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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-11-02
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/ Mr.. j. E. Pennel, Of Kerrville, was
a business visitor here Tuesday.
Westinghouse light globes at NJ.
4 A. Walker & Cos.
Pickles, sweet and sour, at Solomon
Baddour's.
Mr.. C. NJ. Anthony, of Henning,
was a business visitor here Monday.
Have your lespedeza seed re-
cleaned by M. A. Walker & Co.
Absolutely everything in fancy
groceries. Solomon Baddour.
Mr.. M. L. Jackson, of Hopewel,
was visitor here Tuesday.
We reclean lespedeza seed for the
public. NJ. A. Walker & Co.
Just received car of salt. Get yours
now. Solomon Baddour.
Mr.. Hugh Boyd, of Atoka, spent
Tuesday in Covington on business.
All kinds of flour at the very best
prices at Solomon Baddour's.
More light and better light when
you use Westinghouse globes. Get
them at M. A. Walker & Cos.
Mr.. Barney NJ simonton, of Mill
ington, was a visitor in this city
Tuesday.
If you want good light, get a
Westinghouse globe at M. A! Walker
& Cos.
( You get the famous Richelieu brand
when you buy your groceries from
Solomon Baddour.
Mr.. Ray Shoaf, of the Charleston
community, left Tuesday for st.
Louis.
Give us call and see our full line
of everything good to eat and at right
prices Somervell's Grocery.
You will find absolutely everything
in the grocery line at Solomon Bad
dour's.
Mrs. Elmer Nevis and two chill
dren are spending the week with
relatives in Dyersburg.
We are still selling peanut butter
at 20 cents a pound Solomon Bad
dour.
We want your business and will
give you best goods and prices and
fair deal Call and see us. Somer-
vell's Grocery.
Mr.. Roy Taught and wife and Mrs.
Jess Johnson, of Memphis, are visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Pickens at
Tabernacle.
We always keep fresh vegetables
celery, lettuce, cranberries, etc. Sol
ONION Baddour.
Buy your bill bridge and repair
lumber from w. P. Simonton & Bros
Prices range from so cents to $3.50
per hundred. 2nev2w
Just received new sugarhouse mo-
lasses. Bring your Jug to Somer-
Wells Grocery and get some. 1t is
fine.
Miss Ruth Shelton returned the
latter part of last week from Gre
NADIA, Miss, after a visit to her sis
ter, Mrs. Frank S. Hill.
Fruits of all kinds-crystalized
cherries and pineapples, imported
Smyrna figs and dates. Solomon
Baddour.
Just received new sugarhouse mo-
lasses. Bring your jug to Somer-
vell's Grocery and get some. 1t is
fine.
Mrs. Robert Miller, of Memphis,
returned to her home Sunday. She
was accompanied by her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. F. Bringle.
just received new sugarhouse mo-
lasses. Bring your Jug to Somer-
Wells Grocery and get some. 1t is
fine.
Senator 7. C. Gordon, of Overs
burg, was a visitor in this city Mon
day. Mr. Gordon will represent
Dyer county in the next Legislature.
We still have good flour for $1Oo
sack "a pounds. In fact, we can give
you best prices on meat, sugar, cof-
fee, lard and all staple groceries.
Somervell's Grocery.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-11-02
HUNTERS WARNED

All parties are hereby warned not
to hunt or trap on the Vandergrift
land in District No. Is, as / have
leased the hunting and trapping priv
ilege.
t2noy3w* J. H. B0GUE.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1922-11-02
PERSONAL MENTION

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25
MISS MARY DUDLEY AND
MISS Raglan SHARE HONORS.

A pretty compliment to Miss Mary
Dudley, the guest Of Miss Lois Nc
Math, and Miss Estelle Raglan, Of
I.awkinsville, the guest Of her sister,
Hrs. Steve Pace, was the party CIV
en- by Miss Gertrude Davenport at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Emory
Rylander, Wednesday morning.
Pink gladioli in tall silver vases,
sweet peas and coreopsis, formed the
attractive decorations in the rooms
where the tables were placed for
bridge.
The guests of honor and Mrs.
Junior Easterlin who made top score,
were given dainty collar and cuff
sets.
Mrs. Cobb Miner and Mrs Emory
Rylander served the guests a salad
course and punch.
Invited were Miss Dudley, Miss
Raglan, Mrs. Junior Easterlin, Miss
Mary Glover, Miss Eugenia Parker,
Miss Alice Mcneil, Miss Annie Ivey,
Miss Mar Parker, Miss Agnes Gate
wodd, Miss Lois McMath, Mrs. AL
ton Cogdell and Mrs. Henry Lump
kin.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25
RAy-NICKERsoN

Hrs. Elise Davis Shafer, Of AL
bany, announces the engagement of
her daughter, Mrs Elise Ray, Of At
lanta, to Mr.. Frederic Nickerson, of
Atlanta, the marriage to be solem-
rized in the early fall.
This engagement is of statewide
interest.
Mrs. Ray is the granddaughter of
the late Captain John A. Davis, of
Albany, a niece of Mr.. Joseph
s. Davis, former United States mar
shall for the southern district of
Georgia, ard of Mrs. Frank Shelf
field, of Americas Mrs. Ray was
one of the bellies of the state, and
was a frequent visitor to Atlanta a
few years ago.
Since the death of her husband,
the late Nh. Hump Ray, Of Albany,
Mrs. Ray has been living in Atlantic
City, ~ j., but returned to make her
nome in Atlanta last March.-ht-
lanta Journal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25
AMERICUS NATIONS
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25
AN OLD RECIPE
TO DARKEN HAIR
Sage Tea and Sulphur Turns
Gray, Faded Hair Dark
and Glossy.f

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray. Years ago the only way to get
this mixture was to make it at home,
which is mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for 'Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound" You will get a large
bottle of this old-time recipe improved
by the addition of other ingredients,
at very little cost. Everybody uses
this preparation now, because no one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, as it does 1t so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft Sbrush with it and = draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time; by morning the gray
hair disappears and after another APP
plication or tive, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thick and glossy and
you look years younger. Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound is a delightful
toilet requisite 1t is not intended for
the cure, mitigation or prevention of
disease. o
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25
BY MARTIN v. CALVIN
statistician Georgia Department c

Agriculture.
On every hand, inventories are be-
ing taken. For what purpose? To
get the LAY of the land;" to ascer-
tain just where we stand; to deter
mine just what must be done. This
work was begun Immediately after
| the close of the World War. It is
still under way; for the reason that
former conditions had been disturbed
root and branch.
Let us look into the situation in
Georgia in the matter Of per capita
wealth and purchasing power. There
you have two great factors in the
business world. The one is depend
ent on the other You should feel
interested in the two propositions
whether farmer or merchant; trader
or banker; mechanic or professional
man; lawyer, printer or publisher,
There is another interesting and
important factor in the situation in
which every wide-awake city man
! should feel and manifest a lively in
terest, rural population to the square
mile. You see, without thickly set
tied back Countryside trade tribu-
tary'' to your city-you must exert
yourself very much more than if the
outlying territory be thickly settled.
But thickly pdopled territory can
not, will not, make a city grow apace
unless the citizens thereof, every
man and every woman is thoroughly
alive to the situation, and each meas
ures up to his duty and her duty.
The thought occurred to the writer
to make study of the three geo.
graphical divisions of Georgia as to
per capita wealth and purchasing
power-taking five counties in north,
middle and south Georgia, approx
mately equal in population, in 1920,
both general and rural.
Here is a table based on per capita
wealth. You know that per capita
wealth means that, if all the money
in county were equally divided
among all the inhabitants OF the
county without regard to age or col
or, each would have in cash a given
amount of money:
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

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my advice. Mrs. FRED MINER, Box
l02, Churubusco, N. Y.
It's the same story over again.
Women suffer from ailments for years.
They try doctors and different medi-
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take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
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That S the truth of the matter. If YOU
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women have, you ought to try this med
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or old, as it contains no harmful drugs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25
Georgia Per Capita Wealth and
Purchasing Power

rural population of the five North
Georgia counties is 62.8 per square
mile; Middle Georgia counties, 44.4;
South Georgia counties, Ala.
The general average population,
on the basis of the whole population,
is: North Georgia counties, 31,179;
Middle Georgia counties, 31,779;
South Georgia counties, 32,681.
The general average per capita
wealth of the North Georgia group,
$495; Middle Georgia group, $3.50;
South Georgia group, 1869.
The purchasing power of the coun-
ties;
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25
executed.

N1NFNubNh'
Ices moulded IN the form of lilies
were served with individual angel
food cake. Others assisting in the en-
tertainment of the callers were Miss
es Ellie Pickett and Ethel Brown,
Mesdames J. G. Parks, J. G. Dean
j. A. Shields, R. l.. Saville, w. b.
Parks, John Seay, Earl Pace and l..
Lamar. Two hundred invitation.
were issued, and the reception rooms
we're thronged with guests through
out the calling hours.
Mrs. John Seay entertained at a
lovely luncheon Saturday for Mrs.
D. c. Pickett's guests. Ten guests
were seated at the handsomely APP
pointed table, the place cards being
dainty novelties. The central decora-
ton was a basket of yellow gladioh,
and the other decorations Of the home
were in the same soft shade.
Mesdames ]. A. Shields and w. 3
Parks were joint hostesses honoring
Mrs. Pickett's guests at a delightful
buffet supper on Saturday night at
the home Of Mrs Shields, which was
decorated throughout with bright
garden flowers A musical program
was part Of the evenings pleasures.
Mrs. M. c. Edwards honored the
popular visitors with a theater party
yesterday afternoon. An enjoyable
hour at the Palace theatef was fol-
lowed by delightful entertainment at
the handsome Edwards home.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25
DISCUSSIONS FEATURE
CLUB MEETING

With large attendance Of enJhus-
iastic members Wednesday morning
the last meeting of the yea of the
Music Study club was featured with
a number of interesting discussions
pertaining to the immediate and fu-
tire needs of the organization.
Among the first things decided was
a contribution to be made to the gem
cral fund for sending Mrs. d. C. Ket-
chum, of Vienna, president of the
Third District Federated clubs, to the
national convention to be held in
June at Chautauqua, N. Y. The do
nation was Immediately subscribed.
Mrs j. E. Hays, state president, viii
also attend, and announcement of her
entrance for national secretary of
the federated clubs was hailed with
enthusiasm among the club members,
who heartily endorsed her candidacy.
Unanimous decision was given to
the plans for giving a second pro-
duction of musical comedy directed
by the John b. Rogers Co., which will
be planned for the early fall. The
success of 'Katcha-Koo" here last
year decvided in favor of repetition
of a repetition of musical comedy.
Important among the work to be
done by the club throughout the
vacation months is the securing of
scholarships from the music teachers
of Americas for worthy music stu
dents. Miss Helen Argo, who was the
only musical instructor present, read
lily promised one for her music school
in the fall, and a committee was APP
pointed to interview the other teach
ers of the city in the effort to nave
them subscribe to the movement.
Regulations to guide the bestowing
of the scholarships will be drafted
shortly, in order that the entrants
may start their musical studies with
the beginning of the fall term.
The club is also planning the es-
Enlistment of a record library in the
city schools for the purpose of pro-
viding the students witlA the oppor-
tunity of hearing daily the best com
positions in music. 1t is hoped at an
early date to equip all the schools
here with victrolas in connection with
public school music as being taught
by Miss Ella NJ, Polk, director Of
music.
Miss Helen Argo was appointed
chairman fthe program committee
for the next club year, her contribu-
ton to the program yesterday being
two piano numbers, one of which IN
cluded Caprice Vienois," by Kreis-
Ter.
The program closed with two in
teresting readings by Dorothy En-
glish, the 5-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. M. English, who shows
much histrionic talent. Having heard
older students freading give their
hearings, this little girl has absorb
ed every word of several selections,
which she repeats verbatim and with
Get Browns Self-Rising" habit
and reduce freight rates on -four.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25
South Georgia

Run your eye carefully through the
foregoing facts and figures. Then
institute comparisons. The exercise
viii benefit you. 1t is barely possible
that you may learn some important
things about your county and your
section you had netirely overlooked.
TIL first man to wear a. silk hat
in the streets Of London was ar
rested for creating a riot.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25
SEWING CIRCLE TO
MEET FRIDAY.

The West Church Sewing circle
will meet Friday afternoon at 4
o'clock with Mrs. II, j. Ertzberger
at her home on Hampton street.
At thi smeeting pans will will be
discussed for summer work, and it
is urged that every member be pres
ont
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

MISS LA VERNE THOMAS. EDITOR PHONE SO.

proper gesticulations. Her readings
we've received with tumultuous APP
plause.
A questionable on arts, literature,
sculpture and music closed the pro-
gram, and proved an unusual fea.
ture.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

Ibackache and had no
relief from hismedi-
cine. One day a
neigh Dor told me
about your Vegeta-
BILE Compound and I
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so much that | wish
to advise all women
to try Lydia E. Pink
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

III r. vs. am ltA inc dSHlOH SHOW
tonight at the Rylander theater:
Orchestra-Victory Overture-Emil
Ascher.
Violin - Marie Bell, Rosie An
drews, Lon Chas. Gam
mage; cornets-Allen Nc
Neil, Edward Andrews +;
Clarinet-Sam Lott; from
bone - Henry Everett;
Drums - Edward Near
thur Joe Poole; Pianist -
Morgan Sellers; Director
Ella M. Polk.
SIN Japan With Mi?Mo-San," Chorus
(Owen) Cornelia Wallis,
Ruby Harris, Martha Ivey,
jamie Murray, Emma West
brook, Lille Lee, Georgia
Lumpkin, Katherine Tur-
ner, Louise Ihayer, Sarah
Alice Reese.
S0lo-"Blue Bird" - Mrs. Dan
O'ConnelI.
Dance - 'Humoresque" - Florrie
Warren.
ohorus--Lullaby from East is West
Cornelia Wallis and
Chorus.
SoIo-"One Fine Day" MADAME
Butterfly - Miss Melva
Clark.
Quartet-"C Cotton Blues" (CargilD
Kendall Beavers, James
J Davenport, Carroll Clark,
Ralston Clark
inlcriIetaLiyc Dance-"The Gypsy
Beggar--Miss Susan Stall
ings.
B4tking Katherine Hamilton
Nelie Hamilton, Eagenia
Parker, Georgia Lumpkin,
Ruth Everett, Frances last
erin, Many Merritt.
Solo-"At Dawning" Vera
Henry.
Good might Miss ElleE Estes.
Walter Rylander is in Atlanta,
where he went on business.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25
SUCCEEDS where
DOCTORS FAIL
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound Often Does That. Read
Mrs. Miners Testimony
|NIIlIlLlIIlIlJIIIIl.

Churubusco, N. Y.-'T was under the
Doctors care for over five wears Tor
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25
PERSONAL

Mrs. Mary B. Clay, Miss Bryce
Pilsbury, Mrs. Fred Davenport and
Mrs. John Sheffield motored to Ma
con Wednesday. They will return
home today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25


con Wednesday They will return
home today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Williamson and
Mr.. and Mrs. G. 0. Loving left this
morning by automobile for Spring
Creek, Fla. where they will spend
few days fishing.
Miss Dorothy Farrar, of Dalton,
who has been delightfully."- entertain
ed as the guest of Miss Melva Clark
Cor the past week, will leave today
for Moultrie where she will visit Mrs.
G. f. Macarthur.
Miss Cecil Ryals is spending today
in Macon.
Miss Francis SILVER is in Macon
where sch is the guest of her sister,
Miss Cornelia SILVER, student at
Wesleyan college, for the commence
ment festivities. They will return
home next week.
Mrs. Frank Sheffield left Wednes-
day upon a visit to relatives.
James Dudley will return tonight
from Riverside Military Academy,
in Gainesville, where he has been a
student the past year and will spend
the summer with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. w. H. C. Dudley.
Mrs. NJ. S. Holiday will leave to-
night for Jacksonville, where she will
spend some time with her son, Jack
Holiday. Later she will visit Mr..
Holiday in Santa Fe.
Mrs Allen Perry, Mrs. E. c..
Speer, who has spent the past week
with Mrs. George Oliver, and Bob
Edwards motored to Macon today to
be the guest of friends. Mr. Edwards
will attend the Shriners' convention
tomorrow.
Miss Mary Sheffield left Wednes-
day for Macon where she will be the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Tim Killen,
for some time.
Mrs. L. A. Morgan and Mary Eliz-
abeth Morgan, of Fort Meade, Fla,
are the guests of Mrs. R. L. May
nard on South Lee street.
Mrs. Hope Strong and little son,
eff Brunswick, are the guests of Mrs.
Eugene Bailey, ON South Lee street.
Mrs. M. T. Moncrief, Of Newman,
and Miss Sarah Snow, of Atlanta,
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. R. p.
Snow and Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Smith
here.
Miss Mary Dudley, who was called
to Columbus by the illness of her
grandfather, Dr. j. /. Darby, will
return to Americas later in the week,
Dr.. Darby having greatly improved.
Miss Dudley will be the guest of he,
aunt, Mrs. w. II. c. Dudley.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

Get Browns Self-Rising" habit
and reduce freight rates on flour.
24-Gt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR
FASHION SHOW.

Following is the musical and dane
ing program for the Fashion show
tonight at the Rylander theater:
OTchestra-Nietory Overture-Emil
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Williamson and
Mr.. and Mrs. G. o. Loving left this
morning by automobile for Spring
Creek, Fla. where they will spend
a few days fishing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

Miss Dorothy Farrar, of Dalton,
who has been delightfully."- entertain
ed as the guest of Miss Melva Clark
For the past week, will leave today
for Moultrie where she will visit Mrs.
G. f. Macarthur.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

Miss Francis SILVER is in Macon
where sch is the guest of her sister,
Miss Cornelia SILVER, student at
Wesleyan college, for the commence
ment festivities. They will return
home next week
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

Miss Cecil Ryals is spending today
in Macon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

Mrs. Frank Sheffield left Wednes-
day upon a visit to relatives.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

Mrs. Allen Perry, Mrs. E. c..
Speer, who has spent the past week
with Mrs. George Oliver, and Bob
Edwards motored to Macon today to
be the guest of friends. Mr. Edwards
will attend the Shriners convention
tomorrow.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

Mrs. NJ. S. Holiday will leave to-
night for Jacksonville, where she will
spend some time with her son, Jack
Holiday. Later she will visit Mr..
Holiday in Santa Fe.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

James Dudley will return tonight
from Riverside Military Academy,
in Gainesville, where he has been a
student the past year and will spend
the summer with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. C. Dudley.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-25

Miss Mary Sheffield left Wednes-
day for Macon where she will be the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Tim Killen,
for some time.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-10
DOUBLES TAKE RISK
FOR MOVIE IDOLS
PER|LOUS STUNTS
Substitutes Are Found Will
ing to Endanger Lives
for Money.

Harry Leon Wilson's funny story,
Merton of the Movies" disillusioned
a lot of people about their film heroes.
1t gave q definite view of the real
heroes and h~eroines Of movie thrills
the doubles who work for money and
not for fame: the people who really
risk their lives in doing stunts that
the star is supposed to do. Mr.. Wilson
showed lis the humorous side of the
thing. An occurrence in a crowded
New York street. which brought death
to John Stevenson, showed us the
tragic side of it.
Stevenson wasn't known to the pub
lie at all. but there were few people in
what Is known as the moving picture
business to whom his name and fame
were not familiar things. In perilous
feats. he had impersonated dozens of
famous stars. When they picked the
moor fellow up, crushed and dying, un-
derneath the elevated structure at
Seventy second street and Columbus
avenue. he wore the flapper frock and
the blonde wig Of Pearl White. They
had hardly got him out of the incongu-
Gus attire at the hospital when he died
of a fractured skull and other fright
full hurts.
Won Fame for Pearl White
He had impersonated Pearl White in
MANY of the thrilling feats which have
won her the awesome admiration Of the
movie fans. When the director decided
that Miss White should leap from the
ton of n Fifth avenue bus to the ele-
waited railroad structure above 1t, thus
foiling the villain and winning once
more the plaudits of a startled public,
John Stevenson unhesitatingly accepted
the Job 1t wasn't any more danger