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JUDGESHIP Mil
BP PLIMIMIPD
WASHINGTON, D. C-, July 14 —
It, has become known, here that some
body is in for a 14-karat licking before
the judgeship contest is settled. Com
ing squarely on the heels of the an
nouncement that Senator Thomas W.
Hardwick, the man who has thrown
the political monkey-wrench into the
machinery, has suddenly left the city,
coupled with the rumor that when he
returns he may come back with some
t ling stronger than that seventeen men
jud-eship list, is also the oncontirmed
rumor that the department of justice
was also speeding up in the game.
This rumor is that;a bill may be of
fered in congress to do away with the
additional judgeship in the southern
district of Georgia, and leave the pres
ent judge in the district, Judge Emory-
Speer, to handle the business of the
district as it was done before the ad
ditional judge was appointed a few
years ago.
This hint was dropped by a man
who is well up in Georgia politics and
who is keeping track of events as they
occur from day to day, but because of
the improbability cf the matter mate
rializing he will not be quoted at this
time, nor will this statement be given
for more than it is now worth—a ru
mor.
There is absolutely no use in denying
the fact that Tom Hardwick has an-|
gored the administration, and that!
therefore any retaliatory measure
v. hich it might take to get even with|
the junior senator wculd not be sur-1
prising
What the effect of such a move by I
the administration would have on Sen-I
ator Hardwick’s political fortunes can-1
not be told, but it is admitted that it
-. -ould be no more radical than was his >
action a day or two ago in submitting!
the now famous seventeen-men list. Itj
ia recognized that should the depart-'
went, make the attempt to amend the
law so as to abolish the office of judge
or the southern district, it would be
t against a hard proposition with the
( e rgia senators blocking it.
HARVARD MEDICAL (NIT
RECORD AT BESSIXES RIDGE
LONDON, July 14.—The Harvard
medical unit, under Dr. Harvey Cush
ing, gave a good account of itsself in
the recent fighting at Messines Ridge.
A though located a considerable dis
tance from the front, it found itself
w ith every available bed occupied soon
after the beginning of the push. For
several days doctors and nurses work
ed at top pressure, trying to take care
cl all the cases as they arrived, but
were finally forced to summon assist
ance from a neighboring British unit.
Dr. Cushing was at work in one of
the advanced clearing stations during
nost of the heavy fighting and per
formed several surgical operations un
der heavy fire.
HEAVY MOVEMENT OF
GEORGIA PEACHES IS ON
ATLANTA, Ga., July 14.—The heav
iest movement of peaches ever known
in thei history of the industry in Geor
gia went to market on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week, according to
figures given out today.
Elbertas ripened very rapidly under
favorable conditions and went to the
markets by the carload, with an unusu
ally strong demand in western cities.
They have been sold this week in Min
nesota, lowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Mis
souri and Illinois, owing to the fact
that the western peahc crop is late
and will not b<l on the market for an
other week.
This being the case, prices on Geor
gia peaches have kept up to a most sat
isfactory figure, and heavy movement
has resulted in favorable profits for
the orchard men. Transportation ser
vice has been poor, however, as usually
happens when the movement is heavy.
Growers has complained about iced
refrigerator cars being late in the Fort
Valley district, but this was due, the
railroads claim, to delays on account
of labor troubles at the ice plants.
COLORED PEOPLE DELIGHTED
WITH NEW DISCOVERY TO
BLEACH THE SKIN
Atlanta, Ga. —Says that recent tests
have proven without doubt that swar
thy or sallow complexions can be made
light by a new treatment recently dis
covered by a man in Atlanta. Just ask
your druggist for Cocotone Skin Whit
ener. People who have used it are
amazed at its wonderful effect. Rid
your face of that awful dark color or
greasy appearance in a few minutes.
It costs so little that you can’t afford
|to be without it. Just think how much
: prettier you would look with that old
dark skin gone and new soft, light
I skin in its place. Men and women to-
Iday must care for their complexions
Ito enter society.
If your druggist will not supply you
I with Cocotone Skin Whitener, send 25c
I for a large package to Cocotone Co,
Atlanta, Ga.
For sale by Prather-Ansley, Co.,
EVERYTHING NEW.
TO BETERMINE SOURCE OF
SOAP ISED BY GERMANS
ATLANTA, Ga.. uly 14. —Atlanta phy
sicians are much interested in the re
sults of chemical analyses about to
|be made in this country to determine
whether or not the German govern
j ment, as charged, is boiling down the
| corpses of soldiers for fats, oils and
i grease. Some German soap has re
| cently been brought to this country, as
-1 ter being taken off German prisoners,
I and will be subjected to the chemical
test to disclose whether it contains oils
from the human body.
COMPULSORY MILITARY
SERVILE IN MEXICO SOON
MEXICO CITY. July 14.—The new
I law for the re-organization of the army
. which is now in course of preparation.
, provides for compulsory military ser
vice for all youths or men more than
118 years old.
(AMBRIDGE RECOVERING ITS
EORMER PRE-WAR ACTIVITY
’CAMBRIDGE, Eng., July 14. —Cam-
bridge is recovering its old pre-war
activity, but in an entirely different
way. Where the streets formerly were
filled with devil-may-care students
they are now full of khaki-clad men
hurrying to and fro on military de
mands. Sharp words of cammand at
e v ery gateway, replace the vague mys
terious noises by which the students
conveyed information to their friends.
While the army, in the early days of
the war virtually emptied the univer
sity town, it has now, three years after
filled it with men of all ages who are
making the colleges their own for
some months studying the army, work
ing in lecture rooms on military prob
lems while the playing fields are given
over to drills.
Men students are scarce these days
and the final batch of, applicants for
entrance shows a record of only one
hundred as having passed the examina
tions, virtually all of whom are unfit
for military service, against 970 in
1911 and 826 in 1915
Women have had a successful year,
scoring 166 passes.
AMERICANS SPE N T $250,000,000
FOR ( ANDIES ALONE LAST YEAR
ATLANTA, Ga., July 14—Speaking of
luxuries in war times, it has just been
figured out by an enterprising Atlanta
statistician that the people of the
United States spent over $250,000,000
last year for candy, and that they will
spend $300,000,000 in 1917, if the con
sumption cf sweets goes on at the rate
ct increase which has been recorded
for several years. Candy, however, is
not absolutely in the luxury class, as it
has a certain well recognized food
value.
MENU AN LABOR TROUBLES
WERE SPEEDILY ADJUSTED
MEXICO CITY, July 14.—A commis
sion of workmen has visited the capital
to talk with President Carranza con
cerning the alleged activities of the
leading labor unions in some of the
cotton and textile factories pt' Vera
Cruz. It is said that they asked that
the activities of some of the labor
agents be curbed, as they have led to
disorders and in some cases to the
closing down of the factories. The af
fair was speedily adjusted and the fac
tories have resumed operation.
HUNGARIAN GRAIN ( HOPS TO
BE SEIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT
PARIS, July 14.—Announcement that
| the new Hungarian crops will be seiz
ed by the government of that country
as soon as harvesting and threshing is
i completed has been made by the pres
lident of the Hungarian food adminis-
I tration bureau, according to a dispatch
from Budapest. Farmers will be per
mitted to retain only sufficient of their
crops for their private use and for
seed. The monthly Hour allotment for
the rural population is expected to
|amount to 37 pounds for each person.
fHE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
DREAD ( ARDS ISSUED
IN ROME 2,000 YEARS AGO
ALKMAAR, Netherlands, July 14. —
The bread card, that familiar European
product of the present great clash of
nations, is nearly 2,000 years old. That
is the discovery of a Dutch professor,
Doctor M. Moltzer, who asserts that
it was in use in Rome under the Em
-1 eror Augustus, in whose reign Christ
was born.
Moreover, not only did Romans have
their bread-cards and their govern
ment grain, a term that has become
so familiar in Holland, but government
intervention in ancient Rome evoked
as much discontent and friction be
tween public and bread purveyors as
has been the ease in these modern days.
THOUGHT THEY HAD
THE GREAT HINDENBURG
ROME, July 14. —Among the prison
ers captured in the big Italian push on
the Carso front is an officer who bears
such a strong resemblance to Field
Marshall Von Hindenburg that he was
at first taken for the latter. The pris
oner, a major of infantry, was observ
ed in the collecting station by an Ital
ian intelligence officer, who exclaimed:
‘‘What! Have we got the great
Hindenburg?”
‘‘No,” replied the major, ‘‘l am not
Hindenburg, nor any relative of his. I
am merely a poor wretch w’ho will do
no more fighting.”
Public Health Department
For the People of Sumter
BY DR. AY. B. M’VVUORTER.
Some Things We Need.
A cleaner and more comfortable
courthouse and jail.
A better ventilated picture show.
More houses and stores screened
against flies and mosquitoes.
A metal garbage can with a cover
for each house in the city, instead of
the insanitary, unsightly and uncov
ered wooden boxes we now see on the
streets.
Some form of sanitary clcset at ev
ery country home in the county.
A properly constructed well at every
country home in the county.
A properly constructed well at each
country home, providing safe drinking
water for the family.
Livery stables cleaned every week
to prevent fly breeding.
All restaurants screened and kept
in sanitary condition
Draining of standing water wherever
possible to prevent breeding of mos
quitoes.
Extension of city water supply and
doing away with surface wells in the
city as far as is possible
Enforcement of city ordinance in
regard to surface closets.
A medical inspection of every child
in the public schools.
\ prompt report by physicians of all
THE BEST TEST
Is the lest of Time.
Years ago this Americus resident
told of good results from using Doan’s
Kidney Pills. Now A. C. Alexander,
grocer, of 712 Spring St., confirms the
former statement—says there has
been no return of the trouble. Can
Americus people ask for more con
vincing testimony?
Mr. Alexander says: ‘‘My back
caused me much suffering and I was
hardly able to perform my duties on
account of the pains. The action of
my kidneys was very irregular and
too frequent, causing me to get up a
number of times at night. Doan's
Kidney Pills soon relieved me of the
pain in my back and the action of mv
kidneys became regular. The pains
left and I have never felt them since.”
(Statement given March 18, 1910).
A Permanent Cure.
On June 16, 1914, Mr. Alexander
said: “Doan’s Kidney Pills made a
cure for me which has proven perma
nent and now my back and kidneys
don't bother me a bit.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills —the same that
Mr. Alexander has twice publicly rec
ommended. Foster-Milburn Co,
i Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
I
births, deaths and communicable dis
eases in the county.
A better informed public in regard
to the cause and prevention of our
most common diseases.
A health record for Sumter county
unsurpassed by any other county in
the state.
This is no idle dream. If we are' to
raake any progress on sanitary lines
they are necessary improvements.
Neither are they impractical or impos
sible of accomplishment. Boards of
health all over the world stand for
these very things. We can contribute
money for carrying on war and for
looking after the health and comfort
of war sufferers. This is all well and
'good. But how much do we spend for
health protection at home?
| No less authority than Dr. William
Osler, in a recent article on “The
’Needless Deaths of Peace,” states that
in 1915, while nine of our soldiers
abtroad died every hour to save their
country, twelve babies died at home
during the same time from prevent
able diseases.
| If the people of the county will
stand squarely behind their County
Board of Health, some of the things
we need will be realized.
SUMTER COUNTY BOARD OF
HEALTH.
FALL TERM
THIRD DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL
AND MECHANICAL SCHOOL
Opens September 3rd
A BOARDING SCHOOL for BOYS and GIRLS
A STATE INSTITUTION
Students Admitted from everywhere.
Graduates Enter All State Colleges Without
Examination.
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