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S'JIDAY, JUNE 22, 1917
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BRIDGE PARTY FOR
MISS RUTH BROWN
Miss Ruth Brown was the honoree at
another charming party when Miss
Mary Ella Daevnport entertained at
bridge in her honor this afternoon at
her home on Taylor street.
Sweet peas and other cut flowers
•combined with handsome potted plants
rendered living room and hall most
attractive. At the close of the game,
the honoree was presented with a pret
ty piece of lingerie and the score prizes
were crepe de chine handkerchiefs.
Those present were Miss Brown and
her house guest, Miss Marie Moye, of
Cuthbert; Miss Mildred Hollis, Miss
Louise Williford, Mrs. Emory Rylan
der, Mrs. H. O. Jones, Mrs. Harry Haw
kins, Mrs. Stephen Pace, Miss Darien
Pinkston, Mrs. J. D. Hooks, Mrs. Fur
low Gatewood, Miss Annabel Con
verse, Mrs. E. J. Eldridge, Miss Mary
Parker, Mrs. Tommie Hooks and Mrs.
George Duncan. Assisting Miss Dav
enport were Miss Mary Glover and
Mrs. Glenn Hooks.
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RECEPTION IN HONOR OF
MRS. CLIFF WILLIAMS.
In honor of Mrs. Cliff Williams, a
charming bride of early June. Mrs
Charles M. Williams, Mrs. C. O. Niles
and Mrs. Olin Williams will give an
al fresco tea on Saturday afternoon
from five-thirty to seven, at the home
of Mrs. C. M. Williams, on College
street.
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SOCIAL FOR ORGAN FUND
TO BE GIVEN THIS EVENING.
The publie is invited to attend the
‘ birthday party” to be given tonight at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Per
kins on Harrold avenue. The fund
raised is to be applied to the organ
fund of the Central Baptist church, and
■each person will bring as many pen
nies as he is years old.
A delightful program has been ar
ranged and refreshments will be serv
ed.
Shoes
For
Growing
Feet
Embracing the season’s
styles on natu re
shaped lasts—and a full
run of sizes.
A child’s feet are growing,
getting their size and shape,
and should have the moist
careful attention.
Pinkston’s has sold child
ren’s shoes for 25 years, al
ways making a specialty of
fitting little feet. Here your
child is given exacting care
and is never mis-fitted.
White Canvas
Patent, Kid
Pinkston’s
GUESTS OF HARROLD HOUSE
I ARTY HAVE ARRIVED.
Frank Harrold, Jr., is entertaining a
delightful house party at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Har
rold, Sr., on College street. The young
men guests are college friends of the
young host, while the girls, who are
all from Athens, are numbered amon?
the most attractive girls in the state.
The members of the party are Misses
Dorothy ■ Hodgson, Hazel Hodgson,
Nina Scudder, Susan Scudder and Dot.
Hazelton, Messrs. Jack Kontz and Bill
Gildsmith, of Atlanta; Terrell Hill and
Fritz of Columbus; Bartlett
Searcy, of Griffin, and Frank Mackall,
of Savannah.
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NEAT SUM FOR RED CROSS
REALIZED FROM DANCE
Through the generosity of Misses
Mildred Rees and Claude McLaughlin.
$37.60 has been added to the Rea
Cross fund, this sum being realized
from the benefit dance given at thei’
school of dancing Wednesday evening.
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BE CANNY
Home preparedness —cans loaded
with food.
That rubber ring you put on a pre
serving jar helps you to stretch your
income.
The awful question ‘‘What shall I
have for dinner?” is easily answered,
if your shelves are full of home-can
ned products.
Can’t eat ’em all in summer. Nor.
enough in winter. Home canning is
the answer.
You put a lid on waste every time
you seal a preserving jar.
Canned berries are bird-proof
Frost doesn’t nip canned vegetables
Canned green peas and yellow
peaches help fight the blues.
See that your garden produces dry
|beans, cabbage, potatoes and root
crops that can be kept without can •
ping.
NIUGH NEW SLANG
INVENTED Bi MEI
DI fIESTEBN FRONT
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, June 22.—Americans
think they are some bears when it
comes to slinging slang, but the Brit
ish Tommy isn’t so worse himself when
he sets his bean to working along
slangological lines.
is patter than "Emma-Gee” so.
a machine-gun, for instance? Or “O-
Pip” for an observation post? One
must admit that there’s some class to
these terms and while you’ve got your
gogglers on this column just take it
from me that there’s more pep of the
same mustardy standard where this
came from.
A “whizz-bang” is a shell of such
high velocity that its whizz and its
bang are almost simultaneous. A “dud”
is a shell which fails to explode. A
bum handout is a “dud” meal and a
gink with a bone head is a “dud” bo.
The trip you got on the filly that was '
backed off the boards by the other nags
on the back stretch, was a “dud” and .
the piece of rope the candidate for re
election handed you was a “dud’ j
smoke.
A trench-mortar is a “Joe-Emma” and
the big black ball of high explosive
the Germans reply -with is a “plum
pudding.” An anti-aircraft gun is an ,
"Archbald” or an “Archie,” while the
German shell which bursts with a fuz
zy yellow puff of smoke is a “woolv
bear.”
To the English Tommy a German U ;
a “Fritz” and "Fritz” he is to the Can- ■
adians. The Scotch call him an “Ally- ■ J
man” (probably after the French
“Allemand”), but he is nobody to
Irish but a “Jerry.” A British staff ,
officer is a “brass-hat” jerhaps be- ,
cause of the gold braid on his cap, anj|
Tommy’s own headgear, the steel hel
met he must wear inside the shell area
is a “Tin hat.”
Another name given the staff officer
is the “lilies” supposedly on the theory
that they toil not.
“Blighty” is England, and “going t>
Blighty,” you can just bet your last
specimen of spondulix, is a “little bit
of all right.” A “Blighty” is a small
wound which invalids you home. A
serious wound is not a “blighty” for
the very simple reason that it puts a
crimp in your traveling capacity and
gives you billets in a front sick-bay.
If the wound is very bad, so bad that
stimulants are necessary before yon
are operated, you will go to “Resurrec
tion Ward.”
“Ack-Emma” is morning. “Pep-
Emma” is afternoon. And night is not
infrequently called “Sawer” which is
one way to pronounce the French
word “soir.” 'When a thing is all gon?
it’s “na-poo”—-another assault and ■
battery, with mayhem, on the Francais
A group of mobile batteries, which
turn the razzle-dazzle on Fritz or Jerry
or Allyman, first at one part of ths
line then at another is called a “trav
eling circus.” A battle, a raid, or any
operation against the enemy of a sim ■
ilar nature, is a “show.” A “dud show”
means that the stunt did not “come
off”—in plain English the attackers
pulled a lemon.
When Tommy says “Fritz got his
w ind up” he means he suffered an at
tack of trapped pedal extremities.
The guns of largest calibre are
"Grandpas.” The next largest are
‘ Grandmas.” Os course “Daddy” is
next and “Mother” next and “Uncle.”
"Aunty” and the “kids” follow down
the scale plum to “Emma-Gee.” The
kids have all sorts of names: Willie.
Harry, Sally. Polly, Mazie, Little Liz,
and such, just as the gunners fancy
happened to strike.
FULTON COUNTY FARMER’S
HARD LUCK STORY
ATLANTA, Ga., June 22. —Can you
beat this Fulton county farmer’s story
for hard luck?
Three years ago a tree fell on Wil
liam Mitchell, dislocating an ankle
and breaking three of his ribs. Just
as he recovered he was charged by a
bull and three of his ribs were broken
again as he hastily climbed a fence.
When he began to walk around again
he was bitten by a dog and blood
poison set in and he nearly lost his
leg. While nursing the wound he
contracted smallpox.
But he got well, and as soon as he
was thoroughly recovered he was
thrown from a wagon in a runaway,
sustaining a broken leg and broker
collar bone.
Then he married a trained nurse.
This, however, wasn't all misfortune,
for soon afterwards he contracted
pneumonia and she pulled him
through. But while convalescing he
slipped on a piece of soap and broke
his arm again.
Now- he's wondering if it wouldn't
have been a good idea to move to
Utah and marry two or three trained
' nurses.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
GEORGIA PEACHES
CLASSED IS FOOD
ATLANTA. Ga., June 22.—Georgia
peaches will come safely under the
government classification of food
stuffs. This has been definitely settled
in a letter just received from the Na
tional department of Agriculture by
General Manager B. J. Christman, of'
the Georgia Fruit Exchange.
On account of the attitude of some
of the western roads it was feared that
fruit might be considered as a luxury
and denied the right of way in trans
portation in the event of heavy troop
movements. The Fruit Exchange, how
ever, has been informed that all fruits
will come under the classification of
food products according to government
decision. One reason for this is thai
the greater quantity of perishable foo 1
products consumed without decreasing
the production of grain and other sta
ples, and the greater quantity of fruit i
canned and preserved for future use ]
the greater will be the quantity of sta
ple commodities released for export to'
the Allies.
The Georgia peach movement is jus, .
beginning to get under way. Nearly,
all of the early varieties have been ’
moved. So accurate were the estimates'
as to early varieties that the officials J
of the Georgia Fruit Exchange now,
feel the estimates of the entire crop;
will work out in the same way. In'
other words, it is practically assured;
that this year’s production will range j
from 3,000 to 4,000 cars.
During the past week, the car move |
ment has amounted to 25 cars per,
day, with a slight increase on Friday
and Saturday which has brought the,
total for the week up to 200 cars. These.
have come mainly from the Jones,
county orchards, and from the Fort.
Valley and Marshallville districts. They,
include the last of the Carmen variety.
and the beginning of the Hileys.
Owing to reqent rains, the Hileys are
of a better size and color than was or- I
iginally expected; and this has given -
them a better price, which has been
maintained by a very free demand.
While prices look high, the crop is
short of the normal years and all cost
of production is much increased. Grow
ers are not really getting back more
than normal profits on the total pro
duction.
Practically everything shipped is be
ing sold f. o. b. shipping points. There
are apparently a greater number of f.
o. b. buyers than for a number of
years before.
( H AMPION SWIMMER “TOOK
IN” THE ATLANTA ATHLETES
ATLANTA. Ga.. June 2.—When Mrs.
Brinkman, of Chicago, a motherly
looking lady here with her husband at
tending the Rotary convention, sug
gested that she would like to show
some of the youngsters at one of the
country clubs how to swim, the crowd
thought they were in for some comedy.
When she asked for a one-piece bath
ing suit, size 44, please; they were
sure of it.
But when she dived into the water
they found they had made a very grave
miscalculation. She could swim faster
and better than any athlete in the club
and she gave an exhibition that had
the crowd gasping for breath, Instead
cf laughing.
“Your wife is certainly a wonderful
swimmer,” ventured somebody to Mr.
Brinkman. “Yes,” he casually replied.
"She has been the champion of the
United States since 1904.”
"Earn and save ? Bond this sum
mer.”
Some one said “You’re going to
have a photograph made before
you go. aren’t you?” And you
promised.
You and your family will be
proud of that picture in years to
come.
Make the appointment today.
The
McKinstry Studio
jENTBBSIISII RUNS
HIGH AMONG HEN
ON BIG WARSHIPS
WITH THE UNITED STATES AT
LANTIC FLEET, June 22.—Itis two
bells in the afternoon watch when the
shrill trill of the bos’n’s whistles are
l-.eard piping the crews of the mighty
dreadnoughts to the rails and the
sing-song cries of the bos’n’s mates
carry out over the water, “Liberty
party to muster.” z
This is the summons given three
times each week to the men of the
Atlantic Fleet to take their hours of
recreation on the immense athletic 1
field provided for them by the Navy
League. By the hundreds, on every
battleship and cruiser, the youthful, 1
white uniformed Jackies come rushing
j cn deck to form into line for the lib- ,
| erty inspection.
Two long white lines form on deck.
■ and every man stands rigidly at atten
|t;on while officers pass along mark- ;
iug the appearance of each man. Their j
uniforms are spotlessly white. Their j
j shoes freshly blackened. Off come i
' their little round white caps to show
1 that their hair is closely cropped. No ]
! visitor to the Fleet fails to be struck, ]
' when he views that line at inspection, |
' with the extreme youth of the men, ,
' their intelligent faces and happy, ;
' smart appearance. The average age
I appears to be less than twenty years .
and many of them seem barely to have ]
' passed their eighteenth birthday on >
1 the date of their enlistment. From
.every state in the Union they hail and
'thousands of them from the farms of
’ the middle West. A collection certain
I ly of America’s finest gathered on the
■ deck of a floating fortress to form the
' first line of the nation's defense.
On every sun tanned face is worn a
broad smile in expectation of the
I sport that the afternoon will bring.
'Over the rail, the visitor sees tin
' ship’s launches bobbing about in the
seaway with the bowmen holding fast
to the ship’s side with their boat-,
hooks. Then the sharp word of com
mand rings out on deck and the white
line of sailors begins to move forward
toward the gangway and the men go
over the side to the waiting launches.
Discipline begins to give away a lit
! tie at this point, although the cox
. swain of the boat is all business as he
' calls to the bowmen to shove off. The
afternoon’s recreation has begun.
Thousands of superfluously healthy,
absolutely carefree and very young
men are turned loose. To be sure
there is the provost guard against the
chance of ugly blood developing from
the fun, which does not happen.
When the dock at the athletic field
is reached the men from the launches
tumble out pell mell and immediately
begin a raid upon the canteen. Pop
is sold faster than corks can be pull
ed. The man who gets anything over |
the canteen counter fights for it. You
must come with your change ready or
-o without. There is too much busi
ness to stop to change money.
A pump receives the overflow from
the canteen and those who have beer,
unable to spend their money for
candy or pop take their chances on
getting ducked under the pump. A
farmer drives onto the field with a
load of watermelons. At fifty gents
apiece his watermelons last about fifty
seconds. A colored cook’s helper
buys a melon and dives into it when
a huge hand belonging to a Jackie
from an Indiana farm buries the
darky's face into the melon up to his
ears. Another enterprising farmer
brings some old farm nags on the
field to hire them out for “gentlemen’s
mounts” to the sailors. Obviously the
horses are about as used to their sad
dles as a hog is to work. But they
are hired by the sailors at any price
the farmer asks. A lad hailing from |
Maine takes his first chance on horse--
back and slides down the horse’s neck.
His shipmate yells at him, “Go aft
you fool, go aft.”
The thousands of Jackies swarm
over the field. Hundreds of them break
and run for the beach for a swim. A
crowd of them gather at target prac
tice with small rifles. Six of the ten
baseball diamonds are promptly put
into use by scrub teams.
And then more launches from the
battleships come in bringing the star
baseball teams from four of the bat
tleships. A double-header is to be
played between four of the best teams
of the fleet in a series to determin?
the fleet championship. The grand
stands fill rapidly and soon they are a
swelling sea of white suits and red
and brown faces as the sailors cheer
their ship’s teams on to victory. Rat
tling ood ball is played by thes-
Navy teams. The nine men on the
diamond represent the pick of a
thousand from a battleship and they
ntav with the Interest and a good bi*
of the money of the whole crew back
ing them. They train and work for
months for a championship series like
tlile.
It is the liberality of private Amer
ican citizens that has given these men
of the Fleet their big athletic field.
When the war came on the Fleet lost
the income it usually had for its
athletic fund from the Guantanamc
canteen and the Navy League of the
United States offered to lay out a
field for the men of the fleet. In all
about 115 acres have been obtained.
The ground has been leveled, plough
ed and prepared. Ten baseball diam
onds have been laid out. Docks were 1
built at the water’s edge. A bathing
beach was cleared. The officers of
the Fleet also were provided with ten-'
nis courts and a golf course. Every
sort of sport is found there. 'The re 1
suit is that every man on the Fleet
has plenty of healthy outdoor sport
and the officers of the Fleet say that
this provision for their recreation has
done much to provide “happy ships”,
in the Fleet as it waits for the oppor
tunity to strike a blow at the Hun in
defense of civilization and freedom
“DONT WORRY, FOR THAT’S
THE THING THAT KILLS.”
ATLANTA, Ga., June 22. —“Eat what
you like; drink what you like; if i:
isn’t whiskey; and smoke if you like
it; but don’t worry, for that's the thing
that kills.”
This is the advice of Patrick Cor
bley, an Irishman, who has lived to be
hale and hearty at 105 years of age
ai.d who was actively engaged in his
trade as a bricklayer for seventy-five ,
years. :
Also, for seventy-five years he has t
smoked the same black briar pipe, and <
he believes that if tobacco would kill a <
man he’d have passed over the river t
long ago. <
MRS. INMAN ( ALLS WOMEN s
OF GEORGIA TO MEET TUESDAY i
I
ATLANTA, Ga., June 22.—Mrs. Sam- 1
v.c’ M. Inman, of Atlanta, has been ap- i
pointed temporary state chairman of i
for Georgia of the Women’s Committee 1
of the Council of National Defense and i
has called on initial meeting of the i
presidents of the various state organi-
A..;. ‘lt Shorely
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! and, if you don’t agree it goes
i farther and tastes better than any
’WReiiv other coffee at the price, tell the
"’’orrtßSCrßoisn” , , ,
grocer and he will give you back
exactly what you paid for it, with-
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
Between
MACON AND ATLANTA
THE RIuHT WAY SERVICE
Leave Arrive Leave Arrive
Macon Atlanta Atlanta Macon
**3:oo a m 6:25 am * 8:00 a m 11:15 a m
♦3:58 a m 6:45 a m *12:30 p tn 3:40 p m
♦4:30 a m 7:40 a m *4:00 p m 7:20 p m
*7:30 a m 10:45 a m *8:25 p tn 11:22 p m
11:05 a m 1:55 p m *10:05 p m 1:00 a m
*1:30 p tn 4:20 p m *10:30 p m 1:40 a m
*5:00 p. m. 8:10 p m**U:so-p m 2:45 a m
NOTE: *Carries coaches, parlor or sleeping cars. **Carrles local
sleeping car between Macon and Atlanta open for occupancy 9:00 p. m.
at both terminals, and may be occupied until 7:00 a. m.
New Train No. 9, leaving Macon 11:05 a. m., stops at Forsyth.
Barnesville and Griffin. Connects at Macon with Central of Georgia traS
No. S from Albany and Americus. Connects at Atlanta with A. & IK. I
train No. 39; S. A. L. train No. 18 for Abbeville, S. C., and train No. 23
for Piedmont, Ala.; Southern Railway train No. 30, for Charlotte, Wash-
' tngton and New York, an itrafn No. 16. for Rome, Dalton, Chattanooga.
Gadsden and Attalla.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
THE RIGHT WAY
ALCAZAn
theatreK
Thursday 5 & 10c
Sessue Hayakawa, in
“THE BOTTLE IMP”
Five acts
Friday 5 & 10
Alice Joyce, in
“HER SECRET”
and chapter 4 of
“HER CANDY KID”
Saturday
Matinee 5 & 10c;
Night 10 & 15c
Seena Owen, in
“A WOMAN’S AWAKENING”
Five acts, and
/Mystery of the Double Cross”
Coming frlday, June 29
The of the Deadly
Sins, “ENVY”
zations of women at her residence in
this city next Tuesday, June 6, at It
o'clock in the morning, for the purpose
of forming a permanent state organiza
tion to take immediate steps to carry
out the instructions of the government
r.s to the service which women will be
asked to render in the conduct of the
war. One of the first and principal
government aims, through the women's
branch of the council, is to secure the
signatures of women to a pledge to
practice economy in the conduct of
their households, and especially to
support and co-operate with the fool
director in the conservation of the na
tion’s food supply.
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