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MONDAY, MAY 7, 1917.
SOCIETY
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* A GOLDEN WEDDING. ♦
"Dear love,” he said that morning
long ago,
"Where life may lead the wisest can
not know
Or through what changing weather.
If I could choose, no cloud should
dim the sky,”
She smiled, "What matter where the
road may lie,
So we two walk together?”
‘ Dear heart,” he said when they had
journeyed far,
And the calm radiance of the even
ing star
Above them shining,
"The road was rough, and life, the
master, taught
Lessons with bitter wisdom some
times fraught
Beyond our hearts divining.
"Yet good has sometimes come from
seeming ill,
And love unchanging led us safely
still
Through storms and sunny weather.”
She smiled, “What matter though the
roads be rough,
The lessons bitter. This was joy
enough,
That we have walked together.”
—Selected.
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COUNCIL OF SAFETY, I). A. R.,
TO MEET TUESDAY MORNING.
/ There will be a meeting of Council
/of Safety chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution Tuesday morn
ing at 10:0 o’clock in the auditorium
3of the Carnegie Library/ A full at
tendance of the members is anticipat
ed by officers of the chapter.
FIREMEN ANSWERED AN
ALARM SUNDAY MORNING
A smoldering charcoal pot in a
pressing club establishment just south
of the Times-Recorder building on
Jackson street, called out the fire de
partment Sunday morning about 10
o'clock. No damge was done to the
wooden structure in which the press
ing club is located.
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF—
Elizabeth Sheffield.
ASSOCIATE EDITORS—
Hallie Walker.
Frances Sparks.
Susie Johnston.
Courtney Ivey.
Marvin Giddings.
Norman McLeod.
Well, we have been pretty busy for
the last week or two. We had been
planning for the May Festival, but now
it is over, so we are getting down to
work, for we haven’t but three more
weeks. The ones that do not have to
stand finals have only about two
weeks. We got our reports Wednesday
and it did us good to look at just one
more blank space for our marks to be
put down at the end of this month.
The boys have been playing stocking
ball, because they can’t play with a
real baseball; they might knock out
a window pane.
Since school is nearly out, we Sev
enth graders feel mighty big, because
we will soon be in “High.’ But just
think of the Latin and algebra and all
those things we will have to swallow"
whole when we get over there. It does
make a fellow feel a litle bit shaky.
The Seventh grade 2 has been sell
ing ice cream cones this last week.
They sold chocolate mostly last week
and nearly everybody likes it, and it
proves a good trade.
Elizabeth Jacobs of the 7-2 was given
a box of candy for advertising Mur
ray’s flower seed on her poster.
Pictures were taken of our May Day
exhibits and it is said that on the
proofs, even the doll houses with little
paper furniture in them show up very
plainly.
A large crowd gathered to see us
dance Tuesday, and we hope they en
joyed it. while it wasn’t raining or
hailing. Afterwards we finished, but
the May Queen’s throne was com
pletely ruined. While it was raining,
the people went in the school to see
the exhibits, and especially the sewing
(as the girls say, because they utd it)
and we hope all enjoyed our exhib
its.
The teachers’ meeting in Macon sure
did help some of the grades. The Sev
enth-1 was not one of the number. Miss
Lizzie McLendon, Miss Sarah Cobb,
Miss Martha Wheatley and Mr. Smtth
went, and one or two more, but I've
forgotten who. Their classes did not
have to go to school Friday. We, the
Seventh-1, begged Miss Mary Mathis
to go, but she wouldn’t go, and we had
to go to school. But we got out at
12:30 o’clock to recompense our having
to go. Still, we don’t think it aws
fair.
HEARING IOMOHRDW
BEFORE COMMISSION
Arguments will be heard tomorrow
morning in Atlanta by the state rail
road commission on the petition of the
Americus Lighting Company to issue
$250,000 in bonds and SIOO,OO in
stock.
W. A. Dodson, of this city, will pre
sent the petition and make the argu
ment for the Americus Lighting Com
pany, while the City of Americus will
be represented by City Attorney E. A.
Nisbet.
It is understood that the City ot
Americus will take the position before
the commission that if the petitioners
will give satisfactory assurance that
no increase in rates will be asked for
as the result of the increased capital
ization, no opposition will be made to
the petition. If such assurances are
not given, the City of Americus is pre
pared to make a strenuous fight on the
proposition.
. The bonded indebtedness of the
Americus Public Service Company,
which was purchased by the Americus
Lighting Company a few months ago,
was $225,000 and the rate far gas and
electricity was permitted by the state
railroad commission to be increased as
the result of a petition filed by the cor
poration setting up that the former
rate was insufficient to provide a reas
onable return on the investment.
It was feared that if the new in
crease in capitalization were allowed,
a further increase in gar and electric
rates would follow within a short time
and the city council, in order to pre
vent such a contingency, instructed
City Attorney Nisbet to appear at the
hearing before the railroad commis
sion today to secure satisfactory as
surance from the corporation thdt no
further increase in rates would be
sought.
MW YERK dANKS ARE
TURNED DOWN ON CLAIM
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.—The
supreme court today nedied claims of
New York banks for $2,240,000 dam
ages against the owners of the Ger
man steamer Kronprinzssen Cecelie for
failure to deliver $12,000,000 in gold
in England and France at the out
break of the war, and for whiih the
vessel had been libelled.
The Kronprinzessin Cecelie, with the
$12,000,000 gold aboard, consigned to
British and French banks, had left
New York, when war was declared be
tween France and Germany, and be
ing notified by wireless put back into
port, returning the gold to the orig
inal consignees. Suit was then brought
for damages alleged to have been sus
tained through failure of the gold to
be delivered within a stated time.
MEETING OF BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS OF SUMTER
The Board of Commissioners of
Roads an‘d Revenues met in regular
session. Present A. Rylander, chair
man ; R. S. Oliver, S. E. Statham, T.
P. Hooks, N. A. Ray. Minutes of last
regular meeting read and confirmed.
Messrs. Chambliss and Pennington
requested certain roads repaired; mat
ter referred to H. T. Christian.
Petitions from citizens of the Fif
teenth district, requesting prompt at
tention to certain roads presented and
board voted attention to said roads as
early as possible.
Mrs. Mattie Turner donated $3.00 per
month. Allen Blake $2.00, Hester
Frederick $2.00. Allen Bostwick do
nated $1.50.
On motion carried, the board declin
ed to fix salary for special bailiff.
J. A. PINKSTON, Secretary.
STATIONERY
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Latent tints and shapes. Nothing more appropriate than
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After Every Meal
WRKLEYS
The Flavor Lasts
COURT DISMISSES SUIT
DE SLAVES AND REIRS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.—The
supreme court today dismissed the
suit brought by former negro slaves
and their heirs to collect in excess of
$08,000,000 from the government for
labor in the production of crops in the
South between the years 1857 and 1868.
The suit was instituted to recover cer
tain money collected by the govern
ment as internal revenue taxes on cot
ton, which the negroes claimed to have
produced while in a state of involun
tary servitude.
The suit just dismissed, presents an
other angle of one of the most famous
frauds of the nation, numerous al
leged friends of negroes having from
time to time collected funds from un
sophisticated persons, alleging the
same was to be used in the procure
ment of legislation appropriating huge
sums to reimburse former slaves and
their heirs for services performed be
fore and during the war, or in the
prosecution of such suits as that dis
missed today. Thousands of dollars
have been collected by schemers but
no benefit has yet accrued to the con
tributors, and more than one effort
has been made to stop such activities
by the institution of criminal proceed
ings.
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OF ENGLAND FOR A
FOOD ARMY PLAN
BY F. W. GETTY.
LONDON, May 7. —Appealing to the
entire womanhood of Britain to enlist
in his army, "General” Kennedy Jones,
Director of Food Economy, inauguer
ated his Spring campaign against star
vation with the vigor that character
ized his previous successful battles for
England’s cause.
“Women are the food buyers and the
food preparers of the naton,” Jones
said, "and I look to them to defeat the
present menace of the submarine
blockade by preventing extravagance
in any form.”
As England faces far greater danger
from the threatened shortage of food
than from the Central Powers on any
battlefield, the country’s women have
been called to a battle which is certain
to have as decisive an effect on the
outcome of the war as any “push”,
against the German trenches by their
brothers at the front.
To the well-to-do, the Director-Gen
eral made his first appeal.
"Leave bread, meat, sugar and pota
tces for the poor” is his original sug
gestion. “There are many expensive
substitutes the rich can afford, but it
i-- necessary that the food on which the
working classes depend be supplied
them.
“I see no reason for compulsory ra
tioning at present,” Jones said, “I
firmly believe that when the people
understand the situation they will do
what is required. I am here to make
them understand.”
Kennedy Jones is the square-jawed
man of whom Bonar Law, after the re_
ment win-the war loan achieved success
said: "To this man perhaps more than
any other, the success of the loan was
due.” No country has ever seen such
an advertising campaign as the one
which brought the hordes of gold
tumbling into England’s coffers from
all over the land, and Jones personally
had charge of this campaign.
The Money Getter.
When the loan period expired, Eng
land could not afford to let such a val
uable agent and aggressive leader re
turn to comparative obscurity and he
was enrolled under Lord Devonport’s
banner with the title of Director-Gen
eral of Food Economy. In him, the
country is confident its vital problem
will not longer remain unsolved.
England has not yet awakened tot
the reality of the crisis. Despite Dev • j
or.port’s daily appeals and long news- ,
paper columns of statistics and warn- j
ings and the Premier’s occasional
pointed remarks on the subject, the
county at large goes on eating almost
all it can get.
"I am enlisting the women on my
side,” was the new Director-General’s
first statement to the public. “If every
one will loyally observe Lord Devon
port’s directions for household rations
(4 lbs. bread per person per week;
2 1-2 lbs. meat and 3-4 lbs sugar) the
food supplies will be maintained.”
This is the most encouraging news
on this subject England has heard in
many a day.
“But —” Jones continued. "There
must be no dodging the restrictions.”
The Ministry of Food has divided its
nation-saving campaign into four ec
tion:
Obtaining supplies and maintaining
stocks;
Equitable distribution;
Restricting consumption by a series
oi rations, carefully considered with
regard to every interest; and
The teaching of economy and bring
ing home to the people its urgent
necessity.
For the present, Jones announces, he
will direct his energies toward accom
plishing the fourth duty.
“I look to every man and woman to;
support me,” he said. “If they will do
so there will be no need for food tick
ets, or family books, which will entail
an infinity of trouble and the creation
of an undesirable officialdom.”
•“We shall try to do without any
fresh orders excepting as regards ho
tels. restaurants and clubs, the propri
ctors and managers of which have
asked the Food Controller to lay down
definite rules for their guidance and
to treat all alike.
"There is no intention at present of
interfering with the sale of simple I
.sweets and confectionery; 100,000 peo-
I pie depend for their livelihood on the
sale of sweets and it would not be just
' to ruin a number of small shop-keep
{ ers. fhostly women. There will be
quite enough sugar for the children’s
ilollipips, if adult consumers will keep
I within their three quarters of a pound
1 per week.”
i "A movement is on foot to establish
putfiic kitchens in several districts. '
But if the rich will give first consider
ation to the meals of the poor, and if
everyone will gaithfuily observe Lord
I Devenport’s instructions, there will
'be no need for more drastic action.” I
Cultivate Little Courtesies.
There is a saying that it is the “Mt
i tie foxes that spoil the vines;” that Is, j
the little annoyances that eat into the j
i raw of existence. With truth we may
add that in as great a measure the lit
tle courtesies help to build character
i and increase the joys of living.
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By Being Constantly Supplied With
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years,” says Mrs. J. B. Whittaker, oi
this place, "with sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago a friend told me to try
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and 1 found it to be the best family medi
cine for young and old.
I keep Black-Draught on hand all the
time now, and when my children feel a
little bad, they ask me for a dose, and it
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have a long spell of sick
ness in our family, since we commenced
using Black-Draught.”
Thedford’s Black-Draught is purely,
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$700,000,000.00 in food every year. A large part
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Cheap refrigerators will not do the work—they will
waste your ice and spoil your food. If you doubt our
statement, take a smell inside of one in use. The only
safe refrigerator to buy is the famous Leonard Clean
able or Baldwin. Do your bit for economy and do it
now. The be& is the cheapest in refrigerators.
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