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City of Americus
Sumter County
Webster County
*t*!'.road Commission of Georgia For
Third Congressional District
C. B. Court, Southern District of
Georgia.
Americus, G;u May 14, 1918.
PARftGPAPHICALLY SPEAKING~|
No man is considered a good hus
band who spills gravy and catsup on
the tablecloth.
A pessimist is a man who wishes he
had a million dollars so he could pay
a lot of taxes.
If we had more backbone and less
wish-bone and jaw-bone, how much
better off we’d be!
It is just as easy to be pleasant asj
it is to be a grouch, and it pays a
lots larger dividend.
The way to be popular is to con
vince your friends that they know a
great deal more than you do.
Whenever you run a bit of scandal
to earth you will generally find that
it is not well grounded.
Everything may come to the man
who waits, but they are not usually
the things he has been waiting for.
If alarm clocks would only go off at
the time you wanted to get up, they
would be the grandest of all inven
tions.
The man who requires an alarm|
clock to get up in the mronings is the
one who needs other assistance to get
up in the world.
Whenever a woman starts to argu
ing, there are only two things to do.
One is to say nothing, and the other
is to still say nothing.
The straight and narrow path seems
to be rough and rocky, while the broad ,
highway is beautifully paved and
downhill all the way.
Women are always complaining
about not having “much to wear,” but
we respectfully remind them that it
doesn’t take much these days.
The man who said that while every
thing was going up, writing paper was
still stationery, ought to get a job
punning for the Savannah Press.
Has any girl ever idmitted that she
had been kissed before, and has any
fellow ever believed a girl when she
said it y;as the very first time her lis
had been touched?
“Bank By Mail,” says an advertise
ment. Which, we presume, refers to
the habit of some people in occas
ionally trying to make a*“touch” by
means of a letter.
About the meanest man we know of
Is the one who bought a Liberty Bond
-during the recent campaign and who is
already trying to trade it off, before
be really needs the money.
Ever notice how uneasy a man’s
wife gets whenever one of his old
-sweethearts happen along, and how
gladly she smiles when one of her
former suitors is in the same party?
Tell a woman she is economical and
she'll thank you. Tell her she is
clever and she’ll smile. Tell her she
is smart, and she’ll think more of you.
And tell her she is absolutely beauti
ful, and the world is yours.
STYLES AND MACHINERY
At a recent woman’s exposition,
where everything for the home was
demonstrated, from the automobile at
the gate to the garage heater in the (
back yard, including wall decorations/
furniture, child welfare, suffrage,
stoves and Chinese fried noodles, two
classes of exhibits drew the crowds.
The ice machine attracted some cu-.
riosity. The electric dishwasher was
given an academic admiraton. The
style which turns itself off by a time ,
dock thermostat arrangement
given many an approving scrutiny. Ev.
ery woman seemed to give at least one
look at the glass case containing the
child’s three meals a day, cooked and
laid out, poached egg, apple sauce and
I
all. The vacuum cleaners and furni
ture polish were old stuff. Every wo- (
man either had them or knew about
her neighbor’s.
But —before every washing machine
and every ironing machine stood an
eager little group, watching, asking
questions, keeping every demonstrator
busy.
Here were the two hardest opera
tions of the household done almost
by magic, and the burden of every song
. I
<vas: Will it tear my curtains? Will
it wash my rag rugs? Will it iron the
children’s dresses How long does it
take to do a long tablecloth?
And to one questioner a demonstra-|
tor made an interesting reply. “Yes.
The washer will wash everything. No.
the ironer won’t iron everything. But
I’ll tell you what! Women who have
this ironer see to it that they have
things which it will iron. They make
the girls’ dresses without frills, and
they don’t put immense plate buttons
on the boys’ rompers. They keep their
clothes within the limits of this ma
chine, and I’ll say the kids look a lot
better dressed, too!”
Artists and radical feminists have
agitated so much and long for sim
pler clothes, and they make so little
headway. Will the labor-saving ma
chinery turn the trick after all? Wilf
it, through its extraordinary efficien-'
cy and its few limitations, bring su
preme beauty into the vesture of peo
ple.
THE WAR CHEST IDEA.
Several cities, w'earied by the inces
sant demands for funds for war relief
organizations, have adopted the war,
chest idea. The plan is to make one
big campaign a year for donations to
a huge city war chest. The money re-!
ceived is apportioned among thu va
rious relief organizations, leaving a'
good sized balance with which the
mayor may meet emergencies as they
arise.
The individual citizen cannot investi
gate every appeal. He wants to be
generous, but he doesnt want to be
imposed upon. Moreover, he ersents
I
, the dran upon his time and energy
created by insistent small demands.
Those in charge of the war chest
investigate the organizations, and
eliminate all but those honsidered es
sential. Thus the giver knows that his
money will be used as it ought to be
used. And he gives one lump sum, in
proportion to his income, paid either
I at once or in installments as he pre
fers. The city war relief is then fi
nanced, and he is freed from further
pestering for another year.
Columbus, 0., adopted this idea sev
eral months ago with immense success.
A number of cities in New York state
followed almost immediately. Scatter
ed communities throughout the coun
try have been adopting it, with invaria
ble satisfaction, so far as can be learn
ed. Cleveland is now preparing to
rasie $6,000,000 for its war chest for
' its coming year. Its funds will be dis-
I tributed among the Red Cross, Army
Y. M. C A , K. of C„ Y. M. C. A. War
Work, War Camp Community Service,
Jewish War Relief, Jewish Welfare
i Work, Armenian Relief, Serbian Re
lief, Allied Prisoners’ Salvation Army
War Work, Camp Libraries, Camp
Sherman Community Building, Mayor's
Advisory War Board, Thrift Stamp
Campaign, Undesignated War Relief.
This, as can be seen, takes care of
, all the necessary war work in a lump.
I The citizen who gives to the chest Is
relieved from all further responsibil
ity, except for his local charities,
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
WOMEN IN TAMMANY HALL.
For the first time in the history of
Tammany Hall, women have been ad
mitted to that ancient and checkered
'organization. At Oa meeting the other
I day there were 32 women elected as
members of Tammany’s executive com
'mittee. Henceforth, it is announced,
women are to be on the same basis as
men in every Tammany district in
J New York City and in the councils of
.‘the wigwam. The organization will
‘be divided between men and womtgi
on an absolutely equal numerical ba
' sis.
The first sex-equality meeting at
i
. Tammany Hall was a pleasant occas
ion. “Boss” Murphy was all smiles.
His henchmen beamed affability. Every
.'one of those supposedly wily politi
cians did his best to make the women
feel as if they really belonged. Their
! motions and speeches were listened to
. with respect. Male speakers told them
/proudly of the part the organization
had played in the enactment of legis
. lation favorable to women and chil
idren. An influential leader discoursed
on the working of the party machinery.
Anybody would have thought that
Tammany had yearned always for
I feminine participation in its general
, scheme of humanitarian effort and
. political uplift. And no woman whs
iso impolite as to remind the men
that Tammany had fought woman suf
frage tooth and nail—until it beacme
1 inevitable.
• I That’s always the way. Old institu-
J tions, good or bad, generally yield
. gracefully when the hour of fate
,' strikes. Tammany will no longer be
I the same old Tammany. The tiger
. won’t change his stripes all at once.
.' But we may say without hesitation
J that henceforth there will be less se
-1 crecy in that body. And the women
| little by little will make their influ-
. ence felt along lines that “practical”
. 1 male politicians have gnored as long
. as they could.
KEEPNG THE BRIDGE.
Our shipping production will now in-
■ crease not merely because conditions
are improved, but for the simple and
practical reason that it’s got to in
crease.
The rushing of troops to France in
greater numbers than was expected
J changes the whole situation. It was
I necessary before to build more ships
i in order to counteract the u-boat losses
i and provide a safe surplus. It is nec-
I essary to build them now to take care
I of a bigger foreign army.
I Experts say it takes four tons of
shipping to keep every foreign fighter
I supplied with what he needs. For 1,-
000,000 men that means 4,000,000 tons.
We shall soon have the first million
, men at the front. As yet we haven’t
the 4,000 tons of ships.
i
( We shall soon reach that figure. But
.1 the dispatch of ships will keep right
on. Early next year we shall have
2,000,000 men there. That will mean
i 8,000,000 tons. By the summer of 1919
iwe may have 3,000,000 men. That will
I call for 12,000,000 tons. And along
I with that, it must not be forgotten
' I
i that we need a large tonnage to
i transport food and war materials to
our allies.
It would be tragic if, after we had
set our boys in France to fight for us,
we failed to maintain the bridge of
boats on which their fighting efficiency
and their very life depend. And we
; won’t fail. We don’t dare.
That Slaton Editorial.
The Americus Times-Decorder is
reckless when it comes to making
■| statements. It must be rattled about
* something. It now charges that the
■ Augusta Chronicle, the Atlanta Geor
gian and the Citizen have nominated
7 ex-Governor Slaton for the senate. So
far as the Citizen is concerned, there
> isn’t a-word of truth in the Recorder’s
; statement, although the Citizen would
’ be proud to indorse the candidacy of
r the distinguished ex-governor. In the
’ Citizen’s editorial, which seems to be
1 drawng the fire and ire of a few polit
' ical minnows, we stated that we were
writing not with a view of putting
‘ him (Slaton) forward for anything
■ Dalton Citizen.
i *
■ which, war or no war. are always with
, him.
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LESLIE, GEORGIA
A NERVOUS WRECK
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I just wanted to sleep all the time, for
that was the only ease 1 could get, when
I was asleep. I became a nervous wreck
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I was so nervous that the least noise
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I was not able to do anything until 1
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Interior Decorating.
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Fish & Oyster
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WHOLESALE and RETAIL
John Nita & Co., Proprietors.
Fresh Spanish Mackerel, Freak
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To Those Who Subscribed to Third Liberty Loan Bond
Terms of Payment:
5 per cent, with application on or before Maj lyig.
per uSDu on or May 28,1918.
35 per cent, on July 18, 1918.
40 percent, on August 15, 1918 (with accrued Interest from May 9, 1918,
on the three deferred installments).
Sumter County has subscribed its quota to each issue of Liberty
Bonds Our quota to the War Savings Stamps for the year 1918 amount
to $623,840.00; sales in the county to March 31st amounted to $23,078.00.
If we are to raise our quota of War iSavngs Stamps for this year, we
must sell $600,762.00 worth between now and December 31st, 1918.’
ARE YOU DOING YOUR BEST ON THIS QUOTA.
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Americus Undertaking Company
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
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