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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-16
.ARVANITI TAKES OVER
LOCAL FISH MARKET

Announcement is authorized to.
day of the sale of the Americas
Fish and Oyster company, hereto
fore conducted by H. Caratsole and
SON to the Americas Fish and
Oyster Company Of which
T. E. Arvaniti is proprietor. R. W
Dasher, who has been associated
with Mr.. Arvaniti in the fish bust
ness at Cordele during the past
four years, will be manager of the
concern, having taken over direc-
ton of the business today.
The Americas Fish q Oyster
company is located on Forsyth
street opposite the Bank of Com
merce, and Manager Dasher an
nounces that he will carry there
hereafter a full line of fresh salt
water trout, fresh water trout
dressed catfish, sea bass, Sleeps
head and mullet, with other fish va
rieties carried in their respective
seasons. Connections have beer
established, he stated today with
reliable Georgia and Florida whole
sale fish shippers which insure q
full supply of fresh fish OF al times
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-16
FORMER SECRET AGENT
CHARGED WITH FRAUD

PHILADELPHIA, June IA
Matthew F. Griffin, former secret
service head for this district, to-
gether with secen others was con-
victed of conspiracy to defraud the
government through an alleged
"$5, 100000 water for whisky" sub
stitution scheme. The case was 2
retrial, a conviction at the first
trial having been set aside by the
circuit court of appeals.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-16
HASSE OFFERS TO
SELL. LIFE SERVICE

SEATTLE, Wash, June 16.-.
George N. Hansen, unable to find
position and pressed by the need
of providing for his wife and child,
recently placed himself con the
auction block"
Il am both slave and auctioneer,
Hansen said in his announcement.
i will be knocked down to the
highest bidder. l must provide for
my wife and child, and welcome
any reasonable offer"
Hansen said he was public ac-
countant.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-16
LAWHORN CONVICTION
is UPHELD BY COURT

ATLANTA, June lev. Floyd
Lawhorn, sentenced to life impris-
onment for the killing of S. S
Monk in Tiff county in 1922, must
serve his term in prison, according
to a decision by the state supreme
court.
A brother, Sim Lawhorn, was al
so convicted for the crime and
sentenced to life imprisonment. w.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-16

friends from that denomination a
well as all others in Americas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-16

Floyd Lawhorn contended his
brother had admitted firing the ia
tai shots, but cour; held lie had cid
ed in and abestsi the crime, end
was therefore principal.
The lower court denied Floyd
Lawhorns motion for a new trial
and the supreme court upheld this
action.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-16
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
WORKERS TO MEET

WELLESLEY, Mass, June 16.-
The goth anniversary of the Epis-
copal Conference for Church Work
ers, as we'll as the tenth anniver-
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The questions and answers will be
published each day.

.. Please advise me whether l can
vote by mail in Missouri and if so
the regulations as to registration? p
NJ. H
A No provision for voting by mail
in Missouri
Q. Please advise me whether one
may register by mail in Chicago and
if so. how; also can one vote by
mail?-C. H. G.
A. Yes; write to the clerk of the
Board of Election Commissioners and
ask for the blank affidavit form for
registration; also the application
form for the absentee voters ballot
The elector must go before the clerk
of court of record to make acknowl-
edgement of his affidavit as a notary
public is not permitted to take the
jurat. The application for registra-
tion must be filed not later than noon
of October 13.
Q. Can l register in New Jersey
by mail?-E. S. L.
A. Yes; you can register and vote
both by mail. Registration can be
effected up to October 81. &.
In the last issue an error was made
in the answer to the inquiry of Ralph
B. Everett, which was: Please advise
New York State and if so to whom
ii0Se Apply loi iic piopcl paper
Correct answer is: Yes, If regis
tered. Personal registration not
mandatory in towns and villages of
less than 5,000 may be made by fill
ing out enrolment blanks and mail
ing same; elsewhere registration is
in person. Application for the ballot
must be made not later than Il days
before election to the board of cleo
tions of the county or city in which
the voter resides. Application forms
are available at 1924 New York
avenue.
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studying special problems of teaching
or parish work. The habit of the
Dominican consists of the white robe
over which a white mantle sometimes
is worn, although this largely has
been dispensed with in the United
States, which is considered a mission
ary country.
Marists Among Best known.
One of the best known religious
groups here are the Marists, or the
Society of Mary. DThis is one of the
simple vow orders. 1t maintains two
esta stablishments-a house of advanced
studies and seminary where stu
dents are prepared for ordination.
The order here now consists of Z
priests and so schoIastics, with Z
sisters to do the housework Six
colleges are maintained in the United
States. The Marists have just been
given one of the most difficult and
dangerous missionary assignments
of the church-to the northern group
of the Solomon Islands. A number
of men trained in Washington have
been detailed there and a group of
five others will go next year. These
missionaries are practically cut off
from civilization.
Next door to the Marists on Hare
wood road is the Congregation of the
Holy Cross. another simple vow So
ciety. which likewise originated in
France. This order is best known
for Notre Dame University in Indi-
ana. the largest Of their colleges.
They maintain a number of others
scattered throughout the country, but
have concentrated on Notre Dame.
The congregation occupies IL acres
of land adjoining the university on
the north. The present superior is
Rev. Louis M. Kelly, one of the most
energetic priests connected with any
of the orders. The priest who es-
tablished the Congregation of the
Holy Cross here was Rev. DR.. J. Al.
Zahm. who won considerable fame by
accompanying Theodore Roosevelt on
his famous Brazilian expedition. The
habit of the order is a black robe
fastened at the waist with black
cord and with a cape over the shoul-
ders and a crucifix on the breast. The
order is soon to send out missionaries
to India and is publishing a magazine
here on the work in that country.
Recently this publication has grown
SO rapidly that new building has
been erected on Hardwood road to
house the editorial and printing Of
fices.
Across Hardwood road from the
Holy Cross Fathers are the Angus
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those whose members are bound by
solemn vows and those which impose
the far less rigid obligations of sim
pie vows. The orders of this first
group originated early in the history
of the church, when religious orders
were most ascetic. Those who enter
them go in forever. Only with the
express approval Of the Pope can the
bonds be loosened and this practical
ly never is given. Such orders are
the Benedictines. the Augustinians,
the Franciscans and the Dominicans.
But before a man can take the solemn
vows he must spend four years in
com temptation of the step he is about
to take: first he takes the simple
vows from which he can be released
if he finds that the religious life does
not agree with him. In that time, it
is considered, the prospective mem
Der either will eliminate himself or
make up his mind in such a fashion
that he is unlikely to change it later.
On the other hand. the orders found
ed in modern times never go beyond
the simple vows. From these a MEM
Der can be released with the consent
of the pontiff and this is usually
given, provided it has the approval
of the superior of the order. Some
of these orders. such as the Paulists,
have no vows at all except that of
chastity taken by the ordained men,
bers. It is left to the honor of the
| individual members to preserve the
traditions of religious life.
One Strict Monastery.
In strict sense there is only one
monastey in Washington, that of
the Friars Minor branch of the Fran
cisans, at Mount ST. Sepulcher. The
16 others are houses of study, where
oil har m nrdi dipo rr
for special work in the religious field.
The more rigid obligations of monas-
| tic life are dispersed with.
The Franciscans, especially the
bron-robed friars at, the monastery,
| probably are best known of all the
| orders to the public, and few visitors
! to Washington fail to see the beauti-
! full hill where they have built a per-
! feet replica of the catacombs, in
which early Christians found refuge
and peaceful graves under the streets
of pagan Rome. The order in Wash
| ington has both priests and lay
| brothers. -
The great sunken garden, which
they have established, with it's beds
| of ver-blooming roses and it's way
| side shrines, is one of the beauty
spots Of the city. Few have been
| privileged to go beyond the iron door
which leads to the cloisters of the
| monastery, where, in hollow square
| an even more striking garden re-
mains in blossom all summer. Around
! this are grouped the cells of the
monks. The order ncultivates a 30
acre farm, supplying it's own table
| during the summer months.
| There are two other groups of
| Franciscans at the university. The
| most recent arrival is the order of
Friars Minor Conventional, known as
the Black Franciscans. These came
| last October and were established in
the newly constructed College of st.
Bonaventure, just across the street
from Mcmahon Hall, the university s
scientific building. They are dis
tinguished by their black robes. All
now in Washington are ordained
priests.
The Third Franciscan order are the
Capuchins. established on Harewood
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Communal Life of Religious
Folk FlOl1rishes IN WASHINGTON
Most Orders, Sometimes Misnaned Mo.
nastics, Maintain Headquarters Near
Church's University Here.

Religious communal life, sometimes s
misnamed mona sticism. f1eurishes in
Washington Seventeen distinct or
ders have either colleges or homes
| here, most of them scattered about
Catholic University. in Brookland,
where the priests and brothers take
advanced courses in philosophy. the
ology and science.
The thought of the religious or
ders, with their picturesque. austere
garb and unbreakable vogs. carries
even Catholics, here for the Holy
Name convention. back long way
| into the very dawn of Christian his
tory. 1t suggests the secluded,
ascetic men who, grouped together
in the monasteries of Europe during
the Dark Ages. Injured themselves
to almost unbearable hardships to
drive away from their minds the
thoughts of the world and it's wick
edness. spread the Christian faith
among the ancestors of the peoples
of north Europe and preserved the
remnants of classical culture for a
better day.
But in Washington this life is
found Americanized to a remarka BILE
degree. The religious houses at
Brookland are far removed, indeed,
from the dark cloisters of the fourth
and fifth centuries-as far removed
as a base ball game from a tourney
between armored knights. Doubtless
| the priests and brothers here pre-
serve the same devotion to the
church and to the conception of
service to humanity that animated
their long dead predecessors. Their
records show this. Virtually every
year, young men are sent out into
| the widest and most unhealthy coun-
tries in the world to spread the
| Catholic gospel and not few of
! them go out to die.
| Live Modern Lives.
But only in spiritual sense are
| they Withdrawn from the world
/ They live the life of the America
| of the twentieth century.
The atmosphere about the COM
| munity homes is far from medieval
| Half hidden in charming fashion
amid locust groves off the red Brook
| land roads, they might be taken for
| the homes of wealthy Washing
| tonians. Radio antennae rise over
| the tiled roofs. Base ball diamonds
are scattered everywhere. Most of
| these homes are houses of study as
| distinguished from monasteries and
| the majority of them belong to or
| ders of comparatively recent origin.
| Only at the Franciscan Monastery
| is the real monastic life practiced to
| any extent
But in all the houses there is q
great amount of hard work taken by
| men who have renounced the things
of the world. so far as the three
rigid vows of chastity, poverty and
| obedience are concerned. When they
| leave Brookland for other fields of
i service they are finished scholars, not
only in Catholic theology, but in gen.
| eral culture.
| The system of communal life at
Brookland promises to grow. More
! and more orders are making their
| study houses here which are presided
| over by some of the leading clergy
men in the United States of the
| Catholic faith.
| The religious houses at Brookland
are divided into two distinct groups,
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these strings constitute year. The
bundle of 13 strings is then
securely tied and stored away in the
garret or ceiling of the tumunoh' S
house. where it remains as a per-
petual record of f1eeting time. Some
these yearly bundles, proving that
this system of measuring time has
been in use for centuries.
The lfugao wise men are fully
aware of the fact that an extra day
must be added to the IS 2S-day
months to complete a full year. This
day he adds 1t the end of the year,
just as our modern scientists pro-
pose to do. 1t is called the "tungo''
and comes in the middle of the great
three-day year-end holiday. the most
sacred season of the year No work
is done during the period and abso-
lutte quiet is observed, for the
Ifugaos believe at this time Of the
year the spirits of the dead return
to earth and that unless there is
perfect peace and quiet on earth they
will not return to their heavenly
abodes.
Leap year is also taken account Of
by these astronomers of nature. II
is not publicly announced. however.
and the strings are SO manipulated as
astronomical bounds without disturb
ing public confidence.
The Ifugao year is divided into four
seasons. the first, called loang, falling
in the months of July. August, Sep
tember and October. 1t is a time of
feasting and plenty, most of the mar
riages taking place during this period.
Then comes the planting season.
called kiwang. lasting through our
months of November, December, jan
uary and February. During this sea-
son the rains are heaviest. 1t is fol-
lowed by the sunny time" or season,
called ti-algo. during which the rice
grows to maturity and food is often
scarce. 1t is therefore the season of
hunting and migratory labor. 1t lasts
through the months of March, April,
May, and part of June. From about
the middle of June to the end of the
year, about the middle of July, the
Ifugaos celebrate the harvest season
called the kahi-tulo, a period of alb
stinence and fasting, when the spirits
begin to drift back to earth. The eat
ing of green vegetables and fish is
then forbidden, as these foods are
deemed offensive to the spirits.
In many respects Ifuago astronomy
and calendar lore is remarkably ac-
curate from a modern scientific stand :
point, and points to a derivation from
higher cultural sources. The tunu-
moh traditional knowledge displays
many features reminiscent Of Chinese
! and Hindoo philosophy and science,
and the tribe as a whole is physically
similar to the Hindoo type, the indi-
viduals being tall, well proportioned
and not so stocky as nearby noun
tain peoples. Their features are also
sharper and often assume an Indon-
esian cast. The preponderant racial
element, however, is Malay.
The tunumohs are held in great re-
spect and reverence among the Ifugao
people. Sometimes these native
savants grow long boards and they
usually assume a distinctive garb
They are not permitted to take part
in tribal disputes or wars or engage
/ in any occupation requiring excessive
physical effort. When trouble Is i'm
minent, they are sent to places OF
safety with the women and children
of the clan.
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tinians. another of the older and SOL
emn vow societies. These priests
have been in Washington for six
years and have occupied their pres
ent quarters, A beautiful new college
hidden In clump of deep woods. for
three years. Only one wing has been
built. The habit of the order usually
consists of black robe, but some of
the members can wear white robes.
The robe is bound at the waist by a
leather girdle and a capache, a sort
or cape. is worn over the shoulders
The order now has 20 members in
Washington. When the college is
completed it will accommodate 100
The newest of the orders in Wash
ington is probably the most austere
in its discipline and the most rigid in
it's vows-the Benedictine. The old
Phillips estate beyond the Franciscan
monastery has. been purchased for
their habitation. and they probably
will take up quarters there during
the coming winter. Two members
have arrived from Scotland to attend
to the preliminary work. The prime
mover in the establishment of the
Benedictine foundation here is Rev
DR.. Thomas V. Moore. formerly pro-
fessor of psychology at the university
and one of the ablest experts on men,
Moore, formerly Paulist. desired
more opportunity to devote himself to
purely scientific work. With a num-
Der of other distinguished Catholic
scholars, he has just spent a years
uovitiate in Scotland.
Sulpicians Conduct Seminary.
One of the most prominent groups
at Catholic University are the Sui
picians, who conduct a seminary for
the education of secular priests. They
do not claim to be an order at ALL
but merely group of secular priests
organized for the education of other
secular priests. They wear no spe-
cfal habit and take no special vows
This group long has been established
at ST. Mary's Seminary, in Baltimore,
the largest Catholic religious school
in the country. While the Sulpicians
are not bound to a monastic life by
vows, they nevertheless modify their
schedules in concord with the other
orders.
One of the most important congre-
cations in Washington is that of the
Oblate fathers, located directly across
Michigan avenue from the university
grounds. The Oblates are largely Il
missionary order, and their discipline
differs slightly from those of the
other religious communities.
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Pacific Coast Cedar
and Fir Planted at
College Park Nursery
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
BALTIMORE, October 1.-TWO
new varieties of. trees-both ma
tive to the Pacific Coast-will be.
cultivated by the State Depart
ment of Forestry at it's College
Park nurseries. according to state
Forester F. w. Besley.
The new trees are evergreens,
the varieties being incense cedar
and Douglass fir. While native to
the Pacific Coast. individual trees
of both species have been grown
in Maryland. leading to a belief
that they may be commercially
productive. Seed has been planted
at the nurseries with view of
growing approximately 5000 trees
of each variety. These will be
offered for distribution throughout
the State after they reach a suit
able size for transplanting, which
will take at least two years.
Mr.. Besley also plans to expert
ment with several species of trees
on State land at Fort Frederick,
Washington County, he announced.
The purpose of the experiment
will be to determine what vari-
cites of trees are most profitable
for planting in mountainous sec
tions Of Western Maryland.
Evening star., 1924-10-06
Origin of the Term O. K.
from the Kansas City Time,

From the Kansas City Times.
The first known record of 20. T."
used in the modern sense appears
in the court reports of Summer Coun-
ty Tenn, dated October s, 1890. The
record shows that Andrew Jackson,
Esq, proved a bill of sale from
Hugh McGary to Casper Mansker, for
a negro man, which was o. K" James
Parton, one of the leading biogra-
pliers of Jackson, suggests that the
20. k may be a poorly penned
20. r." which was the abbreviation
used in the court records for ordered
recorded"
At any rate. 90 X" came into gem
eraI use in the Jackson. campaign of
1928. Jackson's alleged illiteracy
was one of the chief butts of the
Wings. Seba Smith, the humorist.
writing under the name Maj. Jack
Downing. started the story that
Jackson indorsed his papers 20. K"
under the impression that it was the
abbreviation of "oll korrect."
The Democrats saw a chance to
capitalize on the story started by the
Wings and 20. X" and "Oll Kor-
rect" were put on banners and car
ried in Jackson parades. The enthu-
siastic Democrats said everything
would be o. K. with Old Hickory in
the White House.
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MEET TO DISCUSS
LIBERTY CALENDAR
Scientists Gather in Madrid
to Discuss Proposed Year
of Thirteen Months.

While the worlds foremost geogra-
piers, astronomers and deodesticians
are gathering in Madrid to discuss the
proposed Liberty calendar" consist
ing of 13 months of % days each, with
an extra floating day at the end of
the year, wild tribe of Philippine ma
tives are actually using this calendar
and probably have used it for countless
generations DR.. H. Otley Boyer, pro-
fessor of anthropology and sociology
of the University of the Philippines
and the foremost authority on Phil
ippine native life, stands behind this re-
markable revelation. Another strange
feature about the Iftgao calendar
system is that it is kept up to date
and checked by means of growing
plants as we'll as astronomical OBJ
servaticn.
The 1fugaoS are the most numerous
pagan or so-called n-Christian
tribe in the islands. comprising some
1872, 900 members. They live in the
mountain Businesses of central Luzon
and are noted for their remarkable
rice terraces which cover whole
mountain sides and must have taken
many centuries to build. Dr. Boyer
estimates the stone walled faces of
these terraces if placed end TO end
would span distance of 10000 miles.
Until comparatively recent years,
head hunting was a common practice
among the Ifugaos and related tribes,
such as the Igorots and the Bontocs.
American influence has caused the
abandonment of the savage custom
and the Ifugaos are now a peaceful,
industrious people, though proud and
tenacious of their traditional customs
and beliefs.
Calendar Of Ancient Origin.
Where and how the thirteenth
month calendar originated among the
Ifugaos is not known. This ode
of reckoning has been handed down
from time immemorial among the
tumunohs of the 60 Ifugao clans, a
tumunoh being a wise and learned
man who tells the people when to
plant their rice and when to harvest
it. Each clan has its own tumunoh
who in turn brings up an apprentice
to assume the Office upon the old
chiefs death. Thus knowledge and
tradition are carried on unbroken from
generation to generation.
In a quiet, even-temperatured. Sc
cluded spot down in a valley the
. tumunch cultivates small plot of
ground on which he grows certain
species of plants for calendar check
ing purposes. When these plants
have reached an age of or years
the manner and character of their
budding denote to the initiated the
exact calendar date. Besides this
plot, the tununch cultivates an or
dinary rice field and garden. per-
forming his seasonal labors upon il
just like any other native. The mem
bers of the clan watch the tumunoh
and make their field operations cor
respond closely to his, thus keeping
track of the seasons.
Year Starts I'm July.
The Ifugao year starts about the
middle of July. The tumunoh keeps
tabs on the days by knots tied in a
string. On the first day of the year
me ties his first knot in a new string
adding a new knot on each of q
consecutive days until Is knots have
been tied. This completes the string
and new one is started. Thirteen OF
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CHILDREN EAT POISON.
Youngsters Find Rat Biscuit While
Parents Sleep.

Three little children of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Miller, 412 H street northwest.
who crawled out of bed before their
parents yesterday morning, ate some
biscuits containing rat poison, which
they found on the table. They were
rushed to Emergency Hospital, where
they recovered, according to the Of
cials there, and will be returned to
their home today.
The children are Orval, years old :;
Dalton, 4 years old, and Doreen. Is
months old.