should be taught by Or
al reading or presentation, DR.. Horn
said. The broadening of human ex-
periences and the teachings Of NOR
ais should be the work of the writ
ing itself and should not be attempt
ed by the teacher. ITO do so will kill
literature" he declared.
"The literature period should be
a play period, a fact upon which
nearly all educators are beginning
to agree" he stated. II have watch
ed noted poets teach their own poems
to class of children. Some COW
cred several during the period, but
most of them taught ten or fifteen
merely by reading them aloud.
When I asked the wisdom of this,
they told me they had spent weeks
possibly months in preparing the
poem so as to make 1t most accept
able, capable of appreciation and un-
derstanding to everybody. They
could not add one thought or one
explanation during the teaching than
they had already done. If the poets
themselves cannot give additional ex-
PLANTATION, how much real harm is
caused by the jabbering Of others.
An intelligent oral reading by the
teacher is enough to teach apprecia-
tion to students. ."-Times-P Picayune.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-31
Christ Coming in 1s25G

The daily papers contain sensa-
tional predictions alleged to have
been made by J. F. Rutherford, pres
ident Of the International Bible Stu
dents Association, to the effect that
the year 1925 will mark the end Of
the existing order of things in the
world, that after that Christ win be
present as ruler, that an era of peace
and goodwill will then begin and
that millions now living win never
die.
However. Mr.. Rutherford has ex-
planned to the Pathfinder that his
words are not to be construed too IL
terally and that ne does not mean
that the world will come to a physi-
cal end in 1925. or that Christ will
be present in the flesh, or that hui
man beings will not have to suffer
physical death. The new era spoken
Of is spiritual, not physical.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-31
THE NEW YEAR.

The sands of time Of 1921 are
quickly drawing to close and we
start a new year with new hopes and
new resolutions. "a new broom
sweeps Clean" is saying so old that
is has seen many year pass into OBJ
livion, but we will pardon ourselves
IL we apply the saying once more to
the infant year of 1922.
Old Man 1921 gave us rather
raw deal all around except along in
ternational lines. The old codger
threw some nations into dire want
and others into economic depression,
which 1922 will inherit in lesser
measure; but at.the same time inter
national relations were frightened
and this one thing will place the
year down in the history of the world
as epoch-making.
And after all, the people who will
be living, say, in 1875 will have
quite forgotten all about the indus
trial depression of 1921. But they
will refer to the arms limitation con-
ference-the first of series which
it is hoped will eliminate big navies
and big armies from the face of the
earth.
In no other respect for 1921 of
outstandinf Importance. The af-
termath of the war and the evil re-
suits of the boom period following
the war freighted the year and stul-
titled it. Toward the end of 1921
the long looked for period Of gen.
eral improvement in business and in
dustrial relations began-after sew
eral false starts that were forecast
earlier in the year.
The arms limitation conference,
called by President Harding, has
made 1921 year that will never be
forgotten. Critics of the conference
at first declared that an assortment
of jealous nations could not come to
an agreement on such problems. But
the critics fortunately were wrong.
Backed by overwhelming public o.
pinion with scarcely a dissenting
voice, some Of the main objectives
of the conference were attained be-
fore the end of the year.
Readjustment of the maladjust-
ment Of the war boom period fell
heavily upon 1921. OF course, wide
spread uneasiness resulted; but those
who possessed what might be called
high class common sense realized
that readjustments were necessary.
To attempt to thwart them would
have been like sweeping back the
ocean with broom.
BY the end of 1921 much of the
necessary readjustment has been &C
complished. In this respect 1922
will have a decided advantage. We
can enter the new year with a clean
slate, get down to work and create
the prosperity that everyone Graves.
Let everyone in Lincoln County
therefore, enter the new year with an
abundance of hope, confident that
the year will be the one that will be
a vast improvement over 1921 in in
dustry and business. 1t cannot be as
bad because 1921 hit rock bottom,
and the reaction is already evident.
In sections of the west, where far
mers found it hard to understand
why the cost of their products should
slip to low level SO quickly, there
is no amount of confidence that 1922
will be marked improvement. In
the entire south a similar feeling
prevails, the income from cotton hav-
ing already been on the upgrade.
The Pacific and Atlantic coasts will
revive as manufacturing and ship
ping improves and the former is al
ready doing so.
Welcome, 1922. Give us the best
that is in you, and Well meet you
half way.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1921-12-31
COLD FRAMES.

Cold frames, SO useful in harden
ing plants started in the hot bed and
for starting plants in mild climates,
are constructed in much the same
way as hot beds, except that no ma
nure is used and the frame may be
covered with either glass or canvas.
When covered with canvas( 1t would
be advisable to use ridge pole thru
the center, twenty-four inches above
the bed. The bed should be framed
with six inch board. The canvas
covering should be of sufficient width
to extend from side to side over the
ridge-pole. In order to prevent the
canvas from being blown off, strip
should be tackled on each edge. This
strip will also help in removing can
vas by rolling. Plants in the cold
frame should have more ventilation
but less water than in hot bed. 1t
is best to keep the soil rather dry.
For further information address E.
M. Graham, State Vegetable Special
ist.