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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-03-22
The Communal Spirit

Edward Penfield, the famous artist,
has rid Pelham village of mosquitoes.
and lady congratulated him on his
feat at a recent dinner party.
"H0w did you do it?'' she asked
"By awaking communal spirit"
said Mr.. Penfield. Most people act
towards the community as Smith act.
ed towards Jones.
"Smith and Jones. you know, had
talk over the telephone. 1t went
like this:
"'Hell0! That you, SmithY
"'Sure thing
"'Well, this Is Jones'
"'Hello. JOnesy! HOw's the boyf
"'Fine. Say, Smith
"'Weng
"'Say, Smith. can you lend me-
"I'll call you up again, sir. as soon
as he comes in"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
THIS is NECESSARY

The farmer who wishes to in
crease his income and reduce
his expenses at the same timc
should add a few good COWS,
sows and hens to his farm equip
ment. This will not only provide
steady and profitable market
for his grain crops, but at the
same time viii put fertility back
into the soil instead of taking It
away. The more cows, sows and
hens a farmer has on his place,
the more money he viii get, all
the year round, and the less he
will have to pay out for fertilizers.
Our soil cannot maintain it's ferti-
lily as long as we are taking
everything out and putting MOTH
ing in. Let the COW sows and
hens, build up your farm and
bring in more money for you.
Triton Gazette.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
FOREIGN OIL MEN
TO MEET AT TULSA

TULSA, Okla, Aug So
Leading oil operators Of Germany,
France, Rumania, Mexico, Venezu-
ella, Chile, Uruguay and England
wiz participate in the second ANIMAL
International Petroleum Exposition,
to Be held here commencing Oct. 2.
Exposition grounds are already
covered with structures resembling
a miniature city There win be 16
exposition buildings. Queen pe-
troHa" viii be chosen at the eXposi-
tion from among the winners of the
various oil state beauty contests.
All the latest type implements Of
the industry viii be shown. including
American and foreign made ma
chinery and tools. Experts win
demonstrate the development Of ol
from the crude state to Tie finished
products, employing a miniature re-
lnery ana a model field with drills
and pumps, actually working.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
Ruled By a Minority

Until the public business be-
comes the business of every vo-
ter, little improvement may be
expected. In timely warning
the Rochester, N. Y, Herald
says;
Concerted drives are already
under way to bring to the at.
tention of voters the necessity
of indicating their preference at
the polls, unless American dem
ocracy is to become the laughing
stock of the world. Rule by a
majority, fundamental as a prin-
ciple of democracy, cannot be
brought about as long as cleo
tons are won by an active mi
fiority because the majority neg
lects to vote. Taxpayers growl
over the waste of public funds,
reformers exclajn- over the de-
cadence of the times and the
non-enforcement of law, and puz-
zled citizens wonder what the
world is coming to when they
suddenly discover that laws re-
stricting their liberty have been
passed without their knowledge
or consent. But when populous
counties allow their elections to
be decided by from As to so per
cent of the qualified voters, the
shortcomings of government are
obviously nothing more than
might reasonably be expected.
Voters who do not vote have no
right to complain of what hap
pens after elections.
Cities, counties, states and
the nation are being ruled by
minority and too often that mi
nority contains the selfish, the
vicious, the incompetent and the
intolerant.
The nation has drifted into a
government by blocs, which
means legislation by blackmail,
and is today one of the most
dangerous features of our gov
eminent. The cure lies with the
people at the polls. To vote is
both a duty and privilege that
no man or woman should fail
to exercise.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30

the men; and men the women
choke, shoot, poison The juries
are our opponents of justice
They translate our convictions in
to action.
The women fill the murdcrcrs'
cells with flowers; endocrinal
glands excuse and the sob-sisters
glorify.
That makes the outflow pref
ty gloomy, but aside from these
little annoyances and these mi
nor shortcomings Of the people,
says the Rome Tribune-Elerald,
it may be assumed that every
thing else is all right. That is,
unless the worst is yet to come.
At the least, we may comfort
ourselves with the thought that
things are no worse in Georgia
than in some of the other states
and that if we only elect the
right men somebody will be
made happy while those on the
defeated side may see through
the red or the yellow lenses OF
life
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
MORTGAGE LIFTERS

There are various ways of lift
ing farm mortgages. Some
farmers fail to find any Of them
and that, Of course, is a pity.
There are plenty of evidences that
South Georgia tobacco will Do
considerable MISUNDERSTANDING
this year, and a half dozen other
crops will lend a helping hand.
Pigs and dairy herds are pro
viding excellent mortgage lifters
among the very best that have
ever been tried in South Georgia.
Albany Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
SERIOUS, IF TRUE

One Of the chief factors in the
physical decline of the human
race, no doubt, is that the parlor
has eclipsed the kitchen in im4
portanca. We loll around on soft
cushions and easy chairs while the
kitchen-the nutrition factory of
the family-is left to darkness,
filth, and ignorance.-Fort Valley
Leader.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
Monday, no paper published.

TWENTY YEARS AGO IOUA4
(From The Timcs-Recorder. August
so, 1904.)
Americas warehouses received $40
bales bales Of cotton yesterday.
Tb;- ,,.,o ,,,,,g,,sIl,, good for Mon
- -
cay amer ''le ii9'''S N''e'p'' -
Saturday last
Miss Claudia Blackwell left yes
terday for her home in Columbia
Ala. after visit Of some length
in Americas, where she once resided.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
SOME CHANGE. YES!

Soon after the surrender and
the Yankees were stationed here
to look after the mint, now the
N. G. A. college, we helped pisk
elderberries for a local preacher
who manufactured these ber-
ries into wine and sold it to the
officers by the wholesale. Quite
a change since then.-Dahlonega
Nugget.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
DISEASED

Disease costs America 5000 mil
lions dollars a year and other civil
zed countries according, claims Cir
David G. Bruce. He's figuring only
Me loss through people being 'Iaid
up" from work by illness.
About seven years at this rate
would balance the national debt.
Unfortunately, there seems no big
scale relief. As fast as we conquer
one disease, nature sends new ones.
Nerve maladies are replacing con
Quercd fevers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
The Worlds All Right

In a Tennessee county where
the father of a young lawyer who
was recently defeated for corr
gress owns the newspaper the
following rather bitter comment
on the state of the nation and
conditions in general appeared
in the father S newspaper short
ly after the election:
The people, God bless them
(they need it; we all need it.
the blessing), are a funny ensem-
BILE. They are all right, too much
so-food for the demagogue, by
pocrite, charlatan. They are
short-changed oftener than the
countryman at q side show. The
biggest liar has the largest fol
lowing. We believe in 'em-thc
people-but if we wanted any
thing out of them we'd take it
to 'em and shake their eyeteeth
out if they didn't give it,
If people were wise we wouldn't
have had the World War. If hey
We're wise, we would not have any
penitentiaries or jails If they
were wise, they would secure
their immortal souls to a home
where there is neither sorrow nor
death. They have never been
wise; they viii never be until the
millennium. They get what they
deserve; the fruit designates the
tree. They kin each other--one
q day in Chicago, Women get
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
TO MANY HOLIDAYS

The people, in our opinion,
take too many holidays. There
will be plenty of time to loaf
and spend mony at later time
Work is what is needed at this
time and not SO much pleasure.
Greensboro Herald-Journal.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
IF @

If the government executives at
Washington kept as careful re-
cord Of all matters relating TO
the welfare of the people as they
do of the finger prints Of the
soldiers there might be less nee
essity for congressional inves-
tigations.-Monroe Advertiser.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30

vey of our educational system.
the Carnegie Foundation says:
ALL right with the world
"The vocational training Of
fered in the high schools has so
little of the sharp, accurate re-
sponsibility of the well-trained
technician, and is SO poorly re-
lated to the facts and circum-
stances of those vocations, that it
should be taught through trade
schools in which the whole spirit
and technique of the training
partake of the accuracy and skill
that alone give them significance.
These educational theories have
added more than S800,000,00O to
the cost of education during the
ten years ending in 1920.
Through the exaggerated en-
richment of the curriculum not
only have numberless studies been
added, but pupils have been led
to believe that a superficial
knowledge of many things could
replace the intellectual discipline
that comes from the mastery of
a few things"
This must be accepted as (
justified criticism from the mos
authoritative source as a result
of unprejudiced investigation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
Snake Bite reatment

The United States Health Ser
vice has issued the following bull
letin on snake bites that is
worth reading and temember-
ing;
The bite is usually on the
lower part of the limb, and a
band made Of a handkerchief,
necktie or similar article should
be instantly applied few inches
above the wound between it and
the heart and tightly twisted with
a stick to shut off the circula-
ton to the part and prevent the
poison from being carried into
the system by the circulating
blood. The bite of the most
venomous serpents consist of but
two punctures. These small
wounds should be freely incised
with a knife and then sucked.
There is no danger in sucking the
wound, if there are no cracks or
sores in the mouth or on the
tongue. After the wound has
been sucked, it should be eau
terized. This is done by apply
ing carbolic qcid or nitric acid
on the end Of stick, such as
match stick or toothpick. Most
of these injuries happen in the
wilds where such chemicals can
not be obtained. Cauterization
may then be performed by heat
ing a nail, knife blade or some
other metallic object, such as a
suspender buckle, in a fire and
freely burning all parts of the
wound. On hunting trips, a cart
ridge may be torn open and a
little gunpovder poured on the
wound and then ignited with a
match.
After the wound has been
sucked and cauterized so as to
extract and destroy as much of
the poison as possible. the tour
niquet may be loosened. 1t
should be allowed to remain
loose for one minute and then
frightened up again for 20 min
utes, and if no alarming symp-
toms develop it is again released
and this time allowed to remain
loose for two minutes, after
which it is frightened. Another
period of 20 minutes is allowed
to elapse, and on this occasion
the tourniquet is left off for
three minutes. The procedure IS
continued for several hours,
gradually increasing the time
the tourniquet is off, and is
known as using the intermittent
tourniquet, the object being to
allow only small quantities of the
poison to get into the system at
one time,
he Biological survey says
that the bite of the scorpion
which is found in the United
States is not poisonous.
There are but few poisonous
snakes in this section, but occas-
ionally one runs up against the
vicious RATHER. 1t is well to
have the information given
above somewhere about the
house in case of an emergency.
It may be the means Of saving
he life of loved one.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
PRESIDENT

Twenty of the 20 American presi
dents, to date, have been lawy~ s..
A lawyer deals chiefly with pre-
ccdent.
An engineer deals with cause and
effect, a business man with resulfa
Logically q business man on enqi-
7eor would make the best president
But the voters have a fear, usually
with good reason, that the successful
business man or engineer elected to
office would be too "close" to his
former associates. The same objec-
lion holds true with most lawyers.
The lawyers got a near-monopoly on
the White House job in the days
Wnen politics was chiefly oratcry,
and lawyers are the natural orators
Maybe what we really need IS a.
pbyehiatrist for president.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
GERMAN FIREMEN
ACT AS FARMERS, TOO

LINDEFELDE, Germany, August
30.-Athough this town does not
average a fire a month, the fire de-
partment is not allowed to loaf, In
summer the fremen operate the mu-
nicipal farm and in winter they are
woodchoppers in the municipal
forest. Income from the two
sources have helped clear the town
debt.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
TROUBLE

/ TROUBLE
There are no new problems
lust the same old problems mas
querading in new forms.
Fascinated by the belief IN our
generations Importance, we ina
CINE that our problem of traffic
congestion is something new, the
creation Of our marvellous mechani-
cal progress.
But ancient Rome had traffic
problems equally acute, says DR.. T.,
Ashby, one of the chief diggers eX-
cavating Roman ruins. Chariot
speed manics kept officials busy.
Probably the future will be wor-
ried by traffic congestion in the
air, planes swarming. by millions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
A unw1INC SUCCESS

Senator LaFollette is going to
have his campaign run according
to LaFollette theories or know
the reason why. To that extent,
at least, he is determined to
make it a bowling success.-Al-
bany Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
GESTURE.

(By William A. Drake in Every
body's Magazine).
Love me for loves sake only, or
love me not at ALL;
| would not have you come to me
because l cali.
Let your love flow, blessing
enforced, unsought;
A gift that must be pleaded for is
less than naught.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
A THOUGHT

Bear ye one another's burdens,
bud so fulfill the law of Christ
Gal. 6:2.
Kindness is the golden chain
by which society is bound together.
Goethe.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
DEATHS

Auto deaths increase-8100 in
the first six months this year. It's
fine to have safety days. But safety
first must become a HABIT, vigl-
lance constant.
Danger is present every day. eau
ton should be, also.
Drive slowly. And remember par
ticularly that August is the great
est month for railroad grade cross
ing accidents.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
SKYWARD

The round-the-world flight by
American airmen has held atten-
ton so closely that few Of US
caught what may be a more inn
portant achievement later-tha try
out Of the first flying freight car at
Mitchell Field, Long Island. This
plane can transport three tons of
freight
Planes will carry passengers, eX-
press and freight, in tremendous
volume. 1t may seem incredible
now-but not any more than was
the case when the first steam rail
road was being developed. Or
maybe you recall the laughs thai
greeted the first ''horseless carri-
ages.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
Select Your Fal or
Winter Cnat Now

Prices are surprisingly low; toF|
a small payment of one to tlye ooI
lars, any coat including the n's.sa
priced ones, viii be laid ASIDE a.'G
you viii be allowed to make sll,t l;I
weekly or monthly payments u'a I.
you have paid for it. Come Ia 7
once and select your coat
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
Editorial Opinions Cleaned
Serious and Otherwise
From Press and Magazine

tons, as in SO many other places.
Then mornig newspaper was
tried with the result above noted.
Rome Tribune.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
7sbadp9q<M.L$1ntE95!4sssssa5Nhl

(sunter countys rural schools their fall ses
sion again on Monday morning)
1 don't know just how many million strong
Is the army that's marchin today.
But do know the thoughts Of this slow moving throng
That is shiftin to work from its play.
It's human for youth just to feel some regrets
When the school bell starts tollin' more;
Through summer vacation the school forgets
What real education is for
9af. hk&s 4T@Sf&RA9
Look here little sister, and school-going lad,
The slant you taking is wrong;
The starting of school shouldn't make you feel bad;
You'll admit it, as time along.
You're bound to grow up and you're film your cup
With the chance that will neer come again,
Just to get your full ration of real education
The making Of and men!
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service Inc)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
soc Fall Su;tings at 29c

Short lengths Of new fall Suit
ings, in pretty checks and plaidsa
all staple colors; so inches widsa
here Monday and Tuesday I'd 2sa
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30

September Sale - No Matte
What You Buy Here Va
VIII Find Ii Here at An h
comparably Low Price Til
Is Certain to Please You.
THESE MONDAY AND TUESDA
BARGAINS SHOULD INTER.
EST YOU
sl.oo Imported French

$1.oO Imported French
Lingerie at 59c
80 Inches wide, finest Mercers
ed Lingerie Checks, in orchid, maiz,
light blue, pink; worth anybodgl
dollar; here Monday and Tuesday
yard -----.--. .------------,-.-...--... So
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30

Just Eve days more at the Com.
munity Swimming Pool.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
A Severe Criticism

AS a result of a careful sur
vey of our educational system.
the Carnegie Foundation says:
ALL'S right with the world
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30

IN 0eT0UTN", one Door IUTn 7Te-
serves another.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-30
Old Days Ia Amerjcus

issue a license even e the girl is only
.16 years Of age, as a failure to Sc
cure license would place tine couple
lin O. most embarrassing position, e5-
pecially when they have come a long
distance to be married, and have
travelled with her prospective hus-
band.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-03-05

puted at the same rate as for a
regular session. No stationery,
newspapers, postage or other per-
quisite, except the salary and mil
cage above provided, shall be re-
ceived from the state by any
member Of the legislature for his
services, or in any other manner,
as such member
Resolved by the Senate, the AS
sembly concurring. That the fore
going amendment to the constitu-
tion of the state of Wisconsin be
and the same is hereby agreed to
by this legislature.
(NOTE- If this amendment is
ratified, the members of the legis-
lature will receive as compensation
the sum of seven hundred and
fifty dollars per annum instead of
five hundred for the session as at
presently
|, Mary Hong, County Clerk of
Villas County, State of Wisconsin
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
above and foregoing copy of pro-
posed constitutional amendment,
known as Joint Resolution No. 10
of 1928, has been compared by the
Secretary of State and that the
same is a true copy thereof and
of the whole of such joint resolu-
ton.
Given under my hand and Off
cial seal at the Court House in the
City of Wausau, this Goth day of
February A. D. 1924.
MARY HOUG,
County Clerk.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-03-05
(1st Feb. 27-last Mar. 12-3w.)
Notice for Administration and
Notice to Creditors.

1tOtlCT ~ OICUKtOASs
State of Wisconsin, County Court,
Villas County-In Probate.
In re Estate of NJ. A. Wernecke,
Deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given That at
the April Term Of said court to
be held on the First Tuesday of
April, A. D. 1924, at the County
Court Rooms in the Village of
Eagle River, County Of Villas and
State of Wisconsin, there will be
heard and considered, the applica-
ton of Inez Wernecke for the APP
pointment of an administrator of
the estate of M. A. Wernecke, late
Of the Town of Lincoln, in said
county, deceased;
Notice is Hereby Further Given,
That at the July Term of said
court to be held at said County
Court Rooms, on the second Tues
day of July, A. D. 1924, there will
be heard, considered and adjusted,
all claims against said M. A. Wer-
necke, deceased;
And Notice is Hereby Further
Given, That all such claims for
examination and allowance must
be presented to said county court
at the County Court Rooms in the
Village of Eagle River, in said
county and state, on or before the
First day of July, A. D. 1924, or
be barred.
Dated February 26th, 1924.
By the Court,
F. w. CARTER, Judge.
Radcliffe and Radcliffe, Attorneys.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-03-05
Adam E. SLIDER and Mary SLIDER,
his wife, Defendants.

By virtue of a Judgment of fore
closure and sale, made in the
above entitled action on the 18th
day of March, 1923, the under
signed sheriff Of Villas county,
state Of Wisconsin, will sell, at
the front door of the court house
In the village Of Eagle River, vi
las county, Wisconsin, on the 18th
day of March, 1924, at ten o'clock
IN the forenoon of that day, the
real estate and mortgaged prem
ises directed by said judgment to
be sold, and therein described as
follows:
All that piece or parcel of land
in the SW NV 28-40-1O E. describ-
ed as follows: commencing at a
point ON the east side of the high
way which runs in a Northwestern
ly direction through the above
described land 1913 feet and 9
inches north of the south boun-
Diary of said forty as the place of
beginning; thence easterly at a
right angle to said highway 1911
feet more or less, to the east boun-
Diary line of said forty; thence
north along the /. east boundary
line of said forty 877a feet; thence
westerly 205 feet, more or less, to
the east side of aforesaid highway;
thence southerly along the east
side of said highway 81 feet and
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-03-05
list Feb. 20-last Mar. 12-4w.)
Notice.

Notice.
State of Wisconsin, in Circuit
Court for Villas County.
c. E. Henshaw, Plaintiff,
Pauline Talmage School (some-
times spelled Schorf),. Walter
Talmage, Caroline Talmage,
Inez Talmage, Carl Talmage,
and the unknown heirs and
devisees of Bert B. Talmage,
deceased, Defendants.
To: Walter Talmage, Inez Talmage
and Carl Talmage:
Please Take Notice that on the
affidavits filed in this action, and
upon all the proceedings had here
in, the plaintiff will move the
Court at a special term thereof
to be held at the Court House in
the City Of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wisconsin, on the 22nd
day Of March, 1924, at ten o'clock
IN the forenoon Of that day, OF
as soon thereafter as counsel can
be heard, for an order appointing
some suitable person as guardian
ad Item for the defendants, Wal
ter Talmage, Inez Talmage and
Carl Talmage.
Dated this 18th day of Febru-
airy, 1924.
Hay & White,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.