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SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 1917. ♦ SOCIETY NEWS ♦ *♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ft ♦ THE BRAVE AT HOME. ♦ The maid who binds her warrior's sash With smile that well her pain dis semble, The whole beneath her drooping lash One story tear-drop hangs and trem bles, Though heaven above record the tear. And fame shall never knew her story Her heart hath shed a drop as dear, As e’er bedimmed the fields of glory! The wife who girds the husband’s sword, 'Mid little ones who weep and won der. And bravely speaks the cheering word, What, though her heart be rent asun der. Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e’er Was poured upon the field of battle! The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she (pres- ses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief. Kissing the patriot brow she blesses. With no one but her secret God To know the pain that weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood as e’er the sod Received to freedom’s field of honor. —Thomas Buchanon Read. • * • DENHAM-GATEWOOD. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Denham, of Amer icus, announce the engagement of their daughter, Flora Virginia, to Mr, T- Furlow Gatewood, Jr., the wedding to take place in June at the First Metho dist church, Americus. * * * MISS M’AFEE ENTERTAINED NEIGHBORHOOD 42 CLUB. On yesterday afternoon Miss Madge McAfee was hostess to the Neighbor hood 42 Club at her home on Church street. Honeysuckle and other spring blossoms were used effectively in the decorative scheme. Forty-two was played at six tables, and late in the afternoon a salad course, followed by an ice, was served. Those present were Mrs. Clarence Pinkston s Pinkston’s $25 Suits Are Superior to Any $25 Suit in Americus Next week we will spec ialize on $25.00 suits and will show on the front rack a lot of fifty suits, right new, from fourteens to forty fours. They are from the best manufactur ers in America and com pare with $35.00 values easily. Ask to see the suits that are being specialized at $25.00 at Pinkston s * Davis, Mrs. D. F. Bowles, Mrs. Cloyd Buchanan, Mrs. Zach Childers, Mrs. B. F. Mattingly, Mrs. James Bynum, Mrs. Willis Morgan, Mrs. Neon Buchanan. Mrs. G. W. Riley, Mrs. W. M. Riley, Mrs. T. O. Marshall, Mrs. Stephen Pace, Mrs. Clarence Terrell, Mrs. R. S. I Broadhurst, Mrs. Eugene Hill, Mrs. S. ■ R. Heys, Mrs. E. H. Bradley, Mrs. E.! M. Viquesney, Mrs. Gordon Heys, Miss Fmmae Mae Borum, Miss Callie Slap pey, Miss Nannie Sue Bell, Mrs. Thomas McLendon, Miss Emmie Mor gan, Miss Lena Hardy. .* * * U. D. C. TO MEET ON TUESDAY AT LIBRARY. The Americus chapter of the Unit ed Daughters of Confederacy will hold its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon, April 3rd at 3:30 o’clock at the Car regie Library. MRS. SHELTON HARRIS, Sec’y. ♦ ♦ ♦ MRS. PERSONS AND MRS. ( LARK ENTERTAIN Mrs. W. P. Persons and Mrs. Carroll J. Clark entertained the Workers of the First Baptist Church on Wednes day afternoon, at the home of the lat ter. Early spring flowers and fems made the interior of the Clark home very attractive. The guests whiled away a very pleasant afternoon sewing, and at the conclusion of which, an ice course was served. * * * MRS ERNEST TYSON ENTERTAINS 42 CLUB Mrs. Ernest Tyson very delightfully entertained her club on Friday after noon in honor of her sister, Mrs. L. P. Griffin, of Columbus. A profusion of dogwood and spring blossoms were used to adorn the rooms. The Easter idea was carried out in score cards, doilers and dainty prize, which was awarded to Mrs. Lee Fetner for top score. After the game an ice course was served. Those present were, Mrs. L. P. Griffith, Mrs. T. F. Mabry, Mrs. Chas. Bostwick, Mrs. Joe Sutton, Mrs. Lee Fetner, Mrs. Will Sullivan, Mrs. Ned Sawyer, Mrs. Irving Poole. Mrs. Clar ence Nickolson, Mrs. Law Rees, Mrs. Edd Prather, Miss Mabel Sawyer, Mrs. Robert Fetner. Ml SIC STUDY CLUB TO MEET WITH MRS. HARRIS. On account of the absence from the city of Miss Elizabeth Cobb, the Music Study club will meet Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock with the president, Mrs. J. W. Harris, Jr., in stead of with Miss Cobb as announced at the last meeting of the club. Miss Sallie Johnson will have charge of the program and will be assisted by Mrs. Harris, who will read in her usually charming manner the opera, “Fran cesca Da Rimini.” LEE STREET BOYS GAVE SURPRISE PARTY Lee street boys Friday night gave a surprise party in honor of Miss Eugenia Warlick at her her home on Church street, the young folks de scending in force on the honoree and enjoying themselves until a late hour. Refreshments were served late In the evening and the occasion proved to be one of the most enjoyable of the series given during the present season by the younger set. ♦ ♦ ♦ GIRL’S CAMPING COLONY IS NEW ORGANIZATION The Girl’s Camping Colony is a new hiking club which made its formal bow yesterday morning with a hike to Holley Springs, on the Dixie Highway, where they had breakfast. Miss Mary Hawkes is the chaperon for the club, and the members are Miss Mary Rose Brown, Miss Orlean Ansley, Miss Ger aldine Payne. Miss Mary Sue Cham bliss, Miss Margery Brown, Miss Mary Alice Lingo, Miss Mary Sheffield, Miss Naomi Wright, Miss Eunice Royal, Miss Margery Kalmon, Miss Pauline Broadhurst, and Miss Dorothy Cargill. I&M.TEJIM OPENS WITH HJIICTIffI The Third District A. & M. College yesterday afternoon defeated Colum ■ gus Indistrial High school in the first baseball game of the 1917 season, scor ing a 5-0 victory over the aggregation from the mill city on the local dia mond. The game was well played from start to finish as the small score in dicates and the defeat of the visitors was only accomplished after a deter mined attack by the A. & M. batsmen. McClellan pitched well for the In dustrial High team, but was succeeded by a left-handed huiler when he finally proved ineffective. Pantone was never in serious danger and held the visitors scoreless throughout the nine hard-fought in nings. In winning the opening game of the season, the A. & M team starts off its schedule auspiciously, and Manager Dorman is confident that it will wind up its 1917 record with a good chance for the championship of south Georgia. The line-up of the A. & M. team was as follows: Bridges, rs; Moran, If.; Levie. 2b.; Smith, cf.; Sears, ss.; Hill, 3b.; Chappell, lb.; Dorman, c.; Pan tone p. LAUGHABLE GOMEDI IT THE HIGH SCHOOL “Lost—A Chaperon,” is the enter taining comedy in three acts which will be given at the High school audi torium Monday night by the members of the Senior class, the proceeds to be de' oted to the publicatio nos their an nual. The curtain will go up prompt ly at 8 o’clock and the general admis sion is 25c. The comedy is laughable, and with the excellent talent from the Senior class it is assured that the entertain ment will be one of the feature events for the school. DISQUIETING RUMORS ARE CIRCULATING IN PEKING ABOUT MAN( HU’S RULE PEKING, March 31.—Disquieting rumors are in circulation in Peking concerning an alleged plan to make a separate state out of Manchuria and place it under Manchu rule, with the capltol at Mukden. Three sons of the late Prince Ching, the most famous of the Manchu states men who directed Chinese affairs dur ing the last years of the monarchy, recently went from Dairen to Japan, where they are to take courses tn mil itary schools. The departure of these young Manchns. all of whom arc of age. prompted mush newspaper dis cussion as to the plans of the young princes. Many newspapers in North China regard Japan’s interest in the young Manchus with much suspicion. Yet Hope. “Waiter, have you forgotten me?' "No, sir, not yet, sir.” —Masses. THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER. MAFFETT’S NEW PRINCESS SKIRTS $1.50 -T054.98 $4.98 New shipment fresh from the market, in plain stripes,poeker dots I and in the latest patterns. J. D. MAFfETT Hamilton’s Store Americus, - Georgia I’ROOF THAT INDUNS ARE MEMBERS OF THE LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL BERKLEY, Cal., March 31.—The theory that the American Indians are members of the lost tribes of Israel was given added proof here today when Dr. E. W. Gifford of California University’s anthropology department announced his discovery of similar rites and practices between the Kawaiisu Indians of the Kern River section and the ancient Hebrews. The Hebrews, according to the Bible, held that if a man died without offspring his brother should marry the widow and the flrtsborn of that union should be known as the dead man’s child. The Kawiisu Indians ob serve the same custom. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION WARNS COAL DEALERS NOT TO HOLD THEIR PRICES UP WASHINGTON, March 31.—There have been whispers that coal dealers in the United States won’t make their annual reductions of from fifty cents to a dollar a ton in coal on dates from April Ito May 15. So the Federal Trade Commission today went on rec ord as warning the dealers that there is plenty of coal in the country aud plenty of facilities to distribute it; and that if they fail to make their regular deductions they will be answerable to the commission. New York dealers announce they wouldn’t make their annual 50 cent reduction beginning Monday. That was how ever before the Commission spoke. BUILDING CONTRACTORS TO REBUILD RHEUMS SOON RHEIMS, France, March 31.—The building contractors of Rheims and representatives of all the building trades are organizing a mutual and co oi«rative society with a view to be ginning the rebuilding of the city »s soon as the German artillery is push ed back out of range. MARRIAGE INVITATIONS Reception and Visiting Cards Monogram Stationery Greeting Cards ENGRAVED IN CORRECT STYLE Send for Samples and Prices J. P STEVENS ENGRAVING CO. 47 Whitehall St. 99 Peachtree St. Atlanta, Georgia FRENCH HAVE A NEW KIND OF OBSERVATION HALLOO' PARIS, March 31.—Abong the latest triumphs of the French aerial service is a new observation balloon known as Lc Caquot. At the beginning of the war observers other than those in aeroplanes utilized kite balloons of the German Drachen type called by the French soldiers “sausages." There are still some of these in use at the front but La Caquot is much preferred. In shape it resembles a great tad pole. Whereas the Drachen is incon venienced by a wind of from 50 to 55 feet a second, Le Caquot can remain in the air unless the wind exceeds 65 to 75 feet a second. it takes 50 experienced men to man oeuvre it for as soon as it leaves the shed great attention must be paid to the wind currents so as to save the envelopes from being torn. Attached to the balloon is a wicker car, in which the observer Is Installed with > his maps, charts, arms, barometers, 1 and telephone, the latter fixed over his; ears so as to leave his hands free. He is also provided with glasses and a white silk parachute for an emergency.i When the balloon attains an altitude of from 2,000 feet to 3,000 feet the windless to which the cable is fixed is drawn by horses or motorcar at a mod erate pace to a point near the nemy lines, where a refuge excavated in the soil has been prepared. This ac complished, the observer transmits his instructions by telephone. Two anti aircraft posts are established nearby to keep off the German airplanes. If the balloon is menaced the crew brings it down from 5,000 feet in seven to ten minutes. Observers frequently pass from fif teen to eighteen hours in the restricted space of the balloon cars, communicat ing with the batteries by telephone, but even strong men are unable to pass more than three days at a time at this exhausting occupation, constantly exposed to the enemy’s fire. WOMEN MORE ANXIOUS THAN AVERAGE MAN TO JOIN NAVY i NEW YORK, March 31.—“ Are wo men more patriotic than men?” Dur ing the past week two women to every . nan have applied for enlistment in I the United States Marine corps, ac-| i cording to Captain Frank E. Evans, | officer in charge of recruiting here. “One woman insisted upon being as ' signed to duty on a battleship,” said Captain Evans. “It was difficult to convince her that women are not per mitted to serve in any capacity on warships.” A recent ruling of Secretary Dan iels provides for the enlistment of wo men to fill clerical positions, only, in case of war. This has encouraged pa triotic daughters of America, who pre fer machine guns to typewriters, to efier their services as actual combat ants. TO PROVIDE CREDIT ON REASONABLE TERMS AFTER THE WAR I SOWER PARIS, March 31.—T0 provide cred it on reasonable terms to tradesmen and manufacturers of moderate means whose situation might otherwise be precarious after the war, the French Parliament has authorized the organ ization of mutual loan guaranty soci eties and mutual banking societies. It is proposed that the two types of org anization shall cooperate in providing credit. Merchants and manufacturers are to unite in associations and accum ulate a fund to be deposited in the mu tual banks. Then if a merchant de sires a loan the guaranty company will endorse his note which he can discount at the mutual bank. If the borrower fails to pay the note at ma turity the mutual guaranty society must pay it from its collective fund. The minister of commerce, has been authorized to advance 12,000,000 francs without interest to enable the mutual banks to meet their immediate needs. SECOND CABLE BROKEN CONNECTING COPENHAGEN WITH GREAT BRITAIN | COPENHAGEN. March 31.—The breaking of the second cable connect ing Copenhagen with Great Britain Is confirmed here. Only two cables now remain, one of which is devoted entire ly to Anglo-Russian business. The! newspapers here are urging the re sumption of the wireless service which existed at the beginning of the war. TO EXTEND BAGDAD RAILWAY ACROSS THE BOSPORUS BERLIN. March 31.—German engin eering experts are preparing plans for the extension of the Bagdad Railway across the Bosporus. One of the plans prepared is for for a tunnel under the straits, which the other contemplated a crossing by means of a bridge 660 yards in length. SENT TO THE FRONT FOR LECTURING AGAINST DOGMAS AMSTERDAM, March 31.—Herr Ve reyen, professor of philisophy at Bonn, has been sent to the front for deliver ing a lecture against Christian dogmas. WESTERN SUFFRAGISTS TO INVADE DIXIE LAND WASHINGTON, D. C., March 31. To further their plans for a political alliance between the South and the West, the National Woman’s party is all ready for the start tomorrow of its “Dixie Drive.” A small army of women in automobiles, led by Miss Maude Younger, of California, will tour the Solid South to spread the gospel of the party. The states to be visited Include Vir ginia, North and South Carolina, Geor gia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Ken tucky, West Virginia and Maryland. Six organizers already have preceded the invaders into the South. These in clude Vivian Pearce, of California; Beulah Amidon, of North Dakota; Mrsf Sh. Clair Thompson, of North Carolina; Doris Stevens, of Nebraska; Mabel Vernon, of Delaware, and Lucy Bran ham, of Maryland. Mass meetings will be held in all towns and cities of importance and state conventions will be held In all the We Wish to Announce Our Spring Millinery Opening for Children Tuesday, April 3rd HI IJL | We have ju& received | a new shipments the I v'‘kuf 1 latent spring styles in Mil- I I '/V linery. Our stock is com h !; / 1 posed of a fine assortment , I I / \| of almost every style, in- 3 p/ \ ■ sJp — 1i I 3 eluding all of the newest \ I creations. J\ 1 r Prices from cheap ones Jhaf'sStunning Marie! to ‘ he ve,y ’ ue ' a tWs - n made. wgus/wfcdrC' WoadeM * , y. . We invite you to call MISSES HAY & TILLMAN Map REFRIGERATORS REFRIGERATORS We now have on display one of the nicest and mofl complete assortment of Baldwin and Leanord Cleanable Refrigerators. We have them in the Porcelain and White Enam el Linings, also with the separate Water Cooler at tachment. Call and let us show our line while the stock is complete in all of the different sizes. 1. 11. S«ITB~H!RNffirRE CCMPANI ALC AZ An | THEATREIX | Monday 5 & 10c H Paramount Picture Blanche Sweet, in “THE EVIL EYE” - Five acts Tuesday 5 & 10c S Metro Pictures Viola Dana, in ‘•THE MORTAL SIN” Five acts Wednesday Matinee 5 & 10c Nlgbl IOS isc E Triangle Pictures Louise Glaum, Dorothy Dalton and Chas. Ray —IN— “THE WEAKER SEX” Five acts and a 2 reel comedy Y capitals. The Southern women are taking a keen interest in the campaign. The first town to be invaded Monday will ba Charlotte, N. C„ where a council or war will be held. PAGE FIVE