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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
NEW MANAGER PUTS
pep INTO TEAM
Birmingham Outfit Making Great
Showing After Change in
Managerial Methods

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. A.
There's a song about ginger and
pep" and other lines of snappy ef-
feet. The fans all over the South
ern league loop are singing such
phrases to 'Stuffy" Stewart, fight
ing little second-sacker Of the
Birmingham Barons and manager
of the same club.
"Stuffy took cellarwarf-
bound bunch of ball players, I'M
able to win for losing, two months
ago. Joe Dunn, manager OF the
club during the early days Of the
season could not get them to pro-
duce. When the pitchers were
right, the outfielders and in field
ers and others were all indiffer-
ent. When the players, other than
the pitchers were right, the twirl-
ers were wrong.
That was the things were going
with Fanager Dunn in charge.
When the pitcher was going good,
the comrades of his own could
score a single run to win. And
vice-versa.
The Stewart stepped into the
managerial reigns. He threw
sand reckless fashion a.ound the
keystone when he was peeved. At
other times he threw it in glee.
lie had the 'old fight-the pep" as
the fans expressed it.
Stewards pitchers and hitters
got right on the same day. His
team started winning and now thew
are considered almost unstoppable.
Sport writers have heralded them
in the present road trip as one of
the most dangerous clubs of the
loop.
Manager Stewart made several
changes right after taking charge
He knew what the men needed il
is said, and gave it to them. Now
they're winning ball games.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
Pace RepieSfO for
Sumter Dele
cation
Continued from Page 81

ness to prescribe the amount and
conditions of the bond of the man
who is to handle all the money
collected from taxes and to insure
that he applies every penny Of it
in exactly the manner and for the
purposes for which it is levied.
And then, finally, you ask US to
pass the bill prepared by the gov
erning body of the city," Let me
ask, gentlemen. have a single one
Of you read that bill? Frankly,
do not believe you can be entire
ly familiar with its provisions, for
the reason that it does not carry
out in any particular your privi-
ously expressed wishes with refer
ence to paying the floating indebt-
edness. This bill, prepared by the
governing body of the city," end
/ suppose it was, simply says that
the council shall levy an additional
five mills, not exceeding three mills
of which shall be turned over to
the board of education (making 8
mills in all for the boardr and the
remainder, 2 mills, shall be applied
on the floating Indebtedness. In
other words, gentlemen, with a
floating Indebtedness of over
$150,000, with an annual interest
charge, and with no provision in
the bill whereby we can be assur-
ed that the money is going to be
handled in any better manner than
it has been for the last five years.
You may be right, gentlemen, I
may be wrong, but. without the
slightest intent to disrespect the
wishes of the council and without
any desire to speak shortly, let me
say to you that I AM NOT GOING
TO DO ANY SUCH THING. I
am not going to vote to tax the
people of Americas one penny, for
bonds. for floating Indebtedness,
for schools, nor for any other pur-
pose, unless ] know that the money
is going to be so applied, unless
I know the law is strong enough to
compel such application, and unless
I believe it is good business. And
| cannot agree that it is good bust
ness to continue to tax the people
merely to pay interest on their in
debtedness at the rate of 8 per
cent per annum.
But, please do not misunderstood
me. | have the utmost confidence
in the present mayor and city
council. They are all my friends,
and a majority are close personal
friends. You are handling the fl
nancial affairs of the city in an
up-to-date and business-like man
ner, and you inherited from preyi-
Gus administrations great financial
burdens and embarrassments. If
the present mayor and council
should stay in office forever
| doubt that we would ever have need
! Of laws to protect the peoples
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
CAMBRIDGE PUNCHES
II HITS OFF PFE|FFER
Extra Base CIouts With Bases
Full Net Five Runs in
Lucky Seventh

CAMBRIDGE, Aug. 4-Bain-
bridge punched hits on Pfeiffer here
Friday afternoon and won easily
from Dawson, 8 to 2. Doubles bat
ted out by Gibson and Arnold with
bases full in the seventh counted a
total of five tallies for the home
team, with Poore for Dawson and
Resented for cambridge cabbaging
the batting honors during the game.
AS tribute of respect to President
Harding Umpire Evans stopped play
for one minute during the fifth in
ming.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
sATURDAY AFTERNOON AUGUST :. l9z

money hut YOU must remember,
gentlemen. that under any kind OF
low if now going to take at least
ten years to pay the floating m
debtedness. r,,.
Major Fort and Col. G. R. Ellis
have both written me about the
bill. along with many others, ana
both of these gentlemen have made
a valuable. constructive criticism
of the proposed bill, and / intend
to re-draft the bill so as to lncorp-
crate their suggestions. We have
also decided to change the bin by
striking the section with reference
TO the purchase and rental OF school
books, on the idea that this might
not be the proper time to under
take this plan in view Of the de-
messed financial conditions, and
also in view Of the fact that it IS
an entirely new proposal and the
people should be given more time
to consider the matter.
I shall send you a copy OF the
revised bill in a day or two. 1t
will not be changed in any material
manner except as to the school
books; Major Forts suggestion as
to naming a depository for the bond
Of the clerk and treasurer, and Mr..
| Ellis suggestion to provide that
the board of education shall re-
! ceive the money as and when the
same is collected, will not material
ly alter the bill.
And in view Of the fact that we
| cannot approve and pass the hin
''prepared by the governing body of
the city" I beg to advise that l
| shall be pleased to arrange for a
hearing for you, before the APP
| propriate committee, at most any
time you desire to be heard. Give
| me twenty-four hours notice and I
will advise you as promptly as pos
sible as to the exact hour, and l
am sure that the committee, as
we'll as Mr.. Hines, Mr.. Riley and
I, will be delighted to hear from
you.
With the kindest personal re
| CARDS, and sincerely trusting we
will yet be able to fully agree, |
beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
STEPHEN PACE.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
The STANDARD

ITHERE'LLs BE A CROWD HERE
lAFTER THESE MONDAY AND
TUESDAY BARGAINS. GET
YOURS EARLY. @# - ,
| Genuine Fepperell or Pequot
lSheeting, bleached or unbleached,
1914, guaranteed 81 inches wide,
Monday and Tuesday only yard 49c
bales, nearly 1000 yards 38-in.
ISea Island, fine smooth weave, the
best you have seen in Americas at,
any price; Monday and Tuesday
yard ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. IL 1-2c
One case 600 dozen) Ladies'
Bleached Ribbed Vests, sizes up to
ia no extra charge for the large
sizes; 25c values; Monday and
Tuesday only ..-.-----.-----.......-.-.. lie
Twenty-Five cases Big Hammer
Laundry Soap, as good as you can
Guy at SC bar; here Monday and
Tuesday only 10 bars for. Csc
So all wool Storm Serge, SO
inches wide, sponged and shrunk,
navy blue and black, Monday and
tuesday only, yard ---.-..-.... $1.69
Imported Dress Linen, beautiful
shades, 36 inches wide, regularly
$1.25 yard; Monday and Tuesday
only yard .,.-.,....--..........-......... 75c
$3.50 Curtain Net, so inches wide
beautiful patterns, too fine for our
trade, sacrificed Monday and Tues
day yard .-,-.-....,..........-.......... $1.t5
Youths and Boys Overalls, abb
5olutely the best that you can buy;
any size from 6 to 16 years; the
best ones you have ever seen for
the price; Monday and Tuesday per
Genuine Pepperell and Victoria
Sheets, large size for large double
beds; only will be sold to one
buyer at the price; Monday and
oeSuay -.---------,-..-----. $129
A good quality English Long
Cloth, fine smooth finish; this will
probably be your last opportunity
to buy this grade even from us at
the price; Monday and Tuesday
S''lu IS 3-4c
Two styles of ladies black satin,
medium or low heels, they will wear
with some of the SIS grades; here
Monday and Tuesday eoao
one case Boys Blue Work Shirts
OF fast eolored Cheviots. sizes 10 to
IA ; Monday and Tuesday only 3ec
Mems dollar Athletic Union Suits.
every SIZE from Sc to 46, the best
one you have seen for a dollar. too:
any size Monday and Tuesday,
-----------------.-------.--. oSc
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
BLAKELY LOSES To
ARLINGTON 5 TO D
Turk Batted Out in Sixth When
1t Looked Like Arlington
Was Running Away

ARLINGTON, August blake
ly lost to Arlington here Friday
afternoon, SO. The game was in
teresting throughout, with Wally
Norris pitching inyincible ball for
the home team. Terrible" Turk,
who began for the visitors was tax
en- out in the sixth when Arlingtos
batters began landing on him in
rapid succession, and was succeed
ed by Hap Henderson. Only one
hit was scored off Henderson's de-
livery, Consuello Smith starred at
bat for Arlington, getting a homer,
a triple and single out of three
times at bat. Blakely fields staged
a number of brilliant plays The
hovy
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
MANY HEAR DR.. DEBAR
LECTURE. AT COURTHOUSE

A crowd estimated at a hundred
and fifty persons heard DR.. DeBar
in a lecture ON the Ku Klux Khan
at the courthouse here Friday night.
The ioc-ure. treating of the tenets
4 Che organization, was interesting
Throughout, according to one who
attended, DR.. DeBar being a speaker
of ability and experience.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
ALBANY GANG BREAKS
UP WINNING STREAK
. Shaky Kahn Kept Hits Scattered
and Won Game Supported
By Fast Fielding

Williams spectacular catch on
the bleacher benches in the fourth
inning of Fridays game at the play
ground was the feature of fast
thinning game in which Albany
broke Americus' winning streak and
won 80. Shaky Kahn, who was on
the mound for the visitors, was
touched for a total of seven hits,
but these We're well scattered. Hall
gave up Il bingles to the visiting
batsmen, several of these extra-base
ciouts that counted in the itally
sheet.
Albany scored first in the third
on Austin's double to center, Kain's
sacrifice fly and Reeds fly over
short, and Americas in the same
inning scored one tally on Hall
mans double, Duren's sacrifice fly
and Nolan's single.
In the fourth Americas scored
again when Elmore singled, Wade
sacrificed and Mailman was safe
on Reeds error. This ended the
run-getting for Americas.
In the ninth Albany tied the tally
when 7. Mccullough tripled to
Jackson in right and Kimbrell SAG
Iificed from Mailman TO Brannen.
In the eleventh Mitchell was passed,
Austin singled to Jackson and
Mitchell scored the winning tally
on Cameron's bingle to Elmore In.
left.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04

Summary: Two-base hits, SulH-
van, Gibson, Arnold, Angley. Sac
rifice hits, Kumiskey, Poore, Webb,
Farris. Hit by pitcher, Gibson, Dut-
to. Stolen bases, Pfeiffer. Struck out
by Roberts 4; Pfeiffer 4; Lucas O..
Base on balls, Roberts O; Peiffer
1, Lucas 0. Time 1:45. Umpire,
Evans.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04

summary: Three-base hits. Aus
tin' T. Mccullough. Two-base hits.
Kimbrell, Duren, Williams. Kahn,
Double plays, Kimbrell to Cameron.
jackson to Duren to Williams
Struck out, by hallman, 5 ; by Kahn,
Z. Base Oh balls, off Mailman,
3; off Kahn ?. Left on bases,
Americas, 10; Albany, 8. Sacrifice
hits, Hallman, Wade, Elmore. KAN.
=. Mccullough, KimbrelI (8)). Hit
by pitcher, Kahn (Wlliams.) Time
OF game, 2I5. Empires, Harper
and Wagnon. ATTENDANCE, estimat.
ed, 1900.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
Score by innings

Summary: Two-base hits,
Pounds, Folmar, Lightfoot. Three
base hits, Smith, Lightfood. Home
run, Smith. Sacrifice hits,
3tones Norris. stolens bases,
Davis, jenkins, Smith, 2. Double
plays, Davis to Lightfoot to Adj
ans: Edwards (unassisted.) Hits
off Turk. 7 in 5 innings; off Hen
derson, /. Bases on ball, off Turk
a; Henderson. 2. Struck out by
Turk, I; Henderson. s; Norris, 8.
Left on bases, Blalelv. d Arlington,
8. Losing pitcher, Turk. Time,
200 Umpire, .Myer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
~ HOW THEY
STAND
SOUTH GEORGIA CIRCUIT
SALLY LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results.

At Chariot / Macon 5.
At Spartanburg 8; Greenville /.
At Augusta-Gastonia, cancelled,
account of presidents death.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
BENEDICTA~-BEST SHE
EVER USED

ss ~F IL v FIT O5ED
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She writes: II have used Bene-
diota in my family; also have taken
Benedicta myself and find it as
good as you claim-even better"
we have thousands of testimonials
lust like this-testifying to the
health building, beauty giving,
pain-relieving qualities Of Bene-
dicta. Get bottle of Benedicta
from your druggist today.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

All games postponed account of
President Hardings death.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
SOUTHERN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results.
All games postponed account of
President Harding's death.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
f~
ZoczRde6

Little Miss Eva Belle Stevens, of
Ellaville, is the guest of Mrs. Moi
gan Stevens at her home on Prince
street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results.
All games postponed account of
President Harding's death.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04

Totals $500 81 0. 8 "a 2 Il
*Lowery batted for Edwards in
ninth.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-08-04

THERE'LL3 BE A CROWD HERE
AFTER THESE MONDAY AND
TUESDAY BARGAINS. GET
The Dolores star., 1923-07-20
Death Penalty
for Canrnibals

practiced there (and 1t Is practiced,
even in regions rich In food resources
Of all sorts, vegetable and anlmaD, Is
not due to privation or famine. 1T Is
simply matter of taste he said. "a
predilection for certain kind of meat
cannIbaIism Called Instinct.
"Cannibalism Is then, according to
Doctor Cureau, an instinct. 1t Is a
custom. The man who INDUCES In 1t
Is not necessarily ferocious. 'He may
be man who Is gentle. gay, cheerful
and friendly in his ordinary relations
at least with those about him.
doctor Cureau added that he mad
several times seen evidences that GER
tain tribes make prisoners of war or
buy slaves to hold them in reserve,
and then kill them and eat them In ac-
cordance with their needs.
"Pere Martron, who also made n
close-range study of the African ne
groes, declared, on the contrary, that
the cannibals did not hunt men to sat
isfy hunger. They eat, he said. only
the bodies Of enemies killed In war
and, more rarely, the bodies Of those
on whom they wish to wreak a terrible
vengeance.
However that may be, Pere Mar
tron and Doctor Cureau both stated
that cannibalism Is dying out. Coming
into Intercourse with more civilized
tribes. the cannlbals feel sense OF
shame and soon refuse to admit that
human flesh Is eaten by them.
Reports for Many Years.
"These are reports dating back some
years. NJ. J. Brevle, chief administra-
tor of colonies, director of political
and administrative affairs in the gov
ernment of French West Africa. says,
in his Islamisme contre Naturisme au
Soudan Francals'-a penetrating essay
on native psychology which he has
published-that many blacks still prac-
tice cannibalism, less from any real
need than from an attachment to an
cient rites, which, divorced from their
primitive Significance, appear unintel-
ligible to us, and which they them
selves can no longer explain.
ave are dealing here he declares,
with human sacrifices. intended to dis
arm hostile spirits. or to produce a
sort of physical and moral transsub-
SANITATION from the person sacrificed
to the person who eats. the latter
thus assimilating the formers strength
and qualities
But whatever may be the reasons
which have kept cannibalism alive, the
French government is now determined
to make an end of 1t.
The Dolores star., 1923-07-20
&1&M@zzz1
APPEALED TO MANS VANITY
Srihtly CoIored Beads, in Some
Shape, Have Been Popular in All
Ages and Countries.

Beads are one of the oldest wit
nesses to the vanity Of mankind.
The oldest beads were simply stones
with holes through them, which, owing
to their bright color or peculiar shape.
took the fancy of the finder. who
threaded them on strip of hide or
fiber. Later, when we became more
civilized, beads made of wood carved
into fantastic shapes were in favor.
Some beautiful examples of both kinds
can be seen in the British museum.
Uncivilized races have passion for
stringing together various objects an
beads. Human teeth, brightly colored
insects, seeds and even whales teeth,
are worn in this way.
The word bead comes from "bede,"
the old English word fer prayer 1t has
an interesting origin. In olden times.
as person repeated his prayers they
were counted by ticking off one by one
a string of small pierced balls which
We're threaded together, and in time
these balls came to be called beads.
The Dolores star., 1923-07-20
SLAYS GIANT GRIZZLY,
NOTORIOUS CATTLE THIEF

and catching rainbow trout In the
vicinity of Dubois, Wyo.
His conquest of "Old One Toe" was
unplanned up to the moment that
Campbell stumbled on the tyrant of the
cattle range, ravenously devourlng the
carcass of calf. From the first en-
counter to the kill was twenty-four
hours.
"Old One Toe" made wary by his
setto with steel trap and grown gray
in the two decades he had outmaneu-
vered cattle men. was Il foe worthy Of
any hunter. Campbell trailed him all
day, after the first shot. before he was
able to come up with him for the final
battle, which was Of short duration.
Campbell's progress out Of the woods
was a triumphal march, as all the cat
tie men wanted to see the carcass of
the bear which had caused them heavy
losses.
The Dolores star., 1923-07-20
France Issues Orders Intended to
Extirpate Practice in A.
rican Possessions.

Paris.-Albert Sarraut. French min
lister of colonies, who was one of
Frances representatives at the Wash
ington naval armament limitation and
pacific conference, has just signed two
DEGREES intended to extirpate the
practice Of cannibalism In the French
African possessions. The death penal
ty is imposed on any one killing or
trying to kill human beings for the
purpose of eating their flesh. Impris-
onment Of from one to ten years and
fine of from 100 to 1000 francs are
to be the punishment for completely In
such crimes or for eating human flesh.
Cannibalism survives. NJ. Sarraut says,
principally under the form of ritual
rites or acts of sorcery.
Discussing this subject in lie Jour
nal, NJ. Fernand Hauser writes:
Doctor Cureau, formerly colonial
governor, assured us some years ago
in work on the primitive peoples Of
equatorial Africa that cannibalism. as
The Dolores star., 1923-07-20
/ ransj ordania,
New Arab State

huge amphitheater which seated 1000
spectators. In the sleepy Eastern town
OF today goats browse among the foun-
dations Of temples and public build
ings, Arabian coffee shops lean against
once-proad walls. and the Eastern
species OF the village lounger sits on
overturned marble pillars. Emir Alb
dullah Is showing some interest in the
ancient structures of his capital, how
ever and Is having the fairly well-pre-
served amphitheater cleared Of debris.
Amman Is not inaccessible. Five
hours by automobile over reasonably
good roads through the sizzling valley
Of the Jordan suffice for the trip from
Jerusalem to the capital. The Jordan
forms the boundary line. and across 1t
Is an iron bridge. Aman Is only about
thirty miles from the river and. as the
crow flies, is hardly more than sixty
miles from Jerusalem. The Hedjaz
railway. connecting Damascus and Me-
dina. runs through the town."
The Dolores star., 1923-07-20
Oklahoma Hunter Kills Bear That
Ruled Range for Years.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-"Old One
Toe" king Of the grizzlies, killed
yearllngs on the cattle ranges OF
northwest Wyoming for twenty years.
From now on, however, his stuffed pelt
will stand lifellke in the natural his
tory museum at the University Of Okla
homa, at Norman, and silently assert
his claim to the title. biggest Of all
bears"
The greatest of them all. "Old One
Toe" measures S1a feet from nose-tip
to tail-tip. and weighed between loo
and 1900 pounds. The bear. which lost
the other four toes on his right hind
foot in trap In 1902. fell before the
automatic rifle of Arch A. Campbell.
contractor. Of this city. who spends
his annual vacation hunting big game
The Dolores star., 1923-07-20
Amman, Its Capital, Once PhiIa.
delphia, Ancestor of All Mod
ern PhiIadeIphias.

Observation-Disclosures the newest
Arab state to have its Independence
recognized be called by its Western
title of Transjordania or by Its East
ern name. Kerak, 1t seems hopelessly
out Of touch with siIngs american"
says n bulletin from the Washington
headquarters Of the National Geo
graphic society, In regard to the land
Immediately east Of the River Jordan
over which Emir Abdullah rules.
Perhaps n will bring the newly in
dependent but very old country
Closer" continues the bulletin, ITO
realize that Its capital, now Amman,
was once Phlladelphia-the great
great-great-grandfat of the half
dozen or more Philadelphias, great and
small. that are to be found In our
postal guides.
Ancestor uf Modern PhIIadeIphIas.
But 1t was only a mere matter Of
twenty-odd centuries ago that the city
took the name Of Philadelphia from Its
new lord, Ptolemy Philadelphus. It
had existed as Rabbath Amman, chief
city Of the Ammonites, almost from
the days Of Lot from whom the Am
monites are said to have sprung. 1t
was after n victorious battle with
these same people Of Amman that
Jephthah, according to the Biblical
story. returned to the fatal meeting
with his daughter.
when Transjordania is described
as stretching from the Jordan and the
Dead Sea toward the interior of Ara.
bia. one Is likely to call up the picture
OF hopeless desert. But much Of the
region Is steppe land, high plain sup
porting some flocks and even capable
Of tillage. Nomadism has long held
the region in Its grip. however. and 1t
Is US sort OF chief of nomads' that
Abdullah Ibn Husseln finds 1t neces-
sary to rule. He holds his court not
In palace but In group of tents
which he moves with the seasons
Center Of Culture.
This land, now given over largely
to nomads. Is capable of development
along stable lines, as is shown by its
past Importance. After Alexander's
Eastern conquests the cities to the
east OF the Jordan became Hellenlzed
and the seats of prosperity and cul-
ture. In the Second century before
Christ. Ptolemy Phlladelphus built In
the city which was given his name an
extensive acropolis which. in the Am
man Of today, Is only mass of fallen
columns and ruined walls.
"Rome's sway over Philadelphia Is
shown in Amman by ehe ruins Of a
The Dolores star., 1923-07-20
Growing Weary.

"Looky here," sternly chided Con-
stable Slackputter of Petunia. i've
been shaddering you for three, four
days now, and hain't found out sin
gle thing against YOU"
''Yes," replied the stranger. 81 have
observed you doing So
"Well-gol-rnm lido something
pretty quick, or hanged if l don't ar
rest you, anyhow! I'm getting tired
of your foolishness." ."-Kansas City
Star.