Newspaper Page Text
THURSDAY, AUGUST £, 1917.
+*++++++++ + + + + + * +
* . *
i ® Society News f ;
* M MBS. DAISY 0. GNOSSPELIUS, Editor M *
* Office Phone 99 ♦
* 99 . Residence Phone 376 490 >
* —— ♦
.*>>44* + 44-4- + 4ff444- > ♦ 4- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
THE VISION OF THE FLAG.
By Julian M. Lyon
of the Vigilantes
Across the soft white midst of morn
The rising sun flung bars of red,
Stars twinkled on a field of blue.
The vision burst upon the view
Os freedom watching for the dawn.
A moment’s space it hung, but soon
Before the orb of day it fled.
And while they watched the glorious
sight
The world was bathed in golden light
“Now God bestows on us a boon,
Behold our Heav’n born Flag" they
said.
* * *
MOONLIGHT PICNIC.
There will be a moonlight picnic
a* Myrtle Springs on Friday evening,
in honor of Miss Orlean Ansley’s vis
itors, Misses Etta Caruthers and Suzie
Dorsett.
♦ * *
FORTY TWO PARTY
FDR MISS SHEALEY.
/Miss Lucille Shealey, of Macon was
The honor guest at a charming party
given this morning by Mrs. Vernie Hol
loway at her home on Jackson
The west porch of the home of the
hostess was used and rendered most
attractive with quantities of sun flow
ers, zinnias and potted plants. Forty
two was the game played and after the
game a salad course was served. Miss
Arrie Chapman assisted in entertain
ing.
The guests were Miss Lucille Shealey
ALCAZAn |
theatreß I
Thursday 5 & 10c I
Mae Murray, in X
“THE PRIMKOSF BING"
Five act
Friday 5 & 10c I
H. B. Warner, n
’’WRATH” I
5 acts; chapter 10 of
“Mystery ol the Double Cross" fl
Saturday
Matinee 5 & 10c;
Night 10 & 15c ||
Elm r Lincoln, in
•‘MIGHT AND THE MAN”
Five acts, and
‘•A DISHONEST BURGLAR”
Triangle Comedy
a——————————————
I, FOR PEACE OR WAR
There was never so urgent a demand by our Government and our various indus
tries for men who have been trained to think scientifically and to work efficiently.
And thia demand must continue when the world is again at peace.
The Georgia School of Technology is preparing youngmen forpositions of higher
service in peace or in war. Courses, including both genera! and technical
training, are offered in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Chemical and Textile
ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, AND COMMERCE
The national reputation of this institution is based on the successful careers of
its graduates. Its aims are summed up in the equation!
CHARACTER + CULTURE + EFFICIENCY=EDUCATION
Applications arc now being received for the next session, which opens Sept. 19.
For catalog, address. K. G. MATHESON. President. Atlanta. Ga. H
CZT ” .
iICARRY YOURCOTTON
TO
E. C. Parker & Co.
ALSO
Agents for the OWENSBORO WAGON CO.
i A Fine Line in All Sizes
Mrs. C. P. Davis, Mrs. H. C. Davis. Mrs.
Sam Williamson, Mrs. L. P. Gartner,
Mrs. G. L. Gartner, Miss Gladys Dunn,
Mrs. W. M. Riley, Mrs. Charles Ans
i ley, Mrs. Linton Lester, Mrs. Albert
Harris, Mrs. Neon Buchanan, Mrs. C.
J. Clark, Miss Callie Slappey, Mrs. H.
W. Smithwick, Mrs. Frank Cantey of
Bainbridge, Mrs. Samuel Harrison and
Miss Arbie Harrison.
♦ * *
CHRYSANTHEMUM CLUB
s WILL MEET ON FRIDAY.
The Chrysanthemum club will meet
i on Friday afternoon at four o ’clock at
Prospect Park. This is a social meet
r ing of this organization and the hos
tesses for the afternoon are Mrs. H. C.
Davis, Miss Janie McLendon and Miss
Elizabeth Worthy.
* * *
, EPH ORTH LE AGUE
PICNIC FRIDAY.
' The members of the Epworth Lea
gue of the First Methodist church are
invited to the picnic to be given Fri
day afternoon at Myrtle springs. These
going will meet at the church at five
j o'clock and go out in cars to the
r springs.
* * *
./DANCE GIVEN FOR
fMISS FLORENCE NILES.
t The dance given last evening at the
- Bell studio in honor of Miss Florence
r Niles, of Atlanta, by Mr. and Mrs. C.
> O Niles and Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Fort
j was most delightful. Many lovely cut
- flowers and potted plants rendered
the hall most attractive and numbers of
• electric fans placed to the best advan
tage caused the guests to forget that
it was summer time. About fifty cou
ples were present. During the even
ing delicious iced punch was dispens
ed by Miss Lucy Simmons and Miss
j Mary Dudley and at a late hour sand
wiches were served.
* St *
I
AMERICUS GIRL
RECEIVING ATTENTIONS.
Misses Mary Crisp Glover, of Amer
icus, gnd Lucy Veal, of Austell, who
are the guests of Misses Ruth and
Lonnie Benson at their home on Ponce
De Leon avenue, will be honor guests
at a number of parties this week and
next.
11 Thursday afternoon Miss Venice
Mason will give a swimming party at
the East Lake Country club in their
I honor. Tea will be served later at the
I club.
Miss Marie Colcord will entertain
I informally at bridge Friday morning
I at her home in West End. compliment
ary to Misses Glover and Lucy Veal,
and for Miss Zadie Amorine, of Ma
' con. the guest of Miss Henrietta Davis.
—Atlanta Georgian.
♦ * ♦
HEART DICE PARTY
FOR TWO VISITORS.
1' In compliment to Miss Orlean Ans-
I ley’s charming house guests, Miss Et-
I ta Caruthers, of Fort Valley, and Miss
I Bu-ie Dorsett, of Washington, D. C.,
I Miss Geraldine Payne entertained with
I heart dice this morning at her home on
I Lee street. Four tables were placed
I for the game on the spacious front
I porch, which was most effectively dec
| orated with quantities of summer flow
ers and potted plants. After the game
sandwiches and tea were served.
The guest list included
Ansley, Miss Etta Ruth Caruthers,
Miss Susie Dorsett, Miss Naomi Wright,
Miss Dorothy Cargill, Miss Margery
Kalmon, Miss Mary Walker, Miss Nel
lie Worthy, Miss Mary Sue Chambliss,
Miss Agnes Gatewood, Miss Elmer
Bell, Miss Virginia Brightman, Miss
Mary Alice Lingo. Miss Margaret
Wheatley and Miss Annie Ray Keiffer.
♦ ♦ ♦
MISS ORLEAN ANSLEY
WILL GIVE PROM PARTY
In honor of her visitors, Miss Etta
Caruthers, of Fort Valley, and Miss i
Suzie Dorsett, of Washington, D. C.,l
Miss Orlean Ansley will give a prom I
party this evening at her home on Lee
street.
♦ ♦ »
DO YOU know:
Do you know that a ten cent fiack
age of lye added to your old fat, like
mutton fat and fat refuse which is use
less for cooking, will make ten pounds
of excellent kitchen soap? All brands
cf lye have the directions on the pack
age.
Do you know that a ten cent package!
of lye dissolved in water and thrown j
over a pail of old bones will make'
them into an excellent fertilizer? The I
solution should cover the bones.
Do you know that potatoes, know,
matter how they are to be served,
should be cooked w’ith the skins on:
and pared afterwards? Not only is the!
bulk much lessened by paring first, as'
the modern cook does, but most of the
nourishment and flavor are soaked out
and thrown away with the water used
in boiling?
Do you know our Puritan grand
mothers "de-hydrated” their herbs,
fruits and vegetables by exposing them
tc the sun's rays Fruits should be
cut in slices small enough to dry until
they shrivel; small apples, for instance
it, quarters, large apples in eights, and
other things in the same way.—From
the Vigilantes.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
These are the tax returns for 1917:
$9,108,195, a gain of $109,185 over last;
year 1916. GEO. D. JONES,
Tax Receiver of Sumter Co., Ga. I
UNVEILING OF MONUMENT.
The unveiling of the monument of
late sovereign J. H. Ganey will take
place on Sunday afternoon at Oak
Grove cemetery. All members of Am
ericus Camp and visiting sovereigns
are respectfully requested to meet at
the Woodmen’s hall at 3 o’clock.
2-3 t
Revision of General Tax Act
Sure to Precipitate Fight
ATLANTA, Aug. 2. —Chairman L. R.' f
Akin ,of the ways and means commit- t
tee of the House has introduced the (
first bill of the revision of the general i
tax act which has been introduced <
since 1909, the bill having been com- ]
pleted and perfected by the committee, i
The bill sets out to bring an increase s
of several hundred thousand rollars —
perhaps half a million —in the revenues
a general upward scaling of specific <
and occupational taxes and adds a s
large number of items not included in 1
the present act. 1
When this bill comes up for passage <
if will be one of the stiffest sort of 1
fights on the floor of the House on 1
many of the increases and new items.
The only decrease on the bill is on ’
lightning rod agents, whose tax is re
duced from SSO to S3O.
The bill becomes effective January 1
I
1, 1918.
{Operation of Tax Act.
..A section of the bill would authorize
■the president of the Senate and the
speaker of the House to appoint a com.
mittee of two from the House and one
from the Senate to meet with the Gov
ernor. the attorney general and the
State tax commissioner in vacation to
study the operation of the tax act; to
determine what items should be elim
inated or changed, and to determine
whether there is other property not
bearing its proportionate share of the
taxes, and to prepare a tax act to be
presented to the ways and means com
mittee at the summer session of 1918.
The bill in summary is as follows:
The professional tax is raised from
$lO to sls on the following:
Lawyers, doctors, osteopaths, veter
inary surgeons, opticians, architects,
public accountants, mechanical andj (
electrical engineers, presidents or chief j 1
executives living in this State of ex-'<
press, telegraph, telephone, railroad. '
THL AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
j Ladies! Keep It I
j on The Dresser {
i Few drops on corn or callus j
| stops pain, then they lift off. I
i •
? Your high heels have
‘ ut e °rns on your toes and
J calluses on your feet, but
1 / why care now?
V J This tiny bottle holds an
almost magic fluid. A
I genius in Cincinna’i dis-
J covered .this ether com-
j pound and named it freez-
Y one. Small bottles of freez-
z. one can be had at any drug
pS—store for a few cents. Nev
llil HI er limi> 01 - vour Eace
JU in pain again, but get a
bottle of freezone and ap
all ply a few drops on your
/yi tender, aching corn, for
jfik callus. Instantly the sore
/Mf . ness disappears and short
ly! ly you will find the corn
r I or callus so shriveled and
loose that you lift it off
with fingers.
Just think of it! You set rid of a
hard corn, soft corn or a corn between
the toes as well as hardened callusses,
without suffering one particle, without
the slightest irritation of the surround
ing skin. Just a touch of freezone on
a sore corn gives instant relief.
TE U HERS EXAMIN ATION.
The State examination of teachers
will be held August 3rd, and 4th, 1917.
White teachers will meet at Furlow
School building near the Seaboard de
pot, Jackson street. Colored teachers
will meet at McCoy Mill School build
ing.
All those wishing to apply for li
cense to teach will meet at eight o’-
clock Friday and Saturday morning.
E. J. M’MATH,
30-4 t C. S. S.
BANK FURNITURE AND FIXTURES
FOR SALE.
A rare opportunity to get Bank Coun
ters, Chairs, Railings, Desks and otheij
Bank Fixtures. Inquire of the Re
ceiver of the Americus National Bank
for particulars. 29-lw
NOTICE.
All creditors of the late W. H. R.
Schroeder are hereby requested to
present their claims immediately in
order that the affairs of the estate may
be closed. E. J. SCHROEDER,
7-27-10 t. Executor.
street railroad, steamboat or naviga
tion, electric light, sleeping car, palace',
car campanies, building and loan, and'
investment and loan associations and j
companies, gas companies and water,
power companies, and upon every da- ;
guerrean, ambrotype, photographic and
similar artist.
Making Abstracts of Title.
Upon persons, firms or corporations
engaged in the business of making ab- ,
stracts of titles to property in cities or j
towns of 20,000 inhabitants or over. the |
tax is raised from SSO to $75; in towns',
of from 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants the h
tax is raised from $25 to $37.50; in ■
towns of less than 10,000 inhabitants, ,
from $lO to 20. This does not apply <
to attorneys-at-law who have paid the <
professional tax already mentioned. |i
For every motor vehicle agent
dealer the following advances are t
made: (
In counties with a population of less i
han 20.000, advanced from $25 to $27.- ;
50; in counties of between 20,000 and,.
3.1,000 population, advanced from SSO ■
t> $55; in counties of between 30,000 j
and 50,000 population, advanced from J
$75 to $82.50; in counties of between
50,000 and 70,000 population, advanced
from SIOO to $110; in counties of be
ween 75,000 and 100.000 population, ad
vanced from $l5O to $165; in counties
o; between from 100,000 and 150,000,
advanced from S2OO to $220; in coun
ties of more than 150,000, advanced
from $250 to $275. The population in
instance is to be determined by the
United States census of 1910.
No change is made in the tax of $25
on auctioneers. '
I’nt Tax on Parks.
Amusement parks, baseball parks,
etc., must pay $220 instead as the pres- '
ent $200; while the proprietor, owner,
or lessee of any such park would have
to pay an additional SIOO instead of the
I present SSO fee for each such park in
j a city of more than 15,000 people;
i while for parks in cities of less size,
the tax of $25 dollars above 3,000 in
habitants and $5 for less than 3,000 in
habitants remains the same.
Bicycle dealers will pay the same
$lO tax as unde* the present law.
800 l and billiard room keepers will
pay the present tax of SSO.
Cigarette dealers will pay the pres
ent tax of $25.
The tax on collection agencies
raised from SIOO to $125.
Detective agencies are called upon to
pay $lO. The present tax is $lO.
Vaudeville houses and moving pic
ture shows are called upon to pay
The present tax is $lO per month
Loan agents are taxed in the new
bill at S2O in each county in which they
carry on business. The present tax is
$lO.
The tax on local insurance agents Is
increased from $lO to sls for each
county in which they do business.
Traveling, special or general insur
ance agents will pay $75.00 instead of
the present SSO.
Increase Immigration Agency Tax.
The tax upon immigration agencies
is increased from SSOO to SI,OOO in each
county in which such an agency does!
business.
The lightning rod agent gets a re
duction. He is called upon to pay only
S3O in each county instead of the pres
ent SSO.
There is no increase la tie $25 tax
on merry-go-round owners, scenic'
railway owners, etc., bowling alleyj
proprietors and shooting gallery’ pro
prietors.
The skating rink tax of SIOO, $25 and '
$lO, according to population where It
operates, remains the same.
There is no change from the $25 tax
on game booths, such as booths for
pitching rings at canes, etc.
The tax upon general peddlers is
placed at SSO for each county in which
they do business. The present tax is
i
SSO. The foregoing tax applies to ped-
, dlers of patent medicines, appliances?
, jewelry, stationery, drugs, soap an*
other articles of merchandise as com-'
ing under the foregoing tax provision'
of the present act.
Tax on AH Peddlers.
Clock peddlers will pay the same tax
ol S2OO for each county.
Peddlers of churns, tools, agricul
tural implements, etc., remains the
same. $25 for each county.
Peddlers using boats or other water
craft will pay the same tax of SSO for!
I each county.
The tax upon itererant horse traders
fortune tellers, etc., is increased from
SSO to SIOO in each county.
Book, news, fruit, etc., agents on
trains will pay SSOO instead of the
present S2OO.
The following increases are propos
ed on corporations according to cap
ital stock;
j For corporations with capital not ex
jfeeding SIO,OOO, the tax is advanced:
I from $5 to $10; capital stock between |
.SIO,OOO and $25,000 advanced from $lO
to S2O; capital from between $20,000
'and $50,000, S3O in lieu of the present
sls for corporations with capital be
| tween $25,000 and $100,000; for cap
ital between $50,000 and $75,090, SSO
( tax, for capital between $75,000 and sl,-
000, $75 tax; for capital between sl,-
00,000 and $3,000, tax advanced from
I $25 to $100; for capital between $300,-
1 000 and $500,000, tax advanced from
I SSO o $150; for capital between $500,-:
1000 and $1,000,000, tax advanced from!
1 575 to $200; for corporations with cap-;
ital over $1,000,000, tax ad/anced from
SIOO to S3OO.
The above revised schedule of taxes
■ applies also to foreign or non-resi
’ dent corporations, the payment of these
J taxes to ’e made in the same manner
as provided for in the present act.
Typewriters Dealers.
Manufacturers and .dealers in type
writers will pay $35 in lieu of the pres
ent $25.
Cash register manufacturers and
dealers will pay the present tax of,
SIOO. I
Dealers in scales and weighing ma
chines will pay the present tax of
Jls
I There is no change In the tax on soft
drinks and syrups.
There Is no change upon the tax
Havc fed 200 tons of Buckeye Hulls
Foster & Fits, Tuscaloosa, Ala., have fed 200 tons of Buckeye Hulls
and are still feeding them. Users like these —and there are thou
sands of them —have proven conclusively that Buckeye Hulls are
not only the least expensive but the most satisfactory roughage
on the market. You are not buying an untried product when you
order your first ton of
▼KAOt MARK
V HULLS X
LINTLESS
You can rest assured from the experience of many other successful
farmers, stockmen and dairymen that Buckeye Hulls will meet your
needs better than any roughage you ever have used before. You
can look forward to your roughage not only costing you much less
than formerly but giving you better results. No lint. No trash. No
waste. No trouble.
To secure the best results and to develop the ensilage odor, wet the hull*
thoroughly twelve hour* before feeding. It is easy to do this by
wetting them down night and morning for the next feeding. If at any time
this cannot be done, wet down at least thirty minutes. If you prefer to
feed the hulls dry, use only half as much by bulk as of old style hulls.
Book of Mixed Feeds Free
Gives the right formula for every combination of feeds used in the South. Telle
how much to feed for maintenance, for milk, for fattening, for work. Describes
Buckeye Hulls and gives directions for using them properly. Send for your
copy to nearest millk
Dept. J r The Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. Dept. J
Atlanta Birmingham Greenwood Little Rock Memphie
Aagaeta Charlotte Jackeon Macon Selma
upon agents for packing house pro
ducts.
There is no change in the tax on
traveling physicians, osteopaths, ve
terinary surgeons, etc.
Dealers in pistols, cartridges, dirks,
bowie knives, brass knucks, will pay
$35 instead of the present $25.
There is no change in the tax of
SIOO upon persons, firms or corpora
tions keeping for hire or sale billiard
or pool tables.
There is no change in the tax of
S2OO on pawnbrokers.
Bottling plants will be required to
pay, instead of the present $25 for each
bottling machine having one filling
head, $75 for each machine having two
filling heads, $125 for each machine
having three filling heads, and SSO for
each additional filling head on such
machine as may have more than three
heads.
The tax upon slot machines remains
the same.
Shows and Exhibitions.
The tax upon all shows and exhibi
tions, except such histrionic, musi
cal, operatic,, elocutionary and circus
companies, and upon each side show
accompanying such a company, the tax
remains the same. Tax upon circuses
remain the same . The tax upon dog
and pony and upon horse shows re
mains the same. Tax upon midway
combinations, street fairs, remains the
same. The new bill provides that the
total tax on midway attractions at ag
ricultural fairs shall not exceed $25
per week.
The tax of $lO on real estate and
renting agents remains the same.
In lieu of the $1 per head on dogs,
dogs are made personal preperty in the
revision hill, and would be subject to
taxation as other personal property.
The tax of SIOO upon manufacturers
and agents for mowing, reaping and
binding machines, or gas engines, re
mains the same.
The tax of SSO on concerns compiling
city directories remains the same.
Sewing Machine Agents.
The tax upon sewing machine com-
II I No Premiums II
11 c Bu f Fu "
II T"! • Value Cbffee
1 hmg I
I That Will Never Change I
The supreme quality cf Maxwell House II
|; Coffee always has been and always will !g
be the same. I
|: The esteem in which Maxwell House
Coffee is held by people who appreciate good W
'■ coffee was gat? nd by quality. And so, regardless
Hi of the “iii 1 cost of living,” it will be maintained. |l
You can always know that the quality is uniform.
MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE
One cup witl convince you of the vast difference
|h between Maxwell House and ordinary coffees. >|a
II The Rood grocer has it in seated tins— IM
E1 whole, ground Ute. I cut) or pulverized. IB
Enjoy Maxwell House Tea, Too.
Cheek-Neal Coffee Company HI
■I I Nashville Houston Jacksonville Richmond nN
Americus Taxicab Company
DODGE and BUICK CARS
Will Answer All Calls Promptly
PHONE 825
COMPTON & VAUGHN
panics and their agents is raised from
S3OO to S4OO.
The tax of 1 per cent on foreign and
heme insurance companies remains the
same.
There is no change in the provision
for the return by building and loan as
sociations of all real and personal pro
perty for taxation.
There is no change in the tax of 1
per cent on premiums of fidelity guar
antee companies.
There is no change in the provision
for the return for taxation of the val
ue of francaises, nor in the return for
taxation of the property of public util
; ities companies.
• There is no change in the provision
: of the present act exempting the cap
' ital of banks, or banking associations,
organized under the authority of this
State.
| The same provision is made irt the
new bill, as in the present act, for the
returns of gross receipts and net in
comes of railroads for taxation.
The following additional items are
added to the tax list for the payment
of annual, specific, or occupational
tax:
Advertising agencies will pay SSO.
Advertising, operating bulletin sign
systems will pay SSO.
VW Is effective in treating
M 1 unnatural discharges;
UHL M K * Smi painless,non-rolsonous
■ ■IVY W ■ and will not stricture.
Believe* in 1 to 5 days.
• sold nv drcmustn.
Parcel Post if desired—Prue >l, or 3 bottles 12.75,
Prepared by
THE EVANS CHEMICAL CO.. CINCINNATI. O.
J. LEWIS ELLIS
Attorney at Law
Planter’s Bank Building
Phone 830.
Americus, Ga.
I
I I "■ ■■ !■ ***,** 'I ■ .- —II I I ww—
U. P. DAVIS
Dental Surgeon
Orthodontia, Pyorrhe*.
; .testdence Phone 316. Office Phone 818.
Allison Bldg.
PAGE FIVE
