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SUNDAY, AUGUST 5,1917. ♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ * » & Society News ® ; * M MBS. DAISY 0. GNOSSPELIUS, Editor M ♦ * Office Phone 99 ♦ * 99 Residence Phone 376 490 : » : . ♦ A PROPHETIC PROPHECY BY ♦ > ALFRED TENNYSON. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■♦••♦> “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.” * * ♦ 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. * ♦ T 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. * • * 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. Rids Your Stock of Worms» Worms are deadly, dangerous foes—enemies to health of hogs, sheep, cattle and horses—PßOFlT DESTROY ERS —thieves that rob you right and left—night and day. You can’t have thrifty, profit-producing stock and worms. SAL-VET will drive out these blood-sucking, life-sapping parasites and repay you many times its small cost. It sharpens the appetite, improves digestion, helps all stock grow faster, keeps them healthier, so they’ll sell quicker and for more money. Easy to feed—animals doctor themselves. Money back if it fails to fill every claim made. _ J Mrß.rmwiSoM Ce.. PetnoltH, Wia.. ear- "SAL VET was a crest eeeet In feediac fUad home brZd animalaat Ute fall anowa. and we muat have it to produce winners for the neat Oxford Ram at the l»U toteraadonai hae bad caoetaot aeeaae to SAUVKT Come in and get more actual proof of its wonderful merit. We sell the genuine SAL-VET and guarantee It to every purchaser. You save both time and freight charges by dealing with us <UW PLANTERS SEED CO., Distributors 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. * * * 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. * * * 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. * * * 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. • * ♦ 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. * * * 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. . * *•* 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. » » * 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. * * * ■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. ** ♦ ♦ 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. 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C. ” 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. I 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. ■ I 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. PAGE FIVE