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FUEL HEGUUTOB
IS AN ABIE AAAN
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DR. GARFIELD IS IN THE COAL
BUSINESS HIMSELF AND IS THE
HEAD OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST
- TRUST COMPANIES.
BY JAMES A HOLLOMON.
Staff Correspondent of The Atlanta
Constitution.
WASHINGTON, February 5.— ‘ Who
is Dr. Garfield? “College Professor?’’
“What does he know about coal?”
“Why should a ‘high-brow’ tell us
when we shall and when we shall not
use fuel” “Why should a little Ohio
pedagogue have such a sweeping au
thority?” And swon. You hear i| in
the lobbies, on the street cars, in the
capitol corridors, in the galleries, on
the street —in the offices of some of *the
nation’s legislators No man in pub
lic. life today, barring Woodrow Wil
son, Kaiser Bill, and possibly Nev*ton
Baker, is so much in the limelight.
He’s got Hoover backed off the boards.
“Who's Garfield?” That's the question
Those who are familiar enough with
United States history to know- that
James A. Garfield, once president of
the United States, was assassinated
in the Pennsylvania depot here one
bright morning in the 80's by a crazy
anarchist named Guiteau, think per
haps that this fuel administrator may
be his son or nephew or something
of the kind, and very few of those
indeed, know the truth. Very know
that Dr. Garfield, the fuel adminis
trator, spent many of the happy days
at his young manhood in the white
house while his father presided over
the deetinjes of the nation at the be
ginning of that unison of sections that
made the Stars and Stripes the one
and only one flag of a great and a
free people. Few care! Now listen!
Garfield No Long-Haired,
Impractical Bookworm.
Or. Garfield, the nation’s fuel ad
ministrator, is not an impracticable,
long-haired, book-worm college teach
er as the average man would have you
believe. He is, on the contrary, one
of the most careful, painstaking, prac
tical business men there is associated
with teh administration today. He is
an employer of labor, and himself a
laborer. He is a banker, and himself
a patron. He is a captain of industry
and himself a private. He is a lawyer,
and himself a client. He knows life
from its every angle—and he is serx
{ng his country today with an unselfish
patriotism that is neither bomb-proof
nor critic-proof.
What Garfield Knows
What does Dr. Garfield know about
coal? The fact that has been a coal
miner for years; and when he came
to the capitol to take up the duties
of fuel administrator he resigned as
director of one of the largest coal
producing companies in the middle
west, the Jefferson Coal company, of
Ohio. Not only was he director of that
company, but he was managing direct
or, and it was through his management
that the properties owned by the
corporation were developed, and the
mines placed upon an adequate trans
iportation basis by the construction of
approximately thirty miles of rail, this
putting his mines on a paying com
petitive line basis. Then we concede
that he knows something about coal,
tine producing of coal, and the trans
porting of coal from the mines of
the trunks lines.
All right, what else does he know
about big business?
Did you ever hear of the Cleveland
Trust Company It is oqe of the na-
gretaest financial institutions
today with fifteen or more branches,
and fifty millions of dollars on deposit
subject to check, and one hundred
and twenty million held as trust funds.
Pretty big concern! That is Dr. Gar
field’s concern. He started in a little
office in Cleveland, 20x30 feet in size,
to be exact, and today it occupies its
own buildings in several cities, and
employs its help by the hundreds.
It takes more than “Long-haired,
impractical pedagoguing” to accomp
lish that. All honor to school teachers!
All honor to college and university
professors! President Wilson was
one and he is getting along pretty
famously with a man's job on his
shoulders. A college-bred man can be
a great man—a college professor can
be a practical man. And Dr. Garfield
is a living He is one of the
most thorough business men in the
country, quiet, methodical, analytical,
open to suggestions, and invitor of
criticisms for the good they may con
vey, affable, democratic, thoroughly
sincere, deeply in earnest, striving
hard to do the best thing at a critical
moment —and
If there is a member of this gre-at
war-emcrgenqy board in Washington
today who is doing things alarmingly
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NIKOUAI UCNINf.
This is the new view of Nikolai
Lenine, for the moment, die most
powerful individual in Russia. As pre
mier, placed in this high position by
the Bolsheviki, he is chief in the most
populous nation in the world, except
China. The photograph shows him
from a different angle than any other
pictures of him heretofore publish
ed in this country.
PRICE ADVANCES ON
FLOUR SUBSTITUTES
WILL BE PROSECUTED
WASHINGTON, Feebruary s.—Food
Administrator Hoover served warning
today that any attempt to put into
effect unwarranted nncreases in the
price of wheat flour substitutes would
be promptly met. He is keeping a
close watch on this situation in view
of numerous conmplaints that dealers
in the various ingredients used in the
place of wheat flour are taking ad
vantage of the new wheat conserva
tion programme to raise prices.
The tie-up in transportation has
made it impossible for some com
munities to receive promptly the nec
essary substitutes, and the limited
supply of some ingredients has enabled
merchants having the limited stocks
to obtain higher prices.
Mills over the country are prepared
to meet the greater demand of house
wives and bakers for other cereals
during the next few months, accord
ing to the food administrator. Lack
of transportation is the only factor
that will stand in the way of proper
distribution throughout the country.
The supply is believed to be ample to
meet the demands of the country.
Dealers in food commodities who do
not give their customers the benefit
of fair and moderate prices will fl n< i
their licenses revoked, according to
the warning sent out today.
Unlicensed food retailers, the state
ment says, “who sell at more than
a reasonable profit will have their
supplies cut off through the notifi
cation of all licensees by the food ad
ministration forbidding them to re
ceive orders for food from such re
tailers."
11,091 WEEVILS HREz
GIVEN COLO 119 TEST
VALDCSTA Ga, Feb. s.—Much
anxiety is shown in the probable fate
of 11,000 boll weevils kept in the
wire cages at the state sea island
cotton experiment farm hertt Su
perintendent G. H. Gaddis says he
cannot tell yet if the pets have es
caped the ravages of the unusual
cold weather and only warm weather
will tell the story.
In the fall 11,000 weevils were
installed in their wire screened cages
where they- could hibernate through
the winter and be ready in the spring
and summer for use in the scientific
experiment work of the station. This
is done every year in order that the
stall-fed pests can be used whenever
wanted. Ordinarily there are plenty
of them, but to have them caged al
ways asures the superintendent of a
supply when they are needed for ex
perimental work.
Mr. Gaddis says he is sure that the
cold weather has destroyed at least a
part of his colony and he is anxious
for enough warm weather to get them
to stirring and see just what their
capacity is for standing sure enough
cold weather.
rigid and yet sweepingly effective, it
ie this quiet, unobtrusive Ohioan, the
son of America's martyred president.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
BRITISH IND TURKS
MIKE BIG EXGHUNGE
BERNE, Switzerland, eb. 5. —Brit-
ish and Turkish delegates, who have
been conferring here for some time
in regard to a proposed exchange of
prisoners, have closed their negotia
tions after reaching what the British
delegates describe as “ a satisfactory
arrangement.”
The negotiations provide not only
for the exchange of prisoners, but
a Iso for a complete inspection of
prison camps Turkey now- has about
10,000 British prisoners, mostly In
dians, while Great Britain has 50,000
Turks. It is expected that the agree
ment wih be immediately ratified and
wibtin a few weeks the first exchange
will be made on Swiss soil, 1,000
British invalid prisoners being exchang
ed for 1,500 Turks. After this ex
change there will be an examination
of ah prisoners under a low schedule
of disability by a mixed commission
of Turkish and British doctors, this
arrangement doing away with the de
lay incident to the employment of
neutral doctors.
The negotiations with the Turks I
proved far more satisfactory than the
British delegates had expected. The
discussions were conducted in a con
ciliatory spirit by both sides. A num
ber of supplementary agreements
were reached regarding treatment of
prisoners hereafter.
OPERATION TO STOP
WOMAN’S GROWING
CHICAGO, eb. 5.-—Mattel Johnson
twenty-five years old, seven feet, six
inches tall, is in St. Bernard’s Hos
pital, recovering from an operation in
tended to stop her growth. The oper
ation consisted of removing two sec
tions of the femur bone.
“We were partially successful,”
said one of the eperating physicians,
“but another operation may be nec
essary.”
Miss Johnson is a pretty brunette
and Is unusually bright mentally. Her
parents are Loth undersized.
“Miss Johnstm is a sufferer from
acromaglia, a very rare disease,
where growth is continuous," expain
ed one of the hospital physicians.
“There been but 100 of such
cases reported in all medical history,
and I believe that Miss Johnson’s is
the only one recorded in America."
Miller's Antiseptic Oil, Known as
Snake Oil
Will Paaftfrely Relieve Pain hi Few
Minnies.
Try it right now for Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Lumbago, sore, stiff and
swollen joints, pains in the head, back
and limbs, corns bunions, etc. After,
one applicat< n pain disappears al
most ae if by magic.
A new remedy used internally and
externally for Coughs, Colds, Croup.
Sore Throat, Diptheria and Tonsilitls.
This oil is conceded to be the most
penetrating remedy known. Its
prompt and immediate effect in re
lieving pain is due to the fact that
it penetrates to the affected parts at
once. As an illustration pour ten
drops on the thickest piece of sole
leather and it will penetrate this sub
stance through and through in three
minutes.
Accept no substitute. This great
oil is golden red color only. Every
bottle^uaranteed; 25c, 50c and SI.CO
a bottle, or moeny refunded; at
Howell’s Pharmacy, Windsor Phar
macy, Howell-Prather Drug Co adv
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no moo lows
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 5.-—The first
action of the stafe food administra
tion has found it necessary to take
vigorous action looking to the en
forcement of the rules and regulations
of the administration. Major D. F.
McClatcney, executive secretary of
the stated administration, has cited
j. P. Davenport, a miller of Jones
boro, to appear today and show cause
why he should not be subject to the
penalty of the law for such violation.
Jbere are two charges against Mr.
Davenport.
One is making statements which
would tend to unjustly to enchance the
price of a food commodity. Mr. Da
venport is alleged to have stated that
the prices quoted by the food admin
htration for corn meal are too low,
the food administration taking the
position that the purpose of Mr. Da
venport is “bull’ the market for the
benefit of bins sales to dealers in the
Atlanta territory.
The other charge is that of doing
a wholesale business without a li
cense.
The penalty for violation of the
federal food administration regula
tions is a $5,000 fine.
RECENT MARRIAGES
TO BE SCRUTINIZED
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 5.—A1l local
boards in Georgia were notified Sat
urday by Major Joel B. Mallet, officer
cer in charge of the selective service
law that the regulations requiring
that marriage since May 18, 1917, be
scrutinized carefully was not intend
ed to raise in the presumption that
date was for the primary purpose of
evading the military service.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
has telegraphed Major Mallet in thia
connection as follow’s:
“That rule was intended to author
ize the boards to disregard tne rela
tionsship cretaed by clearly estab
lished ‘slacker marriages’ as a condi
tion of dependency, each case
must be carefully examined on its
own merits. No general rule can be
land down, but it may be stated that
a marriage carries no equivocal cir
cumstance other than its date and is
not to be so disregarded.”
0 'PHE undersigned has pur- ®
0 chased the entire capital J
S stock of the Americus Home 0
• Mixtare Guano Co., and in fu- 0
••••••••• tore this plant will be operated as 0
L. G. Council’s •
Fertilizer Works J
The manufacturing and mixing
department will be under the su- J
f I pervision of Mr. E. F. Wilder, *
I who has had 25 years experi- 0
ence in manufacturing 0
Planters and dealers are assured •
g| that nothing but the best grade •
of goods will be manufactured. ®
■ Only raw materials of the high- •
w es { q Ua lity b e US ed. z S
' The plant is conveniently lo- J
cated for wagon delivery.
J Your patronage is respectfully J
solicited.
• L. G. COUNCIL •
Tax Notice
The tax books will open
February 1, 1918, for the pur
pose of receiving state and
county tax returns and will
close May Ist, as the law re
quires. You will be required
to give numbers of your land
lots of country property and
street and number of your city
property, each house and lot
separate. 1 will be in my of
fice each Friday and Saturday
until my rounds are completed,
and then 1 will be in my office
each day until my books close,
the first day of May, as stated
above. Please come in and
return your property. Youis
respectfully,
GEO. D. JONES,
Tax Receiver of Sumter
County.
176 Acres
4 1-2 miles from Ameri
cus. 75 acres in original
forest. Balance open.
Running . water. Good
land. Price $3,750.00.
Can arrange easy terms,
or will accept automobile
worth $500.00 as part
payment.
JACKSON AVENUE cot
tage, six rooms. All im
provements. In good con*
dition. $1600.00, easy
terms.
E. J. WITT
Allison Bldg. Phone 338
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY S, 1»18.
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Our Steam Vulcanizing
Plant is at your sendee.
Every job we turn out is
completed by an expert
workman.
Time will demonstrate
the wisdom of bringing
your vulcanizing to us.
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TURPIN
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Fish & Oyster
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