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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