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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15

what the record says Longhead
may have decided that Princess
1herma is to marry King Verde
with the green beard"
1t seems that he couldn't have
said a worse thing, for instantly
there was a hubbub. The Diddy-
evers began to act like crazy people.
Their fury was terrible to see. 1t
was like waving red flag in front
Of very cross bull.
Traitors yelled the Diddyevers.
Talking about those awful Kors-
knotts! And saying that the beauti-
full princes may marry their ugly
king! Ughp
Nancy hurried to pacify them in
her nice way ooh, she smiled,
but wouldn't it be nice if she would
marry your king?"
Instantly there was peace again.
Hear! Hear! the Diddyevers
cheered loudly. That's the talk,
Now we shall take you to King In
dig, if the furious falcon will let you
past the pate"
Ito be continucd.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15
BY TOM SIMS


There are more dumbbells than
dumb bellies.
British may pay US the interest on
their debt, but it's the principal Of
the thing we are kicking about.
Uneasy lies the head that wears
a permanent wave.
Some people are down on prohibi-
ton because it makes it so hard to
get drink.
Any flapper knows that smiling
for man is quicker than crying for
one.
Spring weather revives the put
and-take craze We put them on
and take them off every week.
Sometimes the biggest fish is on
the bank.
Just about the time man decides
he has conquered the air you, hear
of him falling down again.
Ruth Wants to Play First
headline. Lands makes him play
last.
?Some people would buy a hippo
potamus if they gould get it charged
1t is better to be bored than lonely
Sometimes it takes little knock
ing to drive home a point.
Chicago wants new Jail. 1t is
understood that crooks absolutely re-
fuse to go to the old one.
When a man starts out to make 3
fool of himself he always finds some
one to help him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15
MINISTER THANKFUL

81 had stomach trouble for nearly
20 years, also constipation which fill
ed my system with gas and fever
| could not do my work, and while
was down sick lady from out OF
town sent me d bottle of Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy which proved
truly wonderful I believe it is the
best medicine on earth" 1t is SIM
Pile, harmless preparation that re-
moves the catarrhal mucus from tn"
intestinal tract and allays the inflam-
nation which causes practically all
stomach, liver and intestinal ailments,
including appendicitis One dose will
convince or money refunded. For
sale by 6cwell's Pharmacy and drug
gisis everywhere.-<adv,)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS

street cars is expected every day.
They will be placed on the line at
once. There is some talk of extend
ing the electric railway line To- East
Americas Supt. Fouehc thinks this
would prove one of the best paying
portions of the road.
Next week the Sam road will be
running through passenger trains to
Montgomery.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15
THIRTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY.

(From the Times-Recorder April
Is, 1929
Miss Jessie Littlejohn, charming
young lady of this city, is visiting
at Louvale the guest of Miss Susie
Tatum.
Miss Mamie Galloway left on the
early train today for Atlanta, where
she will spend some time.
T. A. Littlejohn, a. we'll known Cor
dele attorney, was in the city yes
terday.
The arrival of the four additional
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15
TWENTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY.

(t'rom the Times-Recorder April
Is. 1922
TUST 53 years ago today freeze
- devastated this section, killing
rops and even trees.
l.. G. Council returned yesterday
from Smithville where he was called
by the. serious illness of Mr.. A. s.
Anslcy, a former resident of Sum
ter.
Misses Maria and Elizabeth Har-
roId, who spent the last week pleas
antly with friends in Chattanooga,
'etuHncd home last evening.
Mrs. W. d. Miller, Of Jackson
vile, is visiting her parents, Capt
and Mrs. H. D. Watts.
The, Seaboard shops now employ
working force of 275 men. Sup
pose Americas had other industries
employing such force?
The announcement of Judge James
A. Eixon for the legislature cau8e as
a pleasant surprise to his friends yes
terday.
Miss Mary Heys formerly of Amer
icus, but now of Abbeyille, is visiting
relatives in the city.
Messrs w. M. Hawkes. and W. f.
Elam, Of Atlanta, spent Sunday in
Americas, their former home.
Miss Minnie Frazier and Mr., Hor-
ace Everson, of Leslie, were united
in marriage Sunday, Rev. A. b,
Hawkes. officiating.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15
TAX NOTICE

My books will remain open until May 1st. All cot
ton OF 1919 and 1920 crops and money notes and
counts you had JAN lst 1922 subject The
law requires all ladies to give and pay poll taxes for
the year 1922 from Il to SO old Very respectfully
GEO. D. JONES, Tax Receiver, S. c.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15

ter staying at home to do it. | have
told number of friends what it has
done for me and give you permission to
use my letter as testimonial. Mrs.
JESSE PETERSEN, Route 1,Jasper, MINI.
There is no better reason for your try
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound than this-it has helped other
women. So if you suffer from displace-
ments, Irregularities, backache, ner-
vousness or are passing through the
Change of Life remember this splendid
medicine. What it did for Mrs. Peter
sen it may do for you.
The Vegetable Compound stands upon
q foundation of nearly fifty years of
service.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15
DAUGHTER HAD
TO help MOTHER
Now Can Do All Her Homework
Alone Because Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Helped Her

Jasper, MINI. = 81 saw in the paper
about Lydia E. Pinkhan' s Vegetable
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15
A THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY.

For say through the grace given
unto me, to every man that is
among you, not to think of himself
more lightly than he ought to think;
but to think soberly, according as
God hath dealt to every man the
measure of faith.-Romans 1878.
No reports are more readily be-
heved than those that disparage gen
ius, and soothe the envy of conscious
neutrality-suspicious. NJ. Facaulay
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15
Getting up before hubby is fine
way to keep in pocket change.

Laugh and grow fat, is fine; but
after you succeed it ceases to be a
laughing matter
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15
THE NATIONAL PAsTIME.

THE baseball season gets under
way. 1t has been the national
sport since the Knickerbocker Club
Of New York City started the worlds
first organized baseball club in 1845.
<Si&iyears before that, Abncr Dou-
bleday took paper, quill pen, ruler
and an inventive brain, and mapped
out the diamond" Abner certain
~ started something. He would have
heart failure if he could come back
and see a big-league grandstand audi
cnce in action.
You never can tell what you're
starting. Some of the things recent
iy brought into existence will play
as big part in future American life
as baseball now. Wireless, for in
stance.
A form of baseball was played
thousands of years ago among the
Greeks. Colonial youngsters of
George Washington's day played
town ball"
The Knickerbocker Club, which
originated modern baseball in 1915,
had its first rival in THE New York
Nine"
June 10, 1886, the two clubs met
at Hoboken, N. j., in the first real
baseball contest. Knickerbockers
lost, 23 to 1, though rules then in
force gave the decision to the first
team scoring q runs,
In that first match, it took only
four innings to win the game. A
batter was out if the ball were
caught on d bounce, Pitcher, in
stead of hurting, used straight-arm
motion
The only thing that hasn't changed
is the fan!
1t Is fortunate that we have for a
national sport baseball, which COM
bInes physical exercise with exercise
of the important brain functions,
mental agility and quick decision.
Baseball is of incalculable benefit
20 the nation, as a stirrer-up~>of the
liver and soother of nerves highly
strung by congestcd civilization. Too
bad that all the fans do not actually
play the game themselves. II is br.
man mature, however. to prefe,
watching someone else perform.
4 riddle Of psychology is why SO
many young. men who know base
paA rules, precendents and market
conditions from soup to nuts are
nuniskulls in shops, offices ana
stores where they earn their living.
lntellectuals will celebrate Magma
Charta day, June Is. For one young
man who can tell you what the Mag.
ma Charta was, there are thousands
who will sit up all night solving a
baseball problem, or who know more
about baseball generally than Henr,
Knows about Fords.
Yet the Magma Charta. document
granted by King John of England te
the 6arons in 1915, was the basis OF
liberty in Modern English-speakins
nations. Without the Magma Charta
most young Americans might b,
toiiing as serfs instead of sitting il
the baseball grandstand,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15

Jack Dempsey is touring Europe
with the expectation that he won't
find anybody to fight him.
You may think your luck IS bad,
but-consider the plight of blind
man at bathing beach.
Lots of people are looking for The
path of least persistence.
If some people worked for what
they were worth it would be long
time between paydays,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15

Compound and took
it because ! was hav-
ing such pains in my
stomach and through
my back that / could
not do my work. |
had tried other med
icines, but none did
me the good tn at
your Vegetable Com
pound did. Now / am
able to do all my
work alone while be-
fore I had nv dauph-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-04-15
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.

(Monday morning. No paper pub
lishedD
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

! am tired Of the hum-drum existence,
domestic cares and responsibilities and
deadening sameness Of married life.
want little responsibilities, where I can
once more have my friends and see some
Of the human side Of life and be free
man." '%' '' g'E-@l-. ~ 49,.
Mrs, Harris goes into surprising details
concerning the past life Of the eminent
banker, Beverly Harris, for she says:
ta'That at the time Of the first meeting
between the plaintiff and defendant in the
month Of January, 1915, the plaintiff, as
defendant Is informed and verify believes,
was forty-six years Of age, and although
he was then big oficial IN Texas, he
was without social position and was man
Of notoriousiy bad morals and conductj
that he was o heavy consumer of alcoholic
liquors, and was known as king Of the
Red Light District 49, &.
"Wherl the plaintiff first met the de-
fendant at Riee's Hotel, in Dallas, Tex,
he Immediately devoted his time and at
tention TO her entertainment, and forced
his attention upon her IN every way. De
fendant was then an inexperienced girl
Of nineteen years Of age, ,chaste and Of
good reputation and moral training.
Within few days Of their meeting, the
plaintiff induced the defendant to accom-
pany him to his rooms In said hotel to
show her certain Civil War relics t.
and thereafter and until the date Of the
marriage between the plaintiff and de-
fendant, the plaintiff paid the expenses of
the support and maintenance Of the de-
fendant. na N43
"The defendant consented To marry
the plaintiff reluctantly" at3
E But cruel disillusi0nment awaited the
youthful bride, according to her story.
On the very eve the knot was tied which
made them one '.fcr better or for worse,
IN sickness and IN health, !" the bride dis
covered u was "for worse."
The Washington times., 1922-10-15


ishing new reason why her husband was
unable to live with her happily, for she
says: ra&t ~ '-~tt l.. .l1 ag9
Defendant denies that such abandon
nent was due to any act or conduct on
her part, and alleges that she has never
been guilty Of lany conduct to justify
plaintiff either III law or morals to aban-
don her and believes that plaintiffs sole
TO associate freely with other women, and
that at the time he abandoned the de-
fendant, plaintiff frankly stated his rea-
son Tor taking that step In letter to the
trialD: E '3T u n.
|" I have ruined and wrecked your life.
You can never get wen until you separate
from me. Your marriage TO me was a
terrible mistake ! am not the proper
sort Of a mate for q young girl lIIte you.
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

and that some Of his expensive facts are
based on an older woman named Lee.
II was during their life in a fashionable
New York apartment on Riverside Drive
that the following dramatic scene, de-
scribed BY Mrs. Harris, is alleged TO have
occurred: va y :. N I'd
After scene In the plaintiffs apart
ment, In which the plaintiff, when intoxi-
Gated, seized the defendant, who was IN
In bed and under the care Of physician
and nurse, and suspended the defendant
ening 10 drop her, the plaintiff abandoned
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

she represented herself to be, woman
Of some means, who had guardian
named Ell Raynor, she was, in fact,
pauper and worked for the Cumberland
Telegraph and Telephone Company in
Memphis, and had never had, after she
left the telephone company's service, ,
any legitimate business, or been en-
gagged in any reputable employment"
In her answer, filed by her attorneys,
George w. 0lvaney and Edward B.
Schulkind, Mrs. Harris does not deny that
she was q love child. She does not speci-
fcally raise the question, but In an earlier
proceeding her counsel, George Gordon
Battle, declared that Harris knew the
facts when he married her. Mr.. Bat
lie quoted q remarkable letter from the
emotional fnaneier to his wife, dated
July q, 1918, In which he said! EI.
'::This Is your birthday. OF all the
handiwork OF God In all the world none
Is Of more rare, exquisite beauty than
you.g You are q Love Child, and to you
He has given every charm that artists
vision or poets fancy could imagine of
wonderful, perfect womanhoOd."
In her answer Mrs Harris denies that
she ever said she was the daughter Of
Stacker Lee, the eminent Memphis eiti-
zen, but says that her mother married
Samuel G. Lee, who was related TO the
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

TN an extraordinary suit to annul his
marriage to Eleanor E. Lee Harris,
Beverly d. Harris, q prominent New
York banker, advances some very strange
and unusual causes. 80
In his complaint Harris lays stress on
the fact that she misrepresented her par
entage and her social status and that she
was not the daughter Of steamboat
king. Moreover, he has intimated that she
was "a love child" ~
= The. beautiful Mrs. Harris's counsel will
doubtless maintain that it is no offence
In wife to be love child. They might
produce arguments from Shakespeare's
aRing John" and other famous works of
literature, showing that such children are
often gifted with unusual talent and
spirit. In any case, they offer evidence
that Mr.. Harris knew the circumstances
Of his wife's birth and at one time felt
quite happy over IT.
Harris was at the time Of his marriage
! yice-president Of the important South
Texas Commercial National Bank OF
Houston, Tex. Soon, after his marriage
he BECAME vice-president Of the biggest
New York bank, q position he resigned
recently because 1t is believed his domes-
Tie affairs had acquired too much no.
toriety. His wife is typical Southern
beauty, with an ardent, romantic tenn
perament. x
Mixed up with the questions of legiti-
macy and social position is the question:
How much love is wife entitled to o?
The beautiful Mrs. Harris once informed
4 wide social circle that she failed to re-
ceive the love she craved. She says that
her husband buried himself in business
an day long and left her in her luxurious
apartment in the Hotel Plaza and aband-
oned her to the foolish amusements Of
idle society. -.
~ II was like a bird in gilded cage"
complained Mrs. Harris. with every
thing wanted except-love"
Perhaps It requires more than ordinary
That Is one Of several interesting points
that. may be settled in this remarkable
suit. s >-. :,
i In his newly amended complaint, fled
by Ewing, Alley & Voorhees,, his attor-
neys, Harris says:
hHe met defendant sometime in Janu-
AIRY, 1915, at the Rice Hotel, Of Houston,
Tex. Plaintiff was then about foTty-two
years of age, and defendant, so plaintiff
was informed was about twenty-two %
Abatement Of the defendant to him Of her
are and parentage was wholly falsei that
siie was much older than she pretended
70 be, Nand was not the daughter OF
Stacker Lee, as she then claimed.
Defendant represented herself to be
the daughter of one Stacker Lee, former
Iva citizen Of Memphis, Tenn, and o
member Of an ,old and eminent family,
which said family stood high in the social
and business world of Memphis, Tenn.
The Lee family have founded and then
operated, and yet operates, among other
Industries, line Of steamboats, plying
the Mississippi River, known ~ the Lee
Line, and the name under which the de-
PENDANT went gave assurance Of responsi-
bility and standing. ...
Defendant represented herself
representations to the same effect were
made BY her alleged aunt, Mrs. Hosea
Harris TO be q young and chRste woman
without worldly experience, and rs
worthy Of love, confidence and esteem
''Defendant likewise represented TO-
plaintiff, and he accepted the statement
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

''That evening at
the Jefferson Hotel, "
reads the fearful let
ter of the bride,
which forms part of
the record, "after
the private dinner, l
came into your room,
which adjoined mine.
You were sitting in a
chair with a bottle of
champagne on the
floor beside you and
a pitcher Of lemonade
on the other side of
you. .N.s..
- sat on the edge
Of the bed, not know
ing what to do or
say. I covered the
sheet Of the bed with
pink rose leaves, and
you said to me, That
is the most beautiful
thought / have ever
known Yet you
continued to order
champagne. -" 3
Mrs. Harris also
= says that at the time
her husband alleges.
, she was leading q
Bohemian life in
NJ e mphis she was
only twelve years old
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

Memphis Lees. She also
denies that Samuel G.
Lee was her father, as
alleged in her husbands
complaint. 1t was inti-
mated in court that her
real father may be Eli
Raynor. whom she al
ways called Uncle Eli.
Mrs. Harris declares
that she was not even
twenty-five when she
met Mr.. Harris, but only
nineteen years of age,
"chaste and with only
theworldly experience Of
any girl of that age"
SIZE never thought Of
proclaiming her inno-
cence to Mr.. Harris, as
he says she did, for no,
well-bred young girl does
that. ~ = ~ X
Mrs. Harris's answer
The Washington times., 1922-10-15
II was like NIM nj
. bird in &lEI -
gilded NJ
cage" I. IL s3g
complained
Mrs. Harris. with everything
wanted except -lovel

as true, that she was an orphan and that
among her kindred was man named Ell
Raynor, who was represented as being
defendants uncle and . member Of .
prominent family in Memphis. Plaintiff
did not know the facts. but the truth Is
that Eli Raynor was connected BY mar
rage with one Of the most prominent
families in Memphis, although, as later
discovered, said Raynor was proprietor
Of gambling house, or gambling houses,
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

IN memphis Ienn
The trusting
banker and the
beautiful South
ern girl were
married on July
FL, 1915, and
lived together
untH July T.
19ls-fodr years
when they sep
arated under .
70 rm al agree
ment, b ut his
subsequent dis
coveries made
Harris dissatis-
fed with this
agreement. -.
Harris investi
gated, in . fact,
q n d says he
found that his
wife was not the
d a u ghter Of
Stacker Lee, and
did not have the
social position al
legged. Moreover,
he had reason to
complain of her
meetings with
Uncle Eli, which
he states in de-
tail:
u e I endant,'
he says, "is the
daughter Of Sam
uel C. Lee, who
lived on Dyer's
re e k, n e ar
Dover, in Stewart
County, Tehnes-
see. Said Lee
d ! e d. hopelessly
insolvent, but had
an ! n t er e 8 I in
some land, and
on a sale Of that
land ere was
coming to each
one of his heirs
at law $15S.S6.
Defendant re-
ceived $15S.S6,
which was her
sole estate, and
instead Of being,
The Washington times., 1922-10-15

penses Of her living.D ~ :. -.
- In nearly four years Of life IN New
York apartments and hotels, during which
Mrs. Harris was growing disilIusioned of
married life, she often had occasion to
complain Of MrH Harris's absorption in
business and neglect Of her.
But since her husband has begun his
annulment suit, with its many painful
allegations, Mrs. Harris has found other
and more serious causes Of complaint
against him than staying late at the
once" -
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-30
Turks Intensity Attack on Greeks
Are Attempting to Hasten De cisive Action in Asia Min or-All Black Sea Ports Closed.

Constantinople, Aug. 2s.-CBy the A. P.)-The Turkish nationalists are en-
 gazing all their well equipped troops in
 relentless offensive against the Gree.ks
 in fAsia Minor Tn San apparent attempt
 to force a decision before the coming
 enice conference.
 ( Before the Turks lainched their att tack against Afiun Kara1iasar, they lad neglected nothing to make sure of the
 success of their plan. All ports On he Black Sea had been closed to naviga- tion, and railway, telepgraphic and postal communications with Constant.e nopfe had been suspended. These meas-
 ures gave the first indications here that an offensive was being planned.
 The Kemalists, taking special care 10 choke any. information which might pos
 sibly reach the. ears of the enemy. had even. cancelled all permits to Constanti- fnopie.
 Up to. the last. moment efore the cffen- l'sive started, the Turkish troops had beer massed at pointsswhere the bulk of their forces could be brought into action A
 number. off local actions and feinted of- fensives had been carried out a few days
 before the offensive opened, the idea bing to- shattr the Greek front and harass the Greek defenses. The Turks made a num- Der of surprise attacks south of the Me iandor river, resulting in the capture of a series of villages. At the same time 1 groups of raiders crossed the rive- and 1! carried out few successful operatlcns, i Most of these operations were directed
 against the wings of the Greek army, al
 though the supreme effort of the national. i ists. according to conmun:que, was be- Ing directed against the Greek centsr.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-30
HOUSE MAY TAKE ACTION ON
 COAL MINES AND RAILROADS

Washington. Aug. 2s.- Smouldering official opinion in favor of presidential authorization to take over railroads and coal mines not operated at their highest efficiency was revived in congress to- day when it was made known at the White House that President Harding still held that such grant of power was desirable although without any idea of using the authority except in a case of direct public necessity.
 One immediate result of the renewal discussion of government operation was the prospect that the house might be called upon, at short notice to put it- self on record in the matter. Represent ative Johnson republican, South Dako- ta, announced his intention to offer to- morrow an amendment to the admin istration coal control bill, which would give the president the authority he wal said to desire.
 Several other members of the hous: indicated that they also would sutmi amendments with the same purpose :1 view. although congressional leader! generally predicted no such legislation VII be passed fer the present.
 As explained at the White House th' presidents attitude is that the adnln istrations hold on the situation woult be measu- eah.y strengthened if it hat as foundation the potential power | take over. a single railroad or a sys tenn of carriers, a single mine or ser tes of mining properties, which had beel shown clearly to have failed to rends the public the fuA service of which the. were capable.