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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
FARMING EDITOR
-
! COMING FRIDAY
w. c. Lasseter, Of Atlanta, To
Tell Here What Cotton
:, Pool Is Doing Elsewhere

Iumter county farmers will have
the opportunity of hearing w. G.
14asseter, editor of the Georgia edi-
tion of the Progressive Farmer, in
Americus on Friday afternoon of this
week. Mr.. Lasseter will speak at
the court house at $50 O'Clock com
ing here from Albany where he is
billed to deliver an address at 10
o'clock on the same day.
Mr.. Lasseter, who is one of the
most brilliant speakers on agricul-
fural topics in the South, as we'll as
one Of the most informed, will dis
cuss the growers cooperative pool
organization of which has been COM
pleted in several states, including
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mis-.
sissippi, and which is now in process
Of organization in Georgia. He will
tell what the pool has actually ac-
complished in other states after :
trial in dollars and cents for the far
mer, and will tell what the movement
will mean to the farmers of Georgia
1t is reported by Ralph Smith, staff
correspondent for the Atlanta Jour-
nnal, who is now investigating the
workings of the pool in Oklahoma,
where it is operating in its first sale
season, that it has profited the farm
ers from $40 to SIS BILE above
what the Georgia farmers have been
getting for the Same cotton, through
superior marketing facilities.
1t is urged that every farmer hear
Mr.. Lasseter on Friday at 2:30
o'clock.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
1O-YR. OLD FORD
HONOR WINNER
B. L. Boutwell,, of DeSoto, Claims,
Golden Rule Day Prize With
His Car

The S15 prize for the largest
number of white persons coming to
the Golden Rule sale today went to
R. L. Pitcher, living on the Ellaville
road, who registered at the Times
Recorder with IL persons in a Ford
car. The prize for the largest num-
Der of colored people was not claim
ed. That for the largest number Of
purchases at stores in sale will be an
nounced tomorrow.
The $5 prize offered by the Ameri-
Gus Auto company for the oldest
Ford car brought to their garage on
Golden Rule sale day went to B. L.
Boutwell,, of DeSoto-or at least at
g o'clock it held the honors, and at
that hour there were no indications
that it would be beaten. Mr.. Both
we'll drove in Ford car made Aug
ust rs, 1913, and sold by the Ameri-
Gus Auto company in November,
1913. 1t bore ten registration tags,
including a new one for this yaar, all
neatly tackled to the inside of the
dashboard. The car is in splendid
condition, and nothing has ever been
! done to it, except apply one coat of
paint, according to Mr. Boutwell,. The
upholstery is still good and the top
and other perishable parts doing first
| class service. 1t has worn out many
sets of tires, however. 1t is of a type
now almost extinct, with kerosene
! side lamps, gas head lights and rub
her bulb horn. The engine bears the
number 333 ,695, which compares with
lthe numbers, 5,652,55 borne by the
| last new Ford sold by this concern
this week. Mr.. Boutwell, lives on a
farm and uses his car for going back
lald forth between his farm and town.
he drove this car from Savannah
home last Sunday, via Dublin, dis
tance of over $50 miles, in 10 hours.
I He says he has never had an accident
with it.
A close. second to Mr.. Boutwell,
for old Ford henors was the car driv-
ell in by r. NJ. Harbuck, purchased
December 25, 1919, and bearing the
engine number 440,403. 1t was in
splendid condition also.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
ALL ALABAMA
in BIG SHOALS
MASS MEETING
Every County To BE Represented
AT Gathering Today, Foster
ed By Women

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March L.
Every county in the state will be
represented at the statewide mass
meeting to be held here late today
to discuss the question of the disposal
of the government property at Mus
Gle Shoals, according to the League
of Women Voters, which is sponsor
ing the movement.
Mobile has sent one hundred dele
gates and several hundred left the
Muscle Shoals district early today for
the convention.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
COMMISSION TO
HANDLE PREPARATIONS

PARIS, March r. (By Associated
Press.) The Allied powers are ex-
tpeeted to refer the whole question
!of German reparations to the repara-
tions commission for decision after
the meeting of the finance ministers
!of their governments here March 8.
The commission has been conducting
intensive investigations of German
finances and ability to pay, and will
be in position to reach a decision
quickly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
BIG EGG MARKET
FOR TlFT FARMERS

TIFTON, March lit is estimat-
ed that $500 dozen eggs were sold
by farmers in Triton Saturday, and
5000 dozen the Saturday before,
These sales brought about $1,250 to
Triton on the two days, and this does
not include purchases in case lots
from stores in nearby towns. Tifton
lis a good year-round egg and poul-
try market, large quantities being
shipped from here each week.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
8 MONTHS OR S100 FOR
NEGRO TRAIN ROCKER

Henry Patterson, the young negro
who was arrested last week for hurl-
ing rock through the window or T.
mail car on the Seaboard near
Huntington one evening early this
month, entered a plea of guilty be-
fore Judge w. NJ. Harper in the City
Court yesterday and received sen
tence Of s months on the ehaing
or a 500 fine.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
Americus Curb Market Launched With Splendid Success
GOLDEN RULE
SALE WINNER
DESPITE RAIN
Few Firms Inquired OF Report
Heavy Business--Auction
Sale a Success

Rain at noon, after a morning of
lowering clouds, cut into Americus'
third Golden Rule community sale.
Despite this fact, however, on the
whole the sale was the best of the
three SO far held Most merchants
! apparently did good business, some
of them splendid business. The
time was too short to check up o1 re-
suits definitely, but information pick
ed up here and there Indicated that
the merchants participating were
we'll pleased. At noon the Fashion
Shop, which offered 120 pairs of
ladies hose as a special, had sold out
and was giving out due bills emitting
! the holder to receive pair as soon
as an additional supply could be re-
| ceived. The Model Bread company
had big run on all kinds of bakery
| products, not confined aloneg to spe-
! cials. PiggIy Wiggly had a heavy
forenoon's trade. These are only
three specific instances, there being
a number of others, it was indicated
which did as well, The bargains Of
fered apparently satisfied the visi-
tors to the city.
The farmers auction sale, at the
court house at 10 o'clock, was in
charge of County Agent George O.
Marshall, with Sheriff Harvey the
auctioneer. Because Of the lapse of
two months since the last sale the
amount of stuff offered was not as
large as it would otherwise have
been. "Had there been no break, !"
said Mr.. Marshall, 1--WE would have
had tremendous sale here today.
However, we are back at it, and the
next fall will be cracker jack"
| Following is the list of sales, with
seller, buyer and price:
| G. M. Bragg, dresser, E. 8. Fergu,
son, $1,000
! G. NJ. Bragg, buffet, V, Pappas,
| $1500I
| G. M. Bragg, washstandj e. $.
Ferguson, S400.
/ f. L. Allison, hat rack, G. l..
Brown. $500.
r. L. Allison, chair, B. F. Easter.
| lin, $425.
| Sam Heys, Jr., bicycle, w. ]. Pen.
| nington, Jr, $775.
f. /. Allison, table, Geo. Q. Mar
shall, $7.00.
| F. l, Allison, sideboard, H. JOY.
ner, $500.
/ r. i. Allison, davenport, i. Daniel,
$5.75.'
A. B. Connor, guano distributor,
| r. E. Glenn $3.25.
A. b. Connor, manure spreader,
| j. S. Glover, $1,000.
| G.. M. Bragg, washstand, Fl. G.
Stanfield, $500.
Sam Rogers, mule, G. 0. Marshall,
$1O0
N. Johnson, mule, r. E. Glenn,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01

through two or three hands before
it gets to ME. know that what
helps some Of US helps all
of us inu the long run, and
that is why I am behind the curb
market and the Golden saIe.''
One detail had overlooked by
everyone in the opening of the curb
market, and that was the market
baskets. Dozens Of housewives app
peared at the market and bought pro-
duee, only to discover that they had
no convenient way to carry it. Tell
them to bring their market baskets
along the next time" said Paul Woot-
en-, one of the younger farmers.
Satisfactory prices were obtained
for practically everything sold.
Most Attractive Sells Best.
And it was remarked that produce
of various kinds which was most care
fully put up, looking cieanest and
NEST inviting, commanded the most
attention and brought the best prices.
Mrs. N. A. Ray sold her eggs at rs
cents dozen and closed out early,
because of the known standard Of her
product. Plenty of eggs We're To be
had elsewhere in town at the same
time at 18 and 20 cents dozen.
Farmers found it bit difficult to
dispose of cured meats which they
were offering at 25 and 80 cents
pound. The reason for this was that
cured country meat WIS obtainable at
the markets at rs cents, charged and
delivered, in desired amounts. Many
market visitors priced meats but de-
clined to buy at the price asked. Sy-
rup sold for so cents a gallon
Many farmers expressed a deter
mination to be back on the curb next
Saturday, when the strUafu market
win be held, and each Wednesday,
and Saturday thereafter, being high
| ly pleased with the success Of the
opening. The success Of the house,
wives in being able to obtain fresh
produce for their tables direct from
the farms also guarantees d return
Of the buyers. It is believed the
curb market, because Of its auspici-
Gus start, viii grow and become d
very important community institu-
| ton.
The Produce Sellers.
A. b. CONNORS Syrup.
REV. 4. r. GOWART Hams, tur-
nips.
/ J. N. JOHNSON Butter, eggs.
MRS. G. H. LANG Canned
fruits.
GEO. w. WALTERS Chickens,
butter, hams, cane.
JOHN SHEFFIELD, by G. Il. Ross
Meats, syrup, potatoes, onions,
butter.
/ G. W. WIGGINS- Cabbage.
MRS. H. 7 .WALL--Turnips let
tuce.
CHAS. F. KINARD-E Eggs.
P. L. WoOTEN Lettuce, cab
bage, turnips.
/ r. l.. PITCHER Onions.
FRANK ANDERSON Flyers, po-
tatoes, onions, cabbage, turnips, eggs.
! butter
F. A. WILSON, JR. Syrup.
honey, cabbage, lettuce, turnips,
/ spinach.
H. G. BASS Meats, syrup, pota-
toes, eggs, cured pork loins.
MRS. S. A. RODGERS Canned
fruit, onions, cabbage, eggs, chickens.
| MRS. N. A, RAY Canned fruit,
preserves, jelly, sweet pickles, ham,
cabbage, eggs.
| c. II. SHRIVER- -Fryers, eggs.
onions, beets, cabbage, tnrnips, SUI
gar cane, peanuts, pop corn.
w. ]. JoSEY-Eggs, turnips, on
ions, spinach.
E. PHILLIPS-Ca Cabbage. eggs.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
INCOME TAX RETURNS
DUE MARCH Is; NEED AID?

Income tax returns must be in the
office of the collector, Atlanta, be-
fore midnight of March Is, it is stat
ed by Collector Rose.
Those desiring help in the prepara-
tion of returns can see Deputy Col
lector L. NJ. Ball at room 201 Post
Office building, March 8, 4, 5, 6
or 7th, Mr.. Ball writes The Times
Recorder, who states that all persons
having a gross income of $4,000 or
more must make these retruns.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
INCOME GUARANTEE TO
u. s. RAILROADS EXPIRES

as the return on railroad properties
which the roads are entitled to earn
under the Interstate Commerce Com
mission regulations expired today.
Also there expired the period during
which the roads are entitled to ask
government loans to aid them in con-
tinuing operations after return to
private ownership.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
POWER CO. TO FIGHT
CONFISCATION PLAN.

WASHINGTON, March /. - HUI
bert Dent, chief counsel for the Ala
bama Power company, replying to
arguments made before the house
military committee yesterday by Rep
resentative Oliver, of Alabama, said
flatly the company would oppose any
attempt by the government which
had for it's purpose confiseation of
the Warrior plant of the Muscle
Shoals project on the. excuse it was
necessary for public service, when it
actually was proposed to lease it to
another private industry.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
Period For Loans To Aid In OPP
Grafton Also Comes to End
March

WASHINGTON March 1.-Two
changes in government
policy towards the railroads became
effective today. That section of the
transportation act fixing six per cent
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01

Mid-week prayer services. will be
held this evening in. the Central Bap-
.tist church at 7:15 o'clock led by
the pastor Rev. Henry T. Brookshire,
who win speak on "steps of USE
full Life. ?.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
LIYERPoOL coTroN

LIVERPOOL, March A. Market
opened Ia down. Fullys 1897.
Sales, 5000 bales. Receipts, 1,761
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
MARKETS

AMERlCUS SPOT COTTON.
Good middling II IL cents.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01

I NASHVILLE, March III. t.
Stout, DR. John Vertrees, Jess Snave-
ly and Tom and Ernest Byrd, charged
with assault with intent to murder
in forcing W. ]. Fulcher to drink
poison, were found guilty here today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
lat NEWS
BUAh.E;:: Ms

WASHINGTON, March I'M
mediate withdrawal of 220 negro
former service men who have been
in training at the Tennessee Agrcul-
tural and Industrial Institute, at
Nashville, was ordered today by the
Veterans bureau. The men viii be
distributed among other institutions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-03-01
WEATHER FORECAST

For Georgia Rain tonight and
probably Thursday morning; much
colder Thursday afternoon or night;
fresh to strong east shifting to south
winds.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
Ancestry Of Birds

Evolutionists believe that man arose
from the basic stock that produced
the apes. The ancestry of birds can
be retraced still further to none other
than the lowly reptile Fossil birds,
TO which we must look for our evil
dence, are almost as scarce as fossil
men. Extinct reptiles and mammals
have been preserved for US in abun-
dance, but the very power of flight,
which raised the bird above its rep
lillian ancestors. has done much to
cheat US Of avian remains. Cumbrous.
awkward creatures, without this mag
ic gift, chance caught in sticky pitch
or the treacherous mud of some la
COON. are unable to escape its grip.
But the liGht-bodied, quick-winged
bird is seIo trapped in such a way.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
American lima slona1s sest.

The English freely admit that tia
system of telegraphic time signals
adopted by the naval observatory at
Washington is much to be preferred to
that in use at Greenwich for supplying
Great Britain with standard time.
At Greenwich a signal is sent out at
noon, whereas at washington a series
Of signals IS used, beginning five
minutes before noon. During these
Eve minutes every tick of the observa-
tory clock is electrically transmitted,
except the twenty-ninth second Of each
minute, the last five seconds OF che
first four minutes, and at last ten
seconds Of the fifth minute. After this
Anal ten seconds break, the noon
signal is given. In this manner the
middle Of each minute is clearly IN
dicated. and yet more clearly the in
slant of noon. The length Of the
series facilitates the regulation Of
clocks and chronometers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
WHERE HOTELS ARE UNKNOWN
Traveller in Mongolia Made Welcome
in Any Tent, Conforming to Sim
pie Rules of Etiquette.

Travellers on the SteppeS OF Mon
golIa are welcome to stay in any tent
In any village they encounter. Every
Monaghan is hospitality itself, provid-
ing the traveller has Judgment enough
to conform to the simple rules of
etiquette. Of course, he will have to
tie down beside the lambs and calves
Of the household, just as do the men,
bers of the family.
From whatever side of a tent the
traveller approaches he must be sure
to ride up to it from the front. When
he is within a short distance he must
stop and shout "nohoi," which means
dog. This Is a safety measure, be-
cause the dogs are wolf-like and fierce.
The people hurry out to call of the
dogs, and if he is on foot he keeps
them back, as best he can, with a
stick.
Once a traveller enters q tent he
says "mendu," or greeting AS dogs
do not attack inside tent it IS an
insult to carry a stick inside. He sits
at the left side Of tue fireplace, with
his feet curled up under him If he
can't do this he sits with his feet
stretched toward the door. Then he
exchanr,s snuff boxes with the fam
IL, Wi.c:; he leaves next morning, he
COWS and smiles. as the Mongols have
nc custom equivalent to Misunderstanding
and gcoi-by.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
ADDITIONS TO FRUIT SUPPLY
Belief That Central and South Amer
lean Products Might Be Grown
in This Country.

Green olives, grapefruit tomatoes,
the banana-these We're once practi-
cally unknown to Americans, whose
taste for them had slowly TO be Gull
tiyated.
In Food Products From Affair."" E,
81. S. and 81. S. Bailey suggest that
several other fruits from Central and
South America may yet become well
known. One is the white sapone. which
has a sour-bitter flavor, like grapefruit,
but a smooth, custard-lihe texture, and
is enthusiastically liked by many
northern visitors. Experiments indi-
cate that Florida and California can
produce it. The chayote is immensely
liked In South America and the West
Indies, while in Brazil the grape-like
fruit Of the jaboticaba tree Is a IA
vorite.
But it would appear that Americans
miss more in not knowing the Brazilian
custard-apple or sugar-apple than any
thing else. ''It occurs in creamy
fakes say the authors, (which seem
to separate into segments. When
eaten, it melts in the mouth and car
ries the flavor both of the pineapple
and the banana. Some varieties have
a favor suggesting clotted cream with
sugar, and the odor Of rose-Water."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
LETTER MAY BE RECALLED
post Office Department Regulations
Make Provision for Withdrawal
From the Mails.

Have you ever written a letter.
nailed 1t in a corner box or in your
local postoftice and then changed YOUR
hlnd! asks a Postoffice department
bulletin. Have you ever lain awake
all night wishing you had the letter
back again and thinking that, hay
ing once mailed it, there was no chance
of recalling it?
II you have had such an experience
don't let it worry you in the future,
for under the postal laws and regula-
tons II is comparatively easy matter
Tor you to get the letter back into your
own hands.
All sou have to do is to go to your
local postmaster and explain to him
that you want to withdraw your letter
from the mails. The postmaster must
comply with your request, providing
you can furnish proofs that you are
the sender Of the missive. These
proofs consist of giving an accurate
description of the letter you wish to
get back as we'll as presenting to the
postmaster a sample of your hand
writing, which must be Identical with
that on the original letter,
The rules of the Postofffce depart
ment also permit postmasters to tele-
graph to the railway mail clerk and
get him to take a recalled letter out
of mail pouch after it has left the
city on the way to its destination. This
measure to secure the return of a let
ter is only taken, however, in extreme
emergencies.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
DOG TAUGHT TO STEAL SHEEP
intelligent Collie Made His Master
Rich Until the Trick Was Dis
covered and Stopped.

At one time sheep stealing was a
capital otfense in England, and many
men We're hanged for it. The records
show hat the most successful Of these
rogueN owed their prosperity to the
faithful dogs which they had trained
for the purpose. IL enc case a motor
ious criminal pracuced sheep stealing
on large scale. Whenever charged
with the offense, he was able to prove
an alibl.
Here is the explanation. When sheep
We're for sale he would view them as
a prospective purchaser, taking his dog
with him. The dog carefully noted
the individual sheep handled by his
master. Man and dog would then de-
part. Later in the day, or during the
night, the dog was sent back to the
flock In an incredibly short time the
collie sorted out the selected sheep
from ten to twenty out of a flock
numbering hundredS-and drove them
away to q spot where he knew his
master would be.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
ASSURING Real HOLIDAYS.

A very interesting and important de-
cision of the British courts is that
a wife may take holiday alone, if
she desires, and that her husband can
not stop her.
1t was born Of a case following twen-
ty-one years of reasonably calm mar
riage. The wife decided on a vaca-
ton of week without the company of
hubby. He forbade it. She made an
unexpected and astonishing appeal to
the court and she won her case,
And because the husband made any
objection whatsoever she now sues him
for permanent separation and Sc
cures it-just for that like that.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
Fragrance of Flowers.

The fragrance Of flowers regulates
their temperature. says a professor of
chemistry at the University Of Nevada,
at Reno He bases his belief on recent
experiments with the essential oils of
certain desert plants. These oils ap-
parently serve as a protection against
the extreme heat Of MONDAY and the
chill Of night.
The vapor Of the oils absorbs more
heat than ordinary air, he says. Rose
oil absorbs thirty-six times as much
heat and anisol 352 times as much. By
surrounding itself with layer of such
odor-6lled air, the PLANT reduces the
amount Of heat which reaches it in the
daytime and also obtains a sort Of air
blanket to protect It against IL chill
c llG1k
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
Chinese Idea of Goldfish,

It is said that there is universal
belief among the Chinese that the finer
kinds of goldfish are raised from the
eggs of the silk moth. According to
the belief of the Chinese the silk moth
lays its eggs on a fresh brick or tile,
and this is placed in shallow water and
exposed to the sun. In several days,
they hatch out minute larvae and are
fed on pond slime developing rapidly
into gorgeous goldfish
Great care has to be used in the
preparation Of the water, but the
process may be aborted by an inter
vening thunderclap, which sometimes
makes such havoc with the eggs that
they hatch out frogs or scorpions in
stead Of the much desired goldfish.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
Fifty Men and One Elephant.

Interesting tests were once made to
determine the respective pulling pow
er Of horses. men and elephants. Two
horses, weighing 1900 pounds each.
together pulled $3.50 pounds, or $50
pounds more than their combined
weight. One elephant, weighing 1900
pounds, pulled $3.50 pounds, OF $3.50
pounds less than his weight. Fifty
men, aggregating about 1900 pounds
IN weight, pulled $3.50 pounds, or just
as much as the single elephant But
like the horses, they pulled more than
their own weight. One hundred men
pulled 12,OO0 pounds
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
Insects That Sinu.

Japanese do not care for cats and
orite is singing insect, which is
kept in a cage that hangs from the
caves of the house.
Although the little creature does
not perform on all occasions, the sound
of rain will at any time start him
chirping. SO. to amuse strangers in
a Jap home, one Of the family will go
on to the roof and pour down bucket
Of water to produce the dripping sound
Of rain.
As soon as the singing insect hears
what he imagines to be the real thipx,
he begins to MARBLE.