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In this day and time with graded roads throughout the
country, it is not a question of how much can my mules
pull, but “How Much Will My Wagon Carry?” We have
used four of these famous wagons in our business for the
last eleven years without even having to shrink a tire.
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New Fast Train
Between
MACON AND ATLANTA
Effective May 6th.
Lv. Macon 11:05 a.m.
Ar. Atlanta 1:55 p. m.
Three stops, Forsyth, Barnesville and Griffin
Central of Georgia Railway
THE RIGHT WAY
FOR RENT
5-room bungalow in 7-acre grove; 3 acres open
land; 21 acres under fence with branch through it. All
for sls month. Here is your opportunity to hedge
against the high co£t of living. See me at once.
A. C. CROCKETT
Office—Windsor Hotel
Third District Federation of Women’s Chibs
State President, Mrs. Nellie Petets Black, Atlanta; Vice President at large, Mrs. J. E.
Hayes, Montezuma; Second Vice-President, Mrs. A. P. Brantley, Blackshear.
Mrs. Jere Moore, Montezuma, Mrs. D. GnosspeliusAmericus,
District President D,st " a Ed,tor
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♦ FEDERAL (LUBS HAD ' ♦
♦ DISTRICT MEETING ♦
♦ AT MARSHALLVILLE ♦
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The Federal Clubs of the Third Dis
trict of Georgia met on Friday and
Saturday of last week in Marshallville.
The sessions were presided over by
Mrs. Jere Moore of Montezuma, who is
District President, and the meeting
was most successful and enjoyable in
every respect.
Mrs. J. C. Walker, the president of
the Marshallville Woman's Club and
the entire membership of the club ex
tended to the visitors a most cordial
welcome and every thing possible was
done to make the occasion not only
profitable, but most enjoyable.
The election of officers for the com
ing term was one of the important
features of the convention, the follow
ing officers being elected: District
President, Mrs. Guy Chappell of Daw
son; Vice-President, Mrs. Leon Dickey
of Fitzgerald; Secretary, Mrs. Brown
Marshall of Reynolds. Invitations was
extended from Reynolds and from
Cuthbert for the next District Con
vention, and Reynolds was chosen.
Delegates from the Woman’s Club
of Americus in attendance on the
meeting were, Mrs. Frank Sheffield, the
President, and Mrs. Daisy Gnosspelius,
and from the Music Study Club, Mrs.
Stephen Pace and Mrs. S. H. McKee.
The following delightful program
was arranged and executed:
Friday Afternoon, May 1.
Prayer—Mrs. G. A. Ware.
Music —Miss Doris Taylor.
Address—Mrs. H. H. Merry, Pelham,
state chairman of home economics.
Address—Mrs. Bessie Stanley Wood,
Athens, state agent for home econom
ics.
Address—Mrs. W. C. Holt, Albany,
president Second district.
Automobile ride for delegates.
Friday Evening.
Invocation—Rev. Z. T. Barron.
Music—High school orchestra.
Welcome from the City—Hon. J. W.
Frederick.
Welcome From Marshallville Wo
man’s Club —Mrs. John C. Walker.
Welcome From D. A. R. —Mrs. R. H.
Richard.
Welcome From U. D. C.—Mrs. Alvah
Ware.
Welcome From W. C. T. U.—Mrs. S.
M. Timberlake.
Response—Miss Resa Harp.
Vocal Solo—Miss Annie May Hicks.
Greetings—Mrs. J. E. Hays, Monte
zuma; Mrs. A. P. Brantley, Black
shear; Mrs. H. H. Merry, Pelham;
Mrs. W. C. Holt, Albany.
Address—Mrs. Nellie Peters Black,
State President.
Address—M. L. Brittain, state school
commissioner.
Saturday, May 5.
Prayer—Rev. T. W. Darley.
Piano Solo —Miss Leola Lee.
Minutes —Mrs. Brown Marshall.
Reports From District Chairmen..
Education—Mrs. F. S. Cato.
Civics —Mrs. D. C. Ketchum.
Junior Civics —Miss Snelling.
Conservation—Mrs. Lon Dickey.
Legislation—Mrs. Mims Ware.
Tallulah Falls School —Mrs. Lee
Council.
Library Extension —Mis. Oscar Mc-
Kenzie.
Reports from clubs.
Reports from committees.
Election of officers.
Selection of time and place for next
meeting.
Adjournment for barbecue.
♦ WOMAN’S CLUB OF ♦
♦ ELLAVILLE, GA. ♦
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On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. McGow
ai was hostess for the Woman’s Club.
The committee on fly traps reported
they had succeeded in getting cuts
and prices.
The club women will soon place fly
traps in down town sections.
Several encouraging reports were
made from committees.
Ellaville ladies expect to make of
their little town, which nature has
done so much “A City Beautiful.”
The subject for the afternoon was
"Art and Civic Improvement,” pro
gram as follows:
1. —"A Poem on Art," Mrs. J. H.
Cheney.
2. "An in Daily Life.” Mrs. Charles
McCrory.
3. —"Rosa Marie Bonheur,” Mrs. T.
A. Collins.
4. "Art in Regard to Improvement
of Ellaville,” Mrs. C. C- McCrory.
5. "How to Study Pictures," Mrs.
W. A. Murray.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
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♦ REPORT OF WOMAN’S ♦
> CLUB OF AMERICUS ♦
The following is the report sub
mitted by the Woman’s Club of Amer
icus at the Third District Convention,
held in Montezuma on Friday and
Saturday.
The Woman’s Club of Americus was
organized in October, 1916, with the
following officers: Mrs. Frank Shef
field, president; Mrs. Frank Harrold,
first vice-president; Mrs. Taylor Lewis,
second vice-president; Mrs. Charles
Council, recording secretary; Mrs.
Daisy Gnosspelius, corresponding sec
retary; Mrs. L. G. Council, treasurer;
Mrs. Daisy Gnosspelius, editor of the
club page for the Third District.
The dlub joined the State Federation
at once and sent delegates to the an
nual convention. We have the follow
ing departments: Education, Music,
Child Welfare, Civics, Public Health.
Our meetings are held monthly, with
business preceding the literary pro
grams, are well attended and the pro
grams, in charge of the chairmen of
different departments, well planned
and executed.
We conducted a successful pantry
sale in November, clearing $65.00, do
nated $20.00 to Tallulah Falls School,
entertained the District Agricultural
Rally with barbecue,' at a total ex
pense of $130.00. Two weeks before!
Christmas we furnished and maintain-'
ed a rest room for out-of-town shop-!
pers, providing an efficient and atten-’
tive hostess, at an expense of $50.00.
Our Public Health and Civic Com
mittees are active in working for many
needed reforms, petitioning council
and health officers for co-operation’
and enforcement of health laws. We J
are already working for a well-equip
ped, supervised public play ground,
planting all vacant lots in vegetables
and food stuffs.
Our Education Committee have
raised the money for our donation to
the Students’ Aid Fund, and are work
ing with the Hospital Association in
raising $1,700.00 guarantee to bring the
Redpath Chautauqua to our commun
ity.
We have been instrumental in in
ducing council to appropriate S3OO for
furnishing chairs for our library aud
itorium, in which to hold our educa
tional meetings.
Our membership is 65 and we hope
in another year to greatly increase in
numbers and efficiency.
♦ WOMAN’S CLUB TO HOLD ITS ♦
♦ MONTHLY MEETING MAY 9. ♦
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The Woman’s Club of Americus will
hold its regular monthly meeting on
Wednesday morning at the High school
auditorium. This is the last meeting
of the season and all members are
uiged to be present.
O foISREGARP I
Torpedoes-
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Ahead ‘!
Our ad writer informs us that what
Admiral Farragut really said was,
Disregard the torpedoes—go ahead!”
In regard to competition, we agree
with the flrery Farragut. This is the
shop where satisfaction guaranteed
means, in "plain United States, exactly
what the dictionary says it means.
You just see if it doesn’t.
If your "front” needs fixing, call
here at once.
Just received, new Panama Hats.
w. J. Josey
When your Shoes need an
operation, call the Shoe Sur
geons.
And we will show you what
modern machinery and experi
enced skill will do towards put
ting old and broken shoes "back
on their feet.”
You will find that after your
shoes have undergone treatment
In our shop, that they are restor
ed to their strength and neat ap
pearance and at a cost not to be
criticized.
Rex Shoe Shop
K, Breetlove, Prop.
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'♦ MUSIC STUDY ( LI B MET ♦
'♦ WEDNESDAY MORNING ♦
The Music Study Club met on Wed
nesday morning with Miss Emma Mae
Borum on Church street. The first
! part of this meeting was devoted to
I reviewing and discussing the operas
'given in Atlanta this season, a num
■her of victrola records of selections
■from these operasl being played.
Quite a good deal of important bus
iness was attended to at this meet
ing. It was voted to send SIO.OO to
the Tallulah Falls school again this
year. The question of year books was
also discussed and it was decided to
have the year books printed, contain
ing the program for each meeting.
Heretofore this has not been done. The
music of Russia, America and Poland
will be studied next year, the spring
term of the club being left open, as
was done this spring, for the study of
the operas to be given in Atlanta.
The program committee, which will
prepare the year books and programs,
consists of the president, Mrs. James
W. Harris, Jr., Mrs. W. H. C. Dudley,
dhairman; Miss Sallie Johnson. Miss
Louise Chapman, Miss Helen Argo,
Miss Luella Fields, Miss Mary Hawkes]
and Miss Elizabeth Cobb.
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♦ WHAT WOMEN AKE DOING. ♦
Women Form Rifle Club.
Lakewood, N. J., has a woman’s rifle
club.
Census Taken by Women.
Women are taking the census of the
men in Connecticut.
Road Builders Are Women.
All the roads in England are now
being built by women.
Form Preparedness Classes.
Hundreds of women in New York
have joined classes in cookery, auto
mobile mechanics and wireless tele
graphy, so as to prepare themselves
for service to their country.
To Direct Expenditures.
Miss Rose Younger, a New York
newspaper woman, has been chosen by
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt to direct the
expenditure of $1,000,000 left Mrs. Catt
by the estate of Mrs. Frank Leslie to
promote the cause of equal suffrage.
Woman Wireless Operator.
Mrs. Charles Candler, of St. Mary’s,
Ohio, one of the few women who have
qualified as wireless operators, have
received a government license as a
naval radio operator. Mrs. Candler is
the first woman who has applied for
examination in two years.
(Inly Woman Coroner.
The only woman coroner in, the
world has her office in Plymouth, Cal.
On the death of her husband, who was
coroner before her, Mrs. D. A. Potter
was unanimously chosen by the board
of supervisors to fill out his term. Mrs.
Potter is also an undertaker, and is
now in San Francisco, perfecting her
self in the art of embalming.
Overalls Please Girls.
Eleven hundred girl employees of St.
Louis firms have just for the first time
dressed in overalls for their work.
Several manuafeturing firms served out
the new style of clothes to the girl’s
making men's clothing. The girls ex
pressed themselves as delighted with
the overalls, because of the freedom of
movement and the handy pockets.
Suffrage Makes a Gain.
On March 20, Vermont legislators
voted to put the women of that state
on the rapidly widening suffrage
map of the United States. The senate
passed a bill, which has previously
been acted upon by the house, giving
women in incorporated villages the
right to vote under certain conditions
for all town officers except road com
missioners.
Dissolution of Copartnership.
We agree that the copartnership of
V Papas and P. Baloukas, a firm do
ing business as Papas and Baloukas,
who have been operating a restaurant
in the name and style of B and B.
Case, has this day been dissolved.
Public will take notice. Both of the
parties retiring from the said firm.
P. BALOUKAS.
V. PAPAS.
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, Optimistic Thought.
The Jealous feed on Jealousy, yet
never grow fat.
/CONSCIOUSLY or uncon
sciously you judged at
a distance by the quality of the
hBFVL* jW writing paper you use. The
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M \ ■ v,tin § sur^ace °f Eaton’s High
way ' H tand Linen, combined with its
many fashionable shapes, sizes
and t * nts ’ ma^e ** worthy to
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N i'j occasion. Let us show you
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MITOS FISH t fIISTEB MARKET
216 FORSYTH ST., WEST
Phone 778 N. BOLDE & CO., Prop.
We are in receipt of a fresh shipment of Spanish
Mackeral, Trout, Red Snapper, Crockers, Mullet and
all kinds of mixed fish. We will dress them if you wish.
Every Attention In Our Pre
scription Department
We bend every energy of our entire force to perfect
ing the prescription department of our store. Be as
sured that the proper mixing of pure drugs comprises
the leading feature.
When’you get a prescription from our store we have
special pride in telling you that it is right.
No matter when you plant or what you plant remem
ber we handle seed of fir& class quality grown by repu
table seeed houses. Give us a trial on your next seed or
der.
Allen’s Drug & Seed Store
Phone 148, Forsyth St.
■ y/-tgIfjTEADY PLUGGING THE ■
■ELzFxyear around beats an I
OCCASIONAL WINNING- I
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II 7E do not offer occasional bargains in furniture for
’ ’ the purpose of getting rid of undesirable stock,
but at all seasons of the year we sell the sort of home
comforts that last a life time at prices you are very will
ing to pay. We invite you to open an account with us.
Beginning on May the we will give our PROFIT
SHARING COUPONS to all customers settling their accounts by
the fifth of the month, or on any part of the account
that is paid by that date. Your account is welcomed
here.
Allison Furniture Co.
J. V. lENFIOE. Ijr.
P O. BOX 1223. Phones, Ivy 4531, Ivy 3250. LONG DISTANCE 9922
C. H. ARTHUR
303-304-305 CANDLER BUILDING, ATLANTA, GA.
ORDERS EXECUTED ON:
Correspondent of New York Stock Exchange.
A. A. HOUSMAN & COMPANY, New York Cotton Exchange.
Established 1884. New York Produce Exchange.
20 Broad Street. New York Coffee & Sugar Exchange.
NEW YORK. Chicago Board of Trade.
Notice to the lax Payers
I will keep this tax books open until the night of
the 10th of May I had rather lose >0 days than to be
cause of a single man being entered on the tax book as
a defaulter. So come on and return your property at
once.
Yours Respectfully,
GEORGE D. JONES, Tax Receiver, Sumter County.
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