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The Washington times., 1923-09-08
Our First Customs.

Virginia, famed for many Ameri.
can "firsts," also boasts Of first
which few people stop to remember
the first American customhouse.
located at Yorktown, Va.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-08
MANY TOATTEND
POSTOFFICEMEET
Postmaster Davenport Anxious
That Public Bear With Him
Two Days

Under call from the postmaster
general. there will be held in At
lan.a on January 20, a meeting OF
nostmasters and postal employee
from all over the South, which will
be known as the Postal Conference
convention, and will be held at the
Baptist Tabernacle.
This postal convention will con-
lder postal matters which vitality
concern every citizen of the whole
country, and the postmaster of Amer
icus is required 0 attend and bring
along with him for these instructions
SO per cent of the employees Of his
office.
As this will of necessity cortail
the service at this office for at most
two days, it is earnestly desired on
the part Of the postmaster general
that he parons of Americas post
office cooperate to the fullest with
the department in being satisfied
with best arrangement that can be
made under these circumstances.
knowing in the end that the benefit
derived from such a conference will
rebound greatly to the whole country.
This period will embrace the 20
and q of January.
Postmaster Davenport assures the
patrons of the Americas office that
the service will be maintained as best
it can be with about so per cent Of
it's working force in attendance uDon
this convention, and everything will
be done to keep the mails going.
at least in the business district, dur
his period.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-08
Resources

Time loans and dis
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-08
STATE OF GEORGIA.
Sumter County.

Sumter County.
Before me came W. T. Anderson,
cashier of The Bank of Leslie, who
being duly sworn, says that the above
foregoing statement is a true condi-
ton of said Bank, as shown by the
books of file in said bank.
W. T. ANDERSON.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
thi@ 4th day Of January, 1928.
L. f. DEAVOURS,
Notary Public, State at Large, Les
lie, Ga. My Commission Expires
Dec, 20, 1925.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-08
Statement Of Conditions Of The
BANK OF LESLIE

Located at Leslie, Sumter County,
at Close Of Business December 18th,
As Called For by the Superintendent
Of Banks.
Ellsworth American., 1923-12-12
South PenobscOt.

Miss Bertha Perkins has gone to
Machias for the winter.
Maynard Perkins has purchased
the Bowden house, and will occupy it
this week.
Roscoe Bowden has moved his
family to Seal Harbor.
VI Mrs. L. D. Bridges spent the week
end with her sister, Mrs. William
Hutchins, at PenObscot.
The Willing Workers will have a
sale of fancy articles, cornballs and
ice-cream at Bagaduce hall, Dec. IL.
Lieut.. George o. Littlefield is at
North Bluehill caring for his father,
J. B. Littlefield who is very i'll.
. George l. Wescott has gone to
North Penobscot where he has en-
ployment.
Earl Wight is at home from Ban
gor, where he has had employment.
The many friends of Miss Jennie
Wight were shocked to learn of her
death, which occurred in Massachu-
setts Sunday night, after a few days
illness of pneumonia.
Dec. 10. G.
Ellsworth American., 1923-12-12

Ivan Strout, wife and little
daughter Esther spent the weekend
at e. e. Swetts. Mr.. Strout re-
turned to Bangor, while Mrs. Strout
and daughter will remain for few
weeks.
d S. j. Treworgy and wife and Har-
vey and Grace Treworgy spent Sun
day at Penobscot, guests of S. F..
Wardwell and wife.
R. A. Sinclair is spending few
weeks with his son Percy at Lowell,
Mass.
Otis Sinclair is visiting in Dedham.
Mrs. Gerone Young, who broke her
wrist several weeks ago, is now able
to get out and use her arm.
Mrs. Frances Hammond has gone
to Bar HarbOr for the winter.
Mrs. Roscoe Fletcher of Bangor is
visiting Mrs. l.. M. Bellatty.
Dec. 10. "Dalt."
Ellsworth American., 1923-12-12
Franklin.

Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Noyes of Sulli-
van Center were in town Wednesday.
John w. Blaisdell is surveying
land in Hancock for the Misses Aus
tin.
Mrs Walter Glow of Eastbrook
spent several days recently with Mrs
d. l.. Tracey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Workman
were visitors in Bangor last week.
Dallas Tracey is a visitor in Water
vile and will attend State grange at
Lewiston as a delegate.
The ladies' aid society of the Bap-
tist church had a successful sale last
week, and the chicken supper was
well patronized.
Clifford Dyer left Saturday for
Hartford, Conn, to join his brother
Richard. He will be employed there.
Forty-three were present at the
meeting of the Methodist ladies' aid
society, with Mrs. Mamie Tracey and
Mrs. Ella Blaisdell, Wednesday,
After dinner, adjournment was in
order to unable them to attend the
annual sale at the Baptist vestry
Mrs. James Bunker and little son,
of Bangor, are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. c. E. Dwelley.
On Sunday evening, Dec. 23, there
will be a Christmas concert by the
Sunday school in the Methodist
church.
Dec TO- B.
Ellsworth American., 1923-12-12
East Orland.

officers elected in Alamoosook
grange: Master, Homer H. Dunbar;
overseer, William F. Gray; lecturer,
Vivian Stockbridge; steward, Harry
Mcclure; assistant steward Albert
Dunbar; chaplain, Nellie Gray; treas
urer, Alice White; secretary, Mabel
Mcclure; gatekeeper, Ernest Her
rick; Ceres, Stella Dunbar; Pomona,
Mary Stockbridge; Flora, Lucia
Dorr; l.. A. S., Dorothy Dorr.
George Snow entered the e. M. G..
hospital Saturday for an operation,
He was accompanied by his son
Harvey.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Percy Dorr December 7.
Henry Dunbar and Harvey Snow
were in Bangor Sunday,
Alice Gibbs is visiting her daugh-
ter Marion in Bangor.
Ethel Snow is better, after ten
days illness.
Dec. 10. M.
Ellsworth American., 1923-12-12
DedhaI,l.

New Century grange met in all
day session December s, with the
following program: Solos, Nellie
Cook, Clifford Burrill recitations,
Maurice Miller; readings, Marcia
Blood, Gertrude Wakefield, Laura
Cook stories, G. A. Gray, John
Wakefield officers elected: Master,
Ida Houston; overseer, G. A. Gray;
lecturer, Josephine Moore; steward,
G. w. Brewster; assistant steward,
Walter Gray; chaplain, Laura Cook;
treasurer, E. w. Burrill; secretary,
Gerald Thompson; gatekeeper, Per
ley Giles; Ceres, Hazel Cowing; Po-
mona, Lizzie Gray; Flora, Hattie
Miller; L. A. s., Helen Gray.
Mrs. w. w. Black is in failing
health.
Mr. and Mrs. e. T. Black left to-
day to attend State grange.
Mrs. Alton Houston of Holden
spent the weekend with her father
j. F. Cowing.
George Hopkins of Merchants is
land is visiting in town.
Miss Janice Goodwin of Bangor
spent Sunday with her aunt, Mrs.
G. w. Brewster.
Dec. 10. B.
Ellsworth American., 1923-12-12
SurIy.

S. A. McGraw, master of Arbutus
grange, is attending State grange in
Lewiston.
officers of Arbutus grange have
been elected as follows: Master, S.
A. McGraw; overseer, Ernest Nevills;
lecturer, Alston Milliken; chaplain,
Mae Nevills; steward, Hiram Blod-
gett; assistant steward, Howard l..
Young; treasurer, Howard H. Clark |;
secretary, Rosa Carter; gatekeeper,
Richard McGraw; Ceres, Sadie
Mann; Pomona, Sarah Shapleigh; ;
Flora, Clara Blodgett; L. A. S., Mira
A. Lord.
Dec. 10. l..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
CREDIT GIVEN CASTE SYSTEM
Lonu Freedom of India From Plague
Was Indirectly Caused by Its
Prevalence.

Although Europe had suffered from
many visitations of plague before and
during the Middle ages, 1t was not
until the Nineteenth century that
plague came TO India, says ]. Fl.
Stephens in Popular Mechanics.
This was due to the prevalence in
India of the ancient caste system of
the Brahmins, which resulted in sep
aration and segregation. The higher
castles lived apart from the lower
castles, and between each of such
segregations open spaces were left,
which allowed the circulation of fresh
air, and provided for expansion with
out congestion. Thus, unwittingly, the
caste system adopted one of the most
effective measures for preventing the
spreading Of disease.
Under the British administration,
caste rules were less strictly OBJ
served, and the different castles tend
ed to converge, while congestion in
creased, resulting in the first appear
ance of plague In the city of Manga
lore, capital of the native state OF
Mysore, South India. 1t broke out
first in the most congested quarter
where sunlight and air were excluded
or polluted.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
CONNECT ALTAR AND GRAVE
Burmese People Combine Lovemaklng,
Betrothals, and Funeral obsequies
odd Custom of Refinement.

When Karen dies (the Karens are
a people of Burma living in small Sc
Guided villages in the mountainous
dlstricts) he or she is inferred tenn
porarily. Or If of great estate, the
remains are first cremated and
small chest of teakwood into which
the ashes are gathered Is buried pro
tenn. The Karens are frank resur-
rectionists. But their cooperative
up-diggings and reburyings are feasts
as movable and uncertain of date as
they are serious and obligatory. Hence
each temporary grave Is fenced in
with cacti and marked with durable
twigs.
All Karen courtships are pursued at
Karen funerals. Lovemaking and be-
trothals and obsequies are all dealt
with in lump. The length of the in
term between a Karen's first and Sec
ond interment is determined by the
number of manageable girls and mar
rying men there are in the village or
neighborhood at the time Of death.
When there are enough candidates of
both sexes for matrimony, the great
funeral-wedding day is appointed.
There is not often among the same
community more than one such day in
year. Often three sometimes five,
years elapse between one such day
and the next.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
DISPUTE ORIGIN OF CALICHE
Scientists Disagree as to How Rock
of Which Chile Has Monopoly,
Came About.

Chile's chief source of revenue, OF
which the country has virtually a
world monopoly, is obtained from the
rough rock known locally as caliche.
Scientists disagree as to the origin OF
this valuable mineral, according to :
writer in the National Geographi ,
Magazine. Some claim (and Darwin
among them) that it had its origin in
seaweed of an ancient period. One
savant argues that the deposit result.
ed from nitrogen contained in guano.
Others believe in it's atmospheric
origin, advancing the theory that in
remote age electricity passing through
the moist air, by combination, formed
nitric acid; this in turn, impregnating
the food waters of Andean streams
and coming in contact with the lime
stone of the rocks, formed nitrate Of
lime; another step in natures labora-
tory brought this nitrate of lime in
contact with sulphate of soda, forming
the caliche found today.
Iodine, precipitated from the nitrate
solution, is the most important by-prod'
uct of the caliche rock. By agree
ment among the nitrate establishments,
It's production is limited to every
sixth year, that the market may not
be overstocked.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
SINGING SHOULD COME FIRST
Famous English Musician Gives Ad-
vice as t. Musical Education
of the Child.

Italicized in an article by Sir Dan
Godfrey is this sentence: mo child
should be given piano lessons until it
has sung for some years In order to
develop its musical instinct" He
points out that perfection in lisping
baby songs is attained very early in
life and this power brings contact
with beauty before drawing is devel-
oped or color appreciated. Singing is
such a personal art that it lends it
self to the development of the indi
vidual as nothing else does The joy
which 9 child gets in reproducing
beautiful melodies is like no other ,ex-
perience in life Piano playing re
Quires so much attention that the little
performer often hears very little of
the music The capacity of children
for memorizing and performing suit
able music is very great, and few, in
proportion, have no ear for music.
Generally speaking. they are better
performers than listeners, except
when listening to music they know.
School without music would be a
dreadful place, for, apart from its
educational value, good music pro
vides a bond of. sympathy between
teacher and pupil In this short article
Sir Dan Godfrey has given lead TO
parents on the right lines. He wants
children's ears to be trained, their
taste awakened, their listening pow
ers developed, and their love of the
beautiful cultivated through musical
STRAIGHTFORWARD Family Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Plants That Select Homes.

One of the chief popular distinc-
tons between vegetable and animal
life is that the animals have power of
choice and of voluntary motion, while
vegetables and plants grow only me-
chanfcally. But the microscope seems
to show that many vegetable forms can
move as easily as can animals. There
is a plant called volvox globator, so
minute that millions of it could be put
in drinking glass, which is seen to
whirl like a top ecross the field Of
the microscope. Some plants found
in ponds, which are still more minute
move habitually, as with an apparent
purpose. Naturalists who have given
closer study than others to climbing
plants state that these seem to exer-
else the liberty of choice. Their ten
drills, in climbing over pieces of wood
with holes. will try one hole after an
other until they find one that pleases
them. One investigator saw a ten
drill withdraw itself after having
pushed itself in a hole for SO hours.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
CATS MARK OF CONFINEMENT
Purr Proves That Pussy Is Just at
That Moment Particularly
Pleased With World.

We know that the cat purrs when
she is pleased. But just how she does
it, beyond the fact that she is breath
ing in way which causes peculiar
vibration, we do not know. Place
your hand on the chest Of a man
speaking or singing in low deep
voice and you will experience dis
tinct vibration. 1t is only this vibra-
ton, much exaggerated, that we feel
when we stroke purring pussy. 9th
er "cats" besides our domestic pet
also purr, the note in the case of a
large animal such as puma rather
resembling a roar A seldom-noticed
popularity of thea purr is that 1t
continues both during breathing "in"
and "out"; careful observation will
detect a slight break in the purr with
the change of breath. The purr is no
more than an expression of emotional
satisfaction. Just as some of us,
when feeling particularly pleased
with life, will instinctively and al
most unconsciously hum. so will cat
purr when it is contented.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
OLD NAMES STILL POPULAR
Parents Retain Partially for Favorites
That Have Done Duty for Many
Centuries.

A somewhat interesting census Of
Christian names has been taken In
the public schools of Stratford. And
1t is found that old and simple ones
continue to be favorites. Those which
are represented by more than fifty pu-
pills include: John, 1874; Margaret,
ia; William. lis; George, 81; Mary,
90; Dorothy, IA; James, 81; Helen, 30,
and Fred, 81. Gladys Is the first in
terloper to appear in the list, with a
score Of 80.
With all the names In the world
at their disposal, stage names, names
out Of novels, and made-to-order
names, which they or others might in
vent, parents go on, In the same old
way, calling their offspring John and
William and Margaret, and hoping in
vain that they will not be nicknamed
Jack or Bill or Maggie. Occasionally
q name is figured out which Is war
ranted to defy corruption into any Of
the familiar variants. But Its pos
SCISSOR probably blossoms forth as Fat
quite foreign to the carefully selected
choice of the fond parents. Some
times they telephone their favorite
newspaper and deplore the fact that
they cannot find a suitable name.
Nothing L. quite as different as their
child. And will the newspaper please
suggest. But the wise newspaper
thereupon processes utter inability to
find an appellation distinctive enough
and noble enough for the purpose The
parents sigh. And In all likelihood an
other is added to the long list Of johns
and Margarets.-Torontc Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
EXPLAINING GRADES IN ARMY
FaneifuI and Pretty Tale Of the Origin
of Insignia Which Denots
Martial Rank.

Fanciful indeed is the tale woven
about the selection and origin of the
various marks of army insignia.
The story begins with a twO-barred
fence, near group Of trees. One OF
these is a sturdy oak and another
silver poplar, the tree which grows
to greatest heights In our forests.
Above this tree flies an American
eagle. 1t is night and the stars look
down upon the scene.
The first step, or first rank Of COM
missioned officer is climbing the first
bar Of the fence, and is denoted by
the one bar on a first lieutenantS
shoulder. Another step up and the
officer has his foot on the second bar
of the fence-the two bars surmounted
being indicated by the two-bar mark
of the captain. The next stage of the
climb upward Is the branches OF the
trees, and the rank of major, denoted
by the gold oak leaf on the shoulder.
has been reached.
In order to go higher the candidate
for higher rank must now surmount
the tall silver poplar, and when he mas
done so he is entitled to wear the sill
yer leaf of the lieutenant colonel. The
eagle soaring over the treetops indi-
Gates the rank Of colonel-the silver
eagle being worn by officers Of that
rank. The stars are the highest of all
and were reserved as insignia for gen.
erals.-Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
: KNOWLEDGE FROM STARS
n5ient Egyptians Said to Have Been
Able to ForeteIl Coming Events
With Accuracy.

The ancient Egyptians were great
Stronomers and astrologers. Their
RESTS knew how to calculate solar
and lunar eclipses, and their religion
was founded on astronomy. They
had a theory of belief in a mysterious
relation between the spirits of the
stars and human souls and they
thought that the destiny of mortals
vas regulated by the motion of the
heavenly bodies. From the conjunc-
ton of planets at the hour of birth,
they prophesied what would be the
temperament of a child. The horo-
scope also foretold the kind of life
he would live and what manner of
death he would die. Of these astrol-
ogers, Diodorous. who wrote during
the century preceding Christ says:
'"They frequently foretell with the
greatest accuracy what is about to
happen to mankind; show the failure
or abundance of crops and the cpl
demic diseases about to befall men
and cattle. Earthquake, deluges, ris-
ings of comets and all those phenom-
ena, the knowledge of which appears
impossible TO common apprehensiens,
they foresee by means Of their long
continued observation"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Tribute to the Candle.

A clever writer pays tribute to the
candle in the following: "All down the
years it has trailed its lovely light It
has burned before affairs in old cathe-
drals, illumined banquet halls in old
palaces, and has ever a niche In the
heart of man.
I'm England the candles waited in
stately rows on hall tables for gallants
to hand the ladies at retiring time to
light them upstairs, and it is said that
Washington observed this quaint Gus
tom at Mount Vernon, lighting his
guests to their bedroom door.
"Candle>lighting time in New Eng
land breathes the fragrance Of bay
berries and brings back visions of colo
NAL halls and Kitchens and demure
maidens in cap and kerchief. The fame
Of many beauty of the past might not
have lived had 1t not shone by candle
light, which shows woman at her love
lest"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
big TREES" WORLD WONDERS
United States Government Is Neeniy
Alive to the Demand for PreserVa-
ton OF the RedWoods.

Our great parks, the Yosemite, Vel
lowstone, Sequoia and General Grant,
must be kept under military superyi
sion in order to preserve their natural
wonders against injury from trespass-
ers. OF all these miracles of nature.
the "big trees" are the most astonish-
Ing. There are two species-the Sc
quota Sempervirens, or ordinary red
wood. and the seQuoia gigantea, which.
is, strictly speaking, the "big tree OF
California.
These stately creatures are so i'm
pressive that 1t seems quite fitting to
honor them with distinguished titles.
Nearly every state in the Union and
many of the distinguished generals Of
the Civil war have names among them
The General Grant" and the Gen
eral Sheridan" are individuals of the
largest SIZE and, with the Grizzly
Giant" are probably the biggest Of
all trees.
Before one of the national expcsi-
tons the government ordered Sec
ton of redwood thirty feet long for
exhibition and for this 1t agreed to
pay $1,000. Before the lumber COM
pany had succeeded in delivering it
on the cars it had cost nearly that
amount, for a mountain wagon road
five miles long had to be built to get
1t out, and a trench was dug as long
and as large as the tree itself to set
1t in.
The same company also furnished
another tree for another exhibition,
which was cut in General Grant park
not hundred yards from the spot
where the General Grant" stands in
all its majesty. In the same grove lies
the Fallen Monarch" through the
burnt-out heart of which a mounted
horseman can ride with ease.
In the Yosemite is the "Wawona," q
tree with a hole burnt in its base
through which the road runs and bis
automobiles are driven without diff
Guilty: and on the mark Twain
stump of the General Grant park
| eighteen full-sized cavalry horses have
easily stood. 1t is twenty-six feet In
| misunderstanding Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Flour Used in Making Watches.

Two barrels of flour are used every
week in making watches at a we'll
known factory, which turns out from
1000 to 5000 watches a week. Since
a baker uses about three pounds of
-four to five loaves of bread, it follows
that for every watch the maker uses
the equivalent of q third of loaf The
-four is made into dough and the
dough is used to kandle screws, rivets
and other small parts.
Each man in that part of the busl-
ness has a lump of dough always at
hand, and when he wants to examine
screw he jabs a piece of dough on Il.
Then, turning it over, he has a good
chance TO look at it with his watch
makers microscopic eyeglass. Many
of the screws are too minute to pick up
easily with the fingers, and many
more, though large enough to be
picked up. would be so covered by the
fingers or the forcers as to be almost
hidden from sight.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Tammany Hall of New York.

The Tammany society of New York
was Incorporated soon after the Revo-
iutionary war It's meetings took place
in Tammany hall, so often distin-
guished IN the political history of the
country Many of the soldiers and
sages of the republic became members
of the society, for it was based upon
the broadcast republican principles. 1t
was in favor of government by the
people of freedom of speech and re
ligion and of the liberty of the press.
Originally established for benevolent
purposes. it became political as soon
as an aristocratic element was sus-
ected to be growing strong, favorable
% a standing army and extensive navy
In time of peace, to heavy taxes and
10 alien and sedtion laws, such as
vere in vogue in the time of the
elder Adams, when a large party de-
sired to empower the president so that
he could expel suspected foreigners
from the soil of the United States,
saws the Detroit News.