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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01
WEATHER AND CROPS

ATLANTA, June 1-Over most OF
the State of Georgia the weather dur
ing the past week was very unfavor-
able for agricultural interests. 1t
was too cloudy, wet, and cold; the
growth of vegetation was in conse-
ouence slow and farm work was much
interrupted, allowing crops to become
very grassy. In the southern tier of
counties, however, conditions were
more favorable, and in much of the
southern division the growth of all
crops was good. AS a rule cotton is
growing we'll in the south, where it
is forming squares freely, but over
at least two thirds of the state the
progress of cotton during the week
was poor; much has still to be chop
ped in the north, and the crop is
getting very grassy. Weevils are in
creasing rapidly in numbers. Warm,
dry, sunny weather is much needed
for cotton.
Corn is doing fairly we'll over large
portions of the state, except that
Target areas intended for corn in the
north have not been planted, the
ground being too wet; the corn crop
also is getting very grassy. Some
wheat and oats remain to be harvest
ed. Setting out sweet potato plants
is progressing rapidly under favor
able conditions and the plants are
vining well. Peanuts have a poor
stand and need cultivation. Sugar
cane continues to do well. Berries,
pears, figs, grapes, pecans, melons,
and cucumbers are doing well in the
southern DIVISION, but peaches are
suffering somewhat from brown rot
elsewhere. Pastures, truck, and 9TH
er minor crops are fair. Farm work
of all kinds has bee nvery much in
terrupted, and fair, dry, warm wealth
er would be beneficial everywhere.
There was minor damage by hail in
several counties during the week.
C. f. Won HERMANN,
Meteorologist.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01
MRS. ROWENA WARD
HEADS EASTERN STAR

MACON, June 1.-Officers for
the coming year were elected We'd
nesday at the session of the grand
chapter, Order of Eastern Star, which
is meeting here. Mrs. Rowena Ward,
of Arlington, was elected to the Of
fee of Worthy Grand Matron.
Other officers elected were: Mr..
William Clark, worthy grand patron,
Savannah; Mrs. Eva Sutton, associate
grand matron; J. M. Witherington, as
sociate grand patron, Cordele; Mrs.
Waite Colquit, grand secretary, Cor
dele; Mrs. Annie Bullock, grand
treasurer, Bullockville: Mrs. Mamie
S. Johnson, grand conductress, Au-
gusta; Mrs. Julia Turner, associate
grand eoqductress, Atlanta.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01
HENRY DORMAN AGAIN
HONORED AT UNIVERSITY

ATHENS, June 1,-Ellis H. Dixon,
of Wrens, leading student of the
graduating class at the university,
was chosen valedictorian in an cleo
ton held in the chapel last night.
The choice was unanimous. Henry
Dorman, of Americas, president-elect
of the student council and former
editor-in-chief of the Red and Black,
was selected to represent the class on
the platform in the annual university
day. Both students have made re-
markable records in their respective
lines of endeavor, and are well de-
serving of the honors conferred upon
them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01
Hail Stones 300 to 400 Lbs.
Each on TanyardHilli O, Yes:
Yarnspinner Tells About En-

Amelicus has many admirers OF
Johnny Spencer, humorist of the
Macon Telegraph, but none more ar
dent than the author of the following
who today contributes practically the
whole Of Spencers column, giving the
latter a vacation for a day:
DEAR MR.. SPENCER: Far be it
from us possessing as we do dis
position to agree with everybody on
every question. and on any side of
the question:, far be it from us, as
we started out to say, to start an
argument, or ask for Congressional
investigation, or anything like that,
but for the life of us we cannot sit
serenely by and allow you to make
extravagant use of such phrases as
"catch-as-catch-can liar" in refer
rings to the Autobiography of oul
old friend Benvenuto Cellini (who-
ever ne was), written in 154S. We
cannot allow you to assail the hith-
erto unquestioned integrity of our
old friend by insinuating that the
cruel world need no longer criticize
innocent Ananias, but should turn
from that immaculate gem and cast
their withering scorn and relentless
rebuke upon that vile impostor, Sig
nor Cellini, who is now in their midst
Tor was in their midst about the
time our esteemed fellow-townsman,
Thomas G. Hudson, first became iden-
titled with South Georgia politics.
scattering falsehoods that exceed
those of Ananias as greatly as the
rank disparity that exists between
the gigantic whale and the infnitesi-
NAL animalcule, simply because our
old friend Cellini refers to hailstones
so large they could not be held in
the hands, and in order that you may
be forever silenced in order that you
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01

WEEVIL
NOW, ADVICE
TO FARMERS
CWAT the boil weevil and swa'
~ him now!

CWAT the boil weevil and swat
~ him now!
This is the advice of men who
are observant of conditions
throughout the section. They re-
gard it as highly important to the
welfare of the farmers of Sum
ter county-and that means the
welfare Of everyone in the coun-
ty.
L. G. Council, cotton factor,
banker, warehouseman and fertl-
lizer manufactures, today called
attention of the Times-Recorder to
the need of a determined fight
right now against the weevil and
asked that the word be passed
along because SO many of them
forget the Importance of getting
the weevil while he can be gotten" 4"
my brother was talking to a
farmer yesterday" said Mr.. Coun-
Gil, "who said that on five acres
of his cotton he had picked be-
tween 1,100 and 1900 boil wevils.
Those were all he could find, and
they were confined to the five
acres. He has picked and destroy
ed those weevils and if he keeps af-
ter them the chances are he viii
make a good crop of cotton, for
weevil destroyed now means 500
or 900 weevils less a few weeks
hence.
"Now is the ideal time to fight
the weevils. Even though the
weather is so wet farmer can't
plow, he can utilize his time pick
ing and destroying the weevils. He
should use all available help for
this purpose. The little children
can do great work picking weevils
three or four Youngsters with
sharp eyes close to the cotton plant,
in charge of an old nanny, can do
a farmer a mighty lot of good in
a cotton field in a day.
''Mr. Buck Doster was in the
bank yesterday. He has several
hundred acres in cotton. He sug-
gested to me that we ought to have
a real weevil campaign. He is pick
ing the weevils out Of his cotton
and is going to make a crop. 1t
hadn't occurred to me so forcihly
before, but he is right; we ought
to have an extensive campaign to
clean up the weevils right now be-
fore they get so thick they cannot
be handled. Farmers ought to get
right after them for the next two
or three weeks, regardless of the
weather conditions.
"The government tells us cal
cium arsenate will kill the weevils,
but we all know that we can't keep
calcium arsenate on the cotton
plant while it is raining every day
as it has been for two weeks. /
have 2 or 3 tons Of arsenate in
my barns to use, but it is going to
lie right there until the weather
gets dry so that it can be used eff
fectively. And the only way to
get the weevils now is to go over
the cotton and pick them up and
destroy them.
Farmers should make it attrac-
tive to the children to pick vice.
wills, such as paying them for what
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01
PAUL HARDER GOES TO ~
ROME NEWSPAPER

ROME, June Paul T. Harber,
owner Of the Commerce Observer
and former president of the Georgia
Press association, has accepted the
position of general manager and
treasurer of the Rome Tribune Her
aid, and will assume his duties on
June 10.
Mr.. Harber is graduate of the
university of Georgia, class of 1905,
is member of the executive board
|of the National Editorial association,
and one of the two members Of the
committee from ths South.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01
Triton COTTON MILLS
FILL UP LAST OF SPACE

TIFTON, June 1.-THE Tifton Cot
ton Mills are putting in $4,000 worth
of new machinery in the shape of 4
cards which will fill all Of the avail
able floor space in the buildings. For
several years these mills have been
setting old machinery and putting in
new. The additional cards will in
crease the efficiency of the plant.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01
DESPONDENT LAD FIRES
BULLET INTO HIS HEART

ATLANTA, June /. RalIh c. Riv-
'crs, 10, of ZOE Jones street, commit
ted suicide by firing a pistol bullet
into his heart in a room at his home
yesterday. Dependency from i'll
health was said probably to have been
the cause. A note which was found
on the table in the room where the
young man killed himself read ""God-
by, to hell with everybody"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01
"a ATLANTA ROTARIANS
OFF FOR LOS ANGELES

ATLANTA, June /. A party of "a
Atlanta Rotarians have left for Los
Angeles to attend the national Ro-
tary convention to be held there next
week, beginning Tuesday. The par
ty left on special train made up
of Rotary members from Florida and
Cuba which will be joined at Nash
vile by six cars Of Rotarians from
Tennessee and Alabama.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01

understand once and for all your Mt
ter lack of knowledge of hail
stones, give you the following,
which can be proven by Chief of Po-
lice John Bragg, if any one happens
to ask you, and to whom / respect
fully refer all doubling Thomas pes
simists from Missouri:
A few days ago a party of tourists
of the tin-can variety, returning from
the Sunny South, if you don't mind
what you say, to the land Of smoke
and baked beans, chanced to be pass
ing through our county during one of
our hailstorms. After the storm had
subsidcd these tin-canners drove into
Americus and reported they had seen
on lanyard Hill, just outside the city,
hailstones weighing at least four
hundred pounds. This being a few
pounds heavier than the largest hail
stones seen in this section in some
time, of course the statement was
more or less discredited, and it was a
question in the mind of Charles u.
Rogers, manager of the Windsor
Hotel, whether he should give them
nice room with cold bath, where
they could sleep it off, or to telephone
the bughouse, but after the repeated
and unqualified statement of Col. w.
T. Lane, our city attorney, that
hailstones of this size, were not un-
usual in Jasper county, Georgia,
his old hime, and after the said Col
onel Lane had wagered his jackass
against Mayor Sheppard's long-tailed
coat, and H. o. Jones had wagered
his new striped silk shirt against Love-
lace Ewes white flannel breeches, an
investigating party was orga1Hzed,
and, arriving at the scene, 10 and be-
hold, and a couple of see sees, there
they were! You could see 'em with
your own eyes Cor anybody else's
eyes for that matter) just as the tim
Gamers had said, weighing three and
four hundred pounds. Of course as
soon as the committee reported there
was considerable talk of turning ev-
cry one of them out of the church,
and Sheriff Harvey, together with
Deputy Summers, Immediately got
busy in an effort to locate the source
of all this funny business.
But aiPs well that ends we'll, and
the matter was cleared to the salts
faction of all parties at interest when
it was learned that an automobile
truck returning from Americus to
Plains loaded with ice had under
taken to outrun the said nailstorm
and the driver did not notice that
the back gate of the said truck had
been left out, and every few feet up
the hill a block of ice was dropped.
simply mention this for what it
is worth and in defense of our old
friend Cellini. E. j. w.
Americus, May 80.
P. S.-No, the driver did not lose
his job, for on arrival at Plains it
was discovered that the body of the
truck was piled high with hsilstones,
which were used in icing a car of
fruit, for which purpose the ice was
originally intended.
"E. j. W" is none other than E. j.
Witt, champion local story teller. By
this yarn he has not detracted from
his fame.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01
3 N. Y. COTTON EXCHANGE
MEMBERS ARE SUSPENDED

NEW YORK, June /. = Three
members of the New York Cotton
Exchange today We're suspended for
six months each for conduct detri-
mental to the best interests of the
exchange. They are. A. H. Lamborn,
]. Marks and John F. Clark.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01
Wants Gorgas Plant.
Means Real
Fight Starts, He Says
lie Congress Accepts Offer We VIII Get On Job Al
Once He Says; Tf 1t Rejects, 1t VIII Be Begin
ming of More Determined Effort to Save Shoals
For Public Benefit

WASHINGTON June Henry Fods the counter proposal
drafted military development
Muscle Shoals the committee by j. W. Worthng
Immediately his arrival Detroit Mr. Ford
definitely the provision which eliminates
steam a
rejected"
hen understand the Muscle Shoals
a n not N IS refused"
Muscle Shoals
will be beginning determined
benefit of the public"
when adjourned
with
of and Worthington, Ford representa-
Forda to the the
Suggestions that
in
contracts for the lease sale
final further than attempt continue the
changes should be expected" gotiatons by Secretary
before
ate
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01

Mrs. c. 2. Payne, the guest of
her daughter, Mrs. Claude Davis, in
Jacksonville, for some time, has re-
turned to her home here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01

they get or offering prizes, and
they will find the weevils all right
'The fields are not infested all
over with weevils at this time. The
pest will now be found in patchs,
in low, rich bottoms, near the
woods, and such places. All that
is necessary is to locate the patches
where they may be found, then
get in and clean them up.
II believe campaign of this
kind right now to be of the utmost
importance to all of us. If the
farmers will do it energetically
they have a good chance of max
ing cotton this fall"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01
COLUMBUS PICKS
NATIVE MANAGER
Henry II. Crawford Takes Oath
OF Office, Succeeding
Hinkle

COLUMBUS, June 1s-Henry
B. Crawford was Wednesday after
noon named city manager of Colum-
bus and he has entered upon the dis
charge of the duties of that office.
Mr.. Crawford made the following
statement.
"The appointment is too sudden for
me to intelligently foretell my fu-
ture plans. | may say, however, that
within the limits of my responsible
ties | will run the job so long as /
am here"
Immediately following his election
Mr.. Crawford was called to the court
house, where the commissioners were
in session and he took the oath OF
office, as administered by City Attor-
ney H. C.. McCutchen.
The new city manager who sue
ceeds H. Gordon Hinkle, of Altoona,
Penna., was born and reared In Col
umbus and is a construction engineer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01
MARKETS
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good middling 19 3-4 cents.
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

LIVERPOOL, June 1. - Market
opened 7-10 down. Fullys, 1890.
Sales, 10000 bales. Receipts, 1928
bales, of which 1859 are American.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01

"E. j. W" is none other than E. j..
Witt, champion local story teller. BY
this yarn he has not detracted from
his fame.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-06-01
WEATHER FORECAST

For Georgia - Showers tonight :
and probably Friday.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-12
GLASGOW GIRLS SUCCESS

Word was received last week an
n%ouncing the fact that on December
Fl Miss Hazel E. Hurd successfully
passed the test enabling her to enter
upon a course of training for grand
opera. Miss Hurd was presented to
two world famous Italian grand op-
era singers who were so impressed
with her personal appearance, dra-
matte ability, personality and sing
ing voice that they not only accepted
her as a pupil but predicted an early
and brilliant caree in the musical
world.-Glasgow Democrat.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-12
struggled; making h~alf-formed ges

struggled; making half-formed ges
lures, speaking half-made words.
"Juiia-Julia-" He choked: Julia
promise me something? Julia-prom
ise to promise me something
IL WILL" she said quickly. what d,
you want me to do?v
Give me your word,'' he said, still
radlantly struggling. "Give me YOU
Word-your word and sacred promise
Julia-youH never, be engaged to any
body at all!"s
AT SIX minutes after four O'Clock oil
the second afternoon following Julia's
return, Noble Dill closed his own gate
behind him as he set forth upon the
four-minute walk that would bring him
10 Julia's. He wore a bit of indoor
geranium in the %buttonhole of his new
light overcoat.
Passing the foot of an alley which
~debouched upon the street. he was
aware of a commotion, of missiles
hurled and voices FLASHED.
Casting a glance that way, Noble
could see but n person a boy of
thirteen or fourteen who looked
through a crack IN a board fence.
steadfastly keeping an eye to this apes
ture. and as continuously calling
through 1t, holding his head to one
level for this purpose. but at the same.
time dancing-and dancing tauntingly,
II was conveyed-with the other parts
of his body. His voice was now sweet.
now piercing, and again far too
dulcet with the overkindness of bur
lesque; and if, as it seemed, he
was u~nburdening his spleen, his spleen
was a powerful one, and gorged. He
appeared to be in a torment of tor
menting; and his success was proved
by the pounding of bricks, and rocks
of size, upon the other side of the
fence.
"Oh, dolling| he walled, his tone
.pOisonously amorous. ooh, dolling
Henery, Oo's dot de mos booful eyes
in a dray bid nasty world, Henery
Oh. has I dot booful eyes, dolIing Pat
tywatty? Yes, l hast ! has dot
pretty eyes!" His voice rose to an
unbearably piercing climax. "Oh, what
prettiest eyes / dot! Me and Herbie
Oh, my booful eyesi Oh,
my booful-'
But even as he reached this apex
the head, shoulders and arms of Her
BERT Atwater rose momentarily above
The fence across the alley, behind the
-ormentor. Herbert's expression was
mplacably ~resentful. and so was the
with which he hurled an OBJ
at the comedian p~re-occupied with
he opposite fence. This object upon
eaching its goal, as it did with more
splash than a thud. vas revealed as
tomato, presumably in a useless
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-12
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Morning service, II 100 a. m.
Sunday School, 1000 a. M.
Evening service, 7:30.
The work on the heating plant will
be finished as soon as the weather
is suitable. The credit for erecting
the plant goes to the plumbers of
our city. Mr.. Reed will make his
contribution and put on the finish
ing touch. The plant was purchased
from Elmer Johnson at cost. His
kindness and cooperation along with
the plumbers makes this achievement
possible.
The morning sermon will deal with
the "Signs of Our Times" Condi-
lions will be described as they are
found in a ~work-a-day world and
statistics along different lines will be
gwen.
Evening topic-"The bible; its val
ue and reception by the world"
Each week u invitation has been
given to attend the services of the
church. We are looking for a great
er response in the coming year than
we have hitherto known. By CO.
operation with the pastor and those
who r strong links and live wires
in church work, greater things can be
done.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-12
SYNOPSIS.
PART ONE.

PART ONE.
Proud possessor of a printing press, and
equipment, the gift of Uncle Joseph to
HIS nephew. Herbert Illingsworth Atwa-
youth, with his chum, Henry Rooter,
about the same age. begins the publica-
ton of a full-iedged ~wspap the North
End Daily Oriole. Herbert's small cousin,
Florence Atwater. being barred from
any kind of participation in the enter
prise, on account of her intense and nat
annoyed, and not at all backward in say
ing 80. However. = poem she has writ
ten Is accepted for insertion In the Oriolc,
on a strictly commercial basis-cash in
from the ineIperience of the youthful
publishers in the art preventative" Her
not altogether unreasonable demand for
republication OF the masterpiece. with It's
break between Miss Atwater and the
publishers of the Orioie widens.
The Sunday following the irst appear
ance of the Oriole, F1orence's particular
ehum. Patty Fairchild, pays her a visit
They are joined, despite Miss Atwaters
openly expressed disapproval, by Master
Herbert Atwater and Henry Rooter. Not
1T all disconcerted by the GOODNESS OF
their reception, the visitors and Miss
Eairchild indulge in a series of innocent
Sunday games, Among them is n called
ract TO write a question and answe
both to be kept a profound secret. The
s0Teement ts duly oarriad nhti
On her visitors departure. Florence
learns through a conversation between
her parents. that her aunt, Julia Atwater.
idol Of the greater part of the male popu-
lation of the place, but at present out of
town on a visit has apparently become
Engaged TO a gentleman of the name of
Crum, altogether unknown TO the At
water family. INDUCING in speculation
concerning the fortunate youth, Mr.. and
MIRO Afuyn far annnnda that fnn oil fhAxy
know he may be a wtdower. or divorced,
with any number of children, etc. Flor
ence misses none of the remarks.
In her room that evening Florence
finds two brief notes used in the after
game of Truth" and unfortunate
lost by Miss Fairchild. To that young
hink they had pretty eyes, both Herbert
md Henry admitted they did, and had
linked their signatures to the statement
that neither of the young gen.
lemen would care to have it known
hat they had thus acknowledged the
ossessfon of pretty eyes" Florence per-
laced in her hands, for among the
of the town is a boy, Wallie Tor
N, gifted with a remarkable talent for
linicry and an altogether malignant
m dreaded, and Florence realizes that {.
Ireat to put Wallie Torbin in possession
the secret concerning their pretty
'es'' would bring Herbert and Henry
Dwelling at her feet and probably lead
her greatly desired participation in
cir journalistic enterprise.
the two -unfortunates with
IT knowledge of their awful secret, they
axe complete submission and Florence
comes the u~ndisputed master mind of
e Oriole. !
In the next issue, with which the erst-
lille proprietors of the sheet have little
do, editoria1ly, among the news" {
is related the Engagement of Miss !,
lila Atwater 20 Mr.. Crum, the gentle, .
an being referred to as a widower, also ]
vorced, and with a great many chill |