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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09

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ON
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J Mdu:deKG Gsetlders

Childrens' Book Week is the one
Just before us, November 18th to 18th
The fourth annual observance OF it
1t originated with the American Book
sellers association, and book publish.
erss, but the cooperation of thef
American Literary association and the
Boy Scouts has made it a valuable
educational movement. by calling at.
tention to the reading of boys and
girls in a more critical way and by
supplying means to encourage the
love OF books among children Church
es, schools, and women's clubs have
interested themselves TO raise the stan
dard OF quality and orovide easier ac-
cess to books for children.
1t may be a matter OF surprise that
Monicello, the picturesque home oi
Thomas Jefferson has remained in
private control al these years. and
that negotiations are iust acg.on,n& &c
purchase it by the Jefferson Nation
a Memorial association NJ a cost oi
$500 goo, Three Nxw York fiuauojcr>
have offered 10 subscribe the au,oun;
oi S+So.oO0 Il the STATE ot Virgin \
VIII raise the rest. 50 statewide
campaign Is now ou 10 raise the $50.
600,
Savannah bankers raised the QucS
i'on ot whether Arul,S,iCc Day, ce)c-
hVated by proclamation a> ]: is, cou' 4
be considered ! legal holiday as resaydS
protest OF paper Deierr'ns this 10
Secretary McLcnon ior 4 ruling. the
decision was given, ;lat $ince she
proclamation specifies ;hSnkSSiViuS
by PRAYER. Jha; the same laws thar SO
Vern legal action on ThanN>S;vns DAY
will hold good for Armi>s,ce Day,
The automobile is now the leadiny
transportation agency in the L. $.
carryinb passengers in excess OF the
railroads, as measured in passenger
miles, as ia billion to ~ billion for
last year. The automobile bu>'r~ : is
said to be the most stable inm>t- l>o,
becaase it was the frs 10 r,.olu i,
normal.
On Paris subways, alibi checks are
given to belated passengers in case
of tie-up in traffic, that EMPLOYERS
may not be too harsh in penalties or
i'll turn that they may not be imposed
upon. These slips refer the employers
to center of further information by
telephone.
Beginning Sunday with Fathers
Day, the whole week is thoroughly
established as Fathers and Sons Week
The object is noble one-to impress
each with value of the other by ways
and means that are especially pleasant
and inspiring. Not only Hoes each
look on the other with a clearer ap-
probation but each gets an introspec.
tive view of himself at this time, I
sort of yearly audit that is for his
good, and for the father not a wh
less than the son.
Just little red poppy. What diff
ferent significance is attached to it a.
we see it on Armisticc Day. Holding
as it does a sacred place in2the mem
ory OF the men who went overseas, i
has become a sacred symbol in tn,
minds of all Americans.
The Atlanta women have been max
ing these very real looking red Bapei
poppies by the thousands and will sci
them on the streets on Armistice Day
expecting to raise relief fund fo
needy and disabled veterans and il
this will have thhe hearty backing o
the American Legion. They madt
$1,000 in this way last year.
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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09

Only a few children know who
our vice president is says a senator.
Oh, well, Coolidge only knows who
a few children are.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09
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ESWLkE@xS3@I "a ~s
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w HAT great ,h;rg il would -
If all the musical sen;u.4,
thought of the mob an vote s,.r
the mob, an il tie fellows thai,
think they're r,us,ca. gc,,vses
thought of the mob AZ Lida't wr;,.
for the mob. Music Fits the couI
1t inspires TO ac.ion, it stimulates ir
war, and comforts the scuis OF the
afflicted. y thousand souls are
more important than uce soul. an
the mob IS Aeirg bu. CROWN
up ar is dying every day. Chssi.
cal music may he all RIGHT in tie
way. G.'r Mo knows il: V hcp the
i"e3-hai-ed critic laughs because
you tSan't know The de6ri,;o, ~
cia>S.ca' Music, sim th's ever to
HIm @Class'cNl music is music tha,
is not par,'
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09

The weather man could vacate now
of colder predictions.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09
(61;sII-Ig[SANTSID II .
" ~ .@'0R2 he
MAIXRRM
9 ~~S =
A Justified Case of Bankruptcy

Because he owes more money than
there is i'll the world George T. Jones
of San Jose, Cal, filed a petition in
bankruptcy He said the amount due
his principal creditor is $304,S40, ,332,-
9l2,685.l6. In 1917 he borrowed 500
from Henry Stuart at ten per cent
interest, compounded monthly. Recent
ly Stuart brought action to recover
securing a judgement against Jones
and the petition in bankruptcy follow
ed. The court held against Jones'
Tifton Gazette.
4
w. T. Shytle has been running the
Adel News twenty years. If we'd print
a column about this we couldn't say
more than we now say in SENTENCE
He's made good job of it.-Savan-
nah Press.
The entire membership of the Ga.
Press Association concur with Pres
ident Sutlive in his opinion of Edii-
tor Shytle.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09

Funny things Just will happen w,
ship spaghetti to Italy.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09

She tells us you must use your heat
to make bobbed hair long.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09

government upon the construction of
federalaid roads under the supervision
of state departments, existing state
highway departments were enlarged
and strengthened, and in II states
adequate departments have been crea
ted where there had been none or the
existing one was not properly equipped
to perform necessary functions
With adequate departments the worl
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09

When gang of grouches meet,
time is enjoyed by all.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09

They are pulling wires to get a
monopoly on wireless.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09

Mrs J. G. Smith. and daughter, of
Cairo, Mrs. Eugehe Dunaway, and
little son, of cambridge. Mrs.W.. B..
Forbes, of Griffin and children, and
Mrs. D. c. Fuller, of Nashville, were
called here on account of the serious
illness of their father, Mr.. T. NJ Par
sons, whose home is near Abbeville.
Their sister, Mrs. H. Milton will ac~
company them to Abbeville.
Football is known as dangerous
game, but it is not fatal to the office
bows grandmother.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09

Some women won't be happy in
heaven if all the wings are the same.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09

The automobile is now the leadiny
transportation agency in the L. $,
carryinb passengers in excess OF the
railroads, as measured in passenger
miles, as ia billion to ~ billion for
last year. The automobile bu>'r~<s is
said to be the most stable inmstr. l>a.
becaas. it was the frs 10 r.olu i,
normal.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1922-11-09

On Paris subways, alibi checks are
given to belated passengers in case
OF tie-up in traffic, that employers
may not be too harsh in penalties or
in turn that they may not be imposed
upon. These slips refer the employers
to center of further information by
telephone.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-14

Robert ]. 'Ludland below, sub
urban conductor, is candidate for
assemblyman in Nassau County,
N. Y. His opponent is F. Trubee
Dawson (abovel. son of the late
Henry P. Dawson and heir to mill
lions. Ludland daily punches Davi-
sons Communication ticket.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-14

Between 40 apd 50 PeNshed, six
towns. were wiped out and 5000
rendered roofless as forest fires
swept through Temiskaming coun-
ty,. Ont; Above, ruins Of a convent
at Haileybury. county seat, where
pupils stood waist deep in water
to dodge death. Below, railway
tracks warped by the heat
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-14

Here are two little-known fig
ures connected with the ex-kaiser's
matrimonial plans-above, the
grand duchess Of Baden. Wilhelm's
aunt, who 10 trying to patch up the
scrap ID the kaiser's family caused
by his marriage plans: below, the
young Prince OF Schoenaich, who
sought to marry Princess Hermine
but whom the ex-kaiser 'cut out"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-08
GLASS Of SALTS
/. CLEANS KIDNEYS
II your Rack Ia aching or Bladdee
bothsrs, drink lots Of water
and eat less meat.

When your kidneys hurt and your back
feels sore, don't get scared and proceed
TO load your stomach with a lot Of drugs
that excite the kidneys and irritate the
entire urinary tract. Keep your kidneys
clean like you keep your bowels clean,
by flushing them with q mild, harmless
salts which removes the body's urinous
waste and stimulates them 10 their nor
mai activity. The function of the kid
neys is to filter the blood In "a hours
they strain from it 500 grains of acid
and waste, so we can readily understand
the vital Importance of keeping the kid
neys active ress sy,-sa.
Drink lots of water-you can't drink
too much; also get from any pharmacist
about four ounces of Jad Salts; take
a tablespoonful in a glass of water
before breakfast each morning for few
days and your kidneys will act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for genera
tions to clean and stimulate lclcgged kid
neys; also to neutralize the acids in
urine 50 it no longer is a. Eource of irri-
tetion, thus ending bladder weakness. >
lad Salts is inexpensive; cannot In.
jure; makes delightful effervescens
lithia-water drink which everyone should
take now and then to keep their kid
neys eiean and active. Try this, also
keep up the water drinking, and no
doubt you will wonder what became Of
your kidney troslble and backache.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-08

tolerantiy upon intemperateness as
a fashionable form Of protest against
prohibition. No; it wasn't that, it
was the fact, established by long OBJ
servstion, that Bel seldom drank
more than he could manage grace
fully unless on the verge of some
new gallantry. Bel assuredly didn't
need anything to stimulate his en-
terpTise. She fancied it must be be-
cause alcohol served as a sort of
anesthetic for his conscience.
She had a smile transiently bitter.
Bells conscience! The most feather
headed, irresponsible of philanderers,
the most incorrigible; between whites
the most contrite ~
His fits of penitence were terribly
real, when she caught him misbe-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-08
THE AMERICAS rlMEsREcoRDER.

age, of fading charm? What was it
Bel saw in other women and failed
to see in her? What could they give
him that she had not to give? Was
her real rival only mans Unsuitable
appetite for some new thing?
Supple and young and fair, and
sighted =.
Her heart, too, she searched. But
there was nothing wanting there
that the most exacting husband and
lover could require. She still loved
Bel.
But love and beauty, it seemed,
were not enough.
III.
Bellamy bruce began the day fru-
gally with grapefruit, the headlines
of the Herald, and coffee.
As man of strong principles, he
made 1t rule never to dring before
six in the evening.
At thirty-fve or something less,
Bellamy was beginning to notice
that even a few drinks tended to-
play the deuce with ones memory.
It's this stuff they give you nova :.
days meaning since the blight of.
prohibition had fastened upon these
United States-"you can't trust it.,
don't care who gives it to YOU"
His graver concern this morning
was with the tone of his compilations
and the look of his eyes.
To his relief the one proved to be
clear and of good color, the other
betrayed ravages of dissipation only
in hint of heaviness. Already
strong constitution, hardened by an
athletic history and Injured to abuse,
was beginning to react to restora-
tive measures taken immediately
after waking, deep breathing al
steaming hot bath, an icy needle-l
showery rundown. i
He Strengthened his shoulders, lift
ed his chin trifle, iand went to pay
his matutinal addresses to Lucinda,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-08
SAGE TEA KEEPS
Your HAIR DARK
When Mixed with Sulphur !. I,
Brings Back ITS Beautiful
Lustrc at Once.

= Gray hair, however handsome, dS
notes advancing age. We all know
the advantages ora youthful appear
ance. Your hair is your charm. II
makes or mars the face. When II
fades; turns gray and looks sstreaked
just q few. applications of Sage Tes
and Sulphur enhances its appearance
a hundred+fold. at e ~
Don't pstay gray! Look. young
Either prepare the recipe at home OF
get from any drug store q bottle oil
Wyeth's, Sage and Sulphur Ccfn.
pound" which Is merely the old -tinnt
recipe Improved by the addition 80,
other ingredients. Thousands OF folk,
recommend this ready to-use fprepara.
ton, because It. darkens the, hair beau.
TRULY. besides, no one can Spossibfy
tell. as II darkens so naturally and
evenly. You rnoisten asspoHge or soft
brush with 1t. drawing this through
the hair, taking one small strand oil
a time. BY morning the gray haif
disappears; after another application
or two. It's natural color is restored
ana tt becomes thick. glossy ana lus-
trous. and you appear years younger.
&Wyeth'a Sage and Sulphur Com
pound 10 q delightful toilet re, lisite
u 10 not intended for the cure, miti.
cation or prevention OF disease.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-08

horing she wouldn't notice anything
and, if she did, would be enough sof
sportswoman to let it pass without;
comment.
He. found Lucinda seated on a
chaise-longue in her boudoir, run
ming through her mornings mail by.
way of preparation for the daily
half-hour with her secretary which
it demanded. Posed with iunfailing
grace In negligee scarcely, more,
than sketch in lace and ribbon
with the light from the windows
seemingly drawn to focus by hair.
abundant, always rebellious, and the
hue Of ripe corn-silk, she seemed as
pretty as fair and fragile as por-
.celain figurine. Bethany needed only.
to see her thus to know stab of
shame andirepnlgysmiee shrd 'nlfwm
shame and selftreproaeh.
Continued in Our Next Isue.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-08
:RUBRHEUMA7IG,
ACHING JOINTS
AND STOP PAIN

St. Jacobs Oil stops any pain, and
rheumatism is pain only. :"
Not one case in fifty requires inter-
nal treatment. Stop dragging Rub
soothing, penetrating ST. Jacobs Oil
right into your sore, stiff, aching joints,
and relief comes instantly. St. Jacobs
Oil is a harmless rheumatism IMMINENT,
which never disappoints, and cannot
burn the skin. s'4a& saf
Timber upl Quit complaining Get
a small trial bottle of old, honest st.
Jacobs Oil at any drug store, and in
Just moment you'll be free from
rheumatic pain, soreness and stiffness.
Don't suffer Relief awaits you St.
Jacobs Oil is just as good for sciatica,
neuralgia. lurbaga, backaehe. sprains.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-08

having. or was that, too. merely
part of the game will Bel? Was it
just a conventional gambit to make
believe repentance and promise
faithfully never, never to be naughty
again?
She discovered that the car was
already at standstill. Immersed in
reverie, she hadn't noticed the turn
off from the avenue.
AS always, her home EMBODIED her
in its comfortable atmosphere Of Sc
curity from every assault of adversely
by virtue of the solid wealth upon
which it was founded, that formid-
able whole into which two great for
tunes had been fused by her mar
riage with Bellamy.
In the library she fingered a long
minute, purposelessly searching the
rich glooms, her mind coddled by the
feeling of ownership which this her
home inspired. @
Twenty-six, mistress of riches, she
had never needed to compute, idle
but for an ordered round of stale
diversions, not yet mother
She went slowly up to her rooms.
Pensively giving herself into the
hands of her maid she stood OPP
posite long mirror. A shade Of
concern tinged the regard she bent
upon that charming counterfeit, her
interest grew meticulous as she OBJ
served that slender and subtly fash
Toned body emerge from it's silken
sheaths. Where were the signs of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-08
End Rheumatism,
Weak, Lame Back
Old St. Jacobs oil Will stop
pain and stiffness In a
few moments

Stop dosing rheumatism.
It's painsonly. St. Jacobs O
any pain, and not one rfleun;
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-08
Commissioners
Proceedings
Americus, Ca, May |, 1922.

81 Americus, Ca, May !, 1922
The Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Sumter
County regular session Present A. Ray Chaman r. s.
Oliver c. C Hawkins S E. Statham and ]. E. Poole.
Minutes of regular meeting April ;. read and confirmed
Coupons from 5 registered Sumter County Bonds numbering
from 329 to 333 inclusive this day burned.
B. E. Thashe j., of Plains elected tax equalizer for
years II
P. Wiliford elected for four years fill the unexpiW
term of G. D. Wheatey.
Salary of said equazers shall be dollars day of hours
and said Board empowered hire clerk for whatever time they
shall need one salary of three dollars per day
The Board shall their work by May Is
thereafter possible and complete job later than June IS
After approving the following bills the Board adjourned:
+. d
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-08
Gdh@ehq@[
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANcN ~
Louis
enough with Bel?"

, enough with Bel?"
That's unworthy of you, Cinda.
No; simply to be in the same world
with you"
After a little Mrs. Bellamy bruce
said severely: "Dobbin, if you keep
on that track, you will make me
cross with you. How does New
York look to an exile of long stand
ing? Much changed"
"Oh, don't know. Skirts and
morals bit higher, jazz little
more so, prohibition just what one
expected, society even more loosely
constituted-a vast influx of new
people. Astonishing lot of pretty
girls seem to have sprung up since
my time. Who's the raving beauty
on Bill Sedley's right?"
Good heavens! she was in long
dresses when l saw her last"
pretty creature, don't you
Think"
Rather. Can't blame the chap
next her for his open infatuation."
Laughter thrilled in Lucinda's
reply; "Why, don't you recognize
him? That's Bell
AS if the diminutive pronounced in
the clear accents of his wife had
carried through the murmur of talk,
zBellamy bruce looked up. Perceiv-
ing Lucinda's smile at the end of an
aisle of shaded lights, he smiled in
turn, but with the muscles of his
lace alone. And looking from him
to the flushed and charming coun-
tenance of the young woman on his
left, bending low over her plate to
hide confusion engendered by Bells
latest audacity, Lucinda, thought,
with faint pang, more of impa-
thence than of jealousy: He's in love
again. a>..,
win a small sigh of animal de-
light in the cares of fur. and the
chill, sweet draught from the omen
window upon her face, Lucinda
bruce settled back in the town-car.
aware, yet unmindful of the fluid
nocturne of Fifth avenue.
- Bel had asked to be dropped at tho
Brook, alleging rendezvous of one
sort or another, safely masculine, of
course Beyond reflecting that Bel
was in all likelihood lying, -Lucina
mad paid slight heed to his excuses.
Then, too, she was not ill-pleased
with having herself all to herself, in
this thoughtful mood which had be-
come hers since leaving the Sedleys.
Besides, Bel had been making too
free with the Sedley cellar. Not that
she was disposed to hold this griev-
5ance, thoroughgoing mondaine that
she was, saturate with the spirit OF
"a day that was learning to look
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-08

WMRS. BELLAMY BRUCE!
isA Rather a mouthful, that.
us that why you make face over
it?"
Didn't expect me to relish it, did
you, Cinds?"
"I'm afraid l WASH thinking of
you at all, Dobbin. when | took it."
oMeaning, if you had been, you
might have thought twice before
taking?"
'No fear: ] was too madiy in love
with Bel"
WAS?
.s"Dobbin!"
5~Sorry-didn't mean to be imper-
tihent. | only-well, naturally, |
wanted to know whether or not
YOUR matrimonial incubation had
taken"
SCI think one may safely say it has.
I've grown so old and wise in mar
rage, it really seems funny to re-
member | was ever an innocent
E"It's seemed a long time to me
Ganda-five years since these eyes
were last made glad by the sight of
ypu."
ga least, time hasn't impaired
your knack at pretty speeches"
S"Nor your power to inspire them.
"Im not so sure. To myself /
seem ever so much older" Lucinda
bruce turned full face to the man
Oh her left, anxiety feigned or real
ptekering the delicately penciled
brows. ''Doesn't it show at all, Dob
bin, the ruthless march of advancing
years?" u ~
q The man narrowed critically his
eyes and withheld his verdict as if
in doubt! but corner Of his mouth
was twitching.
You are lovelier today than ever,
lpvelier even than the memories of
you that have quickened my
Dreams sS
Truly, Dobbin, you've lost moth
ing of your ancient eloquence. That
last speech quite carried me back
across the bridge of time to the days
when, more than once, you all but
talked me off my feet and into your
arms" .. ~
g "Pity lever stopped talking"
= How direct and persistent yoa
are. It's only fair to tell you, the
traditions of our kind to the con-
trary notwithstanding, I'm still in
love with my husband"
For a moment Richard Daubeney
was silent, staring at his plate. Then
he reused with light-hearted shrug
and smile.
TITS like you, Dobbin, to start
making love to me all over again,
precisely as if my being married
meant nothing, in the first minutes
of our first meeting in five years,
without offering to tell me single
thing about yourself"
Nothing much to tell. Everybody
knows, when you engaged yourself
to marry bruce, rode off to the
wars y f
I'VE heard you'd later taken up
ranching in the Argentine, and made
tidy fortune"
Il didn't do badly, that's fact.
But what is man profited if he
shall gain the whole world and lose
his own soul?"s
Is one to understand you lost
your soul in the Argentine? 1t
sounds SO smusingiy immoral"
4 II realized down there my soul
was in a fair way to prove a total
loss So sold out and shipped for
home"
Hoping to find me unhappy
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-08
STREET TAX NOTICE

Notice lis hereby given to all male
inhabitants between 18 and so years
of age that Street Tax for the year,
1922 is due and payable at the city
marshaPs office, city hall, from May
list to 18th. If not paid on or be-.
fore May 18th. penalty will ibe added
for such. nonrpayment3 so E4 So
G.'B. sPOUNCEY, City Marshal.
$50 5.6t.