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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
BIG PLANS FOR
BASKET DINNER
Miss Parkman Announces Com
mittees For Georgia Products
Affair Next Thursday
BY MISS BONNIE PARKMAN.
Count Denomination Agent.

Everything points toward a won
derful success OF the Georgia product
dinner to be served in picnic style
at the A. Il M. school next Thurs
day, May 25. The spacious grove in
which the dinner will be served is
one Of the prettiest places in Sum-
ter county, with the beautiful oaks
and the clean, sanitary grounds,
with plenty OF comfortable room to
accommodate any number of people.
A basket dinner will be served at
1:15 o'clock in order that the mer-
chants and their co-workers may
have time to drive out after the clos
ing hour for half holiday. This hour
too, gives the rural people plenty Of
time to enjoy the program for the
day and serve dinner afterwards.
1t is hoped that every home in Sum-
ter county will be loyal TO the En-
pire State and bring a well filled
basket as demonstration of what
can be prepared Of Georgia products.
To the owners of the basket pre-
pairing the greatest variety of Geor-
gia grown products will be given a
prize valued at several dollars.
Following is a list of committees
who will superintend the various de-
partments of the dinner program. We
urge that the aarious committees will
get together at once and plan their
part of the work:
Comimtte on Arrangement of Din
ner-Mrs. Geo. VanRiper, chairman ;
Mrs. Cleveland Sellars, Mrs II. M.
A. Finch, Mrs. A. f. Hodges, Mrs.
N. A. Ray, Mrs. S. II. Mckee.
Committee on lee Cream-Mrs. R.
l.. Maynard, chairman; Mrs. r. D..
Mcneil, Mrs. C. o. Niles.
Committee on Cold Drinks,-Mrs.
James Walker, chairman; Mrs. Jim
Davenport, Mrs. w. F. Lane.
Committee on Barbecue.-John
France, chairman.
Committee on Music.-T. F. Gate
wood, Sr., Miss Louise Marshall.
/ Committee on Light Bread.-H.
/ E. Allen, chairman.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
STATE SUPPLIES
WANTS OF ALL
Wide Variety Of Factory Prod
ucts Obtainable From Geor-
gia Plants

'lt's great to be Georgian"
If one wishes to build home,
whether a palace or a cottage, all
necessary material can be found in
our own state brick, cement, terra
Gotta, iron, steel and lumber, and for
noble buildings Of commerce and of
trade, ornamental stone for interior
finish or marble pillars cut from our
own quarries and shaped by our own
Skilled workmen.
In Atlanta alone, oil mill and gin
machinery, sugar mill and agricul-
tural machinery is made; street cars
and locomotives; stoves, ranges, saws,
files, Hanson automobiles, tires and
tubes, iron beds and mattresses. In
Columbus ice machinery is made, and
there are ice factories all over the
state, including Americus.
Peaches, tomatoes, potatoes and
ether Georgia-raised vegetables are
canned by factories and the girls
canning clubs under county demon
strators are doing wonderful things.
Packing houses in Moultrie, Tifton,
Macon and Atlanta take care of our
hogs and cattle. Savannah has a
sugar refinery and by-products plant.
We have 150 oil mills, two in our
own city; flour and grist mills, grain
elevators and fertilizers plants. Pa
per is manufactured in various grades
and buggies and wagons and harness
are constructed; in Tallapoosa there
is a glass factory which makes bot
ties. Cotton, knitting and hosiery
mills abound and everything in cot
ton, from a spool of thread to beach
cloth, which makes beautiful suits
and skirts, is made in these mills of
Georgia cotton. Even shoes, hats
and leather goods are manufactured
in Atlanta, and silk stockings are
made in Griffin. Surely the people
of Georgia can find out of these va
ried manufactured articles as good
as can be produced outside the state.
Be patriotic! Join the brigade to
feature made-in-Georgia products for
week, May 1929, and then keep
up the good work the year around.
Mrs. w. D. Ivey.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
Club Ladies Are
Responsible For
Today's Edition

THIS edition of the Times-Re-
a corder was prepared very
largely by the ladies of the Wo-
mans club of Americas as a
booster and stimulator of inter-
est in Georgia products of all
kinds, and particularly the Made
in-Georgia celebration all next
week in this and other counties
throughout the state.
The editorials and several other
articles were prepared by Mrs. II.
B. Allen, who acted as editor, and
much other matter was handled by
Miss Carrie Speer, who served as
managing editor and gave out the
various assignments to her as
sistants as well as doing consider
able of the detail work.
Most of the contributions bear
the signatures of the writers.
Some do not for various reasons.
A number of contributions, all
of which were interesting and val
liable, but some of which were
not especially applicable to Made
in-Georgia week, wele crowded
out because of limited typesetting
facilities. 1t is hoped these may
be published shortly.
EDITOR TIMES-RECORpER.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19

A distinguished Georgia product,
j. Ralston Cargill, Jr., returned We'd
nesday from New York where he
went en- double mission. Mr.. Car
gill is the author of a recent pop
ular song and dance hit, ''Those Cot
ton Blues and while in New York
he contracted at Kress headquarters
for all the many Kress stores to ham
die his composition. Arrangements
viii be made at an early date for the
publication Of Those Cotton Blues"
on victrola records and on piano rolls,
by the Mills Publishing Co.
The Moulin Rouge, fashionable
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
AnlERICUS TO BE PUT ON MAP
ANEW BY COTTON BLUES" SONG

New York cabaret, is featuring Mr..
Cargills' music by the famous Ben
Selvin orchestra.
Mr.. Cargill has also contracted to
sell radio sets and equipment for a
New York company and will make
arrangements for prompt delivery, as
this newest popular wireless tele-
phone" as it is called, can hardly
be manufacturer fast enough to meet
the demand. Mr.. Cargill who was a
wireless operator during the war,
studied at the City College of New
York under DR.. Alfred n Goldsmith,
famous radio engineer.
MRS. H. B. ALLEN.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19

Of Georgia's resources. 1t is endow-
ed with natural gifts, unlimited wa
ter power, coal, iron ore, gold, silver,
clay products, building material,
stone, etc. Our agricultural industry
in Sumter county ranks third in the
United States. Not in the history of
the state has horticulture and ami
NAL industry received closer atten-
tion with better results. With a
garden filled with vegetables, the
yard full of chickens and hams in
the smokehouse, who would not say !:
sOh, Georgia grand and great,
'Oh, Georgia you are the state,
Where milk and money flow,
With a little brain and muscle
And big lot of hustle,
IT'S isSfe anything and everything
will grow"
Mrs. W. D. Ivey, president of the
Crysanthemum Club, is very enthu-
siastic.-"L Last winter we proved
what Sumter county soil can produce
in the way of flowers. Our array of
chrysanthemums was gorgeous, well
worth the time devoted to them. A
flower show will be arranged Wed.
nesday at the Turpin showroom and
we hope to make it great success
Mrs. c. c. Hawkins, president of
the Hospital Association, offers their
support.-"We had meeting to dis
cuss this very thing and each of us
Is anxious to do our part in making
Georgia a better Georgia. | am go
ing to take basket full Of Georgia
Gertrude Davenport.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
Z POSTAL CLERKS HELD
IN HUGE BOND THEFT

NEW YORK, May 19.-Seven post
office clerks were arrested early to-
day charged with acting in concert
in the theft Of $1,5O0,OOO worth Of
bonds from the mails here last July.
The arrests resulted from a con-
fession, according to post office in
spectors, by Mark Won Eschen, who
was arrested with nearly $4,000 of
the stolen bonds in his possession,
and convicted and sentenced to five
years in prison.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
TOY BALLOON GIRL
is FINED IN MACON

MACON, May 19k-Two women
giving their names as Mary Louise
Terrell and Mrs, Jewel Ethel Taylor,
of Americas, were fined 500 or a
sentence of SO days in recorders
court here this morning, but were
given an opportunity to leave town.
The Taylor woman admitted her con-
nection with the toy balloon affair
with Donald G. Reeves, of New
Orleans.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
TWO ATLANTA WOMEN
WIN GOLF SEMI-FINAI,

: BIRMINGHAM, May 19.-Mrs.
Dozier Lowndes and Miss Rosalie
Mayer, both of Atlanta, won their
matches in the sen1i-finals today of
the championship tournament of the
Southern Women's Golf association.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
BAPTISTS TO PLAN FOR
COMPLETING BIG FUND

JACKSONVILLE, May 70 (By As
ISOLATED Press) Plans for complet-
ing the $75,O00,000 fund of the
Southern Baptist convention will be
outlined and an intensive South
wide campaign launched at con.
ference of Baptist leaders at Nash
vile, June 1921, it was announced
at the convention here today.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
MAINLY ABOUT
LOCALPRODUCTS
Review Of Some Of The More
Important Industries In
Americus

Among the manufacturing plants
in Americus none is more important
than the Farmers Cotton Oil Com
pany giving employment to large
numbers Of people who spend their
money in the community The crude
Gil from cotton seed and peanuts IS
sold to the large refiners and con-
verted into refined oil, hogless lard,
salad oil, soaps and washing powders
Other products are cotton seed and
peanut meal and lint which is used
in the manufacture of mattresses,
quilts, high grade paper and artificial
silks.
The j. Ralston Cargill syrup plant
has been a valuable factor in the
prosperity of the Woman's club OF
the city, as it sponsored this pro-
duct last year and conducted a sale
of Cream of Cane syrup here and IN
other Georgia cities. The syrup Is
made without chemical treatment and
is sold generally through the South
east with storage plants in Colum-
bus, Ga, San Antonio, Texas, New
York and Charlotte, N. C.
The Shiver Lumber company which
was organized in 1900, manufactures
lumber, sash, doors, blinds, columns,
brackets, spindles, French doors,
screen, cabinets and all the various
forms of millwork. The plant is
splendidly equipped and last year did
$120.000 business.
Since the Atlantic Ice and Coal
corporation erected its plant in 1912
Americus has never known an ice
less day. It's daily capacity is 100
tons. Its storage capacity is 4500
tons The cold storage capacity is
4,480 cubic feet. In 1921 $4,000
pounds grown-in-Georgia hams and
shoulders were cured in the plant and
in 1922 1O5 iced cars have been
initiated for grown-in-Georgia
The Schneider Marble Works has
been in operation for sixteen years
and at present is engaged upon the
151st Machine Gun battalion mem
orial to be erected on Coleman's Hill
in Macon. The principal output is
monumental work in marble and |
granite.
The Americas Ice Cream and Can
dy company is only two years old |
but has won its place among the i'm
portant industries of the city. Pea
nut bars, chocolate fudge and cocoa
nut bar, are manufactured for the |
wholesale and retail trade with an |
output of several hundred pounds |
daily. The ice cream is made by
modern, sanitary machinery and has |
a capacity of three hundred gallons |
daily, with space in the hardening |
rooms for 1900 gallons.
The manufacture of the "Sp.rit of |
the American Doughboy" lamp statu-
cite and life memorial is an industry
of which Americas is justly proud |
Walter Rylander is the owner of the
business which advertses in national
magazines, such as the Saturday
Evening Post and often sends out
ever ten thousand pieces of mail at
once. A recent national advertising
campaign proved very success and
viii be continued indefinitely. This
is by no means an exhaustive ocm-
Irehensiye review of home manu-
factories but is furnished by the
small number of business men who
complied with the request of the
sWoman's club for information con-
cerning their various industries.
M. j, A,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
THALEAN CLOSING TO
BE UNDER WAY TONIGHT

Closing exercises will be held at
Thalean consolidated rural school
this evening at O'Clock. Tomorrow
basket dinner will follow a literary
address and Sunday commencement
sermon will be preached at the school
at II O'Clock.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
CATHOLICS MURDERED.

BELFAST, May 10 (By Associat-
ed Press) -Four men, all Catholics,
were dragged from their beds at the
Desert Martin, county Derry, early
today and murdered and half the
village burned.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
GEN. SEMENOFF FREED
BY APPEALS COURT

NEW YORK, May 19.-General
Gregorye Semenoff, former Ataman
of the Russian Cossacks, was order
ed released from arrest today by the
appellate division of the Supreme
court which reversed the decision of
Justice Delehanty.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
LADY RHONNDA FINDS
HOUSE OF LORDS ADVERSE

LONDON, May 19 (By Associated
Press By vote of 20 to A, the
committee on privileges of the House
of Lords, decided today that Lady
Fl onnda's claim and petition to sit
in the House Of Lords had rot been
mailed OUT
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
MISS LEiTCH LOSES
TITLE HELD 3 YEARS

SANDWICH, Eng, May 19.-(By
Associated Press Miss Joyce
Nethered won the women's open goli
lampionship today, defeating Miss
Cecil Leitch, for three years holder
oi the title, nine up and seven to
play.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
VICTIM, DYING,
ACCUSES WIFE,
WITNESSES SAY
Trouble Over Property Cause OF
Columbus Tragedy Is
Report

COLUMBUS, Ca, May l9.---ln an
interview with newspaper men today
Mrs. Leila Humber made the clam
of accidental death in the fatal shoot
ing of her husband, Lucius +. Hum
ber, a prominent Columbus ware
house man and planter, which oc-
Cured last night at tie home OF the
Numbers near Girard, Alabama.
According to statements made by
several, including sons of the de-
ceased, Mr.. Humber made the state
ment just before he died that his
wife had shot him.
Trouble over property is said to
have been the cause Of the alterca-
ton, which ended in the shooting OF
Mr.. Humber. Four shots took effect
in the chest of the man, according to
physicians.
Mrs. Humber is being held in the
Girard Jail on a charge of murder IN
connection with the killing. The date
for the preliminary trial has not yet
been set.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
AMERiCUS SPOT COTTON
Strict Middling, 10 lie.
LIVERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, May f9.-Market
opened quiet, l downs up. Fullys,
12.15. Sales, 10000 ibaIes. Re
ceipts, 1895 bales, of which 7,O57
are American.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19

Lucius F. Humber was an uncle
of w. M. Humber, of Americus, and
was well known in this vicinity. Mrs.
Humber was his second wife and
younger than he.
Mr.. Humber had large land inter-
ests in Sumter county and was
visitor here to look after these inter
ests nearly every weekend. A year
or so ago he purchased from r. L.
McMath the large plantation of the
McMath Plantation company, near
Flintside, and Mrs. Humber is the
owner of the old w. w. Hooks farm
in that vicinity. Mrs. Humber is so
years of age. Mr.. Humber was
aged 70.
w. M. Humber went to Columbus
today following the news of the
tragedy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-05-19
WEATHER FORECAST

For Georgia-Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday; little change in
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-16

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/ THE FINGER NAILS

= T.
ST1HERE is much that, can be gained
e fromsa detailed study of the fin
Ia ger nails, natures protection for
the tips Of the fingers. In fact, in an
Scient times certain soothsayers pro.
fessed to be able to read a persons
entire past, present and future from a
study Of the finger nails. - e
- If the nails are short, broad rather
than long, and the skin grows far up
. on them, you may read in them a
strong personality, but, with a ten
dency toward too much criticism of
others. The possessor will seek to
dominate and control in circumstances
affecting himself and his surround
|ings. He will be. often, a, person hard
to get along with. The type has it's
good points, of course !; among them
are order and regularity. If the nails
described occur on spatulate fingers
that is, fingers which broaden at the
end or tip-and the thumb is Short
the owner, man or woman, will have
a passion for tidying up, arranging
and rearranging his or her surround
ings, seeking always to attain the per-
fecting Of orderliness.
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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-16
VIRGINIA

.THE real origin Of Virginia is curl
GUS and somewhat unexpected.
1t means ''1ourishing" and comes
from an old Latin gems who called
themselves Verginius. Their name
was derived in turn from vireo, mean
Ing to flourish, and was connected to
the word ''ver," translated as spring.
Virginia was the name Of the far
famed Orsini family.
The more popular and prevalent be-
lief regarding the origin of Virginia
has always been that she came from
the Latin virgo, meaning "a virgin"
Indeed, the first instance Of her use
in England was in the time Of Queen
Elizabeth when Sir Walter Raleigh,
named his American colony Virginia
in honor of the Virgin Queen.
1t was under a similar belief that
Bernadin de St. Pierce called the hero
inc of his tropical Arcadian romance,
Virginie. The widespread popularity
Of this story in England, France and
Germany brought Virginia into enor-
nous vogue throughout Europe.
France still adores Virginie, and her
popularity is assured forever out of
sentimental memory Of the famous
queen.
The first American colony estab-
lished the name in this country. Like
wise the first white. child born on
American soil, and named Virginia
Dare did much to spread it's vogue.
The, South has always. abounded in
Virginias, which, unfortunately, has
been contracted to unmusicA "vir-
gies" and "Jinnys." r, -
j. The emerald is virginia's talismanic
stone: 1t promises her wisdom, pro-
phetic vision, long youth and charm.
The hawthorne bud, England's spring
flower, is Virginia's flower. Wednes-
day is her lucky day and three her
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The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-16
SMALL Oak IS 4. AND II COOKIES i

4 COOKY that keeps vel, and at
"a the same time is rich and good,
III car can be made OF, the following
edienrs :: s 81 Ss: 5 .5jssyss
;z;55.-, d White Cookies. a4s .zo I .zs.
4 Take one cupful each Of butter and
sugar, and when well creamed add
two eggs, one-half cupful Of cream
or milk, add three teaspoonfuls of
baking powder in -four to roll and a
half teaspoonful ef grated nutmeg Set
away to chill before rolling and bake
in a quick oven. r. - e&2s,
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-16
Ginger Cookies.

!. Take one and one-half cupfuls Of
shortening, one cupful Of .'molasses,
one cupful Of sugar, two eggs, and a
teaspoonful OF soda dissolved in,
scant cupful of boiling water, Add
salt, ginger, cinnamon and cloves to
taste. Let stand on ice to chill before
rolling. Add -four as needed to roll.
The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1922-02-16
Uncommon Sense
By JOHN BLAKE
IF YOU DON'T KNOW

IF YOU don't happen E to know how
i to spell word, consult the diction-
airy. The effort you make turning
over the pages and hunting out the
word will probably fix the spelling in
your mind.
Ask some boy how it is spelled, and
you viii! almost instantly forget it.
Then next time you need to use the
same word, you will have to ask again.
Any form of knowledge, if it is to
remain with you, must be got with
some effort.
The child whose parents answer all
his questions as he is studying his les
son books usually fails In examina-
tons, where there are no parents to
ask.
If he had been compelled to look up
the answers he would have remem-
bered them.
If there is no other way to get in
formation than by asking questions,
ask them. ty
g. You could not, for example, find out
a mans name without asking But you
could find his place of residence and
his telephone number, and his bust
ness, by looking him up. And if neces-
sary for you to know these things, that
would be the only sensible way of
learning them.
In the study Of languages, pronunci-
alton and idiom can be learned Of
teachers. But the grammar and the
vocabulary must be dug out of books
with painful effort. If you tried to
learn vocabularies by asking the mean
ing Of words you W ould make little
progress in the language.
Ask questions when you have to, but
remember that you are pretty sure to
overestimate the number of times
when this is necessary.
Remember, too, that in gaining
knowledge in this way you take
chances on other peoples mistakes.
The safest and surest way is to go
straight to the printed authority, study
the answer to your question, reason
out for yourself why it should be the
answer, and then think it over cou-
pie of times after that,
i: The kind Of an education you get for
yourself is like the kind of fortune
a man gets for himself. You know
what it is worth, how hard it was to
acquire, and you are very likely to
keep it.: y Z. 49, ..
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