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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-23
THEISTANDARD
Csc MEMS Isle SOCKS
THREE PAIRS FOR soc

Fine Lisle Socks, medium weight,
double heels, toes and sole; the best
Csc value you have seen; here FRI
day and Saturday, pairs for SOC
LADIES 81 STOCKINGS. AT 7sc.
ONE PAIR FREE WITH EACH
SALE OF TWO PAIRS.
These are the best Dollar Stock
ings sold in Americas, in white and
black only, pure thread Silk, all
sizes: here Friday and Saturday,
pair 75c, with one pair free with
each sale of 2 pans.
MEMS SIS OXFoRDS
AT $3.95.
Mems brown and black Oxfords,
flexible Goodyear welted soles,
rubber heelsLthe best So value in
Americas; here Friday and satur-
day, pair g.--.---------.----.-----.-- 1895
/ WCMEN's AND MISSES
PATENT SANDALS AT $2.98
Brand new Sandals, just received
from the makers; new style, patent
Sandals, flexible, COLES, rubber heels,
sizes 2 1-2 to 8: Friday and Sat
urday, pair -.--.-.-..---------------S2'9o
THE BEST 81 BLEACHED
SHEETS AT $1.49
Our famous Victoria Sheets,
bleached snow-whitc with broad
hens, guaranteed free from dress
ing; full size for the largest dou-
bic beds; worth So; here Friday and
Saturday ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ----.$1.49
VICTORIA $3.50 SINGLE
BED SHEETS AT $1.19.
Bleached snow-white, size for
single beds-the best $1.50 grade
you have seen; here Friday and
Saturday -,-.---..-.----. --.------.----$1 10
MISSES AND CHILDREN's
BROWN SANDALS AT $3.50
Brown cut-out Sandals, flexible
stitched-down soles, fine and COM
Portable, all sizes up to 2, pr. 81 so
MEMS EXTRA QUALITY
UNION SUITS AT Use
The best dollar quality in Amer
icus; closely woven Pajama Checks,
made with elastic seam back, all
sizes, per- suit .-.-.-,-,----,,-.--.,..-.,75c
MEMS ENGLISH BRoADCLOTH
SHIRTS AT $l.98
Genuine English Broadcloth
Shirts, made with attached collars.
The labels are in every shirt. Reg
ularly So; Here Friday and satur-
day, each ,-------------------.------.---$1.9s
Standard Dry Goods
Company
Forsyth St. Next Bank of Commerce
AMERICUs, CA.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-23

Sage tea is considered a gooo
spring tonic by the sages.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-23
SORE ANYWAY

Congress finally passed the law
excluding Japanese immigrants.
It's reported there's flaw in it,
So the japanese will get in easier
than before. However, they take
the will for the deed and are sore
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-23
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

(From The Times Recorder. Ma!
%, 1914.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-23
VICTORIA $3.50 SINGLE
BED SHEETS AT $1.19.

Bleached snow-white, size for
single beds-the best $1.50 grade
you have seen; here Friday and
SATURDAY. -.....-.--. ..........-$l 10
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THE BEST So BLEACHED
SHEETS AT $1.49

Our famous Victoria Sheets.
bleached snow-whitc with broad
hens, guaranteed free from dress
ing; full size for the largest dou-
bic beds; worth So; here Friday and
Saturday .-----,---.-...-.---.----. ----.$1.49
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-23
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IAMMANY

l AMMANY
James A. Foley, whom Tammany
chose for its new boss, has declined
due to ill health. Politicians agree
that this Reorganization among his
strongest hackers is hurting Al
Smiths presidential chances.
TAXES
Many people seem to think the
Poincare administration defeat in
Frances recent election means q
gentler French attitude toward Ger.
many. The fat is Poincare was
beaten because he increased taxes
20 per cent. Whomever the new
premier may be, Frances German
policy won't change much.
ROUND THE WORLD
The army's 'round-the-woclt
flyers, Lieuts, Smith, Wade anc
Nelson, made the hop from Attu Is
land to Kashiwabara Bay tn,
worlds first air-trip from Americ;
TO Asia. They'll probably traye
irfaster now, for they began ther
journey from the hardest end.
SOLDIERS BONUS
President Coolidge vetoed tn
bonus bill. The House passed
again over his veto and so did the
Senate.
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WCMEN'S AND MISSES
PATENT SANDALS At $2.99

Brand new Sandals, just received
from the makers; new style, patent
Sandals, flexible, COLES, rubber heels,
sizes 2 1-2 to 8: Friday and Sat
nrdaY. pair ............-....--......SZ .9o
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-23

SHIRTS AT $l.98
Genuine English Broadcloth
Shirts, made with attached collars.
The labels are in every shirt. Reg
ularly So; Here Friday and Satur-
day, each -------.-.---------.-..--.--~$1.9s
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-23
MISSES AND CHlLDREN's
BROWN SANDALS AT $3.50

Brown cut-out Sandals, flexible
stitched-down soles, fine and COM
Portable, all sizes up to 2, pr. $50
MEMS EXTRA QUALITY
UNION SUITS AT 75c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03
BUSINESS SLUMP LAID TO POLITICS Many Disguised w it h
 Both Parties, Forbes Believes
By B. c. FORBES

ny ns Os Oh
 Business men have been disappointed and depressed by politics more than by any other thing. Let. us examine the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03
GRAIN LETTER


 CHICAGO, June 1.-Whest showed an easy undertone, and while advanc- ing at one time on bullish private crop reports, started to drop rapidly later until general commission house sell ing and at the inside showed 3-4 to Sc under the early high. Some hedging sales were noted and when values started downward a lack of support was in evidence. Stop loss orders were caught on the break. Winnipeg showed pronounced strength, July there going to around 1 1-4c over Chicago, being at a premium for the first time on the crop. Corn and oats were affected to- day by the action of wheat and re- acted after a small advance early. Trade was largely of a local character. Sentiment inclined to be a little bear ish, temperatures remain below normal in the corn belts.-H. and B. Beer to J. F. Willingham and company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03

groups advanced. For this divergent trend there is an explanation.
 As result of increasing business contraction, competition, which contrib utes largely to narrowing profit mar gins, is becoming more and more az gressive. Only three of Is basic in dustries now have prospects of equal ling 1923 profits-oils, rails and utili- ties.
 Rails are most consistently resisting decline in the market because CD The unusual sums spent in 1923 for main tenance are permitting small ,outlays this year. (2) No legisTlation un- favorable to rails threatens at this ses- sion of Congress. (3) General com modity prices are declining. This cuts railroad expenses by reducing the costs of materials they must buy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03
LIVESTOCK


 CHICAGO, June 2.-Cattle-Receipts 19.OOO; beef steers and yearlings very uneven, generally weak to 25c lower, mostly Is to 25c off, practically all grades showing decline; top matured steers, $11.35, average weight 32O pounds; several loads $1100@11.25; bulk, $S.00q10.00; yearlings numerous at $7.7569.00; moderate share fed steers run ,unsold at noon; fat cows and heifers about steady early, closing un- evenly lower; spots, 2oc off; grassy cows and heifers showing most de- cline; few choice weighty heifers up- ward to $500; plain light kind down. ward to $500 and below; canners, cut ters and bulls steady; bulk canners, S3,O003. .25; cutters upward to $400; heavy bologna bulls, S5.10d5.15, few 617.40; bulk good and choice 140 to 15O pound average, $6.759700; packing 16O to 225 pound weight largely S.1O S5.75; light vealers downward to d.OO to $9.50 to outsiders; stockers and feed CTS, dull; country demand narrow; few . loads we'll bred weighty steers to feeder buyers, $9.4O; light stockers on coun- try account. $6.40 and below.
 7. Hogs-Receipts 54,OoO, moderately ac- tive; desirable grades steady to DC higher, others uneven, mostly steady; bulk good and choice 250 to 325 pound butchers, S7.40Q7.5O, top $7.50; desirable sows largely $6.5046.60; killing pigs . unchanged; bulk good and choice strong weights, $5.sO@61o; estimated
 sheep-Receipts, 16,OOO; spring lambs weak to 25c lower; fat clipped lambs, 25 to soc lower, spots off more; sheep 25 to 5Oc lower; bulk clipped lambs, S13.5od1 14OO; few to packers, $14.25; best offered 10 city butchers, $14.50; bulk native springers, S16.25G16.5O; f; sorting more severe, few $16.75; Idaho springers, 25 to soc lower; bulk clipped lambs, $l350G14OO few to packers, S1425; best offers to city butchers, S1450; bulk native springers, $16.250 16.50 sorting more several, $1675; Idaho springers, S17.25@i7.40; bulk de- sirable fat ewes, S6!0O46.5O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03

TNHE psychological effect of current
 events on the human mind finds A quick expression in the stock mar ket. This being true, it is especially interesting to compare today's prices on the stock exchange with those of q month ago.
 Some very dark clouds of uncertainty bonus and tax legislation-have passed over in the last 30 days. Busi- ness and financial circles wanted lower taxes and no bonus. Congress did not gratify this wish. That this result was not unexpected is shown in the fact that stock prices have changed but very little since a month ago. It is the unexpected that upsets the mar ket.
 In the chart above, four of six groups will be seen to have declined. Two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03
Markets At 4 Glance

NEW YORK: Stocks: Irregular; public utilities firm in sluggish trading.
 BONDS: Mixed; French issues low CT. Foreign exchanges lower; francs break sharply then recover.
 Cotton firm; bulish government re- port.
 Sugar easier; lower spot market. r Coffee lower; commission houses sell ing.
 CHICAGO: Wheat weak general liquidation. Corn easier; larger re- ceipts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03

SLdIc OL IIllilu OA thO typical" business man in this part of the country-al- though, of course, there is no such thing as a typical business man" when 1t. comes to political views:
 "I am disgusted. I am disgusted at most of the republi- cans as well as most of the democratic politicians who have b e e n 'bedeviling things at Washing ton.
 q want next No- yeunber, to endorse
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03
MARKET FLASHES

CHICAGO, June 2.-Montgomery Ward and Company report 2.6S per cent increase in May sales. The company's total sales for May, 1924, were S11, ,0S5,- 679, as compared to S10,796, ,431 in May, 1923. Sales to date for 1924 are 09,S61,- 2S7 in excess of the same period in 1923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-03

NEW YORK, June 2.-The visible supply of American grain shows the following changes in bushels:
 Wheat, decreased 1,555, 900. Corn de- creased 064,000. Oats decreased 612,- 900. Rye decreased 435,000. Barley in- creased 26,00O
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
STILL
SEIZED
WOODS
Two Tons Of Sugar, 800 Gal
Ions Of Whiskey Taken Near
LaureI-Three Arrested

Battering their way through a
wooded section of 550-acre farm
near Laurel, Nd, seven prohibi-
ton agents led by General Pro-
hibition Agent George T. King
early today captured a 1,5OO-gal-
Ion still, believed to be the largest
ever confiscated in this part of
the country.
Capture Three Men
Without resorting to gunplay the
agents succeeded in capturing three
Of the four men at work near the
still.
Included in the seizure were
1000 gallons of mash, 800 gallons
OF whiskey, two tons of sugar, one
ton of which was taken to Balti-
more; 1000 pounds of corn meal,
1880 half-gallon jars, one speed
wagon and more than a ton OF coal.
Prohibition officials credit this
still with being responsible Ger
large percentage of the corn wills.
key which has been flooding both
Washington and Baltimore and con-
servatively estimate the value of
/ the still and supplies taken at
$4,000.
The men arrested were Lewis
Williams and Jack Sceeze, colored,
of Baltimore, Md, and Sam Hicks,
of Baltimore county, Md. They
were arraigned in Baltimore today
on charges of manufacturing and
possession Of a still.
Search is being made for the
fourth man. companion of Hicks,
who succeeded in making his es-
cape.
A team Of horses was also cap.
tured but ran away with the wagon
to which they We're hitched. A
forty-horse power steam boiler was
the power used to operate the still.
The seizure was made on the road
between Laurel and Camp Meade.
Division Chief EIated.
Prohibition Divisional Chief Harry
Luckett was elated over the sue.
cess of the agents and confided that
that his men have for some time
been making efforts to reach the
source Of supply for the corn whis-
key which has been flooding this
city and Baltimore. Particular at
tention has been directed to the
speed wagon which has hitherto
evaded the agents.
The men left Washington about
s o'clock last night and timed their
raid so that they would be able to
get the car which arrived about
1890 o'clock this morning, loaded
to capacity with sugar and corn
meal.
1t is believed that the owners Of
the gigantic still will be traced
through the license number on the
car, or by other methods.
The agents declare that the men
were so surprised when they were
surrounded by the agents that they
speedily submitted and took their
capture in a sportsmanlike manner.
Those who assisted General Agent
King in the raid were Agents T, f.
Wheeler, L. ]. Tut, w. e. Burrell,
r. A. Williams, o. e. Fisher, r. L,
Livingston and Bentz.
This Is the seventh still captured
by agents Of this division in the
State Of Maryland since last Thurs.
| day.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
IS CALLED
by SENATE:
PROBERS
Department OF Justice Of
ficiaIs to Testify on Handling
Of Fight Film Case

Hearings before the special Sen.
ate committee, investigating the
activities of former Attorney Gen.
eral Harry M. Daugherty, will con-
tinue today with the testimony con.
fined to officials of the Department
Of Justice whom Attorney General
Stone asked to have appear.
The feature witnesses will be
John w. H. Grim, special assistant
to the Attorney General, who will
discuss the departments handling
OF the Dempsey Carpenter fight
picture proceedings, and Mrs. Mabel
Walker Willebrandt. assistant At
tornev General IN cha~"e of Droh!.
billion enforcement. The commit
tee will SIT all day in an effort to
wind up this phase of the hearings
as soon as possible.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
VETERANS!
THE TIMES CAN
SOLVE YOUR.
Bonus Problems
ASK US!

Questions concerning the Wor!5
aUGr bonus are GnsWered daily IN
this column. If yOu are unable
to call personally at the bonus
Information bureau in the Hearst
Building, 1917 II street north
West, mail your inquiry.
Information contained ia these
answers is the most GathOritG-
the available. A full legal IN
depreciation Of the bonus act mas
not get been issued.
Q. ! am forty.seven years old,
and served the full limit during
the world war, in the United
States. What is the face value
of policy after twenty years.
How much can I borrow after
two years and after five years.
L. L. E. B.
A. Assuming that you served
under the rank of ma or, the face
value Of your insurance will be
$1,191. After two years, you may
borrow $108.76. If you have paid
back this loan before the fifth
year, you may borrow, at the
end OF that period $188.16.
Q. After serving oversee until
the armistice was signed, was
put on the transport service. Is
that counted as foreign service?
A. Yes.
Q. understand that will
have to put my fingerprints on
my bonus application. 1t hap
pens that my right arm was am
putated in October, 1918, because
of a shell. How am l to pro-
coed? S. L. p.
A. The fingerprints of your left
hand will do. Explain the cir
cumstances on your application.
Q. My father was a world war
veteran and died soon after his re-
turn to this country. under
stand that my mother is entitled
to his bonus, but she is now trav-
cling abroad. Can / make the APP.
plication for her? C. v. f.
A. No. When the blanks are
ready mail one to your mother or
wait until her return. Your
mother is entitled to the bonus If
she is unAlarried. II she has mar.
ried again, however, the bonus
reverts to the children of the
veteran, share and share alike.
Q. What Is the status Of the
widow of soldier who married
after his death. but later had the
marriage annulled? o. G.. T.
A. So far as may be ascertained
from a study Of the bonus law
she is entitled to the veterans
adjusted service credit. Regula-
tons to be issued by the Veterans
Bureau will cover such cases as
this.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
La TOILETTE IS
BOOSTED AS
PIANIST
Reads Feet Also, and Finds
Those OF Elephant Show
Trouble Ahead

Senator Bob" LaFollette il
dynamic. AS a pacifist he is a
conceded failure.
Not since the Napoleonic era has
there appeared so unique a COM
pound of bone, flesh and fat-the
latter almost a minus quantity
and erratic efficiency as is potted
up in the little Wisconsin Senator.
As versatile as a mountebank
and as amusing, unless too serious.
~ taken, as a trick monkey, he is
ever a source of alarming interest
to his confreres. Until recently
they believed they knew and under.
stood the variety of diverting
antics of which he is capable. Now
they find themselves mistaken.
Senator Bob" has sprung a new
accomplishment, one challenging
the superstitious and those among
his associates given to counting tea
leaves and looking for the new
moon over the right boulder.
Senator a Pianist.
Senator Bob" is an accomplished
palmist.
Yes, he can look into the palm
or ones hand and read the mast
the present and the future unaided
by distant planets or the shuffled
revelations of the fifty.two paste.
boards. usually found in a palm.
lists outfit.
furthermore, he is given, very
quietly, to demonstrating his abiIity
as mystic seer. Incidentally II 10
perfectly safe to let Senator "Roh''
read your palms without padlockine
your pockets or taking out addi.
tional burglar insurance. He usas
both hands in the process and
Keeps them always in sight.
Those who have had their palms
read by him express amazen0ent
at MS proficiency. They declare he
revealed traits o. character and
mental ability as we'll as predilec.
tons they never suspected existed,
He can spot disappointment afar
off. they insist. reveal the com.
plexion Of lady friends. indicate the
outcome OF present activities and
warn against entangling alliances
with infallible certainty.
Finds Study Interesting.
"Palmistry is an intensely inter.
esting study" he declared at The
conclusion Of private reading,
II became interested in it when
confined in a hospital iii was not
sanitarium). after friend
brought me textbook on the sub.
ject. read the book, studied the
principles and practiced them after.
wards in seizing up those I wanted
to know the most about.
"Once one gets a look at a mans
palms. he understands his char.
acter. what may be expected of him
under given circumstances, what
confronts and limits him, and
whether he is a safe aide in a
crisis. Palmistry is certainly an
instructive, interesting and profit.
able study"
Senator Bob" will give YOU a
reading almost any time and any.
where. He Is "crowd.shy.', how.
ever, and prefers the shadows of a
committee room or the opportunity
Of a tete-a.tete luncheon ia practic.
ing his art.
He recently completed a reading
of the elephants four feet. ae
declares he sees evidence of faint
drawn from a monkey ancestor
somewhere in the past.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
MAXIMUM
|SBE|NC
USED
Conduit Break Not Entirely
Fixed-ReserVoirs Can Be I
Filled in Ten Days 1

Alarmed by the depleted condi-
ton of the District reservoirs, as
a result of the recent break in
the supply conduit, District En-
gineer Commissioner J. Franklin
Bell today issued an appeal to
District citizens to conserve water
during the next week or two until
a reserve can be created.
The reservoirs are now from
five to six feet below normal and
in case of another break in the
conduit or other emergency the
supply on hand is insufficient to
last the city more than a day or
two.
Break Not Repaired.
The break in the conduit has not
yet been entirely repaired, though
the water has again been turned on.
A great concrete sluice, with
straight side walls has been built
in the broken section to replace the
old brick culvert which broke for a
distance of nearly sixty feet, The
sluice will be covered by a great
concrete slab which is now being
constructed.
The consumption of water in the
District is now nearly as great as
the amount flowing through the
conduit and it has been impossible
to begin filling the reservoirs. Yes
terday. the first day the water be-
gan flowing through the conduit,
the level of the reservoirs was
raised but three inches At this
rate it would require approximately
a month to fill the reservoirs to
their level before the break &C.
Cured.
Major Bell regards it as Of vital
Importance that the reservoirs be
filled before the hot weather be.
gins in earnest and the city con-
sumption exceeds the amount
carried by the conduit. On the hot
ter days in July and August 1t be-
comes necessary to draw upon the
supply in the reservoirs to supple.
ment the inadequate supply carried
by the old conduit.
Will Take Only Week.
Washingtonians are asked to saws
water in every possible manner un.
til the supply is again restored to
normal. With cool. weather and
strict conservation, 1t Is estimated
this can be done within a week or
ten days.
The residents are asked to follow
the terms of the police regulations
restricting the use of water during
the summer months, though these
regulations do not go into effect
until July /. The regulation pro-
hibits the use Of city water for wash
ing streets or sidewalks and limits
it's use for watering lawns to six
hours daily, from to o'clock
morning and afternoon.
There is no great danger of Q
shortage unless some unforeseen
emergency arises" Major Bell said,
"but the city should be prepared
to fall back upon its reserve II such
an emergency should occur. There
is, of course, always a possibility OF
another break in the old conduit.
though I do not regard this as likely.
A great fire might seriously deplete
the supply on hand"