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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23
Gamble Locks, Up His
Dog And Robber Comes

SAVANNAH, July 23.-Thomas
Gamble, secretary to Mayor Stewart
and known throughout the state,
maybe because of his ability to hold
the position Of secretary under may
ors Of several different admini5tra-
tions, has a fine bulldog at his Tybee
home. The animal is aggresal re and
makes a speciality Of jumping at
newspaper folk who call. Tuesday
night, however, the mosquitoes We're
pletty bad and Mr. Gamble locked
tn watchdog in the bathroom so it
WruiG not be moles+td by the Ies;~.
Some time during the night thief
entere the house and took $J5 from
Mr.. Candles trousers, which We're
in the conventional hanging place on
the back of a chair. When Mr.. Gam
bic awoke he found his pants on the
front porch, the money gene.
Mr.. Gamble had just paid his SON
in-law $25 that he owed him, but
the thief did not modest this.
Mr.. Gamble formerly was publish
er of the Americas T.mer- Recorder.
Joan Gordon, who made her film
debut in "The Queen of Sheba," has
been given prominent role in
''Nero," to be filmed in Rome by Fox.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23
Iceland Gets First
First Glimpse Of King

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, July 23.-
The first king of Icelan3 set foot
for the first time yesterday on ice
landic soil. The welcome extended
by the islanders to Christian X, of
Denmark, and also of Iceland, bore
a solemnly fervert character; APP
parently more solemn than was an
ticipated by the gay, easy-going
crowd of Danish visitors who had
come over for the occasion.
The lcelanders themselves took
their kings visit tremendously, and
regarded It as an event Of moment
Gus import. The majority of the
capitals $4,000 inhabitants spent the
day around the public school build
ing, which was made the official res
idecnC Of the Danish royalties, and
rebaptized ''the Castle" RaykjaV-
ks 100 automobiles were taxed
heavily carrying important-looking
uniformed and decorated dignitaries
to and from the Castle"
At a gala dinner, Queen Alexan-
drine wore the Icelandic national
dress, the ,OOO-kroner gift of the
women of Iceland. With her heavy
golden crown, it made the queen
look like tapestry picture of a vik-
ing queen of old Edda times.
Iceland being dry" the royal
toasts were honored in mineral wa
tiers and lemonade.
In commenaoration of his visit,
King Christian has instituted a new
decoration; the order of the Icelandic
Falcon.
Both the king and the queen will
visit historical Icelandic places on
horseback. The king will be mount
ed on a beautiful white charger IA
hands high; the tallest horse in Ice
land
Several excursions planned have
had to be abandoned owing to the
swollen state of the rivers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23

Cob Coon used to watch Blackie
Bass, too. Having better eyes than
Marty Mink, he'd climb into the will
low over the pool and peer down into
the water over Blackie's head. He
too, was puzzled, for, like Marty, he
found it impossible to make out
whether the Icing dark object was a
shadow, a stone, or the fish he COW
eted.
Cob was hungry He hadn't had
good fill since Writer and corn was
just being plaats,h IL did love fish,
especially bass, and Ne made up his
mind to lina out what tie object was,
50 he watehod and watched, same as
Marty did.only he Watched moonlight
nights, Whsle Marty watched in the
daytime.
Blackie saw them both and chuck
led, although he chuckled quite sol
emily.
1t was Marty who discovered that
the long dark object was a fish, be
cause once when he was watching,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23
NO WHITEHEAD
IN THREE YEARS
u. S. Relief Workers See
Squalor OF Remote
Polish Region

WARSAW, July 23.-Inspectors
of the American Relief Administra-
ton of the European Children's Fund
which is feeding 100000 children
in Poland have just explored dis
tricts along the eastern frontier of
the new republic Wheels thousands Of
persons made homeless by war are
living in soldiers dugouts and where
no white bread has been seen in more
than three years. Heretofore, it has
been almost impossible TO reach these
areas chiefly because Of lack of trans
portation.
In the Pripet marsh country, be-
tween Pinsk and the Russian border,
one inspector reported that after
reaching the railroad terminal he had
travelled two days by automobile,
then by boat and by horseback to
visit people who had been reported
in need. Potatoes had been the prin-
cipal food upon which these people
existed during the winter, the inspec-
tors reported, and with the coming
of spring, men, women and children
lived chiefly upon cooked grass, dan
delions and some farm products.
At various points along the from
tier, which follows the old German
Russian trench line Of 1917, peasants
who had been driven from their
homes by adV4ncin& armiea have
been returnin@, only to find their
homes demolished alId virtually ev-
erything gCne, excepting the bare
land. They have taken to the dug
outs for shelter until they are able
to build shacks upon their holdings.
In scores Of villages in this battle
area not one house has been left
standing. They were demolished
either during the fighting between
the Russians and the Germans or
afterward when the Bolsheviki invad-
ed territory which is not a part Of
Poland. No attempts have been
made to reorganize the local govern
ment.
In 1914 the village of Toboly had
l24 buildings. Not a house is left
standing. Of the inhabitants about
500 are living in dugouts and so
other persons have sought shelter in
nearby barracks.
Three hundred persons who claim
SwanoWicze as their home town are
all living in dugouts.
When the German and Russian ar
mics clashed, Lubieszow was a thriv-
ing village Of 995 buildings Twenty
houses are now standing, some badly
damaged by shelIfire. There 800 per-
sons are living in barracks and the
20 houses.
Because Of the shortage of horses
it was common sight in these dis
tricts, according to the inspectors re-
ports, to see men and women pulh
plOWs in the fields.
Arrangements have been made by
the relief administration officials to
get food to these districts as soon
possible and during the summer,
Kitchens will be established where all
children up to II years of age will
receive one full meal each day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23
PLANTLEPROSY
CURE Tree HERE
Chaulmoogra Tree To
Be Grown To Assure
Oil Supply

WASHINGTON, July 23.-lntro-
duction in the United States of the
chaulmoogra tree to assure a per
manent supply of the oil for the
treatment of leprosy ~ planned as
result of a trip through Siam, Bur
ma and Assam by Prof. j. F. Rock,
formerly of the University of Hawai-.
Prof. Rock has just returned to
Washington after an extensive eX-
ploration into the jungles for the
Department of Agriculture's branch
Of foreign seed and plant introduce
ton. He brought back with him sew
eral specimens of the ''taraktogenos"
tree, the seeds of which have been
sent to various experiment stations
of the department in Florida, Mary
land and California for termination.
Within eight years, it is believed,
enough fruit will be borne from these
plants to initiate domestic source
Of supply of chaulmoogra oil.
"With the possible exception of a
man named Kerr, an amateur bo
tanist, Prof. Rock is said to be the
first white man to invade the region
of Siam where he obtained his speci-
mems. Natives of that country for
many years had visited the tarakto-
genes forests to obtain enough Of
the oil to meet their domestic needs,
but they made these trips only every
three years for fear of the beasts that
inhabit the wild country.
While chaulmoogra oil has been
used scientifically for only few
years, Prof. Rock says the natives
% that part of Asia which he visit
ed have been using the curative
properties of the taraktogenos tree
for hundreds of years, but in such
a crude way as to be unable TO d.
rive its complete benefits. //
'In the Buddhist histories shat
date back 900 years there are men
tons eff this tree" Prof. Rock point
ed out, adding that "the crude oil
Of the tree was taken internally by
the natives and the legerdS say it
was effective"
1t was not until 1899 that he ac-
tive principles of the oil from %he
seeds of the taraktogenos tree were
isolated with success. This was done
by DR.. Frederick B. Powers, now
connected with the Department Of
Agriculture here, after extensive
scientific experiments made in Eng
land in 1856 had resulted in the dis
covery that the wrong tree'was be-
ing used for extracting chaulmoogra
oil.
Application of results obtained in
DR.. Powers researches by DIR. A. l..
Dean, president of the University of
Hawaii, and others has led to wide
spread use of the oil in leprosy
cases.
Marion Davies signs five-year star
ring contract with Cosmopolitan. Her
next picture will be "When Knight
hood Was in Flower"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23
RHEUMATISM
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Your Terrible Suf-
fering
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During these years we were finally
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Send your name and address and
we will send the booklet to you
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P. O. Box 7sS. Savannah, Ga,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23
CULLED PEACHES
SOURCE OF PERIL
F ort Valley Laboratory
Issues Warning To
Growers

A bulletin by the U. S. peach in
sect laboratory at Fort Valley, says:
"A great quantity of culled peach
.es has been thrown out into bitches
and other exposed places from the
packing sheds during the rush Of
peach season without giving them
further attention. Those who do
this are materially helping to reinfest
and reinfect the peach belt with cur
culiO and brown rot. Many growers
especially those with small acreages,
have endeavored to rid their orchards
and packing sheds of all culled and
fallen fruit by burying or otherwise
disposing of it, however, this prac
tice is almost useless on their part
if large piles Of culls are left exposed
from some Of the sheds. For the
sake Of the peach indusJry's future
in Georges the full cooperation of
all growers in promptly disposiug Of
this refuse fruit is paramount.
A large percentage Of the culled
and dropped fruit contains one or.
more larvae Of the curcuIio. When
such fruit is left exposed these lar
vac soon leave and go into the soil
where they pupate and emerge as
adult beetles before fail to hiber-
nate over winter. The greater the
number Of over w.nteriug adults the
more severe will the cucuIio infesta-
ton in 1922 be. Further, exposed
Gull piles are great sources Of brown
rot danger. The fruit soon rots and
mummifies and the disease is in this
way carried over winter. Next
spring millions Of spores are dissent
mated from these piles Of alammified
fruit to infect the new crops Ex-
perimentation has shown taat these
dummies are able to produce spores
for eight consecutive seasons.
THE knowledge Of these facts as
well as the future success of the
industry should be a special incentive
for the growers who have been neg
ligent in the proper disposition of
refuse fruit to give prompt attention
to it. Dispose of the Gull fruit from
the sheds and the fallen fruit in the
orchards by burying deeep with
lime"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23
Didn't Know His Brother

My brother got so bad with
stomach and liver trouble that when
| saw him after year I didn't know
him. He was emaciated and yellow
as pumpkin and was often in great
pain. He couldn't have lived lon
the way he was going. Doctors and
medicine gave him no relief
picked up a little booklet on Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy, which he said
described his case perfectly. Tho
first dose Of it gave him great relief
and in month he was good as ever"
1t is a simple, harmless preparation
that removes the catarrhal mucus
from the intestinal tract and allays
the inflammation which causes prac-
tically all stomach, liver and intesti-
nal ailments, including appendicitis
One dose will convince or money re-
funded For sale by Howell Phar-
macy and druggists everywhere.
n d1,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23
PLAINS

PLAINS, July Pr. s Olive.
and Dolph Oliver made a bnsiass.
trip to Dawson this week.
The barbecue club which was 20
organized a few weeks ago will bar.
barbecue at Magnolia Smfoas
Monday night.
Miss Mary Clark is visiting N;.,
Christine Spann near, Parrot.
Rev. and Mrs. Partin have g.t,,,.
ed home from Concord wbers Mr.
Partin has been holding mas+t ~
Mrs. Will Flemming of Birninss
ham, Ala, is the guest of her mo.beSs
Mrs. Nina Carter.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Markar md
two sons Frederick and Lane oF
Arcadia, Fla, are the guests If NJ
and Mrs. George Addy.
Mrs. w. II. Crawford, of Ooerp,,
is visiting in the home Of Mrs Joo
Wise. Mrs Crawford has ,,anv
friends in Plains who are clad t9
welcome her home agaiq.
A number of Plains business man
enjoyed a fish fry at Spann'g mil
this week.
Mrs. st. Claire Jennings. of Belle.
aire, O., was the guest Of her GRAND
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Dody,n
this week. Mrs. Jennings will be 70.
membered here as Miss Sarah Brit.
ton. Mrs. Herbert Moon and Nre
Jack Britain were also guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dodson this week.
Mrs. Joe Williams entertained
small number of friends this week
in honor Of Mrs. Warner Hill. Of
Greenville, Ga, and Mrs. Louise
Ferguson. Those present were Mrs
Ferguson, Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Leonard
Jennings, Mrs. Edgar Zimmerman,
Jr., Mrs. S. H. Zimmerman. Mrs
Bowman Wise, Mrs. Jack Slappev.
Mrs. Thad Wise.
Miss Alice Ruth Zimmerman en-.
tertained at picture party this
week in honor of the visitors of Miss
Eleanor Chambliss. Her guests were
Misses Eleanor Chambliss, Inez Wal
ton, Mary Clary and Florida Mat
thews.
The younger set of boys and girls
were entertained at a barbecue at
Magnolia Springs this week. The bar
becue was given to the young ladies
by the young men Of this set and was
mech enjoyed by all who attended
Thaa Jones entertained a few Of
his yonng friends informally We'd
nesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brannon are
guests of Mrs. Annie Howell.
Miss Eleanor Chambliss IS enter
tanning several young ladies as her
hose guests this week. They are
lenjoying the many swimming parties
hikes and parties given in their hon
or. The guests are Misses Inez
Walton, of Coleman; Mary Glary
Warrenton, Florida Matthews, Of
Albany.
Mr.. and Mrs. l H. Hail. of Nil
ledgeville, are the guest of Mrs. Ran
dolph Logan.
Mrs. Binion McGarrah entertained
the Matrons' club Thursday after
noon. Her country home was N.Y..
attractively decorated in bright miV
sumner flowers, and rock was the fet
ture of entertainment. Mrs. R. P
Stackhouse assisted her in enter
tanning. Those present as guests Of
the club were Mrs. Lula Flemming,
of Birmingham; Mrs. Louise Fg1
guson, Mrs. Mary Campbell, MRS.
Mack Chambliss, Mrs. Linton God,
win, Mrs. Henderson Dodson and
Mrs. Ole Hogsed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23

BIackie forgot and made a grab for a
snake-feeder over his head, and got
him. That settled it.
"TlI wait until tonight" said
Marty softly to himself, turning
homeward. "And then I'll have a
fishing party. I'll ask Sprinkle
Blow to blow out the moon so Mr.
Bass-Fish can't see me, then I'll dive
under him and the rest will he easy.
think I'll have a party tonight
and ask in my relations.
But Blackie Bass was thinking,
too. Blackie was thinking. Now
I've gone and done it. I shouldn't
have grabbed that snake-feeder.
Marty Mink knows all about me,
and I'll have to look out"
While he was thinking he forgot
and Wiggled his tail. The sun had
gone down and the moon had come
up and Cob Coon was watching.
M, h'mr' he whispered softly,
Il thought So"
(To Be Continued.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23
WEEKLY BUSINESS REVIEW
Business Looks Good Compared
With 1913
WEEKLY BUSINESS REVIEW

Pig iron output, first six months
of year:
1921 -...,..-,.,.-,-..,.9, 428, 900 tons.
1913 --.----,-..--.-.----16,347,O00 tons
Coal Near Normal
Soft coal production is very low
compared with wartime, but total
output from January / to July 2 was
ct rat1 Of 39G, GOO tons a year
In 1913, only 4Ol ,879,4 48 tons were
mined.
Sc far this year, anthracite coal
production has been at a yearly rate
Of 92,954 ,00G tons, against 1922
855 tons in 1913.
Steel making is now the deadest OF
all industries. This was anticipated
by coke makers who, 50 far in 1921,
have made coke at a rate of only
G,SO2,GO0 tons a year, against &c.
271,070 tons in 1913.
Money Active
Bank clearings, the country over,
first six months Of year:
1921 --.-,---.--..-.-.---$180, 091 500, 900
1913 ,..-.--..---,--,.--- 86,1O6, 583, 900
These clearings indicate that the
nation is doing a business volume
nearly GO per cent greater than in
1913 for experts say that combined
wholesale and retail prices now av-
erage only about a half more than
in 1913. At that rate, the 1913 vol
uma of business could be handled
with $130,00O00O of clearings for
January to July.
Bond sales on New York exchange,
in first six months of year:
1921 ---,.-.-----.--.---- $1,515, 575,0 900
1913 .---.-------...-,-,- 280,774,5 500
Total transactions in stocks on
New York exchange, first six months
of year;
1921 -.-,,,,.,-,,.... $96,01O,4OO shares
1913 ----.---,---,--, 46,606,477 shares
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23

Marion Davies signs five-year star
ring contract with Cosmopolitan. Her
next picture will be "When Knight
hood Was in Flower"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23
St. Luke's Hospital In
Toxic To Be Started

TOXIC, July 23.-Work will be
started this autumn on buildings for
st. Luke's International Hospital
here, established and for many years
maintained by the Protestant Epis-
copal church Of the United States.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23
PERIL IN WAR RELIC

LONDON, July 23.-Alfred-As,
prey, 16, had as a war relic a pencil
holder fashioned from an old rifle
cartridge. As he was writing the
cartridge exploded and blew of three
fingers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-23

The largest tomb in the world is
the Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. 1t
covers 10 acres and is 4Gl feet high.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-09-02
Who Made the Alphabet?

If it takes genius to make great
words, it was also a genius who made
the alphabet which makes the words.
The pedigree Of our alphabet can be
traced continuously for nearly 5000
years, and then comes a hiatus, says a.
recent writer, The genesis of writing
must naturally be sought in pictures.
Caveman, when he painted his women
or beasts on rock walls, or carved elke
and elephants on antlers and tusks,
was laying the foundations of one Of
the great human inventions. Behind
all this apt artistic effort we must see
some esoteric motive, for it was not
due merely to the striving Of the crea-
tive soul after expression. Doubtless,
adds our authority, when caveman held
an exhibition Of his works, his friends
praised the ingenuity and beauty Of
his pictures, but there is something
more than the desire Of simple repro
duction hidden in his handiwork.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-09-02
GROUSE LIVES LIKE ESKIMO
In Gold Weather the Bird Finds a
Safe and Warm Retreat
In Snow House. II

In the temperate months the grouse
has an excellent choice of food con-
sisting Of q great variety Of berries,
small fruit, seeds, buds, clover, beech
nuts, grasshoppers and multitude Of
young, tender leaves. In the winter
one wonders at their survival; for
now the fall flight Of the robins COM
pletely exhausts the berries, which
were wont to ~linger and ripen well
into winter, compelling the grouse to
depend largely upon yellow birch
buds, with many forced meal on an
evergreen.
Fortunately, whenever the tempera-
ture is. far below zero the sky is usu-
ally clear and the, grouse are active
and unconcerned, but If the days and
nights are dark and cold or the air
filed with merciless pellets, they have
the habit of plunging into deep snow
drifts, where foot below the surface
the heat and weight of the body form
globular retreat, in which they re-
main comfortably until. the storm
clears or hunger forces an exit. =: y q.
Sometimes in winter or the early
spring there may come rain or q
warm day that melts the surface snow
followed by severe weather, and then
thousands Of grouse are imprisoned
and the heretofore safe retreat be-
comes their tomb, should weeks pass
by before the seal is broken.-Na-
tionA, Geographic Magazine.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-09-02
Down on the Farm.

A young man spending a vacation
was walking about the country lanes
in an endeavor to hide from himself
entirely all town life, or anything
which reminded him of town life.
CHANGING across a country postman,
he stopped him and asked what time
it was.
Pulling out hfs watch, the postman
deliberately replied:
, cts four o'clock in the afternoon
by the railway time"
by railway time?' CALCULATED the
young man. II should say that you
country folk, living in the open air, in
the heart Of the country, as you do,
would take your time from the sum-"
-"What for?" asked the rural post
man. "Bean't we much closerSto the
railway-even if it be II miles-than
we be to the ?"-Rehoboth Sunday
Herald. 49,