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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-07

Gro hunting renders tha sNx
sport when two men go to-
gether one to do th7 "caw-cawing''
and the other at .is stand a few
feet away to do the shooting. Keep
out of sight-keep from making
too much movement of the body,
stand in a clump CT bushes or in
a blind made the day or so before,
call the crow either iii a teasing
or fighting strain, have plenty OF
shells, a little patience and you'n
be surprised at the result of a
days shooting
There is no particular best
time" to shoot crows.
They fly most any time and
feeding is one of the very best
little things they do on nearly
anything and at any time. One
will find the black rascal where
ever there is food. Crows are
somewhat choice in their menu.
Eggs of wild game birds form the
main portion of the diet. They
will cut these or attack a nest at
any time ii is to be found.
Crows maze IN early 1Iarch in
most sections OF tha co1ntrE Us
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-07
Barring GIVEN JOB
FEELING POTATOES

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, May e.
Clarence o Barring, indicted on his
wife's accusation that he put poison
in her food, has been made assistant
cook in the Jail here.
He received his frs 9natruc-
tons from the prison chef Sunday.
Seated on a three-Iegged stool with
an apron over his clothes, he peeled
potatoes for the other inmates. He
did not appear downhearted.
However, he was not overjoyed
when instructed to wash the dishes
and sweep the kitchen floor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-07

No sportsman questions the re-
strictions SO wisely placed on the
legitimate or legal season for kill
ing game birds. But this mantle
OF protection is not intended 10
cover predatory birds. Club hunts
once popular that sought records
in killing game have long since
ceased to be sportsrianhk and
have been legally banned in every
state of the Union But during
'the past two years I'm organized
effort has been made thrones a
Ee"min hunting campaign to )m-
1u.e th'' meHa.o' - "" i. 5fo
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-07

by crow killing. The results from
this effort have given lighting
chance Tor existence to thousands
OF young game birds.
Grow Clubs Help
The organization of a Crow
Hunting Club in every locality
during the caming winter months
WI help materially in stamping
out tho crow menace. IN Montana
thousands of crows We're killed by
tho mcn7ha~s of the West crn Mon
tam kE.u and Game Association.
IN Me- Holt Cotuig c,cw
r@t'"t ian WIN
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-07
SpOrtsmen Take Up Grow Shooting tOPOtect Other Birds
Crow Hunting Clubs Being
Formed in Many Sections
To Help the Farmer
and Protect Wild
Bird Life
By Frank Winch
y PORTSMEN Of the coun-
q try are alarmed at me
scarcity Of game birds. and

~ PORTSMEN Of the coun-
- try are alarmed at the
scarcity of game birds. and
In casting about for reason.
have discovered that one of the
greatest menaces to wild bird life
is the crow. And this has brought
to light a method of shooting thar
Is becoming q popular pastiEe
everywhere.
Said a friend the other dav.
Crow shooting is q sport, but how
the deuce do you shoot them % and
this question has been asked by
many.
Were 1t not a fact that the
crow Is one OF the meancst, sneak
lest and all freddy crookedest birds
we haze, his cunning and sickness
would certainly entiue hin. to a
place amoUg the nobility of bird
life.
how many crows have you shot
In your outdoorsman experience?
Ask the next ten sportsmen that
you meet afieid how many each has
shot this season or last or ones
preceding these. The answer will
be surprising in view of the num-
Der of game killed each year in
comparison with the number of
crows we see every time we cross
a stubble field.
Crow a ShPewd Bird
Crow shooting is no mean sport.
It's the gunner's wits and accur-
acy against the shrewdness Of one
Of the shrewdest birds that flies.
The average hunter does not kill
many crows in a year unless he
has given the matter some study
and resorts to strategy. That crows
are easily killed now is borne out
by some records. One chap in the
middle West dropped 1900 III a.
single season, Another couple of
hunters in Pennsylvania took toll
OF 400 of this game killer in a
few months. The instances where
men have brought down fifty to a
hundred in a season are too num-
erouS to even attempt recounting.
These me. have made crow
shooting study. TIL, have taken
slime to figure oat how to circum-
vent the crastinasg Of the black
chap. Grow shooting becomes a
sport where when Eost OF The
time Is speHt Ii shooting and not
all q: II I'm hJEtiEg ans littlo or
TO shooting
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-07
VETERANS To GO TO
MEMPHIS FOR MEET
VIII Go Via Seaboard's Official
Route With Fare Fixed AT
$3.50 For Found Trip

Final details for the annua re-
union of Confederate Veterans at
Memphis, June AS have just been
completed and announcement au-
thorized as to the official route.
This announcement was made here
today by General Joe Day Stew
art, who is active b. arranging for
the comfort of veterans who will
attend the gathering from Sumter
county.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-07

ing out thousands Of the black
feathered pests. In the Eastern
States, the Morris and Essex Coun-
ties Sportsmen's Association To-
Gated at Pine Brook, New Jersey,
has done much to protect young
pheasants and marsh bird life by
frequently staging crow shoots.
In Minnesota the Crow Club has
held a number of crow drives with
great success.
In many states a bounty is
placed on the crow. This with
the fact that many prizes, mer-
chandise and cost. are offered to
members has been proven a de-
cided incentive to many to make
crow shooting a pastime worth
while.
The organization Of a Crow
Hunting Club is easily accom-
plished. Ten or fifteen members
join in, constitution of a few
rules is adopted, the permission Of
the farmer to help him get rid Of
the crow pest and the thing is on
its way. Usually a certain number
Of points are credited for the num-
her OF crows killed. Organi2eJ
CroV Clubs which carefully re-
"a Il the farmers rights and which
ooorate on true sportsnls Aship
lines can Go vast good.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-07

FOR RENT-Two furnished house,
keeping rooms. Phone 430. West
lamar street. 7-tf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-07

Some hunters lure crows within
shooting distance with large sized
stuffed owls securely fastened to
tops Of poles or other conspicuous
stands in the open spaces Get on.
in the woods and learn to imitate
the boot of an owl. A little prac-
tice and the trick viii ccme easy.
Another way and ore worked
with great success where chicken
incubation is carried on large
scale: Dig a pit ABOUT twenty in
cht% deep and twenty feet square.
Into this put the chicken eggs that
have proved unfertile 3nd which
are thrown away by the farmer.
Select for yourself a convenient
hiding place within shotgun range
and he assured of days wonder
fun shooting. A bai.ad pit of this
kind will attract crows from all
directions. Incidently one will
gather some rather tangible first
hand evidence eat {''ows are fond
of chicken eggs 'resh ~ stale.
Some Use Call
The most usual manner of de-
coying crows is to employ the old
fashioned call" OF these there
are several on the market. any Of
which when properly used will be
found to be very efficient. Learn
ing how to use a crow call is but
the ms ter OF a little practice. The
local dealer can teach you, or
some farmer boy. There are
sportsmon who initiate the "ci,,r-
cav perfectly without an arti-
fetal device and this E0acl; can
be readiJ: &cG4irod Satn : LITTLE
practise.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-07
(I.ASSIEIEDADVERTI} EYFNT5'

WANTED - LOANS, LOANS.
LOANS, L0ANs-Having di-
rect connection and plenty Of
money at lowest possible interest
rate. l can save you money on city
loans and farm loans. H. o. Jones.
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-05-07
Your Kind of
Face Powder

If there is anything in face pow
ders you want, it will pay you to
ask us first; when we say "any-
thing" you get an idea of the enor-
nous line of face powders we car
ry. Your Powder is here. Prices
ranging from 25c to $500; all
tints.
AMERICUS DRUG co.
Phone rs
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-13
The Useful Thumb Tack.

Unless the lower hem of window
shade is rather close-fitting, the flat
piece Of wood run in to hold it even
will often work itself out at one end,
for several inches. This is especially
apt to happen if the shade does not
hang precisely straight. A small. fiat.
topped thumb tack, such as craftsmen
use, at one corner, on the window
side, will hold the wood firmly and not
be visible from outside Thumb tacks
are invaluable also for holding firmly
in place either paper or cloth used fol
lining the bottoms of drawers. Being
fiat, nothing can catch in them. Stores
that sell them usually keep, also, lit
tie instrument made for lifting them
saving the breaking of fingernails OF
knife blade.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-13

Should something happen to the one,
the other would most surely fall. At
frequent-oh, very frequent inter-
vals-they stop and embrace fervent-
ly. One may hear the mighty kisses
for half block.
The first time I saw this perform
ance l stopped to look. So did every
one else on the street. However. |
soon discovered that they had not
stopped to wonder at the shameless
couple but at me. Now, I too, am
somewhat accustomed to them and
have learned to go past the blissful
forms with hardly more than glance.
1t certainly is convenient, this
French freedom. If you feel like
kissing your best girl don't wait un-
til you find secluded spot-under
the arc light will do just as well. No
body cares. What matters it if few
Americans have no better manners
than to stop and look?
l take exception to recent article
in Schibner's, | believe, in which the
writer tells of the bed-going habits
of the Parisians. Everyone goes to
bed early here, says he-nine o'clock
Is HOC dC dill uIluSudl. fAHu Vic CcalCS
he becomes almost hysterical-
they nearly all close at ten o'clock
and if one attempts to stay until II
he is almost annihilated with black
looks from the waiter. "At least
adds the writer, "this is true in my
quarter"
thought I had done my duty by
Paris pretty well in the time l have
been here but I see that I have over
looked the phenomenon of a closed
cafe. l tried one until three O'Clock
the other morning but gave out
first. / shall not leave Paris until
have found this unprecedented
Quarter" Of which the Partisan visit
or speaks.
One might have guessed ft-croquet
is the great national game here. &c
to the Luxembourg gardens any day
and you may witness thrilling tourna-
ments among members of the sternel
sex while throngs of men line the
court and shout "Bravas" at their ia.
vorites. The other Innocent says she
thinks tiddlewinks probably is THEN
greatest indoor sport. 1t is hard to
believe but / heard one man mutter
"Scare bleu" when he missed. TIC
be sure, he said it mildly.
With love,
Helen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-13
4[ll9kiie's

A = /.
Said to be a most colorful photo
play and rare entertainment, from
the standpoints of fine direction,
skilled portrayal, artistic photography
and beauty of investiture, Thomas
Meighan's latest Paramount star We
hicle, 'eHomeward Bound" will be on
view at the Caughren theatre for two
days beginning Sunday March Is
next. Lila Lee, one Of the screens
most popular leading women, plays
opposite the star in this delightful
sea picture which is based on Peter
B. Kyne's story, 'sThe Light to Lee
ward" The story deals with the love
romance of sailor and the daughter
of ship owner. The supporting
cast is one of exceptional excellence
and includes among others, Charles
Able, William T. Carleton, Hugh
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-13
Mary Succeeds
on Main Street
By LAURA MILLER
CT lS23, by Laura Miller
"GOINC EN- ONE BETTER"
IN THE POST OFFICE

G. 1923, by Laura Miller

II can do what anyone else can do"
small girl out In Arkansas took as
her motto. Then she added to it, If
it's worth while can even 60 'em one
better!"
Thereupon life "called her bluff"
as the boys say. Lucymay Schaer
had started the family record by be-
ing the first of five small Schaers.
She was within an ace Of winning a
coveted school record at graduation,
when-failure, an empty family purse.
Lucymay landed teachers job.
Then the Hot Springs paper-did
say Lucymay lived in Arkansas down
at the very end Of branch railroad?
carried letter from Uncle Sam to
Lucymay. Extra luck7 Hardly. It
was just an announcement Of exam
nations for post Office clerks. Lucy
may felt bit Of thrill when she
went into 'frst-class Office" Of the
United States government.
Then, women can't earn their sal
aries," she was informed, but she set
herself to qualify for special clerk
ship. The department rules that
clerk must handle letters at the rate
Of 16 per minute. Miss Schaer aver
ages 60 per minute, and has, on tests,
climbed up to u without error. But
she held no political pull" and spe-
cial clerkships were jobs handed to
the faithful. She stuck to the job.
Four years ago came the merit rul-
ing: semi-annual examinations to de-
termine those eligible for special clerk
ships. when my winning day ar
rived" she says. 1T was on merit
alone"
Outside the Office she has mothered
two younger sisters, gone into the
local Y. w. G. A. and learned team.
work by gaining members for the post
Office clerks organization. When a
new organization that seeks out sue
cessful women reached Hot Springs, it
didn't require political pull to make
Lucymay Schaer successfully local
and state president of the business
and professional women's club. She
still holds, so far as she knows, the
post Office record. "Of post Office
work." she says, II believe good
woman worker can succeed better than
q man. Her hands are quicker and
her brain travels faster" And as for
living In the smaller place she sug-
gests. "One must prepare herself for
Q special line to succeed"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-13
can Wife," "The Impossible Mrs. Bel
lew" and others.

can Wife" "The Impossible Mrs. Bel
lew" and others.
Whitman Bennett, who produced
"The Leavenworth Case" which will
be shown at the Caughren Theatre
Friday and Saturday, figures that the
original novel by Anna Katherine
Green, on which the picture is based,
has been read by more than ten mil
lion persons and is still prime fav-
orite. "The Leavenworth Case," one
of the first of the many successful
mystery stories by Anna Katherine
Green, was ,rst published in 1878
and still has a regular sale at $500
copy and has considerable demand
in the public Libraries. During the
forty-five years it has been published
as book in many different editions,
it has been serialized and repeatedly
syndicated and twice it has been
dramatized and presented on the
stage. It has been translated and
successfully published in virtually all
the modern languages.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-13
Earwio an Odd Insect,

Earwigs are insects. but they ar,
not bugs or beetles or flies; they are
In fact, an order all by themselves
without any relatives. Their name is
derived from an old superstition tina,
they entered the ears of sleepers and
did damage therein. As d matter OF
fact, earwigs are usually vegetarians
though they have been known to de
your animal debris. Petals of flowers
as well as leaves and fruit, are their
chosen diet. The earwig is very
small insect, and usually it does its
deadly work In the dark and tries to
romaiu NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nows
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-13

Cameron, Gus Weinberg, Maude
Turner Gordon, Cyril Ring and
Katherine Spencer. Ralph Ince di-
rected.
A water chase in a dense fog with
a suspected murderer and sheriff s
posse as principals is but one of
many thrilling episodes in Dorothy
Dalton's new Paramount starring pic
ture, "'Fog Bound" coming to the
Caughren Theatre for one day Tues
day next. David Powell, as the lead
ing man in the picture, is the pursued,
and among the pursuers are Maurice
Costello, Jack Richardson, Willard
Cooley and Warren Cook, all playing
principal roles. Irwin Willat directed
the production, and Paul Dickey wrote
the scenario from the short story by
Jack Bechdolt.
If Bluebeard of the fable had had
eight wives as lovely as those chosen
for the Paramount picture, "Blue-
boards 9th Wife," starring Gloria
Swanson which comes to the Caugh-
rem theatre Wednesday and Thurs
day of next week he might have
been less prone to dispose of them in
such a cavalier manner.
These eight women, Miss Swanson
the star, being the eighth, are all dis
tinct types and exceptionally charm.
ing. And they dress distinctively
for in this film, as in all of Miss
Swanson's pictures, clothes are an i'm.
portant factor. But there is intense
dramatic acting for the star, as we'll
The settings are lavish and in every
respect this picture is a worthy sue.
cessor to the brilliant offerings in
which Gloria Swanson has appeared
for Paramount, such as "My Ameri.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-13
Mako "chamois" Of sheepskin.

The term "chamois" Is a misnomer
today; for although this leather was
originally prepared from the skin Of
the chamois of southern Europe, it is
now made from sheepskin, and the
term refers to the process and not to
the actual leather. The part Of the
sheep used for "chamois" is the I'M
derskin, which until recently was dis
carded as Of no value. At one time
doeskin was also used for making
"chamois" gloves, but doeskin has a
value Of its own and is not often en-
ployed now In the preparation of
channels Observation-Disclosures Guar
dian.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-13

n B. Frrseemmsndasion a Grades q Polasins
- - II eaeHpes and trucks consult chart q
any Standard Oh Co. 0ndiana) Sta&iea.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-13

Consolation for Short Sighted.
Short-sighted people are said to be
the most intelligent section Of the
population.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-21
COMPANY "A"
AGAIN GIVEN
VERDICT HERE
Jury in District Court Returns
$6,5O0 Verdict Against
E. A. Hughes
CASE ON A RETRIAL
Verdict Substantially Same
as on First Trial, Plain
tiff Attorney Says

A verdict for $4,000 against E. A..
Hughes was given Company a." Ma
tional Guard Training school, Bis
marck, personal property in the arm
CRY occupied by the company when
it was mustered into service in the
World War and which Company "a"
alleged the defendant converted to
his own use.
The verdict was given in the dis
trict court today.
The judgment, according to Theo-
dore koffel and F. A. Hellstrom, at
tofneys for Company "a" is substan-
TALLY the same as given in the for
mer trial of this case in district
court. In the first trial the jury
gave judgment for $4,000 and inter
est. In this trial the jury gave &c.
600 without interest, they said.
After the first trial of the case,
Hughes appealed to the supreme
court which held that conversion was
shown but that the trial judge erred
in admitting testimony of directors
qualified as owners, according ia
plaintiff attorneys. 1t ordered a new
trial. In the present trial this sit
uation Was avoided, attorneys fol-
the plaintiff said, the directors be-
ing qualified as non-experts.
The instructions of Judge Wolfe
o. Wahpeton,. who presided, to the
jury, they added, were that as a
matter Of lay conversion of personal
property by Hughes had been proved
This, they added, left the sole ques-
tion for the jury the amount of dam
ages. N A.
The jury retired at GAO o'clock
Saturday night. The verdict read in
court this morning before Judge Cof-
fey, Judge Wolfe having returned,
was that it was agreed on at l2:40
p. m. Sunday. The verdict was un-
der the new fivc-sixths law. The
case was tried by II jurors. Ten
of them agreed to the verdict. The
other juror, attorneys for the plain
tiff said, disagreed as to the form.
Of the verdict.
Following this verdict the court
today began hearing the case Of Rob-
ert Falconer, young son Of James
Falconer, against Louisa Gutenberg,
for damages growing out of an au-
tomobile accident in 1921.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-21
7 DROWN IN
OIL TANK IN
FIGHTING FIRE
Three Captains and Four
HOsemen Perish in Pitts
burgh, Fighting Fire

Pittsburgh, Jan. 21.-Sevcn men,
two captains and five hoscmcn
of the Pittsburgh fire department
were drowned in oil while fighting
fire at the Butler street plant Of
the Atlantic Refining Company to-
day. The bodies we're recovered after
the fire had been brought under
control with the momentary loss un
estimated.
A number Of firemen also were
injured. The fire broke out in tank
containing 10000 gallons of oil. Fire
lines were thrown out for four or
five blocks on the east side of the
refinery which adjoins residence
district and many families deserted
their homes. The captains and their
men were on top of ladder which
extended over a tank which adjoincd
the building. Oil in this tank was
being drawn off when the ladder
broke. and the men fell into the tank
a chemical eXtinguisher automatically
released by the heat of. the burning
oil nearby, the authorities said, COW
cred the oil and fumes issuing from
it and was believed to have overcome
the struggling firemen. They sank al
most at once and the bodies later
We're recovered through the man
hole at the tank.
The cause of the fire has not been
determined.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-01-21
JUDGE PLEDGED
OBSERVANCE OF
LIQUOR LAWS

Rugby, N. d., Jan. 2l.-Eleven
moonshiners who pleaded guilty in
district court here before Judge C..
w. Buttz Of Devils Lake, pledged
themselves individually and collec-
lively that in the future they will
not violate the prohibition law and
if possible they will prevent anyone
else from doing so. The talk along
law enforcement lines which Judge
Buttz gave to the defendants had
considerable effect.
Each of the defendants received
80 days in Jail and fine of 5000
and costs of s25. Those pleading
guilty were: John Richter, Sebas-
tian Kraft, Leander Lima, Pet Ge-
froh, Nick Ehli, Jacob Bertsch, Fred
Hilzendeger, Valentine Huck, Jacob
Settler. Mike Fischer and John
Hager.