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New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
New Haven Girl III From
 Drinking Raw Alcohol

New Haven, Aug, s,-Jenny Maffy, seven years old daughter Of Mr, and Mrs, Dominiek Maffey of tis East street is in Grace hospital In a seri. ons condition suffering from alcoholic poisoning. The little girl drank s quantity of raw alcohol from A one gallon can which she found in tho rear Of place at t42 East street. She vas still unconscious late last night and may not recover. The girl was taken 10 the hospital by her father after she had complained Of pain. An investigation was started by the police and the place where the girl said she found the can was rsided The officers found the can but tho owner Of the place denied ownership and said he had never seen 1t before. Coroner Ell Mix will make an inyes- tigation tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
ERWIN WILL SEEK PARCEL POST ROOM
Plans Made 10 Separate This
 Glass From Post 0flCe

Addlnonal quarters for the New Britain Pasi eries 10 he used as e psresl rest station have heen sdYeea- ted hy Postmaster II, r, Erwin and ths department sill pest bulletin calling for bids for such quarters in a few days
 The neried for submitting bids will eless August ss and the f0lleNing re. auiFements are specified, light heat, toilet facilities, safe, furniture and equipment The building is desired fer five or ten years, ihe lease 10 be drawn up between the contracting parties About s,0Ah square feet af flseF space are desired and build ing convenient 10 ths present post office, the railroad station and for inc public Is desired. Front and hack enr frances are preferred in this building,
 Blank proposals may he secured from the postmaster and alternate proposals, emitting the light or heat requirements or both may he submit ted, The proposals should be ad- dressed to n. !. Rsrp, Inspector, care Of the Postmaster. New Britain,
 Postmaster Erwin said that he ad' .oeatsd addition 10 the post office when he was in Washington some time ago. However. there are many other post offices in the country which are crowded as the New Britain office Is. and the post office depart ment could not see its way clear Co erecting an addition 10 the present building or erecting another building near the present office, for use as parcel post station. Hence the calls for bids from those possessing build inss already construtced.
 The quarters at the post office are ronrested, that is an established fact says Mir. Erwin. The building was erected l4 years ago. and at that time there was no consideration given for the parcel post end of the depart ment as that branch had not yet been Room was allowed TOT gradual growth with the city.
 At the present time the parcel post matter composes 75 per cent Of the volume of all mail matter handled at in. post office. During the 14 years that the office has been in use, the volume G all mall matter has in- creased eight-fold.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06

as he tried to apply hls hEskss and when he tried 70 replace q, As told the mayer that in his sAeitemsnt ne then AamRed lT0m a NlndeN,
 6efasFd faehisT ef br0eklyn, q conductor standing ca the platform between ths nTst and seeand cars oi the wooden train, Nas killed,
 Between 80 and 60 passengers were said i0 have been in the first ear, where an the injuries occurred, h addition 10 the IS treated by PhysiE clans il gas estimated by the police that SO others were slightly bruised or cut and taken 10 their homes m private automobiles,
 Police reserves and hTemen were summoned to the scene, in addition 10 amhulanees, The frsmen used etKsnsisn ladders te remove the passengers m ears ef the tive trains which were beyond the ends of the platform,
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
Waterbury Girl Drowned
 In the HOusatOnic River

Cornwall, Conn. Aug s.-Dorothy Brynes Calvin. daughter of Patrolman and Mrs John J. Calvin of 54 Fair mont street. Waterbury, was drown- cd in the Housatonic river near Corn wall Bridge yesterday afternoon. She was vacationing at the home of Mfr. and Mrs. Lester Chapman of Corn wall. and, together with Mildred and Marie Chapman and Betty Cone of New York she went swimming.
 The Cone girl, swimmer had swam across the river and Dorothy attempted to follow her. She had reached the other side when she be- came exhausted. stepped into mud hole and became frightened She sank before aid could reach her.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
DEMOCRATS TO VOTE
 AUGUST l2 IN ARK.
Slr Candidates Seeking Place al Head Of Ticket

httls Beck, Ark, Aug s=With sk candidates for the democratic guheFRateFisl nominatien in the held, ATksRsas democrats will go 10 the pells August Is 10 cheese nominee te succeed GsgsFReF Thomas .. Nice Rae, who has declined 10 run for third term,
 Nomination in the primary in this rate is saui. alsnl to election, with the general elsetlen usually a dun fer- msiitY, There is prospect, however, nf msrs interest in the general else- tien this year because John 4, Riggs, editor Of a Hot Springs newspaper, has announced he will make the race for governor ss an indepsndsn, demo- eFst if the winner in the primary does not meet with his approval,
 The chief Issues 10 he stressed dur inE the campaign have hsea economy snd rstfsnehment in state expsndi- lures, sdditisnsl hnaneisi aid fer the public school system and construction Of s state highway system,
 The candidates In the gubsrnateriai race are
 Lee Csgart Of Lamar, former speaker Of the house and former pSes. ident of the senate; Jim q, Ferguson, Of Marshall. now completing his third term ss commissioner of mines, man ufaetures and agriculture; Senator Jacob R. Wilson. Of Fl Dorado, prssi- dent of the senate al the last regular session. Tom ]. Terrail. Of Fl Dorado. former secretary of state; John F. Martineau Of Little Rock, judge of the first chancery district; Hamp Will Hams of Hot Springs. federal food ad- ministrator for Arkansas during the var.
 Resides a governor. all elective state and county officers are 10 be nomin- ated at the August primary Senator Joseph T. Robinson Is a candidate for nomination for another term, without opposition; Congressman W. J. Driver of the first district; Otis Wingo. fourth district: James B. Reed, sixth. are un- opposed. while the incumbents in the other four districts are opposed by from one to two aspirants.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
FARMER QUIT THE CROPS
German Agriculturist, Not Successful
 With Grain, Starts Raising Fish

LudwigsIust Germany, Aug. 6. - The crops of E. Ziemsen, an exten- sive land owner near here, did not pay very well last year, so Ziemsen flooded the fields in the fall and this years has been raising fish and doing 50 we'll financially that he is plan ming to extend his home made lakes.
 ziemsen has about 1000 lowland acres under water. German carp have done particularly we'll in the flooded fields. and this year Ziemsen expects to gather about so tons of fish.
 On some of the higher ground of his estate Ziemsen has large tract devoted to the raising of the blue fox.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
AIRPLAhE TRAFFIC RULES
Regulations to stiniallls Risk ei eolr lislan Agreed lRon RE England, Belgium and Holland.

London, Aug, s,-Rules agreed on hy the British, Belgian and Dutch governments 10 minimiFe risk of seir lision heissen aircraft, have been lsa sued by the air ministry,
 These proVide that every pilot when HglRE on a compass course shall whenever C is safe and practicable, AN an the right Of the straight tine ad- ieining lhs Roint af departure and point sf arrival, When an aircraft is flying beneath cloud, q must keep at . fair distance below the elend base iH order 10 see and he seen,
 When a pilot decides to feileE q route which Is officially recognized or consists ef s line Of ground msfks, he should bear In mind that the risk of collision wih another sirersh fal- ieaihs the same route is considerable, Every pilot therefore following such a route shall sndea'er to keep it al least 500 meters en his left,
 Every pile, ghe decides ta eFess any route he is following shall do so al right angles and as high as eireum' stances permit,
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
ONE KILLED AND IS
 HURT IN NEW YORK
Wooden Car Trains Crash on
 fine Elevated

New York, Aug s,-one person was killed and eighteen injured, four critic esily, late yesterday when q wooden train on the elevated iiNisi0n of the Brighton line Of the Br00klynrManz haitian Transit Co, ran into the rear of steel subway train al the Ocean Parkway station,
 Mayor Hylan, who went ta ths scene Of the accident gave out statement immediately afleTward in which he said that the blame for the death and injuries rested in the use of wooden ears,
 Roth trains were bound for eones Island, The steel subway train was just pulling out Rf the station as the wooden train, composed of six ears, entered il, The metoFman Of the wooden train, John MeAiehelas, said. according 10 the police, that his airs brakes failed to work and he jumped from his compartment to the plat form station. leaving his train running wild.
 panie was caused on both trains by the collision. according to witnesses
 
 with passengers frantieally andeaVor- ing tn make their way 10 the platform
 The dead and injured were In the first ear of the wooden train. which was teleseoped by the impact, Police who investigated the accident, said that portions Of a side Of the car fell to the street. carrying some psssen- gers with it,
 Physicians. were called to the scene of the accident from the Ceney Island hospital. a few blocks away They administered first aid to the in- iured is of whom went 10 their homes. The remaining six were taken 10 the hospital. where four Of them were pronounced in critical condition from internal and other injuries.
 McNicholas. in a second statement to Mayor Hylan, said that the handle of his airbrake control slipped off
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
Klansmen Take Shot at
 TeNas Episcopal Rector

Eagle Lake, Tex, Aug, s-fhs Rev r, M Johnson, Jr,, Episcopal rector, was shot through the arm last nigh, while driving past an automobile oe- eupied by two men clad in ku klnK Klan regalia, it was learned today,
 The rector said he has been out spoken against the K. K, K, but said he knew ,ef no enemy in or out of the organization who want 10 take his life,
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
Says Temperate Use of
 Liquor Is Not a Vice

Atlantic City, N, J. Aus, ss-Fhs declaration that temperate use Of liquor is not a vice wss made by Bishop Thomas ], Walsh, of FTsnten, before the annual conference of the Catholic Total Abstinence union epsnr ing here yesterday,
 Total abstinence is an absolute necessity for some men, hsreie sac rihee for others, and a virtue for all 1" said BishoR Walhs, "hut the tsmH perats use of drink Is not a vice."
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
ALASKA HAS AIR SERVICE

Anchorage. Alaska, Aug. s.-This is me latest Alaskan city to esta blish an aerial landing field. A smooth. level one has been provided, six blocks from the business section. A com mercial aviation company is carrying on a regular passenger service to min ing districts.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
SWEDISH SCHOOL IN SESSION

The church school conducted pv the First Lutheran church is now Tn session at the Central Junior high school, where a room has been pro- vided by the school board. The ses- sions will continue throughout the month of August, all children or Swedish parentage being eligible to enroll which is in charge of Olaf Jonason, a student at Upsala college.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
WINS SCIENCE MEDAL

Berlin. Aug. e.-This years Leioni1 silver medal of the Prussian academy of sciences has been awarded to Frsulein Lisa Neither, professor or physics at the Kaiser Wilhelm insti- tute fin Dahlem, near Berlin. in recos- hilton of her researches on rao,um.
 The iron tformerly golden) medal went to Franz von Mendelssohn, presi. dent of the German Chamber of Commerce, for frequent support gwen to scientific undertakings of various kinds.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
MAKES TRIP RY AUTO

Miss zita GerneTt, manager Of the Steve Repair corporation Of Newark, N, J., has returned to her duties after spending two weeks st the home of her parents, Mir, and Mrs, Louis Ger nert of West Main street Miss Ger nert m0leTed here and return,
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
TAIL TELLS cows MILK VALUE

. Paris, Aug. 6,--French veterinarians insist that cows tail can det4rmint her milk output and also her milk value. The quantity and value are in dicated, say the veterinarians, hy the smocthness and slenderness of the tail from a sort of break in the bone structure to the end of her fly-Swat- ter.
New Britain herald., 1924-08-06
PREFERS AMERICAN AUTO

Cairo, Egypt, Aug. s.-Fi,e hun dred and five automobiles were i'm ported into Egypt during the first six months of this year. or this mum her. sab were Of American make.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-09

statements are less astonishing when
it is known that $40 worth of opium
in Hongkong is worth $50, whole
sale, in San Francisco or New York.
BY comparison, the profits of "Rum
Row" pale into insigni6cance.
Drug smugglers work all kinds of
tricks to get by the revenue officers
"a cavity in the heel of the shoe
making a compartment in a bible
preparing special underwear--using
the centers of lemons and oranges.
One revenue officer found two duck
legs in a workman's lunch basket
stuffed with opium.
But like the traffic at the twelve
mile limit, the drug syndicates too
have their bootleggers, usually addicts
themselves, who peddle morphine,
heroin and cocain, as we'll as the raw
opium. The bootlegger of drugs
sets his trap for the youth, for chill
dren still in school. Among them are
veritable "Fagins" employing chill
dren as their agents in the corruption
of other children.
According to Graham Mulhall,
president of the Narcotic Drugs Con-
troll League and formerly First
Deputy Commissioner Of the New
York State Department of Narcotic
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nology, who devoted three years to
The study of coffee, found that the
caffein content varies from one TO
one and one-half per cent by weight,
and averages one and three-quarters
grains for every strong cup of coffee
served at the table. On the basis OF
his figures and those Of the Depart
ment of Commerce, there was in the
coffee consumed in 1920 caffein con-
tent totalling 2L2s5,9s2 pounds,
In 1921 coffee consumption fell, and
the cafTein total was Titles over
20 900, 600 pounds. In 1922 the caffein
content in coffee importations fell
again, this time to 1S,626,816 pounds.
During this period the per capita
consumption CT coffee fell from
nearly IS pounds year to less than
/ pounds.
In 1913 tea importations amounted
to 15I.3f4932 pounds. In 1920, this
total diminished to 97,826,1C6 pounds,
and in 1929 ii fell to S6,14l, 949. That
year me PER capita consumption OF
tea was about three-fourths of a
pound. almost the lowest it had been
since 1880, when the Department of
Commences record of imports was
begun.
Here then is proof Of what one
group can 40 10 curtail the use Of a
drug. Is it a far cry to say that
public opinion aroused and directed
would abolish all drug evils?
Public officials have failc., h!trl-
istic organizations have fpN.4; it IS
submitted that only the 81 .ag Of
national conscience by elure;; i VIII
prevail.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-09
LEGAL AID NO. 6s7

LEGAL AID NO. 697
| GEORGIA, Sumter County.
TO THE SUPERIOR COURT or
SAID COUNTY:
The petition Of R. l.. McMath, Sr
H. E. McMath and R. l.. McMath
Jr., all of Sumter county, Georgia
respectfully shows;
First; That they desire for them
selves, their associates and success.
.sors, to be Incorporated and mad
a body polite under the name ano
style of New Point Farm Company
for the period of twer'ty years, with
the right of renewing the charter
at the expiration of said term.
Second: The principal office of
said Company to be in Americas
Georgia, but petitioners desire the
right to establish branch offices
within the State or elsewhere, when
ever the holders of majority Of The
stock may so determine.
Third; The object of said incor-
poratior is pecuniary gain to itself
and shareholders.
Fourth: The business to be car
ried on by said corporation is the
cultivating and farming Of lands
the growing of fruit trees and al
crops common to this section, anC
the buying ard selling of same
Fifth: The capital stock of SAID
corporation shall be Forty Thous
and ($4O, 100000 Dollars with The
privilege of increasing the same tC
the sum of One Hundred Thousand
(S1O0,000.00) Dollars by two
thirds vote of the stockholders.
said stock to be divided into shares
of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars
each.
Sixth: Petitioners desire the righ'
to have the subscriptions to sale
capital stock paid in NOR ey OF
property to be taken at a fair valua
ton.
Seventh: Petitioners desire the
right to sue and be sued, to pleaC
and be implicated, to have and usC
common seal, to make all neces
sary Bylaws and regulations ant
to do all other things necessary fol
the carrying on Of said business, in
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selves spend for their dope AZ least
$i00,000,000 more and l.000000,000
dollars is annually spent by the State
for the upkeep of institutions and
agencies minidcring to addicts, and
for the maintenance of drug-ridden
individuals who have become public
charges.
The organized forces that are
waging war increasingly against the
drug evil are Jealous in law-en-
forcement, the hunt for smugglers
and peddlers, salvaging the victims,
but are deficient in educational work,
because hampered by the lack Of
funds.
In the education yi the public lies
the only way of progress. A glance
at what education has accomplished
in the field of cafein-a drug with
a definite archaeological -Hect,
which gives the kick to coffee and
tea may be enlightening.
Here was drug habit more firmly
entrenched t,an any other. yet the
persistent md insistent emphasis
placed hy the medical profession on
the dangers Inherent in coffee and
tea have materially decreased their
consumption The campaign against
cafFein had TO he one of education to
the general public. The y S. Bureau
of Education at Washington has car
ried 'on a particularly extensive and
effective campaign 10 keep coffee and
tea out Of the diet of school children
As to its effectiveness the following
facts are testimony.
Professor Samuel G. Prescott, IF
Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-09

Drug Control, many school in tie
congested sections Of big cit;ss has
its Artful Dodger and is Charley
Bates distributing samples Of hesoin
60 their playmates. Once the caalrcn
learn the drugs exhilarating t1T.l,
they are introduced to the boodsgzer.
Thereafter at noon and recsss
periods they can find him in a c-a-
venient alley ready to trade p;nchcs
of heroin for nickcls and dimes.
Graham Mulhall has terminated the
career of many heroin "Fagia."
1t is mainly through associates,
juvenile or adult, that the drug addict
begins. Of the 5000 cases studied BY
the Health Department of New York
City, seventy per cent confessed they
got their "frst shot of coke" from a
friend. Moreover, seventy per cent
were under 80 years of age. 1t had
been supposed that illness was re-
sponsible for much drug taking. This
cause was found in only FIVE per cent
of the cases. An interesting angle of
the study was developed in the fact
that nearly a third Of the addicts
were truck drivers, motormen, con-
ductors or employed in some oja,r
phase of transportation.
Burning the candle at the social as
well as the business end was found
TO have started many a stripping on
his narcotic career. The youth. after
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LEGAL AID Cos

LEGAL AID 695
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
James W. Lott VS. Martha Cobb
Wife, & Willie, Hazel, Fannie
Joseph, Ira Bell, Julia Wheatley
John, Cleve, Clyde and Martha Bell
children of Riley Cobb, deceased.
Equitable petition to reform deed
and decree title to land Sumter
Superior court May term, 1924.
To Martha Cobb, Willie Cobb,
Hazel Cobb, Fannie Cobb, Joseph
Cobb, Ira Bell Cobb, Julia Cobb,
Wheatley Cobb, John Cobb, Cleve
Cobb, Clyde Cobb and Martha Bell
Cobb, defendant in the foregoing
cause.
You, and each of you, are hereby
commanded to be and appear at the
next term Of the Superior court to,
be held in and for said county OF
the fourth Monday in May, 1924.
and show cause if any you have,
why the prayers of said petition
should not be granted and the re-
lief given as prayed.
Witress the Hon. q. A. Littleiohn,
Judge of said court, this 10th day
of April, 1924.
H. E. ALLEN,
Clerk Superior Court
Sumter County.
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carrying on of said busi'less, in
Guiding the right to buy, hold and
sell real estate and personal prop
erty; to maintain a Commissary OF
store, to buy and sell goods and
farm products, to execute potes,
borrow money and secure same by
notes or bords, mortgages or secur
ity deeds or other forms of liens UNI
der existing laws and to own stocl;
in other corporations.
Wherefore: Petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid, with the powers,
privileges, rights and immur tiles in
cident to like incorporatiorn or per,
Missile under the laws of georgia.
]. E. d. SHIP,
Attorney for Petitioners,
Filed in office this the 10Th day
of April, 1924.
H. E. ALLEN,
Clerk Sumter Superior Court.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
Office of Clerk Sumter Superior
Court:
I, H. E. Allen Clerk Superior
Court of Sumter County, Georgia
hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct
copy of the application for charter.
as the same appears of file in this
office
This the 10Th day of April 1924.
Clerk Sumter Superior Court.
H. E. ALLEN.
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RESOLUTION

Be it resolved by the stockholders
If the Farmers Cotton Oil Company
at called meeting assembled, tina;
c. NJ. Council, President of sale
Farmers Cotton Oil Company, be
and he is hereby directed to MAKE
application to the Superior court OF
Sumter county Georgia for the re
Inewal of the original charter of tie
Farmers Cotton Oil Company, for Z
period of twenty 600 years fror
June a, 1924.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
|, w. NJ. Riley, Secretary Of the
Farmers Cotton Oil Company, Dc
hereby certify that the foregoing is
true extract ard copy Of the res
.olution appearing upon the minutes
of the Farmers Cotton Oil Company
adopted on the 4th day of April
1924.
Witness ]. c. Bynum, N. P.
Sumter county, Ga.
w. NJ. Riley, Secretary.
Filed in office April 7th, 1924.
S. r. Heys, Deputy Clerk S. G.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
I, S. R. Heys Deputy Clerk of the
Superior court of Sumter cou fy
Georgia, do certify that the above
and foregoing petition and exhibits
were duly filed in the office of tie
Clerk of the Superior court of said
county on this the-day of April
1924.
This the 7th day of April 1924.
S. r. Heys, Deputy Clerk of sum
ter Superior court.