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FOR SALE-All Summer Hats re-
duced to sell from $1.00 to $500.
Americas Millinery Parlors, COG
Jackson avenue-4-6t.
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Mrs. J. C. Beck has returned to
her home here after spending some
time in sanitarium in Macon, where
she received radium treatment Mr..
Beck, who went to Macon to be with
Mrs. Beck, also returned.
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Mrs. G. w, Lewis, of Montgomery,
Ala, is IN the city as the guest of
relatives and friends.
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cost 45c. Send coins, stamps or pos
Recorder, P. 0. Box 1886, Americas.
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FOR SALE
FOR SALE-As good cigar for sc
as you sometimes pay SC for. Ask
anv cigar stand for CENCIBLE, made
in Americas by Edwards Cigar Co.
$50
FOR SALE-Four registered Duroc
boar pigs, or will exchange for meat
hogs or Jersey heifers. w. j. Josey.
Sat.
FOR SALE-Everwear Silk Hosiery
They are cheaper and better. Try
them. W. j. Josey. - 3-4t.
FOR SALE-All Summer Hats re-
duced to sell from $1.00 to $500.
Americas Millinery Parlors, coo
jackson avenue-4-6t.
FOR SALE-Refrigerator, $40; Oak
Chifforobe, $18; baby bed mat
tress, SO; all in fair condition. 4O8
South Jackson street. SGT.
CASH AND CREDIT TERMS-Rea-
sonable prices. No Pain. Dr. EV
ans Dental Offices-3-
FREE-With every So purchase at
Freman's Bicycle Shop, we will
give a baseball free. Phone 937,
Freeman's Bicycle Shop.-3-6t
FOR SALE-Ye Olde Fashioned Su-
gar Stick Candy, Use per pound
box. Murrays Pharmacy 3-6t,
FOR SALE-Few bushels Brabham
Peas. W. j, Josey.-5-2t.
FOR SALE-135-acr farm, locat-
in Colquitt county, within / mile
of Doerun Tin the heart of the best
farming section of South Georgia.
For further information, call c. c.
H., Times-Recorder-30-tf-dh.
FOR SALE = Hemstitced Table
Cloths, 72x72, at $2,98. Church
l's.-6-1t.
FOR SALE-Hemstitched Table
Cloths, 72x90, at $3.48. Church
WelPs.-6-1t.
FOR SALE-Sweet potatoes, extra
nice, 40 cents peck. Fresh coun-
try BUTTER, received every Tues
day and Friday, full 16 ounces, so
cents pound. The best pork and beef
the market affords There is a nice
steak for Mrs w. Thomas Lane, Lee
street, if she will phone "a Monday
and we will send it out. R. T. MA
THEWS & CO.-6-1t.
FOR SALE-Taylor's NO-O-DO, 25c
Jar. Over 200 jars sold in less than
80 days in Americas, with a guaran-
tee, and not a jar returned or com
plant. For sale by all Americas
druggists.-4-3t.
FOR SALE--Early Fall Hats at the
Americas Millinery Parlors, 606
Jackson avenue.-6-1t
FOR SALE-All mems STRAW
HATS at HALF PRICE-ANSLEY'S
Git.
FOR SALE-Plain high glass ice
teas at set 60c.-Allison Furni-
ture Co.-6-1t.
FOR SALE-Butter, eggs, chickens,
quickly they will find buyer. 3dh-tf
no your farm or on your lot Adver-
tise them in this column and see how
vegetables or anything produced
FOR SALE-Good $500 shirts at
SO cents; $500 pongee shirts at
$3.98; $3.50 pongee shirts at $500
-ANSLEY 5. Git
WOOD FOR SALE-Good clear a.
foot pine wook by the cord or stove
length. Phone No, 274. S. R. Heys.
Sit.
A BEAUTIFUL, talented girl with
a REPUTATION above reproach.
Rylander theater.
LADIES WANTED-Lots of them
to come see our new "CIRCLET"
BRASSIERS. They fit ANYHOW
ANSLEY'S. Git
FOR prompt transfer service and
haaurt hal1linr and. cnnnti.u frinn
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FOR Refrigerator, $40; Oak
Chifforobe, $18; baby bed mat
tress, So; all in fair condition. 408
South jackson street. SGT.
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CASH AND CREDIT TERMS-Rea-
sonable prices. No Pain. Dr. EV
ans Dental Offices-3-tf.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Bryant Belcher, of
Macon, are the guests TO ra few days
of Mr.. and; Mrs. ]. c. Beck at their
home here
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
PLAN BRITISH ISLES CENSUS
Count Will Cost More Than $4,000, 900
Says tho New Registrar
General.

LondOn.-Details Of the decennial
census Of the British isles were an
nounced here recently by S. P. Vivian,
the new registrar general, showing
that the enumeration of the people,
which is to begin In April, will cost
approximately from 100000 to
$2,500,000, and require a staff of 400
workers in the London headquarters
alone.
There will be $4,000 remuneration dis
tricts with separate enumerator for
every 200 or 800 households.
'eThe war has cut clean across every
branch Of our national life," said Reg
istrar General Vivian. ut has broken
up and redistributed all local popula-
lions. It has violently upset all birth,
marriage and death rates.
''It has altered the whole occupa-
tional and industrial configuration OF
the country and completely changed
many Of the customs, habits and con.
ditions of the people. There is hardly
a single question upon which we car
look back to the results of the last
census for guidance"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
PEACOCK A DIGNIFIED LOVER
Elaborate Showing orr a Trlf,e Alb.
surd, but Nature Gives Him
Wonderful Adornment,

During the breeding season It is diff
hcuit to find two male rufus identical
In coloring. individuals differing to an
extraordinary degree. the ruff" from
which the bird gets its name itself
varying astonishingly from speckled
white to brown or golden chestnut.
The elaborate showing-off Of the male
before his charmer appears comically
absurd, less dignified even than the
counting antics Of the fiddler crab
who frantically waves aloft his enor:
mously developed right claw to attract
the attention Of the female of his
choice. AS dignified lover the pea
cock ranks high. At first glance It
would appear that the coloring Of the
bird has defeated by its splendor its
real purpose. But the jungle is the
peacock's home; the jungle is green
and so is the main coloring of the pea
cock! The peahen has learned to look
for and approve Of magnificent deco
rations In her mate. The "eyes" OF
the tail have in this way through gen.
erations become evolved, probably in
the first place from mere spots of
formless color.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
ENGLISH BIRTH RATE HIGH
Vital Statistics for 1920 Show Mortal.
ity the Lowest Ever
Recorded.

London.-Vital statistics just issued
by the Ministry of Health show that
the birth rate for 1920 in England is
the highest for the decade and tho
death rate the lowest ever recorded.
The infant mortality rate also is the
lowest on record. The number OF
births is. the highest ever recorded.
while the number of deaths is the low
est since 1862, when the population
was only 2O,OOO,OOO. The figures are:
For England and Wales-Birth rate
per 1000 Of the total population, 25.44;
deaths, crude rate, 1914; deaths under
one year per 1000 births, so.
For London-Birth rate per 1000,
26.3; deaths, crude rate, 12.4; deaths
under one year per 1000 births. Is.
The increase in the birth r~te is at
tributed to the number Of delayed
marriages prevented by the war and
to the remarriage of war widows. It
Is suggested that the low death rate
may be due to the rapid strides taken
in surgery, medicine and sanitation
during the war.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05

silently, listening to the crashes of the
Ice foes outside. and after another
look from the tower I told your Aunt
Mary to wrap up well, for now the
lighthouse was creaking and groaning
dangerously. She lost no time about
It, and it was well We were prepared.
for about an hour later the whole
lighthouse lurched over on it, side,
completely torn from It's rocky founda-
TONS"
"Ohl Did you get hurtr asked
Nancy, breathlessly.
mot the least BIT" Uncle Ben re-
assured her. "Only shaken up q lit
tie, for we fell on top Of some coats
and sweaters which hung on the wall.
Things were sliding around every
where. but my lantern was still lit
and crawled on my hands and knees
to the door and opened 1t. It nearly
blew me across the room, but I could
see that the lighthouse was jammed
between two piles Of ice and would be
safe enough until morning, when We
could see to get ashore. I heard no
sound Of an explosion from the light
tower, so guessed that 1t had been
put out in the fall. and we tried to
make ourselves as comfortable az pos
sible for the rest Of the night. We
did not sleep very much and we were
glad to see morning dawn. The wind
had gone down, 20 we decided to go
ashore Just as I opened the door I
heard Hello, there and on the ice
below were two Of our good neighbors
from ashore who had come out as
quickly as they could to our rescue
We were delighted to see them and
soon were climbing over the ice blocks
toward shore, safe and sound.
"And now, sir. that Is quite enough
for one night, so scamper of to bed,
both Of you'll"
"Please, Uncle Ben, tell us what
happened to the light towerT pleaded
Jack, as he slid down from Uncle
Ben's knees.
why, the whole tower was Knocked
right OF and was found later quite a
long ways from the house."
"I'm so glad 1t didn't explode" said
Nancy, gravely, ''and I think you and
Aunt Mary are the bravest ones
know"
(Copyrigirt.)
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
Polk Inauguration UNIQUE.

The inauguration Of James X. Polk
as President was marked by two odd
things. The first practical test of the
telegraph at an inaugural ceremony
was made, and there were two inau-
gural balls held In the evening. Pro-
fessor Morse, the inventor of the tele-
graph, brought out his instrument to
the portico platform, close to one side
OF it, where he could hear all that was
said, and transmitted the results to
Baltimore as fast as they transpired.
The telegraph had had previous test
at the convention which nominated
Polk, the first really practical test
since its invention.
OF the two balls, John Quincy
Adams tells that one was held at
Carusis hall, at $40 plate, Of all
parties; the other, at SIS plate, Of
pure Democrats, at the National thea.
ter. Mr.. Polk attended both, but
supped with the true-blue fiye-dollar
Democracy.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
Ibi Sin Started il.

The first known portrait Of human
being has been discovered among the
University Of Pennsylvania collection
Of clay tablets from Babylonia. It is
said to be picture Of Ibi Sin. the
last king OF Or.
This information is interesting but
too indefinite. There Is q lot we'd
like to know about It. For instance,
is 1t portrait of Ibi Sin as he looked
in his first dress suit; or likeness
Of old Ibi taken In his lodge regalia,
or picture Of Mr.. Sin before or after
tnking somebody's famous spring tom
ic2 We know little about Ibi Sin, but
II he really was the first man to es-
tablish the custom Of being photo
grnphed on any and oil occasions wen
say his last name was well chosen
Detroit Free Press.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
AMATEUR "FIxEs" GAS TANK
Police Reserves and the Fire
Department.

New York.-"Now then, doggie, wen
have this thing fixed in a jiffy," said
William S. Grey to his dog, as he
placed hot soldering iron on partly
filed gasoline tank in the kitchen At
his home.
The tank on his auto had been leak
ing and he decided to fix 1t.
He had scarcely finished the SEN
tence when the top Of the tank went
up to, the ceiling.
Tenants on the three upper floors
rushed to the street, police reserves,
firemen and detectives were called and
Inspector Callahan of the bureau OF
combustibles, who was in the neigh
borhoOd, ran,to the house.
The police entered the apartment to
take charge of a corpse, but found
only broken window, dismembered
tank and perfectly healthy man.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
carIyIe's Queer Taste.

Carlyle played extraordinary tricks
with his digestive apparatus. WRITING
In the British Medical Journal some
years after Carlyle's death, Sir Rich.
ard Quain remarked: 1.-THE late Mr.,
Carlyle was a patient Of mine. Az
all the world knows, he was man Of
great judgment and great power OF
observation, yet with regard to him
self the only remedy could ever get
him to take was grey powder. This
was when he had that wretched dys.
pepsia to which he was subject and
which was fully accounted for by Il Z
fact that he was particularly fond Of
very nasty gingerbread. Many times
| have seen him sitting in the chin
ney corner smoking clay pipe and
eating gingerbread. He overcame the
difficulties incidental to this habit By
his grey powder, which did him much
good"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
WAS LUCKY FOR DENNIS HE
SAID
Chattanooga Man States Tanlac
Overcome His Troubles
Can't Say Too Much For 1t.

w. F. Dennis, 203 Lyerly ST.,
Chattanooga, Tenn, formerly of
Mobile, Ala, makes an interesting
statement regarding Tanlac.
1T certainly was lucky for me-"
said Mr.. Dennis, "that / got hold
of Tanlac when | did, for l was
just about down and out. Off and
on for three years l have been
down with malaria. For ten
months on one occasion l was con-
fined to the house most of the time.
"As | usually spent my winters
in Chattanooga, / came back here
last September to spend the rest
of my life with my daughter.
When | arrived here / was in
very weakened condition, for the
malaria was fast getting the best
OF me. | had no appetite, felt
weak and tired all the time and
had pains in my stomach that
were completely upsetting my
nerves. ] slept very little and got
up mornings nearly exhausted. In
fact | was just about all in and
kept getting worse.
Five weeks ago / got Tanlac
and my appetite picked up with
my first half bottle. Soon | was
able to sleep all night and felt
like new man. | eat any kind
of food set before me and enjoy
it. / have gained several pounds
in weight and feel better than I
have in five or six years. Tanlac
has saved me money and given
me health, too, and I can't say
too much for t."-Advertiseme
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05

alimentary tract, before putting more
food into the stomach.
Girls and women with sallow skins,
liver spots, pimples or pallid complex
ion. also those who wake UP with q
coated tongue, bad taste, nasty breath,
|others who are bothered with headaches,
bilious spells, acid stomach or constipa-
ton should begin this phosphated hot
water drinking and are assured of very
pronounced results in one or two weeks.
A 4uarter pound of limestone phos-
|phate costs very little at the drug store
but is sufficient to demonstrate that Just
as soap and hot water cleanses, purifies
and freshens the skin on the outside, so
hot water and limestone phosphate act
on the inside organs. We must always
consider that internal sanitation is vast
" more important than outside cleani-
ness, because the skin pores do not alb
sorb impurities into the blood, while the
bowel pores do.
|. Women who desire to enhance the
beauty of their complexion should lust
try this for week and notice results.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
ONE OF NATURES MARvELs
Naturalist Enthuslastic Over the Wen.
derful Composition and Uses
Of the SpIder's Web. \

In his book IA Naturalist In Him.
alaya," Captain r. N. Kingston notes
that when spiders web has become
Worn out beyond further patching, the
maker eats It.
i was at first very much surprised
to think that spiders stomach could
be SO capacious as to contain the COM
piete snare" says the captain. I'm
this, however, was much mistaken /:
for found that large, complete
snare, eleven inches In diameter. was
OF such delicate substance and COM
pressible into so small bulk that,
WREN rolled into ball between the
fingers, It formed a compact mass but
little larger than an ordinary pins
head. A spider will often swallow en-
tire a fly of much greater dimensions
than its own compact snare. look
on the circular snare Of the Epeira as
almost as beautiful an example of
mathematical accuracy In the life Of
organic beings as the exquisite struc-
ture of the honeycomb.
But how much more wonderful does
1t all seem when we picture the web
as potential fabric, first woven into
an inimitable harmony to lure to death
thousands Of living creatures, then tat
tered and torn in the tragedy, to be
again received into the NAV Of its
voracious host, to be repurified in the
strange economy Of a spiders struc-
ture, to emerge again from the spin
ning-wheel in fine. transparent fila
ments, to be woven again into the
same lovely texture, and to repeat the
same eternal drama that fills the mind
with such enthusiasm and admiration. /"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
OLD SAFE HELD "TREAsURE"
North Dakota Blacksmith Used chiseI
When II Was Learned Booze
Was in It. 9gE

Fort Yates, N. D.-After years Of
exposure to the weather, a large safe,
locked and combination unknown,
yielded to the efforts of blacksmith's
chisel and hammer here, when it be-
came known that a pint of whisky
was q part Of the contents.
The safe has been roosting place
for story tellers in the past, as It
rested upon the porch of the Office
Of the chief clerk Of the Indian agency.
Records pertaining to the agency from
early days Of the settlement were RI
covered.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
UNCLE BEN'S STORY

TUST before bedtime each night,
= after playing and romping with
Juno, I nice old collie dog, Nancy and
Jack would climb up on Uncle Ben's
knees and beg for 4 story. Uncle
Ben had been lighthouse keeper for
nearly 30 years and always had an In
teresting story to tell about his adj
ventures
Tell us the most exciting thing
that ever happened on the lighthouse"
demanded Jack, sitting up very
straight. II am not At all sleepy to-
night"
So Uncle Ben, after peeping into
Nancy's bright eyes, began his tale.
ut was In the winter Of 1883 that
1t happened-one Of the worst winters
that l ever spent on Stony Ledge
lighthouse. The Ice had piled up and
piled up and pushed the big blocks
Of Ice around the lighthouse just like
pebbles. This night, I remember, It
was sleeting very hard and had to
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05

% look ones best and feel ones best
is to enjoy an inside bath each morning
to flush from the system the previous
days waste, sour lamentations and poi
sonous toxins before it is absorbed into
the blood. just as coal, when it burns,
leaves behind certain amount of in.
combustible material in the form OF
ashes, so the food and drink taken each
day leave in the alimentary organs a
certain amount of indigestible material,
which if not eliminated, form toxins and
poisons which are then sucked into the
blood through the very ducts which are
intended to suck in only nourishment to
sustain the body.
II you want to see the glow of healthy
bloom in your cheeks, to see your skin
get clearer and clearer, you are told to
drink every morning upon arising, a
glass of hot water with q teaspoonfu)
OF limestone phosphate in it, which is a
harmless means of washing the waste
material and toxins from the stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowels, thus cleans
ing, swectening and purifying the entire
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
Mid-victorlan Marks~oman.

Years ago, Richard FL. Dana, a very
we'll introduced young American, was
much entertained by the greatest and
most distinguished Of the English elite.
In his book, "Hespitable England in
the Seventies" Mr.. Dana shows many
charming and amusing pictures Of the
period. Once, FOR instance, on a gala
day he saw Queen Victoria make a
wonderful bull's-eye at one thousand
yards, The young man'S suspicious
were aroused, and he asked how It
was possible for her to shoot so well.
and Lord Spencer explained to him
that the rifle was set in a wise, the
wind tested, the rifle fred several
times until It was exactly adjusted,
and then q silken cord was tied at one
end to the trigger and the other end
the queen pulled.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05

hang on to the railing Of the balcony
to keep from slipping of on the rocks
below az I made things shipshape for
the night. It was good to shut the
door against the gale and see Aunt
Mary cooking the dinner in our cozy
little kitchen. I had to shout to make
her hear, the wind was bowling so
loudly and with every gust the light
house would sway like boat. The
harbor was SO ice-blocked that not a
ship had passed for over a week, and
being so far from shore made me a
bit anxious. We ate supper rather
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
FUTURE FOR PLANES
Won Tirpitz Considers AirpIane
Superior to Zeppelin.
Admiral Doubts, However, That They
Will Become Serious Menace to
War Vessels.

St Blaisen, Baden.-Admiral Alfred
Won Tirpitz, German naval authority,
IN an interview, gave his views on the
influence of aircraft upon future wars.
He discounted the Zeppelin airship
as too much subject to wind and too
vulnerable for ordinary reconnoiter-
ing.
The airplane. in his opinion, has 1
much greater future, as it has an eco
nomic Importance for traffic which will
tend to perfect it for war purposes.
While the airplane has taken high
place in land fighting as substitute
for cavalry, Admiral Won Tirpitz said
1t had not developed its usefulness to
the same degree in sea accommodating,
but that was probably due to the new
ness of the airplane, which water
planes of the future might conceivably
overcome.
The admiral reserved his opinion on
the possibility Of effective attacks by
airplanes upon battleships, but clearly
showed that he doubts that airplanes
will become a great menace to the
warships, as, he pointed out. the latter
will develop devices for defense, while
heavily loaded airplanes will always
be in danger of counter attacks from
lighter machines.
I'm comparison with ships" he said,
"airplanes will always have q funda-
mental disadvantage in their small
loading capacity, especially when they
are to be used on wide expanse Of
ocean. From study of the history Of
naval warfare, the greatest exponent
OF which was an American, l am per-
suaded that the nature of naval forces
will not change with jerk, but will
develop organically, for development
takes some time which only in imag-
ination and fancies will be skipped. In
this respect, the late war has not
effected any fundamental alteration.
although, Of course, the rate Of tech
nical development is much faster than
formerly"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1921-05-05
MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY,

There IS often fun at the baseball
grounds outside Of the game. espe-
cially among the boys who try to SEQ
the game without being admitted.
One youngster who was fortunate
enough to find a knothole In the fence
was heard to shout to another who
was munching away on . juicy ap-
pie:
"Say. I'll quit this hole II you'll a.
me couple o. them"
'Go oni'' was the reply. "Yer can't
see through the ginks on t'other side
o the fence"
"Orl right, sonny" was the rejoin-
der. keep 'em. But that's where you
missed 1t, for there's sawed-On guy
in front Of this hole. and there amt
nobody In front Of him. Seer"