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History of Meerschaum Brings
Interesting Facts To Light
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 5.
II the shade of the smoker’s pipe were
o' as much moment as, the hue of mi
lady’s spring costume the possible
shortage in the meerschaum market
might have attracted as mucli atten
tion in America since the beginning of
the war, as lias the interruption of our
aniline dye trade with Germany, for
♦he main source of the world’s supply
of this earthly mineral lines in the zone 1
of hostilities. The National Geographic
society, with headquarters in Wash
r.gton, in its war geography bulletin
issued today, gives the following little
known facts about the meerschaum
mines of Eski-sehr, the Moslem city of
20,000 people, which lies 200 miles to
the south of Constantinople, on the
banks of the Pursak Su, in Asia Minor.
“Meerschaum, which derives its
same from the fact that particles of it
were discovered floating on the Black
Sea, giving rise to the belief that it
was petrified sea-foam, has been dug
from the alluvial deposits in the plains
®f Eskisehr for a thousand years. Some
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SANITARY
MARKET
To Open
MAY 15TH
' I wish to announce to the
public that I will open a
Sanitary Market about May
15th, in the corner store of
the Byne Block, at corner of
Forsyth and Lee streets.
It is my desire to give the
public the best in Native and
Western Meats; also fresh
Fish and Vegetables daily.
We invite the public to call
on us when we open and let
us serve you.
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‘ Get the “Brighten-Up” Spirit ]•
I e s
It will make your home more attractive; keep it clean,
healthful and in good repair. “Brighten-Up” means
more than just painting. But painting is the first and
more important part. A well-painted house is a
pleasure to see, a joy to live in and a big economy j
to the owner.
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(w Paints & Varnishes
are mixed with the genuine “Brighten-Up” spirit,
For every surface inside and outside the home we can |
supply a suitable Sherwin-Williams finish in any
color and all ready to apply. Let us help you to
“Brighten-Up.” ,
Allen’s Drug & Seed Store
of the meerschaum beds, located about
IS miles from the city, have as many
as 2,000 openings. Here 4,000 Kurds
and Persians, in groups of from three
to fifteen, burrow through yard-wide
holes to depths of from 20 to 200 feet,
working night and day under the flick
ering light of oil lamps. The lumps
of mineral clay which they seeg si
commercially valuable in nodules as
; small as a hazel nut, while occasionally
pieces as large as apples are found.
‘‘When the meerschaum is first
brought to the surface it has a gray
ish or yellowish tinge and is so soft
that it can be scraped with a knife.
In the summer it is left to dry in the
sun, but in the winter it is placed in
ovens, where it is subjected to a steady
i temperature day and night for nine
days, when it becomes snow white and
loses two thirds of its weight. After
being rubbed with flannel and polish
ed with wax it is wrapped in cotton and
sent to Austria or America to be re
soaked until it is so soft that it can
I be. cut like cheese, after which it is
J sawn into convenient pipe shahpe elab
I ( orately carved, if desired, and fitted
■ with amber stems from Germany. Be
fore the war the value of Eski-sehr’s
meerschaum exports was more than
$1,300,000 annually.
I "Even the most aesthetically in-
■ dined of our American millionaires
i would hardly consider the luxury of
' living in a palace built of meerschaum
■ as within the range of their fortunes,
P yet there are many unpretentious
houses of this material in the Spanish
] town of Vallecas, near Madrid, where a
j course variety of this substance is to
Lbe found. On the other hand, the Mor
] oceans, just across the straits of Gi
i bralter, find that still another variety
|; of meerschaum lathers freely and they
use it, perhaps sparingly, as a substi-
, tute for soap.
I"The chips and saw dust of the meer
| schaum pipe factories make an ex-
I cdlent cleansing powder for removing
stains from costly fabrics and inferior
pipe is also made from these scraps,
the fragments being bound together
with some solution and then molded
into blocks.
“Meerschaum is found in Greece and
in Hrubschitz, Moravia, as well as in
Asia Minor, and to a limited extent in
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and in
ti e upper Gilia valley, near Silver City,
New’ Mexico.”
Glass of Hot Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
Open sluices of the system each
morning and wash away the
poisonous, stagnant matter.
Those of us who are accustomed to
feel dull and heavy when we arise;
splitting headache, stuffy from a cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom
ach, lame back, can, instead, both
look and feel as fresh as a daisy al
ways by washing the poisons and
toxins from the body with phosphated
hot water each morning.
We should drink, before breakfast,
a glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in it
to flush from the stomach, liver, kid
neys and ten yards of bowels the
previous day’s indigestible waste,
sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus
cleansing, sweetening and purifying
the entire alimentary tract before put
ting more food into the stomach.
The action of limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach is
wonderfully invigorating. It cleans
out all the sour fermentations, gases,
waste and acidity and gives one a
splendid appetite for breakfast and it
is said to be but a little while until
the roses begin to appear in the
cheeks. A quarter pound of limestone
phosphate will cost very little at the
drug store, but is sufficient to make
anyone who is bothered with bilious
ness, constipation, stomach trouble or
rheumatism a real enthusiast on the
subject of internal sanitation. Try
it and you are assured that you will
look better and feel better in every
way shortly.
Try a WANT Al) in the Times-Re.
cordcr. They pay big dividends
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
NICE SUM REALIZED FROM
BENEFIT PERFORMANCE
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The benefit performance of the
Greenwood shows this afternoon for
the Americus hospital association was
a success in every particular.
The bill presented was a vaudeville
sketch of high character, and the
players were at their best in the ren-'
I
dition of same. A large crowd at-1
tended, and a nice little sum was real
ized for the Hospital association from
ti e sale of tickets, Chero-Cola and
other things.
It is very commendable in Manager’
Greenwood, the giving of this benefit
performance for such a laudable insti-j
■ tution as the Americus Hospital asso
ciation, and the thanks of an appre
ciative public are his for so doing.
As has already been stated in these
columns, the Greenwood shows are
high class entertainments, which fact
is evidenced by the large crowds that
attend each evening.
NOTICE.
I
I am an expert finisher of high ’
grade furniture, such as pianos, office
furniture and bank fixtures. Will be
in the city but a short time. I want
ycur work. Antique furniture a spec-
, laity. Prices reasonable. Address
J. H. PIERSON,
Windsor Hotel. Phone 84.
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Legal Adverlisemenis j
GEORGlA—Webster County.
WHEREAS, the undersigned were
duly appointed commissioners to
make sale of property hereinafter de
-scribed, under and by virtue of an
order granted by Superior Court of
V’ebster County, Georgia, at the Oc
tober term, 1915, and
WHEREAS, said commissioners
did, under and by virtue of said order
expose said land for sale and the same
was purchased by R. R. Bridges and
he, the said R. R. Bridges, refused to
comply with the bid made in the pur
chase of said land, and
WHEREAS, later, at the April
Term, 1916, of Webster Superior
Court, said commissioners made a re
port of their actings and doings and
thereupon, an order was taken to re
sell said land after advertising the
same for thirty days in the Americus
Times-Recorder, selling the same to
the highest bidder for cash.
NOV,’, THEREFORE in considera
tion of the premises and said order,
we the commissioners
will sell onWhe first Tuesday in June,
1916, between the legal hours of sale,
before the court house door, in Pres
ton, Webster County, Georgia, all of
the following described property, to
wit:
A CERTAIN TRACT or parcel of
land, lying and being in the County of I
Webster and State of Georgia, and j
more particularly described as fol
lows: Lying and being in the village
of Weston and known as the dwelling |
and lot of A. K. Patterson and the■
same as was conveyed by one J. W. F.
Lowery to A. K. Patterson and con
taining two (2) acres of land; also
another tract lying and being in the
county of Webster and all of a tract
containing twenty-eight (28) acres,
which was conveyed by the adminis
trators of the estate of one Z. F.
Saunders to one G. C. Patterson and
from G. C. Patterson to A. K. Patter
son, save and except t the following
lands, to-wit: One square acre con-,
veyed to the W’eston High School for
school purposes, said land being the
same on which the Weston Academy]
now stands and the avenue leading
from the Lumpkin and Dawson road
to said academy striking said acre di- j
rectly in the center; and one other
lot of oue square acre, lying directly
north and joining the above described,
lot or acre, being the same that was :
conveyed by A. K. Patterson to the
j Weston I.odge No. 80, F. & A. M„ and
, another lot containing two (2) acres,’
more or less, lying east of and be-1
| tween last above described lodge, acre,
| or lot, and the Preston and Cuthbert
| road, and now known as the School
( House Lot belonging to A. K. Patter-
■ son, and another lot out of said twen-]
i ty-eight (28) acre tract, containing
one acre, more or less, embracing just
what land is under enclosure and now'|
known as the resident lot of J. G. ]
, Calhoun and bounded on the south by
I the Lumpkin and Dawson public road,
lon the w’est and north by a part of
] said twenty-eight acres and on the
; east by lands of one Dennard. This
j tract containing twenty-three (23);
j acres, more or less; Also another tract]
containing one acre, more or less, I
and is same as w'as conveyed by Wes-'
on Lodge No. 80. F. & A. M. to A. K.
’atterson, known as the Old Academy
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GRADUATING gk
DRESS
' $15.00 OB
OTHERS UP TO $20.00
Net, 1 Lace and Silk Combinations J? Vr
SILK STREET DRESSES
$12.50 to $25.00 ;
New models in solids checks and stripes. Styles
that you will like—come in and try them on.
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SKIRTS—BIG VALUES
at $3.50, $5.00, $7.50, $8.98, & SIO.OO
A number of new models on todays express
WASH SKIRTS—SI,S 1.25, $1.50, $2.00
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MEMBER AMERICUS CHA MBEI£ 0F COMMERCE.
and Lodge Lot, and bounded on the ]
cast by residence lot of A. K. Patter-;
son, on the south by Lumpkin road,
on the west by public road leading ’
north from Weston and on the north
by lands of A. K. Patterson; and ex
cepting one and three-fourths (1 3-4)
acres, more or less, lying between the
Calhoun lot and the School house lot
and now owned by S. W. Adams, all of
the above described lands lying and
being in the 19th district of Webster
County, Georgia.
THE SALE IS made for the purpose
ot distributing the estate of the said
A K. Patterson, deceased. Terms of
sale cash.
A. D. GOSS,
J. G. MERRITT,
O. L. PERRY,
Commissioners.
GEORGIA, Sumter County.
To All Whom It May Concern: Mrs.
Mary H. Campbell having, in proper
form, applied to me for permanent Let
ters of Administration on the estate of
K. C. Campbell, late of said county,
this is to cite all and singular the
ci editors and next of kin of K. C.
Campbell to be and appear at my office
within the time allowed by law, and
show cause, if any they can, why per
manent administration should be
granted to Mrs. Mary H. Campbell on !
K. C. Campbell’s estate.
Witness my hand and official signa-]
ture, this Ist day of May, 1916.
JOHN A. COBB, Ordinary.
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BUY the Urge sizes of JONES’
BALSAM OF BENZOIN when your
horses are troubled with scratches
thrush, galled shoulders, swellings and
flesh wounds. Sod on the money-back
plan. Ask your dealer for it. 9-lm
FOR RENT
FOR RENT Couuple furnished
glooms; gas stove; water in kitchen;
i screened; lights and phone; no child
. ren. Address “Rooms,” Box 468. 5-2 t
FOR RENT—Our home on Taylor
| street. Mrs. U. S. Haisten. 2-ts
FOR RENT—Five-room house on
I Forrest street; convenient to school;
possession ghen May Ist. J. S. Bol
■ ton. 26-ts
FOR RENT—Two nice upstairs fur-
I nished or unfurnished, connecting
rooms; close in. Phone 699. J. P. Can
! non, 409 Lamar street. 20-ts
j FOR RENT—Eight-room house with
modern improvements, on Lee street,
No. 131; close in; possession at once.
K. E. Cato. 13 _ tf
FOR RENT—House and lot 165 Tay
lor street, now occupied by J. T.
Stakes. See R E. McNulty. 8-a
WANTED—Miscellaneous
WE WANT to give you all the broken
stone that you can use. Schneider
Marble Co. 25-24 t
kARM LOANS can give goo(
terms on farm loans; money plenti
ful. W. W. Dykes.
FRIDAY, MAY 5, DIG'
I FARM LOANS—at 6 per cent, inter
►. est. Terms satisfactory. R. l. May
j nard.
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J. A. GLASGOW, tailor-making, rt>
> pairing; display Mason-Hanson sam
ples. 215 Lamar Street. 5-lw
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■ LOANS made on farms at Six Per-
I Cent. Interest. J. J. Hanesley.
FOR SALE
LEE STREET SAND PIT—In old
Elbert Head Fish Pond. Best buildins
I sand in Georgia. Short haul, easy tc
'cad, very accessible, 20 cents for 2
i horse load at pit, or 85 cents delivered;
<->c in large quantities. See Harrold
Brothers or L. G. Council. 21-ts
FOR SALE—Egg Plants, Tomato
i Tetanias and Bell Pepper plants. Mrs.
1 Neon Buchanan. 26-ts
■ ] FOR SALE—Three 7-feet second
: hand Deering binders; three 6-feet sec
ond-hand McCormick binders; in good
condition, at bargain prices. Address
J Arles Plantation, R. F. D„ Anderson
ville, Ga. Phone 2703. 28-ts
FOR SALE—Two 60-foot front, va
cant lots, on the north side of Tayloi
street, Americus, Ga., being a part ol
the lot known as the A. B. Campbell
home lot. and lying immediately eat
of the residence of D. R. Andrews. For
terms of sale see R. L. Maynard, Ex
ecutor of Estate Mrs. A. B. Camp
teil. 21-ts
The people whose advertisement*
von read in this paper are on the level.
They’re not afraid of their goods.
SEE US
It is now spring and house-cleani. g
time. Why not let us make your Mat
tresses over for you, or make you a
new one. The rule is for every person
o get an average of eight hours sleep
* day; so if you are going to spend a
third of your life sleeping, why not
sleep comfortably, on a good mattress’
Try us at 120.
Pope Wta Companv