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SUNDAY, AUGUST 5,1917.
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♦ A PROPHETIC PROPHECY BY ♦
> ALFRED TENNYSON. ♦
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“For I dipped into the future, far as
human eyes could see,
Saw the vision of the world and all the
wonders yet to be>
Saw the heavens filled with commerce,
argosies of magic sails;
Pilots of the purple twilight, lightin?
down with costly bales,
Heard the heavens filled with shouting,
and there rained a ghastly dew;
From the nations’ airy navies, grap
pling in the central blue,
Far along the world-wide whisper of
the south wind-rushing warm;
With the standards of the peoples,
plunging through the thunder
storm,
’Till the war drum throbbed no longer,
and the battle flags were furled;
In the parliament of man, the federa
tion of the world.”
—From “Locksley Hall.”
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DODSON-SPARKS.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Dod
son, announce the engagement of
their daughter, Mattie Lewis, to Mr.
Augustus O. B. Sparks, of Macon. Date
to be announcement la
ter. ‘ •
The above announcement is of state
wide interest, owing to the popularity
o” both Miss Dodson and Mr. Sparks.
Miss Dodson is the elder of the two
lovely daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Dor
sen, and is as bfeloved as she is pop
ular in social life. She is a graduate
of Lucy Cobb college. Mr. Sparks is
a graduate of the University of Geor
gia and of the University Law school,
and is at present in the officers’ train
ing camp, Fort McPherson, where he
will receive his commission within a
short while. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Willis B. Sparks, of Macon, and
a grandson of the late Senator A. O.
Bacon for whom he is named.
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GLAZE-PARKER.
On Saturday afternoon at five
o’clock, Miss Elizabeth Glaze and
Clarence Parker of Tampa, Fla, were
quietly married in the office of Judge
John A. Cobb in the court house, Rev.
C. A. Phillips of Plains performing the
ceremony.
The bride, whose home is at Leslie,
has been taking training for the past
two or three months at the Wise Saa
itarium at Plains. Mr. Parker has
beerl spending several months at his
old home in Plains and it was there he
met his bride. Their courtship was of
short duration and their marriage was
uite a surprise to their friendsq. Mr.
Parker is engaged in the garage bus
iness in Tampa.
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HEART DICE PARTY
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
Miss Elmer Bell has issued invita
tions to a heart dice party to be given
on Monday afternoon in honor of her
house guest, Miss Clementine Marlin
ot Dawson.
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Americus, Ga.
DELIGHTFUL OUTING Ob’
CHRYSANTHEMUM CLUB.
| The Chrysanthemum club enjoyed a
' most delightful outing on Friday after
■noon at Prospect park, the hostesses
on this pleasant occasion being Miss
Elizabeth Worthy, Mrs. H. C. Davis and
Miss Janie McLendon. A very clever
guessing contest furnished entertain
ment and after an hour cr sc pleasant
ly spent, most delicious refreshments
were served.
Those present were Mrs. W. A. Dod
son, Mrs. Frank Cato, Mrs. R. L. Cato,
Mrs. S. H. McKee, Mrs. G. R. Ellis,
Mrs. W. L. English, Mrs. Henry Wal
ker, Mrs. John Council, Mrs. H. E.
Allen, Mrs. Ida Ross, Mrs. D. R. An
drews, Miss Caroline Worthy, Miss
Alice Worthy, Miss Elizabeth Worthy,
Miss Janie McLendon and Mrs. H. C.
Davis.
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MISS ANNE WALKER’S
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
/ .Miss Anne Walker gavd a prettj’
/>arty on Thursday afternoon in cele
bration of her ninth birthday at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Walker on Lee street. AbouQ
thirty of her little friends were invitee
and the afternoon was spent most
pleasantly playing games. Punch was
served by Miss Helen Daniel, of Ma
con, and Miss Ruth Everett. Ice cream
was served late in the afternoon.
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WOMAN’S MISSIONARY SOCIETY
WILL MEET MONDAY AFTERNOON.
There will be a meeting of the Wom
an’s Missionary Society at the First
Methodist church Monday afternoon at
four o’clock.
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MISSES ARNOLD ARE
HONOREES AT PARTY.
Mrs. Argyle C. Crockett entertained
i-..a delightfully informal manner this
morning in honor of Misses Ruth and
Mary Arnold of Blakely, the guests of
their sister, Mrs. Joseph Bryan. The
attractive home of the hostess was
adorned with a profusion of gorgeous
summer flowers in a variety of colors.
Forty-two was the game played and
at its conclusion a salad course was
served, the hostess being assisted by
Mr. H. B. Mashburn, Mrs. Cliff Wil
liams and Mrs. Joseph Bryan.
Those playing were Misses Arnold,
Miss Docia Mathis, Miss’ Genevieve
Prather, Miss Evelyn Bell of Colum
bia, Ala., Miss Melva Clark, Miss Wil
kes of Tampa. Fla., Miss Elmer Bell,
Clementine Marlin, of Dawson, Miss
Mary Rose Brown, Miss Pauline Broad
hurst, Miss Orlean Ansley, Miss Etta
Carithers of Fort Valley, Miss Susie
Dcrsett of Washington, D. C.. Miss
Mary Hudson, Miss Elizabeth Brown
and Miss Minnie Holmes, of Culloden.
Mrs. Bryan entertained on Thursday
for Misses Arnold.
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informal dance
for visiting girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Williams enter
tained about fifteen couples, members
of the younger set, with an informal
I dance on Friday evening at their pret-
ALCAZAfi
THEATREA
Monday
Matinee 5 & 10c Night 10 & 15c
Blanche Sweet, in
“THE SILENT PARTNER”
Five acts, and
“Fatty” Arbuckle, in
“THE BUTCHER BOY”
Two reel comedy
Tuesday 5 & 10c
Alice Brady, in
“DARKEST RUSSIA”
Five acts
Wednesday
Matinee 5 & 10c;
Night 10 & 15c
Enid Bennett, in
“HAPPINESS”
Five acts, and
“HIS ONE NIGHT STAND”
ty home on College street, the occa
sion being in compliment to Miss Cle
mentine Marlin, the attractive guest
of Miss Elmer Bell The edison fur
nished good music and the happy crowd
tripped the “light fantastic” until a
late hour. Refreshments were served
during the evening, Mrs. Williams be
ing assisted by’ Miss Callie Bell and
Miss Linda Mathis.
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PICNIC AND SWIMMING
PARTY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
A picnic and swimming party given
on Friday afternoon in honor of Miss
Orlean Ansley's visitors, Miss Etta
Etta Carithers, of Fort Valley and Miss
Susie Dorsett, of AVashington, D. C.,
was composed of Misses Ansley, Ca
rithers, Dorsett, Agnes Gatewood, El
mer Bell, Geraldine Payne, Annie May
Keifer, Zelma Parrott, Mary S. Cham
bliss, Margery Brown, Ruth Kendrick,
of Tennille, Virginia Brightman; Mes
rs. Henry Walker, George Walker, Eu
gene Harvey, W. D. Harvey, Stewart
Prather, Owen Poole, Frank Easterlin,
Junior Easterlin, Oscar Carter, Otis
Carter, Harry Sullivan and Henry Al
len.
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RED ( ROSS BENEFIT
NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT.
The clever three act musical comedy’
“Cupid at College,” will be given at the
Opera House Friday night, August 10th,
the proceeds to be used for the pur
pose of supplies for the work room of
the local Red Cross Chapter. The cast
of characters is made up entirely of
young people who have already earned
a reputation in dramatic affairs.
The plot, while light and sketchy,
tells a story of a visit to this country
of a Lord Blazon Berrie, who is in
search of material tor his book on Am
erican society, and incidentally, for
a wife with the money to pay his
debts. At an artist’s studio he meets
a number of sorority’ girls from a lo
cal college, who furnish him with suf
ficient notes of his book, and who let
him know that the American girl pre
fers a rising American to a descending
Englishman.
Miss Mary Elza Sheppard will have
the part of Joyce, the ringleader of the
college girls, and Miss Ellen Estes will
be Phillis, her chum. Miss Belva Clark
is Miss Allcash, the heiress, and Miss
Thelma Ryals and slangy- freshman.
Miss Catherine Hamilton is the prima
donna of the college, with a tendency
t> sing “Casey Jones” on all occasions.
The Frenchiest of chaperons will be
Miss Maude Sherlock, and Miss Ger
trude Davenport in an Irish maid who
refuses to understand French. Misses
Mary Dudley, Agnes Gatewood, Mary-
Sue Chambliss, Edith Ryals, Sarah
Horne make up the girls.
Oscar Carter will appear as the En
glish lord and Neal Ray as Robinson,
a dime novel reading butler. The
many catchy songs and dances add
much and make it a play worth seeing.
The rehearsals are being held daily
and each member of the cast is work
ing hard to give a production of un
usual merit.
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MOTORS DONATED
TO WORK ROOM.
The management of the Americus
Lighting Company have very kindly
donated some electric motors, to be
used on the sewing machines in the
Red Cross work room. This will very
materially lessen the work of the la
dies who are making surgical dressings
and supplies and will also make it pos
sible for much more work to be done.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
PROM PARTY FRIDAY
FOR VISITORS.
The prom party given on Friday- ev
ening by Miss Orlean Ansley at her
home on Lee street, was one of the
largest of a number of delightful af
fairs given by the High school set this
summer. This pretty party was in
honor of Miss Etta Caruthers of oFrt
Valley, and Miss Suzie Dorsett, of
Washington, D. C., Miss Ansley’s house
guests.
Miss Ansley’s guests were Misses Ca
rithers and Dorsett, Mary Belle Green,
I Agnes Gatewood, Mary Rose Brown,
Elmer Bell, Clementine Marlin, of Daw
son; Nellie Worthy, Mary Walker, Ger
aldine Payne, Pauline Broadhurst, Eu-
■ genia Collins, Catherine Hamilton.
■ Marguerite Everett, Margaret Wheat
key, Dorothy Cargill, Margery Kal
'mon, Gertrude Davenport, Mabile El
■lis, Annie Ellis, Clara Glover, Mary
.Sheffield, Alice McNeill, Mary Dudley,
i Eugenia Warlick, Madre Rodgers, An
nie Ray Keiffer, Zina Parrott, Mary
iSlapipey, Mary Sue Chambliss, Margery
j Brown, Mary Gnosspelius, Catherine
Buchanan, Naomi Wright, Virginia
Brightman, Bessie Brightman, Quen
elle Harrold, Mary Alice Lingo, Messrs.
Eshton Buchanan, W. D. Harvey, Hen
ry Walker, George Walker, Eugene
Harvey, Owen Poole, Stewart Prather,
Frank Easterlin, Junior Easterlin,
John Cargill, Neal Ray, Otis Carter,
' Oscar Carter, Henry Allen, Fisher
Brown, James Sieg, Edwin Ryals, Ned
Johnson, Gus Johnson, George Lump
kin, Henry Clay, Walker Hudson,
Chris Sherlock, Bill Littlejohn, Harry
Sullivan, Bill Ivey, Lewis Merritt,
Charles Simmons, Luther Wallis, Rol
and Broadhurst, Billie Parker, Mar
vin Bolton, John Butt, Sammie Hooks,
j Charles Crisp, Henry Lumpkin, Ray-
Imond Rodgers, Carrol Clark, Eugene
| Morgan and Emmett Bolton.
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■BIRTHDAY PARTY
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Little Miss Hepzibah Jones entertain
ed about a dozen of her friends pleas
antly on Friday afternoon with a
moie ‘ party, the occasion being in
honor of her eighth birthday. After
! enjoying the pictures, the little folks
[ repaired to the ice cream parlor for
, refreshments. The guests were Cor
delia Hooks, Bertha Sawyer, Doryth
Fetner, Elizabeth Andrews, Frances
Warlick, Vivien Easterlin, Nell
Schneider, Louise Culpepper, Martha
English, James Bynum and E. J. Ty
son.
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RED ( ROSS NURSES
VERY MUCH NEEDED.
The need for Red Cross nurses be
. comes greater every day. Miss James
A. Delano in a recent Red Cross bul
letin points out the great need for
trained nurses in the following appeal:
“The Red Cross nursing service has
now enrolled nearly 1,000 nurses. One
thousand of these have already been
assigned to duty, and more than 700
are in France or enroute there. Oth
[ ers are already to go at a moment's
i notice. Our estimates as to the nurs
ing needs of the army and navy have
I been very, carefully calculated, and
the Red Cross nursing service is pre
pared to announce that it is organized
to meet demands of the present and
immediate future.
“But what of the situation two or
I three years from now? Then, if the
I war continues, we shall have from 10,-
t)00 to 20,000 nurses in the military ser
vice and our nursing resourses here at
home will be seriously depleted. And'
we shall need nurses here at home.
If we are to judge by the experience (
of past wars and of our allies in this
war, we shall need more than in or
dinary times to guard against tubercu-’
losls, infant mortality, undernourish-1
ment, and other abnormal conditions
' which are found among civilian popu
lations when they are laboring under
the strain of war. Nornially our nurs
es’ training schools turn out 13,000,
graduate nurses annually. They will
have to turn out 20,000 in 1919 and.
'another 20,000 in 1920 if the estimated
needs of those two years are to be met. 1
“Seven thousand recruits, therefore, 1
'are needed for the training schools this .
I year; and an additional 7,000 next year,
j Where are we going to get them? |
“My hope is that they will come from
i among the educated young womanhood
of our country Thousands of young I
women just’cut of college or academy
I are eager to do some national service.
Whenever one of these comes to me for .
'advice, I direct her attention to the I
Red Cross nursing service. There we (
need women of the highest type, worn- |
en of character and education who are,
willing to enter the training schools j
and submit themselves to the regular,
courses of technical training, and so ■
prepare themselves for skilled work as
Red Cross nurses.
I “The Red Cross chapters can help in
| this work by bringing this appeal to
| the attention of the young women of
their communities. All that is needed
! in many cases, is to point out the op
portunity. The young women are eager
Ito serve. Many of the leading train -
I ing schools are co-operating by offer- ■
■lng extra admission credits to college (
women. Full particulars as to the
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VON ECKHARDT IN BAD
WITH MEXICAN NEWSPAPERS
■ MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4.—A clash be
tween Heinrich Von Eckhardt, the Ger-
’ i man Minister to Mexico and Mexican
■ newspaper photographers in which it
’,i> declared that the German diplomat
■; came to blows with the newspaper
enlivened the recent session of
i the Mexican National Commercial Con
l [ gress held here. Herr Von Eckhardt
> is the man who directed by Dr. Alfred
• Zimmerman, then German Foreign
Minister, to make arrangements to
bring Mexico with Japan into war with
the United States. He, with other
members of the diplomatic corps, and
■ President Carranza attended the open-
> ing session of Congress.
•! Newspaper photographers sent to
' snap the presindent set up their camer
as in the aisle close to the German
) minister who was seated at the end of
> the row of seats to keep him as far
i distant as possible from the represen
tatives for the Entente allies who oc-
• cupied the same row. Von Eckhardt
1 pretested, in what the photographers
/described at a rough and caustic man
i ner, that he did not intend to be annoy-
■ ed by photographers, but the camera
men paid little attention and photo-
1 graphed President Carranza and the di
plomatic corps from the most avail
lable spot which was directly behind
Von Eckhardt.
When the flashlight charges explod
ed, say the photographers, Von Eck
hardt remonstrated not with word but
with blows
El Excelsior, in commenting on the
i icident the next morning declared that
r i diplomat of Von Eckhardt’s exper
ience should have been learned before
| this how to conduct himself toward the
j press.
STI DENT OFFICERS MARCHING
OVER SHERMAN’S FAMOUS ROUTE
ATLANTA, Aug. 4.—Up along the
historic route of Sherman’s armies are
[ marching today the student officers of
the Fort McPherson training camp em
! barked on a nine day hike that will
complete their course of instruction.
Leaving yesterday in four battalions,
the men will camp in the field, will
'execute maneuvers on an extended
[scale, will study first hand the topo
graphy of the country on which the
armies of Sherman and Johnson fought
I for the fate of the Southern Confeder
lacy, and perhaps they will meet in a
'sham battle the student officers from
[the Camp at Fort Oglethorpe.
On returning from the hike, the men
[will be officially notified of the com
i missions which neir instructors have
recommended ’Jr them, by the
[middle of the month
, will be in their hands.
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MEXICANS TO HAVE
PENSIONS INVESTIGATION
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4.—The De
partment of War has determined to ap
point a Commission to Investigate all
claims for pensions due to soldiers or
soldiers’ families since 1910. Part of
the duties of the commission will be to
, make a census of the men invalided
.from the army since the first Madero
revolt.
Maddox
Miss McMichael who has been vis
iting her sister, Mrs. W. S. Webb, has
returned to her home in Buena Vis- 1
ta.
Miss Clara Halley, of Americus,
spent Sunday with home folks here.
Mrs. C. C. Kiker, of Oglethorpe, and i
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Scovill, of Chipley,!
Fla., have been spending several days!
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Johnson.
Mr. Joel Chappell and Miss Lillian
Knowlton, are visiting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Arlyn Chappell near
Americus.
After spending several w r eeks with
relatives in Macon, Miss Lizzie Hal- i
ley has returned home.
Messrs. Homer Chappell and Richard
Stevens, ot Americus, spent Sunday 1
with their mother of the former.
Rev. H. Etheridge will fill his reg
ular appointment at Benevolence
1 Sunday.
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TAN|JNG BARK EXPORTS
STOPPED BY ARGENTINA
LONDON, Aug. 4. —In view of the i
fact that shipments of quebracho from
Argentine have been restricted and the 1 1
French chestnut bark supplies are not 11
available, tanners are glad to hear <
that the Shipping Controller has au- ( i
thorized the importation of three thous- 1
and tons of wattle bark from South ■
Africa monthly. ‘ 1
Works are said to have been estab- '
lished in Natal for the extraction of (
tannin from the bark and in view of i
the fact that wattle wood is being used . i
in the manufacture of explosives, ace- 1
tone being extracted from it, the wat- ’
tiewood industry promises large de-1
velopments. ■;
Prior to the war, most of the wattle
wood bark imported into England was I
re-exported to Germany. i
Public Health Department
For the People of Sumter
BY DR. W. B. M’WHORTER.
A Safe Well.
What is a safe well? This question
is often asked
A safe well is one so constructed
that contaminated water or other im
purities can not get into it.
So far as health is concerned, noth
ing is more important than having
pure water to drink.
All surface water, and by surface
water we mean any water running on
top of the ground, is more or less con
taminated, and is unfit for drinking
purposes.
If a well is situated in a low place
so that surface water can run into it,
that well is unsafe. Rain water should
not drain toward and run into a
well. Yet we see many wells of this'
character.
It sometimes happens that wells may ■
be polluted by sub-soil drainage. By ■
this we mean the seepage of impure [
water through the soil and into the
well, contrary to the generally ac-j
cepted opinion, wells are usually pol
luted from the surface, and not from
seepage. The filtering power of the
soil is usually sufficient to prevent
NEW ROSE NAMED FOR
THE HEROINE OF LOOS
PARIS, Aug. 4.—The “Emilienne Mo
reau” one of the new roses that one
a prize in the annual competition at
the Bagatelle Rose Gardens, was named
after the heroine of Loos, the girl who
helped save British wounded under fire
and even shouldered a rifle to help the
i soldiers drive the Germans from the
town in the great battle which resulted
in its capture. It is a magnificent
white rose with very large petals and
with a foliage of a very deep green.
The Edith Cavell, one of last year's
productions at the Bagatelle Gardens
was shown along side it.
The judges of the rose show adopt
ed resolutions asking legislators of
the allied countries to give to new
flowers the same protection that is
given to artistic productions, litera
ture, inventions, trade marks. A new
flower, they asserted, represents quite
as much patient effort as the produc
tion of a work of art or literature,
CHORAL REQUIEM SERVICE AT
BURIAL OF FRENCH’S SISTER
SALONIKI, August 4. —An impress
ive choral requiem over the grave of
Mrs. Harley, sister to Field Marshal
Viscount French, killed by a
shell at Monastir in March, was fol
lowed by the unveiling of a monument
erected by the officers on duty at the
Serbian base. The memorial is of grey
granite blocks, surmounted by a
white marble cross, bearing the fol
lowing inscription in the Serbian and
English languages:
“To the victim of barbarians, a gen
erous English lady, a great benefac
tress of the Serbian people, and a great
lady. On your tomb, instead of flow
ers the gratitude of the Serbs shall
bioom. For your wonderful deeds
your name shall be known from gen
eration to generation.
i “From the officers at the Serbian,
i base.”
contamination of the well water, un
less (I) the soil is overburdened with
organic matter, or (2) a cess pool or
closet is very close, or (3) channels,
fissures or crevices exist in the soil
and sub-soil, so that the impure wa
ter runs directly into the well with
out any natural filtration.
To make your well safe you should
d<g to a firm, clean bottom, and then
use terracotta, stone or brick to wall
up the well; all joints should be ce
mented. At the top there should be a
cement, stone or brick curbing. The
box should fit closely, leaving no
cracks.
A well so constructed will not be
contaminated by surface drainage or
' seeipage.
! One reason the death rate is lower
' in the city than in the country is be
' cause city people usually have a safe
i water supply. Call by office of the
[ County Board of Health at the court
house and get plans for construction of
• a safe well. It is worth while to
i have pure water to drink and a good
) well can be constructed without very
t much expense.
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