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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-14
The Literary Digest
Poll

AS we have observed before,
the Hearst poll, the Digest poll
or any poll, is worth no more
and no less than one wishes to
believe.
Straws may show which way
the wind blows, but the wind
often changes instanter
The Savannah Press observes
that to believe in the authen-
ITCHY of the Digest poll is to
snow ignorance in the funda-
mentals governing the cast of
the'vote in this ballot and says:
In fact, anybody who can ex-
plain how Mr.. Coolidge could fail
to have a commanding lead in
the Literary Digest poll is entitled
to put in claim as master of
the worlds highest mathematics.
According to the Literary Di-
gest's own figures, defining party
numbers as they voted in the last
election, the Digest has sent it's
ballots to 402,186 Republicans
and 141,868 Democrats. The Di-
gest has thus given twenty-eight
Republicans chance to vote to
every Democrat.
But in the eighteen States
from which results have been re-
ported, the ratio of Republicans
to Democrats in the landslide
year of 1920, was only 2O.6 to
10. The difference between %
to 10 and 20.6 to 10 is differ
ence enough to weigh the cleo
ton hopelessly against the Demo
Gratis.
The New York Times throws
a new light on the Digest poll in
an editorial which declares:
The Digests famous straw vote
represents the opinion of the So
called "hgiher class" of the
population, and does not reach
down to the mudsills of society
manual workers, the clerical
workers and agricultural work
ers. There is, in fact, plain evil
dence in the Digests figures, that
the ballots are being drawn from
public which is Republican by
something like to /. On this
point, significant figures are not
those declaring the voters inten-
tons with regard to 1924, but
the figures showing how the same
voters divided in 1920. We may
compare what these voters did
four years ago in their several
States with what the whole body
of voters did in these same
States. Such a test will show
that the Digest postcard ballot
reached Republican voters in
much greater proportion than
Democratic or other party voters
it is thus obvious that the I'll
gest inquiry is not reaching
Democrats as thoroughly as Re-
publicans.
The Digest poll is making
good reading matter" it is
causing the voters to THINK
and to discuss the election and
the candidates, and just that far
it has served a good purpose.
1t may accurately predict the
winner-and it may not. No
one will know until after Novem-
Der 4th. So don't get excited
over straw ballots.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-14
The STANDARD
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By AReFn

One case Boys Ribbed Fleced
Lined Union Suits, every size from
2 to IA years. They are worth
dollar per suit everywhere; here
and here only, per suit ---.-....-6sc
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One bale Velvet Rugs, size 30
by 60 inches, in great variety of
pretty Oriental and other designs,
heavy quality; regularly $3.95;
here and here only, each -.--.-.-$2'4S
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-14

are lower than ever known before.
They are but a few yards in width,
and can be waded at many points.
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Misses Percale and Bingham
Dresses of fast colored materials;
well made and trimmed; worth
dollar; sizes up to IA yearsA here
and here. only at ..--.-.--...,-....e..49 c
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Two thousand yards Dor
Bleaching, fun yard wide, soft f.
ished, fine smooth weave; Cd
value at zoe; here and here dy'
yard -----.--.--..------... ...i.......,...13I2c
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NOT VERY Soon

senator Robert NJ. La Toilette
Independent candidate for p, ssi-
dent, IN speech at Rochester ON
Monday night, expressed conf
dence in being elected, and de-
clared that if elected he would de-
vote the first eighteen months of
his administration to houseclean-
ing, after which he would take up
constructive work. The house
cleaning job will be big one ard
if thoroughly done the chief
scrubber would have to hustel to
finish it up and do the fumigating
that would be necessary within
eighteen months But La Toilette
is not likely to get the iob.-Al-
bany Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-14

FOR QUICK SERVICE AND
HEAVY HAULING PHONE 12l
WOOTTEN TRANSFER co.
Office in Americas Steam Laundry
SOUTH JACKSON STREET
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1000 yards solid color M
bray, 26 inches vide, all elf
factory ends and Short Ieleli
here and here only at yard g.
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ATTENTION SUMTER

The Australian ballot system is
now beng used in fifty counties
OF the 100 counties in this State
1t should be used in every county
ana a strict enforcement of all of
ITS requirements should be carried
out.-Athens Banner Herald
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Women's Nain3ok Nigh owns,
Envelope ChemisA PRINCES Slips
all of good materials; herald here
only ----..--..----.--. 1890. .--!------49c
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1880 -
20. > s.4i.
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Fine Imported Hlinsook, 40 in.
wide, highly mer Eized; regularly
soc; here and efFonly' at yd' 5So
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-14

MANY a girl resembles her motbo,
0ecause they wear the same clotboa
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Ladies' Quilted SatirHouse Slip
pers, in black ae ewy good CO.
or, all sizes; rfalarE $3.50; mere
and here only hir -.,--$l'lS
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-14

Men who can't fight should bayo
pleasant dispositions. "
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-10-14

Inc stuff that dreams are made Of
Is found in the vanity case.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
Red Light Irresistible
Lure for Insect Pests

A means for combating the winged
insect pests OF tropical regions has
been evolved. by means OF which the
flying bugs are lured into deadly bath
OF acid and either drowned or asphyxi-
ated by the fumes.
1t was found that a red light served
as an almost irresistible lure for the
nlght-fyers. A red electric bulb. or a
lantern with red globe. IS placed near
the vessel containing the acid solution.
As the pests fly TO the light the fumes
destroy them. even though they may
not actually fall into the bath.
To protect human beings from pos
slble accidental contact with the acid
bath, the liquid is placed in wide
mouthed bottle. 10 which Is attached n
funnel with very hroai fiaring cone.
The light Is suspended directly over
this funnel. and the insects. stupefied
by the acid fumes. fall into II and so
into the acid bath.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01

ests and those that destroy lumber
and other forest products. The larg-
est single control project ever at
tempted against tree-killlng bark
beetles Is now in its second season.
The area In southern Oregon and
northern California over which this
epidemic extends is little larger than
the state of Delaware and in the last
ten years in this region the western
pine beetle has killed over a billion
board feet Of merchantable yellow
pine timber, valued at over S3,6O0,0OO
This Is so times as much as has been
killed by fire on the same area during
the same period. 1t has been demon
strated that, with the establishment
of as effective beetle control as has
been established for forest fire con-
troll, losses due to the beetle can be
reduced TO a minimum.
The bureau devotes much attention
to improving the methods OF bee cul-
ture and has good-sized apiary de-
voted to Intensive studies of the ways
of bees and means Of controlling their
diseases and protecting them from
enemies. Studies also have been made
of The grading of honey with the OBJ.
ject of establishing standards.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
Neru Gas Mask Protects
Painters From Poisoi

Lead poisoning has long been u
bugbear Of painters While work.
with paint having high lead coutu
the inhalation of the paint odors q
been known TO produce dangerous g
tacks Of the well-knowh -paints1
collie" while contact Of lead paint W
the skin. particularly where ii is q
or abraded. often results in irritAts
diseases.
To combat these conditions speo
gas mask or respirator has been ,
vised. This is not SO cumbersoms I
the conventional type, merely serr
as n filter against the lead fumes q
net covering the whole face. Il stru
around the back OF the head. Govern
the nose and mouth. but not the es
thus affordlng free vision.
Worn In combination with run
gloves for protecting the hands !
new respirator affords ample pr"7
ton against the possibility OF \
tracting disease, no matter what 4
be the lead content OF the paint cS-
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
Early Rhubarb From Any
Garden Is Not Difficult

Rhubarb can be had in the garden
week to ten days earlier than ordinar-
lily, If provisions are made for protect
ing few Of the plants from cold
nights and bad weather.
An inexpensive and simple method is
to place one-half of an old barrel, box
with the bottom and top removed, or a
small cold frame over each Of few
plants about the time they are COM
ing through the ground. This will pro-
tect the plant from cold winds, snow
and, to large extent, keep the ground
from alternately freezing and thawinp
In early spring.
AS simple as 1t Is. this will enable
the gardener to harvest some of his
crop very early. AS an aid to early
growth, a few forks OF stable manure
around the barrel or frame will b,
found to be as good as stimulan..
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
Essential That Best
Potato Seed Be Used
Low Grade Material Will
Not Produce Good Crop.

Many potato growers have learned
from bitter experience the fallacy of
planting low-grade seed with the en-
pectatlon Of harvesting a bumper crop.
according to W, Ii. Martin, specialist
in potato growing, New Jersey State
College of Agriculture. The wide
awake grower realizes that in order
to pay his fertilizer and labor bills and
show a profit it is essential that he
plant the best seed obtainable. For
this reason he Is now looking for high
grade seed stock for use next spring.
Tests conducted by the New Jersey
agricultural experiment station show
that certified seed potatoes can be ex-
pected to give larger crop returns than
potatoes which have not been certified.
In a test conducted in 1922, certified
seed yielded at the rate of 3S03 bush
els per acre as compared with PISA
bushels for noncertified seed Similar
tests conducted in New Jersey and
other states show like differences and
the results secured strongly favor the
use of certified seed.
What are certified seed potatoes? To
be certified, seed potatoes must CON
form to certain standards ofovarietal
purity, freedom from disease, and free
dom from low-yielding plants. When
the farmer purchases certified seed ne
has the signature Of competent in
spector to the effect that the seed lie
buys has met these requirements. Most
of the important potato growing states
are now offering this service to their
growers.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
Clean Fresh Water Most
Essential for Chickens

There is pint, or pound, of water
in every 24-ounce dozen Of eggs that
you sell. You cannot supply the hens
with anything cheaper than clean,
fresh water. Cold days the water
freezes quickly. and the hens are un.
able to drink all they require for heavy
egg production II you nnd It impos
sible to change the water three q
four times daily. invest $4.oO in I
Putnam OIL stove or some other ds
vice to keep the water warm through
out The day.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
Acorn Alcohol

Up 10 tnc A.. scent ,s..a inuustriai
nse has been made OF aCorns. but re-
cent experiments show that alcohol can
be made from them. Shelled acorns
contain about 30 per cent OF starch,
which can be readily saccharified and
then converted into alcohol.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
To Have a Clear, Sweet skin

Touch pimples, redness, roughness
or itching, II any. with Cuticura oint.
ment, then bathe with Cuticura Soap
and hot water. Rinse. dry gently and
dust on little Cuticura Talcum tc
leave a fascinating fragrance on skin,
Everywhere 25c each.-Advertisemen
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
Sometimes

In any organization. II a memoe
reluctant about accepting It's wori
is more likely TO be allowed to .
the way he likes
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
EXPLAINED

PA. what's a political dark ho~l
Frequently, my son. It's cand.1
who Is willing 70 pony up"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
He Stroue to Please

Boss--How old are you. sonny?
Appllcant-How old boy do you
want?
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01

The rarest attainment Is to grow
old happily and gracefully.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
"CASCARETS' FOR LIVER
AND B0WElS-l0c ABB

Cures Biliousness, Constipation. 8,
Headache, Indigestion. Drug stores AL
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
Youth and Age

Youth needs but TO hear new N,
twice TO know II by heart. Elts-,
folks have to hear II 20 times to uss
ly identify II by its name,
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
Postum
for Health
"There's a Reason"

Your grocer sells Postum In
two iogms, Instant Postum
in tinsl prepared Instanfly in
the cup BY the sddiicn Of
boiling wsssf. nosfum Cereal
lin psckagssl ipr thoss who
prsSer The Asvus bscughe cut
b boiling fully 20 minusss.
Ihs COZ of sikhG iosn =
shout cnshaH esn~ cuR
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01
FARM
SELLING
By GLENN C. HAYES

CScco0cS0OOSc cccocc'::SceSsS:'.
90. 1924. Western Newspaper Union)
The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-01

Cooperative marketing of eggs is
not altogether a nAw venture, for com
mercial poultrymen have had their
own marketing organizations since
around 1915.
In the Petalurha valley, only few
miles from San Francisco. are located
most Of the commercial poultry farms
Of central California. Here the farm
ers raise chickens. not to sell hens. but
to sell eggA Around 1908 they began
TO make real money. A poultry farm
,son vas the result Men came from
The Chilkoot post., 1924-01-04

o Activ
  100 Infan and commanded by Capt. F.
  99 a 10 firing 30 the course with sharpahooters and Inc Inc rifle 3o13  splendid attained developed, of Wellington British But sense of retrated n first battle"
  ed held officer and co1ors again Dwight F. D
  industrial Aooa11zat profits by industry
  handling the vital strategy 
 A problem figuring of aado of Under  Nt,
 
 
  ?1t~ be Je
The Chilkoot post., 1924-01-04

"Your Grace has not the organ said a phreno1ogist who was exa11:
 "rhat is so," answered the gr< of duty, would have retreated is
 Bring back the regimenta1 co- tie Of Alma, when the stan dar wal iuni or officer and a few mens
 "No tni ng doing, replied the yt
The Chilkoot post., 1924-01-04

Under the Heading II ities apartment of The
 "Ano other cosaoa1y of for the season s target try stationed at Chilkc Cor don P. Savage. The matic rifle and pi stol- fit wi t;h the weapon wi men part ici pat;ing made and 4 mark sroen, Tn the with the re suit that 2c mark sy1an. he Company quali ifi.cation. he aver and with the au t,ome tic Capta in Savage i sto be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-06
Sodium Citrate.

Sodium citrate is one item in the
medicine cupboard. Citrate Of soda
Is another, but inexact name for It.
Years ago physicians commonly pre-
scribed this for addition to milk in
but sodium citrate was superseded
BY another alkali, lime water. and
that in turn by oatmeal water or
barley water. Sodium citrate In tea
spoonful or larger doses is q saline
cathartic having no more INJURIOUS
effects than ordinary salts. Today.
in one method Of blood TRANSMISSION.
sodium citrate is added to the blood
to prevent or retard coagulation dur
ing the operation. This is further
evidence of the harmlessness OF the
medicine.
Sodium citrate serves just two pur-
poses in the medicine cupboard-or
three, counting how pretty 1t looks
there. The first purpose is
Gosh, you can't begin to appreciate
how I hate to tell you this. 1t seems
like taking the bread and butter,
shoes and stockings IN" things right
in the way you may imagine, but in
an indirect way. You see, I'm about
to divulge the formula for an all.
around cough and-aw,. shucks, L
can't say ft-yoO KNOW what 8oneINlf
goes with cough. just as eggs 60 With
ham-and in putting this remedy in
your hands 1 am "a saving you con-
siderable expense, (2) protecting you
from the harm you might have done
with what you might have purchased
for your cough, and (3) dealing blow
at the dope traffic that is conducted
within the law.
This latter point is an important one.
There is no doubt that many serious
Illness Is brought on by unwise doping
cough is a feature and the poor chap
plies himself with disguised opiates.
Here Is the formula: Take 1t or leave
y. At any rate, it belongs under the
motto that Uncle Pete carved over the
door Of the medicine cupboard: Do
Good II You Can, But Do No Harm
fHippokrates, as rendered by Old Doc
tor Brady: Sodium citrate. one ounce;
Elycerin, one ounce; Juice of a lemon,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-06
Danny Is Reminded of Home.
The name Of home to one afaf
Is like q glimpse Of distant star.
-DAnny Meadow Mouse

As I have told you before, Danny
and Nanny Meadow Mouse, way down
in the Sunny South, knew nothing Of
the cold weather and the hard times
of their old friends back on the Green
Meadows and in the Green Forest up
North. They had quite forgotten that
there could be such q thing as winter.
They continued to live in comfort in
the great man-bird, as they called the
airplane. which had taken them down
to the Sunny South. Nanny seldom
left II. You know, she had five pre-
cious babies in that nest in the little
cred those babies and called them the
airplane babies. He saw to 1t that
there was plenty of food for Danny
and Nanny and the babies.
The man-bird travelled from place
to place, and there were always new
ing, when Danny had ventured'to sit
for q while on one Of the wings. there
darted in front Of him an old friend.
Hummer the Hummingbird. Not since
first reaching the Sunny South had
Danny seen Hummer.
well, we'll, well!" squeaked Hum
mer. "If it isn't Danny Meadow
had become Of you. I was afraid
that, not knowing the Sunny South,
you might have been caught by some
enemy. Where is Nanny? I hope she
is safe, too" ,
quite SAFE" replied Danny. She
long" o.. o,,,.s .1,n
mer. 81 have been down in the Sunny
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-06
Dorothy Dix's Letter Box
What Can Be Done for the Wife Who Has Broker
Down in Faithful Service7 Which Shall She
Marry: The Jealous Man, Widower or Sfeik

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-06
Ny Neighbor Says:

In laundering waists with
frills the pleats may be kept
looking new II basted onto q
piece Of cheesecloth. This holds
the pleats In position. Do not
remove the cheesecloth until
the fill Is Thoroughly dry.
To have Sauerkraut at it's
best 1t should be cooked four
hours. This Ia the advice Of a
we'll known, chef.
A good floor polish may be
made by mixing four ounces OF
beeswax. a. piece OF resin the
site OF q hickory nut. and one
quart Of turpentine. Pound the
resin and cut up the beeswax.
Then melt together. When they
are melted take them from the
Are and stir in a quart OF tur-
pentine. Rub a little Of this
on the floor with a piece Of
flannel and then polish with a
dry flannel and . brush.
After f11inS q rubber water
bottle with hot water. It is q
good plan to press the sides OF
the bottle together before put
ting In the stopper. This al
lows all the steam to escape,
no matter how hot the water
may be.
To set colors in bingham, put
X cup Of vinegar. y cup Of salt
and / small teaSpoonful OF alum
In a pail Of lukewarm water.
Soak the garment in this for
one hour before washing, being
careful to leave IL out In the
sun only long enough to dry it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-06

Ne ana pop and ma was up in
the setting room last mite and mas
canary bsrd Melba vas hopping err
round In her cage without singing.
and ma ssd. wiilyum. I've got an
ideet to make Melba sing.
You need more than an ideer, /
bleeve that befd WAS borf, without q
sound box. pep sea.
That's rediculiss. all Melba needs Is
TO- be put in the proper frame Of
mind. and I have an idesr, ma sed.
lM give you gessee bit you'll never
Then I sive you back the 9 sesses.
pop seq: Enyway, how can she be
put In the proper frame Of mind wen
tn the yellow dunn bell has no mind7
You Jest watch, ma sed.
And she took a old book out Of
the book ease and opened 1t to q
see II, saying. Look Melba, look.
Wat In the name OF lower educa-
It's 2 pickture of the CANARY Is
lands that jest remembered was In
this old geogrifYy book, ma sed. If
pickture of the Canary Islands wont
make the deer little thing feel like
singing. don't know wat would. ma
Fan me. somebody. pop sed.
Wfch jest then Melba made ca
nary berd sounds in succession, ma
saying, There did you heer that. there.
That was Ony a cawff, pop sed. and
ma sed, o Is that so, the next thing
Suppose you'll say the piektare dident
have enything to do with II. Sing,
Melba, heers the Canary Islands. she
sed.
Wich jest then Melba made 3 more
sounds. pop saying, Help. aid. Benny
run and get some water to throw
was Jest starting to 20 and do and
pop sed, Never mind, I'm better now,
It was Jest q shock, suppose.
And ma kepp on showing Melba the
Canary Islands to see X they would
werk agen, witch they dident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-03-06


music, literature and art, and In gen
eral you have good taste and you
should, indulge 1t move than you do,
for to you beauty Is a spiritual tonic
of great potency and you should have
as much of Ii as possible.
You are secretly afraid of your own
shadow. You think that once you
Yield to the qualification OF your de-
sires they will overwhelm you. They
certainly will II you try to suppress
them, and probably sooner than IL you
crafty them.
You find concentration very difficult.
but 1t is only through rigid application
that you will succeed In making of your
many interests a profitable lifework.
Remember that you are versatile and
can do many things. but concentrate
on one object and do not waste your life
on one hobby after another.
The women of this day are practical
and are always successful in driving a
bargain. They are very much disposed
to allow the head to govern the heart.
but this does not mean that they are
incapable of lasting affection.
Copyright. 1921