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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-10
The STANDARD
Wool and Fiber
Squares At $3.50

oquares At $3.50
lhey are inexpensive, serviceable
ana good-looking: size 9x12 feet;
we nave an excellent variety of
patterns in the colors that peo-
Die nike; formerly $40; now $3.50
DAINTY Voiles and
Batistc at 35c
AAS cool looking and pretty as can
De, Various figures, checks in
hg9t and dark patterns; all 40
InGqes wide, and some of them
SOL SQld lust a short while ago at
9I'Z5; now take your take of
any piece we have at, yard .-..35e
Envelope Chemise And
NaInsook Gowns at CSC.
"aoe Of softest flesh or white Ba-
uSle trimmed in front and back
II WIN Iaces and embroideries; all
sizes at or
At CSC.
DeauIitul Lace Striped Stockings,
\ n 9iack only; thew are as good
,Ooklng as some of the $500
GRADES; small lot left to sell at
N"ote 8l-Inch Sheetine
n At 44c Yard
We nave sold durinp the last two
nf over two thousand yards
h IL InIS sheeting, and the demand
Il g as great today as it was the
Nprs ajo' uaV of the sale: the best
d 't t} made at about 20@e less than
4 to 1e market price TODAY: guaran-
EBor ryu q 81 inches wide, at yard "A
##Wy,s Pereale And
#Ift og Shirts at $I.OO
'p nl Of standard quality Percale;
tssucfiLajhteed fast colors with at.
.aVned collars or collarless: all
n s naJs' regularly $3.50; now
FO,lnch Al.SiIl . 'o0
lrepe de Chine at S12s
q f, IIlte black and every color:
4 se @n AZ inches wide and good,
ssnlosi:cGa6le quality. too: very
d SeJ'al here for this week lat
II, ..$1.25
ke,t s S,5 Squares at $4.95
d., oo u Seal Congoleum Squares:
81 ns ae oH9 feet; in twenty pretty
4 Viii uGittLlerns; lies flat on the floor
c r,r'out lacking edges: will not
q anf Guaranteed waterproof
\ fpu rotnroof; special sale price
&s2 i NJ the 6x9 size ... S4,os
' S1 White Bengaline
WI n, 90 inches wide; suitable for
u r eo,y White Skirts and Waists;
Il ss sifuIafly $500: here for this
w. at ward ...... eso
SSIhen's Low Cut = :
1aoes at $1.95
u ne every style Won can think
sizo, IN this lot and nearly every
nsfo,,.o OF black kid, brown kid,
4 fro1ny," leather; former prices
4 cen en-, 1880 to $3.50; all on big
n for ' " counters now and priced
&pIcgKE Your You choice at pair sI.s5
gFs s,an.dard Dry Goods Co.
s'h st. Next Bank Of Commerce
AMERIcUs, GA.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-10

from Americas where she was guest
of relatives.
Mrs. John Gwines, of Jacksonville,
spent last week with her mother, Mrs
Gus Wilson and other relatives.
Mrs S. H Royal and little daugh-
ter, of Arab, are here for several
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PAGE FIVE.
BY BLOSSER.

days with Mrs. George Cole.
Miss Jimmie Belle Goss, of Daw-
son, spent several days here recent
ly with relatives.
Messrs. j. L. Horn and John Chris
tan were in Marion county Sunday
afternoon.
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Epitaph, Now a Hymn,
Was Written i'm 1877
QUAINT inscription on am old

A QUAINT inscription on an old
brass tablet in Beaconsville Par
ish church has been set to music by
the organist. John @. Bissley.
The epitaph. which commemorates
the memory of one Robert Lee, a
gentleman. who deceased 9Th April,
1874" reads;
Contente thyselfe with patience,
With Christie to beare the crosse of
paine.
Which can and will bring recon.
pense
A thousand foold with life game.
Let nothing cause the harte to
qualle,
Baunche out the boote
Hayie upp the saille. &c.
Put from the earthly shoore
And at the length thou shalt oh.
faine
Unto the part that shall RENAME
For ever more,
The composition is in the form Of
an anthem, and was sung by the
chair for the first time at a musical
service which the organist gave be.
fore having church to take up du.
ties 'lsswhere
The service was in memory OF men
who lost their lives In the war.
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as he wanted her to, 20 into the
country when 1t suited him. Pos
sibly she would have given up some
interesting career. social or profess
sional. And in return she would
have the pleasure of spending Sun
days with him and having during
the week an occasional glimpse Of
him by artificial light.
Her annoyance with the situation
would be due not to jealousy, but to
a sense OF having paid a shilling
for something that was worth two
pence.
WHY MARRIAGES FAIL.
But it suggested itself to me as
l thought over his case that in this
matter of marriage he was not
nearly as unusually placed as he
thought. This conflict between mar
riage and a career takes place in
the life Of nearly every man today
who Is not a member Of the leisure
classes or who does not follow an
occupation that can be carried on
at home. The modern social system
says to most town dwellers: 81 am
willing to pay you wages on which
you can support wife and chill
dren. But will give you the money
only on condition that you work 70
hard that you will hardly ever sfs
them"
You get. therefore. immense mum
bers of homes in suburbs and dormi-
tory towns where every week day
the husband leaves the houfe before
s o'clock in the morning. and on
five days out of the seven( does not
get back till 6 o'clock in the even.
ing. 1t is not tn be wondered thaS
such marriages do not endure as
well as those of past centuries. when
the husband followed his occupa-
tion either in the home or In q
workshop not far distant iI, little
town.
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hold them in a pair Of pincers. He
was so badly disfigured by burns RS
to be absolutely repulsive. 1t was
evident that he could never be in
any work which would throw him
into contact with people and II was
the mans own desire that he should
not have to meet people. for he fully
realized his own condition. There
was no question of the mans men,
tality.. He was keen and determined.
WIFE HELPS HIM.
Conversation with him developed
the fact that he had come to this
country with an idea Of being super
intendent of some large estate, but
that the high wages paid in fac
tories during the war had tempted
him to that work instead. 1t SEEM
ed that his father and grandfather
had been English gardeners and
that he knew gardening thoroughly
from a practical standpoint. 1t
was natural, therefore, in seeking
solution OF this particular case, to
put this man in work that connect
ed up with his past experience. 1t
so happened that in the very neigh
borhood in which he lived there was
a fine opportunity for the raising
and marketing Of flowers. The
knowledge which he had, supple
mented by short training to give
him familiarity with the particular
methods of marketing in this coun-
try, was sufficient for him to estab-
lish himsca{ in this business. His
wife and son, a boy OF twelve, mar
keted the flowers for him and he
was able to devote his entire time
to gardening,
This plan was made feasible by
the fact that the man had still COM
ing to him 265 weeks of compensa-
ton at sl2 n week. and the rehabih.
tation service agreed to recommend
to the compensation comm ission
that part OF this be paid to him In
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a man a sum Of money for the loss
OF some part Of his body did not go
far enough. 1t was necessary to
help that man to take up some kind
of employment that would be just
as good as, or even better, than the
work he was forced to leave. Very
often the money supplied by the
compensation act is given in a
lump sum, through the recommen-
dalton Of the bureau. so that the
man may be enabled to go into, busi-
ness for himself. A man in New
Jersey was badly burned in chem
ical plant. According to the ruling
given by the compensation board
he was 90 per cent disabled. The
strength Of his left hand was slight.
ly impaired, and the right hand was
so badly deformed that It's only use
was in holding things as one would
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worker. Clarence Henry, long in
terested in agricultural education,
studies the problem from the angle
of the laborer on the farm. Frank
Clayton, former chairman of the in
dustrial accident board of Idaho, IL
interested in the problems of the
laboring man. We have for our
medical adviser DIR. Frank Harri-
son, who is detailed from the Public
Health Service to help in the prob
lem Of seeing that physical strength
and ability are restored ias far as
possible before the matter of en-
ployment is taken up. My own work
is for women, whether their work
is in their own homes or whether
they are employed.
The work OF the bureau is simply
the logical step following the work.
mems compensation act. To give
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$750.000 for the first year and
$1,000, 900 for each Of three succeed
ing years. 1t also provided for. the
creation Of national board which
has promoted the establishment Of a
Rehabilitation Service in each one
of the States. Through the activi-
ties of this board thirty-iive States
have already recognized the act and
created the State organization
which is necessary to carry out the
actual work. The appropriation of
the Federal Government is appor-
toned out to the various States ac-
cording to their population, and
must be matched by an equal
amount from State funds. In no
case does a State receive less than
$1,000, although, as in the case of
the Dakotas, their population does
not actually entitle them to that
sum.
The organization of the division
has been the work of Lewis H. Car
ris, former Chief of the Division Of
Industrial Rehabilitation, now Ad-
ministrative Head Of the Federal
Board for Vocational Education, of
which the division is a part. There
are five members Of the staff who
compose the Federal Division. These
five have two-fold duty. First,
each one has under his supervision
one of the five districts into which
the country is divided. He promul-
gates the cause within his district,
sees that the matter is brought up
before State legislatures, and gives
aid OF any nature in the organizing
Of the State boards. Secondly, each
member Of the staff here in Wash
ington is a specialist in the problems
OF some particular class OF worker.
For instance, John A. Kratz, the di-
rector. has made a special study OF
the problems of the commercial
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Past Centuries" "
By REBECCA WEST.

~ ECENTLY a young man con-
X fided to me that he was thirty
two and wanted to get mar
ried. encouraged him by saying
that I had heard that there was
often no harm in 1t, but he replied
sadly that he could not do 1t. This
seemed an unlikely story. for he was
not too unattract,ve. One might say
of him as a musical critic once said
Of a ballad concerts. that for people
who liked that sort of a thing this
was Just the sort of a thing they
liked.
But. he explained that the reason
he could not get married was that
he was prevented by his career. He
was, in fact, the editor Of an i'm
portant weekly Journal.
NOW LOVES RIVAL.
He declared that his work had
already prevented him from getting
engaged. Some months before he
had fallen in love with girl and
had intended to propose to her, and
believed that she would have ac-
cepted him, but at the crucial mo-
ment his journal had had to take a
strong line on the Irish question.
For three weeks this took his whole
attention. BY the time his attention
was freed he found that while he
had been taking a strong line about
the Irish question another young
man had been taking a strong line
about the girl.
But this disappointment was miti-
gated by a sense that even IL he
had married her his work would
have prevented him from making a
success of his marriage. g..
He quoted his chief, a great and
good man, to the effect that a man
must choose between a career in
drink, love, or business, and pointed
out that his work necessitated his
presence at an office every week
day, and ate up three of his even
ings as well. On. Friday he had 10
dine with his chief and see what he
wanted done with the journal; on
Thursday he had to dine with his
political friends in ordertto get that
slight favor of accuracy In his po-
litical articles which gives a paper
It's prestige; on Saturday he had to
stay at his office until 1 in the morn
ing getting out the paper.
wIFE's JEALOUSY"
1t certainly was true. on the face
OF It, that this young man had no
prospect of success in marriage, and
1 was prepared to be sympathetic
until he added: You see, all women
are fundamentally jealous. My wife
would be jealous Of my career"
then became unsympathetic, be.
cause It was apparent that he was
an old.fashioned young man. For It
was the habit of the 6ld.fashioned
man to blame women whenever they
were in difficult circumstances.
Naturally his wife would find the
conditions OF her marriage difficult.
but not because she was jealous. IT
would inevitably exact many sacri.
fees from her. She would have to
govern all her movements with ref.
srence to him; stay In town 90 long
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will spur the worker on to greater
effort to excel. In this case, the
girl became an excellent operator
and was able to take position
where she will have a chance for ad-
vancement along with the rest. She
secured an artificial arm through
the officials of the insurance COM
pany. 1t is surprising and very
gratifying to find that these people
who have been the victims of mis-
fortune can take up a life again
In which they find so much salts
faction. This girls position has
been distinctly bettered.
Personal EQUATION.
When deciding on future vocation
consideration is to see what abilities
and past experience Of the individual
may be utilized. II he has had any
training or experience in other lines
that can be made to fit in with the
plans for his new life, that expert
ence is carefully taken into account.
For instance, a man Of thirty-two
years of age had been a lumber jack
for seventeen years. In 1917 he had
one foot crushed off in the woods,
with amputation half way between
the knee and ankle. For three
years he drifted about unable to find
work or to better his position. When
the bureau took his case In hand he
was placed in training in a Auto
mobile and Tractor school so that
he might some day serve as a driver
of logging tractors in the woods.
This man will be peculiarly fitted to
work, inasmuch as a man who is
a tractor expert only is unable to
perform this work satisfactorily be-
cause he is ignorant Of logging oper-
ations. This man will possess the
knowledge Of both and will be a
valuable man to the company.
Sometimes the Bureau needs only
to do n very little in order to ac-
complish wonderful results. Just
advice and friendly counsel and get
ting other people interested In help
ing will do big things for the person
who is seemingly in desperate straits.
A miner out west was injured so
that he was paralized from the hip
down. He would have to learn some
thing that he could do without NOV
ing from his chair. Perhaps he
would have been able to work out
his own problem, perhaps he would
not. At any rate, the Bureau was
there to advise him and to help him
start some new work. 1t was sug.
gested to him that he take up the
work Of repairing clocks, sewing
machines, typwriters and phono-
graphs. Tools were purchased for
him for that purpose. His neighbors
became interested and helped him
by remodeling his little garage as a
shop. They painted It for him, put
in a window and a bench for his
completed work. He has had plenty
Of work from his own community.
MACHINERY OF ACT.
The machinery for accomplishing
the stupendous task OF rehabilitat-
ing the disabled worker was set in
motion in June, 1920. when the In.
dustrial Rehabilitation Act was ap-
proved by the President. This act
provided for an appropriation Of
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This man lost his left hand in
an industrial accident. 1t was
necessary for him to find work
in which this would not be a handi-
cap. In such predicament, there
was an actual organization to
which he could apply for help. This
was the Bureau Of Rehabilitation
and this bureau, after careful
diagnosis of the case, arranged
that he be given training as a
blacksmith. When his training
was complete he opened up a shop
of his own. He is now able to do
any and all blacksmith work in ad-
dition to shoeing horses, which
presents no serious difficulties for
him with his one artificial arm. He
not only does his work well, but de-
rives much pleasure from doing it,
and is happy and contented
worker.
That the Government has not for
gotten the plight Of this man and
the thousands like him is evidenced
by the fact that over 100000 men
and women last year, besides 100 900
disabled veterans. were being helped
to find new jobs for which they
were fitted, or else were being
trained so that they will soon be
able to take their place in the in
dustrial world again.
FIFTY, HE COMES BACK.
A short time ago in Philadelphia
a man of about fifty suffered an
accident which caused the loss Of
his left arm below the elbow. Be-
fore his accident he had been work
ing in an establishment which man.
ufactured paper boxes and leather
goods. When his arm healed, the
man spent six weeks in the hope
less search for work of the same
sort. Finally Someone suggested
that he apply to the Bureau of Re-
habilitation of Philadelphia. After
talking the matter over with him
they decided that the man was really
capable of operating a shop of his
own. The only obstacle was capital
10 start with and this was arranged
by the bureau by having the sum
allowed him by the Compensation
act, giving him a lump sum.
with this money he was set up at
the head of the same business which
he had left as an employe. He be-
came SO successful that in a short
time one Of his competitors offered
him a salary of SIS a week to
come with him and give up his own
shop which he was obliged to in
crease as his business grew.
The same rise to a better position
in spite of Disagreement was
achieved by young girl in North
Dakota. One day while she was
working on a mangle her arm be-
came caught in the machinery and
was cut off close to the shoulder.
Her case was extremely pathetic,
but the bureau refused to acknowl-
edge defeat and insisted on finding
a solution TO these problems II II
was humanity possible. The girl was
encouraged to go to night school
where she learned how to operate en-
adding machine. II is often the
case that any disability Of this kind
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LIE SAM JOINS i'm FIGHT TO WIN BACK PAY ENVELOPE FOR
WAGE-EARNERS CRIPPLED i'm INDUSTRIAL BATTLE FOR BREA

THE father. his Oifs AID
Il three children, shot0N tn
circle at top. knoV that his
blindness ,Oiu be overcome as
he learns the trade Of weaving
carpets, such as the si9htiess
man IN the bottom of the pic
tare Is making on the loom
placed IN his home by the Fed
erai Government and the State
of Pennsvipanid.
THE yc1''' the upper left
4 lost H. in an indus
trial aceideN jRt free course
In draftsmanship made him tn
dependent again.
IT. HE stoitch-ergineman IN
Il the upper right finds
tooodeu Leg ts not so bad " one
knotcs hoo to use 10 correctly.
1IAN Nth the family Of
NA eight has lost his sight,
Is partially deaf, and has an ar
tificiaI arm, but already he
counts upon returning to his
farm.
u LIND man taking dictation
IL from machine, only
learned his trade after an er-
plosion tn a mill deprived him
of his sight.
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The meager record given above is a card index report
of human struggle which ended in and is but
of thousands of similar in which and women,
thrown of work through accident disease have
been helped make place for themselves in indus
try. There is a in Pennsylvania who proudly
claims to- be the only onearmed blacksmith working
daily at forge and anvil How he reached this unique
position is the story of disaster followed by struggle
which threatened end in failure and might have done
30 if Uncle Sam offered him helping hand when
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tions. vocational schools. and the
State employment associations.
These should all work together az
one organization in the process of
putting the disabled worker back
on the Job. When that is done the
work will be accomplished with in
credible speed and success.
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A WIFE OR CAREER?
THE MODERN RIDDLE

Discussing PreSent-Day Demands ON Husbands
Time, Rebecca West, Celebrated Novelist, Finds
That 'SIt is Not to BE Wondered at That Such
Marriages do Not Endure as Well as Those of
Past Centuries"
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HOMES FOR DISABLED
BEING DISCARDED BY
SALVAGE OF SCIENCE

Bureau of Industrial Rehabilitation Under Federal
Vocational Board Acts With States i'm Giving
Economic independence to Workers Once
Thought Unable to Earn Living-ActS of Hero
ism i'm Daily Tasks Worthy of War Cross
Citations.
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Volmes about the fight
making back his industrial Independence through vocational sd
cation, oih the help Of the United States Government
But the workng who injured at his ahe-e
loses hand the daily fight for bread-ths ,oho brought
the shaft cripple oth shattered
making the fight that the soldier has praised
Congress 100000 each aid the Industrial cripple in
back his envelope and the
of the Federal Board for Vocational of
everyday herois and doggd determination that Oorthy of War
Cross citations
Following story Of Uncle Sans fight the disabled yorker
the field Of education and employment told by the staff
of the Division
BY
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-04-14
COUNTY AGENT SAYS
FARMERS SHOULD ORDER
TREATING MATERIALS

With potato planting season weeks
50 far removed it seems almost like
joke to talk of getting materials for
treating seed. Not so, however, when
1t is realized that druggists do not
carry the materials in quantities.
is expensive to order from the distant
wholesale houses by wire and it takes
time by mail. Better to be forehanded
and place orders now, is the word
County Agent Swoboda sends out. Go
direct TO your druggist. If you want
to save little by punching orders,
send your order direct to the county
agents office
Corrosive sublimate, the material
used for treating for scab and black
scurf, costs around $500 per pound
wholesale. In bulk in small quaint
ties the price is much higher. 1t re-
quires ounces to 80 gallons of water.
This will treat about fifteen bushels.
To simplify matters, farmers who de-
sire to order through the county
agents office, are asked to place their
orders at once. Send Is cents for
each ounce ordered or get a group
of neighbors to club together and or
der through your local druggist.
Don't delay. A bulletin giving full
details of treatment will be sent on
request.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-04-14
Banks Show Big Increase.

Banking resources in Wisconsin
show a decided increase and Il steady
development, in the quarterly report
issued by Banking Commissioners Mar
shall Cousins. The report covers the
period from December 20, 1920, TO
february u, 1921. State, mutual saw
ings and trust companies show an in
crease in resources of $3200.000. At
The same time, there was a decrease
in their liabilities of over S3,000,000.
Six banks were organized and opened
for business during this period. The
total bank resources of the state on
February y, 1921, were S2,53S, 165,
more than on February %, 1920 A
wear ago the banks of the state had
esources amounting TO $509,711 ,213.94,
while this year their resources had in
creased to S512. 294, 1892. Banking
Commissioner Cousins granted, during
the period covered by his report, n
authorizations for capital stock in
creases. reaching total Of $4,000.
Five extensions of charters also were
granted.